Giant Worm World

Chapter 3

Having just crawled back from the brink of death, everyone sat slumped in the aisle of the entrance, there was nothing but panting, and the atmosphere fell into a strange tranquility.

Undecided in shock, the administrator bravely walked to the door, gently opened a small gap through the glass opening through the iron sheet, and looked out cautiously.The sky is still gloomy, but the stone steps in front of the door have been stained with blood red patches, there is nothing but the remaining pieces of meat, and the group of giant praying mantises seems to have left.

The administrator breathed a sigh of relief, checked again and said, "Those monsters seem to be..."

"squeak!"

He was halfway through speaking when a praying mantis suddenly appeared in front of the door, separated from him by a layer of glass.The administrator yelled in fright and sat down on the ground, crawling backwards on hands and feet.

There were faint bloodstains on the lower jaw of the praying mantis, and its pitch-black pupils were fixed on the prey in the house. After a fierce cry, it slammed into the iron door forcefully.

After the palpitating sound, the iron door was bumped abruptly by it.More and more chirping sounds gathered together, and a series of crashing sounds could be heard endlessly.

The strong man pulled up the limp administrator: "What are you still doing? Waiting to die? Hurry up and find something to block the gate!"

It was only then that everyone reacted belatedly, and hurriedly pushed a nearby desk for duty to the door.It may be that the desire to survive stimulated their potential. They even knocked down a not-so-tall bookshelf, and put the bookshelf behind the desk with great effort.The back of the bookshelf is tightly against the wall, which looks quite safe.

The strong man wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a low voice, "Let's stay away from the door first, and hope that the group of monsters can run away without hearing any movement."

Naturally, no one in the crowd would refute him, and they followed the strong man lightly into the library.

Everyone came to the reading room on the first floor where there were many bookshelves. The tall bookshelves were like a wall protecting them, which made them temporarily relieved.After a series of fright and intense exercise, Xu Yang and Chu Chen, like most people, were on the verge of collapse. They sat on the ground weakly leaning on the bookshelf, looking at each other speechlessly.

With a soft "pop", the strong man lit a cigarette.The administrator raised his hand and opened his mouth to remind him of something, but he swallowed the words again, who cares about other people smoking here now.The administrator changed the words: "Brother, I am Zhao Ping, the librarian here. I don't know what to call you?"

"Wang Qiang," the strong man spit out the smoke, "I really saw a ghost, why did such a thing appear?"

Zhao Ping looked at him timidly: "Brother, where did these monsters come from?"

Wang Qiang scratched his hair irritably: "I told you I don't know, maybe it's the radiation from the meteorite... But other animals and people are fine, why did the praying mantis become so big?"

"This is an alien monster, just like in the movie..."

Xu Yang followed everyone's gaze to the source of the sound. A plainly dressed middle-aged woman hugged her ten-year-old son tightly, with a flattering smile on her face: "Don't listen to the child's nonsense, he usually knows how to read television."

Her son pulled her down to cover his hand: "It's a monster!"

After all, Zhao Ping did not personally experience the feeling of being chased by monsters, and his condition was slightly better than others. He cheered up and said, "Don't be afraid, everyone. This building is very strong. The earthquake caused by the meteorite impact a week ago did not collapse. Bugs can’t get in. There’s a water dispenser over there, so please drink some water first.”

Everyone's mouths were dry for a long time, and when they heard this, they immediately got up and ran to the place pointed by Zhao Ping.The able-bodied people headed by Wang Qiang forcibly lined up at the front, while the people behind dared not speak out.Seeing this scene, Xu Yang couldn't help feeling amused. These adults are really ignorant, and they're not doing much. First, put on a first-come, first-served rogue. The bucket of the water dispenser is almost full. Dozens of people drink it all in one go?

Xu Yang and Chu Chen were still sitting there without moving. As Xu Yang thought, after the mother and child in the last row finished drinking, the water in the bucket was only half drained.But to my surprise, there was no cup, and the woman drank from the water foolishly.

Chu Chen looked at Xu Yang's bulging trouser pocket. The empty bottle was not thrown away after running all the way. Chu Chen took out the bottle and said, "Brother Xu, I'm going to get some water."

Xu Yang didn't want to talk. After recovering, he recalled the blood-stained tent. He didn't see much content after a quick glance, but the terrified faces of his parents were deeply burned into his heart. in mind.Is this death?So simple, so easy?

When Chu Chen came back with a full bottle of water, Xu Yang was still immersed in the blood-red scene.Chu Chen sighed slightly, and sat beside Xu Yang.

"Xu Yang..." Chu Chen called out his name.Chu Chen has always called him brother Xu half-jokingly, and rarely called him by his name.

Xu Yang looked at him sideways, and Chu Chen saw that there were no tears on Xu Yang's face, but his immature mind also thought that it might be better for Xu Yang to cry.

Chu Chen handed him the water, and the coldness brought by the splashed water droplets made Xu Yang feel a little bit real.Chu Chen said: "Forget it, I don't want to comfort you so much. If comfort is useful, you will come to comfort me a few days ago. Xu Yang, don't be sad, it's hard to put it bluntly, we two unlucky bastards don't have time yet Go be sad, let's live first and then talk."

Originally thought that his tear ducts had failed, but after hearing his best friend say these words, Xu Yang's nose became sore.Xu Yang wiped his face vigorously with his sleeve, and drank half of the bottle of water in one go.

Zhao Ping was still there talking to Wang Qiang: "There are troops in the suburbs of our city. They don't come to rescue when there is a disaster. Now that monsters appear, they can't just sit back and do nothing, can they?"

Wang Qiang put out the cigarette butt: "Probably... How much food do you have here? How many days can you last?"

After saying this, everyone looked at Zhao Ping.

Zhao Ping suddenly became nervous: "What do you see me doing? When I was at the door, I said that I didn't have much to eat. I planned to go to the city to try my luck..."

Wang Qiang snorted: "I think your little food is not enough for all of us to eat, so let's share some if you can. If no one cares about these monsters, I can't live for a few days if I give them all."

Seeing that Wang Qiang didn't intend to snatch it, Zhao Ping was slightly relieved, but when he heard that they were going to share it with them, Zhao Ping was in trouble: "This... I really don't have much left. , not enough to fit between the teeth."

Wang Qiang stared at Zhao Ping for a while without speaking, but the atmosphere became more tense.

Xu Yang looked at the people around him, besides him, Chu Chen, Wang Qiang and Zhao Ping, there were nine other people.The mother and son, a middle-aged couple, a young lover, and three lonely people, two of them are as strong as Wang Qiang, and one is thinner than Zhao Ping, who looks very weak.

Xu Yang didn't care what they thought, he didn't know what he should do next.The desperate run just now seemed to have exhausted all his strength, he lived as long as he could, and fell down if he couldn't.

Xu Yang leaned against the bookshelf, looking into the distance through the bright window.Under the drowsy sky, there seemed to be a person standing on the roof in the distance.Xu Yang sat up suddenly, any abnormal scene in this environment can make people feel weird.

It seems to be a real person, standing on a high place, and his clothes are still swaying in the wind.That person seemed to be standing on a very weird protrusion, Xu Yang couldn't see clearly from too far away.When he stood up to take a closer look, the things under the man's feet seemed to move.

Xu Yang felt that his eyes should be dazzled, but the next moment, Xu Yang felt the chill and fear that went deep into his bones.

The thing under the man's feet moved, and led him to climb down the edge of the building. Although the angle was enough to make the man fall violently due to gravity, the man still kept his feet as if walking on flat ground. Strange upright posture.And Xu Yang also saw clearly what was under the man's feet.

A spider, so huge that it was almost as wide as a building.

Xu Yang felt a suffocating stuffiness in his chest, and endless fear tore his nerves.What is this?The man who manipulated the giant worm?All this is artificial?

"Why are you so selfish? Hurry up and share the food with us!"

A roar brought back Xu Yang's mind, and when he looked over again, the building was empty.Xu Yang turned his head and found that the remaining two strong men seemed to be unable to hold back, and began to press towards Zhao Ping, forcing him to hand over the food, while Wang Qiang, as if he hadn't heard anything, sat there and watched the situation.

One of the strong men took a thick book that could be used as a murder weapon from the shelf: "The surname is Zhao, we are all in the same street, and no one will help you. If you don't know how to praise, don't blame us for being rude to you." !"

Zhao Ping looked at Wang Qiang as if asking for help, but Wang Qiang smiled and did not answer.Zhao Ping looked at the two strong men in despair: "I saved you, how could you..."

"Then you'll be a good person to the end..." The strong man's smile froze on his face, and suddenly a sharp front claw protruded from his chest, spurting blood that splashed all over the people around him.And the people heard the cry like a reminder again.

"squeak--!"

The front paws were withdrawn suddenly, and the strong man who had been vicious just now fell limply on the ground, and the bookshelf behind him was divided into two halves, and four or five huge praying mantises showed their true colors.

Everyone was stunned by the upheaval, and then they all screamed and got up quickly as if they had been electrocuted.Wang Qiang kicked Zhao Ping: "Didn't you fucking say that monsters can't get in?!"

Zhao Ping was also frightened: "Yeah, how could it be... right! Upstairs... the glass upstairs was shattered by the earthquake a few days ago, I, I forgot..."

Wang Qiang was so angry that he wanted to beat him to death, but it was still important to save his life, so Wang Qiang turned his head and ran away.Xu Yang and Chu Chen were similar, and ran out closely following Wang Qiang's pace.There were panicked footsteps and cries of children behind him, but no one dared to look behind.

Then the first scream came from the middle-aged couple. Because their legs and feet were really not good, they were abandoned by the large army until the end, and their bodies were cut by the leaping mantis.The front claws of a praying mantis are too big for humans, and a random stroke is enough to cut off the fragile human body like tofu.

Xu Yang and Chu Chen followed Wang Qiang and ran in the narrow passage. When Wang Qiang passed the stairs, Wang Qiang tried to go up in a panic, but saw dozens of giant praying mantises rushing down densely, which scared him. With a strange cry, he immediately ran forward.

Xu Yang's heart was about to jump out, the mood just now that he was happy in life and why he died was gone, he could only run wildly in order not to die under the hands of these monsters.

"what!!"

The mother screamed, and Xu Yang looked back subconsciously. The mother and son had already reached the end of the line, and were crushed by the rushing mantis. The huge impact directly made the mother spit out blood foam, but she was still in despair. Stretched out his hand forward: "Help...help my child..."

The child was crying loudly in her arms, and Xu Yang's brain would explode when he heard the grief-stricken crying, but he didn't dare to go back, and no one else dared.After taking a look, he could only continue to run for his life.

"what!!"

The mother's body was instantly cut into pieces by the four front claws of the two praying mantises, and the child's crying stopped abruptly.

Wang Qiang rushed to the door first, and pushed the table blocking the door with all his strength, but the heavy solid wood table only moved slightly, and there was no time to open the door before the mantis' front paws fell.

Wang Qiang smashed the table angrily, then turned to stare at Zhao Ping: "You! Tell me where is the exit?!"

Zhao Ping ran out of breath: "Go forward...there is an emergency passage..."

Xu Yang was running sullenly, when someone grabbed the hem of his school uniform suddenly, staggered and almost fell, he turned his head, and saw the surviving strong man looking at him viciously: "Little brat, get out of the way!" my way!"

Xu Yang was so disgusted by this man, he gritted his teeth and stared at him.

The strong man naturally ignored him, and when he snorted and wanted to push him away and run to the front, Chu Chen suddenly kicked the strong man's knee with a cold face, and the strong man screamed in pain and fell to the ground.Before Xu Yang could be surprised, Chu Chen dragged him and continued to run wildly.

The few people at the end of the line stepped over the strong man one by one, no one paid attention to his cries for help, and some even showed a happy feeling on their faces.

"Damn you!" The brawny man suddenly grabbed the girl in the couple. The girl screamed and fell to the ground hard. The brawny man laughed loudly: "You inhumans, you are going to die together!"

"Help me! Ah Hao, save me!" The girl looked at her boyfriend in horror.

And his boyfriend's choice is in line with human nature. He glanced at his girlfriend reluctantly, then resolutely turned his head and ran away.

The girl's terrified eyes turned into surprise, and then gradually became numb.Amidst the wild laughter of the brawny man on the verge of collapse, the rushed mantis was instantly chopped into pieces.The girl probably never dreamed that one day she would die with a completely strange man like a martyrdom.

Wang Qiang suddenly coughed violently, a bit regretful that he smoked so much, but seeing the passage door close at hand, his desire to survive still made him not stop.

With a "bang", Wang Qiang directly smashed the fire box with his bare hands. Regardless of the broken glass on his arm, he picked up the fire ax and slammed it into the chain lock of the fire door.

The splashed glass shards scratched Xu Yang's side face, he turned his head in pain, and saw Chu Chen beside him with a gloomy expression.

"Chu Chen..."

"Don't talk, I don't know what's wrong with me..." Chu Chen interrupted him, "Let's escape first, we can't control others."

Wang Qiang's second ax split the door lock and opened the door. The surviving people felt as if they had escaped from the sky, and each of them quickened their steps.

Wang Qiang rushed out full of joy, before the smile on his face disappeared, a front paw pierced his chest heavily.Wang Qiang's strong body was picked up by the praying mantis like a rag doll, and with the muffled sound of flesh being cut, blood and the ax in his hand slid down to the ground.

"Run!" Xu Yang was so frightened that he was about to burst with fear, he pulled Chu Chen and ran away.It's ridiculous to say that before, when Chu Chen wanted to jokingly hold his hand, Xu Yang always called him a bitch, but he and Chu Chen almost held hands all the way along the way.

Chu Chen broke away from him suddenly, lowered his head to avoid the front claws of the sweeping mantis, quickly picked up the fire ax that had been soaked into red, and continued to run wildly with Xu Yang.

As soon as they ran to the main road, there was the sound of whistling motors behind them, and a car passed by them like crazy, and fled on the road twisting and turning.

Xu Yang looked around desperately while running. There were even flames in the distance. Giant praying mantises were almost everywhere in every building. Everywhere was stained red with blood. There were fleeing people and screaming people everywhere. Weeping people... It seems that the whole city is trapped in the doomsday.

The people who escaped from the library by chance went their separate ways as soon as they came out. Xu Yang didn't know what Chu Chen was thinking. Anyway, he was about to collapse, and he was just running wildly with the instinct of fear of death. Where did he want to go? He didn't know at all, he just wanted to live one more second, one more second...

Chu Chen shouted: "No! Our speed is not as fast as the monsters, and more and more bugs are following us! We must hide..."

For Xu Yang at this time, breathing is a kind of torture, his heart and lungs are hot, dry and painful, and he has sweated more in this half day than he has in the past ten years combined.He was speechless at all, and could only nod his head to indicate that he agreed with Chu Chen's opinion.

Chu Chen suddenly exclaimed: "Be careful!"

Xu Yang was suddenly thrown aside by Chu Chen, the huge mantis almost flew past his head, Xu Yang could even see his own reflection on the black and sharp front paws of the mantis.For a moment Xu Yang really had the illusion that his head had moved.

Fortunately, he didn't. He rolled on the ground, and the smell of dust suddenly made his throat even more dry.

Xu Yang and Chu Chen supported each other to get up, but they found in despair that the little escape time they had just wasted was now surrounded by a swarm of praying mantises.

Chu Chen gritted his teeth and picked up the ax to protect himself, watching the encirclement of the praying mantises getting smaller and smaller.