Battle on the Insect Planet (12): Flip

The flying parts of Type 6 mecha had a lift capability of only about ten meters, and there was a prerequisite for it to work: there must be ground to rely on below. Now that there was no ground, the flying parts of Type 6 mecha had become decorations.

Although the Type 9 Mecha had a stronger flying ability, it was the first to fall due to its own weight. Type 6 Mechas and countless insects fell on top of it, leaving it no chance to take off.

Moreover, the area where the ground collapsed was too large, and there were no walls around to leverage on. A pile of super-heavy metal mechas could only fall down in a flurry.

At the critical moment, Xia Ruize only had time to meet up with Cheng Huaiqian. The two of them held their giant mecha hands tightly together, and then threw out a rope to tie up Gao Hexuan’s mecha. The three of them turned off the flight thrusters of the mecha’s wings and fell down.

The saved precious energy was used to adjust the falling direction at the critical moment to avoid hitting the rock wall and causing the mecha to be destroyed and people to die.

The underground pit seemed to have no end. During the falling process, in order to avoid various obstacles, the soldiers’ mechas gradually dispersed.

They fell straight down for perhaps a thousand meters. The debris that the three people kept knocking down finally hit the ground with an echo. The three people quickly spread the wings of the Type 9 mecha and turned on the engines on the wings to maximum power. The upward thrust rebounded the falling gravity, and it continued to slow down until it finally “landed” safely.

The trio’s mechas landed smoothly on flat ground. The best news was that no one was killed in the fall. The bad news was that they were in real trouble.

It was because after they stood firmly, they turned on the headlights on the mecha and shone the surroundings, and saw tunnels dug by countless insects of all sizes, as well as the entrances of the tunnels filled with insects that were looking at them quietly.

The scene was like a nightmare.

Gao Hexuan stared at the screen of the mecha cockpit in amazement. He was frightened by the number of insects swarming around him. There were only five words in his mind: “God wants to kill us!”

Xia Ruize’s first reaction was to look up, but he could not see any brightness in the sky, only the light scattered in the endless darkness.

Obviously, facing the Type 9 mecha killer launched by humans, the insects also launched a mass killer. They must have dug through the entire planet long ago to dig such a deep pit in such a short time and bury nearly 500 human mecha soldiers.

“Tsk, the world is really unpredictable…”

Cheng Huaiqian sighed and said with emotion.

If they were not the ones who fell into the desperate situation, they would definitely marvel at the insects’ heroic deeds. Unfortunately, now it was they who had fallen into the pile of insects, and what they should consider was how to escape.

“You say, with a mecha and a flying machine, do we have a chance to fly up?”

Xia Ruize looked around at the insects in the passages along the surrounding walls and couldn’t help but lower his voice to ask.

The flying vehicle was a skateboard-style high-tech equipment that they obtained in a previous mission world. It could rely on energy crystals to fly, and had no altitude limit. It was the first equipment that Xia Ruize thought of in the current situation.

Thinking of the long time he had spent falling, Xia Ruize began to doubt the possibility of climbing up by human power.

During the discussion, the three did not control the mecha to perform any actions except the headlights, for fear that any rash actions would stimulate the surrounding insects and attract their siege.

“I’m afraid it won’t work.” Cheng Huaiqian shook his head. “The flying ability of this broken mecha is too unreliable. If we rely on a flesh-and-iron flying machine, I’m afraid it will be thrown down by a ‘flying insect’.”

At this point, Cheng Huaiqian paused and suddenly asked Xia Ruize, “By the way, how do you feel now?”

Xia Ruize was stunned by this question. He tilted his head and felt it carefully. After a long time, he replied hesitantly:

“Actually, I don’t feel that bad right now. It seems that the current situation is not as dangerous as before… Maybe it’s because this is a long-term mission. It won’t put us in a deadly situation on the first day?”

Xia Ruize’s voice was filled with a hesitation that he himself could not believe. If Xia Ruize knew what the current situation on the ground was, he would probably know why he felt this way.

The ground suddenly collapsed earlier, causing more than 400 Type 6 mechas and more than 60 Type 9 mechas that were being cleared at the edge of the oasis to fall into the pit. During the falling process, if the mechas were not controlled in time to avoid obstacles in the middle, they would hit walls and rocks, and all of them would end up being destroyed and the people would be killed.

At the same time, countless yellow colored insects suddenly emerged along the metal plate road on the ground. Under the attack of weapons on the metal plate road and the firepower of human camp support, they forcibly cut and split the heavy metal plates into countless pieces and brought them back underground.

The command headquarters was stunned because they witnessed all the soldiers falling into the pit. Soon they lost real-time control of the front line again and could only send out drones urgently to find out what was happening on the front line.

The situation on the front line has completely reversed.

All the mechas on the edge of the oasis fell into the huge pit, and the type 9 mechas operated by the sixty special fighters deep into the oasis also encountered an unprecedented crisis.

The brave special forces soldiers lined up and went deep into the oasis. Twenty minutes later, they finally saw the huge insect nest they had seen in the video footage before.

The only difference was that the insect nest in front of them was empty, and there seemed to be no giant green insects to be seen.

The three teams were separated by a certain distance from each other, yet they were able to communicate with each other and approached the insect nest together.

After all three teams were in place, almost at the same time, countless shells were fired from the muzzles of the Type 9 mecha, targeting a huge insect nest made of vines and trees not far away.

After several rounds of artillery shells shattered the insect nest in front, the huge Type 9 mecha rushed towards the center of the insect nest with an earth-shaking momentum.

With the special forces’ superb control level, the huge HS-9 mecha moved extremely flexibly, and running, jumping and climbing were all no problem.

The mecha was still holding a weapon in its hand, and the weapon was surrounded by extremely high-temperature flames. Wherever the weapon went, the flames quickly spread along the vines.

But only after they actually rushed to the center of the insect nest did the special forces confirm that their previous impression was not an illusion, as the number of insects within their field of vision was abnormally small.

The captains of the leading teams frowned, intuitively realizing that something was wrong.

The video footage they had watched in the camp had clearly shown that the insect nest was full of green insects of all sizes, but now that they had actually entered the insect nest, where were the insects?

The soldiers, their heads covered in fog, began to search separately, using their weapons to set all the surrounding vines on fire, seemingly preparing to burn the entire insect nest to ashes.

Tall trees fell to the ground, raising clouds of dust. Deep in the jungle, it looked like the end of the world.

Soon, a soldier keenly noticed that the noise made by the falling trees seemed to be a little too much.

After his reminder, the other soldiers carefully observed and finally discovered that there were quite a few green insects hiding at the edge of the nest, and they were also working hard to cut down the trees around the nest.

“Ha, are those little creatures trying to cut down trees and trap us? How pathetic their naivety.”

The special forces soldiers laughed at their opponents mercilessly. Now that they had been discovered, how could they let the bugs’ plan succeed?

The team leader waved his hand, and the soldiers dispersed and rushed towards the bugs that were destroying their own nests. They were eager to kill all the bugs within their sight and let the command center see the huge gap between their special forces and ordinary weaklings.

The special forces fighters deep in the oasis did not know that their compatriots outside the oasis had fallen into an endless deep pit. If they knew, they would definitely pay more attention to the ground under their feet.

They saw that the previously flat and solid ground suddenly had countless potholes. These potholes were so large that even a Type 9 mecha would fall down due to unstable balance if it stepped into one of them.

Almost at the same time, more than a dozen Type 9 mechas that stepped into the pits fell heavily to the ground, stirring up countless dust. Even if the other mechas managed to stabilize their center of gravity, they were about to pull out the metal legs that were stuck in the pits when they found that the insects hiding on the tops of the trees above their heads and the insects around the insect nests all swarmed over.

Fortunately, the special forces soldiers who were extremely experienced in combat were not worried about the small mistake at the moment. The head-on confrontation with the enemy only made them excited. They immediately activated the terrifying weapons on the Type 9 mecha, turning most of the insects into a pile of broken limbs before they got close to the mecha.

The human mecha fell into the pit like a switch, and countless green insects that had not been seen before suddenly emerged from the jungle. Their shapes blended perfectly with the surrounding environment, so that when they were not moving, it was difficult for humans to find their traces. But now that they moved, the humans’ vision was filled with a green color that covered the sky and the sun.

It was difficult for human mechas to stand. Whenever they walked on the ground, they would step into a pit. The deep and shallow pits would test the soldiers’ energy and control level. But if the mecha rose into the air, insects would keep falling from the top and fall directly onto the mecha.

The insects had no fear of death, and used their lives to consume the energy of the special soldier mechas and the stored weapons and ammunition.

After the fierce battle lasted for half an hour, the leading captains realized that it was not in their best interest to continue fighting.

Anyway, their purpose of going deep into the oasis this time was to test the true strength of the insect swarm’s nest. Now that they had collected enough data, they could retreat.

After reaching an agreement, the three teams began to move toward the outside of the oasis.

As if realizing that humans were preparing to evacuate, the insects’ attacks suddenly became more fierce. The densely packed, fearless entanglement of the insects finally made the special forces soldiers participating in the battle feel psychologically uncomfortable. The natives of this planet were unexpectedly tough and good at fighting.

The special forces soldiers who moved out of the jungle step by step with difficulty experienced firsthand how easy it was for them to get in, but how difficult it was to get out.

Finally, human casualties occurred.

Because there was a deep pit on the ground that was fine when you just stood on it, but if the attacking insects tripped you and you stood there for a few seconds, you would suddenly fall into it. The human soldiers were caught off guard and would fall more than ten meters in a flash, with the lower half of the mecha falling completely into the pit.

What was even worse was that when the mecha fell, it was hit by the insects that flew over and knocked it down completely. Once the mecha fell, it was very likely that it would never stand up again even with the support of teammates.