Today is January 16, 2499 A.D., January 15, the first year of the new calendar of the Hope Mankind.

At the ground base on the planet JNO.3, after the desperate counterattack of the marines and the successful repulsion of the first ferocious and intense attack of the alien bugs, they finally gained valuable development time that lasted for a week.

Although, in the battle a few days ago, the casualties on the human side were relatively large, and the impact on the Hope was not small, but all of this proved to be worth it!

The human beings of the earth, with their own sacrifices and struggles, have carved out a glimmer of possibility for their hope to develop and grow in the future!

Now, in the past few days, the human base on the surface of the planet has gained nearly a week of precious development time, and they have not only collected a large number of high-energy crystals and high-energy gas, which are rare and precious minerals in the universe, but also made the ground base have made leaps and bounds.

Whether it is on the perimeter of the base, the high-voltage and electromagnetic protection walls built of rock and steel, or the large number of large-caliber machine gun bunkers, the newly built second and third barracks, the heavy factories for the production of heavy equipment, engineering stations, more supply stations, repair stations, supply stations, refineries, etc......

Moreover, so far, the engineers who operate the SCV engineering vehicles, except for those miners who have been collecting resources 24 hours a day, are still under the orders of Commander Doug, according to the development arrangements and plans of the previous base, and constantly build more and more other buildings on the open space of the base!

Their ultimate goal: to build the entire island into a large-scale production and military fortress base for the Earth humans on this planet on the Hope!

After several days of hard work by the SCV engineers in three shifts, the current ground base has been initially formed, and it has enough self-protection defense facilities and strong equipment production capacity.

If, a few days ago, there were large-scale small bugs like the one they had just landed on the planet, they would definitely not even be able to touch the high-voltage and electromagnetic walls of the base, and they would die under the guns of the large-caliber fortress machine guns around the base, those countless bunkers built by virtue of the terrain!

Moreover, now, the first batch of heavy equipment from their ground base: siege tanks, is about to roll off the production line.

Even if there is another huge alien monster, on their human side, even if they don't use the hands of ghost agents, they will have enough heavy firepower to destroy each other!

Because, after studying the huge scale armor that fell off the giant bug, the researchers of the Hope found that the 120mm arc siege shock cannon of their Earth Human Siege Tank can cause effective damage to it!

The terrifying large-caliber shells switched out of the siege mode can definitely easily tear the weak parts of the armor on the giant bugs, and they believe that as long as the number of tanks is large enough, under the overwhelming high-power shells, there will be no problem in destroying that kind of monster!

"Hey! Little Annie, I heard, you seem to have that kind of salt and pepper lynx leg? Sounds like good food? Is it good or not? Why don't you give me a little bit secretly? ”

Anne had just walked out of the gate of the base barracks when a loud voice soon came from behind her.

This is Captain Galen of the Cobra Squad, who is casually putting his weapon on the shoulder of his armored suit with one hand, carrying his C-15 electromagnetic rifle, and walking out of the heavy metal automatic gate of the barracks, and following behind Little Annie, a ghost agent wearing red and white tight armor, who is walking in front.

"Hey! Little Annie? You go slower, wait for me first......"

Seeing that little Anne was walking faster, Galen quickly quickened his pace.

Since a few days ago, their Cobra team shamelessly begged Little Anne to give them a feast of velociraptor eggs, this group of Galen's team, including Galen, has been pestering Annie every day, trying to squeeze more other otherworldly delicacies from the other party's magical space pocket.

Never underestimate human beings' pursuit of delicious food, as long as they still need to eat, whether it is in ancient times or in the current interstellar age, this pursuit of delicious food will never be easily changed!

"No, you play Kai! Get away from me! ”

Little Anne quickened her pace and walked impatiently to the front.

Now, she was going to check out the whole squad of heavy siege tanks that had just been produced in the heavy factory at the base.

She wanted to see if the newly produced tanks were exactly the same as the ones in the holographic simulation platform. When the cannon is fired, will it rumble and feel particularly sensational?

As for the big Galen guy behind her, little Anne doesn't want to bother with him now!

Because, before today, in the past few days, they had eaten velociraptor eggs, the lion meat of Azeroth, and the special magic berry wine of the High Elves of Quel'Thalas, as well as the large octopus tentacles......

Oh? You have to ask where did the octopus tentacles that little Anne hid in her space pocket come from? Then I'm going to ask the octopus-faced monster uncle named David Jones.

Little Anne had so much loot and food in her pocket that she had forgotten where she had gotten them from.

Although, she still has a lot of good things of her own, but little Anne has always only liked to share other people's things, and is not used to others sharing her own!

So, now that big Galen guy in the back, he even dares to come to him to beg for food?

Is this addictive to eating? Or did she treat the food she had hidden herself as a free canteen at the base supply station?

Because of this, after a profound lesson, little Anne has already decided in her heart: in the future, no one will want to ask for anything to eat from her!

“……”

Galen looked at the little girl in front of him who was speeding up his walk with amusement, and hurried to follow, and looked at the huge changes that had taken place in the surrounding base with emotion.

Now, nearly a week has passed since the last large-scale bug and the giant monster attack, and in this rare period of peace, their human base on the Hope has made unimaginable progress.

Now, Galen knows that at the ground base of Planet JNO.3, not only have high-voltage terrestrial electromagnetic parapets been built on the periphery of the entire island's highlands, but a large number of bunkers have also been built in various key locations.

During this time, there were very few tasks assigned to stand guard by their marines.

These boring tasks are now carried out by the advanced observation equipment in the machine gun bunker and the machine gunners who are on duty in the bunker.

These bunkers are built in large numbers to facilitate the defense of key points on the periphery of the base, and also allow recruits who have only fought in simulation training and have little actual combat experience to enter the bunkers to calmly protect themselves and attack those bugs that may attack on a large scale again.

In addition, the base is now building a large number of supply depots, several gas refineries responsible for collecting and packaging high-energy gas, two large barracks and a heavy factory specializing in the production of heavy weapons.

And in order to deal with the attack of insects that may come at any time, the huge engineering station has now worked overtime to produce the first batch of ten heavy siege tanks.

And now, Galen is following little Anne to the heavy factory to see the excitement.

It is said that over there, there are ten groups of tank crews who have just landed, selected and recruited from the holographic simulation game platform that the Hope modified and built with a dormant chamber?

Although, Galen himself has also played the holographic game platform built by Hope's Dawning Intelligence Brain using the simulation warehouse function during this time.

However, he knew that he was still a little skeptical: were the newcomers who had only trained and fought in the game really reliable when they started fighting?

After thinking about the unreliable newcomers who had been sent down in large numbers, Galen began to think about the siege tanks that were about to be listed.

That kind of heavy arc siege tank, Galen has also used it in the simulation warehouse, but unfortunately, he also knows that he doesn't seem to have any talent?

This heavy siege tank is named for its devastating firepower, powerful battlefield positioning, and a variety of advanced tactical coordination.

The plasma cannon on it can also freely switch between two different modes:

When moving, the weapon system of this powerful tank is the 80mm caliber PPG-7 double-barreled plasma gun, which can provide the necessary heavy firepower reinforcement to ground light weapons units such as the Marine Corps while moving, which is its assault mode.

And when it stops and switches to siege mode, this extremely powerful tank, after the shock absorbers have firmly anchored themselves to the ground, can use its very powerful and terrifying 120mm arc shock cannon!

At this time, whether it is the range of its guns, or its attack power, it can have an extremely terrifying increase effect!

"Little Annie, what are you doing so fast? Those tanks, they don't have your share! ”

Thinking of this, Galen sighed again......

If, before, when that huge alien monster rushed up from the sea, they had these ten cars on the human side of the Hope...... Even if they had half the number of tanks, they wouldn't have lost so much on the day they landed, right?

Once these tanks, after they switch to siege mode, that huge monster, no matter how thick and powerful the armor on its body, may not be able to withstand a few rounds of shelling from them, right?

You know, these tanks are designed to attack heavily armored fortresses or heavily armored mechanical units.

"Hmph, that's not necessarily!"

After snorting, Anne said without looking back.

Now, little Anne is going to take a look at the freshly shipped tanks, before they are allocated.

Although, she has already played in the holographic simulation, but the real tank, she has never seen it, of course she has to rush before the tankers sent by the Hope to arrange their own tanks, to see if she can mix her own one?

"Lady Anne, are you doing well? I dare to swear in the name of UPL, the United Government of Earth, that this is the absolute last time! As long as you give me another salt and pepper lynx leg, I will never come back to pester you in the future! ”

As soon as he thought of the delicacy, Galen swallowed unconsciously.

In his opinion, although he pestered a little girl to beg for food, the plane was a little unsightly?

But...... Cheeky or something, where is the importance of delicious food?

Besides, now that they're at war on this dangerous planet, maybe he, Galen, will be bitten to death by bugs, or trampled to pulp by that giant monster bug?

So, while he's still alive, why don't you hurry up and find a chance to satisfy your appetite?

"You still want to lie to me, but I know: you people, all of you dream of scolding the United Earth Government UPL!"

Hearing that the other party actually used such an outrageous oath, little Anne didn't want to pay attention to him even more.

He thought, wouldn't he know?

They, all of them on the Hope, were banished and exiled here by the man who called it the Earth Coalition Government!

It is said that the UPL, the United Earth Government that slammed the door, didn't even equip the Hope with enough self-defense weapons, maybe they still thought that they would die sooner, right?

Otherwise, the current Hope, the current ground base, would not be able to work this dangerous planet, while collecting energy, while frantically producing all kinds of weapons and equipment.

If they hope and the UPL coalition government have a chance to meet again, maybe they will fight directly, right?

So, this oath of his Galen, to the ears of little Anne, has no sincerity at all!

"You even know that?"

It seems that after this little girl has more contact with them, she knows more things, so it's not easy to fool around......

"That'...... So be it: I swear by my good buddies, and I swear by the name of Darius! As long as you give me a bobcat leg now, if I pester what you want to eat again, I will let him drink water and choke to death!" ”

After being exposed, Galen did not hesitate to swear his poisonous oath in someone else's name.

Recently, in order to compete for the title of the First Marine Corps, Darius came to fight him again, and for this matter, Galen did not suffer less from the opponent's fists, so he did not have any psychological burden at all when he used the name of the other party.

"Bastard Galen! I've heard what you just said, you wait for me, and in the evening, let's go and fight ......"

Soon, in the communication channel, there was the angry and angry rebuke of Darius.

If it weren't for the fact that he Darius was on duty right now, he swore he would have gone and caught that mouthless Galen in the ring and had a good few rounds!

"Wait...... I remember, just now, I said it to little Anne in a private chat channel, right? So, how did you hear the two of us talking? ”

Galen was a little cowardly, in terms of hand-to-hand combat, he seemed to be not quite Darius's opponent?

Moreover, he didn't understand that just now, he and Little Anne were indeed talking in a separate channel, so he dared to joke nonsense with a cannon in his mouth.

And Darius, how did he hear the conversation between the two of them?

Don't...... He's been eavesdropping? Voyeurism?

"Because...... I just shared the channel with him! ”

This kind of thing, of course, is the handiwork of little Annie.

In order to get rid of this pestering Galen big guy, after she heard his second sentence, she immediately shared the content of the conversation between the two of them to Darius's standby channel.

So, of course, the other party can hear that Galen is messing around in the name of his Darius!

"Little Annie! You are not righteous! ”

Galen was furious, it turned out that this little slippery head did a good thing?

It's a bad dish!

Later, when the night rests, Darius will definitely come to invite him to a boxing match again, right?

"Watch your words, Second Lieutenant Galen!"

Little Anne suddenly straightened her face and said seriously.

Previously, after the battle on the day of the landing, all the exhibitors were promoted based on their combat performance and merit, and of course, this included Annie, a ghost agent.

"Now, I'm a full-fledged ghost agent on the USS Hope, with the rank of Major! And you, just a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps? So, I'm your commander, and you have to listen to me! ”

As soon as she thought of this, little Anne was proud!

"I now order you: stay away from me immediately, and don't pester me for anything again!"

After defeating the giant bug, in view of her strength and special contribution to the Hope, she was unusually promoted by the captain, not only officially entered the establishment of the Hope, and received the same treatment as all official citizens of the Hope, but also received the rank of major, several levels higher than the Galen boss in front of her.

So, now, she can use her rank to order him.

"Aha, I won't listen to you! Now's not the time to fight! ”

Without thinking about it, Galen directly vetoed the other party's words.

"Besides, you're a major for a ghost agent, not a major officer in our Marine Corps! You and we don't have a direct subordinate relationship. So, you better go and command and order those ghost troops of yours to go! Hahaha......"

Thinking of this, Galen couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He knew that there was no ability to train ghost agents in the entire Hope right now, and there was no one with the potential to be ghost.

Of the more than 100,000 exiled earth humans, none of them have the possibility of becoming ghosts at all!

So, if Little Anne wants to get her own ghost troops, Galen estimates that at least, it will take more than ten years? Wait until the next generation of the Hope grows up, maybe there will be this opportunity?

And that's just a possibility!

I'm afraid that those council members and Captain Leona on the Hope, it is precisely because of this that they will directly award her the rank of major indifferently, right?

In Galen's mind, even if little Anne was directly given the rank of general, what could she do?

It's nothing more than an officer in a singles unit, she has no power or soldiers, where can she go to command her troops?

Now in the entire Hope, she is a ghost agent, and no one else, even if she wears ghost equipment, is estimated to be no better than a marine, right?

"Humph! You wait for me, and when I'm free, I'll definitely train my own ghost troops! When the time comes, I want you to look good! ”

Little Anne has already thought that when she is free, she will also train a few ghosts to come out, and when the time comes, let them take turns to beat this big Galen!

"Okay, well, I'll wait, I'll wait to see the day when your ghost troops come out! If by then, I haven't died of old age, or ......"

Or if you die in battle......

Anyway, Galen wouldn't believe that little Anne could train any ghost troops of Rauschzi! At most, it was just a little girl's complaint, so he didn't care.

Now, there is not a single person with high-level ghost energy potential on the entire Hope, which is obvious to all and has been tested by the Earth Federation UPL, where will she go to train the troops?

If she had only been trained as an ordinary earthling, Captain Leona would never have helped her produce those expensive ghost suits.

"Humph! We'll see! ”

Little Anne huffed and walked towards the square in front of the engineering station.

Although she really doesn't know how to train a qualified ghost, she can do magic!

Perhaps, she could train a few people to master some simple magic?

Even if she couldn't train, or if she didn't have time, she could have armed them with magical equipment just like she had when she was in the Caribbean?

Even if the magic power of this world is thin and can't be wasted, she can replace it with their specialty: those high-energy crystals with high-level energy!

This kind of magic array that converts energy, in Little Annie's opinion, is simply not too easy!

High-energy crystal + energy conversion magic array, in order to achieve the manifestation of magic, and then, and then arm some powerful soldiers with special abilities in batches, and finally, let them act as their own ghost troops?

Seem...... Is this feasible?

Then, when she has free time, she needs to get some high-energy crystals first and study them well.

As she walked, little Anne began to ponder slowly.

In this way, Galen and Anne, while hurrying on the road, chatted with each other, and finally came to the front of the heavy factory, on the large square that had been simply leveled by SCV engineering vehicles.