The troll woman who fell into the crack closed her eyes in despair and resigned herself to death, but the sound of violent breaking wind could be heard in her ears.
Lao Chen walked up to the wind and grabbed the woman in his hand, pointed his toes on the head of the giant alien scorpion, and then it spun in the air and landed on the ground.
Lao Chen let go of the woman without looking back, chopped off the two giant insects with one knife, and woke up the troll woman with the sound of spring thunder in his mouth.
"Hurry up and go!"
The woman was in shock and ran to keep up with the team. Lao Chen and dozens of soldiers who had retreated along both sides of the crack stood at the end of the team, fighting with all their strength.
Countless insects squeezed out of the cracks and rolled over like a tide. Ashkandi also came with his team to help, but Chen Stormstout refused without hesitation.
"No! We are responsible for breaking up the rear! You have more important things! The attack of the insect swarm has been planned for a long time! Such a heavy workload does not happen overnight! You must have a death consciousness to prevent us from being divided and surrounded!"
Ashkandi nodded heavily and led the team back to the front with extremely conflicting feelings.
The ground is still cracking along the road at a steady speed. If the soldiers' speed is used, it is more than enough to safely evacuate, but how can the traveling speed of those residents compare to that of well-trained soldiers.
In order to speed up their escape, the civilians had abandoned everything they could, even without the help of soldiers. But even so, the situation was not optimistic.
Gradually, the team of dozens of people led by Chen Stormstout crowded together with the civilians at the end of the team, and civilians began to fall into the cracks again.
Lao Chen could only follow the previous method and try his best to save people, but this difficult method of rescuing people was extremely exhausting. After saving more than a dozen people in succession, Lao Chen began to become a hero like Lao Chen.
See asthma.
Just at this moment, tragedy was about to happen again. An old goblin woman holding a child could not stand firmly and was about to fall into the crack. At the critical moment, a pair of crutches came over, stopped the old woman, and pushed them away.
He went back, but the middle-aged human race man on crutches lost his balance and fell straight down.
This disabled human man was one of the earliest veterans of the Hanhai Protectorate. He sadly left the army due to his disability. After he retired, he was assigned to engage in breeding work here. From the beginning of the battle to now, he has been unable to participate in the battle due to his disability.
Feeling ashamed that he was still holding back, he decided to use his own life to save the young and old.
At this time, Chen Storm Spirits had just rescued a person. Seeing that he could not save the veteran, a person suddenly rushed out from behind Old Chen and jumped resolutely!
That was just an ordinary soldier. He grabbed the veteran in mid-air, struggled to pull him in front of him and used his body to protect him, and his back was firmly hit by a group of scorpions.
On the head!
The soldier used all his strength to push the one-legged veteran out of the crack, and he closed his eyes peacefully and disappeared into the sea of insects!
Not every soldier has the unparalleled strength of Chen Stormstout, but when he saw his life in danger, he rushed out without hesitation.
"Why! I'm not worth saving anymore!"
The one-legged veteran who was being held by the crowd cried out in collapse, and Chen Stormstout's eyes were already wet.
"There is no reason. Our duty is to protect each of you. As long as one of us is alive, we must do our best to save everyone, even if it costs our lives!"
Lao Chen said with great determination that he only has one belief now, to let as many people as possible survive!
In the following battle, Lao Chen repeatedly killed enemies and rescued people like this. Whenever he couldn't take care of others, a soldier would step forward. They might jump down the crack like their comrades in front.
, or risking one’s own safety to push civilians away when someone falls in...
An unknown amount of time passed like this, and only himself was left beside Old Chen! Miraculously, none of the civilians at the end of the team died!
Chen Stormstout had already burst into tears, and when the tears dried up, the tears that came out of his eyes turned into tears of blood. What happened at the end of the line was passed down by word of mouth among people full of grief and anger, and it had already reached Ashkandi's ears.
Ashkandi really wished he could allocate part of his troops to help Chen Stormstout, but he couldn't do it because what he least wanted to see happened before him, a bottomless sinkhole!
Chen Stormstout’s guess came true! These insects are so cunning and know how to cut off the enemy’s retreat and attack from both front and rear!
The swarm of premeditated insects had already thought up an attack strategy while the coalition forces were busy dealing with the elements. However, in the plan, the sinkhole was not intended to block the people of Quicksand Town.
In the original plan of the insect swarm, hollowing out the underground of Quicksand Town and destroying the entire town in an instant would definitely anger the Hanhai Protector. And if the Hanhai Protector wants to retaliate, he must organize an army to attack the Nest of Corruption. Then
The most suitable base camp for launching military operations must be Zul'Farrak. As long as the army sets off from Zul'Farrak, the swarm will create a sinkhole halfway and catch the army by surprise.
However, the swarm did not expect that before they could finish digging underground in Quicksand Town, Old Chen would force all residents to evacuate. Therefore, the swarm was forced to launch an attack in advance. What made the swarm even more unexpected was the fighting will of these people.
They were so determined that they caused heavy losses to the insect swarm from the beginning of the attack. For this reason, they had to expose the sinkhole in advance, and would rather pay a higher price than completely save the lives of these people.
The extension of the ground seam on Chen Stormstout's side, the leader of the team, has reached its limit, and the momentum of the swarm's attack has also slowed down. However, the information sent back from the front team made Lao Chen's heart drop to the bottom.
The slowdown of the insect swarm's attack does not mean that they have given up the pursuit, but that they are preparing for the next attack. What the team will face is the encirclement of the insect swarm!
"Master Chen, there is no way ahead."
A trace of despair flashed in Ashkandi's eyes. They had tried their best, but still could not get out of the enemy's trap.
"Sir, I have an idea."
Rebulat Earthbreaker walked up to the two of them, coughing blood. This was the sequelae of his previous failure to channel elemental energy to prevent the cracking of the earth. After adjusting his breath, he was able to speak smoothly.
"We finally got a response from the earth again. It seems that the corrosion here by the insect swarm is not that serious. Although the insect swarm is powerful, it is not to the extent that it can do whatever it wants on every inch of the land. We chose to create sinkholes in a roundabout way, and
Not digging through all the land in this area is proof.
Please take the team to the foot of the mountain on the west side of the road. We can use the mountain to transform the terrain, which may bring a glimmer of hope to the team, but I can't guarantee how likely it is to win..."
Old Chen's eyes were red and he was breathing heavily, and he nodded heavily to Rebrat. Ashkandi saw something was wrong with Chen Stormstout's state, and immediately responded on his behalf.
"We have no choice now. If the Earthbreaker Shaman can do anything, just use it."
Ashkandi followed Reibrat's suggestion and led the team to the foot of the mountain on the west side of the road. This is the Falaki Mountains that runs from north to south. It divides Tanaris and the Un'Goro Basin to the west, and the Un'Goro Basin to the east.
The average height on the other side, that is, on the Tanaris side, is only more than a hundred meters, but this cliff of more than one hundred meters cruelly cut off the team's way of survival.
The eastern slope of the Faraki Mountains is so steep that even well-trained soldiers, not to mention the residents, are unable to climb up.
"Earthbreaker Shaman, what should we do next?"
Ashkandi stood next to Rebrat and asked anxiously. Just as the team arrived at the foot of the mountain, the insects in the cracks in the ground began to move around again, and the sharp chirping of the insects in the sinkhole became louder and louder.
As they got bigger, the scorpions squeezed each other and flowed out of the cave like water in a bottle overflowing. Their mouthparts clattered and they surrounded the crowd.
Lao Chen and his team stood in the outermost circle to resist the swarm of insects. At this time, Chen Stormstout had already reached its limit, and even with Lao Chen's strength, he was inevitably injured.
During the battle with Garr, Chen was already possessed by the devil. Just seeing his comrades sacrificed in front of his eyes made him lose his mind even more. Chen Stormstout has now completely abandoned his light and elegant movement, and all his moves are direct
Brutal, although he dealt a heavy blow to the insect swarm, he also received a bunch of dense wounds on his body.
The reason why Lao Chen dared to do this was not because the Hanhai Protector had the ability to cure shadow poison. He had no such consciousness in his mind now, and he just wanted to kill more enemies.
As both heroic heroes, Ashkandi thought that he was far inferior to Chen Stormstout, but based on his vision, he could determine that the other party's mental state was extremely dangerous at the moment. Now that he had a narrow escape from death, he was most afraid of an unexpected incident.
Rebrat heard Ashkandi's anxiety, and despite the pain on his body, he and his companions guided the spell as quickly as possible.
At this moment, people finally understood why Rebrat was called the Earthbreaker. As the two shamans shone with brown light, there was a jaw-dropping sound from the top of Highland 109 in the Falaki Mountains, which was closest to the crowd.
A sour sound.
Rows of cracks as dense as a water network spread along the rough lines of the mountain, and a large amount of dust and stone chips were ejected along the cracks, as if a pair of invisible hands were squeezing the mountain like a lemon.
"boom!!!"
With a loud noise, a layer of the entire mountain was peeled off, gravel slid down the mountain, and a ten-meter-wide mountain road staircase was created on Peak 109! Although this road is still particularly unusual.
It's steep, but in the end it's no longer as hopeless as before.
"Wow!!!"
A burst of cheers mixed with disbelief broke out from the crowd. On the one hand, there was the joy of surviving a desperate situation, and on the other hand, the power of the shaman was shocked.
"Speed up and move up the mountain!"
Ashkandi reacted quickly and directed people to go up the mountain while shouting to Lao Chen in the outermost circle.
"Master Chen, please take the team and move..."
Before he could finish his words, Lao Chen, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke, but was interrupted rudely as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Stop talking nonsense! You take the people away, and I will take care of you!"