Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 737 Light
The mental shock of Heros paused the Zerg's charge, which also made the bonfire burn again. As the smoke gathered more and more, the situation improved a little. After a while, the place was filled with thick smoke, and it became an almost closed area. The Zerg finally stopped rushing in.

However, they are still wreaking havoc outside, but no one can get out and can only wait here. In this way, they will definitely not be able to chase them.

After about four or five hours, the noise outside finally died down.

The bonfire gradually went out, with only the remaining thick smoke still floating in the air.

Those who were knocked down by the spiritual power also woke up one after another. After a quick inspection, they found that a lot of manpower were lost, and many were killed on the spot, especially some auxiliary and technical personnel. They were originally weak in strength, and the distance was close when the explosion just happened. Even if there was a layer of protective equipment that weakened the situation, they had almost no resistance to it.

Heros will not spare these people when he uses his mental power. In an emergency, he cannot avoid them.

Although the absence of these people does not affect their overall combat effectiveness, many things will become very inconvenient, such as setting up camp every day, telegraph communication, medical treatment, and various logistical maintenance work. If all of these are done by the main fighters, it will take up a considerable part of their time and their efficiency will become very low.

This is actually what Xu Chan wanted to achieve.

After figuring out the personnel losses, the action leader came to Heros and said helplessly: "Mr. Heros, three-fifths of the technical personnel have been lost, and the rest still have strong sequelae and have almost no strength to move.

Unless we ignore them, we won't be able to set out today. But I need to remind you that if we completely ignore the logistics and support personnel, if we can't find the Dashun people tomorrow, our efficiency in finding them will gradually decrease as time goes on."

Heros said calmly, "This time the enemy outsmarted us, but they only delayed us for one day. Nothing will change. Let the medical team try their best to treat those who have fallen, and write down the names of those who unfortunately died. I hope their families will not be too sad."

"Yes, sir."

After listening to this, the captain of the operation saluted him as a united group.

Heros's strength is undoubtedly the strongest here, and the kindness and leadership he shows are unmatched by others. With his words, at least the other members of the team don't have to worry about being abandoned for no reason.

Heros then asked: "Is our radio operator still there?"

"He's here. He survived. He just vomited and has regained his strength."

Heros said: "Then let him send a message to our partners, telling them that we have encountered some difficulties here and now we need help from our partners."

The action leader said, “I’ll do it right away.”

On the other side, after pressing the detonator, Xu Chan immediately hid in a tree hole that he had chosen in advance. This was actually also a predation trap for active plants.

Prey usually use this place as a nest or a safe haven, but once they come in, the tree's belly closes and they can then digest and eat the prey.

But he needed this thing to wrap himself up and use it to avoid the swarm of insects that would be coming soon.

Most people would digest it directly when they came in, but he was prepared in advance and applied a thick layer of medicine on his body, which could effectively resist the digestive fluid secreted from the plant.

And his strength also ensured that he would not be crushed under the strong pressure of the tree's belly.

At this moment, he stretched out his limbs to resist the powerful contracting force. Under normal circumstances, if he did not rush out in one breath, he would have to hold on for at least several days and nights to exhaust the endurance of this active plant.

But there is no need to worry about this now, because when the swarm of insects comes, the plant will not be able to put too much pressure on him.

Sure enough, after only two or three minutes, he felt the force squeezing him lighten, and at the same time, the active plant began to shake and tremble violently, as if it was fighting fiercely with something.

This process finally stopped after lasting for several hours. Not only was there no more binding force around it, but the entire active plant seemed to have fallen down, and even the digestive juices were no longer secreted.

After waiting for a while, he felt that there was no movement outside, so he exerted his strength, and with a "swish", he forcibly tore a crack in the thick tree belly, and the daylight immediately leaked in.

He looked outside for a while and saw that there was indeed nothing wrong. He then held the gaps on both sides with both hands and pushed hard. With a sharp creaking sound, he tore open a gap large enough for him to pass through, and then squeezed out.

After walking a few steps outside, I saw that the outside was full of holes. Most of the tree trunks I saw had fallen to the ground, and only bare and thick branches were left. The originally dense jungle became withered as if it had encountered a violent storm.

He patted his body, and the broken and dried pieces of the medicine fell down. He then exerted his strength and shook it, and it broke into countless pieces and scattered all over the ground.

He looked in the direction of the camp. Such a huge swarm of insects passing through, not to mention how much damage it would cause to the people of the Federation, was enough to destroy all traces of their presence.

He looked at the sky. It was already around two or three in the afternoon. Even if he continued to chase them, there was basically no hope, because in another hour or two, the other party would start preparing for nightfall. In this way, he successfully delayed them for a day.

At this moment, he also needed to find a place to rest, which he had already considered before. After he left here, he ran for ten minutes, lifted a floor woven with vines, and entered a cave that had been dug and reinforced with supports. He patted the woven cage above, and the firefly-like insects inside quickly moved, providing him with some weak light.

After he sat down, he ate a few nutritional pastes and unfolded the map provided by the gathering place. This map helped him a lot. If the advantages of geographical location could be used well, it would be enough to achieve the goal of entanglement and control of the enemy.

Now that he has taken advantage of the insect nest, the other party will be wary of it tomorrow and will be on high alert, so he can create a few small explosions tomorrow, both real and fake, just to make these people dare not move forward at full speed.

The real killer move... is here.

He looked at a cave entrance marked on the map, which was exactly in the direction of Captain Hai and his companions. If he didn't track them there, he would not take any action. If he went there, he would try to use this trap.

At the Linax Federation camp, Major General Serbir took the telegram from the telegraph operator. After reading it, he told the adjutant beside him:
"The consortium needs support. According to the agreement, we must make a commitment. I will personally lead the team to join them later. You stay here and continue to improve the device."

The adjutant immediately saluted and said yes.

Major General Serbir planned to take all the hired personnel with him this time. In his opinion, these people were scum and trash, all of them were unruly and would not be obedient without him leading the team. However, trash was trash, and it would be best to consume them all this time. There was no need to take them back.

He thought of something at this moment and asked, "Where's Seraphina?"

The adjutant turned sideways and pointed to the next corner: "Over there."

Major General Serbil looked over and saw a petite black-haired girl with eye shadow and twin ponytails, squatting under a big tree.

She picked up a passing flying insect, plucked its wings, and threw it on the ground to watch it crawl. After a while, she caught another one, plucked its wings and threw it down. There were already piles of flying insects like this on the ground under her feet, but she seemed to enjoy it.

After taking a few glances, Major General Serbir said, "Her talent is crucial to us. Whether we can complete the plan this time depends entirely on her. Keep a close eye on her. Don't let her run around, and make sure she doesn't get into any trouble."

The adjutant replied solemnly.

Twenty minutes later, Major General Serbir came out of the camp with a team of people and arrived at the camp of the coalition before nightfall. The main fighters of both sides gathered together to discuss the specific action plan for the next day.

Before long, it got dark and all parties fell into silence, waiting for the next day's competition.

Another night passed and the sky became brighter.

If nothing unexpected happens, the confrontation between the parties will continue today, and it may take several days or even longer to produce a result. They are all well aware of this, and both sides have prepared certain countermeasures and targeted strategies.

However, an unexpected situation disrupted everyone's original ideas.

Just after ten o'clock in the morning, in a certain direction, an extremely magnificent ray of light suddenly rose up, which was like the aurora in the polar regions, drifting from the ground to the sky, like a touch of paint splashed on the dome, the color was extremely eye-catching and gorgeous.

Heros suddenly stopped moving forward and looked up at the magnificent glow of light.

Not only him, but also the Thunder Twins, Gray Whale, Blood Diamond who had not yet fully recovered, and other fighters all looked there at the same time, their eyes filled with disbelief and surprise.

Is that... the light of the relics?
How could this thing appear again?
Heros stared at the light for a moment, then turned to Major General Serbil who was also observing and said:

"General Serbir, there are other people interfering here. I hope that as our partners, you will abide by the prior agreement and cover us when we take action."

General Serbir said expressionlessly, “I will fulfill our promise.”

"That's good."

Heros looked forward again, puffed up his chest, and said loudly: "Everyone, I ask you to throw away all your burdens, carry only the necessary weapons, and move quickly towards the place where the light comes from!"

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(End of this chapter)