From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars

Chapter 60 Enemy Attack
  Seeing that the atmosphere was beginning to develop in a direction that was inappropriate for children, Amber spoke up in time to stop her:

"That's it, Lilith. Haven't you had enough role-playing yet?"

"You're such a boring person."

Lilith's voice returned to normal, and at the same time, an 8bit-style villain appeared on Amber's tactical visor.

This is the avatar Lilith generated for herself based on the limited computing power Amber opened to her.

Of course Amber couldn't let the entire high-precision 3D model dangle in front of her eyes all the time.

The consumption of energy and computing power comes second.

The main reason is that it is easy to get distracted.

"Amber, I am becoming more and more suspicious that you are a pervert."

"how do I say this?"

Amber has gradually become immune to Lilith's poisonous tongue.

"Otherwise, why would you go to such trouble to control me? Is it because humans can't satisfy you anymore?"

"Or are you going to force me to do those inappropriate things in the folder '3D Modeling Accuracy Research'?"

The degree of outrageousness of Lilith's remarks has not decreased due to Amber's restrictions on her computing power. On the contrary, there is a trend of becoming increasingly outrageous.

"Okay, thank you for giving me such good advice. When I have time, I will make a high-precision 3D model of your image, and then find an empty room like this."

While Amber responded to Lilith with the same outrageous words, she stood up from the ground and walked towards the door of the room.

He had already checked the room that sealed off Lilith, and there was indeed nothing else except the metal round body in the middle.

The metal cylinder was only used to store the data carrier. It had no other value in itself. It just seemed to have an energy supply effect, but Amber didn't have the time to find the source.

Now that the biggest 'treasure' of this research institute has been obtained by himself, there is no need to stay any longer.

After all, the two hours agreed with Major Randall and the others were almost here.

And during Lilith's invasion of the exoskeleton just now, in order to maintain her image, this guy hijacked a lot of computing power and consumed nearly 40% of the light exoskeleton's power in one go.

Amber even suspected that Lilith's violent intrusion may have caused hidden damage to many components of the exoskeleton.

If these hidden dangers were exposed in battle, they would be fatal.

So Amber planned to ask the mechanics in the team to help maintain the exoskeleton after rejoining the team.

Thinking of this, Amber also accelerated her pace to leave.

With little effort, Amber was back at the previous emergency personnel entrance and exit.

"Lilith, you are leaving here, how do you feel?"

Before leaving the institute, Amber subconsciously asked.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no response from Lilith.

The 8-bit villain on the tactical visor is still there, but it seems to be sluggish.

The data monitoring window used to monitor Lilith also indicated that everything was normal.

"Lilith?" Amber asked again.

But this time, Lilith finally responded.

"Amber, promise me you won't lock me in a place with nothing in the future, okay?"

"Hmm, otherwise why would I take you out?"

Amber stepped out of the emergency personnel entrance door.

On the way to the temporary stop of the convoy, Lilith kept looking around curiously.

Because the microprocessor in Amber's body is connected to his modified superconducting fiber nerves, his 'five senses' can be directly read.

Therefore, Lilith, who temporarily 'resides' in the microprocessor, can almost feel the same as Amber.

"Amber, walk slower! Look at the bird on the tree on the right~"

"Ah! Amber, what kind of animal ran past just now?!"

"Is this the excrement of a wild Brobeast on the ground?"

Lilith, who has been in the research institute since she was born, has the only way to understand the outside world through the personal terminal that the researcher left in the laboratory.

As a result, Lilith didn't know any serious external information, and she managed to learn a bunch of messy knowledge. So when she really came into contact with the world outside the institute, Lilith was full of interest in everything she saw.

"After you leave this planet, I will find an opportunity to take you to the largest planetary ecology museum, so that you can see it all at once."

Amber patiently coaxed Lilith, and he decided to find a way to correct this artificial intelligence's 'problem girl'-like character in their future interactions.

"But for now, just stay still. If you're really bored, just help me keep an eye on the alarm module for a while. The corresponding operating instructions are also stored in the processor. You can just glance at it."

As Amber spoke, she accelerated her pace and at the same time found the frequency band of the communication relay vehicle in the channel of the communication module.

He didn't know why, but he felt uneasy from the moment he walked out of the institute.

This feeling comes from the sixth sense of the psychic agent.

Although this sixth sense can only be said to be "good and bad sometimes", based on the principle of "it doesn't cost any money, just have some faith", Amber decided to issue an early warning to the team.

The communication with the communication relay vehicle was quickly connected, and Isabel's familiar voice came from Amber's earphones.

"Amber?! Are you back?"

The female spy's voice was slightly joyful, and Amber couldn't tell whether she was serious or acting.

Amber was about to reply when she heard Lilith's somewhat excited voice.

"You guy, you have a woman outside?!"

"No, what does it mean to have a woman?"

"Amber? Are you talking to me? Hello." Isabel's somewhat confused voice sounded in the communication channel.

"Ahem. Maybe the signal is not very good in the forest."

Being interrupted by Lilith, Amber suddenly felt her blood pressure rising.

But fortunately, he calmed down in time, temporarily turned off Lilith, and then continued:

"Captain Margaret, ask everyone in the team to be on alert, and then notify Vehicle No. 4 to raise the alert level and battlefield surveillance level! I will simultaneously issue corresponding orders in the command terminal, and then quickly join you."

Amber's somewhat serious tone made Isabel suppress the doubts she had in her heart when the call was connected.

From Amber's tone, she sensed that now might not be the time to joke.

"Copy that, I'm going to notify everyone now!"

After the communication with Isabel ended, Amber issued simultaneous instructions on the command terminal.

Then he quickly checked the equipment and ammunition on his body, and once again confirmed the remaining power of the exoskeleton, he ran directly in the direction of the convoy.

Lilith's 'shut-up' was also lifted by him. The artificial intelligence also realized during the conversation just now that it seemed that now was not the time to joke.

"I will help you keep an eye on the alarm module seriously!"

"Ah."

Since the team's temporary stop was not too far away, Amber didn't take much time to run back again.

From the gap between the trees in front, he could already see a 'Mongoose 4' covered in camouflage nets, as well as several mobile infantrymen hiding behind the trees on guard.

When Identification Friend or Foe is turned on, their heads will be marked with a small green triangle on the HUD of the tactical visor.

So even if they deliberately hide themselves during the alert, Amber can find them quickly.

But the closer she got to the convoy, the uneasiness in Amber's heart became stronger and stronger.

An alert mobile infantryman saw Amber through the markings on his tactical visor, and stood up and waved.

At this time, Lilith's warning came to his ears.

"Warning! High energy reaction detected! Location"

"boom!"

Before she could finish speaking, a white and blue 'beam' swept through the mountains and forests, carrying a power that seemed to destroy the world.

When the beam dissipated in the blink of an eye, the mobile infantry in Amber's field of vision also disappeared.

The 'Mongoose 4' armored vehicle further away also 'melted' into two pieces like butter cut by a hot knife.

"Fuck! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

(End of this chapter)