Alien Relic Hunter

Ke Lan didn't answer her, but this time, it wasn't because Ke Lan couldn't be distracted, but because he couldn't hear the sounds around him at all.

The members of the reconnaissance team, the power room, the giant pit, the boulder covered with crystallized circuits... and even the stone pillars under the console have all disappeared from Ke Lan's field of vision, leaving only the metal ball emitting this faint fluorescence, still Floating in front of him.

He lowered his head and could see that his body was suspended in the air like the metal ball, and around him was flowing magma that was emitting blazing light...

The magma seemed to be separated by some invisible position and kept rolling down - no, it shouldn't be said that the magma was falling, but that Ke Lan's perspective was rising rapidly.

"This battleship... is breaking through the magma!" Ke Lan quickly understood the current situation - everything he saw should be the external observation perspective of this ancient battleship!

The control technology used by this civilization directly connects the consciousness of the battleship and the operator, which is commonly known as "the man and the ship are one, the ship is a man-ship, and the man is a ship..."

"Ah, whoever wants to be a 'shipman' can do it. I'm not interested anyway." Ke Lan complained in his heart, while gently pushing the metal ball in front of him with both hands...

Suddenly, the perspective in front of him changed dramatically - originally his standing face was perpendicular to the rising angle, but now, it was almost parallel.

He just floated on his back, looking at the layers of magma that were constantly being broken open directly above him.

But what Ke Lan didn't expect was that such a gentle push would cause serious harm to others...

The members of the reconnaissance team were struggling to bear the G-force exerted on their bodies, but at this moment, the ground suddenly tilted to one side. The hound lying on the ground was caught off guard and slid down. If Valkyrie had not stretched out a mechanical arm in time to catch him, he would have rolled and slid to the bottom of the slope.

The "bottom of the slope" referred to here was the wall of this power room a few seconds ago.

"Damn! Is this place going to collapse?" shouted the hound hung in mid-air by the mechanical arm.

"It's not collapsed...it's 'Yagunaktor'...this battleship is taking off...just like our airship raises its bow to raise its height." Layton replied, with a sharp The hook popped out of his mechanical arm and penetrated deeply into the ground.

When the airship raises its altitude, it raises its bow in order to reduce its own air resistance... And this ancient battleship is now being pressed by billions of tons of magma at the bottom of the pool. The resistance it experiences is greater than that in the air. I don’t know how many times.

The entire power chamber is tilted at an angle of nearly 45 degrees, and the direction of G force application has also changed from directly above to obliquely above.

Others also used similar methods to Layton to hang themselves on the slope. Valkyrie directly turned on the bombardment mode and drove the bracket nails on several legs directly into the rocks.

Fortunately, the floor of the power room is made of ordinary rock material. If Nino alloy had been used, the entire reconnaissance team would have rolled down to the bottom of the slope, including the mecha.

"Old dog, go ahead." Layton used his free hand to take out a pair of climbing suction cups from his backpack and threw them to the hound. Then he raised his head and glanced at Ke Lan, who was still "standing" in front of the console. .

Ke Lan's body seemed to be completely unrestricted by gravity. He was like a human-shaped spike driven into the ground, always staying perpendicular to the sloping ground.

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Field Corps, 7th Armored Mixed Division, "Mukakh" military base.

Lieutenant General Maginot was in a bad mood.

To be precise, bad is not enough to describe the degree of his current depression... If the coffee cup on the table was not a priceless antique handed down from the old era, he would definitely not hesitate. Smash the cup against the wall.

"Did I offend some big shot?" Maginot put his forehead with his hands and thought in annoyance.

Two days ago, he was handling daily official duties in his office. An encrypted and urgent special transfer order instantly transformed him from a garrison commander responsible for public security to a military commander of a front-line combat force of a field corps. Officers.

Although from a certain perspective, this wave of transfers can be regarded as a promotion for him by half a level (officers of the same level in the field force and fleet are by default half a level higher than those in the garrison), and the number of soldiers under his command is also the original three thousand. The old and weak became seven thousand elites...but Maginot couldn't be happy no matter what.

There is no other reason - the new defense area he is responsible for happens to be the "Mukakh" military base at the intersection of the four plains.

The location of the "Mukach" military base is very important. It connects the most extensive plains on Alpha Planet in four directions, and passes through the "Hell Corridor" sandwiched between the "Western Plains" and the "Mortar Swamp". It is the famous "Molten Mine Area".

The location of the "Mukach" military base is the most important transportation hub in the northern hemisphere of Alpha Star. If it were placed on the earth, there would be no such thing as "the thoroughfare of five provinces" and "the battle for military strategists". Names like "land".

But the convenient transportation also means that this base is safe... If you look down from a high altitude, the "Mukach" base, which is located alone on the open plain, looks like a nail in the middle of the road. Just like every household, you can be as conspicuous as you want.

In the old era, it would be equivalent to sending a general responsible for security maintenance in the rear to the front line. But the problem is... Maginot has been serving in the garrison since he joined the army until now. In the past few decades, he has left the Ark three times in total... only three times!

Otherwise, the lieutenant general's belly wouldn't hang from his waist to nearly his hips.

"Damn it, at least give me some experienced deputies..." Maginot looked at the holographic projection map on his desk and couldn't help but feel a headache... He was very good at handling official documents, but He has a very difficult job of dispatching and managing combat units, especially in this "Mukach" military base. From the ammunition replenishment list sent by logistics management to the investigation of abnormal movements of heretical sects, everything is done in detail. It is up to him, the top military director of the base, to solve the problem...

This is different from when he was in the garrison. At that time, he only had to wait for the officers under him to plan the solution to the matter, and then he would take a few glances and sign. But now, even if it is a box of active ammunition, he will He had to call back to Ark in person and argue with the people from the General Logistics Department, the Security Bureau, and the Equipment Department of the Research Institute.

Maginot once secretly laughed at his colleagues in the field troops who fought so hard for a few supplies, but he never thought that with the changing tides, he would be reduced to this...

"Fortunately, it has been relatively peaceful during this period, except for the molten mining area in the southwest... But the trouble in that place should not spread here..." Lieutenant General Maginot murmured in his heart. The war is really not his. strengths.

If this were in the old era, you could at least surrender if you lost the battle. As a general, even if you were a prisoner, at least the treatment would not be bad... But in this era, the word surrender is basically equated with suicide.

Neither heretical sects nor indigenous creatures would give him a chance to surrender. Rather than being transformed into a biochemical monster or being torn into pieces by sharp animal teeth, it would be more refreshing to shoot yourself in the temple.

In the year 918 of the New Era, the construction of the "Mukakh" military base began. It took four years and was completed in 922. In the past 29 years, the "Mukakh" base has had a total of 35 military chiefs, 17 of whom died in this base.

In the past twenty-nine years, the "Mukach" military base has been breached eleven times, and it has been recaptured and rebuilt eleven times. Ten of these times the enemies were the indigenous creatures of Alpha Planet, and the other time were heretical sects and exiles. of joint forces.

Lieutenant General Maginot happened to be the thirty-fifth one. Not counting him, exactly half of the previous thirty-four military chiefs died in office.

"The odds are 50-50..." Maginot couldn't help but wipe the non-existent sweat on his forehead, and continued to stare at the holographic projection map on the table. A dozen blue dots were arranged in a straight line, and he Approaching the base in the northeast direction - this is this week's supply convoy, which carries a week's worth of living supplies for everyone in the base.

Lieutenant General Maginot felt that his life had always been smooth and his luck had been good, so he should not be half of those who died in the line of duty...

But then again, most of the military directors who died in the line of duty died a few years before the "Mukakh" military base was just built - at that time, the four plains were still "unexplored areas" with no human traces. , land transportation is intermittent, and many times base personnel need to rely on the air force fleet to help transport daily supplies.

In the four years since the base was built, at least more than 3,000 soldiers and almost the same number of workers and technicians were sacrificed. In the first year of its completion, the base was breached three times by beast tides.

This place is an important transportation area, and it is also a must-go place for many herds with migratory habits. Large-scale offensive and defensive battles are staged several times almost every year... During those years, any recruit, as long as he could go After serving at the "Mukakh" base for a month, you can get the "Brave" medal when you come back. The service experience at the "Mukach" base has also become a very important topic for those veterans to talk about.

However, with the subsequent expansion of the base many times and the increase of various defensive equipment, the wall has also changed from two circles to six circles, and the height and thickness have also increased several times... The casualty rate of "Mukach" base The level has finally dropped, but compared to other places, it is still among the top high-risk strongholds.

"At least the first three military chiefs resigned safely..." Lieutenant General Maginot comforted himself in his heart.

At this time, an orderly came in carrying a tray.

"General, your lunch."

"Oh...just put it on the table." Maginot was stunned, turned off the holographic projection, and glanced at the clock beside him.

"It's already twelve o'clock, and I've spent the entire morning arguing with logistics..."

When Lieutenant General Maginot withdrew his attention from the clock and shifted it to the dinner plate, his eyebrows furrowed again.

The food on the plate is very simple - a few pieces of synthetic chicken cooked in plain water with almost no trace of oil; a "fresh orange" poured from a can that is full of the sweetness of inferior sugar substitutes; A bowl of watery clear soup with a few bean sprouts and slices of radish; plus a puddle of "staple food" that looks like a batter with too much water...

The most outrageous thing is those vitamin capsules placed in the corner of the dinner plate - the daily diet of the base can only meet the energy needs of the people, the vitamins and some trace elements that are lacking, and they even need to rely on these capsules and pills. Replenish.

The food of the military chiefs was in such poor condition, so one could easily imagine what the soldiers below were eating.

This is one of the reasons why Magino was unwilling to be transferred here.

When I was in the garrison, although I didn't eat a lot of meat and fish, at least I could eat real vegetables and meat. When work is not so stressful, you can also eat steak and ice cream. Waffles coated with honey are also one of Magino's favorites. If it comes to weekends, he will still take time to go to a Japanese restaurant or a Chinese restaurant to enjoy an authentic oriental meal...

But now, Lieutenant General Maginot looked at the plate of things on the table. The gap was so big that he didn't even have the desire to lift his spoon.

"I must have offended some big shot..."

Just as Magino reluctantly scooped up a spoonful of "batter", another soldier rushed into the office - unlike the previous orderly, this soldier ran directly into the door.

"What are you doing? Didn't I tell you not to disturb me while I'm eating?" Magino said with some dissatisfaction, "I've been busy all morning, and you can't even let me take a good rest during lunch time?"

"General... something happened!" The soldier put his hands on his knees and said breathlessly.

"What did you say? What happened?" Maginot's hand shook, and the spoon fell directly into the dinner plate, and the splashed batter splashed onto his clothes.

However, Maginot no longer had time to care about his clothes. He stood up directly from his seat, ignoring that his bulging belly overturned the dinner plate on the table. He strode around to the desk, anxiously Asked: "Tell me, what happened?"

"Ark's transport convoy... the signal has disappeared!"

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