Last Totem Novel - Chapter 46

Chapter 46 Insect King
A few seconds ago, when the iron slag rushed into the swarm, the old flute, which was a thousand meters away, lost its target. The telescope was covered in sand and dust, and only sand worms could be seen running everywhere. Although he couldn’t see what was happening inside, the swarm had stopped moving. It seemed that the purpose of the iron slag had been achieved. He had managed to drag hundreds of sand worms down by himself.

Seeing this scene, Old Di slapped himself fiercely, and then shouted to the team members who had just recovered, “Everyone, retreat immediately!”

When the guards heard this instruction, they were stunned for a moment. After all, they weren’t used to abandoning their teammates or even their commanders. Under everyone’s astonished gazes, Old Di shouted again, “Quickly retreat! What’s there to be stunned about!”

Although this decision was painful, the life and death of the iron slag was still uncertain. Old Di couldn’t let Lena lose money. He could trade the lives of everyone here for the lives of the iron slag, but now that the iron slag had chosen this path, he could only respect the other party’s decision.

At this moment, Ye Xinling suddenly pulled out her pistol and pointed it at Old Di’s temple. She shouted, “Nobody move! Who dares to retreat!”

Old Di squirmed his lips with difficulty and slowly said, “Little girl, don’t you understand what Tie Zha is thinking?” After saying that, Old Di didn’t care if Ye Xinling agreed or not, he raised his hand to signal for the members to continue retreating. Then he turned around and said, “If you want to shoot, shoot. Big sister won’t let me go anyway.”

“But … but Master … Master is still very dangerous …” Ye Xinling gritted her teeth and said in a trembling voice.

Old Di sighed deeply. As he jumped off the roof and got into the cockpit, he said to Ye Xinling, “Tie Zha is lucky. You have to believe him. Let’s go.”

Listening to the old flute, Ye Xinling remembered that when she was in the Ta Xia laboratory, the iron slag had once escaped from the swarm of sandworms. Perhaps he could escape this time as well. Thinking of this, Ye Xinling put away her pistol and looked in the direction of the swarm of insects. Finally, she reluctantly got into the car.

However, just as everyone was getting on the car and preparing to leave, sharp hisses suddenly sounded from all directions. At the same time, sand springs suddenly sprayed out from the originally calm surroundings. In the blink of an eye, yellow sand fell like raindrops. Giant sandworms emerged from the ground and opened their ferocious mouths in the direction of the convoy. Before Old Di could give the order, the frightened garrison had begun shooting randomly. All of a sudden, the sound of gunfire echoed throughout the world!

At this moment, the two Wolf-type mechs standing on the carriage body turned their upper bodies. Under the friction of the mechanical gears, they simultaneously raised the six-barreled Vulcan Cannon on the mechanical arm. Immediately after, the muzzle of the cannon started to spin at high speed, producing a dense “threads” sound.

This was the noise caused by the preheating of the six-barreled divine cannon, and the noise was mixed with a slight shrill sound. When the cannon is activated, the high-speed rotating barrel winds the chain of bullets into the barrel and shoots them out. The cannon is powerful enough to pierce through at least 15 mm thick steel plates using 12 mm armor piercing bullets.

In the cockpit, the mecha pilot is locking onto the nearest sandworm through a front-facing glass display. In his line of sight, there were two crossbows, one red and one green. The green crossbows represented the tracking sensors, while the red crossbows represented the intersection of the firepower of the two divine cannons. The moment the two stars merged into one, the mecha pilot shouted, “Die!” At the same time, he forcefully pressed the red button on the joystick!

In that instant, a 12 mm armor piercing bullet was pulled into the barrel and the firing pin struck the bottom/fire of the bullet! “Boom!” There was a violent explosion inside the cartridge case, and the warhead responded!

“Da da da da da da da da da da da da da …”

The six divine fire cannons spat out tongues of flames, and dense armor piercing bullets poured out, causing the sandworms not far away to tumble all over the ground. As he struggled, the sandworm’s green body fluid splashed everywhere, releasing clumps of white smoke on the yellow sand and making “chi chi chi” sounds. Soon, a pungent smell filled the air. The smell was like sulfuric acid, and it smelled particularly unpleasant.

The pilot of the Wild Wolf mecha used hundreds of bullets to end the sandworm in front of him. Then, he changed his target and locked onto the next sandworm that was trying to get close to the convoy …

As time passed, more and more sandworms appeared in the surroundings. The battle quickly turned blazing. Although the garrison members had fought with all their might, the number of sandworms did not decrease. Just as they were feeling desperate, Tie Zha climbed onto the back of the golden sandworm.

The wind whistled in his ears, and the scenery on the ground became smaller and smaller. He quickly climbed up, and the six blade segments stabbed into the insect shell, then alternately pulled out and stabbed into it!

At this moment, the Golden Sandworm crazily twisted its body and let out a terrifying hissing sound. Its head was its biggest weakness, and its starry eyes were its lifeline.

As if sensing the fear of the Golden Sandworm, Tie Zha climbed up even more resolutely. He was firmly nailed to the golden sandworm’s shell, no matter how it was swung or shook, it was useless. At this moment, the Golden Sandworm fell to the ground without warning!

The golden sandworm was dozens of stories tall, and when it fell to the ground, it was like a skyscraper that collapsed, carrying the aura of Mount Taishan. Tie Zha, who was on the back of the insect, suddenly realized that he was rapidly falling down. This feeling was like falling from a dozen floors high, as if he was going to fall into meat paste in the next second! However, Tie Zha was still firmly nailed to the bug’s back and continued to climb up step by step.

A few seconds later, with a deafening muffled sound, the Golden Sandworm fell to the ground in the sand sea! The moment its enormous body landed on the ground, it stirred up a thousand layers of sand waves. The yellow sand that covered the sky fell like a violent storm! At this moment, the Golden Sandworm was like a ten thousand ton oil tanker that had fallen into the sea from the sky. Apart from the earth-shaking sound of falling into the water, it also stirred up huge waves that soared into the sky.

The iron slag on the insect’s back was shocked to the point of spitting out blood. However, the Golden Sandworm’s body had a certain degree of flexibility, and its body fluids could disperse the falling pressure. Therefore, the iron slag did not really fall from dozens of floors, otherwise, he would have died long ago. Immediately after, the iron slag recovered from the dizziness of the shock and continued to sprint towards the Golden Sandworm’s head.

At the same time, countless sandworms rushed up and began to attack Tie Zha on its back. They wanted to get rid of the bugs on the Golden Sandworm’s back, but that bug was too nimble and fast. In addition, they were afraid that they would accidentally injure the Sandstorm Bug King, so they didn’t dare to go all out to charge into it.

At this moment, Tie Zha, who was on the back of the insect, jumped left and right. His climbing speed was much faster than before. Moreover, he no longer needed six knuckles to fix his body, so his movements were more flexible. Even so, his situation was still fraught with dangers. Just now, Tie Zha suddenly rolled forward, and a huge insect body flashed past him! The sandworm’s sharp knuckles scratched his shoulder, leaving a shocking wound.

Not long after, the Golden Sandworm discovered that the little bug on its back was moving faster. Those ordinary sandworms were completely helpless against this little bug. Thus, it twisted its body and suddenly stood upright!

Tie Zha’s six knuckles pierced into the back of the worm once again, and while the golden sandworm was still not completely upright, he used both his hands and feet to climb at full speed along the diagonal angle …

Twenty meters … ten meters … five meters … two meters! One meter!

He counted step by step. After experiencing several violent swings of life and death, he finally climbed onto the head of the Golden Sandworm and stepped on its compound eyes that were like countless star gemstones! The six knuckles he stretched out fiercely pierced into the tender flesh of his compound eyes. The Golden Sandworm let out a scream that resounded throughout the world, but its body did not dare to move. Tie Zha stood upright and pulled out a thick straight machete. Then, he held the saber in both hands and stabbed it into his compound eye!

With a “puchi” sound, the straight machete had no hilt in Fu’s eyes!

The Golden Sandworm struggled violently, shaking its body and struggling between heaven and earth. At this moment, the Tie Zha on the bug’s back was like a roller coaster, reaching the heavens and earth in an instant. The clothes on his body were blown into a drum by the strong wind. As long as he lost any strength, he would be thrown into the sky and eventually smashed into meat paste!

As the mountains and seas swayed, Tie Zha stabilized his body, pulled out the machete under his feet, and stabbed down with all his might! The moment the machete pierced into his compound eye, the Golden Sandworm let out another sharp cry of sorrow. The deadly sound waves caused his entire body to tremble with blood. Streams of blood flowed out of his nostrils and ears at the same time.

A strong sense of dizziness assaulted him, and Tie Zha let out a heaven-shaking battle roar. That roar of unwillingness was like a lone wolf in the wilderness! He waved his iron fist and smashed his head to regain consciousness. This life-and-death battle between a man and a worm was a decisive battle between a lone wolf and a lion. It was comparable to indifference to life and death!

Even though his face was covered in blood, he gradually regained consciousness from the fierce attack. In the end, he bit the tip of his tongue and struggled to stand up. He firmly gripped the straight machete and forcefully stabbed it down!

[Surrender … peace … negotiation …]

Suddenly, a mysterious voice sounded in his mind. Tie Zha forcefully stopped the saber from falling. He looked around but found nothing unusual. This was over a hundred meters in the air, and there was nothing but a boundless sea of sand.

[I won’t die … Your companion won’t die … We’ll be at peace …]

A mysterious voice sounded in his mind once again. Tie Zha frowned and loudly asked, “Who? Who is talking to me?”

[I’m Luo Squeak … Squeak … Squeak … I’m Luo Squeak …]

“What squeaky? What is it?” After saying that, Tie Zha raised his machete again and made a move to plunge down!

[Surrender … Don’t hurt Squeaky … Surrender …]

Only then did Tie Zha understand that this voice came from the sandworm beneath his feet. Perhaps this was the spiritual communication mentioned in the storybook.

“Are you a Golden Sandworm?” Tie Zha asked tentatively.

[I’m Squeaky … humans call us sandworms … berserkers … sandsea berserkers … you and I … peacefully … negotiate … your companions won’t die …]

Your companion won’t die?

Tie Zha involuntarily looked at the convoy a thousand meters away, only to see that the guards were engaged in a fierce battle with the swarm of sand insects. At this altitude, he could clearly see that there were thirty to forty sandworms surrounding the convoy. Some were attacking, while others were guarding the periphery. Looking at the situation, Old Di and the others could hardly hold on any longer.

“Peace, negotiation.” Iron slag said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Golden Sandworm let out a sharp bug cry. Afterwards, the sand worms scattered in all directions and gave up on attacking the convoy.

“Well done, Squeaky!” Iron slag said.

[Peace … Negotiate … I won’t die … Your companion won’t die …]