Data Wasteland

About half an hour later, the team arrived above the underground water station. Chen Xing lifted the cover of the hole, and then ordered to start work.

A part of the workers removed the shovel, shovels, plastic buckets and other working tools from the pallet, and digged to the side of the hole, preparing to make a slope. Another part of the workers began to set up tents and drew barbed wire around the periphery to establish military defense zones, on the one hand for cover, on the other hand for long-term operations.

Afterwards, Chen Xing asked Aaron to go back to Orchid Town and hired three cooks over to take care of washing, cooking and other trivial matters.

Two days later, the camp was built, the **** was dug out, and the workers began to move the corpse below, as well as the part that Chen Xing had buried nearby some time ago.

A total of more than 100 corpses were cleaned up. Aaliyah introduced a corpse merchant to come over, buy them at a unit price of 6 silver and 5 bronze, and towed them away with two trucks. The corpse sold more than 70 gold coins, all of which were taken away by Ye Yang Bailiu.

According to the latter’s account, there are now 362 gold, 5 silver, 7 copper and 2% on the public account. But with so many people invited, they are burning money all the time. It takes several silver coins to eat just one meal.

After cleaning up the corpses, Chen Xing transferred half of the workers to turnips, preparing to plant crops around. Because on the first day here, the radish said that the black soil is fertile and can grow things. The remaining workers will cooperate with two engineers to repair the equipment of the water station.

When the ventilation equipment resumed operation, Chen Xing took Ye Yang Bailiu and two team members to the power generation room and began to clean the mutant termites underground.

This type of termite is also called "iron-eater". The jaws can secrete formic acid that decomposes steel and absorb iron. After devouring a certain amount of steel and spirit ore, they can also advance and have more powerful mining and combat abilities.

The four of them worked together to remove the things piled in the corner, revealing a dark hole.

"Stay here and wait for me to come out."

Chen Xing checked the assault rifles, pistols, bullets, flashlights and a few fragmentation grenades, and then gave Yeyang Bailiu the order to stick to the spot.

"Well, be careful." Ye Yang Bailiu said softly. Although the man in front of her is not a good thing, she can't help but care about her kind-hearted nature.

"Okay." Chen Xing nodded and bent down to get into the corridor dug by termites. It stands to reason that as the captain, he does not need to be on the front line. But currently in the entire team, only he is qualified for the task of exploring the anthole. These newly recruited players have neither experience nor sufficient ability. Sending them down is tantamount to sending them to death.

Furthermore, Chen Xing's "danger perception" is a weapon for exploring unknown areas. Let him go, the safety factor is greater. It's just that the current level is still a bit low, with only a sensing range of about 15 meters.

Looking forward, the tunnel is dark and far-reaching, and the incandescent light beam can't reach the end. His lighting equipment this time is the same as last time, a miner's lamp worn on his head and a flashlight tied to the barrel.

The corridor dug by termites was about 1.5 meters in diameter, and for him, he could barely keep standing. But if Yeyang Bailiu came in, he could only climb. As for Allen, shrinking into a ball may not be able to fit in.

"Fame and wealth are in danger, wealth and wealth are in danger..."

He muttered in his heart, holding the gun in both hands, lowering his head, bending over, and walking slowly in the tunnel. The surrounding soil was wet, and the cave wall was a bit sticky and slippery. Under the light of the flashlight, it glowed with a liquid luster.

Termites have very poor eyesight and can only perceive strong sunlight. They are unaware of the cold beam of the flashlight, so Chen Xing does not have to worry that the lighting system will disturb them.

After walking for a while, about twenty or thirty meters, the tunnel began to **** downward. The termite nest is like an underground kingdom, consisting of a network of corridors and chambers. For the convenience of movement, it is divided into "horizontal passage" and "up and down passage". The former is like a corridor of a building, while the latter is equivalent to a staircase.

Chen Xing hesitated for a while, put down his gun, took out the climbing rope from his backpack, fixed it to the ground and the wall of the cave with a few rivets, and then began to move downward. He did this because it was easy to go down and difficult to go up.

Although the **** of the corridor is not very large, it is not very slippery. But in case of danger, if you fall when you come up, you will most likely be overtaken and torn to pieces. It has always been his code of action to sail the ship carefully for ten thousand years. If the strength of the body is not enough, it can be supplemented carefully. Otherwise, in his previous life, he would not have to wait for the Abyss Demon, and a sickle beetle in the wild would be able to send him on the road.

Like Ye Yang Bailiu, even if he was a little stupid, his strength was 37 and his physique was 45, he would be fine with a few cuts, and he could stand up to mistakes. And his scum of power, 12, physique, 9 was over with a single cut, so he couldn't be careful.

He walked down little by little, and after a few minutes, he reached the bottom of the slope. The flow rate of the air has slowed down significantly. When it was above, there was still a breeze. There was nothing here, and it was cold and wet, at least 30 meters deep.

Quietly all around, looking towards the depths, the cold beam of light was filled with hazy mist, and the visibility was only about seven or eight meters. Every time I took a step, there was the sound of mud under my feet, which was very uncomfortable.

Listening carefully, there seems to be some small sounds mixed in, vaguely, and not really heard.

In such an environment, even if he was a human being for the third generation, he couldn't help but feel hairy in his heart, his pace became extremely slow, for fear that a bunch of big white ants would suddenly pop up.

After another ten meters, the tunnel was divided into two, which was a fork in the road. The flashlight shone through, and there are corners on both sides, so you can't see very far. Chen Xing stopped, thinking about whether to move on.

From entering to the present, there is only one way, and he can be sure that there is nothing behind. But the branch road is different. If he enters one of them, if something happens, he may be blocked back and forth by termites coming from the other road.

After careful consideration, he drew out the dagger, made a mark on the wall of the cave, and then walked towards the corridor on the right. Anyway, it's all down, and stagnation is not the answer. Moreover, he has a sense of danger, and termites are creatures with low IQ, and the possibility of accidents is very small.

As long as it is not too deep, nothing will happen.

After walking for more than ten meters, turning a bend, walking a few meters, and then turning a bend, the corridor became larger and larger, and the diameter gradually increased from 1.5 meters to two or three meters.

When he turned the third turn, a pile of dark objects suddenly came into his eyes, almost frightening him.

I saw that in the pale beam of light, there were piles of corpses several meters high, twisted faces, mouths open, turquoise eyeballs rolled, and they were caught in the pile of corpses. The rotten limbs stretched out, like a pile of rotten meat filled with chopsticks. The surface was covered with bluish black mold, and the shape was extremely horrible.

What makes the scalp even more numb is that there are still spherical white spots on the pile of corpses. With the size of a fist, it turned out to be a termite larva, dragging its fat belly, crawling on it.

He just felt his stomach churning and something stuck in his throat, which was extremely uncomfortable. Suffocating the desire to vomit, he watched around for a while and judged that it was a termite storage room.

"grumble…"

Just about to withdraw, a feeling of touching a foreign object suddenly came from under my feet, and it was a little itchy. He instinctively looked down and saw a larva with a slender front body, dragging a sphere, twisting its triangular head, swinging its antennae, and drilling into his trousers.

That itchy sensation is precisely the slender and long legs of the larva, stubbing the trousers indiscriminately.

The goosebumps screamed and filled the whole body. Chen Xing was trembling all over, raised his foot, thrown off the termite larva, and stepped on it.

"Puff!" Under the army boots, the termite larvae sprayed a large amount of white slurry from the abdomen, and they struggled and let out a sharp scream.

"grumble!"

The moment the neighing sounded, the termite larvae on the pile of corpses made a mess, twisting their fat body, and desperately digging into the pile of corpses.

Upon seeing this, Chen Xing turned his mind and took out two burning grenades.

"Ding Ding!"

With two soft pull rings in succession, two can-shaped objects fell on the pile of corpses.

Before the grenade exploded, Chen Xing turned and ran away. Just a few meters away, there was a flash of fire behind him, and with a "boom", a large scorching air flow hit his back and pushed him forward.

"Chi Chi Chi!"

In the next second, the raging fire glowed the entire passage, and sharp insects kept beating behind him. Chen Xing shook his head and got up, but at this moment, the originally smooth cave wall suddenly twisted...

Looking through the fire, long and pointed insect feet came out of the soil.

"Keeping..." The body in the earth wall struggled frantically, making a low insect cry, as if it would break through the ground at any time.

Judging from the looming body size and the head size of a basketball, nine out of ten are soldier ants among mutant termites. I didn't expect them to hide in the soil and dormant!

Chen Xing suddenly turned pale, and rushed forward. He must rush out before the soldier ants come out, otherwise there will be a dead end.

I saw him bending over, holding a gun, and moving quickly in the tunnel. The soil under his feet was wet and slippery, and he fell several times in succession, only to feel that his bones were about to fall apart, but still biting on the roots, he got up and continued to run.

"Chi Chi Chi!"

On one side of the cave wall, the soldier ant drilled out half of its body, flared its teeth and claws at him, making sharp worms. The scene was like being in a nether hell, with haggard hands everywhere, it was extremely terrifying.

"Wow!" Chen Xing was overly nervous, and shouted, holding up the assault rifle, and shooting at the soldier ant with half of his body exposed in the front.

"Da da da da da da da da!"

In an instant, the sound of gunshots rang through the underground corridor, and the echo shook the ears. The scorching bullet shell hit his face, burning plumes of white smoke. But he didn't know it, and screamed and ran forward.

One second early and one second later is life and death.

When Chen Xing ran to the ramp, many termite soldiers had already drilled out of the earth wall behind him, scrambling to rush towards him.

"Go to hell!"

Chen Xing climbed up with the climbing rope in one hand, took out the fragmented grenade in the other hand, bit the tab with his teeth, and smashed into the soldier ant in the tunnel.

The fragmentation grenade in the shape of a can drop on the hard-shelled head of a soldier ant in the front, bounced it, and flew back to the rear, and then rolled into the ant colony.

"boom!"

There was a loud noise, deafening. Several soldier ants in the center of the explosion were blown to pieces on the spot. The hot and scorching iron flakes spun out, like a razor blade, spinning into their bodies at high speed, and white slurry spewed out.

Chen Xing was also uncomfortable, his ears seemed to have been pierced by thousands of needles, and his eyes were cracked. He could not hear the sound anymore, dizzy, but clenched his teeth tightly and climbed up.