Giant Worm World

Chapter 4

"Chu Chen!"

Xu Yang yelled, but Chu Chen didn't care, he raised his ax and slammed it on the head of the mantis closest to him.

Chu Chen felt as if he had hit a rock with an axe, and it was so shocking that he almost dropped the axe.The mantis neighed, and raised its sharp front claws high.

Xu Yang was so frightened that he quickly closed his eyes, and Chu Chen also felt the approach of death, so he raised his hand in vain to block it.Just when Chu Chen felt that he was going to die on the spot, he heard a heavy gunshot and felt warm liquid splashing on his body.

Chu Chen bravely opened his eyes and saw that half of the praying mantis' head had been blasted off, and dark green blood was everywhere.The mantis' huge body shook a few times, but finally the front claws less than half a meter away from Chu Chen still failed to strike, and fell powerlessly to the ground.

Chu Chen didn't even feel the joy of the rest of his life after the catastrophe, so he sat on the ground as soon as his feet softened.He was still holding the ax firmly in his hand, and Chu Chen didn't let go of the pain when his fingers were pinched by him. It seemed that only in this way could he confirm that he was still alive.

Xu Yang looked behind excitedly, and saw several military jeeps parked not far from them, followed by a large truck.The soldiers on the jeep were all carrying heavy guns, so they were naturally the ones who fired the shot just now.

At this moment, no one can bring more sense of security than these soldiers. Xu Yang threw himself on Chu Chen excitedly: "Chu Chen! We are saved!"

There was a loud gunshot behind him, and the praying mantises fell down one after another. These lowly creatures finally knew that they were not the opponents of those bullets. ran away.

The convoy drove up to them, and an officer with the rank of captain got off the front car. He was a middle-aged man in his 40s and [-]s.

The officer walked up to Chu Chen and Xu Yang. Chu Chen hadn't recovered from the shock just now. Xu Yang held him in one hand and grabbed the officer's trouser leg with the other: "Uncle, save us!"

"Are you a student from City H?" the officer asked in a low voice, trying not to irritate them.

Xu Yang nodded quickly: "Yes! He and I are both in junior high school!"

"My name is Liu Qi, and I'm the captain and company commander of the garrison in H City," the officer introduced himself briefly, "Hurry up and get in the car, we still have to hurry up to save more people!"

Liu Qi waved his hand, and two soldiers ran over to salute, helped Xu Yang and Chu Chen to the back of the big truck, and helped them climb up.After Xu Yang climbed up, he found that there were already many people dressed as civilians sitting in the car. They were all disheveled, and many of them were still injured. They should be civilians rescued by Liu Qi and the others.Seeing them, Xu Yang really felt relieved. Since even the regular troops have been mobilized, these monsters are nothing to be afraid of, right?

Chu Chen handed over the ax under the reminder of the soldiers, and now he calmed down, looking at Xu Yang in disbelief: "Xu Yang, are we saved?"

Xu Yang was about to cry with joy, and looked at Chu Chen and nodded vigorously.

Chu Chen relaxed and sat down against the inner wall of the truck, looked around the people in the car, and unexpectedly saw a familiar figure with the same school uniform as them.

Chu Chen tried his best to see clearly, and pushed Xu Yang: "Brother Xu, isn't that a lunatic?"

Xu Yang looked in the direction he pointed. Although Chu Chen had lowered his voice, the feeling of being watched made Qi Mofeng look at them at the same time.Qi Mofeng's face was still indifferent as before, as if this group of sudden monsters had no effect on him.

The whole day was so gloomy that no one could see the real dusk, and the night fell suddenly.After rescuing a few more people, the speed of the car obviously began to increase, as if it was going somewhere.

Led by a jeep, a convoy drove into a hidden warehouse.

I was less tired after resting all the way, but the feeling of quenching my hunger and thirst was even more unbearable.When Xu Yang and Chu Chen jumped out of the truck with others, they almost lost their footing. If a praying mantis broke in at this moment, he would not be able to take a step.

The civilians stood together spontaneously, and a few soldiers brought a few boxes, and when they opened them, they were filled with food such as compressed biscuits and purified water.Many people, including Xu Yang Chuchen, looked straight at it, but they were not to the point of losing their minds, and they didn't rush forward to snatch it.

The soldiers gave food and water to everyone one by one, not much, but no one would dislike it at this time, and they took it gratefully one by one and started to gobble it up.

Liu Qi sat on an abandoned machine tool: "Everyone, we don't have a lot of food and water in reserve, and we don't know when it will return to normal outside, so we should use it sparingly. I hope everyone will not be offended."

Immediately, someone said vaguely: "Liu Lianchang is too polite, you saved us and gave us food, we are too grateful..."

Liu Qi put on a cigarette with a tired face and smiled wryly: "The responsibility lies."

Xu Yang was nibbling on the compressed biscuits, and when he was feeling how he didn't find this delicious before, Qi Mofeng suddenly walked out of the crowd and came straight to Liu Qi.

"Can you give me a cigarette?" Qi Mofeng asked Liu Qi, looking straight at him.

Liu Qi was stunned for a moment: "You boy, if this is in the army... Tsk, forget it, I'll give it to you. But it's just this one time!" After finishing speaking, Liu Qi took out a cigarette from the crumpled case and handed it to you. Qi Mofeng.

"Thank you..." Qi Mofeng nodded and returned the metal lighter to Liu Qi.

Qi Mofeng walked back to the crowd without saying a word and smoked silently.It may be that the behavior of borrowing smoke made Xu Yang feel that Liu Qi was not as unkind as he seemed, so he boldly asked: "Liu Lianchang, that... When will the army wipe out those praying mantises? Soon, right? "

Xu Yang felt that no matter what, Liu Qi should take an optimistic attitude towards this matter, but Liu Qi's expression became more serious, and after taking several puffs of cigarettes, he said: "...I'll just tell everyone straight. ,I have no idea."

People suddenly became nervous, whispers erupted in the crowd, some were frightened, some were suspicious.

Liu Qi went on to say: "When the meteorite disaster just happened, we received an order not to allow private rescue, because we were afraid that the rash deployment of troops would cause unnecessary panic among the people. To be honest, I don't quite understand why the headquarters issued this order. Out of responsibility, the head of our army played a side ball and sent people to go out to inspect. After seeing that the people in all districts had launched effective self-rescue, we obeyed the order and did not dispatch. In the next few days, all communication equipment gradually failed. , and even radios or more advanced equipment than civilians failed, and we felt that something was wrong."

Everyone fell silent when they heard Liu Qi's words. Things were worse than they imagined.

Liu Qi stomped out the cigarette butt, and after a moment of silence, he spoke again: "This morning, a giant scorpion suddenly appeared in the army and began to attack us."

"Scorpion? Isn't it a praying mantis?" Xu Yang couldn't help asking.

"It's scorpions," Liu Qi said. "At present, it seems that there are more than one kind of giant insects. Scorpions came too suddenly, and their carapace-like guns can't penetrate them at all, and their poison is so strong that people who are stung will die instantly. Humanoid... Our casualties were heavy, only a dozen of our soldiers escaped, and when we came out, it was almost a world of praying mantises outside. The weapons and supplies we brought in hastily were very limited. To be honest, I I don’t know how long we can hold on. Before the communication failed, we learned that meteorites had fallen almost all over the world. If the giant worms are related to meteorites, then... we can only pray that this is not the case. If everything goes well, maybe the large rescue force I’ll be back tomorrow, and it’s possible… never to come.”

The silence of the crowd was finally broken, but it was broken by suppressed crying.

Liu Qi sighed: "I said these are not to destroy everyone's hope, but to tell everyone the truth so that everyone can be mentally prepared. Everyone, let's face the reality."

Seeing that everyone was very depressed, Liu Qi clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's assume the worst, but we must not despair. We will do our best to protect everyone. Soldiers, arrange your shifts according to the duty schedule in the army." Standing guard, everyone will take care of themselves here for the time being."

The soldiers brought out a large box of blankets. Most of them have been sleeping in tents for the past week, and sleeping on the floor is nothing more than some sauce and wine.What's more, compared to so many people who lost their lives, they are lucky enough.

Xu Yang and Chu Chen were leaning against a wall together, sleeping in a relatively inner position.

The stale smell, the smell of blood, and the suppressed crying made the environment extremely depressing. Xu Yang couldn't sleep because of tossing and turning, and couldn't help but look sideways at Chu Chen beside him.

Although Chu Chen closed his eyes, his heavy and chaotic breathing indicated that he was not asleep.Xu Yang sighed, and said softly to Chu Chen, "Thank you for today."

After hearing this, Chu Chen opened his eyes, and tried to pull out a smile: "Don't be polite, you would protect me like this if you change it."

Xu Yang said sadly: "...Not necessarily, I don't necessarily have that courage. Don't worry, think about the novels we read, don't the braver people survive to the end? You will be fine."

"...Go to sleep." Chu Chen was silent for a moment, then said slowly.

Xu Yang closed his eyes, spent almost the whole day in a desperate run, and now lying on the concrete floor covered with a blanket feels very comfortable.But what followed was a blood red that was caught off guard.Xu Yang forced himself not to think about that scene, but the frightened faces of his parents just couldn't get rid of it in his mind.It wasn't until the middle of the night that Xu Yang was so sleepy that he slowly fell asleep.

The first night of the disaster was just like every day before it, and a few hours passed.But who knows when the disaster will pass?

This sleep was not restful, it could not be called a nightmare, but there were always palpitations.It is not clear whether it is in a dream or in reality, the crying has been intermittent. When Xu Yang woke up the next morning, he felt that every cell in his body was uncomfortable.The body is tired and sore from excessive exercise, and the brain is also heavy and chaotic as if it has been poured with lead.

Most of the soldiers were not there, and they should have gone out to continue to rescue civilians.The small group of people left half stood guard outside, and half sat around a dilapidated wooden table and fiddled with the only computer.

The computer was connected to a terminal device that Xu Yang didn't know. A soldier was typing quickly in front of the computer, but from his dejected expression, it could be seen that there should be no good news.

Chu Chen also got up, earlier than Xu Yang. He took the compressed biscuits for breakfast by himself, only ate half of it, and held the remaining half in his hand. Judging from his expression, he should be in a daze.Chu Chen is usually a very outgoing person, who belongs to the bearer of the funny role in every class, but now... most people's expressions are almost the same as Chu Chen's, they are all numb and panicked, and almost no one is talking.

This made Xu Yang feel very scared, and this fear even surpassed the one he was surrounded by praying mantises yesterday.He doesn't know how long he can live, even...does he still need to live?Just staying in this almost closed space, facing the increasingly numb crowd, day after day, or one day, the bugs who broke into the door were chopped into pieces.

Thinking about it for a while, Xu Yang felt extremely hopeless.The whole world has been smashed by meteorites, and the whole world is full of all kinds of ferocious giant insects. They seem to be trapped on a helpless island.Which came first to them, miracle or monster?The answer is somewhat cruel.

Xu Yang was thinking wildly when he saw a pair of feet walking in front of him.Xu Yang thought it was Chu Chen's familiar school uniform pants, but when he looked up, he saw a pair of eyes without any emotion.

"Crazy...Qi Mofeng, what's wrong?" Xu Yang looked at him in surprise. Although he didn't know this person well, a person who could be called a lunatic would not be an easy person to get along with anyway, right?Xu Yang was a little uncertain what Qi Mofeng was looking for him suddenly.

Qi Mofeng's tone was still the same as last night, even the content was similar: "Is there any smoke?"

Xu Yang was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously shook his head: "I don't, I don't smoke."

"Heh, good student." Qi Mofeng smiled very coldly.

This made Xu Yang very angry. In his opinion, it is a very childish behavior to deliberately imitate adults to smoke in order to look handsome, and deliberately satirizing others to show that he is handsome is even more low-end.Originally, he didn't want to talk nonsense with this kind of person, but he is not normal now. He feels that his spirit is on the verge of collapse, and his emotions are becoming more and more unstable. He urgently needs to find a way to vent, even if it is a fight.

With a gloomy face, Xu Yang stood up slowly while leaning on the wall.He is about the same height as Qi Mofeng, and he should be one or two centimeters taller than him in real terms, but Qi Mofeng is obviously not intimidated by this slight height disadvantage, and still looks at Xu Yang calmly.

"Whether I'm a fucking good student or not, you don't have to worry about it!" Xu Yang said as he suddenly threw his fist at Qi Mofeng's face.

Xu Yang didn't fight very much, he thought his punch was too fast, it felt like a sneak attack, but Qi Mofeng easily dodged it sideways.Xu Yang staggered a step forward due to inertia, and felt a sharp pain in his abdomen as soon as he stood up, and Qi Mofeng had already kicked him in the stomach.

Xu Yang snorted, and squatted down covering his stomach.Qi Mofeng slowly approached him, and Xu Yang was suddenly discouraged, quietly waiting for the punches and kicks to come.

But the pain didn't come as expected, Qi Mofeng walked up to him and stopped moving.

Xu Yang raised his head to look at him with an unfriendly expression, and Qi Mofeng gave him a smile.Xu Yang felt that he might be dazzled by the pain, and Qi Mofeng's smile didn't seem to be mocking.Not only was it not there, but it was quite normal, and it was even more abnormal that the lunatic had a normal look on his face.

After Qi Mofeng finished laughing, he said, "Don't you know how to beat people? Don't you also have a temper? Why don't you keep doing this? Like a woman, if you want to cry or not, I'll come to see it What’s the matter, are you going to give the insects a pear blossom and bring rain when they surround you? You can try, maybe they will cry better and they will build you a nest for you to be the queen.”

Xu Yang really doesn't understand what Qi Mofeng is going to do at the moment, is this... Encouraging him?

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps, and Chu Chen ran to Xu Yang to protect him: "Qi Mofeng, don't mess around, we are all from the same school, and it's been a while, so let's stop fighting, okay?"

Qi Mofeng sneered, ignored them, turned around and left.

Chu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and just wanted to ask his brother how he provoked this plague god, when Qi Mofeng threw another sentence: "You don't really dare to die, so just find a way to live."

When Qi Mofeng walked away, Chu Chen muttered in a low voice: "You are crazy."

Xu Yang was silent.He is not stupid, he can see that Qi Mofeng is indeed encouraging him, although the method is rather strange.It's just that Xu Yang didn't understand, and Qi Mofeng didn't know him, so why did he come here to be Lei Feng?But at least one thing, Xu Yang admires Qi Mofeng's mentality. I'm afraid he is the one with the most stable mood in this disaster. He seems to be in the same state as when he was beating someone at school that day, and he still has a leisurely heart. to manage others.

His stomach still hurts, but Xu Yang felt a little better in his heart, or how to put it, being beaten is also a way to release pressure.

Xu Yang pulled Chu Chen's arm and stood up: "Chu Chen."

"Huh?" Chu Chen looked at him in confusion.

"We must survive."