Chapter 375 Legion and Iron Heart!

  The thick and long barrel sprayed out flames, and the two soldiers were instantly torn apart in a flash.

  The explosion of gunpowder almost shattered Hailik's eardrums, and fled to the back of the bunker in embarrassment. Just as he was about to fight back with his gun, he saw a brother bump into the whistling claw.

  Flesh and blood fly!

  The big pyrene seemed to be taken aback by his fierce impact, let alone the soldiers in black cloaks.

   "Spread out!"

  Seeing that the two brothers died tragically under the firepower of the machine gun in an instant, Herrick raised the muzzle of the gun angrily, and fired at the front of the car.

  The bullet hit the welded steel plate at the front end of the machine gun, making a tinkling sound, but it had no effect at all, leaving only a string of sparks and pitted dents.

   "giao!"

  The tail retracted his head reflexively, deftly dodging the incoming bullets, and holding the machine gun with both hands without any panic.

   On the contrary, Sesame Paste, who was sitting in the driver's seat, was taken aback by the sudden burst of bullets.

"ah!"

  She subconsciously buried her head under the steering wheel, and the soles of her feet were tightly welded to the accelerator.

  Looking at the oncoming truck and the impenetrable steel plate, a trace of despair floated in the eyes of Herik holding the submachine gun.

   Especially when he saw the thick, long barrel on the roof aimed at himself.

   For a moment, his heart was even frozen.

However-

   What finally made him lose consciousness was not the bullet fired in the face.

   It was the front of the car that hit his chest straight.

   At the last moment of losing consciousness, he vaguely heard someone shouting something.

  Although I didn’t understand at all…

   "Aowei! Stay alive!"

   "Oh! Received!"

  …

  Cold water splashed on the face.

  Herrick woke up from a coma, and saw a black muzzle head-on.

   "We have always convinced people with reason, so you'd better not act rashly."

  Sisi returned this sentence to the guy lying on the ground, but saw that he was looking at himself with the eyes of a monster.

  emmm...

  She touched her chin with her left hand.

  Is it that scary?

  She is quite satisfied with her game character.

"I was scared to death... We suddenly received a mission and said that something happened to you, so we rushed over immediately. I saw you shot a lot just now, and Tail and I thought you were dead." Sesame paste from the truck , walked over with a worried face.

   "Thanks to the body armor, but it's just a few broken ribs."

   Sisi said as if nothing had happened.

  Although she felt that her condition was probably more than just a few broken ribs.

  However, such a serious internal and external injury has already recovered by 30% to 40%.

  I chose the constitution system in consideration of such a situation at the beginning, and now it is really an extremely correct choice.

  Excessive pain sensations will be blocked, which is probably one of the most convenient functions of this game, equivalent to bringing your own tranquilizers and painkillers.

  Otherwise, no matter how high your physique points are, you won't be able to bear the pain.

   "As expected of Si! That line just now was so cool!" Tail said with sparkling eyes.

   Rourou looked at her worriedly.

   "Are you really okay? You've been shot so many times..."

"fine."

  Sisi showed a soft smile on his face.

   "...Thank you for coming in time. If I was the only one, I might have been captured."

   "Especially Rourou, very brave!"

   "What are you talking about... Seeing that my friend is in trouble, how could I shrink back."

   Lifting the heavy bear paw, the shy Rourou scratched the back of his head embarrassingly.

   As a result, my head was covered in blood.

  The sensational atmosphere becomes a bit subtle and bloody.

  However, at this moment, an inappropriate voice suddenly turned the topic in a strange direction.

   "giao! Captive, captive?! Will the plot in the book happen?!"

  Sesame paste looked blank: "Book?"

   Looking at someone with shining eyes, Sisi sighed helplessly.

   "Ao usually watch less of that kind of stuff."

   "!! Have you installed surveillance in my house?"

   "Hey, you woman...is not simple."

  The gunshots and commotion attracted people nearby, and the first to arrive were Kaliman and his guards.

  Although his chief guard strongly opposed to meddling in the disputes of the wastelanders, but thinking that he had only promised to protect the safety of these people a few minutes ago, he still bit his head and led someone to rush over.

  However, when he arrived here, he found that the battle was over.

  Wastelanders in black cloaks were lying on the ground in disorder, and their deaths were extremely miserable.

A 10mm caliber machine gun hit a person, but it was not as simple as a single bullet hole. The flesh and limbs torn apart by the huge kinetic energy were scattered around the wreckage of the tent, which made him feel his stomach was overwhelmed when he left the desert for the first time, and his face was slightly pale. whitish.

   "What happened here..."

  The guard with a beard on his face took a step forward and squatted on the ground.

  He stretched out his index finger and touched the face of one of the corpses, his expression suddenly serious.

   "People of the Legion..."

   There are people of all skin colors and hair colors in the wasteland, but the ones with the bulge in the middle of the bridge of the nose are only legionnaires.

   There is a theory that they used the DNA of ancient people, and there is also a theory that they modified their genes in order to make their noble ancestry unique.

  Legion…

  Kariman chewed these two words repeatedly in his mouth, and the anger of hatred floated in his eyes.

  At this time, the merchants, guards, and mercenaries who had been hiding away before saw the gunfire stop, and rushed back one after another.

  Seeing the messy scene, a merchant suddenly showed a painful expression on his face.

   "Damn, what have you guys done! My tent, my bag, my luggage... all destroyed by you."

  Looking at the truck parked next to the tent, several mercenaries with rifles on their backs surrounded them.

   "It's just a few tents..." Sisi threw a few dinars on the ground, "Is that enough?"

   This amount of money is obviously not enough. The businessman wanted to say something, but he was gently pulled away by the guard next to him.

   "Those three little girls are awakened... If we really want to fight, we may suffer heavy losses."

  The merchant blushed and held his breath in his stomach, but finally swallowed the breath, picked up the gold coins on the ground, and left silently.

  Nearby residents looked here from a distance, watching the excitement.

  The north of Katyn Post Station is the residence of traveling merchants. As long as the bullets don't fly to their homes, no one will care about how many wastelanders die.

  However, it has been many years since the fight was so intense like today.

   Just as everyone was discussing, an old man over fifty came out from the crowd.

  His skin is dark, his face is covered with wrinkles, and he looks weather-beaten, but his body is still tough.

   The dozen or so strong men following him also had the same appearance, with a revolver on their backs.

   Glancing at the corpse on the ground and the man lying on the ground, and then at the three people and a bear next to the truck, the old man frowned slowly and said.

   "My name is Mudeka, and I am the village head here."

   "Sisi, there is Awei, sesame paste and meat."

  Sisi also introduced herself to her companions by the way, although she felt that the old man in front of her didn't care what their names were.

   And the fact is indeed the case, the old man didn't ask where they came from, and said directly.

   "This is a safe zone. You have broken the rules here, and you need to compensate the scared residents, cattle and sheep in the village."

   Sisi said expressionlessly.

   "Oh? Since it's a safe zone, why didn't I see you stand up before they did it?"

   "I came here after I heard the gunshots. Anyway, you guys drove around the camp, crushing tents and luggage, shooting with machine guns... these are too much."

  Tail, who heard a little about it, protested dissatisfied.

   "Hey, I didn't hurt innocent people—"

  Sisi interrupted the explanation of the tail, stared at the old man, and said word by word.

   "This is a matter between the Alliance and the Legion, are you sure you want to intervene?"

  She could see that the old man was trying to extort something from them.

  If I hadn't thrown those dinars just now, maybe I wouldn't have this trouble.

   Sure enough, when he heard the word alliance, the old man's attitude changed immediately.

  In that fierce and cunning gaze, there was an obvious fear and suspicion.

  Of course he had heard of the league, and he had also heard rumors from the East.

  The sudden rise of the alliance stopped the Bonechewer from going south, ending the year-long chaos in the River Valley Province.

   Before that, the majestic giant wall was the only lighthouse within hundreds of miles.

   "...are you from the Alliance?"

  Sisi looked at him and said.

"Yes."

  The old man's face was slightly stiff, including the strong men beside him.

  He really thought about extorting money from these girls. After all, there were a lot of good things on that truck, and the compensation he demanded was justified.

   But now, things are different...

  Listening to the conversations of those people, the survivors who were watching exchanged surprised glances with each other.

  The voice of whispering also spread to the surroundings along with the sight.

   "Alliance? They turned out to be members of the Alliance."

   "I heard that all the fighters of the alliance have the bravery of one against ten, and only a thousand or so men crushed the Bonechewing tribe."

   "No wonder..."

   The strength of the alliance is definitely not as good as that of the legion, but it is their neighbor after all.

  The legion is half a continent away from here, on the far west coast.

   "I'm afraid this matter will be very difficult... From the alliance to our place, the slowest time is a week, and if it is fast, it may be two or three days." A middle-aged man lowered his head and whispered next to the old man.

  Given a calm "hmm", Mudeka stared intently at the young girl in front of him.

   After a while, he spoke slowly.

  “…We have no intention of meddling in your disputes, but we also hope that you will not disturb our lives.”

   As he spoke, he waved his withered right hand, turned around and left with the tribe next to him.

  As for the matter of compensation, I didn't mention it again.

  Halike, who was lying on the ground, looked back and forth at the three of them and the bear.

  He has never heard of any alliance, and he is not interested in knowing it at all. At this moment, the thoughts in his head are turning fast, thinking about how to escape the current situation.

  However, when his eyes stopped on the black muzzle of the gun, his shoulders were still loose and tense in the end, and he gave up the option of voluntarily escaping.

  The strength shown by the other party has exceeded his cognition.

  Whether it was the woman who was shot several times and looked like a normal person, or the mysterious weapon that killed his five brothers in an instant.

   Until now, he doesn't even know what that thing is.

  Maybe…

   River Valley Province has really undergone some incredible changes.

   "Are you sure you want to be an enemy of the Legion?"

  Herrick lowered his voice, mentioned the name of the legion, and tried to threaten these people to let him go.

  Sis looked down at him.

   "Even if we don't have this plan, the trouble won't come to us by itself."

   As she spoke, she shook the muzzle of the gun.

   "Don't waste my time, what's your name?"

   "Herrick..."

   "What do you want that Luo Hua to do?"

  The man's face sank slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled into a slightly mocking arc.

   "Hehe, I want to—"

boom!

  The sudden burst of gunfire startled the surrounding survivors.

  Of course, the one who feels the smell of gunpowder most intuitively is the one lying on the ground.

  The bullet hit the ground next to his ear, and the splashed mud covered half of his face.

  Looking at the muzzle of the gun emitting green smoke, and those merciless eyes, Hailik felt a bit of coldness that penetrated into the marrow of his bones.

   "I, I was just about to say..." The voice that was brave one second, stammered in the next second.

   This is definitely not because of fear, but subconscious instinct.

   "Then hurry up." After turning on the recording function of vm, Sisi urged impatiently.

   “…corporate, corporate people.”

   "Of course I know that the guy you're chasing is someone from the enterprise, then what?"

  Herrick swallowed his saliva, and continued speaking quickly.

   "...that moving fortress, stormed into the desert, our servants heard they were looking for some treasure there, whatever that was, we couldn't let them take it from our lands."

   "Servant?" The tail tilted his head.

"Falcon," Kaliman stepped aside, his face full of gloom, interjected, "The kingdom that rules Oasis No. Barbarians."

Tail:"?"

  Pressing the sore eyebrows with his left hand, Sisi said with a sigh.

   "...Does that mean the slave country?"

  Kariman nodded with a stiff expression.

"…Yes."

  Sisi was lost in thought.

  Combining the discussion on the forum and the information published on the official website, she probably already understood the whole story.

   Simply put, the vassals of the Legion discovered the Pioneer, and then reported the information of the Pioneer to the Legion.

  In order to prevent the company from mastering the No. 0 shelter, the Legion suspected to have sent an expeditionary force of unknown size to the desert to cooperate with the locals to trap the mobile fortress.

  Although the Pioneer has powerful firepower, no matter how powerful the technology is, it is impossible to create it out of nothing.

  At least two things, electricity and mines, cannot be conjured out of thin air.

  Herrick's next statement also proved her guess.

"...We surrounded them while the Pioneer was searching for supplies, and they had to withdraw to the ruins with fuel rods. Those power armors were very strong, but their number was limited. We quickly divided and surrounded them, and some of them fled into the ruins. Some people were trapped in the ruins, and a few people were trapped in the fortress."

   Sisi immediately asked.

   "Have you captured the Pioneer?"

   Herrick replied.

"The battle is over, and it's only a matter of time before we occupy it, but what we want is not a pile of broken metal. They have set a code for the power room, and we cannot enter it from the outside. If we break through by force, it will cause the remaining nuclear fuel to be injected into the self-destruct unit... Then there is nothing."

   "That Luo Hua knows the password?"

"...I don't know, but he seems to be a key figure on the Trailblazer, who seems to have some clues about Vault 0... The general ordered me to capture him before he joins the reinforcements from the Enterprise. If I can't catch him If he is alive, he can take his head back with him."

   "Reinforcements..."

  Touching his chin with his tail, he made a pensive look on his face, "It's not easy, they actually know that the company has sent reinforcements."

  Sesame Paste had a subtle expression.

   "...Uh, do you still need to guess this one?"

   Staring at Herrick lying on the ground, Sis continued.

   "Tell me the number of the unit you belong to, the name of your superior, and how many people you sent to the desert."

   "Heart of Iron..."

"What?"

   "The unit I belong to," Herrick swallowed, and said in a low voice, "Heart of Steel... the 29th Marine Corps, our commander is Captain McLennan."

   "How far are they from here?"

"right here."

"here?!"

  Sisi was stunned.

  Including Tail, Sesame Paste and Rourou, as well as Kaliman and his guards, they all froze in place.

  Sisi was about to ask, but when he saw Hailik, whose face was full of fear a second ago, a trace of fanaticism suddenly appeared in his eyes.

  He looked straight at her.

   But the pupils were not focused on her face, but on the back of her head.

   A bad premonition gradually appeared in Sisi's eyes.

   "It's right behind you... You'll know it when you look back." A smile appeared on Herrick's face.

   Whatever he was enjoying, Sis knew very well that it wasn't a "Look, UFO" trick.

  From just now, the people watching the excitement around turned their eyes away from this side and cast their eyes on the distant sky.

  But now, those unfamiliar faces all showed bewilderment, hesitation and panic.

   "What is that...?"

   "Whale, whale?"

   "The God of the Great Horned Deer..." Some herdsmen knelt on the ground, their foreheads firmly pressed against the ground.

  Many mercenaries were at a loss, but some far-sighted merchants recognized the guy.

   "The airship... is the airship of the Legion!"

  Looking at the northwest of Ruigu City, Kaliman's eyes widened, and his pupils were filled with confusion and fear.

  The guards standing beside him also involuntarily clenched the guns in their hands.

  The majestic steel drilled out from under the clouds, like an iceberg floating out of the sea. The wings spread out on both sides are like the wings of a Kunpeng, and rows of roaring propellers tear through the clouds like the fangs of wild beasts.

  It turns out that the airship of the Legion looks like this...

  He often heard rumors about it from people, but this was the first time he saw it.

   It looks like a giant whale flying in the sky... although he has only seen that kind of animal in photos.

   Several players were also dumbfounded.

   Especially Siss.

   Rather than where the airship came from, she wanted to know how the steel monster flew into the sky.

  The shell full of metal texture does not look like a painted canvas. This is by no means the airship in reality.

  And if the airship is made of alloy, even if it is made of aluminum alloy, even if the thickest armor on its body is only 10 mm, its tonnage must be hundreds or even thousands of tons.

   And such an unscientific product, the propulsion method actually relies on a row of parallel propellers?

  Sisi felt that his common sense had been impacted, and his brain froze for a while.

  Although this is not the first time...

   Lying on the ground, Herrick admired the stunned profile, and said darkly.

   "It is still too late for us to surrender..."

boom-!

   A gunshot interrupted him.

  Herrick covered his left ear in pain, curled up on the ground.

   Put away the smoking pistol, Sisi adjusted the direction of the headset, and took a photo facing the sky.

  However, when she turned on the VM and was about to sync the photos to the official website account, she found that the network was disconnected.

   Signal gone?

   At this moment, he also stretched his neck and looked at the tail in the north, suddenly his expression changed and he let out a cry.

   "giao! My balloon!"

   Seeing the disappearing signal on the vm, Sesame Paste said dumbfounded.

   "I just said...don't put it so far away, you have to climb to the top of the mountain."

   "I, I didn't think the signal would be better..." Tail whispered guiltyly, "And it's written in the manual, asking us to find a higher place."

   "But that's too high!"

   "Well...the manager will definitely throw another one over." Tail patted Sesame Paste's shoulder, but the guilty tone didn't seem to be comforting others, but more like comforting himself.

   Shouldn't she be made to pay?

   Probably... no, right?

   "Hey... It's hard to be the last hot search." Rourou sighed and sat down on the ground.

   "Woo... Damn it, my heart hurts."

   Unlike those NPCs who are afraid of legions, they are not afraid of any legions.

  Whether it's predators, legions, mutants, or other alien species that aren't human at all, they're nothing more than higher-level monsters.

  In contrast, they wanted to spread this hot news to the forum.

  The dog planner has a new job!

pity…

  Photos can only be uploaded later.

  …

  Heart of Iron.

  Hanging on the bridge below the airship, the man in luxurious clothes raised his chin slightly, looking down at the mountains, city ruins, vast forests and plains outside the French windows, and the handsome face reflected in the French windows.

  His name is McLenne, the captain of the Iron Heart airship, belonging to the Eastern Legion, and his rank is Captain Wanfu.

  Although the captain of the legion does not mean commanding 10,000 people, standing here is undoubtedly the existence above 10,000 people.

  The core part of the entire airship is an unfinished People's Federation Air and Space Force frigate, which contains a power room composed of a fusion reactor and a deflector shield generation unit for "kinetic energy weapons".

  Although most technologies can no longer be parsed, and it is difficult to recover after parsing, it does not affect its continued use.

  Even in another form.

  In short, this airship embodies the crystallization of pre-war civilization technology and the pinnacle of the legion's achievements in the field of machinery.

  It can not only be used as an aircraft carrier flying in the sky, but also can go to the front line after the enemy loses air supremacy, and pour tons of explosives on the enemy's head.

  There are very few forces in the entire wasteland that can stop them.

   Except for the rats hiding in the swamp, the dung beetles hiding under the holy shield, and the cockroaches curled up on the east coast... Even if the other ants had the ability to shoot down the airship, they would definitely not dare to look up at them.

   No one knows how many airships the Legion has, and no one knows how many unused arms stocks they inherited two hundred years ago.

   Except His Excellency the Marshal himself who rules over all.

"Dear General, the city of Ruigu lies beneath your feet! The plain further ahead is the southern corridor of the River Valley Province, and its west gate is opening to you!" Standing beside General McLennan, the adjutant spoke respectfully said.

  However, this flattery seemed to hit the horse's leg.

   "I don't need you to popularize the history of this small land. You just need to tell me where the group of cockroaches crawling from the east coast are now."

  General McCllen spoke slowly, but there was a hint of impatience in his tone.

   He was supposed to enjoy the service of servants at Oasis No. 2, but because of a piece of information from the Buguera Free State, he was sent here by his superiors to intercept the reinforcements sent by the company from the east coast.

   Said to be a superior, that old fox named Griffin is actually half a grade higher than him, and there is an extra star on the epaulets of the captain.

  However, there is no way, even half a star is higher than his own rank.

   What's more, that person is also the head of the Eastern Legion, the frontline commander personally appointed.

   Not to mention flying an airship, even flying a space battleship, I have to obey his command.

   Whenever he thinks of this, McLennan feels a burst of anger.

  The Pioneer has been taken, and the remaining crew members are trapped in the ruins of pre-war civilization, without logistical supplies, and surrender is a matter of time.

   The loot could be divided immediately, but he was sent to this place where no shit.

   are just employees of a company.

  Is it so important?

   "...Griffin's ambition is not small. He probably wants to take this opportunity to bring the entire Luoxia Province into the Eastern Legion's sphere of influence." The staff officer standing aside said softly.

   This sentence sounds like a dream.

  There is a large desert between Luoxia Province and the core territory of the legion.

  The so-called great desert is not as simple as a place name, but a forbidden zone of life spanning thousands of kilometers.

  The legion is simply unable to rule the enclave of Luoxia Province, not to mention that it is far away from their core interests.

  If it wasn't for taking down the Great Rift Valley, they wouldn't even need to keep their vassals.

Although the Eagle Kingdom contributes a lot of wealth to them every year, every general of the Eastern Legion knows very well that compared to their investment in that slave country, the dinars and slaves enshrined by the honest king are not worth at all. worth mentioning.

but…

  The disastrous defeat of the Expeditionary Force and the death of General Klaas finally made some of the top executives of the Legion realize that it is a naive idea to expect to win the Great Rift Valley, which once caused the company to suffer a lot, within a few months.

  They need to invest more power, build more reliable logistics, improve supply lines, and mobilize more manpower to shine the shoes of the ten captains—whether they mobilize themselves or the servants.

  In the final analysis, they need to strengthen their control over the East.

   There are many ways to choose.

for example…

  Establish that honest and honest king into an emperor.

   "...So you deliberately sent us away, wanting to take the credit for yourself?"

  Thinking of Griffin's haughty face, General McCollen narrowed his eyes slightly, and his heart suddenly moved.

  Looking at the wilderness in the southeast, the corners of his mouth curved into a cruel arc.

   "Letting this group of ruthless and blood-drinking barbarians here is simply a desecration of the heritage of the ancestors. In my opinion, the frontier of the Legion should be expanded to the east by another 500 kilometers."

   "We are fully capable of this!"

  The adjutants and staff officers beside him showed surprise expressions at the same time.

   "...It's not a good idea to create extra problems. I think we should use the fastest speed to defeat the reinforcements of the enterprise, and then return to the No. 2 oasis."

   General McLennan said expressionlessly.

"What's the point of going back? That old fox will probably send us away with another reason. When we get through the southern corridor, the southern gate of the Great Rift Valley will be open to us. Not to mention the legion commander, even the marshal will not be able to ignore us. Credit."

"But…"

   "Nothing to worry about."

   Interrupted the words of the staff officer, McCollen looked up at the French windows ahead, with a happy smile gradually appearing on his face.

   "Let us bring real order and civilization to these barbarians!"

   Almost at the moment when the voice fell, the forward-moving airship suddenly tilted two angles to the right, and the connecting parts creaked and hummed.

   It's just a small wiggle.

  However, at this moment, McLennan's attention was entirely on the handsome face by the French window.

  Caught off guard, he lost his footing, and his nose almost came into intimate contact with the armrest next to him.

   Fortunately, the adjutant at the side had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and helped him who was about to fall.

   "My lord, are you all right?"

   Picking up the hat from the ground, McCllen cursed furiously.

   "What happened just now? Which idiot is sailing the boat!"

   "Maybe it's just airflow..."

   Facing McLennan's roar, the adjutant spoke tremblingly.

  However, before he finished speaking, a soldier trotted in from outside the bridge, reporting nervously.

   "Captain! Our right propeller seems to be entangled with something!"

   "Send someone to fix it immediately!" McLenne roared.

   "Yes!" The soldier straightened his back and saluted, then ran away in a hurry.

  Maclun returned to his position cursing.

  All the officers beside him looked at each other in blank dismay, and shut their mouths one after another, not daring to make a sound, for fear of offending him and being used as a punching bag.

   The deflector shield was not triggered, indicating that the speed of the impactor was not fast. Maybe it hit a dazed bird, so the problem should not be serious...

  But there is one thing to say, the moment just now was really not a good sign.

   "The person I sent to the surface...is it called Herrick or something, any news?"

  Hearing the captain's question, the adjutant on the side quickly said.

   "Not yet, but he reported last time that the caravan has been locked... There should be news soon."

  Maclun is in a slightly better mood.

  Catch that company employee, and then deal with the reinforcements sent by the company. Troublesome things are solved one by one, and he can free up time to do his own things.

   While the Heart of Steel was busy checking for faults, Chu Guang, who was more than 150 kilometers away, was staring at his VM in bewilderment.

   signal?

   It was still full just now, and he was watching the screen raptly.

  Why did it suddenly disappear?

  (end of this chapter)