Chapter 126: First Intimate Encounter
The wind gradually rose, and the sea of clouds gathered. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
A large number of dark clouds rolled in, gushing out a large amount of thick black gas and sticky fog, which soon covered the ground and grassland under the airship, and everyone on the bridge only felt that only the floating boat they were riding in between heaven and earth, lonely like a lonely boat on the sea, sailing desperately on the dark and boundless black sea, and there was nothing to do in the face of the coming storm.
Looking through the porthole, at the end of the distant vision, large unnatural cyan lines slowly emerged.
How can this color, which should be obscured by deep dark clouds, be observed by the naked eye?
That cyan, which seems to be glowing slightly?
The captain picked up the monocular magic telescope and looked forward, the cyan lines magnified several times were still blurred, and could only be seen to be composed of clouds and mist, which flickered and disappeared in his vision.
"Swear to Ulla North, the god of floatboats, it's the largest mosquito swarm I've ever seen. "The experienced Hemingway can already determine what the blue line is.
"Signal for help at the highest level to the nearest garrison!"
"Sending the highest level of help signal of the Airship Alliance in all bands!"
"Push all the descent boats and ejection bays to the launch position!"
Orders came from his mouth in an orderly manner.
Then, Hemingway turned his head to look at Timo, "Enter the first level of combat readiness, and all of them are ready for battle!"
"Yes!" Timoten, who was standing aside, put his feet together, raised his right hand to his eyebrows, and gave a solemn military salute.
"Stop the message blockade, mobilize all passengers, and get the fighters on deck!"
"Captain—"
Timo looked at Hemingway in disbelief.
The moment this order is given, it means that the float is facing the most serious crisis, not only can it not take care of the possible panic, but it needs to put the passengers who should be protected at risk, and for the crew, it also means another thing - be prepared to sacrifice.
And the Combat Crew passengers, who will serve as the second line of defense, will use their lives to protect the remaining crowd after the last crew member is "exhausted".
There are also forty medium-sized magic crystal cannons on the deck, and before the ammunition is empty, no matter how large the mosquito swarm is, it will not be able to get close to the airship within 100 meters, and when the maneuver is restored, as long as the baggage is abandoned at the first time, it is still possible to break through the encirclement.
Hemingway waved his hand, "The mosquito swarm doesn't fire air cannons, the attack just now should have been sent by some kind of large demonic beast, I have enough reason to believe that what I am encountering now is not a large mosquito swarm, but some kind of mixed 'beast tide'!"
"Beast Tide ......" Teemo's pretty face turned pale, obviously her mind was greatly shocked, and after a while, she frowned as if she had just woken up from a dream, and responded in a low voice, "Okay, I'll release the mobilization broadcast." ”
The young female first mate turned and walked to the internal radio console, her steps trembling slightly.
Beast tide!
It was one of the most serious natural disasters that survived after the formation of human civilization.
It is also known as the last struggle of the Warcraft.
Although judging from the name, it was just a powerless counterattack of the dead remnants, but in fact, when the various demonic beasts counted in hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions, and billions appeared in the human world through huge "worm nests" and devoured all life, no one dared to despise them.
Some say they are "suicidal cuts" by monsters who hide in small sharded worlds to release population pressure.
Some say they are a special plague of the undead, which quickly multiplies and mutates magical beasts and then teleports them to Terran territory.
Some people also say that they are the source of all Warcraft, and those Warcraft overlords before the rise of human civilization also came from the Beast Tide.
However, no matter how much speculation and research can not be predicted and prevented in advance, the beast tide will still suddenly erupt from the most bizarre places, and there is no pattern at all.
Farmland, towns, people, animals, plants, all of them are the objects they devour.
Even after the Eye of Insight was built, Mistra observed several waves of beasts in the Northlands, with the black army of the undead devouring each other and the chaotic army of monsters, the former craving fresh corpses to turn into their own army, and the latter—well, they also craving fresh corpses, but to fill their stomachs.
After that, the doctrine of the undead creating beast tides was defeated, and humans officially classified such events as "natural disasters".
Even the weakest "Wetland Fly", "Vampire Bat", and "Acid Slime", as long as their numbers exceed a certain level, can pose a great threat to small Terran gatherings with few garrisons.
In the records of the narrators, there is even an example of a small and medium-sized trading city covering an area of 200 square kilometers being razed to the ground by an overwhelming swarm of low-level flame mantises, and you must know that there is also a master-level warrior sitting there.
Therefore, the natural disaster level of the beast tide is - "corps level", that is, the highest disaster level that must be monitored by a special department around the clock.
Although there is no rule in the number, location, and direction of action of the beast tide, the Blue Star Terran has accumulated a lot of experience in hundreds of years of "rescue and disaster relief", and each country has set up a rapid reaction force dedicated to dealing with the beast tide. In the territory of the top five, the military can reach any flashpoint within half an hour.
Therefore, what the Colander needs to do is to move closer to reinforcements while defending, and hold out until the arrival of the military.
"Captain, we have contacted the garrison of the Nilsis Leader, with the current course and speed, the reinforcements will arrive in 25 minutes and 46 seconds, and there is a high-altitude observation ship called the Sky Breaker, which responds from the frequency of the Spaceship Alliance, they have ten magic crystal cannons and three level 6 astrology magicians, they will arrive in 22 minutes and 16 seconds!"
"Okay, can we still accelerate now?" Hemingway turned to the assistant mechanic.
The co-mechanic was stunned, "The No. 211 propeller shaft is only used for steering wing adjustment, and it does not affect acceleration - yes captain, we can accelerate!"
He paused, as if he didn't know whether he had the authority to question the captain during the first-level combat readiness, and whispered, "As for the 'sprint' within three hours, the short-range outbreak speed of the mosquito swarm is faster than ours, and although acceleration can bring closer to reinforcements in advance, it will also contact the mosquito swarm earlier......"
"Bloomer, go back to the emergency cockpit and help Jack. Hemingway didn't seem to hear his whisper, and turned to the communication station, "First cockpit, full speed ahead!"
Bloomer's performance made his heart sink again.
Even if you know what is the best escape route, not everyone has the courage to accelerate towards the overwhelming beast tide.
They are just flight attendants who repair floatboats, not front-line fighters who are not afraid of death.
Can you really rely on them to survive this unprecedented crisis?
Hemingway's eyes narrowed.