Happy days always pass quickly, and the New Year's Day passes quickly.

In the slightly chilly wind in the early morning, Wei Ling, Nanxing and the others waved their hands, and turned around and left in the reluctant eyes of the three of them.

He had to rush to No. 13 Xiangzhang Street early to join Jiangli and Wantong.

As soon as I arrived at No. 13 Xiangzhang Street, I saw that Jiang Li and Wan Tong were already waiting in front of the small courtyard, and the two of them were already wearing the Imperial Mountain Militia Type IV exoskeleton armor, "Bobcat Type IV".

Wan Tong waved happily:

"Brother Welling, we've been waiting for you for a few minutes......"

Will leave also lost the packet:

"Welling, don't worry, do you need exoskeleton equipment? I understand that the hobbies of warlocks vary from one to the next, and some people wear armed exoskeleton armor like sergeants, and of course, most of them still like to wear warlock suits. ”

Welling is still the same gray special clothing as before, covered with a dark warlock suit, and even the sword has not fallen:

"You don't have to change your outfit, it's just lighter."

"Brother Welling, we have a long way to go, and when walking and climbing, exoskeletons can provide additional assistance, or you should apply for external equipment."

Wan Tong was a little worried, and Welling shook his head:

"No, we're not sure we're going to run into enemies...... By the way, what about the palace? ”

Wan Tong immediately explained:

"Well, Brother Welling seems to be quite capable of walking mountain roads.

Shougong belongs to the supply platform in the military intelligent machine, and it can only be empowered and maintained in the arsenal on the ground floor in peacetime, and it cannot go to the second floor and below the area without authorization. ”

Seeing that Welling didn't need to change his equipment, he waved his hand and led the two of them towards the elevator passage to the ground floor.

The three of them chatted while walking:

"Will you leave my brother, are you planning the supplies for guarding the palace? What's there? ”

"Well, yes. Wan Tong, you see, Brother Welling is already more professional, I only sent him the time and route of the patrol yesterday, and there are some regular tactical rules.

You need to learn more, do you know why Welling asked for some supplies? ”

Leave the supply packet to Welling, but there is an inquiry about Wan Tong in the packet loss message.

"Well, I think, it should be like this, Brother Welling is a smart warlock, and at certain moments he will make decisions about the follow-up actions of the team, so the type and quantity of equipment and supplies are the first considerations for making decisions."

Wan Tong was a little unconfident.

"There is progress, the answer is correct!"

There will be no praise for it.

Welling looked up the types and quantities of supplies in the information pack as he walked, most of them were ammunition and energy for the guns used by Jiangli, Wantong and Shougong, and there were about a dozen or so high-intensity combat units, which belonged to a fairly redundant configuration;

The second is the reserve high-energy power battery of Jiangli, Wantong and Shougong, which accounts for a high proportion of the overall space, after all, their exoskeleton and the power of Shougong all depend on this;

Then there is the food for three people, and the standard portion is about 20 days' worth of food.

Welling's analysis of the entire patrol time takes about 30 days, most likely because in the wild, a certain number of wild animals can be hunted for food, so the share of food will be reserved.

The last items are all kinds of emergency medicines, emergency communication equipment, and small-scale battlefield information support systems.

All three of them had a faster stride, and soon reached the ground floor.

The rising sun gilds the dark and lonely metal city with a layer of pale gold, and in the cold spring, the silent county town ushers in the new year.

Even though it was not the first time he had seen the 100-meter-high wall, Welling was still shocked by such a magnificent wall.

Near the city gate, the eight-clawed mechanical spider-shaped security guard was already waiting there.

As soon as it saw Welling, its round eight big eyes stared at Welling curiously, and in its information system, it was already known that there was one more member of the team, including various information about the members.

Welling waved his hand:

"Shougong, hello!"

"Hello, Welling! Will leave, Wantong, hello! ”

A childish girl's voice sounded in her head.

Welling was stunned!

Still smiling and nodding in acknowledgment.

He didn't expect that this intelligent machine supply platform would have such a humanized side.

The vocal characteristics of this voice message are indeed too different from the Empire's name for this armed supply platform, "Mountain Ghost".

Will leave the inquiry:

"It's all good, it's all right, keep the palace, all kinds of supplies are ready, right?"

"It's all ready to be loaded as required."

"Alright, let's go."

The group passed through the long passage of the city gate, and various scanning facilities had already transmitted their various information to the "Jianmu" enchantment system in time.

According to the route set by the future, they will set out from the West City Gate within 30 days, travel in a northwest direction, travel to the mountains of about 100 kilometers, and then turn around and head south.

Travel south for about thirty kilometres, then turn east and return to Iasi.

The entire line is a triangle that covers part of the area due west of Iasi.

According to the system's prompts, in this area, as well as the patrols that overlap most of the area, there are five more squads that set out to patrol one after another in the time period before them.

Iasi County is located in the southwest of the empire, and the latitude is low, so even in winter, the land does not freeze.

In the vast land, in addition to the dense spread of evergreen plants, there are already some light new greens germinating on the dark green branches.

Walking on the soft ground outside the city, Welling felt like it was yesterday.

Walking on the metal and semi-metal ground all day long, adapting to the hardness of the ground, and suddenly walking on the soft ground, it is strange.

Will leave the front, Wantong second, Welling and Shougong last.

Three people plus an intelligent machine platform, there is a packet loss exchange without a ride:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I've always wondered why the walls of Iasi were built so tall.

What is the practical significance of such an altitude in the face of various flying vehicles? ”

Welling finally asked the question he had been asking all along.

Wan Tong rushed to lose the packet:

"Haha, I know this. The walls of Iasi County are mainly to guard against mutant beasts and Xixuan reformers.

It is said that thirty years ago, a large number of mutant beasts suddenly attacked Iasi County, and many mutant beasts could easily jump several meters high, and with their fangs and claws, they could break through the walls of dozens of meters high.

At that time, the height of the city wall was less than 30 meters, and the concrete walls, under their sharp claws, were like soft earth, so that the beasts easily climbed the wall, catching the defenders off guard and causing great losses.

Later, there were several small-scale wars, and the transformers of the Xixuan Federation easily broke through the height of thirty meters.

Forced by this situation, the empire solidified and heightened most of the county city walls that fought against the front line, and later, even mutant beasts and transformed people were only tortured in the face of such high walls and metal armor...... Will leave the eldest brother, am I not wrong? ”

"Well, yes, that's right."

Welling's Jaw:

"Oh, I guess I see. There is also a question, not to mention the inside of the county, why not build roads on the periphery of the empire, I think wheeled transports are always more efficient than flying vehicles. ”

It seems that Jiangli and Welling have never considered this question, and they have not given an answer after pondering for a while, but Shougong has given some guesses:

"I guess everyone is used to this question...... Maybe...... Perhaps the upper echelons of the empire have their own considerations. Since the Great Annihilation, it has taken a full hundred years for mankind to form the initial two camps of the Empire and the Xixuan Federation from the initial state of disorderly chaos.

In the past 100 years, the original buildings, roads, bridges and other projects of mankind have been completely destroyed in a nuclear war that has spread all over the world.

The new rulers of the order do not seem to care at all about rebuilding roads, and I have analyzed the reasons for this.

First, after the Great Annihilation, the growth and reproduction rate of plants was probably due to radiation, and the growth rate was much different from that of humans, and the entire home planet almost became the world of plants.

The oxygen content of the entire atmosphere is higher than before the Great Annihilation, and plants occupy the earth's surface, human

The speed of construction may not be able to keep up with the destruction of plants.

Second, the mutation and sheer size of animals has made it more dangerous for humans to walk on the land.

Third, before the great annihilation, mankind has solved the controllable nuclear fusion technology and geothermal energy conversion technology, and energy is no longer the bottleneck that plagues mankind.

Moreover, the energy storage technology with olefin batteries as the mainstream has also reached a certain height, so human beings have transformed into the main body to live underground, and the outgoing transportation mainly relies on various rotarycraft and ion thrusters......"

Listening to the analysis of the palace guard, as well as the slightly childish female voice, Wei Ling had a faint sense of weirdness in his heart.

Is this still an intelligent machine, this should be a female student.

Jiang Li also added his own opinion:

"However, there is one biggest difference compared to before the Great Annihilation, the high altitude is just as dangerous now.

In the past, aircraft could easily fly at an altitude of 30,000 meters, but now they are only above 10,000 meters, and they are immediately in danger.

All kinds of high-energy lightning strikes and ion storms will destroy all flying vehicles...... As a result, there are very few satellites in orbit in both the Empire and the Western Xuan Federation.

It is too expensive to install new, and satellite imagery and communications are often subject to unstable ionospheric interference......"

Shougong promptly praised the views of Jiang Li:

"Yes, the captain is right, based on these reasons, at present, large flying vehicles are basically used to transport materials and personnel between the various counties of the empire, and in the northeast city of Iasi County, there are no less than 100 large flying vehicles that take off and land every day, and there are even more small ones."

Listening to Shougong's analysis, Wan Tong interjected:

"Wow, Shougong, you're so powerful, you know all of this!"

"I was originally an intelligent platform for transportation security, and I was usually too bored, so naturally I had to learn about transportation."

Welling's sense of disobedience is even worse, when, the robot will be bored.

The group walked around like this, seeing if there was anything out of the ordinary, and at the same time, reporting information to the system barrier every thirty minutes.

Sometimes, when you see a tall tree in your direction, you don't hesitate to pull out an electric saber saw on your back and cut the tree.

"Within a few tens of kilometers outside the county of Iasi, try not to keep too tall trees, otherwise if there are enemy reconnaissance scouts, satellites will not be able to see it, and the observation devices on the city walls will not be able to see clearly."

Will leave to Welling packet loss explanation.

Welling suddenly thought about why he had seen so many felled tree stumps when he had gone from the extremely dense forest to the flat land.

At the same time, he also understood why as soon as he appeared on the flat ground, Jiang Li and the others rushed over to interrogate.

The three of them walked through the flat area of Iasi County, which had been deliberately kept only by low bushes, and they slowly walked up the mountain.

As the terrain slowly ascended, the surrounding bushes became denser, and the taller, thick trees gradually increased, and the line of sight became much closer.

Welling finally felt like he was patrolling the mountains.

The air was cold, the mountain wind was mighty, and the branches and leaves of the trees rustled, and Willing occasionally closed his eyes to feel the turbulent undercurrents of the Source Spirit World.

After such a long time of observation, thinking and trying, he is now proficient in using the "heart eye" to detect and judge various creatures within a radius of about 100 meters through the source spirit world.

Because as long as the other party has mental power, or biological instincts, they will have subtle interference with the calm or originally flowing dark energy, thus revealing their position.

This kind of detection method is also the confidence of Welling to dare to come out to patrol the mountains without wearing an armed exoskeleton.