Chapter 31: Sacrifice

Meiya was lying flat on the platform of the rabbit hole, holding the scorpion *** in her arms, the original body of the gun was cold, and now it was heated by her body temperature.

The platform is covered with a thick meadow, which can effectively reduce the loss of body temperature. There is a mirror on the ceiling of the platform, which is actually the observation surface of a reflection system, the principle of this system is a bit like a periscope, but it is more convenient to use, it can be regarded as a great invention of the rabbit people, but few people pay attention to this invention, and the rabbit people are also like this.

In the eyes of the world, the rabbit people are a petite and weak race, but in fact they are far more powerful than people think, because they are fundamentally human, and the characteristics of rabbits are just a mutated form they choose to survive.

Some people will talk about the loyalty of the rabbit people to their masters, thinking that they cannot escape the fate of being "pets" of ordinary humans or more powerful races, but in fact, they can survive on the harsh living conditions of Fandao, they are by no means weak, and their loyalty to their owners ...... Don't we often say that loyalty is a virtue?

Rabbit people are not only loyal, but also a model of righteousness, keeping promises, and adhering to principles.

Meiya is very reluctant to leave Ah Jun, rather than lying down in the rabbit hole on duty, of course she prefers to be able to lean on Ah Jun's shoulder, or lie in his arms, watching him lazily turn through pages of ancient books with the tiredness of the day, sometimes novels, sometimes some natural science things, and when he sees something interesting, he will choose to read to Mei Ya to the extreme.

Ah Jun's voice is very magnetic, and Meiya likes it very much, and sometimes he just falls asleep like this.

Thinking back to the happiness with Ah Jun, Meiya has even made up the meadow brain that is a little cold under her body into Ah Jun's comfortable bed.

While she was in a state of drunkenness, she felt a strange vibration on the ground.

Although there are sometimes large animals passing through the rabbit hole of the beautiful teeth, the vibration of the footsteps is completely different from the vibration of this mechanical, textured vibration, which is clearer for the astute rabbit people.

Mei Ya turned the mirror and peeked into all corners of the forest, and finally found a mechanical mantis in the southeast.

The Mechanical Mantis is a Norman creature recently discovered by the Dryad Tribal Scouts, who has four pairs of robotic arms, three of which are used as motorized devices, i.e. legs and feet, and one pair as mechanical arms, and the back of his body is designed as a small platform, making him ideal for being a small carrier deep in the forest.

In fact, in addition to being a carrier vehicle, the mechanical mantis took on more duties and could be regarded as the "construction robot" of the Normans

The mechanical mantis found by Meiya is just the lead scout, and instead of placing too many things on his platform, he is loaded with a small gun carriage with a machine gun on it, and interestingly, the mechanical mantis actually has a pair of binoculars hanging around its neck.

Behind, there were about ten to twelve mechanical praying mantises, the platforms of which were filled with heavy sacred tree fruits, held firmly in place with camouflage nets.

Although the Dryad Scouts had discovered the Mechanical Mantis and their mines a few days earlier, they did not take any action, hoping to get as much information as possible about the Normans without being detected by the enemy.

But judging from today's situation, the Normans have already noticed some peeps, because before this, the mechanical mantis did not carry weapons and equipment, but they should not have fully discovered the Dryad Scout, if that is the case, this transport team should be escorted by combat robots.

Mei Ya made a detailed note of the mechanical mantis' model, quantity, equipment, and the goods being transported, and then watched the team of mechanical mantis walk out of her sight, and then one of them turned over and jumped off the platform, into a deeper cave below.

Generally speaking, the so-called rabbit hole is just a small bunker used for hiding and reconnaissance, not only used by rabbit people, but also used by people of other races, but the rabbit people are petite and more suitable for using this kind of bunker.

And the rabbit people also have a trait, that is, they are very keen on the excavation of underground caves.

Before Meiya came to duty, Ah Jun got a piece of scrap metal, and from the inspection, he learned that this piece of scrap metal was a fragment of the immigration spaceship back then, and he really somehow got to such a remote place.

Ah Jun knew the preferences of the rabbit people, so he used this scrap metal to build a flower shovel and gave it to Meiya.

Although the name is a flower shovel, it is actually an outdoor survival gadget, with a variety of functions, and can also be used as a knife in critical moments, plus it is made of fragments of an immigrant spaceship, so it is lightweight, sharp and strong, and Meiya likes it very much, as long as you go a little farther away, you can take it with you.

The long and boring hours of guarding the rabbit hole had to find something for herself, so she chose to do what all rabbits do: expand the burrow.

Meiya dug a small room under the platform of the rabbit hole to serve as a bedroom and office as well as a storage room.

Although this small cave may seem inconspicuous, it is a remarkable undertaking even for the rabbit people. Because this is not peacetime, they go deep behind enemy lines, and if nothing else, it is already remarkable to dispose of the excavated soil very well without being discovered by the enemy.

Now that Meiya's small bedroom has been completed, she is ready to dig an escape tunnel, so that her little outpost rabbit hole will become a fully functional small fortress.

Meiya turned on the small desk lamp, took out her notebook, wrote down the information according to the previous password, and then took out a small drone from the equipment box. The drone is shaped like a passenger pigeon, which can play a good role in covering.

Due to the blocking effect of forest vegetation, radio is not very useful here, and the passenger pigeon drone has become the best means of communication.

Mei Tooth stuffed the information into the passenger pigeon's belly, then climbed onto the platform, once again confirmed the external environment, and after feeling safe, she opened a small trapdoor on the ceiling of the platform and released the passenger pigeon.

The passenger pigeon shuttled through the crevices of the dense forest, and although it met several birds of prey on the way and became interested in the hurried bird, after trying to taste it, they felt that this strange bird was not to their taste, so the battered passenger pigeon was able to stumble back to the base camp according to the pre-set procedure, and was delivered to Ah Jun's hands.

In the main hall of the combat headquarters, there is a huge sand table table, the table is made of local wood, the workmanship is rough, but the surface is very smooth, on the sand table, every tree elf reconnaissance team, every rabbit warrior's rabbit hole, and even the drone reconnaissance track of the Ark Alliance, are marked at a glance.

As new information was sent in a steady stream, the various markings on the sand table were updated from time to time, but they all pointed to the southeast corner, which was most likely Norman territory.

As the information became clearer, the city-state alliance began to send military personnel to the Combine base camp again. However, unlike the previous dispatch, most of the people who came this time were intelligence analysts, and although these personnel did not add much direct combat power to the base camp, their significance and role were extraordinary.

According to the information sent back by Mei Ya, a Norman convoy has changed the direction of travel, indicating that the Normans have become alert.

So the Dryad Scout offered to do a leap reconnaissance, perhaps this time directly to the Norman territory.

Ah Jun is very entangled.

The Dryad suggestion is undoubtedly a good one, but it is a bit too risky, and in addition to potentially costing the Dryad Scouts, it may also take a diplomatic risk of "firing the first shot".

The Dryad's proposal was sent to the Military Joint Council, and most of the city-state's representatives considered it a viable proposal, but the main one to be changed was to give the Dryad Scout diplomatic status and meet directly on behalf of the city-state alliance.

There is a slight justification for this, the Normans knew where the city-state alliance was, and the city-state alliance did not know where the Normans were, which was clearly a diplomatic imbalance.

However, Ah Jun raised an objection, which would indeed exempt us from the responsibility of "firing the first shot", but if the Normans fired the first shot, there was almost no chance that these Tree Elf diplomats who had been given diplomatic status would survive.

"We can't let our people die." Ah Jun said.

After he finished speaking, the room fell silent, and it took several minutes for the representative of the Dryad to stand up and say in a slow but firm tone, "We Dryads have saved all of humanity before, and this time we should probably do it again." We're looking for volunteers to join the campaign, but it's not unconditional. ”

The representative of the Ark Alliance said: "I am personally willing to raise a pension for the brave men who are traveling this time, and I will try my best to apply to my city-state, larger drones, drones capable of carrying out military strikes, and if the Normans dare to do it, we will teach them a hard lesson." ”

The representative of the Dryad city-state laughed: "You mildew, we haven't died yet, what kind of pension." Our condition is that each of the Dryad diplomats on this trip will have a tailor-made diplomatic uniform, with the best design, the best materials, the best workmanship and the most dazzling badge! ”

The requirements are not high, but it shows the determination to see death as home.

The representative of the Metropolitan hurriedly stood up and said, "Leave this to us." Our fashion designs are world-famous, and we must have done it well for our Dryad brothers. ”

Seeing that he had come to this point, Ah Jun said, "Then let's vote." Once the final result is sorted out, I will issue a dispatch order. ”

Although they knew that more than a dozen tree elves would go to the point of no return for sacrifice, everyone's hearts were relaxed and they felt a sense of comfort.

After all, after so much repression, I finally had the opportunity to take the initiative.

Ah Jun was in a very heavy mood when he signed, after all, once this word was signed, more than a dozen lives would be lost. But the only thing that made him feel a little relieved was that the dispatch period of Meiya had arrived, and the little rabbit was finally able to return to the relatively safe base camp at this juncture of the outbreak of war.