Two Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty-One, Sherlock and Borderlands 2 (8)
——? ? ? ——[Yarfheim] Further east from the junction of relatively dry Svartalfheim and Niflheim, which is full of swamps and water vapor, is a vast grassland, and half of this grassland is Occupied by tropical rainforest.
Is this normal in the eyes of Pandora people that just by climbing over a mountain or crossing a river, the landscape and environment will undergo earth-shaking changes?
Sherlock ignored him for the time being, running around and shouting.
"[Ah, prairie, you are all grass]" Watson raised his arm to contact the 34-year-old single Irene Adler through the multi-purpose tool.
"I've arrived in Alfheim, what's the next step?"
"[It's very simple,]" Erin's avatar appeared on the communication interface: "[In addition to the main base where we sent the team to attack, there are also some scattered research institutions there. I need you to go to those places to retrieve the knowledge of local wildlife. Research and transformation records, with those things, I can better formulate plans for biological weapons.]"
"Why not let that detachment do it?"
"[I think 'Afterglow' should have eliminated them, but that guy is a rough guy and doesn't understand the value of scientific research at all. Letting him collect data will only cause damage, so we didn't mention it at all when he set off.] "Irene replied: "[If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't leave, I would still like to go and see those cuties in person.]"
"Little cutie..." Sherlock looked up at the giant two-headed dog chasing Watson, and then turned the camera around: "You mean this?"
"[Oh! You are so lucky! Alien dogs of this level are not common,]" Eileen exclaimed: "[Please make sure that the fur from between its two heads to the back is intact, I will pay a big price to buy it." Get them.]" I always felt that the words in her mouth
"Cute" is not the same as in the conventional sense... Sherlock hung up the communication and took out his weapon. So... which part of the head is the fatal part?
Or is it both? ——Before, Kyle Rayner made it clear that the ongoing offensive of the Volunteer Army did not require Sherlock’s help, but for this
"Powerful Vault Hunters" are happy to help their people complete some small tasks. After all, they are somewhat short of manpower in a three-way war.
However, these
I don’t know why the “side mission” naturally led Sherlock to the main battlefield of the critical battle, and also,
I "happened" to meet the captain who was in trouble.
"Are you the 'Vault Hunter' that Kyle mentioned?" It was a tall, thin man wearing a tan leather jacket, windproof goggles, and a red headband. He was holding a sniper rifle and had a somewhat depressed expression. When Locke met him, he was on the top floor of a research institution that had been emptied out. He was writing and drawing on a simple topographic map with charcoal in hand: "Great, I am suffering from a shortage of manpower." ['Beast King' residual Light.
】【He alone is an army. 】
"[This is extra work! You need to pay extra!]" the little robot said arrogantly with his hands on his hips.
"...Want to hear the details." Sherlock pulled Watson behind him.
"This is the base where the 'Laughing Bat' uses 'Yin Li' to transform ordinary wild animals. In addition to those two-headed dogs, there are also 'human bats' and 'sandworms'," Can Guang held up his goggles: "My original plan was to rescue the animals they captured, organize an army of beasts, and level the entire base, but 'T'Challa' was too aggressive and got caught in a trap. Most of my abilities were used It’s gone, and only useless abilities like ‘ultra-long-range sniping’ are left.”
"T'Challa?" Sherlock felt that the context of this familiar name seemed a bit uncomfortable.
"Oh, that's my pet. Although I don't know its specific race, it can transform into various animal forms as needed. It is my best companion." Can Guang said very proudly.
[Current mission: Rescue ‘Drew Yin’ T’Challa and destroy the biological laboratory. 】Not it seems.
[I helped you scan some animals in captivity and marked them,]
"Angel"'s communication was automatically connected: [If you destroy the cage and release them, it will be enough for the minions of the 'Laughing Bat' to have a good drink.
】Hmm...————[Nidaville] Walking north from Alfheim, after crossing a mountain ridge, the topography of Pandora changed drastically again, suddenly transforming from grassland and rain forest to wind-eroded Gobi.
This kind of terrain...Sherlock found a nearby modified car garage and displayed his car.
The "VIP" car started racing in this desert while looking for its goal. [There are many wild 'Bane's, Vault Hunters, in Nidaville.] Soon, Moriarty sent a remote contact through the universal tool: [Due to the great uncertainty in their behavior, 'The Laughing Man' Bats have failed many times in their transformation and control, and many of the failed ones that escaped are now living with their wild counterparts - with those 'venom', you know.
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"I can help you collect venom samples, but I don't think Kyle Rayner will allow you to experiment on the soldiers of the Volunteer Army, even if it can improve their combat effectiveness to better fight against the 'Laughing Bat'." Sherlock replied .
"[I am not stupid enough to use things that are likely to be tampered with for my own use,]" Moriarty replied: "[I will make appropriate adjustments and change the usage from 'internal administration' to It’s for ‘external application’.]”
"...?" Is that possible?
"[To be precise, I will make them into some kind of projectile. Depending on the type, the gas and liquid droplets dissipated after throwing can very well weaken the enemy or strengthen one's own. Although there is no need to worry about causing permanent damage, but the The effect time will be relatively short, tsk.]" This sentence
"although" and
"But" seems to be used backwards, but combined with it
The title of "loving doctor" doesn't seem to backfire.
"Just in case I'm asking, who is the operations captain performing the mission here? Does it overlap with your mission objectives?" Sherlock asked.
After all, it took him a lot of effort to rescue T'Challa in Alfheim.
"[Let me think about it, oh, it's the big stupid guy from 'Herlem'," Moriarty replied: "[Maybe because he is also brainless, he can communicate with 'Bane' to a certain extent, so Kyle arranged for him to attack the transformation factory, rescue the 'Wild Baine' who were angry with the 'Laughing Bat', and then use them as cannon fodder when we attack Vanaheim.]" Sherlock is very convinced that Kyle That was certainly not the word Erreina used.
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"Helem! Yes! King of Bain!"
"[Watson! Yes! The little noisy king!]" Alas... Sherlock silently held his forehead. this time,
There is no problem with "action", but
Something's wrong with "Captain". Before his arrival, Hreem and the volunteer detachment he commanded had successfully breached
"Bane" transformed the factory, and rescued and collected all the wild Bane, and then...he called himself the 'King of Bane', commanding the Bane to transform the factory into a lair, and then stayed here. .
His original volunteer army men were camped outside the factory, but they didn't dare to advance, and they couldn't retreat. When they saw Sherlock appear, they were completely
The "saved" look. Shylock promised them that he would take Khlem back and let them go back first.
The "shelter" came back to life, and those people left with great gratitude.
"Helem! I won't go back!" The extremely strong bald man, who looked about the same size as Bain, or even bigger, found that he couldn't quarrel with Watson, so he turned around and shouted: "Helem! I want to stay with my family. Together!"
"Helem!"
"family!"
"I'm hungry!" The Baines inside the factory also shouted in agreement. [‘Giant’ Hreem] [He is the biggest.
] Sherlock had a slight headache. He originally thought that Hreem had been caught in a trap and controlled like T'Challa, so he boasted, but now it seems that this giant is acting entirely according to his own will, even though he directly It's not impossible to beat Helem away and take them away, but then this group of Bains will lose control and all their previous efforts will be wasted, so we should... [Current mission: Defeat Helem and get the support of 'Wild Bain'.
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"..." [Bain's ethnic structure consists of 'clan chiefs' and 'war commanders',]
"Angel"'s communication appeared again: [I have marked all the 'chiefs' for you. If you defeat them one by one, you will become a challenger to Helem, the 'war commander'. If you defeat him at this time, this shell will The En Clans will be under your complete control.
】No, thank you, he doesn’t want to be anything at all
"King of Bane". ————[Muspelheim] To the west of Niflheim, after passing through a canyon, there is a volcanic landscape covered with scorched earth and lava. It seems that the locals of Pandora do have reason to ignore the too abrupt changes in the landform. There are too many of them after all.
"[Ouch! My tire! It's on fire! It's going to burst!]" Watson shouted while running around.
"..." After Sherlock confirmed that its wheels were safe enough, he opened the multi-purpose tool and contacted Atreus: "What ore did you say you were looking for?"
"[Yinli Mine, man,]" Atreus seemed to be busy modifying the vehicle, and replied in a slightly greasy voice: "[That is an ore that only grows deep underground in Pandora. It contains great energy. It is also the main energy source for my explosive modified vehicles. It is difficult to mine normally. It usually waits for the volcano to erupt it, and some of it is swallowed by the mutated fire spiders and brought to the ground.]"
"...Don't ask me to catch fire spiders. I can look for them near the volcano."
"[You are right, man, but unfortunately, the minions of the 'Laughing Bat' thought the same way. They occupied all the craters here to build camps and mine Yinli Mine. At the same time, in order to deal with the attacks of those fire spiders, The sea has installed super powerful automatic artillery - of course, it is worse than the one on my car.】"
"I suddenly thought of a question," Sherlock looked at an armed camp built next to a small volcano from a distance: "Those automatic artillery are to defend against fire spiders, right."
"[That's right, man.]"
"So, they must be very good at dealing with flames, maybe they spray ice or water?"
"[What a great idea, I will modify it into my car next time.]"
"One more question, what is the name of the operational captain responsible for attacking here? What's his nickname?" Sherlock's eyes followed the flaming meteors streaking across the sky.
"[Jade, 'Firehawk' Jade, what's the problem?]"
"...I think I know the reason why her actions are making no progress." Sherlock saw that the meteor was about to fall into the camp, and was swatted away by several ice-blue defensive fires like flies: "Later Contact."——Boom!
A blazing fireball suddenly landed in front of Sherlock, and then the flames dissipated, revealing a woman on one hand and one knee, copying the Iron Man pose.
She was wearing a tight-fitting fiery red leather outfit, her short hair and eyes were equally fiery red, her appearance was sharp and oppressive, and there was a pair of falcon-like wings on her back made of flames.
[‘Fire Eagle’ Jide. 】【Let this world burn! 】Judging from the introduction panel, she seemed not very friendly, and Sherlock took half a step back.
"'Vault Hunter'? Huh?" Jade flipped her hair on her temples, and the pair of fire wings on her back disappeared: "I heard from Kyle that you are also a 'witch' like me?"
"We usually call ourselves 'wizards'." Sherlock shrugged.
"It doesn't matter," Jade waved her hand: "I'm here to help that kid Kyle collect the 'Yinli Ingots'. I've already destroyed half of the camps where the 'Laughing Bat' placed here, but the rest are a bit difficult to deal with. You'd better do it." If you have other means besides fire, you should go back as soon as possible, 'Wizard'." Now if you say
"I have a hundred ways to demolish those bunkers." Isn't it a bit arrogant? [Current mission: Help Jie De destroy the remaining Yinli mining field.
】【Optional task: Destroy the three 'Fire Spider Queens' in this area to obtain the melted Yinli Ore.
】It’s really just half. [I have marked the defensive weak points of these camps for you,]
The communication from "Angel" arrived in time: [In addition to conducting conventional offensives, if their heat insulation or refrigeration equipment can be stopped, the effect of self-destruction can also be achieved.
】Uh-huh?
"angel" pair
"Optional tasks" not responding? This can be ruled out
"The mission was actually sent by an 'angel'" was the inference. ----【refuge】
"Thank you very much, Vault Hunter," Kyle Rayner shook hands with Sherlock enthusiastically: "You have helped us a lot and will always be the best friend of the Volunteer Army." That's a legendary weapon, three Among the rewards given by big missions, only Can Guang's gun is pretty good. I usually use all the guns I get from defeating bosses.
"Unclean Harold" is the best in the world!
"It's okay. After all, I have some accounts to settle with the Laughing Bat." Sherlock shook his hand back.
"Speaking of this, we are about to launch a general attack on 'Vanaheim' from three directions at the same time, but there is still one most critical issue." Kyle Rayner let go of his hand and lit up the tactical screen next to him: "That fortress The star port city where the 'Batship' takes off and lands has a strong shield like ours, which cannot be broken by conventional means." I don't know whose shield will be destroyed by a single saturation bombing.
"So?" Sherlock asked.
"Based on your previous actions, we came up with a good idea," Kyle nodded: "Intercept the shield batteries it purchased for replacement." Did you all buy batteries online?
Who is the supplier?
"But the problem is that it is a shield that supplies energy for an entire city. It cannot be transported by a single person, so..." Kyle Rayner switched the screen and showed a picture of railroad tracks and trains running through the mountains: "We What we want to hijack is a freight train." [Current mission: Train robbery.
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"..."————[Waranaheim]This
The "Planet Block" is located in the northernmost part of Pandora. About 70% of the area is an urban area with extremely high technological content at first glance, but the solid walls erected around it and the sky-high walls close directly above the city. The hemispherical golden shield always reveals its attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away.
However, the residents of Pandora who longed to enter the city would not give up. They built many temporary residences around the city that were like simple and dilapidated garbage dumps. They stayed there and refused to leave. In this spontaneously formed
In the "ghetto", there are still people wearing
The robot with the "Laughing Bat" logo,
"Robin" and
"Bane" is maintaining order. If it weren't for the people and monsters on this planet,
"dropped items" and
"Disappear in battle" and can be picked up anytime and anywhere
"Treasure Chest", Sherlock really has the idea to investigate the causes of their strange ecology.
"Hi~Secret~Hunter~"
"[Hi, hi, hi, hi]!"
"..." The corners of Sherlock's eyes twitched and he turned to the two people who waved their hands to interrupt his thinking. One of them is naturally doing nothing but troubles the first-placed Watson, and the other is a little girl in fancy clothes.
She looked no more than ten years old. She was wearing an indigo mechanical maintenance suit that was too wide and made her figure appear thinner. The collar, cuffs and belt were also decorated with various inappropriate mechanical parts, and she wore an orange hat on her head. Welding goggles, the facial features look pretty delicate, but the thick dark circles under the eyes and the crazy look put all the comments related to cuteness to the ground.
And the background of her first introduction was a completely oversized bomb: ['Little' Luna] [Everything can be blown up!
】At this point, my own
All the "teammates" are here, relatively well-disciplined, well-organized, and with clear goals. It's more or less like that.
The "Volunteers", this group of students at Hogwarts are not only weirdos, but also a little bit crazy. Regardless of others, the greetings Luna and Watson exchanged when they met were: "Hello~ My name is Luna. I don't have a father. What about you?"
"[Isn't this a coincidence? My name is Watson and I don't have a mother!]"
"We are half-siblings\/brothers and sisters!]" x2
"Sisters and sisters!"
"[Brother and sister]!"
"Let's fight!"
"【elder sister!】"----
"Well..." Sherlock recovered from his brief distraction and looked at the elevated railway track behind the two of them: "Is the freight train coming?" This is a place located in
The abandoned water tower on the edge of the "ghetto" can be observed from an almost parallel position as the building named
The train track that transports supplies to the golden city of "Gotham".
"That's right, that freight train will arrive soon, and then it will be blown up to the sky~Hehe~" Luna took out a large pocket watch, looked at it, and handed it to Sherlock: "As Luna's best friend , I decided that you will detonate 'Thomas' and 'Martha' with your own hands~"
"..." Sherlock took the detonator decorated as a pocket watch and looked at the viaduct in the distance. The bridge's piers were tied with two humanoid figures that were assembled from various mechanical parts.
"Doll", and there are a lot of explosives of different styles hanging on the doll. It was assembled from ingredients he and Watson found in the ghetto after setting off a dozen alarms while running around under Luna's command.
Luna's talent in being able to assemble bombs from things that had no explosive elements at all was something that should not be underestimated - after returning to the real dimension, let her light it.
"Hey~ you know what? Vault Hunter," Luna trotted around in circles: "Luna has investigated and found out that that city is full of bad guys like the 'Laughing Bat' and their freaks. Subordinates, such as 'Penguin', 'Scarecrow', 'Riddler'..."
"[The Riddler gets out of Gotham!]" Watson shouted.
"Don't steal my lines!" Luna glared at Watson: "So, blowing up those things will make them hungry for a week, hehe~" [This is the base camp of the 'Laughing Bat' used to conquer other planets, 】
It is rare that "Angel" did not appear with the mission: [But we are lucky, he is busy with a more important thing now and has no time to pay attention to "Gotham". He just wants to solve it quickly.
】Other planets? More important? In other words, Kyle Rayner's all-out resistance was in that
"The Laughing Bat" seems to be just a trivial matter that can be solved casually? Well, think about it, if it weren't for me
"Vault Hunter" helps, and all the operations he organizes will end in failure. As for
The strength of the "Laughing Bat" itself... Sherlock looked at his waist. Even if he can deal with his own ordinary spells, can he resist a "Gominyard"?
Woo--the faint sound of a whistle in the distance interrupted Sherlock's thoughts.
"Hurry, Vault Hunter, it's now!" Luna jumped up to the top of the water tower and danced. Hmm... Sherlock looked down at the detonator in his hand.
After "hijacking" the train, he has to find the shield battery and take it away before the Gotham Guards rush out to rescue the cargo and find the prisoner.
But the question is, what does that battery look like? Anyway, we can't reconcile
Isn't the "shelter" area just as small? Woo——! Woo——! A freight train appeared on the viaduct. Before Sherlock could think about it, he raised his hand and pressed the detonation button.
Boom! The bridge collapsed as expected, and the front end of the freight train plunged into the river and broke into several sections.
"Haha! 'Laughing Bat'! Your parents exploded!" Luna cheered. This childish behavior - never mind, she is indeed a child.
"Next, let's... go to hell." Sherlock was interrupted mid-sentence when he was shocked by the sight in front of him.
At this time, more than a dozen armed robots were drilled out of almost every carriage that fell into the river. But before it fell into the river, in a position that was temporarily invisible because it was blocked by mountains and rocks, there was a robot that was ten stories high. The giant robot is slowly standing up.
So... what this operation is going to deal with is actually
The "battery" itself?