Chapter 723 Underground Hive

The claws of hornets have evolved to be extremely strong and full of power. Under their attack, a giant bee corpse with a body size of one meter can be torn into countless pieces in just a few bites, and then quickly swallowed up without leaving any residue.

More than a dozen giant hornets, each four meters long, kept devouring the one-meter-sized corpses of the mutant bees to replenish their consumed energy.

For a moment, the scene was filled with the sounds of chewing and cutting corpses. It was a bloody feast.

These hornets are huge in size, which brings a strong visual impact to people, which is shocking. At the same time, they also have a unique ornamental value.

Chen Bufan led his men, hiding under the flowers, motionless, quietly waiting for the opportunity to come. This fierce battle between the two natural enemy races saved him a lot of energy and time.

Otherwise, if he ventured into the hive in order to find Li Tiejun, he would have to face the huge number of worker bees and engage in a life-and-death battle with them. However, he didn't need to do that now and just had to wait patiently.

After a while, the hornets seemed to be tired of the corpses of the bees, or rather, for them, the sweet honey was the real delicacy.

Chen Bufan watched these hornets gather together, constantly shaking their bodies and antennae on their heads, as if they were communicating some kind of information.

Finally, the hornets seemed to have made a decision and swarmed towards the entrance of the hive.

One after another, they crawled into the two-meter-high hole, which was just the right size because they were two meters tall and four meters long.

Seeing the hornets drill into the hive and a noisy sound coming from inside, they must have started fighting again. Chen Bufan stood up and began to organize his equipment.

He realized that he had to quickly get people into the hive.

Otherwise, once these hornets get excited about killing, if they happen to meet his hapless father-in-law Li Tiejun, they will probably attack him mercilessly and split him in two. That would be too unpleasant.

Before this, he was not in a hurry because he felt that the bees needed to deal with their natural enemies and should not have too much energy to care about the humans they caught, or they had been treated as food after being caught a few hours ago, so there was no point in him being anxious now.

But now that these hornets have entered the hive, the situation has become unpredictable.

During the war between the two sides, after some observation, he found that although these bees and wasps had mutated, their bodies had not evolved into a hard shell. He speculated that this might be because the shell was too thick and would affect their nectar-collecting work.

However, the wasp's head is relatively hard.

Based on this understanding, he believed that firearms with a slightly larger caliber should be enough to deal with these hornets.

For example, a shotgun or a 7.62 caliber rifle will do. Both of these bullets are quite powerful and once they hit the wasp's body, they will definitely leave a big hole in it.

Of course, if the special forces are equipped with 12.7 caliber heavy machine guns, the power will naturally be even stronger.

However, Chen Bufan was worried that such large-caliber weapons would directly destroy the hive.

Instead, they will get themselves into trouble and may even be buried under the remains of the hive.

Therefore, he replaced the weapons of the special forces, replacing the original 5.56-caliber Hk416 rifle with a 7.62-caliber Ak12 rifle. Since accuracy is not required in close combat, a large-caliber rifle is more comfortable.

He took out a military version of the Benelli M4 shotgun with a capacity of 7+1 rounds.

Why not use the AA-12 shotgun with a higher ammunition capacity? Or the magazine mode, which makes it faster to change bullets!

Why do we load bullets one by one?

Because Chen Bufan likes its beauty and is a fan of its appearance.

Moreover, he has many loaded guns in his space. He can switch to another one after shooting one. It's very simple.

Click, click, click, click...the sound of loading a gun.

When everyone had finished debugging their equipment, Chen took the lead and walked at the front of the team, walking around the dead bees on the ground and heading straight to the entrance of the hive.

Standing at the entrance of the beehive, Chen Bufan paused for a moment, then looked inside cautiously.

He scanned the inside of the hive and made sure there was nothing unusual before stepping in with confidence.

As soon as he entered the hive, Chen Bufan immediately discovered that the structure here was very different from what he had originally imagined.

Perhaps the bees have mutated and become too large, so the original beehive is no longer suitable for them. Now the internal structure of this beehive is somewhat similar to a termite nest, with intricate passages everywhere.

After Chen Bufan walked into the beehive, the first thing that caught his eye was a spacious hall. To his surprise, the hall was filled with bright sunshine. Chen Bufan looked up curiously and found that the part of the beehive exposed to the ground had many tiny skylights. The sunlight shone into the hall through these skylights, making the entire space appear exceptionally bright.

Chen Bufan moved his gaze away from the skylight and scanned the interior of the hall. He saw many passages in the hall that led diagonally to the underground. These passages were so intricate and confusing that it was a bit dizzying.

Faced with so many channel options, Chen Bufan didn't know which one to take for a moment.

Chen Bufan thought calmly that when these bees returned to defend, they would definitely focus on protecting some places that were very important to them.

For example, the places where the young are hatched, where food is stored and where the queen bee stays, these places must be the key defense areas of the mutant bees, and are very likely to be their core locations.

Thinking of this, Chen Bufan decided to rely on his hearing to determine which channel might be the most important.

He stood there quietly, listening carefully to the movements around him.

After a while, he seemed to hear a faint buzzing sound and a collision sound coming from the second passage on the right. Although the sound was very light, it was particularly clear to him.

Chen Bufan's mind moved. He felt that the sound coming from this passage might be a sign of mutant bee activities, so he chose this passage.

After walking in, the sunlight gradually became scarce and the surrounding environment became darker, but their vision was not affected. This was a large slope leading underground, which was very steep and the passage was only a little over 1.8 meters high.

Chen Bufan stood up straight and scratched his head. He could only walk down with a slight bend in his waist, but the slope was too steep and he couldn't help but slide down...