◇ Chapter 51 Aiming
It was an angular triangular pyramid-shaped object, completely black with glass inlaid at the very bottom. From it one could faintly see that the lights inside were on, as bright as day.
From the camera angle of the Lann aircraft, countless mechanical arms were rising and falling, and the cold iron sheets were glowing with a cold blue-gray light.
It appears to be a huge heavy processing plant.
Lin You's eyebrows jumped: "Factory?"
Could it be that the elusive pheromone factory is here?
At this time, there was a sound of electricity in the cabin. Lann pressed the answer button and Devin's voice came. The signal was a little distorted: "Lann, they have passed. The border checkpoint saw the royal aircraft. The coordinates are in the 'factory'."
"That's really good news." Lan En laughed and drank the strong liquor with ice in front of him. "It's worth it that I've been waiting here for almost three days."
He sighed: "Your information is very accurate, Colonel Devin."
Devin: "Of course. I took half a month off for the annual leave and learned all about District 23."
He muttered, "This time, I have used up all the annual leave I saved for two years. Next time, even if a little male insect asks me out on a date, I won't be able to go out."
Lann: "If I come back alive this time and can still take charge of the Third Army, I will give you a special channel and make up for your annual leave, but..."
They both fell silent.
But what if you can’t go back?
No one wanted to explore this possibility. After a moment of silence, Devin said, "There is one more thing, Lan. Since the royal aircraft passed the border, the area you are in has been completely blocked. Lin Yu is very afraid of death and has taken security to the extreme. Now even a fly can hardly fly into Area 23."
Lann: "It's expected. Otherwise, why would I come so far in advance and fly for three days in this godforsaken place?"
If Devin hadn't intercepted the visitor information of the "factory", they wouldn't have been able to wait here.
Lan looked out the French window and saw the pitch-black behemoth sliding in from the end of the planet, gradually approaching, with a heavy shadow pressing down on him like a prehistoric behemoth.
He fiddled with the controls: "I saw them, get off the line first."
"Okay," Devin replied calmly, but he didn't hang up the phone. Amid the busy noise, he whispered, "Good luck, Major General."
Lann hummed and hung up the phone. He started the aircraft lightly, avoided the huge monster, and went into the star ring.
66 screamed: "What does he want to do?"
The internal structure of planetary rings is extremely complex, and the speed of high-speed moving rocks can reach tens of kilometers per second. Even with the assistance of the most advanced obstacle avoidance system, flying a spacecraft into a planetary ring will still result in death or injury.
Lin You said: "That's the best hiding spot."
Lin You has done something similar before. In the crater hive dungeon of Star Wars, players must bypass the surveillance of worker bees and approach the queen bee boss to complete the kill reward. However, no matter how strong one's personal strength is, it is difficult to deal with the siege of the worker bees. According to the strategy on the forum, the best way is to build a fireproof suit and crawl into the hive from the magma, because no worker bee would think that there are people here.
The land of death has become the best shelter.
Similarly, judging from the conversation just now, Area 23 has been blocked, so there must be layers of defense around the "factory", but no one will monitor the inside of the star ring, which is a recognized death zone.
Lann drove into the star ring.
He was wearing the uniform of the Third Army, with medals all over his chest and the ribbon tied meticulously, as if he was not entering the forbidden zone of life alone, but was being awarded medals at a ceremony.
The rolling rocks brushed past the aircraft and were cleverly avoided, leaving only small dents on the surface. The cockpit shook violently, but Lann's hands remained steady. He carefully adjusted the angle and direction, then merged into the star ring, rotating with the dust and rocks under the gravity of the planet.
As if he was already here.
Lin You secretly took a breath: "If it were me, I would have crashed by now."
Lann turned off the electrical lighting system, activated the electromagnetic wave shielding equipment, and let the aircraft rotate along the star ring. From a distance, it looked like other aircraft that had been scrapped at the border of Area 23. It was just a cold steel coffin containing the remains of a general of the Third Army.
Lann picked up the long-barreled rifle on the co-pilot's seat and slowly wiped it with a silk cloth.
The silver sniper rifle was polished to a shine. The metal of the barrel glowed with a cold moonlight. He quietly looked at the screen in front of him. There were two red dots on it that were slowly jumping. They slid along the predetermined track and slowly approached.
It's the "factory" and this aircraft.
Twenty minutes later, they began to converge.
The "factory" moved forward along the orbit of the star ring. In a place where Lan En could not see, the camera in the living room quietly turned to face the direction of the "factory". From the floor-to-ceiling window of the aircraft, Lin You could already see the structure of the "factory".
——It can be roughly divided into three floors. The assembly line matrix composed of robotic arms is located at the bottom of the triangular pyramid and is used to produce pheromones. The middle is divided into independent scientific research offices and bedrooms, which are the residences of the "factory" leaders and visitors. The hall at the top has glass floor-to-ceiling windows on all four sides and is used to receive the most important guests.
Lin Yu was among them.
Unlike the cold industrial style of the lower two floors, the decoration of the top floor is luxurious and soft, with leather sofas moved from the main planet, rare green plants placed by the windows, and even the carpet under your feet is worth a fortune.
The eldest prince sat carelessly on the sofa, shaking the newly developed pheromone preparation in his hand, the liquid medicine was a dangerous pink color.
Lin You asked: "66, can you tell what they are saying from their lip movements?"
66: "I'll try. The resolution of the ship's camera is too low. It's hard to interpret the lip movements. A 12X scope will do the trick."
The system began to calculate with difficulty: "Well, I barely figured it out. What Lin Yu said was 'Is the new thing better than the last addictive drug?'"
"The man in the tie said - oh, I just checked the Imperial database. He is Gonet, a researcher at the Imperial Pheromone Research Institute and a favorite student of the institute's director, Sigeri. He had an argument with his neighbor and killed his family, including a five-year-old child, with an axe. He was sentenced to death. I didn't expect him to be here and seem to have become the boss of the factory."
"Dean Sigri's favorite student?" Lin You paused. "If I remember correctly, Lin Yu married Sigri's son as his queen?"
66: "Yes, you have a good memory - oh, he is here too, the old man with gray hair in the back."
Lin You looked and saw an old man standing in the middle, also holding a bottle of pink liquid in his hand. He was shaking the beaker with a look of fascination.
Lin You: "So what is the dean talking about?"
"He said, 'It's much better. This is the masterpiece of Gonet and I. It enhances the discomfort and control effect after addiction. The female insects will cry and beg for your gift. Without your pheromones, they are like a dog wagging its tail for mercy. Please enjoy it.'"
"Then the eldest prince said, 'I can't wait. Do you have any experimental subjects? Bring me one so I can try it.'"
"Dean, 'I'll arrange the most beautiful one for you right away.'"
"The eldest prince seemed quite satisfied. He nodded and said, 'In addition to being beautiful, she should also have a strong temper, the kind that won't yield no matter how hard you try. That way, it will be fun to see her begging after I feed her the medicine.'"
The camera resolution was not high enough to make out Lin Yu's expression, but Lin You could clearly sense his nonchalant attitude, as if the experimental subject was not a living person but a mouse kept in a cage.
66 shuddered: "There are still living experimental subjects in the factory?"
Lin You couldn't help but sneer: "What a talent! It seems that this factory not only produces addictive drugs, but is also a brothel in space."
No wonder the eldest prince traveled thousands of miles to come to this remote place.
As the crown prince, there are many things that the eldest prince cannot do on the main planet. Otherwise, if such a scandal occurs, it will inevitably cause criticism and affect the reputation of the royal family. But in this uninhabited place, no one will know about it. No matter how outrageous it is, it doesn’t matter, just like the infamous Xinnu Island in Lin You’s previous life.
As they were talking, the spacecraft slowly merged into each other, and the difference angle between the two was less than 60 degrees, but no one noticed the spacecraft in the star ring.
Lann made the right bet. There were many surveillance cameras around the "factory", but no one paid attention to this dead and silent forbidden zone of life.
Lann calmly debugged the aircraft.
The aircraft door opened silently, and no one noticed that an extremely tiny robot flew out of the aircraft hatch. After precise calculation, it covered a certain point on the "factory" glass.
High-concentration corrosive liquid sprayed out from it, sticking to the glass layer by layer.
High-strength glass is bulletproof, but it cannot withstand the erosion of chemical reagents. It is corroded into rice-sized holes, leaving only a thin layer of connection.
Two minutes later, the beautiful red-haired female insect was dragged to Lin Yu by her scalp.
Lin You's eyebrows jumped: "People from the Third Army?"
The man was wearing a uniform and a silver medal on his shoulder. The image details transmitted back from the system showed that he belonged to the Third Army.
Gonet: "Look at this." He raised the female insect's face, "Isn't this beautiful? This is a major from the Third Army captured by the 23rd District Chase Station. I kept it here on purpose, waiting for you to come."
Lin Yu used one finger to hook the female insect's chin, and looked around like he was picking out a commodity, nodding with satisfaction: "Beautiful, but it's a pity that you didn't catch Lan En that time. I think he is more beautiful."
He smacked his lips slightly, as if he really felt sorry.
Lin You couldn't help it and grabbed the small screen.
66: "Let go, let go! Host, it hurts! It hurts!"
At this time, the aircraft was almost directly intersecting with the "factory", and the floor-to-ceiling windows were facing each other from a distance of less than 10 kilometers.
66: "It is estimated that we have entered the range of the heavy rifled MK908."
Lane's silver long-barreled rifle is the MK908
Lann turned on the automatic flight mode.
It is a very irrational choice to turn on automatic mode in a star ring with complex movement trajectories. In five minutes at most, the aircraft will be hit by high-speed rocks, and even the hardest steel in the interstellar space can only withstand two or three hits before it is on the verge of being scrapped.
The window period for the factory and the aircraft to intersect is about five minutes.
Gonet was still talking. He was putting the light computer in front of Lin Yu and said, "Your Highness, if you are not satisfied with this one, we have other types. Look at this one with gray hair and blue eyes. He is also a general of the Third Army. He is somewhat similar to Lan En. I will bring him to..."
The 12x scope was loaded on the gun, and Lane pulled the trigger through the crosshairs.
He hit the gap the size of a grain of rice.
The glass instantly cracked into spider-web-like cracks.
Then came the second shot.
The bullet shot out from the barrel and hit the gap again.
The third shot.
Every shot hit the target.
The spider web spread out, but the excellent performance of the high-strength glass prevented it from breaking into pieces over a large area, leaving only a gap the size of a bottle cap.
But enough is enough.
The sound of glass breaking caused a panic in the room, and the people in the living room finally noticed the cold aircraft outside the window - its iron-gray structure perfectly blended into the star ring. Lin Yu let go of the red-haired military female as if he had been electrocuted, and raised his head hastily, trying to find the source of the attack, but the aircraft opposite was pitch black and he could not see anything.
At this moment, the brightly lit factory is like a target in the dark.
Gonet protected Lin Yu and said, "Let's go! Let's go to the lower level first!"
They started running, and for a moment, the living room was in chaos. Everyone was running in a disorderly manner, rushing left and right, making it extremely difficult to aim at them.
But Lin You heard the fourth gunshot.
Gonart maintained a protective posture, with the eldest prince still behind him, but a bullet pierced Genari's forehead - through the gap that was only the size of a bottle cap.
66's calm voice came: "Gornat, the Imperial Pheromone Research Specialist, a fugitive on the run, has a penetrating brain wound, has no vital signs, and is dead."
The body fell to the ground with a thud.
Lin Yu screamed, and the gray-haired dean pulled him over with one hand: "Your Highness, we..."
Before he could finish his words, blood burst out from his forehead.
Lane fired the fifth shot.
66: "Siglie, director of the Imperial Pheromone Research Institute and chairman of the Galaxy Pharmaceutical Company, has a penetrating brain wound and is dead with no vital signs."
Then came the sixth shot, the seventh shot...
"Imperial Research Institute..."
"Galaxy Pharmaceuticals..."
"Consul of the Consular Bureau of District 23..."
Massive amounts of data flowed through the system. After comparison, it accurately reported everyone's name. Any of them were famous figures. Lann fired too fast, and the cold mechanical sound intertwined and fluctuated, forming a vast echo.
66: "…death."
Lin You was about to speak, but his pupils suddenly shrank.
In his line of sight, he saw two golden-red spindle-shaped objects, with bright blue tails, shooting towards here at high speed.
The "factory" finally realized something was wrong and decided to fight back.
In order to have a sniper's perspective, he removed most of the glass of the aircraft. Now the living room was almost exposed. The Zerg's powerful bodies allowed them to survive in space without protection for a moment, but only for a moment. His silver wings spread out, and his bone wings supported the corner of the sofa, providing power for the movement of his body. The two shells almost came straight at his face.
Lan had no intention of hiding away.
In the fight just now, a sniper shot at him. In order to gain the instantaneous angle, Lann never avoided unless it was fatal. There were scrapes and bullet holes everywhere on his shoulders and calves, which slowly healed under the terrifying healing power of the female soldier, leaving hideous marks. Blood floated in the air along his fingertips, as scarlet as the expensive pigeon blood gem in the Pamir galaxy.
Due to excessive blood loss and scars, Lane's muscles twitched involuntarily, his face lost color, his body spasmed and trembled slightly, and the pain made his head dizzy, but every time he aimed and held the gun, his movements were so stable and precise, like meshing gears.
On the other side of the floor-to-ceiling window of the aircraft, the star ring was still moving slowly.
66 suddenly screamed: "Oh my God!"
It saw a large piece of metal wreckage.
The "cemetery" happened to pass by.
Those crashed spacecraft have long since turned into inorganic metal coffins in the star rings.
The corpses in the universe will not rot. Through a layer of tempered glass, 66 can see that the dead soldiers' faces are covered with frost, their skin is cyanotic, their eyeballs are cloudy, and their pupils are dilated, leaving only a lifeless paleness.
But even though their consciousness had been scattered for a long time and their souls no longer existed, at this moment and here, they seemed to be stationed on this steel ship through several layers of glass, quietly watching their commander.
Lane pulled the trigger.
——The ninth shot.
The bullet passed through the gap and blood spread.
Once again, it hit the bull's eye.
The system said softly: "Lin Yu, the crown prince of the empire, the first heir to the throne, has a penetrating brain wound, no vital signs detected, the system has determined that-"
"Dead."
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