90: Chapter 90 Special Zerg Squad, A Sudden Attack!
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Late at night.
Piao Daosi arrived at the Hegemony Arena, and what met his eyes were the brilliant, fluorescent Crystal Spores.
He recognized these as the same bizarre plants that appeared when the Lord of Japan arrived, except they didn't glow during the day.
The landing site was surrounded on three sides by glowing plants, making the entire area even brighter than it was during the day!
The open area on the other side, devoid of glowing plants, appeared to be a Salt Flats.
Three sides of dense forest, one side of open ground.
This spawn point was better than the one the Lord of Japan had during the day.
Judging from the Lord of Japan's battle during the day, the Insect Swarm only had combat capability within the dense forest.
They didn't dare attack from the open ground; without the cover of the dense forest, they would become sitting ducks.
Therefore, the Insect Swarm could only choose to attack from the three sides with dense forest, which meant that compared to Tojo Injin, he only needed to defend three sides.
He had a huge advantage at the start!
Piao Daosi didn't dare to be negligent and immediately began building the city wall. At the same time, he sent soldiers to clear the surrounding fluorescent plants.
These plants were massive and could draw a lot of fire for the Insect Swarm weaving through them.
Because ammunition was infinite in the Hegemony Arena's defense competition and soldiers could get supplies just by returning to the barracks, Piao Daosi ordered the soldiers to use grenades to blow them up directly.
The kill radius of a fragmentation grenade was around 10 meters, but because of the strong cushioning effect of the liquid inside the Crystal Spores, this kill radius was reduced to 3 meters.
Each soldier was equipped with 3 individual grenades, and about a quarter of the nearly 200 Korean soldiers were equipped with grenades.
Their strategy was to blast the area with fragmentation grenades first, then have the soldiers without grenades use tactical knives for a thorough cleanup. This method was effective, and the cleanup efficiency was even higher than the Japanese army's.
Boom — — — — — —
Boom — — — — — —
Boom — — — — — —
The sounds of fragmentation grenades rang out throughout the dense forest, the explosions standing out in the silent forest at night.
As each grenade exploded, large swaths of Crystal Spores collapsed.
The soldiers had cleared about 10 meters of Crystal Spores, and Piao Daosi was about to finish building the city wall.
Looking at the magnificent 6-meter-high city wall, he felt a surge of pride.
Because the Lord of Japan focused on offense and didn't invest in defense, their city wall was only a 3-meter-high Rank 1 wall.
However, if they could crush the Insect Swarm with a Rank 1 wall, wouldn't his Rank 2 wall be impregnable?
Piao Daosi felt a bit smug. He had urgently upgraded the city wall before entering the Hegemony Arena to increase his territory's defense.
He hadn't expected this upgrade to be so timely; it could almost be said to have saved his life!
Only the last section of the wall remained; once it was built, he could have the soldiers return.
Boom — — — — — —
Boom — — — — — —
Ah — — — — — —
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The moment Piao Daosi laid down the last section of the wall, he suddenly felt like he heard a scream.
What was going on?
"Squad leaders, count your team members!"
Piao Daosi shouted into the communicator while running back into the territory.
He was panicking; he couldn't afford any mishaps at this moment.
"First Squadron, all present!"
"Third Squadron, all present!"
"Fourth Squadron... Pfft... Zzz... Hiss hiss hiss..."
What was that sound!
Piao Daosi's face was full of terror; he had almost dropped the communicator in fright just now.
Something was wrong; he couldn't stay outside!
He grabbed the communicator and shouted.
"All units, retreat to the territory! All units, retreat..."
Bang — — — —
Bang — — — —
Before he could finish his sentence, chaotic gunfire erupted in the dense forest.
How could this be!
The Forbidden Ground hadn't even given a notification yet, so how could the Insect Swarm be here!!
"All units, alert! All units, alert!!"
All the searchlights on the city wall lit up, and the guards holding submachine guns went into a state of high alert.
Piao Daosi rushed onto the city wall and looked toward the direction of the gunfire.
Suddenly, he saw a soldier who had just rushed out from the edge of the dense forest get sliced in half at the waist without any warning!!
The spurting blood sprayed into the air and was blocked by something, outlining an unrecognizable structure.
"Sh, Shibal, wh, what is that thing?"
Chaotic gunfire and screams rang out in the dense forest, and not a single soldier escaped from it.
Suddenly! Piao Daosi felt a chill run from the top of his head to the soles of his feet, and a feeling of despair and cold, as if falling into an ice cellar, surged over him.
That thing, that thing seemed to have glanced at him...
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In the viewing area, all the lords widened their eyes, not knowing what had happened.
An attack had actually occurred in the area where they thought it was safe to build the city wall?
And they hadn't even seen the creature attacking!!
"What thing, what thing launched the attack, did anyone see it?"
"The mission hasn't even been released yet, so how has the attack wave started!"
"This isn't an attack wave! They seem to have encountered wild Xenomorphs!"
"Then where are the Xenomorphs? They haven't even seen what the Xenomorphs look like, and Korea has already lost over a dozen soldiers!!"
"The last soldier, his blood splattered onto something..."
What was going on?
MacArthur frowned deeply.
Over a dozen people had died before the fight even started, and they didn't even know what was attacking!
Tojo Injin's eyes were grave; he could feel that something was wrong.
This Rank 4 threat level Insect Swarm was completely different from the one he had fought during the day!!
On the other side of the viewing platform, Su Yang also frowned.
This feeling was very familiar!
Although he wasn't as terrified as Piao Daosi, he had experienced that feeling before.
The feeling of being watched by something!
It was that Insect Swarm squad at the entrance of the territory!
Although the Forbidden Ground would wait until the countdown ended to start the Xenomorphs wave, the rules never said that building a city wall was a safe time!
It was Piao Daosi trying to save trouble by using grenades to clear the path that had attracted that Insect Swarm squad.
Combining the situation before his eyes, Su Yang finally realized why the Scout had never detected that squad!
That squad must possess some kind of mimicry or technology that allowed them to be completely concealed within the dense forest!
Piao Daosi was really unlucky; this was a special Insect Swarm squad that even he was seeing for the first time!!
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In the official Great Qin live broadcast room.
The sudden attack in the live broadcast directly ignited the barrage.
"Holy crap!! They started killing without even being seen! What kind of Insect Swarm is this?"
"Look at Piao Daosi, his face is completely pale; he is truly terrified!"
"Too exciting, no one told me they would be showing horror movies at night!?"
"Other regions are all satisfying monster-grinding shows, but our Rank 4 Insect Swarm has actually turned into a horror movie!"
"It really is a bit terrifying; I dare not imagine that Su Yang faces such terrifying creatures every day!"
"You're looking at how he's fighting, how could our Great Qin Elite Soldiers be unable to even fight back?"
"Of course it's terrifying if you put yourself in the shoes of a Korean, but we are Great Qin; we have General Li Xin and the Skyfire Guard, so why would we be afraid!"
"Although that's true, I'm really looking forward to what happens next. They've been scared out of their wits before the attack wave even started; how spectacular will the attack wave be!"
"The most anticipated episode has arrived; hurry up and send the Koreans home!"
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