readytorunbook Chapter 1303 The Insect Swarm Arrives
Chapter 1303 The Insect Swarm Arrives
As the two women were talking, Ye Ge had already hurried to the edge of the city wall. He placed his hands on the cold crenellations, squinting as he gazed into the distance. The wind on the city wall howled, whipping the stray hairs across his forehead.
"Lord Yege, hello." A voice came from beside him.
Ye Ge turned his head and saw a dragon general wearing heavy armor with golden scales and a majestic appearance.
It was the Golden Dragon General who came with Ao Shenglong King at the previous meeting of all races.
He is said to be the second greatest general of the Eastern Dragon Clan after Cang Ting, and also the third greatest expert of the Eastern Dragon Clan.
"General Jinlong," Ye Ge nodded slightly, "What's the situation now?"
General Jinlong's expression was grim: "According to the latest intelligence from the front lines, the main force of the Zerg army is approaching."
Night Song: "What about the quantity?"
General Jinlong: "Unable to confirm..."
Jiang Xiaoming stood by the wall, nervously rubbing his hands together.
Arthur noticed his unusual behavior and looked at him with a puzzled expression: "What's wrong with you?"
Jiang Xiaoming: "Uh?... Ah, it's nothing, it's just that it's my first time on a battlefield of this level, I'm a little nervous..."
This was his first time on the battlefield of ten thousand races.
Although they had clashed with people from gene companies before, those were small-scale battles, completely different from the true war between all races now...
Xia Xiyao looked at him and said with a smile, "Little Mingzi, are you scared?"
"...How could that be!?" Jiang Xiaoming immediately retorted, his neck stiff with arrogance.
“It’s normal to be nervous,” Ye Ge said calmly. “After all, we’re facing the most terrifying army among all races this time—the army of the Zerg.”
"The most terrifying?" Xia Xiyao tilted her head and asked curiously, "Isn't the Zerg only ranked seventh among all races?"
Night Song: "The Zerg are only ranked seventh because among the top ten races, they have the fewest Soul Emperor level experts."
Xia Xiyao was even more puzzled: "Then why do you say their army is the most terrifying?"
"Because of numbers. The number of Zerg warriors even exceeds the total population of all races combined." Nightsong paused, "You probably don't have a good grasp of what I mean by saying this now, but if you have the chance to see a Zerg swarm later, you'll understand what I'm talking about."
"My lord," Li Shuying said, "you seem to know quite a bit about the Zerg. Have you ever fought against them before?"
"..." Ye Ge thought to himself, "That goes without saying. I've fought against the Zerg far too many times in my past life."
In the game, Zerg players were the most disgusting and hated. If you didn't know how to deal with them, you would be absolutely disgusted to death by the Zerg swarm tactics.
In his past life, he made strategy videos for the PvP siege mode in games, and most of them focused on how to deal with the Zerg...
For this, he was frequently subjected to public and harsh criticism from Zerg players on forums...
"Damn it, another video targeting Zerg players?!"
"The tutorial in the video is a bug; using it will get your account banned. Don't learn it!"
"Read and deleted immediately!"
"If I send you another video, I'll get someone to mess with you! 凸(゜皿゜メ)"
"..."
Ye Ge touched his nose.
It's all so nostalgic...
At this moment, everyone vaguely felt a muffled "buzzing" sound coming from under their feet, as if the earth was trembling slightly.
Gao Shenxue gazed at the distant horizon and said softly, "They've arrived."
"Rumble rumble rumble rumble..."
The tremors grew stronger.
The city wall beneath my feet began to tremble slightly, and dust fell from the battlements.
Along with it came a chilling, eerie sound.
The sound was rustling and dense, like millions of sharp teeth grinding and gnawing at each other at the same time, or like countless shells colliding with each other, converging into a terrifying sound wave that made one's teeth ache, coming from afar and covering the sky and the earth!
"What was that sound?" Ququ asked, somewhat uneasy.
Ye Ge's gaze darkened slightly.
Jiang Xiaoming, Arthur, Li Shuying, Bai Qing, Ququ and others quickly moved closer to the wall and looked into the distance.
On the horizon, a thin black line was slowly rising.
The black line grew thicker and taller at a visible speed, eventually transforming into a massive black wave that blotted out the sky.
These waves are not made of water, but of hundreds of millions of insectoids—their shells gleam with an oily sheen in the sunlight, their densely packed limbs rub against each other, and their compound eyes flash with a bloodthirsty red light!
The swarm of insects reached hundreds of meters high, moving like a living mountain range. Wherever it passed, the earth was devoured, and even the light seemed to be swallowed up by this terrifying blackness!
"A...tsunami?" someone whispered subconsciously, then realized that there could not possibly be a tsunami in this inland area.
But when they saw the true face of those "waves," everyone's breath caught in their throats.
It's a sea of insects!
That was a terrifying swarm of insects, hundreds of meters high, composed of hundreds of millions of extremely dense insectoids!
They were so densely packed that it was suffocating, like a black tsunami that swallowed the heavens and the earth, surging towards the city wall!
"!!? ヘ(?°□°)ヘ" Jiang Xiaoming stared in disbelief: "Holy crap!??"
Apart from Ye Ge and Gao Shenxue, the other girls also turned pale upon seeing this scene.
Arthur stammered, "Th-th-th-th-that's the insect swarm???"
"This isn't an insect swarm! You call this a swarm?!" Jiang Xiaoming almost bit his tongue. "I'd believe you if you said it was a massive tsunami!"
"Alright, enough talk, prepare for battle." Ye Ge said calmly, turning to look at General Jinlong: "General Jinlong, you should have experience fighting against the Zerg army, right?"
General Jinlong nodded seriously: "Of course!"
After he finished speaking, he raised his hand and waved: "Flame Dragon Mage! Fire Dragon Gunner! Prepare!"
Following his order.
A series of orderly footsteps suddenly echoed on the city wall.
Tens of thousands of mages clad in crimson robes adorned with flame patterns quickly formed ranks, their staffs beginning to condense intense heat, and the air was filled with magical fluctuations.
On the other side, the gunners wielding dragon-patterned heavy cannons raised their weapons, adjusted the angle of the cannons, and aimed them at the black waves in the distance.
Ye Ge said, "You should all watch this battle carefully and learn from it."
Li Shuying, Bai Qing, Arthur, and the others paused for a moment, then nodded vigorously: "Yes!"
"Fire!" General Jinlong ordered.
"Thump—! Thump—! Thump thump thump—!"
The cannons roared in unison, deafeningly loud!
Countless shells trailing fiery tails streaked across the sky like a meteor shower, tracing graceful arcs in the air before crashing into the surging swarm of insects!
Explosions burst forth one after another in the black waves, and the scorching shockwaves tore the front-line Zerg to shreds, with carapaces and slime flying everywhere!
However, the number of Zerg was simply too vast. Each shell only blasted a tiny gap in the swarm, and the Zerg engulfed by flames were quickly submerged by the subsequent surge of Zerg, like a pebble thrown into a vast ocean, creating only a few ripples before disappearing without a trace.
At this moment, the red-robed fire dragon mages also began to cast spells, chanting: "Soul Skill - Dragon Flame Burning Technique!"
Tens of thousands of blazing dragon flames erupted from the top of the staff, weaving together in the air to form a sea of fire that scorched the heavens!
The flames, a magnificent crimson gold, carrying the aura of majesty unique to dragons, roared and surged towards the swarm of insects!
The moment the sea of fire and the sea of insects collided violently, a deafening, continuous roar erupted!
Even more shockingly, the specially made oil hidden in the previously fired shells was now ignited by the dragon flames, and the fire spread rapidly and exploded in the swarm of insects! Streams of fire snaked wildly in the black waves, turning the insectoids into charred remains wherever they went.
In the blink of an eye, the open space between the swarm of insects and the city had been transformed into a raging inferno, with scorching heat waves rising up and forming a fire barrier!