《【末世】Arindo》叶亭枝

2、第 2 章 Af

　　After many years, he stepped back into the battle command headquarters of the Guardian Corps. Harper, who usually has a smile on his face, is also restrained. The past flashbacked in his mind. He stopped at the training ground where he used to compete with his teammates. Now two young strange faces are fighting on it. A warm hand gently patted him on the shoulder, and the General stood beside him: "I remember that I was here to guide the training of your regiment. At that time, you and Leo were just like them, and I still remember clearly that you were not obedient and even wanted to challenge me in the first week."

　　"Yes, Leo and I have always been the two most annoying recruits for you and other instructors."

　　"But you both are also my proudest students. I hope you don't indulge in Leo's death. It's not your fault. After you devoured the S-class monster, your spirit was temporarily controlled by it. Leo died honorably to protect our homeland. I don't think he will blame you in heaven.”

　　"I understand it, Sir." the confident smile returned to his face. "I never wavered in my mind. God sent unknown monsters, but it also gave us the ability to guard our homes and expel these monsters that disturb the peace of our world. Leo as well as I am always willing to pay his life for our world at any time."

　　"I'm glad you think so. Come on, let me show you the goal of this mission that you need to complete. You should have heard the federal news released two weeks ago?”

　　"Yes, I heard that a new S-class monster was found on the outskirts of City X, and now the federal government has blocked that area. So, my goal is that S-class monster?”

　　"No, not one, but a group…. Strictly speaking, it’s not a group, but a crop of well-trained monsters, controlled by a monster that cannot be rated.” The general's tone was heavy.

　　"What? What do you mean that…” While talking, they have come to the underground research base of the Legions, Harper was shocked at what he saw: an at least five meters long giant ant (or termite?). It was trapped in a huge glass cover. Its body is wrapped in a hard black shell. It has a pair of wings and hand pliers shining with silver light which looks very sharp. There are also two long tentacles on its head.

　　At this time, a researcher wearing wrinkled clothes and thick glasses, with a bristly unshaven chin came to them.

　　"Good morning, Doctor McKee. How is everything going now?”

　　"Is it already morning now? Time always flies! Everything is ready to start at any time, Sir. You know, General, we must race against time now, or no one knows what will happen. This must be Colonel Harper, then. Are you sure that he can bear it, General?"

　　"If he can't, there's no one else.” General Haig turned to Harper, “this is Doctor McKee, and he will introduce our big trouble this time.”

　　“So then, as you can see, the giant ant monster which we called Arindo is in the glass cover in front of you. According to our statistics collected, mature Arindos are generally 5~8 meters long. Their forelimbs and wings are extremely sharp, and can easily cut through steel. Although its wings can't support it to fly for a long time, they can make it soar in battle. Its black shell is also very hard, and ordinary bullets can't pierce it at all. Its mouth will eject formic acid, which is highly corrosive. But the most powerful thing which may also is its biggest weakness is the two pairs of tentacles on its head. That is what their superpower——strong spirit power based on. Arindo can use it to communicate with its peers. More importantly, according to our research, the Queen Arindo controls her ant colony through it.”

　　"Wait?" Harper was not sure if he had heard it wrong: "there is a Queen in Arindos?"

　　"Yes, what we have been most worried about happened. Alien Monsters began to have higher wisdom, and they successfully multiplied on the earth." The general's tone was very heavy, "when our army fought with the ant colony, we found that they were also like a well-trained army, who knew how to cooperate, and always attacked and retreated simultaneously."

　　"According to our research and guess, at first, it may be a pregnant Queen Arindo who came to the earth through the Spatiotemporal crack and landed in a lonely mountain forest. She should have wisdom that is not inferior to human beings. She hid first, kept reproducing, and then quietly destroyed several mountain villages, controlling the whole mountain area. When the Federation finally discovered them, they had formed a well-trained Arindo army.”

　　"Yes, and we found that once Arindo's tentacles were cut off, it seems like it doesn’t follow the order anymore, just wandering about on the battlefield and randomly attacking people. Therefore, we speculated that Queen Arindo's spirit power should be extremely strong, and she could control the movements of her descendants from a distance so that the whole ant colony would be like one.” Doctor McKee said.

　　"Another trouble is that the signal sent by the antenna of Arindo will make our detector unable to work. We can't go deep into the whole area occupied by Arindo, so no one has seen the true face of this Queen Arindo until now. This is also the reason why we need your help.

　　Hearing this, Harper had known what he needed to do. "Then it seems that you are indeed looking for the right person." he grinned, "of course, no one is better suited to disguise than me."