Chapter 293 The Threat of Spread

Chapter 293 The Threat of Spread

Chapter 293 The Threat of Spread

“And then there are drones.”

Su Wu's combat drone.

Currently, there are also three series of models mainly equipped.

A disposable self-destructing drone that can be used as a grenade and automatically lock onto and track targets.

Courier-class drones equipped with light electromagnetic weapons, and multi-wing drones capable of being equipped with multiple rockets and heavy electromagnetic sniper rifles.

Logically speaking.

What Su Wu should develop most is a multi-wing UAV with the strongest comprehensive performance.

But it is precisely because of its powerful performance.

The cost of multi-wing drones is also extremely high.

This has resulted in its total number being unable to increase.

There are materials to manufacture it on a large scale.

Su Wu might as well use it to make a Qingkong-class transport drone with a higher load capacity that can bring him a steady stream of resource income.

"There is a limit to the payload of combat drones."

"The electromagnetic weapons currently used are almost the most universal and optimal solution."

“No more large-scale changes.”

"But you can try to add some differentiated weapons."

"For example, changing the structure of the courier-class drone's light electromagnetic rifle to increase its destructive power at the expense of lowering its rate of fire and ammunition reserves."

"At the same time, it is also very suitable for carrying annihilation-level sniper bullets that are small in size and have a lethality that is almost like a bug."

"Multi-wing drones can also be equipped with laser weapons."

"With its 50kg payload, it can carry as many solid-state batteries as possible."

"It's long enough for the laser weapon to be activated for 30 seconds, barely enough to be used in actual combat."

"Plus, it is equipped with auxiliary drones and electric energy storage vehicles on the ground to provide wireless charging."

"The combat time of laser weapons can be further improved."

"Also, given the current research progress on anti-gravity and electromagnetic shields."

“Some technologies with limited conditions can be tried and applied to multi-wing drones.”

"It will have the ability to deflect kinetic energy attacks that fall on the body, thus increasing the chances of survival on the battlefield in disguise."

“In addition, a multi-wing drone with a payload of 50kg is expensive.”

"Then maybe we can lower the configuration and redesign a cheaper version of the multi-wing drone."

“It is used to fill the gap between courier-level drones and multi-wing drones.”

"Increase the overall firepower strength of the combat drone swarm."

The more I think about it.

Su Wuyue discovered that combat drones have many possibilities for modification.

All kinds of wonderful ideas burst into his mind.

So taking advantage of this situation.

Without hesitation, he ignited his spirituality and entered into deep design.

2 month 27 day.

Qinling Mountains area.

The battle, which lasted for nearly a day, was gradually coming to an end.

After continuous evolution and possessing a variety of purple crystals with powers similar to modern light weapons, it still failed to break through the blockade of the third line of defense.

Silently retreated back to the area of ​​the second line of defense.

Make repairs.

And Su Wu still had no intention of regaining the second line of defense.

There are no resources in the occupied areas.

Even if they were allowed to occupy the amethyst crystals, it would not bring them much benefit.

Instead, have them appear in large numbers in areas outside of the lava canyons.

In terms of terrain, it is more suitable for Su Wu to use his heavy weapons.

It makes it easier for him to harvest efficiently.

"For now."

"A heavy artillery cluster with a Thunder-class optoelectronic gun, plus a Pioneer-class land destroyer that was stationed there in the past."

"It's enough to make the third line of defense as solid as a rock."

"Then try to buy another two to three days."

"With the productivity of the super factory, it is enough to complete the modification of the existing spider robots and combat drone clusters located on the front line."

"It will greatly enhance its combat effectiveness."

Su Wu’s underground control center in the farmyard.

Checking the battlefield configuration in Qinling Mountains.

It is said to be the third line of defense.

In reality, it is more like a comprehensive defensive theater.

Judging from the formation arranged.

It is spread all over the Qinling Mountains, from the mountainside to the bottom of the mountain.

The area is extremely vast.

It also gathered most of the armed forces deployed there by Su Wu.

The difficulty of breaking through its blockade is more than ten times higher than the first and second lines of defense.

And while the Gigafactory is upgrading its robot army.

Su Wu also did not forget to pave the way for future upgrades.

An additional task was given to the extremely lucky Wei Manman, which was to research lightweight composite materials that could be used in drones.

Once new materials are developed.

Su Wu can have a second-generation drone that is more solid and has a higher load capacity.

The combat effectiveness will be taken to the next level.

at this time.

An anomaly popped up on the holographic map.
It is 15 kilometers west of the foot of the Qinling Mountains, close to the urban area of ​​Jianghe City.

A Pioneer-class land destroyer on a routine patrol there.

Five kilometers underground.

Traces of amethyst activity were found.

Su Wu shifted his gaze there.

I took a quick look at the data scanned by the destroyer.

I immediately realized that this was not an ordinary natural surge of purple crystals.

Instead, they took the initiative to open up channels and try to break through Su Wu's blockade from other places.

This distinction between passive and active.

The number of the latter will undoubtedly far exceed that of the former, and will continue to increase.

However, their luck was not very good.
The weak crust point chosen for breakthrough happened to be on the route that Su Wu patrolled and monitored daily.

He was discovered before he even came out.

But this is still very bad news for Su Wu.

This means that the place where he will need to build defenses in the future will no longer be limited to the Lava Canyon.

Open the Armament Database.

Su Wu browsed through the ordnance records.

Currently here in the farmyard.

Also stationed there is the main force of the spider robot army, which has been temporarily incorporated into the engineering team and is used as construction tools.

Of the total 11 Pioneer-class land destroyers, one is stationed in the Qinling Mountains, two are patrolling around Jianghe City, and one is dispatched to perform missions around Gangcheng.

There are still 7 cars left, waiting in the farmyard.

This is the most powerful force Su Wu can dispatch.

As for the larger number of Ice-class land frigates and snow transport vehicles.

Because the former is the core of the caravan.

At present, there is no one in the farmyard. All of them are traveling outside Jianghe City.

The latter is still waiting for the new Iceberg-class land frigate to come off the production line, so it currently has six or seven hundred vehicles in stock.

This number is roughly equivalent to the output of the Gigafactory in one or two days.

"The main force of the engineering team's spider robot army are all old models that have not yet been modified."

"Not really suitable for the front line."

"This time, we will send three Pioneer-class land destroyers, 300 snow transport vehicles, and some modified heavy-duty main battle spider robots and laser robots."

"I hope I won't have to use them."

Accompanied by Su Wu at the console.

Organize an expeditionary force.

The ground floor of the farmyard began to get busy.

Three Pioneer-class land destroyers, plus a larger number of snowmobiles.

They drove into the maintenance hall one after another.

A large number of service robots, robotic arms and engineering vehicles in the hall are responsible for repairing them, replenishing ammunition, temporarily installing special weapons, etc.

The modification and replenishment process took a total of 25 minutes.

Another 1000 heavily-armored combat spider robots and 200 ordinary spider robots equipped with laser weapons arrived here one after another.

Board the land destroyer and snow transport vehicle respectively.

They will serve as auxiliary combat forces for this expedition.

And besides that.

Some robots responsible for building buildings, fixed automatic weapons, and building materials were also loaded into the snow transport vehicle. For the place that was about to become a long-term battlefield.

Although it is not suitable for setting up high-specification military sentry towers with high costs and Thunder-class optoelectronic cannons.

But build some semi-permanent ordinary turrets and electromagnetic machine gun shooting platforms.

But it is still a very cost-effective thing.

Very easy to recover the investment.

everything's ready.

On the first floor, on the east outer wall.

A huge and heavy metal door slowly slid open from both sides.

Outside, the biting cold wind collides with the warm air inside the shelter.

In an instant, waves of white mist visible to the naked eye appeared.

A few seconds later.

An expeditionary force led by three massive Pioneer-class land destroyers.

Slowly drive out of the gate.

Su Wu stood in the control center on the underground floor.

Through the surveillance on the exterior wall.

I watched the expedition team gradually disappear at the end of the ice field in the distance.

I felt a heavy pressure in my heart and felt uneasy about the future.

This time go.

If the situation is not under control.

The future of the entire Dongzhou may usher in tremendous changes.

Humans hiding in the shelter under this continent.

What they will face is no longer just the harsh extreme cold environment, but also the most direct threat from another race and another civilization.

The 9th hour when a new outbreak of amethyst was detected.

The first batch of tens of thousands of mutant amethysts were responsible for the excavation work.

Finally, I crossed the 4.9 kilometers distance with difficulty.

It appeared at a depth of less than 100 meters from the surface.

They entered the optimal killing range of the chain of underground explosives that Su Wu had arranged in advance.

And this time.

Far away in the Qinling Mountains, more than ten kilometers away.

The evolved purple crystals, which had been recuperating for a long time, took the lead in launching a large-scale assault operation.

The dense roar of heavy artillery turned into a faint horn.

Accompanied by the howling cold wind.

It was faintly transmitted here.

"It has been confirmed that the enemy target has entered the preset area."

"Begin the detonation."

Artificial intelligence was not affected by the war in the Qinling Mountains.

Still following the established procedures to the minute.

The explosives on the path of the underground purple crystal were detonated.

Accompanied by a series of dull explosions, and dust and broken ice that were raised dozens of meters high.

Under the earth.

Huge changes began to take place.

The rock layer had become riddled with holes due to the excavation of Amethyst.

In an instant, it may be twisted or shattered.

With nearly unparalleled natural power, the purple crystals inside were torn into pieces.

Half a minute later.

The vibrations from the ground gradually subsided.

Scanned by the crystal detector of the Pioneer-class land destroyer.

In the shallow underground within 1 km from the ground.

Among tens of thousands of purple crystals, only one in ten survives.

There were less than two thousand survivors left.

And at the same time.

Engineering team on the ground.

Start to seize the time to enter.

Continue on this land that has already exploded once.

Continue drilling the well.

Deploy the second batch of explosives.

"Looks like everything went well."

"It seems that the expedition team won't be needed to take real action."

Su Wu was watching the battlefield from afar.

The mood became a little more relaxed.

After this first actual combat.

At the very least, it can prove that the self-destructive purple crystal once appeared on the other side of the Qinling Mountains.

The quantity is extremely limited and it cannot be used for digging underground tunnels.

Su Wu could still do it at a very small price.

They robbed and killed most of them underground.

evening.

When artificial intelligence detonated the bomb buried deep underground for the third time.

He commanded the expeditionary force on the ground to kill thousands of purple crystals that had emerged from the ground.

There was no more Amethyst acting rashly.

They are quietly lurking deep underground, 1 kilometer below the surface.

Then expand the surrounding space little by little.

In an attempt to attract more of their kind.

We also tried to dig channels in different directions around us in a horizontal position.

Stay away from the upper area here which has been blocked by explosives.

This method is obviously clumsy.

They can dig tunnels, and so can Su Wu.

Wherever they move, they are likely to be destroyed in the end.

But just keep going.

As the detection distance limit of the Su Wu crystal detector is gradually tested, or new weak points in the earth's crust are discovered.

There will be a day when success will break through.

The only difference is the time.

"to some extent."

"This should be considered a crushing defeat in terms of the number of purple crystals."

"The mechanical army in the farmyard."

"The range of defense that can be deployed has a limit after all."

See the intention of purple crystal.

Su Wu had no way to change this.

He sighed silently.

No longer paying attention to the second purple crystal explosion point which had temporarily become safe.

Open the Internet instead.

His eyes swept across the countless photos of underground shelters uploaded by humans.

Flipping through the various diaries of shelter life they shared.

Those are some of the human race.

Maybe life is quite difficult.

But overall, the sanctuary they were in.

Many of them can still be described as prosperous.

Many wealthy and powerful people can immerse themselves in a life of peace and prosperity.

But this prosperity and peace.

In the end, it will be shattered by the purple crystal.

And that moment is not far away.

"Let's continue to seize the time to expand our army."

"The external resource plundering should also be faster."

“We can no longer take officials into consideration.”

"Also, we need to transfer as much population as possible now."

"There may not be such a safe transportation environment in the future."

"By then, perhaps many more people will die."

My mind is turning.

Su Wu determined the development route for the next period of time.

The main goal is to expand the caravan fleet, sixth-generation fighter jets, and Qingkong-class transport drones that can transport people and supplies.

(End of this chapter)