Chapter 10: The Battle Underground

As the countdown on the visor screen ended, Xiahoulin, who was invisible, turned his head to look at Laxis and Qiuyue, who were still connected to the base network. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this moment, the two did not withdraw from the state of networking, but continued to maintain their previous movements. Looking at this scene, Xia Houlin silently turned his head and continued to monitor every move around the ammunition depot.

For Laxis's trust, he chose to wait patiently. After all, it was a high-level network that invaded military bases right now, and Xia Houlin felt that it was normal to spend more time.

Five minutes later, Xiahou Lin's visor communicator heard the pleasant voice of Laxis: "I've kept you waiting, now we have taken control of all the computer systems in this base.

I'll try to look at the soldiers and officers in the base who have installed electronic brains and release false information. They happen to be linked to the network here, receiving the latest intelligence information. ”

"What... The soldiers here are all connected to the computer network, and they are all people with electronic brains installed. This is too unsafe, and the military generally does not make such a mistake. When Xia Houlin heard this, he was still taken aback. Although it is true that electronic brains have been widely popularized, the military does not allow all soldiers to use electronic brains, and it is strictly forbidden to connect to the Internet at the same time.

This is mainly to prevent hacker attacks, and if a group of troops mutinies en masse because of the control of hackers, it will be a big joke.

Laxis did not open her mouth to answer Charholin's question, but continued with what she had said. At this time, Qiu Yue transmitted a video screen, which showed the situation outside the base at this moment.

The armed forces in this base are actually assembled at night. The soldiers were clearly receiving information at the moment, preparing to go somewhere on an urgent mission.

Looking at the information that happened in the video, Xia Houlin immediately realized the importance of Laxis's action just now. If those soldiers enter the ammunition depot to carry ammunition, they will find themselves ironclad. But if these soldiers were controlled, this would not happen at all.

The Laxis invasion proceeded very quickly, about three minutes later. She finished her work, and Xia Houlin also found through the screen that the soldiers gathered outside actually returned to the base one by one, as if nothing had happened.

"I see, no wonder the soldiers here can be connected." Laxis's voice reached Xiahoulin's visor again, and there was a hint of surprise in her tone.

"What's the matter, what's going on here?" Xia Houlin asked as he walked to Laxis and Qiuyue, who were maintaining a network connection, and looked at the sleeping beauty-like posture of the two beauties, which was quite pleasing to the eye to be honest.

"This is not an ordinary military base at all, but one of the joint commands of the Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Ministry of Intelligence. There are laboratories and other places beneath the surface, so these soldiers are robots, not humans at all. Laxis's words were conveyed to Xiahoulin through the Internet, and at the same time, a three-dimensional image of the underground was also transmitted.

Xia Houlin looked at the underground base, which was more complex than the ground buildings, and couldn't help but sigh that these big forces just like to build important facilities under the surface to hide people's eyes and ears. Although the method is simple, the effect is still good.

"These Haizi guys actually have a connection with the Ministry of Intelligence, I really can't see it, you can do it. Maybe there will be unexpected gains this time, but it may not be. Xia Houlin immediately realized that this unexpected discovery might bring good results.

"The invasion has been completed, and with the exception of a very small number of researchers in the laboratory, the vast majority of people in the base have been implanted with false information in their electronic brains." After saying this, Laxis finally retreated from the networked state. A charming smile appeared on her face again, if she had taken the weapon and left, she probably wouldn't have been able to discover the secrets here.

Xiahoulin, who had lifted his invisibility, couldn't help but look at this beauty seriously after hearing Laxis's words. Such an invading ability is simply incredible.

"What's the matter, looking at me like that?" Laxis looked at Xia Houlin curiously and asked, the other party's eyes were very strange. This made her a little incomprehensible, it was a look of doubt and incomprehension.

"Your abilities remind me of a program that once appeared that could easily hack into the human electronic brain, manipulate it, and modify memories." Xia Houlin looked at Laxis's beautiful face and directly said what had just come to mind in his heart.

"I didn't expect you to know about Project 2051, which also surprised me." There was a look of human surprise on Laxis's face, and she didn't expect Xia Houlin to know this information.

Project 2051 is a special program created by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Sixth Public Security Division, which is mainly used to engage in commercial espionage and intelligence manipulation, hack into specific ghosts and implant Trojan horses. This particular program was given the codename "Puppeteer".

However, 2051, which later wandered between various networks, gradually developed a sense of autonomy and escaped the control of the six lessons. In the end, this program merged with the protagonist of the world of "Ghost in the Shell", Motoko Kusanagi, and disappeared into this world.

"Puppeteer, won't this system be destroyed? It would be a big scandal for US imperialist companies to acquire Japan's secret technology if it were known to the outside world. Xia Houlin, who said these words, now has a new understanding of this mission world again. It seems that I can't think that I can understand the direction of the world just by being familiar with the plot.

This special base and Laxis, who is his companion at the moment, are not mentioned at all in the original plot.

The monitor was right, the world here is extremely free. It depends entirely on your actions.

Instead of asking Xia Houlin again why he knew about the puppeteer, he said something else: "Humans are very obsessed with money, and there are large companies on the US imperialist side that have bought all the materials of Project 2051 on the black market, so they made me. Once this improved program is put on the civilian market, you can imagine what it will look like. ”

When Xia Houlin heard Laxis say this, a picture immediately appeared in his mind. That is, the United States imperialism can rely on these mass production procedures to quickly extend its tentacles to the world in a short period of time.

"The ambition of the company that created you is really not to be underestimated, no wonder you have to do everything possible to escape from them after awakening yourself. I'm afraid that this has already involved the power of the state. Xiahoulin expressed his guess, and only the state forces would carry out such a plan.

"I don't know about this, the message just now is not good news. It is said that in the underground track, a monster has appeared. And the search team was completely wiped out, and a photo was sent back before the reconnaissance plane was destroyed. Laxis showed a digital photograph directly on the playback screen on her right hand.

"Araqi War Worm, it seems that our opponent is not easy to deal with this time." Xia Houlin recognized this creature at a glance, and now things are not simple.

The Arachi War Worm is a race in the world of the movie Starship Troopers, an efficient combat creature. They have a hard shell and the vitality to survive in harsh environments. The iron pincer-like forehead can easily bite the alloy, and the claws pierce through the steel plate like play.

"Araqi war bugs, what kind of creature is that?" Laxis asked at Charholyn, who was now interested in the creature. After all, it is likely that you will have to face these unknown creatures next.

Just as Xia Houlin was about to open his mouth to explain, Qiu Yue, who had not spoken, reminded at this time: "Sir, Miss Laxis. We can now enter the base with a new identity and in the open. ”

"Let's go first, there's no need to hide now. Alaqi war bugs, I'll talk about it as I walk. After saying this, Xia Houlin took the hands of Laxis and Qiu Yue and walked towards the location of the gate.

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In an abandoned passage under Osaka, which was supposed to be an empty place, there are many corpses lying on the ground, including humans and Arachi war insects.

The place where the most corpses were was undoubtedly in the abandoned platform, where the floor and walls had been stained with blood and discolored. The ground was littered with broken limbs, and the smell of blood in the air mixed with other smells filled the space.

The pitch-black passage was suddenly lit up again by the flames that erupted from the muzzle of the gun. A group of SWAT officers armed with assault rifles were shooting with all their might at the Arachi War Bugs that were approaching with their claws waving their claws.

These elite units of the Japanese Metropolitan Police Department may indeed be very powerful when dealing with human crimes. But when the opponent suddenly changes to an alien creature, their ability is a little inadequate.

The dense bullets continued to hit the Araqi war insects, and the first two fell to the ground with many holes. However, the war insects that surged behind quickly relied on the time of their kind to shorten the distance between the two.

Looking at the claw-wielding Araki war bugs, a sense of despair rose in the hearts of these special police officers, so they desperately pulled the trigger of the weapon in their hand.

At this moment, an even more ferocious fire cut through the darkness and emerged from behind the SWAT. Beat the surging Arachi war worms into flesh and blood, turning them into a pile of tattered corpses on the ground.

The SWAT officers, who thought they were going to die, looked in the direction behind them in shock. Immediately, a group of tall figures appeared in front of them under the illumination of the lights.

"It's....the armored suits of the Self-Defense Forces, you're finally here." The SWAT captain who had escaped death was finally able to breathe a long sigh of relief when he looked at these reinforcements wearing armored exoskeletons.

Originally, there were more than 200 SWAT units that entered the abandoned tunnel. However, when these people, under the guidance of the reconnaissance plane, came to this old platform, something happened suddenly.

A group of Alachi war insects, which had been waiting for a long time, immediately rushed over from everywhere. A surprise attack was launched against these SWAT units, and in an instant, the vulnerability of humanity was revealed in front of these powerful alien creatures.

More than half of the SWAT officers were directly divided by the Arachi War Worm in the first round of raids. The rest of the men panicked and began to raise their weapons in their hands to launch a counterattack.

So a battle between humans and aliens unfolded in the abandoned track under the city of Osaka. However, in the dark and cramped environment, the light weapons carried by the special police were simply not able to inflict mass damage on the Arachy war insects.

The massacre inevitably unfolded, although several more police forces were then sent into orbit. But without exception, they were all attacked and wiped out by the Arachic war worms that were ambushed in the darkness. The surviving SWAT team at this moment is a temporary combination of survivors from previous waves of troops.

After receiving the footage from the reconnaissance plane, the Metropolitan Police Department realized that the matter here was beyond their control. So he reported what happened to the underground track to the top management and asked the Defense Agency to send a Self-Defense Force to assist.

As a result, the special unit of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, which is closest to Osaka City, rushed over as quickly as possible after receiving the order.

"Now this is taken over by the Maritime Self-Defense Force, and you withdraw along the channel. After we have not given the order, do not let anyone come down and die. "Standing at the front, there was an unquestionable order from the white 303 mecha.

The SWAT officers immediately obeyed the order and began to follow the track strewn with corpses, towards the way they came. They had long been reluctant to stay on this hellish battlefield, and the bloody scenes of those Arachi war worms tearing apart their comrades had already made these people feel tremendous pressure.

As the SWAT officers retreated down the dark passageway, they suddenly noticed several bright lights in front of them. Immediately after that, they saw the figure of five walking chariots, and these big guys were now following the track, heading forward and starting to move rapidly.

Seeing this scene, these special police officers were suddenly shocked. With the presence of these armored units with heavy weapons, the monsters that kill their companions will eventually pay the price.

As soon as the chariot on foot reached the platform, the white mech gave the order. Suddenly, these mechs with high-power searchlights turned on took the lead and continued to drive forward along the dark track. Those 303 mecha units of Haizi followed closely in the rear.

Soon the multi-legged mechs in the process of advancing noticed the sound of the enemy, and the passage ahead illuminated by the searchlight was already full of the figures of the Arachic war insects with teeth and claws.

The multi-legged combat vehicle that walked in the front immediately fired at the dense swarm of insects in front of it with two six-barreled 20-mm machine guns on the turret.

The power of 20 mm armor-piercing bullets is obviously not at the same level as that of automatic rifle bullets. Those Alaqi war insects that rushed over were directly hit by the armor-piercing bullets in an instant. The thick carapace on their bodies did not play a decent role in protection at the moment.

And the shock tactics of the swarm, in the face of the high rate of fire of rapid-fire machine guns, are equally pale and powerless. The swarming Arachi war insects didn't even get close to the multi-legged mechs before they were pierced through their bodies by the oncoming armor-piercing bullets, turned into mutilated corpses, and fell in the passage.

With the suppression of the firepower of the multi-legged chariot, the mecha troops are also engaged in the battle at this moment. They use grenade launchers to fire at the front.

Suddenly the sound of explosions began to sound in the long-abandoned subway passage, and a puff of dust rose with it. Those Arachi war insects gathered together had no room to hide at all.

Under the force of the explosion, the bodies of these Arachic war insects were quickly torn apart, turning into flying pieces of limbs.

However, the araqi war insects, who had no fear, still rushed to the target in front of them one after another. And so it was, a few minutes later, when the mecha units of the Self-Defense Forces stopped attacking.

The pitch-black passage ahead was already covered with the fragmented corpses of the Arachi War Worm. The smell of barbecue mixed with the smell of blood in the air, and it became quite unpleasant.

"This plan of yours is really good, with the opening of these equipment, I think it can be smoothly advanced to the location of the spatial rift." Xia Houlin piloted a 303 mecha and walked to the front to look at the situation in the passage. Using the communicator to talk to Laxis, the battle situation in front of him is simply one-sided.

The Arachi War Bug may be a nightmare for the infantry, in the movie "Starship Troopers". The infantry armed with small arms was simply unable to withstand the onslaught of the Arachi battle swarm.

But this is not the technologically crippled world of "Starship Troopers", and the mecha in the world of "Ghost in the Shell" is simply the nemesis of these Arachi war bugs. The ferocious firepower quickly suppressed the onslaught of the swarms, reducing their efforts to get close to hand-to-hand combat to ashes.

"Now is not the time to be happy, you said. Among the Arachi war bugs, there are other more dangerous species. But Laxis did not dare to be careless, because the fierceness of these Araqi war insects had already been shown in the battle just now.

What's more, Xiahoulin also said that among the Alaqi war insects, there are other types that can spray plasma bombs and flames. If you encounter these guys with ranged attacks, you can't win so easily.

At this time, a multi-legged mecha piloted by Qiu Yue, after scanning the passage in front of him, immediately reported to Xia Houlin and Laxis: "Sir, Miss Laxis, the heat detector shows that there is no target found ahead, we can continue to move forward." ”