Chapter 29
Chapter 29
On the sandy ruins, groups of golden scorpions were chasing the flying mechas ahead.
Just as the mechas were about to pull away, the gunner mechas and the guard mechas that were speeding ahead stopped at some point. Huo Yan was at the rear, and when he saw the guard mechas slowing down, he immediately asked, "What's wrong? Insufficient energy?"
[Mecha KID-14258 invites you to join the team channel communication. ]
Huo Yan quickly nodded his agreement. As soon as he entered, he heard Ying Chenlin's concise request in the communication channel: "Brother Huo, give me a hand."
How to lend a hand? The situation was urgent and there was no time for everyone to say much. When Lu Xi entered the channel, he was still not very clear about the situation. The next second, he saw the guard mecha fire a shot at the golden scorpion below. The continuous paralysis effect slowed down the golden scorpion's movements.
Huo Yan agreed without hesitation: "Sure, what do you want to do? We both have 40% energy left. We have no backup energy."
Ying Chenlin was about to explain, but he unexpectedly heard Huo Yan's answer, so he changed his words and said, "Get some golden scorpion materials."
Huo Yan immediately stopped the mecha and cooperated very well: "How can I help?"
Huo Yan helped as soon as he was told to. He turned around and stood in front of the guns and guards without any hesitation.
After several mechas slowed down, the golden scorpions below gathered more closely.
If you want to deal with the Golden Scorpion when you are short of energy, you must use your energy wisely. Ying Chenlin is a single-soldier mecha master. A single-soldier mecha master is required to be omnipotent and omniscient. He has no teammates on the field, and all matters need to be judged and resolved by him alone.
Individual mechas are not like group battle mechas that specifically optimize certain performance and weaken defense. The basic attributes of individual mechas are all developed evenly. They do not have outstanding attack capabilities, but they have the ability to fight continuously.
When switching from individual combat to team combat, the most important thing is to change your mindset and divide the tasks that one person should do among multiple people.
Ying Shenlin calculated the rate of energy consumption and determined that the target method was feasible.
"The gun coordinates fly high, and the tanks protect him." Ying Chenlin glanced at the surrounding situation, "Control the mecha and follow me. We need to gather all the golden scorpions together first."
"No problem." Huo Yan immediately flew to the gunner mecha and observed the situation below. "But there are too many golden scorpions. Do you have enough energy?"
Among the three mechas, the gun mecha has the highest attack capability, but it also faces a problem. The gun mecha's attack procedure is to concentrate energy to one point for shooting, so the gun's attack hit range is limited.
He had just noticed that the gun had only about 50% of its energy left.
It would be a waste of energy to attack it alone. Before we can finish dealing with the golden scorpion, most of the energy would be lost.
Ying Chenlin: “Just get together.”
Huo Yan: "Gather?"
Lu Xi followed behind Ying Chenlin, and saw him quickly penetrate the pile of golden scorpions. With one strike of his sword, he killed a golden scorpion. "Set your weapon's output to the lowest and increase the frequency. You take it."
catch? Before Lu Xi understood what was going on, she saw Ying Chenlin pick the golden scorpion to her position, and she subconsciously used a water cannon.
The sticky water flow stuck to the golden scorpion, and then the opponent picked another golden scorpion over. The guard mecha's movements were very smooth. He only used his left-hand weapon, the lightsaber, but he accurately controlled the hitting direction of each golden scorpion.
Lu Xi was slightly startled, and immediately replied: "Come again!"
The so-called gathering together means utilizing the coordination between mechas to gather the slightly scattered golden scorpions to one point.
The guards were not very fast in picking out pollutants, but Lu Xi found that every time she responded, the opponent could catch the charging interval of her water cannon, without wasting a second. Moreover, as the number of golden scorpions polluted increased, her water cannon could subdue several of them with one shot, as if it had been calculated in advance.
Huo Yan looked over and saw that within his protection range, the energy cannon of the gun mecha had finished charging. When the number of golden scorpions controlled by Lu Xi accumulated to a certain level, it accurately locked onto the pile of golden scorpions accumulated by the guards and control mechas, and with a bang, all the golden scorpions within the range were hit with one shot.
"Interesting, there is a way to play it this way!" Huo Yan suddenly realized.
Pollutants will be attracted to the mecha, but not all of them will gather in the hit range. What the guard mecha and control mecha have to do is to gather the golden scorpions into the hit range of the guns, so that the guns can hit the largest number of golden scorpions in one shot without wasting excess energy.
Every shot was utilized to the maximum, without any energy wasted.
Such an operation requires cooperation from multiple parties. If only one gun mecha and a guard mecha are relied upon, the control output cycle operation can be easily disconnected. The guns may not be able to shoot accurately under the siege of so many golden scorpions, and the guards cannot gather so many pollutants at once.
That's why we need their help.
However, this problem is a bit difficult. First, the guard mecha must gather the pollutants in fixed coordinates, and also calculate the hit range of the gun mecha's energy cannon when it hits, to ensure that the pollutants are controlled in the coordinates. This seems simple, but it involves a lot of delicate operations.
The two new mecha technicians at their base are pretty good!
Ying Chenlin was not able to use his right hand conveniently. Originally, only he and You Su were unsure. He was not sure whether he could maintain his condition until the later stages. ~
But things will be different with the addition of two mechas, Huo Yan and Lu Xi.
Tank mechas are naturally capable of protecting the rear row, clearing threats to gun mechas and providing a stable shooting environment.
The control mecha is the mecha with the most complete control chain among the five types of mecha in team battles. This type of mecha generally carries two types of control weapons. Due to the basic characteristics of the mecha, the attack capability of the control mecha is average, but their attack frequency is high and the energy consumption is average. In the fastest case, seamless control can be achieved within 3 seconds.
The weapons Luxi brought were water cannon and thunder cannon.
One is a group slow immobilization, and the other is a range paralysis, which just fills the gaps in his control.
“We’ve been fed up with these golden scorpions for a long time, but Xiaoxi and I don’t have much fighting power. We’ve been pestered by them when we’ve been out searching for mechas these past two days, and it takes some effort to get rid of them.” While Huo Yan was protecting You Su, he also picked up a few of them and flew them away: “It would be much easier if we can get rid of them. These things always act together.”
"The area near the tower is very strange. The previously dormant pollutants seem to have been stimulated by something and are in a frenzy, attacking the mecha pilots." Lu Xi's voice was a little weak, unlike Huo Yan's loud voice: "Their actions are very strange, and some non-gregarious pollutants are also gathering together."
"Lower-level driving." You Suo explained at this time: "There is also a hierarchy among pollutants. High-level pollutants can interfere with the actions of low-level pollutants. In pollution areas with pollution values above 5,000, pollutants often drive lower-level pollutants."
But it is rare to be able to drive out all the pollutants in the entire vicinity at once. This level of pollution is probably more than 6,800 pollution values.
Ying Chenlin suddenly thought of something and asked, "Since you are near the tower, why don't you go in and restore the base station program?"
At this point, Huo Yan and Lu Xi were silent for a while, and then they explained.
"It's not that we don't want to go in, but we simply can't." Huo Yan said: "Didn't you notice that there are a lot of low-level pollutants around here? There are even more outside the tower. As soon as they found our traces, they immediately chased us. The tower was almost surrounded by them."
After restoring two base stations, Huo Yan and his group of pioneer mecha divisions entered base station C. When they were about to approach the base station tower, they were attacked by pollutants. The strange environment cut off their connection with the outside world, and strong winds and quicksand caused several mecha divisions to be dispersed.
The base station tower is protected by a defense system, and the periphery is full of low-level pollutants. After losing contact with the core output mecha division, they tried to break through the defense tower, but found that the magnetic field around the base station tower was very strange, and even affected some of the mecha functions.
In addition, some of their mecha divisions were separated, and most of the mechas in the divisions were tanks and control mechas. With their current lineup, the core output positions were not enough, and they could not break through by force. These pollutants were not difficult to deal with, but there were many of them and they moved in groups. Before finding a suitable solution, rash action would only deplete the energy of their own mechas, making it more difficult to move.
That's why they came out to search for other lost Mecha Masters, and by the way, try to find the rescue team that there has been no news for a long time.
"Base station tower C is the core facility for pollutants on Tianyu Star. Several secondary defense zones have been set up near it from near to far. In the end, our mecha divisions could only rest in the defense zone closest to the base station." Huo Yan continued, "But we got news not long ago that some mecha divisions seemed to be in other secondary defense zones, so Xiaoxi and I came out to look for them."
Compared to Huo Yan, Lu Xi's voice was a little weaker: "We just discovered that the quicksand seems to have disappeared. The situation is a little better now than before, so it may be easier to find someone."
It’s not that easy to find someone… Even if there is no quicksand, there are still strong winds from time to time.
There were many mecha masters coming in, but now Ying Chenlin only met Zhao Lejie and Huo Yan.
The really powerful ones are Jifeng and YDS's mecha masters, but they haven't met anyone yet. It can be seen that the environment of the polluted area has scattered many mechas. It is estimated that the personnel are scattered in the endless sand around the base station tower. In addition, this polluted area is full of ambushes, the S-level Welwitschia and another unknown pollutant...
Ying Chenlin: "They seem to treat this area as a hunting ground."
The pollutants dispersed the incoming mecha soldiers and then broke through and devoured them one by one.
"Almost." Huo Yan said: "But this situation is too difficult to handle, and the energy is not enough."
energy? Something suddenly popped up in Ying Chenlin's mind, and he glanced at the internal information of the contaminated area.
Several people handled the remaining golden scorpions flexibly, and became more and more skilled after several rounds of cooperation.
"These things are useless to us." Theo complained, "My metal nerves don't need these enhancements."
You Su locked the coordinates with the scope and fired a shot: "Really? Don't want accuracy?"
Theo felt that it was unnecessary to enhance the toxicity resistance of the Gunnery Mech. Instead of adding these loads to the metal nerves, it would be better to use them to enhance their functions. "But it would still be good if the accuracy could be enhanced."
“But do we have enough energy?” Theo reminded: “Yousu, after you blast all of this, you will only have 30% of your energy left.”
You Su said: "It's really not enough, don't we still have you?"
"I can't start it again... Wait!" Theo said in shock, "You're going to take away the energy I worked so hard to accumulate to use for this A-class mecha?"
At this time, Huo Yan asked in the channel: "Guns, do you have enough energy?"
You Su glanced at the virtual dashboard. The accuracy was well controlled and it didn't take up that much energy. He was about to reply when he suddenly heard a crackling sound in the communication channel, followed by an intermittent and familiar voice.
Ji Qingfeng's voice rose and fell: "Brother You...Chen Lin!...Can you hear me!?"
"That voice?" Huo Yan recognized it. "Da Feng!"
As the distance got closer, Ji Qingfeng's voice became clearer: "Oh my god, this is not Lao Huo's voice! We'll be there soon."
Huo Yan said enthusiastically: "Sure, where are you?"
Lu Xi suddenly said, "Look at the 9 o'clock direction."
Ying Chenlin picked up the golden scorpion and looked in the direction Lu Xi pointed, vaguely seeing the figures of several mechas.
But in addition to the mecha, you can also see a dark shadow behind the mecha, as if something is surging.
Ji Qingfeng's voice became clearly audible: "Great, save us quickly."
Three mechas were flying in the lead, followed by a large group of golden scorpions, the number of which was endless.
The people who were processing the golden scorpions saw the endless golden scorpions behind Ji Qingfeng and the other two, and their actions of processing the materials stopped for two seconds.
Luxi: “A lot.”
Huo Yan looked up and said, "Indeed."
Ying Chenlin seemed to be thinking: "It seems that there are more materials."
You Su looked at the situation and saw that things were developing in a direction that interested him: "This is getting interesting."
In the cockpit, Theo was guarding his energy bar with some fear: "You Su, you can't drain my energy!"
The two groups of Golden Scorpions are about to have a new meeting, with three more mechas.
Zhao Lejie thought he was about to be rescued, but when he arrived, he saw a large group of golden scorpions in front of him. He immediately braked his mecha, "Damn it, they are attacking from both sides! Did you also poke a nest of scorpions!?"
"Scorpion nest?" Ying Chenlin asked doubtfully.
Lin Yao said honestly: "Da Feng and I poked them when we were digging materials, and then they chased us and beat us."
Zhao Lejie was so confused that he felt that he had to shorten his life to be saved by KID. After being blown away by the strong wind, they crawled out of the sand and finally escaped from danger. As a result, KID and his companions saw the A-grade materials on the roadside and insisted on collecting them. With one cut, they stabbed out a nest of scorpions.
Not only did he run all the way, but he also ran into another nest of scorpions. His luck was extremely bad.
"Why are you still standing there?" Ji Qingfeng's heart was still pounding. "Why don't you run?"
Huo Yan then picked one up and sent it flying. "Don't run away. The new brother said he wants to collect some golden scorpion materials."
Two groups of scorpions gathered, and Huo Yan deployed a protective shield to protect everyone. Ying Chenlin and Lu Xi's control chain did not stop, but there were more scorpions. They also needed to avoid the attacks of the golden scorpions while operating.
"There are too many people. We only have one gun mecha." Ying Chenlin reassessed the situation, "Zhao Lejie, come and help."
Ji Qingfeng was timid but still wanted to play: "Is it something so exciting?"
Zhao Lejie was confused: "What? No way, you still want to get rid of all these golden scorpions!?"
Before he could finish his words, an energy cannon from high above flew over Zhao Lejie and slammed into the sand, killing a large number of golden scorpions with one shot.
Only then did Zhao Lejie discover that some golden scorpion corpses had accumulated on the surrounding sand, as if a fierce battle had broken out here before.
Golden scorpions are not difficult to deal with, but there are so many of them that it is really unnecessary to use energy to deal with them.
Zhao Lejie worked tirelessly to open the protective shield for people. "Are you stupid? There are so many golden scorpions, and we are wasting our energy on them. There is also an S-level pollutant staring at us. If we run out of energy, we will just lie flat on the spot, and we may not be able to survive until rescued."
Lu Xi said weakly: "I think so too."
Zhao Lejie seemed to have found a life-saving straw: "Look, the girl feels the same way."
Lu Xi added: "But can the energy last for a while longer?"
Zhao Lejie: “?”
If it was the original batch of scorpions, they could handle it with ease, but the nest of golden scorpions that Ji Qingfeng and his two companions brought was obviously more than before. The number of scorpions from the two groups combined was large, so accurately controlling the output and the coordinates of the energy cannon was a level more difficult than before. There is no problem in dealing with the Golden Scorpion according to the original method, but calculating the energy becomes the biggest problem.
Huo Yan thought for a while and said, "After we clear out all these scorpions, our energy may drop below 20%."
Zhao Lejie struggled to resist the golden scorpion, his meager energy bar supporting the overloaded protective shield. He said, "We can't contact the outside world, and there is no rescue team to bring us new backup energy or mecha. I still have a tube of backup energy. Once this energy is used up, we will really die here."
Ji Qingfeng: "You have a backup energy source, why didn't you use it just now?"
"Who knew that the shield would crack halfway through the introduction!" Zhao Lejie said, "Besides, the backup energy is the last supply, and every bit cannot be wasted!"
"We have spare mechas." Lin Yao said at this time: "Sister Tang asked us to bring your two mechas here."
Ji Qingfeng: "Oh yes, I still have Lao Huo and Xi Mei's competition-level mechas here."
Huo Yan and Lu Xi brought their competition-level mechas with them.
Zhao Lejie didn't quite understand the KID people's train of thought. "At the end, when our energy runs out, do you want them to drive the mechas and drag us away? It's not safe in the wild. Let's change the mechas to conduct energy!"
Before coming in to deal with the emergency, they were equipped with basic supplies and still had a tube of energy, but no one expected that things would develop to this extent. Even the external support was cut off. This is an extremely rare situation.
They originally thought that there was at most one S-level pollutant here, so they put most of their energy into the Welwitschia. Who knew that there was a more threatening pollutant hiding behind the Welwitschia? They were short of energy, and KID's Huo Yan and Lu Xi had been here longer than them, so they must have very little energy left.
Apart from the basic supplies on their bodies, they were almost cut off from future energy support. Considering the unknown possibilities, there was no need to waste energy and time on these pollutants.
At this time, You Su fired an energy cannon, sweeping towards the guard mecha below that was still moving. He doesn't care about these. Even if he only has 5% of his energy, he can continue to stay in this polluted area. But what does someone think?
Inexplicably, everyone looked at Ying Chenlin who had been making the decision.
Lin Yao: "Chen Lin, what do you think?"
The guard mecha smoothly picked up the golden scorpion and flew away. Ying Chenlin suddenly asked: "How far is this place from the nearest secondary defense zone?"
Huo Yan: "Here? Not far, right next to the tower, about 3 kilometers."
"3 kilometers?" Ying Chenlin glanced at the dashboard, "That's enough energy."
When it was said that there was enough energy, there was a brief pause in the communication channel.
If Zhao Lejie was given another chance, he would rather bury himself in the sand and wait for the people from the Gale Base to find him.
"How do you want to use it?" You Suo generously released the energy in the shared channel: "There is no chance to replace their mechas in this place. Even if they do, the full-energy tank mechas and control mechas can only provide us with short-term security at most."
Ying Chenlin said: "Tianyu Star is a competition-level pollution zone. Normally, there are no supply points, but the base station is a core facility, and its secondary defense area is also its reserve point, which stores a large amount of energy."
"These energies cannot be directly supplied to mechas at ordinary times, but in fact, the energy of the base station and the energy of the mechas come from the same energy mines. There are many types of energy that can be added to mechas above level A."
Others: “???”
Zhao Lejie paused after hearing this. He knew that the base station and the defense zone did store energy. "If the mecha energy is refilled, our mecha division can do it. The operation of exporting energy from the base station defense zone requires the use of corresponding equipment for conversion. These have to be done by technicians..."
The key is that they have no technical personnel. Originally, they could ask the management bureau to remotely control and supply them, but the management bureau has lost contact, and remote control is basically impossible. The loss of connection is like a loss of support, and there is no way to adjust a temporary supply point.
Ying Chenlin continued, "I have the tools. I can operate it after I find the energy warehouse."
Zhao Lejie: “!”
Others: “!!!”
Zhao Lejie was shocked: "You know this!?"
Where did KID recruit these talented people? ? ∫
You Su suddenly remembered that when he pulled the child out, Ying Chenlin was still carrying a repairman's tool kit. Resources like energy... Repairmen deal with mechas every day, and handling energy is the basis.
Lin Yao asked with concern: "Is there enough energy in that secondary defense zone for us to steal?"
Ji Qingfeng: "Of course, it's enough for us to charge ten times."
"Taking something without asking is called stealing." Zhao Lejie was shamefully tempted and said, "We are here on behalf of the Administration to carry out a mission. This is called a call."
After the discussion, everyone looked at the golden scorpion standing next to them with a fierce look in their eyes, and any worries in their hearts disappeared.
Lin Yao sharpened his fists and said, "Da Feng, I'll hit the one on the left."
Ji Qingfeng said: "The wind is too strong, the crystal is about to fly away."
Huo Yan said cheerfully: "There are still some over there in the secondary defense zone. There are not enough here. We can fight another group over there."
Ying Chenlin looked at the strong wind around him and glanced at Zhao Lejie, who was the most idle person in the audience.
Zhao Lejie had nowhere to show his skills. Huo Yan's tank was enough to protect the gun mecha. He was useless beside them and could only help pick off monsters. Suddenly, he noticed that the guard mecha in the golden scorpion pile seemed to be looking in his direction. He asked in confusion, "Brother Guard, what's wrong?"
"Do you want to find something to do?" Ying Chenlin asked.
Zhao Lejie would have to follow KID and his group to steal energy in a while, so he hesitated and asked, "What do you need me for?"
Ying Chenlin said "oh", as if he was waiting for him to say this: "Help me pick up the materials."
Zhao Lejie had no choice but to join them, "If you want to deal with any materials, just pick them up."
"You are stupid." Ji Qingfeng said, "With so many golden scorpions, there is not enough storage space in the mecha!"
Zhao Lejie: “?”
It seems so.
After a while, voices of disgust were heard all around.
"No, Lao Zhao, how come you still got a bargain?"
"Pick the hardest shell of the golden scorpion and peel it. I heard that it is expensive."
"Crystals, don't just pick up the mutated ones."
Ying Chenlin gently reminded: "We also need the poison sac of the pincers."
"Got it." Zhao Lejie operated mechanically. Was he crazy, or were KID and his group of poor guys crazy?
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The sandstorm was raging, and when Qi Sicheng led the mecha team to the specific coordinates of the pollutant Centennial Orchid, what they saw was a mostly withered corpse of the pollutant.
"The energy crystal has been taken away." Hu Luobu of YDS looked at the traces that were covered by the wind and sand, "It seems that Deputy Captain Zhao has already dealt with the Centennial Orchid and left this place."
"There are other mechas with him."
Qi Sicheng looked around and could vaguely see bullet marks from guns, cannons and mechas.
"Captain Qi, we have searched nearby, but we can't find the deputy captain!"
The quicksand has disappeared, the Welwitschias have died, and the deteriorated environment in the polluted area has not recovered.
"Walk!
Qi Sicheng did not hesitate and continued to move forward from the coordinates of Baisuilan towards the base station C tower.
Not long after, a new report appeared on the communication channel.
The mecha division reported: "It's bad, Captain Qi, we found a large amount of deadly pollutants!"
In the strong wind, the sand was littered with polluted corpses. The cause of death was unknown. Half of the bodies were buried in the sand, and it seemed that they had been dead for some time.
Qi Sicheng also flew over, frowning, "It's a Class B pollutant, the Golden Scorpion. How come there are so many?"
"Captain Qi, there are more ahead!"
“There are some here too!”
"Captain Qi, we still have some!"
With so many people dead and everywhere, this situation doesn't seem man-made.
Hu Luobu of YDS's expression changed when he heard this. "Could this be caused by the mysterious pollutant in the polluted area? I heard from our captain that high-level pollutants will hunt for food... Such combat power seems very dangerous."
"It seems that we need to make more preparations next. Before we can be sure that the support from the Administration will arrive, our chances for trial and error are limited. We cannot take too many risks."
Qi Sicheng secretly felt bad, "If this is true, we must do everything we can to contact the Administration."
The situation is still under control now, but it may not be the case in the later stages.
Seeing the corpses of the golden scorpions scattered all around, they were like a swarm of locusts, leaving not a single one behind, and all the crystals including the cores were dug out cleanly.
Seeing this, Hu Luobu analyzed, "This S-level guy is really too knowledgeable. Has he dug out all the valuables from the Golden Scorpion?"
Qi Sicheng turned the body of the golden scorpion over with his weapon, and with some doubt in his heart, he said in a deep voice: "The poison sac of the golden scorpion is gone too."
"Captain Qi, a lot of pollutants died over there too."
Upon hearing this, Qi Sicheng and Hu Luobu walked over quickly and saw a small hill full of golden scorpion corpses.
The corpses were piled up, and some were blown away for a distance by the wind, making the whole scene look particularly messy.
Hu Luobu was secretly shocked. Is that high-level pollutant so cruel?
Is there such a good thing? ? ?
This situation made the surrounding mecha masters nervous. The situation in the polluted area of Tianyu Star is ten times more serious than what was written in the mission. There is a huge gap between the planned and reality. If this continues, their energy will become a problem.
A mecha master came over with a worried look on his face. "Captain Qi, we are still detecting traces of mecha energy around us... I wonder if the deputy captain has met with an accident!"
The author has something to say:
Caro: What kind of evil pollutant is this? ?
Qi Sicheng fell into deep thought and began to judge.
Mecha Master: It’s over. The deputy captain is dead.
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A certain ferocious KID and everyone else: Hey hey hey hey, picking up materials.
Zhao Lejie: ...My knife is not used to dig out poison sacs!
Ji Qingfeng: Can I give you some?
Zhao Lejie: I lack this material?
Lin Yao: Then there is no difference.
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