Since he knew that the road ahead was dangerous, he naturally refused to explore the grass with his face.

The rotary-wing drone increased its patrol range and headed for the backwater base and mining town at the end of the canyon first.

These are two places, the mining town is at the bottom of the valley, close to the main and largest entrance and exit of the pit. The base is on the cliff of the North Mountain, and below it is a small lake called the 'Dead Water Pool'.

In fact, it is living water, which appears to be calm on the surface, but in fact there is a turbulent undercurrent below, and it is said that the bodies of those who drowned here have never been found.

Of course, people in the mining town prefer to talk about the only exposed water source within a 4,000-square-kilometre radius, rather than how many people drowned.

Soon after, the operator of the equipment said that the drone suddenly lost contact.

Kane smiled at Liberty, "From a stakes perspective, the trend is positive. ”

Liberty smiled bitterly and replied: "The price of two drones should be greater than 10 crystals, right?"

At this time, the intelligence officer on the ground effect vehicle reported: "M energy blast blast wave sensed. ”

Kane smiled: "If you want to fight Graybeard's idea, you have to be prepared to pay some price." Deaf and dumb, we will too. ”

It turns out that the so-called M energy is actually the concentration of some cosmic rays, which Kane called 'a cosmic cheap communication dirty bomb'.

As far as radiation goes, it's definitely better than nuclear radiation.

Kane is now Greybeard, and the notorious Greybeard is still afraid of using a dirty bomb?

The drone has a dead hand program, and once a certain preset condition is met, the dead hand program will be activated immediately.

Like this time, it lost contact with the ground effect vehicle, and immediately detonated the M energy storage, completing the contamination in a large area. Psionic energy is also affected.

This is because the unmanned reconnaissance ship sent by the Arkham Ranger Fleet has found a planet with abundant production of morphed hydrogen (Chinese literal translation: diazine).

The Tadarin clan of the Star Spirit call this substance the 'Creator's Breath'.

So what exactly is this strange high-energy gas?

Comparative studies have shown that it is in fact an organic matter affected by the power of the Void.

Corresponding to it is the Dark Gold, an inorganic substance affected by the power of the Void.

The universe of the SC world was born from the Void, and the power of the Void is everywhere.

The existence of the power of the void makes it possible to give birth to psionic energy.

Sarnagar was able to increase the probability of this possibility, and when they applied this technology to creation, they had astral spirits and alien insects.

After human beings entered the cosmic era, under the influence of the power of the void, there was a small probability that there would be a spiritual awakener, which was a matter of probability and cardinality. It can be said that there will be.

With the beginning, there will be development, and the morphed hydrogen and the golden gold have been discovered successively, and the role has been continuously developed.

The Federation researched the Spectral Energy Launcher, and during the original historical line of the Mengsk Empire, it also researched the Spectral Crusher.

Kane naturally also had relevant research, and he was born in the early stage of energy that can interfere with psionic signals. This energy, combined with m-energy, forms a radioactive contamination after the explosion, making most of the matter in the range like nuclear dust, and has the property of absorbing and neutralizing spiritual energy.

Kane also deliberately set a grade for this. Level 1, psionic communication is severely affected. Level 2, the power of psionic skills is greatly reduced, and level 3, anyone who plays psionic energy, entering this kind of area, is equivalent to a fish on the shore and a cat in the water. Now it is used in M energy, in order to test the water, and to avoid being targeted too early.

When Liberty heard that the drone had exploded on its own, instead of returning on its own, he felt that something was wrong, and asked with some concern: "Should we stand by for help?"

Kane pouted: "We are the reinforcements." ”

Saying that, he ordered: "Team C continues to complete the task of burning the wasteland, Team B, follow me to kill it!"

As a result, the two ground-effect aircraft accelerated in vain, heading towards the depth of the Grand Canyon at a speed of nearly 800 kilometers per hour.

Liberty snorted: "Hearing the battle, audience friends, if you also have this talent for doping, congratulations, you are a natural warrior." ”

The various weapons produced by the Graybeard technology system are also divided into self-use versions and external versions.

Like this ground effect aircraft, it is also for takeaway, but there is no force field synapse for sale, this kind of synapse cannot be found at all if you don't look carefully, and it is distributed everywhere in the shell of the aircraft, which can generate a thin layer of electromagnetic force field.

This force field can't be used to defend against energy attacks, but it's equivalent to a three-proof coating, and it's very good at anti-radiation or something.

In other words, this ground effect vehicle can be used as a space sampan.

In fact, Graybeard's technology still has some traces of the military technology of the Earth Age. For example, a template can be collocated in a variety of ways according to different uses.

The keel and hull of the ground effect aircraft can be used for space transportation without changing them.

Although in terms of size, the ground effect aircraft is much smaller than the basically eliminated Haiba-class battle cruiser, and the captain is not even 500 meters, but because it does not need to install a warp engine, and strictly abides by Kane's design requirements of 'focused, single-minded, and professional', the 'ATS attack array', whether it is the density of ground firepower or the hierarchy, is stronger than the cutting-edge Minotaur-class battle cruiser.

Kane did not choose to use a laser platoon gun, nor did he use a large Gauss gun, but used a metal storm-style projectile delivery, as well as an extended barrel-type projectile delivery track, a total of 108 precision rapid-fire guns, which can tilt 100,000 rounds of metal hydrogen projectiles in 1 minute, and are managed by a supercomputer for unit fire control, which can track up to 30,000 targets in 1 minute.

Since the ground is a dump of ammunition, the 'ATA Attack Array' against the air can use the Laser Hive. This is the invention of Graybeard, and the weapon is codenamed 'Strobe'.

The weapon looks like a hemispherical glass eye, and through the outer cover it can be seen that it is a honeycomb structure inside. It sits on a pedestal and is constantly rotating and adjusting once it is working.

It is not like the phalanx cannons carried on aircraft carriers in the Earth era, relying on barrage to intercept. It is based on super-calculated calculations to carry out precision strikes.

The 'Strobe' can withstand the impact of a large number of missiles, including honeycomb rockets, but if it is an aerial gun and energy beam, it is powerless.

There is no doubt that such a high-density strike capability makes this ground-effect aircraft a well-deserved killer of light-armored units in the atmosphere, so it is nicknamed 'Death Porcupine'.

Before the two Death Porcupines could break into the airspace above the Backwater Base, they were met by more than 300 allosaurs and 10 times the number of self-exploding bats, which flew up from the mountain, like a flock of birds, turned into a large dark cloud, and flew towards this direction.

Liberty saw this scene on the big screen, and he unconsciously cursed: "Shit! so much?"

Kane hugged his shoulders and said very forcefully, "This is a bit of a strange worm." ”

"Can our ground artillery fire be used in the air? I think we're using it now. ”

Kane glanced at Liberty, who had an ugly face, and comforted: "Don't worry, the shock wave of the M energy explosion has successfully affected the insects, just looking at their current formation, the evaluation is just four words, rabble, this is death." ”

Liberty shrugged: "This is all a rabble, I don't know what the alien insects look like when they are not affected, flying out of various layered formations in the air?"

"I think we'll see the tactics of wolves in the air, instead of the current one, rushing together in a chaotic manner, which is to die. ”

While the two were talking, Death Porcupine 1 and 2 had each fired more than 20 missiles.

The missile launcher is very independent and belongs to the pendant, rather than a fixed firepower like the ATS and ATA.

This kind of missile adopts a two-in-one launch method of artillery fire + self-propulsion, from stationary to Mach 12 at high speed, and is completed in 5 seconds.

This also means that for the flying insects that are more than 10 kilometers away from the dead porcupine, in the blink of an eye, the missile is already close, and it can't react quickly.

When a series of thunderous explosions rang out, more than 20 small suns had already appeared in the sky.

Although the AI on board the aircraft had already adjusted the brightness of the exploding plasma fireball in the visual screen, Liberty still subconsciously covered his eyes with his hands. Q: "Nuclear bomb?"

Kane was very adaptable, he raised his chin and nodded: "Of course, we have always used nuclear bombs as conventional weapons. Tactical warheads, one equivalent to 1,000 tons of TNT, add up to less than 30,000 tons of yield, but the effect is very good. ”

Indeed, a huge area of airspace has been torn apart by the shock wave of the nuclear bomb, and the insects are naturally not spared, and the flesh and blood are raining down.

Of course, this also has the credit of self-detonating bats, as they are really less stable as biological bombs.

The shockwave dissipated, and the extreme air movement set off a violent wind, but there were still more allosaurs and self-exploding bats flying, and this time they were clearly obedient and scattered.

Kane snorted playfully, "What is there in this backwater mine, and is it worth deploying such heavy troops?"

Liberty frowned, "You've finally realized that there are too many insects. ”

"These in the air are nothing, and I suspect that the ground forces are more than five times as large as them," Kane said. ”

Liberty was stimulated, and his voice suddenly rose a lot: "5 times?"

Kane laughed, "Do you want to make another bet?"

Liberty ignored Kane's stubble. "I mean, in this case, shouldn't we be withdrawing?"

"Didn't you listen to that angel say that the insects are conservatively estimated at 15 billion? How many do you think the human soldiers in the entire Koplu Star Zone can make up? Therefore, fighting more with less will probably be a norm in the future, and you should learn to get used to it now. ”

Liberty smiled bitterly: "I admit that what you said makes sense, but it has to be this time, does it have to be like this?

"No, contrary to your opinion, I think that the reaction of the insects shows that whatever they want from this is not yet successful. If it's a pit, they shouldn't be so unsoothing. ”

With that, Kane ordered: "Full speed ahead!"

The ATA laser array finally began to wield its power, and the added laser beam left a fleeting scarlet light trail in the air, each flash of light, indicating an effective strike.

This is all the credit of powerful AI and high-end algorithms, speaking of which, the computer system used by Graybeard is more than 2 generations higher than that commonly used by the Federation now, in terms of computing power, such a military AI, crushing 1 million humans, and the insects also have to bow down.

The powerful AI+ATA laser array, the laser on the ground effect aircraft, can even intercept the whirling worms launched by Allosaurus or Flying Mantis.

Flying mantis and self-exploding bats are not a problem.

In Kane's words without lack of contempt: "To be reasonable, how fast can you fly if you flap your wings and play aerodynamics? I count your warship bird x 2,840 kilometers per hour, the speed of this jet fighter at the end of World War II, and it is just a live target!"

That's right, although the ground effect vehicle is more powerful than the human space helicarrier in the Marvel Universe, its overall design looks more like a half-deflated submarine, fully sealed, with no runway, no carrier-based unmanned fighters, and no mighty and domineering super-tall bridge that Kane has always looked down on.

But its anti-aircraft firepower is super fierce, the nickname of the porcupine is not in vain, 12 laser towers, each can shoot 600 laser beams per minute, except under the belly, there are no dead ends.

The insects also quickly noticed the grass belly of the Death Porcupine, and they took advantage of their agility to fly at ultra-low altitudes, trying to rush through the blockade of the laser tower, enter their shooting blind spots, and attack.

As a result, the belly hatches of the ground effect vehicles were opened, and these cabins were independent, looking like the missile launch bays on the top of submarines in the Earth era were opened, ready for underwater launches.

However, the accurate-firing metal storm cannon exposed by the ground effect aircraft, as soon as these weapons appeared, the grass belly immediately turned into an iron belly, and no alien insect could fight with the death porcupine in this area, and the high-frequency, high-precision metal hydrogen projectile was enough to make the alien crush to pieces.

The two dead porcupines, like electric mosquito swatters, passed by insects and died one after another.

"Calculate fast, shoot far, hit accurately, powerful, have enough ammunition, adjustable, our Death Porcupine is an air arsenal ship, not something that can be shaken by a large number of miscellaneous soldiers. ”

Seeing that the performance of the ground effect aircraft was really good, Liberty felt a lot more at ease, and still said unconvincedly: "Maybe the insect can use the corpse to make a victory." ”

"That's right. Kane confessed, and with a change of tone, he uttered something that made Liberty think deeply......