Chapter 628 Believe
"Bugs, there are bugs! I see them!"
A soldier shouted loudly in the channel.
"Calm down." The team leader's voice came over the channel. "Switch to the optical eyepiece and share your location coordinates."
"receive!"
The soldier skillfully manipulated the eyepiece-like attachment on his helmet.
This is the latest device developed by Mr. Hai's laboratory for exoskeleton powered armor. It is connected to the power supply through an external interface, can scan the surrounding area, and generate data for channel sharing or uploading.
There are many such auxiliary equipment. In the past few months, Haidama has been developing new functions for the exoskeleton power armor. The design of the armor itself has reached perfection, and any addition or subtraction will destroy this perfection.
However, the reason why it can be called a classic is that it can infinitely increase its functions by plugging in new equipment, thereby forming differences in military branches to perform more complex tasks.
This team is a professional reconnaissance team.
They are only equipped with simple weapons such as electric knives and rifles, but they are also equipped with various communication and reconnaissance equipment such as wireless communications, data grids, storage and transmission, satellite signals, infrared eyepieces, etc.
Its team members are not only battle-hardened scouts, but also long-distance running champions and wilderness survival experts who can move swiftly in all kinds of complex environments.
They were assigned by their superiors to conduct reconnaissance at suspicious locations.
Sure enough, the enemy was discovered.
The team leader immediately reported all the information and then asked the team members to evacuate.
The combat system of the mecha corps is still one captain leading three soldiers as a combat unit.
Three hundred combat units make up a regiment, and dozens of regiments make up a legion.
They are soldiers belonging to Yang Jiewei's group.
After the signal was sent, the captain immediately received instructions from Corps Commander Yang.
"Immediately retreat to the designated location and implement Plan B."
"Got it!" The squad leader replied immediately and quickly retreated with his three soldiers.
Four light black metal men moved quickly on the rugged rocky road. The complex terrain did not bring them any obstacles. The armor that weighed several tons seemed as light as a swallow, and the mirror-like streamlined shape made them not feel bulky at all.
A soldier said on the channel: "Captain, what kind of person is County Governor Lin?"
The captain laughed and said, "What do you want to say, kid? Anyway, he is a great man."
The soldier was unconvinced and said, "How great is he? I don't think he's much older than me. He has Elder Zhao, Chief of Staff Qin, Her Royal Highness the Princess, and so many powerful people assisting him. He doesn't have to do anything. I think I can do it too."
The team channel suddenly burst into laughter.
The captain almost fell over laughing.
"Xiao Xu, I won't say anything else. Believe it or not, you're no match for County Chief Lin in driving a mecha."
Xiao Xu was even more unconvinced: "I am the champion of the 19th round! There is no one better than me in the same period!"
The captain tapped his helmet gently. "Kid, you're too late. The 19th term is already the semester after general enrollment. You don't know what kind of monsters were in the first, second, and third terms before the college expanded enrollment. People like me were at the bottom of the class and almost didn't graduate."
The captain's powerful teammates all knew about it, and the channel was suddenly filled with surprise:
"Really?"
"The captain is so strong, yet he can't graduate."
"I don't believe it, it must be a lie."
The captain laughed and said, "Our corps leader, Yang Jiewei, was from the first batch. You should know how powerful he is. He wasn't even ranked first at the time."
This aroused the soldiers' strong curiosity, and one of them asked, "Who is the first?"
"You should know this person. His name is Xu Lin. He's the experimenter who's been piloting the exoskeleton power armor since its prototype. He's now the chief instructor."
The soldiers said "oh". When they were in school, they had only heard of the chief instructor's name but rarely saw him in person.
Because the chief instructor only trains instructors and top students, champions of the same period like Xiao Xu are not considered "top students".
Top students are not included in the ranking.
The captain continued, "But he's still not the best."
He paused deliberately, keeping everyone in suspense. When the team members started to urge him, he slowly said, "The most powerful one is our Chief of Staff Qin."
None of the three soldiers believed it.
"Captain, stop lying. Chief of Staff Qin drives a large mecha, the Strike Freedom."
"Yes, Chief of Staff Qin is a woman, and the exoskeleton armor is very physically demanding."
The captain smiled mysteriously and said, "Let me tell you, it is said that the Strike Freedom operates in a similar way to ours. The large mecha is an advanced version of the exoskeleton armor."
They had heard many similar rumors and were already immune to them. Xiao Xu curled his lips and said, "You're trying to trick me into practicing basic skills again."
"I no longer dream of owning my own giant mecha. All I want is for me to be able to drive one once."
One person said, "Captain, you haven't explained what makes County Magistrate Lin so powerful."
The captain laughed and said, "Don't worry. I just mentioned that Chief of Staff Qin is very powerful. Among the first batch of students, she is the only one who can defeat Xu Lin. You haven't seen it. When she controls the armor, it's like a petrel soaring through the air. Her movements are smooth and flowing, and her moves are as fast as lightning. She has an extraordinary instinct for combat. Instructor Xu has trained to the extreme, but in the end, he can only take a beating."
The captain said a lot, his words were detailed and his descriptions were accurate and vivid, making people feel as if they were there, as if they saw the figure as free and agile as a seagull flying in a rainstorm.
The three soldiers listened attentively without realizing it.
After a long moment, Xiao Xu sighed and said, "I believe it, Captain. This is impossible to make up."
One of the team members said, "So the Chief of Staff is so powerful! No wonder he can drive a large mecha."
Another team member asked, "What does this have to do with whether County Chief Lin is powerful or not?"
The captain smiled and said, "The Chief of Staff was the king of the first batch of mecha trainees in a monster-infested environment, crushing everyone. But when County Chief Lin arrived, she was just crushed."
The three team members said in unison: "I don't believe it!"
“That’s too much.”
The captain wasn't in a hurry, and spoke slowly, "We envy the Chief of Staff's skills. We'll work harder, and perhaps one day we'll reach her level. But County Chief Lin's skills give us nothing but chills. They don't seem human anymore, more like... more like a spirit cat. His pace, movements, force, deceleration, and balance all defy common sense."
"It was as if the laws of physics were yielding to him, as if the master of mechanics had stepped out of his coffin and rewritten the laws for him."
"At that time, every confrontation between the Chief of Staff and County Magistrate Lin attracted countless spectators. All the extreme examples you see in the textbooks were inspired by them."
The captain was immersed in memories and said a lot in one breath. The team members were dazzled and fascinated by what he said. No one doubted it was fake anymore.
A moment later.
Xiao Xu suddenly said, "Chief Lin is not a human being!"
The captain's face darkened and he was about to start scolding.
He then continued, "It's a god."
The captain rebuked him, "Stop saying such unscientific things! If they get out, you'll be laughed at. Mr. Li has said countless times that we should trust science."
Xiao Xu curled his lips and said, "I don't believe it. This is simply not something a human can do."
The captain was about to curse again when his expression suddenly changed and he exclaimed in shock, "Oh no! We've alerted the insect people!"
The captain's armor is equipped with a more advanced infrasonic sonar, which can detect the infrasonic waves emitted by insect people.
The team members became nervous and immediately gripped their rifles, but were quickly scolded by the captain: "Throw away the gun, it's useless, use the electric knife."
The insect man's shell cannot be penetrated by a rifle, but the electric knife is somewhat useful in close combat.
"Dump all the equipment except the communications equipment to reduce the weight."
The team members did as they were told. At this time, the captain's distress signal was also received. Corps Commander Yang personally replied: "Move south quickly. Support troops will arrive in 30 minutes."
"receive."
"South," the captain said briefly.
The four of them turned together, and the moment they turned around, Xiao Xu saw Qinglu's figure out of the corner of his eye.
"The insect man is catching up!" Xiao Xu shouted.
"Shut up! Just run! Don't trip!"
The four men stopped talking and just ran. Their speed had reached 120 yards, 50% faster than that of ordinary soldiers. They were like a gust of wind blowing through the rugged mountain road.
But the captain's heart sank quickly as the insect man's voices were getting closer and closer.
Suddenly, a green light flashed before their eyes, and a bug-man appeared in front of them. The captain shouted, "Turn sharply, west!"
Stop, lift your foot, and shift your center of gravity while sliding. This is a difficult move, and the captain completed it perfectly. However, Xiao Xu took a wrong step and flew out. After knocking down two teammates, he hit the rock wall on the side heavily.
The impact at a speed of 120 yards was no joke. Even with the protective devices and buffering protection inside the armor, they all fell unconscious.
The captain's heart sank. He rushed over and tried to carry the three people and run together, but the mecha's load instantly reached 180%, and a slight warning sounded from inside.
He wanted to move them one by one, but it was too late. A bug man had already caught up with him. The captain took out an electric knife, blocked its lightning-fast slash, and then quickly retreated to avoid the sweep of another bug sickle.
The captain paused with his left foot, made a Thomas tactical turn, went around behind him, and slashed the insect's shoulder armor with an electric knife.
A puff of green smoke rose from the silver-white blade of the electric knife. The captain quickly increased the voltage and dragged the blade, trying to cut through the chitinous shell.
But the shell was too hard and only cut a hole less than 10 mm. The insect man let out a loud hissing sound and fought back continuously, but the captain dodged them swiftly and was hit by the electric knife in the same place again.
Just as he was about to chop through the shell and remove one of the insect sickles from the insect man, he heard a hissing sound behind him and another insect man pounced on him. The captain fought hard but was still hit hard several times.
His mouth was full of blood foam and he felt that his ribs were broken. There were more and more insect people, and he probably couldn't escape.
The captain sent the final message and coordinates to the legion commander, and gradually retreated to the side of the team members. Although he knew that there was little hope, he was still prepared for a final struggle.
The insect man pounced forward, and countless insect sickles fell on him. The sturdy armor also groaned, damage appeared, and cracks gradually widened. The huge impact penetrated the protective device and hit him, as if one hammer after another hit his wrists, chest, abdomen, and bones, and severe pain spread throughout his body.
But he still waved the electric knife wildly, trying to die together with a bug man.
More and more error messages were displayed on the power armor, and red warnings were everywhere. The captain knew that he was finished, and he only hoped that his death could buy time for his teammates.
drop--
The system completely collapsed, the captain couldn't even lift his arms, and everything in front of him was dark.
"I hope I can be reborn in Changshan County in my next life."
He thought silently.
"Xiao Xu must have been slacking off during training again. I really regret not supervising him. Oh, why am I still thinking about all this? It's a pity, I've never even dreamed of seeing a photo of Chief of Staff Qin... Hmm, this idea is a bit dangerous. I'd better look at Sister Xia's photo. Maybe she'll give me some advice..."
I thought about a lot of things, but there was no final pain.
"Huh? Why am I not dead yet?"
The captain carefully pushed open the mask in a special way. This was an internal operation method, purely mechanical, only applicable in very rare cases, and most people were unaware of it.
But he remembered.
Because he firmly believes in science and that there is no useless knowledge. Learning more may not necessarily save his life on the battlefield, but it is not a bad thing after all.
The mask fell off with a clang. The captain's eyes lit up and he saw a man. He grabbed the insect man's head with one hand and threw it away.
Bang!
The insect man crashed into the rock. Normally, his head, which would not have been pierced by hundreds of bullets, was smashed to pieces, and disgusting yellow-green slime splattered all over the ground.
Looking around, the bodies of the insect people were lying all over the ground.
The man turned around and met his eyes.
"Head of County Lin!"
The captain couldn't believe his eyes, and what he couldn't believe even more was that County Governor Lin was here in the flesh and he was not wearing power armor.
County Chief Lin smiled and said, "You came just in time. You did a great job. Your information saved me a lot of energy."
He walked over to the captain and squatted down. When the captain wanted to speak, County Chief Lin had already touched his forehead with his hand and stuffed a candy bean into his mouth.
"Nine Transformations Golden Pill, just eat it and you'll be fine."
The captain felt the sweetness in his mouth melt away, and then his body felt no pain at all, his waist was no longer sore, and his legs were no longer numb, but he still couldn't stand up in one breath.
"Oh, the armor is broken. It's so badly damaged. I'll see if there's any way to repair it."
The captain finally shouted out what he had been holding back for a long time: "Chief Lin, team members, my team members are also injured, please save them quickly!"
County Chief Lin smiled and said, "Don't worry, my magic has penetrated and their injuries have healed... Well, they are not injured, but it may take some time for them to wake up."
"Not hurt?" The captain opened his eyes wide.
This was inconsistent with his experience. With such a strong impact, at least several ribs were broken, and more serious injuries needed to be examined.
But County Chief Lin didn't intend to explain. He seemed to be muttering to himself, "Hey, why didn't I think of this earlier? [Morning Star of Destiny] can strengthen [Paper Puppet], and it can also strengthen [Qian Kun Refining]. Haha, I'll try more tricks next week..."
He suddenly shifted his gaze over and said with a smile, "Don't mind me, these are all scientific terms. I just studied science and technology."
He clapped his hands and said, "Okay, get up."
The captain suddenly felt the armor move on its own, and it stood up.
"Can it be repaired? How many pieces of talisman paper? Fifty? Okay."
The captain had no idea what County Chief Lin was saying. He stared blankly at County Chief Lin sticking a piece of white paper on his armor.
Bang! The armor exploded with a bang, the dented part popped out, the long scratches slowly merged, and the scattered fragments flew back.
With a click, the mask came on and everything in front of me was dark, but the screen soon lit up, the error messages quickly decreased, and the red warning disappeared.
"this?"
The captain felt that his thinking and world outlook were impacted.
"What is this, County Governor Lin?"
County Magistrate Lin smiled and said, "New self-repair technology. Well, try to cooperate with him."
For some reason, the captain always felt that County Chief Lin’s next sentence was not directed at him.
"Chief Lin." He didn't have time to think too much and said anxiously, "Insect people, there are a lot of insect people, let's run! Otherwise it will be too late!"
"It's too late."
The captain was startled and turned around to see that everything around him was yellow and green.
They had been surrounded by insect people since some time ago.
"Headmaster Lin!" the captain said anxiously, "I'll cover you as you rush out! Commander Yang Jiewei will be here soon, don't worry about them..."
"No need."
In his sight, the figure of the man who was only a few years older than him was twisting, powerful heat emanated from his body, and the mecha retreated a few steps on its own.
"No one here has to die today."
The flames soared up, and he had turned into a huge fireball, emitting golden light and surging fire.
The captain couldn't believe his eyes and cried out, "What, what is this?"
"Gundam F91."
"New, new mecha?"
"yes."
The flames continued to intensify, and County Chief Lin's figure could no longer be seen. The powerful heat rushed out, forcing the mecha to retreat a few steps.
"But, but, but..." The captain hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "This is unscientific."
The fireball moved, as if turning its head.
Although he couldn't see it, he could feel County Chief Lin smiling at him.
“You have to believe in science.”
"Anytime."
Bang!
The fireball soared into the sky.
The huge golden flame stretched out like the corona.
(End of this chapter)
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