When Chen Zheng walked out of the monitoring center, Xiaoxiao was jumping out of the Viking drone, throwing off his four hooves and rushing towards Chen Zheng.

"Woohoo!!" Xiao Xiao shouted excitedly and jumped high a few meters away from Chen Zheng. Chen Zheng grabbed the mechanical dog that jumped into his arms.

Fortunately, this is Chen Zheng...... If you change someone, you have to be knocked down by a small one. Although its body is wrapped in bionic skin, under that skin is a real alloy skeleton, and although it looks about the size of a normal wolfdog, it actually weighs as much as a large fat pig.

"Wow!"

Xiao Xiao stuck out his tongue and the corners of his mouth curled, smiling like a Samoyed.

"Yes, well done, you did a great job." Chen Zheng stroked its head twice and put it on the ground again.

As far as the eye can see, the already slightly prosperous town has long since become devastated and full of traces of acid corrosion.

The most severely damaged areas have been turned into large pits with a diameter of about two meters, and if you go closer, it is not difficult to find that these large pits were once very hidden batteries.

Scrapped robots are everywhere on the streets, streets, shops, houses...... There was green smoke everywhere.

In addition to the fortifications and streets, the losses in the factory area were even greater. Among them, the largest robot production base was the most seriously damaged, several connected factories have all collapsed at this time, and many places inside the assembly line and various instruments have also been corroded by acid to potholes, which cannot be repaired at all - it is better to build a new one.

However, all the losses added up were not as large as those of the two Viking drones.

These wyverns are coming too fast! If it weren't for the fact that Xiaoxiao had already completed 70% of his training, if he hadn't built a shelter and a large number of defenses early...... The consequences were unimaginable.

Judging from the situation at the time, even if Chen Zheng did not leave, he would have played very little role in the base - he himself was more adept at guerrilla warfare, and he had so far had no effective means of attacking targets in the sky.

Therefore, now being able to force back this group of wyverns only suffered such a small loss, it is already a great blessing in misfortune.

After this defeat, I believe that the next attack of those insects will not be so hasty, and when the time comes, whether it is the sky or the ground, the defense capability will be greatly strengthened.

"Two Vikings are ready to take off at any moment."

After Chen Zheng calmed the excited Xiaoxiao, he instructed the next move in the channel: "There are a lot of acid puddles outside, and I'm not sure if these acids are volatile...... Have workers put on protective clothing and filter masks before coming out to clean up...... Prioritize roads and those robot wreckage. ”

"Yes." The man with glasses answered.

Now that the matter has been ordered, there is no need for Chen Zheng to worry about it. Chen Zheng's absence this time made it clear to Chen Zheng that even if he was occasionally absent, the strength in the camp at this time was enough to deal with a general attack - of course, this was when the other party did not have a "Rune Zerg" appeared.

The so-called "Rune Zerg" has actually only one sample so far - the worm that Chen Zheng killed.

However, in the subsequent raids of corrupt creatures, Chen Zheng encountered many corrupt bosses who could use runes. And after killing these corrupt bosses, you can more or less find some Zero Crystals in their bodies.

From this, it can be inferred that the Zerg should still be able to produce some high-level "rune zergs", but now, the cost of manufacturing these rune creatures is likely to be relatively high, and the conditions are also very harsh.

Of course, these conditions are extrapolated from the only example of the Zerg - it has hundreds of kilograms of zero crystals stored in its body, and the "material" for its manufacture is still a living human.

Therefore, the terms "high consumption" and "harsh conditions" naturally refer to Zero Crystals and at least one intelligent creature hundreds of times larger than the Corrupt Boss.

Fortunately, this time there was no "Rune Zerg". Otherwise, without the equivalent strength, in the short time before Chen Zheng returned, maybe the underground shelter would be breached by it!

At least, for Chen Zheng now, all the defenses are useless. It wouldn't even take him a minute to break into the vault.

After explaining the task, and showing his face in front of everyone to calm people's hearts, Chen Zheng took Xiaoxiao back to the small room in the shelter.

……

That same evening.

Everyone went back to their small rooms in the vault to rest - the dormitories outside had been destroyed, but thankfully there were enough beds in the vault for everyone.

But that's just a "bed".

Compared to the two-person dormitory on the ground, which has an average area of more than 40 square meters per person, the average area per person in the shelter is even less than 0.5 square meters, and its crowding is comparable to that of a warship.

While people were tossing and turning in unfamiliar beds, Chen Zheng gathered all the high-level leaders, including Lao Wang and Lao Xia, to meet in a small conference room in the shelter.

“…… It will take about 30 man-hours to clean up, 300 man-hours to rebuild the dormitory, and 80 man-hours to rebuild the factory, and the loss of various instruments and production lines...... So far, there are no definite statistics, and it is estimated that they will be counted after the clean-up work is completed tomorrow. ”

Shen Jianjun, who was promoted by Chen Zheng and was in charge of the logistics work of the entire base, first reported. And Lao Wang, who was the leader of him, sat in the corner and looked at him with a slight strange look in his eyes.

"Well, how's the tracking going?" Chen Zheng turned around and asked the man with glasses. All surveillance and weapon control personnel are now under his command.

"The two drones that followed closely were destroyed, and the follow-up drones didn't dare to follow too closely, so they lost them." The man in glasses replied, "However, judging from the existing conditions, the lair of these wyverns should be in the south, or even near the equator. ”

"Oh? Equator? ”

"Yes." The man in glasses nodded, "We've found that the farther south we fly, the more often all kinds of corrupt creatures appear. While the wyverns can't command corrupt creatures for the time being, we all know how corrupt creatures come to be......"

"Well, whether or not they attack together, next time we'll be ready for a joint attack by Wyverns and Corrupt creatures." Chen Zheng nodded.

"Next, continue to search south until all the relay drones are used up and then give up for the time being. But in the south, there is still a certain amount of drone vigilance patrols. ”

"Yes." The man with glasses led the order to retreat.

"Lao Wang, I've heard it all. You're doing a good job this time. Chen Zheng affirmed.

"This ...... It should be, it should be. Lao Wang was polite.

"So, I've decided to expand the authority of your department...... In this way, the monitoring center will set up a position for Dong Jie, and if there is any emergency, Dong Jie will give feedback to the leader in time. Chen Zheng looked at the black ponytail and said.

"Yes." Dong Jie shook her hair and agreed.

"......" Lao Wang glanced at Chen Zheng helplessly, and sighed deeply-I did a good job, what is the matter with you promoting my subordinates!?

However, Lao Wang himself knows that since he was labeled as "untrustworthy" by Chen Zheng, it is not a matter of two things that can be reversed.

Compared with Lao Xia, who unconditionally supports Chen Zheng, Lao Wang's status is not only far inferior, but even his deputy is not as good as his deputy in terms of treatment - although Lao Wang is a little better than his female secretary in other aspects, Dong Jie, who is a woman, has a special allowance every month...... Both dietetic and otherwise.

Chen Zheng naturally didn't care what Lao Wang thought, turned his head and asked Lao Xia: "Uncle Xia, how much has the theoretical preparation of the Tide Gate been completed?" Have you learned all about those techniques? ”

"Aside from the fact that there are still some doubts about gravitational waves, the rest of the parts have been studied more or less. Some of these parts are ready to be manufactured now. Lao Xia hugged his stomach and said.

After experiencing the fright of the first arrival in the alien planet, Lao Xia's life can be regarded as getting more and more superior.

At first, it could only rely on "spiritual food" and Chen Zheng's occasional earth-made tobacco and alcohol to top the top. But even then he felt very happy - the subject he had studied all his life was now in front of him like a primary school textbook, and the spiritual satisfaction that made him forget about the rough food and all the inconveniences of life.

And now, when the canteen began to serve meat, the days of Lao Xia were even more pleasant, and the already big belly had recently become fat as if it was blowing, and now it was a little difficult to even get up.

"If you need my cooperation, email me directly." After Chen Zheng finished speaking to Lao Xia, he looked at the others around him.

"Next, in addition to continuing to search for the dragon's lair, the construction of the intelligent command system must also be completed as soon as possible. Next time, I can't let Xiaoxiao fly into the sky to fight in person. ”

After saying this, Chen Zheng thought for a while and continued: "In addition, it is necessary to continue to develop a manned module for the Viking UAV. ”

"My lord, do you develop pilots? Trust me, remote operation is far better than manned operation! IMHO...... Taking a pilot into the sky can only limit the performance of Viking drones! ”

The man with glasses quickly explained.

"yes, I know." Chen Zheng nodded, "The development of manned pods is to deal with emergencies on the one hand, and on the other hand...... I also need a vehicle that can threaten the Wyvern. ”

“…… Okay, I'll put it on my development schedule. The man in glasses nodded.

So far, the man with glasses can be said to be the most powerful person under Chen Zheng, and he needs to intervene in all aspects of the entire base except for logistics.

However...... He seemed to have no ambition, conscientiously completing Chen Zheng's orders, and whenever he divided some responsibilities and rights, he felt a little relieved.

“……”

Chen Zheng looked at this simple-minded alien and sighed secretly, and his eyes turned to Dong Jie, who was wearing a black ponytail.

Perhaps, give her a chance?

The girl who was bowing her head and recording in the small notebook did not know how her fate would change in the near future.

……

An underground mine hundreds of kilometers away from the base.

Countless Imperial soldiers were imprisoned here for forced labor, and unlike before, when their labor was unsupervised, and now ...... Countless cameras and robots give them no privacy at all, and their every move and even every complaint is faithfully recorded by the machine and transmitted to the base's monitoring room through underground cables.

However, their living conditions have improved greatly, not only with a prison with iron bars for two, but also with soft quilts and water.

The mine-turned-prison has been fully electrified, with lights, radio, and even the occasional movie in the language of the earth to watch — the signal is broadcast from the base cinema, and something is shown in the humble cinema on every day off.

These videos were brought by various storage devices and electronic devices that were inadvertently brought by the Imperial soldiers. That's it, and after a few months, some movies are already running for a third time.

But for the Imperial soldiers, they couldn't read what was on the big screen, and most of them just thought it was a noisy background sound......

However, they were interested in the new arrival of cards, especially the most common poker on the planet, and the several ways in which poker was introduced.

One of the most popular ways to play is cockfighting, which is a form of gambling with uncomplicated rules.

No way, among these soldiers, only gambling will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, no matter what planet that method comes from, whether the rules are complicated or not, as long as it is related to the word "gambling", they will definitely learn it.

“…… 789 straight! Ha ha...... Kill! Kill! Give money to give money......"

"Don't move! A pair of sharp! ”

"Damn!"

"Why did you lose again!"

"You must have cheated!"

“……”

In the cafeteria, Imperial soldiers gathered in groups of friends to gamble on trivial things, such as centimeters or food, and then shouted for an afternoon and drank a few free sweetened drinks, which is by far the most popular form of leisure.

But there are always people who are not interested in gambling.

The werewolf brother who came down with him with the black-faced man had just come out of the mine, and he hadn't even caught up to take a shower, and was lining up to receive food in a stinky sweat at this time.

“…… Hey? Today's side dish has changed! What is this!? ”

The little werewolf brother looked strangely at the contents of the compressed dry food in a daze.

I saw a meat steak smeared with a thick sauce in the middle of the two slices of compressed dry food that were thinly crispy.

"It's probably meat." The black-faced man didn't care.

"Woo...... Delicious! It's delicious! It's better than freshly torn meat! The werewolf brother looked satisfied, and ate up the dry food in three or two bites.

The black-faced man tossed his free sandwich to the werewolf and pressed the food dispenser a few times to get an extra piece of pure compressed dry food.

"Uh......h Thank you, Boss...... It's delicious! The werewolf brother was not surprised, and took the sandwich and put it in his mouth.

"Hmph, I really envy you...... No matter where you go, there are no immune problems. ”

"Hey, hey, we're just going to eat anything." The werewolf smiled proudly, "This is the ability that our fighting race has acquired after tens of thousands of years of evolution!" That's why we're able to survive on a lot of harsh planets......"

"Humph...... Hey? ”

The black-faced man was suddenly stunned.

"I know the adaptability of you werewolves...... But what about them? Why can they do the same? The black-faced man looked at the steak sandwiches that hadn't been served yet...... Obviously, since these captives can eat, then the base must be better than that.

"Yes! Could it be ...... Those human beings on the planet are also ...... Also a fighting race? ”