NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

What is the remaining 1.something?

There is a 1.72% probability that the enemy intends to block our retreat route.

Having received the answer from the artificial intelligence, the lieutenant felt a growing sense of unease, a feeling akin to "Murphy's Law." Suddenly, the man whirled around and, under the watchful eyes of the group of Nikkis, gestured for him to return the way he came.

Rather than constantly guessing whether it's 98.28 or 1.72, Phoenix would rather take the risk of going back to check the situation and figure out what Tianhuan City is really planning.

Surrounded by Lapi and the others, the lieutenant, having retreated sixty or seventy meters, finally saw the edge of the 3D map, marked by Anik as a scarlet area indicating a change in terrain.

—All escape routes beyond 300 meters have been blocked.

"What does this mean?"

Observing no fewer than twenty changing blocks, Phoenix, unusually, inadvertently revealed a look of confusion in front of his subordinates.

The "three blocks and one ditch" strategy, a well-worn tactic in warfare, frequently appears in siege warfare plans and occasionally in encirclement battles in the field. Its strategic objectives are essentially only threefold:

First, deliberately create openings in the formation to forcibly control the enemy's movement.

Second, deliberately create openings in the enemy's formation, making lower-ranking officers believe that there is still an option to retreat, thus preventing the enemy generals from adopting a desperate strategy and forcing a decline in the morale of the soldiers.

Third, our own forces cannot block all four sides.

Faced with these three possibilities, Phoenix decisively crossed out the last option. Several thousand Lechers surrounding the twenty Ark Nikkis were more than enough force.

Then, the middle option was quickly ruled out by the lieutenant.

The other side has completely blocked his escape route, which is tantamount to setting up the stage themselves, waiting for him to give a free speech and boost morale.

Therefore, there is only one answer...

Thinking of this, Phoenix silently turned around, looking over Master's shoulder at the passage to the north, his tone slightly subtle.

"Our escape route is blocked; this city is trying to force us to keep heading north."

"Huh—???"

Upon hearing the commander's conclusion, Anise did not question the first part of her man's information, but was astonished by the second part.

"Forcing us to keep heading north? Isn't that like inviting us to its home? If that's the case, why did it send its henchmen to attack us halfway through the journey???"

Anise's question was logically sound, but to the chestnut-haired girl's surprise, the person who answered her was not her commander, but Nadja, who had always been relatively low-key in the team.

"In order to obtain data."

The top students from MMR High School were mostly recalling their terrible past memories, their wheat-colored faces now sallow.

"There is no way out. Either we achieve the assessment target or we die halfway... Just like the so-called 'monthly exams' in high school, they are all testing our practical data."

Nadja's words were like the last piece of a puzzle, successfully connecting Phoenix and Anise's questions and answers, completing a logical loop.

Unfortunately, even though everyone was convinced by Nadja's reasons, Phoenix remained skeptical.

Data measurement?

Humans and Lecher fought for over a hundred years, tens of thousands of days and nights, and Lecher still wants to use them to collect data???

suddenly!

A flash of inspiration struck the man, and the lieutenant suddenly remembered a vague plot point from the original game storyline—Walkyrie, because she had survived the tyrant's attack, had also been placed in the simulation room by Ark to have her data tested.

He remembered Anderson or Ingrid commenting on the protagonist's command skills—that they didn't match actual combat data and were a complete mess.

"Walkyrie, you are now in charge of the team."

A daring plan uncontrollably popped into Phoenix's mind, and amidst the cadets' stunned and bewildered gazes, the lieutenant solemnly declared:

"I will serve as your intelligence officer and instructor."

……

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"At the end of the passage, eighty meters down the left fork, twelve Lechers are approaching us. At the end of the passage, one hundred and twenty meters down the right fork, eight Lechers are leaving."

Above us, about fifty meters ahead, ten Lechers were moving south. Behind us, thirty degrees north of south, separated by a wall, four Lechers were moving north.

The moment a newly promoted intelligence officer publicly recited several top-priority data points, the moment Huaerqiulei suppressed her nervousness and mustered the courage to enter command mode...

Without Phoenix's feedback, the artificially disabled person in the state of personality within the sea of ​​consciousness had already exclaimed in astonishment.

[It works! Phoenix, her power really works on you!!!]

[Radar map detection range: 1283 meters; consciousness map detection range: 641.5 meters; rounding amplification effect of 113.83%...]

[No, that's not right! It's fallen back to 110.24%...115.77%...109.12%. The increase isn't stable enough, fluctuating by six percentage points.]

As if he had discovered a treasure chest full of gold coins, or seen an incredibly novel toy, Anik observed and calculated the data while quickly scanning the map, and also called out the names of the people involved.

[Phoenix! Hurry, get her on your feet... Huh? Phoenix?]

Realizing that his host hadn't responded to him for a while, Anik belatedly realized that his host seemed to be suffering a backlash from the forced amplification of his abilities...

"commander!!!"

When someone suddenly started to stagger, Isabelle, who was the first to react, instantly rushed to her lover's side, anxiously supporting his arm, and frowned with worry, saying:

"What's wrong with you! Is it because you've been using that sensory ability too often?!"

"……fine."

At this moment, Phoenix, feeling the whole world spinning, swayed his neck slightly, swallowed hard, and suppressed the nausea rising in his stomach. He said with difficulty, "Everyone, obey Valerie's orders, continue, advance."

"Yes! Instructor!"

Seeing Phoenix's sudden haggardness and exhaustion, Huaerqiulei, who had been full of doubts, finally "understood" why the instructor had temporarily put her in charge of command.

She's so stupid...

Instructors are human too! Instructors have their limits! It's time for her, a reserve officer, to step up and fight for rest time for the instructors!

At this moment, their fighting spirit was successfully ignited by the pressure.

The girl excitedly raised her right arm and gave her instructor a military salute...

[Radar detection range: 1710 meters; Consciousness Map detection range: 855 meters; Amplification effect: 185%.]

As Huaerqiulei's fighting spirit grew stronger, Anik, sensing that someone's brain was exhibiting abnormal electrical activity, could only ask helplessly:

Phoenix, how are you feeling?

His vision flickered, sometimes bright, sometimes dim, sometimes flashing and sometimes stopping; the things he saw were sometimes different colors, sometimes distorted. The man leaning against his fiancée had his eyelids half-closed and barely managed to answer Anik's question.

【Feel……】

……

[I'm going to die.]

As the title suggests, pig brain overload, jpg

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Chapter 275 Mutation (4K)

The difference between listening to teammates call out enemy positions and opening the entire map yourself is ultimately just a thumb and an index finger, separated by an entire galaxy.

Unlike Phoenix's proactive combat style, Walter, who only knew part of the enemy's location but not the specific terrain details, preferred to wait in advance at a corner, setting up her gun and waiting for Lecher to come to his death.

Admittedly, simple point-holding tactics can also yield considerable results. However, this undoubtedly slows down the already slow pace of the team's advance.

Phoenix is ​​in no hurry; his slow pace gives him enough time to adjust to his current physical condition.

Huaerqiulei wasn't in a hurry; she cared more about the safety of Niki and the others than about maximizing kills. Whether the tactical plan for holding positions would showcase her command skills was less important.

Needless to say, Lapi, Anis, and the others all mistakenly believed that their commander's poor condition was due to overuse of his powers. Therefore, everyone preferred to slow down and let him rest.

But their lack of urgency doesn't mean that all participants are in no hurry.

Including the time Phoenix spent directing the operation, the fighting lasted nearly five hours, resulting in the loss of contact with over 300 Lecher aircraft and damage to more than 20 areas. The city of Sky Ring finally began to panic.

Based on the efficiency of four areas being damaged per hour, it wouldn't even take a hundred hours; this group could dismantle the entire underground processing plant into scrap metal in three or four days.

As a result, the terrain began to change at an increased rate, forcing Phoenix and his companions northward like a bulldozer.

Bang bang bang bang——!!!

A dozen or so sudden gunfire lines wiped out a Lecher squad in a passage in an instant. Forced to speed up their advance, Huaerqiulei's spirited face was instantly replaced by tension after hearing the instructor's intelligence.

"A total of 357 Lechers are coming toward us from several side roads behind us."

Proceed 300 meters ahead and you'll need to turn up; there are three forks in the road above, all guarded by Lecher.

The left lane is 440 meters long, with a total of 210 Lechers.

The central branch is the longest, exceeding 600 meters in length, and has a complex internal structure. 280 Lechers are known to exist there, but the number of subsequent Lechers is unknown.

The right-hand path is the shortest, 220 meters. After passing through the fork in the road, you enter a multi-level intersection. There are 96 Lechers along the entire route, with one Master-level Lecher providing support.

After a long and arduous journey filled with fighting and killing, Phoenix, through Anick's calculations, roughly figured out the patterns of Valerie's supernatural abilities. Therefore, he still did not regain command, allowing her to act as she pleased.