Chapter 1622 1623: Closed Message

In a coastal town on the east coast of the Augu Empire in the central continent, the night is getting darker, and the sea breeze blows leisurely on the beach, bringing up layers of waves and gently lapping the rocks on the shore. Suddenly, a dozen mantises more than three meters high floated in from a distance, and they slowly walked ashore from the sea. The bodies of these mantises are as blue as the deep sea, and their bodies are shining with strange light, as if they are mysterious creatures coming out of the deep sea.

After confirming that there were no humans around, these mantises quickly moved towards the nearest beach house. They are agile in movement and strong in body, like moving blades, shining with a cold light. These mantises were sent by the Insect Hive to perform reconnaissance missions. The purpose was to detect the human strength of this continent in order to decide the direction of attack.

They approach houses quietly and peek through the windows to see what's inside. They saw groups of sleeping people, quiet streets and brightly lit shops. They also saw the occasional fishing boat whistle and returning fishermen on the seashore, which were all within their detection range.

After this information is fed back to the insect nest, they will develop a more effective attack strategy. These mantises not only conduct reconnaissance, but also look for opportunities to destroy and kill. Once they find a target, they will attack without hesitation, clamp the prey tightly under the sharp blade, and quickly devour it.

After completing the armed reconnaissance of the town, these mantises decided to send the two smallest and weakest mantises out to carry out the killing mission. They began to act recklessly in this quiet coastal town, brutally killing innocent people with their sharp blades.

The two mantises first rushed to a fisherman's house. They lurked in the dark, waiting for opportunities. Soon, a fisherman walked out, apparently unaware of the danger, looking tired and ready to start mending his net. At this moment, one of the praying mantises quickly jumped out. It was so fast that the fishermen had no time to react and were caught tightly by it.

The other mantis was not idle either. It jumped hard and pounced directly on the fisherman's wife. The poor woman screamed in fright at the sudden attack. She wanted to run away, but the mantis' blade had already penetrated deeply into her body.

The two mantises then began to wreak havoc, leaving their mark on every corner of the town. Innocent people were massacred in their sleep, rivers of blood flowed on the streets, and the originally quiet town instantly turned into a hell on earth.

However, the people in the town did not surrender. The professionals in the town quickly organized a resistance force, and they used various weapons to launch a fierce battle with these cruel mantises.

Although the development of thermal weapons in the central continent is far inferior to that of the outer continent, the professionals and soldiers in the small town still resisted, using single-shot breech-loading rifles bought from the outer continent to shoot at the three-meter-tall mantises. Launch a counterattack.

There was a "boom" sound, and a bullet hit the body of a mantis hard, but it was bounced away as if it hit steel. This scenario is not uncommon. In fact, this high-intensity defense is the newly evolved ability of these mantises in the war on the Asian subcontinent.

However, this kind of evolution requires a lot of metal assistance, and the speed and sensitivity after evolution are greatly reduced, which can be said to be a quite expensive ability. However, this enhanced defense is enough to deal with rifle bullets currently in service in various countries, making these mantises highly survivable on the battlefield.

Although the resistance in the town was not able to eliminate these mantises, they succeeded in delaying their attack. After the Imperial troops and high-level professionals arrive, they will have enough time to study how to fight these mantises and develop a more effective strategy.

In addition, although the defenses of these mantises are powerful, they are not insurmountable. After many attacks failed, the residents of the town began to try other methods, such as concentrated fire attacks, which effectively reduced the mantis' defense. At the same time, they also took advantage of the mantis's slower movement speed and adopted guerrilla tactics to constantly harass and tire them.

Cressy is a junior swordsman in the small town. After the bullets were ineffective, he tried to fight the mantis at close range. As a result, he almost had his head cut off by the mantis when they met face to face.

The mantis's defensive power is comparable to that of high-level professionals, its speed is not inferior to that of mid-level professionals, and its attack power is no worse than that of mid-level professionals. The overall combat effectiveness of the two mantises in front of them is comparable to that of high-level professionals.

"Shit? Where did these big mantises come from?" Cressy opened fire with other companions at the same time, hiding behind a solid stone wall, reloading bullets and cursing at the same time.

"I heard that they came from the outer continent." A companion replied: "I don't know the specific situation, but it is said that they were brought here."

"It's really crazy!" Cressy said: "These mantises can easily kill us all. As expected, none of the humans on the outer continent are good."

It is obvious that the four countries in the central continent have not publicized any information about extraterritorial invaders to their citizens, and even maintain a demonic attitude toward the countries on the outer continent towards the existence of the Zerg. This deliberately created closed information environment caused citizens to seriously underestimate the threat posed by the Zerg. Even when they asked for help from the outside world, they could only use the excuse that powerful Warcraft had invaded the town.

This approach can be understood to a certain extent as the government's attempt to protect citizens from panic and chaos. However, this approach also brings many negative effects.

First, it makes citizens lack sufficient experience and ability to deal with real crises. Secondly, when a crisis does strike, the government may lose public trust and support by hiding the truth, resulting in the inability to effectively organize and mobilize citizens at critical moments.

On this issue, the government should adopt a more open and transparent publicity strategy to let citizens understand the true situation of the outside world. Although doing so may cause a certain amount of panic and uneasiness, only by letting citizens know the truth can they better develop their crisis awareness and self-protection capabilities.

At the same time, the government should also establish a sound early warning mechanism and emergency plan to ensure that it can respond promptly when a real crisis strikes and effectively protect the safety of citizens' lives and property.

It is precisely because of this behavior of the Central Four Countries that irreparable mistakes were made for the destruction of the town.

When the latest garrison of the Augu Empire moved toward the town, other mantises that had been monitoring the town also began to take action.