After four hours of running.

Ten mech teams arrived at the camp codenamed 'Dune Bay'.

It is more than 900 kilometers away from the preparation hall.

Looking down from space, Dune Bay is located in the eastern Gobi of the 021B continental plate, with a patch of hills behind it and a large desert in front of it.

The Dune Bay military camp is an important outpost in the middle of the hills and desert.

Evening.

The camp was quiet.

Due to the alternation of day and night, the violent cyclone caused by the sudden change in temperature has just swept over.

The dust and gravel that had been blown into the air by the hurricane lost its momentum in an instant, and it slammed down on the already mottled camp like a torrential rain.

"How long are we going to have to wait here!"

Finally, someone couldn't hold it back anymore and muttered to each other.

"I don't know, it's been half an hour, and I'm standing here dryly, could it be that this is also an assessment item?"

Ten squads, fifty mechs just stunned in place.

From a distance, it looks like fifty green onions, inserted in the Gobi Desert.

Minutes and seconds passed.

The original whispered muttering slowly became unscrupulous.

"It's all quiet!"

The instructor at the front let out a dull sound, drowning out the noise of the scene.

At the same time, it was completely dark.

In the distance, I don't know when several pillars of light rose, and the distance and direction of those pillars of light from each other were irregular.

Qin Xiaotian looked around and counted silently in his heart.

The amount is quite coincidental.

Exactly ten pillars.

"Woooooo

"Woooooo

Just when Qin Xiaotian was guessing what was the relationship between those pillars of light and the team.

Piercing sirens suddenly sounded from inside the camp.

Qin Xiaotian suddenly became nervous, he glanced at Ke Ruoyun, and then at Xu Xingyue and them, and the five of them adjusted their state one after another.

"Please note to all the squads, according to the assessment requirements, now that all the garrison troops have been evacuated, you will replace them in the future to go to strategic locations and complete the garrison tasks!"

"From now on, I will be your sole responsible person, and no one, including the assessment team, has the authority to direct and transfer you without my other instructions."

Yang Xu, the instructor at the front of the team, issued instructions concisely and concisely.

"And I have only one task for you, and that is to crucify your respective strongholds!"

"Now with the Dune Bay camp as the center, the tail number 40 team will immediately go to the location of the light pillar at 2 o'clock to set up defenses."

"Tail 41 squad, at 3 o'clock!"

"Tail 42 squad, 5 o'clock!"

……

"Xiaotian, it's our turn!"

Xu Xingyue said in a serious tone: "We will advance in a 1-2-2 battle formation, with a distance of five kilometers, Liu Bo will explore the way at the front, and Li Yu and I will walk in the middle."

You must follow Ke Ruoyun closely, and the two of you will be in the rear.

In case of danger, make sure the retreat is clear! ”

Xu Xingyue is the output of the team, and at this time it is natural to take over the command of the team.

The three-person team was also led by Xu Xingyue during the summer vacation.

Qin Xiaotian and Ke Ruoyun glanced at each other, and said in unison: "No problem." ”

Xu Xingyue arranged the two in the third sequence, which belonged to the rear of the team, and the tasks given were not heavy, as long as they were not dumplings when encountering enemies, the two of them would be in a state of paddling.

"Then I'll go first, and you guys will follow later!"

Liu Bo took out his main weapon and held it in the palm of his hand, which was a one-meter-long dagger, and then lightly touched it on his right leg with the dagger.

A palm-wide crack quietly opened on his mecha's right leg, half a meter long.

Thousands of fingernail-sized spots of blue light erupted from the cracks and disappeared into the night.

After those blue points of light disappeared, Liu Bo also rushed out after him.

In the blink of an eye, it was gone.

"Those are the Firefly drone crew."

Ke Ruoyun's voice sounded in Qin Xiaotian's ears, and he explained softly: "One unit of source power can create 3,000 drones, and the endurance time is six hours.

The drone fleet can reserve up to 15,000 drones.

These drones are disposable and cannot be recycled. ”

Ke Ruoyun has a spare part for Liu Bo's firefly drone, so she knows the relevant data.

Qin Xiaotian nodded lightly.

For the UAV group, he has no idea at all now.

His current source power level is too low, and the priority of loading drones has to be lower.

For safety reasons.

At the very least, he would have to wait for Queen Bee IV. and torso armament before he would consider the drone crew.

"Let's go too!"

There can be two minutes after the time passes, and I will be notified by Xu Xingyue's message in front.

Ke Ruoyun reminded Qin Xiaotian first, and then like Liu Bo, he launched the firefly drone group.

However, she didn't make thousands of drones to explore the path at once, but only released one or two hundred around her.

Qin Xiaotian followed behind Ke Ruoyun unhurriedly.

Every one or two kilometers, the other party released several drones, hovering in mid-air to monitor the surrounding movements.

"Doesn't it mean that Area 021 has been explored?"

Ke Ruoyun, who was walking in front, whispered: "Now that the instructor has asked us to garrison the stronghold, is there still a mechanical creature over there?" ”

Qin Xiaotian glanced at him speechlessly, a small firefly on his shoulder, "The exploration is complete, and it doesn't mean that the cleaning is complete."

You must know that sustainable development is an important guiding ideology in the new era.

Especially in this controllable and well-informed environment, the resources brought by mechanical organisms themselves are very valuable. ”

Qin Xiaotian glanced around indifferently.

He said this without purpose.

Judging from the task performed by Luan Shuangyu, the other party should be somewhere on this planet at this moment.

Of course, it could also be in the starry sky overhead.

It is not difficult to speculate from the tasks of the other side.

The remaining mechanical creatures in the entire 021 area are in a state of government captivity.

Pull out a batch of kills every year, not only to obtain some resources, but also to assess new students by the way.

It can also allow them to adapt to the life of the military camp in advance and feel the scorching fire of the war on the front line.

Kill a few birds with one stone.

"That's it."

Ke Ruoyun pursed his lips, and controlled another firefly to stop on the back of Qin Xiaotian's head.

Carefully monitor the movement in the rear.

'Step, step, step......

In the dark night, the sound of the mecha stepping on the Gobi Desert is like stepping on the snow.

There was silence in the team's communications channel.

The five of them moved forward in an orderly manner.

A little nervous.

There is also a little fear of the unknown.

"Liu Bo arrived at the position smoothly, everything is normal!"

In the dark night, Ke Ruoyun's voice sounded.

Qin Xiaotian's footsteps paused slightly, and then he maintained his original speed and moved forward quietly.

A few more minutes passed.

"Xu Xingyue and Li Yu arrived at the position, everything is normal."

Ke Ruoyun broadcast again.

Qin Xiaotian clenched the ghost scythe in his hand as always.

Without the queen bee IV., with the mecha's built-in night vision ability, he could only guard the surrounding area of three hundred meters, and he couldn't see clearly any farther away.

Just when Qin Xiaotian was still three kilometers away from the position, Ke Ruoyun, who was walking a hundred meters in front of him, suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Qin Xiaotian walked up to the other party and asked;

Ke Ruoyun hesitated for a moment and said, "Xu Xingyue asked us to build a defense point on the spot, it doesn't matter if we can't get through!" ”

"Here?"

Qin Xiaotian looked around, it was barren here, and there was not even a decent shelter.

"What's going on here?"

Qin Xiaotian frowned slightly, and said to Ke Ruoyun: "You ask her if she can change places, and by the way, let the fireflies out, and see if there are suitable ones around." ”

Judging from the distance between them, it is indeed necessary to build a defensive point here, but in terms of geographical environment, it is not ready to build here.

"Hmm!"

Ke Ruoyun also felt a little difficult in the face of Xu Xingyue's instructions.

She integrated her and Qin Xiaotian's opinions and sent them out, and then spread the fireflies.

After a while, Ke Ruoyun spoke again: "Xu Xingyue let us decide for ourselves, she has to try to build a line of defense."

Oh yes.

Li Yu took a sip, he said that he was a warrior-type mecha, and with his current ability, the combat radius could only radiate three kilometers, so let's try to build a defense point within this range. ”

"Hmm."

After listening to the explanation over there, Qin Xiaotian nodded clearly.

Li Yu said such things out of good intentions.

In front-line battles.

The main task of the warrior-type mecha is to clean up the melee target, and Li Yu's radiation radius is three kilometers, which means that the opponent can only take care of such a large area.

Beyond that, he will not be able to catch it.

He suggested that Qin Xiaotian and Ke Ruoyun were within three kilometers, also so that they could cooperate with each other.

"And how did they build the defense?" Qin Xiaotian suddenly asked;

Ke Ruoyun was slightly stunned and was silent for more than ten seconds, "The picture from the fireflies shows that the location of the stronghold given by the instructor is a small mound five or six meters high, and there are five dormant cabins on the mound.

Liu Bo was on guard all around, and Li Yu and Xu Xingyue were controlling the mecha and digging trenches with their bare hands along the mound. ”

"Digging trenches? Unarmed? ”

The corners of Qin Xiaotian's mouth twitched slightly.

Thanks to her, she figured it out.

"How deep a trench do you have to dig to accommodate the mech!"

Qin Xiaotian was powerless to complain.

He really couldn't imagine what it would be like for two mechs to squat on the ground and 'pull'.

However, Xu Xingyue and Li Yu's ideas also gave Qin Xiaotian an inspiration.

It's hard to build a line of defense on the ground, so build it underground!

Qin Xiaotian instructed Ke Ruoyun: "You call the three of them and let them move the sleeping pod over."

Well, it's not just the two of us.

Along with the three of them, all five hibernation pods were moved. ”

As a colored pencil.

He just wants to lie flat and paddle.

However, Xu Xingyue's operation is really rebellious.

Qin Xiaotian could only interfere with Xu Xingyue's command slightly.

"Okay, okay."

Ke Ruoyun quietly served as a microphone and conveyed Qin Xiaotian's meaning to the past.

On the other side, Xu Xingyue and the three of them received Qin Xiaotian's order, although they were a little curious, they didn't ask directly on the communication channel.

Anyway, it's only a few kilometers before and after, two or three minutes.

The three of them brought the hibernation cabin and walked over.

"As you said, all five hibernation pods have been brought here."

Xu Xingyue put the sleeping pod on the ground, turned his head and asked, "Could it be that you plan to establish a dormancy point here?" ”

The assessment period is one month.

At this stage, there is no way for the awakened to sustain the mecha for a long time.

They need rest, and at the same time, their bodies need to be replenished with nutrients.

This dormant chamber has a built-in nutrient solution and oxygen circulation system, which can solve this problem very well.

"Yes and not all!"

Qin Xiaotian shook his head, "I mainly see that you are digging trenches too hard, so I thought of a way to let you bring the dormant cabin by the way." ”

"What can you do?"

Li Yu looked around, there was still a small mound of dirt on their side, and Qin Xiaotian didn't even have a hair on his side.

"Hey, now you share the coordinates over there with Ke Ruoyun, let her lock that position, and it's over with one shot!"

Qin Xiaotian grinned and said his thoughts.

Just the power of the 403 heavy cannon.

An artillery bombardment on this Gobi Desert doesn't directly blast out a huge crater.

Straightforward, yet quick.

"Damn!"

After listening to Qin Xiaotian's words, Xu Xingyue and Li Yu glanced at each other.

Remembering the way the two of them drove the mecha to dig the soil just now, I suddenly felt very stupid X.

"Why didn't you say it earlier!" Xu Xingyue's face was full of resentment;

She herself is the output bit, so she naturally knows the power of the main gun.

"Haha, it's not too late to say now!"

Lifting a sleeping pod from the ground, carrying it on his shoulder, he motioned to Xu Xingyue and said, "After you go back in a while, you will bombard here, and notify me before the bombardment, Ke Ruoyun and I will evacuate in advance." ”

Qin Xiaotian smiled

"Okay, no problem!"

Xu Xingyue grinned and casually shared the previous coordinates with Ke Ruoyun.

Although she can also shoot on her own.

But since Qin Xiaotian took the initiative to let Ke Ruoyun make a move, then she could be regarded as picking up a bargain and saving a main gun durability.

"Do you know how to shoot cannons?"

Qin Xiaotian put his arm against Ke Ruoyun, who was in a daze, and pointed to the dark sky in front of him and said, "You load the coordinates that Xu Xingyue gave you into the armament, calculate the corresponding data, and after aiming, just fire the cannon directly." ”

The 403 heavy artillery is at the Jiangcheng training ground, and a single shot can make a hole ten meters deep and one hundred and fifty meters in diameter.

This cannon went down, Xu Xingyue and the others repaired it again after they went back, and it was leveled.

An improvised foxhole was completed.

"Then, I'll try!"

Ke Ruoyun muttered quietly.

"Don't be nervous, just follow what the teacher taught, it's very simple to pose, raise your hand, and shoot a cannon!" Qin Xiaotian patiently explained.

The reason why he didn't make a move himself, and he didn't let Xu Xingyue make a move, was to let Ke Ruoyun personally shoot this shot.

Let the other person experience it for themselves.

lest there be danger in the back, and the other party will not open fire.

"Oh, good, good!"

Ke Ruoyun raised his arm according to what Qin Xiaotian said, and began to recall the knowledge points taught by the teacher when he was in class at the beginning.

There was a pause for a long time.

Eventually, a little bit of blue light began to converge towards the muzzle.

Qin Xiaotian's eyes were fixed on the 403 heavy artillery.

No way, every time he fired a cannon in three seconds, he didn't see what it looked like when the pace slowed down.

As the recharge time gets longer and longer.

The light on the muzzle of Ke Ruoyun's left arm also became more and more incandescent.

"Bang!"

A dull voice rang out.

After 300 seconds of charging, this heavy cannon, which looks ancient on the outside but is actually very powerful, is finally launched.

The bright white energy bomb, like lightning, tore through the dark night.

After flying for three seconds, it slammed into the ground.

'Boom! ’

Huge fireballs rose from the ground, and violent explosions echoed through the night sky.

Instantly attracted a lot of attention.