Chapter 17: A Sharp Downturn (2)
Chi Mo's face became even more gloomy, but he couldn't leave the whole team and go back to the base to see if An Xiaoyu was still in his cabin, the principles and qualities of the soldiers made him calm down, and gave a few brief orders to the formation in front of the door that was still being hit by the flood, so that the shape of the team returned to the best battle formation.
At this moment, he suddenly realized something unpleasant, and hurriedly picked up the binoculars from the side and looked into the distance, carefully observing the gap torn in the beast tide in front of him, and the slow merging of the gap confirmed his conjecture.
Due to the continuous water gushing out of the warehouse door, the water in front of the warehouse door has begun to accumulate, and the surface of the water is still spreading. The emergence of water sources in the Eastern Desert often means the beginning of a desperate battle, and in the history of many years of struggle for the right to live, the lives of these desert creatures have been indelible.
Just as the stagnant water in front of the door appeared, the smell of water rippled over, and it looked particularly delicious and attractive in the dry air, and it had been torn apart by the divided troops, and the crack of the insect tide, which had been extremely well maintained by the mecha expansion troops, began to close at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The pressure on the two troops in front of the gate increased suddenly, and in the face of such a grim situation, Chi Mo couldn't think of how to solve it for a while.
The water in the warehouse is still spewing out continuously, and the insect tide outside the door is still close to the water source under the rain of bullets, and in order to maintain a certain safety distance from the insect tide, the formation in front of the door has been changed twice. Although it was very difficult to move in the stagnant water under their feet, the Imperial soldiers still showed excellent ability, and the change of team was completed in an instant, and everyone was in position to continue firing at the insect tide.
But as long as the water source is still there, the insect tide will continue to rush towards the base without regard for their lives, and the end of the insect tide will still not be visible in the telescope. Chi Mo wiped a cold sweat, constantly trying to find a solution, but in the end, he could only hope that the insect tide would end soon.
At this time, the defense forces around the base suddenly reported that the speed of the insect tide that had rushed past the base began to slow down, and for some reason there were scattered insects turning back, although the current number was relatively simple to solve, but if the number continued to increase, it was likely to break through the defense line.
Once this happens, not only will the defenses around the base be disrupted, but it will also change the trend of the insect tide to move forward, and even if this insect tide stays here, today's battle will become a brutal defense battle.
Chi Mo frowned, and at this time, the communicator next to him applied loudly: "Sir, do you want to ask for help from the troops stationed in the desert?" ”
As soon as this sentence was spoken, the faces of the soldiers who were still fighting around instantly appeared a moment of relief, and now this situation is indeed due to the unpredictable situation that the base garrison has been unable to solve it independently, and can apply for assistance from the military base stationed in the entire Eastern Wilderness, and due to the proximity to the junction of the Eastern Wilderness and the Central Plains, the rescue army can arrive quickly in less than half an hour.
Many soldiers secretly looked at each other when they changed *, hoping that this commander, whose face was as heavy as water, would give an order for help.
But Chi Mo didn't speak for a long time, he was still waiting for the end of the insect tide to appear in his sight.
A minute passed, ten minutes passed, half an hour passed...
The formation in front of the gate shrank twice, the water behind him was still gushing, the insect tide was constantly approaching, and the report of the defense force was delivered to him, the speed of the insect tide had been reduced by twenty percent, and the number of people turning back was increasing, and the whole army was tired of coping.
Everyone's face was sweaty, the physical overdraft and the depression of the mood made the ferocious firepower become weak, Chi Mo still stood in place, did not move, looking at the endless insect tide and smoke in the distance, the white face became darker and darker.
Fortunately, the water gushing out of the base has gradually decreased, and the water in front of the door has not continued to expand, but has been continuously absorbed by the dry sand, seeping into the dry sand of the Eastern Desert and even up to 50 meters deep.
And it was at this time that the situation inside the base began to become dire.
An Xiaoyu and Chu Sui sat on the water where she climbed out, the topic dried up, the spirit and strength began to disappear, and the two of them leaned against the wall and fell asleep due to exhaustion and hunger. An Xiaoyu tilted her head and slammed on Chu Sui's shoulder, and the two of them woke up at the same time, looked at each other and smiled awkwardly, and continued to close their eyes and recuperate.
Suddenly, a strange sound rang out in the quiet mine.
"Gollum!"
An Xiaoyu didn't open her eyes again, what kind of sound is this? It's a little unfamiliar, but it also seems familiar. Then there was another sound.
"Gollum!"
The sound began to continue, An Xiaoyu was woken up by Chu Sui, and looked at his fingers, only to know that it was the sound of blisters. Strings of bubbles bubbled up on the surface of the water next to the two people, making a "gurgling" sound, and the water surface rippled in circles.
Seeing the bubbles become more and bigger, An Xiaoyu was curious, why did bubbles appear? Is the water going down? Are we going to be saved?
Thinking of this, she walked forward with some excitement, wanting to see if the water had fallen, but was pulled back by Chu Sui and protected behind her.
"Be careful, there's something coming out!"
An Xiaoyu was taken aback: "What? ”
Chu Sui shook his head: "I don't know." ”
An Xiaoyu thought of the overwhelming insect tide outside, and also began to get nervous. The two of them were helpless in the mine, and if a huge worm did come out of the water, where would they go?
There were more and more bubbles, and a vague shadow began to appear under the rippling water, Chu Sui held a miner's pickaxe tightly in his hand, protecting An Xiaoyu behind him, he made up his mind that no matter how terrible the monster that came out of the water, no matter what price he had to pay, he would let this lovely girl live well.
However, things were not as terrible as they imagined, a wet, hairy head came out of the water, dark black eyes looked around, and stretched out two front paws in front of Chu Sui.
An Xiaoyu poked her head out from behind Chu Sui's shoulder, looking at the creature that was throwing water inexplicably.
"What is this?"
Chu Sui's miner pickaxe also fell to the ground, looked at An Xiaoyu, and said uncertainly: "It seems to be the cub of Xundu?" ”
"Huh?"
An Xiaoyu obviously didn't know what Xundu was, but the little thing in front of him was so cute, after shaking off the water all over his body, the whole thing became fluffy, golden fur, short limbs, round face, the whole body was round, and he couldn't even see his neck, like a glutinous rice cake stained with brown sugar.
She tried to stretch out her hand, Xiao Xundu was not afraid at all, or had never seen other creatures completely unaware of the horrors of this world, it walked up to An Xiaoyu in two steps, and let her stroke her head, squinting her eyes, and looking like she was enjoying it.
"It's so cute!"
The corners of Chu Sui's mouth twitched, his face was ugly, and he seemed to think of something terrible.
Terrible things did happen, but fortunately, it didn't affect An Xiaoyu and the two people.
The water pressure inside the base began to drop, and the groundwater gushing out of the ground gradually became less, and the pressure accumulated in the underground river for many years was discharged, and the entire water flow was smooth again, and it was not long before the water in the base retracted back into the mine and returned to the underground waterway.
Bai Amaranth and everyone in the control room breathed a sigh of relief when they looked at the data displayed on the light curtain. According to this trend, in less than an hour, the entire base will be freed from the closed state, and all external supplies and repairs can be restored, which can reduce a great burden on the defenders of the base.
Sure enough, within half an hour, the water on the entire floor began to retreat, and it didn't take long for the living quarters to be able to reopen the hatch to sort out the losses.
But at this moment, the hatch of the control room was suddenly hit by something. At first, Bai Amaranth thought that the steel plate with the flow of water hit the door, and she didn't care, but the sound kept ringing, and she carefully discerned it, and clearly felt that it was a sound that only flesh and blood would make when it hit the alloy door panel.
The entire control room noticed that something was wrong, and Bai Amaranth knew the reason why Chi Mo had let them hold weapons in the first place, and then thought of the inexplicable flood and the menacing insect tide, she suddenly realized.
This beast tide originated from the underground at all!
White Amaranth bore the brunt of the blow and picked up the pistol next to him.
The sound of hitting the hatch was still ringing, and it seemed to be regular, but the hatches of important cabins such as the control room were very strong, which gave everyone a sense of security, and at the same time, they began to worry about whether the hatches in other positions would be broken by the beast tide.
"Team Leader! Many hatches were broken, and the water level in the living area dropped rapidly! ”
Bai Amaranth was suddenly startled, looked at the control screen, and found that the countless green squares representing the hatch on the light screen were rapidly turning red at an unbelievable speed, and due to the diversion of the broken cabin, the water level of the entire living area was quickly lowered to a position where people could move.
Immediately after the battle reports from various places, after Mito rushed into the cabin, he started a street battle in a narrow space with the members of the various groups left in the living quarters by the flood. Various battle reports were transmitted into the control room, and Bai Amaranth faced the hatch to direct the street battles in the base, listening to all kinds of chaotic communication sounds and the muffled sound of the hatch being slammed, and couldn't help but be upset.
At this time, a voice suddenly came from a communicator at hand: "Sir, ask for help... Sir! ”
The communication soldier in front of the door watched the wounded and fallen comrades around him being carried down by the medical team, the flesh and blood on his body were blurred and miserable, some soldiers were devoured and bitten to death by giant insects, and he asked Chi Mo for help for the third time with a crying voice, but this usually kind commander actually became so calm and cruel on the battlefield that he did not reply to him for a long time.
Chi Mo stood in front of the occupied area, no longer with a telescope in his hand, but a standard heavy rifle, looking into the distance with his lance. Most of the stagnant water in front of the door has been removed, and he already has confidence that if nothing happens, he can command the base army to hold out until the end of the insect tide.
At this time, the voice of the white amaranth in the communication sounded, and the arrogant peacock scolded:
"What the fuck are you doing? The bases have been invaded! Help! Help! ”
Chi Mo's face instantly became ugly, and the hind feet supporting his body staggered, he supported his body with *, and sighed all his strength in one breath.
"Help!"
"Yes!"