When Hao Ren and Vivian returned to Nakdal base, those crazy minions were gone.
A small group of them tried to infiltrate into the Nakdar security circle, and then they were violently counterattacked by the drone group. After a short battle, this cannon fodder force that seemed to be used for pathfinding was wiped out. The other corrupted monsters wandering farther away decisively chose to evacuate in the middle of the battle—because the distance was too far away and the patrolling drones did not carry gravitational well generators to intercept them. Equipment, this part of the corrupted monster escaped smoothly.
But Hao Ren thinks this has little effect, because the Nakdal security circle is extremely wide, and those monsters are not close enough to threaten or observe the internal situation of the base, and they may not even understand the size of the base group here. How big: The drone swarm stopped them a full half light-year away from base camp.
However, this still gave Hao Ren a warning: as predicted before, the corrupted monsters not only located the location of the Nakdar Continent, but also knew about the arrival of these "outsiders" themselves, and they did not abandon this place .
It seems that the crystals on Nakdar Continent are very attractive to them.
Nakdal's control center has been remodeled. Since the underground part of the control center is designed with "navigation crystals" as the core, and crystals are still something Hao Ren can't grasp, so this underground structure has been put on hold for the time being. , the surface temple above it becomes the new control center.
The drone group has installed all the propulsion devices on the continental base, and the shield generators and weapon platforms on the continent are also coming online one after another. Except for the engine, these things now have two sets of systems, one is the original control system made by the guardian giants, and the other is the new control line of the drone group. These two systems are respectively connected to the underground structure of the control center. And the temple on the ground - Hao Ren is currently controlling this fortified continent through the temple on the ground.
This process is a bit like putting an extra electrical stimulation sensor suit on a nerve necrotic body. Although it is an indirect control, it is enough for this space fortress to perform its due functions.
Hao Ren and Vivian returned here in a hurry, and walked into the temple surrounded by the goblins. This huge and magnificent building still maintains its original appearance, but there are a lot of Xiling-style equipment inside. And a group of autonomous machines flying around. In the depths of the temple, in the polygonal hall that was used as the temporary headquarters, Hao Ren went straight to a dark metal wall: "Report the situation."
As the voice fell, the metal wall squirmed like a liquid, and a face that was constantly changing appeared on its surface: "Six hours ago, the patrol drone discovered the generation of abnormal spatial distortion within the alert range. , and then traces of crazy minions were detected near the distortion point. Three minutes later, the first drone exchanged fire with the intruders, and the intruders were divided into two groups, one part continued to invade the security circle, and the other part moved in the opposite direction …”
While the drone cluster consciousness was talking, the holographic projection next to it showed the battlefield images recorded at that time.
"... Fifteen minutes later, the enemy's troops far away from the battlefield suddenly withdrew, and the aircraft fleet failed to intercept them; twenty-six minutes later, the enemy's invading troops were all wiped out, and we salvaged some of the wreckage, but the preliminary judgment was of no value. "
After studying the battlefield video, Hao Ren asked, "Are they moving in an orderly manner?"
"Exhibiting a high degree of discipline, the speed of making various reactions is very fast. Although they were quickly defeated due to their numerical disadvantages, the enemy still showed a considerable degree of battlefield command ability."
"Just as we expected, the troops who came to attack the Nakdal Continent before came from the opposite frame A, and this time there are commanders following up from behind." Hao Ren glanced at Vivian, "and in the future I'm afraid we won't run into F2A brats either: the enemy is taking this place seriously."
Vivienne showed a thoughtful expression, and then looked up at the wriggling metal wall in front of her: "Can you roughly analyze the difference in fighting style between the enemy who invaded this time and the troops who broke out on the battlefield before? "
The cluster consciousness quickly responded: "The enemy who carried out the invasion this time is relatively conservative, and is more adept at fighting with a large number of aberrants acting in small groups as the main force. There is a big deviation from the enemy's tactical data collected before."
Vivian nodded: "This means that there is more than one commander on the opposite side."
"Obviously, this is a wave of probing," Hao Ren said. "The other party is not sure about the origin of our group of forces that suddenly appeared. It put a lot of pressure on them, so they didn't choose to attack rashly, but sent a small wave of pathfinders first."
"It seems right for us to quickly build bases and expand our military power," the data terminal also popped up from the side, "Although they can't see the specific scale of the Nakdal base this time, they should at least be aware of the situation here. Drone swarms have expanded rapidly again to a far greater extent than last time, and they may be more cautious in formulating offensive strategies against us."
"But it will also give them a sense of urgency." Hao Ren waved his hand, "At this time, a normal commander will definitely think of immediately gathering superior forces to eliminate the fast-growing and uncontrolled third-party forces like ours—the performance of the drone swarm With an extraordinary growth rate, the enemy will not sit back and watch us grow up."
I am afraid that the next wave of attacks will come soon, and the scale cannot be underestimated.
Of course, Hao Ren didn't intend to wait for this day, he was already taking action.
In the deepest part of the Nakdal base group, next to the drone fortress that is the main lair, there is a hyperspace projection device that has just been completed. A long silver-white track that seems to be constantly changing between virtual and real has been added. At this moment, this newly built strange device is being activated, bright energy sparks are constantly jumping and increasing between the ring and the guide rail, and a drone with a strange shape is slowly driving into the beginning of the acceleration track under the guidance of the tractor beam within the circle.
This is indeed another acceleration track, but unlike the conventional acceleration track that is purely used to quickly release units, this acceleration track also has an enhanced hidden module. It can not only erase the coordinates of the accelerated target in the real world, but also keep the accelerated target in the "erased" state for an hour after arriving at the projected destination. In this state, the launched units It will lose all corresponding information in the real world, even including all traces left on the causality and timeline, and it will disappear in this world as if it had never appeared before, and it will never appear in the future—anything based on the universe Regular means of observation will be ineffective against this goal.
And this "erased" covert action unit is that strangely shaped UAV, which is a circle larger than the conventional UAV. For the detector, the rear structure of the insect version also adds a bulging spherical mechanical cabin. These devices are made by applying for the "authorized upgrade agreement" through the examiner's data link. They can allow the covert action drone to be able to observe the real world one-way in the wiped state-in other words, It can observe the outside world, but the outside world can never perceive its existence.
The primary coil of the acceleration track began to flicker, and the surging light in the coil turned into a thin film without thickness. The "scout" passed through this film, and his figure began to become blurred.
"The coordinates have been cleared... Erasing information... The target unit information has been erased, and the relevant source data is temporarily stored in the virtual point memory."
Standing in the observatory in space, Hao Ren watched the fluctuations at the front end of the accelerating orbit gradually subside. Although he didn't know what he just launched, what it looked like, and what function it had, but According to the memo, he knew that some information would come from that distant and mysterious battlefield soon after the fluctuations in the accelerated orbit subsided.
"The detector is about to send back a signal," the data terminal said beside it, and at the same time activated the nearby holographic projection, "The image may be a little blurry at first..."
After a while, Hao Ren saw a light and dark image appear on the holographic projection device.
That is the picture presented after the distorted starlight passes through the interwoven curtain of the real world. The image was very blurry at first, and showed a state of interlacing and mixing, but soon, the blurred picture became clear.
The first thing he saw was a huge rock—this rock was floating in the universe, and it was approaching the camera quickly, but the expected collision did not happen, and the carrier of the camera seemed to not exist in the real world. The boulders passed through each other, and after a short period of darkness, the picture became clear again.
A faintly glowing galaxy lies in the distance. With the galaxy as the background, you can see countless large and small black fragments floating in the dark space. There is also a hazy halo in the upper left corner of the picture. It seems to be an extension of a gas cloud structure - at the end of this gas cloud structure, several shimmering, artificial objects can be seen.
The goblins can't go too far away from Nakdar, but the facility where Hao Ren is located is on the synchronous orbit near Nakdar, so the three goblins were also invited here as temporary consultants. Floating next to Hao Ren's head, he concentrated on watching the picture on the holographic projection, and nodded while watching: "These should be pieces of Nakdal!"
The other two goblins also yelled: "There should be Agudal mixed in these pieces!" "Because Agudal was also scratched at that time!" "However, Agudal and Amantel cannot be seen from these pictures. Where is it..." "It's so far away after all."
"There doesn't seem to be any enemies here," Vivienne looked at the image that was sent back. The image was constantly changing angles and observing the entire area. "Did the Corruptor abandon this place after destroying Nakdar..."
"I'm afraid they don't have the habit of cleaning the battlefield or recycling supplies," Hao Ren nodded. "What will be the man-made objects on the edge of this gas cloud belt?"
The goblins immediately gathered together: "Let me see, let me see..." "It looks like an outpost controlled by Amantiel." "Stay away, or you will be found!"
Hao Ren nodded, and said to the data terminal: "Terminal, record it, we have to avoid these things when we pass."