Life Copy Game

The young officer trotted over in a hurry. It wasn't until he ran in front of the two of them and handed the phone to Covey that he seemed to realize that there was another person standing next to Covey.

He looked at He Ao next to Covey, his eyes widened, as if he wanted to ask, but when he saw Covey picking up the phone, he shut his mouth tightly.

At this time, the phone in Covey's hand was also connected, and a nervous middle-aged man's voice came from the phone, "General Covey, why did you get disconnected just now? Are you okay? How is the situation over there now? "

"It's an electromagnetic pulse bomb,"

Covey replied hoarsely, "It's nothing big. It's going well here. It will be finished soon."

Then he paused slightly and glanced at the flames lighting up the sky above his head, "How is the situation outside?"

"Things are a little bad now,"

The middle-aged officer on the other end of the phone quickly said, "The mercenary group of Ivis Space System has suddenly increased its offensive intensity, and has been rapidly transforming from a tentative attack to a full-scale attack."

"All-out attack?"

Covey was stunned for a moment, and then said quickly, "Keep counterattacking in an orderly manner, but don't increase the intensity of counterattack on a large scale. I'll be right back."

"yes."

The middle-aged officer responded immediately.

While Covey was on the phone, the young officer on the side carefully leaned over and looked at He Ao, "Are you Mr. Linn?"

Then he looked at the blood on He Ao's body and said, "Are you injured?"

"A little injury,"

He Ao shook his head and smiled, "I remember you. When I went to the Nancheng Command Center before, you stood in the last row."

The young officer's eyes widened instantly.

At this time, Covey, who hung up the phone, also turned around and looked at He Ao beside him, "Do you want to go to the command center?"

"OK."

He Ao coughed and said with a smile, "I just happened to take a look at the current situation in Nancheng."

"Well."

Covey nodded, then he turned to look at the young officer who was still a little surprised and excited, "Call a car."

"OK."

The young officer responded immediately, then he glanced at Covey and then at He Ao, "Promise to complete the mission!"

Then he immediately ran down.

"Are you poaching my people again?"

Covey smiled and looked at He Ao.

"Just a casual chat."

He Ao spread his hands and said, "Young man is still running around despite gunfire. He is very courageous and energetic. You are good at cultivating subordinates."

"Okay, don't put a hat on me,"

Covey smiled and raised his hand, gesturing to go down from the other side, "Let's go this way, it's closer to the command center. We should be almost there when we get off the bus."

"How are your injuries?"

He Ao glanced at the bloody injuries on Covey's back, followed his footsteps, and asked slowly.

"Fortunately, it's not a big problem,"

Covey smiled, "My talent sequence has increased my physical strength to a certain extent, and this kind of injury can be recovered quickly."

"But you seem to have a lot of hidden wounds on your body?"

He Ao glanced at Covey and looked at the chaotic energy circuits in his body.

Even though there were hidden wounds on his body, Covey himself was still very strong. He Ao was able to kill the bull-headed giant so easily because Covey opened a hole in his body before the bull-headed giant.

He Ao had no doubt that with the help of the life pocket watch, Covey could kill the two monsters just now, but Covey himself might also be seriously injured.

This is also the reason why He Ao rushed over without stopping. Nancheng always needs a reputable and capable B-level person to suppress the situation. If Covey is seriously injured, it will be difficult for He Ao to take into account the situation in the city and the situation of the city defense army at the same time.

"That was a long time ago,"

Covey sighed and said with a smile, "For the serious injuries I suffered in the past, there was no condition to treat them. I could only fiddle with them reluctantly. After a long time, they turned into hidden injuries. I am someone who climbed up from the bottom step by step. I want to go higher." In this position, you have to constantly take risks to get a chance."

"I can understand."

He Ao also sighed softly and said slowly.

At this moment, the two of them had reached the bottom of the hillside, and an off-road vehicle with the door open was waiting in front of them.

Covey asked He Ao to get in the car first, and then sat next to He Ao. As the vehicle started, he looked back at He Ao's body, "Your injuries are not minor. What exactly did you encounter in the west?"

"The leader of the Prisoners Gang,"

He Ao said slowly, "He is an abyss life, a little stronger than the normal B-level."

"Stronger?"

Covey looked at the blood on He Ao's body and was slightly stunned.

Even when He Ao was seriously injured, he could easily kill those two monsters. The guy who could beat He Ao into a serious injury was just a little stronger?

But He Ao didn't want to say it, and he didn't ask in detail. Instead, he looked at the receding road outside the window, seeming to be caught in some kind of memory, "But speaking of it, I seem to have heard the word abyss before."

"Where?"

He Ao looked up at him.

As a veteran Class B, Covey was able to climb from a homeless Nancheng refugee to the commander of the Nancheng City Defense Force. To reach this point, he must have had many thrilling adventures, and it is normal for him to know some extraordinary information that ordinary people have never heard of.

"In a ruins from the era of cataclysm,"

Covey recalled it and said hoarsely, "Probably in the wilderness in the middle of the Federation, there is a city ruins left over from the great cataclysm era.

"That ruins is the best-preserved city ruins from the Cataclysm era that I have ever seen. The entire city was buried underground without any traces of disasters or wars. It seemed as if it was suddenly abandoned and sank into the ground.

"I was just D-level at that time. We received a commission to search for some materials for the Challenger Secret Medicine in that ruins, and found some information left behind by the city,"

Then he paused and said slowly,

"But I didn't read the information. Under normal circumstances, any information about this kind of weird relic cannot be touched, but one of my teammates secretly read it behind my back until he kept muttering about the abyss, eternity. , evolution and other words, we discovered his anomaly.

"We sent him out of the ruins and left someone to take care of him, but when we came out, he and the person who took care of him were dead. Their bodies were twisted into a shape that normal humans could not understand.

"We didn't dare to touch them, so we could only use explosives to blow up the rocks around them, bury them, and find a home for them."

"It looks like it's contaminated."

After listening to Covey's narration, He Ao sighed softly and said slowly.

"Yes,"

Covey lowered his voice and said with a helpless smile, "The world is like this. I don't know why, but I will suddenly be provoked by indescribable beings, and then die of madness."

Then he lowered his head and looked at He Ao thoughtfully, "Are the two we just killed also abyssal beings?"

"Yes,"

He Ao nodded slightly, "But it's not a pure abyss life, but a parasite in the human body."

"In other words, the Prisoners Gang itself is a gang disguised as Abyss Life, and the power of Abyss has spread to this city?"

Covey lowered his head and said thoughtfully, "But the people in the Prisoner Gang don't seem to be contaminated."

"Perhaps these abyssal beings experienced some kind of stripping and purification during their arrival,"

He Ao thought, "However, the status of these abyssal beings themselves is not high. Unless they are connected with some high-ranking beings, the possibility of being directly contaminated is relatively low. After all, the abyssal beings and the abyss may be two different things. a concept.”

"really."

Covey nodded slightly.

Powerful cultists can also live in cities in human form, but this does not mean that ordinary people can get close to the evil gods.

The off-road vehicle drove through the gate of the Nancheng Command Center and continued down an underground passage.

At this time, Covey also figured out something and looked at He Ao, "Someone is using the power of the abyss?"

It is impossible for the abyssal beings to suddenly descend on Yilan City for no reason, and there is also an organized attack on Nancheng.

"It's not clear yet,"

He Ao shook his head slightly, "But it's hard for us to tell which is more terrifying, the human heart or the abyss."

Hearing He Ao's words, Covey sighed softly, and the entire off-road vehicle fell into silence for a short time.

"General Covey,"

At this moment, a communication was connected to the car, and the appearance of a middle-aged officer appeared on the projection in the middle of the off-road vehicle.

"The mercenary group of the Ivis space system has launched a full-scale attack. The aviation force headed by the aerial beast is rapidly approaching the city gate. Are they going to use close-range high-explosive armor-piercing missiles to counterattack the large alien beast? According to the staff According to analysis, this can effectively hinder the advancement of the aerial behemoth, but there are not many high-explosive armor-piercing missiles in the city, so we may not be able to hinder them for long."

"Pass my order, the air defense forces will reduce the frequency of counterattacks and enter silent preparations."

Covey looked at the middle-aged officer and said slowly, "We'll be there soon,"

"But isn't this letting them in?"

The middle-aged officer opened his mouth and wanted to say something else, but after seeing Covey's serious expression, he finally nodded, "Yes."

The off-road vehicle stopped in front of an open gate. Covey cut off the communication, turned to look at He Ao, and opened his mouth to explain.

"I can understand,"

He Ao shook his head and smiled, "General Covey, just command the army at your own pace. I said, I trust you."

Covey opened his mouth and said with a hoarse smile, "Then I will make a fool of myself."

The two got off the car together and walked along the trail behind the gate. Busy messengers were constantly passing by them. Some of them saw He Ao and Covey and wanted to stop and say hello, but He Ao waved them away. Prevent.

Soon, the two arrived at a slightly shabby hall.

At this moment, the hall is in a holographic projection that covers the entire hall. The night sky covers the top of the head, and the brilliance of the gushing flames fills the entire space.

The densely packed mechanized troops and aviation troops were like dark clouds and shadows spreading over the earth, quickly approaching where they stood.

At the forefront of the aviation unit, the majestic and huge dark war beast raised its muzzle, and the bright orange-red light gathered in the muzzle.

Interceptor cannons streaked across the night sky, rushing towards the muzzle of the fired cannon, and were intercepted by the aviation forces surrounding the huge war machine.

But in the end, some shells still flew in front of the huge muzzle.

boom

A violent orange-red light illuminated the night and the sky for an instant, illuminating the surrounding land like a blazing sun. Then, this surging light surged out, filling the entire holographic projection.

Then the entire holographic projection flickered and went out completely.

In the sudden darkness, the entire hall fell into a brief silence. Many of the officers present seemed to have seen such a scene for the first time.

They seemed to be shocked by the great power of mankind, and they seemed to be shocked that this great power of mankind was finally used on mankind itself.

boom

Accompanied by a loud noise, the entire hall shook. It was not a simulation caused by the holographic projection, but a real tremor on the ground. The tremor of the earth shaking the mountains awakened everyone from silence.

"The high wall in the S97 area was damaged, and emergency engineering repair machinery is being activated."

"The holographic camera is damaged and is being connected to the backup camera."

"Restarting the holographic projection equipment."

As the flashing light lit up in the hall again, the magnificent war machine appeared in people's sight again, and everyone finally woke up from the shock just now.

"General,"

At this time, the middle-aged officer standing next to the main seat also saw the two people coming in from the rear. He immediately rushed up and looked at Covey, "The aviation unit of the mercenary regiment is accelerating towards us. The ones at the front are The cannon muzzle of the sky beast has reached the high wall, and the south city gate cannot withstand a few bombardments, so we should fight back!"

Following his voice, many people in the entire hall turned their heads and looked at Covey.

"Don't worry."

Covey walked to the main control position and stared at the huge sky beast in the holographic projection, "Wait a minute."

"But"

An officer in the crowd opened his mouth hoarsely, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't.

Some people looked at He Ao aside.

But He Ao just stood quietly behind Covey, indicating his attitude invisibly.

Lines of data flashed through the surrounding holographic projections, showing the specific situation of the aviation force headed by the aerial behemoth.

A total of four aerial behemoths from the Ivis Space System Mercenary Group came this time. The current arrangement is that one aerial behemoth and its defense formation are at the front, followed by the fighter mecha aviation unit, and then three abreast. The aerial behemoth, followed by the remaining aviation forces.

The entire aviation force was advancing very fast. At this moment, the front-most aerial behemoth was very close to the high wall, and the protective fleet around it couldn't even keep up with him.

The entire hall seemed to be somewhat silent. Everyone was watching the majestic machine approaching them step by step, and watching the huge ten-meter muzzle start to charge energy again.

"Notify all high-explosive armor-piercing missile launch sites,"

Finally, Covey's hoarse voice broke the eerie silence, "Aim at the frontmost giant beast in the sky,"

The entire war room was busy, but then, Covey said nothing again, and the hall fell into silence again.

The brilliance of the huge cannon muzzle gathered together again, lighting up the night sky like a bright sun.

The silence in the combat hall once again fell into dead silence.

Finally, the old general standing in command raised his hand and shouted in a calm and steady tone, "Fire!"

The electronic combat system quickly transmitted the command, and countless flashes of light once again illuminated the night sky, and this time, the light came from in front of them.

The bright artillery fire penetrated the somewhat neglected defense force of the huge machine almost instantly, pierced the pitch-black armor, and released a roaring explosion.

Everyone looked up and looked forward. Flames and brilliance once again illuminated the sky, like blooming fireworks, covering the entire night.

Immediately afterwards, the entire holographic projection flickered and turned dark again.

"Restarting holographic projection."

A voice in the crowd said in panic.

Soon, the flickering light lit up again, and the scene of the huge falling war machine burning with flames, leaning like a mountain falling from the sky, appeared in everyone's eyes.

"Is it successful?"

Looking at the falling war machinery, the officer standing at the front said in a daze.

"Activate all anti-aircraft guns, use full output, and attack the aviation units behind them that are not covered by the aerial beasts."

Covey's hoarse voice sounded again.

The crowd reacted quickly and began to continue issuing orders.

As the flames illuminated the darkness again, and as the fighter jets bloomed under the night, the originally depressed emotions in the war room were naturally relieved.

Covey also turned around and looked at He Ao behind him.

He Ao smiled and gave him a thumbs up.

The two looked at each other and said no more.

In fact, when Covey issued the first order, He Ao guessed what he was thinking.

Communication inside and outside the city is isolated, so the situation inside the city is not known outside the city and can only be inferred from the combat situation of the city defense army.

Covey asked the troops to reduce their counterattack intensity. In fact, he was releasing a false signal of chaotic command, making the commander on the opposite side feel that the plan in the city had been realized or was about to be realized. Then he extended his mood of underestimating the enemy and let the vanguard go deep alone in an attempt to end it quickly. war.

At this time, Covey only needs to wait for the right opportunity when the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, and concentrate his efforts to defeat the vanguard first, so that he can cause a heavy damage to the Ivis space system.

It can also improve the morale of the city defense army that has been suppressed.

Of course, this plan is very risky and requires strong execution, decisive courage and unified will.

Even if He Ao just raised a question or said one more word, people's minds would change and Covey's plan would not be realized, so He Ao just didn't say a word, but stood behind Covey to express his attitude.

Of course, this kind of high-risk decision-making cannot be made by the staff. This is also the meaning of the existence of the commander. As a group, the staff often finds it difficult to bear high-risk responsibilities. In layman's terms, it means taking the big blame. But as an individual The commander-in-chief can.

If He Ao had not arrived in time just now, and Covey was seriously injured outside, relying only on the staff, the city defense army would have played more conservatively, and the situation would have been much worse.

"The mercenary group outside is shrinking its troops, and their attack has slowed down."

The middle-aged officer on the side said with regret.

Following his words, He Ao looked at the scenery in the holographic projection.

After being attacked head-on by the city defense army, those aviation units that were alone in the deep retreat chose to retreat, widened the distance, merged with the troops behind them, and chose to continue to move forward steadily step by step.

The commander on the opposite side was not stupid. After being beaten, he immediately became honest.

"Keep the firepower output,"

Covey shook his head gently, "Don't underestimate the enemy."

"yes."

The middle-aged officer nodded immediately.

At this moment, He Ao had lowered his head and looked at the battlefield situation on the main console.

"The firepower on the other side is still dominant,"

Covey lowered his head and looked at the picture above with He Ao, "Their weapons are much more advanced than ours, and we can only fight a war of attrition next."

"At least we destroyed one of their aerial behemoths and many aviation units. The gap is not that big."

He Ao smiled and said slowly.

"really."

Covey also smiled and sighed, then he raised his head, looked at He Ao, and said calmly and slowly, "No matter what, I will fight on this high wall until the last moment."

This is a response to He Ao's previous promise, and also a response to He Ao's trust.

"don’t worry,"

He Ao shook his head and looked at the old general in front of him, "Everything will be fine."

"good,"

Covey smiled and nodded, then he looked at He Ao and asked in a low voice, "How is the situation in the north?"

"not too good,"

He Ao shook his head.

Having said this, he suddenly paused, raised his hand, and looked at the bracelet.

A message from a strange yet familiar number that was not saved in the address book popped in.

"It seems that information from the north is coming."

He Ao looked up at Covey in front of him.