Chapter 196
Chapter 196
The moment the defense line was closed, all members of the KID team arrived at the Slarede defense line.
"I was almost there!" Ji Qingfeng breathed a sigh of relief, "Luckily Shen Lin targeted me."
Zhao Lejie cursed: "Have you considered my feelings? You were hiding behind my shield the whole time!"
The blue defense line in the distance closed, and a special light shield extended from the edge of the defense line until it was completely closed and disappeared without a trace.
At the abandoned parking lot of the Slared Administration, the mechas floating there all focused their attention on the 12 new mechas that had broken in. These 12 mechas were of different colors, red, black, blue... It was obvious that they were not from the same mecha base.
It’s not the same mecha base, nor is it the familiar mecha logo.
This team was put together like this and was able to actually break into the Slarede defense line.
Not only that...they didn't enter directly, but used displacement weapons to reach the hovering platform. There are many weapons with space attributes, but weapons with space displacement attributes are extremely rare. How could such a haphazardly assembled team come up with such a good weapon as space displacement?
KID team? In a short while, many mecha teams have analyzed the Dawn people based on the information just displayed by the system, and found that KID is a mecha base that has never participated in a star field competition. The latest news is that he won the Dawn Galaxy Star Game Championship.
There are so many star systems in the Star Alliance that many teams will not deliberately pay attention to news from other star systems, let alone the star systems that are not ranked in the weakest first star field. The probability of such teams fighting each other is extremely low, and no one will deliberately get to know such teams.
Around the Abandoned Management Bureau, each team has its own ideas.
Ying Chenlin put away his space staff and observed his surroundings as usual after landing, noticing the various mechas floating inside and outside. Through the shell of the mecha, he knew that many mecha masters were looking at them at this moment.
Shuguang and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw themselves squeezed into the defense line, but they soon stopped joking.
Wen Yi narrowed his eyes and looked up, "Many teams have come, all of them are strong teams."
The Dawn Mecha Master was at the hovering platform. In addition to seeing the mechas around him, he also saw dense shadows behind those mechas.
When they were advancing in two teams, Ying Chenlin took into account the distance caused by the speed difference of Qi Sicheng's weapons. If they were lucky, they could directly enter Slared before the defense line was closed. If they were unlucky, they could also shorten the distance and enter through the target of the displacement weapon. However, all these prerequisites required that the team led by Qi Sicheng could successfully squeeze into the defense line.
These mechas had entered Slared long before them, and compared to their embarrassing sprint, these mecha pilots performed with ease.
"KID?" A frivolous male voice suddenly sounded in the common channel of all mechas.
When Ying Chenlin heard the voice, he immediately looked at the mecha number of the communication source and saw the PJT logo.
Among the floating mechas, 12 golden mechas landed in front of the hovering platform. Norbert, the captain of the PJT, the second mecha base of the Star Alliance, whistled, "Long time no see, are you guys here to play too?"
Hearing such an enthusiastic and frivolous voice, Ying Chenlin immediately recalled the blond man whom he had met before in the Silver Moon Galaxy, the hidden mecha Norbert, the captain of PJT, the second strongest team ranked in the Star Alliance.
"Norbert from PJT." Ji Qingfeng reacted, "Oh yeah, all the strong teams are here this time!"
"Hello." Huo Yan took the initiative to switch to the public channel to say hello.
As soon as the PJT captain spoke, the eyes of the people around looking at Shuguang changed slightly.
Wen Yi's attention fell on the mechas around PJT, "GBK is here too."
GBK is a familiar team in the Dawn Galaxy. They had fought with each other in the Coria contaminated area before, but at that time GBK only had three mecha divisions. Now, among the dark purple mechas hovering in front of them, there were 11 other mechas in addition to the mecha of GBK deputy captain Bai Xuyan.
"Who's that over there? SLY! Number four in the Star Alliance!"
"Oh my god, they're all here!"
"The second and fifth Star Alliance members are here."
Chi Liz said: "I guess the top ten teams in the Star Alliance are all here."
Qi Sicheng looked into the distance and saw that in addition to the powerful team of the Star Alliance, the powerful team of their First Star Domain, SHIELD, had also arrived.
Among these teams, their makeshift team couldn't even rank.
Amid the discussion of his teammates, Ying Chenlin observed the powerful teams all around him. After a round of inspection, he suddenly saw 12 gray-green mechas standing side by side diagonally behind the golden mecha. There were no other mechas hovering around them, and the 12 mechas formed a vacuum zone.
The EM team from the fifth star field is number one in the Star Alliance.
When Ying Chenlin looked towards EM, the man in the cockpit of a mecha in the middle of the gray-green mecha group was also locking onto this side. His field of vision screen was locked onto two mechas, and the corresponding analysis data of the mechas had been transmitted through EM's huge database. The data that popped up showed - sink, trace.
The man's eyes did not change at all, he just stayed on the portrait information displayed in the two sets of data for a few seconds.
At this moment, the Covenant's special mission system lit up again. Virtual screens lit up in front of all the mecha cockpit programming desks, instantly breaking the solemn atmosphere of confrontation.
[70/354 teams have arrived so far]
Ying Chenlin paused. There were so many teams coming, but only 70 of them could actually get in.
Will they compete with these 69 teams for mission execution next?
The entire Covenant mission system is like a step-by-step tool system. All the teams that sign up come here and are forced to compete within Slared's defense line. Only the mechas that enter the defense line have the right of execution... This area is an abandoned contaminated area. Without the support of the administration, the problems faced after entering the contaminated area will only become more severe.
[Congratulations to everyone for entering the Slared Contaminated Zone. You have obtained the right to perform special missions of the Star Alliance. The special missions of the Star Alliance are now announced. ]
[The Slared Contaminated Area is now open, please choose at your own discretion. ]
Before other members of Dawn could analyze the current situation, the Star Alliance system had already released certain intelligence, and the Star Alliance's special mission had only just begun. In the center of the virtual screen, all mechas have gained access to the taskbar. Once they click in, they will see countless task lists. Behind each task is the score that the task accounts for.
"So many tasks?" Zhao Lejie said in surprise: "Then there is actually no such thing as grabbing or not grabbing!"
Colin frowned and said, "We still have to grab them. There are many low-score tasks here, but fewer high-score tasks..."◎
The lowest score is 1 point, for example, clearing A variant pollutant.
The highest score is 150 points, for example, solving the problem of excessive pollution in a certain area.
Different tasks, different points...
At this moment, there was suddenly a noise around. Before Ying Chenlin finished reading the mission information on the system, he saw that the gray-green mecha group behind him had started up their mechas, pulled their thrusters to the maximum, and turned around the next second to fly towards the contaminated area diagonally below the abandoned hovering platform.
After EM was launched, Norbert's PTJ team also took action, heading towards the contaminated area in the opposite direction of EM.
The mechas that were originally hovering started up one after another and determined the direction in less than a few seconds.
Zhao Lejie was surprised and asked, "Are all these people so fast?"
Ji Qingfeng activated the mecha: "Should we follow?"
Having suffered at the hands of Slarede's defense line, they now want to follow suit when they see others taking action.
But before they could act, Wen Yi's voice interrupted everyone's plan: "There is no need to follow. The most urgent thing is to determine our direction of advance. Slarede is an unregulated area."
"Strong teams don't need to think about direction, they focus on high-scoring tasks."
Wen Yi continued, "Other teams are familiar with their intelligence and will choose to avoid their mission areas to reduce unnecessary conflicts."
Strong teams will not waste time browsing the rules. They are not waiting for the mission time to be announced, but for the notification from the Star Alliance mission system. The Shuguang people did not move. They watched the mechas fly away. They fell at the back and could clearly see where the mechas were going.
The Slared area is very wide. Looking down from the Administration, one can see that the entire Slared area is filled with a layer of gray. Ying Chenlin's sight fell on the direction of those teams and found that many mechas selectively avoided EM, PJT and other top ten teams of the Star Alliance.
Colin said calmly, "They are circling the location. They are taking action first and telling others that they have chosen this area."
Ying Chenlin glanced sideways at the black mecha standing diagonally in front of him. Their KID rarely cooperated with Black Crow.
He and Chi Liz had played games on the virtual battlefield, but his cooperation with Wen Yi was very rare.
Wen Yi is the Black Crow's gunnery mecha, and also the Black Crow's commanding captain.
Not only Wen Yi, but also Ke Lin and Qi Sicheng present were capable commanders on their own. As commanders, they had their own unique ways.
Before Ying Chenlin finished reading all the mission information, Wen Yi had already extracted some important intelligence nodes from the mission information.
"I didn't look at the missions. I mainly looked at the distribution of the missions in the Slarede contaminated area this time." Wen Yi shared the extracted information to the team channel. "According to the intelligence information we had about the Slarede contaminated area before we came here, these missions are mainly distributed in four areas. What we should consider is the area selection."
Slared is a very special pollution area. It is distributed over a wide area, but it strangely presents four special climatic characteristics.
These climate characteristics do not change over time, but are caused by the special planetary environment of Slared. Leaving aside some details about the formation of the climate, these strange terrains can be simply divided into four areas: forests, volcanic groups, decaying plains, and eternal snow-capped mountains.
If you want to get high scores, the best way is to fight in an area where you are good at fighting.
Other teams may have made a decision before the mission based on the situation, but the Dawn team did not. They were originally organized into four different teams, and each of them excelled in different combat areas and weapon combinations. Although they coordinated weapons and tactics before the game, the complex mission form they encountered after entering the field made it more important for them to determine their own combat direction rather than to follow others to occupy territory.
Follow the steps to get low score tasks
Do? Or should I take the risk to grab high points? Which area should I choose? What kind of tactical deployment should be adopted?
These problems piled up together actually determine the direction of the team's actions... Wen Yi pointed out this problem, and Qi Sicheng and Ke Lin were waiting for Ying Chenlin's reply to hand over the command to KID. How to act must be decided by KID.
They were also curious about what strategy KID would adopt. They had been opponents of KID for several games. They had been tricked and used by KID. They were willing to hand over the command to KID, which also showed their recognition of KID's strength.
You Su had not spoken a word. He seldom studied tactical arrangements. Seeing this, he reminded: "Ying Chenlin."
Ying Chenlin was still looking at the task list. When he heard You Su's voice, he realized that everyone was waiting for him.
The other teams around have already entered the contaminated area, and they are the only ones still making decisions in the hovering area.
"The tactical arrangement is not the point. The most important thing is how to maximize the benefits of the operation." Ying Chenlin's attention fell on the area map compiled by Wen Yi. "It is better to do multiple low-point tasks than to spend a lot of time on a high-point task."
Wen Yi hesitated and asked, "What you mean is, look for areas with high mission coverage?"
Ying Chenlin marked the area with the highest mission coverage rate among the four areas, and paused: "Let's go to the snow mountain first."
"The mission coverage rate in the forest is also high, right?" Hu Luobu also finished looking at the map, "How to choose the snow mountain."
Everyone in KID was strangely silent for a moment. Hu Luobu noticed the quiet atmosphere and asked in confusion: "Huh?"
"They all say that profits are maximized." Ji Qingfeng glanced at the distant Carob with a look of idiocy, and then said: "They are both killing pollutants, why don't you choose the more expensive ones? Snow mountain pollutants, there are so few polluted areas in our Dawn Belt."
Zhao Lejie echoed: "You don't understand this?"
Hu Luobu: “…” I know nothing, you are the one who knows best.
While KID was still discussing where to kill the pollutants in the snow mountains, other teams had already entered various parts of the Slarede contaminated area. Team SHIELD was very fast, and the area they chose was covered by the volcanic cluster. The First Star Region's performance in the Star Alliance mission was not very outstanding, and the participating teams were basically the top-ranked mecha bases in the First Star Region. A total of 5 teams registered this time, and one team was lost when they were rushing into the defense line.
Surprisingly, the weird team from the Dawn Organization also came in.
The SHIELD base has been paying a lot of attention to Dawn recently. When they noticed KID coming in, all the mecha warriors were already looking at what Captain Wu Qingshuang meant.
"Captain Wu, KID's movements are very strange." A mecha master asked, "Should we pay special attention to them?"
"No need." Wu Qingshuang was still flipping through the task list. Her focus was not on the opponent, but on the Slarede contaminated area.
Slared was opened once in a previous Covenant mission. The difficulty of this contaminated area ranks among the top among all out-of-control contaminated areas. The more difficult the contaminated area is, the more cautious the Covenant headquarters will be in opening the mission. For example, the opening time of the Slared defense line used to be 15 minutes, but this time it ended 5 minutes earlier.
The screening of participating teams has become more stringent.
"I just paid special attention to the situation of other teams. The top ten teams of the Star Alliance are basically all present this time." The SHIELD mecha master said: "It seems that the news we received before is true. Slaredry has something else."
The Star Alliance mission is certainly attractive, but it is very important to gather all the chief mecha technicians of these bases.
The information channels of the SHIELD base are wider than those of other bases. Before participating in this mission, Wu Qingshuang had already obtained some information from the channels. There are many more strong teams participating this time than in the past. On the one hand, it is because of the new competition system, and on the other hand, there are other problems. There are things that the strong teams particularly want in the Slared contaminated area.
Wu Qingshuang: "Pay attention to EM's movements. They must have known something in advance."
At the same time, outside the Slared defense line, the Gale spacecraft was making a remote connection to the interior of the Slared contaminated area. The system in the Slared contaminated area was almost unused, but the Covenant still set up a number of special facilities to monitor this area. Ordinary means cannot reach the contaminated area, but the Star Alliance's special system can barely maintain basic positioning information.
Shen Xingtang and his group followed EM to grab the position and found that although this location seemed far away, it was actually very close to the old system of the Slared Contaminated Area Management Bureau, which meant it was the place with the best signal.
"In such a polluted area, won't it be impossible for us to contact them?" Brother Zhang asked.
"Not necessarily." Shen Xingtang looked at the various programs on the system. "Although the contaminated area is abandoned, the infrastructure inside is still there. The abandoned base station should also have energy running. If they go to the abandoned base station, they should still be able to contact the outside world based on the communication system of the base station."
But ordinary communications are not possible, and they cannot communicate with people in the team.
The person in charge of Black Crow said: "I have discussed this with them before. Wen Yi should go to the base station to find out the situation."
Shen Xingtang walked to the window of the cockpit and could see the starships parked around. At first glance, all the bases did not take any other measures, but she had a vague feeling of uneasiness in her heart, which became particularly strong after the defense line was closed.
"Lao Zhang, does your base have a complete intelligence database on Slared?" Shen Xingtang asked.
Brother Zhang: "Yes, there is, but we have already sorted out all the useful information for you."
Shen Xingtang asked, "Is there a wider range, such as why Slarede got out of control in the first place, and where is the border pollution zone bordering its riot?"
When Brother Zhang heard what Shen Xingtang said, he immediately asked the staff of Jifeng to retrieve Slared's information. "We have basically collected it. We looked through it before and didn't get any useful information. I'll ask others to retrieve it for you."
He asked again, "What are you worried about?"
Shen Xingtang said: "Waiting here won't solve the problem. I want to see if there is any useful information."
"Can you see which area they have reached now?" The YDS leader came over.
Jiang Simiao just happened to pull up the location information: "——Wait? They went to the Slared Snow Mountain???"
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The Slared Snow Mountain area is located in the northern part of the Slared Polluted Area and is covered with snow for thousands of years.
There was no direct jump point this time. After discussion, the Dawn team chose to fly sideways into Slared. The flight was smooth at first, until they completely entered the gravitational area of the planet where Slared was located. They immediately felt the strong gravity pressing in from all directions.
Entering the contaminated area from space requires adapting to the gravity difference between the two, but once they enter, they find that the strange gravity field in the northern area of Slared is more complicated than what is described in the information they have.
The reason why Slarede got out of control was not only the pollution, but also its special environment.
As soon as everyone entered the snow mountain, they felt the gravity brought by the environment, and the pressure on the mecha instantly increased by several levels. They had to readjust their flight energy output. The gravity environment here is ten times that of the contaminated areas they have been in before. Almost as soon as they enter the area, they are crushed by gravity and cannot continue to fly at high altitudes. They can only quickly find a landing point.
At last, the group landed on the hillside of a snowy mountain, looking out at the endless snow-covered landscape.
"This is a shabby place. No wonder I didn't see any mechas when I came in. The flying difficulty is too high!" Ji Qingfeng knew that the gravity environment here was different, but when he really entered this area, he realized how much pressure this gravity environment brought. "The energy consumption of flying is higher than before."
Lu Xi: "I noticed before that there don't seem to be many teams coming here."
The snow mountain is too large, and it would be a waste of resources for 12 mechas to act at the same time.
Ying Chenlin quickly made arrangements and divided the existing team into three teams, each with four mechas.
Qi Sicheng has a space-speed weapon that can speed up displacement in a short period of time, and is most suitable for fast movement in this gravity environment. Black Crow is good at using ice weapons, Wen Yi and Chi Liz have rich experience in snow combat, and considering the lineup, it is most appropriate to fight in three teams.
Team 1, led by Qi Sicheng, includes Huo Yan, Hu Luobu, and Lu Xi;
Team 2 is led by Wen Yi, including Ke Lin, Lin Yao, and Ji Qingfeng;
Team 3 will be led by Ying Chen Lin, including You Su, Zhao Lejie and Chi Liz.
"Is it okay to divide the team like this?" Ying Chenlin asked.
The others had no objections and all followed orders. They arranged for both short-range and long-range mechas, which made combat more convenient.
Ying Chenlin brought a displacement weapon this time, and he can use it once every 10 minutes. If any situation occurs, he can also quickly lead the team to the other two locations for support. Therefore, the distance between the three teams should not exceed the limit range of the displacement weapon. In this way, 12 mechas can be quickly assembled within half an hour in the fastest case.
Qi Sicheng was responsible for exploring the route and completing the longer mission. Wen Yi went to the base station in the snow mountain area recorded on the map to check the situation. Ying Chenlin stayed in the middle to facilitate support to both sides.
Without the support of the Administration, they have to consider the communication range once they separate, and the separation range cannot be too far.
Being scattered in a terrain like a snowy mountain, it becomes very difficult to find each other.
After the others left, Zhao Lejie asked, "So which mission are we mainly going to perform?"
There are many tasks in the Star Alliance mission system. There happens to be a task with a score of 10 on the hillside of the snow-capped mountain where Ying Chenlin is.
——[Slared Snow Mountain Rat Plague] This work was created by
Ying Chenlin sent the task information to the team channel. When he was about to confirm the location coordinates, he suddenly glanced at the task right below the rat plague task. He didn't see this task when he used the points sorting method to find the task just now.
He clicked on it curiously and subconsciously looked at the points associated with the task.
[Bonus points: ? ]
This is a task with no stated points.
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