The Collection of The End

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Sarah Galaxy, the bridge of the Hyperion.

"You are saying that the mine we are looking for has been occupied by some kind of mutated creature, and the local police chief is organizing troops to exterminate it."

Arcturus folded his hands, supported his chin with the back of his hand, and asked the adjutant who had just given a report.

"Uh...that's right," the adjutant looked at the information board carefully again and replied with confirmation.

"So, those 'mutated creatures' that can easily wipe out the troops of a secret mining station of the Tyranid Federation are being suppressed by the police chief of an agricultural planet?" Arcturus asked again.

"Oh, about this -" the adjutant suddenly understood his captain's dissatisfaction.

The "Children of Korhal" attached great importance to the terrazine collection station. Even the Hyperion was "conscripted" personally. As a result, the supposed target was actually weaker than a planetary vigilante, making this high-profile operation Like a joke.

"——Actually, they are not ordinary police officers." When the adjutant turned to the next page, he began to sincerely thank the few scouts who came to investigate first for "not doing their job". The rumors they heard when they went to the Planet Bar happened to be used at this time. superior:

"The Sheriff 'Jim Raynor' of this galaxy is actually 'James Quill Raynor', the commander of the 'Celestial Demons' special forces team in the 'Fortress Howe Incident' more than a year ago. They met somewhere in the Terran Federation Council. With the secret support of the congressmen, this place has been turned into a private reserve, so those bugs at least have the strength to fight head-on with a well-equipped mercenary group."

The adjutant finished reading in one breath, and when he raised his head, he found Arcturus's brows furrowed even more tightly.

"You want to tell me," Arcturus said slowly: "As wanted criminals of the Federation, we ran into a territory that the Federation wants to deal with but has no excuse to take action for the time being."

"Ah, this..." The adjutant was sweating a little.

Since the other party has caused so much trouble for the Tyranid Federation and contributed to internal discord, it is a natural ally of ours. However, this action directly caused the "Children of Korhal" to trap the "Devil of Heaven". The federation and those people they don't want to deal with can openly send troops to land on the grounds of "capturing wanted criminals" or "suspecting that you are in contact with wanted criminals".

It was impossible to expect the Federation not to discover it. The total number of Federation agents in the system—no matter which faction they belonged to—would only be one reinforced company.

"...Retreat immediately?" the adjutant suggested.

"That will prove that we really have contact with them," Arcturus shook his head: "Send the order, enter the atmosphere, break through the mine defenses, and seize the stored terrazine. Except for replacing the enemies with insects, everything will go as planned. action."

Pretend not to know? The adjutant immediately figured out that although the Terran Federation could still find an excuse if they insisted on causing trouble to Raynor, at least it would not damage the relationship between the "Children of Korhal" and the "Devil of Heaven," probably.

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A moment later, the mechanical deck.

"Siwang, what's the status of your turret?"

Arcturus looked around. There were various machines on this deck that could vaguely recognize their original forms, but the work they were doing basically had nothing to do with their original functions. And the one wearing a tan engineer uniform Siwang is wielding the hammer in his hand to knock more machines into strange shapes.

Previously, after the "Children of Korhal" rescued Swann and his fellow miners from the Morian System,

The original plan was to place them in Korhal. After all, there was a complete system for helping clones enter society. However, some miners who were closer to Siwang and had initially awakened their self-awareness insisted on joining the Hyperion. Acker Tours agreed after briefly examining their professionalism.

As for the spies... if the Tyranid Federation could plant the spies on a remote, almost worthless mining planet a few months in advance, and they could be rescued by themselves, then he would be qualified to obtain information from here.

Siwang was originally keen on upgrading and transforming machinery. Now that he had a helper, his mobility was even more amazing. Arcturus suspected that if he had not determined the scope of action of these "machinists" in time, he would have allowed Siwang to do so. If Wang renovated everything, the entire Hyperion would probably be completely different.

"In excellent condition! These babies are ready to go into battle at any time!" Siwang responded without looking back.

Treasure... Arcturus firmly stopped himself from subconsciously repeating that word.

"Seriously, Captain, what is that in the information you just sent me? Could it be that monster movies are popular now?" Swann continued without waiting for Arcturus to respond: "How could something like that exist? ?”

"In fact, they are the enemies we will face in a few hours," Arcturus said: "Due to some reasons, our infantry is unable to participate in the battle. This battle may all depend on your turrets."

"Are you kidding?" Siwang turned around suddenly and looked at Arcturus for a while. After confirming that he was telling the truth, he nodded: "If this is true and the information is correct, I will also There really are ways to deal with them.”

"I believe you must have a way." Arcturus encouraged.

"There are two types of monster information you passed on to me." Siwang tapped the control panel next to him, and pictures of two ferocious-looking creatures, one short and one tall, were projected on the data screen in front of him: "The former The swarm is fast and can be killed with the 'Doom Turret', which is slower and has long-range capabilities, and the 'Destroy Turret' is excellent against it."

The data screen began to simulate the situation of these mutated creatures fighting against the turret based on the input data intelligence. Unsurprisingly, it was one-sided. The smaller bugs were reduced to ashes in the flames of the doomsday turret, while the taller bugs were also reduced to ashes. The destruction turrets fought for a while, and then they were defeated one after another.

"..." Arcturus doubted for a moment whether he had really fallen into the trap of the Tyranid Federation. In an accidental operation, the engineer rescued turned out to be able to produce the weapons needed for the next accidental operation. Movies are all I don’t dare to shoot like this.

"The only problem is that they need protection for their construction and firing, and you said that infantry cannot be used..." Siwang began to ramble: "I must modify them so that they can deploy and install themselves after being dropped, and Self-destructs when attacked enough to be destroyed."

"Sounds good," Arcturus nodded: "How long will these transformations take?"

"Wait..." Siwang quickly operated on the screen showing the artillery status: "Okay, it's done."

"???"