Last Totem Novel - Chapter 45

Chapter 45 Berserk Insect
In the legends of countless travelers, the Golden Sandworm was a miraculous creature with high intelligence. They will think like humans, and even use all sorts of tactics like humans …

Tie Zha’s shout was like a vibrating grenade thrown into the crowd, instantly shocking everyone into a daze. A few seconds later, Ye Xinling was the first to regain her senses. She immediately threw away the spoils of war in her hands and ran towards Comet 2. Afterwards, everyone regained their senses, but they were unwilling to give up their spoils of war. Iron Slag could only wait for half a minute. He watched as they dragged the most valuable items onto the car before getting into the cockpit and ordering the troops to retreat northward.

A moment later, dust rose up from the sand sea. Along with the roar of engines, nine sand trucks lined up in a conical formation and headed north at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour. After a while, Alice’s voice came from the radio.

[Captain, the signal source made a brief stop at the coordinates and chased after us. The signal source is 23 kilometers away from us, but they are moving faster than us. Based on their current speed, they are expected to catch up to us in two hours.]

“Alice, do you want to analyze the methods the other party used to track us down?” Asked Tie Zha.

[If they are humans, they can track them through the radio signals on our vehicles. If they are sandworms, they can track them through smells, based on existing historical data.]

“It must be a sandworm!” Tie Zha said confidently. It was because he hadn’t participated in the looting of spoils of war just now. He just stood at a high altitude and observed the battlefield. Those battle traces were obviously left behind by sandworms.

[Captain’s judgment is close to Alice’s comprehensive data analysis. Calculation results show that 97% of them are sandworms and 3% are other creatures.]

“Do we have a way to escape their pursuit?”

[According to Alice’s calculations, we can’t get rid of the scent of humans under current conditions, so we can’t get rid of the tracks of sandworms.]

After listening to Alice’s analysis, Tie Zha scratched his hair. He couldn’t think of any clues for a while, so he asked Old Di if he had any suggestions. Old Di replied calmly, “Let’s wait for them to catch up before taking a nap.”

After saying that, Old Di narrowed his eyes and continued to doze off. Actually, he wasn’t asleep. He had been thinking about who would be in charge of the rear of the palace. Just now, he saw that there were at least five damaged mecha in the battlefield. This meant that the firepower of this squad could not defeat the Golden Sandworm that followed closely behind. It also meant that those who stayed behind would be sacrificed. Under such circumstances, with the current situation of this team, no one would voluntarily sacrifice themselves for others. Thinking of this, Old Di opened his eyes and said to Tie Zha, “Our speed is not comparable to each other, so we should split up into three groups, so that only a group of people will be caught up.”

“No, the rest of you have to go back alive. Otherwise, Lena won’t be able to pay such a high personnel loss fee.” Tie Zha refused without hesitation.

“She doesn’t have much money. She is the police chief of Tieshan Town. She can still cover this loss.” Old Di insisted.

“I’ll ride the motorcycle to distract them. Sandworms are actually very easy to deal with.”

“No!” “No!” Old Di and Ye Xinling objected in unison.

At this moment, Ally’s voice sounded again.

[Alice also opposes acting alone]

“The Golden Sandworm has been through at least a few battles. By the time it catches up to us, it will probably be exhausted. We can lay out the battlefield and escape routes and fight it.” Said Tie Zha.

Old Di thought for a while and felt that Tie Zha’s analysis made sense. So he immediately called the parking team and set up the battlefield on the spot, waiting for the sandworms to catch up. Soon, the nine sand trucks spread out in an arc. Everyone stared ahead. Some of them were lying on the roof, some were crouching in the carriage, some were stretching out their upper bodies in the cockpit …

More than ten minutes later, the distant horizon gradually became blurry. Old Di picked up his binoculars and looked over. Smoke and dust filled the air. In the haziness, he could faintly see the swarms of sand insects winding through the sand.

Under the sunlight, the shell of the sandworm reflected a dazzling light. They were like countless giant pipelines that crisscrossed each other. Half of their bodies were exposed on the surface, half of their bodies were hidden in the sand, and they danced with hundreds of sharp legs as they swiftly swam through the sand sea!

Quicksand had no resistance to them. They were simply species that lived for the sand sea. They were like eels swimming freely in the ocean, and yellow sand like flowing water slid down their shells. Then, they were lifted up by their knuckles and began to circulate again and again …

“Sand worm swarm!” The old flute cried out in alarm.

Tie Zha grabbed the binoculars and was dumbfounded. The swarm of sand insects that covered the sky and earth was simply not something that these people could resist. He couldn’t help but curse, “Is there anything more unlucky?”

Now that he couldn’t escape, he couldn’t fight, and he didn’t have much time to think. Tie Zha made up his mind and shouted, “Flee for your lives! Those who survive, gather at the Black Iron Bar!”

At this moment, a deafening scream suddenly sounded in front of him. The shrill voice seemed to tear the heavens and the earth apart! A terrifying sound wave instantly engulfed the entire guild. This kind of sharp sound that almost pierced through the eardrums made one feel as if they were on the verge of collapse. Everyone except Tie Zha collapsed powerlessly, unable to even get up for a moment.

Seeing the teammates beside him fall, Tie Zha bared his eyes and turned to look ahead. The swarm of sand insects rushed over with the power to destroy the heavens and the earth, and they could rush in front of him in less than ten minutes. Tie Zha crossed his heart and took out a steroid stimulant from his pocket to give himself an injection. Then, he jumped onto the red comet and charged towards the swarm of sandworms with his throttle open!

A few minutes later, Old Di was the first to recover from his dizziness. Just as he struggled to get up, he saw Tie Zha driving his motorcycle crazily into the swarm of sandworms. The red motorcycle was like a lonely boat in a storm, as if it would be completely crushed in the next second. Old Di opened his mouth wide and his heart skyrocketed. For a moment, it was difficult to breathe.

At this moment, Tie Zha’s eyes were red, and dense bloodlines covered his eyes. Under the effect of stimulants, his reaction speed increased to the extreme. In his blood-red eyes, the entire world slowed down, as if the flow of time had also slowed down.

Old Man Tie once said, “Capture the thief and capture the king first!” At this moment, Tie Zha only had this sentence left in his mind. Perhaps if he killed the King of the Sandstorm Bugs, the other Sandworms would scatter and flee in all directions.

In the blink of an eye, a thick insect shell grew out of his body. Then, he roared angrily, and his muscles tensed up as he suddenly exerted strength! Six incomparably long knuckles suddenly rushed out of his back!

At this moment, the knuckles spread out like the wings of an eagle, as if they were going to fly high in the next second.

The six legs of the iron slag were somewhat similar to two-joint spider legs, and their ends were incomparably sharp. They looked like six dark golden spears. From afar, the sharp spear tip flickered with a cold light in the shadows of the swarm of sand insects.

The sandworms in front of him were getting denser and denser, and yellow sand splashed everywhere like raindrops. Tie Zha drove his motorcycle through the cracks between the giant insects. At this moment, his vision was blurry, and everywhere he went, sand and dust billowed. He could only rely on his hearing to discern the direction, and then rushed forward into the center of the swarm!

Sharp hisses echoed out one after another, and the enormous body of the insect was piercing through the air beside it. As long as he made a small mistake, he would immediately be drowned by a huge swarm of insects. In the moment of life and death, Iron Cinder discovered that the sand insects in front of him were piled up in layers. The huge bodies of the insects were tightly clinging to each other, leaving not a single crack behind. They seemed to be guarding the center of the area, and perhaps the Golden Sandworm was right behind them.

At this moment, there was no way forward and no door behind. Tie Zha tightened the throttle and proceeded at full speed. With a loud rumble, the airbags shot out high-pressure gas like crazy, increasing the speed of the car to its maximum. The next second, the motorcycle was about to crash into the insect’s body! Tie Zha suddenly jumped up and threw himself into the pile of sand worms!

The moment he pounced into the swarm, the six knuckles behind the iron slag bent forward, firmly nailing onto the smooth shell of the sandworm. Then, he used his hands and feet to climb up on the back of the giant insect.

At this moment, the sandworm twisted its body violently, wanting to throw off the worm on its back. However, the insect was like a bone-attached cone. Its sharp knuckles pierced into the insect’s shell and then nailed onto it firmly, unable to shake it off at all.

Tie Zha was picking among the sandworms, and the hissing in his ears was deafening, as if the heavens and earth were shaking. In the chaos, he could vaguely see a dark shadow covering the sky and covering the sun in front of him. The black figure was like a skyscraper towering into the clouds. Looking up, the yellow sand filled the sky as if it was inlaid with resplendent gemstones, shining with mysterious and dazzling brilliance.

Tie Zha had seen this before. This was the king of the Sandstorm Bugs-the Golden Sandworm.

Just as he was stunned, a sandworm suddenly swung its tail and swept over! The thick body of the insect brought with it a huge pressure of wind. Tie Zha couldn’t dodge it for a moment and smashed into the huge tail of the insect head-on! In the next second, he could only feel that the high-speed truck had hit him head on. His five bellies and six organs were rolling and muttering, and he involuntarily spat out a mouthful of blood.

The wormtail swept him more than ten meters away with lightning power. After landing on the ground, he immediately struggled to get up. Seeing that he was getting farther and farther away from the Golden Sandworm, his mind turned and he suddenly fled in another direction.

In the blink of an eye, a swarm of sandworms surrounded Tie Zha, blocking all of his escape routes. At this time, the nearest sandworm suddenly opened its big mouth and stabbed at him. However, he stopped and stood there motionlessly with his eyes narrowed, just like a prey frightened silly.

A huge mouthpiece was reflected in his pupils. In an instant, the shadow grew larger and larger, as if he could see the dense and sharp teeth in his bloody mouth. Just as the insect’s mouth was about to reach its body, Tie Zha suddenly rolled sideways, avoiding devouring it. The sandworm crashed into the sand and swung its tail towards its prey. At this moment, Tie Zha tightened his muscles and watched helplessly as the bug tail swept towards him!

With a muffled “bang”, Tie Zha flew dozens of meters backwards like a cannonball and landed beside the golden sandworm. Tie Zha spat out a mouthful of blood, then grinned and climbed onto the Golden Sandworm’s enormous body!

The Golden Sandworm seemed to feel something climbing up the shell on its back. It crazily twisted its body, wanting to shake off the creature on its back. However, Tie Zha’s six legs stabbed into the carapace and climbed up at an extremely fast speed.

The Golden Sandworm let out an extremely sharp hissing sound. All the nearby sandworms were summoned to its side. However, the sandworms could only twist their bodies around their king and let out angry hisses, but they could not do anything to the little bug on the king’s back.