Two minutes later.

The mechanical demon ape, which had lost its ability to move, and the remaining three mechanical demon wolves, with the cooperation of Qin Xiaotian and Ke Ruoyun, fell down one after another.

"Gotta clean it up."

Liu Bo's voice came from afar.

At this time, he had already placed Li Yu'an in the sleeping cabin.

"I'll temper the mecha first, and you can go and loot it!"

Qin Xiaotian dragged the corpse of the demon ape and placed it in the group of mechanical beasts that had been killed earlier, quietly absorbing the source power that had escaped.

The source power brought by the death of more than thirty mechanical beasts made Qin Xiaotian's mecha strength increase a little again.

Especially this demon ape.

Qin Xiaotian felt that the concentration of the source power he had escaped was far higher than that of those other black iron-level mechanical beasts.

Presumably because of the other party's high level.

"Okay, then the looting will be up to me and Ruoyun."

Liu Bo grinned, instantly disarmed the mecha state, and quickly rummaged through the armed parts with a dagger in his hand.

At this time, he was already LV4, and there was still a long way to go to promote to LV5, and the source power that these mechanical beasts escaped after death was extremely limited in his promotion.

Therefore, there is no need for him to compete with Qin Xiaotian for this source power.

"Li Yu's triple gravity field before, was it brought by that heavy sword?"

Qin Xiaotian controlled the mecha and tried hard to absorb the source power.

The next wave of automatons is coming, and he's going to have to hurry.

"It's not armed, it's his combat skills."

Liu Bo said casually: "The heavy sword is just a carrier for release, that combat skill level is bronze, he is now just black iron, this release has drained his source power, and he has to recuperate for at least 24 hours to recover." ”

"Combat skills?"

Qin Xiaotian's heart moved.

He remembered that when he looked inside, there were three balls of light hovering around the mecha source parts, namely: source power, talent, and combat skill.

And the ball of light in his body, which represented the 'battle skill', was empty, and there was nothing.

First go to the 'triple gravity field' that Li Yu casts is a kind of combat skill?

It's amazing.

"What is the principle of combat skills?"

Qin Xiaotian pursed his lips and asked about the doubts in his heart.

This aspect of knowledge is still relatively lacking.

"The principle is a bit complicated to explain, but according to Li Yu, you need to load the 'skill map' first."

Liu Bo paused as he rummaged through the mechanical beast's movements, and muttered, "I don't understand the skill map, but you can understand it as the construction drawing of a finished instrument.

The triple gravitational field he unleashes, you can understand as his construction drawings as the core, and the heavy sword as the temporary material. Use its own source force to smelt a gravity-related instrument.

And the gravitational field is released by that instrument. ”

Liu Bo's explanation is easy to understand.

Qin Xiaotian chewed it carefully twice and understood.

However, he soon discovered the blind spot and hurriedly asked: "For the release of combat skills, must there be armed forces as carriers?" After the release, will the armed still exist? ”

Liu Bo didn't hide it either: "That's not it, his combat skill level is bronze, if his mecha level reaches bronze, it can be temporarily constructed inside the mecha source piece."

But he only has black iron now, and forcibly constructing it is easy to cause damage to the source parts of the mecha.

Borrowing an armament as a carrier can avoid damage to the source piece, but this will severely deplete the armament's durability. ”

"I see!"

Qin Xiaotian nodded knowingly.

While silently digesting the information of the combat technique in his heart, he made every effort to absorb the free source power in the air to refine the mecha.

"I've found an armed part here!" Ke Ruoyun's voice suddenly sounded.

Qin Xiaotian turned his head to look and found that the other party was standing next to the corpse of a mechanical beast in the shape of a scorpion, holding a pocket piece in his hand.

"What part of this thing is it?"

Qin Xiaotian walked up to Ke Ruoyun and squatted down.

The armed part in her hand had a strange appearance, as curved as a scorpion's tail, in a bow-shaped state.

The mecha's regular 12 slots don't seem to fit this part.

"Well, it should be an output-type mecha, an exclusive armed part."

Ke Ruoyun pointed to the area of his shoulders.

Compared with the general-purpose mecha source, the output mecha source has two more armament slots, which are placed on the shoulders on both sides of the mecha.

Qin Xiaotian: ......

Feeling offended.

Output-type armed parts, the entire team can only be equipped by Xu Xingyue.

"I found a part here, too!"

On the other hand, Liu Bo also came with good news.

"It's just foot arming, I already have it here, so I don't need it for the time being."

Liu Bo threw the weapons to Ke Ruoyun with some regret, and said: "The collected weapons will be placed on your side first, and those who fit will be selected first, and after the assessment is over, they will be evenly distributed according to the market price, and the more will be refunded and the less will be compensated." ”

"No problem!"

Ke Ruoyun carefully put the weapon in his pocket.

Then the two of them began to sweep again.

It's a pity that good luck didn't always come with you.

Until the concentration of source force in the air dropped to an average level, Qin Xiaotian completed the mecha refining, and the two of them did not find the third armed part.

"What a disappointment!"

Liu Bo was snorting with white breath in his mouth, and his whole body was shivering with cold.

After disarming the mecha state, in just three or four minutes, his body was already about to reach its limit.

And Ke Ruoyun is the same, in just a few minutes, a thin layer of frost has formed on the eyelashes.

After the two saw that Qin Xiaotian had completed the source power refining, they summoned the mecha one after another.

"Where's the second wave of automatons now?"

Back in the foxhole, Qin Xiaotian carried Li Yu's dormant pod, intending to transfer it to the defensive point where he and Ke Ruoyun were.

"It's almost 30 kilometers away."

Xu Xingyue's mood was a little depressed: "Li Yu has lost his combat effectiveness, and it is difficult for us to resist this wave of mechanical beasts. ”

The speed at which these automatons converge is simply too fast.

It has only been more than 20 minutes since the first wave began, and it has been less than half an hour.

"It's okay, hold on as long as you can, we can't resist it, and the other squads are the same!" Qin Xiaotian comforted.

When Yan Yan trained him before, there were only thirty pioneer mantises.

But that's a single species, and the weaknesses are all known, and there is no time limit.

Now there are many kinds, I don't know the weaknesses, and I have to deal with them before the next wave.

This strength is indeed a little higher.

"That's all there is to it."

Xu Xingyue's howitzer was charged and said, "Brother Xiaotian, take Li Yu back, the three of us will guard here for a while, if not, we will retreat first and make another plan." ”

Liu Bo and Ke Ruoyun next to him also nodded in agreement.

Compared with passing the assessment, they pay more attention to their own lives.

Since he had made up his mind to withdraw if the second wave could not be held, there was no need for Qin Xiaotian to come over to support him again.

"Okay!"

Qin Xiaotian responded, picked up Li Yu's sleeping cabin, and returned to the previous foxhole alone.

Dig another groove next to his and Ke Ruoyun's dormancy chamber and put Li Yu in it.

looked at Li Yu who was sleeping with his eyes closed in the sleeping cabin.

The corners of Qin Xiaotian's mouth raised slightly.

Not to mention.

This thing is covered with a layer of soil, and it is simply a crystal coffin.

"It's just, what is the standard of this assessment?"

In the foxhole, Qin Xiaotian's lonely figure looked at the sky from afar.

From time to time in the night, a cloud of white light lit up, and the sparse sound of cannon fire in the distance all announced that the other mecha teams had also exchanged fire with the mechanical beasts one after another.

These mechanical beasts seem to come from all directions, and it is all up to luck to meet more and less.

"Forget it, I don't want to!"

Qin Xiaotian sat back in his recliner, closed his eyes, and recuperated.

……

Meanwhile.

021A, 021B, and 021C are in the center.

On the huge crescent-shaped mooring port, there is an endless stream of starships coming and going, and this starship is mainly based on 'manta rays', and most of them are garrisons that have changed guards.

"According to the report, according to signal detection, a total of 403,140 traps on the three planets are all turned on normally."

"Among them, there are 371424 units with five-level intensity, 29,451 units with fourth-level intensity, 1,671 units with third-level intensity, 534 units with second-level intensity, and 60 units with fixed first-level intensity, 20 units per planet."

"The data for the first half hour has been sorted out."

On the dock, a huge data monitoring center that can accommodate nearly 10,000 people at the same time is issued from here, and finally sent back, which is summarized and presented on the large screen of the center.

"This year's Awakened Ones are too poor!"

At the front of the monitoring center, an old man with crane hair and a childish face frowned and said: "Not to mention that the first-level strength has been wiped out, there are actually 387 strongholds in the second-level strength that have not lasted more than half an hour, and only 1,043 strongholds have passed through the third-level strength!" ”

"Compared with previous years, this half-hour data has indeed dropped a lot." There is someone next to the old man who responds;

On the battlefield, the most important thing is uncontrollable factors.

This is the case every year.

The intensity of the trap opening in each camp is determined by the instructor, and the assessment team does not ask too much.

Of course, there is also a premise when setting.

That is, they have to ensure the safety of the people under their jurisdiction.

"Are the casualties counted?" The old man asked;

The staff on the side hurriedly called up the data: "The data within half an hour shows that there are no deaths, but 124101 people have been injured to varying degrees and lost their combat capability, of which 36,400 people cannot recover their combat strength within 24 hours." ”

The old man nodded and instructed: "Continue to monitor and let the security officers pay attention to the protection work!" ”

The staff nodded, and then conveyed the old man's instructions.

Every year, the top 20% of those who can go to college in the end are in the graduation assessment.

80% of them are accompaniments.

These people will eventually enter the military camp to serve.

So the safety work has to be done well.

……

On the other side, outside Dune Bay campsite.

Qin Xiaotian lay quietly in the foxhole, and a slight explosion sounded in his ears from time to time.

After a while, the explosions became denser.

It was the sound of Xu Xingyue's mortar.

Presumably, the group of mechanical beasts had approached the range of 20 kilometers and entered the range of Xu Xingyue's secondary cannon.

Compared with the last time, this time Qin Xiaotian did not set up the main gun, but just watched quietly.

After five or six minutes, the sound of artillery fire on Xu Xingyue's side was extinguished.

"Brother Xiaotian, hurry, retreat!"

Xu Xingyue's eager voice came from outside the foxhole.

Closely behind her were Ke Ruoyun and Liu Bo.

Chronologically, they didn't collide with the automaton in melee combat.

"This is, just abandon it?"

Qin Xiaotian saw that Liu Bo was carrying two sleeping cabins on his shoulders, and his figure was a little embarrassed, so he hurriedly walked over to answer: "How far is it?" ”

"6 km!"

Liu Bo's firefly drone continued to fly into the night, and he said in a hurried tone: "Hurry up and make a decision, do we go back to the Dune Bay camp now, or retreat to other directions?" ”

"The instructor told us to hold our ground."

When Qin Xiaotian heard that there were still six kilometers left, he was also a little anxious at the moment, but he did not lose his rationality.

He took the dormant cabin on Liu Bo's body and said categorically: "It's not feasible to go back directly, but we can take a detour in our own defense area first, a little distance, and lean closer to the other squads." ”

If it's not an assessment, it's in the barracks.

Running away directly is called escaping, and that is going to court.

But if you take a detour and the whole is still within the scope of your own defense zone, there should be no problem.

"Okay, then let's go in the direction of Team 43 next to us!"

Liu Bo handed Qin Xiaotian all the two sleeping pods, glanced left and right, and quickly made a judgment, and then the whole person quickly disappeared into the night.

He needed to find a relatively safe way out in the limited time.

And in the foxhole.

Xu Xingyue also hugged Li Yu's dormant warehouse, and the remaining two were all carried by Ke Ruoyun.

"Brother Xiaotian, you have to follow me!"

Xu Xingyue let out a snort, rushed at full speed in the direction where Liu Bo disappeared.

Qin Xiaotian also knew that time was pressing.

He couldn't think about it too much, so he followed with a smoke.

Behind him, it was Ke Ruoyun.

The three of them kept a distance of 100 meters, and ran for more than 20 kilometers along the path explored by Liu Bo before stopping.

At this time, there were less than forty kilometers left in a straight line from the defense area of the tail number 43 mecha team.

"Our stronghold is 60 kilometers away from the No. 43 squad stronghold in a straight line, and if we run another ten kilometers, it will be the junction of the two squad defense areas!" LIU Bodao;

As long as they don't step across the border of the defense zone, then everything is okay, and they still have room for explanation and quibbling.

Qin Xiaotian pondered, he looked at the night behind him and asked, "Can the paths of those mechanical beasts be calculated now?" ”

Liu Bo closed his eyes and called up the data of the firefly drone that remained in place.

After carefully comparing the movements of the mechanical beasts, he said, "The data transmitted from the firefly drone shows that those mechanical beasts have arrived at the location of our foxhole.

However, the other party did not stop too long, but jumped directly over the stronghold we needed to garrison.

As for the direction of travel,....."

Speaking of this, Liu Bo seemed to have discovered something strange.

His tone trembled a little and said, "They didn't even go to the foxhole of you and Ke Ruoyun, but turned around directly, deviated from the original trajectory of action, and went straight to where we are now!" ”

"What?"

"Are you sure you read that right?"

Ke Ruoyun and Xu Xingyue exclaimed at the same time.

It stands to reason that it shouldn't.

They had just evacuated, and it was completely improvised.

How could the automatons be able to locate their location?

Qin Xiaotian was also a little incomprehensible at the moment.

Could it be that they are equipped with locators?

"That's not right!"

Just when the four of them were puzzled, Qin Xiaotian's gaze suddenly swept to the sleeping cabin.

"This could be the problem!"

Qin Xiaotian threw one of the dormant pods on the ground.