Chapter 242 Shadow of Death

"Fuck!"

Several soldiers including Zhao Yao were also quick-witted and pulled out several flamethrowers from the tracked vehicle, spraying flames at the insect swarm violently.

Fortunately, these insects could be ignited after being sprayed with fuel, and in a blink of an eye, a large number of burning corpses were formed. Then, the acid from the burning and exploding insects even formed a white mist, floating in the air, intertwined with the thick smoke from the burning flames.

Even... even Yu Yifeng himself was ignited!

Many red alarm programs lit up on the helmet display, but Yu Yifeng didn't care.

It was only a dozen meters away, and it took less than two seconds. He gritted his teeth and rushed to the three people lying there!

He felt that the insects attached to his body were extremely powerful and had a strong blocking force on personal movement, just like a big man pushing and kneading constantly. No wonder these people couldn't stand up at all!

Yu Yifeng exerted force suddenly, and the powerful movement ability of this power armor broke out completely, and quickly overcame these insects.

He grabbed one with one hand, carried another on his back, turned around, kicked up a lot of soil under his feet, and then ran wildly in the direction of the tracked vehicle.

What made his scalp numb was that after throwing the incendiary bomb, a large number of insects emerged from the hole, as if... endless!

This black desert seemed to fill the entire cave! When Yu Yifeng thought of the scene of being densely covered with insects and even submerged, he felt a chill in his heart and felt goose bumps all over his body.

This group of insects that emerged was even more crazy, like moths to a flame, constantly rushing towards the direction of the flame, and there were more and more of these things, and even holes appeared in all directions!

Those that were burned were far slower than those that emerged!

In a blink of an eye, Zhao Yao and several others were also taken care of. They were also wrapped in insects all over their bodies, and then they had to set themselves on fire.

"Come in! Stop spraying! You... come in!"

Yu Yifeng yelled at the last few firemen, pulled them into the car one by one, and then slammed the door of the tracked vehicle.

"Puff", a clever soldier picked up a dry ice fire extinguisher and sprayed it wildly, putting out the fire on several people.

The whole car was full of smoke, but fortunately everyone was wearing power armor, so it was not a big problem.

There were not too many bugs that followed in, and a group of people slapped and beat them, and finally wiped them all out. Small corpses fell on the metal ground, with a "hissing" sound of metal melting.

In order to save costs, this non-combat tracked vehicle is made of conventional stainless steel, of course it can't withstand this strong acid, and they are slowly corroding. Hydrogen gas came out.

"Captain, my helmet is corroded and cracked! I smell the smell of rotten eggs, and I just came into contact with the alien atmosphere!" At this time, a soldier suddenly shouted in panic. He was one of the firemen who had just escaped death.

Hearing his scream, everyone even had a small wave of confusion.

"Those with broken helmets, go inside to change one, then inject broad-spectrum immune drugs, and immediately isolate and treat after returning to the base! Everyone check the power armor and helmets on your body!"

Yu Yifeng said calmly, he must not show panic at this time.

He put down the few people he was carrying, checked them carefully, and slowly frowned...

Dead, all dead!

Two soldiers, a scientist, they were completely gone in this short moment, and they didn't even have time to groan.

What Yu Yifeng saved at the risk of his life were just three corpses...

"Guo Hao, Locke, James..."

Life is really too fragile, especially human life, a race with only eight or nine points of physical potential...

As long as the power armor is slightly damaged and leaking, or the helmet is broken, it can easily kill people.

These three people died because their helmets were broken and then corroded by strong acid.

Their power armor was relatively intact because it was made of super alloy metal, but the plexiglass of the helmets could not withstand the corrosion of the strong acid of the insect tide, and a big hole was broken in them!

Their entire heads were corroded by the acid and could not be seen, just like being splashed with sulfuric acid, and there was no trace of life activity at all.

Yu Yifeng was silent for a long time without speaking, his brows were furrowed, and then he sighed heavily and turned his body.

He carefully checked his equipment. The super alloy could still resist these strong acids slightly, and there was no big problem in a short time, but the helmet was completely useless.

In just a few seconds, some melting pits appeared on his helmet, just like a layer of frosted glass was scraped off...

Because they witnessed the appearance of death with their own eyes, people were very scared.

These three were their good comrades and good colleagues, and now they were lying here alone. Even the moment before, they were still talking and laughing... but now they are gone forever.

But there is no time to be sad at this moment, because the crisis is far from over. These tracked vehicles are temporary shelters, with thick steel plates, but they are not combat-type!

Besides, the car also has large glass windows like buses, so you can see outside clearly.

What if these windows are corroded...

The insects outside are gathering more and more, just like a black desert covering the sky and the earth. People have never seen so many black insects.

They rushed towards the burning flames in waves!

The flames were quickly extinguished, and then some more bizarre creatures appeared. They were generally small, some looked like mice, and the largest was a monkey. They seemed to ignore the strong acid and kept eating black bugs.

Then they all ran in another direction... the direction of the spacecraft!

Is this the underground ecosystem? Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

I don’t know how long this insect tide will last, but we can’t stay here forever! What if the nuclear engine explodes...

“...Captain! They are attacking us! They are attacking our car!” A corporal suddenly sent a message.

Yu Yifeng hurriedly turned his head to look out the window. All of them were divided into three cars. The middle one was already densely surrounded by black bugs, like a big cocoon!

Not good! If this tracked vehicle is breached, more than 30 people inside will be finished!

He was suddenly very anxious, and he didn’t care about anything else. He quickly opened the door and threw a incendiary bomb at random.

With a "boom", all the insects seemed to be disturbed by the flames and rushed towards the incendiary bombs frantically.

Even if they were burned, they didn't care. The number of insects besieging the middle vehicle suddenly decreased.

"They... they seem to be attracted by the flames!"

A soldier suddenly had an idea and shouted anxiously, "Should we use a few more incendiary bombs?!"

Suddenly, a biologist shouted anxiously: "No, it's not the flames... but the heat! It's the heat that attracts them! Quick, let them turn off the engine of the car!"

Yu Yifeng paused thoughtfully. That's the reason. There are very few insects outside the other two cars, but the car in the middle is like a big black cocoon... It must be because the engine is turned on!

He shouted hurriedly: "Shut it down! You guys turn off the engine of the car!"

As he spoke, he threw another incendiary bomb...