030. The swarm is coming
Zhao Yu let out a groan and slowly sat up from the floor.
"Awake?" Christine looked up from her computer and looked at him, "Why did you sleep for so long?" I checked that you weren't hurt. ”
“…… How long? Zhao Yu looked around blankly and found that there were only the two of them in the MF1 cockpit.
"In another two hours, it's a full 72 hours, I've been injecting you with life support fluid, and you're going to run out if you don't wake up."
Zhao Yu looked at the roof of the cockpit for a while, and sighed: "The psychological trauma may be a little heavier." ”
God knows why that so-called training was so outrageous! How can anyone come up and directly confront a mecha infantry battle group alone? Am I really Superman! If he hadn't been able to wear power armor himself, Zhao Yu estimated that he might have to strike at that time.
However, in the face of an opponent who would never release water, Zhao Yu, who was fighting alone, was still desperate, this was a sufficient amount of 30 days of special training hell - yes, 30 days. It wasn't until Zhao Yu accidentally checked the data after his 27th death that he discovered that the time flow speed of space was about 10 times that of the real world.
"How did that Raymond survive?" Zhao Yu couldn't help but imagine that the young man was seriously injured in the first battle, and then picked up this plug-in, and then diligently leveled up in it, trying to become the savior of the entire republic and even the entire earth one day...... It's a pity that the ambition was not fulfilled in the third month.
Thinking of the month that had just passed in his consciousness, Zhao Yu couldn't help but shudder.
His best result in the month was tackling three of the four-man team before getting a headshot on the spot by the fourth. And this record has only appeared once, no matter how you think about it, it is a blind cat that hits a dead mouse, and most of the other times it is normal to be beaten to death.
But Zhao Yu can also feel that his reaction, speed, and strength are indeed improving. From being killed in seconds in the first few days, to being able to hold on for a few minutes, more than ten minutes, and then to maneuvering with the enemy on the battlefield for more than an hour, until now abolishing two enemies can become the norm, Zhao Yu is not a recruit who has just entered the battlefield, he knows very well that this progress is already an incredible growth in ordinary people.
You know, those four mecha infantry who are opponents are not mechanical NPCs who can only fix tactics and fixed actions, the combat methods that Zhao Yu knows and don't know, but the opposite side is used in tricks, Zhao Yu began to wonder if the so-called "the strength of the enemy grows according to what you know" is true, obviously there are some tricks that he has never encountered at all!
It wasn't until he called up the system to check that he found that the system also integrated the information of his predecessor......
"What kind of enemy did Raymond's unlucky guy encounter......"
However, all growth is currently confined to that virtual space, and it is no different from an illusion. Can the growth that is achieved in it really be realized in reality?
Zhao Yu looked at his hand and couldn't see any difference from before.
At this time, the cockpit door opened, and Borg came in with a bunch of things: "Yo, old man, are you finally awake?" ”
"Commander, you look healthy......
"As much as I hope he's unlucky, it doesn't seem likely in the short term." Hunter followed and jumped into the cockpit, "How are you, old man?" ”
Zhao Yu did two stretching movements, and was surprised to find that there was no muscle soreness after a long sleep: "It seems to ...... Not bad? ”
"That's good...... I finally found it, and then! Borg tossed over a can, "But I'll have to save some food, because I don't know if I'll have a chance to eat it before we reach the Fifth War Zone." ”
“…… Where did you get it? Zhao Yu suddenly noticed that Borg and Hunter were both wearing power armor, "What village have you been looting?" ”
"How can it be considered a loot?" Borg said solemnly, "It's a requisition!" ”
"There's no one in that village anyway." Hunter added, "Absolutely...... Food is also largely absent. We searched the whole village and found these. It seems that the people of the village have fled long ago. ”
Zhao Yu opened the can (cans in this era are very easy to open), felt the satisfaction of filling his stomach with something after a long absence, and then remembered to ask the next question: "What about the others?" ”
There was a sudden silence in the cockpit.
The others looked at each other a few times, and finally it was Borg who spoke: "No one survived. ”
The early breakout force led by Sergeant Hartmann was left in the forest only with corpses and wreckage. Whether it was the 475th Regiment, the 472nd Regiment, the 47th Base, or the MF1, they were all buried there. Because there were no enemies there, Borg and the others searched for an hour, but in the end they found nothing.
"All the survivors of the 472nd Regiment, the 475th Regiment, and the 47th Base are now the only four of us." Borg concluded, "But it's not entirely certain because we didn't find everybody. ”
"There are at least three people on the Hartman squad list whose whereabouts are unknown, including Private Fernando Moreno, who could break through." Christine said a name that Zhao Yu was familiar with, "And we checked in a hurry, and there may be more people on this list." ”
Although it is possible, Zhao Yu knows that this possibility only exists in theory. Regardless of the "gray wolf" who can fight with Gabriel in the end, even if it is a large number of bionic robots that were knocked out by Gabriel in seconds, how can Sergeant Hartman be their opponents? What's more, at that time, they didn't even have time to equip power armor!
"Speaking of survivors, I would like to ask, what about Gabriel?" Borg asked.
“…… I do not know. Zhao Yu spread his hand, "His enemy blew himself up, he should have fallen into the lake with the other party...... Normally, it should be hopeless, but this ......"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"It's amazing to say, the others died or disappeared, and we mourned in our hearts, but he was gone, and I would think he was just hiding and sleeping." Hunter commented, "It seems that sometimes being too strong is not a good thing for a companion. ”
"Where are we now?" Zhao Yu sighed and decided to change the subject.
"We had just entered California and were immediately able to climb east onto Route 97." Borg opened his arms and looked intoxicated, "and then go about 30 kilometers...... Oh damn it, welcome to the Fifth War Zone. ”
"We only have enough fuel to go up to 50 kilometres." Hunter added uninterestingly, "So let's pray together, that Fifth War Zone has a stronghold on Route 97 and that we can get there before this spider can't crawl." ”
Highway 97 in the United States, originally a national highway that stretched from the north to California, was completely abandoned at the northern end after the eruption, and only part of the southern end is still in use. The Fifth Theater, which is basically based on the California border, made a small concession here, setting the first line in this direction at a corner of Route 97, shrinking about 30 kilometers south from the state border.
"Can you still run 50 kilometers...... Zhao Yu took a deep breath, "What about our ammunition?" ”
"Don't worry about this, we brought some equipment from Sergeant Hartman's chariot......" Borg said here and suddenly paused, staring at Zhao Yu and said, "Old man, don't be like this, we're going to be there soon, tell me you're joking." ”
"Well, my joke is that it is advisable to put all the fire systems in place, and don't take off your power armor, commander...... Hey, I should have one too, right? ”
Christine pointed to the back of the cockpit, where several sets of armor were piled up, "Do I want it too?" ”
"Wear it best." Zhao Yu turned his head and looked at Borg sincerely, "Commander, I'm going to make a joke next...... I suggest we make this car a little faster. ”
"At 60 kilometers per hour, it couldn't be faster." Hunter refused, "This MF1 was brought out by Lieutenant Tony Lee from the 472nd Regiment, it has been fighting, many parts have been damaged, and it has been operating continuously for so many days without any maintenance, it should be thanked to God if it can still move now." ”
"It's really inconvenient, the power armor of the mecha infantry is only compatible with a few vehicle driving modes, and at least 50% of the functions are not available." Borg was nagging, but honestly put on his helmet and operated the steering stick with both hands to get the spider back on the road.
"But power armor is more than 50% more reliable than a vehicle driving suit in terms of life protection." Christine reminded.
Zhao Yu had already grabbed an armor component and put it on his body, the wearing of power armor was still quite cumbersome, and it would take at least ten minutes for a person to complete the equipment, but this time there was obviously not so much time: "Commander, can we contact the Fifth War Zone and let them pick it up?" ”
"This thing was tried while you were unconscious." Christine replied, "But there is no contact at all - after the surrender of the 7th Theater, the 5th Theater changed all the communication channels related to the 7th Theater." ”
"Well, it seems that you can only rely on yourself." Zhao Yu sighed, thinking if it could be easier.
"An unknown target has appeared in the rear! Approaching at high speed! It didn't take long for Hunter to shout, "It's a hundred...... Two hundred...... And counting! More than four hundred! ”
Borg cursed and reached out to open the rear-mounted machine gun's control screen.
The screen quickly locked on a large number of red dots floating in the air, which was terrifying to watch, and Borg enlarged one of the red dots and couldn't help but scold: "Hell, what is this?" ”
"It's like a mechanical mutant bee......" Zhao Yu recognized at a glance, "It can't be the same kind of monster that Gabriel dealt with that night, right?" ”
Most of the situation that night, Borg and the others had seen it through the footage transmitted back by the night vision device, and when they thought that they might encounter the same monster group, no one was confident of winning, and accelerating escape became the only option, Hunter directly accelerated the chariot without waiting for the order to come down, and the mechanical spider let out a final roar before dying, trying to escape from this pursuit.
"The rear machine gun locks, the automatic fire control is turned on, and the diffuse fire begins!" Borg operated four rear-mounted machine guns alone, and the bullets poured down on the swarm as if they didn't want money, and in the blink of an eye, a large number of mechanical bees were sparked and fell to the ground, but more mechanical bees were still chasing closer and closer!
"Fifty meters away!" Hunter screamed, "It's impossible to get rid of!" I'm about to be caught up! ”
"Calm down, it may not be good if you catch up, you see that they don't shoot bullets."
"Sgt., don't play dumb! When I didn't see the bombs on their side! ”
"You charioteers just can't be trusted!" Christine didn't know when she had finished equipping the full set of power armor, and directly connected the data cable of the computer to the main engine of the vehicle, "Give me the authorization of the machine gun!" ”
Borg faintly protested against the discrimination against the charioteers twice, but he still had a high-level authorization in his hand, only to see that the display mode of the pile of red dots on the screen instantly switched modes, a series of dazzling codes scrolled wildly on the side of the screen, and a seemingly powerful energy gauge was filled in a straight line, and in just a dozen seconds, a line of words popped up on the screen: "The flight trajectory has been analyzed."
"And then?" Borg asked, expectantly.
"And then, of course, it's on target!" Christine tapped on the keyboard, "At least it's much more efficient than what you just played!" ”
As she said, the attack pattern of the four machine guns changed in the blink of an eye, and almost every bullet hit a mechanical bee, and it didn't take long for the number of swarms to drop significantly.
"Well done, computer prodigy!"
But Christine shook her head: "It's not enough...... Damn, what exactly is their control module? ”
There was a sudden explosion from the rear of the chariot, and as he spoke, a machine gun had been blasted into scrap metal by several mechanical bees.
"I need physical objects to judge!" Christine gritted her teeth and jumped up, straightened up and wanted to open the cockpit canopy to get out, but Zhao Yu pressed her shoulder.
"If something goes wrong, everyone is doomed." Zhao Yu said, "Do you want to catch one?" I got it. ”
Christine looked at Zhao Yu, and couldn't see her expression through the mask, she just whispered: "You have to be careful, even if a mechanical bee rushes in front of you, your armored defense shield will not be able to hold on." ”
"Roger."
Zhao Yu pulled down the helmet mask, and rows of subtitles slid across the screen where the mask was projected, looking strange and intimate.
A few months ago, when he was a mecha infantryman, he had also seen such subtitles.
A soft but unemotional female voice sounded along with the subtitles: "Identity confirmed...... Zhao Yu, Private of the 475th Mecha Regiment of the 7th Theater of the National Army of the West Coast Republic, switched to the mecha infantry power mode. ”
"It's a private of the first class." Zhao Yu grunted.
Next...... Let me see if these 30 days of special training are useful!
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Happy National Day, everyone, the next update may be in the second half of the holiday......