Chapter 190: Lava Giant
Everyone was surprised, but looking at Zhuang Xiaolin's determined face, they could only choose to believe him.
Xin Xiao was transparent in his heart, what medicine was sold in Zhuang Xiaolin's gourd could not hide it from him, and when he checked the stone just now, the telepathy was locked all the way. Zhuang Xiaolin found a few lines of symbols only the size of a fly's head on a stone, which should be a secret language agreed with someone, Xin Xiao couldn't recognize the content of it, and guessed that it was a latitude and longitude coordinates.
Before leaving, Zhuang Xiaolin had the supplies of the four dead people taken away, including medicines, nutrient solutions, and most importantly, armored batteries.
The dreadnought armor of the mercenaries is not equipped with a palladium arc reactor like the Predator, but an ordinary standard armor, which needs to be charged or replaced with new batteries every half a month, and if the battle is frequent and the energy consumption is too fast, it will be replaced in less than ten days.
Under Raven's command, the group dug a large pit and buried the four corpses with armor in it, and then brought in several stones to press on it to form a simple grave.
The mercenaries were silent in front of the grave, although they had long been accustomed to seeing life and death, but seeing their companions end up like this, their hearts were inevitably desolate, and maybe they would soon follow in the footsteps and die on this planet.
Zhuang Xiaolin's face was solemn, pointed to the north, and said, "Go north." ”
The mercenaries regrouped, took the seriously wounded, and headed north. The plain where the landing site is located is not large, only a few dozen square kilometers, and beyond the plain is a steep rocky mountain range, surrounded by a magma river at the foot of the mountain, and you can see the red fire reflecting the sky from a few kilometers away.
If it was usual, everyone was wearing power armor and would have flown out of the plain a long time ago, but there was a lesson from the landing plane, and no one dared to fly up to find death.
The crowd sped up and ran, the heavy armor slamming on the ground with a muffled sound.
As soon as he ran less than five hundred meters, Xin Silence secretly screamed badly, his telepathy went deep into the ground and found more than a dozen drops of mysterious red liquid, and the vibration generated by the running immediately woke up the dormant droplets, and they quickly swam upward, releasing strange heat energy.
In just a few seconds, more than a dozen rock giants emerged from the ground and smashed into everyone with stone fists.
"Meet the enemy!"
Zhuang Xiaolin shouted, raised his sword and slashed at the rock giant.
With their previous experience, the mercenaries no longer panicked, and it only took less than a minute to deal with this batch of rock giants under the leadership of Zhuang Xiaolin.
"Take a five-minute break."
Zhuang Xiaolin gave the order, but he searched over and over the rocks of the rock giant, trying to find something. But he had no telepathy, and the red drops seeped into the ground in the blink of an eye, mixing in the soil, and it was easier said than done.
Until the end of the break, Zhuang Xiaolin couldn't find any clues, so he could only say, "Keep walking." ”
However, before they could get far, another group of rock giants appeared.
Everyone finally understood that there were countless rock giants hidden beneath the surface, and it took more than two hours to reach the edge of the plain. This part of the road was extremely arduous, almost everyone killed more than ten rock giants, both physical strength and will was a huge test, more than half of them suffered varying degrees of minor injuries.
Zhuang Xiaolin knew that there was no way to go on like this, so he could only order: "Rest in place for an hour and replenish the nutrient solution." ”
Looking at the peaks and magma rivers beyond the plain ahead, Zhuang Xiaolin had a headache, and if he went down at this speed, he didn't know how long it would take to reach the position pointed by the latitude and longitude coordinates.
Moreover, the consumption of armored electricity and materials is also a big problem, if you keep fighting like this, you may not be able to hold out for even a week.
While the mercenaries were drinking the nutrient solution to satisfy their hunger and regain their strength, someone suddenly sighed:
"If only I could fly."
This sentence speaks to everyone's heart, usually flying around everywhere you go, either by flying car or by spaceship, and now you suddenly can't fly, and you can only understand the precious taste when you lose it.
When Xin Silence heard this, his heart moved, and he secretly thought that it was not impossible to fly, if he started the flight engine and broke away from the ground, he didn't need to fly very high, as long as he was suspended in the air of more than ten centimeters, and then moved slowly close to the ground, maybe it would not trigger the laser rays, let alone wake up the red droplets underground.
Of course, this is only conjecture and there is no guarantee that it will be possible.
Xin Lin knew that someone else must have thought of this method, but no one dared to try, if it didn't work, it would be tantamount to death.
In fact, not to mention flying, the mercenaries didn't even dare to jump up during the battle, for fear of being killed by mistake.
Wei Lin, who was beside Xin Lone, had a face full of exhaustion, and suddenly whispered: "Hongyi, if it wasn't for you just now, I would have died, thank you." ”
Her strength is good, and she also participated in this landing, but she was unlucky, and when the gun was destroyed, she injured her right hand, and her palm was pierced by laser rays, and three fingers were also vaporized. The right hand was Wei Lin's dominant hand, and her strength was reduced by half due to this heavy blow, and she almost died in the siege of the rock giants after being in danger many times.
Xin Lin is a newcomer in the Tyrant Tiger Mercenary Group, only Wei Lin has a good relationship with him, barely half a friend, and seeing that she is difficult to support, he has helped through the danger a few times. If it was Gordon's kid, he didn't bother to pay attention to it, with Gordon's strength, he should have entered the landing list, but no, he didn't have to think about it to know that this was Raven Drack's arrangement.
"It's okay, remember to follow me in the future, don't get too far away." Xin Xiao said lightly.
"I understand."
Wei Lin nodded gratefully, thinking that when he invited Shi Hongyi, he still felt that this person had an indifferent temperament and was not easy to get along with, but now he knew that he was a cold-faced and warm-hearted person.
An hour passed quickly, and the team moved on.
Stepping out of the plain and entering the mountain range, the mercenaries found that not only did the rock giants here not decrease, but there were more of them, and the rock giants in the mountain range were larger, many of them were more than four meters high, and their strength and speed were higher, and the pressure suddenly increased dramatically.
After walking thousands of meters in the mountains, leaving behind a rocky wreckage, the mercenaries were exhausted, their injuries increased, and there was a reduction in numbers.
One of the mercenaries was crushed in the head by a rock giant and died instantly.
"Commander, where are we going?" During the break, Raven Draco couldn't help but ask.
This kind of endless battle, even if he is a junior general, is a little unbearable. Because he is a light-speed samurai, he moves the fastest, and he is also responsible for rescuing mercenaries in danger during battle, constantly running back and forth in the team, and his physical consumption is several times more than others.
Zhuang Xiaolin didn't answer immediately, and saw that everyone's eyes fell on him, so he said, "North Pole." ”
Everyone was stunned, and then many of the mercenaries had desperate expressions on their faces.
The diameter of this planet is about five thousand kilometers, the landing site is near the equator, and the distance from here to the North Pole is almost four thousand kilometers!
Up to now, everyone has walked for five hours and less than 10 kilometers, and they already feel miserable. At this rate, even without sleep, it will take more than 80 days to reach the North Pole, how many people can hold on? Even if you reach the North Pole, will you be able to be rescued?
"Oh my God, kill me!"
A seriously injured mercenary suddenly screamed wildly, activated the armored flying engine and rushed into the sky, a red light flashed, and immediately turned into a corpse and fell.
Everyone was silent, looking at the corpse that was only half cut off for a long time.
After a while, everyone's physical strength was almost recovered. Xin Xiao suddenly got up and walked over to Zhuang Xiaolin and Raven Drake, and uncovered the outer mask of the helmet, and there was a layer of fully transparent tempered glass inside, and the faces could be seen.
Raven saw the face of the person who came and asked, "Hongyi, what's the matter?" ”
Zhuang Xiaolin also looked over, and his heart turned out to be Shi Hongyi. In fact, he had noticed before that this Shi Hongyi's strength was quite remarkable, and he had killed many rock giants with just a thin cicada wing sword, but he had not suffered any damage himself, and he seemed to be at ease.
"Commander, deputy commander, I have a proposal." Xin Lin said softly, "If we move forward with a lighter pace, maybe the speed will be faster." ”
Raven didn't react for a while, and asked suspiciously, "Isn't it slower to slow down, what is the reason?" ”
"I've looked closely, and these rock giants are more and less, they seem to be attracted by sound waves or vibrations, and the more fierce the battle, the more rock giants appear. I think if we can lighten our steps and reduce the shaking of the ground, maybe the number of rock giants will decrease. Xin Lin explained that it was true and false.
He had long known the source of the rock giant's energy, but it was inconvenient to say that if the mercenaries were allowed to push forward desperately, he didn't know when he would find out about the existence of the red droplet, and few people would be able to hold out to the North Pole.
Xin Lin didn't want to see the mercenaries attrition, it was difficult for him to survive alone on this dangerous planet.
Zhuang Xiaolin's eyes lit up, he had been looking for the cause of the rock giant, Xin Lone's words made him feel suddenly enlightened, and nodded: "Your method should be feasible, let's try it immediately." ”
He immediately got up, straightened his team and continued to set off.
This time, everyone slowed down and moved steadily. Sure enough, the number of rock giants was greatly reduced, and they only appeared at close range to the mercenaries, and as soon as they appeared, they were solved by the two generals as quickly as possible, preventing it from vibrating and attracting more rock giants.
"It really works!"
Everyone was overjoyed, although the speed of running was slow, but there was no rock giant blocking the way, there was no need to fall into a hard battle, and the team's forward speed increased several times, and at the same time saved a lot of physical strength.
In this way, you can walk at least two or three hundred kilometers a day, and you can reach the North Pole in only half a month.
Half a month is still a long time, but the situation is much better, so that the mercenaries can see hope, and the pressure is not as terrible as before.
Zhuang Xiaolin deliberately walked to Xin Lian's side and said approvingly: "Shi Hongyi, you did a good job, I will give you a credit when I go back, and the income of this mission will be doubled." ”
"Thank you, Captain." Xin Lin pretended to be grateful.
The other mercenaries also gave Xin Lin a kind look and quickly accepted the newcomer.
However, it didn't take long for the team to stop again, and a wide river of magma stretched out in front of them, blocking its path.
Xin Lone's heart changed even more, his telepathy detected that there were more than a dozen red droplets hidden in the magma, these drops were larger than those in the soil, the largest of which was equivalent to sesame seeds, and the silence absorbed a lot of heat energy under the magma river, and the telepathy was just a light touch, which made him have a terrifying stellar illusion in his mind.
Without waiting for Xin Silence to remind, the lava river rolled violently.
In the blink of an eye, a lava giant more than ten meters tall rose from the river, composed of a mixture of magma and stones, its whole body was red, hot magma splashed everywhere, and the end of the long stone arm was like a huge stone hammer, smashing down on the mercenaries on the head!