Chapter 107
It was the first time that Lin Han saw He Yunting angry.
He did not get angry when he was slandered as bloodthirsty and cold-blooded by countless people who did not know the truth, and he remained calm when Xu Zhiheng ignored the advice and forcibly rushed down from the mecha.
Although He Yunting's expression now looked not much different from before, only his pursed cold lips and suddenly tightened fingers revealed his master's emotions.
When an Alpha is angry, the air around him becomes tense in an instant, and even sharper pheromones may be leaked.
Lin Han could hardly feel the terrifying atmosphere. The other party seemed to realize this and quickly withdrew the oppressive feeling. He looked up at Lin Han and said, "Don't be afraid."
But he still felt angry.
Fortunately, the base's military deployment accounts for the majority. Even if the city defense forces do not obey orders, the Zerg can only break through the outer communication city defense at most. The main star should be safe at present.
However, the Zerg's intention is obvious.
I don't know if it was the influence of the proton star or someone was colluding from inside or outside, but this time, they completely exposed all their ambitions in front of people, and neither side could retreat.
"After the starship is parked, all passing soldiers will return to their mechas. Those who are not related to the base will be sent back to their corresponding locations. Everyone is under martial law and await my orders."
He Yunting's eyes were cold. He turned on the communicator without hesitation and switched the channel. He spoke word by word: "Connect. City. Defense. Army."
The leader of the city defense army was Xu An, one of Wen Tianyao's subordinates, and he had also participated in the selection of pilots for the base.
Before the fourth round of training, all his points were deducted due to various details and he was unable to participate in the final training, so naturally there was no chance of him joining the base.
Fortunately, his physique and pheromones were pretty good, so he joined the city defense army as a second choice. Although he could only drive defensive mechas of low level and performance, he still climbed up step by step due to his personal strength. After Wen Tianyao took over the city defense army, he finally got a relatively low position.
Xu An knew that he was more than capable of entering the base, but his reputation got in the way. He felt that it would be a loss for the base if they didn't want him, and he didn't want to start over again, so he developed some subtle emotions towards the base.
Part of this emotion was disdain, but another part was a deep-rooted fear of He Yunting.
Therefore, after the connection was successful, even though Xu An reminded himself that he was no longer the soldier with nothing, his voice still trembled when he answered the call after seeing the communication from the admiral.
He Yunting's voice hadn't changed at all from the past. Xu An knew he was in the wrong, so he mustered up a lot of courage and pretended to be calm and said, "Admiral."
"What were you doing ten hours ago."
Xu An was shocked by the question. Logically speaking, since he was in this position, others would at least respectfully call him by his military rank, or at least address him as "you". However, He Yunting ignored everything and questioned him rudely.
Fortunately, the video call was not turned on. Xu An was thankful in his heart, otherwise his flushed face would be exposed without dignity in the eyes of that emotionless admiral, just like many years ago.
It was his turn to take duty yesterday. In the empire, no matter what type of military service, even if they were just civilian guards in charge of civilian areas, they had to take turns on duty 24 hours a day to prevent unexpected situations.
After all, the city defense forces are stationed on the edge of the core area, so it stands to reason that they would not respond.
"I..." Xu An gritted his teeth and explained, "We didn't leave our post on purpose."
He Yunting did not interrupt him and let him continue.
This kind of silence without a response always makes people more nervous, but Xu An gritted his teeth and continued: "Yes... His Majesty the Prince agreed."
“…”
"It was His Majesty the Prince. He came to the camp in person a few days ago to comfort us. He said that everything has been stable recently and asked us to be careful not to tire ourselves out."
Xu An spoke haltingly. He was always afraid of He Yunting, but he truly followed Wen Tianyao.
The amount of training the base provides to its sergeants is always beyond ordinary people's imagination. Even though the admiral's adjutant looks kind, he is as difficult to talk to as his commander-in-chief. Xu An has always felt that since his pheromones are better than those of ordinary people, he should not undergo the same painful and arduous training as ordinary people.
Wen Tianyao is different.
Although he was a prince of the empire, he never had a cold face like He Yunting. He would visit the city defense forces in person without any airs, communicate with everyone on an equal footing, and tell them that they were all the hope of the empire and that it was very important for them to take care of themselves.
A few days ago, He Yunting and Xu Zhiheng came out from Wen Zhao's place, and Wen Tianyao came to his place again.
He first talked about the Proton Star, and then mentioned that he was worried about his only direct city defense force. He told the soldiers to pay attention to recent movements and not to force themselves if they felt tired, as health was the most important thing.
His subordinates were used to being lax, and they happened to hear him say that. When the starship communication was picked up the night before, they fell asleep and naturally did not strengthen the defense like the base.
It was not until now, when I woke up, that I discovered that the network defense system had been breached, and that terrifying giant sandworm appeared on everyone's screen.
"Admiral," Xu An wiped his sweat, not knowing why he was still so nervous, but explained, "We will repair the defense system as soon as possible, and the rest..."
"Shut up." But I didn't expect that the other party didn't want to listen to a word of my explanation or remedy, and simply hung up the phone.
Only Xu An was left sweating in the city defense command room, which was flashing cold light and displaying terrifying scenes.
Lin Han looked at He Yunting's face and wanted to say something, but felt that the other party understood everything and there was no need.
He saw He Yunting sigh: "I let--"
"No need to send anyone to send me back." Lin Han knew what He Yunting wanted to say without the need for telepathy, and interrupted him, "Don't waste any troops for me."
"No matter how stupid Xu An is, he won't neglect it now. He must be rebuilding the defense system as soon as possible." Lin Han helped He Yunting analyze. "I know you definitely don't have time to go to the emperor to receive new orders. He will definitely hand over the command to you. So where is the best place to go now?"
"The port in Zone P," He Yunting said. "The border area is too far away and needs to be jumped. Even if there are Zerg now, it's too late. And the enemy dares to demonstrate like this. Even if the large army doesn't land in one go, they definitely won't look down on the border area with few people. But the port must be the first place that the pioneer Zerg arrives."
If we can stop the arriving vanguard troops there, we can at least buy more preparation time for the next battle.
He Yunting began to contact Lu Anhe and announce their respective tasks. Lin Han waited quietly on the spot for the other party to arrange the various formations and the subsequent supply and charging logistics to start before continuing.
"Then I'll go to the port too."
"There are enough nutrients. I'm in the mecha, right behind you. Isn't it safer than me going back to the research institute or the apartment?"
He Yunting's mouth was tight and he looked at him deeply.
Lin Han met his gaze without flinching or avoiding it: "From now on, I will obey your orders and I am also your sergeant."
He Yunting knew that he couldn't persuade him, and was ultimately defeated by Lin Han's eyes. He hugged Lin Han tightly in his arms and rubbed his soft hair with one hand.
Lin Han felt the other person's heartbeat and his anger gradually subsiding, which was replaced after a moment by a brief tenderness under such emergency conditions.
"The aircraft responsible for escorting the experts has already left." He Yunting said.
"I know, General."
"Everyone will see or hear this war. They will also see my mecha."
He Yunting's voice became deeper and deeper.
"Lin Han," he said, the force in his arms increased, "Do you know what this decision means?"
"That's good." Lin Han smiled with the corners of her eyes. She didn't deliberately release pheromones, but it still miraculously soothed the uneasiness in He Yunting's heart.
His voice was light and soft: "Then I am the general's wife?"
"Um."
Unexpectedly, He Yunting actually responded seriously.
[Then after this matter is over, Mr. Lin and I will get married.] 】
Even though Lin Han was used to hearing He Yunting's inner voice from time to time, he was still stunned when he suddenly heard these words.
After a brief blank in his mind, Lin Han felt his heartbeat overlapping with the other's, like a nebula that amazed the entire universe, or like a morning star that knocked through the thick fog and dispelled the darkness.
"good."
He said.
"I promise."
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The first mecha formation led by M2742 arrived at the berth of Area P first.
Even though they were moving at full speed, the communication with the berth was cut off on the road, and it was obvious that they had been hit.
Although it is impossible to predict whether the Zerg's arrival would be delayed if the city defense forces strengthened the outer defense, at least now, no one in the empire cares about the ordinary planet that no longer exists. The timid ones have begun to hold their heads and scream loudly, and some have begun to count the valuables in their homes.
Others began running towards the Galaxy Exhibition Hall, scrambling to retrieve their most precious things.
This message gives people an indescribable sense of crisis.
Fortunately, the core area was in good order and was urgently repaired less than an hour after the video of the forced breakthrough invaded the empire. Although people on the streets and at home were still in shock, the news had already begun to broadcast soothing information and instructed the people according to the different situations in each district.
The first team has no time to take care of these things now.
When they arrived at the berth three hours later, the scene before them was beyond their imagination.
“Boss…”
Lu Anhe took a breath into the communicator.
They expected the Zerg to come, but they didn't expect the first batch of pioneer troops to reach this number.
The Zerg naturally have their own means of transportation. The long evolution has split them into different races. One of the races can break through the limitations of gravity. Although their attack power is not as good as others, when they are overlapped together, they can be used as "spaceships" for Zerg transportation and jump.
This type of Zerg is called the giant black arrow ant. They destroyed some civilian mechas that were originally parked at the berth, and what came out of their hulls were the pioneer steel beetles this time.
In front of them was a group of giant creatures that had already begun tearing and destroying the harbor.
The roar of the mecha quickly attracted the attention of these Zerg.
After a brief pause, the leading eight-legged giant steel beetle with compound eyes let out a cry that was indistinguishable to human ears.
The next moment, all the accompanying steel beetles that were still wandering aimlessly reacted and walked towards their enemies step by step.
"Lu Anhe, get ready. Everyone else, retreat first."
"yes!"
"boom--"
As soon as the words fell on the communicator, one of the steel beetles roared, and directly used its two legs to lift up a civilian mecha that they had destroyed, and threw it fiercely at the formation!
Broken steel broke through the air, and some small aircraft were overturned by the shock wave. At the moment of landing, the remaining engines and metals made a violent roar, and thousands of flames suddenly appeared at the moment of the explosion, shattering in front of the mecha -
At the same time, the Aegis of Aegis suddenly started its engine, accelerated and rushed in front of everyone, and the next second it dropped from the sky, deploying a huge light shield to block all shock waves.
"Energy charging is complete! Don't worry!" Lu Anhe said in the communicator. Zeus raised the arm of the mecha, clenched his fists, crossed them and raised them in front of him, and bent one leg in a defensive posture. Both the pilot inside and the mecha outside seemed to be gritting their teeth and holding on to resist all damage.
When Zeus switches to defensive mode, its weapon system is not as complete as other mechas, but its range is extremely wide.
A few steel beetles seemed unable to wait for this meaningless chase and defense, and suddenly swarmed forward without any order, rushing upwards with legs harder than steel, screaming and constantly hitting the light shield formed by Zeus.
With a loud bang, the area near the berth could no longer withstand such a huge impact.
The ground collapsed and shattered, raising a cloud of dust and flying sand that obscured all vision.
Zeus defended himself while fighting and retreating, holding up the shield that symbolized the strongest power, and with an absolutely steady posture, he kept everything out step by step.
The steel beetles were still approaching step by step. The leading beetle raised its head, gathered strength for a moment, and wanted to use its hardest carapace to knock a hole in the light shield!
Under strict cover, the M2742 rose in the air and then suddenly fell.
The Steel Beetles would naturally not miss this opportunity. Seeing this mecha that seemed to have walked into a trap, all the members were so excited that all their eyes turned red and they rushed forward!
After a loud bang, M2742 curled his knees slightly, fluently avoided the heavy attack, leaned back, did a backflip, and landed steadily.
The next second, all its weapon systems were activated. The particle cannon, which was a hundred times more powerful than Zeus's, had already fully charged. All the exposed "weaknesses" became its breakthrough points, and it was blasted apart fiercely with the railgun.
A brilliant purple light burst out from the sky. Some steel beetles were unable to resist this attack. When they were about to put up a last stand, the lightsaber that M2742 had pulled out at some point cut off their legs.
"Boss! Now!"
The other mechas began to move out again, targeting the steel beetles that had been attacked, and the M2742 rushed straight to the leader.
The leader was caught off guard and quickly protected his weak abdomen. Just as he was about to fly into the air again, he let out a loud roar of fear!
M2742 has already rushed in front of it.
"boom!"
A close range explosion. The explosion made even a steel beetle unable to resist, but the M2742 put away its particle stream and railgun.
The mecha stretched out its left arm and fiercely grabbed its throat with its five metal fingers, pressing it to the ground. It clenched its right arm into a fist and hit the leader's head mercilessly again and again!
Punch after punch, the heavy and dull sound echoed throughout the entire berth.
The sound of metal breaking through the wind, the sharp flash of fire, and the pus and blood that were punched out of the steel beetle leader all fell on the cold metal shell.
The sky of Bokou was dyed scarlet at this moment, with a strong metallic smell.
Once the leader is dealt with, the remaining problems become less difficult. After all, the Steel Beetles were not considered high-level Zerg. After losing their leader, they began to resist in panic, but they were no match for the formation.
The battle came swiftly and ended quickly.
Half a day later, the entire harbour was filled with broken limbs of steel beetles, brains oozing with pus, blood and white pulp, damaged mechas, and metallic flames.
"Take a break and check the damage to the mecha."
The commander's voice came through the communicator.
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Although there were no casualties, the mechas were still damaged to varying degrees.
Based on the information fed back by the internal system, the pilots stepped off the mechas and began to observe the damage.
Several soldiers who had fought with He Yunting many times gathered together and talked about the recent battle and the mechas.
"Do you feel that M2742 is particularly...different today?"
“I can’t really say where they’re different, but I just feel like everything is different.”
"Too smooth, and too..." Dazzling.
They all thought of this word at the same time.
After all, the M2742 is the commander's mecha. It is driven by one person but acts like two people. They could say nothing but praise.
The two changed the subject and began to discuss the damage to the mecha. One of them looked at the data on the optical computer and said, "But there seems to be something wrong with my mecha's cooling system. It may have overheated just now and failed to cool down."
"Me too……"
The two pilots were talking as they unknowingly walked to the side of M2742.
Just when they were talking about "maybe we need to repair it when we get back", they were suddenly interrupted.
"——What's the problem? Let me take a look."
To everyone's surprise, another voice was heard on M2742.
Except for Lu Anhe, everyone was stunned.
How could there be a second person?
Second driver?
Everyone looked up and saw a figure wearing a helmet walking out of the second cockpit step by step in the metallic and bloody dusk at the berth.
He came against the light in the blazing flames, with a straight back and a thin figure.
The next moment, the helmet was taken off, revealing a handsome and gentle face.
The young man stood on the mecha arm with his eyes bent, the setting sun dyed his eyelashes, and his eyes were sparkling. He smiled faintly and said, "Do you need help?"
The author has something to say: Lao He: After the war, I will go back to my hometown to get married (the protagonist’s flag can be set at will)
I want to update the story as much as possible until it is finished. There are only a few chapters left, but I am afraid of the poor quality and I dare not promise...
Why
I will try my best to write, and update it every day if possible qwq
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