Chapter Forty-Nine: Empty Hands
Looking at the swarm of insects struggling in the sea of smoke and fire under the Black Pine Ridge, Xiang Zhiyuan lit a cigarette and looked at the time. After waiting for twenty minutes, seeing that the swarm was basically losing its mobility, he slowly poured the tank out of the bunker and rushed into the billowing smoke from the hillside.
Visibility was not as bad as expected, almost all the trees were burning, and there were bugs struggling to the ground everywhere. The cut on the ground seemed to be in a huge oven, the grass and shrubs on the ground began to carbonize, and the large insects shrunk into a ball with green smoke.
Driving the tank on a rampage between the charred tree trunks, the dozer shovel pushing piles of dead bugs to either side of the tank. Wang Zhiyuan didn't bother to care if he didn't die, the surface temperature in the fire had exceeded 200 degrees. Looking at the detailed state of the tank on the bridge screen, everything was basically normal, and it pushed a few charred trees, and the tracks were rolled with black ash and I don't know how many charred bugs were crushed along the way.
A large half-dead scorpion raised its pincers and tried to spray thorns, but it was overturned by a digging shovel, and two wide tracks crushed the giant pincers full of thorns. Crushing the big scorpion into a sludge, the tank rushed to the edge of the fire. Rushing out of the thick smoke on the edge of the fire, Wang Zhiyuan drove the tank to the Zerg base full of purple slime for the first time, feeling a little uneasy, and slowed down to a low speed and drove carefully on the thick slime.
Wang Zhiyuan looked around with the captain's observation glass, those weird Zerg buildings and burrows, and said: "Cortana~~ You take over the automatic heavy machine gun on the roof of the car, and any insects that can move, kill them all." No. 5~ You go and get some incendiary bombs to the top of the turret, and burn every bug hole you pass by. ”
A tank stained with black ash slime swept away the bugs that had come out of the holes in the surrounding ground, and clouds of fire poured into the sky from the large and small holes on both sides of the tank. After burning the holes of seven or eight insects, Wang Zhiyuan finally found the wreckage of the coveted Wang Shenxing spaceship.
Driving the tank to the edge of a pool that looked like a giant oyster, Wang Zhiyuan immediately pressed the release button on the bridge to interfere with the smoke screen. A group of small short pipes on both sides of the turret popped out a few pillars of smoke that spread out in less than ten meters, turning a radius of 50 meters into a white mist.
Time was not waiting, and the two mechanical arms tore off the pale green film wrapped around the pool, and the pale green one was released and a golden cylinder was broken with a little fluorescence. Wang Zhiyuan said excitedly: "Cortana~ This is another escape pod of the Wang Shenxing spaceship, hurry up and take a look inside, maybe you can find other Wang Shenxing AI." ”
Cortana took a closer look and said: "Master Chief~ It's not clear yet, what is inside this damaged escape pod, I will first reverse restore the plastic particles of the escape pod and absorb it for storage." ”
Cortana finished with a fluorescent tentacle extending from the bridge to the tail compartment of the tank turret, pushing open the tail hatch. Wrapped around the golden escape pod, the surface of the escape pod gradually decayed, and the tentacles suddenly pierced into the shell of the escape pod, and two fluorescent blue energy cores rolled out of it for a while.
Wang Zhiyuan opened the tank transformation interface and saw that this time it was also an escape pod, and it seemed that the pile of plastic particles obtained was only 7,100 units, which was a lot less than last time. Judging from the footage transmitted from the drone to the bridge, it seems that the tank formation of the Lancheng side has also ended the battle, and is covering the sappers to unload the gasoline barrels from the trucks and advance the holes found along the way.
Cortana cut the external surveillance footage and said, "Master Chief ~ There is a target in the air approaching at a low speed. Wang Zhiyuan saw that it was originally Lancheng, and a green drone was flying over slowly. I took a look at the Wang Shenxing escape pod in the pool, which had lost the plastic particles, was seriously decayed and was slowly turning into sand-like particles.
Wang Zhiyuan sat down in the gunner's position unhurriedly, rotated the turret and aimed at the Zerg's starfish mother nest, and a 150mm grenade fired directly and blew up one of the starfish tentacles. The wriggling speed of the starfish brood increased significantly, and the wound was filled with purple mucus. Although the starfish is a zerg building and doesn't move much, it still feels a little biologically instinctive, and the whole body begins to secrete transparent mucus again.
After the loader was loaded with a 150mm grenade, Wang Zhiyuan aimed at the center of the Zerg brood that wanted to tremble and secrete mucus to protect himself. A large hole was instantly blown open in the white white of the starfish in Tucker's muzzle, and several pieces of the black-red carapace were blown away by the explosion, and white tubes and purple slime flowed all over the starfish's ridges.
Wang Zhiyuan glanced at the green drone not far away and said, "Okay~ The ammunition in this car is exhausted, it's time to retreat." ”
Retrieve all the drones and drive towards the open field to the east of the Zerg base. As soon as she drove out of the slime range of the Zerg base, Cortana said, "Master Chief~ There is an infantry fighting vehicle approaching at high speed behind him. ”
Wang Zhiyuan poured a cup of coffee and smiled and said, "Cortana~ It's okay, I'm still worried if they don't come, so I don't have to pull my face down to ask for something." ”
After a while, the infantry chariot caught up, keeping pace with Wang Zhiyuan's tank, and Zhou Jianguo's voice came from the walkie-talkie on his shoulder: "The one in front of the red excavator stopped for inspection." Wang Zhiyuan scolded: "Your sister, I am an E100 heavy tank, Captain Zhou~ What are you doing with me if you don't clean up the battlefield over there." ”
Zhou Jianguo replied: "Comrade Wang Zhiyuan, as soon as you and I set fire to the company camp, we will burn this pile of insects to the ground. This time, you and I are the first to break the Zerg lair, so it's not appropriate not to stay for a glass of celebration wine. ”
Wang Zhiyuan looked at the air index around him and said, "There are a lot of infected fungi in the Zerg building, and I don't want to become a white-haired monster if I stay here." ”
Zhou Jianguo said with a smile: "Look at you scared, the anti-chemical force is dealing with the Zerg building, so you don't have to worry about it, go to the supply base in the north with me." ”
Wang Zhiyuan lit a cigarette and said: "Drink the celebration wine and get rid of it, I'm allergic to alcohol, and I'm not a member of the staff, the credit is all your Captain Zhou." ”
Zhou Jianguo said angrily: "Do you look down on me Zhou Jianguo, it is the right thing to survive in this situation at the moment, and what credit is not credited is to have fun with your mouth." ”
Wang Zhiyuan said helplessly: "We have been born and died together a few times, how can we look down on you, I can run out of ammunition this time, when will the double supply you said be cashed?" ”
Zhou Jianguo said: "I know that you kid can't forget this stubble, now go to the supply base, I will let you take as much as you can." ”
Wang Zhiyuan thought about it and felt that it was inappropriate, now that the military is too strong over there, their leaders really won't let me go, so I really can't help it. Holding the walkie-talkie, he said: "Captain Zhou, I understand your kindness, I have to go to a nearby town now to see if my friend is still alive, and we will see you in Lancheng in three days." ”
Zhou Jianguo heard that there was no drama, and replied: "Okay~~ We also have to clean up the remaining Zerg here, and I will wait for you in Lancheng in three days." ”