Chapter 24

The sudden situation on Tianyu Star caught everyone off guard. The mutation happened in an instant, and no one expected the mutation to deteriorate to this extent.

The Administration is holding an emergency meeting. The detection system has collapsed completely and is unable to detect other information from within Tianyu Star. The mecha pilots are disconnected and related systems are faulty. All staff are working on emergency repairs.

Seeing this, the person in charge immediately said, "Try to respond to the competition-level mecha."

"The positioning system is still usable! We have found that the competition mecha system is working normally, and we can detect that the latest competition-level mecha has a competition-level mecha positioning system."

"There are three teams entering the Tianyu Star Mecha Base. We have detected the location of 10 competition-level mechas, all of which are in motion. There are no problems with the mecha operators, and no reports of damaged mechas have been found."

Because of the needs of the Mecha League, competition-level Mechas have special positioning systems that use the Mechas' own energy and respond most closely to the contaminated areas of the competition area. Thanks to the fact that Tianyu Star itself is also a competition-level pollution zone, it is possible to find the system used during the competition among all the collapsed systems.

During the league, this system is usually used to rescue/evacuate eliminated mechas. With positioning information, the location of the mecha can be accurately found, allowing for rapid support or rescue.

"Since the system is working during the game, let's find a way to restore emergency communications and contact the others." The person in charge breathed a sigh of relief. The situation was not completely out of control. "If that doesn't work, we can also notify other mecha bases to help."

The staff urgently corrected the system, but during the attempt, another staff member ran in: "Oh no, Director, the jump system is affected and the jump cannot be performed..."

The person in charge's expression changed slightly.

The jump system is the most basic system for the Administration and the contaminated areas. In order to prevent the contaminated areas from affecting other areas, the highest protection shield of the Covenant will be set up at the outermost edge of each contaminated area, and all entry and exit must be through a specially built jump transmission system.

"Can't we open the protective cover of the contaminated area?"

"It cannot be cancelled. With the contaminated zone's systems all collapsed, the level 4 and above protective shields have to be violently dismantled by military mechas. We cannot enter by any other means except the jump system."

The staff looked at the person in charge and asked, "What should we do now?"

What to do? We can’t jump, and the other mecha bases can’t go in to help.

However, the pollution value in the contaminated area has not reached the highest mutation threshold, and the highest warning cannot be activated to request military mecha to cut in. Now they can only repair the system externally, and the rest depends on the mecha division in the contaminated area.

"Prepare a plan first. Once there is a report of mecha damage, report it to the Star Alliance immediately and request military mecha intervention." The person in charge looked at the screen and said anxiously, "Which mecha divisions are in there now?"

"We have 10 mecha masters who were temporarily recruited before, and 14 mecha masters from the three bases of Jifeng, YDS and KID who arrived later. There are 24 mecha masters in the contaminated area of ​​Tianyu Star." The staff member said: "10 race-level mechas have responded, and 4 race-level mechas have not responded. The rest of the mecha masters are driving A-level mechas, a total of 10 A-levels."

The mecha divisions of Jifeng and YDS are both here. If even they can't solve the problem, we will have to report to the military and ask for help.

28 mecha divisions...can they solve the sudden change in the pollution source on Tianyu Star?

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At the same time, outside the KID base.

"Are you sure the KID base is underground in this building?"

Boss Zhou of Jianheng Company was checking the doorbell of the KID building for the seventh time. The empty entrance of the building was very deserted. Only the message that the KID building was for rent was playing in rotation at any time. Boss Zhou even wrote down the contact number of Shen Xingtang at the end of the message.

Manager Liu: "That should be correct. KID is in financial crisis and just sold the mecha farm not long ago. Now they are renting out the building... Well, the entire base has moved into the basement of the building."

Boss Zhou came here for parts. He failed to contact KID's boss Shen Xingtang, and was turned away again. He pointed at the communication number behind the rental building message and said, "Didn't you get through to this number too?"

Manager Liu said awkwardly: "No."

Boss Zhou was silent. "Try to send a message saying that we are interested in renting a building and see if you can get in touch with us."

At this time, someone hurried over with a laptop in his hand.

"Boss Zhou, there's news on the Starnet. There's a problem in the contaminated area of ​​Tianyu Star, and it seems that all the KIDs are on a mission."

In Starnet and Star Alliance, the Polluted Zone Management Bureau issues notices almost every day, and netizens on Starnet are no longer surprised. However, when they saw that an abnormality occurred in the polluted zone of Tianyu Star and the Dawn Galaxy Mecha Alliance issued a lockdown news, some netizens rushed to the official blog of the polluted zone of Tianyu Star as soon as possible.

This is not news of a mutation in an ordinary pollution zone. It is a competition-level pollution zone and also a high-risk pollution zone. It is filled with AS pollution sources and pollutants.

What's more, there is now news that the Tianyu Star Temporary Administration and the Mecha Alliance have jointly launched an emergency blockade.

[Big deal!] The last time an emergency closure report was issued for a high-risk pollution area was five years ago. 】

[It turns out to be the contaminated area of ​​Tianyu Star. Which bases are going on the mission? ? 】

[I saw the official news, it seems to be Hayate and YDS... I guess, there's also KID! 】

Gale is the first mecha base in the Dawn Galaxy, with a large number of active mecha divisions, representing the strongest combat power of the Dawn Galaxy. YDS is the base of the third-place team in the last Dawn Galaxy Group Battle Mecha League and is currently ranked third.

These two mecha bases are both near Tianyu Star, so it is normal for the management bureau to issue the mission to them at the first opportunity...but they didn't expect that there was a KID mixed in, a ragtag group of people who were rumored to be so poor that they were about to be eliminated from the top 16.

【? ? ? How did KID get in? ? 】

KID has been in the spotlight recently. In the past two days, he has been discussed by many netizens on the Star Network because of his online store selling limited edition parts. Some people are still waiting for their online store to have new products. As a result, the KID base turned around and went to the polluted area of ​​Tianyu Star.

[I know that the KID base is very poor, but I didn't expect that they were so poor that they could open an online store.

I was still running the mission. 】

[A man of poverty may be strong in spirit.] 】

[Fuck, you make me feel pity for you.] 】

This period was originally the off-season, and the attention of the Mecha Alliance on the Star Network was basically on the individual mechas that were in the competition period, and the announcement of the closure of the contaminated area on Tianyu Star really attracted widespread attention. As time went on, perceptive citizens of the Covenant began to realize that something was wrong and began to pay attention to other things.

Later they discovered that sealing off the contaminated area of ​​Tianyu Star was not that simple.

There are only three bases that are on the mission. Even though there are elite teams from the first and third ranked bases in the Dawn Galaxy, there are only 10 mecha divisions on the mission from these two teams. Together with KID's four mecha divisions, there are a total of 14 mecha divisions in the three bases.

[The number of people is not right.] 】

[This is the first lockdown in five years, and the situation does not seem that simple. 】

【ah? The bosses from the first and third mecha bases have all gone there, can't this solve the problem? 】

[Cold knowledge: the last time a contaminated area was urgently sealed off was in another star field, and more than fifty active mecha divisions of the Alliance went there. Don’t be fooled by the short notice. This is the first time that a high-risk pollution area has been sealed off and contact with the mecha pilot has been cut off. 】

A large number of virtual images of netizens gathered under the real-time official blog of the Tianyu Star Pollution Zone. Some people even went into the live broadcast room of the competition area to watch. Sure enough, the camera system that usually broadcasts the situation inside the pollution zone has gone completely black. More and more people came, and the news spread more and more widely.

Inside the polluted area of ​​Tianyu Star, the yellow sand has covered everyone's vision.

When Ying Chenlin was able to distinguish his vision again, most of the mecha had been covered by yellow sand. The communication system was making a crackling sound, and the communication with his teammates was not disconnected.

In the strong wind just now, his left hand struggled to hold on to the remnant exposed in the yellow sand to prevent the mecha from being blown away by the wind.

At this moment, the remnant of ruins he was holding suddenly broke, and the force supporting the mecha disappeared instantly.

Ying Chenlin was eager to grab somewhere else, but the next second, You Su suddenly grabbed his hand from the side of the ruins and said, "Don't move."

You Su grabbed the exposed remains of the ruins with one hand and pulled Ying Chenlin with the other. His condition was the best among everyone, but he was also in quicksand and could not move for a while. He looked down at the seemingly calm sand next to him, and the pollution value had burst to 6200.

Amid the buzzing sound of the communication, other people's voices responded with difficulty.

Lin Yao: "I'm fine, I just grabbed Da Feng."

"In... Damn, what is this thing!" Ji Qingfeng's entire mecha was submerged in the yellow sand, and the powerful attraction below was causing him to sink rapidly.

Ying Chenlin suddenly said, "You'd better not move."

Ji Qingfeng saw that the wind and sand had stopped and was about to use the thrusters, but he stopped when he heard this: "What do you mean?"

The raging wind slowed down and the view in front of me gradually became clear.

Ying Chenlin saw Ji Qingfeng and Lin Yao's mechas not far away. The two mechas were completely stuck in the sand. There was no place around to gain leverage, and they were sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye. "Quicksand, the more you struggle, the deeper you sink."

When Ji Qingfeng heard this, he hurriedly hugged the waist of Lin Yao's mecha in front of him, "Damn it."

Lin Yao was strangled to the point of being unable to breathe. After some movement, he sank even further. "Don't move!"

Ying Chenlin borrowed You Su's hand to barely avoid being affected by the sinking. He said coldly: "Turn off the external energy source of the mecha."

After stopping the movement, the sinking speed of the four mechas stuck in the yellow sand slowed down temporarily.

Ying Chenlin tried his best to relax his body. The mecha and the mecha pilot's body were in sympathy. As he relaxed, the control of the mecha gradually loosened. The pressure from the lower part of the mecha was relieved, but the pressure all over the mecha was very high. He could still climb up by the ruins, but Ji Qingfeng and Lin Yao couldn't do it.

You Su said: "The pollution value is close to 7,000."

With a pollution value close to 7,000, this strange phenomenon must be a mutation of the pollution source.

Ying Chenlin looked at the various reports and data inside the mecha. When he saw the coordinate information, he was suddenly stunned. The map landmark of Base Station C was right in front of him. "It seems that we have been blown to Base Station C."

Lin Yao: “Ah?”

Ji Qingfeng: "Did you get here by taking advantage of the wind?"

Ying Chenlin looked up into the distance and saw that most of the distance was wasteland and yellow sand, with only some sandstone and abandoned buildings above the sand, as if this place had been covered by sand long before.

The location where the Vanguard Mecha Division lost contact, Tianyu Star Base Site C.

A strange silence spread among the few people. The Administration had never given them such information before. The mission information they received only included the terrain information of the original Tianyu Star. Of course, this information did not include the base station C covered by yellow sand and the quicksands fraught with crises.

Ji Qingfeng was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "We are so lucky, this can be considered as an early burial."

Lin Yao: "Does this early burial include you pulling me? You just pulled me down again!"

The two had no intention of sinking together.

Ji Qingfeng asked: "Can't we just use the thrusters to get out?"

Ying Chenlin: "The yellow sand covers a large area and has a high density. The force you apply to it will gradually increase as you use the thrusters, and the pressure will increase exponentially."

Ji Qingfeng didn't quite understand: "Then what?"

"The thruster energy is exhausted. Congratulations, you will be exhausted to death here." You Su helped to explain and said simply: "But with the mecha, you should be able to struggle before you are buried."

Lin Yao: “…”

Ji Qingfeng: “…”

This explanation doesn't sound happy at all.

Ji Qingfeng looked at the nearest mecha. Most of You Su’s mecha had left the quicksand, leaving only their feet in the sand.

Ji Qingfeng asked tentatively: "Brother You, you won't stand by and watch someone die, right?"

You Su said: "If you want to be buried in peace, I can help you do that."

Ji Qingfeng gave up struggling: "Then should we wait for rescue?"

Ying Chenlin looked up and saw a gray area with strong winds and sand mixed together. Even the stability of the flight was difficult to guarantee. "Such a large pollution source movement must have been detected by the management bureau. However, half an hour has passed since the incident happened, and the management bureau has not taken any action. The communication system has also failed."

He continued, "It is highly likely that the entire Tianyu Star's defense system has collapsed, and no one will come to rescue."

Tianyu Star is a Level 4 high-risk pollution zone. As a former competition area, its internal environment should be within the controllable range of the Star Alliance. Now this kind of "controllability" has completely disappeared, and what remains is the yellow sand that has never been recorded in the data and the base site C that seems to have been completely destroyed.

They could also abandon their bulky mechas and leave, but the high pollution in the contaminated area would mean they would die faster if they went out than if they stayed in the mechas.

It can be said to be a start from hell, with You Su pulling Ying Chenlin, Lin Yao and Ji Qingfeng hugging each other in the quicksand.

Lin Yao: "Did Lao Huo and Xi Mei also die here?"

Ji Qingfeng: "Okay, now it's really time to bury him early."

Ying Chenlin released some of the strength from his body, trying to keep his balance with the pressure of the fluid. He glanced at the three mechas farther away from him and calculated the distance: "Ji Qingfeng, is the weapon in your right hand a restraint lock?"

"Wait a minute, it's a little difficult to raise your hand." Ji Qingfeng: "Yaobao, hold on for a while."

Lin Yao was pressed down a little further by the mecha behind him.

Ji Qingfeng finally pulled the mecha's right hand out of the sand. "But the range of the restraint chain is not enough. This weapon can only be used to tie up others..."

Ying Chenlin: "Tie my hands."

Ji Qingfeng paused, then extended the restraint on his hand. The range was just enough to reach Ying Chenlin's mecha, and Ying Chenlin directly grabbed the restraint.

Without energy to drive it, the restraints were instantly stretched tight.

Crack—the sound seemed to have exploded into Ji Qingfeng’s heart.

"!?" Ji Qingfeng was startled and suddenly realized something: "Wait, my wife can't be straight!!"

Lin Yao: "What's wrong with your wife being straight?!"

The restraint chain is a matching weapon for Ji Qingfeng's racing-level mecha. It uses the energy crystal of the A-level pollutant [water snake] as its core energy source. It has a powerful restraining effect. On the battlefield, it can tie up the enemy while adding a paralyzing effect to it. But this type of weapon requires flexibility and is often not as tough as other weapons.

This weapon is most useful when it is used to bind and overlap the enemy.

If it is simply stretched straight and used as a rope...it's fine at normal times, but in this quicksand with huge pressure, it may not be able to support the weight of two mechas.

Ji Qingfeng looked at the stretched restraint lock with fear and trepidation, "It's not holding the force. If it breaks, it will be a disaster."

He said bitterly, "And I just bought the repair materials for it two weeks ago, which cost me half a million dollars."

Lin Yao felt the same way and said, "500,000, we really can't stop."

"Use the force points of your weapons to adjust your balance and move slowly." Ying Chenlin relaxed his body. Most of his mecha had come out through the ruins. He let go of You Su's hand and grabbed the available force points in the ruins next to him: "If it breaks, I'll go out and fix it for you. It won't cost 500,000."

Ji Qingfeng was a little touched, but thinking of something else, he became a little worried: "Brother Lin, this mission is quite dangerous. If you encounter any problems, remember to hide behind me and Yao Bao."

Lin Yao nodded and said, "If anything goes wrong here, the boss will definitely punish us when we get out."

Ji Qingfeng glanced at You Su and said, "If it doesn't work, just stand behind Brother You..."

Ying Chenlin looked at the two people who were still concerned about him while staying in the sand, "You two should come out of the sand first."

In such an environment, using more force will only make the situation more complicated.

He and You Su could help rescue people, but most of Ji Qingfeng and Lin Yao's mechas were already stuck inside, and they couldn't be pulled out by using thrusters. The squeezing pressure generated by such a large area of ​​quicksand would only make the situation more difficult. The best way is to let them find a sense of balance first, so that the area of ​​the mecha covered by quicksand is reduced, and then people can be rescued.

It’s just… Ying Chenlin looked down briefly. If these were caused by pollution sources, then removing his mental strength should reduce some of the pressure, but the pressure he felt was still very great.

You Su moved outward, and when he stepped out of the quicksand with one foot, he saw Ying Chenlin still in the original position.

He looked at Ying Chenlin's mecha right arm and said, "Come closer and give me the lock."

Ying Chenlin suddenly said, "I can't move."

When he stopped wandering, he looked at the others.

Lin Yao finally managed to move a little further away, but was stopped by Ji Qingfeng, "Dafeng, don't drag me."

"I didn't drag it." Ji Qingfeng looked down uncertainly, his voice trembling a little: "Something in the quicksand was pulling my feet."

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"The Lucky Four" enters the Tianyu Star Map√

Loading base: KID, Gale, YDS.

The first level: quicksand that consumes people into the ruins.

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