Chapter 381
Chapter 381
The K-UYT track sounded a loud alarm, and the information that the energy node No. 015 was destroyed was directly displayed on the border army's main control console. With No. 015 as the core point, a large range of energy reactions and pollutant reactions were superimposed together, and a large number of error reports appeared in front of the program desk.
Luo Xu cursed in a low voice, staring at the situation in front of him intently, "Switch to the nearby video information immediately. I need the clearest image. Adjust the system of node 031 and drive the warship to the front——"
The border soldiers quickly called up the corresponding system, locked onto the nearest system amidst the layers of errors, and the speeding warship in the background flew directly above the area of 001-030. The main perspective locked onto the situation of energy node No. 015. The perspective mirror zoomed in step by step, and they saw the monster stuck at energy point No. 015 among the countless pollutants.
The monster had a tree-like shape and a single eye, but its body was covered with fish-like scales and branches that looked like tree branches. The branches were oozing with sticky liquid. At this moment, the liquid spread along the track, and the area it covered gradually became solid.
The body is petrified, as if it has taken the entire track as its own.
The special pollutants absorbed the energy of No. 015. As the energy inside No. 015 decreased significantly, its entire body began to expand proportionally, and the core point swelled like a ball.
"It's the Tree of Life." The border soldier shouted, "Major General Luo, a Tree of Life has sneaked in."
Pollutant Life Tree, a special S-level dual-attribute pollutant, one ability is energy storage, and the other is deep-water petrification.
The deep-water petrification of the Tree of Life spread over a large area. These things were completely lurking in the numerous pollutants on the orbit, mixed with the energy signals of various pollutants. It was difficult for the border troops to detect this pollutant in advance from the chaotic magnetic field.
"The deep waters of the Tree of Life have petrified and covered four energy nodes!"
"The petrification rate is increasing, and the track has been paralyzed at three nodes!"
An officer of the Border Army shouted: "Cut it off, cut off the nodes it covers immediately."
Things covered by the deep water of the Tree of Life will have their basic properties destroyed and eventually become its nutrients. When it has absorbed all the nutrients, these tracks will forever become waste or stone. At this point they had no choice but to abandon these sections of track, otherwise the roots of the tree of life would only climb in.
The border troops immediately cut off the track remotely, and the track covered by it was manually disconnected from the edge track of the 001-030 node. Once disconnected, the deep water that was originally spreading outward lost its attachment point and dripped into the space along the disconnected track.
When the Shuguang people felt the ground shaking, they saw a sudden flash of light not far away. The 030 track diagonally below them was suddenly disconnected. The position where they were seemed to have encountered a violent vibration, and everyone hurriedly hid in the two tank shields.
When Huo Yan's shield was being climbed by deep water, he immediately cut off the signal, and the deep water attached to his shield was thrown away. "There is something wrong with this water, don't touch it."
All mecha operators can only use thrusters in a gravity environment to allow the mecha to float off the ground.
Ying Chenlin looked into the distance and saw that the node of the distant track was disconnected. "No, we have to evacuate immediately!"
Huo Yan shouted urgently, "Run!"
At the same time, emergency evacuation messages have popped up on everyone's wartime system. The task of activating the energy node defense system has been abandoned. The border army is cutting off all tracks and wants to cut these deep-water-covered tracks from the original K-UYT tracks.
Ji Qingfeng glanced at the broken track on the lower side: "Damn it!!!"
The mecha pilot who was originally trying to move forward didn't care about anything else. When he turned around, he saw that the entire track began to shake violently, especially the track covered with deep water. It seemed to have lost its support all of a sudden, and there was a clicking sound of separation.
Everyone in Shuguang: “!!!”
When a group of people saw this, they ran back!
Zhao Lejie ran with his shield in hand, "This mission changes too fast!"
Ying Chenlin looked backward on the track and saw that it was not only the energy nodes on their 017 side that were about to have their track supply cut off. An unexpected situation had occurred, forcing the border army to completely cut off most of the track to preserve the remaining K-UYT track system.
It was not just the Dawn Mecha Division that ran away. All the mecha divisions on the 001-030 tracks chose to run away almost at the same time. However, the border army cut off the track, and the energy originally transmitted on the track was also cut off. The S-level pollutants crawling on the track felt the reduction of energy, and the target was shifted from the track covering the energy to the mecha divisions that were evacuating rapidly.
On the track, the Dawn Mecha Division had not run far before the pollutants from all around pounced on it one after another.
Zhao Lejie and Huo Yan's shields were hit by multiple S-level pollutants at the same time, and their way forward was blocked. The pollutants noticed the shields of the two tanks, and the pollutants with enhanced abilities directly crashed into the shields, knocking the shields and the mechas within the shield range back several steps.
"Fuck!!!" Zhao Lejie: "This pollutant is provoking me!!"
Ji Qingfeng was nearly thrown into the deep water on the track, and hurriedly grabbed Lin Yao's hand to cushion the impact, "Go back the fucking way! Are you still a man? You're being bullied by pollutants!"
After the pollutants hit, other pollutants followed.
At this time, You Su directly broke away from the top of the shield, switched the wind and thunder cannon in his hand to hurricane, and slammed the shield. The wind wall that was forcibly opened blocked the other mechas that rushed over. He said: "Huo Yan, now!"
At the same time, Huo Yan opened the shield to the maximum, pushed the thruster's propulsion force to the maximum, and slammed into the pollutants in front with the shield.
The collision directly knocked away all the pollutants in front of it, and some of the pollutants were directly knocked off the track.
Qi Sicheng switched to Weapon - Magnetic Field Enhancement. The enhanced magnetic field has the ability to increase the weapon abilities of teammates. The deployed enhanced attachment spreads out within the range of the mecha masters, "Keep hitting!"
"You guys control your balance." Huo Yan stepped forward with his shield, "Old Zhao, I'll be on the left and you'll be on the right!"
Zhao Lejie held down the shield, "Knock them all off the track!"
"Yaobao, speed up!" Ji Qingfeng and Chi Liz jumped onto the shields of Huo Yan and Zhao Lejie one after another, "We'll be responsible for pushing away the ones above!"
Lin Yao expanded the influence range of the gravity gun and combined it with Qi Sicheng's enhanced magnetic field, instantly creating two barriers of acceleration and enhancement for all mecha warriors. The gravity gun's gravity control slows down the effects of gravity on the track for others, allowing mecha pilots to move more freely in a small area.
Wen Yi, Chi Liz and Hu Luobu also followed up and provided shields for You Su and Ying Chenlin above.
Five long-range mechas were responsible for the long-range repulsion. When Huo Yan and Zhao Lejie knocked away the close-range pollutants, Ying Chenlin stood on a high place and quickly determined the size and direction of the pollutants rushing over from the site. His eyes quickly swept over the pollutants coming from the front and locked onto the long-range larger pollutants.
The mechanical bow formed multiple fire arrows in his hand, which hit some of the pollutants at once as they rushed out. Those pollutants were contaminated by the deep water on the track. When they were hit by the fire arrows, the inextinguishable flames formed marks on them.
As soon as You Su saw the Eternal Fire in front of him light up, he switched the Wind and Thunder Cannon to a single attack, locking onto the direction of the Eternal Fire and directly repelling the large pollutants attached to the fire source. The large pollutants were large in size, and while being fired out they also knocked away other small pollutants, knocking down a portion of them at once.
"The large pollutant tanks can't be knocked open." Ying Chenlin shouted: "Two long-range markings!"
The distance of this mission was very short, and there were a large number of border troops carrying out the mission at the same time, and the support was very close, so he did not bring the space staff and did not expect such a thing to happen.
Chi Liz and Hu Luobu repelled the pollutants in the rear, and the combined artillery power of You Su and Wen Yi immediately swept away the pressure in the front. The Dawn team, which had been blocked before, found its rhythm and order, and rushed forward facing a large group of S-level pollutants.
Zhao Lejie saw that the long-range mecha masters almost left the defense range and chose to stand on top of the shield in order to use their weapons more freely. He stepped forward a few steps to help Huo Yan bear more of the weight of the mecha. "Come over to me. Captain Huo's waist is not in good condition."
Huo Yan was a little touched: "Old Zhao."
Zhao Lejie said: "It's okay, my waist is the strongest waist in the world."
As soon as Zhao Lejie spoke, all the KID mechas on it stepped on his shield without hesitation. His shield was suddenly filled with 5 mechas. If the space on the shield was not limited, Colin and Wen Yi would have wanted to step over to him.
Zhao Lejie: "You guys are really rude? Ah!!"
Qi Sicheng, who was standing next to him, said calmly as always: "This is a chance for you to show your abilities. Come on, strong and brave."
Zhao Lejie: “…”
"Old Zhao, you are the hope of the whole family!" Hu Luobu stood on Zhao Lejie's shield, "I'm counting on you."
"Fuck!" It was the first time that Zhao Lejie experienced so many mechas standing on his shield. His hand was almost pressed so hard that he couldn't change direction. For the sake of his dignity as a man, he could only grit his teeth and hold on.
High up, the emergency from all directions almost filled the command channel of the K-UYT orbit. Signals were released one after another, and the mecha divisions within the range of 30 energy nodes were evacuating urgently.
In orbit, the mecha divisions that were carrying out the mission were still retreating. The mecha divisions on the 015 energy node chose to jump off the orbit. The mechas were highly damaged and several border soldiers were seriously injured. Support has been sent to rescue them. ~
When this news reached the border troops, they mobilized heavy missiles without hesitation.
The missile locked onto the expanding Tree of Life and blasted straight at it with a powerful attack. When the blast was attacking the Tree of Life, several pollutants suddenly blocked the Tree of Life. The petrification ability of the Tree of Life covered the surface of its scales, and the hard shells of the other pollutants became its protective layer, which immediately blocked the attack of the border army's heavy missiles.
The border troops shouted: "It has been stopped. It is using the bodies of pollutants to block damage."
"Increase the intensity of the attack!" an officer shouted, "Increase the intensity of the attack, the orbital energy has been cut off, direct attack."
The soldier shouted: "There is no way to attack! There are still mecha divisions that have not evacuated!"
"Not good, Major General." The soldier shouted, "After we cut off the track, the pollutants counterattacked other mecha divisions."
Another soldier: "The pollutants attacked very quickly, the magnetic field was too concentrated, there was a problem with the signal system, and the information was delayed."
There is a delay in information, and it will be difficult for the mecha operators within the 010-020 node range to get the first-hand information transmitted by them.
The orbit is still within the space, and there is a lack of medium for sound propagation, so pollutants will have a greater impact on the magnetic field.
The border troops looked solemn, and some even cursed under their breath. The movement of these pollutants was too fast. As soon as they were cut off, they launched a collective counterattack. The purpose of the counterattack was so obvious that it seemed as if it was aimed at the mecha divisions.
An officer shouted, "Immediately move the rescue ship to the vicinity of node 015, increase the altitude, release the towing rope to the mecha, and retreat from the height!"
"There is a special flying pollutant interfering!"
“The tow rope is hard to lower!”
All the officers at the main control console were slightly stunned. The mecha division at the 015 energy point was evacuated with serious injuries, but the other mecha divisions that remained at the orbital energy points were not able to evacuate completely. The pollutants at the scene counterattacked with all their might when they cut off the energy source. Due to the information gap caused by the magnetic field, many mecha divisions were unable to receive first-hand information.
This is the difficulty. In the case of a counterattack by pollutants, even if these mecha warriors jump down from the orbit, the area below is full of pollutants, making it difficult to escape.
The attack from large weapons will put the mecha pilots in the core area in danger.
Luo Xu turned his gaze from the range of the tree of life to other energy nodes. In the backlash of a large amount of pollutants, the scattered mechas were almost submerged here.
Not only that, there are cracks farther away that are approaching the track. The border troops now have to deal with the situation on both sides at the same time, blocking the cracks in advance and opening the energy nodes of the track.
"Maintain the current intensity of the attack and continue to attack the Tree of Life to prevent it from expanding."
Luo Xu looked at the mecha running on the track and said calmly: "Send two support teams to rescue people. If we don't send troops from the front line, the casualties will be greater if the cracks are not resolved. Let the warships use small shells and don't let more pollutants enter the attack range."
Now they can't sweep in the direction of the mecha divisions, and the shells will endanger the safety of the mecha divisions. All they can do is prevent more pollutants from approaching, and the rest depends entirely on the mecha divisions' own abilities.
The analysis of the 015 energy node continued. Luo Xu's eyes were fixed on the pollutant that was gradually growing. The Tree of Life was a rare pollutant, but its strength was in the records of the Border Army. The pollutant Taino could absorb pollutant energy through cracks to strengthen itself. There were a lot of pollutants controlled by Kronos.
It uses matter as energy filler, so it can open so many cracks to launch attacks.
But the Tree of Life doesn't have that. It has only two very simple superpowers, neither of which would allow it to spread deep-water petrification to a full 30 energy nodes without the border troops noticing.
Luo Xu quickly browsed through all the information. This shouldn't be the case. There must be details that he hasn't discovered.
-
The border army's missile attacks came from other angles, and the continuous attacks alleviated the long-range attacks of the mecha divisions. When the Dawn people looked up, they saw a large number of missiles from the high starships falling accurately, clearing away the increasing number of pollutants gathering in front of them one by one. There were also missiles attacking in the direction behind them. The crowd had no time to look at the situation behind them and could only run forward with all their might.
Ji Qingfeng: "The border army's support came just in time! Let's run faster!"
But it was too early for them to be happy. The pollutants rushing over from the track were stabilized with the assistance of the border troops, but the deep water covering the track was rising.
"The water is coming up." Lu Xi turned his head and found that the sticky deep water that was originally covering the area seemed to have risen to a new height. The pollution in the deep water was reflected in the mecha monitoring system as almost a deep red color.
What exactly is the deep water on these tracks? Not only does it fill them up, but how can it be carried upwards? ? ?
Huo Yan's pupils shrank slightly: "Xiao Yao, gravity."
The propulsion suspension brought a lot of pressure to the mecha division, especially a large group of mecha divisions stood on the tank shield to attack the pollutants. Huo Yan and Zhao Lejie almost bore the weight of half of the team. Lin Yao's gravity gun had been used to the limit, raising the height of all mecha divisions by one degree. "There is no way to increase it any further!"
The pressure from the missiles reduced the difficulty for them to deal with the pollutants, but it also had an impact on them. They were still within the influence of the orbital gravity system. The increase in the orbital deep water altitude and the violent vibrations of the orbit made it more difficult for them to balance their movements.
"There are fewer pollutants, but it's harder to escape!" Zhao Lejie held up the shield and tried hard to keep everyone balanced.
Ying Chenlin looked at the deep water on the ground and said, "This water seems to be coming for energy, for us."
“Not only that.” You Su switched his position to Huo Yan Shield and used his high angle to look further away. He saw the huge, expanding pollutant. “I’m afraid it won’t be that easy for us to leave.”
The 015 energy node is very close to their 017 node, and certain things were transferred to the public channel along Yousu’s recorded perspective.
The mecha pilot could see clearly what was behind them. A huge and gradually expanding pollutant appeared high up in the rear. The tree-like pollutant took root high up on the 015 energy point, and its roots formed a dark gray stone. It was assimilating the entire energy point into patterns similar to its limbs. The ugly shapes were stacked on top of each other, and the pollutants around it that had not had time to retreat were also trapped by the strange deep water, and stone-like patterns appeared on their bodies.
"What the hell is this?!" Hu Luobu felt horrified at the sight of the deep water spreading out from under his feet. "It's the same thing as under our feet."
The task system has information about the pollutant called the Tree of Life synchronized with it, and actually seeing this horrifying assimilation scene gives people an indescribable sense of horror, especially since this pollutant is still growing and expanding rapidly, as if the accelerator key has been pressed.
"The characteristic of the tree of life is that it absorbs energy and stores nutrients. Things that are drained of energy will turn into stone." You Su said coldly: "We don't have time. If we move too slowly, we will be dragged down by the deep water under our feet--"
Before he finished speaking, he saw that the attack of the border troops on high ground was ineffective, and his eyes suddenly darkened, "The attack of the warship is limited."
The missiles of the border troops on high ground continued to attack in its direction, but all attacks were blocked by the monster.
The pollutants that were originally scattered around it were petrified by it, and the petrified pollutants were all on its periphery. This pollutant was not afraid of the powerful missiles of the border army. It was using the petrified body of the pollutant that had been drained to repel the missiles.
And this is not the end. As if irritated by the attacks from above, the branches of the Tree of Life began to extend upwards, and the branches carrying deep water swept the mechas and starships flying outside the orbit. Several border army mechas were hit by its high-speed attack, and it actually tried to drag the captured mechas back to its own position.
The border troops hurriedly broke its branches to rescue the mecha, but at the same time they had to increase their altitude to avoid the attack of the Tree of Life.
When the Dawn Mecha Warriors who were fleeing saw this scene, their hearts suddenly sank.
Now they not only have to escape from the encirclement of pollutants, but also avoid being trapped here by the deep water under their feet. But there is no other way now. It is difficult for the border troops to assist them, and they are all on orbit. If they jump down, they will be within the 001-030 orbit range, and there are more pollutants below. If they jump down, they will be surrounded directly.
The only way to retreat is to go out along the track and reach a safe location, otherwise the spacecraft waiting to pick them up in the sky will not be able to get close.
"Damn it, brothers, we have to run faster!!" Hu Luobu said.
The veins on Zhao Lejie's head were bulging, "Stop pushing me, I'm really trying hard!"
Everyone's attacks were completely concentrated on the periphery, generating momentum to escape. You Su locked onto the front and attacked, when he suddenly discovered that Ying Chenlin's energy arrow was a second slower. He looked to the side and found that Ying Chenlin's sight was aimed at a high position at the rear, and he was still observing the tree of life that was surrounded and attacked by the border troops.
"Ying Chenlin?" You Su asked.
"Very similar." Ying Chenlin looked at the gradually expanding tree of life in the distance. This extraordinary growth rate reminded him of a terrible possibility. "Don't you think that this situation is very similar to the underground pollutants we encountered at the beginning?"
You Su's expression paused for a moment.
After hearing Chen Lin's words, the other mecha masters recalled the nightmare of Slared's underground escape.
The Slared pollutant, the 'blue heart', covered the entire surface of the Slared polluted area, concentrating all energy at specific nodes, forming the special energy crystal that was later taken away by them. That energy crystal is equivalent to a moving energy vein, and was once the core energy source of the ice tomb granary of Kronos, a super S-level pollutant.
The sense of déjà vu now is exactly the same as that in Slarede's underground.
The same type of covering pollutants, at that time they were facing a completed pollutant ice tomb, but here now, this S-level pollutant life tree is rapidly extending and swallowing at a strange speed, as if it is growing rapidly.
With 30 energy points on the K-UYT orbit as the core, it is expanding its territory.
A terrible possibility emerged in the mind of the Dawn Mecha Master.
Ying Chenlin suddenly asked: "You Su, will Kronos be here?"
You Su suddenly looked up at the high place behind him.
At the same time, the Border Force warship in the high altitude, withstanding the chaotic magnetic field of the 015 energy node, successfully analyzed the new pollutant report at a close distance. The Border Force who captured the information suddenly changed his face, "Major General!"
Luo Xu walked quickly to the corresponding analysis report, and his face suddenly changed when he saw a familiar spectrum. He cut through the pollution details, and from the blurred images of the scene affected by the magnetic field, he saw that at the 015 Energy Festival where the Tree of Life took root, there was a pollutant standing quietly next to the Tree of Life.
The adjutant paused.
Luo Xu's hand that was swiping the virtual screen suddenly stopped.
The pollutant was covered with the special carapace that insect pollutants should have, and its entire body seemed to be spliced together. The insect's sickle blades spread out in rows from its waist and abdomen, and its six legs were stuck on the tree of life. Its eyes were scarlet and calm.
The warship's searchlight only swept across it for a moment, and the monster had already hidden behind the tree of life.
The entire border warship fell into a dead silence. The veins on the back of Luo Xu's hand bulged: "Kronos."
The author has something to say:
This chapter is an extra update and the first update.
There is one more chapter, I will continue writing and update it later!
——————
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
