Chapter 40: The Domino Effect
The vegetation of the Nightsong Forest renders the image mode useless, Chen Fang can only use the digital mode to track the movements of his teammates, and the display shows a three-dimensional pattern composed of numbers, and the layers of numbers are dazzling and dense to the point that it is impossible to distinguish, at this time, if you don't use the fool's warning system, you can't get along with your own eyes.
Double-tap the data pad, the outlines representing teammates are circled green, the rest of the lifeforms are set to red, and the meaningless numbers are ignored, with a few changes, the job is much easier.
Snipers are boring, but fortunately there are 'toys' for pastime, and the fragments obtained from the wormhole are thrown next to the data board, this kind of thing is useless for the layman, and is given away as a gift by Linnie, but Chen Fang is like a treasure.
The fragment was about the size of a fist, shimmering all over, looking like a metal Rubik's Cube, and judging by the texture on its surface, it was composed of many small modules.
Although it was different from Chen Fang's perception, he still concluded that this was the only valuable fragment of the Brain and the Broken Mecha. As a top data engineer, Chen Fang thinks that he has seen a lot of knowledge, and even he has never seen a smart brain, which shows the extraordinaryness of the mecha, and he can't help but feel excited when he thinks of the stump arm of the tiger's lair.
The headache is that to decipher this never-before-seen intelligent brain, it is not possible to knock on the data board twice, in addition to the top data engineers, it also requires a lot of time, and powerful data terminals, which can not be done in the current environment.
A soft red light suddenly flashed in the cockpit, and Chen Fang quickly turned his attention to the display screen.
The danger comes from teammates in the distance, and it can be seen from the digital screen that Linnie is approaching a large group of lifeforms, and at the bottom of the screen, the number of lifeforms is counted in real time, six hundred and seventy-two.
It is impossible for two powerful populations to exist in one field, and it can be concluded that those lifeforms are the spiders responsible for the creation of the Nightsong Forest into a land of death.
This is a strange picture, spiders are used to waiting for rabbits, they don't like to actively forage, in addition, they are not social animals, it is because of the above considerations, Chen Fang decided to give up the reconnaissance mission, because it is difficult to kill them in groups, the efficiency is too low, what brought them together?
Chen Fang habitually looked for clues from the numbers, and soon, the outline of a mecha appeared in front of him, to be precise, in his mind, because on the display screen, there were still disorganized numbers. With a height of nearly twenty meters, it can only be a heavy mecha, and the outline is very familiar.
Even though he only saw numbers, Chen Fang, who had been modified for it, was immediately recognizable, it was the Fire Bull's mecha!
Although the heavy mecha lacks attack power, and the speed is even more depressing, it is not useless, on Hall Star, except for flying beetles and a few terrifying existences, most of the zerg cannot pry open the heavy shell of the heavy mecha, including the spiders in the Night Song Forest, so the probability of the fire bull surviving is very high, as long as he brings enough food and fresh water.
Chen Fang switched the picture to Linnie's side, and saw depressedly that she was changing direction, maybe she felt the existence of danger, maybe she was blocked by cobwebs, no matter what, she made the right choice, no one could escape the pursuit of more than 600 spiders in the cobweb-covered Night Song Forest. He had to do something, and whether he could save the fire cow or not would depend on his luck, or rather, whether Linnie was smart enough.
The Fish-Man fires in digital mode, targeting not spiders or webs, but the surrounding giant trees.
Under the madness of the Eye of Sauron, dozens of large trees broke through it, and there was a muffled rumbling sound as they fell. The silk that has lost its attachment is like a broken string, making a hissing and piercing sound when it twitches, and all the trees that are swept by the spider silk will break in two out of ten, so that new spider silk loses traction, and more trees are cut off, like dominoes, and patches of trees fall down one after another.
Chen Fang was taken aback by his masterpiece, he really wanted to use the domino effect, but he miscalculated the scale of the effect. Although this effect cannot spread indefinitely, and it will not take long to stop, he is not sure at the moment whether it will affect Linni and others, and if it is calculated by probability, the conclusion is that it will definitely be.
The area ravaged by the storm was a mess, and from the electronic focus, you could occasionally see a few strange spiders, similar in appearance to ordinary spiders, with eight legs, but all of them were more than three meters in diameter, covered with dense fluff, and a pair of dark eyes were born on the top of their heads, transmitting a terrifying message, no matter what they were looking at, you would feel that it was staring at you.
While waiting, Chen Fang began to shoot this ugly creature, it was too simple, they didn't know what fear was, they crouched motionless on the collapsed tree trunk, and they were killed one after another under the shooting of the Eye of Sauron.
Although using the data mode, he can clearly know that his companion is safe and sound, but when the hot figure appears on the display screen, Chen Fang still can't stop feeling a burst of joy.
The rescue work is no longer difficult, without the protection of vegetation, the spiders of the Nightsong Forest pose no threat at all, and through the pile of broken wood, you can even see the faint corner of the heavy mecha.
Under the care of the Eye of Sauron, Linnie successfully retrieved the fire cow.
Less than two days before the end of the competition, the team's merit value can basically rank second, no matter what, out of the top three, the reunion after the catastrophe Linni has no intention of fighting, Chen Fang had to follow them, first back to the safe area, the next day, together with the other mercenary groups, squeezed into a narrow paid aircraft, hurriedly left Hall.
The winner does not have the honor of victory, not even a simple award, the mercenary is a warrior who fights for money, there is no need for glory and merit, only benefits, in the circle of mercenaries, in addition to the remuneration you deserve, you can't get additional benefits because of bravery or loyalty.
The Mercenary Association, Thunderbolt Bee and the others received the badge of the third-order mercenary as they wished, and their excited expressions were difficult to hide.
The advanced system is strict and harsh, unless you pass the assessment in the task, the standard of the assessment is unknown, but there is a principle that can be followed, the more difficult the task, the greater the probability of passing the assessment, on the contrary, the simple task has little effect, basically negligible, the team led by Linni lacks a strong mecha, the personnel composition is seriously deformed, and it is impossible to challenge the difficult task, which caused today's situation, from the second to the third order, it has been stranded for seven years, if it is not for the reward of this mission, I don't know how long it will take.
"You've waited too long." Still holding a cigarette, the fat woman got up from her seat and patted Linny on the shoulder.
She has served the association for more than 20 years, and has witnessed Linnie go from a little girl to today, step by step, to become an excellent mercenary, just like her own daughter. At this moment, she didn't say a word of congratulations, but she seemed to regret that with Linnie's strength, she had only been promoted to the third rank now, and she was not worthy of congratulations at all.
"By the way, what about him? Help to see his stats. The thunderbolt bee pulled Chen Fang behind him.