Chapter 383

Chapter 383

At the highest command of the Covenant, as soon as the distress message from K-UYT was received, Border and Covenant simultaneously dispatched their largest forces from the areas where the battle was going on to support K-UYT. All of their attention was attracted by the pollutant [Taylor], and they did not expect that Kronos would sneak in here, and the target was actually the orbit of K-UYT.

"We have launched a call for the nearest star system to K-UYT, and the scope is not limited to the fourth and second star regions."

"The other three star regions have also mobilized troops to come and help!"

"Why would Kronos go to K-UYT orbit?"

"Among the five internal mobile rifts controlled by Taino, the energy stars in and around K-UYT orbit have the most energy reserves." An officer explained: "All of these pollutants are targeting energy, and K-UYT is their best choice."

All the officers in the channel were arguing. Wei Changyang silently watched the voices coming from all directions. Lin Yi also remained silent. The appearance of Kronos in the K-UYT orbit was too abrupt. They had been fighting with Kronos for so long and had a very deep understanding of Kronos' cunningness.

If dealing with Kronos was that easy, the Covenant wouldn't have two star regions dragged into such a difficult situation right now.

Wei Changyang knew that there was no way that Kronos would have a K-UYT orbit at this time, but if they were to study Kronos as a pollutant with a strategy, it would be difficult for them to judge what approach Kronos would take as a pollutant.

Judging people is different from judging pollutants.

At once

Considered a pollutant, they also have to determine what Kronos's goal is?

"Our understanding of Kronos is one-sided. The riot may not only be caused by the lower level." Lin Yi said: "If its main body is in the K-UYT orbit, who is driving the large amount of pollutants at the border?"

It is impossible for Kronos to drive so many pollutants remotely, including special pollutants like [Taylor]. I am afraid that except for the lower-level driving, it is very likely to communicate with some special pollutants and reach a consensus with the pollutants with abilities.

"It's more than just ability. It has intelligence." Wei Changyang continued with Lin Yi's words, "Pollutants with intelligence are more likely to make other pollutants work for them."

A pollutant with intelligence. In addition to its own abilities, it is very cunning and knows how to use a large amount of pollutants for its own benefit. If the Border Pollutants' goal was to invade the Covenant and gain a shelter with abundant energy, then they would not be in a hurry.

But now Kronos's behavior in K-UYT was too strange. Wei Changyang had a very strange feeling. He noticed that Kronos seemed very anxious, much more anxious than they expected.

Just when everyone was anxiously watching the situation in K-UYT's orbit, an urgent encrypted communication came in from Wei Changyang's private channel. The source of the communication was the Coria contaminated area in the Dawn Galaxy of the First Star Domain.

After seeing the message, Wei Changyang exchanged glances with Lin Yi and handed over the command to Lin Yi before connecting to the private channel. After connecting, he heard a slightly tired voice.

Shi Qingning said, "Commander Wei, it's me."

Wei Changyang knew who the person on the other end of the communication was, and he also knew that the memory device he was talking about was Shi Xuejun, the former chief researcher of the Dawn Research Institute, which was the only remaining key device left in the world by the personnel related to the Fifth Star Domain Research Institute.

"Did you find anything?" Wei Changyang asked.

Shi Qingning said: "Yes, we analyzed the memory four hours ago and found a space dimension record file in the memory."

Space dimension record file! ? Wei Changyang: "Is it related to its ability to control time?"

"There is a lot of information about Kronos in the memory that we don't have, but the amount of data is too huge, so we are still analyzing it quickly." Shi Qingning said in a heavy voice, "In the files we have analyzed so far, we found that the spatial dimension affected by Kronos is not just the short-term control of time flow that we simply understand. The information data monitored in this file shows that this time span is much longer."

"You can understand that we used to think that Kronos had the ability to control the flow of time for a few seconds or even a dozen seconds, but the data recorded in this file is true, so the time span controlled by Kronos may be calculated in years."

Wei Changyang fell silent after hearing this, and after a long while he asked, "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure that some of the data overlaps with Kronos' data." Shi Qingning knew that this statement was incredible, but the data in the record file was like this. However, they had never seen Kronos use his supernatural powers for such a long time. The data captured in this file was very limited. One set of data was from 30 years ago, and the other was from 25 years ago. Both were relatively old data.

The amount of data was too much, and he couldn't analyze it all in a short period of time. The content that was prioritized for analysis was all related to Kronos's pollution spectrum, otherwise they would not dare to make such a conclusion.

This data shows that in the research institute 30 years ago, Chronos most likely experienced a period of long-term supernatural control, which also led to huge energy fluctuations.

The communication channel was very quiet. Wei Changyang listened carefully to what Shi Qingning said, and suddenly said, "Go back in time."

Shi Qingning paused: "Commander?"

"Could it be that time goes back?" What came to Wei Changyang's mind were four words that came with the information about the K-UYT orbit accident. These four words came from You Su, and were sent by his confidant Luo Xu through a special channel. "Not long ago, you asked me to protect Ying Chenlin. My people got a message of four words from them. It was given by You Su, and time goes back."

After this sentence was said, there was no further conversation in the communication channel. Wei Changyang waited silently until Shi Qingning spoke again.

"Range tracing is impossible. The one who can manipulate space to trace back to a certain node over a large area is a god, not an object." Shi Qingning looked at the incomplete document report in front of him, "It can only be an individual."

It is not that Kronos controls large-scale time reversal, but that Kronos as an individual has acquired the ability of individual time reversal.

From a certain point in time now, go back to a certain point in time in the past.

"If 30 years ago is the starting point, the pollutants will also need time to grow after fusing with human genes. The time cost of Chronos's growth is not right. What is the IQ of a 30-year-old adult? What is the IQ of a person without social growth? It is fusing human genes, but it does not have a suitable growth range."

Shi Qingning hypothesized: "If Kronos acquired human genes 30 years ago and had a retrospective 30 years ago, then the Class A pollutant Kronos that caused the riot at the Fifth Star Region Border Research Institute was actually Kronos who returned to 30 years ago at some point in the future."

Kronos's pollutant reaction started 50 years ago. Before 30 years ago, Kronos's growth trajectory was very normal for a pollutant. But after that special node 30 years ago, Kronos, the pollutant, seemed to be suddenly strengthened and began to show fluctuations in energy strength.

If Kronos's intelligence comes from human genes, then it is impossible for Kronos, who was just infected with human genes 30 years ago, to immediately grow to the point where he could cause a pollutant riot in the research institute with the ability of a Class A pollutant.

But if it is Kronos in the future, that may not be the case.

"What if it's a near-death regression?"

Wei Changyang has been targeting Kronos for so many years, and he is very familiar with this opponent.

No matter what methods the Border Army used, it always managed to survive and became stronger and more difficult to deal with each time.

Before Slared, or 10 years ago, the Border Army's actions against Kronos were not actually intense.

But after discovering Kronos' individual, the border troops were very tight in their attempts to capture Kronos. Under such circumstances, Kronos' growth range should have been compressed and slow, but Kronos grew abnormally fast, and each resistance to the border troops became more and more intense.

If Kronos has a similar ability to go back in time, and can control time to go back to a certain stage when certain conditions permit, then every failed capture by the Border Army is actually promoting its rapid growth. Its growth is not the acquisition of knowledge prescribed by human society, but the experience gained from fighting with the Border Army through continuous rebirth and retracing.

Rather than saying it is an adult, it would be better to say that it has learned wisdom from its encounters with the border troops.

It might have seen the border troops' methods of dealing with it once before, during the time node in the future it had experienced.

"It is indeed possible that he is near death, but this conjecture is not comprehensive enough." Shi Qingning looked at the parsed file and said, "The data currently controlled by the Star Alliance shows that there is an upper limit to the power of pollutants. Kronos cannot go back infinitely, otherwise we would have discovered its abnormality long ago."

"Energy." Wei Changyang thought of the K-UYT track and said in a deep voice: "Just like the pollutant Tylenol, if Chronos wants to gain the ability of near-death reversal, it needs a lot of energy."

As soon as the word "energy" came out, Wei Changyang and Shi Qingning's ideas suddenly became connected.

The Star Alliance has experienced many "accidents" in recent years, all of which involved Kronos-related energy spectra, ranging from attacks on a starship to galactic research institutes and space stations. These accidents seem illogical, but if you really count them, you will find that the targets attacked by Kronos all have large amounts of energy.

"Commander--" The voice of the border soldier suddenly came from a distance, interrupting Wei Changyang's thoughts.

The border soldier who rushed over looked anxious. He didn't have time to say anything else and handed the virtual screen in his hand to Wei Changyang: "We have detected a crack near the K-UYT track. Its movement speed has increased!"

"At the current speed, the crack controlled by Taino will reach the K-UYT orbit in less than two hours!"◢

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At this moment, flames burst out from the K-UYT track.

The 12 Dawn mechas almost took advantage of this momentum to leap to the orbit of the 015 energy node where the pollutant life tree was located. Several quick-reacting mecha masters quickly pulled the pollutants that were still able to move, and they used the pollutants as a cushion under their feet. Several mechas used the upward thrust to slam down on the pollutants, slowing down the impact of falling into the deep-water petrochemical area.

At this time, the Tree of Life sensed the new energy that had penetrated deep into its territory, and its branches whipped towards the approaching mecha without hesitation. Huo Yan was one step faster than Zhao Lejie, and expanded his shield to the outside of Zhao Lejie's shield, isolating everyone outside the deep water, "Fly!"

The deepwater petrochemical area of ​​the 015 energy node was higher than the Shuguang people had expected. Even though everyone tried their best to pull the thrusters to their maximum, they only raised the distance from the deep water by more than one meter. It was difficult to completely leave the influence of the deep water.

Ji Qingfeng and Ke Lin quickly pulled the pollutants from the surroundings and said, "Step on it!!"

The branches of the Tree of Life were more advantageous than the Dawn Mecha Masters had imagined. Its violent pull sent several mechas, including Huo Yan, flying towards the edge of the track. Lin Yao immediately opened the gravity space to relieve the impact. Ji Qingfeng's meteor hammer hooked onto two tank mechas on the left and right, pulling them back from the edge of the track.

When the mecha masters rushed over here, they found that the elevated field of vision allowed them to see the situation near the entire Tree of Life more clearly. The deep-water petrification completely covered the entire orbit, and the branches of the Tree of Life extending outward were still constantly petrifying outward, trying to bring the entire K-UYT orbit into its domain.

Not only that, the location of the Tree of Life was a little higher than theirs, and the road close to the Tree of Life was full of areas where the Tree of Life had been petrified. Not to mention seeing Kronos, the Tree of Life was mostly blocked by the corpses of other pollutants and could not be seen clearly at all.

"There's no place to stand here!" Hu Luobu ran to Zhao Lejie's shield in a panic. Looking at the sticky black water rising towards them, he got goosebumps. "This thing sucks people out too fast!"

Ying Chenlin's sight was locked onto the Tree of Life in the distance, and he barely locked onto the pollutants from among the countless petrified branches. He switched the mechanical bow in his hand to a heavy crossbow, and the long-charged Eternal Fire slammed out at this time, hitting the branches of the Tree of Life at once. The Eternal Fire seemed to have found a burning energy source in these thick deep waters, and it did not go out immediately when it hit, but burned weakly.

The amount of energy contained in the deep water of this pollutant is not much. Ying Chenlin has discovered in the battle on orbit just now that it is impossible to burn the petrified location without extinguishing the fire. However, as long as the supernatural power of this pollutant contains energy, it can still burn without extinguishing the fire!

"Burn it!" Huo Yan shouted, "It will be easy if it can be burned!"

You Su's wind wall once again swept away the branches that attacked from all around. The next second he saw the details of the changes in the Tree of Life, "No."

However, the burning only lasted for a while, and the tree of life broke off its branches. The branches that fell to the ground were quickly swallowed up and petrified by the deep water that emerged.

The Dawn Mecha Warriors were stunned when they saw this scene. What does this mean? This pollutant can even be reborn after its arm is severed! ?

The 015 energy node is already a part of its body. The entire tree of life is like a quagmire with water bubbling out of it. It has the shape of a tree and is constantly switching between petrified and sticky appearances. It petrified the burning branches and returned them to the earth, and new branches grew from its huge body. After switching to the new branches, it tied up the petrified pollutants around it and swung them towards Ying Chenlin.

Should be in a state of extreme

Dodging, when he was about to fall into the deep water, Wen Yi's sniper cannon hit the surface of the deep water first. The ice sniper cannon formed a thin layer of insulating ice, protecting Ying Chenlin's mecha from the erosion of the deep water.

Ying Chenlin took this opportunity to jump up again, turned over and climbed onto Zhao Lejie's shield, "Captain Wen, thank you."

"The pollution level of this pollutant is very high. Our enhanced weapons can only play a small role." Wen Yi stepped back a few steps and continued to use the ice sniper cannon to provide a foothold for the teammates fighting against the branches of the tree of life. "This place is already within its territory."

Before he could finish his words, the Tree of Life attacked the Dawn group again. Its powerful branches covered with special deep water were full of threat. It attacked the mecha masters from multiple directions. There was no room for avoidance. Ying Chenlin saw this scene and shouted urgently: "Lin Yao!"

"Old Zhao, jump up!!!" Ji Qingfeng pulled the meteor hammer upwards.

The pressure on Lin Yao's gravity gun was almost raised to the limit. With the support of Qi Sicheng's weapon, at this critical moment, the height of everyone's mecha was raised an inch again. The branches that swept over passed under the feet of the mecha pilot, and all the deep water splashed fell on the shields of the two tanks.

Zhao Lejie had never felt danger so close to him before. "Damn it, are you skipping rope? Is this pollutant deliberately messing with us?"

Within this range, the tree of life can freely use all its petrified objects. The S-level pollutant corpses with strong toughness become shields that it can switch at any time to block their attacks. The mecha masters could hardly move forward. Without Lin Yao's gravity gun field, all their mechas would have to wade into deep water.

Deer Creek: “The water at the bottom seems to be rising.”

"We can't fly, and we can't rush over." Hu Luobu said, "We are just an obvious target here!"

Although they were close, they could no longer move forward.

This pollutant is far stronger than the blue heart seen underground in Slared. The threat posed by deep-water petrification to everyone is too great. Coupled with the gravity system, the range in which their mecha warriors can move is almost suppressed to the extreme.

"Use ice!" Ying Chenlin: "Team Wen and Lu Xi are frozen with ice, and we use the ice to move forward."

Colin: "Not enough time. The charging time is too long. The ice is being swallowed faster than they can make it."

"Enough." Qi Sicheng locked onto the location, "Tell me the location, I'll strengthen it."

"What are we going to do?" Ji Qingfeng looked at the situation and said, "Just skate over there!"

Zhao Lejie: ​​"If you don't run away, come and hold up the shield!"

Wen Yi and Lu Xi were creating the ice surface on the left and right. Qi Sicheng's spatial enhancement was not put on the tank, but turned into a fixed-point enhancement cannon to make the ice form for a longer time.

Seeing that the ice surface was feasible, several melee mechas chose to disperse and move almost at this time to disperse the attack points of the Tree of Life, and the pressure on all mecha soldiers was relieved at once.

With the support of his teammates on the ice, Ying Chenlin's movement using the thrusters became smoother. The ice surface became their temporary rendezvous point, allowing all of them to disperse. He switched the sights and attacked the Tree of Life, keeping his sights locked on it.

The contaminant continued to expand, partially obscuring the view from its altitude.

By constantly closing the distance, he quickly determined the characteristics of the tree of life. The artillery shells of the border troops high up had no effect. This pollutant must have other weaknesses. It couldn't be attacked at long distances, only at close range. He had to find a way to stop it from continuing to expand.

Wait... this pollutant doesn't seem to be moving.

"Find its roots!" Ying Chenlin said urgently: "Its roots are the key!"

The Tree of Life seemed to notice that the mechas that broke into its territory were not a big threat, and all of its defenses were used to deal with artillery shells in the sky, but its interest in the group of mechas approaching it did not diminish. On the contrary, it became more interested in the energy that was continuously output from them.

The branches condensed from its body continued to approach the position of the mecha technicians. The deep water on the ground suddenly turned into stone and then into deep water. The next second, branches rushed out from the deep water one after another and rushed straight towards the position of the mecha technicians!

Many branches almost rushed towards Wen Yi who was using the ice sniper cannon and Lu Xi who was controlling the ice cannon. The deep water covering and pressing them was like huge waves. At the critical moment of attacking the two mechas, Huo Yan and Zhao Lejie expanded the range outward and blocked the attack at once. The entire shield was covered with deep water.

Qi Sicheng's expression changed when he saw this. Not good! Wen Yi and Lu Xi’s support has been cut off!

Without Wen Yi's ice sniper cannon, the ice under Ying Chenlin's feet suddenly broke. At this time, branches rushing out from the deep water headed straight towards him! At this time, the gun mecha next to it suddenly changed direction, and the wind sniper cannon was aimed at the deep water and then at the soles of Ying Chenlin's feet. The forced hurricane formed a short wind wall, helping Ying Chenlin to fly for a short moment.

At this moment, Ying Chenlin switched to the Green Field Gun in an emergency state. The energy bomb hit the deep water surface and formed an isolation layer of less than one second. He used this gap to regain control of the balance and escape from the attack of the Tree of Life.

"There's no way to get closer." You Su frowned. The scope gave a correction error prompt due to the interference of the magnetic field. He blocked out Theo's anxious prompt and kept his eyes on his teammates around him.

My teammates are capable, but this is a persistent difficulty that is difficult to resolve.

The most important point in mecha combat is flexibility, but now they are completely unable to fight flexibly. Almost everyone is confined to the two shields of Huo Yan and Zhao Lejie, and it is too easy for the Tree of Life to lock them.

At this moment, he suddenly saw the light points gathering in the sky and shouted urgently: "Everyone get out of the way!!"

A sound was heard on the close-range communication channel, and everyone in Dawn retreated at the same time. The special object that fell from a great height was huge and heavy, brushing past all the mechas and slamming down on the 015 energy light spot. The huge mechanical object was like a giant sword inserted into a deep pool of water, and it accumulated a height in an instant.

"This is an object thrown from a high altitude!" Ji Qingfeng was almost hit by that thing.

On the high ground of the giant sword machine, a single-soldier mecha of the border army stood, and everyone's communication channel suddenly began to buzz. The reconfigured communication channel connected the mecha near the 015 energy point with the warship on the high ground.

The Shuguang people finally heard the commands coming from the warships high up, and the communication system was successfully built!

This border soldier just broke in from a high place with a signal tower!

Ying Chenlin glanced over and saw that the thing under the feet of the individual mecha was covered with something else. The deep water near the giant sword seemed to have encountered something difficult to climb, and the speed of the deep water climbing up suddenly slowed down... Not only that, there were other things coming down from the air one after another - it was a condensing agent!

Luo Xu's voice appeared in the channel: "You guys are a good bait. You've opened up a surface for us to attack."

At this critical moment, a fast-moving quick-freeze bullet fell from a high altitude and crashed into the deep water. The quick-freeze bullet seemed to have enhanced Wen Yi's ice sniper cannon, and instantly turned the entire deep water into frozen ice.

A warship of the border army had flown from its original position to the top of the extremely dangerous 015 energy point at some point in time. A large number of quick-freeze bombs fell from great heights, forming pieces of ice on the deep water surface.

The Dawn Mecha Master was overjoyed!

But the next second, the ice surface that had just been condensed by the quick-freeze bomb was covered again.

Ying Chenlin paused: "It seems to be useless."

You Su: “…”

Major General Luo: “…”

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