Chapter 264 - Graduation II (1/2)
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From the time the vanguard team encountered the Scythe Worm until now, they had been relying on all sorts of obstacles to chase the Scythe Worm for more than 10 hours in the third floor of the base. From the initial encounter with the nest in the main passageway to the other places inside the base, the vanguard team had already deviated from their original position by almost a kilometer.
The route the vanguard team had taken was littered with the corpses of numerous scythes and larvae, as well as the corpses of a few of the team members. This was an extremely brutal battle, and the troops were under tremendous pressure all the time. Fortunately, Anthony had the ability to scan the area, which allowed him to see through the Scythe Worm's attack routes first and also allowed him to find a place to hide for the team to rest for a short period of time. Otherwise, the vanguard team would have been wiped out long ago.
Now, the ammunition they had tried to keep from the beginning was nearly exhausted. From the original five people in the team, only Anthony and Lucca remained. The intense battle caused the number of team members to decrease. Amongst the team members who died, the one who died was Orloff, who died the most miserably.
Anthony was unable to forget the scene of the tall figure being surrounded by a swarm of bugs. In the end, he brazenly detonated the high-energy grenade, allowing himself and the hundreds of bugs to perish together.
At this point, Anthony's spirit was like a tight string that could be snapped at any moment. As for Lucca's broken sword, it was now only left with half of it. If the scythe insect were to attack a little more, the two of them would become the worm's food in their stomachs without any suspense. However, at such a critical moment, the Scythe Bug actually retreated, with a hint of escaping.
The entire base was gently shaking, as if there was an earthquake happening below. Anthony frowned, using his remaining spiritual power to scan the area. However, he would compress the scanning method from the surface into a line. By doing so, his psychic power would become a thread even thinner than a needle, which would have a high penetrating power. Anthony directed his spiritual force directly into the ground in such a way as to sense what was happening underground.
Naturally, this method of scanning was not as detailed as the normal method. Anthony was unable to 'see' the specific details, and could only roughly sense some blurry light figures.
When the spirit threads penetrated through the following four levels of bases and entered the fifth level directly, Anthony saw a blurry shadow as well as two balls of resplendent energy rays. It was just a simple touch, but the end of the spirit threads immediately cracked and shattered. Anthony turned pale with fright. If all his mental threads were shattered, he would turn into a madman.
At this moment, the splitting of the spirit threads continued, and in a short moment, a small section of it disintegrated. Anthony immediately stopped scanning. When the spirit threads returned, he saw another blurry face. Although it was not clear, he still recognized that it was the face of zero!
When Anthony completely retracted his spiritual force, his body trembled, and two streams of blood spurted out of his nostrils. He felt as if a sledgehammer had ruthlessly smashed down on his head, causing his entire head to hurt so much that it felt like it was about to explode. Anthony held onto his head, his status on the verge of collapse, while Lucca, who was beside him, went over to support him. At the same time, he asked anxiously, ”Are you alright?”
A moment later, the pain in Anthony's head gradually subsided. His entire body seemed to have collapsed, and he couldn't even stand properly. He was completely supported by Lucca. Anthony said weakly, ”Let's go. There is a battle happening underground that is beyond our imagination. The battle will spread to this place soon, let's leave quickly! ”
Seeing that Anthony, who was usually calm and composed, was actually speaking with an exasperated tone, Lucca's expression tightened. He immediately helped Anthony up and walked back along the path of blood they had come by. On the way to the exit, Anthony, who had been silent all this while, suddenly said, ”I can't stand it, Lucca.”
Lucca didn't speak. His eyes stared silently at the darkness in front of him. It was not peaceful in the dark, and adult scythes and larvae were rushing around the ceiling, the walls, or both of them, rushing back and forth toward the exit. At this moment, the scythe bugs no longer cared about Anthony and the other two humans. They even jumped over their heads and didn't stop attacking them.
When they arrived at the resting area, Anthony suddenly pushed Lucca away. Losing his support, he immediately fell to the ground. Luca ran two steps forward before stopping and then walked back to him.
”Leave me alone!” Anthony shouted. He struggled to get up and continued, ”Luca, go!”
”What about you?” Luca asked in a low voice.
”I'm not leaving.” Anthony seemed to have made up his mind, and said: ”If we go back like this, Olam's sacrifice will be worthless. They're on their way here, too. I want to try. It's fine if you're not willing, but it's fine if you want to give it a try for Olam! ”
”What do you want? Snipe zero? ”How do you know the experimental diary will be on Zero? What if it isn't?” Lucca waved his fist and said, ”Enough. There are already enough people who died in front of me today. Listen, Anthony, to be honest, I don't like you very much, but I don't want you to die just like that. ”
Anthony laughed. ”What if the diary is on Zero? Anyway, I don't want to miss anything. ”Let's go, Luca. This is my battle, and also my insistence. You didn't want to get involved in it either.”