Chapter 744: Midtown Outpost

Lin Zaishan gave a lecture all morning, and without a break at noon, he held a working meeting of the city hall to discuss the establishment of an outpost.

Due to the siege of the insect swarm, all kinds of material resources have been cut off for a long time, and everyone does not want to go out to collect resources as soon as possible, so they naturally support the proposal to build an outpost.

In this way, it was decided on the spot that an outpost should be built in the southeast, northwest, and northwest of Midtown over a period of 10 days. These outposts serve a variety of functions, such as the defense of the Midtown perimeter, resource gathering points, and springboards for continued outward expansion.

The specific location and method of establishment were not preliminarily determined until Lin Zaishan conducted an afternoon of on-the-spot investigation. Lin Zaishan thought that there was a large pre-apocalyptic city in the north of Zhongcheng, Zhengcheng, and that the steel and other resources left in the ruins of the city were very rich, and this location was also the only way for Zhongcheng's forces to advance northward, so he decided to build the first outpost in the north of Zhongcheng near the ruins of Zhengcheng.

The authorities in Midtown were resolute, and an emergency meeting was held that night to select and recruit the commanders, garrisons, and builders of the outpost. After careful consideration, after soliciting opinions from all parties, Lin Zaishan appointed Luo Wei as the commander of the northern outpost, and equipped him with Wang Ziqiang as his deputy, under the jurisdiction of 1 100-person concentric team, 1 100-person armed brigade, and 1 100-person construction team. The Concentric Team is responsible for maintaining the protective net and dealing with the raids of super forces such as the Star Soul Shepherd, the Fire Stealer, and the Witch Landa; The armed brigade is responsible for the usual law and order and the cleaning and eradication of nearby insect swarms; The construction team is responsible for the construction of facilities inside and outside the outpost, roads, etc.

Since the first outpost was extraordinary, and the infrastructure had to rely on Lin Zaishan's level 8 ability, he decided to take matters into his own.

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In the early morning of the next day, more than 300 people rushed to Zhengcheng in various mecha and vehicles under the leadership of Luo Weiming. Along the way, they encountered tens of thousands of insect attacks, all of which were easily eliminated by Luo Weiming and others.

At around 13 o'clock in the afternoon, Luo Weiming and others arrived at the designated place and couldn't help but be shocked by what they saw.

Above the ruins of Zhengcheng, a new type of fortress with a diameter of about 300 meters appeared out of thin air, covered by a code protective net that shimmered with colorful light. The fortress is surrounded by thick stone walls, with towering multipurpose watchtowers at all corners of the wall, and in the middle of the fortress is a large tower with a height of 100 meters. Between the towers and the walls is an open space where they can be garrisoned and stored.

Lin Zaishan was strolling in front of the fortress gate with his hands behind his back, surrounded by thousands of insects that had been transformed by his star soul. These bugs have become a vegetarian and human-friendly protective force.

"Captain!" Luo Weiming ran to him in surprise and saluted Lin Zaishan.

"I arrived here early in the morning and spent the morning building this battle fortress. While externally, it resembles a medieval castle, but in reality it is a living building driven by numerous Star Soul originals and powerful code. It is conservatively estimated that this castle can independently withstand more than 10 hours of saturation attack by a pair of Star Soul Shepherds without being garrisoned, and 10 hours is enough for Midtown to rush to the rescue. With 300 of you stationed at the station, it will be difficult for 1 pair of Star Soul Shepherds to pose an effective threat to it. ”

"Captain, you're amazing!"

"You take everyone into the castle now and assign accommodation and posts. I've set up a clone system for this castle, and you can use it to control the castle and the surrounding area. The safety of the castle itself is not a problem, the key is when you go out to collect resources. It's important to find ways to ensure that the resource collection process is secure. Due to various factors, the main thing you can do at the moment is to have a team of 100 people work together to provide mobile protection for the gathering team. ”

"Understood."

Lin Zaishan held a simple in-house ceremony for everyone stationed at the outpost, and delivered an inspiring speech, and told Luo Weiming and Wang Ziqiang some precautions.

Lin Zaishan reminded: "You are all the old brothers of the Dreadnought team, you are the main force and core of this outpost operation, and your performance is highly anticipated. So, try not to disappoint me and everyone. ”

"Captain, rest assured, we are willing to swear to complete the mission!"

"Very good, I am still very relieved that you two are doing things. The Outpost is sure to replace Midtown as the first line of resistance against insects. You will undoubtedly face a high-density battle against insects, so be careful. This is both a challenge and an opportunity for you and for those stationed there. One of the biggest benefits is that you can quickly accumulate Star Soul experience and prepare the conditions for promotion to a high-level Star Soul. I promise you that I will prioritize the advancement of both of you. ”

"Thank you, Captain!" Luo Weiming and Wang Ziqiang are full of hope for the promotion of high-level star souls.

Wang Ziqiang said: "Captain, Lele and Huanhuan also came to the outpost with me this time. I may not be here to move to the next level, but maybe they're pretty much there. Would you like to show it? ”

"No problem, I haven't caught up with these two heroes for a long time."

Wang Ziqiang immediately summoned his two dogs. Lele and Huanhuan are now as strong as oxen, majestic, and their combat power is no less than that of a human fifth-level star soul powerhouse. When they saw Lin Zaishan, they immediately pounced happily, scratching and licking.

Lin Zaishan stroked the necks of the two dogs and smiled: "These two are on the verge of breaking through, and I will upgrade them today." Xiao Wang, Brother Luo, have you ever seen a dog with a sixth-level star soul? ”

"Sixth-level star soul? Wouldn't that be more powerful than the vast majority of human powerhouses? Luo Weiming was amazed.

"Of course. If I hadn't respected their rights and habits as dogs, I could have transformed them into humans. Lin Zaishan laughed, "If that's really the case, Xiao Wang and Lele Huanhuan will become real buddies in the future." ”

Wang Ziqiang hurriedly urged: "Captain, why don't you do it quickly?" ”

Lin Zaishan shook his head, "Le Le Huanhuan is a life that existed before the end of the world, and I have now transformed them into humans, ostensibly to improve their life forms, but in essence, they have been exterminated as dogs." If you can't do this kind of thing, don't do it, so as not to incur too much damnation. ”

"Captain, I heard you turned a pig into a handsome guy yesterday?"

"That pig is a mutant pig born after the end of the world, and it carries much less damnation energy, and I haven't changed its habits."

"Well, if you think about it, it's weird that Le Le Huanhuan has turned into a human. Captain, you'd better make a conservative makeover for them. ”

Lin Zaishan immediately took action, and on the premise of retaining the basic appearance and habits of Lele Huanhuan as a dog, he promoted their star souls to level six, and added a large number of star soul genes and star soul codes, which made their IQ, physical strength, and combat soar significantly.

He strengthened Lehuanhuan's senses of smell, taste, hearing, and sight, so that they could see at night and sniff out objects several kilometers away and deep underground; It gives them a strong ability to heal themselves, and allows them to climb and jump like cats; Added infrasound attack capabilities to them, and attached dynamic composite code to their bites; It even gave them the ability to speak human language (don't be afraid, a dog that can speak human language is not a problem in the last days when there are forests and mountains), so that they can talk to humans when necessary (Wang Ziqiang loves it to death).

In order to facilitate the control of Lele Huanhuan, Lin Zaishan has established a mechanism between them and the Lin Fu subsystem that can communicate in close and medium distances. In this way, even when Wang Ziqiang was away, the commander and Lin Fuzi could easily drive Le Le and Huan Huan.

After the renovation was completed, Lele and Huanhuan jumped up and down in the castle excitedly, obviously very satisfied with their current brand new state. When they had fun, they actually popped up with a human saying: "Wangwang, this feels very cool!" The other personnel stationed there were stunned and amazed.

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Lin Zaishan used the spatial ring and abilities to bring a batch of steel back to Midtown and teach it to the relevant departments that were "waiting to be fed".

The outpost's various conditions are transmitted to Midtown through a new remote signaling system, which can be broadcast in real time and viewed at any time on the monitoring screens of the city hall and other departments.

That night, the authorities in Midtown organized a transport team. This convoy consisted of numerous large armored trucks, and the convoy was no larger than the outpost, the battle line was extremely long, and the formation was loose, which was difficult to protect with a hundred-man concentric team. Fortunately, Dr. Sam, Zhi Yangyang, Xu Yuxin, Zhao Feiyan and others have preliminarily developed a new type of star soul element for code shield that can be installed on the vehicle.

After Lin Zaishan inspected this kind of star soul element, he found and made up for several defects, strengthened the star soul gene and code configuration, and then handed it over to Lin Fuzi for mass production as a standard template, and nearly a thousand pieces were manufactured overnight. These elements are different from the pre-apocalyptic armor partitions, which require a lot of effort to attach to the vehicle - in fact, the former are all life-like and intelligent, and can automatically merge with specific elements of the vehicle to form a seamless small protective net. The protective nets of each vehicle can also be automatically combined to form a large protective net. In terms of performance, this code shield based on the Star Soul element is hundreds or thousands of times stronger than the previous energy shield.

By the next morning, all of the team's armoured trucks had been equipped with this astral element that activated the code shield. The defenses they form are strong enough to withstand all kinds of attacks for a long time.

At 11 o'clock, a convoy of 100 armored trucks, 200 personnel, and 10 demigod mechs, led by Lei Hong, headed for the northern outpost, encountered more than 100,000 bugs on the way. In the past, most of these vehicles were going to lose a lot; However, this time, they managed to reach the outpost after being chased by insects for several hours, losing only 3 of them, and they fell into the quagmire due to the terrain.

After seeing the transport truck enter the outpost's protective net, Lei Hong breathed a sigh of relief, used the communicator to inform Luo Weiming and Wang Ziqiang, and then led the mechs to attack the large number of insects that followed, and wiped them all out cleanly. The Linfu subsystem clone of the outpost automatically recycles the star souls and corpses of nearby bugs.

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In the Zhongcheng City Hall, Lin Zaishan, Huo Qiankun, He Xiaotian, Li Wenxiu and others were very pleased to see the outpost's performance.

Huo Qiankun said: "The construction of the northern outpost is going well, if there is no accident, the transport team will bring back the first batch of resources by tomorrow afternoon at the latest." The problem is that there is always a remnant of bugs on the way from Midtown to the outpost. ”

He Xiaotian said: "There are too many insects, so it is inevitable that there will be more harassment. If we can build four outposts as soon as possible, we will create a security zone within a 200-kilometer radius of 160,000 square kilometers around Midtown. Bugs on the periphery will be intercepted and blocked by outposts, and bugs in the safe zone will be finally eliminated. At that time, we will be able to make drastic changes to these 160,000 square kilometers of land. ”

Lin Zaishan praised: "The strategy that Mr. He said coincides with my plan. We must work hard and quickly to get all four outposts in place within 10 days, and effectively form a safe zone free of Zerg harassment. ”

Seeing that everyone was extremely excited, he reminded again: "Tonight, though, we have to be ready for a tough fight." ”

"What kind of hard fight?" Midtown hadn't fought in a few days since the siege of the Swarm was broken.

Lin Zaishan used his mind to operate the monitoring screen in the air, so that the display screen stayed above the northern outpost. "If I'm right, the biters will storm the outpost tonight."

"Do we need to organize a rescue immediately?"

"The main mission of the outpost tonight is to hold on, and the mission of our Midtown headquarters is not to go to the rescue, but to take the opportunity to fight a war of annihilation against the swarm. Master Lin, pass on my order: immediately call the sixth-level plus death squad and let them stand by at any time! ”