About half an hour later, the team arrived at the top of the underground water station. Chen Xing lifted the cover at the entrance of the cave and ordered the work to begin.

Some workers took off shovels, shovels, plastic buckets and other labor tools from the pallet truck, and excavated to one side of the hole to prepare a slope to come out. Others began to set up tents and stretched barbed wire around the perimeter.

Military defense zones are, on the one hand, for cover, and on the other hand, for long-term operations.

Later, Chen Xing asked Aaron to go back to Orchid Town and hired three cooks to take care of laundry, cooking and other trivial matters.

Two days later, the camp was built and the slope was dug out. Workers began to move the bodies below, as well as the part where Chen Xing was buried nearby some time ago.

There were more than a hundred corpses that were cleaned up. Aaliyah introduced a corpse merchant, who bought them at a unit price of 6 silver and 5 coppers, and dragged them away in two trucks. The corpses were sold for more than 70 gold coins in total, all of which were sold by Ye

Yang Bailiu took it away.

According to the latter's account report, there are currently 362 gold, 5 silver, 7 copper and 2 cents in the public account. However, with so many people invited, money is being burned every moment. Just eating, one meal will cost several silver coins.

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After cleaning up the bodies, Chen Xing transferred half of the workers to Luobo to plant crops around. Because on the first day he arrived here, Luobo said that the black soil was fertile and could be used to grow things. The remaining workers cooperated with two

Engineer, repairing water station equipment.

After the ventilation equipment resumed operation, Chen Xing took Ye Yang Bailiu and two team members to the power generation room and began to clean up the mutated termites underground.

This kind of termite is also called "iron-eating ant". Its jaws can secrete formic acid that decomposes steel and absorb iron elements. After devouring a certain amount of steel and spiritual minerals, they can advance to become more powerful.

mining and combat abilities.

The four of them worked together to move the things piled in the corner, revealing a dark hole.

"Stay here and wait for me to come out."

After checking the assault rifle, pistol, bullets, flashlight and several fragmentation grenades, Chen Xing gave Ye Yang Bailiu the order to stay put.

"Well, be careful." Ye Yang Bailiu said softly. Although the man in front of her was not a good thing, she was kind-hearted and could not help but care about him.

"Okay." Chen Xing nodded, bent down and got into the tunnel dug by termites. Logically speaking, as the captain, he does not need to be on the front line. But currently, he is the only one in the entire team who is qualified to explore the ant holes.

Mission. These newly recruited team members have neither experience nor sufficient ability. Sending them down is tantamount to death.

Furthermore, Chen Xing's "danger perception" is a powerful tool for exploring unknown areas. If he goes there, the safety factor will be higher. However, the current level is still a bit low, with only a sensing range of about fifteen meters.

Looking forward, the corridor was dark and far-reaching, and the incandescent beam of light could not reach the end. His lighting equipment this time was the same as last time, a miner's lamp on his head and a flashlight tied to the barrel of the gun.

The diameter of the tunnel dug by termites is about one and a half meters. For him, he can barely keep standing. But if Ye Yangbailiu comes in, he will have to crawl. As for Allen, he may not be able to get in even if he shrinks into a ball.

"Fame and fortune come from danger, wealth and honor come from danger..."

He muttered in his heart, holding the gun in both hands, lowering his head, bending his waist, and slowly moved forward in the tunnel. The soil around him was wet, and the cave wall was a bit slippery. Under the illumination of the flashlight, it glowed with the sheen of liquid.

Termites have very poor eyesight and can only perceive strong sunlight and have no awareness of the cold beam of a flashlight, so Chen Xing does not have to worry about the lighting system alarming them.

After walking forward for a while, about twenty or thirty meters, the corridor began to slope downward. The termite nest is like an underground kingdom, consisting of a network of corridors and chambers. For the convenience of movement, it is divided into "horizontal passages"

and "upper and lower passages", the former is like the corridor of a building, and the latter is equivalent to the stairs.

Chen Xing hesitated for a while, put down the gun, took out the climbing rope from his backpack, fixed it with several rivets on the ground and the cave wall, and then started to move downward. The reason why he did this was because it was easier to go down than to come up.

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Although the slope of the corridor is not very steep, nor is it very slippery. But if you encounter danger and fall when you come up, you may be overtaken and torn into pieces. Drive the Wannian Ship carefully, and it has always been

His code of action: If his physical strength is not enough, he must make up for it with caution. Otherwise, in his previous life, he would not have to wait for the abyss demon, just a random sickle beetle in the wild could send him on his way.

Like Ye Yang Bailiu, even if he is a bit stupid, his strength is 37 and his constitution is 45, he will be fine with a few cuts, and he can withstand mistakes. But a scum like him, who has a strength of 12 and a constitution of 9, can be finished with one slash.

You can't do it accidentally.

He walked down bit by bit, and after a few minutes, he reached the bottom of the slope. The flow of air slowed down obviously. When he was up there, there was still a breeze, but there was nothing here, and it was cold and wet, at least three days.

Depth of more than ten meters.

It was quiet all around, and when I looked into the depths, I saw that the cold beam of light was filled with hazy water mist, and the visibility was only about seven or eight meters. Every time I took a step, the sound of mud could be heard under my feet, which was very uncomfortable to hear.

Listening carefully, it seems that there are some small sounds mixed in, which are vague and not very clear.

In such an environment, even if he was a third-generation human being, he couldn't help but feel nervous and his steps became extremely slow, fearing that a bunch of big white ants would suddenly appear from somewhere.

After walking for another ten meters, the corridor was divided into two, and there was a fork in the road. When the flashlight was shined on it, there were turns on both sides, and it was not very far. Chen Xing stopped and thought about whether to continue moving forward.

From the time he came in until now, there was only one way, and he could be sure that there was nothing behind him. But the bifurcated roads were different. If he entered one of them, if something happened, he might be blocked by termites coming from the other way.

After careful consideration, he pulled out his dagger, made a mark on the cave wall, and then walked towards the corridor on the right. They had already come down anyway, so stagnating was not an option. Moreover, he had a sense of danger, and termites have low IQs.

As a living creature, the possibility of encountering an accident is very small.

As long as you don't go too deep, you'll be fine.

After walking forward for more than ten meters, I turned a corner, walked a few more meters, and then turned another corner. The corridor became larger and larger, with the diameter gradually increasing from 1.5 meters to two or three meters.

When he turned the third corner, a bunch of black things suddenly came into his eyes, which almost made him slip.

In the pale light beam, there were piles of corpses several meters high, with distorted human faces, open mouths, and rolling green eyeballs, sandwiched among the piles of corpses. The rotten limbs stretched out like

It was a pile of rotten meat with chopsticks stuck in it. The surface was covered with blue-black mold, and the shape was extremely terrifying.

What's even more tingling is that there are spherical white dots crawling on the pile of corpses. They are as big as a fist. If you look closely, they are actually termite larvae, dragging their fat bellies and crawling around on them.

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He only felt that his stomach was churning and there was something stuck in his throat, which was extremely uncomfortable. Resisting the desire to vomit, he looked around for a while and judged that it was a termite storage room.

"grumble……"

Just as he was about to exit, he suddenly felt a foreign object touching his feet, which was a bit itchy. He instinctively looked down and saw a larva with a slender front body, dragging a sphere, twisting its triangular head and swinging

The tentacles were inserted into his pants.

The itching feeling was caused by the larvae's thin and long legs, randomly pulling at the trouser legs.

Goosebumps popped up all over his body. Chen Xing trembled all over, raised his foot, shook off the termite larvae, and then stepped on it.

"Poof!" Under the military boots, a large amount of white slurry spurted out from the abdomen of the termite larvae, and it continued to struggle and let out a sharp scream.

"grumble!"

The moment the neighing sound started, the termite larvae on the pile of corpses swarmed into a mess, twisting their fat bodies and trying desperately to burrow into the pile of corpses.

When Chen Xing saw this, he became heartbroken and took out two incendiary grenades.

"Ding ding!"

There were two soft clicks of the pull tab in succession, and two can-like objects fell on the pile of corpses.

Before the grenade exploded, Chen Xing turned around and ran. As soon as he ran a few meters, there was a flash of fire behind him, and with a "boom", a large gust of hot air hit his back, pushing him forward.

"Chi chi chi chi!"

The next second, the blazing fire lit up the entire passage, and the sharp chirping of insects continued to sound behind him. Chen Xing shook his head and climbed up, but at this moment, the originally smooth cave wall suddenly twisted...

Looking through the firelight, one can see long pointed insect legs emerging from the soil.

"Chichichigugu..." The body inside the earth wall struggled wildly, making a low insect chirp, as if it would break out of the earth at any time.

Judging from the looming body shape and the head as big as a basketball, they are most likely soldier ants among mutant termites. Unexpectedly, they are actually hiding in the soil and sleeping!

Chen Xing's face suddenly turned pale, and he rolled forward and rushed forward. He had to escape before the soldier ants came out, otherwise he would be dead.

I saw him bent over, holding a gun, and moving quickly in the corridor. The soil under his feet was wet and slippery. He fell several times and felt that all the bones in his body were about to fall apart, but he still held on to the roots and got up.

Keep running.

"Chi chi chi chi!"

On one side of the cave wall, soldier ants emerged half of the body, bared their teeth and claws at him, and made sharp insect sounds. The scene was like being in a netherworld, with withered ghost hands everywhere, which was extremely terrifying.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Chen Xing was so nervous that he shouted, picked up his assault rifle, and shot at the soldier ants with half of their bodies exposed in front of them.

"Da da da da da da da!"

In an instant, gunshots resounded through the underground corridor, and the echo made his ears buzz. The hot bullet shells hit his face, burning out wisps of white smoke. But he didn't know it, and ran forward screaming.

One second earlier and one second later is life and death.

When Chen Xing ran up the ramp, there were many termite soldiers behind him who had already emerged from the earthen wall and rushed toward him.

"Go to hell!"

Chen Xing grabbed the climbing rope with one hand and climbed up, took out the fragmentation grenade with the other hand, bit open the ring with his teeth, and smashed it towards the soldier ants in the corridor.

The can-shaped fragmentation grenade landed on the hard-shell head of the front soldier ant, bounced, flew back, and then rolled into the ant colony with a "gurgling" sound.

"boom!"

There was a loud noise, deafening. Several soldier ants at the center of the explosion were blown to pieces on the spot. The hot iron pieces flew out, like razor blades, whirling into their bodies at high speed, and white slurry spurted out.

come out.
Chapter completed!