Chapter 145 Successfully Shot Down a Reconnaissance Plane
What other hidden details were there? She couldn't remember at all.
I stumbled upon this novel while struggling in the apocalypse, merely looking for a brief respite, and read it very hastily.
At that time, I was filled with anxiety about survival, so I only glanced at the love-hate entanglements and general direction of the main characters. I didn't pay any attention to the side plots, the fates of the supporting characters, or the many key details.
Now that I'm immersed in the world of this book, I'm surprised to realize that those overlooked details may hold the key to influencing my future.
But when I tried to go back and ponder the details in the book, I could no longer remember any of the plot.
If I had known I would end up in this book, I should have read it carefully and thoroughly back then.
It seems I need to stay away from Bai Linlin and Lu Yanchen's protagonist aura, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble.
A cold glint flashed in Xu Zhili's eyes as she looked up at the sky, where several reconnaissance planes were flying.
High in the sky, the pilot of an enemy plane noticed the chaos on the ground, as well as the unusually active figure who kept trying to go against the flow and occasionally helped others; his yellow shirt stood out against the smoke and dust.
"Look over there, there's a woman there. She seems to be heading west. What's that over there?" the reconnaissance pilot's voice came through the radio.
The reconnaissance pilot on the other side glanced over and said indifferently, "Who cares what she's looking for? We've been ordered to support the border and weaken any potential resistance forces."
However, he subconsciously adjusted his angle and swooped down towards that area, launching a new round of strafing and bombing. It wasn't specifically targeted, but it did cover the area where Xu Zhili was.
"She was just unlucky to run into us."
Xu Zhili felt a chill run down her spine. The intense sense of crisis made her almost instinctively lunge forward, instantly condensing her mental energy into an invisible barrier behind her.
"Da da da da—!"
Machine gun bullets swept across the land a little behind where she had just been, kicking up a cloud of mud and smoke.
An invisible mental barrier mitigated some of the shockwave and flying debris, but she still suffered back pain and tinnitus from the impact of the blast wave and falling rocks.
"boom!"
Another bomb exploded a little further away.
She dared not linger, scrambling to her feet and using the field ridges, trees, and rising smoke as cover. With speed and agility far exceeding that of ordinary people, she was fortunate to have improved her physique through the spiritual spring water in the space and cultivation. Otherwise, with her current body, she would have already given up. She resolutely charged towards the cowshed.
Her yellow shirt appeared and disappeared in the smoke and dust.
Yorka ascended the plane, looking at the rapidly moving figure that constantly used obstacles to dodge: "Tsk, it's really fast."
But he didn't persist and was soon drawn to bombing missions in other areas.
Xu Zhili finally reached the vicinity of the cowshed. It was relatively remote, but it had been hit by a bomb, and half of the roof had collapsed, billowing black smoke.
"Mom, Grandma, Grandpa!" Xu Zhili shouted anxiously, her heart almost leaping out of her chest.
A deep sense of powerlessness and anger welled up in Xu Zhili's heart.
The roar of enemy planes was like the mockery of death, ravaging the sky above the village.
Individual strength appears so insignificant in the face of the war machine.
Just then, the voice of the spatial spirit Ya Ya rang out in my mind with a hint of urgency: "Master! Master!"
“Ya Ya just came back from Grandma and the others. They all made it safely into the air-raid shelter, but... but Auntie, it seems like they've run into a big problem over there. In her desperation, she seems to have forcibly separated a portion of the core energy wave from her ‘Emergency Combat Subsystem’ and transmitted it through bloodline connection, asking you to temporarily take over this part of the emergency authority.”
She said that when the country is in danger, every citizen has a responsibility and cannot stand by and watch their fellow villagers be bombed.
Xu Zhili's heart skipped a beat: "My mother..."
Before she could ask any further questions, a cold, mechanical voice, different from Ya Ya's, rang out in her mind: "Emergency combat subsystem permissions have been temporarily activated. Current environment detected: air raid."
“A strong protective will of the temporary host has been identified, and high-energy reactive crops have been detected in the attached space, which can be converted into emergency driving energy.”
"Stop talking nonsense! What can deal with those iron birds in the sky?" Xu Zhili spoke very quickly, her mind highly tense.
"Exchangeable option: [37mm twin-mounted anti-aircraft gun]. Due to spacetime restrictions, this exchange is an energy manifestation entity with a short lifespan and only a small amount of ammunition. It will dissipate after use. It requires a large amount of high-energy crops in the space, such as corn, tomatoes, and peppers, to exchange for."
Without the slightest hesitation, Xu Zhili glanced at the crops in the space that had been bathed in the spiritual spring and were growing exceptionally plump. Her mind raced: "Exchange, exchange immediately. Corn, tomatoes, peppers, and so on are all fair game."
"Energy extraction in progress... Crop energy conversion... Exchange successful. Weapon deployed to the reverse slope of the small hill 300 meters to your left front."
Xu Zhili immediately ran in the designated direction.
Sure enough, behind a secluded earthen slope, a twin-barreled anti-aircraft gun, gleaming with a cold metallic luster and with a design slightly different from the old-fashioned anti-aircraft guns she was familiar with (more concise and streamlined), stood quietly there, with several boxes of ammunition beside it.
A set of concise operating instructions and aiming techniques instantly flooded her mind.
"Disposable goods?"
Xu Zhili instantly understood the system's meaning: it was a product ahead of its time and could not last long.
That's enough!
She gritted her teeth, a resolute glint in her eyes, "As long as we can win a few battles, we can deter them and buy more time for our fellow villagers!"
She quickly climbed to the gun emplacement, the cold metallic touch invigorating her.
Guided by the instructions in her mind, she laboriously but firmly turned the azimuth and elevation mechanisms, and the heavy cannon muzzle slowly rose, tracking the most arrogant enemy plane that was diving in the sky.
Sweat slid down her forehead, mingling with gunpowder and dust.
The roar of the enemy plane was deafening. In the field of vision, the plane was heading straight towards a panicked crowd.
"Now!"
Xu Zhili held her breath, relying on the faint sense of prediction instilled by the system and a surge of passion, and slammed down the firing pedal!
"Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!"
The twin-barreled guns roared violently, spewing out long tongues of fire that shook the ground.
The immense recoil transmitted through the cannon, jolting her whole body and causing her shoulders to ache from the impact. However, she steadied herself and kept her eyes fixed on the sky.
A string of scorching shells ripped through the sky, forming a deadly barrage that precisely targeted the diving enemy aircraft!
The pilot clearly hadn't expected such fierce and precise anti-aircraft fire to suddenly appear on the ground, and it was too late for him to pull up and evade!
"boom--!"
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