"We have to retreat some distance." Carl loaded the bullet and shot the infected cat bug that was about to rush forward accurately, turning it into an out-of-control kart: "Let Dorella deal with this big guy."
"The director said that they will airdrop Dorela to us, and a dwarf team will follow her." The leader of the dwarf guard nodded to Fang Qingyun and explained the situation: "And because they are airdropping with Dorela, this time they will bring more ammunition and turrets to arm these engineers who are better at repairing things..."
The engineers who were originally responsible for repairing things in the bar looked at each other in bewilderment. What they usually did was to repair equipment and develop new gadgets. They were not proficient in the use of firearms. It was a blessing that they did not cause more trouble in the chaotic situation just now. If they were expected to take up weapons and stand up like the miners, they would be scared by a round of infected cats and bugs charging and run around everywhere, blocking their own gun line... It would be better to let them not cause more trouble.
"Retreat in turns. Let's go back and adjust the ammunition distribution and open up a landing point for the new team," Carl ordered. Fang Qingyun originally wanted everyone to stay and just rush in after airdropping. But then he realized that he had made a mistake of being too aggressive.
Carl's order made sense. Alternating retreat was to cover each other. There had to be a group of people left behind to block the enemy's attack. The retreating group would find a good cover and provide fire cover to help the people who had stayed behind to retreat. In this way, the two groups would retreat alternately like dancing tango. If they all retreated in a swarm, the retreat would easily turn into a rout.
Ammunition distribution is a more important matter. Everyone has a different way of shooting. Some people are good at finding targets, so they fire more bullets, while some people are dull and fire fewer bullets. When there are sufficient bullets, firepower sustainability is not a problem, but once facing a high-pressure offensive, once the former have run out of bullets, the surging infected bodies will not give them the chance to adjust their bullets, but will take advantage of the opportunity of insufficient ammunition and weakened firepower to rush down in a wave.
Opening up a landing point is common sense. You know, no matter what kind of paratroopers they are, they are the most vulnerable when they land. If they land directly in the infected group as Fang Qingyun thought, what if a dwarf's chemical protective suit is scratched? What if a teammate is covered by him? This is not a game. If you fall to the ground, you can just press V to get up and it's over. Any mistake will pay a bloody price.
"Okay, Catherine will take the dwarves and miners from the engineering department to retreat first, and then you guys will retreat. We will retreat after you have retreated," Fang Qingyun assigned this to Carl. The dwarves from the engineering department did not have much combat effectiveness, and they were better at maintaining and setting up various things. Therefore, they urgently needed a large number of artillery carried by the airborne troops to supplement their combat effectiveness. It made sense for them to retreat first. As long as they were not attacked from the front and back by the infected bodies, they should not have any major problems under the protection of the miners.
Carl had no objection to Fang Qingyun. The general direction had been decided anyway, and Fang Qingyun was just adjusting the deployment. As long as he didn't do anything like remotely controlling the machine gun position to move five meters to the left, Carl would not have any big reaction. What's more, Fang Qingyun was one of the best fighters. Even if there were mistakes in his deployment, he would be one of the people who rushed to the front. No matter how reluctant the dwarves were, they would grit their teeth and follow. At most, they could blame themselves for not being able to reach others' level.
The first batch of miners and the dwarves from the engineering department evacuated, and the infected cats and cats were still staring at Fang Qingyun's cover. Fang Qingyun had to say that he thought they were fast enough to rush over, but he never thought that in just half an hour, the Rockpox had organized an endless army, and even Fang Qingyun, who was almost at the top of the planet's combat power, couldn't handle it... What would happen if these things fell into the ground? Fang Qingyun couldn't imagine that perhaps the entire Hawks planet would become a pile of garbage, and finally split apart under the irradiation of cosmic rays, becoming a new spaceship for the Rockpox.
The next group to leave were the boss and Carl and his group. Before leaving, Fettig thoughtfully installed a homemade turret to help provide cover. This thing, in addition to firing like an ordinary light machine gun turret, could also emit high-armor-piercing laser beams. It looked as if this special ability of the turret was permanent, which made Fang Qingyun want to explore it.
The last group to evacuate were Fang Qingyun, Jingzhi, Ximi and Ju'er. Ximi was responsible for dealing with the ores and bones flying everywhere from the Skeleton Bugs that were left behind and the infected Cat Bugs that rushed up, and Ximi himself would occasionally pull out another wave of Skeleton Bugs to fill the front line; Ju'er flew in the air like a fire dragon, shooting down the phlegm-like acid balls spit out by the infected plague beads, and sprinkling green dragon fire like napalm from under her wings, instantly turning the surroundings into a sea of green flames.
As for Thorn, who had been slacking off at the beginning, she finally took action. She just pointed a finger in the air, and dozens of infected cat-cat worms floated in the air as if they had lost gravity. Seeing this scene, Fang Qingyun felt a soreness in his brows. The limbs grown by those cat-cat worms were moving around in a ferocious manner, and the things like rockpox hyphae sticking on them made these cat-cat worms look furry... This made Fang Qingyun, who was quite afraid of this kind of furry arthropod creature, feel not very good.
Thorn closed her little hands, and as she put her fingers together into fists one by one, starting from her little finger, the infected cat-cat worms floating in the air seemed to be gradually compressed by the invisible external force, and the bursting juice and rockpox infection seemed to have hit an invisible barrier and could not flow out. When Thorn's thumbs were closed, dozens of infected cat-cat worms were compressed into a square block, and the mineral armor was shattered into stone powder by the external force. The entire block was full of the infected cat-cat worms' internal organs that were squeezed out, making it appear like a disgusting yellow gel.
I always feel like I've found a new way to make diamonds... At least there's a way to make diamond tools and the like in the future. Just find one with enough carbon and let Thorn pinch it and it's done.
Looking at the three people next to him, one has blue eyes and looks like an ultimate undead scourge that can take people's lives. He can compete with the Lich King in World of Warcraft. There is a green fire-breathing forest dragon. Even if it can't compare with his big cousin, it is at least similar to Onyxia. They can all take deep breaths, and they can crush the target to pieces with just a pinch of their fingers... Fang Qingyun, who was standing inside with a sword in his hand, looked like a husky that had sneaked into a wolf pack. He seemed out of place.
...Should I call for a round of bombing? Fang Qingyun thought seriously. Hell still had a few large-caliber artillery shells ready. Anyway, because they had to design new ones, these old ones were discontinued. The sooner they were defeated, the better. But in the end, as an old player who wanted to save all the props for the final boss, Fang Qingyun thought it would be better to be a husky for a while. It was a bit childish to do something that required others to pay for it just for the sake of fame.
Chapter 394: Waiting for Godot... I mean airborne
When Thorn's telekinesis formed the sixth cube of infected cat-and-cat worms, Fang Qingyun and his group finally rushed out of the group of infected cat-and-cat worms. Logically speaking, with their strength, they could have escaped from the attacks of a division, let alone rushing out of these infected bodies that were only seeking death. The reason they were so slow now was purely because they were worried about the infection ability of the rockpox.
Several times, Ximi looked at the distance carelessly and wanted to rush back, but was pulled back by the worried Fang Qingyun. Ximi touched the back of his head with gritted teeth in the slightly worried and blaming expressions of Fang Qingyun and Ju'er, as if saying "I was wrong, but I will dare to do it again next time."
So Ximi, who had been pulled twice, obediently used his magic to summon a large number of Skeleton Bugs. As soon as these Skeleton Bugs came out of the ground, they bit the surrounding infected bugs. However, because there were too many Skeleton Bugs holding the line, more Skeleton Bugs could only act as backup or cleanup "bug" members.
Once the Skeleton Worms in front have sustained too much damage and become shaky and unable to move far away, the Skeleton Worms behind will replenish their positions on their own. The Skeleton Worms that have nothing to do will push the various torn limbs off the road to avoid stepping on them and getting infected.
You have to know that Thorn has inherited almost all of Yulis's appearance, so her figure and clothes are not much different. She is also wearing a one-piece bellyband or a one-piece swimsuit. Except for the part covered by the swimsuit, her lower body is completely exposed, including her legs and feet. If her feet step on the remains left by the infectious cat-worms, perhaps the entire **s star will have a civil war because the dominance is disturbed. Fang Qingyun dare not bet on this possibility.
Soon, because Fang Qingyun and his team caused too many casualties to the infected cat-cat worms, and because Fang Qingyun and his team deliberately stayed away from the rockpox mother, the infected cat-cat worms, after chasing to a certain distance, seemed to have hit an invisible edge, and consciously gave up the pursuit and retreated angrily.
At this time Fang Qingyun felt itchy. He searched the ground but couldn't find a suitable stone, so he took out a bullet from the hell space, put the bullet in the groove formed by the bend of his index finger like a marble, and flicked it hard with his thumb.
Although this bullet was used by the "old thing" submachine gun and was relatively short and fat, it was naturally more suitable for being a marble than the slender shape of an assault rifle bullet. However, air resistance was not something that could be easily defeated. In addition, Fang Qingyun had never shot marbles before. Although this bullet made a sonic boom, it was not accurate. The bullet spun in the air and deviated to one side, then shot into the ground like a machine gun bullet.
"You still say I'm fooling around, but aren't you fooling around too?" Ximi curled her lips, but she didn't mean to be angry. She condensed a bullet-shaped bone from between her fingers and flicked it lightly. The bone seemed to have eyes and a faint blue flame tail, and accurately hit an infected cat-worm that was about to leave. The bone was obviously extremely fast, but not only did it not cause any damage after hitting the cat-worm, but it seemed to have merged into the infected cat-worm, causing the entire cat-worm to emit a strange faint blue aura around it.
"Aren't I just testing it out? What if they are far enough to let these infected bodies go back? Then we can mark out a safe zone," Fang Qingyun explained seriously. He really thought Ximi was a little unhappy, but when he saw Ximi snapping his fingers with a smile, the skin and flesh of the blue catworm slowly melted in front of Fang Qingyun's eyes, just like ice cream exposed to the sun. Only ten seconds later, the infected catworm and the rockpox infected body inside turned into a blue liquid with a foul odor.
The dwarves nearby felt a little uncomfortable watching this scene… Although they and rock pox can be said to be mortal enemies, if such a cruel method accidentally falls on them, thinking about the kind of painful death, all the dwarves couldn't help but shudder, and this simple action also made Ximi feel a little uneasy. Would Fang Qingyun also be afraid of her or dislike her? She didn't want to be disliked by Fang Qingyun.
Ju'er, who was standing by, realized that Ximi wanted to express herself, but she also realized how dangerous (not really) the situation Ximi was in. No matter how cruel or dark they were behind the scenes, they could not show it in front of Fang Qingyun. Now, Ximi was too proud and got into trouble. How could she help her?
If Fang Qingyun knew these little secrets in their hearts, he would probably laugh his belly off. You know, Fang Qingyun's first world was a zombie army, a world full of cultists and disgusting and weird zombies. Not to mention melting the enemies into water, the shampooer melted into a pool of blood in front of Fang Qingyun. When Fang Qingyun went back that day, he still enjoyed his meal. It is normal for family members to have their own little secrets and emotions. Instead, he encouraged everyone to help each other like family members and not to hide too much.
"Wow... can you do this now?" Fang Qingyun was not afraid after seeing what Ximilu did. Instead, he was very interested. His eyes almost lit up: "I remember that you used the ability to manipulate bones to remove the bones of ingredients before? Now you have taken it a step further?"
"......Yeah." Ximi was caught off guard by Fang Qingyun's reaction. She originally thought that the best case scenario was that Fang Qingyun would ignore the matter. Having read a lot of novels and comics for girls, she knew that what would happen next would be that the male protagonist had a thorn in his heart, and then after the female protagonist and the male protagonist went through some things, not only would the thorn be removed, but she would also receive more love. However, she had never expected that Fang Qingyun would be very interested in this.
"Think about it, if this ability could be weaponized, wouldn't we have a weapon that could melt a person with one shot? Now we also have the Gauss guns of the space undead, don't we?" Fang Qingyun's judgment on the cruelty of weapons is different from that of ordinary people. In front of him, all enemies must die anyway. If the weapon is not lethal enough, the opponent will not die peacefully.
In other words, the lower the weapon damage, the less peaceful the opponent's death will be. If the opponent's death is not peaceful, the more suffering the opponent will suffer. The more suffering the opponent suffers, the less humane the weapon is. The lower the weapon damage, the more inhumane it is. The more inhumane the weapon is, the higher the damage of this thing. Therefore, the lower the weapon damage, the higher the weapon damage!
Simply put, a peaceful death is also a kind of humanity, isn't it? Seeing Fang Qingyun's burning eyes, Ximi thought that she had passed this level. She quickly changed the topic away from herself: "We can study this later. Now we need to focus on the things in front of us."
Fang Qingyun nodded, realizing that he had gone a little off topic. He turned around and began to observe the rock pox cat-and-cat bugs, and determined that these rock pox cat-and-cat bugs had a maximum range of activity. No matter how they were attacked outside the range, they would ignore them, maintaining an angry mood and staying within the range obediently. However, once they stepped into the range, the rock pox cat-and-cat bugs would rush up with an expression of "I've tolerated you for so long", wishing to cut Fang Qingyun into pieces.
Unfortunately, anger will not explode. The final fate of these reckless rockpox cat-cat worms is to be chopped into pieces by the "necessary evil", turning into fragments with rockpox worms drilling in and out.
"It looks like this is the safe zone. We can place a beacon here to guide the airborne." Carl was the first to break the silence caused by Ximi. You know, he had died once. Even if he was accidentally injured by Ximi, he believed that he would be resurrected. Anyway, he would get used to it. What's more, accidental injuries can't be said to be numerous among dwarves, but they can be said to be everywhere. It is normal to be accidentally injured by teammates, but the price paid for being accidentally injured by Ximi is a little higher.
The leader of the dwarf guard agreed with Carl's statement. Under his command, a dwarf squad deployed a beacon nearby. This technology was previously used on ammunition bays. Even if the ammunition bay is ten thousand meters underground, the hole can be accurately reached without any error. With the guidance of this thing, even if the irregularly shaped Dorela is airborne, the error can be calculated in centimeters.
Except for the team that deployed the beacon, the other dwarves of the Dwarf Guards consciously dispersed and took a leisurely rest. Fang Qingyun raised his eyebrows. You know, at the same time, the miners next to them who were not so well equipped were now using their numb fingers to press the bullets. Needless to say, Fang Qingyun could see that the miners who had experienced life-and-death crises obviously understood the importance of adjusting ammunition to survival, but the well-trained Dwarf Guards did not have such good self-awareness. Perhaps only after they had experienced the cruel battlefield, they knew what it felt like to be attacked by the enemy with no bullets in the magazine.
The leader was somewhat embarrassed. Although the Dwarf Guards had been extremely brave just now, he knew very well their exact level. If they couldn't beat the miners with their output even though they had so many bullets, they might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes. But now, without any orders from the two dwarf teams, his team was like lazy ghosts who couldn't wait to go to bed, while the miner team next to them, even though they were exhausted, still loaded their bullets and prepared for the attack that might come at any time. This made the leader, who claimed to be an elite force and looked down on miners, a little embarrassed.
The lazy bones are not so easy to deal with. The team leader tried to wake up the dwarves of each team to reload and adjust the ammunition, but he never expected that the dwarves lazily gave a reason. Anyway, Dora will bring a batch of ammunition when she comes later. If they divide it equally now, they will have to divide it again later. It is better to do it all at once then. It doesn't matter anyway.
Chapter 395: Airborne Landing
The problem is, the weapons used by the dwarves now are all sponsored by Fang Qingyun, and the bullets are naturally Fang Qingyun's. Even if Dorila comes, the ammunition she brings is not universal. If we don't load the bullets now, we will have to load them later. Why not do it in advance?
Fang Qingyun didn't say anything. He was just worried. What if a meteorite fell behind them? If the dwarves of the Dwarf Guard were attacked, would they lose their composure and abandon the squad escorting Dorila? After all, although these dwarves were trained, no one believed that they could pay for their mistakes with their lives instead of choosing to turn around and run away more easily.
But after thinking about it, he felt that he was worrying too much. Even if such a coincidence really happened, with Fang Qingyun's personal strength, he would be able to put an end to these dwarf guards. If the miners did this, perhaps he would take care of it. After all, what Hell needs are experienced miners on the front line and dwarves in the engineering department with inventive ability. These dwarf guards will most likely have to return to Buster. To put it bluntly, Fang Qingyun doesn't have the leisure to worry about the studies of other people's children.
"Catherine, we no longer need those dwarves from the engineering department in the next battle. The other dwarves can't even protect themselves, so it's hard to take care of their safety. You take them back to Hell." Fang Qingyun gave Catherine a wink and whispered something in the Hell Network. Catherine nodded in understanding. What was important now was not her role as a frontline fighter, but to take these experienced theoretical engineers back to Hell to increase productivity.
"Ha, boss, it looks like the rumbling stuff you gave us has been used up." The boss now seemed shocked by Fang Qingyun's previous "brave" fighting style. Although the boss was proud, he once lost a fin and a leg in the face of such a threat, while Fang Qingyun was able to go in and out of it seven times. This naturally put the boss at a disadvantage in front of Fang Qingyun, so when he needed equipment, the boss would also use a negotiating tone.
The boss and the rookie were two penguins carrying a gun. The M1000, which was not particularly long, looked like an overly narrow and short shoulder pole and two buckets of water between the fat penguins. Now that their size had increased to almost the same as that of dwarves, they should be able to carry one gun each, and the rookie would be responsible for resisting bullets and the like. But now their appearance reminded Fang Qingyun of something called "Ratman Gun Carrying Group".
Koloski ran back in a hurry and held Rigo like a Gatling gun. He bent Rigo's fin as if pulling the bolt handle and kicked it again. A crisp click sound came out of Rigo's mouth, and he spit out the only two or three remaining explosives from his mouth like a rifle with bullets ejected. This action made the dwarves next to him take several steps faster. You know, Rigo was spitting out all kinds of things that could explode immediately in front of them. Even though they knew that Rigo was going to spit out the explosives, they chose to walk a little further away for safety reasons.
After making sure he had emptied the pot clean, Rigo turned over and jumped off Koloski. He made crackling gestures and made discordant noises from his mouth. The noises sounded like a tongue that could not turn and hit a rigid mouth. Although it was difficult to make out the words, his tone was full of excitement. It seemed that this explosive was very much to his "liking", in two senses of the word.
After knowing that the explosives from Hell had been approved by Brother Rui, Fang Qingyun happily moved another box out of the space. He watched Brother Rui devouring the explosives like eating, and couldn't help but notice a new detail: It seemed that Brother Rui's ability to swallow like a funny character had returned? Otherwise, there was no way to explain why Brother Rui could use his stomach to hold bombs.
While Rui Ge was swallowing the explosives, Fang Qingyun noticed a small detail. Rui Ge seemed to have left behind a type of round explosive. It seemed that the thing did not meet his expectations.
Fang Qingyun picked up an egg-sized explosive and weighed it, then tried hard to pull the ring. The moment he touched it, Fang Qingyun felt that this grenades were different from other grenades, as its pull ring was particularly "hard".
If other grenades were the kind that you could buckle out with your fingers and use the contact point between the bottom of your fist and the projectile as a fulcrum to pull out the ring, then this round thing was as difficult to buckle as pulling a wire straight apart without bending it. Even Fang Qingyun felt resistance when he tried to pull it out.
If some reckless man wanted to act cool like in the movies and try to pull out the pull ring by biting it with his teeth, he might not be able to pull the pull ring of the grenade even if he pulled out all his teeth.
"Who brought this fitness equipment here?" Fang Qingyun was embarrassed. He took this stuff out directly from Catherine's laboratory. Most of them were weird experimental products that were confirmed to be safe for use after having copies. They were also Catherine's imaginative creations. Most of them were classified as scrap by the perfectionist Catherine. For the sake of saving money, Fang Qingyun decided to test its effectiveness in actual combat. As a result, he really encountered a thing that he didn't know how to assemble.
Fang Qingyun released the safety of the grenade in his hand, watched the handle pop out with a click, then swung his arm and threw the grenade, which was as small as a small potato, dozens of meters away.
The grenade hit an infected cat-bug and pierced it like a cannonball. After landing, the grenade was like a stone thrown out of a water bowl, converting its speed into kinetic energy for a frog leap. It bounced a long distance on the not-so-smooth ground and caused a violent explosion. The power of the explosion created a huge mushroom cloud, and on the mushroom cloud there was an air wave shape like a devil's grin, which made Fang Qingyun think it was his own illusion for a moment.
The violent explosion turned the rugged ground into a depression. A hand grenade dropped like a 155mm artillery shell. The power of the explosion alone caused the infected cats and bugs to fly everywhere. The dust, gravel and rock pox fragments blown up from the sky fell like rain, causing pain when they landed on people.
Well, is this a small nuclear bomb? Fang Qingyun was stunned, and all his complaints about this kind of grenade were swallowed back. If this kind of grenade is triggered accidentally, people and animals within a ten-meter radius will die, and people within thirty meters will need to be carried, and people within fifty meters will need to be supported... If it falls to the ground during a battle, it is not a problem to blow up the entire team.
It's not that Fang Qingyun is worried about Rui Ge, but this kind of grenade is too dangerous. Rui Ge, who has regained the ability of a funny character, will definitely not blow himself to pieces, but once these grenades fall near the dwarves... I'm afraid that even a monument can only be a cenotaph.
Fang Qingyun turned around and tried to collect the grenades, but found that his hand touched nothing. Rui Ge next to him knew the value of the grenades after seeing their power. He kicked the last grenade into the air like juggling a ball, swallowed it, and began to whistle as if nothing had happened. His eyes accidentally met Fang Qingyun's and he deliberately dodged. His face had the words "I stole" written all over it.
Well, it looks like it's not going to come back, Fang Qingyun is helpless. Although he can get it back by force, seeing Rui Ge's expression of "Where's my grenade, I don't know what's going on", Fang Qingyun, who is afraid of trouble, realizes that arguing with Rui Ge who is pretending to be stupid may be a waste of time, so he gives up and thinks that even if something goes wrong, Fang Qingyun can still use a resurrection spell to pull them up and let them remember it, so let him be.
About ten minutes later, the beacon was erected. This beacon was like a cross that shot a beam of light into the sky, just like a target on a planet. On the beacon floated a few words: Airborne approaching, stay away immediately. The holographic projection of the Dorela drill marked the surrounding ten meters as a landing danger zone. Once a dwarf or penguin entered the danger zone, the beacon would use a hurried sound and a red sign to remind them to leave immediately.
This design is slightly different from the game. At least in the game, countless people were knocked to the ground by the airborne Dorela or ammunition bays. Fang Qingyun himself once made a mistake in his positioning when dealing with a sudden insect swarm and sent himself under the landing ammunition bay.
A black dot flashed across the sky, and the long flame tail indicated that this thing was moving very fast. Even Fang Qingyun, who had extraordinary eyesight, could not see clearly what the thing wrapped in flames that broke through the atmosphere was. The miners nearby loaded their bullets and consciously opened up the safe zone, clearing out all the things around that might pose a threat like a cordon, creating a place that was as safe as possible.
Fang Qingyun couldn't help feeling happy when he saw the miners consciously forming teams of four to patrol. In his mind, these miners were already half his own people. The higher their quality, the happier Fang Qingyun was. Even if they would most likely engage in invention and research work after returning to hell, it would always be good to have more skills.
As the black dot gradually approached the ground, Fang Qingyun finally saw the shape of the thing clearly. It was different from what Fang Qingyun had seen in the game. In the game, the container that Dorela was riding in had many hollow areas. It seemed that in order to save materials, the metal plates that could be unfolded into pedals were deliberately made into a mesh shape. However, it was different in reality. Instead of saving a little bit of material and paying the price of unstable landing, inadequate protection, and recalculation of aerodynamics, it was better to just make it a big box like a container, saving time, effort and energy.
The huge container was getting closer and closer to the ground. At a speed that made Fang Qingyun sweat, the rocket reverse thrust was activated. The ejected flames effectively reduced the descent speed of the container, making the acceleration reach a level that ordinary people would not be injured, and then it landed stably.
Perhaps because it landed on the surface instead of underground like before, the huge drill at the bottom of the container was temporarily dismantled. These things cannot be recycled, and there is no need to waste a drill for a surface mission. This level of saving made Fang Qingyun feel bad. In the case of every step being a large project, temporary dismantling must be done to save resources. So when Fang Qingyun asked the group to hire retired miners with no pension as consultants, would the group also deduct a few cents from him?
The group itself adopts an indifferent attitude towards retired miners. If Fang Qingyun takes the initiative to help the group solve the problem, the retired miners who were originally abandoned may suddenly become popular. With Buster's shamelessness, it is not impossible for him to raise the price. In that case, Fang Qingyun will be a complete victim and a clown... and he has to make this deal... It's a headache.
Chapter 396: Dorela Walks on the Earth
A huge roar came from the sky, and the high-temperature flames of the recoil rockets could be felt even from such a distance. The huge sound made people feel as if they were at the construction site in an instant. The whistling and jetting sounds drowned out all other noises. Fang Qingyun could see Kikuchiyo covering her ears, Ximi shrugging her shoulders and chatting with Ju'er, and Thorn moving in a floating form ten centimeters above the ground...
Wait, the thorns will float? Never mind, that's not the point.
Amid this unbearable noise, the dwarf miners gathered from the patrol formation to the center one by one as if they were familiar with each other. When the second-to-last dwarf left his guard position, he patted the shoulder of the last dwarf who was on guard, indicating that the others had finished regrouping and it was his turn next. So when the miner was patted on the shoulder, he turned and retreated without hesitation, leaving the safety of his back to his teammates.
Even in the fierce wind and noise during Dorela's airborne landing, the combat qualities of these miners seemed to be engraved in their bones. There was no deviation, and their words and deeds were as strict as a well-trained army. Such an army is a fire when gathered together and stars in the sky when scattered. Even in Hell today, it is difficult to mobilize 3,000 people. After all, there are so many important military sites and dormitories that need to be guarded, and the elite troops that can be freely disposed of are at most 500 people.
The remaining 500 of the 1,000 people Viola assigned to him were at most firearms enthusiasts with excellent marksmanship. Although they could communicate with each other without delay through the Hell Network, they still could not advance or retreat in a planned manner during the attack.
In comparison, the dwarf guards next to them were much inferior. The miners gathered near the place where Dorela was about to land, their attention focused on the plants and trees around them, while the dwarf guards ran far away as if they were seeing something strange, fearing that Dorela would hit them. They tilted their heads up with a look of foolishness, and no one knew what they were marveling at.
Fang Qingyun complained in his mind. On the one hand, he dared to be so surprised because he had the ability to do so. Even if some infected cats and bugs suddenly jumped out, he could still use the holy sword to kill them one by one while marveling at the grand scene of the airborne drop. On the other hand, he had indeed never seen such a space-level airborne drop. You know, although the world of the Food Addiction Dungeon is very high-tech, basically the civilization itself is in a semi-disabled state. Fang Qingyun has never seen other high-tech products except star gates and highly intelligent AI, so it was the first time for him to see such an airborne drop from space.
When it was close to the ground, the huge container containing Dorela made its final ejection, and after reducing its speed to almost zero in the air, it fell freely from a height of five meters. Fang Qingyun originally thought that the rocket's tail flame would accidentally hurt other dwarves, but the reality did not happen as he expected.
The huge weight caused the ground to sink, and dust rose up around it. Dorela, who fell among the miners, was naturally surrounded by the miners who had taken their positions to form a battle formation. As long as Dorela, like a tank, started moving, it was a perfect infantry-tank coordination.
Just like the sound of a pressure door and a gate opening, accompanied by the sound of an iron chain sliding, the entire container opened like a box, revealing the huge drilling rig and the hanging figure inside. Although Fang Qingyun was confident that he could defeat all creatures on Hawks Star (except thorns), he was still frightened by such a scene until the hanging figure spoke on his own initiative.
"Can some kind person come and put us down?" The hung dwarf tried to struggle, but this action only made him look even more ridiculous as he was hung like a dead fish. After hearing what the hung people said, Fang Qingyun noticed that the dwarf was actually hung by something like a safety harness, and was not performing a performance art like hanging himself.
Dorela looked like a tank, except that the tank's gun barrel was replaced with a large drill, and the artificial intelligence Dorela was installed in the commander's position, which was near the hatch on the top of the tank. Fang Qingyun was not proficient in unlocking the buckles made by the dwarves, so he could only watch the supporting dwarves hanging on the ceiling and swinging. The dwarves below struggled to climb up to the first layer of the vehicle body, and then stepped on Dorela to reach the dwarves on the top. Even so, they were still a little short of the distance, and could only rely on tiptoeing and stacking to put the people down.
"Okay, is this our target?" The dwarf who was put down moved his stiff wrist, bounced twice like a conspicuous bag, and began to stretch his legs left and right to recover. The other dwarves took up their weapons and followed him. It seemed that he was the leader of the dwarves who came to support.
His playful look reminded Fang Qingyun of himself in high school and...well, now he has not completely gotten rid of this kind of "low taste" of self-display.
"That's right. I just hope we won't encounter a situation where we need to mine oil on the way." Fang Qingyun shrugged and made a joke about the game. After all, in the game, if you push the cart halfway, you will definitely encounter a situation where you need to mine oil. Extracting oil in a mine is not too dangerous, but if you suddenly stop in front of a rock pox, there is probably no other possibility except death.
"No, this time they won't stop this thing halfway to save money." The dwarf glanced at Fang Qingyun. This was the first time he had seen such a tall humanoid creature. He then kicked the tracks of Dorela, which caused Dorela to chirp in a mechanical voice that seemed a little puzzled: "Sorry, Dorela, I'm not saying anything bad about you."
After he finished stretching his body, he turned his head to look behind Fang Qingyun, as if he was a little surprised by the sudden cheers. Fang Qingyun turned his head and realized that there was a riot behind him. The miners were still sticking to their posts, but their eyes were a little vague, while the Dwarf Guards and penguins were cheering and making a noise, and the objects of their cheering were actually Simi and Thorn.
Because Ximi saw the thorns floating, she cast a spell to make the thorns float with her, and even simulated the weightlessness of space. She floated in the air with her head heavy and her feet light in a meditation posture, and she stretched her legs in the air like a child who wanted to show off, making all kinds of poses, and even the thorns next to her were tilted. After watching for a while with her emerald-like inorganic eyes, she also imitated the movements.
What Fang Qingyun can be thankful for now is that the two of them did not expose themselves... or rather, Ximi did not expose herself. Thorn's clothes have always been a little indecent, but the dwarves, a race whose brains are immersed in wine, find it difficult to have any bad associations with Thorn due to their different aesthetics, not to mention that Thorn is the master of the cunning insects.
"Come back to your senses, guys." Fang Qingyun clapped his hands. Now he felt like the head teacher in charge of taking care of the children. He felt an exhaustion that was hard to conceal. Fortunately, these dwarves did not need him to intervene in the battle, and he could do it well enough.
"Shall we rest for another ten minutes before setting off?" he asked in a tone of seeking opinions. It seemed that the dwarves had no objection. The dwarf guards who had just been resting had to pay the price for their previous rest. They had no choice but to start loading bullets. The dwarf miners who had already loaded bullets found a good position on Dorela with their guns and rested.
Maybe it was because she really could not compete with Thorn, Ximi finally pouted and sulked like a little girl. After all, with Thorn's vast mental power, she could make the ground rise and form mountains just by relying on her own mental power, let alone stop the rotation of Hawks Star. Therefore, she could truly achieve "wandering in the air with nowhere to rely on". Ximi still had a long way to go before she could reach her level.
Ju'er sighed. She and Fang Qingyun played the same role, both of them ended up like an old mother. Fang Qingyun and Ju'er looked at each other. Fang Qingyun thought he could see mutual sympathy and sympathy in her eyes, but he didn't expect that Ju'er sighed even louder after seeing Fang Qingyun. After all, Fang Qingyun was the biggest problem child among so many people. The current development of hell was in full swing, and a considerable part of it was due to Fang Qingyun's wild imagination.
Ju'er had no opinion on Fang Qingyun's behavior. Rather, she was happy to see it. She understood the principle that one is born in hardship and dies in comfort. They would only interrupt Fang Qingyun's unrealistic ideas, transform them into executable strategies, and then work together. She quite enjoyed working with her family or relatives. Even if she didn't study the dishes, but made a portion and served it to them, and looking at the smiling faces of others as they enjoyed the meal, Ju'er would have a genuine sense of satisfaction.
Ten minutes passed quickly. The dwarf guards, whose fingers were sore from compressing bullets, met up with the support forces and reorganized into a force with reinforced platoons. When Dorela started up with a roar, they trotted along beside it like infantry accompanying a tank. Perhaps because of the miners' outstanding performance in the previous round, the miners were given the privilege of sitting on Dorela, and Fang Qingyun also received the same treatment.
Feeling the vibration of the gears and engine under his butt, Fang Qingyun's mind suddenly emerged with a scene from a movie he had seen in his previous life... The infantry sitting on the tank were attacked by anti-aircraft weapons, and the scene of flesh and blood flying everywhere was caused by the 20mm continuous anti-aircraft guns.
Fang Qingyun wanted to tell this as a joke to Kikuchiyo who was standing next to him, but considering the taboo of saying discouraging words, he thought again and again and chose to keep silent. What if the rockpox really evolved like this after he said this, how should he respond?
Chapter 397: Doruela's Attack
Hiss... The infection of rock pox shouldn't have evolved to that point yet, right? Fang Qingyun was a little unsure. Before he traveled through Deep Rock Galaxy, he had only reached a version with strong enemy technology. To put it bluntly, the enemy had increased the number of robots from the local bugs on Hawks Star from the beginning. Fang Qingyun still remembered that version of shit.
You should know that the most difficult to deal with among all the worms is the Tyrant worm. The Tyrant worm moves slowly, and has almost no means of reaching people from a distance except stepping on the floor, which basically can't hit people. Even if the Tyrant worm is bulletproof from the front, it is not very difficult to kill a Tyrant worm, and even a single kill is very easy.
But after a large number of robots were added to the Strong Enemy Technology, this situation changed. First of all, robots are not susceptible to freezing. Although flames can kill them instantly after being ignited, their "ignition point" is too high. In addition, these robots can fly and are very fast, so it is very difficult to hit them with every shot. The stupidest thing is that these robots have long-range light bullets and missile attacks that are difficult to avoid, and their health is comparable to that of the Tyrant...
Up to now, Fang Qingyun has not seen any traces of the enemy's technology, not even a little bit. Be it the small cutting drones, or the reconnaissance drones that can fly at high speeds and shoot light bullets at the dwarves, or the fixed anti-dwarf turrets, the huge mechanical tentacles, or the data storage robots called Guardians... Fang Qingyun has never seen any of them, as if they had never existed.
Fang Qingyun had originally prepared to negotiate with Qiangdi Technology. You know, once the Rockpox completely infects the Hawks planet, it will be a huge loss for the Diao Chong, Qiangdi Technology and the dwarves. With common interests, cooperation between the three parties should not be a problem. Fang Qingyun was also very curious about how the three parties could form a mixed army and coordinate, but now it seems that Qiangdi Technology does not exist in this timeline?
Fang Qingyun was sitting on the side "mudguard" of Dorela and thinking about this problem. The vibration of the tracks under his butt made him involuntarily stretch his legs as far as possible - even though he knew that his body had been strengthened, he did not want to experience the feeling of having his legs entangled by the tracks and road wheels, which would definitely be uncomfortable.
Kikuchiyo, Ximi and Juer sat on both sides of Fang Qingyun, while the tiny Jingzhi sat on Dorela's turret, with his two white and tender feet stretched out and placed on Fang Qingyun's shoulders. Fang Qingyun did not have any desire like a pervert, but simply felt that they did not sit or stand properly. By the way, he also disliked the smell of Jingzhi's feet, which Fang Qingyun felt but did not have.
The shape of the thorn attracted the attention of the new Dwarf Guards who came to support. Even though they followed Dorela in a coordinated manner of infantry and tanks, they kept paying attention to the surrounding situation while their eyes lingered on the thorn from time to time. After all, the unique dark green hair like a beetle shell and the huge horns with thorns still made them have some dangerous thoughts of shooting. Fortunately, these thoughts were suppressed by themselves.
The team didn't walk far before returning to their starting point. The bodies of the large number of infected cat-and-cat bugs that had been killed at that time had been completely recovered. Only the extremely vigorous rockpox plants were left. By the way, the rockpox infection had become more serious and had expanded a little further outward. The safety boundary had also expanded outward. This was not a good sign. At least those infected cat-and-cat bugs could glare at Fang Qingyun and the others when they were closer to them.
However, the dwarves were not fools, and they would not foolishly rush into the boundary to engage in close combat with the infected cat-and-cat bugs. This was not the so-called "birth point" or "blocking barracks" in the game. So the dwarf guards who were responsible for accompanying the infantry fired at them, and the grinning infected cat-and-cat bugs hurriedly escaped from the dwarves' shooting range after leaving behind a large number of corpses and fragments.
After confirming that there was no danger, Dorela, which stayed at the safe boundary, started up with the joyful sound of the control AI. The running Dorela was like a heavy tank running at full power. The huge and mighty drill went straight forward like a huge gun barrel. The drill that could shatter the shell of Omeran could drill a hole even in Hell Steel, not to mention the ordinary infected catworms.
The wide tracks crushed the corpses of the infected cat-and-cat bugs. Yellow pus-like juice spurted out and squirted out from under Fang Qingyun's shaking feet. The shells inlaid with minerals were like crispy biscuits, making insignificant cracking sounds under the crushing of the tracks. The places where Dori passed were full of the crushed and exploded corpses of the infected cat-and-cat bugs.
Fang Qingyun could see that some of the cat-and-cat worm corpses were pressed horizontally, making the cat-and-cat worms look like plasticine that had been hit by a punch, with their abdomen and chest fused with the ground. The squeezed out internal organs and partially dead infected worms were sprayed out from the anus and mouth of the cat-and-cat worms, making the infected land, which was already like a burnt fried egg, even more messy. Even through the filter, Fang Qingyun could smell the stench of the crushed infected cat-and-cat worms. This smell mixed with the faint smell of gunpowder from the weapons in the dwarves' hands formed a smell that made people unconsciously nervous.
This is the taste of war. Fang Qingyun retracted his gaze. If the infected cats and bugs around were replaced by humans, what kind of human tragedy would it be? Fang Qingyun felt that the problem should not be big. He had walked through the sea of blood and corpses of the zombie army. Even if he saw a person whose lower body was crushed by a tank, he should be able to treat it normally.
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