The Great Rift, one of the most daunting areas of the Tanaris Desert.

There are many strange things hidden in this great desert, there are traces left by ancient civilizations, and in the ruins of Dongyue, lucky diggers can often dig up valuable things, such as some gold-encrusted jars or antiques buried in the sand for thousands of years.

There are also things that can be dangerous for anyone, such as swarm mallets and ogres, these stupid creatures roaming around the desert and robbing all travelers who pass through the desert along the way, even the travelers themselves, are used as food...

In addition to the goblin consortium in the Thanaris Desert and Hot Sand Harbor, there are also Sandfury Trolls who live in the northwesternmost part of the desert, don't underestimate these trolls, Sandfury Trolls have been a very large troll clan since ancient times, and this kind of hegemony in the desert has continued to this day, almost one-third of the Tanaris Desert is Sandrage's territory, and these trolls refuse all travelers who enter this place without permission.

And in their holy city of Zulfarakri, there are also hidden legends about ancient troll artifacts and terrifying abyssal beasts, in short, whether it is true or false, no one can tell.

But the Great Rift, the Great Rift is special in the Tanaris Desert, even before the Bug Mass, this land covered by strange purple-red horns is also a notorious place, there are very few traces of wild beasts near the Great Rift, no wild beast will rashly approach this dangerous place, this land stretches all the way to the southernmost part of the Tanaris Desert... It is even directly adjacent to the South China Sea.

No one knows how many bugs live under the Great Rift, in fact, the bugs have been here long before the Goblin Consortium built a commercial city in the Tanaris Desert, it is said that they once fought with the Sandfury Trolls, and the civilization of the goblins grew up under the prying eyes of the bugs, but in hundreds of years, the bugs have not sold a single step of the Great Rift, as if something is stopping them.

And the Night Elves have a theory that the bugs on the side of Tanaris are actually the descendants left behind after the retreat of the Qila army at the end of the War of Quicksand 1,000 years ago, and the reason why they did not act was to wait for an order from the Zermin Empire behind the wall of beetles... Of course, this kind of talk is not widely circulated, and at least the goblins don't want this horrific message to affect Kakison's business activities.

However, the current counterattack of the insects in the Great Desert of Tanaris seems to prove the Night Elves' statement to be correct.

The bug of the big rift got the order... They're on the offensive.

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"Whew, Whew"

In the center of the Great Rift, several humans in strange leather armor are walking on an eerie fuchsia ground, these are MI7 agents on a special mission.

"There's a bug coming! Take cover! ”

The agent in charge suddenly raised his hand, and several people behind him immediately rushed to the surrounding stone pillars, clinging their bodies to the surface of the stone pillars, and with the sound of a rushing rope, a team of huge soldiers, with sharp antennae and jaw teeth, walked out of the wormhole next to them, and the tentacles on the top of the heads of these beetle-like beetles that were magnified more than ten times danced around, as if they were aware of some movement.

As they approached the area where the agents were, several agents immediately held their breath, but strangely, the ferocious and sensitive sense of smell and touch entered the area, as if they were drunk, and even staggered to walk, and after a few minutes of hovering, they lined up and quickly left the place as they came.

"The crisis is over!"

The captain gestured, and several agents stepped out of hiding. They looked at the soldiers and insects in the distance, and a young member patted his leather armor and said to the others:

"The potion from those weird spiders is really good... What's it called? Burnout hormones? ”

"It is said that it is a substance extracted by the spider demon from the body of the insect that can confuse low-level insects, but it is not so useful for high-level insects."

An older member of the team reminded:

"It's not a panacea, so we have to be careful, but seriously, where the hell is that damn motherworm? We've pretty much turned over the whole big rift. ”

"It should be around here..."

The captain, who had not spoken, took out a simple map, and compared it with the surrounding references, he said in a deep voice:

"The other agent brothers have already searched the area, the reference is narrowing, and if we're lucky, that damn command female worm is in this hive beneath our feet... Now, grab your flare guns, grab your weapons, and let's go inside! ”

After speaking, the captain took out the short sword on his waist and the pistol equipped with a muffler, stepped on the disgusting fuchsia fungus blanket, and went all the way deep into the spiral wormhole passage underground, at present, several positions in the Tanaris Desert have attracted a large number of enemy troops, and the soldiers of the anti-insect front will kill a huge number of bugs every day, so the bugs of the big rift are constantly replenished to the front line, although the reproduction rate of the bugs is super fast, but in this rapid consumption, it also causes the number of bugs inside the big rift to become much rarer.

Of course, this "scarcity" is relative ... The number of bugs in the Great Rift is still staggering.

However, this still created the conditions for the agents' activities, and the Thunder Agent team, led by Shore as the leader, has recently been searching for female worms in the hive of the Great Rift, and they have killed at least 13 female worms responsible for reproduction.

However, according to the Spider Demon Elder, in a hive of the size of the Great Rift, there must be a command-type female worm, or "brain worm".

"The social model of the insect is very similar to the undead scourge, it is a standard pyramid-shaped structure, the subordinates cannot disobey the orders of the superiors, and the superiors in the system have absolute control over the subordinates, and unlike the undead scourge, the subordinate commanders of the scourge still have enough wisdom to command the low-level undead in the absence of the order of the Lich King, but the bugs will not!"

"Even if it is a high-level soldier insect, its intelligence is very low, and it is completely impossible to command a large-scale insect swarm, therefore, after the number of insect swarms reaches a certain limit, it will be commanded by special, highly intelligent "brain worms", they are equivalent to the role of commanders in the army, usually hidden in the insect nest, once the war starts, the brain worm will issue specific battle orders..."

"And in a large-scale war, once the brain worms are eliminated, the huge number of insect swarms will immediately fall into chaos, and they will only attack by instinct, and the threat will be greatly reduced... In the memory of my genes, the Troll Empire defeated the powerful Yaki Empire by constantly killing brain worms. ”

This is one of the secrets about the swarm that Elder Spider Demon and Dismantling Skris told about the swarm when he was training the agents, and the primary goal of the Thunder Agent Team is to find the brain worm in the Great Rift before the battlefield on the front line of Tanaris is defeated by the swarm, and then carry out a precise assassination raid to completely turn the tide on the battlefield of Tanaris.

But this is not a simple matter, the big rift is full of worms, it is quite difficult to find a brain worm in these small worms, which requires the agents to check one by one, and walking in the nest, only a small mistake is needed, and an elite team will be completely buried, the agents did kill 13 female worms used for breeding, but their own losses are also very large.

"Shh

At the moment of infiltrating under the hive, the captain of the team immediately made a silent gesture, and the group quietly advanced in the shadows, and after passing through the defense line of several soldiers and insects, in the deepest part of the hive, they saw a... Eccentric mother worm.

It was very similar to the form of the Spider Demon Elder, the lower body was covered with limbs, and the upper body was similar to a humanoid body covered with red robes, but there were no arms, instead of several black slender tentacles, and if you looked closely, the red robe was actually a mutated carapace, and the head of the insect was also full of compound eyes, and between the swaying of those black tentacles, the dim air around it became viscous.

Obviously, this is a bug with great mental power...

"Brain worm!"

The captain clenched his fist fiercely, he gestured, and the group quietly withdrew from the hive.

A few seconds later, a bright, silent magical flare exploded over the hive, and for nearly 20 minutes, several teams of agents scouting the surrounding area converged at the entrance to the hive.

"Confirmed?"

Wearing a black combat uniform, Shore wore a black mask that covered half of his face, and he asked angrily:

"Right at our feet?"

"Yes, Captain, down about 15 meters, this is a hidden hive, the underground area is much larger than it seems, the mind worm should also be commanding the army on the ground, it didn't find us..."

The captain of the secret service cautiously said to Shore:

"But there are a lot of soldiers and insects underground, and they should be the troops guarding the brain worms! It is very difficult to force a breakthrough. ”

Shore nodded, he thought for a moment, then raised his head and looked at the others:

"Give me all the bombs you're carrying!"

"Captain!"

When the other agents heard Shore's words, they all understood what Shore was going to do, and an old agent stepped forward and grabbed Shore's arm, and he said in a deep voice:

"It's so risky! You alone can't stop those soldiers! ”

"So I need you to set up a makeshift position for me on the ground... When I detonate the first bombs, I need you to open a path for me in the swarm of biters..."

Shore smiled and patted the others on the shoulder:

"What? Don't you believe in my stealth skills? ”

Shore has a special stealth and concealment technique, which is not a secret in MI7, but to let the captain personally carry out such a suicide-like mission, the agents are still a little unacceptable, but they can't resist Shore, coupled with the boss's tough requirements, in the end... The ring containing nearly 40 high-explosive shells was handed to Shore.

"The bomb will directly blow up the hive, but it may not completely kill the brain worm... These bugs are always a bit messy with weird abilities. ”

Before entering the hive, Shore said to the others:

"Contact the Seventh Legion, I need an airship capable of dropping huge amounts of explosives... Then wait for my signal! ”

After speaking, Shore took a step forward, and the whole person disappeared into the air in broad daylight, and after he left, the old agent looked back at the captain behind him, he took out the standard pistol on his waist, and pulled the bolt with a click:

"Build a line of defense from a safe distance! Contact the rear legions! What the outcome of the battlefield in Tanaris will depend on us this time! Right here, hold on to the end! ”

"Yes!"

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"Drop"

With a faint sound, the high-explosive timer turned on, and in the flow of shadows, Shore installed the last bomb on the pillar of the worm nest 15 meters underground, and more than 40 bombs detonated together, enough to blow up a huge amount of sand and soil above, and the weight of the soil was enough to crush most of the bugs, plus the perimeter defense line and the upcoming raid airship, it was impossible for this brain worm to dominate the Great Rift to leave alive.

The shadow diffused behind Shore's body in a black mist-like form, as if he himself had completely merged with the black mist, which was the result of the affinity of the god Loa for the shadow after receiving the power of old Gani... These black fogs are the embodiment of the power of the shadows, and with their help, Shore's stealth will not be detected by the insects at all.

But that's just for bugs... For the more advanced creatures, for those who are above Loa, Shore is as conspicuous as a black bug on a white paper, but unfortunately, the anti-worm front only knows that there is another force behind the worm, but they have no idea what that power represents.

"Buzz"

A strange mental fluctuation pierced Shore's heart, causing him to cover his head for a moment, but he still had a shred of sense, and before the pain in his brain became more intense, he took a step back and disappeared into the shadows before the bugs found him.

But the sudden sound, the vision, Shore felt like he was standing in front of a huge black eyeball, and the illusion in his mind was like a black and white hell, and in front of him, the huge eyeball rolled, and cast that terrifying eye at him, in front of that eyeball, Shore felt like he was looking directly at a god!

"You... Flesh and blood bugs..."

"Open your heart!"

"Let me see..."

A thunderous voice resounded through Shore's soul, and at this moment, the Loa god Old Gani, who sheltered Shore, let out a frightened scream, as if frightened, and the shadow power enveloped Shore to drag him out of the illusion in front of him.

But... Even Loa, in front of this ancient demon, seems so vulnerable...

"Get out!"

The voice of Huang Zhong Dalu vibrate, and the power of Old Gani was like being forcibly expelled, at this moment it was pulled clean from Xiao Er's body, and Xiao Er, who was hiding in the shadows, seemed to be dragged out by force, and in the vibration of that strange force, Xiao Er's body was smashed among the soldiers, and the brain worm, also waved its slender tentacles, and approached Xiao Er, who was shocked by the soul.

"It's over..."

It was Shore's last thought in his daze, but before he could completely lose himself by the power of the ancient god Cthun, he saw...

A figure falling from the sky... Black, familiar figure.

"You look so miserable... The other me..."