Chapter 183 Defending the City!
[The function of cruising in the planetary atmosphere has been turned on. ]
A line of white text appeared on the main console in front of Chen Fan.
At the same time, a slight vibration that was almost imperceptible came from the deck under his feet.
Then, under Chen Fan's gaze, the output power of the vacuum zero-point reactor on the holographic panel fluctuated slightly - it quickly increased from 0.01% to... 0.05%.
The pure energy from the vacuum zero-point reactor quickly flowed into the anti-gravity engine of the starship along the energy path inside the hull.
Driven by it, the 120-meter-long starship slowly floated up and finally hovered at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters above the ground.
The starship did not continue to increase its altitude.
On the one hand, Chen Fan was only two or three hundred kilometers away from Varela City at this time. The surface was completely covered with forests, and the highest altitude was only one or two hundred meters. In this case, a cruising altitude of more than 1,000 meters was more than enough.
On the other hand...
Chen Fan still remembers the drone that was destroyed by a space weapon at an altitude of 40,000 kilometers. Although there is no evidence that the space weapon will attack flying objects below 40,000 kilometers, and the investigator starship is also equipped with a corresponding space shield, Chen Fan does not want to cause any accidents at this critical juncture.
But even at an altitude of only more than 1,000 meters, the scenery outside the porthole made Gao Yuan and Isa on the side exclaim.
Although they have seen a lot of holographic aerial images from detection drones, no matter how realistic the holographic images are, they cannot compare to the feeling of experiencing it in person.
Isa leaned forward slightly. For the first time leaving the surface, she used two delicate mechanical hands to tightly grasp the armrest of the co-pilot seat. A flashing big eye stared at the scene outside the porthole, with a little panic in her excited eyes.
Gao Yuan's condition was naturally not much better. His face turned slightly pale, and he looked at the vast world outside the porthole with a little fear.
"Just relax." Chen Fan looked sideways at Isa and Gao Yuan, who were stiff, and said, "Don't worry, this thing is very safe. Even if Varela suddenly exploded, it would not be damaged."
When Isa and Gao Yuan heard Chen Fan's words, their faces froze.
You know how to comfort.
But I have to admit that after being interrupted by Chen Fan, the fear and worry in their eyes instantly decreased a lot.
"Yi, what is the current situation of Varela City?"
Looking at the scheduled route that quickly appeared on the holographic panel, Chen Fan straightened his face and asked Yi again.
"The first wave of intelligent machines has just arrived near the Wall of Sighs, and the city defense drones and guards are resisting the attack."
Yi quickly gave an answer: "The current condition of the Wall of Sighs is good, and the defense force is relatively stable."
As the voice fell, the scene outside the porthole began to rapidly retreat-driven by the anti-gravity engine, the starship began to accelerate and headed towards the direction of Varela City.
Looking at the gradually blurred scene outside the porthole, Chen Fan couldn't help but frowned.
I always feel... something is wrong?
After a moment of silence, he suddenly realized.
Judging from the scenery outside the porthole, the acceleration of the starship must be high, but he did not feel any push on his back during acceleration!
After noticing Chen Fan's confusion, Yi quickly gave an answer: "Excluding curvature navigation and wormhole jump, the acceleration of the starship in the normal navigation mode is extremely high, and almost all creatures cannot withstand the g value brought by this acceleration."
"Therefore, all starships of the Human Alliance use the ship's internal space anchoring technology, which can eliminate the g force generated by the starship during normal acceleration, thereby protecting the safety of the personnel on board."
...
Varilla Star, an unknown space.
As usual, pyramids of different sizes are neatly suspended in this dim space.
In the giant pyramid in the center, the figure of [Source] appeared again.
Unlike before.
Under the light of lavender and scarlet, [Source]'s nearly perfect face was filled with deep fear and horror.
"That... what on earth is that?"
She murmured in a low voice, and a very clear holographic image appeared in front of her.
The image clearly showed the scene of the wormhole opening up in the sky in an instant, and countless intelligent drones being crushed by the powerful gravity and turned into a dazzling accretion disk.
Around her, the prismatic light column kept flashing scarlet light, as if calculating something.
[Source] frowned slightly, and her lips, which seemed to be smeared with blood, opened slightly, and she uttered a soft whisper again:
"...Wormhole?"
In the light brain of the Roca civilization, she successfully found the information that matched the picture in front of her.
After a careful comparison, after confirming her guess, the horror on [Source]'s face became more intense: "It turned out to be a wormhole!"
"But...Hasn't the Roca civilization completely disappeared? How could there be a wormhole on this planet?"
"What's the matter with that unknown starship?"
"Does it have anything to do with that human named Chen Fan?"
[Source] looked at the huge starship in the last image sent back by the drone, and the occupancy rate of the core processor began to increase sharply, and the flashing frequency of the scarlet light prism also increased.
She suddenly thought of the scene when she first met Chen Fan.
'Let me introduce myself, Chen Fan, currently an official investigator of the Dangerous Technology Management Bureau under the Pan-Universe Human Alliance.'
"Pan-Universe Human Alliance..."
[Source] muttered to herself in a low voice. Combining the images of the wormhole and the starship, her core processor finally came to a shocking conclusion - Chen Fan is not a native of this planet!
Chen Fan is a variable.
A variable that is enough to destroy all her plans!
And this variable seems to have been born in Varela City, and has also made some small moves in Varela City!
In just a moment, the light prism tower in the pyramid began to flash at high speed!
[Source]'s core processor also issued the highest level of alarm!
Kill Chen Fan!
Destroy Varela City! !
Even if it will pay an extremely heavy price! !
A signal came from the pyramid and was transmitted to the intelligent machines surrounding Varela City:
Intelligent machines, attack the city!
...
Varela City, North Church.
Xu Huai, wearing the Pope's robe, stared intently at the screen in the church that was rapidly refreshing various information.
She was learning Yi's operation as much as possible - Yi, who took over the entire Varela City, was like a teacher, performing a perfect emergency treatment plan in front of Xu Huai.
Before the arrival of the tide of intelligent machines, intelligent drones temporarily took over the transportation of materials.
Guards and Kukan underground city immigrants urgently buried a large amount of explosives outside the city.
Under Yi's order, residents in the city joined the weapons factory one after another to produce various low-end thermal weapons with manpower.
In just over ten minutes, the entire city of Varela became busy, and all the forces were twisted together!
"Intelligent machines are coming."
Suddenly, an electronic synthesized voice came from the North Church, interrupting Xu Huai's thoughts.
At the same time, a piercing alarm sounded, echoing throughout the city of Varela!
Xu Huai's face changed slightly, and he quickly stood up and looked at the surveillance screen on the other side.
The forest outside the Wall of Sighs kept shaking, and endless intelligent machines turned into silver-white waves, rushing straight towards the tall Wall of Sighs!
...
Wall of Sighs area.
After notifying Xu Huai, Hong Chengdong left the North Church and hurried to the Wall of Sighs in the West City District.
At this critical moment, as a Kukan immigrant, he naturally would not choose to escape-since entering Varela City, he has felt too much beauty.
Compared with the Kukan Underground City, the city of Varela with sufficient supplies and spacious space is simply a paradise!
He doesn't want this hard-won paradise to be destroyed by the hands of the intelligent machines again!
Hong Chengdong stepped on the wooden ladder and followed the guard into the observation room in the middle of the Wall of Sighs.
The original observation window had been completely dismantled and turned into a shooting port for placing guns, and the observation room was completely turned into a war room.
Just like a bunker, countless black muzzles had stretched out of the Wall of Sighs at this time.
After completing the transportation work, thousands of intelligent drones flew out of Varela City under the control of Yi.
When all the drones passed the Wall of Sighs, a violent crackling sound came from the top of the Wall of Sighs!
The scorching plasma barrier slowly rose and turned into a curtain, completely surrounding the entire city of Varela!
Hong Chengdong took a deep breath, leaned down, and gently pressed his finger on the trigger.
Through the firing port, he carefully observed the lush forest outside the Wall of Sighs, trying to search for the omnics in the forest.
Just one glance, he couldn't help but frown.
"The visibility is too poor."
Jiang Haichuan spoke his mind.
"Yes." Hong Chengdong frowned, observing the extremely peaceful forest, "These tree canopies are natural protective umbrellas. Those omnic drones can complete the attack under the cover of the forest. We can't even find their traces."
Jiang Haichuan nodded gently, loosened his hand holding the heavy machine gun, and wiped the sweat on his linen clothes.
He took a deep breath and tried his best to calm his inner anxiety and uneasiness.
Woo!!!
A shrill alarm sounded from the city of Varela behind him.
"Here they come!"
Hong Chengdong's body tensed up and he uttered a low cry: "Come on, even if there is a canopy of shelter, we have to..."
Before he finished speaking, Hong Chengdong's voice stopped abruptly.
The forest trembled!
Endless silver-white machines swarmed out from the depths of the forest, and all the trees were violently pushed to the ground wherever they passed!
His previous concerns were completely unnecessary!
The number of the intelligent machines was too terrifying, and there was no need to deliberately aim and search, just shoot and you can hit the intelligent machines attacking the city!
Da da da!
A crisp sound came from the side, awakening Hong Chengdong's thoughts.
After a brief loss of consciousness, Jiang Haichuan had already pulled the trigger of the heavy machine gun.
A tongue of fire spurted out of the black muzzle, and the yellow bullets swept towards the sweeping intelligent machines like a torrential rain!
ps: There is another chapter to be posted in the afternoon.
(End of this chapter)
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