Chapter 122♀

Chapter 122

You can try... Old Qiu's expression tightened when he heard this answer. He had considered for a long time before asking this question. His eyes stopped on the weapons of Mecha Yuan. The increasingly obvious leakage of energy told him that this method was highly feasible. But when he thought of the child's answer, Old Qiu hesitated.

Everyone in the control room could hear the fatigue in his tone. Their top priority was to retreat. Ying Chenlin was not a border soldier, so he could easily refuse the border soldier's request.

"Kid, you can refuse me." Elder Qiu said, "The First Star Region Headquarters' General Army has sent people over. It will only take nine hours at most. As long as the mutation rate of this pollutant is under control within nine hours, the General Army will find a way to solve this problem."

Shen Xingtang couldn’t help but ask: “Shen Lin, do you still want to go to the medical station?”

But if the pollutants mutate within 9 hours, they will miss the best opportunity.

"You can try. I know my bottom line." Ying Chenlin was not sure how many things happened 20 years ago, but the border bureau had been working hard for 20 years to prevent the explosion of this base station from affecting the border defenses of the first and second star regions, including the continuously operating base station and regular reconnaissance by the border troops. Even though Ying Chenlin knew that there was room for tact, from the perspective of interests and considerations, retreating now was not a good option.

"Chen Lin, tell me." Old Qiu asked again: "How long can you hold on?"

"30 minutes, two shots at most." Ying Chenlin did not hesitate. He had already activated the cooling measures inside the mecha, forcing the increasingly hot weapons to press down. After two shots, he finished and left. At most, he would be exhausted and have to stay in the hospital for two days. He answered seriously: "The forced cooling inside the Yuan mecha is limited. With my current mental consumption, I can only maintain two more accurate shots at most."

The others in the control room looked at Mr. Qiu. The old man's face was serious. Now everyone was waiting for him to make a decision, but he was the one who had the hardest time making a decision.

Shen Xingtang did not speak to stop him after hearing this. The two shots were the conclusion drawn from all of Ying Chenlin's considerations. She looked at Elder Qiu and said, "Either try or retreat. If you hesitate any longer, you won't be able to fire either shot."

"Lieutenant Colonel Lu, cover Ying Chenlin throughout the journey." Elder Qiu had no time to think, "15 minutes. If you can't solve this problem in 15 minutes, retreat. I will take all the responsibility."

Ying Chenlin was startled when he heard this. He disconnected the link with the weapon in his right hand and was trying to calm down the high temperature on his mechanical arm. "Old man."

"Just take a rest. Our border troops will create the most suitable environment for you." Mr. Qiu said simply, "We will complete all arrangements within 5 minutes."

The main control room took quick action when Mr. Qiu gave the order. All the troops inside the base station supported the border troops. One team went to reinforce the base station, one team used defensive measures to protect the flammable parts of the fusion weapons, and another team sneaked underground through the entrance to provide the best support to KID below.

After the border troops entered the base station, they provided support very quickly, and in just a few minutes they had prepared the most complete backup for the operations below. Ying Chenlin noticed that support had arrived from all directions and was surprised at the speed of the border troops. Ji Qingfeng and others in the KID channel were also surprised at the speed.

You Su explained: "The border troops have always had a comprehensive preparedness plan. If we hadn't blown up the base station's defense system and left only the last layer of defense, they could have activated the most advanced defense system and barely held out for 5 hours."

"Then we blew up the contaminants and collapsed the basement of the base station."

Zhao Lejie was overwhelmed. Their reckless actions had messed up the border army's preparation plan. "Will the border army settle accounts with us later?"

Ji Qingfeng: "No way!? After all, we have helped people clean up so many pollutants."

Huo Yan

Still asked uncertainly: "Chen Lin, if we can't hold on, just tell us directly. Even if we leave, the border troops won't do anything to us. At most, they will write a self-criticism for accidentally entering the restricted area."

You Su explained calmly, "All I can say is that even if you don't care about anything and just retreat from this place, there is still the First Star Region Army behind you. The most exaggerated result is that this place will blow up, and it will be the same ending as it should have been 20 years ago."

Zhao Lejie: ​​“…”

The most exaggerated result was that this place exploded.

Lieutenant Colonel Lu listened to the conversation of the group of people in the KID channel and couldn't help but defend his own army: "The border army is not so ruthless. I won't ask you to write a self-criticism this time-"

But before he could finish his words, the tentacles in front of Colonel Lu accelerated their attack speed. He took on the frontal attack, and the powerful attack caused the mecha to be damaged, but he could not retreat immediately. The current mission of their border army was to delay time and find a breakthrough.

While Lieutenant Colonel Lu was protecting Ying Chenlin, other border troops along with KID's mecha division had already targeted the core point of the pollutant and launched multiple attacks. There are only a limited number of mechas that can enter the underground. Including the existing mechas and support mechas, there are a total of 15 mechas. This is the maximum attack limit that the underground space can withstand after they calculated in a short time.

The Kolya restricted area is special. It has already suffered a wave of attacks that year. The entire base station is almost abandoned, and only the patched restricted area system can barely maintain the operation of the protection plan.

Due to the complexity of the system and the integration of weapons and foundations, the border army is unable to repair the old system of the base station and can only patch the restricted area system again and again. From the initial shielding system in Ying Songshan to the present, huge manpower and financial resources have been invested every year to maintain the stability of this base station.

However, due to the harsh environment of the abandoned base station and the sacrifice of personnel in the mission eight years ago, the border troops have been forced to conduct all their reconnaissance and garrison operations in the Koria contaminated area since then. Years of maintenance and reconnaissance have worn out several generations of border troops. A few years ago, stability was finally achieved in the restricted area, and pollution levels became increasingly stable. Just when they thought all this was about to end, they discovered that these stabilities were just pollutants lurking deeper underground, hiding their strength.

At this moment, Lieutenant Colonel Lu suddenly understood what You Su said about blowing everything up and returning to the original conclusion.

boom--

The contaminant seemed to realize that its target was protected, and its attack became more rapid and powerful. Colonel Lu's mecha is a single-soldier mecha. The protective shield of a single-soldier mecha is not as good as that of a tank mecha, and its ability to withstand frontal attacks is limited. But even so, he and another mecha still stand in front of Ying Chenlin.

The heat on Ying Chenlin's arm had gradually subsided. Through the gap left for him by Colonel Lu's mecha, he saw the pollutant core that was continuously being attacked in the continuous flames in the distance. The continuous attack of so many people was stronger than when it was just him and You Su, and therefore the changes in the core position of the pollutant were captured more clearly.

Perhaps the initial period of fatigue had passed, and his brain seemed to be clearer now, and he was thinking faster. That place is indeed not a protective film, but a protective layer that is being regenerated at a high speed by the pollutant.

Whenever a mecha master creates a crack in its core, it can immediately repair the crack, and the speed is so fast that it may not be visible to the naked eye. It can only be said that it is not that the attack is ineffective, but that the threshold for the attack to be effective is very high.

Five minutes was not a fast time. When Mr. Qiu's voice reappeared in the channel, everyone's expression froze.

Before Ying Chenlin could take action, the border troops next to him had already fully charged their weapons. All the melee mechas retreated, and the long-range mechas retreated to the protection range of the melee mechas, and they all set up their guns and aimed at a core point.

"Our border troops will use artillery fire to open a breakthrough for you." Lieutenant Colonel Lu blocked the attack and continued, "I have shared the coordinates and time points with you. If you have any other questions, you can tell me directly."

Ying Chenlin: “Thank you.”

"This is what we should do. We are the ones who are bothering you."

After Lieutenant Colonel Lu replied, he took a few steps forward, providing Ying Chenlin with a wide aiming field of view.

After repeated bombardments, the entire underground cave has been shaking continuously, and there has been no further landslides on the top. Several mecha masters in the distance risked their lives to fight the tentacles, and no one stopped. No one spoke in KID's channel for some time. Ying Chenlin looked outside and vaguely saw a few mechas mixed in with the border troops. You Su's artillery fire did not stop at all.

Ying Chenlin knew that the current battle environment was fought for by others, and there were less than 10 minutes left, giving him enough time to aim. The voice of Yuan's reminder sounded in his mind, and Ying Chenlin decisively pushed the output of the sniper gun to 100%. The high temperature prompt that suddenly lit up was quickly suppressed by the cooling measures inside the body, and the sniper gun weapon item lit up a bright red.

When Ying Chenlin held the weapon operating table, the high temperature seemed to be transmitted quickly along his palm. He raised the weapon without hesitation and aimed it at the vision gap opened for him by all the mechas.

Yuan: "Aiming and locking."

"Wait." Ying Chenlin exhaled slightly, his head covered with sweat, his eyes locked on one of the positions: "It's not time yet."

Inside the control room, everyone's heart tightened when they saw the black and red mecha raising its sniper cannon.

The staff member asked, "Mr. Qiu, can two shots from the same source really eliminate this pollutant?"

"It can't be solved." Shen Xingtang said in a deep voice: "You should know the performance limit of the mechas in the Mecha Alliance League? How much power can the two sniper guns of an S-class mecha bring? At most, it can reach the upper limit stipulated by the Mecha Alliance. This is completely useless for dealing with this pollutant."

The staff member said: "Then——"

"Who says that we have to fight it head-on to deal with pollutants?" Shen Xingtang pointed at the core point in the surveillance video. "Why do you think the border troops are so persistent in attacking its core point? Because there is something very important in the core point."

"Supernatural crystal." Elder Qiu said, "So he hasn't fired yet. Two shots in 10 minutes, the bet is whether he can find the location of the supernatural crystal."

The core point of the pollutant must be important. This pollutant is rooted at the top, and the roots pass through the rock layer and connect with the fusion weapon in the base station. There must be energy crystals in the core point.

All the defense and regeneration capabilities of this pollutant come from the symbiotic tissue at the core, and the supernatural crystal in that tissue is the core of it all. The border army has tried its best to help Ying Chenlin narrow the scope of the core point, but whether these two cannons can help them find the location of the regeneration energy crystal will play a key role in the subsequent resolution of this pollutant.

There is still a chance now. If the pollutants grow into a different appearance after 9 hours, they may not have such a good chance to find the location of the energy crystal.

Old Qiu's gaze stopped on Jijia Yuan. Ying Chenlin had the same consideration, so he refused to retreat at the beginning. This was exactly the same as when he killed Major General Ying of Huo that year. Once they captured the weakness of their prey, they would not retreat but would move forward directly.

At this moment, the black and red mecha in the picture suddenly changed its position. The pollutant core on the top was once again bombarded by the border army to remove the protective layer for repair. The black and red mecha seized this opportunity, and its thrusters brushed past the attacking tentacles. The sniper gun that had been fully charged was aimed at the core point that he had already observed. In just a breath, the fiery red shell drew a long line and suddenly and accurately hit the core point of the pollutant.

Ying Chenlin's pupils shrank when the artillery fire hit him, and he suddenly realized something, no, something was wrong.

There is no supernatural crystal at that location!

At this time, You Su shouted to Ying Chenlin: "The core point is wrong, the distance is not enough!"

Ying Chenlin reacted immediately when he heard Yousu's voice and pressed the thruster immediately.

Everyone in the control room who observed this scene exclaimed, "It works! It's being bombarded by the same sniper cannon, and its regeneration speed has slowed down!"

Everyone watched with bated breath, only to see the exploding sea of ​​fire burning the entire core, and the pollutants that were undergoing self-healing and regeneration paused. The regeneration layer of the pollutant was affected by the burning flames. It was not afraid of these flames, but was very curious about them. The flames at its core were swallowed up by the wriggling plant tissue. The pollutant was not prepared for the flames, but at the same time, the flames had limited impact on its attack.

Elder Qiu looked at the pollutants being repaired in the sea of ​​fire. "Can the same source only slow down the speed? But this can already bombard the core position."

He immediately made up his mind that he couldn't let the kid waste his energy here any longer. "Chen Lin, turn off the sniper cannon, and everyone prepare to evacuate—"

In the surveillance footage, the black and red mecha that was originally at the rear moved forward at high speed and suddenly passed the protection range of Colonel Lu. Lieutenant Colonel Lu raised his head, watched the black and red mecha pass by, and exclaimed, "Ying Chenlin!"

The order was the opposite of retreating. At the moment when the black and red mecha rushed forward, everyone in the underground cave space looked in his direction. All the mechas immediately changed direction. Lieutenant Colonel Lu did not hesitate. He and the two mechas next to him quickly followed, "Cover him!"←

At the same time, on the other side of the tentacle, several of KID's mechas rushed forward despite the dissuasion.

Ji Qingfeng: "Damn it, block one if you can!"

Luxi: "Let's go to the left!"

"My shield can only take a few more hits at most." Zhao Lejie said, "I'll take the right side."

The not-so-spacious cave was filled with rampant and crazy tentacles. The black and red mecha immediately sank into the tentacles after leaving the border army's protective circle. His agile figure shuttled rapidly among them, with the sniper gun weapon pressed behind him. He quickly passed through the layers of tentacles and rushed in at one go.

Shen Xingtang: "He's closing the distance!"

"It's too risky!" Qiu Lao was stunned when he saw this and said anxiously: "He can't hold on!"

The surveillance footage was shaking, and no one in the control room could see the chaotic battlefield clearly.

However, all the mecha divisions had not retreated yet and were still preparing for the final shot. The command on the scene had become chaotic at some point, but even so, all the mecha divisions did not stop and ignored the headquarters' order to retreat. Everyone was covering the approach of the mecha.

The expected damage was wrong, and the location of the impact was also wrong. Ying Chenlin turned off the auxiliary sight and almost all other auxiliary functions in the Yuan Mecha. The only sounds in his ears were the urgent calls of his teammates and the sounds of tentacles attacking him from all directions.

There were no supporting measures in front of Ying Chenlin. His brain had never been so calm. His eyes swept across the mechas that came to cover him. He saw that everyone had made great efforts to cover his advance.

The damaged parts of the pollutants directly in front have been restored, and the waving tentacles seem like a provocation to humans. While attacking humans, it is also trying hard to capture the mechas of the same origin. The fire went out in the dark cave, and all that remained was the sound of the mechas' thrusters, the sound of tentacles moving around, and the bangs of collisions.

Ying Chenlin calmly thought about the distance in such an environment. He observed during the flight and also locked onto the location of the suspected energy crystal exposed in the wide core of the pollutant.

No, not this.

this? No, that’s not it!

The distance was getting closer and closer, and the number of mechas flying around him was decreasing.

Ying Chenlin had no time to worry about time. He even turned off the weak defense system of his individual mecha. He quickly crossed the attack of the tentacles, and the mecha stepped on the tentacles, flexibly rushing towards the core position.

Just when he was locking the target in vain, a voice suddenly popped up in the KID team channel. You Su said quickly, "Flank, 6 o'clock, diagonally to the lower left."

Ying Chenlin immediately locked onto You Su's position when he opened his mouth. The next second, the opponent's sniper cannon drew a ray of light in the dim environment and hit a certain position with a bang.

Just as Ying Chenlin approached a certain location indicated by You Su, he locked onto a recovery speed that was slower than other pollutants at the lower left of the pollutant in the dim environment.

Found it.

You Su shouted to the back: "Luxi, energy!"

Lin Yao rushed in front of Lu Xi and blocked the tentacles, "Step on me!"

While Lu Xi blocked the tentacles, she switched to the water cannon. She stepped on Lin Yao and moved upwards to adjust the distance. The energy tube was splashed by her water cannon to the core of the pollutant in the distance.

The pollutant was angered by this action, and several tentacles separated and moved towards that position. In the surveillance picture, the black and red mecha seemed to have been submerged in darkness. He changed direction, and his agile and flexible body slid downward, jumping from one tentacle to another, and in an instant he opened up a distance of nearly 10 meters.

This pollutant is growing rapidly while regenerating rapidly. Its mechanical movements have become more flexible than when it first entered the cave. The sensitive attacks of its tentacles have destroyed the surrounding mechas many times. Its speed has also increased by more than 10 times compared to the beginning. It can be seen that its growth rate is terrifying.

Old Qiu didn't know whether it had originally grown at such a speed, or whether the energy crystal of the Yuanye Fire Weapon entered the restricted area and began to intensify its growth. At this speed, the border troops will face a huge and uncontrollable pollutant in 9 hours. That would be a return to 20 years ago, and the situation would be even more serious than 20 years ago.

At this moment, they saw that the black and red mecha raised its fire again. Ying Chenlin raised the gun very quickly. He almost raised the sniper cannon while moving. The rapid accumulation of energy condensed into concentrated flames in front of the sniper cannon, aiming directly at the core point of the pollutant and locking onto the position diagonally below the pollutant.

In the chaotic vision, the people in the General Control Bureau saw this scene. Qiu Lao's heart was lifted up, and he said anxiously: "The IQ of the pollutant has changed. No one will support him if he fires from this position!"

Most of the mechas were in the rear to block part of the attack from the pollutants, but there was no support at all in the direction of the pollutants he was facing.

"He turned off the mecha's defenses!" Shen Xingtang was stunned.

Director Kolya said: "Doesn't that mean there is no defense at all!?"

Not only that, by choosing such a close distance, Ying Chenlin's mecha would also be affected by the sea of ​​fire created by his own sniper cannon.

The time for charging was passing by little by little. The pollutant next to it noticed the approach of its prey and rushed towards Ying Chenlin with its tentacles. Lieutenant Colonel Lu was still 20 meters away from Ying Chenlin. Seeing this scene, he was stunned: "It's too late!"

You Su's sniper cannon bombarded the tentacles. Seeing this, he frowned and shouted, "Ying Chenlin, retreat!"

Ying Chenlin's sniper cannon had one second left to charge. He was startled.

You can't collect it. If you collect it, all your efforts will be wasted.

At this critical moment, at the lower left of the pollutant, a slightly bulky mecha stepped on several tentacles and used the weak movement speed of the tank mecha to rush up from bottom to top.

Ji Qingfeng: "Old Huo!"

Zhao Lejie shouted, "Open the shield!"

Huo Yan's support speed has never been so fast. He casually threw out all the energy cannons in the mecha at an extremely fast speed. The protective shield he was good at was used to the fullest. The broken protective shield suddenly opened at this time, blocking the attack of tentacles from all directions at the critical moment!

He shouted, "Fire!!!"

Huo Yan's shield was pierced by tentacles from all directions. He let out a muffled roar, and the entire Devouring Shield was completely scrapped at this moment.

He held on tightly to the broken protective shield, allowing the tentacles to pass through without taking a single step back.

Yuan's karma fire condensed all the energy. The high temperature brought by the 100% charged sniper cannon wrapped around Ying Chenlin's right hand. He had no time to take care of these. The moment he heard Huo Yan's voice, the light source of the karma fire blasted through the gap in the defense shield and hit the pollutant directly in front of him.

“Exploded!?”

This time, 100% of the homologous sniper cannon blasted open the crack, and a little bit of the green energy crystal light appeared deeper in the crack.

Only a little bit was exposed, and the pollutants that were unhappy about being hit in the core began to control the regeneration ability, and the broken pollutant tissue grew again.

Ying Chenlin, who was closest to the scene, locked onto the changes in this second. He rushed out of Huo Yan's broken shield without hesitation, pushing the thrusters to the maximum, and the violently attacking tentacles of the polluted materials rushed straight towards him.

Qiu Lao shouted: "Back off!"

Shen Xingtang: "Ying Chenlin!"

This time the tentacles were more violent than any other time. Ying Chenlin dodged several tentacles in succession. When he was about to reach the location of the supernatural crystal, a tiny and sharp tentacle suddenly emerged from the polluted tissue fluid near the supernatural crystal and directly hit the location of Yuan's cockpit.

This tentacle seemed to be the last defense against pollutants. Its penetrating ability was unprecedented. It broke through the outer armor of the S-class mecha and pierced through Ying Chenlin's cockpit. Yuan's emergency report popped up, and a violent alarm sounded throughout the mecha.

Seeing that the tentacles were about to hit him, he slightly turned sideways and used the hardest mechanical arm on his body to block the attack, buying a moment to dodge.

There were other people's calls in the communication channel.

The sound of the mechanical arm breaking was right next to his ear, and a sharp pain came over him in an instant. Ying Chenlin tried his best to switch his weapon to the Flowing Fire Sword, and with his left hand he smoothly operated the Flowing Fire Sword and stabbed it into the tissue of the pollutant.

The pollutants were attacked like this and swung their tentacles wildly.

The burning flames of the Flowing Fire Sword were resisted by the pollutants. While the residual power of the Hellfire was still there, Ying Chenlin twisted the Flowing Fire Sword with all his strength. When the green supernatural crystal reappeared, Ying Chenlin's face was overly calm. He decisively withdrew the sword and grabbed it, digging the supernatural crystal out from deep within the tissue of the pollutant.

The pollutant did not die after losing the energy crystal, but instead fell into complete madness.

The tentacles were bombarding everywhere uncontrollably, and the black and red mecha was thrown out. Lieutenant Colonel Lu rushed forward and hugged the mecha. He was attacked fiercely by the tentacles all around. He protected the mecha in his arms, and saw the energy crystal that the other party was holding tightly in his hand. He dared to face it head-on in such a dangerous situation... It was an awe-inspiring courage.

Ji Qingfeng and Zhao Lejie rushed over and pulled out the tank mecha with its shield pierced.

"Brother Huo!" Ji Qingfeng shouted.

Huo Yan's voice was a little weak: "No, my waist is completely broken this time."

Ji Qingfeng: "It's okay, brother. You are not yet 30 years old. Your waist can still be saved."

Zhao Lejie: ​​"Hold on tight, run for your life!"

Lieutenant Colonel Lu saw a gun mecha coming over from a distance and said urgently, "You Su, go ahead!"

You Su grabbed Ying Chenlin and turned around to see Lieutenant Colonel Lu standing behind them.

Without hesitation, he turned around and walked out with Ying Chenlin, "Don't die."

Ying Chenlin raised his head slightly and saw the mecha moving in the opposite direction from the broken vision screen, "He——"

The mecha was covered in signs of damage. Not only that, other border troops rushed over and cleared a retreat path for KID and Gale's mechas amid the roar of falling rocks.

Lieutenant Colonel Lu did not hear You Su's words. He fell to the back of all the mechas and shouted urgently: "All border troops listen to my order and cover the retreat!"

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There are more chapters to come, I will continue to work hard.

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