Alien Relic Hunter

"!!!"

The captain of the Gopher Team was immediately startled and jumped back a big step. In the next moment, he immediately raised the carbine in his hand and pointed the muzzle upward.

He didn't see what hit Basil, but years of rigorous training still made his body respond almost reflexively - no matter what happened, the first thing he had to do was Fire your weapon and use the sound of the gunshot to alert the team members who are still in the vehicle.

But just when he was about to pull the trigger, he suddenly discovered to his horror that he could no longer feel the existence of his fingers... Half a second later, a heartbreaking pain came from his wrist.

The carbine lost its support and fell to the ground, and the tactical flashlight mounted on the underside of the handguard shone right on his right hand.

The flesh, tendons and skin of the entire right hand had completely disappeared, leaving only the white bones, which emitted a horrifying reflection under the light.

"Ah -" The short scream stopped just as it started. He seemed to feel something welling up from the depths of his throat, followed by a salty taste in his mouth...

…

inside the car.

"It's strange, the captain and Basil have been out for several minutes..." the engineer said, "just now they told us that the radio communication was interfered with, why is there no movement at all now?"

"Isn't there a muffled sound just now? I guess it was Basil's power armor hitting the stone, right?"

"I don't think so...and besides that muffled sound, don't you think it's a bit too quiet now?" the engineer said again.

"The armor of this car is so thick, and there is a special barrier between the armor layers to absorb the noise during drilling operations. It is normal that we can't hear the outside sounds..." the driver said with a frown.

"It's been eight minutes. At normal speed, it won't take that long to patrol the vehicle body, right?" The engineer subconsciously touched the pistol holster on his waist.

"I don't know, maybe the source of the fault has been found?" Another soldier scratched his head and said.

"If you find the source of the fault, shouldn't you tell us? The two of them didn't even bring repair tools. Even if they find the fault, they can't fix it!" The engineer spoke faster and faster, and he couldn't help but feel guilty in his tone. There was a hint of anxiety, "Lao Le, can the monitor outside the car see them?"

The macho pilot who was called "Lao Le" shook his head: "Ours is a tank-based model, and it is not the kind of all-round view cockpit used for fighter jets and mechas. In addition to the main monitor directly in front, There are only six cameras installed on the car body..."

As he spoke, he pointed to the surveillance screen that was cut into six pieces on the lower right side of the screen in front of him - however, there was nothing in the screen except the dug-out rocks.

Due to the design flaws of the Mammoth tank, the rotation angle of these surveillance cameras is almost negligible, and the range they can see is also very limited.

But in fact, this cannot be regarded as a design flaw. After all, tanks mainly rely on the monitors and peepholes on the turret to provide vision. The surveillance cameras mounted on the chassis are dispensable... But for this one, they were removed. For the "Super Gopher" whose turret has been replaced by a large drilling rig, those cameras are the only field of view.

"They should be in the blind spot of the camera." Lao Le added, "How about one of you go out and take a look..."

"Shh!" The engineer suddenly stretched out his hand to cover Lao Le's mouth and lowered his voice and said, "Listen carefully... there seems to be a strange sound up there..."

Everyone in the team immediately held their breath, and the entire carriage became silent for a moment - so that everyone else also heard the "strange sound" mentioned by the engineer.

It was a sound of sharp and hard objects scratching against the smooth metal surface. Although it was very subtle, it sounded like an itchy and uncomfortable feeling all over the body... It was easy to think of some shapes. Creepy multi-legged arthropods.

"You're all here, right?" The engineer typed out each word on the screen. Everyone looked at each other and nodded in unison.

"Team, leader, he, Luo, Le, Ke, Neng, already, Jing, sacrifice, sacrifice." The engineer typed again, "Outside, face, east, west, down, one, one, eye, The mark is us."

"What should I do?" Lao Le glanced at him and asked with a simple tactical gesture.

The engineer did not answer directly, but pulled out the pistol from the holster, and then pulled out a magazine with a yellow and black warning mark from the chest equipment pocket.

Due to the special nature of this mission, each unit participating in the battle was issued a certain amount of active ammunition. For teams like the "Gopher Squad" that needed to go deep behind enemy lines, the amount of ammunition they received was unambiguous at all, at least. A small encounter with the Seed of Corrosion is definitely more than enough.

One-third of the engineer's magazine is filled with unsealed active ammunition. Armor-piercing, explosive and active ammunition are loaded in groups of three. For experienced veterans, as long as they can be sure At the "core" position, one round of three bursts of short bursts can kill a Corrosion Seed.

Others silently took out their weapons and replaced them with active ammunition and magazines.

Everyone had a tense face and tried their best to adjust their breathing - although they could be considered an elite force, they were not a serious combat unit after all. In addition, Basil, who had the strongest fighting ability in the team, and the commander-in-chief The captain's life and death are unknown at this time... No matter from which angle you look at it, the situation can only be described as "terrible".

What's more, in this narrow tunnel, there is no room to maneuver at all... If they really encounter an enemy, they can only choose to fight to the death.

The rustling sound gradually moved away from the top of the car, but everyone's expressions became more solemn - because the direction of the sound was exactly the hatch located behind the roof of the car, used for entering and exiting the car!

"Lao Le, have you sent a message to the headquarters?" The engineer stopped typing on the screen and said directly... He knew very well that the thing outside obviously knew that there was someone in the carriage, and wanted to hide the traces at this time. It doesn't make any sense anymore.

"Just sent it." The macho driver nodded, "I said we were attacked by unknown enemies in the tunnel. The captain and fireman are missing, and the rest of the team members are clinging to the car."

As he spoke, he took out his weapons from under the seat - they were two Type 01 carbines with shortened barrels and removed the stocks. If these guns were used by ordinary people, they would probably Even if you use two hands to control a gun, you may not be able to suppress the violent recoil.

But the macho man was indeed a macho man. Lao Le turned around and lay on the back of the driver's seat with one hand in each hand and pointed the gun at the passage behind the car.

However, his two explosive short rifles were not the most powerful. Another soldier took out a heavy machine gun directly from the equipment box and inserted it directly into the telescopic bracket reserved at the bottom of the carriage. Turning around, the gun bolt was pulled, directly blocking the entrance to the rear of the carriage.

"Lao Le, has there been any reply from the headquarters?" The engineer stared at the end of the passage and asked softly.

The macho pilot shook his head: "It has been almost ten seconds since I sent it, and there is no reply."

"It seems the situation can't get worse..." The engineer couldn't help but reveal a wry smile on his face.

The communication between the "Super Drill Rat" and the headquarters relies on communication cables attached to the mud discharge pipes. According to the speed of wired communication, it would not even take a second for them to send information here and transmit it back to the rear - and like For this kind of emergency communication, even if the headquarters cannot come up with a reinforcement plan for a while, it will at least reply with a "received" as soon as possible to stabilize the morale of the military...

But now, they haven't received even a "received" text message, which can only mean one thing -

The communication cable between the "Super Gopher" and headquarters has been severed.

A soldier couldn't help but take out a photo from his pocket. The photo showed a plump young woman with a smiling face. The young woman also held a fat boy under the age of 1 in her arms...

Although it was said that looking at family photos on the battlefield would set a death flag, he always felt that if he didn't take one last look at them now... he might never see them again in the future.

Not only him, but the other soldiers of the Gopher Team were also ready to die in battle at this moment.

But the sounds outside suddenly disappeared without a trace, and there was no movement from the hatch cover.

"What's going on?" Lao Le touched the engineer soldier with his elbow in confusion, "Could it be that... that thing can't get in?"

"It's also possible..." The engineer nodded, "After all, the armor of our 'Super Gopher' is still very thick."

"Then what are we going to do now?" The soldier holding the handle of the heavy machine gun turned around and asked, "If the other party doesn't come in...are we going to go out? After all...we don't know yet whether the captain and Basil are dead or alive. Woolen cloth?"

"I also think... we have to go find them." The soldier who just looked at his wife's photo nodded.

"You must not go out now!" the engineer said anxiously, even his voice involuntarily raised, "Maybe that thing is squatting outside now, waiting for us to go out and die!"

"Then are we just spending time here?" the machine gunner asked.

"The headquarters must have discovered by now that the communication with us has been cut off... It won't be long before reinforcements arrive. Don't worry, everyone." The engineer said, "Old Le, you are responsible for monitoring the outside of the car. , tell me immediately if there is anything unusual. Others, don’t let your guard down, keep your weapons loaded at all times!”

Except for the captain of the Gopher Team, the highest military rank in the entire team was the Engineer Corps. After the captain disappeared, the responsibility of command naturally fell on his shoulders.

"Okay." The macho driver Lao Le nodded. He turned off the safety of the two guns and turned around with difficulty - but his body had not completely turned around. He just looked back at the screen and said, The dirty words immediately blurted out.

"Fuck, the monitor was destroyed!"

"What did you say?!" The engineer was stunned, and immediately turned his head. He saw that the six screens that were originally surveillance screens were now filled with large black and white snowflakes.

"That thing must still be out there!" Lao Le immediately grabbed the gun he had just put down, "Why don't you rush out and fight it?"

"Don't!" The engineer quickly grabbed Lao Le's arm, "Can you check if the engine still works? Let's go backwards along the tunnel and go back to the reinforcements sent by the headquarters first."

"Retreating will crush communication cables and transmission pipelines. Moreover, our mission..."

Before Lao Le could finish his words, he was interrupted by the engineering soldier: "The cable has been cut. As for the transmission pipeline... As it is now, the mission cannot continue. If we can communicate with the headquarters, they We will definitely be advised to retreat.”

He paused and continued: "I order the Gopher Team to abandon the mission and withdraw from the operation area immediately - if there is any responsibility afterwards, it will be borne by me alone."

As soon as the engineer finished speaking, a more violent vibration than before came from outside the carriage, and then the entire carriage began to tilt to one side.

"What's going on? What happened?" The machine gunner immediately hugged the heavy bracket, while another soldier helped him hold the machine gun to prevent the heavy machine gun from falling off the base.

As for Lao Le and the engineering soldier, they directly stretched out their hands to support the top of the car, and at the same time used their knees to support the seats below.

The car tilted about fifty degrees and then stopped... I think it was because the car body hit the tunnel wall and could not continue to flip.

"W-that thing outside... seems to have lifted the car..." Lao Le said incoherently, "How is it possible... how is it possible... the weight of this thing is nearly four hundred tons... that thing's Power...impossible!"

Compared to the panic of others, the engineer was the first to calm down. He immediately put his eyes on the floor under his feet - he couldn't help but think of a very crucial thing, but it was precisely because of this that he thought of something very important. Something happened, and his back was instantly wet with cold sweat.

The standard configuration of the "Mammoth Tank" has a multi-layered composite armor on the bottom of the chassis that is used to defend against landmines... As a "super burrower" as an engineering instrument, in order to reduce excess load as much as possible, all the armor on the chassis is All were dismantled, leaving only a twelve-millimetre-thick outer shell riveted with steel plates.

Compared with other parts of the car body, the bottom of the vehicle is the weakest defense point.

That thing...it plans to break in from under the car!

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