Chapter 69: The Prelude to War [First Order Request]
Chapter 69: The Prelude to War [First Order Request]
[Due to the fortress attack and defense: 16 hours. 】
At the foot of the sand dunes, Zheng Shiduo was jumping up and down in pain, trying hard to complete the work of Ling Tong and Wang Jixuan, mapping the terrain and burying detectors.
Zheng Shiduo was wearing a collar around his neck.
That is a self-destructive collar. It does not affect Zheng Shiduo's ability to turn his head and observe, and it also has a certain protective effect. However, if someone presses the remote control, Zheng Shiduo's head will explode with a bang.
"this is for you."
Ling Tong handed a blue remote control to Wang Jixuan and said softly:
"I checked, the energy contained in the self-destruct collar on Zheng Shiduo's neck is enough to kill him ten times.
“He was sent by the Commander-in-Chief.
"This remote control device is mainly for your peace of mind. Zhou Zhengde asked him to wear it. With this, you have control over his life and death."
Wang Jixuan was a little puzzled: "Why should I control his life and death?"
"He was sent to protect you," Ling Tong shrugged, "This guy is pretty strong."
Daoist Master Wang's expression suddenly became...
Psychic, come and protect him?
And he was the psychic who once tried to interfere with Lingtong's mission?
He really couldn't understand the way these people were thinking.
Lingtong stuffed the remote control into his hand, turned around and leaned on the four-wheeled motorcycle with him, looking at the drone flying low in the distance.
Wang Jixuan asked: "Will the next battle be dangerous?"
"This can be said to be a reflection of their appreciation for you," Ling Tong smiled, "Psychics are like this, they will listen to whoever holds their lives in their hands. Zheng Shiduo's life is now controlled by the headquarters, and the Psychic City has also handed over the control of their group of psychics."
"I still don't trust him."
"Just look at him. He knows the secret of your identity."
Ling Tong said it very easily:
"Zheng Shiduo can be considered my comrade-in-arms, but sometimes his stance is different from mine."
"Okay," Wang Jixuan shrugged, "I will put on the helmet later and act as Black Storm to prevent him from hanging out with Wang Zheng."
"Tell him this yourself. I kind of hate the smell of him."
"What is the taste?"
“It tastes perverted.”
Wang Jixuan thought of the crystal plug and couldn't help but raise his hand to his forehead. For a moment, he didn't know how to comment on it.
He urgently needed an idiom more serious than the collapse of rituals and music.
……
[Due to the fortress attack and defense: 14 hours. 】
The evolution of the situation completely followed Lingtong's prediction.
Wang Jixuan and his team had just finished surveying the terrain when news came from the northwest that a group of blade beasts had broken through the defense line.
A group of blade beasts broke through the defense line, numbering about 300,000.
The human defense line is very complex, not only on land, sea and air, but also underground defense facilities.
After crossing the defense line, this group of blade beasts split into three groups. One group attacked the nearest fortress, and the other group rushed to attack the nearby human defense line in an attempt to tear open a larger gap.
One group went underground and headed towards Fortress No. 76 along an underground passage that they had opened up at some unknown time.
There are about 76 blade beasts that will arrive near No. in a dozen hours. A certain number of them will be consumed by the underground minefield along the way. Judging from the energy reaction, there are two general-level blade beasts inside.
The United Defense Force is trying to cut off the retreat of these Saber Beasts and engaging in a high-intensity battle with them near the gap in the defense line.
The weapons and various supplies produced by each fortress were continuously transported to the defense line of the Central Basin war zone, and were madly poured towards the group of blade beasts.
Several outer expansion areas of the fortress have been cleared, reserve troops inside the fortress have been prepared, dozens of small fortresses have been built on the surface, and underground there is a minefield several kilometers thick around the fortress.
The ability of burrowing blade beasts also has a limit. They can only march quickly in a layer of two hundred meters at the deepest. The purpose of marching underground is to avoid the bombardment of human long-range firepower.
This is a battle between old rivals.
The military determined that the target of the Blade Beast was [Battle Princess Lingtong].
Lingtong has entered the desert outside the Outer Expansion Zone C, where a decoy military camp is being built. In addition to Lingtong and an elite combat brigade, there is also a group of autonomous security guards disguised as humans, and dozens of psychics.
As Lingtong's support team, Uncle Tai, Sister Wan, Wan Xiaoqi, and Wang Jixuan will stay at the supply station in the outer expansion area C, ready to send out supplies at any time.
In addition to the two large mechanical dogs, the main body of supply transportation also includes three heavy drones.
The outward expansion area C has become an important firepower camp arranged by the military, and it will inevitably be attacked by blade beasts later.
This will also become the front line.
……
【Due to the attack and defense of the fortress: 9 hours. 】
Inside the supply station, Uncle Tai stood in front of a huge projection screen with his arms folded. In the center of the projection screen was the "decoy camp".
In the center of the picture, Lingtong is being examined by Sister Wan's robotic arm.
“Look at these dunes.”
Uncle Tai laughed and said:
“The blade beasts will probably wait until night to launch their attacks. They have no eyes, so day and night are no different to them.
"This will be the main battlefield. We need to kill as many blade beasts as possible. Area C will be the main force to support the bait.
"Every time the Blade Beasts launch a large-scale attack, they have a clear combat goal. They will calculate how much firepower we have and how much firepower we have hidden. For the Blade Beasts, as long as they can achieve their goal, it doesn't matter how many basic Blade Beasts die.
"This is the worker ant nature of the basic blade beasts."
Wan Xiaoqi brought two cups of industrial coffee.
Wang Jixuan thanked him and asked quietly, "Is there anything else I should pay attention to?"
"We don't need to send supplies later. The military has a special supply brigade and fire support brigade."
Uncle Tai shouted in fake excitement:
"Later you'll be able to see Ling Tong driving a mecha! Even though it's only a firepower mecha a dozen meters high, that's where the value of a battle girl comes into play!"
Wan Xiaoqi said depressedly: "Dad, Teacher Xiao Wang asked about the precautions!"
"Okay, okay, the things to note are... complete the mission and stay alive."
Uncle Tai exhaled:
“The war with the blade beasts was extremely brutal.
"We are the rear support personnel. Before the fortress is breached, there will be basically no problems. The firepower density here is also much stronger than that of the fortress.
"The only thing we have to watch out for is the Mimic Blade Beasts. These guys will disguise themselves as humans and cause sabotage from within."
Wang Jixuan raised his eyebrows slightly.
He asked, "How long will it take for the attack to begin?"
"It will take more than nine hours. Based on the speed of the blade beasts, the attack should start between 3 and 5 in the morning. We cannot rule out the possibility that a small group of blade beasts roaming the ground will suddenly appear in front of us."
"Uncle Tai, do you still have a job now?"
"No, I plan to have a good sleep later and recharge my energy!"
"Then come and help me."
Wang Jixuan groaned for a few seconds:
"I want to add a bit of tech to my weapons."
"No problem," Uncle Tai's eyes lit up, "Please let me participate more in the research and development of [Lingtong 071 Project]! Just give me a fourth or fifth authorship for the paper!"
Taoist Wang narrowed his eyes and smiled. Although he didn't understand what he meant, he just smiled.
Because time was tight, Wang Jixuan could only make a simple modification to his spear. He added a laser shooting device to the end of the spear and connected an external charging backpack so that he could turn the spear upside down and use it as a miniature laser cannon.
The disadvantage is that the heat dissipation is not very good.
It is more than enough to launch a sneak attack on blade beasts and psychics.
There is still a lot of preparation work to be done, including making talismans and making some more perfect bone-piercing nails.
Wang Jixuan could already feel the tension in the air.
The soldiers took a simple rest at their respective combat posts. Vehicles and drones were shuttling along the supply lines. All kinds of artillery, rockets, and air-dropped bombs that Wang Jixuan had seen in the mechanic textbooks could be seen everywhere.
Almost overnight, the entire Outer Expansion Zone C gained more than a dozen high-rate electromagnetic cannons. The nuclear energy supply station underground in the Outer Expansion Zone C could only meet the energy supply of seven electromagnetic cannons.
I heard from Uncle Tai that if energy is insufficient after the war, they still have various ways to deal with it, such as using thermal power generation, oil power generation, etc.
Everyone worries that they are not prepared enough.
Wang Jixuan seizes the time to improve himself.
He left behind three crystal cores, and released all the spiritual energy in the two crystal cores plus the remaining ones, taking a firm small step forward in his cultivation.
The improvement of cultivation also depends on the strengthening of the Taoist body and soul, which all take some time.
……
【Distance from fortress attack and defense: 1 hour and 28 minutes. 】
'It should be able to be defended.'
Thinking so, Wang Jixuan slowly wiped the segmented spears in his hands, wrapped them in cloth and put them aside.
Uncle Tai's voice came from outside the door:
"Fuck! Where did the second group of blade beasts come from? The blade beasts are moving underground, and their numbers have suddenly increased. Now it is estimated that there are 76 blade beasts and four generals rushing towards Fortress ! No, is it necessary for the blade beasts to go so crazy to deal with a Ling Tong? Or does Ling Tong have potential that we haven't seen?"
"Four generals?"
"Ah! Four generals!"
"Where are our reinforcements?"
"The number of reinforcements is unknown. We don't have enough authority and can only see the enemy's intelligence. What I know is that two combat girls are coming, as well as mecha troops and air support troops. This time, the air force of the Blade Beasts was not detected. The air advantage is on our side!"
"It's hard to say... It feels like the Blade Beast is going crazy."
Sister Wan, who had already returned to the supply station, frowned and said:
"If we completely wipe out this group of blade beasts, the defense army's front line will be able to advance a considerable distance. Why are they doing this?"
Uncle Tai groaned for a few seconds, "Is it possible that the king-level blade beast that commands these blade beasts was beaten by Ling Tong before? Is he here to seek revenge?"
Wang Jixuan blinked.
It should be said that he had previously given Shutong a Dayan Heart Sword. That thing... he was relying on magic power to activate it at that time, and it consumed the power of the collected souls. The soul of the blade beast must have been severely damaged.
So the Blademon went crazy?
No way.
Taoist Wang touched his chin and decisively chose to believe that "it was not done by me". He stood up and walked to the corner closet and slowly opened the door.
A black helmet, a black combat uniform, and two barrels of uninactivated emerald green blade beast blood.
While there are still a few hours left, get some more talismans!
Wang Jixuan had tried it before. By soaking paper with the blood of blade beasts full of spiritual energy and refining the spiritual liquid, he could create talismans with a power that was 40% to 50% more powerful than before.
What's more, he also got a thick stack of ancient raw pulp paper through Lingtong, which had the spiritual energy of plants and trees.
Buzz, buzz!
The text switch vibrated slightly, Wang Jixuan opened his right hand, and a wisp of breath wrapped around the small square box and flew straight into his hand.
It’s a message from Lingtong.
By the way, at Lingtong's suggestion, he and Zhou Zhengde have changed their nicknames. This text switch is a channel that three people can see at the same time.
[Ling Tong (Long-legged Officer): The second group of blade beasts has appeared. Five general-level blade beasts have been discovered. The subsequent battle may be very fierce. It is recommended that Wang Zheng move to the fortress. ]
【Zhou Zhengde (Zhou Yanei): Quick! Move! 】
[Wang Zheng (a decent person): Not for the time being. I can serve as a backup for Ling Tong.]
Sudden.
Wang Jixuan's spiritual sense jumped slightly, and his spiritual awareness automatically expanded towards the southwest direction of the camp.
It was about two hundred meters away from him.
In a brightly lit alley, there was a female soldier walking with her head down. She had no gun on her but was holding an engineering shovel.
"You! Stop!"
A patrol group of three soldiers slowly approached in a power mecha, staring at the female soldier's back and raising their pistols.
"Put your hands up! Hold your head and squat down!"
The female soldier turned her head slightly, and a strange sneer suddenly appeared on her ordinary-looking face.
She suddenly turned around, and her body seemed to be torn apart, but what was torn apart was only the outer layer of light film. Suddenly, a blade beast with a body less than two meters long jumped out from it!
Its slender body, like a praying mantis, swayed from side to side.
The three soldiers were about to shoot immediately, but before they could pull the trigger, a thin blade of light flying from the front had already cut off the soldiers' necks!
Mimic Blade Beast!
Wang Jixuan grabbed the helmet and was about to put it on, but before he could take the next step, his body stopped immediately.
gas.
Mottled air.
Two mottled auras quickly approached the place where the three soldiers were killed.
The spiritual consciousness is barely visible.
The mimic blade beast's body kept folding and drilled into the body of a soldier. The soldier, wrapped in a layer of light film, slowly stood up, and the blade beast's spiritual power fluctuations almost disappeared.
Just at this moment, two figures rushed out of the darkness, and one of them floated in the air and raised his right hand towards the Mimic Blade Beast.
The Mimic Blade Beast turned around and was about to escape, but a burly man with a hairy upper body jumped out from the left side and smashed down with a bear paw, knocking the Mimic Blade Beast to the ground!
shhhhhh!
A sharp whistling sound was heard, and several long silver-white spikes shot out, piercing through the mimic blade beast's crystal-membrane mouthparts, splashing green blood.
Woohoo——
Alarm sounded in the Expansion Zone C camp!
The red warning light keeps flashing!
Gunshots were heard in several areas simultaneously, and more than thirty psychics sent from the front lines were moving around the camp in groups of two.
In the darkness of the night, dark shadows quickly crawled out of the mines and rushed towards the expanded area C camp.
This was not the group of blade beasts that had been monitored.
Wang Jixuan raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw this.
He put down the helmet, picked up the nano mask from the box beside him and put it on. The mask adjusted itself, allowing him to temporarily return to the appearance of 'Zhou Tiantian'.
Picking up the text switch, Wang Jixuan replied simply.
【Wang Zheng (a decent person): It’s too late to transfer. I put the text switch here, and I can call through my helmet. 】
Anyone who obtains crystal cores through regular channels may be targeted by the Thirteenth Institute.
Then this war with the blade beasts is the best opportunity for him to stock up on food.
The spiritual power of the mimic blade beast is slightly stronger than that of the ordinary blade beast. There must be a crystal core of good quality inside their bodies.
The war has begun.
【Distance from fortress attack and defense: 1 hour and 23 minutes. 】
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