"This is Falcon-I, it has arrived at the target area."
"Roger, this is Falcon-II. Falcon-I, turn on the radio life detection device."
"Roger. Turn on the radio life detection device."
The shuttle-shaped fuselage has a hatch with a rear opening that holds a heavy machine gun. Under the annular vortex air accelerators on both sides of the fuselage, wrinkled air waves danced, making a harsh buzzing sound. Inside the cabin were soldiers armed to the teeth, with terrifying individual heavy weapons mounted on the pitch-black power armor. The AC symbol is faintly visible on the side of the right arm, but it has almost been worn away, replaced by the Liuding Town emblem painted below the symbol.
YZ-51, an amphibious transport helicopter installed by AC in 2153, is mainly used in the South China Sea Fleet and is a powerful beach landing transport equipment. However, now after the war, there is no use for landing on the beach.
Two jet-black helicopters maintained a horizontal distance of a kilometer, hovering one behind the other over a building.
Wang Shiwu looked at the unknown bacterial density indicator on the outside of the power armor, and then looked out the helicopter window in the direction of the building, with a gloomy expression on his face.
"Sure enough, this is the right place."
"The life form matches, the target is in the building. Falcon-I requests attack."
"No." Wang Shiwu stared at the building cautiously, and then activated the remote communication module of the power armor. "This is the Black Cavalry team. They have reached the target creature. The body information is unknown. Requesting naval gun support."
"The command received it and approved the bombardment."
The cost of a direct attack was too high. Without even seeing the target, Wang Shiwu did not dare to joke with the lives of his comrades, so he very cautiously chose to request artillery support.
At least, expose the target's identity first.
"Falcon-I, Falcon-II, the bombardment will arrive in one minute, please gain altitude."
"received."
The two helicopters began to climb higher to avoid unnecessary accidental damage. The rays of the rising sun left dim paths on the radioactive dust, and those yellow-green particles that made people feel sick just looking at them filled the exterior of the building. From the outside, the entire area looks like a cloudy egg, with the building its yolk.
What is hidden in the building
Wang Shiwu frowned and stared at the turbid round egg.
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Why did Liuding Town's elite troops appear at the edge of the city 30 kilometers away? This starts from the combat meeting two days ago.
Bohai aircraft carrier, command tower, conference room.
"... An abnormal life signal appeared in the (412,151) area. Our scientists can't figure out what it is, but its sub-crystal energy index has reached 90141 points, far exceeding the critical value of 300. Since it appeared in our attack Within the range. So in order to curb its further evolution and recover sub-crystals, I need you to kill this thing. Do you understand?" A middle-aged man wearing an old AC officer uniform stood in front of the holographic map with his hands folded and asked his subordinates ordered.
"Yes, sir."
Soldiers in uniform shouted in unison. They were all wearing AC Marine Corps uniforms, but they were only used for wear.
"Then the meeting is dismissed!"
"yes!"
The radio life detection device is one of the more commonly used equipment in this wasteland. According to research, the life signals emitted by each type of life show interval divisions. Through special radio waves, the frequency of this signal can be detected at long distances. It was used as reconnaissance equipment during the war, search and rescue equipment after the war, and civilian equipment in the apocalypse...
Human beings are not the only ones that can be detected. Life signals of any frequency and wavelength will be recorded on an electronic screen like a radar. This kind of life signal is generally proportional to life energy. Generally speaking, the life signal of mutated organisms has a much greater frequency than that of humans. Measuring the theoretical value of subcrystalline content in living organisms through the frequency of life signals is a technology developed after the war. Basically, larger survivor bases have this technology.
After recording an unnatural life signal, the survivor bases nearby will usually choose to take the initiative. Because if mutant organisms are allowed to grow, it will be extremely unstable. All mutations are random, and no one can guarantee that something strange will not evolve.
The evolution of species that originally took tens of thousands of years to complete may only take a few days in a nuclear crater. Maybe the poor thing that evolved could only vomit, or maybe it evolved into an extremely dangerous mutated giant beast.
Creatures with subcrystal energy points exceeding 300 are collectively referred to as extremely mutated creatures.
However, that doesn't mean it's powerful.
Different from dangerous species with powerful combat power between 40 and 300 sub-crystal energy, in terms of degree of danger, extreme mutant creatures are easier to deal with than dangerous species in most cases. For example, just like humans, a person weighing 100 pounds may not be able to beat a person weighing 200 pounds. After all, the heavyweights are not in the same class. But what about the 500-pound person? What about a person weighing 1 ton? I'm afraid this only belongs to the category of disabled people, and it is already very difficult to maintain their own life activities.
In the same way, mutant creatures with subcrystal energy exceeding 300 are considered "disabled" monsters. Under the influence of radiation and other factors, life energy expands endlessly due to coincidental mutations. However, bloated energy does not necessarily bring bloated lethality. Everything has a limit. Once it is exceeded, it will become a burden.
There have been similar long-range strike operations in Liuding Town before. The target is an unknown creature that has skyrocketed to more than 110,000 sub-crystal points.
However, when the Marines landed, all they encountered was a group of ghouls and large pieces of meat being torn apart by the ghouls.
And it was filled with meat balls that filled half the street.
The helpless Marine Corps had no choice but to call in naval gunfire and blast the pile of rotten meat to pieces. Then they found the half-human-tall Yajing with an energy detector and dragged it back with a helicopter. As for the pieces of meat, they could not be recovered because they attracted a large number of ghouls that were entrenched nearby. Otherwise, it is also a good choice to make those organic matter into a nutritional mixture...
Yes, such extremely mutated creatures are usually rubbish. For economic reasons, hunting such big guys is much easier than dealing with deathclaws, meat mountains and the like.
This is also the real reason that drives these selfish guys to use force to exterminate mutant creatures. Otherwise, who would be idle and send troops abroad
Now, Wang Shiwu is facing this kind of thing.
Although the soldiers under his command began to whisper, they should finish cleaning up and go back to take a shower. After all, wearing power armor is very hot. But Wang Shiwu still vaguely felt that something was wrong, so he carefully chose the artillery bombardment procedure.
The Falcon-I flying in front turned on the laser rangefinder to provide precise shooting directions for Liuding Town's naval guns.
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"Prepare for bombardment, raise the fort! Quick!" Several people in work clothes were busy controlling the equipment in their hands. The deck on the side of the bow slowly cracked, and the ten-meter-long gun barrel gradually rose.
With its streamlined and narrow shell, this super-long barrel cannon has a resounding name—electromagnetic gun.
"The straight-line distance is 310203 meters, the target thickness is measured... 10kg mass bomb is enabled, the elevation angle is 47°, and the kinetic energy is set... "
The technician holding a tablet computer entered the settings ten meters away from the turret. The Bohai's fire control system had been damaged by the EM generated by the nuclear explosion long before the war. After these fixed artillery and other equipment were repaired by the survivors, the fire control lines were directly connected to nearby terminals individually. Distance operation enables firing.
The technician pressed the [fire] button.
Dazzling blue light filled the barrel, and the high-density electric current made a short and harsh buzz.
There was no explosion.
There was only the initial loud noise of the cannonball breaking the sound barrier, and then only a pale trajectory towards the sky could be seen.
The reaction force acting on the electromagnetic guide rail caused the ten-meter-long gun barrel to move slightly backward, and the liquid cooling device raised hot steam. A ripple gently rippled from the rear of the hull, submersing imperceptibly into the waves.
The flat-headed cannonball rotated in the air at high speed. The special device inside the shell operates on the residual current in the capacitor, forming a brief vacuum layer around the shell, completely erasing the sound barrier.
This short-term vacuum effect is relieved until one kilometer closer to the target.
The special coating on the surface began to burn, and the front width of the projectile began to expand slightly.
Dragging a red trajectory, the columnar projectile struck the belly of the target building like an iron fist.
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The ear-piercing sonic boom and the violent explosion spread simultaneously, and the shell penetrated the building in an instant and embedded itself in the ground.
As if being pushed down by a big hand, the whole building collapsed backwards like an avalanche. The shell left a channel several meters in diameter in the middle of the circular floating objects.
"Direct hit. Nice shot."
"The target shell is exposed... Wait! What is that! Damn it..."
"Falcon-II, please answer what happened! Falcon-I..."
"Falling! Falling! Requesting...rescue..." (Busy tone)
What spread out from the smoke was a giant hand... No, to be precise, it was a giant cannon.
Dark red energy gathers and then is released.
The red beam drew a straight line from the sky and penetrated the clouds.
The ray did not directly hit any of the helicopters. However, it paralyzed all the electronic equipment in the entire airspace penetrated by the ray...
[warn! EM strike]
The electromagnetic shielding of the power armor opened in an instant, blocking the manic current. However, because it was passively activated, almost all the instruments and equipment of the power armor suffered varying degrees of damage.
Because the electromagnetic shielding is turned on, communication signals are naturally shielded as well.
"Damn it! EM! Jump!" Turning on the speaker, Wang Shiwu roared wildly, stabilized his figure in the violently rotating fuselage, then ran towards the cabin door with heavy steps, and then jumped out of the cabin with all his strength. outside.
The structure of the power armor is relatively compact, and the coverage of anti-EM equipment is also relatively concentrated. It only malfunctioned briefly, and all the electronic components hesitantly returned to normal. However, the two helicopters were not so lucky. The high-energy EM instantly penetrated their electromagnetic shielding defenses and burned most of their electronic equipment.
Wang Shiwu gritted his teeth and stared at the giant flesh-red "cannon barrel."
What is that? Can living things also release EM? And it still destroyed the Yunzhi-51 without a direct hit...
[Slow descent device starts]
Wang Shiwu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw a few clear characters on the electronic helmet screen.
The gaps in the armor on his knees, waist, and shoulders gradually cracked, and the small scroll engine hidden under the metal shell sprayed out blue tail flames. Wang Shiwu only felt his whole body tense up suddenly, and then he regained the feeling of gravity and landed at a constant speed to the ground.
Passing straight through the turbid round egg, the heavily armed power armor soldiers landed heavily on the ground one after another.
"... Mutated bacteria, density index: 97. Damn it, what the hell are they." The voice of a comrade came from the public channel.
"Stay vigilant! Make sure the equipment is sealed. These floating bacteria give me an ominous premonition." Wang Shiwu checked the air filtration equipment and found that these bacteria were unexpectedly troublesome. After a while, a layer of bacteria appeared outside the filter port.
The density of bacteria has reached the point where it forms visible bacterial clumps, and the yellow-green shape is really disgusting.
Do you want to withdraw first
However, this thought only passed by for a moment, and he felt the need to find out what that terrible barrel was.
Moreover, the helicopter has been destroyed. Even if Liuding Town sends reinforcements, it is unclear how to destroy this dangerous thing.
"Pay attention to the filter port, prepare to attack!"
"learn."
Just in case, Wang Shiwu cautiously sent the previously captured footage back to the headquarters, then switched out the machine gun mounted on his arm and moved forward with his teammates.
No signal was sent back from the headquarters. Could it be that these bacteria still have the effect of blocking communication
It's possible, after all, the ray just produced the EM effect. There is reason to believe that these bacteria are related to the unnatural barrel.
No, there's a problem!
Normally, such extremely mutated creatures would attract the gnawing of alien species. However, there is not even a mutated mouse near this guy!
How abnormal!
It means something is wrong!
Just when Wang Shiwu was frightened by his discovery, suddenly, his teammates beside him shouted in surprise.
"Up there! Fuck, what is that?!"
Wang Shiwu immediately looked up and saw that the flesh-red biological cannon barrel was filling with energy again.
There is nothing in the sky, what is it going to shoot
"Fire at it! Quick!"
With no time to think, Wang Shiwu relied on intuition to issue an attack order.
Da da da!
The 12 power armor soldiers fired a salvo of fire at the flesh-red gun barrel, weaving dense firepower nets. No one knew whether the bullets fired had any effect, but at this moment, there was no better way than to unleash firepower.
The distance of 500 meters is completely within the effective range of the machine gun module. The jumping firelight made the expressions under each mask look ferocious, and the high-speed rotating triangular barrels spat out terrifying tongues of fire crazily.
Suddenly, the flesh-red gun barrel that was half a floor high shrank suddenly, and the charging momentum seemed to have stopped.
Wang Shiwu was overjoyed. It seemed that the fire coverage had an effect on the monster.
However, there is another explanation for the suppressed charging.
That means the energy is already full.
Under the horrified sight, the flesh-red barrel exploded.
And the spreading red light engulfed the entire area, and the spreading arc waves swept everything within a radius of several kilometers, calming all the noise...
Several flesh-red "meat balls" shot into the distance with the help of the explosion...
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"Falcon-I, Falcon-II, and Black Knight are offline."
"The life signal changes! The target is split!"
The commander standing in the command room had a gloomy face, and his eagle-like eyes were fixed on the holographic screen in the sky.
I saw that the sign of 90141 subcrystal points had disappeared, replaced by 12 split life forms with uneven energy, spreading in all directions.
Mission failed.
What made the officer feel distressed was not the 12 combatants and 4 pilots. Under the virtual reality training system, as many such talents as needed could be "produced".
However, the total price of the two YZ-51s and 12 sets of MAX-I powered armor was as high as 220,000 Yajing.
What a disaster.
As for what impact that weird creature will have on this wasteland? Nothing is known yet... ;