Deep in the frozen soil and rock formations, the noise is a different story.
Ronan stared at the virtual workspace for a long time, looking at the complex and evolving symbols on it. He felt a little tired, so he leaned against the cold metal wall and closed his eyes. Vibrating noises pressed in from all sides, causing his body to sway. He didn't deliberately sense and distinguish, but the surrounding environment automatically appeared in his mind:
The "Soil Patroller" has just excavated the working surface, with six alloy limbs inserted into it. Against the slow-flowing frozen nitrogen, it salvages and repairs node equipment in the formation cavity.
On the ground fifty meters above the head, a large number of "iron-eating beetles" are continuing to gnaw and corrode the surface, sucking the solid ice and frozen soil, looking for all metal elements within their coverage, including of course artificial creations of corresponding materials; The "Electric Hydralisk" that coexists with them swings its huge body and meanders among the swarms of insects. It continues to absorb the waste materials that the beetles have devoured, digested and excreted, and continues to grow its body.
It is also these "Electric Hydralisks" whose heavy hammer-like tails hit the ground from time to time, forming detection waves that can shuttle through thick ice and frozen soil, looking for targets and guiding the beetles in the direction.
In the sky above, the battle for air supremacy continues. The space-time oscillations of strong interference in outer space and the beam cannons fired intensively by space-based weapons cover the surrounding area without any difference. There are also a large number of condensed slurry bubbles put in, which can reduce the physiological activity of these monsters to the greatest extent with the instantaneous near-absolute zero temperature.
But at the same time, at least four or five medium and large weapon platforms fell in the nearby area. The impact and explosion concussions that fell on the ground were death ripples unique to civilized creations.
Of course, their remains became a meal for the "iron-eating beetles" and the basic material for the "Electric Hydralisks" to grow their bodies.
And in this intertwined main theme of ups and downs, the temporary combination gathers and disperses the uncertain "war field" spiritual pressure, like a sharp needle that quenches poison, pricking the heart from time to time.
All of the above are not perceived through soul power, but are abilities obtained naturally from more than 1,600 hours and 16 working weeks of continuous high-intensity operation under the standards of the Tianyuan Empire.
According to Xianzhu’s words:
Even a new soldier who has lived on the front line of the battlefield for such a long time can no longer call himself a rookie. He must have the position of a 'veteran'.
However, the requirements for Ronan are not as simple as "veteran". For a professional and technical talent with the rank of lieutenant, the requirements will only be higher.
At present, Ronan is the chief officer of a field mobile maintenance company. He leads a team of 62 people who are not full, riding the classic "Soil Ranger" platform through the permanently frozen ice and thick soil.
At this time, the asteroid Tonghuan-28758 has entered the gravitational boundary of the "Red Wheel Rift", orbiting the deep space magic eye, and changed its orbit three times in the second, seventh, and fifteenth weeks. Officially entered the inner battlefield of the Two Star Gate Battle.
At this stage, the empire's relevant arrangements have been made public. After emergency transformation and construction, the asteroid Tonghuan-28758 has become a first-level intervention node in the inner battlefield and continues to move towards the predetermined position.
Such a maneuver will not be smooth sailing.
According to the latest information: Since orbiting the "Akawa Rift", the mass of Hitomi Ring-28758 asteroid has been reduced by one-twentieth in the fierce offensive and defensive battles; in the previous 16 working weeks, the construction and transformation completed with great effort project, suffered
The damage rate is as high as 27%.
So much so that the temporary Third Engineer Brigade had to cancel its original evacuation plan and devote all its efforts to maintenance and repair work despite the flames of war igniting on the asteroid.
The latest information conveyed at the lieutenant level today is that the temporary reduction in the strength of the Third Brigade has reached 19%, and this proportion will expand rapidly in the future.
It is against this background that the atmosphere in "Soil Ranger" is very low and everyone remains silent.
Either they are busy at their respective workstations, or like Ronan, they close their eyes and rest their minds. Some even use external stimulation such as drugs to enter deep sleep and seize the time to restore their energy.
Invisible pressure squeezes everyone's heart.
Not to mention those physical and psychological problems, just the "electric hydralisks" and "iron-eating beetles" above the head are very fatal.
Fifty meters is definitely not a safe distance.
"Boss, the higher-ups and the security team have confirmed that there are still 3 of them." Not far away, the young chief of staff, Mr. Lu Yi, broke the silence and reported the number of "Electric Hydralisks".
Field operations are in ultra-low temperature environments. Even if the "soil ranger" can protect the basic living environment, everyone is still fully armed. Not to mention the basic exoskeleton, there is also a layer of power armor on the outside to avoid having no chance of self-rescue in the event of an accident.
Under such circumstances, everyone had to rely on communication channels to communicate, but Lu Yi still subconsciously lowered his voice, like a whisper. It seems that if the voice is louder, it may disturb the troublesome long insects above the head.
For the "Soil Ranger" underground maintenance platform, the "Electric Hydralisk" is indeed super troublesome.
Their heavy hammer-like tails can pierce into the soil and form more than a dozen "long tails" hundreds of meters long, capturing medium and large underground targets such as "Soil Patrollers" and instantly emitting powerful electromagnetic pulses. , destroy equipment, kill and injure people.
Even if this method doesn't work, he can use his long tail to continuously transport the "iron-eating beetles" on the ground, turning the platform into a meal for massive "iron-eating beetles" in a short period of time.
It can be said that it is a big killer weapon specifically targeted at "Soil Patrollers".
The ecological niche between the two sides is a bit like the submarines and anti-submarine aircraft on the other side of the earth.
In fact, both the "Electric Hydralisk" and the "Iron-eating Beetle" were reassembled, grown, and manifested in the special environment of the asteroid on the basis of the corpses of those extraterrestrial species during the asteroid offensive and defensive war. brand new varieties. It is aimed at sites constructed under the frozen soil of asteroid ice, as well as engineering platforms for field operations.
Regarding Master Lu Yi's report, Ronan did not open his eyes and just said "hmm".
Mr. Lu Yi hesitated for a moment and then said: "Boss, this is a great opportunity for surface containment. Can we stop rotating operations and all go to the work stations... Finish the work early and evacuate early. It's too dangerous to stay here all the time." "
Ronan still didn't open his eyes or respond.
He did not explicitly refuse, so Mr. Lu Yi became even more enthusiastic and continued to persuade: "Team B has already dug the working surface. It is no problem to spread out fifty work stations. If the coordination is good, it will take about an hour and a half, well, The problem can be solved in two hours at most... Otherwise it will take four or five hours, and air and surface support may not be able to last that long."
In the fifth mobile company of Dissatisfaction, many positions were filled temporarily. Mr. Lu Yi serves as "Secretary Chief", which is also a temporary vacancy. In fact, it’s just a pass
The role of the messenger is to help Ronan handle some chores and do some communication work.
This "Secretary Chief" was chosen by Lieutenant Qiao Shu, the commander of the Seventh Battalion, for Ronan, and he explained it in detail.
In addition to professional ability, there are several considerations for letting Mr. Lu Yi take on this role: firstly, among all the people in the 5th Mobile Company and even the 7th Engineer Battalion, he is the closest in age to Ronan, although he is also a few years older; Secondly, Lu Yi has a lively personality. During this period, he got along well with Ronan and got along well with other people. Thirdly... maybe it was during his professional education stage that he took the course of 'ritual ancient characters' as an elective.
In any case, as a young man with relatively low qualifications, Master Lu Yi was able to survive continuous battles and various harsh environments, and was recognized by Lieutenant Qiao Shu, which proved that he was capable.
There is a reason for such a person to chatter endlessly to his own boss.
The fifth mobile company led by Ronan is already the seventeenth field operation team dispatched by the seventh battalion of engineers. Including Ronan, everyone has an average of six to eight rounds of field work experience, and the field work time is at least 500 hours.
The question is: With such frequent field operations, almost everyone was injured and exhausted to the extreme; the original senior commander of the fifth company was killed, and morale was low; many New personnel have been added and need to be adjusted...
The new chief officer, Ronan, is leading the team independently for the first time.
The new leader of the old team will not be smooth at first.
Before this, Ronan always acted as a deputy, cooperating with the chief officer, most of the time it was Xianzhu, sometimes it was Qiao Shu.
Ronan did a great job in his "second-in-command" role.
Solid maintenance skills, superior perception ability, and the unique ability to specialize in space-time configuration of the Seventh Engineer Battalion. As experience increases, his judgment also improves, allowing him to always complete "reminders" and "repairs" in a timely manner. His work was highly appreciated by Lieutenant Qiao Shu.
It is precisely because of his continuous maturity and progress, and also because of the attrition of a large number of grassroots officers, that it is reasonable for people like Ronan to push forward.
Moreover, it is now a critical period for the "demi-plane" of the main asteroid base carrying the "Crystal Array". Talents like Ronan, who have "Specialization in Space-Time Configuration" written on the archives, must also Place him in a more important position.
It's just that the truth is the truth, but it's not that easy to actually do it.
Ronan sighed and opened his eyes: "Please contact Medical Officer Tao Xian... She should be cultivating 'Tinder'. The signal is not smooth. Please make a trip."
Master Lu Yi suddenly became energetic: "Are you going to wake up Group A?"
"No, just preparing for a routine inspection."
"Well… "
Master Lu Yi was inevitably a little disappointed, but he still had a good character after all, so he curled his lips and went to find someone. Before leaving, he still couldn't help but said something irrelevant to the current situation:
"Boss, I've been reading it for a long time. What does this sentence you wrote mean?"
"Aren't you taking the optional ancient Chinese calligraphy for rituals?"
"I can see that the ancient Chinese characters for "rites and sacrifices" are pretty good! I can recognize the words 'I' and 'time and space' in the whole sentence... Which one can be interpreted as 'river bank'?"
Ronan also looked at the sentences written in ancient Chinese characters in the virtual workspace, smiled, and replied:
"We never left time and space, we only walked slowly along the shore."