Chapter 199
Chapter 199
Hu Luobu flew to a high altitude before he remembered something, "Wait! Is Lao Zhao still down there?"
When everyone looked down, they noticed a leaping blue figure in the vast white screen.
"Did you realize you left me behind only after you heard the sound?! Do you have any conscience?" Zhao Lejie yelled and flew upwards in his mecha. However, as soon as he started the thrusters, the group of pollutants with red eyes suddenly rushed towards him. He didn't even have time to see what the pollutants looked like. When rushing upwards, he crashed into the space sealed by Lin Yao.
"I forgot to collect my space." Lin Yao said, "It's okay, it can help you block it."
Zhao Lejie's voice had a little bit of a sizzling sound: "Thank you, thank you."
But now is not the time to chat. Ying Chenlin's attention has just shifted away from Zhao Lejie, and what he sees on the white screen is the group of invisible red-eyed monsters. He quickly switches to the mecha's built-in pollutant detection system and finds that the usually sensitive detection system has completely failed at this time, and even the communication system that is so close is affected.
Wen Yi's scope was moved to the closest distance, and he could finally see clearly what the pollutants looked like in the white screen of snow.
The pollutants were covered in white fur, with fur and claws all over their bodies being an almost transparent white, except for a pair of scarlet eyes. From the vague outlines, one could barely tell that they looked like foxes.
"Snow fox?" Wen Yi asked doubtfully.
At this moment, You Su had already fired a cannon at the group of snow foxes. The powerful energy cannon immediately penetrated the layers of snow fog. When it was about to hit the snow fox, it suddenly passed through the snow fox's body and hit the snow heavily.
"Got through!?" Chi Liz said in astonishment.
Several mechas in the distance witnessed this scene at the same time.
They all saw You Su's hit rate, it couldn't be that You Su missed the target or made a mistake in prediction, so there was only one possibility left.
Wen Yi asked, "Fake body?"
You Su frowned, "No, it's more like a shadow."
The severity of the situation was beyond their expectations. Huo Yan looked at the pollutants vigilantly and shouted urgently: "Old Zhao, come up quickly——"
Hu Luobu blasted a hole in Lin Yao's space to make way for Zhao Lejie. "What are these pollutants? Are they listed in the information?"
There is no such thing in the data. Colin searched the database as soon as he saw the appearance of these pollutants, but the database provided by Slared did not describe this kind of pollutant. There are indeed snow foxes in the snowy mountain area, but the eyes of snow foxes are not pure scarlet, not to mention that they have almost transparent claws. "It looks like a snow fox, but it is not a snow fox."
Snow fox is a Class A variant pollutant. The quantity of this pollutant is very small. The database states that it was once a rare Class A pollutant in the Slared Snow Mountain.
But now there are a large number of pollutants that look similar to snow foxes.
The transparent snow foxes on the ground nearby did not hesitate at all. It seemed that they had locked onto the mecha flying high in the sky after You Su's cannon. The pollutants that were originally lying on Lin Yao's space jumped up. Their strong jumping force prompted them to pounce directly on the mecha high in the sky. Seeing this situation, the mechas that had gathered together dispersed and each picked up their weapons to attack this group of pollutants of unknown origin.
Hu Luobu's tracking cannon pierced through the snow fox's body. He cursed angrily: "Could these things be fake?"
But this idea was soon shattered, because this group of snow foxes broke a part of the space shield that Lin Yao had originally covered the pit below. If it was a fake pollutant, it would not be possible to have such an attack power.
Ying Chenlin looked down and said, "Zhao Lejie, hurry up!"
Zhao Lejie was almost out of Lin Yao's space, but the group of snow foxes quickly pounced on him and soon surrounded the gap opened by Hu Luobu for him. "Damn, the exit is blocked."
The snow foxes that jumped into the pit from the space gap pounced on Zhao Lejie and the pollutants in the pit at the same time, grabbing the bodies of the pollutants and starting to bite them. ▂
Wen Yi and Ke Lin were both experienced commanders. When they saw the snow fox's actions, they immediately realized that this group of pollutants were attracted by the scent of other dead pollutants. They were just about to remind people to stay away from the big pit, but Ying Chenlin's voice was faster than theirs.
Ying Chenlin: “Trap!”
Huo Yan turned off the thrusters and jumped down.
Seeing this situation, Lin Yao did not care about anything else and immediately rushed into the pile of snow foxes. He used his long stick to sweep away the snow foxes that were rushing towards the gap in the space. He jumped into the big pit and at the same time, he propped up a space again to block the pollutants that were rushing towards him.
Zhao Lejie watched Lin Yao seal the space tightly again: "?"
Brother, don't you want to run away? You've sealed the door.
Lin Yao protected the pollutant's body and said, "Too much! You actually stole our pollutants!"
Hu Luobu: "..."
Is this the point? Why don’t you run away or hide in the pit waiting for an ambush?
There were suddenly two more mechas in the pit. Before Zhao Lejie could escape, he was stopped by his teammates and was forced to join the defense and protection of the polluted corpses.
The snow foxes did not stop because of this sudden change. On the contrary, their hunting behavior was blocked by KID, and they became more and more crazy. Their movements towards the mechas and the pollutant pits became more agile. The mecha pilots on high ground had no time to care about anything else and could only use artillery shells to drive back the snow fox pollutants.
The shells hit the snow foxes, but most of them passed through their bodies and hit the snow. After a few minutes, not only did the defense line fail to be blocked, but the number of foxes increased and their movements in attacking the Dawn Mech became more agile.
Colin knew that something was wrong when he saw this. According to Slared's database, the rare snow foxes that evolved superpowers were mostly speed-related superpowers, with fast movement speed and strong jumping ability... These were just superficial things. The most important information said that this type of snow fox had a high IQ and was extremely cunning. The population was rare, but their ability to survive was extremely strong.
A It is not difficult for them to deal with the pollutants. The difficult part is that the pollutants that were originally gathered together will be affected by Zhao Lejie in the middle of the pit and enter the pit, making it convenient for them to catch them all in one fell swoop. The behavior of this group of snow foxes in surrounding them is not as cunning and cautious as described in the information, but more like a commanding blockade, as if there is a boss with leadership ability among the group of snow foxes, who is guiding them to attack in an orderly manner.
Colin subconsciously looked towards Ying Chenlin's position not far away.
There were a large number of pollutants and corpses piled up in the snow pit, and the three mechas were still trying their best to maintain the operation of the space. The scene above the snow pit was white. The red-eyed snow foxes made different movements. The mechas were suspended in the air. When the snow foxes pounced forward, it was as if the snow curtain was moving forward, carrying a faint wind.
Just when everyone's attention was focused on the group of snow foxes beside the pit on the ground, Chi Liz, who had been hovering high above to scout other situations, noticed something slightly different, "Is the wind a bit strong?"
Chi Liz is a stealth mecha and also a mobile mecha that Black Crow has always used for reconnaissance.
Ji Qingfeng is not here, so all the reconnaissance tasks fall on Chi Liz.
"Our visibility has been decreasing since we first started."
Chi Liz's voice was filled with electricity: "The wind speed has also changed now."
The snow curtain with extremely low visibility and the changing wind speed...
Ying Chenlin's gaze fell on the distance. With so many changes, it seemed that it was not just caused by a group of snow foxes.
Everyone became more and more suspicious of this strange environment. While avoiding the snow fox, they were also paying attention to the surrounding situation, but the changes in the environment were much faster than they could think.
Huo Yan stayed in the pit and didn't notice the change. When he heard the sound and looked up, he saw a vast expanse of white.
Even his teammates' mechas couldn't be seen clearly. "Everyone, be careful, it seems that there is more than just——"
Before he could finish his words, the sound of whistling wind appeared in everyone's ears, coming from far away and as fast as thunder.
Suddenly, a violent storm came towards the flying mechas in the distance. The place where they were was open and there were no mountains to block their view. In addition, the gravity environment in this area was special, and the blizzard had a direct impact on all the flying mechas.
Ying Chenlin said urgently: "Descend!"
The violent snowstorm came suddenly, fiercely and violently, sweeping over the pit in the blink of an eye.
The two tank mechas squatting in the pit opened their shields upon seeing this. Huo Yan grabbed Lin Yao and opened their shields to the maximum.
Zhao Lejie was stunned and asked, "What's going on?!"
The chaotic voices of the teammates were cut off instantly, and the entire communication channel was filled with a crackling sound of electricity. After a while, the sound of electricity disappeared and turned into a long dripping sound.
The blizzard covered all colors in the field of vision, depriving everyone of their vision after a long beep.
Ying Chenlin couldn't tell whether it was tinnitus or a problem with the communication system. The moment he was blown away, he subconsciously looked for a landing point, but the mecha next to him reacted faster than him and grabbed his hand and sank down. In the blizzard, he heard the sound of the mecha sliding on the snow, and his thoughts were instantly corrected. He shouted, "You Su, is that you?"
You Su did not respond to him. Ying Chenlin caught the shape of the mecha around him from the white vision. After he reacted, he quickly switched to the teammate positioning system on the radar, but all he saw was a blank radar interface.
Even the Yousu closest to him...there was no signal on the radar.
Their communication and radar systems all failed.
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At the Slared Line of Defense, everyone in the Dawn Galaxy was also paying attention to the situation of their own team. As soon as the radar disappeared, they noticed the problem immediately.
"The signal is gone."
Since they guessed that KID used displacement to gather monsters not long ago, they no longer have confidence in blindly guessing KID's behavior. Brother Zhang even looked directly at Jiang Simiao who was adjusting the system, "This stealth tactic is a show. The radar system can't detect it. Doesn't that mean that other teams don't know what we are doing?"
The Black Crow leader: "Indeed, if combined with their displacement strategy, we might be able to steal some more pollutants from the stronger teams."
KID Head Coach Jiang Simiao: “…”
He was quickly checking the system for problems, and regretfully interrupted the other teams' fantasies: "...I really hope it's a tactical issue, but the technology we currently have is not yet capable of evading the Covenant's positioning system."
Brother Zhang: “?”
"Not a tactic?"
Jiang Simiao: "If we had such an awesome tactic, would we have to play so miserably in the Galaxy Tournament?"
The people around were silent.
Zhang Ge's praiseful smile collapsed.
The built-in positioning system of the Covenant system is the most advanced technology of the Covenant. The fact that even such technology cannot capture the signal means that there must be a problem in the Slared contaminated area.
"Why did the signal disappear for no reason?"
"Did something go wrong?"
"What's going on!? Can you tell their safety right away?!"
"Qi Sicheng and Ji Qingfeng's signals are still there, and their coordinates haven't changed significantly."
Brother Zhang: "Hurry up! Find out the reason!"
All staff members did not dare to slack off and assisted Jiang Simiao in finding the cause.
However, when they were halfway through the investigation, they suddenly discovered that multiple teams of mechas were approaching the snowy mountain area.
"It's bad, Brother Zhang..." The staff member who was tracking the signal of the strong team turned around stiffly, "The fourth strongest team of the Star Alliance, SLY, seems to be approaching the direction where our mecha disappeared--"
Outside the Slarede defense line, the logistics coaching teams of the major starships all focused their attention on the Star Alliance system. Information from various areas of Slarede was all gathered in the information processing centers of the major teams. When the radar signal of KID's team 10 mechas disappeared from a fixed position, many teams that had originally locked onto KID began to discuss the matter.
"The signal from that small galaxy that only did low integration disappeared."
"What means were used?"
"Is there any problem over there in the snowy mountains?"
The coach of the Gaia team didn't look very good. After the Snow Wolf mission was snatched away, they set their sights on KID. They originally planned to contact the team through the base station and report KID's situation, but they didn't expect that this small team would disappear directly from the snow mountain area. Only the signals of two mechas were left in the full-range radar.
They came here to complete a points-earning mission, and there was no need to delay their original purpose for a small galaxy.
"No need--" Coach Gaia had just finished speaking when he noticed some changes on the field.
The powerful mechas that were originally in other areas changed their directions one after another, and all the directions they locked onto were changed to the snow mountains.
"The PJT has changed direction. They are now heading towards the junction of the forest and the snowy mountains."
"GBK also moved. They no longer followed the established route."
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At the same time, in the crevices between the snow-capped mountains.
Ji Qingfeng failed to connect to the team's communication system for the 35th time. They lost contact with the team 10 minutes ago. The last thing they heard was Zhao Lejie shouting "Run away." After that, they didn't receive any communication signals. If all their external systems hadn't responded normally, they would have almost thought that there was a problem on their side. "Old Zhao said run away at the end. Can they run away and disappear from the radar?"
Qi Sicheng looked at the teammate's signal that disappeared on the radar, and his expression became serious, "We have encountered a problem."
Not long ago, only the communication was down, but now even the radar signal has disappeared.
Ji Qingfeng's expression changed slightly, "What do you mean? Are we going back now?"
The scattered information can be used to judge that they were attacked suddenly. The disappearance of the mecha signal may be because the mecha was damaged, but if so many signals were lost at the same time, it was not a simple damage problem. It is very likely that their signals were isolated.
In a polluted area, except for special reasons, there is only one possibility for the signal to be isolated:
They encountered contaminants.
When Qi Sicheng was about to change direction and retreat, Ji Qingfeng next to him suddenly stopped him.
Ji Qingfeng's sight fell on the distance, and he immediately activated the hidden magnetic field to cover himself and Qi Sicheng, and said: "There are mechas over there, and these people seem to be moving with a purpose. Several mechas are moving together, and this direction seems to be coming towards us--"
Qi Sicheng looked in the direction of Ji Qingfeng and saw the signal of SLY, the fourth team in the Star Alliance. His expression changed slightly, and he thought of a possibility. He immediately said to Ji Qingfeng: "No, our information is delayed."
"We can't go back to look for people." Qi Sicheng quickly pulled up the map of the Slared Snow Mountain and searched for the nearest base station. "Find the base station. We must go to the base station."
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In the wind and snow, the vast vision obscured everyone's judgment and they were in great confusion about direction.
The communication system and radar system collapsed completely. The only thing Ying Chenlin could sense was a mecha that was tightly holding his left hand. The two mechas retreated quickly in the wind and snow until they hit a huge rock and stopped. The ground was covered with scratches, which were the marks left by the Yousui weapons on the snow.
Ying Chenlin quickly called upon the weapon in his hand. The basis for the use of space displacement weapons is the mecha radar. Without obtaining the coordinates of his teammates, he was unable to lock onto the target and move along, and the displacement weapon became ineffective.
"Ying Chenlin."
Ying Chenlin heard the voice in the gap between his thoughts. He was slightly stunned and noticed that You Su was communicating with him through the external speaker, and there was a hint of wind and snow in his voice.
The communication system collapsed and only the simplest way of transmitting sound could be used.
You Su's voice was slightly cold: "We were ambushed by pollutants."
Ying Chenlin switched to the external speaker, "More than one."
An organized attack by snow foxes, a curtain of snow that reduces visibility, and a sudden blizzard.
No matter how unlucky they were, they would not happen to be hit by a snowstorm at the same time as encountering pollutants. Moreover, the weather in this place was relatively stable not long ago. The level of pollutants that exceeded their expectations would not be lower than A. The only possibility was S-level pollutants.
You Su pulled the mecha towards him. Their visibility was reduced to 5 meters, which made it difficult to move in the snow. He said affirmatively, "S-level."
"Qi Sicheng didn't contact us after you discovered the abnormal environment." Ying Chenlin tried his best to move in the direction of You Suo, and with his hand, the two of them hid behind a large rock. He said, "Maybe our external communications were actually cut off at that time, and without us noticing, the pollutant surrounded us."
And the pollutants that surrounded them were very smart, smart enough to use snow foxes for cover, smart enough to know how to take advantage of the opportunity to sneak in.
You Su saw Ying Chenlin stabilize the mecha, let go of his hand and explained: "S-level at the border."
Such highly intelligent pollutants reminded Ying Chenlin of Qiu Jin and Kolya. They had encountered many S-level pollutants, but most of the highly intelligent and difficult pollutants came from the border pollution area. The reason why Slared lost control was that he was broken through by the border pollutants.
Ying Chenlin called up the magnetic field sensing system. The previously indistinct sensing system was now full of garbled codes. It was obvious that the magnetic field around them had become so chaotic that it was out of control. "There is a pollutant that can control the magnetic field."
"That group of snow foxes are A mutations, some real and some fake. There might be a big one behind them." You Su quickly operated the internal system of the mecha. He injected mental power to activate Theo on his neck. "There were a lot of snow foxes that appeared just now, but they made little noise."
Ying Chenlin paused, "What's going on?"
"Sound." You Su observed the surroundings. The sound was affected by the wind and snow. "What you see with your eyes may not be correct, especially when the magnetic field interferes with the mecha system."
Visibility is limited, pollutant detection fails, and all they see is dense pollution.
However, no matter how many pollutants there are, the noise they cause will be different. Even though there are so many pollutants, the noise they cause is very small.
"Shadow, fake body." Ying Chenlin was calling up the Star Alliance mission system. Apart from the information that had been loaded, they could no longer refresh the internal situation of the Star Alliance system. It was obvious that the Star Alliance system was also shielded by this special magnetic field.
The blizzard blew all of them away, and they had no way of reuniting with their teammates unless they got out of this special magnetic field.
He was not worried about Wen Yi and the others. Black Crow and YDS were quite capable and they should have noticed the anomaly as well. What they should be worried about was how to resolve these pollutants in a short period of time, including the fake shadow pollutants, magnetic fields, and blizzards. In the most terrifying case, there might be three S-level pollutants in this area.
While Ying Chenlin was thinking, You Su beside him had already taken action. His energy cannon hit the snow, leaving an exceptionally deep scratch in front.
Those were the marks left by You Su's cannon in the snowstorm. The positions of the other people could not be determined, but the positions of Huo Yan, Lin Yao, and Zhao Lejie were fixed, so they should still be in the pit.
Ying Chenlin took out the space staff and used it as a pathfinder. He stuck the staff into the ground. When he stood firm, he suddenly thought of something and stretched out his hand to the mecha beside him, "Brother You, hand."
You Su was still adjusting the energy cannon and stopped when he heard the sound.
Ying Chenlin grabbed You Su's hand and said, "Let's not separate."
The two wasted no time and immediately moved forward along the scratches made by You Su after the wind and snow died down a little.
But as they walked further in, the whistling sound of the wind and snow became smaller, and the only sound left was the footsteps of the two mechas moving forward.
It took only a few seconds from the occurrence of the blizzard to the landing. Thanks to the traces left by You Su, it provided him with great help in determining the direction of the pit.
Soon, they reached the end of the scratch, and after walking forward for some distance they still couldn't find the location of the big pit.
Ying Chenlin looked diagonally ahead, and when he saw that the wind and snow had died down, he switched to a long-range energy cannon and aimed it at the front, intending to use it to determine Lin Yao's spatial location.
But he fired a shot and there was no response for several seconds.
Ying Chenlin and You Su's expressions suddenly changed, and Lin Yao's space disappeared.
At this moment, something broke through the air in the quiet snow curtain. You Su suddenly raised the gun to deal damage. The powerful impact force directly knocked You Su's entire mecha backwards.
The two mechas were immediately separated by the impact force. Ying Chenlin caught the subtle changes in his vision, on the left!
He fired a shot to the left, but his shot missed.
You Su caught a shadow in his sniper scope. At this time, the shadow solidified. The ugly white monster's fangs dripped saliva, and its huge body rode on the medical mecha. His expression changed slightly: "Ying Chenlin!"
Ying Chenlin felt a weight on his shoulders, and then a pair of huge blood-red eyes occupied his entire field of vision. His expression changed slightly, and he turned around and pointed the energy cannon at himself.
At this moment, Yuan's voice suddenly sounded in my mind: "Chen Lin, right below."
Ying Chenlin's expression was slightly stern, and he glanced at the ground under his feet. Something broke through the snow layer and grabbed his feet. The next second, a huge force came from the bottom, pulling his entire mecha into the snow layer.
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I finally got a break today, it’s finally not a life-and-death race anymore!
I'm busy with New Year's greetings and visiting relatives today. I won't be busy tomorrow after welcoming the God of Wealth. QAQ
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