Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 504 Frontline Base Mukakh (4000 words chapter)
Ke Lan didn't answer her, but this time, it wasn't because Ke Lan couldn't be distracted, but because he couldn't hear the sounds around him at all.

The members of the reconnaissance team, the power room, the huge pit, the boulders covered with crystallization circuits...even the stone pillars under the console have all disappeared from Ke Lan's vision, leaving only the faintly fluorescent metal ball, still floating in front of him.

He lowered his head, and he could see that his body was suspended in the air like this metal ball, and around him was flowing magma emitting fiery light...

The magma seems to be separated by some invisible position, and it keeps rolling down—no, it should not be said that the magma is falling, but Ke Lan's perspective is rising rapidly.

"This battleship... is breaking through the magma!" Ke Lan quickly figured out the current situation - everything he saw should be the external observation perspective of this ancient battleship!
The manipulation technology adopted by this civilization is to directly connect the consciousness of the battleship and the operator, which is commonly known as "the integration of man and ship, the ship is the man-ship, and the man is the ship..."

"Ah bah, whoever likes to be a 'shipman' should do it, anyway, I'm not interested." Ke Lan complained in his heart, and at the same time gently pushed the metal ball in front of him with both hands...

Immediately, the angle of view in front of him changed dramatically—originally, his standing face was perpendicular to the rising angle, but now, it was almost close to it.

He was just floating on his back, looking at the layers of magma that were constantly being broken directly above.

But what Ke Lan didn't expect was that such a slight push by him could cause other people to suffer...

Everyone in the reconnaissance team was suffering from the G force exerted on their bodies, but at this moment, the ground suddenly tilted to one side, and the hound lying on the ground was caught off guard and slid directly, wanting to If Valkyrie hadn't stretched out a mechanical arm to catch him in time, he might have rolled and slid all the way to the bottom of the slope.

The "bottom of the slope" referred to here was the wall of this power room a few seconds ago.

"Damn it! Is this place going to collapse?" shouted the hound, who was suspended in mid-air by the mechanical arm.

"It's not collapsed...it's 'Yagunaktor'...this warship is going into the air...just like our airship lifts its bow when raising its height." Layton replied, a sharp The claws popped out of his mechanical arm and nailed deeply into the ground.

The purpose of raising the bow of the empty ship is to reduce its own air resistance... and this ancient warship is now being pressed to the bottom of the pool by hundreds of millions of tons of magma, and the resistance it receives is greater than that in the air I don't know how many times.

The entire power room is tilted at an angle of nearly 45 degrees, and the direction of the G force is also changed from directly above to obliquely above.

Others also used methods similar to Layton's to hang themselves on the slope, and Valkyrie directly turned on the shelling mode, driving the bracket nails on several legs directly into the rock.

Fortunately, the ground of the power room is made of ordinary rock material. If Nino alloy was used, the entire reconnaissance team would have to roll down to the bottom of the slope with their mechas.

"Old dog, go on." Layton took out a pair of rock climbing suction cups from his backpack with his free hand, threw it to the hound, then raised his head again, and glanced at Ke Lan who was still "standing" in front of the console .

Ke Lan's body seems to be completely unrestricted by gravity. He is like a human-shaped spike hammered into the ground, always keeping perpendicular to the sloping ground.

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Field Corps, Seventh Armored Mixed Division, "Mukah" military base.

Lieutenant General Maginot was in a bad mood.

To be precise, not good is not enough to describe how depressed he is now... If the coffee cup on the table is not a priceless antique handed down from the old era, he would definitely not hesitate smashed the cup against the wall.

"Could it be that I have offended some important person?" Magino put his hands on his forehead, thinking a bit annoyedly.

Two days ago, he was dealing with his daily business in his office. An urgent special transfer order instantly changed him from a commander of the garrison in charge of law and order to a military commander of the front-line combat unit of the Field Corps. Officers.

Although from a certain point of view, this wave of transfers can be regarded as raising him by half a level (officers of the same level in the field troops and fleet are by default half a level higher than the garrison troops), and the soldiers under him are all the same as the original three thousand The old and the weak became the elite of seven thousand... But Maginot couldn't be happy at all.

There is no other reason-the new defense area he is in charge of is precisely the "Mukah" military base at the intersection of the four major plains.

The location of the "Mukah" military base is very important. The four directions just connect the most extensive plains around Alpha Star, and pass through the "corridor of hell" sandwiched between the "western plain" and the "mortar swamp". It is the famous "Molten Mining Area".

The location of the "Mukah" military base is the most important transportation hub in the northern hemisphere of the Alpha star. If it is placed on the earth, how can it be mixed up with "the thoroughfare of five provinces" and "the military must contend" "Land" and the like.

But the convenient transportation also means that this base has no danger to rely on... If you look down from a high altitude, the "Mukah" base, which is located alone on the open plain, is like the kind of nail in the middle of the main road Like households, it can be as conspicuous as it needs to be.

In the old era, it would be equivalent to sending a general in charge of security maintenance in the rear to the front line, but the problem is...Machino has been serving in the garrison since he joined the army. Over the past few decades, he has left the Ark a total of three times... only three times!
Otherwise, the lieutenant general's belly wouldn't hang down from his waist to almost his hips.

"Damn it, at least arrange some experienced assistants for me..." Magino looked at the holographic projection map on his desk, and couldn't help but feel a headache... He is very good at handling official documents, but It is very difficult for him to dispatch and manage combat units, especially in this "Mukah" military base, from the ammunition supplement list sent by the logistics management to the investigation of abnormal movements of heretical sects. It has to be resolved by him, the top military director of the base...

This is not the same as when he was in the garrison. At that time, he only had to wait for the officers under him to plan the solution to the matter, and then he would take a few glances and sign it. But now, even if it is a box of active ammunition, he would I have to call back to Ark in person, and talk to people from the General Logistics Department, the Security Bureau, and the Equipment Department of the research institute for a long time.

Magino used to laugh secretly at the fact that his colleagues in the field troops were blushing and thick necked for a little supply, but he never imagined that, with the turn of fortune, he would be reduced to this point...

"Fortunately, this period of time is still calm, except for the molten fire area in the southwest... But the troubles there should not spread here..." Lieutenant General Magino muttered in his heart, and it was really not him who fought the war. strengths.

If it was in the old era, at least he could surrender if he lost the battle. As a general, even if he became a prisoner, at least the treatment would not be bad... But in this era, the word surrender is basically synonymous with suicide.

Neither heretical sects nor native creatures could give him a chance to surrender.Rather than being transformed into a biochemical monster or being torn to pieces by sharp animal teeth, it would be more refreshing to shoot yourself in the temple.

In 918 of the new era, the construction of the "Mukah" military base started, and it took four years to complete in 922.In the past 29 years, the "Mukah" base has had a total of 35 military officers, 17 of whom died in this base.

In the past 29 years, the "Mukah" military base has been breached eleven times and rebuilt eleven times. Ten of the enemies were the native creatures of Planet Alpha, and the other time was a combination of heretical sects and exiles. force.

Lieutenant General Maginot happened to be the No. 30 fifth term. Not counting himself, exactly half of the first 34 military officers died in the line of duty.

"It's a [-]-[-] chance..." Machino couldn't help wiping off the sweat that didn't exist on his brow, and continued to stare at the holographic projection map on the table. More than a dozen blue dots were arranged in a line. Approaching the base in the northeast direction—this is the supply convoy for this week, carrying the living supplies of all the people in the base for a week.

Lieutenant General Magino felt that his life has always been smooth and his luck has been good, so he should not be half of the one who died in the line of duty...

But then again, most of the military executives who died were killed a few years before the "Mukah" military base was just built-at that time, the four major plains were still completely untouched "undeveloped areas" , land transportation is intermittent, and in many cases the daily supplies of base personnel still need to be transported by the air force fleet.

In the four years since the base was built, at least [-] soldiers and almost the same number of workers and technicians had been sacrificed. In the first year since the base was completed, it was attacked three times by beast hordes.

This place is an important place for transportation, and it is also the place where many herds of animals with some migratory habits must pass through. Large-scale offensive and defensive battles are staged several times a year... During those years, any recruit, as long as he can go to He served at the "Mukah" base for a month, and he would receive the "Brave" medal when he came back.And the service experience at the "Mukah" base has also become a very important piece of talk for those veterans when chatting.

However, with the expansion of the base many times later and the increase of various defensive equipment, the wall has changed from two circles to six circles, and the height and thickness have also increased several times... The casualty rate of the "Mukah" base It finally got lower gradually, but compared with other places, it is still a top-ranked high-risk stronghold.

"At least the first three military chiefs resigned safely..." Lieutenant General Magino comforted himself in his heart.

At this moment, an orderly walked in with a tray.

"General, your lunch."

"Oh...just put it on the table." Machino was taken aback, turned off the holographic projection, and glanced at the clock beside him.

"It's already twelve o'clock, and the whole morning was spent arguing with logistics..."

When Lieutenant General Magino turned his attention away from the clock and turned his attention to the dinner plate, his eyebrows could not help but wrinkled again.

The food on the dinner plate is very simple-a few pieces of synthetic chicken cooked in white water with almost no oily shine; a "fresh orange" poured out of a can that is full of the sweetness of inferior sugar substitutes; A bowl of clear soup with a few bean sprouts and a few slices of radish floating in the water; plus a pool of "staple food" like batter with too much water...

The most outrageous thing is the few vitamin capsules placed in the corner of the dinner plate - the daily diet of the base can only meet the energy needed by people, and the lack of vitamins and some trace elements, even need to rely on these capsules and tablets Replenish.

The food of the military chief was so poor, so it was natural to imagine what the soldiers below were eating.

This is one of the reasons why Maginot was unwilling to be transferred here.

When they were in the garrison, although they wouldn't have a lot of fish and meat, at least they could eat real vegetables and meat.When work is not so stressful, you can still eat steak and ice cream, and waffles coated with honey are also one of Magino's favourites.If it's the weekend, he will spare time to go to a Japanese grocery store or a Chinese restaurant to enjoy an authentic oriental meal...

But now, Lieutenant General Magino looked at the plate of things on the table, the gap was so big that he didn't even have the desire to lift a spoon.

"I must have offended some big shot..."

Just when Magino reluctantly scooped up a spoonful of "batter", another soldier rushed into the office—unlike the previous orderly, this soldier rushed directly into the door.

"What are you doing? Didn't I say, don't disturb me while I'm eating?" Machino said with some dissatisfaction, "I've been busy all morning, can't you even let me take a good rest at lunch time?"

"General, general... something happened!" the soldier propped his hands on his knees and said out of breath.

"What did you say? What happened?" Maginot shook his hand, and the spoon fell directly into the dinner plate, and the splashed batter splashed onto his skirt.

It's just that Magino didn't have time to care about his clothes. He stood up directly from his seat, ignoring the fact that his protruding belly overturned the plate on the table. He strode around to the desk anxiously. Asked: "You said, what happened?"

"Ark's transport convoy... the signal has disappeared!"

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