Chapter 375

Chapter 375

Within the Star Alliance, the emergency blockade of the Second and Fourth Star Regions and the large-scale conscription missions have sparked discussion on the Star Network. Small-scale conscriptions have long been commonplace for citizens of the Star Alliance, but this large-scale conscription is unprecedented.

This was no longer a simple news of a contaminated area mutating or getting out of control, but involved the entire border. Discussions on the Star Network had reached a peak in just a few hours, and all the major stars were involved.

The news of the joint blockade of the system and the border is gradually becoming public, and many people have focused their attention on the two major star regions. They have learned that a large number of mecha divisions have been dispatched to maintain the security of the Star Alliance and its borders.

[Oh my god, what is going on? It’s only been half a month since the Star Alliance Tournament ended! 】

[Both major star regions have been mobilized. The largest-scale riot before seemed to be the Dawn Black Hole incident, right? 】

[This is much more serious than Shuguang, okay? This is the first time I've seen this happen. 】

[I am in the Second Star Region. Several teams in our Mecha Alliance have ended their off-season and rushed to the defense line to help. 】

The border outbreak has lasted for more than six hours. All star systems close to the border have entered a defensive state. Contaminated areas have adopted remote operation. All major residential stars have activated the highest defense system, and all flights and trips in progress have been terminated.

"There has been a certain degree of panic on the Star Network, and the Star Alliance is trying to stabilize the order of the citizens." At the Star Alliance Supreme Conference, information about pollution riots from all directions continued to spread. "The online attention is very high, and the citizens' emotions have been appeased as much as possible."

The Supreme Council was currently in complete silence. In the past six hours, the amount of pollutants that had emerged from the cracks in the two star regions had become incalculable. An hour ago, the mecha division that arrived at the crack in the second star region sent back a horrifying picture. More than 30 pollutants were floating in space, and pollutants were still creeping out of the cracks.

"Report - The Second Star Region PJT Team has arrived at the rift point. They have begun to clean it up."

"GBK Team——"

"DFE individual base——"

"ROU team——"

After all kinds of information were gathered here, the faces of the administrators at the Supreme Conference eased slightly. The speed of the Mecha Alliance's mecha masters was faster than they had imagined. But their happiness did not last long, because among the remaining 9 cracks, there were still 5 cracks where no mecha pilots had arrived at the corresponding locations.

Especially for coordinate points that are farther away, it is very likely that pollutants have already invaded on a large scale while they are on the road.

"The mecha divisions originally mobilized were not enough, and the number of pollutants is more than we estimated." said an officer of the border army.

They discovered a crack and dispatched personnel for support… The entire universe was too vast. Even if they dispatched troops immediately and traveled at the fastest speed, it would still take time for the mecha divisions to reach a specific location. Of the 10 cracks within the Covenant, the first crack to be resolved was actually the point where the SLY starship was blown up.

Wei Changyang's sight stopped at the coordinates. Fortunately, the first crack vortex they solved was far away, and the group of lost mecha masters helped them solve a difficult problem in advance. "It's not over yet. We can control the areas near the interior of the Star Alliance or near the border at the first time, but the most difficult part to control is the middle part."

"There are still two furthest crack points that have not been solved." Wei Changyang pointed at one of the locations, "If we don't solve it, the problem will still exist."

The Star Alliance leaders, who had originally relaxed, were reassured by Wei Changyang's words.

Wei Changyang was looking at the star map. All the change signals of the cracks were within his monitoring range. He did not relax. Every data change was within his monitoring range. He had a hunch that the matter of the cracks was far more complicated than it was now.

At this time, inside the Fourth Star Region Mecha Alliance Recruitment Mission, the moment the signal from the Lyra Contaminated Area sounded, the staff in the front row immediately transferred the call to their superiors and hurriedly reported: "Report - received a communication signal from the Lyra Contaminated Area Management Bureau. The lost SLY starship and the Dawn Mecha Division are all in the Lyra Contaminated Area. They sent a contact signal. Everyone is safe now!"

When this news came out, the leaders who were originally worried about the safety of the mecha divisions relaxed instantly. They just needed to confirm the position of the mecha divisions. There was also a defense system at the Leila Administration. The mecha divisions should be safe in that position and should be able to hold on until the border army's support team came to help.

But the words "Leila contaminated zone" still appeared in the vision of all leaders. When several administrators and border officers of the Star Alliance heard Leila, they instantly locked onto the farthest location.

"Leila, this position--" a border officer shouted.

They have already sent people to support the other cracks, and this crack several light years ahead of Leila is the empty point they are currently supporting. But what can be done? Even though the mecha pilots are located near the crack, the mechas they are currently driving are spare mechas, and there are many logistics personnel around them who have no combat capabilities. Their combat capabilities are far behind those of other fully armed mecha teams.

"Send their coordinates to the support team and go to the Leila contaminated area." Wei Changyang determined the direction of the detachment. "The direction they originally searched was wrong. It will take another 90 minutes to reach Leila at full speed. Let Leila stand by and monitor the cracks. Wait for details..."

The staff member who transferred the report was stunned for a moment, then continued, "But they said they have identified the location of the crack near Leila, and reported to us to go and solve the crack!"

When these words were spoken, the leaders' faces froze. What did this mean? Fix the cracks? Where did they get their weapons!

"Immediately arrange for professionals to connect to the Lyra contaminated area." Wei Changyang said, "Have them push the Lyra signal tower threshold to the maximum."

The Covenant immediately connected with the contaminated zone. The people who communicated with them were not the mecha divisions present, but the SLY logistics personnel who were left in the Leila Contaminated Zone Management Bureau. They said that all the mecha divisions had gone out with the Swift spacecraft.

The leaders had just heard that the missing mecha division had escaped danger, and then they heard that they were going to deal with the cracks. Isn't this a risky thing!

"Commander!" another border soldier shouted, "We have detected energy fluctuations in the crack vortex near Leila. The fluctuation signal came from 4 minutes ago!"

"Can we increase the signal near Leila to its maximum!" Wei Changyang spoke quickly, "Use the signal near Leila as the main center point, and let the mecha technicians who stay in the management bureau open the highest authority of the management bureau and activate Leila's detection system!"

Wei Changyang acted faster than others. He immediately applied for permission to connect to the Leila contaminated area and entered the observation perspective immediately after obtaining the permission.

Someone on the scene corrected the signal from the Leila Administration. The signal transferred from the Leila Administration was clearer than the central signal of the Star Alliance. They soon obtained a more sophisticated detection system nearby. The only signal displayed from the observation angle was a bright red signal. The largest of these signals was the crack, followed by S-level pollutants.

The signal only stayed for a moment, and then there was a drastic change.

The energy response signal changed from light to dark red, and then quickly changed from red to light. The alarm sounded continuously, and the energy response delay signal displayed on the virtual screen was like fireworks, flickering and extinguishing, presenting a humorous and weird visual effect on the blue virtual screen.

Wei Changyang suddenly looked at the staff responsible for connecting with Leila and asked: "Did your Fourth Star Region place special weapons in the Leila contaminated area?"

"No way!" Director Leila Administration, who rushed over after hearing the news, hastily denied it. How could they give up so easily? The Covenant has strict supervision over heavy weapons and special weapons. It is against regulations to not allow the private preparation of special weapons!

With a ding, the energy reaction of an S-level pollutant disappeared.

After a few minutes, the S-level energy reaction near the original signal point also disappeared.

Even the usually calm border officers were unusually stunned when they saw this scene. They realized that the degree of horror in this scene was no less than what they had heard not long ago about the group of mecha warriors using starships to block the cracks.

The border troops did not speak, and the leaders who could not understand the changes in the energy map did not dare to speak.

There was no other change in Wei Changyang's expression. He hesitated for a while, and finally switched to the remote monitoring of the Leila Administration for the past two hours. With this switch, all the information was presented directly in front of them. They saw how the Gale spacecraft docked and entered the Leila contaminated area, how this group of mecha technicians moved large equipment out of the warehouse, and how they fiddled with the energy warehouse... until they saw the KID mecha technician take out the huge energy tube.

"This--" The director of the Leila Administration did not react.

Wei Changyang calmly stated: "It's simple. They are making high-purity energy explosive bombs."

Everyone was silent. The entire conference system was silent. They calmly watched the mecha technicians who were moving and assembling energy weapons in the field. Finally, they saw a large number of temporary energy bombs that they had finished. These energy bombs were not even in the shape of a bomb body. One of them was in the shape of a large transport truck in the warehouse of the Leila Administration.

The energy used was the expensive and highest purity Administration operating energy, and the projectiles were made from various machines stored in the Administration's warehouse, using local materials. The only thing that the mecha pilots brought with them was probably the energy tube.

The staff member in charge of the connection suddenly remembered and said, "They seemed to have mentioned it before, saying that they needed to urgently requisition some energy..."

"Is this a little energy?" asked an administrator of the Star Alliance.

The leader of the first star field tilted his head and remained silent. The leader of the fourth star field had nothing to say and looked at the SLY mecha master who took the initiative to open the door and lead the way. ⌒This⌒work⌒is⌒by⌒

It was normal for the Mecha Division to seek help during a mission. When they reported that they needed to requisition some energy, they thought that the energy of the Gale spacecraft was insufficient. Who knew that all the energy was used to make temporary energy bombs.

Finally, when Wei Changyang opened the energy warehouse of the Leila Administration, he saw that only one-third of the energy was left. Except for the energy to maintain the operation of the administration, most of the other energy had been requisitioned by the mecha division.

At this time, another S-level pollutant signal on the energy meter disappeared.

The border soldier said, "Commander, another one was blown up."

Wei Changyang recalled the energy bombs prepared by the mecha masters in the surveillance video and said, "...very good."

"Not a bad idea."

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Outside the Leila contaminated area, the sailing spacecraft was just outside the explosion battlefield. The mecha technicians carrying a large number of special energy bombs had arrived at the vortex point of the crack near Leila. A large amount of pollutants were moving freely in the space. The mecha technicians drove the mechas around the periphery of the pollutants. They did not completely approach the S-level pollutants that came out of the cracks. In a completely weightless environment, they used mecha weapons for long-range throwing.

Alice used a hammer to sweep the energy bomb dropped by the Swift Airship in the direction of the pollutants, and then the Gunner Mecha Division aimed at the weak point reserved on the special energy bomb and detonated it remotely. "Not bad."

The SLY mecha operators had never experienced such a clean and neat blasting method. When they were performing missions in the past, they were occasionally allowed to carry large weapons, but large weapons were basically used on the blades. It was not like now that they directly used this kind of high-purity explosive bomb and threw it over to explode. As long as the hit accuracy was in place, this fucking large bomb would be an S-level pollutant.

I have to say, it’s really awesome. It’s a kind of battle joy I’ve never experienced before.

"There's one on the left."

"Eight o'clock! Hurry!"

"One over here, the outer part of the crack hasn't been completely blown up yet."

"Keep a distance from the pollutants and don't be attacked by their superpowers." Wen Yi reminded them. They no longer had time to judge the attack power of these pollutants. It would take a long time to get close for a 1v1 fight. They could only maintain a safe distance to attack and reduce the time to judge their superpowers.

The communication channel was filled with reports from the mecha divisions. Captain Gale and Captain SLY were watching in the cockpit, watching this almost luxurious blasting method, one exploded here and one exploded there, and the speed of eliminating pollutants was visibly fast.

It is fast, but the sustainable explosion makes the viewers terrified. The energy burned is extremely expensive, and the losses in the Leila contaminated area are incalculable.

Captain SLY knew the cost of these shells, so he didn't dare to stay in the control room of the Lyra contaminated area. "This is burning money... The Lyra Administration can use energy for 6 years, but it's all burned here."

Captain Gale: "Don't worry, they will be more frugal with the bombs. This is the only energy source that can be used to power the Lyra Polluted Area."

The ones who participated in the blasting mission were all top-level machines.

The A-Team has extensive experience in dealing with S-class pollutants, and as long as they are given the right weapons, they can maximize their strength. The most important thing is that these energy bombs are of extremely high purity, which are extremely attractive to S-level pollutants. After a shell explodes, the energy is dispersed to the surrounding area, which to some extent gathers the pollutants. For the mecha pilot, operating it is simply an assembly line project.

This feeling is very complicated. When their starship was ambushed by pollutants, they almost thought they could not hold on any longer. Then they asked KID for help, and then it turned out like this. The SLY captain had encountered many storms and waves, and had led the SLY mecha division through many life and death situations, but this was the first time he had encountered such a large-scale call-up, and he didn't seem to be nervous at all...

The entire space was filled with fireworks from explosions. Zhao Lejie and other tank mecha divisions were almost useless. The gun and artillery mecha divisions were happy to explode, and they were responsible for staying on the periphery to open shields to slow down the attacks. While everyone else was enjoying the joy of the explosion, they were responsible for watching the beautiful scenery of the explosion.

"Old Zhao, take it." Ji Qingfeng picked up a supernatural crystal and threw it high up.

Zhao Lejie caught it steadily: "..." What's that to him? He got beaten and still helped stock up the goods.

Ji Qingfeng said confidently: "We never fight a battle without gaining anything. We must make back the money we lost."

Captain SLY was speechless: "..."

How is this a loss! All the energy used is from the Star Alliance! Isn’t it the Star Alliance that suffers the loss? ? ?

Ying Chenlin did not participate in the previous battle. The attack power of the medical mecha was not enough, so he handed it over to the gun mecha suitable for long-range combat. While others were cleaning up the pollutants, he was studying the infographic on the mission update from the Leila Administration. Most of the situations were the same as Qi Sicheng and others had guessed before. The Star Alliance's primary task now was to suppress this pollutant riot.

But even so, it felt much weirder to him than it did to Slared at that time.

At that time, the scope of Slared's riot was only within the defense line. The border army could control the area to suppress the pollutants, but the scale of this pollutant riot was large... Does Kronos really have the ability to lead so many pollutant riots?

For some reason, Ying Chenlin recalled the wave spectrum recorded on his grandfather's program table in the old house on Mingguang Star. The energy reaction of the pollutants recorded there was sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and the growth curve was completely different from that of conventional pollutants. He didn't know what method his grandfather used, but the difference in fluctuations and duration shown on the clear spectrum always gave him an indescribable feeling -

You Su once told him in the old house that Chronos was the fastest evolving pollutant in the Star Alliance's records.

But no matter how fast the speed was, in just less than a year, Kronos's strength increased too quickly, from controlling pollutants in a Slared pollution zone to a terrifying existence that controlled the border.

Ying Chenlin glanced at You Su who was fighting in the distance. There was no obvious change in You Su's movements, but Ying Chenlin could feel the tension that had continued from the return journey to the present. It was difficult to sense his tension. He took the initiative to tell others information and take on the most advanced tasks... Ying Chenlin and You Su had carried out many missions, but they had only seen him like this once, which was at the end of Slared.

The locator that You Su put on him was attached to his skin. Ying Chenlin stared at his skin for a while, and suddenly murmured in a low voice: "...Don't die in front of me."

Captain Jifeng paused and looked at Ying Chenlin, "What did you just say?"

Ying Chenlin suddenly remembered what You Su said to Wei Changyang when he was in Slarede. He calmed down and said, "Nothing, what's the situation?"

While the other mecha divisions were fighting, Qi Sicheng and Colin fell behind the team, calculating the appropriate blasting location while looking at the location of the pollutants. When they arrived at the crack, they saw nearly a hundred pollutants. Now with the continued blasting, the number of pollutants was slowly decreasing, gradually revealing the huge crack surrounded by pollutants.

As the pollutants were blasted away, the increasingly clear cracks still frightened the mecha pilot.

"This thing grows so fast!" Lu Xi exclaimed.

Huo Yan was also surprised: "It's really a bit shocking. How much pollutants must it have swallowed to have this effect?"

The mecha masters have a new understanding of this pollutant. Hasn't it exceeded the S level? When the black hole released pollutants everywhere in the Dawn Galaxy, it only released pollutants everywhere in the Dawn Galaxy, and most of them were in the polluted area. The level of spread of this pollutant is two star fields. Hasn't it exceeded the S level? ?

"The Star Alliance should have discovered this situation as well." Wen Yi frowned slightly. They could only solve the problems that had already occurred. He said, "We don't have very detailed information. Maybe the Star Alliance is also investigating. The most urgent task is to solve this crack first..."

Before he could finish his words, Lu Xi suddenly saw something and shouted urgently, "Hu Luobu!"

After Hu Luobu fired a shot, he heard Lu Xi's voice and turned around suddenly. He saw that the position of a pollutant in front of him suddenly changed, and a tentacle rushed towards him rapidly!

He pressed the thruster and felt panicky. It was over. He couldn't escape!

The red and white gun mecha moved faster than the others. The wind steel cannon fired a flash in front of Hu Luobu, and swung his hand to shoot away the pollutants that suddenly appeared, dragging Hu Luobu back quickly. An urgent and fast voice appeared in the channel: "Everyone retreat!"

When the mecha operators heard the order, they immediately adjusted their positions and retreated several steps. What was going on? ?

You Su pulled Hu Luobu and looked at the crack with a gloomy face.

Inside the Swift Wind spacecraft, Ying Chenlin, who was observing the star map, heard You Su's voice and subconsciously looked towards the location of the crack vortex on the radar system. When he looked at it, a piece of data jumped in front of his eyes and his expression changed slightly.

In space, the debris of pollutants produced by the forced explosion are still floating. The crack located in the middle of all the pollutants is like a huge mouth with fangs, and the hideous pollutants crawl out of the crack. The black crack seems to be gradually approaching the mecha pilot.

"The crack has moved."

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At the border of the second star field, the border troops are still holding on on the defense line. Dense information and signals are gathered at the highest command post of the defense line. Senior border army generals in military uniforms gather in the virtual command room.

Traces of Kronos' signals have been found in more than one place along the border, but it is difficult to find Kronos from these signals. However, it has been basically confirmed that Kronos is still in action. It is expanding its scope to affect the entire border area and gradually putting pressure on the border's defense line.

The difficulty that Border is facing now is not only to stop these pollutants affected by Chronos, but also to solve the problem from the root. Otherwise, even if Border and the Covenant's mecha divisions solve the cracks, Chronos will continue to affect these pollutants.

Amidst numerous complex instructions, an almost anxious voice appeared in the communication channel!

"Lieutenant General! The Discovery has captured the signal of pollutant [047] [Tylenol]!" a border soldier shouted urgently.

At this time, Lieutenant General Lin Yi of the First Star Region looked at the soldiers and immediately said, "The signal reappeared!"

The pollutant Tyno has the ability to tear apart space, and is the initiator of the vortex of cracks within the second and fourth star fields. In the originally tense command room, all the officers' faces showed joy. If they could find Tylenol's location, they would be able to pinpoint the pollutant and solve the crack from the source. However, this joy disappeared immediately when they saw the signal after recovery.

Qiu Lao, who was standing next to Lin Yi, said in astonishment: "This is——"

In the reproduced signal spectrum, the signal representing Tylenol is in the middle of the mixed signals, and around it, there are thousands of pollutant signals gathering in its direction. These pollutants are all pollutants in the border, ranging from S-level in strength to B-level in weakness. When they enter Tylenol's magnetic field, the pollutant reaction signals on them suddenly disappear on the virtual screen.

If that were the case, it would be fine. They knew that Tylenol could devour pollutants and replenish energy, but now they saw a terrifying, ongoing sign that seemed like a migration.

The replenishment of energy did not stop. A large amount of low- and medium-level pollutants, with Taino as the center point, were constantly strengthening its capabilities, allowing it to expand into the remaining 44 crack vortices in the Star Alliance and the border to continue operating.

Low- and medium-level pollutants became food for Tylenol, and high-level pollutants entered the Covenant through the cracks it tore.

"Notify all mecha divisions within the Star Alliance to stay away from the rifts."

Lin Yi's face darkened a little: "This is not an ordinary crack... Chronos is manipulating all the pollutants to replenish it with energy. These two pollutants want to completely open up the channels inside and outside the defense line."

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There will be another update later, maybe a little later.

I was in a serious state of panic and woke up to watch it before I could finish my sleep. ⌒

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