Chapter 475 Rescue and Fall

  The engines on both sides of the wing spewed out a faint blue arc, supporting the huge "Killer Whale" transport plane and slowly rose into the sky.

  Under the envious gazes of the players, the transport plane switched to horizontal flight mode and sped towards the north.

   "Grandpa, when I have money, I'll fix it." The extrajudicial lunatic glanced at the shooting star enviously, and pushed the three rounds to gather.

  The 1,000-man team under the First Corps took over Camp No. 330 to guard the surrendered prisoners.

  As the main force of the Alliance's offensive, they will soon follow the Restoration Army of the Honey Badger Kingdom and continue to march toward the hinterland of the No. 3 oasis.

   On the other side, on Height 330.

  Wu Kai'an, a reporter from "Zhi Yuan Bao", was walking across the messy battlefield accompanied by a resident of the alliance named "Bai Gui Dai Sniper".

  Although the battlefield has been simply cleaned up, and the corpses and broken limbs were thrown into the trenches and buried, there are still a large number of wreckage left on the battlefield that is too late to deal with.

  For example, the blood-soaked sandbag, and the sand stuck to the plasma...

  Due to the temperature and the scorching sun, the air here is filled with a lingering smell of blood, and occasionally the arms and legs of the dead can be stepped on.

  Wu Kai'an swallowed.

  He had followed the commando of the enterprise to go deep into the mutant camp, and had seen many strange and **** scenes, but they all paled in comparison to this place.

   This is the real battlefield...

"This is…"

   Bai explained with a sniper smile.

"Highland No. 330, there was a 1,000-man regiment and a 100-man air defense team stationed here before. The battle was fierce at that time, and the gunfire rang throughout the night. The 3,000 brothers of the Death Corps finally took out the army before dawn. down here."

   From the relaxed speech, Wu Kai'an nodded silently.

   More than 3,000 people fought against more than 1,000 people, and it took a whole night to win, and these 3,000 people seemed to be the first-line corps of the alliance.

  It seems that this legion is more difficult to deal with than imagined...

   "Speaking of which, didn't the council support you with a batch of high-tech equipment? The orthopter, the 'Seagull' drone, the 'Cerberus' unmanned vehicle...Why don't you use it?"

   "The quantity is too small and too expensive," Bai gave Dai Ni a helpless expression, "The aid given to us by the council is only two billion Cr."

   "Only two billion?! Isn't two billion enough?" Wu Kai'an looked at the soldier in surprise.

  His monthly salary is only a little over ten thousand.

  And this still includes the attendance allowance and the money for reimbursement of various expenses.

"It's not enough, and I don't spend it alone," Bai said with a shake of his head, "I'm counting pennies with you. It costs about 100,000 yuan to build a kilometer of road. A tactical missile is about the same price, which is equivalent to a The missile goes down a road and disappears."

  Wu Kai'an said in a daze.

   "This... doesn't sound like a lot."

   Bai continued to speak with Dai Sniper.

"Ammunition consumption is only one aspect. The money spent in war is not only for buying ammunition, not to mention improving the tractor production line. Direct expenses."

  Wu Kai'an swallowed.

   "Any indirect ones?"

"That must be there!" Bai Daidai said as a matter of course, "The alliance has a total of about one hundred thousand people, and one tenth of the population has been mobilized to the front line. It is difficult to find replacements for the vacant positions in the rear in a short time, right? Production The things that can’t be used can only be imported. Hey... our managers still want to save face, and they don’t have the nerve to tell you that in fact, we are so poor that we can hardly afford food, and we still have to take care of the food of these captives. ,Headache."

   As he spoke, the little player believed it himself and kept shaking his head.

  Wu Kai'an's scalp felt numb, and he nodded and said.

   "...uh, I'll reflect on your situation during the interview."

   This is indeed a question worth exploring.

   But then again...

  How could an ordinary soldier know so much?

  He always feels like being tricked.

   "Yeah, thank you." Seeing the [Mission Complete] notification on the VM, Bai gave a happy smile to Dai Sniper's face, and ended this "heavy" topic in a timely manner.

  Thanks to the awakening gift for a few intelligence attributes.

   Memorizing those lines is exhausting him.

   The first task is completed.

  There is one last task left for Mr. Manager.

   On the way to the small black house where Soft was held, Bai took a slight detour with the spy, and passed a mountain depression with the reporter from the ideal city.

  Looking at the dark crowd of people's heads below the col, Wu Kai'an showed a surprised expression on his face. Just as he was about to ask about the identities of these people, Bai Guidai, who was acting as a "tour guide", continued.

   "Those are all clones... Legion produced them through cloning technology, and they will age eight times faster than normal people."

  Wu Kai'an looked at him and asked.

   "What are you going to do with them?"

   Bai gave the spy a skillful answer.

"Generally, the survivors who live here catch them and bury them directly. They can't work and like to fight. They are a waste of food. But the manager said that they are just a group of poor people who are being used... so they will probably be kept. Well, if conditions permit."

  Wu Kai'an nodded.

   "Can I take a picture?"

   Bai gave a quick nod to Dai Sniper.

   "Okay, let's shoot."

  The drone flew over the col, took a few photos of these clones, and then returned to Wu Kai'an's side.

   For the rest of the journey, Wu Kai'an didn't say a word, but fell into long-term thinking.

  Bai Dao, who was following him, didn't speak again, because just now, his mission had been completed...

  …

  Inside the dark barracks.

  Hearing the footsteps coming from the door and a beam of light leaking through the crack of the door, Soft raised his head slowly.

  A strange man stands at the door.

  The reason why he said it was strange was because he didn't have the slightest sense of a soldier in his whole body, no matter what he was wearing or his temperament.

  Soft had a hint of confusion in his eyes, and said with a frown.

"Is there a problem?"

   "Hello, my name is Wu Kai'an, and I'm a reporter from Zhiyuan Daily." Wu Kai'an skillfully introduced himself, and sat down on the chair opposite Softte with a smile.

  Soft glanced at the drone behind him.

   ""Zhiyuanbao"...what is it."

  Wu Kai'an said with a smile.

"It is the media of Ideal City. It has a history of two hundred years. In addition to paper newspapers, we operate our own client and even virtual space on the endpoint cloud. It is a window for residents of Ideal City to understand the world outside Ideal City. one…"

"oh."

   Sounds about the same as Triumph.

  Soft suddenly seemed to think of something, and then smiled coldly.

   "Are you here to mock me?"

  Wu Kai'an explained with a broken smile.

   "How come? We are just one of the participants in the war, and we want to know what you, the enemy, think about this war and your opponent."

  Soft leaned back on the chair and said coldly.

   "I have no opinion."

  As a professional reporter, Wu Kai'an, who traveled nearly 10,000 kilometers to come here, of course will not give up just because of this guy's words.

   Seeing a trace of unwillingness behind those eyes, he said in a persuasive tone.

   "Aren't you unwilling at all?"

  Perhaps because the words hit the point, the effect of this sentence is better than expected.

  Soft, who was leaning on the chair, snorted with his nose, and folded his arms on his chest.

   "I'm not reconciled... Hehe, I'm really not reconciled, I shouldn't have believed that skunk Griffin's nonsense."

   "So you think the reason for the failure was a mistake in command?" Wu Kai'an stared into his eyes and asked with piercing eyes.

  Soft said in a neutral tone.

   "On the one hand."

   "On the other hand? Because of the weapons provided by the company to the alliance?" Wu Kai'an continued to ask enthusiastically, revealing his purpose without any concealment.

  However, after hearing his words, Soft was not as furious as McLenne, but a self-deprecating smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

   "Those weapons are you talking about? Hehe, maybe they are useful...but it wasn't any weapons that defeated me."

   This answer was beyond Wu Kai'an's expectation.

   After being stunned for a few seconds, he continued to ask.

   "Then... what do you think."

"What is it? It's the infantry who dared to abandon their supplies and march for 12 hours, cross-country across the 150-kilometer mountainous area, and storm the highlands without fire support. They didn't have air supremacy, no reinforcements, and didn't even know the strength of the ground troops. When deployed, the paratroopers who still dare to jump down...this group of desperate lunatics, if I know that these guys are so difficult to deal with, I will definitely deploy in another way."

  Soft cursed in a low voice.

  However, there was a trace of admiration unconsciously in that fearful eyes.

  Those guys are real hardcore.

   Not only are they ruthless in ability, almost everyone in the entire army, from soldiers to officers, has developed their potential to the limit.

   Their will to fight has reached the state of one mind, and they will do whatever it takes to win, and they have achieved miracles that are almost impossible for human beings, both tactically and strategically.

  Soft is very clear that he didn't lose in command, let alone lose to some Awakened or power armor. Those things are indeed strong, but not so strong that they are invulnerable, like the Conqueror tanks they are proud of.

   Both he and Griffin made the most correct judgment based on the intelligence at the time, and also took into account the fact that the plan did not meet expectations.

  Even if he was asked to do it all over again, he might not be able to do better.

  His real displeasure with Griffin and the dead McClane was the lies they told in the Triumph.

  There are no military exploits and treasures here at all. Their opponents are not a group of aboriginals who are ready to kill, but a real fighting race. They are bleeding for no reason for a war with no end in sight.

  Many promising young men died, including Simmond who he single-handedly promoted, including the air defense team's Yotte...

  He shouldn't have brought them here in the first place!

  A trace of disappointment floated in Wu Kai'an's eyes.

  He didn't hear the part he wanted to hear.

   But it doesn't matter.

  Before coming here, he had taken enough impactful photos and collected more reportable material.

Compared with the bravery, strength and strength of the allies in the war, the residents of Ideal City are more inclined to understand their tragedy, sacrifice and other parts worthy of sympathy, followed by those born in the ruins, novel enough and inhumane Harmful cultural phenomenon.

  As for the image of the Light of Civilization, Big Brother or the head of the family, it should be the honor of the Supreme Council.

   Having been a media person for so many years, he knows his clients better than anyone else. Most people's demand for information is not essentially information, but the satisfaction brought by information. As a good media person, he should let his clients see what they want to see.

  Wu Kai'an silently made a decision in his heart, shortening the interview about Softe appropriately...

   "Thank you for your cooperation...do you have anything else to add?" Wu Kai'an, who lost interest in this prisoner of war, ended the interview simply with one sentence.

  Soft said with a cold smile.

   "I didn't cooperate with you... By the way, if you have news about the ceasefire negotiations, can you tell me if it's convenient."

   Wu Kai'an recalled carefully and said.

   "There is no news about that yet... But the diplomats of the Alliance seem to have promised in other Ideal City media that the war will end before the end of the year."

  Before the end of the year?

  Soft was slightly taken aback.

  Although he didn't think so, he still nodded slowly to express his understanding.

   This sounds like bragging…

   However, one possibility is not ruled out, and the alliance does not want to continue fighting.

   Anyway, it's a good thing for him.

   Soon, before the spring of next year, he will be able to return to the manor by the Sorat River...

  …

  In the northern part of Luoxia Province, the wilderness north of the mountains.

  Several vultures jumped on the corpse of the mutated hyena to bite, and suddenly heard the sound coming from the ground, fluttering their wings vigilantly and flew into the sky.

   Not long after, a heavy tracked vehicle that was wide enough to fill two lanes emerged behind the misty wilderness.

   That swampy dirt hanging from the track, tells where it came from.

The man sitting in the co-pilot seat was staring at the tablet in his hand. He was wearing a yellow-gray camouflage jacket, had a short cropped head, stubble on his unshaven chin, and a long index finger carved on his right cheek. scar.

  If it weren't for the words [D-Class Prospector] written on the name tag on his chest, no one would probably think of him as a member of the academy, and would be more inclined to misunderstand him as a mercenary active in this area.

   But in fact, this is not a misunderstanding.

  Although he is a staff member of the academy, he doesn't stay in the academy for a long time in a year.

  Like other hapless D-class prospectors, he and his "Beacon" team are basically either exploring the ruins, or on the way to the ruins.

  His name is Zheng Hao, and he belongs to the Containment Planning Team of the Investigation Division of the Academy. His position is as a surveyor as stated on the nameplate, and he is a combatant.

  His more than 20 team members are in this car, half of them are bionics, and half are prosthetics with more than 50% prosthetic body.

   "Boss, how long do we have?" Sitting in the back row of him, a young man who looked young looked out the window and asked boredly.

  His name is Zhao Xiao, and he is an E-class prospector of the Containment Planning Team.

  Originally, they were exploring a biological research facility in the Renlian era 70 kilometers away, but they suddenly received an order from their superiors to go to the wasteland outside the swamp to recover a special research institute material at the coordinates of the map.

  The photo provided by the superior is a propeller aircraft, the model is the "Eagle" fighter jet serving in the Falcon Kingdom.

  Honestly speaking, he has no interest in that kind of antiques at all. If it wasn't for the orders from his superiors, he wouldn't want to come here at all.

   "It's just ahead." Zheng Hao, who was sitting in the co-pilot, replied succinctly, not wanting to pay attention to this energetic young man.

  Compared to those E-class personnel, he knows a little more inside information.

  According to the description of colleagues from the Department of Foreign Affairs, they found fruiting bodies of the mutated slime mold in the cabin of a crashed "Eagle" fighter jet on their way to Luoxia Province.

   As we all know, the fruiting bodies of slime molds cannot exist in isolation, and there must be mobile mother bodies or nests nearby.

   Recovering that propeller plane is only one of the missions.

   Their real mission is to search for that weird matrix.

  According to the researcher who reported the situation, it may be a life form they have never seen before, and further research may lead to major discoveries.

   At this moment, a faint blue arc suddenly flickered in the distant sky, Zheng Hao suddenly raised his head, looked forward and narrowed his eyes slightly.

  The driver who had been silent all this time suddenly spoke.

   "It's the plume of the plasma engine."

   "Well," Zheng Hao nodded, and said cautiously, "80% are from the company."

  Although he rarely dealt with those people on the east coast, his intuition told him that there must be no good things where those people are.

   It's not just the captain who is alert.

  As soon as they heard the word "enterprise", the expressions of everyone in the carriage suddenly became serious. The young man who couldn't stay idle before showed an expression of eagerness.

   Turning off the screen, Zheng Hao stuffed the tablet into the interlayer on top of his head, picked up the tactical helmet that was set aside and put it on, then took out the tactical backpack next to the seat, and looked back at the teammates who were waiting in battle behind him.

   "Xiao Jiang, release the drone and search the fan-shaped area ten kilometers ahead...Mark all exposed suspected threats."

"OK."

  The short-haired woman sitting in the back row of the car nodded slightly, raised her index finger to touch the right side of the temple, and then closed her eyes.

  Thin strands of pale gold blended into the ends of her black hair.

  At the same time, three small triangular drones deployed on the top of the tracked vehicle, the swallow-shaped tail spewed out short flames, and ejected into the air one after another, turning into afterimages and galloping towards the south.

  Her name is Jiang Xuezhou, and she is an E-level personnel like the young man named Zhao Xiao.

  However, her position is not a prospector, but a researcher who is half a level higher. She serves as the team's technical advisor and drone operator in the team, and is also the highest-ranking person besides the captain and vice-captain.

  Everyone is quietly waiting for her news.

   At this time, Jiang Xuezhou, who had his eyes closed, suddenly frowned, raised his head abruptly, and reported quickly in a voice that did not fluctuate.

   "I found a slime mold life form suspected of being a mother! The target is 3.7 kilometers north of us, and its shape is similar to that of a human. Next to it is a... human?"

   There was a look of surprise on her face, but she still didn't open her eyes.

   Zhao Xiao, who was sitting on the side, also had an unbelievable expression on his face.

   "Human?! Are you sure?"

  The instinct of predation for other organisms is almost written into the DNA of the slime mold.

  They themselves are weapons designed to clean up other organisms, especially the fragile mother body, how could it allow living things to exist around itself.

   Zheng Hao frowned.

   "Are you sure it's a human? Not a slime mold fruiting body disguised as a human?"

"Eighty percent sure...he is wearing clothes, there are no obvious damaged wounds on the clothes, and there are no traces of slime mold erosion on the exposed parts," Jiang Xuezhou's expression suddenly paused slightly, "The man lit the lighting stick."

   "What does he want to do?" Zhao Xiao asked immediately.

Jiang Xuezhou continued speaking quickly: "He is holding it in his hand and waving it, as if trying to attract the attention of something... Wait, the transport plane of the company is approaching them! That person is an employee of the company! They are in the same group! "

   Zheng Hao's expression froze slightly.

  He didn't know why the people from the enterprise would focus on that mother body, just like he didn't know why the mother body of the mutant slime mold appeared near the Wandering Swamp.

  He only understands one thing.

   That was his prey.

   Don't let those East Coast thieves get cut off!

   "Shoot it down!" Zheng Hao ordered decisively.

   "Ah..." Jiang Xuezhou was taken aback for a moment, his expression confused, "But... I am operating a reconnaissance drone."

   "Fly right there! Aim for its engine nozzle and crash in!"

  The embroidered eyebrows twitched slightly, Jiang Xuezhou felt a pain in his heart, but he also knew that now was not the time to worry about equipment, so he followed the captain's advice.

   After a while, she took a deep breath, opened her thin lips and continued.

   "Target hit... The left engine of the aircraft caught fire and is making an emergency landing."

  Hearing these words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the stone hanging in their hearts finally fell down.

  Zheng Hao stared at her and continued to order.

   "Continue to track the location of the mother body! In addition, mark the location of the crash site and the survivors nearby."

  Jiang Xuezhou closed his eyes and nodded, expressing his understanding, his brows furrowed as if he still felt sorry for the burning funds, so he didn't speak.

  Zheng Hao didn't care, and continued to look at the driver.

   "Old Song, keep moving forward along the current direction and wait for the map point! Xiao Zhao, take your observer to find a suitable sniper point near the mission coordinates."

"receive!"

Lao Song, who was holding the steering wheel, nodded, and Zhao Xiao, who was sitting in the back, responded excitedly, and then impatiently took out a 1.5-meter-long sniper rifle from the suitcase, and skillfully put it on for a while. on the accessories.

  Zheng Hao then looked at the other team members.

"Attention all units, what we are facing is an enterprise, and you are welcome with that group of robbers. Check your equipment and prepare for a firefight... Group C stays in the car and waits for orders, and listen to Lao Song's command. Group A and Group B follow me !"

   Uniform answers sounded in the carriage.

   "Yes! Captain!"

  Looking around at his teammates, Zheng Hao nodded in satisfaction, then opened the car door, and ordered with a wave of his big hand.

   "Action!"

at the same time.

   There was chaos on the spun and falling killer whale transport plane, the harsh alarm bell rang loudly, and the red light of the alarm flashed in the cabin.

Ye Shi, who was not fastened with his seat belt, was thrown to the ceiling. Fortunately, Feng Yanjiu quickly grabbed his collar and pulled him back with the strength of the exoskeleton, so that he was not allowed to stay in the cabin. His nose was blue and his face was swollen.

  Re-tied himself to the seat, and Ye Shi, who looked embarrassed, cursed and complained.

   "Oh my god! I already know that the dog's plan must be—ooohoo!"

  Guang Feng, who was sitting by the side, stretched out his right hand, and quickly covered the guy's mouth with his eyes.

   "If you say a few words, you will die!"

  The pilot's screams came from the cockpit.

   "The left engine is on fire! Damn it! Something hit us!"

  Old Bai couldn't help cursing.

   "Damn, don't your planes have radar?!"

  The pilot was sweating profusely, holding on to the rudder with both hands, trying to control the balance with the only remaining engine.

   "I don't know! The radar is clearly on, so it stands to reason that even a sparrow can't escape my eyes...Damn it! What happened?!"

   It’s okay if I don’t know.

   A new appreciation for the unreliability of corporate non-combatants.

  Looking at the flustered pilot, Lao Bai gritted his teeth and completely gave up his last illusion about this guy.

  Looking at the messed up teammates in the cabin behind him, he shouted loudly.

  "We were attacked by anti-aircraft missiles. The number of enemies and the type of targets are uncertain! All units check their equipment and prepare for a forced landing! Immediately after landing, disperse outside the cabin to find shelter!"

  The sound of creaking metal friction was like everyone's clenching teeth, and there was a roar of fighting spirit in the cabin trembling in the airflow.

"yes!"

J.

  They will make this guy who doesn't talk about martial arts sneak attack pay the price!

   Open land not far away.

  Luo Yu, waving a lighting stick, looked at the circling and falling killer whale transport plane in bewilderment, a joyful smile froze on his face instantly.

   These two days he has had a miserable life.

  The surrounding barren mountains and wild mountains are full of dangerous alien species, not to mention that there is a clingy little guy who is not honest.

  In the past two days, he hardly closed his eyes, and only dared to sneak a little sleep while Xiao Yu was not paying attention.

  I thought I could finally return to the refuge to have a big meal and sleep soundly.

  The plane that turned out to be fine suddenly fell down? !

   "Blanch!"

   Angrily, he threw the lighting stick to the ground. Luo Yu couldn't help cursing, and took out the 9mm pistol strapped to his waist.

   Although I don't know what happened.

   But the posture of the crash is not an ordinary flight accident, it must have been hit by a missile or something else.

  If the Legion shot down the plane, I would probably be used by those people as a bait for the reinforcements.

  The top priority now is to move away from this area immediately before those big noses close their nets.

   "Xiao Yu, we should go!"

   Xiao Yu, who was dragged by his arm to run, tilted her head for some unknown reason. She didn't know what happened, but she just followed suit to show her understanding.

   "Blanch!"

  (end of this chapter)