Lin Tantan didn't understand: "What do you mean? Five minutes refers to the energy shield?"
Xu Qin smiled slightly and said, "It's not an energy shield, it's an energy cannon."
Lin Tan Tan: "...What?" How could she not know this magical machine could also fire? Wasn't it just modified to allow it to hang and drop bombs?
Ye Xiao explained: "Xu Qin converted the energy shield's energy into an energy cannon output. The muzzle is right in the abdomen. It was just modified."
Lin Tan Tan: "...or is it the crystal core function?"
"right."
Lin Tan Tan: I’m impressed. This modification is really impressive. The original version used an energy shield as a protective barrier, but you directly made an energy cannon.
Although it is definitely not the awesome energy cannons like the energy fighters of later generations, it still sounds powerful.
Ye Xiao and Xu Qin had already entered the cabin, giving a brief tutorial on the energy cannon's release, aiming, and other key functions. Lin Tantan didn't follow. While the space inside wasn't small, there was no need to squeeze in. She was still admiring it. Xu Tianjin, slurping his fragrant instant noodles, sat down next to her. Lin Tantan asked him, "Did you contribute to this energy cannon?"
Xu Tianjin whispered, "That's not true. Boss Xu came up with the design, and our team leader wrote the system program from scratch. They're both geniuses, I tell you."
Lin Tan Tan asked again, "Is it reliable? And Xu Qin said it won't break down within five minutes. What about after five minutes?"
"This energy cannon is definitely not as effective as the energy fighters we later developed. Its energy isn't very stable, and the materials used aren't good enough; its heat-resistance alone isn't good enough. However, the energy tank in this cannon is limited. Since this was our first trial, no one except Captain Ye dared to use it. If it exploded, it would be dangerous. Therefore, no one refilled the tank mid-flight. As a result, the total energy of the crystal cores inside wasn't enough to fire continuously for five minutes. The sooner we finished firing and landed, the safer it would be."
It sounds reliable, but there is still a risk of the machine exploding.
Xu Tianjin thought for a moment and said, "Actually, this is also a test run to see if this energy cannon can be used this way. If we find any problems, we'll fix them immediately. We'll follow this when we make new machines in the future."
Lin Tan Tan nodded, but still held his face seriously. After a while, Ye Xiao got familiar with the new functions of the magic machine, and Bai Cheng also came over and said that he had already talked to Lu Jianping and guaranteed that no one would interfere for a while.
Everyone told Ye Xiao to be careful. There was worry and absolute trust in their eyes. No one told Ye Xiao not to go. Lin Tan Tan sighed inwardly, stood up and walked over. Ye Xiao smiled, half hugged her, and patted her on the back: "Don't worry, I'll be back soon."
Then he changed into his flight suit and entered the cabin. The door closed with a hissing sound of electricity. Everyone stepped aside. A jet of air was released from the bottom of the divine machine, and it began to slowly lift off the ground and steadily leave the gap above. Everyone immediately followed him out and followed the divine machine towards the city wall.
At this time, the sky was not completely dark yet, and the gray-white divine plane rose into the sky, and many people could see it.
The people of Zhengyang Brigade were excited: "Look, it's a magical machine!"
The people outside were also excited: "That's the magic machine, right? What are they going to do?"
In the new area, some mercenaries who passed the test were allowed to go up to the city wall to participate in the battle. After this battle, they will basically be free again and will no longer be locked up in that small prison, so they performed very actively and hard.
They noticed a triangular gray-white object flying out from the distant courtyard, and they couldn't help but stop what they were doing and look over.
A young man muttered, "Why did it fly out again? Didn't it test-fly before? Now the zombie swarm is exhausted, what can this thing do?"
A woman next to him looked at the magic machine with a complicated expression.
The others also paid some attention to see what this legendary artifact was going to be used for.
Then it flew out of the city wall and flew above the group of zombies.
"Look, what is that thing going to do?" The people on the city wall were a little surprised. Most of these people had just received orders to temporarily stop attacking the zombies in the distance. They vaguely sensed that this big guy was going to use some big move.
But what could be the ultimate move? Dropping a few shells? The problem was that this wouldn't do much, and would only enrage the already weakened zombies.
People's doubts were soon confirmed. The big triangle-shaped creature was flying slowly above the group of corpses. Suddenly, a circle of light that was neither red nor white, with a relatively mixed color, slowly condensed on its lower abdomen. Then, this beam of light, whose color could not be described, fell silently.
There was a small group of zombies just below the beam, with about dozens of zombies. The beam hit the center of them, covering more than a dozen zombies.
The dozen or so zombies seemed to be melted by the high temperature in an instant. Their bodies immediately shrank and deformed, and at the same time, their bodies began to burn.
Everything happened silently.
The divine plane flew away and landed above other small groups of corpses.
Inside the divine machine, there were several screens in front of Ye Xiao. One of the screens was a real-time transmission of the scene below. There happened to be several small groups of corpses below. He pointed his finger on the screen, and the red aiming signal covered these small groups of corpses, and carried out real-time aiming and tracking as they moved.
At the same time, the directions and angles of the five gun barrels on the belly of the divine machine were adjusted accordingly.
The slender fingers pressed the firing button, and light condensed from the five gun barrels at the same time, and then the beam shot out suddenly, focusing on five small groups of zombies at the same time. In the center of the five small groups of zombies, more than a dozen zombies in each group immediately deformed and burned.
The fighter jet then looked for the next target to attack.
The people on the wall were stunned. What kind of weapon was this? It was silent, not even making a sound. Was it a laser? Some people said that lasers didn't look like this. Others said it didn't seem very powerful, and that it could only kill a dozen zombies at a time.
However, not long after these words were spoken, the zombies in front of the base had already ignited piles of fire. Most of the dead were zombies in the center of the group. As these zombies died and burned, the surrounding zombies naturally dispersed.
At first they ran towards the city wall and wanted to continue the attack, but the gray-white triangular thing in the sky kept following them. A beam of light came down and many zombies died silently.
This silent and defenseless attack method is like a light yet unavoidable shadow of death, containing an energy that makes the zombies feel familiar and therefore particularly terrifying.
So they panicked and instinctively began to avoid and flee. Looking down from a high vantage point, it looked as if they were being chased by the fighter planes in the sky and were fleeing far away from the base.
Lin Tantan was shocked. Do these zombies know how to be afraid?
Although I've seen zombies retreating before, are they going to flee now with just a few shells? Previously, bombs were dropped one after another, blowing them up into the sky and blasting them to pieces, but I didn't see them retreat even a little bit.
Someone beside him murmured, "Sure enough."
Lin Tantan turned around and looked. Bai Cheng smiled at her, as if he understood her confusion. He asked, "Did you know that many people study the behavior of zombies?"
Lin Tan Tan nodded: "I know." And he knew that many people were doing this kind of thing. Of course, those people were mainly researching to develop a vaccine, but such a thing did not exist at all. Instead, they researched many habits related to zombies.
Bai Cheng said, "Zombies aren't afraid of ordinary firearms, or even bombs or missiles. They're not afraid of them at all, but they value those with special abilities. The leaders of zombie hordes, regardless of size, are always zombies with special abilities. This shows that they value special abilities, are very sensitive to them, and revere them."
"These creatures are becoming increasingly intelligent as they evolve. They seem to understand that ordinary thermal weapons pose a diminishing threat to them. They also understand that these weapons are now essentially consumables, like us humans, and that the more we use, the less we have. Therefore, they're not afraid of them. But energy cannons powered by crystal cores are different. They're a source of energy that they fear. And when humans are able to harness this energy in machines to deal with them, it signals to them that humans' mastery of this energy is superior to theirs. They'll feel a huge threat, and so they'll become afraid and flee."
Lin Tantan was surprised: "There's such a saying?"
Bai Cheng smiled and said, "It's a paper by a scholar in the capital, but it seems that not many people agree with this view. They think zombies have no ability to think at all, and even if they do, it's only at the level of lower animals. But I think it's quite interesting. Now it seems to make sense."
Lin Tan Tan finally understood. It turned out that the mainstream did not agree with such a bright spot. No wonder it did not pass on to later generations.
She said, "So using the energy cannon to scare them away was your idea? No, even though the zombies were scared away temporarily, they're still lingering around... Ye Xiao also said it would be best to concentrate them outside the city walls and eliminate as many of them as possible to avoid continuous small-wave attacks that would cause prolonged distress."
Bai Cheng just smiled without saying anything. Why did he change his strategy? Of course, it was because Ye Xiao didn't expect that his little girl would be able to handle logistics in this way, and he felt sorry for her working day and night.
Of course, it was unexpected that they could make this energy cannon. Even if it wasn't for Lin Tan Tan, they had to seize the opportunity to use the zombies to test the energy cannon. It was impossible to fly far away to find a zombie group to test the cannon, or waste so much energy on an open space and fire a blank cannon in vain, right?
As he was speaking, the divine machine that had been shooing away flies finally flew back. At this time, only more than three minutes had passed since it fired the first shot. It flew over the city wall and returned triumphantly. Lin Tantan had no other thoughts and hurriedly ran down the city wall again.
The others looked at the ground below which had suddenly become much empty and looked at each other in confusion. Were the zombies driven away like this?
The soldiers, feeling relieved at once, began to discuss heatedly what the weapon was. If it wasn't a laser cannon, then what on earth could make the zombies so afraid?
Meanwhile, over at the Zhengyang Brigade, among the mercenaries, the young Wei Jie came to his senses and whistled, "Cool! It's only been a few days since they got the divine machine, and they've already made a cannon like this."
Naturally, he had also heard that the so-called divine machine was a flying thing with an energy cannon, but it had no means of attack at all. When he heard about it before, he didn't take it seriously. Without any means of attack, an energy shield alone was useless and not cool enough.
Now he saw that people had installed such powerful cannons - although the power seemed average, he had an extraordinary eye and naturally saw that it was a cannon made of crystal core energy. It seemed that zombies were very afraid of such high-energy beams.
This weapon, if used properly, can be used as both a tactical weapon and a strategic weapon. I just don't know how much energy each shot will consume.
The boy was itching to get his hands on this secret, but he also knew that it was impossible for him to have access to it unless he could also get a magical machine.
The woman next to him suddenly said, "Ajie, I want this magic machine."
Wei Jie was shocked. "Oh my sister, please don't say such things. We finally performed well and don't have to go to jail anymore. Don't even think about stealing the magic machine."
The woman said, "It's not stealing. If I contribute to them, can I get a family god machine as a reward?"
Wei Jie thought, what a huge contribution that must be. To be honest, the Zhengyang Brigade has a lot of talented people, but now they only have such a magical machine, which they snatched from others. And given the cost and energy requirements of this kind of thing, even a fool would know that it is impossible to mass-produce it.
Therefore, Wei Jie was very skeptical about the so-called right to purchase the magic machine released by those people in the capital. He couldn't resist the big sister next to him who wanted a magic machine, otherwise he would not have gotten involved in this muddy water and come here to be a prisoner for so long.
But seeing the determination in the woman's eyes, he finally said nothing. It was a good idea to give her a goal.
Not only women, but other mercenaries also had the same idea. They came here to capture Lin and talk, and a big reason was to get the magic machine. When the Zhengyang Brigade got a magic machine, they were a little tempted. Now they found that they could design and modify it independently, and the modifications were getting better and better. They believed more that they had the ability to build new magic machines independently. So if they worked for them, would they also have a chance to get the magic machine?
Without mentioning what these people were thinking, Lin Tan looked left and right at Ye Xiao who came out of the cabin. Seeing that he looked exactly the same as when he went in, not even a hair had fallen out, he just sweated a little, and the stone in his heart was put down.
The Shen Ji also quickly entered the maintenance procedure. Upon inspection, it was found that the materials of the five gun muzzles on the abdomen had melted and damaged to varying degrees.
Sure enough, this material cannot withstand the high energy of the energy cannon.
Lin Tan Tan asked Ye Xiao: "So, the zombie tide has receded? I just saw that there are not many zombies left. They will be cleared out soon."
Ye Xiao said: "We can say we have retreated. We will impose martial law tonight and gradually remove the troops tomorrow."
Lin Tan Tan nodded: "Yeah, that's good." This tense tone of the anti-Japanese war was finally coming to an end.
Thinking of the many people sleeping like dead pigs inside and outside the clinic, she felt relieved that she could finally get rid of them.
But thinking about the people still waiting in line, she said, "Then I'll go back to work."
Ye Xiao: "Okay."
The pace of this night was obviously not as fast and tense as before. There were fewer people shouting, and the howling of zombies was almost inaudible. Those on duty at the front line could relax and take a break, and those who had already come down did not have to rush to eat, drink, rest, and then rush back to take over.
In short, the entire Zhengyang Brigade felt an unprecedented sense of relaxation, and fewer people came to Lin Tantan to seek help from sleeping.
In the second half of the night, the relaxed Lin Tantan felt as if her eyelids were weighed down by a thousand-pound iron block and she kept getting sleepy. In fact, she hadn't slept for five nights in a row. She didn't dare to sleep and couldn't sleep. Being busy helped to distract her. Now that she was not busy, she couldn't fight the sleepiness at all.
Her head nodded again and again until it finally drooped completely. Mingze passed by and saw her sleeping on the table. He was surprised and worried. He planned to stay by her side and was already thinking about how he would wake her up if she also fell into a nightmare.
He can now be said to be experienced in this regard.
But not long after he sat down, someone else came.
Mingze immediately stood up: "Captain Ye!"
Ye Xiao waved his hand, looked at Lin Tan and whispered, "How long has he been sleeping?"
"It was only three minutes since I saw the team leader fall asleep."
"I understand. Leave this to me. You can go do your thing."
Mingze naturally trusted him and walked out: "Captain Ye, if you need anything, call us."
"good."
After closing the door, Ye Xiao turned back, leaned on the table and looked at the little girl who was lying on the edge of the table with her hair covering her face. He smiled gently, carefully helped her up, leaned her against himself, and then he sat on the chair himself.
Lin Tantan's boss chair was quite spacious. When the backrest was lowered, it became a reclining chair. Ye Xiao held her in one hand and patted her gently. Lin Tantan was woken up. She looked at him, mumbled "Ye Xiao" incoherently, and fell asleep again in his arms.
Then after a while, she really began to curl up uneasily again, with sweat oozing from her forehead. She was falling into a dream. Ye Xiao comforted her, patted her, bent down and kissed her. She began to cry, sobbing softly at first, and then crying louder and louder. Ye Xiao had to wake her up loudly.
She opened her eyes and was dazed for a long time, then hugged Ye Xiao and cried. Ye Xiao said distressedly, "Can't you find me again?"
"No, I couldn't find you at first, but I found you later." Lin Tantan sobbed, "But I dreamed that you were all dirty. I called your name, but you rushed into the crowd and said you wanted to sleep. In the blink of an eye, all of you were lying on the ground, your heads turned into pigs, your limbs turned into pigs' trotters, facing the sky, snoring very loudly. I couldn't tell who was who. You all looked the same with pig heads, and you all smelled very bad. I was dizzy from the fumes, my ears hurt from the noise, and I was very anxious..."
Then she burst into tears.
Ye Xiao: "..." This horrible feeling of déjà vu. He looked at Lin Tantan with an indescribable expression: "You..." Have you been traumatized by seeing too many sweaty and smelly guys sleeping in the greenhouse?
Lin Tantan cried for a long time, unable to stop, but she finally stopped crying and gradually regained consciousness. Thinking about the dream and the story she had just told, she became very embarrassed: "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't expect to have such a dream."
Ye Xiao was also speechless: "It's okay, it's not your fault." He changed the weird topic and didn't want to think about how he not only became dirty in the little girl's dream, but also turned into a smelly and snoring pig.
He said, "Let's talk about it. From what you said, it doesn't seem like this dream is very scary."
Lin Tan Tan thought about it and said, "It seems so."
In her dream, she was anxious, extremely anxious, but she did not feel the panic, fear, despair and collapse like in her last nightmare.
She slowly nestled back into Ye Xiao's arms and slowly recalled: "I actually dreamed about the dream before, but as soon as I dreamed, I tried to tell myself that I was dreaming, and then the dream changed."
The first dream was still in the dark river. Lin Tantan had made some contact, and when he saw the darkness, he told himself that he was dreaming, so the dream changed and became the second dream.
She returned to the hospital three hundred years later and watched a movie, but she had also practiced, so when she saw the TV screen, she told herself that this was home and she was dreaming, and then she came to the third dream.
Her parents told her that everything was a game, so she told herself, "Game? Yes, it was indeed a game, she was in the game right now." She didn't believe it in her heart, so she broke away from the third dream.
Then he saw Ye Xiao, and saw that he had turned into a pig and was sleeping soundly like everyone else.
Lin Tantan thought that she must have been dazzled by the scenes of people shouting and sleeping soundly. It was completely like seeing something during the day and dreaming about it at night. It was absolutely amazing.
But nightmare-level dreams will also become ridiculous and speechless. After waking up and thinking back on them, there is no feeling of fear, only laughter and tears.
Lin Tantan thought about it for a long time and didn't know how to comment on it, but it was worth celebrating that the nightmare did not continue.
After listening to her brief account, Ye Xiao gave her a big kiss on the forehead as a reward, praising her like a child, "It's great that we talked about this. You were able to save yourself from this nightmare. You're gradually getting better, and you'll be completely well soon."
Lin Tan's face flushed, his eyes sparkling, and he whispered, "Don't tell anyone. If those people knew I dreamt they were pigs, they'd be mad."
Ye Xiao thought she was very cute and smoothed her hair: "I won't tell anyone, go to sleep, you will definitely have a good night's sleep from now on."
Lin Tan Tan thought about it and felt that it made sense. It was the same last time. She fell asleep after dreaming, but other people were not like that. Besides, she didn’t cry hysterically this time. She didn’t know if she could sleep well. She closed her eyes with some nervousness and expectation.
Then she dreamed again, it was no longer a nightmare, but a continuation of the previous dream - she dreamed that Ye Xiao had become a strange creature with a pig's head, pig's trotters and a human body. Of course, when she looked around, the ground was full of such creatures, and she couldn't find Ye Xiao at all.
She began to get anxious again and tears were about to burst out, but she quickly calmed down. The tip of her nose vaguely smelled the unique warm scent on Ye Xiao's body, which made her feel at ease. She relaxed and hummed, thinking that Ye Xiao was among these guys anyway, he couldn't run away. He said he would never leave her, even if she couldn't find him for a while, he would come to her.
Then why is she in such a hurry?
Thinking of this, she simply lay down and slept with him.
I slept until dawn.
Lin Tantan opened her eyes and saw a bright room with white walls. This was her clinic. She was lying in Ye Xiao's arms, and the two of them were lying together in her leather boss chair.
She raised her head and saw Ye Xiao with his eyes closed. He looked peaceful, with his hands clasped around himself, but his posture still revealed the discipline and restraint that was deeply ingrained in his bones.
She reached out and touched the short, green stubble on Ye Xiao's chin. It was hard, prickly, and a bit prickly.
She laughed happily and leaned forward to give him a kiss. Ye Xiao was woken up by her. He looked into her eyes that twinkled with the words "I'm very happy" and smiled as well: "Good morning."
Lin Tan Tan also said: "Good morning."
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