Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 847 Zokok·Change

Six hours later…

A strange thing that could still be vaguely seen as having a skeleton modified from the "Zokok" underwater multi-purpose mecha was placed in front of Layton.

The expressions on the faces of everyone in the engineering department ranged from joy to worry...but more importantly, they were tired and shocked. It seemed that even they themselves didn't quite believe that they actually built a "machine" in six hours. An underwater combat mecha that can theoretically withstand water pressure at a depth of three thousand meters."

A six-layer pressure-resistant armor shell was installed outside the original rugby-shaped cockpit of the "Zokok" mecha. The visual portholes were completely sealed and replaced with several underwater monitors with their own bright searchlights. They were originally driven by hydraulic rods. The limb joints have been replaced with a "muscle-like" transmission mechanism filled with pressurized fluid in the hose. Under water, the internal and external pressure at the joints can be automatically pressurized to reach a balanced state to avoid fragile mechanisms. The nail joint is crushed by the terrifying external water pressure during movement.

In terms of weapons and equipment, in addition to the remaining "Tusk Type IV" torpedoes, explosive harpoons are also hidden throughout the body. Even in close combat, there are no blind spots.

As a result, "Zokok", which originally weighed less than six tons, suddenly turned into a behemoth of nearly forty tons. As for the most important power system, the engineering department installed an auxiliary engine removed from the Zero Fleet battleship. Using seawater as an external coolant, this auxiliary engine can reach 6% of the maximum output power. 10. At this extreme data, this aircraft can reach a speed of 75 knots underwater, which is almost twice the maximum speed of nuclear submarines in the old era.

"Can this thing... really withstand the water pressure outside?" The middle-aged engineer who was wearing a helmet backwards tugged on the sleeves of the strong man standing next to him and muttered in a low voice.

"The design is not done by you, we are only responsible for processing and assembly." The strong man touched the stubble on his chin that was already more than half an inch long. "Judging from the test results, it should be able to withstand it..."

"That was just a virtual test done by inputting various data into the computer, and the real thing has not even touched the water!" The middle-aged man shook his head repeatedly, "You know, I used to work at Anaheim Electronics At that time, the newly developed aircraft had to go through at least fifteen unmanned real-machine tests and six bionic body pilot tests before being handed over to the test pilot as a formal test machine. I really can't accept such a hasty..."

"That's right." Before the middle-aged man finished speaking, another engineer on the side answered, "No matter how you modify this thing, it will still use Zokok's skeleton, and Zokok's maximum diving depth is eight Hundreds of meters... Even if it looks like this machine can withstand the water pressure of three thousand meters deep from various data, we have to find out what actually happened after it actually enters the water... I don’t know who will be so unlucky to be chosen as it. The pilot of this machine."

"It won't be me anyway." The middle-aged man curled his lips, "I once witnessed a test driver being locked in a radiation-exposed cockpit for three whole months due to an unexpected malfunction in the safety system. Ten minutes... Although the man was later rescued, he suffered from acute radiation sickness that was incurable. In just four hours, the skin all over his body was so rotten that there was no good spot left, and then his muscles began to melt. , turned into a bloody mess and fell from the skeleton..."

As he spoke, the middle-aged man's face became paler and paler, and he subconsciously reached out to cover his mouth.

"You are the first person I have ever seen who can make yourself sick." The strong man laughed dryly, "But you can rest assured that if something really goes wrong with this thing, it will deform from the cockpit to The thing inside is completely crushed, and it won't take more than three seconds. The pain is fleeting, and soon you won't know anything."

"Anyway, I don't want to die." The middle-aged man took out a water bag from his pocket and took a sip. "After that accident, I secretly canceled my mecha driving license. Others asked. At that time, I also directly told others that I don’t know how to drive this kind of thing... Anyway, even if I am beaten to death, I will not sit in the cockpit."

"Tsk, the engineer responsible for developing mechas has such a strong psychological shadow about driving mechas. No one else would believe him if he told me." The strong man scratched his head, "Then since you are so scared, why don't you find another job? ?”

"I studied mechanical dynamics in college. In my major, the salary for researching and developing military mechas is at least three to five times higher than working for companies that produce civilian machinery... In the end, it's not just about earning a few hard-earned bucks. Well. If the treatment offered by the Hunting God Hunting Group hadn't been attractive enough, I wouldn't have jumped to this place. Wouldn't you?"

"Me? Of course I'm not. I'm just curious about Yagunaktor, so I decided to come here... Hey, the deputy commander seems to want to pilot this machine himself?" The strong man is 1.9 meters tall. So even if you were standing in the back row of the crowd, you could clearly see what was happening at the front.

"Layton? That guy's mecha pilot's license is not high-level, right?" The middle-aged man stood on tiptoes and let his vision go beyond the black heads in front of him, "If you want to say that he has the best driving skills in the God Hunting Group, who has the best driving skills?" I have to count the little girl named Valentina. I saw her fight in the mecha competition before. Her operation, even among the ace pilots, can definitely be ranked among the top, but I haven’t seen it for a long time. When it comes to her, I guess she’s not on Yagunaktor now, right?”

"Not only her, but also the regiment leader, deputy captain Hound, deputy captain Ivan, and deputy captain Akira Asano have also disappeared for a while... Alas, with the current situation, I don't know if they are still alive." Another engineer sighed, "Originally, I joined the God Hunting Group just because they offered a high monthly salary, but I didn't expect that I would end up in such a mess now."

"The deputy leader was stopped by several people, all of whom were senior cadres in the hunting group." The strong man continued to "broadcast" the real-time developments ahead to his companions, "After all, he is the only one left on Yagunaktor. There is a deputy commander, and if he leaves Yagunaktor, no one will be able to control the situation."

"Isn't there the leader's wife?" Another engineer asked doubtfully.

"You don't understand this. The leader's wife rarely interferes in team affairs, and she is not familiar with people in various departments... She alone cannot suppress the people below... Believe it or not, Hypothetically...I mean hypothetically, as long as Deputy Commander Leighton drives this thing out, if something goes wrong, someone on the ship will definitely rebel." The middle-aged engineer lowered his voice and said, "Maybe there is one like this around us. people."

"Well, a man came in outside the hangar, with a bandage on his body... He actually volunteered to be the driver?" The strong man continued, "But his injuries don't seem to be light. He can't even walk. It’s all going badly…”

"Huh? There are people who even take the initiative to deliver it to your door?" The middle-aged engineer was stunned for a moment, "Is this person tired of living?"

"That seems to be a pilot of the Zero Fleet..." the strong man muttered, "but then again, according to Zokok's operation, as long as the soles of his feet can move and his ten fingers can move, he can drive, even if this person can Wrap it into a zongzi and as long as your hands and feet are exposed, it won't be a big problem."

"I know that man." Another engineer had already stood on a pile of parts boxes at some point. "That man's name is Yeager. He is indeed a pilot of the Zero Fleet. This man seems to be the same as our captain. I know...I heard that he is one of the leaders of this uprising of Fleet Zero."

"But Zokok needs two pilots." The middle-aged engineer said as he took off the helmet that was buckled backwards on his head. "Damn, it turns out I wore it backwards. No wonder I always felt that the straps were tight. The neck is so strangled that it hurts..."

"They seem to be planning to choose someone from the engineering department who is familiar with this machine to be the co-pilot..." The engineer who stood on the box quickly climbed down again, as if he was afraid that he would be too high due to the height. , and attracted the attention of others, "Oh my god, please don't choose me!"

There was another burst of whispers among the people in the engineering department, and the people in the two rows at the front subconsciously stepped back a certain distance - obviously, no one wanted to drive such a car without even having time to conduct the most basic air tightness test. The things entered into the deep sea of ​​3,000 meters.

"I'm going!" A loud voice rang from beside them, scaring the two engineers to squat on the ground.

The middle-aged engineer who was wearing his helmet backwards turned his head in shock and saw that the strong man who had just been chatting with him was actually walking forward with his hands raised.

"I am willing to serve as the co-pilot of this machine." He continued as he walked, and the crowd automatically parted to both sides, giving him a wide enough passage.

"Are you...are you crazy?" The middle-aged engineer wanted to reach out and hold him, but then he thought about it and lowered his hand that he had just raised - he didn't know this guy very well, at most he was just in front of him. They just had a few meals together after work. Since he is willing to "send death", it means that he will not be the unlucky guy... If I go to hold him back now, will I have to replace him? To be the bloody co-pilot?

When he thought of this, the middle-aged engineer firmly shut his mouth. He rubbed his hands uneasily, and then moved quietly behind the others.

The two pilots put on special driving suits-a hard deep diving suit like a space suit.

This deep diving suit can withstand water pressure at a depth of three hundred meters, but both of them know that its comfort effect is just greater than its actual protective effect. If there is something wrong with the mecha itself, this deep diving suit will not be able to withstand water pressure at a depth of three hundred meters. May allow them to survive at a depth of three thousand meters.

Yeager took a few deep breaths, then raised his hand and gave a thumbs up to the crane driver.

On flat ground, it is impossible to walk wearing this kind of hard deep diving suit. The driver must be lifted into the cockpit of the mecha by a crane.

With a dull crashing sound, the deep diving suit covering Yeager's body was "embedded" into the cockpit. Several safety locks on his side immediately connected with the special seats, connecting him. The diving suit is securely fastened to the seat.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Wilson. I am an electrician in the No. 2 workshop of the Engineering Department of the God Hunting Group. I completed the new circuit in the console of this machine. No one in the Engineering Department knows this part better than me. It's constructed." The strong man who entered the cockpit first turned to look at Yeger and stretched out his hand to him.

"Yegel, captain of the air combat unit of the Zero Fleet heavy cruiser 'Betelgeuse'." Yeger shook hands with Wilson, "Listening to what you said, the tension in my heart seems to have been relieved a lot."

"I thought the person who took the initiative to fly this thing couldn't be nervous." Wilson said while adjusting various equipment on the operating table. "I heard that the air combat units of the ships of the Zero Fleet are almost The whole army was wiped out, and there were only a few survivors... Your injuries must have been from that time, right?"

"That's right." Yeger nodded.

"Are you a fighter pilot?" Wilson asked again, "Have you ever flown this type of mecha?"

"My mecha pilot's license level is M9... Of course, I took the test six years ago." Yeager said confidently, "It's just that I prefer flying airplanes."

"If I had known you were the one driving, I would have replaced the joystick with a fighter handle." Wilson said half-jokingly, "By the way, why did you choose to take the initiative to carry out this mission? Aren't you afraid of death?"

"I'm very aware of the situation Yagunaktor is facing now... There won't be any improvement if I stay here. It's better to try as much as possible, and what I'm best at is probably driving skills. Yeager said, "What about you?"

"Me?" The strong man squinted his eyes, and an imperceptible confusion flashed through his eyes, as if he was a different person, and all his expressions were restrained, "Same as you."

"Ha." Yeger let out a short laugh and stopped talking.

All the equipment of "Zokok Kai" has been debugged. With the huge roar of the engine cooling device, the entire machine stood up from the ground and stepped towards the door of Hangar No. 1 step by step.

Although it looks a bit clumsy when moving on the ground, as soon as it enters the water, the mobility of the entire machine will rise to a whole new level - this is originally a high-mobility weapon specially developed by the Engineering Department for underwater combat. , compared to the "safety" pursued by the deep submersibles carried by the Hounds, the first priority in the design of this aircraft was "combat capability."

Layton knew very well that there was something very dangerous hidden in that seemingly peaceful undersea city... Otherwise, Hound and the others would not have used powerful weapons like the "Tusk Type IV" torpedo. This thing exploded at a close distance. It can be said that it killed one thousand enemies and damaged eight hundred. The Hounds and the others must have been forced to use it...

What kind of monster would be an enemy that couldn't be defeated even by the Nino alloy saw blade and the dragon gun?