Redstone Star surface, "Keha" base.

The medical transport plane cut through the sky and, guided by the command center, fell into a landing zone at the base along a predetermined course with the help of Marines.

Yang Yi stepped out of the cabin of the transport plane, feeling the heat wave of the Red Stone Star constantly scorching his power armor. Even with the thermostat, you can still feel the stuffiness.

Hydra had already hurried over when he got the news. Her main task was to protect Yang Yi, but she had just woken up after she had been in a coma due to excessive spiritual energy consumption in order to appease Behemoth, and she hurried back after recovering some spiritual energy slightly.

"Commander."

"Well, Hydra, I've worked hard for you before." Yang Yi, who had no idea what Hydra had done to Behemoth before, nodded to her, "Are you relieved now?" ”

"It's okay, it's already possible to perform basic guard duties." Hydra nodded at him as well, "For now, as long as you don't go to dangerous areas, I can still carry out normal vigilance missions." ”

"Okay." He didn't plan to go to those places himself. In a place like Redstone Star, being beaten to death by a swarm of insects can be regarded as a heroic death, and if he didn't have time to retreat to the high ground and be burned to death by magma, it would be called aggrieved, and he didn't want to experience this feeling.

When Yang Yi and Hydra left the landing area, the hatch of the transport plane closed, gradually retracted the landing gear, and then took off and flew into the sky.

At this time, Yang Yi had time to take a look at this surface base codenamed "Keha". It is one of the three main mining bases that the Pirate Regiment is responsible for, and the largest. The ground command is located here, responsible for coordinating the entire Redstone operation with the Air Force Command on the A1 bridge.

In addition to directing the Pirate Regiment's air force to deal with the attack of the Swarm Air Force, the Air Force Command is also responsible for geological and meteorological surveys. Planets like Redstone can sometimes have tropical storms, and this kind of extreme weather is unbearable for both humans and insects.

At that point, mining work will be forced to stop, and all personnel will take refuge in the base building. Insects will burrow into the network of tunnels that are responsible for underground tunnels to avoid heat erosion on the surface - in fact, the heat in the ground is not much lower in the geological environment of Redstone Star, but the insect colony can barely survive there. This is where the disadvantages of the swarm creatures come into play, as the creatures themselves are not as capable of withstanding the heat as the metal buildings of humans and astral spirits. A single tropical storm can wipe out several nests.

The only good thing is that the probability of this kind of tropical storm itself is very low, because Redstone itself is very hot enough, and it is even more difficult to blow a more hot and unbearable tropical storm, and in many cases even the most basic cyclone disturbance cannot be found.

The base is still the original four-piece suit, the command center, the barracks, the heavy factory and the ground starport, and then there are bunkers and siege tanks guarded on the high ground, as well as a long supply station. Yang Yi himself lives in the command center.

He came down this time mainly to inspect the terrain - by the way, he wanted to experience the legendary Red Rock Star Hell, and this thrill-seeking mentality really made his heart itch.

"How long will it take for us to finish this mission?" In the communication channel, Yang Feng asked Hydra.

"At the current rate, it will take us about three months." Hydra immediately replied, "Miss A1 has already made an estimate before. However, given the intense crustal activity of Redstone Star, this rate may vary in the future. ”

He frowned when he heard this: "Three months? So long? ”

"Yes, every time the magma rises and falls, it takes about a day, and it takes a total of a day for us to withdraw the gathering force early and send the gathering force again, and we still need to face the harassment of the swarm. Due to the interference of magma, we cannot directly build defensive bases next to those ore veins, resulting in our losses and slow progress. ”

"Tsk......" he was a little distressed, "I still want to take advantage of this mission to collect some other rare minerals...... Trouble, so what can we do to speed up the progress? Or do you want to collect more other minerals while maintaining the original progress? ”

"At the moment, we can only increase the number of bases deployed, but we don't have any extra manpower at the moment...... Or...... You can try to ask Behemoth to help. ”

This sentence is exactly what Yang Yi wants to say, but the question now is, what is the reaction of the Hyperion side?

Command center, inside the communication center.

“…… That's about it. A1 said on the communication screen, "The Hubelyen side is furious, but they say that as long as we can afford to risk getting out of control, they won't care." ”

"Behemoth has a lot of that worm mother's belongings stored in his body, including a lot of crystal ore and high-energy gas, as long as we can operate it...... How many mining sites have been identified? ”

"Most of them are in the territory of the swarm." A1 immediately replied, "There are also some rare deposits that have not yet been occupied, but not crystal mines, but some rare veins including uranium. Crystal Mines are mainly concentrated in the Swarm's Capture Zone. In addition to the area we have already occupied, there are also a number of Hidden Gold Deposits in the Swarm Territory. ”

"So we're going to have to eat it anyway?"

"That's right. After all, the swarm has been developing in this area for a long time, and their occupation area is the largest. If we want to build more veins, we'll have to keep attacking the swarms. ”

However, Redstone's special surface conditions obviously can't sustain the attack for a long time. A few days may not be able to strike down a vein and build a solid mining base.

"I understand, you inform Behemoth for me, and you will discuss several predetermined deposits, including a gold deposit, a crystal vein, and a high-energy gas spring. Anyway, we're going to have to take advantage of this vote to earn some money back. Now that the war is becoming more and more urgent, and the price of minerals on the market is becoming more and more expensive, the purchase of crystal mines and high-energy gas alone will only waste unnecessary financial resources. ”

"Yes."