The alien tower stands silently in the Nevada desert, a dark silence on all sides, broken only occasionally by the wind that blows in the desert. Even from a few kilometers away, its outline is clearly visible.

The roar of engines rang out in the desert, and the lights of a BTX vehicle pierced through the darkness and appeared on the top of the hill closest to the tower. Behind it were a dozen or so Confederate vehicles of all kinds, as well as about two hundred mechic infantrymen.

This was the unit led by Major Chandler, and the initial order was to re-establish the forward base in Las Vegas, and then the order was to stand by, but Major Chandler did not follow any of them.

"Sir, it's 7,600 meters away from the tower." The pilot reported, "If you go any further, you'll enter the battlefield that the aliens have demarcated." ”

Chandler nodded and ordered: "BLU Team 2, adjust the coordinates and test fire one shot on the spot!" ”

"Blue Team No. 2 understands that the target is at a distance of 7,640 meters, and the special Type 5 armor-piercing projectile, fire!"

A cannonball shot out of the MF2's cannon and slammed into the tower in the distance, but the shell missed its target, not even a tenth of the predetermined distance - a red light suddenly appeared in the air, and this red light spread across the sky, completely enveloping the tower around it, like a huge red translucent wall, and the cannonball hit the wall and exploded!

"Tsk, is it true that attacks outside the battlefield are ineffective?" Major Chandler snorted, "RED Team 2, approach to the edge of the battlefield and be careful not to enter...... We need to know its distance determination! ”

"RED Team 2 understands." A heavy shield rumbled forward, slowly slowing down near the red light, cautiously moving at a ridiculous speed for a chariot, "30 meters away, 20 meters away, 10 meters away, 5 meters away......"

Just when the distance of the heavy shield reached a subtle position, a mutation suddenly appeared!

The entire heavy shield was suddenly wrapped in red light, and instantly appeared in the red light!

"What's going on, RED Team 2!" Chandler shouted, "Get out, get out of here!" Get out of that damn battlefield! ”

"Can't leave!" RED Team Commander No. 2 replied, "We've retreated to the edge of the red light and can't leave, repeat, can't leave!" ”

"Sir!" Chandler's driver suddenly shouted, "Battlefield, look at the battlefield!" ”

Chandler suddenly looked at the screen, only to see countless red objects suddenly appear on the battlefield, these objects are composed of simple red lines, but they clearly form the shape of various chariots, and then, these chariots with lines emit the same roar as the real chariots, pointing the muzzles of the guns at the heavy shield that is lonely on the battlefield!

"RED Team 2! Abandon the car! Abandon the car! Chandler shouted, "Give up the chariot and get out of that damn place!" ”

"Sir, we can't escape." RED Team Commander No. 2 said, "Please let us do our last duty...... At least see what the hell is different from a real chariot! Attention everyone, fire it all! ”

All of the main guns and machine guns of the Heavy Shield opened fire at the same time, launching an attack on the line chariots in front of them, and almost at the same time, an overwhelming artillery fire was also fired from those line chariots, completely covering the heavy shield in an instant!

"Shield energy dropped to 40%! Exactly the same as the real vehicle...... 15%！ Is that really what it looks like...... Sir, I'm ......"

RED Team Commander No. 2's voice cut off abruptly, and Chandler stared at the screen: the smoke had cleared, and the heavy shield was left with a pile of smoky wreckage, nothing moving except for the occasional burst of flames.

"Units, replay the picture just now and let the system recognize ......" It took a few seconds for Major Chandler's voice to resound in the communication channel, "Let's see if the target hit by the heavy shield matches the reaction of the real vehicle!" ”

"Major, I suggest you stop attacking for the time being." A tired voice suddenly said, "The situation is clear, with your current strength, you can only send you to death. ”

"Doctor, do you think that the price to determine the fate of the planet is only to pay for a chariot?" Chandler asked the person across the headset, "The countdown has begun, we have to do something!" ”

"I know, I know...... This is a decisive battle on Earth, this is not a war for you alone, Major, you can't be a hero this time. Dr. Wright smiled wryly, "You need to know...... The footage of the battlefield is still being broadcast live to the world, and we have all seen what happened just now, and there is a lot of debate on the Internet now, and they are all discussing how to pass the assessment with the least cost......"

"The least cost? There is no such thing, doctor, as you said, the situation is already clear. Chandler said, "As long as we can save the civilization of the earth, any sacrifice we make is the least cost!" Tell me, what is our army doing? What is our government doing? Are you still waiting for death in place, or waiting for the alien to be gracious and reduce the difficulty of the assessment? ”

Dr. Wright sighed, "Major, the assessment is too early, we are not ready to ......"

"Then you can continue to prepare!" Major Chandler replied, "You continue to prepare, and we continue to move forward, hoping that you will not be too late!" ”

"Major, your sacrifice will not be worthwhile! You have too few troops! ”

"How can there be no value in sacrificing for the sake of the planet?" Major Chandler said and connected to the channel of his convoy, "Attention all units, there are no reinforcements for the time being, we have to fight hard!" ”

"Waiting for your orders, sir!"

"Very good, follow my orders, let's first set up an advance base on the battlefield of the aliens, and hope that the follow-up troops can arrive before the base is destroyed."

"Honestly, I don't have expectations, sir." Said the captain of BLU Team 1.

"Tell the truth - act, brothers!"

Major Chandler's communications were cut off, and in a Confederate camp on the east side of Las Vegas, Dr. Wright sat down with his hair clutched in frustration, his already short stature looking even more clumsy, when the door suddenly opened, and his friend Dr. Terez rushed in sweating: "Wright! What just happened? ”

Dr. Wright looked at him blankly, "What's going on?" ”

"Were you talking to Major Chandler just now?"

"Yes, but I'm using an approved dedicated channel...... "Wright looked at Tremez's expression wrong, "what's wrong?" ”

"Everybody heard! It's in that alien screen! Thauz shouted, "The whole world heard what you guys were talking about!" It's a complete mess in the camp! ”

Dr. Wright rushed out of the room, only to see people pouring into the command from all directions, mechs, charioteers, and other soldiers mixed together, discipline gone, everyone was excited, Dr. Wright listened carefully, and they were almost all shouting the same thing.

"Excuse me, sir, give orders!"

"Leave those politicians alone, we're going to reinforce our brothers!"

"Please, sir, give the order!"

The crowd was full of voices, light and shadow were intertwined, and this camp of 20,000 people was now in chaos, and not a single officer came out to stop it!

"Aliens...... What exactly is to be done? Dr. Wright muttered to himself.

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8,000 kilometers above the Earth's surface, beyond the outermost edge of the atmosphere.

In the command room of the spaceship where the Ahmeds were constantly deforming irregularly, Commander Ahmed shook his four tentacles and made a dull voice with a translator: "I have already done what you proposed, but you know that the effect can be achieved now because there are not many earth troops arriving in the examination room, and if more earthlings arrive in the examination room, it is impossible to effectively relay their calls, there are too many people talking, and it is impossible to hear them clearly with the earthlings' discernment ability." ”

"Don't tell me you don't have a model of Earth's civilization that the Buttermins have sent back to the Galactic Consortium, and with your technology you should soon be able to establish an effective filtering mechanism to relay the main calls." A voice across from the Commander replied, "If you don't have a model, I'll get a copy from the Buttermins right away." ”

"We do have this model - but the very thing of relaying battlefield calls to the entire civilization ......"

"Don't say it's not in accordance with the rules." The other party interrupted, "Of the five hundred and nine assessments you are responsible for, more than a hundred have been broadcast to the entire tested civilization on the battlefield, why, you will only do this when you are sure that the broadcast call will hit the morale of the tested civilization?" ”

Commander Ahmed violently shook his tentacles in protest: "No, just random testing ......"

"Then join this test, since this is in accordance with the rules."

"Understood, import the model of the earth's civilized society." The commander said, "But, I can't understand, why are you meddling in this matter?" The civilization of the earth just happens to be similar to your civilization in appearance and social model, and their composition is completely different from yours - you are not even a resident of this universe, Mr. Sima Shan! ”

Sima Shan was standing opposite the commander, dressed in white, his white hair floating in the air at will because of the lack of gravity, and he smiled slightly after hearing this question: "That's why I will intervene, find a civilization so similar to the mother civilization in countless parallel universes, and when you become Void Travelers in the future, you will understand what this means - if you can enter the Void." ”

"We can." The commander said indignantly.

"I've been reminded repeatedly that even with our formula, traveling through the Void is risky, after all, there are still many differences between our two universes." Sima Shan said leisurely, "But don't complain over there, I will cooperate with the agreement with the Galactic Civilization Consortium to verify all feasible formulas - that's why you've tolerated me until now, isn't it?" ”

Commander Ahmed didn't answer this time, and after a while he said, "Please don't continue to interfere with the test." ”

"Number one, all my requirements are within the rules, and I don't think it's interference testing." Sima Shan said, "Second, don't worry, if you follow the rules, I won't interfere again." ”

He looked back in the direction of the Earth and put his hands behind his back: "I'm curious to see how far they can go." ”