Skeleton Elf
Chapter 19 Giant Worm Rampage
A group of people excitedly arrived at the lab. "Wu Zang, what are you so excited about? Are you going to duel the bug?" Ma Long laughed.
"If I had the chance, I'd like to try."
"You're crazy. Zuo Xiaopang, where are you going!" Ma Long grabbed Zuo Xiaotang, who was trying to sneak away. Zuo Xiaotang's chubby face was twisted. "I think that thing is disgusting. It's so scary when it's dead, it's even more frightening alive. Let's forget it."
"Xiaopang, you're in the mech department. Anyone can be afraid, but not you, you have to go!" Li Hao also came over. The three dragged the poor Zuo Xiaotang towards the lab. Zhou Nanyi and Ye Tong behind them didn't know whether to laugh or cry. How could someone like this get into the mech department? It could only be said that he was exceptionally talented.
However, Zuo Xiaotang's weak character still needed to be changed, otherwise, no matter how good his skills were, they would be useless on the battlefield.
Entering the lab, there was a Razor Worm in a cage tens of meters high, lying on the ground half-dead. Outside was a circle of tempered glass. This giant worm probably wouldn't last long. Everyone was趴伏on the tempered glass, carefully looking, some even excitedly flexing their biceps. If this Razor Worm had any strength left, it wouldn't even be enough to fill their teeth.
"Its claws are very sharp and have barbs. Mechs cannot completely withstand its attacks, and there are very few survivors on the battlefield. Humans seem to be to their liking..." Nikins began to explain to everyone on site. The crowd, who had been a little excited, began to feel a little nauseous. "Take a good look at the movement habits of these giant worms in the EMP (electromagnetic pulse). This is information gathered at great sacrifice. Be serious, and you'll have a better chance of survival."
But for students, going to the battlefield was still quite far away. The Solar System was peaceful, and Kepler was, after all, far away.
Li Hao looked at the Razor Worm in front of him in the crowd. He had dissected one in his freshman dissection class. The structure of the giant worm was exactly the same as in his dreams, but this was the first time he had seen a live one.
The half-dead giant worm seemed to be stimulated by the crowd's gazes. It slowly raised its head and opened its four huge compound eyes. Instantly, everything around it came into view. Suddenly, it felt something and its four giant eyes focused on a single point.
"Don't think it only has four eyes. Each eye is covered with sensory cells. Each compound eye is composed of more than 20,000 single eyes, a true 360-degree view with no blind spots. It can be said that even in the dense forests of Kepler, as long as you enter its range, there is no possibility of hiding. There is no luck. Targets locked by it will feel the terrifying touch of being stared at by countless giant worms. Those with slightly weaker willpower will directly suffer a mental breakdown..."
At this time, Li Hao's body was motionless. He was being targeted. The Razor Worm struggled to get up. It, which was already on its last breath, suddenly rushed madly towards the iron cage. The iron cage, made of alloy, broke after several violent strikes, and then it crashed into the tempered glass.
The entire lab was filled with alarms, and low-temperature nitrogen gas poured into the ventilation ducts. Giant worms are very resistant to hypnotic and other gases. Only low temperatures can reduce their function, but this time it was obviously a miscalculation. The giant worm frantically slammed into the glass.
"Scatter, scatter, everyone evacuate!" Nikins roared, feeling the killing intent of this giant worm.
The lab was in chaos, but before they could react, the tempered glass shattered, and the Razor Worm rushed out. The lab was in chaos, and many people were injured by the flying shards of tempered glass. At this moment, two figures rushed out. Ye Tong and Zhou Nanyi threw the tables aside, but the Razor Worm slashed them apart with a swipe of its claws, and then rushed towards Zhou Nanyi. Its four giant eyes were fully open, and Zhou Nanyi, who was about to escape, was instantly unable to move.
At this moment, Zhou Nanyi's eyes were filled with countless eyes, covering the sky and the earth, like a nightmare, completely losing consciousness.
*Whoosh*...
A figure darted out. Li Hao hugged Zhou Nanyi and dodged the Razor Worm's deadly blow, but the Razor Worm had already arrived in front of the two, and the huge razor blade was about to fall.
The entire lab was filled with screams. Suddenly, the Razor Worm seemed to have lost its strength. Its eyes stared fixedly at its prey, and finally collapsed powerlessly. A pool of green liquid flowed from its sharp mouth, followed by cracks appearing on its body, and pools of green liquid seeped out...
Nikins finally breathed a sigh of relief, his face very ugly. Fortunately, this Razor Worm was seriously injured. Looking at the torn alloy steel pillars and the broken tempered glass, how could this happen?
They had assessed it. This giant worm only had one breath left when it arrived here. How could it suddenly go berserk, and even the low-temperature nitrogen gas was useless?
Li Hao ignored his surroundings and immediately laid Zhou Nanyi flat on the ground, compressing her chest and performing artificial respiration. After several attempts, Zhou Nanyi's breathing gradually calmed down.
If a normal person was suddenly stared at by a giant worm's compound eyes without the protection of a mech, not only would their spirit be suppressed, but their breathing would also stop instantly. He had a deep experience of this feeling.
Soon, the school's medical staff arrived. The response was quick, but this time it was really good luck...
The lab was still being cleaned up and disinfected. Dozens of injured students were receiving treatment. Fortunately, this giant worm exhausted its last strength when it hit the tempered glass, otherwise there might not have been any survivors.
Long Danni looked at the monitoring footage with a solemn expression. Beside her were Nikins and experts on giant worms.
"Professor Nikins, did we check this giant worm when it came in?" Such negligence was absolutely not allowed. Had Tianjin Mech Academy become so absurd? This made Long Danni very angry.
"Principal, we did conduct a strict inspection, and the lab has double defenses, and we also prepared low-temperature nitrogen gas to deal with any anomalies, but this time it's really strange. This giant worm seemed to be stimulated by something. Judging from the cracks in its body, it should be some kind of stimulation method that we don't currently understand that gave it such attack power." Nikins was both afraid and full of intense curiosity. "Principal Long, this situation has never happened before. At least the information from the front lines doesn't have such strange situations."
"Rewind the video. What stimulated it?"
More than a dozen people in the room stared at the screen. In slow motion, the Razor Worm, which was originally on its last breath, suddenly became agitated at a certain moment.
"Listen, Professor Nikins, can you determine its line of sight lock?" Long Danni suddenly asked, pointing at the screen.
Nikins was also stunned. This Razor Worm had a clear target. From the angle... it was... Li Hao!
The giant worm's target was obviously Li Hao. After breaking the tempered glass, the direction of the impact was also towards Li Hao, but it was disturbed by the tables thrown by Zhou Nanyi and Ye Tong. It had to be said that the two girls reacted really quickly. This momentary disturbance, although it had no attack power, interrupted the giant worm. It was obvious that the giant worm's momentum had weakened very sharply.
Then there was Zhou Nanyi's body standing still, waiting for death. Everyone present knew this was the "nightmare" state of facing a giant worm, similar to the mental suppression of humans that soldiers had encountered on the battlefield.
And at this time, Li Hao didn't know when he had darted over, saving Zhou Nanyi in the nick of time. Just when everyone thought the two were going to die, the Razor Worm's life came to an end.
Only Long Danni noticed a detail. The Razor Worm blocked most of the viewing angle, but in the gap, Li Hao seemed to be facing the giant worm head-on.
At least... he was not affected by the giant worm. Was it a coincidence, or was the giant worm already exhausted at the time?
"Professor Nikins, follow up on the subsequent matters and give the students an explanation. The important thing is to take care of the injured first."
"Yes, Principal."
The others left the principal's office. A few minutes later, Long Danni dialed Tianxun (sky communication), "Call Li Hao over."
Long Danni sat quietly. People who had experienced war would not be surprised by such a small matter. Everything would be handled as it should be, but this was obviously not a lab oversight, but some unknown factors had appeared.
Li Hao, Solar System Youth Class, should this person be used?
Even Long Danni had to be cautious in her position.
While waiting, Long Danni played the video again. She had been to Kepler. Without the protection of a mech, giant worms meant demons to humans, so the students' fear and scattering were normal reactions. So Zhou Nanyi and Ye Tong's reactions made her very happy. They had both courage and method. Obviously, Ye Tong was not affected by the suffocating suppression of the giant worm, while Zhou Nanyi was a little bit lacking. She couldn't blame her. Ye Tong was, after all, one of the few people who possessed the "Golden Zone."
Li Hao's agility in saving Zhou Nanyi in the nick of time was quite agile, but he didn't face it head-on... No!
She made a habitual mistake. When the giant worm attacked Zhou Nanyi, the focus of its compound eyes...
The video was slowed down, and Long Danni suddenly stood up.
All the giant worm's compound eyes were on Li Hao. Changing the perspective, although Li Hao's direction was to pounce on Zhou Nanyi, at that moment, his gaze was looking at the Razor Worm.
The video froze. Li Hao in the video was staring at the other party expressionlessly, and all the Razor Worm's eyes were also staring at Li Hao.
Li Hao, who landed, hugged Zhou Nanyi and rolled, actually moving out of the giant worm's attack range. Under normal circumstances, Li Hao should have picked up Zhou Nanyi and continued to flee. Although he was blocked by the giant worm, at this time, Li Hao's first choice was not to run, but to look back at the giant worm.