Diverting Attention

Tom is still coordinating the defense on the west side, with his heavy machine gun directly inserted into the mouthpiece of a mutated cockroach. The bullet enters through the mouthpiece, and the tail penetrates, carrying out minced meat and body fluids. Upon hearing the screams, he immediately turned around and happened to hear the call of the 17th.

He carried a heavy machine gun and walked quickly, followed by firing, but the mutated cockroach with its massive body overturned the armed pickup truck and swallowed the driver in one gulp before turning around and charging straight towards the eastern position.

Tom threw away his heavy machine gun with a click and rushed over quickly. However, the speed of the mutated cockroach was too fast. When he arrived, a large truck parked as a cover was overturned, and multiple soldiers who couldn't dodge in time were either caught by it or crushed by the overturned truck. The firepower line shattered, and those cockroaches of all sizes entered with their pupae, immediately knocking down several soldiers, causing screams and blood to spread.

This Jade Rabbit Type III armor uses a fourth level red crystal, providing Tom with a 5.5-fold increase in strength, reaching 110 points of strength.

In order to catch up with the speed of the mutated cockroach, Tom threw away his heavy machine gun, and the killing power of ordinary assault rifle bullets may not be as strong as his 110 point strength. Therefore, as soon as he rushed to the tail of the mutated cockroach, he pulled out his shapeshifting knife, identified a crease on the tail of the cockroach, and cut it off.

Getting started was still a rebound reaction force, and Tom proved that his big knife couldn't do anything about it. However, there was still some power in this attack, so the mutated cockroach immediately turned its head and focused its attention on him.

This was exactly what he wanted, and it also diverted the attention of the big cockroach. The soldiers of the special investigation department seized the opportunity to counterattack and killed the mutated cockroach that had entered through the breakthrough.

On the other hand, the mutated cockroach's thick antennae savagely swept towards Tom, who raised his sword to block it.

The sound of "dang" was loud and clear.

The sweeping force is quite strong, but after all, the antennae are only used to sense extremely weak signals, air vibrations and disturbances, instantaneous fluctuations in temperature and humidity, etc. It is a short-range detection system for cockroaches.

Even if it mutates now and becomes more powerful, it is still relative. With Tom's 110 strength, this sweeping is simply an easy task to take.

It made several mistakes today, one of which was that it did not understand the combat capabilities of "weak" and "rare" humans, so much so that it thought its descendants could take it and did not personally come to an end. As a result, the cockroach cubs suffered heavy casualties.

Another mistake, of course, is thinking that one's flexible tentacles can easily sweep down small people.

This tentacle reached Tom's hand, and he naturally grasped it firmly. Then he started cutting and slashing, and neatly cut off a large section of its tentacle.

This completely angered it, and it ran into Tom at full throttle.

Unfortunately, when Tom took over its tentacles and swept across, he had already removed the power boost. Now, when it collided, it activated its speed boost and jumped high onto its back.

Tom's position is very particular, just facing away from the corner of the wall where the mutated cockroach is coming. If you ride on its back, it's natural to forcefully hit it with your fist, causing harassment.

So the mutated cockroach angrily charged forward, vigorously swaying while charging, intending to throw Tom off his back and eat him whole.

This is exactly what Tom wants, to steer it away and prevent it from rampaging in the position, disrupting the defensive formation, and reducing the defensive pressure on his teammates.

On the 17th, watching the mutated cockroach disappear from the dust, he nodded slightly and immediately issued several defensive orders, urging the soldiers to shrink their defensive formations and strive to repel all the incoming cockroaches as soon as possible.

This is the breathing time Tom has bought for them, if not used properly, it may lead to the downfall of the entire army.

With soldiers from the Special Investigation Department as the backbone, and the cooperation of a foreign mercenary group with outstanding individual abilities, the soldiers of the Security Department quickly gathered together, and their defensive firepower once again expanded, eliminating a wave of attacking cockroaches.

Shooting and killing a charging cockroach, the 17th exclaimed with emotion, "It's not unreasonable for Miss to value Tom so much. He bought us a chance to catch our breath. But... is he okay alone?"

The 23rd person in charge of leading the Awakeners team said in a relaxed voice, "He should be able to handle it. We are now trying to defend and counterattack as well as possible. Kill these few remaining cockroaches, and then concentrate all our efforts to eliminate that big guy."

On the 17th, he nodded and issued another order, allowing the remaining five armed pickup trucks to flank and encircle the gradually gathering group of cockroaches in the attacking formation.

At this moment, Liang Guodong, the captain of the Spring Knife Squad, burst into tears and wept bitterly at the pool of blood on the ground. With grief and anger, he heard the conversation between the 17th and 23rd, and the anger in his eyes was burning brightly.

The awakened one who was first eaten by the mutated cockroach is called Liang Guojun, his younger brother. Both brothers became awakened and were selected to join the psychic team through selection, eventually joining a team. Now that his younger brother has died tragically, he is deeply saddened and naturally very angry.

However, this anger did not point towards the mutated cockroach that ate his brother, but instead burned onto Tom on the back of the mutated cockroach in the distance.

"Liang Guodong, what are you still waiting for? Soldiers have no right to mourn on the battlefield. You are the captain, immediately organize your team members to join the battle, do you hear me?"

On the 23rd, Liang Guodong's abnormality was discovered and a warning was immediately issued.

Liang Guodong gritted his teeth and suppressed his anger, shouting loudly, "Yes!" Then he called on the remaining teammates to join the defensive position.

The positional defense battle here has been able to stand firm due to the disruption caused by the mutated cockroaches. The number of invading cockroaches, big and small, is constantly decreasing, and the accumulation of corpses is increasing.

On the other hand, Tom leaned on the back of the mutated cockroach, his heart like a mirror.

He took this big guy away to create an opportunity for the team to defend, but whether they can grasp it or not is beyond his control.

The mutated cockroach ran wildly for a long distance, causing him to almost fall off during the process. However, Tom, who had had multiple experiences of backloading, persevered.

Seeing no effect, the angry mutated cockroach immediately spread its wings and flew up.

The opened leather front wings slid Tom out, throwing his entire body into the air due to the cockroach's leap, but he quickly grabbed one of its hind legs.

The legs of cockroaches have burrs, making them their most useful defense weapon. When humans catch it, some people will suddenly realize that the cockroach has bitten them. In fact, most of the time it is stinging from its burr, coupled with psychological reactions, and subconsciously believe that the cockroach has bitten them.

These burrs have mutated and become harder and sharper. Several soldiers who were not able to dodge in time were kicked by its fangs like legs, and their entire faces were cut into flower faces, their eyeballs bursting.

Now Tom is holding it in his hand, fortunately the gloves are made of resilient material, so he didn't scratch his palm. It is precisely by relying on these burrs that Tom can firmly grasp its legs and not be thrown out.

The flight of cockroaches is another form of defense, and due to their natural ability to avoid light, they naturally fly towards dark areas.

At this moment, the defense convoy was brightly lit, and although the mutated cockroach was too powerful after mutation, its instinct to avoid light still drove it towards the open cabinet against the wall.

The cabinets for storing miscellaneous items are square grids, on which various items are placed. This mutated cockroach landed on a safety helmet.

The heavy body slapped against the plastic helmet, making a terrifying muffled sound. It has a body length of 53 centimeters coiled on the helmet, allowing its tail to land on the cabinet. Tom let go smoothly and landed steadily.

The cockroach quickly turned around and faced Tom, who was standing tall with Wei Ran. Both sides remained silent for two seconds, and the mutated cockroach suddenly launched a challenge and rushed towards him.

Tom is not foolish, he has been brewing for a long time and is jumping up and avoiding it with a rapid increase in speed.

After learning from its experience, this mutated cockroach dared not attack with its thick and long antennae anymore, and instead used both its mouth and feet. The chewing mouthpiece kept biting at Tom, but Tom, who was focused, dodged one by one and took the opportunity to flip over and fall into a square below.

What is stored here is a portable searchlight with a surface diameter of 14 centimeters. The lamp that should have emitted light should be placed vertically facing downwards to avoid instability. But due to the negligence of the staff, the lamp surface was lying facing the outside of the cabinet. Tom jumped onto the switch of the flashlight and saw the mutated cockroach crawl down and pull on the surface of the lamp.

He had a sudden idea and slammed the switch hard, causing his flashlight to suddenly light up.

Three 3W LED lights emitted strong light, frightening the mutated cockroach that was eyeing it. Its six legs were released and it fell down in one go.

Tom didn't want to take a leap, but on the way down, a big cockroach flapped its wings in the air and flipped over to take off. This time, Tom happened to land on its back.

Unlike its previous back, the mutated cockroach's back was covered with thick and capricious leather front wings for protection. Now, in order to fly, its front wings are released for protection, and its membranous back wings flap rapidly, exposing its body's back.

Perhaps the protection of the front wings was too good, and the exposed back was not as strong as the bottom of the tail. Tom, wearing the Jade Rabbit Type III armor, fell down and his foot even showed signs of cracking its back shell.

Tom was overjoyed, while the flying cockroach was shocked.

If in the wild, cockroaches will fly straight towards the direction of the darkest light.

However, indoors, due to the diffuse effect of light, the surroundings are full of light, which makes the cockroach lose its sense of direction. Therefore, when it flies, it is flipping up and down, swaying left and right, like a drunken man. Before it was released, there were many people who wanted to fight cockroaches but were so frightened that the cockroaches flew up. The results of several rounds of fighting actually made the cockroaches, like headless flies, face hugging and kill, causing both humans and cockroaches to be in a state of fear.

Now that Tom has stepped on its weakest defense, the mutated cockroach is even more panicked. In the air, it reproduces the heroic flight of a drunken man, swaying left and right, fluctuating high and low.

After finally touching its lifeline, Tom wouldn't miss this rare opportunity. After all, for a 7-centimeter little person, it is hundreds of times more difficult than a lazy toad eating swan meat to jump to a cockroach flying in a 200 centimeter "high altitude".

Tom tightly gripped the naked back of the mutated cockroach with both feet, and simultaneously pulled out the mutated sword and shield. Then, he activated the idea of temporarily storing the crystal and combined the shield and sword together.

In two seconds, Tom clenched his hands on a giant knife that was 10 centimeters long and had a maximum width of 4 centimeters.