"The alchemy engine stopped urgently, and it took an hour and a half to clean the cooling slag in the furnace when it was started again."

"There are plenty of supplies, and there are no changes in ammunition. Communication equipment can be used, but the interference is significant. ”

The Tech Knight reports to Tress and Ian about the report after the lead transporter stalled, and he concludes, "Captain." I think this is because the overlap between Azure City and the Shroud is too deep, and it has been recorded in the Knights' materials that in places with a high overlap rate with the Shroud such as Fairy Town, many devices are easy to clash due to different laws, and they can easily turn off or explode due to different laws. ”

"We brought the relevant processing equipment this time, which can resist some of the anomalies, but the processing time is about three to five hours."

"On foot."

And Tress resolutely ordered, he frowned and turned his head to look at the steel behemoth behind him, although the knight had a regretful expression, but he knew very well what was important in this mission: "Take out all the materials that need to be carried with you, build a simple camp with the transport vehicle as the center, and then use the camp as the center, and explore the surrounding situation in a team of five." ”

"Yes, Captain!"

Ian did not dispute Tress because it was the right response.

Of course, they didn't have more than three hours to repair the car, and at the speed of the Sublimator, even with a defensive stance, an hour and a half was enough for them to reach the perimeter of the laboratory.

"I don't think it's an accident."

Ian patted the tracked transporter, this huge steel monster is a real war machine, a carriage is six meters long and wide, equipped with heavy armor shields, psionic jammers, two alchemy cannons and vehicle-mounted machine guns, and can travel at a speed of eighty kilometers per hour for three days and three nights.

And the alchemy hearth it uses is not even the most advanced technology in the Empire, it is just an enhanced version of the ordinary civilian hearth.

This is Terra's mechanical technology, and of course, Ian's technology - every time Ian sees a new alchemical creation, he records its structure with silver chips, knowing every detail of it.

When he went back to farming, the design and structure drawings of these white prostitutes were priceless.

It was precisely because Ian knew so much about the tracked transporter that he was sure: "This was an attack." The enemy had already spotted us, so we used a Void pulse to interfere with the engine's essentia booster chamber, causing the pressure to go up and stall. ”

"Immediately, there will be an enemy attacking us. Tress, get ready for battle. ”

Of course, the knowledge of alchemy is a little bit, but the most important thing is Ian's foresight.

He looked around just now and saw a group of people glowing red.

Danger is coming, and while it is not too dangerous, it may also cause manpower loss.

How could a prophet be attacked? It's nothing more than an excuse.

"Is that so?"

Tress did not suspect him, so he issued an order for all men to be on guard against possible attacks.

As it turned out, Ian was right.

The anomaly occurred when the entire squad formed a defensive formation with five shield guards laying mines in the front row, and the alchemy cannons and all kinds of guns on the transports were fully loaded.

In the dark streets of Azure City, the white fog was filled, and the footsteps of Suo Suo could be heard from time to time in the dense fog, as if some invisible monster walked around the formation of the entire team, looking for weak spots.

On the side, the heavy roar of the demonic beast seemed to be pressed out of the throat, and the red beast pupils of the light and darkness stared at the unchanged patrol knight team in the shadows, and the coercion of the substance came, as if it would jump out of the shadows at any time and kill everyone.

Then, a large group of walking, fungal corpses emerged from the other side of the street, and with a faint roar, they charged towards the already mined position, as fast as athletes in a 100-meter race, not a corpse.

If it were an ordinary caravan, even a more professional escort team, in the face of this battle, I am afraid that it would have to be scared out of half of its life.

"Except for the corpses, everything else is an illusion."

And Ian calmed down and vaccinated the team members: "Keep on guard, they're still looking for opportunities." ”

Although it all seems like a stray entry into the supernatural set, for the sublimator, it is theoretically the ghosts to be afraid of.

As for the crying of women, the laughter of children, and the various noisy whispers, they have long been ignored as white noise.

Boom Boom - Before the alchemy artillery and machine guns could fire, the mines blew most of the fungal walking corpses to pieces.

After all, no matter how strong the fungus is, these corpses are ordinary people when they are alive, and it is impossible for them to block the explosives.

And there are not many of these walking corpses, they are all corpses that are still intact after death, after all, they are too broken, and the fungus can't make them move again.

"The real enemy is coming."

Ian and Tress saw three shadows flash in the darkness almost at the same time, the difference is that Tress can only see shadows, while Ian can see more clearly.

"One beast, two phantoms. The beast is an iron-clawed honey badger, the claws have been modified, and the alloy blade is inserted, it is very fast, and it is currently moving counterclockwise from ten o'clock to six o'clock, and the team members behind are careful. ”

Ian calmly recounted the current situation on the channel in the Patrol Knights: "The other two phantoms, one is a male, holding a carpentry knife in his hand, and his body is very muscular, about three meters tall, and he is a corrupt phantom of the power type without sanity. The other is a woman, also unsane, and the fingers of her arm seem to turn into sharp pins and needles, which are fast...... Hey? ”

He suddenly snorted, and then said, "I'll deal with this." You go and deal with the Ironclaw Honey Badger. ”

"That male phantom is too big to be able to override the firenet."

"Listen to you."

happily agreed, with Ian here, Tress had completely given up thinking.

To be honest, it feels pretty good, it feels like the brain is being massaged, and it's very comfortable gently.

Although there may be a possibility that the brain will become smooth in the future, at least it is cool now.

And just as Tress was starting to swing out happily, Ian was still watching the 'tentative units' sent by the enemy.

Obviously, these monsters are the pioneers sent by the surviving laboratory sublimators in the Azure City to test their strength.

They have already wiped out a patrol knight team, and they must have the second-level force, but there is absolutely no third-level force, otherwise they would not be so cautious.

The strength of this alien beast and the two phantoms is not low, although they are only about the first energy level, but they each have special abilities, especially the abilities of those phantoms, if you don't pay attention, it will make people suffer a big loss.

The strength of the Illusory Realm Phantoms is different from their real strength, especially when the Void Realm is abnormal.

In reality, the owner of an ordinary butcher shop is slightly strengthened in the abnormal virtual realm, and his projection becomes a half-giant strong man four or five meters tall, and the sublimator in reality is an accident, and his projection power may not be as good as the crispy bone finch on the side of the road.

On the way to the Azure City, Ian and the others encounter an unremarkable-looking phantom.

She looked like an ordinary, sobbing weak woman under a big tree, and even some of the Patrol Knights thought that she was a survivor who escaped by accident.

But after being disturbed by the transporter, the phantom burst out with amazing power, and a flying pounce came to the transporter, almost breaking the barrel of the alchemy cannon.

According to the silver chip, this phantom is called [Weeping Witch], and most of the original bodies are women who are often bullied or abused, and their hearts are full of resentment.

It doesn't attack, but when disturbed, it erupts with a hidden hatred that kills anyone who makes it stop sobbing.

(End of chapter)