Chapter 125: Counterattack?
So, when this report was sent by Sidney, it was quickly and thoroughly evaluated before being sent to the various department heads and mech hunters of the Shattered Dome.
Mako Mori looked at the silent crowd in the conference room, whispered to Sterke, and said, "Are we really going to capture a monster alive?" ”
"We'll ...... if there's a need"
Despite his words of cooperation, Sterk still came up with the idea of blowing up the wormhole himself the moment he saw Rorschach.
Waiting for Rorschach to sit in the main seat of the conference room, Sterke couldn't wait to stand up and said, "Sir, I still think that blowing up the wormhole with a nuclear bomb is the most effective way!" ”
Adam retorted to Sterke: "But in 16 years, the PPDC has already shelled the passage under the sea, and it is ineffective!" ”
Unwillingly, Sterk said: "This time I have prepared a thermonuclear warhead of more than one ton, which can provide an explosive yield of 1.2 million tons. ”
Steck's words ushered in the approval of the mathematician Herman. He gestured to the connection between the two worlds and the location of the spatial passage, but in the eyes of everyone, it was just a meaningless hand dance.
Herman took the report of the plan to capture the chrysanthemum alive from in front of him, turned it over, and drew two circles on the back, representing the two universes.
Pointing to the two circles and the wormhole passage between them, Herman explained, "These two circles represent us and the monster universe. The middle passage is the so-called 'throat'. It's like Einstein Rosen's Bridge, a space passage made of atoms, and I guess that the increase in the number of monsters crossing can stabilize the space passage for a long time, and it will also allow our device to pass through it, thus blowing up the passage! ”
Herman's explanation is also Sterke's idea, as long as the passage is blown up, the invasion of the chrysanthemum can be stopped.
Rorschach nodded at Herman's remarks, as if he agreed with him.
But then, Adam had Krieger block the entire conference room.
A group of Krieger rushed in, ignoring the crowd and began to clean up all the electronics in the conference room.
When Krieg held the basket to collect his personal equipment, only Emma cooperated best, raising her hands to show that she was not threatening, and letting the metal detector sweep over her body.
Regardless of everyone's mood, Krieger took all the electronics and left the conference room and closed the door again.
"Alright, let's talk about the secrecy a little bit......"
Rorschach's words lifted everyone's spirits, and they listened intently, regardless of what had just happened.
"On a planet called the Anteverse, there live aliens known as 'Harbing', a type of colonizing creature that thrives by constantly encroaching on other planets. The Pioneer has mastered extremely high poison-making chemistry and hyperspace technology, and can bridge other planets with their local area by building "wormholes" to infiltrate and attack from within the enemy. ”
"As early as the Triassic, they reached the earth, but the original earth was high in oxygen, and the environment was too suitable for biological development. They gave up their invasion of the earth until humans developed. Air pollution, environmental damage. This is more and more in line with the living environment of the pioneers. So they sent the Kaiju Beast to help the earth transform ......"
"As for Dr. Herman's wormhole theory, it is very practical. It's just wrong that the energy of the wormhole comes from the activity of the Earth's tectonic plates, and the energy generated by geophysics keeps it in a long-term, stable state of opening. However, the wormhole itself is very fragile, and its physical structure and the electromagnetic waves emitted show that if the external energy exceeds the energy provided to it by the plate activity, the wormhole will be destroyed. There are even pioneer biological protection locks on the wormhole, which can only be passed through by the Kaiju Beast. Everything else will be spit out......"
More than plate activity? This wormhole is located in the Pacific Rim region, which corresponds to the Pacific Rim Seismic Zone.
This seismic zone, which is a horseshoe-shaped pattern of trenches, islands and volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean, is home to about 80 percent of the world's shallow earthquakes, 90 percent of intermediate earthquakes, and almost all deep earthquakes.
If you want to blow up the wormhole, you need to release more energy than this seismic zone? Even the Tsar Bomba is not comparable to the fraction of the energy released by this seismic zone.
Herman is no longer willing to calculate the number relationship, which is simply an unsolvable answer.
At the same time, Sterk also gave up his nuclear bomb plan, since the wormhole was spit out, the yield should be dismantled to power the mecha......
Rorschach tapped on the table, waking up the people as they were about to collapse.
"But it's not impossible, as long as you follow Emma and Sidney's theory to find a way to control the chrysanthemum beast. Even as long as we can influence the Kaiju beasts and make them not accept orders, we can all gain advantage in the war! ”
Only Sterk and Heck, who were soldiers, understood the meaning of Rorschach's words.
Rorschach just said war! Not a plan to destroy or some kind of counterattack.
Sterk and Heck stood up excitedly, saluted Rorschach, and asked, "Sir!" Are we going to fight back? ”
"Or else? Just allow them to send monsters to Earth, can't we send our own monsters to the Anteverse? Gifts are still exchanged, and only when there are back and forth can they be regarded as 'good neighbors'! ”
"But wormholes!"
"That's why we have to capture a chrysanthemum beast alive and test whether this passage can send beacons over!"
Speaking of which, Rorschach was reluctant to say anything more, and if he wanted to fight back, he needed more than just the little belongings of the Broken Dome.
Rorschach clasped his hands into fists on the table, and said in a tone that could not be refused: "Everyone! After being bullied for more than ten years, don't you want to resist? The destroyed earth and the lives lost, their revenge will not be avenged! The battle bell that predicts monsters is too passive! Why don't we take the initiative! Say hello to this evil neighbor! ”
"So, go training! Go train more Mech Hunter pilots! Search for everything we can use! Then, blow the horn of the counteroffensive! ”
None of the people present thought about counterattacking, so when they received this answer, everyone only had confusion in their eyes.
"Ula !!!"
Sasha Kedanowski, the driver of Chernoharta, was the first to react by slamming the table with a punch, saluting Rorschach and dragging her husband, Alexis Kedanowsky, out of the room.
Didn't Rorschach just say that? Step up your training!
The three Wei brothers looked at Rorschach with the same excitement, and they stood straight, waiting for orders.
Chuck, the driver of the Eureka Raiders, had excitement and yearning in his eyes, and after he gave Rorschach a serious look, he looked eagerly at his father.
For his son, old Heck naturally understood his thoughts. Not only Chuck, but even himself was mobilized with the passion to counterattack.
Hearing Rorschach's request that he could not refuse, Sterk still calmly said the problem facing the Shattered Dome at the moment: "Sir, we don't have enough mecha hunters and pilots ......"
If you want to counterattack other planets, even if there is a wormhole, you can ignore the distance, but the nine mecha hunters in the base are completely unable to support the counterattack mission.
There are still too few mechs and even fewer drivers.
"Sterk, this is the problem facing this planet! I could fix everything at the last minute, but don't let me come! ”
'Rebellious spirit? ’
Sterke instantly understood what Rorschach meant, he could solve everything, but since he could solve everything, what else would the people on this planet do?
Showing your spiritual countenance is the best way to attract Rorschach.
"I see! Sir, please let me participate in this counteroffensive! ”
"Go get ready!"
The content of this meeting, even Newton, who likes to show off the most, kept his mouth shut. It's just that I keep going around in circles in my own research room to relieve the excitement in my heart.
The other mecha pilots have caused a new trend. Train, train, train!
The former pilots have also stepped on new mechas.
For them, these six-century-old equipment are really a bit pediatric.
The physical enhancement of the pilots itself is higher than that of this era, not to mention the mental pressure brought by the connection with the Titans, which is originally more difficult than the realistic control brought by these electrogel-infused circuit armor suits.
And the synaesthesia object of the pilots is Krieger, who has a psychic network.
Krieg is not only learning how to fly a mech, but also how to fight against the Kaiju Beast.
When one krieg learns a skill, he shares the experience with the psychic network, and the rest of the krieg learns the content.
Although there are differences in experience and physical perception, there is enough sample data to smooth out the weaknesses.
So in the real simulation cabin, Krieg cooperated with the pilots to play a 1:12 exchange ratio, and the original mecha hunter pilots also inherited that this group of people were better than them.
But then comes even more frantic training, and the pilots have come to take the simulated combat effects of these pilots as the latest enemies.
So when Sterk brought his former mecha pilot Raleigh Beckett to the Shattered Dome, these crazy simulated battles made the original Raleigh a little stunned.
Pointing to the drivers who were wearing armored suits and staying on the simulator and refused to get down, Raleigh asked in shock, "How far has the training been now?" ”
"You said it was training, no matter how hard you work!"
After finding an excuse for training, Sterk left the training room with Raleigh.
The crowd of people coming and going, mostly Krieg and Task Force 141, took over the defense and patrol of the entire Shattered Dome, so much so that Sterk and Raleigh would be ignored as they passed them.
Looking at the unmoved Sterke, Raleigh asked curiously, "I thought you were the commander of this base?" ”
"It used to be, but now it has a more fitting owner. And also! Raleigh Beckett! Are you here to fight monsters, or are you here to explore these secrets? ”
Raleigh took a step back, pursed his lips and shrugged his shoulders and said, "Listen! You can tell me to do whatever I want, as long as I can kill those monsters! ”
Led Raleigh through the mech warehouse of the Shattered Dome, the first thing that caught his eye was the largest Horizon Warrior.
"You fixed the Horizon Warriors? And the Lucky Seven? ”
Sterke didn't stop, and said without looking back, "That's why I'm looking for you!" Mr. Beckett, we are no longer an army, we are resisters, fighters against invasion! ”
"There are now nine Mech Hunters in this base! Including your dangerous wanderers! ”
Following Sterke's fingers, Raleigh saw his former car, weighing 1,980 tons and 79 meters high, and had fought off dangerous wanderers who had invaded five times.
The dangerous wanderers who were destroyed during the Fifth Invasion have now had their damaged arms and cockpits restored. It looks just like new.
Standing at the feet of the dangerous wanderer, Raleigh looked at the behemoth in front of him, as if he had seen the image of himself fighting alongside it before.
With a slap on the back, Sterke woke up Raleigh in his memory and motioned for him to come with him.
Passing through the mech's warehouse, you will come to the hall of the Shattered Dome, and the most eye-catching thing in the hall is the war clock embedded in the wall.
The current war clock is not like it used to be zeroed in with the invasion time of the chrysanthemum beast, it is already a full-fledged war bell, and the countdown is warning everyone in the Shattered Dome of the impending invasion.
"That's the war clock, and the countdown is anticipating the next invasion!"
Seeing that there was still a hundred and thirty-one hours of countdown on the war bell, Raleigh saw a different person on the war bell.
The man was sitting on a chair on the platform above, with his right hand on his head, as if looking down at everything below.
Behind the man stood another man, like a waiter, not leaving an inch.
Luo pointed at Rorschach above in a brisk tone and said, "Is he so relaxed?" ”
"Put your fingers down for me!"
Heck, who had been reminded by Sterker, was about to meet the driver he had worked with.
But with Raleigh's rude behavior, Chuck, who originally came with his father, became annoyed by the unknown. The young man, who was already at odds with Raleigh in the movie, was ready to rush up and compare with Raleigh after issuing a warning.
Everyone knows how difficult it is to fight against the Kaiju Beast. And Rorschach sounded the horn of the counterattack, making Chuck, who was already full of hatred for the chrysanthemum beast, become Rorschach's most loyal supporter.
Stopped by his father, Chuck still relentlessly warned Raleigh: "If you disrespect that person again, I'll break your hand!" ”
"Chuck!"
Sterke was aware of the problem, but he had to stop Chuck's actions.
Chuck stopped his impulsive behavior, he gave Raleigh a fierce look, gave a quick military salute in Rorschach's direction, and turned away.
Although the conflict has been stopped, the contradiction between the two has been seen by everyone around them.
When Raleigh looked over the bell again, the original Rorschach had already left.
So with an inquiring look, Raleigh looked at Sterke on the side.
"General! You haven't told me what to do! ”
"We've got a plan, you just need to be ready! That's it! ”
Sterke refused to tell Raleigh the answer, and everything that happened in that room was strictly forbidden to be leaked. Even if Raleigh was a future participant, he hadn't piloted a Mecha Hunter for five years, and after hearing that crazy plan, there might be some dangerous thoughts.
Therefore, Sterk only planned to tell Raleigh about the goal of capturing the chrysanthemum alive before the battle began.
After saying that, Sterke, who turned to leave, didn't notice Raleigh behind him, and there was a look of doubt and disdain on his face.
Back in the control room, Steck meets his adopted daughter, Mako Mori.
Mako Mori was handing over the documents she was carrying to Sterker as usual.
Bowing his head and signing his name on the document, Sterke's eyes were staring at Mako Mori in front of him, and he said, "Say whatever you want!" ”
"I don't think the Raleigh Beckett you got was a good choice. I studied his fighting techniques and strategies, and even things in Alaska......"
Handing the document back to Mako Mori, Sterke asked, "So what do you think?" ”
Mako Mori, who was holding the document, said: "I think he is unpredictable, he has a habit of playing cards that do not follow the rules and common sense!" Adventurous and hurts his companions, I don't think he's suitable for this mission! ”
The serious Mori Mako made Sterke sigh and said, "You may be right, but Mako." We don't have a driver anymore. So, go pick a companion who will calm him down......"
When Raleigh recuperates, he finds that the base has always been unkind to him.
Before he could get his hands on the cat chef, he was stopped at the entrance of the passageway.
"Ahead is the high-level dining room!"
In disbelief, Raleigh pointed to himself and asked Krieg in front of him, and said, "I'm the driver of the Dangerous Wanderer!" ”
"Not approved yet! Now you're just waiting to be reviewed, please go where you need to go! ”
The man in front of him refused to let him go, and Raleigh could only turn away, looking hatefully at the dangerous wanderer in the distance.
At the same time, his surroundings had been invisibly separated by people.
Raleigh's rash move was seen by Krieger, and Krieg naturally remembered the guy in front of him, although he was the driver of a dangerous wanderer, Krieg could still give him some means.
Although the food made by Marven Robot is not as good as that of Cat Chef, it is already a rare delicacy.
"You should cooperate with me in attacking!"
Raleigh ripped off the simulated synaesthesia equipment on his face and blamed Krieger on the side.
However, Krieger just glanced at him and said without a trace of emotion: "According to the data analysis just now, there is a 78% chance that a rash attack will fail. ”
"I'm the main driver! You should understand that you have to make decisive decisions in battle! I'll take care of the consequences! ”
Krieg closed his eyes and inquired about the situation in his psychic network. After considering many aspects, the Kriegers tentatively agreed with Raleigh's statement, after all, at the driving level, Raleigh, a driver who can complete kills on his own, is convincing enough.
"Understood, cooperate with your actions. We can start the next synaesthesia! ”
5k words, 1k arrears.
(End of chapter)