The Great Rift, one of the most daunting areas of the Tanaris Desert.
There are many strange things hidden in this vast desert. There are traces of ancient civilizations here. In the Dongyue ruins, lucky diggers can often dig out valuable things, such as some gold-inlaid jars or buried treasures.
Antiques that have been under the sand for thousands of years.
There are also things here that are very dangerous for anyone, such as the sand hammer ogres that live in groups. These stupid guys wander around in the desert and will rob all travelers who pass through this desert along the way, even the travelers themselves.
, will be used as food...
In addition to the goblin consortiums in Gadgetzan and Hotsand Port, the ethnic groups in Tanaris Desert also have Sandfury Trolls living in the northwestmost part of the desert. Don’t underestimate these trolls. Sandfury Trolls have existed since ancient times.
During that period, there were very large troll clans. This hegemony in the desert continues to this day. Almost one-third of the Tanaris Desert is the territory of Sandfury. These trolls refuse all travelers who enter this place without permission.
them.
In their holy city of Zul'Farrak, there are also hidden legends about ancient troll artifacts and terrifying abyss beasts. In short, no one can tell whether they are true or false.
But the Great Rift, the Great Rift is special in the Tanaris Desert. Even before the large-scale activities of the insect-men, this land covered with strange purple-red horny matter was a notoriously dangerous place. Even the beasts near the Great Rift were
There are very few traces, and no wild beast will rashly approach this dangerous land. This land extends to the southernmost part of the Tanaris Desert... and even directly borders the South China Sea.
No one knows how many bugs live under the Great Rift. In fact, bugs have already appeared here long before the Goblin Consortium built a commercial city in the Tanaris Desert. It is said that they once fought against the Sandfury Trolls.
The civilization of the goblins grew up under the prying eyes of the insects, but in hundreds of years, the insects have not taken a step beyond the Great Crack, as if something was stopping them.
The night elves have a saying that the bugs on Tanaris are actually the descendants left after the Qiraji army retreated at the end of the War of Quicksand 1,000 years ago. The reason why they did not act was because they were waiting for the beetles to attack.
The order issued by the Insect Empire behind the wall... Of course, this kind of statement is not widely circulated. At least the goblins don't want this terrifying message to affect Gadgetzan's business activities.
However, the current counterattack by the insects in the Tanaris Desert seems to prove that the night elves' statement is correct.
The bugs of the Great Rift have gotten their orders... and they're attacking.
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"Swish, swish"
In the center of the great rift, several humans wearing strange leather armor were walking on a land covered in strange purple-red horn. These were agents from MI7, and they were performing special missions here.
"There are bugs coming! Take cover!"
The leading agent suddenly raised his hand, and the few people behind him immediately rushed towards the surrounding stone pillars, pressing their bodies tightly against the surface of the stone pillars. With the sound of rattling, a group of huge people with sharp tentacles and jaws appeared.
The Qiraji soldiers walked out of the wormhole next to them. The tentacles on the heads of these soldier insects, which were like beetles magnified more than ten times, were dancing around, as if they had noticed some movement.
They approached the area where the agents were, and several agents immediately held their breath. However, the strange thing was that after the ferocious soldier bugs with keen sense of smell and touch entered the area, they seemed to be drunk and could not even walk.
They started to stagger, and after lingering for a few minutes, they lined up in a line and left here quickly just as they came.
"Crisis averted!"
The agent captain made a gesture, and several agents came out of hiding. They looked at the soldiers and insects going away, and a young team member patted the leather armor and said to the others:
"The potion provided by those weird spider demons is really useful... What is it called? Stress hormone?"
"It is said to be a substance extracted by the spider demon from the body of the Qiraji. It can confuse low-level insects, but it is not so useful for high-level insects."
An older team member reminded:
"This thing is not omnipotent, so we still have to be careful in our actions, but seriously, where is that damn female insect? We have almost gone through the entire Great Rift."
"It should be around here..."
The captain, who had been silent for the whole time, took out a simple map, compared it with the surrounding reference objects, and said in a deep voice:
"Other agent brothers have already searched the surrounding area, and the reference range is shrinking. If we are lucky, that damn command female insect will be in the nest under our feet... Now, bring the flare gun and get it
Good weapons, let’s go in and take a look!”
After saying that, the captain took out the short sword from his waist and the pistol equipped with a silencer, stepped on the disgusting purple-red carpet, and went all the way deep into the underground spiral wormhole passage. Currently, there are several positions in the Tanaris Desert.
Attracting a large number of enemy troops, the soldiers on the anti-bug front will kill a huge number of bugs every day, so the bugs in the Great Rift are constantly being replenished to the front line. Although the bugs reproduce very fast, in this rapid consumption
, which also caused the number of bugs inside the large crack to become much scarcer.
Of course, this "rare" is relative... The number of bugs in the Great Rift is still astonishing.
However, this still creates conditions for the activities of the agents. The Thunder Agents, led by Shore, have recently been searching for female insects in the insect nests in the Great Rift. They have killed at least 13 female insects responsible for reproduction.
insect.
But according to the spider demon elders, in an insect nest as large as the Great Rift, there must be a commanding female insect, or a "brain insect".
"The social model of Qiraji is very similar to that of the Undead Scourge. It is a standard pyramid structure. Subordinates cannot disobey the orders of their superiors. The superiors in the system have absolute control over subordinates. But unlike the Undead Scourge, the natural disaster's
Lower-level commanders still have enough wisdom to command low-level undead in the absence of orders from the Lich King, but bugs don't!"
"Even high-level soldier insects have very low intelligence and are completely unable to command large-scale insect swarms. Therefore, after the number of insect swarms reaches a limit, they will be commanded by special "brain worms" with superb intelligence.
They are equivalent to the role of commanders in the army. They usually hide in the insect nest. Once the war starts, the brain worms will issue specific combat instructions..."
"In a large-scale war, once the brainworms are eliminated, the huge swarm of insects will immediately fall into chaos, and they will only rely on instinct to attack, and the threat will be greatly reduced... In the memory left in my genes
In my memory, the Troll Empire defeated the extremely powerful Yaqir Empire by continuously killing brainworms."
This is one of the secrets about the worm swarm that Elder Nerubian and Deconstructor Scriris told when he was training the agents. The primary goal of the Thunder Agents was to be destroyed by the swarm on the frontline battlefield of Tanaris.
Before the defeat, find the Cerebrate in the Great Rift, and then conduct a precise assassination raid to completely reverse the situation on the battlefield of Tanaris.
But this is not a simple matter. There are insect nests all over the ground in the Great Rift. It is quite difficult to find a single worm in these small insect nests. This requires agents to investigate one by one and walk in the insect nest.
It only takes one tiny mistake to completely ruin an elite team. The agents did kill 13 female insects for breeding, but their own losses were also very heavy.
"Shh!"
The moment they penetrated into the insect nest, the leader of the current team immediately issued a silent gesture. The group of people advanced silently in the shadows. After passing through the defense lines of several soldiers and insects, they entered the insect nest.
At the deepest point, they saw a...weird female insect.
It was very similar to the form of the spider demon elder. The lower body was an insect body covered with joints, and the upper body was similar to a humanoid body wearing a red robe, but it had no arms and was replaced by several slender black limbs.
Tentacles, and if you look closely, you can see that the red robe is actually a mutated carapace. The insect's head is also covered with compound eyes, and as those black tentacles sway, the surrounding dim air becomes sticky.
Obviously, this is a bug with powerful spiritual power...
"Brainworm!"
The captain clenched his fist fiercely, made a gesture, and the group quietly exited the insect nest.
A few seconds later, a bright, silent magic flare exploded over the insect nest. In the past 20 minutes, several special agent teams that were exploring the surroundings gathered at the entrance of the insect nest.
"Confirmed?"
Shaw, who was wearing a black combat uniform and a black mask covering half of his face, asked angrily:
"Right at our feet?"
"Yes, captain, about 15 meters down. This is a hidden insect nest. The underground area is much larger than it appears on the surface. The brain insect should also be commanding the troops on the ground. It has not discovered us.
..."
The agent captain said to Shaw cautiously:
"But there are a lot of soldier bugs underground, they should be the troops protecting the brain bugs! It will be very difficult to break through forcefully."
Xiao Er nodded. He thought for a moment, then raised his head and looked at the others:
"Give me all the bombs you are carrying!"
"team leader!"
When the other agents heard what Shaw said, they all understood what Shaw was going to do. An old agent stepped forward and grabbed Shaw's arm. He said in a deep voice:
"This is too risky! You alone can't stop those soldiers and insects!"
"So I need you to build a temporary position for me on the ground... After I detonate the first batch of bombs, I need you to open a path for me among the swarms of insects that are following the sound..."
Xiaoer smiled and patted the others on the shoulders:
"What? Don't you believe in my stealth skills?"
Shore has special stealth and concealment skills. This is no secret in MI7, but for the captain to personally carry out such a suicide mission, the agents are still a little bit unacceptable, but they can't beat Shore, plus the boss's
He made strong demands, and finally... the ring containing nearly 40 high-explosive bombs was handed to Shore.
"The bomb will directly destroy the insect nest, but it may not completely kill the brain worms... These bugs always have some weird abilities."
Before entering the hive, Shore said to the others:
"Contact the Seventh Legion, I need an airship capable of releasing huge amounts of explosives...and wait for my signal!"
After saying that, Shore took a step forward and disappeared into the air in broad daylight. After he left, the old agent looked back at the captain behind him. He took out the standard pistol from his waist and clicked
Pull the bolt:
"Build a defense line at a safe distance! Contact the rear army! The outcome of the Tanaris battlefield depends on us this time! Right here, hold on until the end!"
"As you command!"
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"drop"
With a faint sound, the high-explosive timer was turned on. In the shadows, Shore installed the last bomb on the pillar of the insect nest 15 meters underground. More than 40 bombs detonated together, enough to destroy the top.
A huge amount of sand exploded into pieces, and the weight of the soil was enough to crush most of the bugs. Coupled with the defense lines deployed on the outside and the incoming raiding airship, it was impossible for this brainworm that dominated the Great Rift to leave alive.
The shadow dispersed behind Shaw's body in the form of a black mist, as if he himself had completely merged with the black mist. This was caused by the Loa god's affinity for the shadow after accepting the power of Old Garni.
As a result...these black mist is the embodiment of the power of shadow. With their help, Shore's stealth will not be noticed by the bugs at all.
But this is only for bugs... For more advanced creatures, for those creatures that transcend Loa, Shore is as conspicuous as a black bug on a white paper, but unfortunately, the anti-bug front
They just know that there is another force behind the insect-men, but they have no idea what that force represents.
"Buzz"
A strange mental fluctuation pierced Xiao's heart, causing him to cover his head in an instant, but he still had a trace of reason. Before the pain in his mind became more intense, he took a step back, and before the insects discovered him, he
Hidden in the shadows.
But that sudden sound, that illusion, Xiao Er felt like he was standing in front of a huge black eyeball. The illusion in his mind was like a black and white hell. In front of his eyes, the huge eyeball rolled, and the
The terrifying eyes were cast on him. In front of those eyeballs, Xiao Er felt as if he was looking directly at a god!
"You...worms of flesh and blood..."
"Open your heart!"
"let me see..."
A thunderous sound resounded through Xiao's soul. At this moment, Old Garni, the Loa god who protected Xiao, let out a terrified scream, as if he was frightened. The shadow power enveloped Xiao.
I want to drag him out of the illusion in front of him.
But...even Loa appears so fragile in front of this ancient demon...
"roll!"
Huang Zhongdalu's voice shook, and Lao Gani's power seemed to be forcibly expelled. At this moment, it was pulled cleanly from Xiaoer's body. Xiaoer, who was hiding in the shadow, seemed to be forcefully expelled.
Pulled out, Xiao Er's body was smashed into the soldiers and insects by the vibration of the strange force, and the brain insect also waved its slender tentacles and approached Xiao Er, whose soul was shocked.
"It's over..."
This was Shaw's last thought in a daze, but just before he suffered a trace of power from the ancient god C'Thun and completely lost himself, he saw...
A figure fell from the sky...a black, familiar figure.
