Bug Star Notes

Reticent, with a stern face, he obeys orders and acts decisively.

This is the "standard configuration" for military females when they are out in action.

It can't be said whether it is due to nature or subtly influenced by the general environment, even if there are other faces in private, the female warriors of the higher Zerg race maintain this appearance uniformly when they go out.

Those in Qi Fei's team were no exception.

It was almost silent all the way, but after discovering that their communication protection had been invaded, the four females became completely silent and entrusted the full power of verbal communication to their male captain, who only quietly guarded and guarded in the rear. .

Four pure black mechas lined up behind the black and gold body, against the pure black universe outside the atmosphere behind them, like four loyal shadows.

"I really like the design on the chest and waist, the lines are great!"

"...please don't refer to our cockpit and left and right searchlights as 'chest'."

"The wings on the back are also very beautiful. Can your body control the wings to move independently? The kind of shaking wings, I bet, it will be very cute!"

"…Sorry I can't."

The above dialogue is from Lika and Lu You.

The discussion on cooperation matters was discussed by Qi Fei and the detector B217. After "harassing" the four pure black airframes behind to no avail, Lika regarded Lu You as a good communication partner.

Lu You's face was paralyzed, and he saw from the reflection of the screen in front of him that his originally patient and gentle expression had changed into an indifferent face that was exactly the same as that of the black-haired male beside him.

——Because the silver-gray body in front of him kept asking questions one after another.

Their mechas are not mechanical life forms like the other party. They are "big tools" that don't have thinking and need to be manipulated by the mecha master to move. The weird feeling of being molested by gangsters.

Fortunately, this exchange did not last long, and Qi Fei on the other side had already completed the discussion with the tester B217.

"When Ergaz is in the brooding period, his whole body will secrete a special layer of protective fluid. When it sneaks into the underground lair, this layer of protective fluid will condense into a film to weaken their life signal response and avoid Let other creatures track them."

"So you only know that it is here, but you can't pinpoint exactly which piece of land it is on this planet."

"Yes."

"The egg-breeding period is also the peak period of Elgasi's predation, because at this time it urgently needs a large amount of energy replenishment. For it, the most attractive carbon-based life form is the best way to lure it to take the initiative to untie the isolation membrane. Good bait."

"Sorry." The voice of the tester B217 was full of guilt, "but this is the best way I can think of. Lika and I are silicon-based life forms, which have limited attraction to El Gaz, and El Gaz With a certain amount of intelligence, it is familiar with the frequency of me and Lika, knowing that we are chasing it, and tempting it with the energy liquid of me and Lika, it is likely to make it hide deeper."

"No need to apologize, I understand."

The reply voice from the black gold body was calm and steady.

The plan that Qi Fei and the detector B217 came up with is very simple, that is, as carbon-based life forms, they act as "bait" to attract the activities of El Ghas hidden underground.

That layer of life signal isolation membrane is only effective when El Gaz stops moving. As long as El Gaz moves, a crack will appear, and the entire membrane will lose its original effect.

The detector B217 can immediately locate the precise location of Ergaz's lair only by the leaked life signal.

While communicating with the detector B217, Qi Fei adjusted his viewing angle, and the black and gold body looked down at the land below.

He found the reason why this land gave him a sense of strangeness before.

Somewhere below this land, there is a huge alien beast from an alien galaxy that is predating at its peak.

While listening to the detector B217 explaining El Gaz, he had already made an inference in his mind related to the missing transport team.

——The loss of contact of the transportation team is mostly related to the sudden visit of El Gaz.

That unfortunate team didn't know that there was already a temporary resident from an alien galaxy on this originally safe ore planet. It was very likely that the team members left the cabin unsuspectingly when loading the spar, and were then starved. The rumbling "predator" found its breath, and Ergaz moved quickly, heading straight for the three warriors.

When orbiting the star for a week before, in addition to not having any life signal response, they also did not find any wreckage of the war-damaged transport plane.Perhaps the three fighters returned to the cabin after discovering the danger and confronted Ergaz for a while, but in the end even the transport plane and the worms were taken back to the underground lair by the strange beast.

Regardless of whether this inference is correct or not, this is the most likely inference they can draw at present.

Accurately locating El Gaz's lair is not only the need for Lika and the detector B217 to recover it and extract body fluids, but also the need for Qi Fei and his party to inquire about the whereabouts of the three soldiers.

Only after locating the lair and entering Ergaz's lair to search in person, can they know whether the three missing soldiers were taken away by Ergaz, and whether the inference is correct.

The goals of the two parties are different, but the process to achieve the goal is the same.

After the discussion, the tester B217 hesitated for a moment, and reminded the black-haired male who impressed him a few words, "Elgaz doesn't chew the food directly, it swallows the prey whole and then digests it slowly. , until the bone marrow is also sucked clean, and finally spit out the bones. During the egg-laying period, their stomach acid is very strong, and the decomposition speed is three times the usual rate. Based on the duration of the connection, they may have..."

It seemed impolite to bluntly tell an inquiry team that the object they were looking for had died. After talking, the detector B217 stopped in a timely manner.

In fact, Qi Fei had already thought of this before the detector B217 reminded him, and he withdrew his gaze from looking at the ground under his feet.

"Even if it's just the bones, we'll take them home."

He said to detector B217.

"so."

Detector B217 nodded, and seemed a little confused.

Carbon-based life forms are still different from silicon-based life forms in many ways.

Similar to what the other party said, "Even if he is only damaged by parts, I will take him back", of course there are also in the mechanical life, but that is because even if there are only parts left, they can find other replacements After parts are reassembled, even if only scrap iron is left, they can be put into the smelting pool and reforged.

But as a carbon-based living body, bones are completely useless corpses.

Detector B217 doesn't quite understand the meaning of taking it back.

——Let’s ask Lika later.

he thought.

The other side of non-pipeline mass production always understands these problems better than him.But right now Elgaz is more important.

He called his partner and explained the plan he had discussed with him.

The transfer of plans between detector B217 and Lika went smoothly, but there was a small problem on Qi Fei's side.

"Please let me go!"

x4.

The four females, who had been quiet for a long time, almost spoke in unison after listening to the plan, and all applied to Qi Fei to let them perform the role of "bait".

However, Qi Fei showed all the performance data sheets.

"Of course the fastest object to go."

He calmly put the data sheets of himself and the players together, and then arranged them in positive order according to the speed value.

His name was listed first without any suspense.

"I go."

Not accepting the team members' attempts to refute, Qi Fei gave instructions on the division of labor with the authority of the captain.

Before manipulating the mech to descend to the ground, he did not forget to relocate Lu You and sent him to the first mecha on the right behind him.

Compared with him who will open the cockpit and get out of the cabin later, the players' mechs are obviously a safer place.

Ergaz moves faster underground than on the ground. Therefore, it is used to first moving quickly under the ground and then burrowing out of the ground, using its strong and flexible tentacles to quickly entangle the prey. , or open the mouthparts at the end of the tentacles and swallow the prey whole.

It doesn't even need to expose its entire body, but only drives one of its eight tentacles to get out of the ground, so that it can catch the "food" it fancy.

Qi Fei knew that he was the best target for bait in such an operation to lure the enemy.

This is not only because of his fast speed, which can ensure that he can quickly return to the mecha after drawing out El Gaz, but also because of his innate, especially sensitive perception ability in the face of crisis.

When faced with such uncertain risks, perception can be like a forecast, announcing in advance whether the alien beast has arrived nearby, and buying Qi Fei more reaction time than others when facing the same situation.

When the detector B217 gave a report that the signal was captured, Qi Fei's sense of crisis also rose to the strongest at the same time.

Following his never-failed perception, he quickly turned around and swept back towards the mecha not far away.

"Hurry up! Go back to the cockpit!"

His reaction speed and return speed should have been fast enough, but the voice of detector B217 was still full of anxiety, "The nest is right below you!"

The warning call hadn't finished yet, and Qi Fei felt the ground under his feet tremble faintly.

He could almost hear something speeding through the soil directly below.

It seems that there are giant earthworms performing the task of loosening the soil dutifully. Before this rapid impact, the originally hard stone-soil mixed layer turned into a piece of fragile and fragile tofu.

No one expected that he would be so "lucky" that he would be right above Ergaz's lair just a few steps away from the cockpit.

This made it shorter for El Gaz's tentacles to come out of the ground and come straight for him.

But Qi Fei returned to the cockpit safely.

The thick tentacle that broke through the ground quickly, only had time to meet him, before it was slashed by the knife from the sky.

In order to prevent the black-haired male insect from being injured by stray bullets before returning to the mech, the team members guarding the side took out the high-frequency vibrating particle light knife on the rack early.

The first knife was cut obliquely above the end of the tentacle, and the second knife was inserted straight into the soil along the part of the tentacle that was exposed outside the soil layer, and pierced into the part of the tentacle that was still buried in the soil.

The pain caused by these two cuts enraged Ergaz.

The ground trembled more violently for a moment, and the roar of the strange beast could be heard from below through the soil layer. The sound became a bit dull after being blocked by the soil layer, but the anger in it was still clearly discernible.

The injured Elgas stretched out another tentacles to drive away the "iron bugs" that it regarded as very hateful, who dared to hurt it and prevented it from eating.

The two tentacles that had just come out of the ground had already opened their mouthpieces during the stretching process, and rushed straight to the two black mechs with the light sabers still inserted into it.

The process of opening the mouthparts looks a bit like flowering. The end of the tentacle, which was originally tapered, opened and drooped in four directions in a four-petal shape, revealing a narrower "bud" in the middle, and then the "bud" opened again. It was opened on all sides, and inside was a large round mouth full of sharp teeth.

"Be careful of the liquid it spouts, that thing can corrode metal!"

Lika reminded loudly that he and two other team members joined the battle from the other side.

Qi Fei, who had returned to the cockpit, had also activated his mech, staring closely at the three ugly tentacles waving below.

The first step of [Temptation] was completed. Elgaz had three tentacles exposed to the ground, and there were still five tentacles and its body hidden below.

"We have to force it to the ground."

He was calculating the way to completely pull the beast to the ground, when Lu You hurriedly called him from the communicator.

"team leader!"

Lu You, who was in charge of staring at the various feedback data, saw something shocking and gasped, "The life detector has detected three new life reactions!"

"……what?"

Qi Fei was slightly taken aback by the report.

"These three vital responses almost overlap with those of El Gaz."

The detector B217 also discovered these three new life reactions, and the data he obtained was more detailed than what their instruments captured, "Fei, this is probably the three missing comrades you are searching for. From their Judging from their life responses, they are currently in a weak state, but their vital signs are stable."