Persistence: Meeting on the Battlefield (1)

"Countdown 10 seconds, ready to launch."

“10、9、8…… 3, 2, 1, 0, launch. ”

Systems are being broadcast at the space center on the island of Wilrat, while shuttles are operating at the launch site, with initial acceleration using particle compression thrusters to provide initial velocity.

The plan is to fly to the troposphere with a particle compression thruster, then rush to the stratosphere with a high calorific value fuel, and start again after the particle compression thruster cools down when escaping the layer, and finally rushes directly out of the earth's atmosphere to reach space.

More than 1,000 organizations participated in the launch program, and the main ones were NV, META, and GS, as well as many smaller companies and institutions.

This is the 13th time that the shuttle has reached the universe, and the first time the shuttle has reached the universe half a year ago, and there is already a lot of experience.

In the eyes of the outside world, it is nothing more than to repair the core module of the large space station in the seventies of the last century, so that the future space work can be better carried out, but in fact, the test of the new motorized infantry in the universe is also the first test, and the most hostile environment was chosen, that is, in the universe.

There were only four people in the shuttle to the space station, three of whom were from the Philippoulos military government, and only one was sent by East Asia, that is, Li Hao of the No. 43 Special Support Team.

That is, he did the test work of the new machine developed by CARN, and tested it in the universe, as a deal with Fipolos, and then needed to provide 95% of the test data to Fipolos.

The Vazicril Belt (Vazicril Belt) is a large nuclear bomb attack before the alien meteorite group forced into the earth in the last century, and was captured by the earth's gravity, so it will revolve around the earth after that, and the Vazicril Belt is actually far away from the earth, it is just at the critical point of the earth's gravitational capture, so it can only be seen on the earth by using astronomical telescopes, or at night in the polar regions of the southern hemisphere.

At that time, people celebrated the success of smashing such a large meteorite swarm, but in fact these small meteorite blocks had a great impact on spaceflight, and they were very dangerous for the aircraft.

The Wizcyril Belt is also where the shuttle will get closer, and he will need to fly the new aircraft into the zone for testing, and then return to the space station for a few days before returning to Earth.

The shuttle has left the atmosphere and is preparing to go to the space station, and the new aircraft docked in the cabin uses Noelle's artificial assistance in the system, or it is simply transferred, which is also Li Hao's own request.

This new type of machine is based on the Kraken series of mechs, and was first built by Professor Haidt's research group at CARN, and the final naming continues the name of the previous mech, so it is called Kraken 04, but in fact, it is very different from the Kraken 01, 02, and 03, the three motorized infantry based on the prototype.

Or that its performance has even surpassed the Kraken Plus,Kraken 04The equipment configuration and appearance can be seen in the shadow of the previous body,In fact, it is also Haidt's preference,Since it does not affect the performance of the premise,So the overall appearance of Kraken 04 is like a combination of Kraken Plus and Kraken HW enlarged version。

Of course, Li Hao's mission this time was not to do the tinkering work with the three astronauts of Fipulos, so after the shuttle released the three space-equipped warrior MK3s to the space station, he began to travel to the vicinity of the Vizcyril belt.

This time, the test time is 2 hours, and the limit time is 3 hours, if Li Hao does not come back at this time, then the shuttle will return to the space station according to the scheduled procedure, and then Li Hao will never be able to leave the Vizcyril belt, and will slowly die of lack of oxygen.

"Li Hao must be coming to the universe for the first time, are you afraid?" Noelle's stereoscopic image appeared in front of Li Hao, who was leaning on the cockpit, "Fifteen minutes to arrive, don't you want to prepare?" ”

"I'm scared, I feel like I'm claustrophobic right now." Li Hao controlled the electronic board with his hand while looking at the flickering bright spots that could already be seen in the distance, which were the sun's rays reflected by the meteorites in the Vizcyril belt.

"I always feel a little ......stuffy in my head," Li Hao underestimated, got up, put on his spacesuit, and prepared to go to the cabin.

"Even if I give you a hint, you must be careful, some of the meteorites in the Vizcyril Belt have magnetic fields, some are strong and some are weak, be careful!"

Li Hao turned his head and watched Noelle's stereoscopic image slowly disappear and said, "I can memorize the information you showed me, don't worry." ”

However, this is just lip service, he still has a lot of fear in his own heart, the fear of this cosmic space, but I don't know why his reaction is more acute in this environment.

When he was about to go out on the Shanghai Demon 04, there was a display that detected a local strong electromagnetic field reaction, which means that you can't get close to that place, otherwise it will interfere with communication, not to mention, it will also cause damage to the internal electronic instruments of the body.

The first time a human probe arrived in the Vizcyril Belt was in 2078, and the probe lost contact in just 48 hours, the first unmanned spacecraft came here to survey in 2083, and successfully retrieved part of the meteorite samples, and the discovery of E carbon materials also originated here, and in the next ten or twenty years, E carbon materials were really confirmed to have branches on the earth, and there are a small number on the moon.

The last person who managed to reach the Vizcyril Belt is now dead, and the spacecraft he was on was actually a conversion of the first generation of motorized infantry, and it was more than 40 years ago.

Li Hao now thought that he had to do the test according to the predetermined plan, he didn't want to be the first to die in this troublesome domain, and maybe someone would know that he had died here.

"The Alph02 system is launched, and the fourth-generation artificial intelligence simulation personality 'Noelle' is at your service."

"The power test is sufficient, and the various searches are ongoing, and the progress is 13%."

At first, it was the stiff system synthesized sound that came with the Alph02 system, but it was quickly replaced by the activated Noelle assist system, and everything after that was handed over to Noelle to help Li Hao, saving a lot of manual operations.

"According to the first test plan, the first thing is to conduct a cruise test." Noelle showed Li Hao the originally planned picture, "Do you need to back up your data?" ”

"Hmm." After Li Hao confirmed, he operated the Kraken 04 to turn on the thrusters and enter the edge of the Vizcyril Belt to cruise first.

Many of the weapons and equipment and thrusters on the Kraken 04 are set as a priority by CARN, so Li Hao actually doesn't know how to use these new equipment, the only thing to do is to do it first according to the plan, as for the sentence "You can play on your own after the scheduled test" said by the general manager, Li Hao wanted to ignore it a little.

Because it is not so much a test, it is actually a risky reconnaissance mission, and if it succeeds, it can get considerable rewards, and if it fails, the body and people are buried in space, allowed to drift, and even directly damaged because of hitting a meteorite to the point that it cannot be recovered.

The Wizcyril Belt is also known as the "Cosmic Grave", which means that going there is not a visit to the cemetery, but digging one's own grave, which has been known as a joke among astronauts to relax the tense space life, but in fact, this sentence is not false at all.

According to statistics, there have been more than 1,000 missing and crashed aircraft in the Vizcyril Belt, and the death toll has been determined so far to be 249 and 57 missing, and there are more than 3,000 people who have been to the Vizcyril Belt so far, but they all reached their peak at the end of the last century, and then the development of space was stopped because of the war on Earth.

Kraken 04 because it is an automatic cruise mode, and there is also Noelle to help control it, so Li Hao dodged all kinds of large fragments of meteorites without any effort, although there are more small fragments that will rub against the external armor of Kraken 04, but Kraken 04's E carbon sp02 armor is specially made, and it covers the whole body, so it does not have much impact.

Even if it is suddenly subjected to armed fire from outside, the three-sided E-carbon sp02 extended shield equipped on the guard Kraken 04 can resist attacks from any angle to the greatest extent, unless it is attacked by saturation.

"The cruise is expected to be over in 30 seconds, and the next step will be to start the second test program starting from the edge of the Vizcyril belt and going inside." Li Hao, who was in a daze, came back to his senses when Noelle's voice sounded, "The second test item is the armed test. ”

"Will you use all the weapons on the Kraken 04......" Li Hao looked at the picture put by Noelle and complained in a low voice, now he even felt that this test was so simple and boring.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the equipment of the Kraken 04 test machine is called a weapon, there are too many mounted weapons, the whole body is equipped, and the magnetic railgun on the shoulder is also particularly specialized to the Kraken 04, so when Li Hao used this weapon later, it was easy to blow up some meteorites and smash them.

The waist and calf of the fuselage are equipped with a mounted HE missile, with a total of 5 rounds, and because it is also a special type of Kraken 04*, its 5 rounds are powerful enough to be comparable to the regular 20 HE missiles.

There are flashes of light inside the Vizcyril belt, which are all caused by the explosion of the HE missile, Li Hao thinks that this is a fireworks show, but if this meteorite is destroyed, it will not have much effect, and even the magnetic field mentioned before has not been seen, but it was encountered during the third test.

"The meteorite group ahead has a strong magnetic field, which allows for registration and the need to adjust the contact pressure value, and the relative contact pressure friction coefficient of the meteorites in the Vizcyril zone is different according to the database, so it is not possible to set a predetermined value." Noelle's crisp voice always brought Li Hao back to his senses.

"Turn on the thrust reverser until the speed slows down to a safe value, then turn off the thrusters, and use this 'hook with electromagnetic force' to launch a meteorite with a fixed magnetic field, and use the magnetic force to allow me to land safely." Li Hao thought for a while and told Noelle about his plan, "What does Noelle think about this, but I haven't used this experimental weapon either, and what is that 'wire-controlled gun shield combat unit', is it the same as the weapon that your brother controls the transient?" ”

Noelle didn't react for five seconds, so frightened that Li Hao tapped the girl in the screen display window with his hand, and it took about fifteen seconds before it replied: "The safety level of the plan is assessed at 65%, and it is allowed to be executed." ”

Noelle, who was still replying like a machine just now, suddenly changed back to the familiar feeling that Li Hao had, and her picture became a picture of Alph icon rotating again, Li Hao didn't know why Noelle was an icon and a human, but he was sure that this was Noelle's reaction when he didn't want to pay attention to himself, so he didn't ask much to concentrate on performing the next test.

Kraken 04 launched 4 hooks with electromagnetic force, all of which were launched from the fixed equipment mounted on the back, and the four magnetic hooks firmly fixed the largest meteorite in this meteorite group with a magnetic field, and then slowly approached the successful login, the largest meteorite is about 200 meters in diameter, and its gravitational force is not enough to firmly grasp the Kraken according to reason.

But in fact, it was clear that the surface of the meteorite was still collapsed into a pit with a depth of more than 4cm at a speed of less than 5m/s, Li Hao didn't care about this detail, and even Noelle didn't notice it, probably because he was busy answering and reminding Li Hao of the reason and neglected.

"Then I'll walk around this meteorite and drive the thruster around, and the magnetic field here is not as strong as I imagined......" Li Hao chatted with Noelle in a somewhat happy mood.

He was just about to start the thruster to fly when he found a sense of oppression coming over, Li Hao initially thought it was caused by the magnetic field attraction, but the speed of the Kraken 04 could be detached without much effort, but it couldn't even leave the ground, as if it was tightly glued.

"Noelle, didn't you notice anything wrong......" Li Hao looked at the foot screen of the fuselage in the monitor, and was stunned.

The ground on this meteorite is not affected by dust or anything at all, but is actually a magnetized heavy metal, and these dusts and Kraken 04 have been adsorbed to their feet when they stay, and more and more.

Li Hao tried to choose to give up the detachment of his feet, but failed, because the magnetized heavy metal invaded the inside of the body, causing some parts of the body to lose control.

"The dimensional system is activated, and the time limit is 300 seconds." Noelle's voice.

The fuselage of Kraken 04 suddenly emitted a white glow, and the thrusters were all pushed with all their might, and in just five seconds, they rushed out of this charged meteorite belt, and they flew out of the Vizcyril belt, which was thrilling for Li Hao, and the body of Kraken 04 was a bit miserable, and the local armor damage was somewhat serious and needed to be maintained in the shuttle.

After returning to the shuttle, Noelle told Li Hao why he did it at that time, the mass of the meteorite group with a magnetic field was greatly underestimated, and Noelle also made an inertial mistake, the same problem as humans, that is, the habit of calling up the previous data for use, and the result was that the previous data were wrong.

"Brother Li Hao, I'm sorry." Noelle's picture of the girl's expression changed slightly, as if she was forcibly putting on a human expression of sadness and self-reproach, "If I had recounted the number of meteorite swarms, then this kind of thrilling thing would not have happened." ”

"If there is no danger, forget it." Li Hao also leaned on the cockpit and sighed and looked at Noelle's stereoscopic image and said, "You are becoming more and more like a human, will the simulated personality still evolve?" ”

Noelle replied briefly, "Maybe." ”

The shuttle takes the Kraken brought back by Vizcyril to the space station, where Li Hao will also live there for a few days with the astronauts of Fipoulos.

"The Vizcyril Belt is truly a mysterious and thrilling cosmic graveyard."