Chapter 222: Worm Attack

The mountains were covered with mist.

The mutated insects and beasts surged in, surrounding the camp.

The entire camp was like a piece of sugar cube scattered in the forest, attracting countless insects to bite.

The battle broke out in every corner.

The psychic protection barrier created by the obelisk undoubtedly played a key role.

Many insects and beasts have not yet been able to break through the defense. No matter how hideous their appearance is or how terrifying their roars are, they can only stay outside the barrier, endure the bombardment from the camp, and fall in groups.

The defense resources invested by the Beijing-Hangzhou Disaster Prevention Bureau in the camp are extremely exaggerated. If it were an ordinary group of ferocious beasts, they would have been slaughtered long ago.

But now, even with the one-sided killing, there is still no sign of a decrease in the number of insects and beasts outside the psychic barrier.

No one knows how many monsters are hidden in the surrounding jungle.

Only broken bones and flesh are seen flying all over the sky, and before they can land, they are rushed away by the monsters that fill the gap.

The scene at the front line was the most terrifying. The soldiers behind the camp looked at the monsters that were frantically attacking the barrier just seven or eight meters away. The strong visual impact challenged everyone's psychological defenses, making people wonder what to do if the barrier was broken.

Fortunately, the guards were all elites selected from a hundred miles away, and they had sufficient weapons and ammunition, so their morale was high.

Under the premise of sufficient firepower output, the situation can be stabilized as long as the psychic barrier is not broken.

Yu Ke, holding a blackthorn longbow, sat in the center of the camp. He did not rush to the front line rashly, but chose to use long-range sniping to clear those more difficult beasts that could withstand gun attacks and reduce the pressure on the front line.

At this stage, the situation is stable, and maintaining the status quo is the most correct. Yu Ke staying where he is can give people a sense of security.

Anyway, he doesn't need to contribute to the battle command, and there are naturally professional commanders in charge of this aspect.

"Pay attention to weapon overheating, be ready to rotate at any time, and use range attacks as much as possible. Each team must use multi-shot grenade launchers, and the machine gun position is locked on the east. Fire and clear the area in five seconds!"

"Special Service Group 2 immediately takes the No. 088 Strange Containment to the target area and prepares to deploy it to the bombing area."

"The number of monsters on the top of the barrier is still increasing. The anti-aircraft guns should not stop. The extraordinary people with long-range cleaning capabilities should find a way to clean up the accumulated monster corpses and not add burden to the obelisk."

In the command channel, orders were issued in an orderly manner, and all the teams stationed in the camp were mobilized.

The era of the Great Cataclysm has certainly made the natural world more dangerous, but human war technology has also made great progress.

Faced with continuous bombardment, the offensive of the beast group was interrupted several times in succession. After the initial panic, the combat coordination of various departments became more and more handy, and the firepower output became more and more efficient.

If there is any flaw in this defense system,

That is, the obelisk ultimately needs dozens of extraordinary people with great spiritual attainments to activate it.

The guards can easily attack the ferocious beasts unilaterally because they rely on the psychic barrier, and maintaining its existence requires spiritual power, not to mention such a high-intensity impact, which puts a huge burden on the extraordinary people.

As the battle becomes more and more intense, the extraordinary people surrounding the obelisk have to drink special potions to restore their spiritual power every once in a while, and some people even fainted directly because they can't stand the long-term consumption.

At this time, the foundation of the Disaster Prevention Bureau is undoubtedly revealed.

The extraordinary people who would be worshipped in other civilian organizations are like replaceable parts here.

No extra instructions are needed. If someone faints, a substitute will immediately come forward to put on a helmet and take his place. The fainted person will also be treated immediately and strive to recover as quickly as possible.

In this way, the duration of the protective barrier will be greatly increased.

"How many insect beasts are there? Even if they come from the border area, there should be a limit, right?"

Noticing the situation around the obelisk, Yu Ke asked the forest spirit after shooting several beasts in succession.

Because the attack target of the beast group is very clear, the plants that the forest spirit arranged in advance are basically preserved to detect the situation around the camp.

"It has been reduced by nearly one-third, and the desire to attack is still strong. It should be controlled by the soul-eating insect body.

"Can you find the location of the soul-eating insect body?"

Based on the current situation, Yu Ke can basically determine that it is the soul-eating insect body that controls the beast group to attack the camp.

Compared to destroying these controlled puppets, finding the soul-eating insect body is the key to truly resolve the crisis.

More importantly, it has devoured a considerable part of the power of the mountain god, and it is very likely to use the chaos caused by the arrival of the meteor disaster to destroy the mountain veins, thereby affecting the seal in the ruins.

"I didn't find any special individuals in the beast group. "

Without Yu Ke's reminder, Sen Ling also wanted to find the insect that dared to erode the god.

As the god who guards the Mirror Lake Forest, Sen Ling is very sensitive to the existence of other gods. When he first sneaked into the cave, he noticed the existence of Zhongshan God halfway, and asked Yu Ke to evacuate in advance, which is the most direct proof.

"How is it possible that we didn't find any special individuals? Didn't we find a large number of beast carcasses in the cave? Those individuals should be different from the beasts infected with Zhong Ling's foul blood in the border area. As long as we find them, we should be able to roughly determine the area where the Soul Devourer is hiding."

Yu Ke had previously brought Fang Xuanhe into the cave. The latter clearly stated that the Soul Devourer used the corpses of beasts to perform the ritual of resurrection. After investigation, it was found that the "corpses" it chose were all high-level beasts in the cave without exception.

There are a large number of beasts in the secret realm of the cave, and their strength is quite strong. The insect beasts cultivated with them as the main body must be far more powerful than ordinary beasts, and they are also the "personal guards" controlled by the Soul Devourer.

At present, Yu Ke has not found similar beings in the group of beasts that are attacking the spiritual energy barrier.

I thought they should be sitting in the rear and would attack after the cannon fodder consumed a lot of the camp's defense power. Yu Ke was already ready to fight, but he didn't expect that Sen Ling didn't find them.

"Is it because the exploration range is not far enough, or some corners are not noticed?"

"Special individuals with some divine power are easy to find. Although this is not the Mirror Lake Forest, as long as we are still in the wilderness, there is no blind spot, unless..."

"Unless what?"

Yu Ke asked after realizing that something was wrong.

"The mountains and earth veins are in chaos, and my perception cannot penetrate into them."

Just as the forest spirit had difficulty in conducting large-scale exploration of the secret cave, the chaos of the mountains and earth veins also blocked its power.

Oops!

Yu Ke was horrified by the forest spirit's speculation, and he hurriedly contacted the commander-in-chief,

"Does the psychic barrier created by the obelisk only exist on the surface, or can it also protect underground?"

"Only on the surface, the spiritual power that extraordinary people can mobilize is limited. If even the underground needs to be protected, a single obelisk is not enough, and there will be insufficient manpower."

Although he was a little surprised by Yu Ke's sudden inquiry, the commander quickly gave an answer.

"Immediately let the patrol team leave the front line and rush to the area where the obelisk is located. Pay attention to the situation underground. Monsters may attack from underground. Be sure to protect the extraordinary people around the obelisk!"

Yu Ke couldn't explain the reason to the commander at this time, so he gave a direct order.

The obelisk and the extraordinary people around it are the core of the defense of the entire camp, and safety must be ensured.

Once the psychic barrier is breached, the fog will bring in the beasts, and the camp will be forced into large-scale chaos!

Unfortunately, the camp's defense cannot go deep underground. No matter how capable the Disaster Prevention Bureau is, it is impossible to spend huge manpower and material resources in advance to bury steel plates in the ground or build another obelisk to defend the underground.

At this time, Fang Xuanhe's prior arrangement played a role.

Yu Ke is now the supreme commander of the entire camp, and his orders are executed unconditionally.

As soon as the voice fell, the patrol team members immediately stopped attacking and turned to approach the obelisk quickly.

Almost at the same time as they were running, Yu Ke noticed that the ground in the central area of ​​the camp was shaking slightly and getting stronger, and a large number of cracks appeared on the ground about ten meters to the left of the obelisk.

Nearly twenty minutes had passed since the beasts besieged the camp.

Yu Ke suddenly realized that the beasts outside the barrier were most likely just a feint deliberately arranged by the Soul Devourer to attract the attention of the camp guards, while consuming as much defense as possible and finding out the situation of the camp.

If the beasts took advantage of the thick fog to attack the camp, it would be great, and the Soul Devourer could take advantage of the situation to invade.

If it was strongly blocked like now, the Soul Devourer would have enough room to lead the core force it cultivated to sneak in from underground and break through the defense of the camp from bottom to top.

The ground that suddenly collapsed in front of him was the real killer!

The cracks continued to expand, and then the ground began to collapse. A giant worm that Yu Ke looked familiar with soared into the sky. It was the tool he used to open the tunnel to the black copper vein at the junction.

However, the one in front of him had obviously been transformed by Zhong Ling's dirty blood. The front mouth organ opened like a petal, and it was densely covered with dull teeth that looked like earthy yellow, which easily crushed the solid ground. What was even more terrifying was that the torso of this guy, which was originally only about two meters in diameter, now seemed to be filled with some kind of creature, swollen and squirming, which was disgusting.

"Kill it! Fire!"

Seeing the worm rushing out of the surface, An Saili, who had just approached, did not hesitate at all and raised his gun to shoot.

The team members beside him directly activated the shoulder gun, and several missiles flew straight to the head of the worm, smashing it in mid-air.

The defense ability of the worm, which had strengthened its drilling and body size, was still weak, and it was killed with only one round of volleys.

However, its death was not the end, but the beginning!