Chapter 178 "Everything is normal"
A little busy?
Xu Huai stared blankly at the image in the holographic projection, swallowing the words that were on the tip of his tongue with difficulty.
You call this a little busy?
If she saw it right, a smart drone has already rushed to the porthole of the bulldozer control room, right? !
After the communication ended, the holographic image in front of her did not dissipate, and the silver-white spherical detection drone still hovered silently in front of Xu Huai.
After a short wait, the holographic projection began to play the images taken over the city of Varela not long ago.
Outside the city of Varela surrounded by a circular wall, the lush forest flickered with faint cold light like star points.
As the camera zoomed in, the star-like cold light revealed its true appearance:
smart machine!
Extremely large-scale smart machine!
Humanoid, spider-shaped, dog-shaped...
Each smart machine has a unique shape, and there are also heavy smart machines that are comparable to the size of a Hercules bulldozer!
In the sunlight, these intelligent machines that traveled through the dense forest flashed with a cold and piercing silver-white luster, and the beauty of machinery was fully reflected on them!
Looking at the holographic projection in front of her, Xu Huai's calm expression was finally broken.
She took a breath of cold air: "Hiss..."
"So many?!"
At this moment, she suddenly understood Yi's calculation results-facing such a large-scale intelligent machine, the Wall of Sighs can hold on for thirty minutes. It is already a very amazing record!
Thinking of this, Xu Huai's worries in his eyes have increased again.
Since she became the Pope, this is the first time she has encountered such a difficult situation.
Let's not talk about the situation on Chen Fan's side.
With thousands of intelligent drones without any logistical support and some survivors of the Kukan underground city whose combat capabilities are not strong, can Varela City really hold on until Chen Fan arrives at the battlefield?
Xu Huai is not sure.
To be precise, she dare not face the answer in her heart.
Xu Huai's worries did not last long -
as a familiar electronic synthesized voice sounded in the North Church, Xu Huai's originally heavy mood instantly became relaxed.
"Xu Huai, can you hear me?"
Xu Huai's eyes lit up: "One?!"
"It's me." The electronic synthesized voice admitted its identity, "In order to ensure the safety of Varela City as much as possible, all defense work of Varela City will be taken over by this machine. Do you have any objection?"
Although Yi could directly bypass Xu Huai's authority to directly control the entire Varela City, considering Xu Huai's identity as the Pope, Yi still asked her.
"Of course not!" Xu Huai replied hurriedly.
What a joke.
There is a big daddy in the team who can lead the team to score steadily in 1v5. Can you still have any objections?
After obtaining Xu Huai's consent, Yi officially began to take over the control of Varela City.
The group of city defense drones that were originally automatically performing patrol tasks according to the program near the Wall of Sighs suddenly stopped in place.
After a short wait, the city defense drones that received the new order quickly dispersed and flew towards the newly formed industrial production base in Varela City with a clear purpose.
The industrial production base is located inside the Forest of Sighs.
In addition to the metal smelting and forging production lines, there are also some basic weapons factories that manufacture gunpowder.
Although the output is very low, it is a great improvement compared to the previous Varela City in the farming era.
Under the orders issued by Yi, the efficiency of the industrial production base has been rapidly improved.
The tide of intelligent machinery has not yet launched an attack on Varela City. What needs to be done now is to ensure the supply of weapons and ammunition as much as possible!
Therefore, under Yi's precise control, thousands of city defense drones turned into transport brigades, constantly traveling back and forth between the industrial production base and the Wall of Sighs.
Looking at the instructions flashing rapidly on the screen beside him, Xu Huai asked in a low voice: "Yi, how is Chen Fan's situation?"
"Everything is normal."
...
"...Normal?!"
Chen Fan's somewhat broken voice came from the top of the Hercules bulldozer: "You call this normal?!"
"Of course." Yi's electronic synthesized voice sounded in Chen Fan's ears, "Relying on numerical advantage to carry out saturation strikes on enemy targets, this is the way artificial intelligence has always fought."
"I understand the reason, but..."
Chen Fan, who climbed onto the top of the Hercules bulldozer with the help of a mechanical exoskeleton, swallowed hard: "Isn't this numerical advantage a little too big?!"
Endless drones were like a swarm of locusts covering the sky and the sun, swooping down on the Hercules bulldozer.
The bullets fired by the electromagnetic machine gun were like a rainstorm, madly sweeping the area where the Hercules bulldozer was located, and splashing circles of ripples like water waves on a layer of faint, almost transparent individual soldier protection force field.
Buzz! !
Two deep purple laser beams shot out from the self-propelled floating gun beside him, penetrating directly into the drone group.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Two bursts of fire burst out in the drone group!
Two straight vacuum zones instantly appeared inside the originally dense drone group, but the next second, these two vacuum zones were filled again by the surrounding drones!
Chen Fan's thoughts moved, and the plasma cannon installed on the mechanical exoskeleton arm ejected a series of dark blue plasma shells forward.
Not only that, he shook his left arm and threw several plasma grenades directly into the air in front of him.
At this point, he no longer needs Yi's auxiliary aiming function.
To exaggerate, he can knock down two intelligent drones even if he throws a brick!
The roar of plasma grenades sounded, and hot fireballs composed of high-temperature plasma appeared above the bulldozer, rapidly engulfing the surrounding intelligent drones as they expanded.
But...
just by looking with the naked eye, the number of drones surrounding the Hercules bulldozer has not decreased.
On the contrary, the number of drones in front of him is even increasing!
"Yi, [Chain Thunderstorm]!"
With a low shout from Chen Fan, two self-propelled floating guns that continuously fired lasers quickly took off and shuttled quickly inside the dense drone group.
Light blue clouds gradually appeared above the Hercules bulldozer.
"[Chain Thunderstorm] is ready."
The moment the electronic synthesized sound sounded, Chen Fan did not hesitate at all and directly issued an order: "Release!!"
Buzz! ! !
Two strange plasma arcs burst out from the floating guns at the same time, instantly detonating the light blue cloud!
Golden arcs of electricity jumped rapidly in this small thunder pool, carrying out indiscriminate attacks on the intelligent drones inside it!
At this moment, the Hercules bulldozer was like the mount of Thor, rushing out of the thunderstorm under the protection of the individual protective force field!
One-click screen clearing!
Amid the violent explosion, the wreckage of drones of various sizes fell on the ground and were crushed into mushy debris by the bulldozer's tracks.
The thunderstorm gradually dissipated, and the number of drone swarms rapidly decreased.
But...
the good times did not last long.
As the alarm of Yi continued to sound, endless intelligent drones rushed in from all directions!
The blue sky was gradually submerged by the silver-white drone swarm, and finally disappeared completely in front of Chen Fan.
"Damn..."
Chen Fan cursed in a low voice.
If it weren't for the individual protective force field that couldn't withstand the antimatter bomb exploding close to his face, he would even want to throw an antimatter bomb at his feet!
"You have a new cross-universe broadcast communication request."
Just when Chen Fan was getting overwhelmed, an electronic synthesized voice sounded in his ears: "Communicator: Intern Academician Song Ziliang."
"Academician Song?"
Chen Fan was stunned for a moment, then pulled the trigger again, firing a string of plasma shells at the dense group of drones: "He really knows how to find timing!"
"What the hell, it's already this late, and you're still making a long-distance call here!"
Just as Chen Fan was about to reject this cross-universe communication, Yi's voice sounded again: "This communication has a higher priority, please answer it as soon as possible, investigator."
"..."
Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly, and while commanding the self-propelled floating turret to release the [Chain Thunderstorm], he pressed the answer button.
"There is good news... Shit?!"
Song Ziliang was obviously shocked by the situation around Chen Fan: "What's going on over there?!"
"What's going on?"
Chen Fan once again issued the order to release the [Chain Thunderstorm]: "Can't you see it? I was caught by that artificial intelligence and I'm fighting with him now!"
Looking at the electric arcs that kept jumping above Chen Fan's head, Song Ziliang swallowed hard.
"What's the matter? If nothing happens, I'll hang up!" Chen Fan's tone was a little hurried, "There are more and more intelligent drones. Is there no AOE weapon more powerful than [Chain Thunderstorm]?"
"Where are your antimatter bombs?"
"Fuck, don't mention it, they're all used up."
"...Ah?!"
Song Ziliang was stunned by Chen Fan's answer: "Eleven antimatter bombs, you used them all up?"
"Nonsense!" Chen Fan fired a volley of plasma shells in a bad mood, "Who will use that quota?"
Song Ziliang couldn't help but fall into silence.
Is it possible that you are the only one who thinks that eleven antimatter bombs are not enough?
Whose newly promoted official investigator would use antimatter bombs like this? !
"Okay, okay, if you have something to say, just say it. If not, don't disturb me while I'm working."
"When the starship arrives, I will let these intelligent machines feel the feeling of saturation fire bombing!"
Hearing this, Song Ziliang coughed lightly: "Then you are lucky, you will be able to experience this feeling soon."
This time, it was Chen Fan's turn to be stunned: "...Ah?!"
After a short reaction time, Chen Fan's face suddenly showed a complex surprise: "You mean..."
Song Ziliang cleared his throat and straightened his face: "Yes, the last small wormhole stability test has met the standard."
"Congratulations, your investigator starship has entered the delivery process and is expected to arrive at your coordinates in three minutes."
"Investigator Chen Fan, please be prepared to sign for it."
ps: There is another chapter in the afternoon.
(End of this chapter)
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