Volume 1: Battle of Iasi 0023 camping bonfire
In the lush forest, there are naturally no roads, and both Jiang Li and Wan Tong use power tools in front of them to clear the trees blocking the road.
Of course, as long as you make sure that the palace can pass, after all, the width of the palace reaches five meters.
To Welling's amazement, the palace guard could travel on only four legs, shrinking the other four legs and clinging to the body, and the originally round body could also be properly deformed and turned into a slightly oblong shape, which was convenient for passing through the dense forest.
No matter how rough the road was, the palace was more relaxed than Welling's, which made Welling's heart even more relaxed.
Walking slowly through the forest, up and down, zigzag and twisting, the luck of the group was really good, neither found any suspicious signs, nor encountered a beast that did not have long eyes.
After all, within a hundred kilometers of Iasi County, there are a large number of patrols combing every day, and the beasts are also wise, knowing that this territory has long had a master, and they dare not stay in this area.
Stop and go, when you are hungry and thirsty, you can add a little energy, food and water, and you don't need to stay deliberately.
The trio also occasionally spotted traces of other patrols walking through the forest.
The unique tooth marks of their special electric knives are obvious in the eyes of several people.
By evening, they had traveled nearly 40 kilometers today, and they were already in the middle of the information support radius of the "Jianmu" enchantment system.
There is still a range of about 60 kilometers behind, and information will be constantly disturbed, and instant communication will be discounted to a certain extent.
Today's 40-kilometer journey, the book data looks good, in fact, the plain area occupies about 30 kilometers, and the actual distance of patrolling in the mountain forest is less than 10 kilometers.
The dense forest gradually became darker, and occasionally an orange-red sunset light was cast through the gap in the tall canopy, casting a brilliant color on the dark forest.
"Find a place to camp."
With the message of imminent departure, the crowd began to pay attention to where they could camp.
The patrol team sees the ideal camp away from the water's edge, as they have plenty of drinking water in their supplies, so they don't need to fetch water, and at night, many animals will be near the water's edge, which is not safe.
Then, they found a clearing in the forest surrounded by several towering trees, cleared the bushes at random, and walked around Li and Wantong in a small area, and the heavy "Bobcat Type IV" exoskeleton armor crushed the ground very flat.
Wan Tong skillfully cut down some of the surrounding bushes into a meter long, and soon piled a large pile of firewood in the middle section.
He Welling walked around a range of dozens of meters around the perimeter, patrolled a large circle, and was familiar with the terrain and environment.
By the time Welling and General returned from the round, Wan Tong had already lit the bonfire with accelerant.
The churning flames danced on the firewood, giving the dim forest a warm glow.
Shounomiya had already lowered his body, his eight legs slightly contracted, and he was in a weightless standby state, with a disc-shaped device sticking out above the huge dorsal armor.
"Shougong, how about the microwave energy signal strength?"
will leave the inquiry message.
"Fortunately, the current energy is acceptable, and it can reach 10% of the normal charging mode, which is better than nothing."
Welling knew what Shougong said about the microwave power transfer and charging.
Before the annihilation, the Great Xia had assembled a large space solar power station in low earth orbit, using microwave transmission, which could not only provide additional energy for directed energy attack weapons deployed in low earth orbit, but also cover the entire traditional territory of the Xia tribe in the transmission direction, which was convenient for empowering equipment for field work.
After the Great Annihilation, after the chaotic period, after the establishment of the empire, the Xia tribe, like other races, most of the people moved underground, and the focus was not on this microwave energy transmission.
In addition, the current atmosphere and ionosphere are changing drastically, the original orbital solar power station is also seriously damaged, and the empire has no more ability to maintain it, so this empowered equipment is a bit of a chicken rib.
However, as a supplement to the energy reserves of the troops in the field, many supply systems are equipped with microwave energy receivers.
"That's good! Today, the energy recovery of our exoskeleton also reaches 40%. ”
Sholi nodded.
Almost all armed exoskeletons have kinetic energy recovery devices in their legs, which use their own weight to drive high-efficiency motors to supplement the power battery during travel.
If it is constantly downhill, the energy consumption can even have a negative ratio to replenishment, so even the armor that looks so tall and bulky can still have a very strong endurance in the field.
He Wantong sat casually near the campfire, making a squatting horse step, with a support arm extending from the spine on the back of the armor, and the pestle on the ground, forming a solid three-point support with the legs.
With a slight click, they lifted the armor from their heads and limbs.
The entire exoskeleton seemed to turn into their own semi-enclosed metal seat, and they sat comfortably on the seat, taking the energy food and water distributed by the palace guard from Welling, and relaxing.
In the cold spring forest at night, the temperature is still relatively low, around the warm bonfire, Wantong sucks water, nibbles on energy bars, and makes a pleasant sound.
"Brother Welling, you didn't use an exoskeleton and walked dozens of kilometers, are you tired?"
"It's okay, I don't feel tired." Welling smiled.
"That's good, I didn't expect you to be in such good physical condition...... I'm tired of walking. It's a pity that we didn't meet rabbits today, otherwise, we could have roasted rabbits...... I also prepared condiments for the barbecue. "Shougong additional information.
“……”
Welling was a little speechless, you are an eight-clawed mechanical spider, preparing barbecue condiments, can you eat it?
Jiang Li straightened up slightly, stretched out his hand, and roasted on the bonfire:
"There is a chance, the farther away from the county, the more animals there are, and if you go to that kind of uninhabited place for thousands of kilometers, there are all kinds of large mutant beasts, it is amazing.
The beast tide that attacked the county town back then was not a joke. ”
Jiang Li's face was still so cold, his eyebrows were like knives, and he was slightly wrinkled.
Wei Ling suddenly thought of what Wan Tong said, the humorous Brother Jiangli, and Master Yujin said that Jiangli's professionalism can join the Western Wilderness Army.
Rub the warm hands of the general of the roast, then cover the dough with both hands and rub it a few times.
Immediately, Wei Ling seemed to feel that his indifferent face was a little softer, and he looked at the round eyes of the palace guard, and sighed:
"If I go back this time, Wan Tong will be able to become an official militia member...... My medal value is enough to join the Western Wilderness Legion, but such a task must be saved enough to guard the palace......"
"Will leave Big Brother!"
Shougong seemed reluctant to talk more, and interrupted the departure.
Wan Tong also seemed to want to speak and stopped.
Welling had a gut feeling that there was something they hadn't communicated to him, but he didn't ask much.
After all, it's only the first time that everyone has partnered on a mission, and there are things to talk about, but it's not the norm.
Everyone stopped communicating, arranged the order of the vigil, lay down on the "chair", slowly closed their eyes, and fell asleep.
According to the arrangement of the future, Wan Tong reactivated and put on the armor, walked out of the bonfire ring, and stood guard in the outer forest, changing positions every once in a while.
He was to be on guard until about 10 o'clock in the evening, and then Willing would take over, and until three o'clock in the morning, he would be on guard for the last few hours.
The few round eyes of the palace became dull, only a few small undetectable light spots were flickering slightly, which could be judged to be semi-dormant, while the microwave energy receiving and some early warning and detection devices were still working.
In the flickering and flickering firelight, Welling sat cross-legged and put his mind on the source spirit world.
Let all kinds of energy pass through, stagnate and attach to one's body, constantly temper the body, condense one's mental power, such a habit of exercise has basically become instinct.
An hour passed, and Welling interrupted his cultivation, and he would fall into a deep sleep for three hours.
……
"Ding!" A small voice sounded in his head, and Welling opened his eyes, and the predetermined time to wake up had arrived.
Standing up, adding some firewood to the bonfire, and closing his eyes slightly, his divine consciousness had already found Wan Tong cruising around the periphery in the Source Spirit World.
This distance from the ground is also within the range of Welling's ability to carry out packet loss:
"Wantong, come over and rest, it's my turn."
"Brother Welling, you can rest a little longer, I'm not sleepy."
"It's okay, come here, your body may not be able to withstand me."
Welling insisted with a smile and walked over to Wan Tong.
The forest at night was a little eerie, dark and gloomy all around, and the surrounding trees seemed to move slightly in the faint light of the beating fire of the campfire.
Occasionally, a night breeze swept between the tall trees, making a dull sound of tree waves, and the wind under the forest was much lighter, but it was cold and bone-chilling.
Wan Tong didn't insist either, and returned to the campfire, disarming and resting.
After all, after walking for a day, and being on guard until ten o'clock at night, although he was wearing an exoskeleton, his body was just an ordinary person after all.
Adequate rest is a necessary way to ensure physical fitness the next day.
Welling walked slowly around without making a sound.
The black warlock suit is almost invisible in the dark forest.
As he went, his bright eyes opened and closed, and various wind direction data, air composition index, temperature change data, and tree distance data slowly flowed in his brain.
There are no insects chirping or sounds of heaven in the ears, and there is no sound of nocturnal animals, only the random sound of wind and the rubbing of leaves, and this small amount of sound reflects the dark forest even more silently, like a silent world.
……
A few hours had passed, and it was past two o'clock in the morning, and Welling had already changed several different directions, vigilantly observing.
Suddenly, his eyes widened, he held his breath, and he looked fixedly in a certain direction.
In his perception, in the depths of the forest about a hundred meters away from him, in a gap between the trunks of dozens of large trees, Welling found that the Source Spirit World had appeared abnormal in this location, and countless kinds of energy had been transformed and disturbed here, forming a tall human form!
Welling's eyebrows quivered like pins and needles.
According to the human form detected by the mind body, its disturbance to the source spirit world was much higher than that of Li Lingyou and Xie Wuyi, who Wei Ling had secretly observed before, and it could be judged that the other party should be a mid-level warlock!
Without any hesitation, Welling threw the packet to everyone:
"Alert! Prepare for battle! ”
As soon as Welling's message was sent, Jiangli and Wantong's armor was activated instantly.
With a slight click, their bodies were wrapped in armament, and they stood up, each rushing towards a different direction, and dodging into a state of combat readiness.
At the same time, the hissing of the "Orion" rapid-fire magnetic storm gun charging on their arms can be heard, and the sound of the "Pianist Changing Type II" anti-materiel machine gun magazine turning.
At the same time, Shougong had already been activated synchronously, and the body rotated flexibly, according to the direction indicated by Welling's packet loss, infrared night vision detection, ultrasonic detection, and laser detection modes were turned on, and the firearm was already in a sniper state.
At this moment, with the information support of the "mountain ghost" supply platform of the palace guard, the images detected by the palace were all in the brains of the three people.
In the infrared night vision picture, more than a hundred meters away from them, there is a standing humanoid creature.
Laser imaging is ineffective and occluded.
Ultrasound imaging and infrared night vision imaging coincide!