Chapter 164: The Insect Tide Surges, Leading to the Underground Fissures Deeper Underground
Chapter 164: The Insect Tide Surges, Leading to the Underground Fissures Deeper Underground
The center of the insect tide was filled with incinerated worm corpses. Beneath the black, charred corpses, the insect tide was still surging.
Zhai Anle narrowed his eyes. This central location seemed to be connected to a deeper underground location...
Does this mean...
The deeper underground is already filled with insect swarms...
Zhai Anle also noticed that the center of the insect swarm was a rectangular area of about 600 square meters. It was like a collapsed house, with the floor collapsed and a deep pit exposed underground.
Zhai Anle looked along the center of the insect swarm and saw that there were indeed very few metal structures left. Zhai Anle wanted to take a closer look at the situation below.
He held the vacuum cleaner and aimed it at the center point below.
Zhai Anle started the vacuum cleaner, and the first thing that disappeared was a thick layer of charred worm corpses, followed by layer after layer of worms.
Zhai Anle simply sat cross-legged on the skateboard, holding a vacuum cleaner, and patiently cleaned the center of the insect swarm for more than 20 minutes.
Until Zhai Anle saw it more clearly.
Some metal walls were exposed below, and one could vaguely tell that there had been a rectangular building here. The underground location had collapsed, exposing the basement.
This basement seemed to lead to a deeper underground, where...
It seems to be where the insect swarm is coming from.
Zhai Anle's eyes darkened. This continuous surge of insects indicated that deeper underground, there was an even larger swarm of worms.
How much space is there even deeper underground? These worms are pouring out in such large numbers, as if there is no more room.
Zhai Anle narrowed his eyes. The only thing they could do now was to continue to eliminate the worms.
It would have to last at least three days. If the worm surge eased, it would at least mean they had enough worms underground to clear.
If three days later...
The worms still maintain this outflow.
Zhai Anle didn't want to think about it; that would be beyond their capabilities. Only by destroying this star, which was tens of thousands of kilometers in diameter, could they completely eliminate this terrifying number of worms.
Zhai Anle asked Mo Linfeng in a low voice, "Old Mo, have you recorded everything?"
Mo Linfeng's voice was tense. "We recorded it. We activated cameras in at least six directions, which can clearly show the danger and terror of the insect swarm..."
Zhai Anle was silent for a moment, "How long have we been here?"
Mo Linfeng glanced at the time. "It's been going on for more than ten hours. Do you need a break? I can arrange another..."
Zhai Anle interrupted him.
"No need to switch to the next team."
Zhai Anle was silent for a while, he was thinking about a problem.
Under what circumstances would he use the divine power condensed ball of light that Qi Junyi left him? In other words, what kind of conditions would he need to create to best use the divine power ball of light?
He didn't want to waste Qi Junyi's divine power. He hoped that this ball of light, which condensed Qi Junyi's divine power, could play the greatest role.
Zhai Anle, who was lost in thought, did not stop the cleaning work in his hands.
Zhai Anle suddenly issued an order to Changsheng, "Changsheng, take me back, change the shape of the skateboard, expand the area of the skateboard, and I want to bring two more people up."
Changsheng said nothing and operated the skateboard back to the team members.
The encirclement has now been reduced a lot, and the team members have further reduced the center of the insect swarm by surrounding it.
Zhai Anle said in the multiplayer chat, "Aji, you and Uncle Zhou, come with me on the skateboard. Changsheng, turn the skateboard into a circle. I want to take them both to the center of the insect swarm."
Zhou Huaichen was stunned. His identity was revealed just like that?
But in the current situation, Zhou Huaichen didn't say a word, but just held the vacuum cleaner and moved slowly towards Zhai Anle.
Qi Ji was much faster than Zhou Huaichen. He had temporarily stopped the vacuum cleaner and stood on the disc after Changsheng's skateboard changed its shape.
Zhou Huaichen also followed Qi Ji's example, stopped the vacuum cleaner, and climbed onto the disc.
Zhai Anle and the other two came up and whispered, "Triangle, sit down."
Qi Ji understood what Zhai Anle meant, found an angle of about 30 degrees, turned his back to Zhai Anle, and sat cross-legged on the edge of the disc like him.
Zhou Huaichen finally reacted and quickly turned his back to the two of them, found his own angle, and sat down.
Zhai Anle then ordered Changsheng, "Send us back to where we were just now and descend a little further."
The skateboard turned into a disc and returned to the position where Zhai Anle was just now, but this time the height was much lower, which made the vacuum cleaner more effective.
The three vacuum cleaners pointed directly at the center of the insect swarm. This time, Zhai Anle could see the situation below more clearly.
The remaining metal structure is only about three meters deep.
A little further down is a solid layer of soil and rock. A crack is faintly visible at the location where the insect tide is surging most violently.
Zhai Anle's eyes lit up, and he said to the two people beside him, "Follow me to clean up."
Qi Ji and Zhou Huaichen both shifted their gaze to the cleaning location designated by Zhai Anle.
Three vacuum cleaners were aimed at the crack.
Zhai Anle's eyes brightened. This was it. He could see more and more clearly. It was a crack in the soil and rock.
The exposed part is about two meters long. From narrow to wide, the exposed crack is nearly one meter wide.
The players on the periphery couldn't see clearly.
But Qi Ji and Zhou Huaichen were on the same disc of immortality and could see it clearly.
Zhai Anle called out to Mo Linfeng, "Old Mo, can you take a clear picture of what's going on down there?"
Mo Linfeng's voice was trembling, "Clear, clear..."
Mo Linfeng paused for a moment, his voice still trembling. He continued, "My equipment can capture clearer images. Continue clearing along the crack horizontally, toward the two o'clock direction. Let me see how long this crack is."
These words were not only heard by Zhai Anle, but also by Qi Ji, Zhou Huaichen, and other team members.
Zhai Anle, Qi Ji and Zhou Huaichen aimed the suction nozzle of the vacuum cleaner at the place where the crack was faintly visible and moved it little by little.
The length of the crack is gradually revealed.
The further along the crack, the wider it becomes, and the more obvious the crack becomes.
This is a crack that is more than ten meters long and more than two meters wide at its widest.
In the cracks, there is a constant surge of insects.
Mo Linfeng calculated the detailed data of the rift and informed everyone.
Mo Linfeng's face was gloomy. "Anle, the pressure on you guys to clean up the perimeter has eased a lot. We are advancing in your direction. At this rate, we will be able to surround this central point in three or four hours."
Zhai Anle nodded softly.
"Continue to observe. If the insect swarm can be effectively alleviated today, our pressure can be reduced by over 60 percent."
At this moment, everyone understood that what they needed to do was to persevere.
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