While Joseph and William were discussing, a cargo ship passed through storm clouds and landed on the base.

A list of supplies was received at the same time on William and Joseph's personal terminals.

Joseph glanced at it, was attracted by one of the entries, opened it, looked at it, and said: "The 'umbrella' missile defense system came in time, but unfortunately there are some medicines that are not right." ”

William said, "It's better than nothing." I don't want to use anti-aircraft tanks to stop missiles anymore. Besides, we now have only four anti-aircraft vehicles left in our hands and we can't do anything. ”

Joseph opened the communication channel and asked: "How is the research of our individual missile defense system? Has the development of a special model for mecha begun?"

A slightly tired voice came from the other side, "I'm sorry, General. The current research progress is only 11% complete, and the prototype research has not yet been completed, so it is not possible to develop a mecha-specific model. ”

Joseph was furious, "11%? A team of 40 people, a full 100 hours, and only 11% progress?"

"I'm sorry, General. However, there is not enough equipment here, and many projects cannot be carried out. Also, the environment here is so harsh that half of our team is sick and can't be productive. ”

Joseph still wanted to curse, but William held his hand and shook his head.

"So be it. Joseph suppressed his anger and shut down the communication channel.

"Our team is actually not bad, and the basic research equipment is in place," says William. But after they came here, the efficiency of their research dropped dramatically, don't you think it's strange? Even myself, sometimes I feel groggy. ”

"Is it intellectual suppression? No kidding. ”

"Intellectual repression isn't new, have you forgotten the experiments that the Federation conducts on some planets that imprison felons?"

"I've heard about it, but it doesn't seem to have been very successful," Joseph said. ”

"At least it proves that there is a possibility. ”

Joseph mused, "How do they do this?

"I don't know the specifics, I need to ask for information. That's how it works. ”

"Maybe we should build a special laboratory for those researchers, to isolate them from all unknown electromagnetic disturbances, or other messy fields and fluctuations?"

"It's not just the lab, it's the bedroom and the dining room. ”

"A big project. Joseph whistled.

"There's no way, it has to be done. ”

"Then we have to stop building the armor factory, and we won't be able to save Hathaway anytime soon. ”

William frowned and pondered, for him, it was also a dilemma.

At this moment, Professor Herman's voice rang out on the communication channels of the two at the same time: "There's a new discovery in Cambrian! You'd better come and take a look, this could be ...... The Beast's Lair!"

Joseph and William glanced at each other and immediately rushed to the command hall.

At the No. 2 base, Chu Jungui and Lin Xi stood on the top floor of the base, looking into the distance. Hathaway walked up with a suitcase in her hand and said, "I just made a fun little thing." ”

As she spoke, she opened the box, skillfully spliced the parts inside, and in a blink of an eye, a micro-flying machine the size of a seagull appeared.

"For reconnaissance?" Lin Xi asked.

"Yes. ”

"How did you solve the remote control problem?"

"I don't need remote control, I enter the terrain route into its system, and it will automatically record the surrounding data and information when flying, and automatically return when it flies to the designated location. So that our reconnaissance range can be extended to 100 km. ”

"Why didn't I think of it?" Lin Xi praised.

"Try it now?" Chu Jungui was also very interested. The expansion of the reconnaissance range is too important, and the reason why Lin Xi and Chu Jungui have not developed a large-range heavy artillery is because when the beast tide appears, it is basically about two or three kilometers. In normal times, the reconnaissance range is the visual distance.

Hathaway smiled and threw the drone into the sky. The drone quickly opened three disc-shaped rotors, two in front of one behind, flew into the sky, quickly moved away, and soon became a small black dot.

Hathaway watched it go away while introducing its basic parameters, "It can fly up to 3,000 meters, and on Planet Four, the ceiling can reach 5,000 meters. The basic flight speed is 100 km/h, and all system components are designed for extreme environments, so there is no need to worry about reliability. The end point I set for this reconnaissance was 30 kilometers away, which means that we could wait 40 minutes at most and we would be able to get first-hand information. ”

Before she could finish speaking, suddenly there was a flash of lightning in the distance.

The three of them looked at each other, and after a moment Lin Xi said, "Am I mistaken? It seems that the reconnaissance plane has been burned down." ”

Hathaway was also surprised, "Its shell is a fully insulated material, which can resist at least millions of volts, how can it be burned?"

Among the three, Chu Jungui had the largest field of vision and the best eyesight, and said: "I seem to have seen something appear just now, but the distance is a little far, and the speed is too fast, and I only see a vague shadow." ”

"What kind of thing?" Lin Xi asked.

Chu Jungui quickly gave the data based on the images in his memory, "It is about ten meters long, about 1.5 meters in diameter, and the speed of the instant attack is about 100 meters per second. After the pounce, it returns to storm clouds. Other details are not known. ”

Hathaway said: "The reconnaissance aircraft was set at a cruising altitude of 900 meters, at least two or three hundred meters away from the storm clouds. Isn't that the height okay?"

"It doesn't seem like so. ”

Hathaway was not discouraged and said, "Then I'll build another one, this time cruising at an altitude of 200 meters, and see if I can." ”

Below 800 meters is the attack range of the spinyback, and Hathaway set the 900-meter cruising altitude to avoid the spinybacks that may be encountered. Once the spinyback appeared on the cruising route, with the speed of the reconnaissance aircraft, there was no room for evasion at all, and there was only one way to be shot down.

Hathaway returned to the underground space to build a new reconnaissance plane, while Lin Xi and Chu Jungui stayed where they were, staring in the direction where the reconnaissance plane was destroyed.

"What do you think that thing was just now?"

"Whatever it is, it's best not to provoke it for the time being. Chu Jungui's face was solemn.

"True, our existing anti-aircraft towers are not able to capture its movements. However, we still have a lot of R&D projects to complete, especially the Blackwinged Skymon. If you study it thoroughly, you may have unexpected surprises. Lin Xi cheered up.

Chu Jungui suddenly said, "Do you remember the jamming bomb we once developed?"

"Yes. But doesn't it become invalid soon after using it?"

"The beast tide here is evolving very fast, to the point that it is beyond common sense. However, our agent chip research should be progressing faster than they are. I think it's time to develop a new generation of jamming bombs. ”

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