Gamers Are Fierce-Chapter 852 - 851: Traitor

No wonder these two were so shocked. They had previously faced off against the Ant King in the Sky Fighting Arena and Realms Corridor rounds, knowing that the so-called Seven Martial Seas was actually a player specialized in summoning,

capable of using a special item called [Myriad Ant Nest] to summon a massive number of mutated ants and overwhelm opponents with sheer numbers.

At the time, they had determined that the true strength of the Ant King was definitely higher than his ranking on the leaderboard,

but they hadn't expected it to be this high...

Nebula kicked off the ground, his body suspended in mid-air, with two clusters of Star Realm substance emerging from his palms, rapidly expanding and swelling into truck-sized fists.

With double fists smashing out, countless soldier ants were knocked flying,

in an instant shells shattered, juices splattered, limbs flew, yet the next second, more soldier ants swarmed up, filling the vacant spots.

Arlina took out a pistol-shaped scanning device from her backpack, aimed at the tunnel and pulled the trigger,

a cone-shaped bluish beam shot out from the muzzle, quickly scanning the entire tunnel, emitting a "beep beep" sound,

indicating no energy-exceeding-ordinary life forms were detected — specifically the summoner controlling the ant swarm.

"Let's go."

Nebula's face suddenly changed, he retracted his fists, his body retreated violently, grabbing Arlina's arm as he passed over the ground, flying toward the tunnel's back with his companion, having no intent of lingering for combat.

To target players of the summoning system, these two from the Global Occult Coalition specifically carried scanning devices—summoners usually cannot stray too far from their summoned creatures, so as long as the device locks onto the summoner's position,

and breaks through the defense line of the summoned creatures to close the distance,

they can easily eliminate the weak-bodied summoner.

This advanced equipment scanner is of perfect-grade, yet it didn't discover the Ant King… Either the latter has a similarly leveled item to counteract,

or, the Ant King's power is beyond their imagination,

able to remotely control the ant swarm from beyond the 1500-meter detection range of the scanner...

The two swiftly navigated the complex terrain, while the ant swarm kept a close pursuit, and winged soldier ants continued to emerge from the sides of the tunnel.

These soldier ants had human civilization weapons of varied shapes installed on their bodies: machine guns, cannons, grenade launchers, individual rocket tubes...

From a distance, they poured fire onto the two individuals.

To prevent other players from collecting discarded shell casings and testing them in the real world to uncover any clues, all weapons and ammunition currently used by the Bug Nest units originate from previously captured human players.

Actually, some specialized organs of the Bug Nest Factory itself can achieve the effects of industrial machine tools, using materials from the Lost World to produce lightweight weapons and ammunition, but the efficiency and cost-effectiveness are too low, unlike looting which is faster.

Boom boom boom!

Various ammunition poured onto the star realm substance barrier Nebula created, striking the spherical barrier, covering it with ripples, nearly shattering it.

Arlina gritted her teeth, raised her right hand toward the back, a cone-shaped cold wind mixed with extinguisher spray emerged from her palm, freezing a large swathe of soldier insects, but it was merely a drop in the bucket, to no avail.

After all, when facing two Different World players in Luwei Mountain earlier, she had consumed a significant amount of spiritual energy value, and had yet to fully recover...

The two felt helpless and enraged, shouting at the ant swarm to make the Ant King ceasefire,

and to state in front of the scanner's lens that there's evidence of otherworldly player presence, demanding the Ant King to stop attacks and to cooperate together,

and if he doesn't believe it, they could offer their confiscated belt to him.

However, the ant swarm was unresponsive,

another dozen rocket armor-piercing rounds were fired rapidly, Nebula made maneuvers to evade them while flying at low altitude, compressing his form into an electric beam,

instantly darting into a ten-meter long narrow gap.

Thud!

A large mass of ants crashed toward the wall where the gap was located, clustering together,

the dense steps of the ant swarm tread on the ground, making a rustling sound,

upon realizing they couldn't squeeze through the gap,

the swarm ants immediately began using their sharp sickle-shaped mandibles to slice at the wall surrounding the gap.

"Huff, huff..."

The sound of their breathing echoed in the pitch-black space.

"Damn Ant King."

Nebula gritted his teeth and said, "If I don't flatten his house after getting out, this won't end."

"Temporarily shaken off."

Arlina wasn't in the mood to curse at the Ant King, she glanced through the crack at the densely packed swarm outside and turned to Nebula, exchanging a look filled with some relief.

If they were trapped by the swarm, they might be drained alive.

"It's so dark here."

Nebula looked at the pitch-black space, frowned slightly, and raised his hand to snap his fingers, a small ball of light appeared at his fingertips, emitting a warm glow.

"Hm? Are there lights on this wall?"

Nebula was momentarily stunned, only to see not far ahead, there was a jet-black smooth arc-shaped wall installed with eight basin-sized yellow bulbs,

arranged in an inverted trapezoid, big at the top and small at the bottom, faint brown-yellow light emanating under the starlight.

Arlina stepped forward, her brow similarly furrowed.

Suddenly, she seemed to realize something and exclaimed in shock, "This isn't a wall, it's..."

Boom!

The black arc-shaped smooth wall slowly shifted backward, revealing a broad circular tunnel,

only then did they see clearly, the so-called basin-sized bulbs were actually the eyes of a creature,

and the wall was the head shell of a giant ant-like insect that was crawling in the tunnel, its head resting against the gap.

And surrounding the giant ant, were a vast number of ant swarms equivalent to the number before in the tunnel....

The cold wind immediately rushed over both of them,

Arlina unhesitatingly raised her hands, summoned a cold wind storm mixed with ice crystals, blowing down toward the giant ant and swarm from above,

Nebula also used Star Realm substance to create spears, arrows, swords, shooting down below.

But the next second, the giant ant shook its antennae on its head, the strong psychic abilities vibrated the air, turning into a visible shockwave,

causing the cold wind storm and ectoplasm weapons to gradually decelerate.

Mind-Conversion System, Level-One Superpower, Minor Shockwave.

The giant ant appears to be a fortress-level bug nest individual unit, but in reality, inside its abdomen, there are ten Brain Worms concealed. Each Brain Worm is a psychic in the Mind-Conversion System, all connected by conduits, drawing the amber-like energy extracted from the Lost World.

Under the combined effect of the ten psychics' abilities, they unexpectedly managed to temporarily barely block the attack of two state-worn first-echelon players,

earning enough time for the innumerable soldier ants lurking nearby, allowing them to each pick up weapons, aiming at Nebula and Arlina on the upper platform.

Projectiles of all models came pouring down like rain, yet there was still an invisible barrier in front of the two, leaving them nowhere to retreat.

Whoosh—

A bullet swiftly attacked from a great distance, spinning and tearing through the air, hitting the head of the giant ant.

Bang!

The giant ant's head shell blasted open like it was hit by a tank shell, directly creating a spherical dent, causing the ongoing spiritual impact wave to halt.

"Get over here quickly!"

At the cruciform tunnel at the rear of the swarm, Li Ang, driving an armored vehicle, suddenly hit the brakes, extended his right hand out of the window, pulled the trigger of the Colt Revolver, and fired a demon-busting bullet, hitting the giant ant's head again.

The tough head shell of the giant ant caved in once more, and its immense body staggered backward a few steps, the spiritual energy instantly dissipating.

Of course, the giant ant itself had no self-awareness,

the firm head and the neural ganglia inside were just for show,

The ten Brain Worms responsible for controlling the giant ant's body were now responding to the creator's command, collectively feigning a thunderstruck appearance,

to prevent Nebula, Arlina, and others from seeing the Brain Worms inside the giant ant's body.

When acting, do it fully.

Sitting next to Li Ang in the front passenger seat, Liu Wu Dai gave orders to the mechanical golem standing on top of the armored vehicle, instructing it to emit a crimson beam, sweeping across the ant swarm.

Without hesitation, Nebula pulled Arlina downwards, bypassed the giant ant, and jumped onto the top of the armored vehicle.

Li Ang stepped on the accelerator, and the armored vehicle's explosion-proof tires quickly rotated, kicking up a ground full of metal debris,

driving into the left side of the cruciform tunnel before the massive soldier ant artillery barrage rained down.

Li Ang didn't need to turn on the car lights to see things in the dark, driving the armored vehicle at high speed through the complex tunnels, navigating corners, and passing through narrow gaps,

The hissing of the ant swarm behind gradually softened until it was completely inaudible.

The vehicle slowly decelerated, Li Ang turned on the car lights, glanced at the rearview mirror, confirmed that there were no pursuers behind, exhaled in relief, and opened the door to get out of the car.

Nebula and Arlina also jumped down from the car top, looked at Liu Wu Dai and Li Ang, and gratefully said, "Thank you both, we are members of the Global Occult Coalition..."

They stated their identities in a few words, though Liu Wu Dai already knew who they were, since the "Wind Chaser" show was too popular, and the exposure rate of the two mentors was never low.

As for Liu Wu Dai and Li Ang, their fame was actually not low either, given that the number of players in the first and second echelons was limited, with the top three hundred players surely having seen each other's profiles.

After a brief introduction, Arlina curiously asked, "How did you two rescue us? Do you also know about the Otherworldly Players?"

"Otherworldly Players?"

Li Ang said somewhat surprised, "No, we were chased here all the way by the swarm,

Saw you under attack and rescued you as a matter of course—you saw it too, there are swarming insects everywhere on this layer,

The pathways to the lower levels are also guarded by insects.

A player or a few players probably can't break through the swarm's defenses, so we rescued you."

"I see."

Arlina nodded, the reason the other side would rescue them was not only to unite manpower,

but also likely because they were members of the Global Occult Coalition, which had some credibility.

However, thinking of the seemingly endless swarms, Arlina's heart added a touch of gloom, wondering how Qin, Eva, and Ju Tianfu were...

"By the way,"

Li Ang asked, "What's the deal with these Otherworldly Players you mentioned?"

Arlina and Nebula exchanged a glance, took out the button-shaped surveillance camera and token they had, and played the footage they shot while interrogating the two players from Li Weishan,

and explained it.

"Hmm..."

Li Ang squinted his eyes, pondering, "You just said, the swarm besieging players on this layer is controlled by the Ant King?"

"Very likely, yes."

Nebula nodded, since the Ant King attacked first, she didn't have to worry about her official identity or any politeness, and directly disclosed, "He has an item called 'Myriad Ant Nest,' which can store, unleash, and modify soldier ants.

The recent ground collapse and subsidence in Rio de Janeiro,

were caused by the Ant King raising ants in the real world, in the underground of the city of Rio.

It's just that we didn't expect he would raise a swarm of this scale..."

Li Ang and Liu Wu Dai exchanged a glance, they had encountered the Ant King's subordinate 13MARK in the last mission too.

"Then have you ever talked to him about the Otherworldly Player issue?"

Li Ang asked, "His attack on players in this layer is mainly to eliminate potential competitors and obtain belts as much as possible, right?

If you tell him about the Otherworldly Player, he might stop the attack..."

"We did, but it was useless."

Nebula said with furrowed brow, "The Ant King's power system allows him to sense the summoned ant swarm units, especially those special and powerful units.

We had previously informed him about the Otherworldly Player, but the swarm didn't cease its actions at all."

"...Didn't hear? Or has he already sided with the Otherworldly Players?"

Li Ang pondered, "If he indeed allied with the Otherworldly Players, then it all makes sense.

The swarm numbers increased because he collected amber energy from the Lost World, solving the energy scarcity issue,

And the diverse species of the swarm, with a multitude of mutant insects,

is because he absorbed the genes of native creatures from the Lost World or received extra help from the Otherworldly Players..."

Arlina fell silent; at this moment, the various forces of the real world were definitely mobilizing their powers to thoroughly search the areas controlled by the Ant King in the real world.