Chapter 19： Swarm

"Take care of yourself," Nicole said to Qin Hao.

"Yes, this is for you." Qin Hao took off the long alloy knife from his back and handed it to Nicole, which was, after all, her accessory weapon for armor.

"You keep it, it's my gift." Nicole smiled at Qin Hao. In her opinion, this long knife is more useful to follow Qin Hao than to follow her.

"Thank you!" Qin Hao was also rude, after all, after being strengthened by the Zerg gene, this long knife is much better than the electromagnetic rifle in combat.

After a simple farewell, Nicole also entered the landing craft. Although the carrier-based squadron has cleared the surrounding swarm, it is still a risky act to keep the landing craft on the ground, so Nicole cannot delay too long. time.

As the engine roared, the landing craft took off, then returned to the warship in orbital space carrying Nicole and Lucia, while Qin Hao needed to continue to serve on the forefront.

Due to the carpet bombing of the carrier-based air squadron, the bugs around the Z3 highlands were cleared up. This also gave the 106th mechanized infantry division a rare opportunity to rest. Almost all the soldiers collapsed behind the trench. In a few days, they fought day and night. The string in their heads would break. If they couldn't rest, they might really be unable to hold on.

While taking a break, Qin Hao began to replenish his physical strength. Since the power of the Zerg was stimulated, his appetite was scary, he not only ate too much, but also became hungry.

"Kakaka ..." A worm's leg was quickly cleaned by Qin Hao, and the adult's thick thigh worm leg under the belly, Qin Hao's hunger finally disappeared.

"Lieutenant, what do you eat?" A soldier asked over.

In fact, as soon as Qin Hao came back, many people noticed the package on his back. Because carrying the worm legs was too exaggerated, Qin Hao wrapped them with tarpaulins before returning to the Z3 highland. Carrying a pile of things, but no one found those calves that were actually giant beetles.

"Yeah, the platoon leader, we have something delicious to order." Several veterans did not see each other, and began to ask Qin Hao for food. After all, the rations on the battlefield were allotted to the system, and it was not easy to get extra meals. .

哎 "Hey? Why do these things look so familiar?" A sharp-eyed soldier saw the carapaces that Qin Hao had scooped down.

怎么 "Why is it like a carapace of a worm?" Others also found it.

"Boss, aren't you trying to gnaw worm meat? Can the thing be eaten?" The soldiers in the guard platoon were all startled.

"Hehe ..." Qin Hao saw that the paper could not hold the fire, so he had to open the parcel, exposing the worm legs inside.

"Is this stuff really good?" A group of soldiers looked at each other. Although Qin Hao had nothing to eat, this stuff was not acceptable to anyone. Even if it was not poisonous, the shape of the giant beetle and the green slime were enough. Nausea.

"Frontline Bulletin!" At this time, the battlefield recorders of all soldiers were on.

"What's going on?" Everyone started to look at the battlefield recorder.

"According to the latest research in the laboratory, although giant beetle blood is highly toxic, the meat in their legs contains only a small amount of toxins. As long as it is processed at high temperature, it can be safely eaten."

The announcement on the battlefield recorder released Qin Hao's siege. In fact, this was also the impact of Nicole and their return to the battleship.

After Nicole and Lucia returned to the battleship, Lucia inadvertently mentioned that Qin Hao was eating worm legs, which caught the attention of the front-line laboratory, so the scientists immediately asked people to collect specimens and then began research.

Soon, they discovered that the giant beetle's poison is divided into two layers. One is that it has a strong corrosive substance, which is mainly concentrated in the giant beetle's blood. The other part of the toxin is the neurotoxin, which is spread throughout the giant. The body of the beetle.

The corrosive nature of worm blood is difficult to deal with, because it has madly corroded everything from the beginning, but the neurotoxin is actually a specific enzyme. Although this poison can kill humans in a short time, but After high temperatures, the enzyme's activity is destroyed, and it can no longer affect humans.

After animal tests were finally performed on the tadpoles, the laboratory confirmed that the worm legs that were not contaminated with green worm blood were completely edible after high temperature treatment.

This research result is a major advantage for the frontline troops, because this way, the supply problem of the frontline can be solved very well. When the airdrop supply was originally used, a large proportion of food was needed, but now the worm's legs are edible Then, the focus of the airdrop can be on weapons and ammunition. As for food, the frontline troops are completely self-sufficient, and the high-protein worm legs are not only more nutritious but also better in taste than compressed biscuits.

"I'm going! Boss, your special forces already knew this!" Said several soldiers in the guard platoon. UU Reading at

"Well, yes, haha ​​..." Qin Hao quickly descended the donkey, and thanked the frontline laboratory for the announcement that was timely enough, otherwise he couldn't explain it.

Uh ...

The peace in Z3 Highland lasted all night. This was the night when the soldiers of the 106th Division slept most peacefully, but in the early morning the next day, most of the soldiers who were still asleep were awakened by the screaming insects.

"what happened!?"

"My God! Where are so many bugs!"

"Are these guys dead?"

The soldiers of the 106 Division lie on the back of the fortifications, because at this moment the high ground is already full of bugs, and the number of giant beetles across the mountains is over 10,000. Look at the earth-colored carapace everywhere.

"Everything is up, there may be a fierce battle today!" Officers at all levels encouraged morale in their own troops, and the soldiers also received double combat rations. Before such a war, if the soldiers were not allowed They're full, they can't survive.

"Kacha ..." Qin Hao also lay behind a fortification. He was scratching the bug's legs while observing the situation under the high ground. To be honest, he found the assembly of the swarm earlier than others, but these bugs He was not eager to attack, so he did not disturb other soldiers after reporting the situation to James. After all, ordinary soldiers need to rest too much.

"The air support will arrive in about half an hour. Let's not fight grass and snakes first." James has already got in touch with the fleet, and Qin Hao, who is James' personal guard, naturally understood clearly.

哎 "Ah! Another fierce battle!" James sighed as he watched the swarm below the high ground.