Chapter 20 Earth Split

Masamoto Matsumoto was too confident about the actions of our guild, and now he has caused trouble for them. Although people in our guild are busy sorting out the remaining teams, this does not mean that we have completely lost our ability to attack. At the critical moment when the Russian players were dismantling the shells, they actually found a dense group of mosquitoes flying in. Mosquitoes are not unusual. The key is that it is unusual for such a large number of mosquitoes to fly neatly to one location.

At this time, on the Essinger deck far away on the other side of the valley, the powerful reconnaissance capabilities of the Giant Mosquito Outpost are focusing on covering the location where RB players are gathering. If Matsumoto Masahiro and the others had not concentrated around the cannonballs, we might not have paid attention to this place, but the problem is that so many RB leadership players are all gathered in one place, so we have to make an idea. As soon as we paid attention, we noticed that something had happened. The reconnaissance mosquitoes sent by the Giant Mosquito Outpost actually found that an unexploded cannon shell fell on the wall of Hiroshima City, and a large number of high-level RB personnel were gathered nearby and were busy. Apparently they were defusing bombs.

Woma quickly determined that it was an unexploded dud. Although we don't know why it fell in this location, we all know that we would be sorry if we didn't make good use of this thing. After learning that the reconnaissance mosquitoes sent by the Giant Mosquito Outpost could self-destruct, we quickly formulated a plan to detonate the artillery shells. Although using scout mosquitoes as self-destructing mosquitoes feels a bit like burning a harp and cooking a crane, for us, we are travelers who are about to starve to death, so what does it mean to be elegant and noble if we have a harp that can be used to cook a crane?

The self-destruction ability of the reconnaissance mosquito was originally used to destroy evidence, so it is not very powerful and has no lethality. To detonate such a large shell, just a few mosquitoes are obviously not enough, so we finally decided to win with quantity, so we have rb The scene that the player saw was a swarm of mosquitoes.

Swarms of self-destructing mosquitoes buzzed like a swarm of bombers, flew through the open warhead and flew into the shell, and then these guys began to look for various possible detonating devices. Woma led a large number of German technicians in the Giant Mosquito Outpost to directly guide the mosquitoes to land where they needed to be blasted through video signals. Russian players knew something was wrong when they saw so many mosquitoes entering. But they didn't dare to move too much for fear of detonating the shell, so they could only crawl into the shell slowly. Things here could not be touched randomly. An explosion would occur if they were not careful, so they had to go in.

The Russian young man who took the lead fainted on the spot when he saw the dense mosquitoes inside the warhead, because the mosquitoes stopped in the most untouchable places. Masamoto Matsumoto originally didn't plan to go in, but when he saw so many mosquitoes, he was really worried and followed him in. As a result, he became stupid as soon as he entered. The large detonating equipment inside the warhead was densely covered with large mosquitoes. And the moment he entered, all the mosquitoes' eyes lit up like light bulbs, and countless pairs of red eyes flashed densely. Everyone knew that the last moment had arrived.

Poof...boom...boom...The moment the self-destructing mosquito detonated, there was a burst of sparks on the detonator of the shell, and then a wire was broken and fell off. When the wire crossed the ground, a blue electric spark was fired. Then the whole shell flew out like a missile, followed by a loud explosion, and the whole shell instantly turned into countless shrapnel and flew out, sweeping across Hiroshima in an instant. The shock wave moved forward like a big broom against the ground, and all the buildings were scattered like pieces of paper, and the surrounding land was a mess. The giant cannon in the center of the city was hit and moved back a certain distance. As a result, the pylon for loading the shells was knocked down. The hanger fell down and unluckily hit the artillery shells piled nearby, followed by the sound of explosions. A huge mushroom cloud suddenly rose in the center of Hiroshima, and we all felt the shocking vibration across a mountain. The Japanese troops being reorganized around Hiroshima were the first to be swept away by the shock wave, and a large number of personnel were rushed directly into the air by the shock wave. The heavy infantry were relatively good, barely leaving the ground, but the light infantry and mages were unlucky. They were all blown dozens of meters away by the strong wind and fell to the ground, spitting blood.

The earth shook too violently. The crust in the rb area, which was not very reliable, cracked. With a loud bang, several nearby mountains collapsed at the same time. Lava spurted out from more than a dozen places like high-pressure fountains. The most powerful pillar actually soared upwards. It started to fall back after more than 2,000 meters. The high-temperature lava was cooled out of the shell in the air. As a result, this provided insulation for the lava inside. Huge lava bombs scattered dozens of kilometers around, and our army and the remaining troops of rb suffered. Some of these large stone balls are only as big as a fist. The ground weighs more than three tons, and regardless of size, all of them carry splash damage. As soon as they hit the ground, they explode and spray the magma inside in all directions. The area around the ground is scorched black.

We originally only wanted to use this explosion to destroy Hiroshima's peripheral defenses. Our highest hope was to destroy the cannon and give us time to prepare. We did not expect that the actual effect would be so exaggerated. As a result of the chain reaction caused by the butterfly effect, a few self-exploding mosquitoes actually triggered crustal activity. RB, an area with extremely fragile lava layers, decided not to have such a large-scale explosion. Otherwise, this is the situation now.

The destructive radius of lava rock bombs gradually expands. We did not expect that the scope of harm would be so great, and even our own people would suffer. Some larger pieces of lava actually flew to Essinger. The personnel on the deck who were receiving the Comma aircraft were so frightened that they had to pay attention to the sky at all times and prepare to avoid lava bombs that might fall from the sky at any time. Fortunately, our Comma aircraft do not land by taxiing. These aircraft that cannot control their flight trajectories cannot taxi at all, so their landing method is to directly hit the blocker, and then be recovered by the ground crew after getting stuck. Now this advantage has been used for us. There are many benefits, at least the uneven flight deck caused by lava will not have any impact on us.

Essinger's deck is now in chaos, the vibrations on the ground are intensifying, and the ground may collapse at any time. Rose stood on the deck and shouted to the technicians: "Back off, back off, Isinger back off at full speed."

Hongyue shouted: "Take off, take off while retreating, we can't stand on the ground anymore."

Almost at the moment Essinger started to move, the mountains in front actually cracked open again, and an entire mountain slowly sank into the ground less than two kilometers in front of us. All players who saw this scene were frightened. Silly. Earthquake has always been used to describe extreme situations, but now we are lucky enough to experience the live version of Earthquake.

After the huge mountain range sank, a huge pit appeared on the ground. Then lava appeared at the bottom of the pit, and red magma seeped up from the veins and quickly filled the entire pit. A mountain turned into a lava lake in less than ten minutes.

"Damn it, get out!" I no longer care about my image, I'm jumping around and cursing people in a hurry. "Hey, in the sky, go get our army back. Over there, speed up. Clean the front deck. Let the giant butterfly city land forcefully. We have to save people. ...Yes, leave the devil alone. That thing can automatically transmit energy crystals, and the shell is worthless. Grab people from me, quickly."

Essinger's huge take-off deck was in chaos, with a large number of flying units rushing back and forth to transport personnel. Our army was forced to the mountain over there by the lava just now, but now the mountain itself is sinking downwards. How can we just ignore it? The entire earth's crust near Hiroshima collapsed, as if the ancient continental plate was tilted up, the rock layer was sliding under the lava layer, and the Pacific plate washed ashore instead. The sea water is no longer visible on the seashore. It is not that the ocean is retreating but that it is preparing for a greater disaster. I can judge based on my knowledge. Once the seawater blown away by the shock wave hits back, it will be a larger-scale tsunami. The sea water washed ashore will flow to the lowest place, where it will inevitably come into contact with the lava. Once the surface of the lava cools, the pressure below will cause it to explode, which will be fatal. Moreover, the high-temperature cracked seawater will react with the chemicals in the lava to form a sea of ​​sulfuric acid and a large amount of toxic gases. This place will soon turn into hell on earth. We never thought of the crustal structure of rb. The game is so realistic that even the natural environment must take into account the factors of war.

Essinger jumped on the ground and retreated to the southwest. It didn't matter whether the movement mechanism could withstand it now. Anyway, all the working parts were working. Burning a few engines was better than falling into the magma. Essinger is not a submarine, and a submarine cannot sneak in lava!

Giant Butterfly City cooperated with other war fortresses to forcibly land on the mountain. A large number of players risked their lives and commanded NPC troops to quickly enter the cabin. In some places the ground has completely burst. Many people were swallowed by the volcano. Shura Ziyi, who was rescuing people, suddenly discovered that a small highland not far away was separated from the main land by lava. More than three thousand people were trapped in that 'playground'-like area.

"Over there, find a way to save people." Shura Ziyi pointed over there and shouted.

The operator in Spider Fortress said: "Let's go."

Spider Fortress rushed over quickly, but the ground in front of it suddenly collapsed just halfway, and more lava was sent out of the ground under pressure, turning the originally safe large tracts of land into small islands in the lava sea. Spider Fortress suddenly took off without slowing down, landed on the nearest lava island with a bang, and then took off again and landed on the next island. After three or two takeoffs, since there was no suitable land in front of us as a springboard, a fragment of the city wall in the Hiroshima area actually floated over. Lava has a very high specific gravity. Rocks can float. Spider Fortress saw the right moment and jumped off the city wall, then jumped again and accurately landed on the island where more than 3,000 people remained. After quickly stuffing all the people into the cabin, Spider Fortress quickly turned around and took off. A piece of spider silk was 'shot' out and hit a piece of land, causing the spider fortress to jump much farther than before. Just behind the Spider Fortress, the small landmass where more than 3,000 people had just stood has disappeared into the lava. One step later and there will be nothing.

After the Spider Fortress successfully returned, it dropped its personnel and returned again to rescue others. Now the hillside has turned into small areas of land, and large fortresses cannot dock. Only the ability of the Spider Fortress to jump back and forth can be shuttled back and forth on it. It's obviously too late to transfer all the goods, so all we can do is try our best to help with transportation. My space door could have saved many people, but the problem is that as the land sinks, the fixed position of the space door becomes suspended in mid-air, and people cannot enter at all. I have no chance to open the space door today, and there is nothing I can do to adjust it.

Our guild's giant dragons and the remaining snow eagle troops are doing their best to rescue people, but the lava balls flying from time to time in the sky are also very dangerous. In order to save people, we have already had more than 300 snow eagles and seven giant dragons being hit by lava rocks. The bomb hit the lava river and turned into steam. There is nothing we can do about it!

The power of the earth is something we cannot violate, and the mountains filled with people eventually sank. We only snatched away more than 800,000 troops, and most of the rest were swallowed up by the lava and disappeared under the red liquid surface. There was solemnity on the battlefield. Even though I know this is a game, it still makes me want to cry.

In terms of losses alone, the Japanese army is much more miserable than ours. Although the army we rescued was only 800,000, one-third of the main force of our guild was air cavalry, so the actual losses were far less serious than the rb side. The army we rescued is about one-third of the total army strength. In addition, the air force and players are all safe and sound, so our combat effectiveness is still preserved. However, of the millions of rb troops, except for some players, almost all of them were touched. At the same time, he lost a city.

Although this victory, which was not a victory, was of great help to us, such a heavy loss made every one of us look unhappy. These NPC armies are the main force in the battle. Every time I think about the heavy losses, we would rather trade players for these NPCs. At least it is only a matter of time before the players reach another level. However, the cost of repurchasing these NPCs is as high as hundreds of millions of crystal coins. How can I not feel distressed?

My heart aches, but I still have to deal with the situation in front of me. The collapse of the ground continues. The two valleys where we fought fiercely just now were originally sandwiched between two mountains, but now even the mountains are gone. The cracks in the ground are gradually chasing Essinger. From time to time, hundreds of square meters of rocks rise up, and then lava seeps out from under the ground and envelops these rocks.

Although the withdrawal has ended early due to the sinking of two mountains and the death of all remaining personnel, Essinger is not a sports car after all, it is too big. It really can't go any faster. The ground is breaking faster than the lava flows, and it is about to burn.

Hongyue once again reminded everyone to take off quickly. They were all dizzy just now, but now the technicians remembered that we can fly! In panic, Essinger fled at full speed while taking off into the air. Everyone's expressions improved significantly as they watched the city slowly lift off the ground. But just when the city was just a few meters above the ground, suddenly there was an earth-shaking loud noise inside Essinger, and the huge vibration instantly threw us all upside down. The city shook violently, and a ball of flames spurted out from a bullet hole in front of the city. Then the whole city began to slide down at a certain angle. Just a few seconds later there was another loud noise, and we all felt the impact of the city. The ground shook, and Essinger had obviously landed again.

"What happened?" Hongyue asked angrily.

A technician ran over: "No... it's not good."

"What's the matter?"

"Shell. The dumb bomb that didn't explode just exploded."

"What? Isn't that thing mute? Why did it suddenly explode again?" I almost jumped up from the ground.

The technician explained: "Originally, we had fixed the thing according to Woma's instructions, but we were running away just now and the earthquake shook too much. All the supports were shaken apart. The shell took off because of the city when it took off. It failed to stay level too quickly and rolled, hitting a wall and causing an explosion. The vibration destroyed the power pipeline of the gravity resistance device, and part of the gravity resistance device shut down. The remaining anti-gravity equipment in the city is no longer enough to maintain flight."

"What about the crawler propulsion equipment?" Hongyue asked.

"The track equipment has also suffered some damage. The guide wheel mechanism of some tracks was damaged when it fell. However, the remaining tracks can still move normally, but the speed will be slower."

"Don't worry about it, run away first. Even if all mobile devices are scrapped, it is better than being swallowed by lava now."

"Yes." The technician immediately turned around and ran to direct the maintenance and evacuation work.

"It's really raining all night when the house leaks." Rose looked at the lava area behind. "Those cracks are already spreading towards us. It seems that at Essinger's current speed, we can't escape the lava field no matter what. We must find a way!"

Su Mei said: "It didn't matter at first. The key problem is that it must have hit the ground when it fell. The already fragile ground must have collapsed faster now that it was knocked open."

General Wu suddenly said: "Do you still have the Shenjian missiles?"

"There are three more rounds." Woma answered quickly.

General Wu pointed to the edge of a mountain range on our side: "Shoot them all out and blast them towards the foot of that mountain."

"Ah?" Woma looked down at the foot of the mountain and didn't know what it meant.

I immediately understood what the general meant. "Woma. Just do it. If it's not enough, you can use laser cannons or other things to attack together."

"Well, okay, I understand." Although Woma was a little confused, she still complied.

Essinger, who was moving slowly dragging thick smoke, suddenly fired the last three divine arrows. At the same time, a blue and white electric ball also flew out. There was a loud bang and a big crater was made in the place pointed by General Wu, and then something went wrong. A burst of magma suddenly spewed out from under the big pit. The red lava soared up to nearly a thousand meters before starting to fall. Isinger was attacked by lava bombs again. A large number of lava bombs fell from the sky, smashing We hurriedly hid in the hangar with our heads held in our hands. The remaining staff on the deck did not dare to be exposed directly. They were all in groups of five. Two of them support the magic shield, and the remaining three are the staff.

Although Essinger was attacked by lava, this lava bomb did not cause direct harm to Essinger and was actually not dangerous. The attack commanded by General Wu only hit a lava fountain, which made everyone a little confused, but everyone soon understood.

Cracks quickly began to appear where the lava was blasted out. After the ground collapsed, the mountain began to tilt. A huge mountain actually began to capsize like a large ship about to sink. In fact, General Wu's idea was to relieve the pressure of the lava. The ground burst because of excessive pressure. The fragile surface could not withstand the pressure, so it all cracked, allowing the lava below to flow out. The place where General Wu ordered the attack was at the foot of the mountain. The thickness of the strata there was the same as that of the plains, but the pressure it endured was greater than that of the plains. If a gap was opened there, the lava under the ground would erupt from here. But as soon as the lava comes out, the pressure underneath is gone, and the mountain will naturally tilt in this direction. Then the whole mountain fell over. The overthrow of a mountain caused a larger volcanic eruption. The lava erupted more violently than before, but the direction was not towards us.

Seeing the lava catch up to Essinger's feet and then stop, we were finally out of danger. Everyone let out a sigh of relief and slumped down.

In the desolate wilderness of Japan, Essinger is still moving slowly, and everyone is not in a good mood. I am still sad for those NPC troops, and the RB people are sad for the failure of the entire campaign. The area where Essinger is now was originally a relatively prosperous area in rb, but at this time it is extremely desolate. All the forces of Japan have been gathered near Hiroshima. The natural disaster just now has almost destroyed everyone. There are really not many people in Japan who can move around here. Even if someone is alive, the current situation does not allow them to attack such a large target. Essinger cannot be easily shaken by a team of three to five thousand people, especially now that there are insufficient personnel in RB.

In fact, Essinger was also miserable. He was hit by several shells on the way here, and it is still smoking. The sudden explosion of the dumb bomb just now caused the entire second to third decks to burn. , the fire has not been put out yet. The troops that had just been withdrawn were full of wounded, and many places were hit by lava bombs. Smoking solidified rocks are everywhere. It was a complete mess. Essinger's current appearance is actually very dilapidated. This scarred city dragged tens of millions of tons of weight slowly crawling on the ground, making strange creaking sounds from time to time. In fact, it was the sound of the mechanical gears being overwhelmed. Mainly because several crawler propellers were damaged, and now the propulsion power has dropped and they have to forcefully maintain speed. As a result, they have to rely on the only remaining power equipment to operate overload. And because the gravity resistance device was damaged when the dumb bomb suddenly exploded, our Essinger can no longer fly. Now it can only crawl on the ground like a tank, with several streaks of black smoke trailing behind it.

The city is extremely busy now. Everyone is putting out fires and rescuing people. After a simple emergency meeting, even I had to join the labor force.

Rose and I came to the area with the most bullets on the ground floor of the city. Two artillery shells exploded here, and now the interior is completely charred. The battle just now was quite chaotic and I never had time to come over and look at this area. Now I see how serious the situation is. I have visited the area where the dumb bomb hit, but the shell did not explode at that time. This is a different story. The cabins built against the walls are completely gone. The armored walls rolled like blooming flowers, with all kinds of strange postures. The sky-blue rock layer has been blasted into stone powder, and the ground is completely occupied by these large and small gravels. Broken metal fragments can be seen everywhere, some exposed wires and energy pipes flash sparks from time to time, and the remains of things that can no longer be seen are hung on the darkened walls.

I held onto the wall and climbed to the edge of the armor layer to look outside. The armor layer that Essinger is proud of has opened a skylight. The large hole with a diameter of more than 40 meters can clearly see the outside environment, and you can even smell a smell of smoke in your nose. The wind carrying the salty smell of sea water and the smell of volcanic sulfur from outside the city flows straight in from this big hole, and it mixes with the smell of smoke in the city and it is particularly unpleasant.

"Can this place be friendly?" Rose asked Woma from behind me.

"The outermost rock layer is the sacred stone. It can grow automatically, so all it needs is time. We have the armor plate ourselves. We just need to cut off the deformed part of the current gap and weld the new steel plate on it. . We are in the process of repairing the construction pipeline, so it should be completed soon."

I turned back and asked, "How's the power level going?"

"It's hard to say. We'd better go and take a look to find out."

"Well, let's go and have a look."

When we arrived at the power level, we knew that the situation here was not optimistic either. Several of the support frames supporting the crawler propellers were actually bent, and they were also ridiculously deformed. The originally neat power pipes have now fallen down, and some lines are directly exposed. It gives people a feeling that it may break at any time.

I didn't realize it at the upper level of Essinger, but only when I got here did I realize that the noise from those equipment was really extremely loud. We have to shout loudly into other people's ears to hear what we say. The staff here almost always use gestures to communicate. Woma told us that the noise here was not so loud originally. It was mainly caused by the deformation of the gears. As long as we go back and overhaul it, it will be fine.

We also saw the gravity defying device. But the damage was really severe. Most of the gravity resistance devices 'inserted' in the track splints were deformed and twisted due to the huge pressure, and some even exploded due to overload. To make matters worse, many power pipelines were destroyed due to energy backflow, and the pipelines in some places were destroyed. The whole thing exploded from the inside. The only way to repair it is to replace it with a new one.

I yelled to Walmart, "How long will it take to fix this equipment?"

"Ah? What did you say?" Woma asked loudly.

I shouted again into Woma's ear: "I asked...how long it will take...to fix...these devices."

"Oh." Woma nodded and looked around before shouting: "Parts. We need parts. There is no way to repair these without parts."

"What are the parts?...I can't hear clearly!"

Rose also shouted loudly: "Let's talk in another place? It's too noisy here!"

"All right!"

We really couldn't stand the noise below, and when we returned to the upper power room, we found that our voices were a little hoarse. Woma said again: "I just said down below that I wanted parts."

"Oh, I heard it. Please don't be so loud. It's not that noisy here anymore." In fact, this is just one layer above the crawler power layer. There is only one floor between the two layers, but the noise here is much better compared to the one below. , this place looks like a factory at most. Although it was a bit noisy, at least I could still hear voices.

Rose said: "Parts are easy to deal with. Aren't there a lot of them in Steel City? You should be able to catch up after teleporting them, right?"

Woma nodded: "It should be possible to teleport here, but the cost is a bit high."

"It's not time to think about money first." Although I usually behave very stingy, that's because of frugality, not because I don't understand the importance of capital flow. "Woma, just go ahead and do it. The teleportation fee is still a small matter. The key is to let Isinger fly as soon as possible. The cannon in Hiroshima no longer exists. We must leave Honshu Island and return to Kyushu Island as soon as possible. Here rb People can organize troops to attack us at any time. It is different when we arrive in Kyushu. The Japanese no longer have sea power. Being in Kyushu means that we will not be threatened by heavy firepower."

Rose continued: "So we must restore Isinger's flying ability as soon as possible, otherwise the Kanmon Strait will be insurmountable."

"Okay. I already know this." Woma nodded and agreed.

After the repair problems were explained, I was forced to join the labor force. Together with everyone, I collected the metal fragments in the ruins. Some of the unusable ones were thrown directly out of the city, and those with recycling value were stored in a centralized manner. While we are cleaning up, hundreds of flame magicians are also cutting the holes made by the cannonballs. They need to make the holes neat so that we can nest the new armor back.

When Essinger was originally built, the convenience of replacing parts was taken into consideration, so a modular structure was designed. The advantages are finally reflected today. But despite this, the repair is still a big project. It is estimated that Essinger will not be able to repair it before returning to Kyushu.