Aquarium

Eight mutated soldier ants with a height of about 15 centimeters surrounded the kitten bell and male ant armor. They quickly swung their antennae, seemingly receiving signals in the air, neither attacking nor dispersing, which made Tom smell a different smell.

"No, it's possible that the queen ant is remotely controlling them. Don't give them a chance to react! Haozi, move strategy 4, go!"

With Tom's command, Ouyang Haotian stepped forward on the male ant's stilt feet. Between the two steps, Tom completed the movement of swinging his arms and using his claws to accumulate power. He took advantage of the mutated soldier ant's lack of reaction and first smashed one to death.

Then the ants immediately counterattacked, quickly opening and closing their pliers to attack.

And as the bell pounced, its sharp claws ran over the ant's head, leaving alarming claw marks. And for the pincer counterattack of the mutated soldier ant, it jumped away at an extremely fast speed and broke free from the encirclement.

The speed of the bell is so fast that Tom couldn't even hit it with a gun before. At this moment, it kept wandering outside the ant pile, cooperating with Tom's attack on these red headed mutant soldier ants. Claw and bite, run and widen the distance before other ants bite it, occasionally firing an air compressor cannon, causing the 15 centimeter tall ant to feel dizzy and disoriented.

On Tom's side, it's even more realistic. Although Ouyang Haotian has initiated a speed increase, he is burdened with heavy male ant armor and is not flexible when walking on stilts. So the male ants use a steady and steady posture, just like the Dangerous Wanderer in the movie Pacific Rim, with steady steps and relying on their fists and feet to launch a counterattack.

Even if entangled by multiple mutated soldier ants, the mutated little black cat bell will still appear in time to help him out.

This one acted as a meat shield, a flexible movement output, and in just a few moments, it killed three mutated soldier ants under siege.

They are playing lively here, and the convoy under the cooking table is also not idle.

Relying on the obstruction of the cooking table, the ants hovering on the ceiling were unable to attack with venom, so they had to fly over, either climb to the bottom of the table, or simply land directly, one by one lifting their large tails and spraying venom at the crowd.

Just now, they relied on their advantage of high distance, and the soldiers found it difficult to target the attack with searchlights. Now that the distance has been pulled in, with the assistance of 5 jade rabbit armor, coupled with powerful firepower advantages such as heavy machine guns, missile launchers, and hand grenades in the car, dealing with these venomous ants is much easier.

The corrosiveness of these venoms sprayed onto the car body, leaving only rust spots, far inferior to the mutated centipede. But even so, there were still soldiers hiding in or behind the car, unable to avoid being drenched in venom, and cries of pain echoed repeatedly.

At a critical moment, Liu Lian ran to a truck and searched for the treatment solution allocated to them on the 17th. He had the injured soldiers gather and apply it to their corroded skin. Soon, the wound did not continue to rot, and the pain was relieved.

With the help of Liu Lian, the morale, which had shown signs of collapse, was once again restored. Everyone understood that there was no way to retreat from the battle in front of them. The result of failure and isolation was either being poisoned to death by venom, corroded to the point of rotting limbs, or killing and running these damn ants.

Under the command of Zhao Zijian, the captain of the Pasha team with bald heads, everyone used their usual training results, precise shooting, mutual cover and cooperation, and relying on the advantages of cover and armor teams, they quickly scattered this dense wave of flying ants, while the rest even flapped their wings and flew away.

"Don't pursue, fix in place. Zhao Xin, you are responsible for commanding them to treat the wounded and keep watch in place. You guys, get in the car, Tom needs our support over there."

Many awakened individuals in Courtyard 8 were not satisfied with Tom as a paratrooper, but since they voluntarily applied to join the expedition and act with him, they did not have such a strong aversion to Tom. Pan Mingda from the Wild Wolf team is one, while Zhao Zijian from the Pasha team initially didn't like Tom very much.

However, through the attack of mutated flies, he saw Tom not only leading the way, but also using his friends as bait. This serious attitude towards cooperation gradually improved Zhao Zijian's evaluation of him.

Now, facing the attacks of flying ants and mutated soldier ants. Tom not only immediately made them move to favorable terrain, but also took the initiative to cut off and face the tall mutated soldier ants alone. Zhao Zijian's evaluation of Tom has begun to comprehensively improve.

Now that he has repelled the attack of the flying ants, he naturally chose to lead three Pasha team members in a car to reinforce the direction of the male ant armor as soon as possible.

So the four of them saw a stunning scene, with several ants lying on the ground as high as a house, and a pale yellow liquid flowing all over the ground. In the distance, the tall male ant armor was confronting two mutated soldier ants, while the little black cat bell stepped on a mutated soldier ant and eagerly began to nibble on it.

The car carrying Zhao Zijian and others drove nervously past it, and Little Black Cat Bell didn't even glance at them. As they drove in, one mutated soldier ant collapsed with a loud roar, while the other was lifted up by the iron claw of the male ant's remaining left arm piercing through its head.

"Woo hoo! It's so satisfying, An Shitou. This battle was so great!" Ouyang Haotian's loud laughter drifted in the wind through the broken window, which also made Zhao Zijian and others realize that the battle on Tom's side was over.

Seeing Zhao Zijian approaching, Tom lowered his head and asked, "How's it going over there?"

Zhao and his companions were shocked by the soldier ant that was lifted up. The body of the red headed arched back ant must be at least over 20 centimeters long, and it was so soft that it was lifted up by the male ant's armor. When seen from a distance, it was nothing, but when approached, it looked quite terrifying.

Even though Zhao Zijian is also an Awakener, wearing the Awakener's armor, he can still deal with such a large ant. He has to face so many ants, and it's really not enough without such strong armor.

After being shocked, Zhao Zijian quickly replied to Tom, "Most of the flying ants have been wiped out by us, and the rest have fled in a hurry. Several soldiers were burned by the venom, and Liu Lian has treated them with treatment solution, with obvious results."

Tom was stunned. Although he was a bit concerned about the unclear side effects of the treatment solution, facing a venom similar to sulfuric acid was indeed the best choice.

He immediately nodded and said, "Very well, let's go back and see everyone's injuries."

However, Zhao Zijian stopped and said, "No, you are our captain. Let's communicate with the survivors first. I will go back and handle the team integration matter."

Active recruitment?

Tom nodded gratefully, and most of the awakened people in the Eighth Courtyard were not very friendly to him. Zhao Zijian went from being initially indifferent to actively sharing responsibility for him, which made him very pleased. Of course, Ouyang Haotian, who was sitting below him, also sensed the scent and was looking up at him with a smile on his face.

"An Shitou," Ouyang Haotian whispered, "does your talent have a protagonist aura? Once you get close to each other, you can't escape."

Tom chuckled and said, "Alright, let's go get the broken iron claws back first, and then go take a look at that glass wall."

Steel iron claws lay not far away, and the little black cat Bell had just eaten a big headed ant before. Although it was a bit stretched, there was a bigger one right now, and the appetite came up in a flash. At this moment, it was holding one and starting to bite.

Zhao Zijian drove by and heard it bite on the hard and mutated soldier ant's head, making a loud and terrifying click sound. He immediately felt both terrifying and comical. The person in charge of driving, named Pan Xun, couldn't help but mutter, "Head, is Assistant An taming a cat? How do I feel like it's like a dog?"

"Shut up!" Zhao Zijian warned, "Cats and dogs are naturally unruly. If they hear it and provoke it, they will slap it with a paw, which will make you feel better."

"What are you afraid of?" Pan Xun whispered, "It doesn't understand human language."

Zhao Zijian sighed and looked at the mutated ants of all sizes on the ground. "The world has changed, and ants can grow so big. It's not surprising that a cat can understand people's words, is it?"

"Yes, it's really not surprising," Pan Xun agreed

Zhao Zijian drove back to prepare the team, while Ouyang Haotian drove the male ant to the huge glass wall.

I didn't pay attention before, but now as I slowly approached Tom, I realized that it was actually a huge aquarium, and the top might still be closed. The interior of the aquarium is arranged like a beach scene, with stone mountains of different sizes having a very high degree of restoration, except that the water in the box is only a shallow layer, which is on par with the white fine sand.

A dozen or so survivors were lying in front of the glass, looking in surprise at Tom as he slowly walked back.

Ouyang Haotian looked out from the gap in the male ant's abdomen and couldn't help but mutter, "How did they get in?"

Tom smiled and said, "Don't underestimate human wisdom."

I saw one of the men gently draw a few scratches on the glass with his fingers, forming a line of words: "Are you human?"

Tom opened the breastplate of the male ant, revealing his face, and then smiled and nodded towards it. Then, using the iron claw on his left arm, he forcefully penetrated the glass and wrote two words: "Rescue.".

The people in the aquarium retreated and even climbed up the small hill behind them, only to see the two words clearly and immediately embraced and cheered each other.

Tom continued to draw two words: "Come out."

The person came to the glass again and closed their eyes by holding down the glass with one hand.

Tom noticed that his right arm was tied with a green crystal, and at this moment, he flipped over the green light. Subsequently, a light suddenly appeared from the glass area where the person's palm was pressed, extending straight up to 20 centimeters. It turned 90 degrees and became a horizontal line, running for a while and then down again. Finally, a shape of the door frame appeared.

Immediately after, the door frame suddenly split in half and opened from the middle, opening a 20 centimeter high door to the originally enclosed glass wall.

A 15-year-old girl standing next to the person waved hand at him and said, "Come in, come in!"