By the time I returned to the makeshift camp, the whole "camp" had changed dramatically. In the center of the desert dunes, which was originally as far as the eye could see, a steel fortress had risen out of thin air, not as large as the first temporary base, but at least a third the size of it.

One might be surprised why the temporary base was built so quickly, but it's not hard to understand.

First of all, "StarCraft" is a future technology world that has entered the stage of "big universe", such as building temporary bases and other buildings are not built brick by brick from the foundation, but directly from the starship to load the parts that have already been assembled, and transported directly by the transport ship to the place where the temporary base needs to be built, and then assembled by the SCV (commonly known as engineers, farmers, engineering vehicles, will build buildings and repair all machinery), usually assemble a temporary base (command center, barracks, supply station, bunker, engineering stations, etc.), it takes only 1-3 hours, of course, and this is when the transport ship successfully transports the equipment to the specified location.

Although the fleet was attacked by the Zerg during the landing, except for a small number of troop-carrying transports that were damaged, the transports loaded with equipment were intact.

Not long after Gu Cheng and the others returned to the temporary base, an officer dressed in a second lieutenant costume walked into Gu Cheng and Mo's lounge with four soldiers. There were 18 people in the lounge, so as soon as the officer came in, he asked, "Who is Lao Gao and Ying?" ”

Gu Cheng and Mo glanced at each other, stood up and said, "I am!" ”

The second lieutenant officer looked at the two of them, frowned, and then nodded: "Okay! Although I don't see that you actually have the strength to kill an elite wyvern, according to my brother, it was the two of you who saved him from the clutches of the elite wyvern! I'm his eldest brother, Royce Payne, currently serving as the interim commander of the expedition, and I'm so grateful to you for saving my brother! ”

Gu Cheng replied without humility or arrogance: "The chief is polite! Saving our life-and-death companions from the ugly Zerg is what every soldier should do! For the sake of the Alliance...... Uh, for the Federation! ”

"Excellent! Very conscious! The second lieutenant officer nodded with satisfaction: "From today onwards, you will be the squad leader of the seventh squad of the third detachment of the exploration team, with the rank of corporal." You, promoted to the rank of senior soldier. ”

As soon as the second lieutenant officer's voice fell, Gu Cheng and Mo received a system prompt.

[Congratulations on completing the side quest "Rescue" and gaining the approval of Royce Payne.] Promoted to corporal, 3 Heavy (500 life) or 1 Pyro (1500 life) can be recruited from the 7th squad as an escort. ”

Although Mo was also promoted in rank, perhaps because he did not take the initiative to talk to the second lieutenant, Gu Cheng grabbed the "credit", so that Gu Cheng was a corporal, but she was just a non-commissioned officer. Therefore, the authority is not enough, and it is not possible to recruit plot soldiers as escorts for the time being.

"Thank you, sir!" At the beginning, Gu Cheng "desperately" saved the corporal commander, but he also had the idea that there might be a side mission, but he didn't expect that there would really be a side mission, and there was an unexpected surprise that made him the leader of the first squad, and the military rank was promoted to corporal, not to mention, he was able to recruit plot soldiers. Gu Cheng was even wondering if if he would be able to recruit such Terran super troops as siege tanks, ghost fighters, and battleships if his rank was raised to a sufficient height!

The second lieutenant looked at Gu Cheng and continued: "The task of our detachment is to explore the movements of the Zerg, and now the tasks of each squad have been assigned, and your seventh squad is responsible for the exploration of 6 coordinate points, and the detailed coordinate points have been entered into your mechanical armor, which can be queried at any time, and it is important to complete the exploration of these 6 coordinate points within 10 days, understand?" ”

"Yes! Sir! As soon as the voice fell, the two received a system prompt again at the same time.

[Trigger the side quest "Exploration", go to the following 6 coordinate points to find the Zerg brood or pit within 10 days, during the exploration mission, the 15 plot soldiers of the seventh class (12 machine gunners, 3 flamethrowers) will go with them, the 15 plot soldiers will only listen to the orders related to the side quest, and can only guide the route through the mechanical armor system to arrange the itinerary, and cannot command these soldiers to go to areas other than the 6 coordinate points, forcibly change the route, and the plot soldiers will choose to leave the team. ”

"Good!" Second Lieutenant Payne nodded with satisfaction: "So, before going on the mission, take a good rest...... Oh! By the way, my brother Khail Payne is very grateful for your life-saving grace and has always wanted to thank him, but as an officer of the exploration detachment, he is currently unable to leave the command center, if you have time, please be sure to go to the command center, Kayl wants to personally thank his benefactor. ”

"Yes, sir." Gu Cheng's heart blossomed, but he had to resist not showing it in front of the characters in the plot, and finally endured it until Ensign Payne left, and he was so happy that he wanted to high-five Mo to celebrate.

"Hey—"

Mo glanced at Gu Cheng lightly, sighed, and still stretched out his hand to high-five him.

Gu Cheng: "Hey, hey...... What does that disgusted look you mean? ”

"So you took the risk to save the Master Chief, just in anticipation that there was a side quest?" Mo was very curious, Gu Cheng only saw the saving value of the Master Chief for a while, or did he expect that this would trigger the side quest.

She didn't know that Gu Cheng had figured out the side quest as early as Resident Evil, so after sensing that a high-level plot character like the Master Chief was in danger, she subconsciously asked Mo to cooperate with him in the rescue operation.

"Not really. It's just that based on experience, plot characters like Master Chief, who have names and surnames and have a higher rank than us, will generally trigger side quests. Gu Cheng said truthfully.

Mo nodded thoughtfully.

After a short break, the two decided to go and receive the Master Chief's "Thanks" first, and then consider the exploration mission.

When they came to the command center, Gu Cheng and Mo were about to go in directly, but they were stopped by the machine gunner guards guarding the gate of the command center: "Stop!" Soldier! Ordinary soldiers are not allowed to enter the command center. ”

Gu Cheng said truthfully: "It was Chief Kayl Payne who asked me to come to the command center to meet him. ”

"Are you the boss?" The soldier asked, then looked at Mo again, "Are you Mo?" Oh! What a strange name! ”

"Yes. Can we go in? Gu Cheng asked.

The soldier immediately nodded, "Of course, thank you for saving Chief Kayir, he is a good man, he has saved us more than once, he is our hero!" ”

Gu Cheng didn't expect Captain Calir to be a "hero" in the eyes of ordinary soldiers, and for a while he was even more looking forward to meeting this captain, and from the guard's conversation, it can be seen that Captain Calir is a very popular officer, so he is also willing to brush up the favor of the plot characters, and immediately put on a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance and said seriously: "This is what I should do, I believe that no one will watch our compatriots die tragically under the minions of ugly bugs!" I also believe that the ugly bugs will eventually be driven out of this universe! ”

The soldier stood up straight and saluted: "Yes! Victory will be ours in the end! Get in on board, I'm sure Captain Kayl will be glad to see you! ”

Gu Cheng also replied with a straight salute, and then walked into the command center with Mo.

Mo glanced at Gu Cheng and said lightly: "It's a good act." ”

Gu Cheng smiled: "It's okay, it's just the acting skills of an S card." ”