Acting Queen (v1ch71)
Blood-sucking aphids riot?
Another unfamiliar word, but it sounds like nothing good!
Ye Sheng quickly took out a small hoe to defend herself and stepped on the blood-sucking aphids crawling on the ground, ignoring the dirt on her shoes, and calmly observed the surroundings, looking for a way out.
However, in the cotton forest, there are cotton trees all around.
The blood-sucking aphids seemed to gush out endlessly.
They blocked all the roads in front, back, left, and right.
Ye Sheng couldn't find a suitable escape route at all, but Zhou Lin pulled Ye Sheng's clothes corner, waiting for Ye Sheng to look sideways, and immediately pointed to the left with a panicked face.
The mercenaries of the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps gathered together and resisted the attack of the blood-sucking aphids.
Compared with their hard resistance, the mercenaries with weapons in their hands dealt with the blood-sucking aphids with ease, but the mercenaries only cared about themselves and ignored the lives of the cotton pickers around them.
Ye Sheng hesitated a bit, seeing the actions of the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps, she didn't like them.
However, in the fierce group attack of the blood-sucking aphids, it was necessary to stick together!
If she continued to fight alone, she would sooner or later be exhausted, and then be overwhelmed by the blood-sucking aphids, and sucked dry.
Comparing the two, it's better to save her life first!
Quickly making a choice, Ye Sheng and Zhou Lin carefully avoided the bouncing blood-sucking aphids and approached the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps. At the same time, many people chose the mercenary corps as their lifesavers like them.
Fortunately, the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps did not expel them but just ignored them.
Ye Sheng and Zhou Lin successfully hid behind the mercenaries, and then with the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps attracting firepower, the number of blood-sucking aphids that pounced on them decreased, and they finally had a chance to breathe!
During this period, Ye Sheng opened the packaging bag of roasted mouse meat in her bag, put the roasted meat and snow cotton cocoon together, and finally was able to cover some of the smell, avoiding the blood-sucking aphids from coming again.
The blood-sucking aphids were only interested in blood, and they didn't even look at the meat.
However, the smell of roasted meat spread out, which was still a bit dangerous... Ye Sheng thought, after getting through this ordeal, she would go back to the swap shop and buy a tool to conceal food!
The premise is, that she can escape safely today!!!
"It caught us off guard, these blood-sucking aphids actually entered the breeding period at this time, if I knew it, I would have come a few days earlier!"
"Blood-sucking aphids become more aggressive and start group hunting after entering the breeding period, in order to provide food for the female insects..."
The little Steward also hid near the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps and happened to stand on Ye Sheng's left. Hearing his sigh, Ye Sheng smiled bitterly and finally knew what a blood-sucking aphid riot was.
Simply put, it was for breeding, hoarding food, and replenishing nutrition.......
"Sir Steward, what should we do now, can we ask for help from the base officials?"
Ye Sheng asked the little Steward while carefully guarding against the attack of the blood-sucking aphids, they couldn't always be trapped in the cotton forest, as people's physical strength kept consuming, this was not a good thing.
She also kept guarding against the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps in front of her, pulling Zhou Lin and keeping a distance from the mercenary corps.
Unlike other people who panicked, they just wanted to stick to the mercenaries and seek the protection of the strong.
Ye Sheng chose to keep a distance at the cost of encountering more blood-sucking aphids, but she would rather spend her physical strength and ask for peace of mind!
As for Zhou Lin, she was hundreds of meters away from the Zhou family, and she couldn't get past it in the situation of the blood-sucking aphids bouncing around. Now she could only be with Ye Sheng.
Because of Ye Sheng's heroic deeds of killing the thugs before, Zhou Lin unconditionally chose to trust Ye Sheng at this time!
However, on the other side, the Zhou family was also separated from the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps by a distance and did not approach.
There are many smart people, such as the little Steward next to Ye Sheng.
He also kept a distance from the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps!
Hearing Ye Sheng's question, the little Steward opened his mouth with a bitter face: "After discovering the blood-sucking aphid riot, I immediately used the Super Intelligence Network to ask for help from the base officials, but the distant water can't quench the thirst, it's hard to wait for the rescue!"
The words of the little Steward made the people around feel a thud in their hearts, and their morale immediately fell.
If they only rely on themselves to save themselves, it is not easy to escape.
And Gray Wolf Mercenary will not help them much.
As long as they are bitten by a bouncing blood-sucking aphid during the escape process, they will fall to the ground stiffly, and even if someone can escape by luck, there are only one or two lucky ones.
More likely is a group annihilation!
After the blood-sucking aphids attacked for five minutes, the ordinary workers in the cotton forest were about to be unable to hold on, and the fatigue made them powerless when defending, and they were caught by the blood-sucking aphids as soon as they were careless.
After being bitten by the blood-sucking aphids, the wound was paralyzed by saliva, and people couldn't even make a sound.
They could only open a pair of fearful eyes, silently being sucked dry by the blood-sucking aphids.
One by one, the corpses were sucked into human dryness, the death was miserable, and it was one of the sources of the people's tragic screams.
"Damn, there are too many blood-sucking aphids, Baozi, get the flamethrower!"
The leader of the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps was a burly man, nearly two meters tall like a giant, wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt on his upper body, showing his bulging muscles
He looked very deterrent.
He had been using the energy sword to sweep away the blood-sucking aphids that came.
He was also very rich.
"Captain, the cotton forest doesn't allow fire!"
The mercenary Baozi who answered the question raised his hand and wiped his sweat. He also wanted to burn these annoying bugs with fire, but the cotton forest didn't allow flame attacks... After that, when the base officials pursued the responsibility, the loss of a lot of cotton was something they couldn't bear.
To put it bluntly, even if they die, the cotton forest cannot be destroyed.
As for putting the fire on the workers, it is also impossible, because it is the area where they patrol and guard, so if they killed workers deliberately and someone knew about it, they will be held accountable!
Regarding these, they are all written in the contract signed with the base officials.
"Idiot, use the flamethrower to burn the people who are bitten by the blood-sucking aphids on the ground, not to let you burn the cotton trees."
The muscular man captain scolded, then turned around and took the flamethrower, walked forward a few steps and attacked the people lying on the ground directly, a strong and fierce flame immediately cooked a lot of blood-sucking aphids.
The result. The people surrounded by the blood-sucking aphids were the same.
It's just that because of the paralysis, they couldn't even scream.
They silently turned into charcoal.
The mercenaries of the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps saw that the captain's move was good, and their eyes lit up immediately. They took out the flamethrowers one after another and treated the people who were surrounded by the blood-sucking aphids as dead, regardless of whether they were alive or dead.
They didn't care about the workers' lives at all.
For a while, the cotton forest was full of a burnt smell and roasted meat smell.
Ye Sheng felt nauseous when she smelled it, and immediately pulled Zhou Lin back a bit.
Those who were close to the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps seemed to have noticed something wrong, smelling the burnt smell, they felt fearful and uneasy, and suddenly felt that what they thought was a luck talisman, was very likely to be a death curse!
However, their awakening was too late.
After the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps used the flamethrower to burn a wave of blood-sucking aphids, although it relieved the pressure, it also caused the blood-sucking aphids to hate these mercenaries, and they no longer attacked others, but only attacked the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps.
On the contrary, it increased the pressure on the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps, and some mercenaries had been bitten by the blood-sucking aphids.
Just one bite, and they were paralyzed!
Seeing the situation getting worse and worse, the muscular man captain had a fierce light in his eyes, and naturally, he was unwilling to watch his men die one by one, so he turned around and grabbed a worker, raised his hand, and took a dagger and cut his throat.
After cutting his throat, a lot of blood gushed out, and the muscular man captain threw the person in front.
Even if the blood-sucking aphids hated the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps, they couldn't resist the strong smell of blood, and they turned their heads and pounced on the blood that flowed all over the ground, sucking it.
The muscular man captain saw this and started the flamethrower at this time, and continued to burn the blood-sucking aphids.
The effect of using blood to lure the blood-sucking aphids was very good.
The remaining mercenaries also followed suit, and the workers were caught and cut their throats before they could escape, becoming blood bags to attract the blood-sucking aphids, and watched their blood flow out without stopping.
Ye Sheng wanted to vomit. The heavy bloody smell made Ye Sheng sick.
Zhou Lin next to her saw this scene, and was already scared silly, and reached out to hold Ye Sheng's hand and trembled.
Zhou Lin had wondered before, why Ye Sheng didn't get closer to the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps, she could also reduce the chance of being attacked by the blood-sucking aphids, instead of struggling to deal with the blood-sucking aphids that came over, and she would be bitten if she was careless.
As a result, now she saw the cruelty of the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps with her own eyes, Zhou Lin was very grateful.
Fortunately, she was very obedient and did not raise any objections.
Otherwise, among those who were cut their throats and bled, there would be her position!
While Zhou Lin was grateful, Ye Sheng had a bad feeling. There were only two hundred workers in this area, and more than half of them were dead. Now there were only a few dozen left.
Now according to the speed of the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps cutting people's throats as targets, even if they deliberately keep a distance, they will be caught and bled!
She had to escape quickly.
However, because of the bloody smell, more blood-sucking aphids were attracted.
As soon as Ye Sheng left the team, she would encounter a group
It was really a wolf in front and a tiger behind!
Facing this deadlock, Ye Sheng subconsciously clenched the hoe in his hand and thought bitterly that she had to owe money again.
Now that she was in a life-and-death situation, she could only rely on the golden finger. She was lucky enough to pay off the lottery points she owed last time, and this time she owed points and would be cursed by the lottery space!
Ye Sheng stared at the mercenaries, and was about to silently invoke the lottery space when a sudden roar came from behind!
"Lei Tian, what are you doing!"
???
Ye Sheng was sure that there was no one behind her.
She quickly turned her head to look, and saw a group of strong and sturdy mercenaries appear, wearing blue mercenary uniforms, with a badge pattern of a winged bird on their chests, very familiar.
Azure Phoenix Mercenary Corps!!!
She was saved!
\(^o^)/
As Ye Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, the muscular man captain of the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps sneered, and openly provoked the Azure Phoenix Mercenary Corps in front of them, directly cutting the throat of the worker he had caught.
He also said indifferently: "They are just a bunch of lowly people, dead or alive, what does it matter, you little cubs of the Azure Mercenary Corps, do you want to avenge them?"
"Damn bastard, I'm going to take revenge for them..." As soon as the captain of the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps, Lei Tian, said this, Ah Mu couldn't help it, he directly drew out the weapon he had on his waist and wanted to rush over, but was stopped by Lan Zhang next to him.
Lan Zhang still had a cold look, he coldly glanced at Lei Tian.
Then he scolded Ah Mu, "Don't forget, our mission is to solve the blood-sucking aphid riot."
"But..."
"Ah Mu, I'm the captain of the team, you can only follow orders!"
Lan Zhang directly ignored the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps, and immediately issued an order, letting the mercenaries of the Azure Mercenary Corps throw out strong insect-repellent balls, making the blood-sucking aphids swarm away.
Then, Lan Zhang left the team and walked straight ahead.
He stopped until he stepped on the edge of the strong insect-repellent ball's effect, then cut his index finger and stretched it out, the blood smell attracted the blood-sucking aphids to be restless, not afraid of the insect-repellent ball, forcibly bounced up and launched an attack.
And Lan Zhang dodged flexibly, while his eyes were fixed on the blood-sucking aphids, and soon he found the target.
He found the female insect among the blood-sucking aphids!
As long as he killed most of the female insects that could reproduce, he could stop the blood-sucking aphid riot.
After that very slender blood-sucking aphid also jumped up, the next second, it was pinched by Lan Zhang's other hand wearing a glove.
Lan Zhang took out a disc from his arms and then put the caught blood-sucking aphid on the disc, a miraculous scene immediately appeared, the blood-sucking aphid that wanted to break free suddenly stiffened and stopped moving.
Immediately afterward, the disc emitted a dazzling light, and then, many white lights shot out like arrows, towards the cotton forest.
After a while, when the light disappeared, the female insect on the disc turned into a puddle of green water.
At the same time, the other blood-sucking aphids seemed to have received some order and fled in panic.
A crisis was turned around in an instant.
Seeing that it was safe again, the captain of the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps, Lei Tian, chuckled and said sarcastically: "It turns out to be an automatic tracking laser array disc, it costs thousands of energy to use once, and you really want to use to kill all the females of the blood-sucking aphids, just to save people, the Azure Phoenix Mercenary Corps is really kind!"
The sourness in his words was sky-high, making Ah Mu mockingly reply, "Where, where, the base official reimbursed it~" As soon as he said this, Lei Tian was choked, and was about to kill a few more people to vent his anger.
But Lan Zhang, who was wiping the disc, opened his mouth without looking back, "Lei Tian, the outbreak of the blood-sucking aphids has been resolved, and if you try to kill another person..."
Compared to Ah Mu's furious rage, Lan Zhang's words were calm and waveless, but they made Lei Tian fearful.
Lei Tian spat angrily on the ground, then led his mercenaries away, to check the survival status of the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps members assigned to other areas of the cotton forest.
The remaining few workers shrank into a group, smelling the blood that did not disperse, like frightened birds, they did not dare to look directly at the Azure Phoenix Mercenary Corps.
They had been scared out of their wits by the ruthless and vicious Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps.
And among these people, Ye Sheng took the initiative to stand up and waved at Ah Mu.
"Ah Mu, we meet again!"
Compared to the fear and anxiety of the others, Ye Sheng felt very relieved when she saw an old acquaintance!!!
She was finally safe!
Just as Lan Zhang was angry with Ah Mu, he saw when Ah Mu heard Ye Sheng's voice, his eyes lit up immediately, and he ran towards Ye Sheng with a smile like a golden retriever, happily saying: "Ye Sheng, you are here too, what a coincidence!"
Left behind, Lan Zhang was speechless for a while, compared to the enthusiastic Ah Mu, he did not like Ye Sheng very much... Now that he met Ye Sheng in the cotton forest outbreak of blood-sucking aphids, it made Lan Zhang felt that he should not contact Ye Sheng too much.
He would encounter more trouble!
It was useless. However, his repeated warnings to Ah Mu were useless.
Just like now, Lan Zhang simply ignored him, anyway, one less Ah Mu was fine, he directly led the mercenaries to start the aftermath.
Although the blood-sucking aphids had retreated, for safety's sake, all the workers stayed in place and waited until the Azure Phoenix Mercenary Corps eliminated the danger before they could start working.
"Ah Mu, you guys came just in time, a little later, I would have been killed by the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps, it was really scary!"
Seeing that Lan Zhang ignored Ah Mu, Ye Sheng quickly pulled Ah Mu aside and chatted with him, Zhou Lin, who had been following Ye Sheng, also followed along.
Anyway, Zhou's family was fine, they had stayed away from the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps before and ran fast, they were not used as blood targets, so she did not have to hurry over.
It was better to stay with her friends, she felt especially safe!
But because of the aftermath of the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps, Zhou Lin was very alert, her eyes staring at the mercenary Ah Mu without letting go.
Like guarding against a thief.
Seeing this, Ye Sheng knew that persuasion was useless, she just waited for Zhou Lin to calm down on her own.
"The base official detected the outbreak period of the blood-sucking aphids yesterday, so they sent us over to prevent it, but we didn't expect to encounter it as soon as we arrived."
According to the information provided by Ah Mu, Ye Sheng felt depressed, she felt that the lives of the bottom people were really worthless.
The base official had already detected the outbreak period of the blood-sucking aphids, but they had never given a warning, even though the small Steward had a super-smart network that could contact the base.......
Compared to causing panic among the workers, it was more important to harvest cotton.
This was the second time she participated in the base official's organized activity, but it never left a good impression on Ye Sheng, if it wasn't for the generous rewards, she would have wanted to stay away from the base official's activities!
"What is the automatic tracking laser array that Lan Zhang just used?"
Ye Sheng felt that she couldn't think deeply, otherwise, she would go straight to emo, so she changed the topic made Ah Mu laugh, and said proudly: "That is our Azure Phoenix Mercenary Corps' treasure, the leader spent a lot of effort to rob... ahem, buy the laser array from the research institute."
He almost blurted out, Ah Mu secretly looked around, good, there were no other mercenaries!
"Just like Lei Tian said, it consumes a lot of energy to use it once, it can automatically track, but the lethality is not very high... It's just that the defense of the blood-sucking aphids is not high, so it's easier to kill them."
Ye Sheng nodded, the blood-sucking aphids were indeed easy to kill, and she could step on them to death.
But there were too many blood-sucking aphids in groups, and she couldn't step on them at all, just like ants biting an elephant to death, not to mention the mouth full of sharp teeth of the blood-sucking aphids, which was not to be underestimated.
As for the laser array, Ye Sheng just listened and let it go, she was a poor ghost who couldn't afford to consume thousands of energy at once!
"Ah Mu, are you guys leaving? I don't dare to follow the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps anymore, I'm afraid they will push me out as a human shield someday, it's safer to follow you guys."
"Don't worry, we will follow the truck that picks up people from the base later, there are too many people dead in your area, and you will definitely merge with other areas later, then I will take you over, and make sure you don't encounter any danger!"
With Ah Mu's guarantee, Ye Sheng finally let go of his heart.
Zhou Lin on the side heard it and was anxious, she didn't want to follow the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps either!
Ye Sheng saw it, and immediately helped to ask: "And my friend Zhou Lin, they have a lot of family members, and they are all good at picking cotton, can they also go with me?"
"No problem."
It was just a few words to the Steward, it was not a big deal, Ah Mu readily nodded and agreed.
Zhou Lin immediately smiled happily, and no longer guarded against Ah Mu, sincerely thanked Ah Mu: "Brother Ah Mu, thank you, you are a good person!"
Suddenly being thanked by someone, Ah Mu saw Zhou Lin's bright smile and was a little dazzled, then he was a little embarrassed, and waved his hand at Zhou Lin, saying that it was a small matter and she didn't need to thank him again.
Just like Ah Mu said, after the big Steward assigned by the base official counted the number of survivors, he immediately recombined, Ye Sheng and Zhou's family followed the Azure Phoenix Mercenary Corps as they wished, and felt very safe.
The task of picking cotton was heavy, and they didn't rest for long, and everyone started working immediately.
However, when Ye Sheng and Zhou Lin stood in the crowd, ready to continue picking cotton, the captain of the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps, Lei Tian, suddenly appeared.
Immediately, Lei Tian glanced at the crowd and pointed at Zhou Rui and Ye Sheng.
"You two, come out and go to another place to pick cotton."
Hearing Lei Tian's words, Ye Sheng didn't advance or retreat. She didn't want to go!
(¯¯¯-¯)
She saw that the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps was going to mess with her!
Zhou's eldest brother Zhou Rui was the same, standing firmly in place, as if he hadn't heard it, making Lei Tian see that the two of them didn't move at all, and he was about to go forward and grab them.
But before Lei Tian lifted his foot, Ah Mu came over with his weapon.
At the same time, he pointed at the mulberry and scolded the locust: "Look at this bug, it's so annoying, always running around, and doesn't look at where it belongs! It should be stepped on and killed!"
Lei Tian narrowed his eyes and sneered, pointing at Ah Mu.
He left a vicious word: "You little bastard, you wait!"
After saying that, Lei Tian turned around and left, and continued to go to other places to catch people.
Looking at Lei Tian's back, Ah Mu pulled a face and secretly hated that he was just a beat slower, if it was Lan Zhang, he would have opened his mouth and scolded him!
Damn Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps, they always run so fast!
After cursing in his heart, Ah Mu turned around and let everyone continue working, and took Ye Sheng and Zhou Rui to the side to talk.
"Ye Sheng, next time you meet Lei Tian, you run or call someone, that guy is an old Bully!"
"Why did he call us two to pick cotton alone?"
"Hey, you picked cotton fast and a lot before, and he remembered it."
"...."
Ye Sheng heard the reason and drew a corner of her mouth speechlessly, she didn't expect that her 'hard work' was eye-catching, and she was designated by the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps.
Ah Mu continued to say: "The Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps wanted to take people to the depths of the cotton forest to pick cotton."
"Depth?"
"Hmm, Lei Tian said that there is more cotton in the depths, but the cotton trees are all the same, where is there more or less, he just wants to go to the depths of the cotton forest to find snow cotton cocoons... The outbreak of the blood-sucking aphids will increase the snow cotton cocoons, and the chances of finding them in the depths of the forest are greater."
Hearing this, Ye Sheng understood that the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps was looking for free labor.
When picking cotton, they would also look for snow cotton cocoons, and hand them over if they found them.
If they hid the snow cotton cocoons, they would be found by the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps, and they would definitely suffer a lot of torture, and even lose their lives. They were more capitalist than the capitalists!
"The Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps really went too far this time, Lan Zhang told me that he would go back to the base and report them, and then let the base officials punish them, and they would definitely avenge you!"
Ah Mu finished explaining and continued to patrol.
Ye Sheng didn't pay attention to the Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps anymore, but started to pick cotton with a bucket, and tried to get the excellent reward for the next day.
One pound of cotton a day, three pounds in three days!
Very good!
After the outbreak of the blood-sucking aphids, the cotton trees rarely saw their shadows, making picking cotton easier, especially Ye Sheng, who came with a hoe from time to time, smashed the cotton bolls, and picked the cotton without any effort.
Originally, Zhou Lin wanted to continue working on the cotton tree next to Ye Sheng but was ruthlessly taken away by Zhou's eldest brother.
Zhou Lin and Zhou's family were separated before the outbreak of the blood-sucking aphids, which was really worrying... Zhou's eldest brother wanted to make sure that this kind of thing would not happen again and asked Zhou Lin to work under his eyelids.
So, Zhou Lin waved goodbye with tears and looked like she was going to leave.
However, in fact, she just moved from next to Ye Sheng to the other side, and the two were only less than fifty meters apart.
Ye Sheng: "..."
She didn't expect Zhou Lin to be a drama queen.
After being assured of safety, Ye Sheng picked cotton at a fast speed, she suppressed the picking speed yesterday, but today she was full of power, and she would not miss the excellent reward.
Because of the outbreak of the blood-sucking aphids, a lot of time was wasted, so today's cotton was no longer sent to the small Steward, but packed by herself, and then weighed by the cotton.
The frequency of the blood-sucking aphids decreased, and the people picked cotton faster.
In less than two hours, they had picked several buckets of cotton, and Ye Sheng picked more cotton than the others by twice, making the people next to her who picked cotton dumbfounded, he didn't expect that Ye Sheng, a small person, had a great strength.
And when Ye Sheng was carrying another bucket full of cotton and started to pack the third bag, there was a violent noise in the depths of the cotton forest, making everyone stop their movements, and their faces showed panic and anxiety, not knowing what happened again.
Before the Azure Phoenix Mercenary Corps went to check, someone ran out from the depths of the cotton forest.
And shouted: "Help, there is an ambush, hurry up and save me!"
The person who shouted for help had a Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps badge on his chest, and his face was full of blood but he couldn't hide his panic and fear, one arm was weakly hanging down, and his legs were trembling and still running forward.
He tried to run towards where the people were.
However, faster than him was the long sword that flew from behind, and it cut off his legs in one fell swoop!
The man screamed in pain, and after falling down, he kept rolling, soon, more than a dozen people in black robes came out from the depths of the cotton forest, and the leader walked straight forward a few steps, and inserted the long sword in his hand down.
The screaming man immediately lost his voice.
As the black-robed man pulled out the long sword, a lot of blood gushed out from the dead man's eyes as if the death god who reaped life was announcing that the danger had arrived.
The black-robed man chuckled, and a hoarse voice sounded: "Do it, don't leave one!"