Apocalyptic Dark Age

Gao Feng couldn't help but curse out. The effect of Ding Dian was finally exposed, but this was not what he wanted.

On the way back, we encountered a lot of bugs, not to mention scattered bug swarms, but there were also three or five complete bug swarms. Every time we encountered a bug swarm, Gao Feng would rush out of the gunboat, and then throw the tiny bits into the bugs. leave.

But no matter where Gao Feng hides, Ding Dian will appear the next moment and lie on his head. As for the bugs, there seems to be not a single one missing. Now Gao Feng confirms again that Ding Dian is not lethal.

Ding Dian did not surprise Gao Feng, but the emerald petals surprised him. Vacuum is not an environment suitable for violent poisons. Unlike emerald petals, as long as they are within 10,000 meters of the peak, all creatures that are hostile to the peak will be quietly dissolved. There is not even a residue left.

After Gao Feng used the wither of all things to kill the swarm of insects, Ding Dian immediately resurrected with full health and cleverly collected the source of the galaxy. Not only did he not miss a drop, he was able to squeeze out more of the source of the galaxy, which was three to five times what Gao Feng had collected himself.

Drinking and fighting monsters along the way, slowly and leisurely around the intermittent, maze-like highway, they finally arrived at the outer starry sky of Monster City. It is said to be the outer periphery, but in fact it is still far away from Monster City, but it is already here. It is a relatively prosperous area in the public star field, with a large number of resource planets and space stations, as well as many settlements.

Even in the most remote settlements in the public star field, there are tens of millions of creatures gathered here. If it is a slightly larger space station, the minimum population base is hundreds of millions, which is comparable to the residential planets in the outer star areas.

What Gao Feng saw was not the layers of residential buildings arranged like fish scales, nor the transport fleets coming and going like rivers, but the broken remains scattered everywhere, including building fragments, ship wreckage, The corpses of insects and a large amount of unknown garbage floating in the starry sky.

I don’t know how many thousands of years the public star field has been cleaned up. The starry sky is definitely the cleanest place in the entire galaxy. Not to mention the most common asteroids, even palm-sized meteorite fragments cannot be seen, let alone a large amount of unknown garbage.

All the vividness turned into a dull gray silence, and nothing alive could be found, whether it was an engine nozzle, a faint flash of light, or a resource planet with noisy machinery and equipment.

The gunboat nimbly shuttled through all kinds of garbage, just like passing through mass graves lined with ancient tombs. The prosperity of the past had all disappeared, leaving only the cruelty and sorrow of the battlefield. For a time, several lively girls became Gotta be silent.

The silent atmosphere lasted until a damaged starry sky cannon. This triple starry sky cannon was surrounded by a group of battleships. Thousands of battleships and transport ships were already considered a large fleet, but here, they were just a fleet. Logistics support for the starry sky cannon. This starry sky cannon, which was pulled back from who knows where, has long been scarred. From a long distance away, the cracks in the barrel can be clearly seen.

This fleet escorting the triple starry sky cannon still retains limited resistance, but this resistance has come to an end. Although the insects they face are just a scattered swarm, and the number has not reached a million, even so, It was enough to put this fleet on the verge of destruction. Although the bugs could not benefit from it, they still had a numerical advantage.

Gao Feng did not rush to the rescue immediately, but stood aside and watched, because he often saw super large fleets fighting against insects, and this was the first time he saw a small-scale battle between alliance officers and soldiers.

Speaking of which, the strength of this fleet is not weak. Most of the warships are top-notch goods and have been modified to a certain extent. Not only have their armor been thickened, but many short-range defense weapons have also been added. However, there are some problems with the development ideas. Gao Feng's Battleships like to retain the minimum firepower density of the single-door short-range defense system, increase the number of Phalanx arrays as much as possible, and provide full-range coverage and protection.

The Alliance likes to do the opposite, maximizing the firepower of a single-door short-range defense system, but the number of firepower points is not large. It can barely protect the surroundings of the warship. The firepower projection in a certain direction will be amazing, but it is not enough to face siege from all directions. Saw it.

According to the alliance's thinking, numerous warships will cooperate with each other, and then use the advantages of the formation to maintain maximum fire cover in a certain direction. In this way, not only can the bugs be suppressed, but also the maximum amount of damage can be achieved.

It is a pity that the quality of the alliance's officers and soldiers is not as brave and determined as the superiors thought. As long as one warship retreats out of fear, it will affect a whole group of warships. The end result is that no matter which direction the firepower is delivered, there will be loopholes and it will be easy to be outnumbered. Numerous bugs to catch.

Because of this, the escort fleet fought miserably. Almost all the warships that retreated at the beginning were destroyed by the insects that found an opportunity. Although the remaining warships subconsciously moved closer to each other to cooperate in fighting, it was a pity that the number of warships was not enough.

In addition, the galactic core level warriors in the fleet are also nonsense. A large number of galactic core warriors used energy weapons to launch a crazy counterattack against the bugs. They did not implement the formulated combat plan and had no combat goals. They just counterattacked blindly. Kill more bugs until you are killed, wasting a lot of high-end combat power. Once they are completely consumed, the fleet will be destroyed. After all, no matter how many powerful people there are in the silver core, they are only a fraction of the bugs.

Seeing this, Gao Feng has already understood the true combat power of the alliance's officers and soldiers. It is not that the officers and soldiers are of poor quality, nor that they are not brave enough, but that they have not formed a perfect and tacit cooperation, and the battlefield discipline is not strict enough. This has led to the warships fighting independently. , if there were no accidents, it would not be able to escape the fate of destruction in the end.

The Phantom soon appeared in the starry sky, using the force of the autumn wind to sweep away the fallen leaves, killing all the few remaining bugs, and saving the convoy fleet that was only alive. At this time, the survivors of the fleet did not know what had happened.

Gao Feng has always been covetous of the alliance's triple-mounted starry sky cannon. If he is given ten of them, or even just one, he can use the starry sky cannon to form an efficient sniper fleet. Facing the giant shipworm, he will never be able to defeat it again. There is no need to send out suicide squads to enter the interior of the giant ship mother bug to blast and kill it.

It's a pity that the alliance is too careful about the triple-mounted starry sky cannon. Even if it is defeated, the core components of the triple-mounted starry sky cannon will be blown up as soon as possible to prevent these powerful starry sky cannons from falling into the hands of interested people and damaging the alliance's master. cause harm to the city.

The escort fleet had seen the jump gunship a long time ago and did not send a signal for help. They did not believe that a small gunboat with only a secondary gun caliber could be of any use. They did not realize it until all the bugs were killed, and they did not dare to contact the gunboat. They are afraid of the gunboat owner who can kill all the bugs at will.

Gao Feng didn't care what the fleet thought of him, and continued to move forward as if everything was indifferent. Under this situation, the escort fleet dragged the seriously damaged starry sky cannon and followed the gunboat furtively, like a The huge blue whale looks to a clownfish to give it a sense of security.

Arriving at the core area of ​​​​the public star field, the journey is more difficult than before. No matter what, there were still a few high-speed passages that were not blown up before, but here, almost all high-speed passages have been blown up, and we can only move at the speed of light. Fortunately, some jump points in the public star field have not been destroyed, saving a lot of time in years.

Perhaps because of the strength of the surrounding defenders, or perhaps because of the alliance's emphasis on the core area, the number of encounters with bugs is getting smaller and smaller, and the scale is getting smaller and smaller. Instead, there are more and more fleets, and the number of these fleets Most of the warships have just been outfitted and have not yet been completely run-in. Even so, many warships are scarred, which shows that the situation in the core area is not good.

In addition to the patrolling fleet, there are also various transport ships that mine resource-based ores in large quantities. After preliminary refining, they are sent to the industrial motherships at the rear. The most damaged vessels along the way are the ships transporting the ores. Many ores are just like this. Floating in the starry sky, under the rays of light, it reflects colorful brilliance.

War is the main theme now, and the traces left by war are the biggest feature of the public star field. Both the military and civilians can only serve the war. All other commercial activities must make way for the war. Gao Feng has seen many consortiums with engraved names on them. The ships with the emblem were mixed in the center of various warships, and I felt a bit sad in my heart. Fortunately, I got the wilderness fleet group with me that day, otherwise, it would probably be forcibly confiscated by the alliance.

As we get closer to the Monster City, the inspections become more and more strict. At first, no one cared about Gao Feng's small gunboat, but later on, even the small gunboat had to be inspected. Fortunately, Gao Feng still had the status of a citizen and a supervisory position. This allowed him to have a smooth journey back to the City of Behemoths that he had not seen for a long time.

Behemoth City is no longer the Behemoth City it was when I left that day. The most frequent visitors are not merchant ships or cruise ships, but warships and transport ships of various types. These ships are divided according to their combat and auxiliary capabilities, forming hundreds of torrents that flow through the giant city. The density of ships in Beast City and the Void is even higher than in the past.

The gunboat Peerless came to the berths rented by Gaofeng for a long time. It turned out that almost all the berths were occupied by warships, and most of them were undergoing repairs. At first glance, they thought they were battlefield repair centers.

I had already anticipated this peak, but I was just a little worried about the warehouse I rented on the dock, because there were still many energy bricks in the warehouse that had not been taken away. They were originally reserved as backup energy for the fleet, and they should have been expropriated.

The person who managed this dock was still an acquaintance from the past. Gao Feng soon received the news that the gunboat did not need to be anchored at the dock and could sail directly into the inner city. This made Gao Feng full of doubts. In any case, gunboats were also offensive equipment and were extremely powerful. How could a poor secondary artillery piece be put into the main city casually? After he entered the main city suspiciously, he discovered that the most indispensable thing in the Behemoth City was weapons.

In the past, more than 90% of the stores in Monster City were various luxury stores or high-end clubs, providing various high-quality services for the wealthy people to enjoy, and flowing huge amounts of money. But now, most of the stores have It was closed, and the front door was deserted, filled with drunken and disabled officers and soldiers.

Most of the shops that have not yet closed have changed their businesses, either selling various medicines or medical equipment, or providing customized equipment. Countless strong people have lost everything in these shops, just to increase their survival rate by a few tenths.

The people walking on the streets are no longer wealthy ladies wearing designer clothes, or aliens who are full of hope and looking for their dreams, but soldiers and mercenaries of all kinds, most of whom are scarred. Strong ones, they all regard Behemoth City as a place to relax, looking for a place to vent their accumulated negative emotions.

Because many unsafe factors gather in the Monster City, almost every street corner and every commanding height is equipped with a large amount of heavy firepower and elite internal guards are arranged to guard it. Once someone is found to be violating the monster rules, they will be warned as soon as possible. , if you don’t listen to the warning, you will be killed directly. There are still many corpses on the street waiting to be taken away.

Of course, the performance of the City of Behemoths is more than that. Walking out of the main road, you can see the small streets and alleys that were once full of classical art and historical deposits. They are full of various creatures wearing low-key luxurious clothes. Now they are all attractive and squatting. On the ground, in front of you are displayed various valuable luxury goods, weird works of art, and even rare top-notch treasures.

These people are the former middle class, with a superior life, abundant wealth, and a superior status. They do not need to work or operate, they can rely on the appreciation of wealth and live a carefree life. What they enjoy is style and pursuit. It is taste, appreciation is unique, and it is the lifelong goal of countless foreigners who come to the City of Monsters to pursue their dreams.

With the advent of war, military control of supplies, currency depreciation, and material shortages, their wealth has shrunk rapidly, and even to the point where they have to sell off their ancestral property. Even so, it is still difficult for them to maintain their own lives, let alone enjoy and pursue. Eating a meal rich in energy is also a luxury, and you can only rely on the alliance's low-level relief and survive half-dead.

Even in the face of a full-scale war, the Alliance is not short of food. Even the humblest beggar can live well. The problem is that ordinary creatures that have not reached the Galactic Heart Warrior need food rich in energy to extend their lifespan. The so-called longevity Most of them rely on the energy contained in food or expensive treasures to make themselves live longer.

If these are cut off, their lifespan will decrease rapidly. Those who can live for ten thousand years will only have one thousand years left, and those who can live for one thousand years may only have one hundred years. In this way, most living things will be Reluctantly, after all, they were once a group of people who lived a prosperous life.

Gao Feng didn't understand these people and looked at the products of these poor middle class with great interest. Most of them Gao Feng didn't need, and a few of them also had a lot of inventory in their hands, so they were not very interested.

At this time, a sneaky guy sneaked up to Gao Feng and whispered:

"Sir, do you want to relax? I have good things. They are all former ladies. I only need one Tal. You can do whatever you want..."