This Game is Too Real

   Chapter 399 Lead the snake out of the hole

On the    communication channel, a busy tone accompanied by an electric current sounded.

   pressed his index finger between his eyebrows. Chu Guang, who was sitting in the manager's office of Vault 79, hung up the video call from Dawn City a little tiredly.

   It has been three days since he obtained the permission of Vault 79.

   In order to set up a resurrection point and a temporary base in Vault 79, Chu Guang stayed on the front line these days to arrange work and did not ride Neeko back.

   Just ten minutes ago, his little player finally set up a temporary communication base station in the urban area of ​​Ruigu City.

   And Chu Guang finally got in touch with the rear, and learned about Kaliman from Luca and the news that the Legion was invading Luoxia Province.

Of course he understands the reason why    is dead and the teeth are cold.

  Once the Legion has captured Sunset Province, the southern corridor of River Valley Province will become the front line of the battle between the Legion and the Great Rift Valley.

   By that time, the entire southern part of the Valley Province will be reduced to a battlefield from Dawn City to Dawn City.

   And all the wealth created by players and alliance residents in the past year will also be in vain in the war.

   If the Heart of Steel hadn't arrived at the door, thousands of players in the alliance would have turned into mercenaries and went to the front line to fight against the legion.

   Just when Chu Guang was planning to discuss countermeasures with Vanus, the communication that had just been restored for less than ten minutes was suddenly interrupted.

   Footsteps came from outside the corridor.

  Before the doorbell rang, Chu Guang opened the movable door of the office, and without incident, he saw a long silver hair.

   Standing at the door of the office, Heya complained with a depressed expression.

   "I was copying the data here and sending it back to the Alliance's server, but just now the speed suddenly stopped... What happened?"

  Chu Guang did not answer immediately, but glanced at the VM, only to see the report from the player flashing in the light blue pop-up window.

  【Tail: giao! We were attacked by enemy artillery! 】

  【Tail: Sir! The balloon floats away! Σ(Д;)】

   Get a general idea of ​​what just happened from these two lines of message.

   sighed and closed the pop-up window, Chu Guang briefly answered Heya's question.

   "Probably the source of the signal was located... The Legion's airship fired a few shots at the temporary communication device we just deployed."

   Putting away her complaining expression, Heya asked with a worried look on her face.

   "Huh? Then... are you all right?"

   "There is still news, it should be fine."

  There are many bunkers in the urban area, unless sub-nuclear weapons such as cloud bombs are used, the shelling damage is limited.

   For the Heart of Steel, this is after all the "enemy rear" far away from the supply line, and their shells are obviously not rich enough to blow up at will.

   Guessing that the other side will probably send ground troops to confirm the damage, Chu Guang issued a new order to the players on the mission to evacuate from the area near the shelling area.

  Although long-distance communication has not been restored, there is no problem with short-distance communication.

  The weak signal is difficult to lock the specific location, the opposite side knows at most that there is someone there, but it is difficult to accurately judge where the person is.

"People safe is good……"

   scratched the back of her head, and Heya was too embarrassed to continue urging, so she changed the topic and continued talking about other things.

   "...By the way, when I was searching for the server of this sanctuary, I accidentally found some interesting things, you should be interested."

   "What?" Chu Guang raised his eyebrows curiously.

  His little qi was disconnected within ten minutes of connecting here, and he hadn't performed a full scan of the sanctuary's server for the time being.

   This sanctuary has already brought him enough surprises.

   So after hearing that Heya used the word "interesting" to describe her discovery, he immediately became interested.

   Looking at the expression on Chu Guang's face, Heya's mouth curled into a smug smile, and continued speaking in a pleasant tone.

"I found a set of exoskeleton drawings designed for Death Claw in the private database of a researcher numbered A-7274. Although this project is not included in the Refuge Research Project Catalogue, the degree of completion of this drawing is But it's surprisingly high, almost to the point where it can be accepted... I'll send it to you directly."

   said, Heya stretched out her index finger and tapped twice on the VM screen, and quickly shared the data to Chu Guang's VM.

  Chu Guang opened the file and took a look, and found that it was a 3D model containing the parameters of each part. There are hundreds of parts in it, and the complexity is roughly between "Miner Type I" and "Type Five".

   Give this drawing to Xiaoqi, and it will not be difficult to make a prototype through a magnetic restraint cutting machine. As for industrialized mass production, if some configurations are omitted, it should not be difficult to copy a beggar version.

  Although this equipment is still on the blueprint, the designer of the equipment still gave it a name that is quite suitable for the identity of the death claw——

   Hunter!

   Looking at Chu Guang, who was very interested, Heya, who was standing aside, continued.

   "...The body of the death claw grows very fast. It can grow from a cub to a height of 1.5 meters in one year, and will reach 2-2.5 meters in five months, entering adulthood."

"Therefore, this set of exoskeletons focuses on the adaptability of the equipment, and strengthens the ductility of each structure. Adult individuals with a spine length between 2 and 4 meters can complete the wearing. However, the exoskeleton is relatively The skeletal armor is slightly lacking in coverage, and can only protect the wearer's head and front chest."

   "My guess is that the researchers here probably considered that after the consciousness was transplanted into the death claw, it would be difficult to operate the tools originally designed for the human body, so they designed a set of exoskeletons specially prepared for the death claw."

   It is also easy to understand why the plan was abandoned.

   Even if Heya didn't mention it, Chu Guang could probably guess it.

   Just look at the Mother of Deathclaw outside.

   As long as the serum is injected, the growth will not stop. No matter how perfect the equipment design is, it will accompany them for more than ten years or even several years at most.

  Compared to an endless lifespan, this time is just a sneeze.

   Due to the different growth rates of various tissues and bones in the body, the idea of ​​proportionally enlarging the exoskeleton is not feasible, and it can only be redesigned for different life stages.

   Therefore, the idea of ​​mechanical reinforcement was simply abandoned.

   "That's right... This set of equipment is just right for our wolf cavalry." Chu Guang nodded with satisfaction, archived the blueprint, and planned to pass it on to Xiao Qi after the communication was restored.

   "Wolf cavalry?"

"There is a project under study by the army. We plan to build a cavalry unit that can move quickly... Although it sounds a bit outdated to say this in 2341, we plan to give it a try," Chu Guang replied casually, "Don't worry, leave the war to us, you don't have to worry about it."

  Hya nodded in understanding.

   She doesn't know much about war.

   But she knew in her heart that if the alliance lost, she would no longer be able to focus on the research she was interested in like now.

   "Anyway, it would be nice if I could help. I'll go back to the lab first, you guys... come on."

   Walking to the door, she stopped and suddenly joked in a teasing tone.

   "By the way, that sentence just now sounds quite safe."

   did not wait for him to answer.

   The light footsteps walked away from the corridor.

  …

  The urban area of ​​Ruigu City.

  Crouching on the roof of a residential building, the spring commander was holding a telescope and looking at the billowing smoke that was gradually dissipating in the distance.

   Next to him is the abandoned water tank, and the diagonally opposite corner is the stairwell, and he is not directly visible from the airship at this position.

   Lying on the side of the grave, the ghost hunter also held the telescope in his hand, staring in the same direction as Mr. Quan Shui.

   He was killed by the warlord a few days ago, and he parachuted back two days ago.

  Although the battlefield guy said on the forum that he would help him "destruct the corpse and destroy the traces", he still stayed away from the front line and acted next to the spring water commander for the sake of safety.

  According to past experience, there will be nothing wrong with this Lao Gou coin.

  The only fly in the ointment is that it's boring, unless it is a last resort, this guy will hardly appear on the front line.

   And even if it does appear, it will basically not work.

   Like now.

   Not to mention exoskeletons.

   This guy doesn't even have a gun.

   It was really boring to lie down, so I couldn't help but ask.

   "Are you sure the Legion will come?"

   Spring water thought for a while and replied.

   "More than 80% probability."

   "Then why is there no movement at all?"

   was annoyed by the question, and Quan Shui rolled his eyes at him.

   "Others come and don't need time? Don't rush, just wait."

The    voice just fell.

   The street in the distance really moved.

  I saw a group of soldiers with live ammunition carefully surrounded the explosion area, covering each other and charging through the collapsed wall.

   Naturally, the entourages with different equipment were in the lead, and the soldiers in black robes were behind, urging the cannon fodder to enter the wreckage of the building.

   Looking at the group of sneaky figures, a surprised expression suddenly appeared on the face of the old ghost, and he made a fuss and muttered.

   "...Damn, the people from the legion are really here."

   "With such a large signal power, the commander on the opposite side will send someone to take a look."

   The opposite side should use that communication base station as their headquarters.

   Contemplating silently in his heart, Quan Shui stared intently at the group of soldiers on the street in the distance, carefully observing their equipment and staffing.

  According to the reconnaissance these days, he has basically figured out the regiment's attendance pattern.

  If it is a normal duty mission, the Space Marine Corps will send a team of about ten people to act together with the Centuries of the entourage.

  The former is often responsible for supervising and supporting the battle, while the latter is responsible for charging, sweeping buildings, exploring paths, and breaking the trail... In short, they are tasks with a high mortality rate.

   And if it is an encirclement and suppression of guerrillas, more than three regular army centuries are often dispatched to cooperate with more than five subordinate army centurions.

  According to the information from the battlefield brother, the number of survivors in the fallen leaves camp has reached nearly 20,000, and the scale of the army has also expanded from the original 500 to 2,000.

   If it weren't for the fact that the organizational system of the squire army in the Fallen Leaf Camp had not been established, the Legion would have liked to send a Ripper to all young adults who could carry guns.

  Because of the lack of dog-legs who can fight, the current promotion speed of the lower-level officers of the squire army is like riding a rocket.

  By the way, the Battlefielder is now the strongest contender for the Thousand Commander.

   After all, he was a centurion personally promoted by General McClen, who not only hunted Death Claw, but was also the only person who won the battle against the guerrillas of the enterprise on the frontal battlefield.

   And the players who followed him in, most of them also got into the positions of low-level officers like the ten commander.

   Confirmed that the warlords were not among the group, and said eagerly.

   "Are you going to surprise them?"

   "It's too close to the airship, and their gun barrels are 80% aimed at this city," Commander Quan Shui looked up at the sky, thought for a while and continued, "Wait until it gets dark."

   Just now, he suddenly thought of a good idea.

   I heard that the brothers of the Death Corps have caught a lot of trash recently, and they have also bought a new batch of new equipment that goblin technology helped create.

   Just give them a chance to try their hand...

  …

   It was late at night.

   A team of soldiers in black robes marched in the dark.

  About ten hours ago, they destroyed a communication base station in the urban area, and the sky just darkened, and a new high-power signal source was located in the urban area.

   without any hesitation.

  As the coordinates were sent to the artillery position, the artillery team on standby immediately fired three rounds of 100mm artillery at the target, with a total of nine shells bathing the area where the signal source was located.

   Even at the risk of being bombed, the radio station is also set up. The other party obviously has something important to communicate with the rear.

  Whether it's asking for reinforcements or reporting front-line news, they don't intend to give the opposite side a chance to speak.

  Rachel conveyed the command of the headquarters to the fallen leaves camp.

   Soon a 100-member team composed of wastelanders completed the assembly, joined with the 10-member team sent by the Marine Corps, and headed for the city shrouded in darkness.

   "Why don't we just serve them with cannonballs... must we go and see?"

   Looking around at the dark buildings around, the soldier in black robe guarded his advance, and couldn't help but whispered to the officer beside him.

   It's not a good idea to go into town at night.

   Any window here could hold a gun muzzle.

   The officers walking in the line just repeated the order with a blank expression.

   "The artillery has been bombed for one round, the signal source has been weakened, but not completely interrupted. It is suspected that there are explosion-proof bunker reinforcements. We have to go and see what was just bombed, and whether there are any living people there."

   said, the officer looked at the pangolin beside him.

   "Take a few of you to the front to investigate."

"Yes!"

   As a professional cannon fodder, the battlefield atmosphere team responded cleanly and walked ahead consciously.

   Not only that, he also brought in several confidants he had cultivated, including the young man named Li Ba at the beginning.

   "You guys, follow me!"

   The people who were called to take the lead all had bitter faces, but they reluctantly followed behind the "Pangolin".

   Looking at their expressions, the Battlefield Atmosphere team smiled inwardly, but did not explain.

   There is no need to explain at all, and these people will naturally thank themselves in a while.

   As for the others.

   Just ask yourself for more happiness.

  In war, there is no one who is undead.

  …

   led his subordinates to the front of the team, and the battlefield guy quickly approached the building that had just been baptized by artillery.

   This place was probably a shopping mall before, with a height of only five floors. The dome of the steel structure was wrapped with emerald vines, but now it has collapsed along with the broken steel bars.

   Looking at the open-air mall, Li Ba, who was following him, was holding his rifle tightly, only to feel his calf keep shaking.

   swallowed, and nervously glanced at the centurion beside him—the ruthless man named pangolin.

   "…are we going in?"

  The battlefield guy didn't bother to explain to him, he just said a short sentence.

   "Follow me for a while."

  Li Ba immediately nodded.

  Although he couldn't say the specific reason, his intuition told him that as long as he followed the guy in front of him, he would survive.

   After passing through the security check at the front entrance, the battlefield atmosphere team inside the mall looked around with guns in hand, and couldn't help smacking their tongues.

   "Damn...these big noses blow up pretty well."

   The previous rounds of cannonballs passed through the dome of the mall almost without error, landed in the center of the wide patio, and blew up the surrounding area.

   The intelligence that the Storm Corps used to verify with life before, the Corps was able to locate the location of the radio signal, but the positioning accuracy was unclear.

   And now, the fieldmen can almost be sure that the positioning technology of these big noses can be almost accurate to a point on the map for radio signals in a specific power range within 20 kilometers.

   Walking towards the center of the explosion, the battlefield guy searched carefully, and soon found a backpack that fell from the fifth floor next to a pile of scattered shopping carts.

  The backpack is made of ordinary linen, and it contains a radio station and solid-state hydrogen battery. In addition, a walkie-talkie is tied with tape, and the pre-recorded recording is repeated intermittently with a faint voice.

   This is where the signal comes from.

   is also a radio bait prepared by Mr. Quan Shui.

   leaned over to take a look, and Li Ba, who was next to him, couldn't help but ask.

   "What's in there?"

  Although the walkie-talkie kept talking, he couldn't understand what he was saying.

   The battlefield guy replied casually.

"do not know."

   As a dual agent of the Alliance, of course he can understand it. The intercom is playing Mr. Zhao's cross talk. Just after the broadcast of "Selling Kidnapping", it broadcasts "Talking to You".

   The only uncertainty right now is whether the Heart of Steel will be able to pick up on the specifics of the radio.

  If he could, he could probably imagine that scene.

   A group of electronic warfare officers sat at a table, listening intently to the cross talk, and racking their brains to analyze the information that might be hidden inside.

no……

   After all, he is a double agent of the Alliance, so he can't be laughing at this moment.

  Unable to hold back, the battlefield guy used a dry cough to hide the smile that leaked from his mouth, took off the walkie-talkie hanging on his shoulder, and read the lines he had memorized to the officers outside.

   "The first floor is safe, and an enemy radio station is found... in a backpack. It should have fallen from the upstairs. Do you need to continue searching upstairs?"

   The officer who was on guard outside also quickly came with an unexpected answer.

   "Keep searching!"

"receive!"

The corner of   's mouth drew a slight arc, and the battlefield guy hung up the communication, turned to look at a few confidants behind him, cleared his throat and ordered.

   "Start your search from the second floor, check every corner carefully, and don't miss any suspicious clues!"

   "Action!"

   Just when the warlord was exploring the second floor with his henchmen, the street outside the mall was silent.

   Seeing that there was no movement at all in the building, the officers standing outside could probably guess that the people inside were either dead or evacuated.

   Seeing that there is no battle to be fought tonight, he simply took out a cigarette from his pocket and struck a match.

   Spicy smoke burrowed out of his nostrils.

   He was about to glance at the time on his watch.

   But at this moment, he caught a glimpse of an amber pupil hidden in the darkness through the moonlight sprinkled on the street.

   Hissing murmur floated.

  The monster crawling on the wall was staring straight in his direction, and the amber pupils were filled with desire for killing and blood.

The    officer's face lost its color in an instant, and the cigarette **** burning with sparks fell from the stiff lips, shattering the soot.

  Especially when he found out it wasn't a pair at all.

   When it was a group——

   "It's a dead claw!"

   The officer shouted loudly, and at the same time reached out to grab the rifle and pulled the trigger first.

"Ready to fight--!"

   Almost as soon as the voice fell, the claw of death crawling on the walls and roofs roared and rushed towards the soldiers guarding the streets outside the mall.

  The tranquility on the street was instantly torn apart by the sound of firecrackers, and the flickering gunfire reflected the faces distorted by fear.

   It wasn't just Deathclaw that terrified them.

   But those Death Claws were riding people on their backs!

   Those people not only savagely tied themselves to the back of the claw of death, but also held a variety of weapons in their hands.

   Some are rifles, some are spray guns, and some should be grenades or something similar depending on the caliber.

  Before colliding with the claw of death, the soldiers guarding the street had been blown up by a round of pre-emptive grenades and grenades.

   In just a few breaths, this group of "flying over the eaves" cavalry had already rushed to their vicinity, and the hot breath even blew on their faces.

   And this moment begins—

Only the soldiers of the    Legion truly realized what fear and cruelty are.

   These bloodthirsty beasts are almost invincible in the extreme distance fight, often just a swipe of claws, it is a **** storm and broken limbs.

  Whether it was the wastelanders of the army, or the soldiers in black robes, they were all harvested wildly in the fear of death. They couldn't afford effective resistance at all, and they could only flee into the buildings in all directions.

   Everyone in the mall apparently heard the commotion outside.

   Looking at the chaos on the street outside the window, Li Ba's face was full of fear, the rifle in his hand had been aimed at a cavalry galloping and killing, but he was unable to summon the courage to pull the trigger.

   At this moment, a hand reached out from the side, grabbed the barrel of his gun, and gently pulled it back from the edge of the window.

  Li Ba turned around and saw that it was his centurion, with a surprised expression on his face.

"Don't shoot to attract those monsters, we are not their opponents..." With a gesture of silence, the warlord glanced out the window and said solemnly, "You hide here, I will find a way to keep us The commander rescued..."

   There was chaos in the streets.

   The sound of gunshots could be heard before, but now there are almost only screams and howls, as well as shocking amputations and blood.

   The methods of these beasts are extremely cruel.

   In order to enjoy the fresh prey, they hardly kill the prey, but after the opponent is completely incapacitated, they quickly run to the next head without delay.

  Because the two sides had already started a hand-to-hand exchange of fire, the airship watching from the sky could only be in a hurry and could not support at all.

   In just two minutes, Hu Congjun's 100-man team suffered heavy casualties, and the legion's 10-man team was almost wiped out.

   Seeing that there were no more targets to raid on the street, the cavalrymen who were flying over the eaves and walls retreated from the battlefield without delay, just like when they suddenly rushed out.

   Looking at the ghosts that were scattered and disappeared into the darkness, the officers who were dragged into the shopping mall by a squire still had a frightened expression on their faces.

   Breathing heavily, he looked down at the bloodstain on his chest, then looked at the centurion named Pangolin, and squeezed out a word from his mouth gratefully.

"thanks……"

  The Battlefielder did not speak.

   is mainly worried about showing off.

   finally recovered, the officer took a deep breath and made a calm judgment.

   "We have to get out of here..."

  The Field Guy glanced at the soldiers and retinues who were wailing outside and asked in a low voice.

   "What about the wounded?"

   A trace of unbearable flashed in the officer's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by fierceness.

   "They... are dead."

   I didn’t expect that the company could actually drive the aliens to fight, which was a bit unacceptable because of the big discrepancy with the information they had.

   In particular, he couldn't be sure how many Death Claws like just now were hidden in the city. Under such circumstances, it is impossible for the command to authorize support.

   Hearing the officer's answer, the battlefield guy sighed inwardly.

Pity……

  …

After    the remaining ground troops evacuated, the Heart of Steel sent regional firepower towards the city, and the cannons rang out for more than ten minutes.

  General McClen, who was standing in front of the French windows on the bridge, stared at the city lit by artillery fire, his expressionless face was filled with haze.

   He always had an illusion.

   The longer they stayed here, the more corporate soldiers they killed, and their opponents, instead of being weakened, became stronger and stronger.

   First it was a plane that flew faster than a cannonball, and now it was a cavalry that charged on the death claw. The opponent's moves became more and more outrageous, and their advantages became less and less obvious...

   Speaking of how many reinforcements the company has sent here.

   Or his information was wrong from the beginning...

  Staff Shen Shenghui, who was standing aside, reported.

   "That signal source... seems to be the bait set by the other party."

   "Just now, we detected more signal sources in the city, from different areas, and in different frequency bands... We can monitor their conversations, but we can't decipher what language they are using."

General    McClane was about to speak.

   However, at this moment, an officer walked to the bridge gate.

   "Report! Communication request from General Griffin!"

   McClen said with a blank expression.

   "Connect to the conference room and ask him to wait for me for two minutes."

   "Yes!" the officer replied, turning and trotting away from the bridge.

   temporarily handed over the command to the adjutant, and McClen then turned and left the bridge and went to the conference room located upstairs.

   There was a table in the conference room. In the center of the table was a silver-white machine. Seeing General McClen nod, the officer standing at the door immediately exited the room.

  The dome light is off.

  The meeting room was dark.

   However, pale blue light particles floated from the device in the center of the conference table, lighting up the space again. Not long after, a man in his 40s or 50s appeared in the hologram.

   His nose was raised, his face was resolute, and the aura exuded from his body was like that of a lion, but his eyes were very fox-like.

   Looking at this face in the hologram, a trace of disgust appeared in McLen's eyes,

   However, after all, the guy had one more star on his shoulders than himself, so he still took the initiative to give a military salute, and said patiently after the other party returned the salute.

"What's up."

"Be happy, it's good news," the man in the hologram smiled faintly and continued calmly, "Your Excellency the Legion Commander has adjusted our deployment in Luoxia Province, and now we have officially intervened in Falcon. The war between kingdoms and desert kings."

   As the main battle faction, this is indeed a happy thing.

   Only by expanding the territory for the legion can we make achievements, and only by war can we plunder more wealth, land and slaves.

   However, at this moment, there was not much happy expression on McClen's face.

  Obviously, the man in front of him has already taken the biggest credit, and when he goes back, 80% of the soup won't be left.

   seemed to understand the expression on the captain's face, Griffin continued in a gentle tone.

"I was going to wait for you to come back to plan the next step, but we were unexpectedly raided by corporate reinforcements... Until those desert dwellers get support from the east coast, we can only do it first. Of course, I believe You've heard about it elsewhere."

   cleared his throat, and the man standing in the hologram continued.

"Now, I ask you to execute a new order, and immediately set off for the No. 9 Desert to support the ground troops of the Falcon Kingdom! I hope you didn't waste your ammunition, there are at least two tough battles waiting for you before you return to the port to supply supplies. ."

   "Corporate reinforcements?!"

   He didn't listen to Griffin's second half of the sentence at all. The moment McClane heard the first half of the sentence, obvious surprise appeared on his face——

   or unbelievable!

   The composure he made could no longer be maintained. He slammed his hands on the table and couldn't help raising his voice.

"This is impossible!"

"The company's reinforcements were firmly held in the south of the river valley province by us, and our airships have been blocking this plain! I can be sure that since the beginning of this month, there has not been a single team...even a caravan from Here into the desert."

   "And, if you encounter reinforcements from companies, who are the people who are fighting against us?!"

   A chuckle came from the communication channel.

   There was some irritating sarcasm in that hehe.

   "Who knows."

   "Perhaps the natives."

-

   (I have to hang up for two days... I have to go in a while, but the doctor is already familiar with me...)

   (end of this chapter)