Chapter 40: The Darkest Hour
Long Xingyi and others sent an army of robots to exchange fire with the aliens, and the alien troops were overwhelmed and fled. Everyone was exhausted and was just about to rest, but was woken up by Long Haoqian's words.
"Their purpose was not achieved, this time they were repulsed, and they will send more people." Long Haoqian looked at the dawn sky, and said with the only one or two stars left.
"Makes sense." Long Xingyi said, turned around and said to the others: "I don't think it's time to rest yet, the enemy has a fleet, and we only have more than 8,000 robot warriors. β
"Hehe, people have a fleet, how can we fight?" Speaking of which, Ying Xiaotong doesn't seem to be too optimistic.
Long Xingyi looked at everyone present, and sure enough, when he said this, everyone was a little deflated. So he thought about it and began to mobilize everyone: "If we can't fight, don't fight hard!" We can learn from the great leader, the countryside surrounds the city, and the ...... of protracted war"
"Stop, stop!" Speaking of this, Lei Ling smiled, "I studied history, where are you here?" Are you saying that we are in the countryside, or are we going to fight a protracted war? β
Long Xingyi smiled and continued: "I don't necessarily know how to learn history, but I mean that we can't be the king of the mountain here, we must use guerrilla warfare, so that even if the enemy comes, they will not be able to find us." We're going to take a shot and change places. At the same time, try to contact the Star Alliance or the Star Alliance as soon as possible, and cooperate with them to drive away the enemy! β
"Star Alliance...... I don't think it's reliable. AndrΓ© sighed and said, "By the time my fleet was routed, General Neville's fleet had already suffered heavy losses, and without my cover, they would surely not be running out." The main force of Starfleet in the solar system is in the hands of the two of us, and if we are all defeated, then the Star Alliance will now be difficult to protect itself. β
"And what about the interstellar alliance that connects the Light Tower Star?" Long Xingyi turned to ask Long Haoqian: "Can we do it?" β
Long Haoqian pondered for a moment, "When the Skynet plan was implemented, the communication systems of the major cities should have been completely destroyed, and it seemed impossible to send a signal from the earth to the Light Tower Star. But we can use the communication station to get in touch with the Martian base, and they should still have long-range communication there, and we can ask for help from the light tower star. β
"Then there is hope! Comrades! Great Bolshevik brothers! Cheer up! Long Xingyi stood on the table, following Lenin's example, and shouted to Lei Ling and Andre's troops.
"What are you talking about?" Andrei said with a little cry and laughter: "Bolsheviks, that was hundreds of years ago? β
"That's what it means! Ha ha. Long Xingyi jokingly said: "Then let's go to the communication station as soon as possible according to the original plan!" β
"I know where this communication station is." Andre picked up the coordinate machine and looked at it, "It's just north of our west, if we walk, it shouldn't take two hours." β
"Oops! It's been a whole day, big brother! Shen Xiaotong called out a little depressedly, "Shall we rest for a while?" Otherwise, you will drag yourself down. β
At this moment, there was a thunderous sound in the sky outside. Long Xingyi walked to the window and looked out, only to see that in the dawn sky, a huge battleship was passing through the atmosphere and descending towards the earth. Countless debris followed, like meteors, streaked through the atmosphere, and burned up before it hit the ground, and it seemed that it should be the debris that the battleship crashed into when it broke through Skynet.
"You want to rest, they won't give you a chance." Long Xingyi looked at the alien battleship in the sky and muttered.
"Let's go! Just follow your plan, otherwise it will not be a way to go on for a long time. Lei Ling got up and said.
"I said that the great military strategist Comrade Long Xingyi, if you can't sleep, then the breakfast problem must be solved, right?" Ying Xiaotong stood up a little unhappily and said.
"yes, after a day of running, everyone is hungry. We left the ship in a hurry, and we didn't bring any food, so how could we do without replenishing our energy? Yin Yuting also stepped forward to echo, and at the same time seconded her rumbling belly.
"Replenish your energy?" Andre smiled, took out a large bottle of brandy from the bag behind him, shook it in his hand, "My brother has some malt whiskey and vodka there, everyone can drink whatever they want!" This thing has the highest energy. β
"Don't, don't!" Long Xingyi hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him: "Let's cherish life and refuse to drink and drive." β
Although Long Xingyi stepped forward to dissuade him, Andre, who had a rough and resolute personality, still raised his head and took a big sip of the wine bottle, before wiping the corners of his mouth and saying, "Okay! The physique is different, let's find out if there is anything to eat on the way. β
"Wolong, do you have an offline map of New York here?" Long Xingyi suddenly thought and asked his PC.
PC Wolong replied: "The offline map has not been downloaded yet, and now there is no network signal, and there is no way to download it." Long Xingyi heard this and shrugged helplessly.
The roar in the sky continued, and everyone no longer dared to delay, hurriedly packed their bags and evacuated from the arsenal. In order to hide their eyes, Long Haoqian ordered the robot troops to follow them 3 kilometers behind them, so that the enemy would not find them through the huge robot troops.
The march was arduous as they sought cover in the scattered ruins, sneaking through the vast wheat fields, and clearing out zombies and strange beasts on the road.
After walking for about half an hour, Long Xingyi looked up again, only to see that the enemy's large warship was already suspended above them, obscuring the sky and the sun. Among the large battleships, dozens of small ships flew out and headed straight for the arsenal where they fought last night.
"It's a good thing all our communications are cut off, otherwise they would have been able to track us down based on our signals." Long Hao crouched in the grass and whispered to Long Xingyi.
"It's better to be careful." Lei Ling on the other side said: "They can still find us through our vital signs, but there are too many creatures on the earth that they can't recognize them for a while." β
"It would be nice if there was a thunder beast at this time...... Yin Yuting sighed dreamily behind them.
Long Xingyi smiled, turned around and said to her cordially, "Did you drink it too?" They levitate so high, even if there are thunderbeasts, what's the use? β
Since last night's battle, the relationship between Long Xingyi and Yin Yuting seems to be one step closer, and the tone of their conversation with each other and the eyes of each other are much more gentle and cordial. They may not have discovered this yet, but the people around them have already silently watched it.
"You two!" Ming Xiaotong said a little impatiently: "Stop flirting!" Whose belly is crying? β
Everyone smiled, and Andrei took another sip of wine and said to her, "Little girl, don't be upset. You see, there seems to be a cannery in front of you. β
Sure enough, looking in the direction that Andrei was pointing, there was indeed a factory-like building in front of them.
"Lie down! It can't be a mirage, right? Ying Xiaotong couldn't believe his eyes, turned back to Andre and said, "Uncle, you have a good amount of wine!" I was so drunk that I could see so far away. β
Under the influence of the power of wine, Andrei's cheeks were red from praise, and he couldn't help boasting proudly: "For our fighting nation, what is this bit of wine? Let's go! Replenish our strength, and we can continue on our way. β
The group bent on their waists and hurriedly ran to the main gate of the factory, and took a closer look, as Andre said, this is really a cannery, and just now Long Xingyi looked at something like a water storage tank, which turned out to be their three-dimensional trademark.
"Hopefully they still have stock." Lei Ling said, slashing their door lock with a laser sword, kicking open the door and breaking in.
After killing the two strange beasts that were awakened by them, Lei Ling and the others cleared out a group of puppets wearing workers' uniforms in the factory, and finally found their assembly line for processing canned food in the back of the factory.
"Can this still be eaten?" Ming Xiaotong looked at the dead corpses all over the ground and the canned pork scattered all over the ground, and asked hesitantly.
Long Haoqian smiled and stepped forward, "In extraordinary times, how can you manage so much?" With that, he picked up a can, pulled the lid open, took out the spoon in the army's bag, and took a big gulp.
The others hesitated, then picked up a can and ate it as he did. When people are hungry, everything they eat feels fragrant, so now this canned food, which has been stored for more than two months, has also become a delicacy in the world.
After eating a lot of canned food and carrying a lot of canned food in their bags, Andre and his team continued to search the cannery. At the back of the building, they found a gate with a sign that read "Raw Material Warehouse".
"It's all pork!" Andrei muttered to himself, and then asked his men to open the door of the warehouse.
"Wait!" Long Xingyi stepped forward to stop him, but it was too late, and as the door was opened, a stench of corpses rushed towards him. Many soldiers who were not wearing masks were so smoky by the sudden smell of corpses that they vomited all the canned food they had just eaten.
"Lie down! Did you really drink too much? Long Xingyi scolded helplessly: "Can this warehouse that has no electricity refrigerated for two months be opened?" It's no wonder that the pork in it is not rotten! β
Andre was smoked, and the alcohol dissipated a lot, he forcibly covered his nose and waved his hand apologetically at Long Xingyi. He looked inside the warehouse, and when the stench cleared, he found that the pork hanging in the warehouse had been eaten a lot.
"There are really people who dare to eat this meat......" Yin Yuting covered her mouth and nose and stepped forward and said.
Suddenly, the pork hanging in the warehouse shook twice, and two puppets dressed like butchers staggered out. They had butcher knives in their hands, pork scraps hanging from the corners of their mouths, their stomachs had already been burst, and their intestines were running all over the ground. The two puppets just like that, dragging their intestines, limped towards the person who opened the warehouse.
Long Xingyi put on his hood and turned on the filtration system, before he dared to take a deep breath, stepped forward, and solved the two puppets in an instant. Then he turned back to Andre and the others and said, "Let's go!" There is such a big smell here, and it will attract some fierce beasts, so don't ask for trouble. β
At this moment, the PC in Long Haoqian's hand suddenly rang, and Long Haoqian raised his hand to see that he had already transferred the command of the robot to his PC, so as to monitor and command the robot army through the PC. Long Haoqian glanced at the PC and said to everyone: "Trouble has come." β
Lei Ling stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?" Discovered? β
Long Haoqian nodded and said, "It seems that the enemy pounced in the arsenal, turned around and followed our trail, and is now confronting the robot army." β
"Okay......" Long Xingyi said, looking at Lei Ling and Andre, "Let them buy us more time." How long will it take for us to get to the station? β
Andrei looked at the coordinate machine and said, "Even if you march quickly, it will take more than an hour." β
"Pack light, keep it simple!" Lei Ling said, pouring out the backpack that was originally stuffed with cans, leaving only one back in the bag, and the others did the same.
After the people had packed up, they immediately began to march in a hurry. They didn't know how long the army of more than 8,000 robots behind them could resist, and they only heard the roar of battle constantly coming from the distant rear.
As everyone ran wildly all the way, the explosion behind them gradually faded away, but the alarm on Long Haoqian's arm kept ringing, and the number of robots continued to decrease sharply. He also didn't know what the enemy casualties were now.
After an hour of running wildly, everyone slowed down in exhaustion, gasped for breath, and walked forward. In Long Haoqian's PC, there was no alarm sound, and the number of robots was displayed as 0.
"How? How far is it going? Long Xingyi turned around and asked General Andre.
"It's not far, two or three kilometers away...... There it is. Andrei took off his mask, which had long been covered by the mist, and gasped for air.
"I don't know...... Our robots, how are they doing. Long Xingyi, who was physically capable, said with a vigorous step forward.
"It's not going to be good." Lei Ling interjected from the side: "The combat mode of robots is relatively solid, and without human command, the combat efficiency is relatively low." β
"Then let's hope the aliens haven't learned the Art of War!" Long Xingyi raised his eyebrows and said jokingly.
The team walked forward for a while, and there were no more pursuers behind them, except for the scattered alien beasts and golems on the road, there was nothing to hinder the team's pace. Maybe it's really like Andre said, the number of fierce beasts on the earth has indeed decreased a lot.
"That's it!" After walking about two kilometers, Andrei pointed to a small room in front of him.
"So small?" Yin Yuting asked in surprise.
Andre laughed twice and explained to her: "In order to hide people's eyes, communication stations are generally set up underground, and this room is just the exit of the elevator. β
When everyone entered the hut, this room was no different from an ordinary house, except that the facilities were relatively old, and it seemed that it had not been inhabited for a long time.
"The elevator switch should be in the room, everyone scattered to look for it." Andrei looked around and said.
So everyone scattered around, looking east and west. Long Xingyi even suspected that the table in the middle of the room was the elevator exit, just like in the "Resident Evil" movie. He tried to split the table with a lightsaber and forcibly pry open the floor, but was stopped by Andrei.
"Be careful, this room has an anti-theft system. Maybe you damage something and the whole house will explode. The wind and waves have passed, and if we die in the communication station, it will be a shame. Andrei said.
Ming Xiaotong listened to it, and suddenly his face was not very good-looking, and then he bent down, and said with a very painful expression: "I don't know how it feels to eat that broken can, my stomach can't stand it!" No, I'm going to the toilet. With that, he rushed straight to the bathroom and locked the door to make it easier inside.
"Alas! is really a big lady, and her stomach is really precious. Long Haoqian smiled playfully and continued to play with one of the pans in his hand.
"Let's look again, it's such a small room, where can the switch be?" Lei Ling said, opened the refrigerator, and groped around.
Suddenly, there was a scream from the bathroom, and then the sound stopped abruptly. Long Xingyi and the others were in a hurry, and hurriedly ran up and knocked on the door. But no matter how much he called the door, there was no sound in the door.
"What to do? It's inconvenient for me to rush in, otherwise you can go in and take a look? Long Xingyi said to Yin Yuting.
Yin Yuting nodded, stepped forward and pulled out her lightsaber, cut the door lock with a sword, and then turned around and kicked the door open. At the critical moment, it is not necessary to care whether to destroy or not destroy public property.
This kick doesn't matter, Yin Yuting almost rushed into it because she was too hard, and the inside of the bathroom was originally a bottomless black hole at the moment.
Yin Yuting stabilized her center of gravity, and then looked back at Long Xingyi, a little confused. Long Xingyi suddenly realized and laughed.
It didn't take long for Ying Xiaotong to sit on the toilet and rise up from under the black hole again, scolding in his mouth: "MD, it's not good where the exit switch is located, it has to be set on the flush toilet!" scared the old lady to death. β
Andre said a little helplessly: "Damn rice-style humor......" and then asked politely: "This young lady, is it convenient for us to go in now?" β
Ming Xiaotong tidied up his messy hair, and said a little embarrassed: "Come in!" I'm done with it. β
Everyone crowded into the small bathroom, and the space was obviously not enough. So it was decided that only a few high-ranking officers and leading figures would enter the communication station, and the rest of the soldiers would stay in the upper echelons and keep in touch at all times.
Long Xingyi and the others went into the bathroom to stand firm, while Ming Xiaotong pulled the toilet again. With a violent shake, the elevator began to descend rapidly, and soon, the "bathroom" above their heads became only a small bright spot.
The elevator fell to the ground, and in front of them was a metal corridor. Long Xingyi was the first to get off the elevator, followed by Yin Yuting, Lei Ling and Andre, and then Ming Xiaotong and Long Haoqian.
After passing through the long corridor and being safe all the way, we arrived at a door with a sign that read "Communication Station". Long Xingyi cautiously opened the door, and inside was a small room. There is a communication station in the center of the room, and the walls around it are covered with weapons and equipment. In one corner of the room, several sets of tall lockers are labeled "food supplies".
"I don't think these foods will hurt my stomach anymore, right?" Ming Xiaotong asked with a little palpitation.
"No, these are military supplies, and it's okay to leave them for a year or two." Hearing Andre say this, Ming Xiaotong boldly walked over and opened the cabinet to check.
"I didn't expect you to be so small, but you are the most edible!" Long Haoqian said jokingly.
Ming Xiaotong turned his head and rolled his eyes and scolded: "Get out!" I just had a bad stomach, and I'm empty, or I'll have to beat you to death! β
Long Xingyi smiled bitterly, led the others to the communication station, and said to Long Haoqian: "Come on! Genius, it's time to play to your strengths again. β
Long Haoqian looked at the equipment in front of him and said to Long Xingyi: "It's not a problem, but the problem is that once we send a signal, the enemy ships above will quickly discover us." In other words, after we contact the Martian base, we will have to evacuate as soon as possible. β
Long Xingyi nodded, looked at Lei Ling and Andre, and then said, "Then let's hurry up!" β
Long Haoqian rubbed his hands, sat down in front of the communication station and began to debug. It didn't take long for Long Xingyi's most familiar face to appear in the picture, but that face looked even older at this moment, and it was full of sadness.
"You're still alive, that's good......" Seeing Long Xingyi, Lei Ling, Andre and Long Haoqian, Shenchenhai said with relief: "It's really good that you can still learn from Andre...... By the way, what about Xiaotong? β
With two compressed biscuits in his hand and a canned luncheon meat in his arms, Ming Xiaotong ran to the communication desk and said, "Grandpa, I'm here!" I'm fine, it's fine. β
Shenchenhai nodded and said: "The fleet of the Star Alliance has suffered heavy losses, and now we are also hiding in the underground fortifications of Mars, and we have sent a distress signal to the Star Alliance before, and they will rush to the rescue in a super warp line." So...... Wait, everyone! β
"The Interstellar Alliance has been notified...... That's good. Long Xingyi said: "It's just that the enemy is on our heads, and I don't know how long we can hide." β
"I've received your coordinates, and when the Interstellar Alliance fleet arrives, I'll let them rescue you first, and then take you to the Mars base with me......" At this, the picture was suddenly cut off.
An eager voice came from Andrei's PC: "Commander-in-chief, the enemy has discovered us!" Come up! β
"So fast!" Lei Ling slammed the table and said hatefully, "I was almost caught in the urn." β
The crowd had no time to delay, hastily snatched a few firearms from the wall, filled a bag of food in the locker, and hurried back to the elevator, all the way up.
The ground, shaken by the noise of enemy ships. Long Xingyi and the others returned to the ground, and as soon as they ran out of the room, they saw a small spaceship in the sky, which had already surrounded the hut. On the ground, a black-pressed army was marching in order, approaching them.
"There is no way out." Long Haoqian said in despair: "They are too fast. β
The army stopped not far in front of the hut, and a tall general wearing black armor stepped forward and said in a hoarse voice, "Long Xingyi, I finally found you." β
Long Xingyi looked back at everyone, for the sake of today, he could only delay time and pray that Starfleet would arrive soon. He pretended to be calm and stepped forward, but was grabbed by Yin Yuting. Long Xingyi turned around and smiled at her, gently pulled her hand away, and continued to walk closer.
"You're coming pretty fast." Long Xingyi said with a sneer.
The black-clothed general looked up to the sky and laughed twice, and the laughter made people shudder, "Do you think I really didn't find you?" You don't know how to hide yourselves. I haven't been able to catch up directly, I'm just waiting for you to communicate with the Martian base. Now, the coordinates of the Martian base have also been revealed, thank you so much! Find me a lot of slaves. β
"You!" Long Xingyi hated himself a little, he made a mistake and harmed the Underworld Sea and countless civilians.
"Long Xingyi." The black-clothed general bent forward slightly, put his hands behind his back and said, "As an interstellar agent, you are indeed quite capable and intellectual. But you're too young compared to me, Shaka Mathiuru! β
Shaka the Great?! Long Xingyi was taken aback, "You are the Shaka Emperor?" How do you know about me? β
Emperor Shaka sneered, straightened up and said, "Hmph! Who do you think sent you from 2017 to this distant year 2199? β
The people present were all shocked. It turns out that the "friend of the four-dimensional space" that Murong Shaokang said is the head of darkness, the Shaka Emperor!
"You...... Why are you ......" Long Xingyi calmed his breath and tried to calm himself down before continuing: "Why did you take me to 2199 and then chase me down again? β
Shaka the Great shook his head slightly and said, "This is just part of my plan, why should I tell a dead man about my plan?" β
"It's you......" Long Xingyi lowered his head and pondered for a moment, as if he had suddenly thought of something, "It was you who planned the 'Judgment Day', and the 'Dream Builder' was not a prophet at all, but an accomplice sent by you to the past!" β
Emperor Shaka clapped his hands sarcastically, although he was wearing a mask, Long Xingyi could feel that he was clearly smiling and said, "Yes, yes, you are really smart." But I don't need to waste any more time with you, today, you have to die! The life or death of these people behind you is determined by my mood. Do you want to kneel down and help them intercede before you die? β
"Who the needs your mercy!" Andrei stepped forward and scolded.
Without saying a word, Shaka the Great raised his hand and waved his cuffs, and a black beam of light shot out from his cuffs, directly penetrating Andrei's chest. Andrei could not make another sound, and fell silently. His soldiers raised their guns and wanted to avenge the commander-in-chief, but the army behind Shaka the Great took the lead and fell down one after another. And Shaka the Great is still unharmed.
Long Xingyi looked back and saw the corpses of his comrades all over the ground, and immediately became angry. Without thinking, he drew his lightsaber, leaped to his feet, and slashed at the head of Shaka the Great.
Emperor Shaka flipped his hands and shot out several arcs of light, hitting Long Xingyi's lightsaber and body. Suddenly, Long Xingyi's battle suit was torn apart, and the lightsaber was also beaten far away. The whole person flew out more than ten meters and fell heavily to the ground.
"As I said, you're still too weak compared to me!" Shaka the Great said arrogantly. He slowly raised his head and said lightly, "Behold, it's a good night tonight, especially ...... It's Mars. β
Everyone looked up, the sky was originally bright, but now it became as dark as the night, and in the starry night sky, the direction of Mars was especially shining, and the bright light seemed to be a little abnormal.
"Mars tonight, it's bright, isn't it?" Emperor Shaka bowed his head again and said to Long Xingyi: "You earthlings really know how to name names!" Mars...... Mars! It's supposed to burn, isn't it? β
"You...... You blew up Mars? Ying Xiaotong couldn't help but ask, because she had just seen her grandfather on Mars.
"Some worthy slaves, I will stay." Shaka the Great said, "What about the others...... It's all rubbish! β
Is the human race just extinct? Long Xingyi fell to the ground, thinking bitterly. At this time, his body was suffering from the severe pain that had just been injured by the electric arc, but what hurt more was his heart.
"Your Majesty Shaka!" An alien general walked up behind Shaka the Great and reported with a grovel, "The Interstellar Alliance's fleet is here and is fighting us outside the Earth-Moon system. β
"......So soon," Shaka said with a sideways face, "what about Mars?" β
"Mars has been completely destroyed, and we have basically caught the humans you want." The general said.
"Hmph." Emperor Shaka sneered and turned his head, and was about to speak, but he was suddenly stunned.
It turned out that when he turned back to talk, Yin Yuting and the others had already pulled Long Xingyi back to the hut and hid back in the underground communication station. Now that he is surrounded by enemy troops, he can't care about catching turtles in the urn. Yin Yuting hugged Long Xingyi tightly, silently praying that the reinforcements would arrive soon.
"Yin Yuting! Why is Long Xingyi's suit missing? Suddenly, Yin Yuting's PC came from the voice of Fan Hydroxy.
As if she had met a savior, Yin Yuting picked up her PC and shouted: "Fanxi!" Where are you? Long Xingyi, he's dying! β
"We detected that your suit showed signs of a fight, and that it was located on Earth, so Elder Dolby sent me to rush here. I'm going to enter the Earth's atmosphere right now, don't worry. Van Xuan said calmly.
On the ground, Shaka the Great was just about to enter the hut when he was blocked by a sudden fierce attack from the sky. He looked up and said hatefully, "Damn, it's the fleet of interstellar agents." β
I saw Van Hydrate with several other interstellar agents, forming a spaceship formation and diving down from a high altitude. Ignoring the firepower of the other ships, they attacked Shaka the Great.
Emperor Shaka took two steps back and said gloomily: "Long Xingyi, today is your fate, we will meet later!" With a wave of his hand, he took his troops and disappeared into the four-dimensional space.
"Fan, do you want to convert to the four-dimensional space mode and continue the pursuit?" An agent behind him asked.
Van Xuan shook his head, "The strength of Emperor Shaka should not be underestimated. It is our great luck to be able to save Long Xingyi today, don't chase anymore. β
On the other hand, the fleet of the Interstellar Alliance launched a fierce attack on Shaka the Great's fleet, and Shaka the Great, anticipating that the situation was not optimistic, immediately ordered the fleet to retreat after returning to the mothership, leaving only a sea of fire Mars and a ruined moon.
After Fan Xuan and the others landed, they immediately called Yin Yuting out. After a few minutes, Yin Yuting, Lei Ling, and Long Haoqian carried the unconscious Long Xingyi out of the hut, followed by the frightened Ming Xiaotong.
"Save him!" Yin Yuting cried and begged.
Fan Xuan glanced at Long Xingyi and shook his head......