Last Totem Novel - Chapter 80

Chapter 80 Suicide Note
The ceiling was covered with thick silk moss, and within the silk moss hung enormous cocoons of insects. The moment the beam of light shone, it seemed that many black shadows flashed past and hid in the back.

The sailors took out their long spears and short cannons one after another, aiming at the top with trembling fear. However, after a long while, there was no movement at all, as if the black figure he saw just now was just an illusion.

Suddenly, “Bang!” A gunshot broke the silence. Someone was too nervous and fired a shot! In an instant, it was like stabbing an ant’s nest. At the same time, ear-piercing bug cries and the sound of a hard object striking an iron tool sounded from all directions. It was like thousands of joints walking upstream of the iron sheet.

Everyone stared fixedly at the sky above, all of them holding their breaths, not even daring to breathe a single mouthful of air. The next second, black shadows emerged from the ceiling, opened their sharp mouths, and let out sharp screams.

Kacha! Kacha! Kacha! Kacha! Kacha! Kacha! Kacha! Kacha! Kacha! Kacha!

Along with a chaotic sound of a bolt being pulled, the sailors were ready to fire, and as soon as the captain gave the order, the dense bullets would pour out!

“Wait, don’t shoot! There’s a human inside the cocoon!” Feng Yun shouted.

At this time, everyone discovered that the cocoon was emitting a hazy human form under the direct beam of light. If Feng Yun hadn’t reminded him, he wouldn’t have been able to tell what was inside.

“Retreat!” The captain waved his hand, and the sailors immediately huddled together and retreated.

At this moment, black shadows fell down from the ceiling, as numerous as rain. Tie Zha snatched the flashlight of a sailor beside him and shone it. There were a large number of arthropods in front of them. Each of them had eight pairs of long arthropods, translucent insect bodies, thin carapaces, and light yellow organs. They were like ants and spiders, numerous and densely intertwined, unable to see the end at a glance.

“Scrambling spiders! Scrambling spiders!” A sailor recognized this creature and shouted out loudly.

“Fuck!” The captain didn’t care what it was. With a command, the long spears and short cannons fired one after another.

“Da da da …” “Bang!” “Pa pa pa pa” “Bang! Bang!”

Flames flickered in the darkness, and all kinds of gunshots intertwined. The weapons of the sailors were uneven. They were all brought with them. There were submachine guns, rifles, pistols, and even homemade guns …

In an instant, the scavenging spiders in the front row were knocked to the side, milky-white liquid splashing everywhere, and the broken limbs were even sent flying up and down. Their limbs seemed to be very fragile.

Seeing the effect, the sailors were filled with fighting spirit, shouting excitedly as they pulled the trigger! Like bullets don’t cost money.

The group of scavenging spiders kept retreating, not daring to charge forward at all. Not long after, the spiders retreated to the passageway on the other side of the hall and fled deeper. The captain ordered the pursuit to stop and sent more than half of the men to guard the entrance of the passageway. Then, he brought a few people back to the middle of the hall.

The ceiling was four or five meters tall, and the captain was about to call for a ladder when he saw Feng Yun leaping up on the ground!

With a “puchi” sound, Feng Yun didn’t seem to be able to control his strength properly. He smashed his head into the insect cocoon and actually crashed into it! Immediately after, Feng Yun, along with another figure, fell down one after the other and fell heavily to the ground.

Tie Zha hurriedly went over to check, only to see Feng Yun lying on the ground with mucus all over his body, while the other person was lying on his stomach, panting heavily.

“They should still be alive. Hurry up and save them!” Feng Yun recovered his breath and immediately shouted.

“Come, take the stairs!” Rick stepped forward, half-crouched down, and said to Tie Zha.

The slag jumped onto Rick’s shoulder, and Rick kicked it hard, pushing it against the soles of the slag’s feet! The iron slag borrowed its strength and spun in mid-air, slamming onto a bug cocoon with a “pa” sound.

The cocoon fell down and exploded like a balloon filled with water the moment it touched the ground. Then, a figure rolled out, panting heavily.

“Amazing!” Rick gave the slag a thumbs up and smiled. Tie Zha patted his shoulder and signaled for him to continue. Then, they cooperated with each other and shot down all the cocoons.

There were a total of more than 40 insect cocoons, but only about 30 people were rescued. The rest were corpses or dense white bones. Fortunately, the fat captain of the Star Chaser was still alive. When he regained his breath, that would explain the situation.

They came yesterday morning and were surrounded by Cole and the others as soon as they landed on the island, asking them to come down and turn on the power. After a slight resistance, more than a dozen people were killed and they had no choice but to surrender.

Afterwards, they encountered a giant spider near the generator set. Its shell was extremely thick, and its gunpowder weapons were completely immobile. Then, he was unconscious …

After saying that, the captain of the Star Chaser brought everyone to one side of the hall, opened a circular cabin door, and introduced them. This is the rest room of the base, it’s safer. They spent the night here last night.

The captain recalled the people guarding the passageway and entered the lounge together before closing the cabin door. After being safe for the time being, the captain counted fifty-three people. Half of them were armed and the other half only had cold weapons.

At this moment, the captain of the Star Chaser groped along the wall. Not long after, he found a switch and pulled hard to activate the emergency lighting.

Incandescent lights illuminated the lounge. The astrologer chasers lowered their heads and were in a very low mood. Seeing this, the captain of the Star Chaser let out a deep sigh and said loudly, “I don’t have the ability to fight that Star. I’ve caused everyone to suffer.”

Everyone raised their heads and looked at their captain with distracted gazes, their faces filled with despair.

“Sorry …” The captain of the Star Chaser lowered his head and bowed deeply to them. No one spoke, but the despair in their eyes deepened.

Suddenly, there was a loud explosion in the lounge! The deafening sound echoed in the sealed room, causing everyone’s ears to buzz. Everyone raised their heads and saw a thick wooden table split into two by the tremendous force. Fine wooden chips danced all over the sky, especially conspicuous under the illumination of the emergency light.

Tie Zha stood at the shattered wooden table. His eagle-like eyes swept across the crowd, and then he walked to the corner of the wall without saying a word. He leaned over and closed his eyes to rest under the gaze of the crowd.

In the silence, his eyes gradually regained their vigor. At this moment, only invincible heroes could lead them out of their predicament. What they wanted was not apology, but hope!

“Come, come, listen to me.” The captain clapped his hands and explained his plan to everyone.

After leaving, the captain would find an opportunity to sneak attack Cole, and then everyone would rush forward and surround him to beat him up! And Tie Zha was responsible for dealing with ordinary soldiers. After Cole ran out of psionic energy, he would come back and kill him!

Hearing the captain’s plan, everyone fell silent. To put it bluntly, this tactic was to use one’s life to consume Cole’s psionic power, and then use the strongest to kill him.

“Apart from him, we are all cannon fodder.” ‘”This is our only hope,” said the captain, pointing at the iron slag. “Even if we complete the mission as they ask, they will kill us and silence us. So, don’t have any illusions.”

Hearing the captain’s words, many people lowered their heads and despair appeared in their eyes.

“But” The captain swept his gaze over the crowd, his resolute gaze filled with determination! He said fiercely, “Even if I die, I will still pull my back! I am a deep-sea fisherman! I am a seven-sea shark! No one can step on our heads and force us to kneel!”

The captain pointed outside and shouted loudly, “He thinks he’s very powerful. He can decide whether we live or die at will! He can kill our brothers at will! You say no, no!”

“No!” “Absolutely not!” “Kill him!” “Kill him!” “Fuck!” The sailors shouted excitedly.

“Brothers, friends, deep-sea fishermen! Use our blood! Tell them! The traditions of the deep sea!” The captain jumped onto the table and shouted loudly!

“Deep sea tradition!” “Deep sea tradition!” “Deep sea tradition!” “Deep sea tradition!” “Deep sea tradition!” Everyone responded neatly. Some of them were burning with rage, vowing to snow their shame! Some of them burst into tears and swore to avenge their dead brothers! Some of them passionately vowed to defend the deep sea tradition!

‘Write your will …’ said the captain, cupping his fists. ‘Brothers who survive, please help deliver the letter and pay the pension.’

“A promise from the deep sea!” Everyone shouted neatly.

The captain took out a pen and placed it on the table. Then, he took out his cigarette case, took out the tin foil, tore it into small pieces of paper, and wrote several pieces of paper. He folded them and placed them on a corner of the table. Afterwards, people came forward one after another and found all kinds of papers, newspapers, wrapping paper. They simply wrote down their unfulfilled wishes, the people they wanted to find, the words they wanted to say …

“Aren’t you going to write something?” The captain lit a cigarette and asked the iron slag beside him.

“I have no family.” Tie Zha said indifferently.

‘To the person you like, or …’ said the captain, taking a puff of his cigarette. ‘The person who likes you.’

“Forget it, it’s too far …”

“This is a promise from the deep sea. Even from the end of the world to the homeland of the forgotten, we will still go.” The captain said solemnly.

Tie Zha thought for a moment, and Lena’s voice and smile couldn’t help but appear in front of her. He scratched his hair and decided to write something. However, he was not optimistic about this matter. If even he could not survive, then it would be even more impossible for others.

After that, Tie Zha sat down at the table, picked up his pen and thought for a long time, but couldn’t think of anything to write. So he flipped through the pile of notes, found the captain’s suicide note, and opened it for reference.

It was written on the tin foil,

“Beautiful girl, I’m dead. Go get married. I wish you happiness.”

The signature was Xia Yihan, followed by the recipient and address.

Opening a few more pages, the contents were actually the same. They were all the same. There were no changes to the punctuation marks, but the recipient and address were slightly different. Tie Zha could not help but scratch his hair. No wonder the captain had finished writing with just a few brushes. Thinking of this, he completely lost his appetite and leaned back into the corner to continue his daze.

At the same time, at the other end of the lounge, Captain Xia Yihan quietly circled behind Captain Dou Na Xing of the Star Chaser and stretched her neck to peek at what he was writing.

And the captain of the Star Chaser, who was completely focused, did not notice that there was a peeper behind him. He bit his pen and racked his brains to think …

“Dear Miss Ling Haijiao, I have fallen in love with you hopelessly since the first time I met you. Please …”

Looking at the familiar name, Captain Xia Yihan patted the captain of the Star Chaser’s head and cursed in a low voice, “What are you writing for my woman?”

The captain of the Star Chaser remained calm and replied slowly, “I have the right to pursue.”

“You still have a reason to dig a corner!” The captain scolded in a deep voice and slapped him again.

“You’re not married!” Captain Dou Na Xing argued, “Can’t you confess before you die? Isn’t that reasonable?”

Captain Xia Yihan helplessly waved his hand and no longer interfered.