Chapter 1675 Strange Battlefield
two hundred thirty eight hours fifty five minutes thirty eight seconds thirteen milliseconds
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Two hundred thirty eight hours fifty four minutes twenty eight seconds twenty seven milliseconds
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two hundred thirty eight hours fifty twelve seconds thirty milliseconds
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Mo Ye watched the countdown timer on the wristband keep flashing rapidly, decreasing by one minute and one second, and the constantly beating numbers gave people an inexplicable sense of oppression.
One hour, thirteen minutes and forty-five seconds have passed since it was dropped into the third ring of Beliver's star belt, um, that's how accurate it is.
Mo Ye sat on Banzhuan's head, half-closed his eyes, and the image fed back by the observing eye flashed in his mind.
It is still an endless reddish-brown desert. Even though the brick has already climbed hundreds of kilometers, the surrounding scenery does not seem to have changed in the slightest. Except for the desert, there are five other things, which are boundless.
"Captain, is there a problem with this map?" Berhardt looked at the holographic map displayed on the top of the bracelet, his two thick eyebrows locked tightly, "Is it possible for us to go around in circles?"
Running all the way in the desert under high radiation and extreme temperature, but the surrounding environment has not changed at all. This feeling is like opening a box of instant noodles in the middle of the night when the hunger is unbearable, but there is no seasoning packet in the bag. It is an extraordinary cure for depression.
Uncle Banzhuan, who hadn't been on duty for a long time, yawned unceremoniously, "Why don't we just fly over?"
Mo Ye, a magic pet who is so lazy, doesn't want to talk to him at all.
"It's not spinning in circles." Mo Ye is sure that they have been heading in the direction indicated by the map. They haven't lost their way, they haven't circled in circles, and they haven't fallen into a phantom array or anything like that. It's the barrenness of this desert, which one? The angles are all the same.
Along the way, except for the mercenaries who landed at the same place at the beginning, Mo Ye and the others didn't even see any living creatures, whether it was Zerg or human beings or anything else.
This desert is dead silent without any breath of life, and it is so dull and bleak that it makes people involuntarily irritable.
This is an extremely poor and barren desert.
The so-called cleaning the battlefield,
The final battlefield cleanup is actually responsible for cleaning up the remaining Zerg remnants after the withdrawal of the large army, and also shoulders the work of collecting corpses.
Cremating the corpses of Legionnaires so that they do not become food for the Zerg remnants, and returning the ashes to the Templar Tombs is a time-consuming and unnecessary job that the Templars often leave to the mercenaries.
They haven't done these basic tasks since they were airdropped. It's not that they don't want to do it, but they don't have the opportunity.
When communicating with Crocodile Head before, Mo Ye already knew that many mercenary regiments had done such missions many times, but from the way they were launched just now, all the mercenaries realized that the so-called ending of the battlefield this time was not easy.
But after such a long time, let alone a Zerg, they have never seen a complete Zerg corpse.
Is this really a joke?
"What tricks are the Templars playing?" 11's voice came from the spiritual power link communication network established by the magic pattern communicator.
Betty, 11, and Luo Yuning were sent to different places with other explorers, except for 11, the unlucky one, and no one was left alone.
11 expressly hinted several times and Mo Ye did not express any intention to call 11 to his side immediately.
"Why do I feel that we and those mercenaries are like guinea pigs?" Luo Yuning's voice was soft like a wilted flower bone.
No fighting, nothing to eat, Luo sister can not get excited.
"Mo Mo, you really didn't find the Zerg race? Could it be that you have already booked the field?" Luo Yuning, who didn't see a bug or a single figure, doubted whether Mo Ye had already used two big moves Cleared the field directly.
Mo Ye "..." There really isn't one.
"Not found."
The more they didn't find out, the more people felt that something was wrong. The Templar Corps recruited a group of mercenaries, and they couldn't be sent here for sightseeing.
Mo Ye was too lazy to answer Luo Yuning's nonsense, and reminded, "Don't let your guard down."
"Yes" the sonorous and forceful unanimous answer, no doubt all came from the explorers of Yan Luodian.
How long does it take from dawn to dark?
an hour and a half.
The night came without warning, it was still daylight one minute before, and after a few chats, dusk came, without lengthy transitions, without brilliant clouds, and after a few minutes, darkness enveloped the entire desert.
Mo Ye raised his eyes and looked around. It was pitch black, and he quickly completed the alternate work day and night. Looking up at the sky, he could clearly see the nearby star ring. The light of the dark star ring was not obvious, and it seemed to be floating in the night sky halo.
"Master, the basic environmental data has been tested. The gravity index is 2.5 times the standard of the Star Alliance. The temperature during the day is maintained above 48 degrees Celsius, and the temperature at night is currently minus 38 degrees Celsius. The air quality... oxygen content ...the radiation is high and the composition is complex..."
Mo Ye observed the surrounding environment while listening to Xiao Qi's words. Although this place is not suitable for human beings to live for a long time, it is not so extreme that there are no creatures.
It's a pity that there is no internet, otherwise Xiaoqi can use the internet to search in real time to find the information of this star ring belt and the information records of the Templar Legion about this battle.
"The satellite fortress belongs to the 27th Army of the Temple of Liberty, not a secret army, so the mission of releasing mercenaries this time should be public within the temple, and there is no need for them to kill mercenaries on purpose. It should be true, but the danger level of this battlefield may be much higher than expected.”
Even though she hasn't seen a Zerg so far, Betty firmly believes that this battlefield is absolutely very dangerous.
When the discussion in the magic pattern communicator was heated, Mandel suddenly jumped off the back of the brick, took out the equipment prepared earlier in the morning and squatted on the ground to inspect it carefully. After a while, he dug out a watermelon-sized piece of watermelon from the sand. Something like bone fragments.
"Captain, there are traces of battle here, and the sand is mixed with broken bones of Zerg and humans." Once Mandel entered a professional state, he was very devoted.
Diving goggle-like glasses cover most of the face, but it is actually a set of professional biological scanning detection and analysis equipment customized by the Burgess Research Institute and the Gobles.
Mandel's thin frame and oversized glasses look a kind of contrasting joy.
"From the shape and size of the bone fragments..." Mandel said after a little hesitation, "This is the skull. This size should at least be that of a Zerg with a body size of more than five meters, but there is no matching genetic data. judge race"
The brow covered by the goggles frowned, "The remaining genetic tissue is contaminated, making it difficult to collect and test effectively."
Mo Ye glanced at the skeletal fragments in Mandel's hand that were as big as a palm and couldn't see the parts. This can determine the size of the original creature, which is really powerful.
Mo Ye's silence made Mandel mistakenly believe that he didn't believe it, so he said, "Captain, this is my specialty." He said forcefully, "Please believe in the profession."
"Well", Mo Ye has always agreed that there is a specialization in the art industry. If she doesn't understand, it doesn't mean that others don't understand. She nodded to Mandel and signaled him to continue.
Manmandel circled around the location where the Zerg and human skeletons were found, his head followed his gaze, and his hand slid back and forth on the light screen on his chest that was invisible to others.
The frown became tighter and tighter, and finally turned back to the dot and told Mo Ye, "According to the number of bones in the vicinity, this place should not be a gathering place for insects, but it is strange that a small-scale encounter broke out. It is said that the large army of insects just ended not long after the battle Just withdrew the troops, there shouldn’t be only bones and no corpses.”
Aren't you an expert on Zerg biology and genetic engineering?
Why did he suddenly become a battlefield environment analyst?
"Hey-hey, Momo, can you still hear me? Listen...please answer."
The magic pattern communicator kept vibrating, and the voice of 11 echoed intermittently in the ears. It was not until the eighth repetition that Mo Ye's answer was clearly transmitted.
"The magnetic field interference seems to intensify after nightfall."
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What Mo Ye and the others didn't know at this moment was that on top of the satellite fortress, in a military barracks building, a circular light curtain surrounded the entire wall of the room including the ceiling.
The divided screens were showing the actions of all the mercenaries on the Belliver Ring Belt.
Several officers in uniform sat in the middle of the room and watched the scene change.
"The magnetic field interference is too strong, and the surveillance images in some areas are not clear."
"Have all the mercenaries bound their bracelets?"
"More than four-fifths of the mercenaries have been bound, and the remaining ones will be bound soon even if they haven't yet. It's getting dark."
"Most mercenaries have yet to encounter the Zerg, but that will end soon"
Several officers stared at the data just received with serious expressions, and then looked at the gradually approaching night on the screen.
"it's dark."
"hope everything is fine."
The officer glanced at the light curtain on the wall and sighed deeply, "I hope everything goes well."
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The night covered the entire land, the only source of light was the dim yellow halo, cold, silent, and the night wind whistling in the bleak desert.
A large lizard folded its wings and crawled quickly on the ground, and suddenly stopped running.
Mo Ye, who was sitting on the head of the brick, suddenly opened his eyes.
The three explorers on the back of the board also sat up straight and held the weapons in their hands at the same time, ready to fight.
The sound of breathing was brought into the cold night wind and drifted away with the wind and sand.
It finally came. The airdrop traveled thousands of kilometers for almost two hours without seeing a single living creature. It finally appeared after nightfall.
Nocturnal Zerg?
"It stinks." If Ban Zhuan could roll his eyes, there would probably be only the whites of his eyes left, his expression extremely tangled.
"This is definitely the worst smell I've ever smelled." Moaned full of pain.
Mo Ye suddenly sensed more and more mental power fluctuations. The fluctuations were not strong but the number was extremely large. These mental power fluctuations were almost at the same frequency.
The appearance of these mental power fluctuations can be said to be very sudden. One minute ago, there was nothing, and one minute later, thousands of mental power fluctuations suddenly became violent.
"team leader."
"You and Berhardt are ready to fight." Mo Ye said directly without turning his head, "Mandel stays."
The reddish-brown sand and stones began to turn, and the night became the best cover, and Zerg warriors crawled out of the sand and stones one after another.
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In the night, this Zerg quietly waited for the approach of its prey, its eyes tightly locked on the target.
When the prey entered the predation range, it jumped up, and a large insect over two meters suddenly jumped out of the ground that was originally just a piece of sand.
The armor-like carapace with metallic luster, the thick and powerful limbs like a frog, have the ability of a strong spring, and when the power bursts out, it can jump more than 20 meters.
These bugs suddenly jumped out from the sandy ground, rock crevices, etc. without warning, and their attack methods were extremely fast and brutal.
Accompanied by their jumping, the sand and rocks condense to form a sharp soil cone that protrudes from the ground in a large area like mushrooms after rain.
Berhardt jumped down from the back of the brick, and the long blade in his hand slammed down from the air to hit the target, but he didn't hit any entity, and the hit Zerg immediately turned into a pool of loose sand and scattered on the ground Blends with sand and stone.
"Oops" At this moment, Berhardt realized that something was wrong, turned around and blocked with a long blade behind his back, and slashed.
Another sand worm was blocked and swung away.
Heck,
Heck, the Zerg's nostrils contracted and made a sound like a bellows, which was especially obvious in the quiet wilderness.
The mental power fluctuations of these Zerg races appear out of thin air. This is not the first time Mo Ye has encountered such a situation. Many Zerg races stop mental power fluctuations in a dormant state and blend with the surrounding environment. Some of them are born with mental power Shield talent.
In the non-combat state, there is no fluctuation of mental power to a certain extent, so it will be more difficult to accurately determine the direction.
Deserted.
These earth-type Zerg have the innate ability to change their own shape when attacked, which is really abnormal.
In this way, the attacks of the physics department were almost neutralized.
Berhardt has encountered the same situation several times in a row. It is no problem to defend against these bugs, but if the attack is always nullified, continuous defense will not work at all.
"Damn it, can't these bugs be killed?"
of course not.
Desertification is a spiritual skill used by this kind of Zerg. Just like human beings, if the skill is used a few times and the spiritual power is not enough, it will not be able to be used.
Three times, on average, it needs to defeat this kind of Zerg more than three times before it can hit the entity, and in the process, it needs to resist the powerful attack of the bugs.
This kind of soil worm's soil combat skills are simply superb, and once it gets into the soil, it is difficult to form an effective attack on it.
Mo Ye and Mandel sat on the back of the brick and watched the battle quietly.
Mandel stared at the sand worm, and said to Mo Ye, "Captain, this is the Zerg that has been included in the Zerg Encyclopedia of the Star Alliance, but compared with the attributes recorded in the encyclopedia, the combat effectiveness of these Zerg has been greatly improved. "
Using the special killing weapon developed by the Star Alliance to restrain this kind of Zerg, it can be cleaned up quickly and on a large scale. It is more troublesome to fight alone, especially close combat.
But these were not the focus of Mo Ye's observations.
ps, try to see if it can be displayed now, don’t smoke, don’t smoke (┬＿┬) (to be continued.)