Chapter 124: A Narrow Encounter
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Wood: "No anomalies on the outside, keep watching." ā
Yushiro: "Don't be afraid, my sister is here, and if that little Robert is not well-behaved, I will deal with it." ā
Using Wolff's latest technology, the tactical communication system can ignore large-scale electromagnetic interference that covers the full range of activities, allowing us to talk freely in the communication loop.
This alone leaves the two protagonists of the Martian battlefield far behind.
Being away from the battlefield for a long time gave me a sense of tension that I hadn't felt for a long time.
The formation of the three people was very simple, I walked in the front with the strongest perception, and about 500 meters away from the two people behind, and Wood, who was extremely wolff-like, walked on the outermost periphery. And Yukiyo, who has the strongest firepower, but is too large to hide, leans on the innermost side.
"Try to choose the edge to walk against the wall, and I hope the mechanics will not be bored enough to stand on the fence and patrol."
I maxed out my senses, and although I wasn't slow, I wasn't afraid of hitting anyone or being spotted.
The helmet that Yushiro gave me was really powerful. Expanding my perception without deliberately concentrating, I can put all my thoughts on the choice of route and the care of the whole picture.
As soon as I walked past a place with four forks in the road, I felt something approaching from 3 o'clock behind me to the right.
"Two patrolmen, your one o'clock direction, be careful to avoid."
I paused, waited for them to catch up, and continued to monitor the situation around me.
A soft "thump" sound was heard. In my surveillance network, Wood and Xuedai overlapped with two patrolmen. The signal representing the patrol on the Internet flashed and collapsed.
The regional early warning system, which is in the state of online monitoring, immediately sent an inquiry order, asking the patrol execution department to give an explanation for the disappearance of the tactical unit's signal within 5 seconds.
Without waiting for the tactical department to react, the two missing signals lit up again. Feedback warning system, due to the road breakdown caused the patrol unit to fall and temporarily lose contact.
The response was then assessed by the early warning system and concluded that the response was effective and the alert level was restored to normal.
A series of responses and acknowledgments are performed in seconds on the network system. If it were a human army, the whole process would take at least half an hour to complete. Even some units with weak surveillance capabilities will not notice that the patrol has been attacked. It will take more than two hours for the problem to be detected until the half-hour shift is relieved, and the final confirmation of the problem may take more than two hours.
I've been monitoring the area on the internet and monitoring everything important intelligence exchanges. With the blessing of the chip, there is no need to hack into a well-secured tactical communication platform, as long as you find the switch of the key node and listen to some limited-level high-level data packets, you can fully control the intelligence information exchange in a certain area.
Despite their ability to monitor their left arm, Wood and Xuedai still made me break out in a cold sweat for them.
Attack the patrols, quickly block them from sending distress signals, cut off the mech's body signal, reload the simulation system after eliminating the mech, activate the body signal, and restore the cause of the anomaly to the tactical department.
One of the six tactical moves, if there is a problem, will cause the area to go into high alert mode, and it will be difficult for us to sneak out again. I also admire the bold tactical actions of the two comrades-in-arms in my heart, and I would never take this risk just because I had to solve it for a little time.
Wood: "It's OK, let's move on." ā
Yukiyo didn't have an exoskeleton for light infantry, and my spine, legs, and right hand were all high-performance prosthetics, so I was actually the same as wearing an exoskeleton.
While on the move, you can use the Jetpack Synchronous Enhancement Action Mode at any time, and this kind of freewheeling, controlled by the helmet to convert brain waves, is also a hundred times stronger than the one used before. As I acted, I was amazed at Mrs. Wall's level of technology, hoping that it would not really lead to war with them. Judging from the information we know so far, Mrs. Wall has no problem suppressing the Centauri devils in their own planet. In terms of the level of technology of the devils, it is still too far behind them.
With high walls, ravines four or five meters wide, and high platforms ranging from two to five or six meters, I was like a low-gravity parkour runner in an entertainment show, jumping up and down, sliding left and right. It's hard for your brain to keep up with your agile body.
Along the way, I tried to avoid the mechs' patrol routes, but I couldn't dodge them, so I waited for the time being. I'm no better than the other two, and I'm not interested in taking unnecessary risks.
There were no dangers along the way, and it also gave me a glimpse of Mrs. Wall's special plan for the defense system. Their defensive doctrine does not mean keeping the enemy out of the walls, but putting the attacking enemy between the defensive walls and the outermost perimeter. All the interdiction was carried out in this narrow ring about 50 meters wide. Even the defensive weapons on the fence were fired towards the ring.
Operating in this ring, I always felt that the defenses on the fence were watching us, ready to rain bullets at any moment.
Just then, I noticed that there was a makeshift camp for mechs on the way to the cracked exit. Judging by the density of the mechs in the camp, as well as the scattered automatic defense rapid-fire artillery crews around the camp, it is not so easy to pass here.
Waiting for the two of us to catch up, we got back together.
"Can't you do anything about this camp?"
Wood asked defiantly, as if he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
I know the reason for his attitude, he has always regarded himself as an invincible hacker, and he has always been a VIP presence in the tactical team. He's used to people coming to him when they can't figure something out. This gives him great satisfaction.
Now I'm stealing his place, and he's always trying to find a sense of superiority over me in designing cyber intrusions, etc.
I don't have network expertise, and I don't have too many extravagant expectations for the position of electronic warfare VIP, and in my heart for his competition, in addition to confusion, I feel trouble. Every time he had a seizure, I responded by showing weakness.
"No way, it's not because the enemy's self-discipline system is too advanced, on the contrary, because they use extremely old self-closing self-discipline defense guns, which only respond to vibrations and shoot any objects that appear within the firing range, and they don't even have a friend or foe identification device, so I can't do anything about them."
"Self-contained, no friend or foe identification device?"
Wood's tone became hesitant, and he lowered his head and studied it carefully for a long time before he said, "I can't help this." ā
"Humph! Usually there are five or six people, and they can handle all the systems, what kind of firewall is not a problem, how to run into things, one by one, shrinking their heads like turtles, this doesn't work and that doesn't work? ā
Yushiyo even said a word, and Wood and I were both brought in. Once again, I realized the power of the eldest sister's poisonous tongue that does not lose her tyrannical character.
Wood's appearance was more sad, and I guess the words of the eldest sister were in his ears as if someone was hitting him on the head with a hammer.
After holding it for a while, he raised his head with difficulty, and the mechanical body would not have difficulty raising his head, and I think the action he showed was entirely the result of emotions.
"I ...... There really is no way. ā
Yukiyo pursed his lips, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with our abilities.
"How about going around?"
"It's a hassle, and along the way, you'll encounter an area with a large number of autonomous mechanical units. In the area under military control, our false identity is not easy to use. ā
"Speaking of which, it's not like you're going to fight out."
The eldest sister's understatement made me and Wood shrink our shoulders at the same time.
It may seem like a casual decision, but it means a difficult battle to the death. Did she really think about it?
"That's right, Mrs. Wall is different from the others, their reaction speed and reinforcement efficiency are far greater than our former enemies, and they should not be ...... in the long run."
"What nonsense, what nonsense, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, since they are all here, what are you still worried about, and besides, aren't we reborn now! That's it, let's fight out. ā
The eldest sister waved her hand to decide the follow-up tactics.
She also has a point, our combat power is very different now than when we came. Not only does I have my sentience, but I also have the opportunity to control any mech I encounter on the battlefield. With Wood's robotic body, Xuedai's modified reloaded exoskeleton, and specialized EMP weapons and energy weapons, we're not fully prepared. In the case of mental arithmetic and unintentional, and attacking from the inside out, it cannot be said that there is no chance of winning.
I looked up at the makeshift camp, the mechs on standby in order, stacked like boxes, the automatic defensive guns that patrolled around the camp, and the condescending large-caliber positional guns that stood tall above the walls. Either weapon has the ability to destroy the three of us in an instant.
Do you really want to rush up?
I always feel that my legs and stomach are turning tendons, and my body is involuntarily retreating.
At this time, I saw Wood who had fallen back like a black wall, and I hurriedly flashed him sideways. The big man is different from the mighty surface, the kind of shoulders that bend up, cower and take two steps back, which makes people look really heartwarming.
"What a waste of your mechanical body. Didn't you say that you want to protect me from harm, what kind of protection is hiding behind me! ā
The eldest sister drove the heavy infantry out of cover with a meteor in stride. Before the two of us could hold her, she was in the clearing. The mechists in the camp turned their heads in unison, and the inorganic light of various types of detectors instantly shrouded the heavy infantry.
In the network, emergency communication flows, and inquiries for the identification of friend and foe for Yukiyo are constantly being issued.
Yukiyo unhurriedly took out a special heavy energy cannon.
The exchange of information on the Internet has increased dramatically, the alert level has been raised to orange, and the mechs closest to Yushiro are trying to warn her.
"Lay down your arms and identify yourself, or ......"
The mech's interrogation is abruptly interrupted.
The field of vision is instantly bleached by bright pulses of light.
Without hesitation or twisting, the eldest sister directly stated our position with a large-caliber pulse cannon.