NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

Whether she's nervous or excited, the more high the protagonist's fighting spirit, the more obvious the brain enhancement effect on her teammates will be.

Niki amplifies the compatibility between her brain and prosthetic body. Humans, on the other hand, amplify the supernatural abilities of their brains.

This explains why Valkyrie couldn't buff Niki's Goddess unit.

—Because the brains of those female warriors were already ridiculously compatible, in the face of diminishing returns, Honglian and the others naturally did not feel that their prosthetic data had increased. They simply thought that their condition was a little better than usual today.

Currently, the amplification value of the consciousness map in Phoenix's mind remains at an astonishing 277.63%, and the perspective distance has reached a terrifying 832.89 meters. The peak amplification value is 299.99%, or 899.97 meters.

Even so, facing a pincer attack from over a hundred Lechers, no matter how strong someone's X-ray vision is, it's destined to be futile.

The walls of the underground passage have been reinforced layer by layer, making it futile to try to pass through them.

At this point, the only option left is a direct confrontation. Rather than reclaiming power and leading the army to break through, it would be more appropriate to maintain Huaerqiulei's fighting spirit and let her lead the breakthrough.

"Prepare to enter the right fork in the road. Isabel will attack the Master-level Lecher. Everyone else, prepare to break out!"

Huaerqiulei issued the order almost without thinking, an order she would never have dared to utter before.

After more than two hours of warm-up for the battle, the rookie commander, who was fully in the zone, was on edge, but the determination in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest. Instead, they became even more piercing.

"Prioritize eliminating Lecher, and have damaged personnel report their damage rate to their respective squad leaders."

"Okay, Master!"

Nien, who was always guarding Valkyrie, smiled and answered politely. With her were Signa and Delta, two former members of the scout unit who had joined the counterattack force, and the meticulous Lapi.

"Yes, Commander."

……

……

The detectable range of the consciousness map is 899.97 meters, with a peak increase of 299.99%.

In fact, there was no need for Anik to report it. The moment his ability increased by 299.99%, Phoenix's vision would become infinitely dark, to such an extent that even the light from a tactical flashlight would be almost imperceptible.

But people are often forced into things.

Suddenly, the blind lieutenant had a brilliant idea and made his request to the artificial intelligence: "Could you simulate my first-person perspective for me?"

Yes, but I'm afraid you'll damage your brain.

Anik ruthlessly criticized the limitations of carbon-based life forms in information processing, and then said:

For safety reasons, you can choose between a first-person perspective and a 3D map.

Is it possible to switch between screens?

【……OK.】

Thus, by seemingly exploiting a bug, someone successfully achieved the effect of maintaining visibility without hindering their observation of the map.

As for the cost of doing this, it's nothing more than a headache, not worth mentioning.

……

"The right-hand side road is eight meters high and twelve meters wide, and contains only basic large freight containers."

Intelligence officer Phoenix reported the intelligence he could provide to his "superior," and of course, he also took the opportunity to explain and remind Valerie of some tactical ideas and blind spots in her understanding, in his capacity as an instructor.

"The type of cargo is unclear; it is assumed to be unable to withstand Lecher's firepower."

"Ah."

From the side and slightly ahead, Huaerqiulei, who was running frantically, took a moment to catch her breath and casually replied.

This final push truly made her realize once again the limitations of being an unmodified human.

—Can't run fast.

Three hundred meters is only a dozen seconds for Nikki and Phoenix, but for Walter's legs, it will take at least forty seconds.

This achievement is quite outrageous, especially considering the triple conditions of being a woman, carrying heavy loads, and fighting for a long time. It's so outrageous that most men might not be able to achieve it.

"Twelve meters...wide, Leitcher, at most six can stand side by side..."

Running to the fork in the road, the girl hurried towards the right fork, panting as she spoke:

"Isabel is in charge of flying the Lecher... Huff... Theoretically, the rest of us can only face a maximum of six Lechers at the same time... Huff... The Lechers behind us cannot overtake the Lechers in front of us to fire at us."

But we can just...whoosh...use penetrating fire on them, and then use Lecher's corpse as cover."

Having said that, Huaerqiulei, having recovered her composure, suddenly turned to look at her instructor. Her embarrassed expression concealed a hint of arrogance, and she added:

“Instructor, you, Helen, and Delta are all using sniper rifles, so I think it would be better if the three of you fired the first shot.”

Phoenix: "..."

Helen: "..."

Delta: "..."

As soon as the girl finished speaking, not only her instructor turned his head, but even Delta, her subordinate, couldn't help but look at her commander with a helpless gaze. The scout seriously suspected that the 300-meter sprint just now was too intense, causing his commander to experience symptoms of oxygen deprivation.

Admittedly, the tactic of using the sniper rifle with the strongest penetration to aim for the head is indeed effective in terms of kill efficiency.

The problem is that the Lechers above and in the side passages have already set up all sorts of machine guns. If Lieutenant Phoenix, who is also a commander, were to risk his life, even if he himself agreed, Lapi would not agree, and even if Lapi agreed, Mihara and the others would definitely not agree.

In addition, the special squadron members are so wild, if they are really pushed too far, they might start fighting amongst themselves on the spot.

however……

Do you have any smoke grenades left?

The man's soft question was like a pebble thrown into a lake, instantly shattering the lake's tranquility.

Phoenix knew very well that he couldn't veto Valchere's plan at this point, much less take over her command position himself. If that led to a decline in the opponent's morale, the team's actual combat capabilities would suffer a severe blow.

Therefore, he had to figure out a way to complete the assignments given to him by the students...

"No, we've used them all up. I only have three smoke grenades left."

Seeing that her man was still determined to lead the charge, Aniston, clutching the last three smoke grenades, immediately curled her lip in anger.

"According to Niki's code, protecting the Commander's safety is Niki's highest priority when carrying out missions. So please, Commander and Ms. Walchurei, stay down here and wait for Niki to charge up before you come over."

Oh! Right, and one more thing! Niki's fighting, you stinky man, you should just stand back and watch! Why are you getting involved?! Do you think you can survive with just your head left?!

"..."

After Anise finished her lecture, while Valkyrie, Nien, Rudmila and the others stared in stunned disbelief, the artificial intelligence silently delivered a countdown that left Phoenix feeling incredibly frustrated.

[The growth rate decreased to 284.91%...277.83%...265.59%...239.18%.]

Undoubtedly, under the pressure of Anis's aura, the naturally gentle and soft-spoken Commander Walchure gradually calmed down from her excited state.

This is the last thing the lieutenant wanted to see.

But things had already come to this, and with hundreds of Lechers still following behind, Phoenix neither wanted to nor had the time to blame Anise, who cared about him. He simply said calmly:

"Give me the launcher. I will fire three smoke grenades at the intersections of the left and middle forks, and in the passageway of the right fork. Get ready, and after I give the order, rush into the right fork, under the command of Lapi."

"Walki, you come with me, we'll go up last."

As the lieutenant spoke, he took the grenade launcher from Anis with his right hand. With Anis's precise calculations, he fired three cheat-level smoke grenades into the upper passage in just two seconds.

Ding ding ding ding ding—

After a few bounces, just before the grenade was about to detonate, the man handed the launcher back to the chestnut-haired girl's palm and raised his hand to give two tactical hand signals.

—【All members】, 【Breakthrough】.

In an instant, the special squadron led by Lapi quickly climbed up the indentation that Isabel had carved.

As for the lieutenant, he still wanted to try to rekindle Huaerqiulei's cooled fighting spirit, but he wasn't good at stirring emotions. After much thought, the man finally managed to organize his thoughts, but unexpectedly, a strange thing happened above his head!

It wasn't the sound of gunfire from the battle between Lapi and the others and Lecher, nor was it the cry for help from someone who was injured. Instead, it was the loud roar of the terrain changing!

Oops!

Phoenix didn't even need to look up at the top of his head; Anik had already updated the 3D map in his mind in real time.

—The passage connecting the three-way intersection is being closed!

A more accurate statement would be: the passageway where he, Rudmila, Alice, and Waltham were standing was shifting backward at a speed of fifty centimeters per second!

The mutations happened extremely quickly.

It was so fast that only Nien, who had just climbed onto the platform, and Helen, who was crouching at the wellhead, ready to pull the lieutenant up, were able to react.

"commander--!"

"master--!"

When the two girls, one big and one small, turned around and saw that the well was about to be closed, they didn't even have time to think. Relying entirely on instinct, they rolled over and jumped down.

Rumble rumble rumble —

As Helen's last strand of azure hair fell, and as the rest of the Niki heard the impromptu order from Phoenix, Isabel, who was the first to turn back, collapsed weakly to the ground, watching helplessly as her lover's face disappeared before her eyes…

……

"Hello? Hello, hello, one, two, three, one, two, three..."

"Commander! You can... buzz... it's... communication... cut off."