The thick barrel of the gun spewed out tongues of fire, and between the lightning and the fire, the two soldiers were instantly torn apart.

The sound of gunpowder nearly shattered Herick's eardrums, and he fled behind cover, and was about to return fire when he saw a brother crash into the whizzing claws.

Flesh and blood flying!

The big white bear seemed to be startled by the ferocity of his impact, let alone the black-cloaked soldiers.

"Spread out!!"

Seeing that the two brothers had died tragically under the fire of the machine guns in an instant, Herick angrily raised the muzzle of his gun and fired a shuttle at the front of the car.

The bullet slammed into the welded steel plate at the front of the machine gun, making a clanging sound, but it had no effect, leaving only a string of sparks and cratered dents.

Giao's tail reflexively shrank his head, deftly dodging the incoming bullets, and holding the machine gun with both hands without panic.

Sesame Paste, who was sitting in the driver's seat, was startled by the sudden bullets.

"Yikes!! ＂

She subconsciously buried her head under the steering wheel and the soles of her feet were welded to the accelerator.

Looking at the oncoming truck, as well as the steel plate that could not be pierced at all, a trace of despair appeared in the eyes of Herick, who was holding the submachine gun.

Especially when he saw the thick barrel on the roof of the car aimed at him.

For a moment, his heart was even frozen.

And yet—

In the end, it was not the oncoming bullets that made him unconscious.

It was the front of the car that crashed straight into his chest.

In the last moments of losing consciousness, he faintly heard someone shouting something.

Although I didn't understand it at all......

"Ah O! Stay alive! “

"Oh! Roger that! ”

…

Cold water was poured on his face.

Herick awoke from his coma and was confronted with the muzzle of a black hole.

"We've always been convincing with reason, so you'd better not act rashly."

Sis returned this sentence to the guy lying on the ground, only to see that he was looking at him with the eyes of a monster.

emmm．．．．．．

She touched her chin with her left hand.

Is it that scary?

She's quite happy with her game character.

"Scared the hell out of me... We got a task out of the blue, saying that something had happened to you, and we rushed over immediately. I saw you get shot so many times just now, and Tail and I thought you were dead. Sesame Paste got off the truck and walked over with a worried face.

"Thanks to the body armor, but I also broke a few ribs."

Si Si said casually.

Although she felt that the condition of her body was probably not as simple as breaking a few ribs.

However, such a serious internal and external injury has actually recovered three or four percent.

It was in the heart that such a situation was chosen, but now it seems that it is the right choice.

Excessive pain is blocked, which is probably one of the most convenient features of the game, as it is equivalent to bringing its own tranquilizers and painkillers.

Otherwise, no matter how high the physique points are, there is no way to bear the pain.

"Worthy of it! That line just now is super handsome! Tail's eyes sparkled as he said.

Flesh looked at her worriedly.

"You really don't care? Got so many shots......"

"It's fine."

A soft smile appeared on Siss's face.

“… Thanks to your timely arrival, I might have been captured if I was the only one. ”

"Especially Meat, it's very brave!

"What do you say, seeing that my friend is in difficulty, how can I shrink back."

Lifting the heavy bear claws, the shy flesh scratched the back of the head embarrassedly.

It ended up with blood all over the head.

The sensational atmosphere became somewhat subtle and bloody.

However, at this moment, an inappropriate voice suddenly turned the topic in a strange direction.

"Giao! Prisoner, prisoner?! Will the plot in the book happen?! “

Sesame paste looked dazed: "Book? “

Looking at someone with sparkling eyes, Sisi sighed helplessly.

"Ah Wei usually doesn't watch that kind of thing."

＂!!! Do you have surveillance cameras in my house? ＂

"Squirt, you woman... It's not simple. ＂

The gunfire and commotion drew people from the neighborhood, with Kariman and his guards being the first to arrive.

Although his chief of guard was strongly opposed to meddling in the disputes of the wastelanders, he remembered that he had promised to protect them only a few minutes earlier,

He still stubbornly led people over.

However, when he arrived, he found that the battle was over.

The black-cloaked wasteland lay on the ground, and died in a horrible state.

The 1 mm caliber machine gun hit a person, but it was not as simple as a gun's eye, the flesh and limbs torn by the huge kinetic energy were scattered around the wreckage of the tent, so that he couldn't help but feel his stomach tumbling over when he left the desert for the first time, and his face turned slightly pale.

"What's going on here...

The chief of the guard, with a beard on his face, stepped forward and crouched on the ground.

He stretched out his index finger and touched the door of one of the corpses, his expression suddenly solemn.

"The men of the Legion..."

There are people of all skin and color in the wasteland, but the only ones with a bulge in the middle of the bridge of the nose are the Legionnaires.

There is a theory that they used the DA of the ancients, and there is also a theory that they made certain modifications to the genes in order to make their noble bloodlines different.

Corps......

Kaliman's mouth chewed on these two words repeatedly, and hatred and anger rose in his eyes.

At this time, the merchants, guards, and mercenaries who had been hiding far away also rushed back when they saw that the gunfire had stopped.

Seeing this miserable situation all over the ground, a merchant suddenly had a painful expression on his face.

", what did you all do! My tent, my bag, my luggage... It's all ruined by you. ＂

Looking at the truck parked next to the tent, several mercenaries with rifles on their backs surrounded them.

"Isn't it just a few tents," Sith threw a few dinars on the ground, "is that enough?" ”

This money was obviously not enough, and the merchant wanted to say something, but was gently pulled by the guard next to him.

"Those three little girls are the Awoken... If we really want to fight, I am afraid that we will lose a lot. ”

The merchant blushed and breathed in his stomach, but at last he swallowed it, picked up the gold coins on the ground, and walked away silently.

Nearby residents looked at this side from afar, watching the bustle.

To the north of the Katyn Station is the station of the Merchant Travelers, and as long as the bullets don't fly to their homes, no one cares about the death of a few wastelanders.

However, it has not been many years since the fight was so fierce as today.

Just when everyone was talking, an old man in his fifties walked out of the crowd.

His skin was dark, his face was wrinkled, and he looked weather-beaten, but his body was quite strong.

The dozen or so strong men behind him were all dressed in the same vein, carrying a revolver rifle behind their backs.

Glancing at the corpse on the ground and the man lying on the ground, and then at the three people and one bear next to the truck, the old man slowly frowned and said.

"My name is Mudka, and I'm the village chief here."

"Sisi, and over there, Ah Wei, sesame paste and meat."

Si Si introduced herself to her companions, although she felt that the old man in front of her didn't care what they were called.

And it is true, the old man did not ask where they came from, and said bluntly.

"This is a safe zone, you have broken the rules here, and you need to compensate the frightened residents and cattle and sheep in the village. ＂

Sisi said expressionlessly.

"Oh? Since it's a safe zone, why didn't they see you come forward before they made a move? ”

"I came here when I heard the gunshots, and anyway, you were driving through the camp, running over tents and luggage, machine gunning... These are all too much. ＂

Half-understood tail, protested dissatisfiedly.

"Hey, I didn't hurt any innocent people—"

Si Si interrupted his tail's explanation, stared at the old man, and said word by word.

"This is a matter between the Alliance and the Legion, are you sure you want to intervene?"

She could tell that the old man was trying to get something out of them.

If he hadn't thrown out those dinars just now, maybe he wouldn't have had this trouble.

Sure enough, when he heard the word alliance, the old man's attitude immediately changed.

There was an obvious fear and suspicion in the fierce wolf and cunning eyes, of course he had heard of the alliance, and he had also heard of rumors from the east.

The sudden rise of the alliance stopped the Chewy Bone Tribe's southward march and put an end to a year of chaos in the province of River Valley.

Before that, the majestic wall was the only lighthouse within a radius of hundreds of miles.

… Are you from the Alliance?

Sisi looked at him and said.

"Yes."

The old man's face was slightly stiff, including several strong men beside him.

He did think about making a fortune from these girls, after all, there were a lot of good things on that truck, and the compensation he demanded was also justified.

But now, things are different ...

Listening to the conversation between the men, the onlookers exchanged surprised glances with each other.

And the whispering voice also spread around with that sight.

"Alliance? They turned out to be members of the Alliance. ＂

"I heard that the warriors of the alliance each have Xiao Yong, who is one of ten, and it only took more than a thousand people to set foot on the Chewing Bone Tribe."

"No wonder... ＂

The alliance is certainly inferior to the Legion, but after all, it is their neighbor.

The Legion is separated from here by half a continent, on the far west coast.

"I'm afraid it's going to be tricky...... From the alliance to us, the slowest is only a week, and if it is fast, it will be two or three days. A middle-aged man lowered his head and whispered next to the old man.

With a quiet "um", Mudka stared intently at the young girl in front of him.

After a long moment, he spoke slowly.

”… We have no intention of interfering in your disputes, but we also hope that you will not disturb our lives. ”

As he spoke, he waved his withered right hand and turned away with the clansmen next to him.

As for the matter of compensation, it was not mentioned again.

Lying on the ground, Henrik's eyes moved back and forth on the three people and one bear.

He hadn't heard of any alliances, and he wasn't interested in learning about them, and the thoughts in his head were spinning quickly, thinking about how to escape the situation.

However, when his gaze stopped on the muzzle of the black hole, he finally relaxed his tense shoulders and gave up the option of active escape.

The strength shown by the other party has exceeded his cognition.

Whether it's the woman who was shot several times and was like no one, or the mysterious weapon that seconded his five brothers in an instant.

Until now, he didn't even know what that thing was.

Maybe. ……

Something really has changed in the province of the River Valley.

"Are you sure you want to be the enemy of the Legion?"

Hayrik lowered his voice and moved out of the name of the Legion, trying to threaten the men to release him.

Sith looked down at him.

"Even if we didn't have this plan, the trouble wouldn't have come to the door on its own."

As she spoke, she shook the muzzle of her gun.

"Don't waste my time, your name?"

"Herick..."

"What do you want that Luo Hua to do? ＂

The man's face sank slightly, and the corners of his mouth opened a slightly mocking arc.

"Hehe, I think—"

Bang!

The sudden explosion of gunfire startled the survivors who were watching.

Of course, the one who feels the smell of gunpowder the most intuitively is the one lying on the ground.

The bullet slammed into the ground next to his ear, and the splash of mud covered half of his face.

Looking at the smoke-filled muzzle and the unsympathetic look in his eyes, Haerick felt a chill that went deep into his bones.

"I, I was about to say... The voice that was very brave one second was stammering the next second.

This is by no means because of fear, but subconscious instinct.

"Hurry up, then." Turning on V's recording function, Sisi urged impatiently.

"Enterprise, business people."

"Of course I know that the guy you're chasing is a corporate guy, and then what?"

Henrik swallowed his saliva and continued at a rapid pace.

"That moving fortress, stormed into the desert, and our servants heard that they were looking for some treasure there, whatever it was, we can't let them take it away from our territory."

"Servants?" The tail tilted its head.

"Falcon," Caliman, who stepped aside, chimed in with a haze written on his face, "the kingdom that rules Oasis 2. A group of groveling cowards who have abandoned their dignity and faith and dedicated their souls to the barbarians of the Borderlands. ”

Tail: "? ＂

His left hand pressed his somewhat sore eyebrows, and Sisi sighed and said.

"Is that what it means to be a vassal state? ”

Kaliman nodded stiffly.

"Yes. ”

Sis fell into deep thought.

Combined with the discussion on the forum and the information published on the official website, she probably understood what was going on.

To put it simply, the Legion's vassals discovered the Pioneer and reported the Pioneer's intelligence to the Legion.

In order to prevent the Corporations from taking possession of the Vault, the Legion presumably sent an expeditionary force of unknown size into the desert to trap the mobile fortress with the locals.

Although the Trailblazer has great firepower, no matter how awesome the technology is, it is impossible to create something out of nothing.

At least electricity and mine, two things, can't be conjured out of thin air.

And Herrick's next statement also confirmed her guess.

We surrounded the Pioneer while they searched for supplies, and they had to retreat to the ruins with fuel rods. The power armor was strong, but they were limited, and we quickly divided and surrounded them, some of them fled into the desert, some were trapped in the ruins, and a few were trapped in the fortress. “

Sisi immediately asked.

"You've captured the Trailblazer?"

Herrik replied.

"The fighting is over, and the occupation is only a matter of time, but we don't want a bunch of broken copper. They put a code on the power room, which we can't access from the outside, and if we force a breakthrough, it will cause the remaining nuclear material to be injected into the self-destruct unit ... Then there would be nothing. “

"That Luo Hua knows the password? ＂

"I don't know, but he seems to be a key figure on the Trailblazer, and he seems to have some clues about the Vault... The general ordered me to capture him, before he and the reinforcements of the enterprise converged. If you can't catch it alive, bring his head back. ”

"Reinforcements... ＂

Tail touched his chin, and his face made a contemplative expression, "It's not simple, they actually know that the company has sent reinforcements." “

Sesame paste said with a subtle expression.

"Uh, do you still need to guess this?"

Staring at Hyrik lying on the ground, Sis continued.

"Name the number of the unit you belong to, as well as the name of your superior, and how many people you sent into the desert."

"Heart of Steel..."

"What?"

"My unit," Helik swallowed and whispered, "Ironheart. 2nd (9th) Marine Corps, our commander is Captain McLenwan. “

"How far are they?"

"Right here."

"Here?!"

Si Si got used to it.

Including the tail, the sesame paste, and the flesh, as well as Kaliman and his guards, all froze in place.

Sisi was about to ask, but when he saw Herick, whose face was still full of fear a second ago, a trace of frenzy suddenly appeared in his eyes.

He looked straight at her.

But the pupils weren't focused on her face, but on the back of her head.

A hint of bad premonition gradually appeared in Sisi's eyes.

"Right behind you...... You can see it when you look back. A smile appeared on Herrick's face.

No matter what he was proud of, Sisi knew very well that this was not a "look, flying saucer" trick.

From the moment on, the people around me looked away from this side and cast their eyes on the sky in the distance.

And now, the unfamiliar faces are invariably reflected in the blank, hesitant and frightened.

"That's... What's that? ＂

"Whales, whales?"

"The god of the bighorn deer is above—" Some of the herders knelt on the ground, their foreheads pressed against the ground.

Many of the mercenaries were at a loss, but some far-sighted traders recognized the guy.

"Airship... It's the Legion's airship! “

Looking to the northwest of Ruigu City, Kaliman's eyes widened, and his pupils changed with dazed and panicked.

And the guards standing beside him also involuntarily clenched the guns in their hands.

The majestic steel emerged from beneath the clouds, like icebergs rising from the surface of the sea. The wings stretched out on both sides were like the wings of Kunpeng, and rows of whistling spirals tore through the clouds and mist, like the fangs of a wild beast.

It turns out that the captain of the legion airship is like this.

He had often heard rumors about it in people's mouths, but it was the first time he had seen it.

It's like a giant whale flying in the sky...... Although he has only seen that animal in photos.

Several players were also dumbfounded.

Especially Siss.

She wanted to know more about how the steel monster had made it to the skies than where it had come from.

The metallic shell doesn't look like a painted canvas, and this is by no means the kind of airship in reality.

And if it is an airship made of alloy, even if it is made of aluminum alloy, even if the thickest armor of its whole body is only 1 mm, its tonnage must be hundreds or even thousands of tons.

And such an unscientific product, the way of propulsion actually relies on a row of parallel spiral awards?

Sis felt that his common sense had been taken across, and his brain time was a little rocky.

Although this is not the first time again.

Lying on the ground, Hyrik admired the stunned side face and said gloomily.

"It's too late for us to surrender now..."

Bang one!

A gunshot interrupted him.

Herick covered his left ear in pain and curled up on the ground.

Putting away the pistol emitting green smoke, Sisi adjusted the direction of the headphones and took a picture of the sky.

However, just when she opened the VM and just wanted to synchronize the photos to the official account, she found that the network was disconnected.

The signal is gone?

At this moment, he also stretched his neck to look at the tail in the north, and suddenly his face changed and he screamed.

"Giao! ＂

Looking at the disappearing signal on the v, Sesame Paste said with a smile on his face.

"I'll tell you not to go that far, you have to climb to the top of the mountain."

"I, I didn't think the signal would be better," Tail whispered, "and it was written in the manual, and we should find a higher place." “

"But that's too high!"

"Ann. The manager will definitely throw another one. The tail patted the sesame shoulder, but the tone of the weak heart was not like comforting others, but more like comforting himself.

Should you make her pay for it?

Should... It won't be, right?

"Hey...... It's hard to get back on the hot search. Flesh sighed and sat down on the ground.

"Woohoo... Damn, my heart hurts. ＂

Unlike the NPCs who are afraid of legions, they are not afraid of legions.

Whether it's a marauder, a legion, or a mutant or any other xenomorph that isn't human at all, it's just a monster with a higher level.

In contrast, they want to spread this big news that is still hot to the forum.

Dog planning is alive again!

Pity...

The photo can only be uploaded later.

Hearts of Steel.

Suspended from the bridge beneath the airship, men in sumptuous costumes lift their chin slightly, looking down at the mountains, city ruins, vast forests and plains, and the handsome face reflected in the floor-to-ceiling windows.

His name was McClown, the captain of the ironheart airship, belonging to the Eastern Legion, with the rank of Captain of Ten Thousand Forces.

Although the commander of the legion does not mean to command 10,000 men, he is undoubtedly above 10,000 people standing here.

At the heart of the airship is an unfinished MAN-SOLF frigate, which contains a power chamber made of fusion reactors and a deflection shield generator for "kinetic weapons".

Although most technologies are no longer parsed and difficult to recover if they are parsed, it does not affect their continued use.

Even if it's in another form.

In short, this Fei condensed the crystallization of pre-war civilization technology, and the pinnacle of the legion's attainments in the field of machinery.

Not only can it be used as an aircraft carrier flying in the sky, but it can also go to the front line after the enemy loses air supremacy, and pour tons of explosives on the enemy's head.

There are very few forces in the entire wasteland that can stop them.

And except for the rats hiding in the swamp, the shell lang hiding under the holy shield, and the cockroaches huddled on the east coast, the other ants did not dare to look up to them, even if they had the ability to shoot down the airship.

No one knows how many airships the Legion has, or how many undepleted stocks of munitions they inherited two hundred years ago.

Except for His Excellency the Marshal himself, who rules everything.

"Honorable General, under your feet is the city of Eigu! Further on that plain is the southern corridor of the province of the River Valley, whose western gate is opening to you! Standing next to General McClown, the adjutant said in a respectful tone.

However, this sycophant seems to be slapped on the horse's leg.

"I don't need you to educate me about the history of this small land, you just need to tell me where the group of cockroaches who crawled from the east coast have gone now."

General McLaan spoke slowly, with a hint of obvious impatience in his tone.

He was supposed to enjoy the service of his servants in Oasis 2, but because of a piece of information from the Free State of Bugra, he was sent here by his superiors to intercept reinforcements from the East Coast.

said that it was a superior, and the old fox named Griffin was actually half a level higher than him, and he had one more star on the epaulette of the captain.

However, there is no way, even if it is half a star, it is higher than his own rank.

What's more, that person is also the commander of the Eastern Legion, the commander of the front line appointed by himself.

Not to mention driving an airship, even if you are driving a space battleship, you have to listen to his command.

Every time he thought of this, McLene's heart was furious.

The Pioneer has been taken, and the remaining crew is stuck in the remnants of pre-war civilization, and without logistical supplies, surrender is a matter of time.

The spoils will be divided immediately, but he is branched out to this place where birds don't.

It's just an employee of a company.

Is it that important?

"Griffin's ambition is not small, he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to include the entire Luoxia Province into the sphere of influence of the Eastern Legion." The staff officer standing aside whispered this sentence, which sounded like a dream.

Between the province of Luoxia and the core territory of the legion is a large desert.

The so-called Great Desert is not as simple as a place name, but a forbidden area of life that spans thousands of kilometers.

The Legion simply couldn't rule the enclave of Luoxia Province, not to mention that it was far from their core interests.

If it weren't for the Great Rift, they wouldn't even have to keep their vassals.

Although the Eagle Kingdom would give them a great deal of wealth every year, every general in the Eastern Legion knew that the dinar and slaves that the honest king had served were nothing compared to what they had invested in that client state.

But......

The crushing defeat of the expeditionary force, the death of General Klaas, finally made some of the top brass of the Legion realize that it was naïve to expect to take the Great Rift Valley, which had caused great losses to the enterprise in a matter of months.

They need to invest more forces, build more logistics, improve supply lines, and mobilize more manpower to shine the shoes of the tens, both for their own and for the client states.

At the end of the day, they need to tighten their grip on the East.

There are many ways to do this.

Like what......

Raise that loyal and honest king into an emperor.

So I deliberately set us aside and wanted to take this credit alone. ＂

Thinking of Griffin's arrogant face, General McClen narrowed his eyes slightly, and his heart suddenly moved.

Looking at the wilderness to the southeast, the corners of his mouth curled up with a cruel arc.

"It is a desecration of the heritage of our ancestors to let these blood-drinking barbarians remain here, and it seems to me that the frontier of the Legion should be extended another 500 kilometers to the east."

"We have it!"

The adjutant and staff officer beside him all showed surprised expressions.

“．… It's not a good idea to make a difference, and I think we should crush the corporate reinforcements as quickly as possible and return to Oasis 2. “

General McLaan said with a blank face.

"What's the point of going back, that old fox will break us apart for another reason. When we open the Southern Corridor, the southern gates of the Great Rift Valley will be open to us, not to mention the Legion Commander, even the Marshal will not be able to ignore our credit. “

"But... ＂

"Nothing."

Interrupting the staff officer's words, McLaan looked up at the floor-to-ceiling window in front of him, and a pleasant laugh gradually appeared on his face.

"Let's bring true order and civilization to this group of barbarians!"

Almost as soon as the words fell, the forward-moving airship suddenly tilted two angles to the right, and the connecting parts creaked and hummed.

It's just a small swing.

However, at this moment, McLen's attention was completely on the handsome face of the floor-to-ceiling window.

Caught off guard, he didn't stand firmly, and his nose almost made close contact with the handrail next to him.

Fortunately, the adjutant on the side was quick and helped him who almost fell.

"Are you alright, sir?"

Picking up the hat from the ground, McLaen yelled angrily.

"What just happened? What idiot is driving the boat! “

"Maybe it's just the air current..."

In the face of McClen's roar, the adjutant opened his mouth tremblingly.

Before he could finish his sentence, however, a soldier trotted in from outside the bridge and reported nervously.

"Captain! The spiral prize on our right seems to be entangled in something! “

"Send someone to fix it immediately!" McLaren yelled.

"Yes!" The soldier straightened his back and saluted, and immediately ran away in a hurry.

McLaren swore and returned to his place.

The officers beside him looked at each other and closed their mouths one after another, not daring to make a sound, for fear of touching his moldy head and being used as a punching bag.

The deflector shield was not triggered, indicating that the speed of the impacted object was not fast, perhaps it hit a bird in a daze, and the problem should not be big, but there is one thing to say, it was really not a good sign just now.

"The guy I sent to the ground... Is it called Helik or something, is there any news? ”

Hearing the captain's question, the adjutant on the side hurriedly said.

"Not yet, though he reported last time that the caravan had been locked...... There should be news soon. ”

McLaren was in a slightly better mood.

Catch the employee of the company, and then solve the reinforcements sent by the company, and solve the troubles one by one, and he can also free up time to do his own things.

Just when the Iron Heart was busy checking for failures, Chu Guang, who was more than 150 kilometers away, stared at his VM with a confused expression.

What about signals?

Just now, he was still full of grids, and he was peeking into the screen.

Why is it suddenly gone?