Chapter 40
After a second of absolute silence, the entire battleship was in uproar.
The Zerg will always be an unimaginable and peculiar existence in the theory of evolution. Except for a few Zerg that have evolved to possess human intelligence, they have also differentiated into various species. In addition to the most common sand worms, there are also scale worms with hard shells, water worms and multi-winged worms that have lived in the deep ocean for a long time, drill worms with reproductive and parasitic abilities... and many other categories that cannot even be named.
Even though some of the highest-level Zerg have already developed intelligence and the ability to think independently, their nature is absolutely violent.
The one in front of him was undoubtedly a giant mechanical sandworm with an SSS level of danger.
Their limbs have become as hard as steel, with extremely sharp tips, and many Zerg are poisonous. Normal humans are simply not vulnerable to them.
Any Zerg with the word "giant" in its name is more than ten times the size of a normal Zerg, and the limbs of some giant mechanical sandworms can even ignore the normal size of steel, and can penetrate the metal made by humans to defend themselves and pierce the heart of the mecha.
There is only one condition to defeat all Zergs - that is to destroy their brains.
Some insects have a nearly perfect regenerative ability. Even if their sensitive antennae or limbs are cut off, as long as their brains are not destroyed, they can always regenerate and continue to fight.
The special alarm was still blaring, and the giant sandworm's gait could even be described as leisurely, as if announcing its arrival. At this moment, it was using its terrifying legs to raise yellow sand with every step, and slowly approaching them.
"The entire ship's defense system has been activated. The P-1 nuclear particle beam cannon... is the only one stored for the most critical situation." Ye Ling's expression was solemn. At the same time, he checked the ammunition and weapons stored on the battleship. Because the original purpose was only training and exercises, although conventional ammunition was naturally indispensable, strategic-level particle nuclear bombs could not be loaded without instructions. After all, no one would have thought that the Zerg would appear here in advance.
But now is not the time to think about this issue.
"Charge the electromagnetic cannon and prepare it." He Yunting ordered, and at the same time turned around to take a look at the surveillance camera in the cabin where the recruits were. Many people had already noticed the abnormality and even started to get nervous.
Many of them were new recruits who had just entered the base. Even though three rounds of selection had proven that they were prospective pilots who were much better than ordinary people, only a few of them had seen the Zerg in person.
Some people began to get restless, but as the sandworm had not yet come completely close, they could not see clearly through their portholes and could only stand there anxiously, muttering something to themselves.
"Beauty-2 electromagnetic cannon is fully charged."
"All main guns ready."
The entire captain's room and the command cabin on the next level were relatively calm, and began to deploy battle methods one by one. Ye Ling even added: "'Beauty No. 2' is ready to launch."
It was also the first time for Lin Han to see the Zerg. After the initial shock, he gradually calmed down. Although his eyes were still fixed on the giant insect, he found that he was not as afraid as he had imagined.
The shell of the giant mechanical sandworm is very hard, and ordinary grenades can't cause much damage at all. When everyone began to prepare for the attack, the door was suddenly knocked urgently.
There would definitely not be any tactless sergeant coming up to ask for instructions at this time, and you can easily guess who it is.
He Yunting's expression couldn't help but turn a little colder.
The door opened and Wen Tianyao walked in eagerly with his deputy.
"Hey General!"
Wen Tianyao's voice was filled with extreme anger, and his hatred for the Zerg could hardly be concealed at this moment: "Why are there Zerg?! Didn't we already tell the strange creatures before we came?"
Xi Yuan stood beside him and watched him get angry, frowning as if to remind him to pay attention to his identity.
But Wen Tianyao soon realized the problem himself and tried to calm down: "Wasn't it confirmed before landing? Who confirmed it? Why is there such false information?"
Wen Tianyao spoke too quickly and thought that he was only here for surveillance, and he suddenly forgot that the original person in charge was Hongmei's pilot, Ji Meng.
It would have been better if he didn't say this. After he said it, Lu Anhe's face became very ugly and he almost vomited.
But Wen Tianyao was of high status, so Lu Anhe couldn't contradict him directly, so he just said, "The strange creatures didn't say they would help us watch over the Zerg."
"The person in charge of this is already dead." He Yunting said in a cold tone, "Why don't you ask his corpse carefully, Your Highness?"
Wen Tianyao's pupils contracted for a moment, as if he didn't expect He Yunting to say that.
He suppressed his emotions and smiled a smile that he had practiced many times before: "Of course, that's not what I meant..."
"Send a message to everyone on the battleship, and retreat to the inner cabin." He Yunting continued to order, "Fire the first Beauty-2 electromagnetic cannon in ten seconds."
"yes!"
Wen Tianyao stomped his feet on the spot. Xi Yuan remained expressionless and did not stop it.
Lin Han stood aside and watched coldly, recalling what he had read before.
Combining his previous thoughts and Wen Tianyao's current performance, he really didn't know that there were Zerg ambushing here.
But something is always wrong.
Why were the Zerg led here? How many are there?
Is it a coincidence, or did someone do it on purpose?
Leaving aside the coincidence, if it was really intentional, what was the purpose of doing so?
Lin Han frowned tightly and had a guess.
There is no doubt that the Zerg's brutal nature, coupled with the existence of this giant Zerg, would make it impossible to conceal the truth once they returned to the Empire.
But the condition for them to return to the empire smoothly is to destroy the Zerg, so that they can jump to the jump point and return.
The peace faction said on public television a few days ago that they were willing to accept goodwill gestures from high-level Zerg. Now, before the negotiations have even taken shape, fighting has already broken out in the border area.
In this way, the radicals don't need to waste any more words in parliament, and the masses will all be on their side - at this time, Luo Qi can just exaggerate the evilness of the Zerg and the situation of this battle to create an atmosphere, and the peace faction will basically have nothing to say.
And it just so happened that Wen Tianyao was in this practical training.
Coincidentally, he himself is a hidden radical.
Wen Tianyao had always had a very good image among the people. Everyone praised him for being approachable and humble. Now that he was directly involved in this incident, as long as he incited them more, the common people would definitely love him more and think that he was the future king.
Then his position will be even more difficult to shake.
——But the problem is, judging from Lin Han’s mind reading more than once, he himself seems to really know nothing about this matter.
Could it be that... Wen Tianyao is just a cover, a bright and beautiful cover to take the blame.
The other party's goal has never been just to help Wen Tianyao secure his position, but he has a greater ambition...
This seems to make sense temporarily.
Lin Han believed that He Yunting could also figure this out, so he didn't even plan to tell him.
He is the backbone now, and I can't let him be distracted.
He Yunting and him seemed to have some kind of connection. Lin Han saw that He Yunting's expression changed, and he turned around and said coldly to Wen Tianyao: "Your Highness, as long as you stay on the battleship, you will be safe."
At this time, the countdown for the beauty-2 electromagnetic cannon has also come to an end.
"3, 2, 1..."
"boom--"
With a loud bang, the electromagnetic cannon nicknamed "Beauty No. 2" rushed towards the sandworm at an extremely fast speed under the propulsion of the main gun.
A sandworm of this level is naturally not weak either. It can even know what humans want to do to it to a certain extent. Even if the electromagnetic cannon has a tracking function and is aimed at its brain, it still retracts all its mechanical limbs at this moment and raises its evolved shell again.
Bang!
The cannon collided with the steel back with a gunpowder-like collision, sparks flew, but the giant sandworm just trembled all over and survived this attack that was enough to destroy countless buildings.
He Yunting knew that this attack would not work, so he calmly directed his attack.
The electromagnetic cannon continuously accumulates energy and fires. Some of its targets are not the sandworm's brain, but other parts of it. After dodging two electromagnetic cannons again, the sandworm seemed to be finally enraged. It lowered its head, its compound eyes that gave people goosebumps moved densely, and it stretched out its mouthparts and let out a huge roar.
The next second, it used all its limbs and began to move at a speed that was almost impossible to capture with the naked eye, running towards this side quickly!
"Turn on the mega particle cannon." He Yunting's tone did not change at all, and Ye Ling was very familiar with his tactics. He had already accumulated energy long before and was waiting for this moment.
The battleship with the protective shield turned on was like a giant indestructible barrier, and a hole was torn in the barrier. The rotating white light was almost at the same speed as the sandworm that was running towards this side, and it suddenly attacked it with a head-on attitude.
The entire battleship seemed to tremble, and in the smoke and collision, the sandworm, whose entire movement trajectory was predicted, did not even make a final roar, and was evenly hit by the particle cannon. The hard shell was unable to immediately protect the most critical part due to the movement of its limbs, and was eventually hit in the brain.
Its iron legs froze and with a loud bang, it fell to the ground.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Wen Tianyao's expression eased a bit, but he managed to calm down. "Then, Admiral..."
His voice stopped.
Because...the alarm did not stop because of the death of this sandworm.
The Zerg Alert was issued based on the collected Zerg brain activity, which means that—
More than one.
Wen Tianyao's face gradually turned pale.
The ground began to shake, and yellow sand was still flying wildly. The sky in the border area was already gloomy, and at this moment it became dark and gloomy, like a warning of something extremely ominous.
Three seconds later, the same giant mechanical sandworm reappeared on the display.
But the difference is... this time there are at least five of them.
Behind them, there are even more other Zergs.
This scale can no longer be called "accidental".
"Admiral," Ye Ling reported urgently, "We only have half of the ammunition left in the battleship, but if these Zergs attack together, we may not be able to..."
"Going at full speed now, how long will it take to reach the jump point?"
"At least half a day."
He Yunting's eyebrows moved: "Report on the situation of the jump point and the energy reserves."
The battleship's information is recorded at the jump point, and the most important thing for the jump is sufficient energy.
Ye Ling didn't understand why He Yunting suddenly asked this, but after contacting the command room, he answered truthfully: "Everything is normal at the jump point, and it can supply the 80,000 units required for the jump."
He Yunting asked: "If we fire the p-1 nuclear particle beam cannon, what is the minimum energy consumption?"
"60,000 units." Ye Ling said truthfully.
He Yunting finally frowned.
"What's wrong?" Wen Tianyao on the side seemed anxious, "Admiral, what are you still standing there for! Fire your weapons first, and then retreat! Retreat to the jump point - as long as the jump is successful, nothing will happen!"
Lin Han just looked at He Yunting. Even he himself couldn't explain why he had such great confidence in He Yunting. It seemed that what others said didn't count and he only believed what he said.
And now He Yunting hasn't spoken for a long time, there must be some new questions.
Wen Tianyao's tone became more and more anxious: "Retreat! Warp! Don't we still have a beam cannon? With its power, these bugs are nothing!"
"I hope Your Highness can have some basic judgment." He Yunting seemed to have finally lost his patience and didn't even look at him this time. "Since the Zerg can appear in front of us, do you think you can escape through the jump point?"
Wen Tianyao suddenly fell silent.
"I can guarantee that the number of Zerg at the current jump point will only be more than this, not less."
Now, if the battleship's remaining energy is used to blast away these insects, it will just be enough to make the jump to the jump point.
But if there are other Zerg at the jump point, and if there are more of them, then without the protection of the P-1 nuclear particle beam cannon, these mechas and pilots will all be trapped at the jump point, without enough ammunition and unable to move, and it will definitely take longer for the Empire to send support...
Then, while waiting for support, this battleship will be a sitting duck.
The scene fell silent again, with only the sound of alarms still ringing in the ears.
He Yunting seemed to have made a sudden decision and stood up.
Ye Ling raised his head following his movements and opened his mouth: "Admiral..."
It was such a common action, but he felt something was wrong.
"All active pilots, please obey. This includes prospective pilots who have not yet received their selection results."
He Yunting turned on the ship-wide communications.
"Your mecha is your only weapon at the moment. Maybe this is the first time for many of you to come here. Although no one wants to do this, the fact is that you must drive it now to grab the only jump point."
"The mechas in Group B don't have live ammunition." He sneered at himself. I wonder if he was "thankful" that someone had done something to allow them to have half of the live ammunition. "Take half from the mechas in Group A and load them up."
He Yunting turned to Ye Ling and said, "Take all the pilots and move forward at full speed. Keep the p-1 nuclear fusion particle beam cannon and fire the last shot at the jump point. It doesn't matter even if it blows up."
Lu Anhe's expression also changed: "What do you mean?"
"If necessary, blow up the jump point." He Yunting said coldly.
Wen Tianyao was stunned: "But what about these now..."
"I'll hold these things back," he said. "If you really need to blow up the jump point, don't hesitate."
"You don't have to wait for me to come back."
"Mr. Lin, you have two choices now." He Yunting did not answer Wen Tianyao's words. His tone was as cold as usual, as if he was just helping Lin Han open a nutrient solution.
Lin Han met his eyes without flinching.
He saw He Yunting pick up the key to his mecha and walk in front of him.
He had seen that key before, and he had even driven the mecha that the key belonged to.
——In the narrow space of the repair room.
"Or, they can stay on the battleship. If the danger is cleared, they can return to the Empire as soon as possible." He said, "But there are no extra mechas, and their first priority is to recapture the jump point."
His meaning was very clear. These pilots were all newcomers, and Lu Anhe and Ye Ling were busy giving orders and might not be able to take Lin Han's safety into consideration.
He Yunting tilted his head and looked at the desolate planet covered with yellow sand.
Although the border area covers a large area, it always has a sad and depressed feeling due to its harsh climate and sparse population.
Lu Anhe finally understood something. He gritted his teeth and stood up: "... Let me do it. I can hold him off. Zeus's defense is the best."
Although its attack power is not as good as m2742.
He didn't say this.
"Take Ye Ling with you and be responsible for commanding the remaining pilots." He Yunting looked at the new recruits who had already started to stir in the surveillance video, "Got it?"
Lu Anhe knew in his heart that he couldn't refute He Yunting's decision, but he couldn't help but say, "But what if there are Zerg at the jump point? If the jump point is really blown up, how can you come back?"
"Don't worry about me."
Lu Anhe's eyes were full of worry, but he couldn't disobey the order.
"Besides," He Yunting suddenly lowered his head and said, "You still have to take him back."
A look of sadness and helplessness reappeared on Lu Anhe's face.
He understood the "he" that He Yunting was referring to.
It was the young man still lying in his mecha.
This change happened too quickly, leaving no one time to react.
Sadness and sighs are empty things, even if they are the only things Ji Meng can have.
He Yunting turned his head away and didn't look at Lu Anhe's expression.
He stood in front of Lin Han and continued to talk about the choice he had just made.
"Or follow me," He Yunting looked at Lin Han, holding the key of M2742 in his hand, his eyes were the reflection of the young man, "the disadvantage is that we may not be able to catch up with the jump of the main force."
Lin Han felt that there was no need to hesitate about this question.
He couldn't do anything by staying on the battleship, and instead had to waste other troops because he couldn't take part in the battle.
In the face of war, every life is equal, regardless of status.
He thought of He Yunting's mecha and suddenly felt that the second cockpit was a good choice.
Just as Lin Han was about to answer, he heard He Yunting calmly say the last sentence.
"I can't promise anything else, but as long as I'm alive, nothing can hurt you."
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