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"Go!"

With Paul's order, the sergeant and Ding Djarin rushed out of the jungle like flying arrows, and the infected humans immediately noticed their presence.

In an instant, a large number of infected people emerged from the buildings covered by the fungal blanket and rushed towards the investigation team and others.

These infected people whose brains were completely devoured by parasites had long lost their original humanity. They only had a strong desire to reproduce in their broken bodies.

They just wanted to infect more living things and inject the parasite eggs in their bodies into the other party's body to contribute to the reproduction of the Zerg population.

In a blink of an eye, the sergeant and others were deeply surrounded, and the infected people who attacked from all sides opened their sharp teeth and mouths, as if they wanted to eat them alive and tear them apart on the spot.

"Cover--!"

As soon as Paul finished speaking, he immediately launched a large version of the hunting dart, which no longer relied on injecting venom to paralyze and cause fatal damage to the target.

Instead, it relies on pure physical impact to directly penetrate the opponent's head and body. It is more than enough to use it to deal with some infected people without protective armor.

The hunting dart flew through the infected people and forcibly opened a path for the sergeant.

The sergeant was calm throughout the whole process. Even if an infected person rushed to his side, he would not even turn his head to take a look, because he had the cover of his teammates, so he just rushed forward with confidence.

Sure enough, when one of the infected people just rushed towards the sergeant, Paul shot him in the head with an accurate shot.

The hard light firearms they used were all silent weapons that had been finely processed. Pulling the trigger to shoot hard light bullets would not make a huge shock like traditional gunpowder bullets.

Only death that moistens things silently!

The investigation team covered the nurse sergeant from different angles. Ding Jialin rushed to the building infected by the fungal blanket. The time for this search was imminent, and they had to move quickly.

During this time, Luke Skywalker drew out his lightsaber, turned into a shadow and shuttled among the infected. All the infected who were touched by the sword and shadow would be chopped into pieces in an instant.

Whether it was a thick shell like a cockroach or a sharp bone blade limb, it could not stop the smooth cutting of the lightsaber.

The lightsaber and Luke formed an unstoppable death whirlwind, sweeping the entire group of infected, killing all the infected with appendages.

Purple-red blood and broken meat fell from the air. In just a blink of an eye, Luke had killed hundreds of infected.

Such a high killing efficiency, even Paul couldn't help but be surprised. It seems that pulling Luke into his team is an extremely correct choice.

At the same time, Penny Wells also fired in succession, and the hard light sniper rifle continued to blast out silent rays, smashing the infected in the distance into pieces.

Perhaps because of playing video games for many years, Pani's hand speed is very fast, and when he uses a sniper rifle, he has a sense of déjà vu of a master sniper.

He can shoot two or three infected people in one second, and even Chinny is a little fascinated by the accuracy.

With the tacit cooperation of everyone, the sergeant and Ding Jialin squeezed out a smooth road from the dense infected people. They rushed through this area and reached their destination.

Soon, the two of them used the detection equipment of the power armor to quickly and carefully scan the house to determine whether there was a signal source here.

However, this process was not smooth.

The sergeant and Ding Jialin had just broken into the house, and the internal organs and tumors all over the ceiling and walls automatically gave birth to a large number of tentacles and attacked them.

It was not until then that the sergeant discovered that these internal organs actually tied humans together, as if they were infecting and transforming them.

Faced with the uninvited giant enterprise investigation team, these tentacles naturally would not tolerate them, and instantly opened the smelly tumor tissue and attacked everyone.

But the sergeant and others were all experienced giant enterprise warriors, and in a flash, they used their weapons to accurately shoot off the tentacles that came.

At this moment, an infected person fell from the ceiling, and the Zerg had completed his transformation.

In order to deal with the enemies who broke into here, the Zerg's underlying genetic program automatically issued a counterattack command, transforming the infected person into a biological weapon with the ability of a poisonous worm.

The infected person's abdomen became particularly swollen, and the substance contained in it was an unstable acidic compound.

Obviously, the Zerg was an infected person transformed according to the poisonous worm, and the purpose was to kill the invading enemy in front of them by self-detonation.

When he saw the purple-red light rising from the infected person, the sergeant did not hesitate at all and immediately jumped out of the window beside him.

The next second, an explosion sounded in the house, and the whole house was covered with strong acid. The corrosive substances spread everywhere, making a sizzling sound.

When he saw that the Zerg had already made a counterattack program and would automatically generate bugs to deal with them, the sergeant immediately reminded in the team voice:

"Be careful of the infected in the house, they have mutated into poisonous explosive insects, don't let them get close to you!"

As soon as the sergeant finished speaking, Ding Djarin finally received good news: "I found a survivor, he should not be completely infected, you come as soon as possible."

After hearing this news, Paul hurriedly cleaned up the infected in front of him, and then rushed into the area where Ding Djarin was.

The house he came to was like other buildings. The interior was covered with stomach-turning tumors and internal organs, and tentacles would be generated to attack intruders.

Din Djarin is using the hard light submachine gun in his hand to shoot at the tentacles of the Zerg to break the hatching eggs in advance. Behind him is a human with sarcoma embedded in the wall.

At this moment, a large number of tentacles are wrapping around the man, seeming to be biologically modifying him.

Li Ang, who was observing the situation of the frontline investigation team at the headquarters of the Ten Thousand Realms Base, saw the state of the survivor through Ding Jialin's perspective.

Based on the characteristics of the opponent's combat uniform, Li Ang quickly determined that this was a ghost agent who could use psychic powers.

In the "StarCraft" universe, ghost agents are an elite unit created by the Tyranid Federation after a series of professional training on people with psychic talents.

For example, Sarah Kerrigan, Nova and others who became the Queen of Blades.

Immediately, Li Ang informed the members of the frontline investigation team of this detail. Paul looked at the agent who was tortured to the point of dying, and secretly marveled at the other party's strong willpower.

That is to say, only with spiritual protection can we survive until now. If it were an ordinary human being, he would have lost his mind and become a breeding ground for the Zerg.

Sensing the arrival of Paul and others, the agent raised his heavy and tired eyelids and looked at Paul with blurred vision:

"Are you...the rescue force of the Terran Federation, or the Rangers?"

Before Paul could announce his home, the agent continued to speak. He felt that his time was running out and he could only hand over the information as quickly as possible within the limited time to save more survivors.

"The nervous system module in my brain has a place for others, please...!"

After saying that, the ghost agent completely lost consciousness. The reason why he was able to survive until now with his last breath was because he hoped to wait until reinforcements arrived.

Now that someone is here to help, his mission is completed!

Seeing such a heroic warrior sacrificed in front of him, Paul showed respect with his eyes, and then ordered the hunting dart to take out the nervous system module from the opponent's brain.

Immediately afterwards, Paul quickly extracted the data in the neural module through the power armor AI intelligence on his body.

After a while, the data information analyzed by the AI ​​was sent back to the database at the headquarters of the Wanjie Base. Only then did Li Ang and others understand the ins and outs of what happened here.

It turned out that just a few months ago, the Zerg suddenly launched a full-scale invasion of the Tyranid Federation, and countless colonial galaxies were instantly burned by flames of war.

The Zerg, who were unstoppable along the way, soon ignited the war to the capital of the Tyranid Federation, near the planet Korhal.

In such an emergency situation, the forces of the Tyranid Federation decisively chose to abandon the marginal colonies and prioritized dispatching elite troops to ensure the safety of the powerful men.

As for the abandoned people, let them fend for themselves.

This planet is one of the colonies abandoned by the Tyranid Federation. Long before the Zerg invaded this star system, the federal troops who received the intelligence had already evacuated urgently.

Only a handful of militiamen and civilians were left to carry out a meaningless defense.

The final result was obvious. In less than half a day, the planet was submerged by the wave of Zerg. A large amount of bacteria carpet spread rapidly, turning the planet into a huge insect nest.

If nothing else goes wrong, this place will soon become one of the Zerg’s frontline bases, and the Zerg troops that are being hatched will soon head off to the next attack location!

In the desperate situation of being isolated and helpless, the survivors here can only send a distress signal to all external forces, whether it is the rebel rangers or other organizations.

As long as they can rescue them, anyone can do it!

However, the area they were in was too remote. Even if the rangers did receive the distress signal, they might not be able to wait for rescue to arrive.

If it weren't for the expeditionary fleet of the world's giant company, which happened to dock in this star system, with their weak signal, no one would be called at all.

Fortunately, Paul's persistence gave these survivors a glimmer of hope. Now they have the opportunity to be rescued by giant companies and leave this purgatory surrounded by Zerg.

"Since they have a way to contact the Rangers, it means we are doing the right thing!"

As Paul spoke to the team members, he raised his hand and fired a shot to help the infected ghost agent get out of pain.

Now that they have key clues, their next move will be clearer.

"Everyone evacuate here immediately!"

Under Paul's command, the investigation team immediately broke away from the fighting state and used hard light focusing devices to burn down the buildings covered by the germ carpet.

When the burning flames shot up from inside the house, a large number of sarcomas and internal organs began to wither and become thin, and made crackling and popping sounds.

Because these buildings are huts made of wood, coupled with the surrounding dry leaves and trees, the fire here will quickly ignite.

"Just use this fire to divert their attention." After Paul lit the building complex, he saw a large number of springtails starting to flow in this direction.

Including eyeworms in the sky, they also quickly gathered at the hut, which just gave the members of the investigation team the opportunity to act quickly.

[The location of the remaining survivors has been successfully locked. Please take rescue action as soon as possible. The estimated time for the creep to reach the survivors is: 47 minutes! 】

At this time, the AI ​​intelligence issued a reminder. According to the image data provided by the giant enterprise fleet, the Zerg's fungal blanket has approached their location.

But more troublesome news is still to come. David Martinez, the commander of the flagship headquarters, suddenly issued a warning to the members of the ground action team:

[Paul, we have detected an interstellar fleet outside this star system. You have to hurry up! ]

Hearing this, Paul asked one more question: "Are they the Terran Federation fleet coming to rescue the survivors?"

As soon as he said this, Paul shook his head and rejected this speculation.

After all, the ghost agent's neural module had already told them that the Terran Federation had abandoned all marginal colonies.

[Whether the other party is an enemy or a friend is not yet known. This requires further investigation. In short, we have to be faster. ]

At the same time, David Martinez's situation report was also sent back to the headquarters of the Wanjie Base.

Li Ang looked at the images sent by the front-line fleet. Although the picture was not very clear, from the characteristics of the golden light, he basically guessed the origin of the other party.

This is obviously the Protoss's Golden Fleet!

The Golden Fleet is considered the ace elite force in the Protoss camp, mainly composed of Void Rays, Storm Battleships, aircraft carriers, and motherships.

The powerful Protoss mothership can even rely on the Khaydarin crystals in the core area to distort and tear time and space, and can destroy the enemy fleet and shatter the planet in a flash.

And this fleet with strategic significance is also the main tool of the Protoss specifically for cleaning up the Zerg.

Their main task is to purify the planets infected by the Zerg. Of course, the purification method is a bit extreme, which is to vitrify the ground through the fleet's energy cannon.

This operation is exactly the same as the burning of glass by the Star Alliance.

This can indeed effectively exterminate the Zerg on the planet, but during the purification process, the Protoss will not care whether there are human survivors there.

For the Protoss, they would rather kill 10,000 people by mistake than let go of any potential Zerg infected person.

Now that the Protoss's Golden Fleet has warped to the periphery of the galaxy, it won't be long before they will forcibly purify this planet.

When he learned that the visitor was a Protoss fleet, Paul hurriedly asked David Martinez: "How long will it take for them to arrive here?"

[Based on their current sailing speed, you have less than six hours at most. If the other party starts the jump, it is estimated that there is only one hour! ]

Originally, Paul planned to complete this rescue operation within 12 hours, but he didn't expect that the time would be condensed into one hour.

Paul didn't want them to stay here when the Protoss's golden fleet arrived here. Before the other party came here, whether they rescued the survivors or not, they had to leave!

"I understand, I will get it done before the Protoss fleet arrives."

After that, Paul ended the call with the flagship headquarters. Time waits for no one, and they must take the next step as soon as possible.

"Everyone, there is not much time left for us. Try to take away the survivors on this planet within half an hour!"

"Yes!"

They don't want to have a head-on conflict with the Protoss's golden fleet. It's best to hide their own tracks at this time to avoid unnecessary trouble.

It just so happens that the purpose of the Golden Fleet is to purify the Zerg here, and it also saves the giant company from wasting the Scorpion Tail virus to deal with the pests here.

"If we force acceleration, we can only pass directly through the enemy's line of sight along the way, which will attract the attention of the Zerg, but if we don't do this, we will definitely be too late."

Ding Jialin quickly estimated the distance to the survivors' location and reminded everyone.

The most time-consuming thing on their way was to find ways to avoid the Zerg's eye bug sentinels, including avoiding the springtails with developed sensory functions.

It is quite troublesome to bypass these Zerg troops.

"There is no way, time waits for no one, and we will kill the Zerg that blocks the way. Although this will alert the Zerg hive consciousness, it can only be done."

Paul packed up his weapons and equipment while distributing the route navigation to each team member.

Individuals regarded as formal arms by the Zerg will be connected to the Zerg hive consciousness and share all sensory information.

This means that once Paul and his team fight with the Zerg, they will immediately attract a huge Zerg army!

As for the previously infected humans, they were just "outsourced personnel" of the Zerg, and were not connected to the Zerg hive consciousness at all. Therefore, the Zerg did not realize the unusual movement here until the fire started.

"So, what we will face next will be the attack of all the Zerg."

Pani was nervous, as if he had seen the Zerg all over the mountains and fields turning into a torrent and rushing towards him.

Not only had to deal with the Zerg's attack, but also had to find a way to cover the survivors to leave. The difficulty of this operation was obviously much higher than before.

Everyone in the investigation team knew that the next action would be more dangerous, but they did not say much. After a little reorganization, they continued to embark on the journey to rescue the survivors.

Immediately, the team members changed their combat strategy. The Master Chief and Din Djarin were responsible for dealing with the King Bug and the Eye Bug in the sky, and the rest rushed all the way to the destination.

Luke Skywalker, holding a lightsaber, cleared the way in front, and cut all the Zerg creatures that blocked the road in a flash.

Luke, who already had an excellent talent for the Force, also learned a trick of controlling objects with the Force from his father Darth Vader. When he encountered a fast-moving bug, he could directly suck it over and kill it with a sword.

The tacit cooperation of the six people formed a sweeping blade wind, and all the bugs along the way were turned into corpses. Most of the bugs died under gunshots and knife cuts before they had time to fight back.

The only thing they could do was to send a signal to the hive consciousness to let the Zerg army come here to encircle Paul and his gang of invaders.

After a while, the Zerg mother who received the emergency signal immediately sent a large number of eye bugs into this place, and the rest of the formal troops also set out towards the area where Paul was.

And relying on the urgent journey, Paul and his party soon arrived at the location of the survivors.

At this moment, this human settlement was also attacked by the Zerg, and a large number of springtails surrounded it. Only a few human soldiers were guarding a small fortress.

Relying on the fortress made of reinforced concrete, these soldiers can still resist the invasion of the Zerg with heavy machine guns and submachine guns.

But when the ammunition is exhausted, this fortress will be their final coffin!

Boom!

A roar sounded in the fortress. It was an anti-aircraft firepower device composed of several cannons, which was also the only heavy artillery weapon of the survivors.

However, with such a small defensive force, the survivors at an absolute disadvantage could not hold out for too long.

Now they are only facing the most basic Zerglings. Once the Hydralisks and Roaches behind them also approach, their firepower will be completely useless in front of the Zerg army.

"Has the rescue signal we sent out been received? Why haven't we seen the shadow of the reinforcements after so long?" One of the soldiers shouted.

"You still expect someone to save us? The bastard generals of the Terran Federation only care about their own lives, how could they care about our lives?"

Another soldier responded indifferently, "The only ones who can save us are the Rangers, but their manpower is not enough to feed these bugs."

Bang——!

The roar of the anti-aircraft guns forcibly interrupted the conversation between the two. Perhaps the roar of guns and cannons could shatter the fear in their hearts. Even when facing the surging Zerglings, the soldiers did not retreat because of fear.

Just when the Zerglings were about to rush into the fortress and tear those soldiers into pieces, several ball lightnings suddenly swept from a distance, burning a large number of Zerglings to a crisp on the outside and inside.

Members of the giant enterprise investigation team slowly emerged from the lightning and thunder, and the blue and white currents passed through their power armor, looking like gods descending.

Before the soldiers could see clearly what was happening in front of them, Paul and Luke, one with a sword, chopped the swarms on both sides into pieces.

To the soldiers in the fortress, this scene was as smooth and refreshing as cutting fruit with a knife.

At this time, the Zerg's Hydralisk troops also arrived at this battlefield. They pupated with strong muscle groups and sprayed strong spines towards this side.

But these stingers flying into the air were fixed in mid-air by Luke's Force before they fell. Then the Force was released, and the spines bounced back.

A large number of springtails and hydralisks were shot to pieces by the spines.

As Paul fired several consecutive ball-shaped lightning, the Zerg troops that had just arrived here were cleared out in an instant!

Seeing the scene in front of them, the soldiers in the fortress felt like they had not woken up. These people were as strong as superheroes that only appear in movies.

It was not until the cannon behind them roared again that they woke up from their dreams.

They finally waited for reinforcements!

After a while, under the joint attack of the members of the giant enterprise investigation team, this wave of Zerg tide was temporarily cleared, but it would not last too long.

Because the subsequent main Zerg forces will soon arrive here and completely submerge this place.