Chapter 62 Tunnel (Recommendation Ticket Asking)
Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, and Long Yuehong have all heard Bai Chen mention the abnormal mosquito swarm, and know how dangerous this is for unprepared humans:
They are always active and fly not slowly;
They can tolerate high and low temperatures to a certain extent;
Even if they encounter sharpshooters, or their own groups are too densely distributed, they will not be afraid of loss because of the large number - the bullets and ordinary bombs that a team can carry cannot be compared with this mosquito colony;
They usually live on plant sap and crave blood, and have both strong survivability and extremely terrifying aggression;
They have no mind, they are not afraid, even if the population is lost by more than half, they will come one after another for blood;
Their bites carry toxins that can paralyze people and animals and slow their thinking;
Their mouthparts are longer, harder, and sharper than undistorted mosquitoes, allowing them to penetrate clothing fibers and insert into the target skin......
For many relic hunters and wilderness wanderers, this is a life-devouring hell tide, and once encountered, it is difficult to escape even if there are many people.
Of course, as one of the most vicious creatures on the gray soil, humans are not unable to fight against this kind of aberrant mosquito, but all methods have to rely on more special equipment, such as flamethrowers, such as special mosquito repellent spraying guns, such as the "weeding bomb" of "Pangu Creature", such as a complete set of biochemical clothing that can even prevent toxic gases, such as enough incendiary bombs, such as power armor with immature technology, for example, from the old world that can create a large high-temperature area in the explosion core, A very small number of terrorist bombs......
It's a pity that none of these things are in the "old tune group".
However, fortunately, the jeep they drove was well sealed, and it was impossible for the aberrant mosquito swarm to force in, and the car was electric and not afraid of mosquitoes to block the exhaust pipes and other places.
This is indeed good news for Jiang Baimian and others, but it also has bad points:
The ventilation system must either be actively turned off or wait to be blocked by the distorted mosquito colony.
In this way, the air quality in the car will quickly decrease until it becomes unbearable, and Shang Jianyao and others must let the jeep break out of the "encirclement" of the aberrant mosquito swarm before that.
Bai Chen had the experience of facing this terrible creature, and when Qiao Chu gave the order, he had already closed the windows and stopped the ventilation system.
As she continued to step on the accelerator down, she habitually comforted everyone in the car:
"Don't worry, this aberrant mosquito colony will not stay away from places with a lot of plants. As soon as we get through this area of vines, they should give up."
"Left ......" Qiao Chu nodded and directed the direction of progress.
Jiang Baimian whispered thoughtfully:
"Even aberrant creatures have the instinct to continue the population, so this mosquito colony will not leave places with a large number of plants...... This is the necessary condition for their survival, and human and animal blood is just a very attractive delicacy......
"Yes, the old world has been destroyed for so many years, and the aberrant creatures that do not continue the instinct of the population should have died a long time ago......"
Qiao Chu ignored Jiang Baimian's self-talk, and focused more on discerning the road covered by the green and black vines than just now.
A few seconds later, the driving jeep and the swarming mosquito swarm encountered.
Snap!
The mosquitoes with dark red heads and finger-sized mosquitoes were like miniature bombers, using themselves as bombs and crashing into the windshield one after another.
In Shang Jianyao's eyes, this was like the first rainstorm he saw in Shuiwei Town, with countless water droplets desperately smashing the glass.
But unlike rain, these "droplets" do not slide and can stop on the glass.
Snap!
In a continuous and urgent sound that almost converged into one, both the windshield and the windows on both sides were covered with giant black mosquitoes, and the dark red head and ferocious mouthparts were densely packed, making people's teeth ache.
Bai Chen and Qiao Chu couldn't see the road conditions ahead, and the jeep was like a wild horse on the edge of a cliff, not knowing where it would run.
Long Yuehong's face turned white quickly, and she wanted to try to save herself, but she didn't know what she could do and how to help.
Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao's bodies both tensed, their expressions were both worried and a little puzzled - the life-saving instinct and hormone secretion under the frenzy of life and death seemed to make them aware of the abnormality of the current situation again.
At this time, Qiao Chu stopped looking forward and looked down at the mechanical watch on his wrist.
The dial is accompanied by a compass with the scales written all over it.
"Direction at 3:12." Qiao Chu seemed to have built a flat map of the depths of the swamp in his mind, and then relied on instruments to "manually navigate".
Bai Chen is no stranger to the way the time scale indicates the direction, but she has never encountered it before to this extent, so she was slightly stunned, then immediately reacted and began to steer.
However, with a swarm of distorted mosquitoes in front of her, she couldn't follow the instructions of "navigation" to drive accurately, which must have an error.
Qiao Chu didn't care, because he also knew that without auxiliary chips and corresponding genetic modifications, it would be impossible for humans to do similar things without slow driving speed. He said so precisely in order to keep the error within an acceptable range.
At this moment, Shang Jianyao suddenly spoke:
"You can wear an exoskeleton device to drive."
Qiao Chu had seen the military exoskeleton device placed in the trunk before, and after thinking for a moment, he nodded and said:
"As soon as possible."
Normal exoskeleton devices have a small range of positioning capabilities, which are often integrated into the "integrated early warning system" to provide convenience to the wearer through auxiliary chips.
"Let me come." Jiang Baimian volunteered.
Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong had no objection, and immediately turned around and dragged the military exoskeleton device from the trunk.
With their help, Jiang Baimian quickly adjusted the length of the metal skeleton and put on the equipment.
"Okay." After the system self-test was completed, she quickly said.
"Stop." Qiao Chu immediately withdrew his gaze from his watch.
Bai Chen stepped on the brakes without hesitation.
In the screeching sound, the jeep stopped suddenly, Shang Jianyao and the others all had the urge to pounce forward, but fortunately they were protected by seat belts, and the densely covered windshield and the aberrant mosquito swarms on both side windows were thrown out a lot.
As for Jiang Baimian, who does not have a seat belt to wear, because he is wearing a military exoskeleton device, this level of inertia can be easily offset.
As soon as the vehicle stopped, Bai Chen immediately pressed the safety belt, adjusted the gear, and picked up the handbrake.
Then, she climbed from the armrest box to the back row.
Jiang Baimian's arms covering the black metal skeleton stretched out, picked her up, and put her directly on Long Yuehong's side.
Then, she followed the "road" from Bai Chen and quickly climbed to the driver's seat.
Snap! The dark red head of the aberration mosquito swarmed into the glass window one after another, densely covered on it.
Jiang Baimian, who had an energy backpack behind him, couldn't lean back, so he could only lean forward and restart the jeep.
She operated the steering wheel with one hand while fastening herself to a seat belt.
Qiao Chu lowered his head again, discerned the changes in the compass on the watch, and kept reporting the time direction he needed to go.
With the precise operation of Jiang Baimian, who has an auxiliary chip, in the harsh environment full of black mosquitoes in front of him, the jeep is dangerously walking through the swamp and vines.
I don't know how long it took, when Shang Jianyao and the others began to panic and shortness of breath, giant mosquitoes on the front and rear windshields and the windows on both sides flew up one after another.
Soon, all these aberrant creatures broke away from the jeep and flew towards the rear like "reluctantly".
Only then did Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen see that there was pure, boundless black silt ahead, without any plants growing on their surface, but bubbles occasionally appeared.
"Two twenty-four." Qiao Chu raised his head and stopped paying attention to the changes in the compass on the watch.
After Jiang Baimian hit the steering wheel, everyone in the car saw a road going down.
It slanted deep into the swamp, and at the end there was a large deep black hole.
"Drive in." Qiao Chu gave the order.
Jiang Baimian, who was wearing an exoskeleton device, did not hesitate and let the jeep drive into that road.
The black dirt on the road was soft, and the wheels sank into a lot, but deeper under the mud, there seemed to be something harder to support it, which stabilized the jeep, which was not light.
The vehicle quickly drove into the hole, and at the same time, Jiang Baimian turned on the ventilation system and the front dual lights.
Shang Jianyao and the others immediately took a deep breath, and looked at the surrounding scene through the glass window:
The cave was dark, only the sound of water droplets ticking to the ground sounded intermittently, and where the car lights illuminated it, the rock walls and road surface were quite flat, stained with a certain amount of silt.
"It doesn't seem to have formed naturally." Jiang Baimian commented while driving.
"The tunnel under the old world." Qiao Chu responded simply.
Jiang Baimian nodded slightly, thought for a few seconds and said:
"It's a bit strange that there are no mosses......
"Its previous environment is not suitable for living things?"
Qiao Chu didn't pay attention to her anymore, just said flatly:
"Keep going."
There was no sound in the tunnel, but the vehicles occasionally encountered cracks or bulges in the ground, so there was an intermittent crackling sound here, and it spread all the way deep into the tunnel without returning.
In this deep, strange silence, Shang Jianyao and the others spoke, as if they were heading to the end of the world.
As the minutes passed, there was gradually light ahead, and an arched exit was soon formed.
Jiang Baimian, who had a helmet with goggles, was not affected by the change in light and darkness, allowing the vehicle to rush out of the tunnel.
The sun outside was already setting in the west, and the glow of the setting sun shone on the earth, as if it had been plated with a layer of gold.
Not far away, buildings dozens or hundreds of meters high stood in rows, without any movement, and there was no end in sight.
They are bathed in the red sun, like a dead forest of steel and concrete.
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