novelhk Chapter 226 Brain Worm
Chapter 226 Brain Worm
Hearing Su Yang's words.
He Tiancheng also frowned and shook his head, his face full of solemnity.
"This is the first time we've seen this kind of worm since the Zerg invasion."
You might say these insects are a big problem.
The mech can solve it in one go.
But while the trouble might seem minor, dealing with those insects is extremely difficult.
Just like it is now.
You can't take the initiative at all; you can only wait for those insects to launch an attack and swarm out from underground.
It's like playing whack-a-mole.
That's the trickiest part.
Those insects seemed to know they couldn't win in a direct confrontation, so they deliberately hid underground.
They come out and bother us every now and then.
This continued to drain Han Bei and his team's spirits.
Su Yang frowned, lost in thought.
These insects don't even have eyes.
How did they manage to precisely emerge from the ground near the mech and launch their attack?
Could it be...?
What is controlling the behavior of these insects?
if it is like this.
That might explain it.
"Commander He, have you ever suspected that something is actually controlling those insects?"
Su Yang couldn't help but turn to look at He Tiancheng.
"you mean?"
After a moment of surprise, He Tiancheng quickly realized what was happening.
How can I find it?
"That's unclear for now, but one thing is certain: the unanimous aggressiveness of these insects suggests something is behind it all."
Su Yang shook his head.
He didn't know exactly where it was.
"First, use satellites to retrieve information about the ground. If it's not on the surrounding ground, then it can only be underground."
Su Yang gave a suggestion.
Upon seeing this, He Tiancheng pondered for a moment.
If the other party's suggestion seemed feasible, he immediately sent someone to investigate.
After a ten-minute ground search, no suspicious signs were found on the ground.
That leaves only the possibility that Su Yang mentioned.
The thing behind them was hiding underground.
"How do we find those things down there? Life detectors?"
He Tiancheng frowned, pondering a solution in his mind.
Immediately after making up his mind, He Tiancheng decided to send someone to use a life detector to search for the thing hiding underground.
Ideally, the problem should be solved directly.
"It would be best to probe in the opposite direction from where these insects came from."
Su Yang said, still feeling somewhat uneasy.
So he decided to lead a group of people to investigate in person.
"No, what if something goes wrong?"
When Su Yang insisted on personally investigating, He Tiancheng immediately rejected the idea.
"I can send someone else over, but things will get even worse if something happens to you."
The relationship between the two sides is currently on the rise.
If something happens to them while they are staying.
That will more or less affect the current peaceful coexistence between the two sides.
It could even affect subsequent alliances.
"It's alright, just bring more people."
Su Yang waved his hand.
Although he knew there might be danger, he was more interested in knowing what was behind it all, what was controlling those long worms.
Is it the Zerg mother, or something else?
These questions kept lingering in Su Yang's mind.
Although he thought it was unlikely to be the Zerg mother, the ability to control so many worms at the same time clearly meant it was no ordinary worm.
Seeing that Su Yang's mind was made up.
He Tiancheng could only nod helplessly, and then dispatched a lot of people to go with Su Yang to protect the other party's safety.
Sitting in a specially modified off-road vehicle, Su Yang held a new type of detector developed by Da Xia in his hand.
Unlike previous life detectors.
Life detectors can only sense whether there are living organisms in the surrounding area.
But this thing.
However, it can see what's beneath the ground through the energy field emitted by the spirit crystal, which is equivalent to X-ray vision.
This is also why Su Yang took the initiative to suggest that he go and conduct the exploration.
In addition, the off-road vehicle is specially manufactured and has extremely high strength, so even if it is surrounded by the Zerg.
It's practically impossible for those insects to break through the off-road vehicle's defenses.
That's why Su Yang dared to come out so boldly.
"Mr. Su, if we go any further, we'll be leaving the restricted area."
The driver swallowed hard.
He turned back and spoke with some hesitation.
If you walk a little further ahead, you'll be completely outside the restricted area.
Even if reinforcements are sent later.
That will take some time.
Moreover, outside the warning zone, there are Zerg forces whose location and timing are unknown.
He was just an ordinary person.
It would be a lie to say I'm not afraid right now.
"It's okay, just keep going."
Su Yang waved his hand, his gaze fixed on the detector in his hand.
There were no signs of life from any large creatures on the screen.
This means that there are no Zerg around within the range of the detector.
"Don't worry, this off-road vehicle is very sturdy, nothing will happen. Besides, there are so many people following behind, nothing will go wrong."
Su Yang's words were like a placebo for the driver.
The driver gritted his teeth and stepped on the gas.
If even such important figures, valued by Commander He, are not afraid, what is there for an ordinary person like myself to be afraid of?
If something goes wrong.
Someone from the command center will definitely come.
They drove for another ten minutes.
The detector in Su Yang's hand finally emitted a slight fluctuation.
"Keep moving forward."
Upon seeing this, Su Yang spoke in a deep voice.
Their direction is correct.
Perhaps if we go just a little further ahead, we'll find the real mastermind.
finally.
The SUV stopped near a large, deep pit.
Sitting in the passenger seat, Su Yang glanced at the extremely deep black crater. Then he glanced at the detector in his hand.
The detector, which had previously only shown slight fluctuations, is now fluctuating at twice the frequency.
obviously.
That thing.
Right here underground.
However, Su Yang did not know the exact depth.
Dozens of meters underground.
Dozens of insects were wriggling underground at that moment.
The most captivating creature, located at the very center, is a transparent worm that resembles glass.
It is not large, only a little over two meters long, and is completely transparent, as if it were made of glass.
But upon closer inspection...
Then you can see the insect's brain through its transparent body.
Its brain occupies two-thirds of its body, and countless hair-thin tentacles extend from its brain, piercing into the bodies of dozens of insects around it.
It's like controlling those insects through their tentacles.
The controlled insects are essentially a symbiotic organism.
The seemingly enormous worm is actually just an empty shell; the true controller of the body is the worm.
These are worms that are less than a few tens of centimeters long and are completely black.
Meanwhile, the largest, completely transparent brain worm was using its tentacles to control the actions of the other worms.
and this.
This is why those giant worms, despite having no eyes, are able to so keenly sense attacks and then quickly dodge them.
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