Chapter 375 Legion and Heart of Steel! (1/2)

The thick and long barrel spurted out tongues of fire, and in the flash of lightning, the two soldiers were torn to pieces in an instant.

The explosion of gunpowder almost shattered Herrick's eardrums, and he fled behind the bunker in embarrassment. Just as he was about to raise his gun to fight back, he saw a brother bump into the whizzing claws.

Flesh and blood flying everywhere!

The big white bear seemed to be frightened by its ferocious impact, let alone the soldiers wearing black cloaks.

"spread!!"

Seeing that two brothers were tragically killed by machine gun fire in an instant, Herrick angrily raised the muzzle of his gun and fired a shot at the front of the car.

The bullet hit the welded steel plate at the front of the machine gun, making a clanging sound, but it had no effect at all, leaving only a string of sparks and pitted dents.

"Giao!"

Tails reflexively shrank his head, deftly dodged the incoming bullets, and held the machine gun with both hands without any panic.

Sesame paste, who was sitting in the driver's seat, was startled by the bullets that were fired at him.

"ah!!"

She subconsciously buried her head under the steering wheel, her soles firmly welded to the accelerator.

Looking at the oncoming truck and the steel plate that could not be penetrated at all, there was a trace of despair in the eyes of Heyrick holding the submachine gun.

Especially when he saw the thick and long gun barrel on the roof of the car pointed at him.

For a moment, his heartbeat was even frozen.

However--

What finally made him lose consciousness was not the bullet fired in the face.

It was the front of the car that crashed straight into his chest.

At the last moment when he lost consciousness, he vaguely heard someone shouting something.

Although I didn’t understand it at all…

"Awei! Leave one alive!"

"Oh! Got it!"

…

Cold water was splashed on his face.

Herrick woke up from his coma and saw the black muzzle of a gun head on.

"We always convince people with reason, so you'd better not act rashly."

Sisi returned this sentence to the guy lying on the ground, but saw that he was looking at him like a monster.

emmm…

She touched her chin with her left hand.

Is it so scary?

She is quite satisfied with her game character.

"I was scared to death... We suddenly received a mission and said something happened to you, so we rushed over immediately. We just saw you shot so many times, Taiwei and I thought you were dead." Sesame got off the truck. Hu, walked over with a worried look on his face.

"Thanks to the body armor, but I also broke a few ribs."

Sisi said nonchalantly.

Although she felt that her condition was probably more than just a few broken ribs.

However, for such serious internal and external injuries, he has actually recovered by 30% to 40%.

I chose the physical system just because I considered such a situation, but now it seems that it was the right choice.

Pain beyond the limit will be blocked. This is probably one of the most convenient features of this game. It is equivalent to bringing your own sedatives and painkillers.

Otherwise, no matter how high the constitution points are, there will be no way to bear the pain.

"As expected of Si! That line just now was so cool!" Taili said with shining eyes.

Rourou looked at her worriedly.

"Is it really okay with you? You were shot so many times..."

"fine."

A soft smile appeared on Sisi's face.

"...Thanks to you for arriving in time, I might have been captured if I was alone."

"Especially Rourou, he is very brave!"

"What are you talking about... How could I stay behind when I see my friends in trouble?"

He raised his heavy bear paw and shyly scratched the back of his head.

The result was blood all over his head.

The sensational atmosphere becomes subtly bloody.

However, at this moment, an inappropriate voice suddenly turned the topic in a strange direction.

"Giao! Capture, capture?! Will the plot in the book happen?!"

Sesame paste looked confused: "Book?"

Looking at someone with shining eyes, Sisi sighed helplessly.

"Awei should stay away from that kind of stuff."

"!!!Have you installed surveillance cameras in my house?"

"Hey, you woman...is not simple."

The gunfire and commotion attracted people nearby, and the first to arrive were Kaliman and his guards.

Although his captain of the guard strongly objected to intervening in the disputes of the wastelanders, but remembering that he had promised to protect the safety of these people just a few minutes ago, he still forced himself to lead the people over.

However, when he arrived here, he found that the battle was over.

The wastelanders in black cloaks lay scattered on the ground, and their death was extremely miserable.

When a 10mm machine gun hits a person, it is more than just a bullet hole. The flesh, flesh and limbs torn apart by the huge kinetic energy are scattered around the wreckage of the tent. This is the first time he left the desert, and he can't help but feel his stomach churn, and his face turns slightly. whitish.

"What happened here..."

The guard captain with a beard on his face took a step forward and squatted on the ground.

He stretched out his index finger and touched the face of one of the corpses, his expression suddenly serious.

"People from the legion..."

There are people of all skin colors and hair colors in the wasteland, but the ones with the bulge in the middle of their noses are only those from the Legion.

One theory is that they used the DNA of ancient people, and another theory is that they made certain modifications to their genes in order to make their noble bloodline different.

Legion...

Kaliman chewed these two words repeatedly in his mouth, and there was hatred and anger in his eyes.

At this time, the merchants, guards and mercenaries who had been hiding away all rushed back when they saw the gunfire stopped. 

Seeing the tragic mess on the ground, a merchant's face suddenly showed an expression of pain.

"Damn it, what have you done! My tent, my bag, my luggage... they were all destroyed by you."

Looking at the truck parked next to the tent, several mercenaries carrying rifles gathered around it.

"Isn't it just a few tents..." Sisi threw a few dinars on the ground, "Is that enough?"

This little money was obviously not enough. The businessman wanted to say something, but was gently pulled away by the guard next to him.

"Those three little girls are Awakened... If we really fight, we will probably suffer heavy losses."

The merchant's face turned red and he felt suffocated in his stomach, but he finally swallowed it, picked up the gold coins on the ground, and left silently.

The nearby residents looked here from a distance and watched the excitement.

To the north of Katyn Station is the residence of merchant travelers. As long as bullets do not fly to their homes, no one will care about the death of a few wastelanders.

However, it has been many years since we fought as fiercely as today.

Just as everyone was talking about it, an old man over fifty years old walked out of the crowd.

His skin is dark, his face is covered with wrinkles, and he looks weather-beaten, but his body is still strong.

The dozen or so strong men following him were also dressed in the same manner, carrying a revolver rifle on their backs.

After looking at the corpse and the man lying on the ground, and then at the three people and one bear next to the truck, the old man frowned slowly and said.

"My name is Mudka, and I am the village chief here."

"Sisi, and over there is Awei, sesame paste and Rourou."

Sisi also introduced herself to her companions, although she felt that the old man in front of her didn't care what their names were.

And that was indeed the case. The old man didn't ask them where they were from, but said bluntly.

"This is a safe zone. You broke the rules here and you need to compensate the scared residents, cattle and sheep in the village."

Sisi said expressionlessly.

"Oh? Since it's a safe zone, why didn't you come forward before they took action?"

"I rushed over after hearing the gunshots. In any case, you driving through the camp, crushing tents and luggage, shooting with machine guns... these are too much."

Tails, who was half-informed, protested dissatisfied.

"Hey, I didn't hurt any innocent people—"

Si Si interrupted Tai's explanation, stared at the old man, and spoke word by word.

"This is a matter between the Alliance and the Legion. Are you sure you want to intervene?"

She could tell that the old man wanted to extort something from them.

If he hadn't thrown out those dinars just now, maybe he wouldn't be in this trouble.

Sure enough, when he heard the word alliance, the old man's attitude immediately changed.

There was an obvious fear and suspicion in that fierce and cunning gaze.

Of course he had heard of the alliance and the rumors from the east.

The sudden rise of the alliance stopped the Bonechewer tribe from moving south, ending a year of chaos in the River Valley province.

Before that, the towering giant wall was the only lighthouse within hundreds of miles.

"...Are you from the Alliance?"

Sis looked at him and said.

"Yes."

The old man's face was slightly stiff, including the strong men beside him.

He did think about extorting a sum of money from these girls. After all, there were a lot of good things in that truck, and the compensation he asked for was reasonable.

But now, things are different...

Listening to the conversation of those people, the survivors onlookers exchanged surprised glances with each other.

And the whispering sounds also spread to the surroundings along with the sight.

"The Alliance? They are actually members of the Alliance."

"I heard that the warriors of the Alliance are as brave as ten, and they defeated the Bone Chewing Tribe with only a thousand men."

"No wonder..."

The Alliance is definitely not as powerful as the Legion, but they are their neighbors after all.

The legion is half a continent away from here, located on the far west coast.

"I'm afraid this matter will be very difficult... From the alliance to us, it will only take a week at the slowest, and maybe two or three days at the fastest." A middle-aged man lowered his head and whispered next to the old man.

With a calm "hmm", Mudka stared at the young girl in front of him.

After a while, he slowly spoke.

"...We have no intention of intervening in your disputes, but we also hope that you will not disturb our lives."

As he spoke, he waved his withered right hand and turned around with the tribesmen next to him.

As for compensation, it was never mentioned again.

Lying on the ground, Herrick's eyes moved back and forth between the three people and the bear.

He had never heard of the alliance and had no interest in learning about it. His thoughts were racing rapidly, thinking about how to escape the current situation.

However, when his sight stopped at the muzzle of the gun, he finally relaxed his tense shoulders and gave up the option of running away.

The strength displayed by the other party was beyond his cognition.

Whether it was the woman who was shot several times but acted like nothing happened, or the mysterious weapon that killed five of his brothers in an instant.

Until now, he didn't even know what that thing was.

Maybe...

Something really changed in the River Valley Province.

"Are you sure you want to be the enemy of the Legion?"

Herrick lowered his voice and brought up the name of the Legion, trying to threaten these people to let him go.

Sis looked down at him.

"Even if we don't have this plan, won't trouble come to us?"

As she said that, she shook the muzzle of the gun.

"Don't waste my time, what's your name?"

"Herrick..."

"What do you want that Luo Hua for?"

The man's face sank slightly, and a slightly sarcastic arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Haha, want-"

Bang!

The sudden explosion of the gun startled the survivors who were watching.

Of course, the one who felt the smell of gunpowder most directly was the one lying on the ground.

The bullet hit the ground next to his ear, and the splashing mud covered half of his face.

Looking at the smoking muzzle and the pair of merciless eyes, Hei Li felt a chill deep into his bones.

"I, I was just about to say..." The voice that was still very brave the previous second began to stutter the next second.

This was not because of fear, but subconscious instinct.

"Then hurry up." Turning on the recording function of the VM, Si Si urged impatiently.

"... Enterprise, Enterprise's people."

"Of course I know that the guy you are chasing is from the Enterprise, and then what?"

Hei Li swallowed his saliva and continued to speak quickly.

"... That mobile fortress rushed into the desert. Our servants heard that they were looking for some treasure there. No matter what it is, we can't let them take it away from our territory."

"Servants?" Tail tilted his head.

"Falcon," Kariman, who walked aside, said with a gloomy face, "The kingdom that ruled Oasis No. 2...a group of servile cowards who abandoned their dignity and faith and dedicated their souls to the barbarians in the no-man's land."

Tail: "?"

Sis sighed and said, pressing his sore eyebrows with his left hand.

"...Does it mean a vassal state?"

Kariman nodded stiffly.

"...Yes."

Sis fell into deep thought.

Combining the discussion on the forum and the information disclosed on the official website, she probably understood the whole story.

In short, the vassal of the Legion discovered the Pioneer and reported the intelligence of the Pioneer to the Legion.

In order to prevent the Enterprise from mastering Shelter No. 0, the Legion is suspected to have sent an expeditionary force of unknown size to the desert to cooperate with the locals to trap the mobile fortress.

Although the Pioneer has powerful firepower, no matter how powerful the technology is, it is impossible to create something out of nothing.

At least electricity and minerals cannot be created out of thin air.

And Herik's next statement also confirmed her guess.

"...We surrounded them while the Pioneer was searching for supplies, and they had to withdraw to the ruins with the fuel rods. Those power armors are very strong, but their number is limited. We quickly divided and surrounded them. Some people fled into the desert, some were surrounded in the ruins, and several were trapped in the fortress." Sisi asked immediately. "Have you occupied the Pioneer?" Herick replied. "The battle is over, and it's only a matter of time before we occupy it, but we don't want a pile of scrap metal. They set a password for the power room, and we can't enter from the outside. If we break through by force, the remaining nuclear fuel will be injected into the self-destruct unit... Then there will be nothing." "Does Luo Hua know the password?" "...I don't know, but he seems to be a key figure on the Pioneer, and he seems to have some clues about Shelter No. 0...The general ordered me to capture him before he meets up with the reinforcements from the Enterprise. If I can't catch him alive, I can take his head back." "Reinforcements..." Tail touched his chin, and his face was thoughtful, "Not simple, they actually knew that the Enterprise sent reinforcements." Zhima Paste said with a subtle expression. "...Uh, do you still need to guess this?" Staring at Herik lying on the ground, Sis continued. "Tell me the unit number you belong to, the name of your superior, and how many people you sent to the desert." "Heart of Steel..." "What?" "My unit," Herik swallowed and whispered, "Heart of Steel...29th Marines, our commander is Captain McLennan." "How far are they from here?" "Right here." "Here?!" Sis was stunned. Including Weiwei, Zhizhimu and Rourou, as well as Kaliman and his guards, they all froze in place. Sis was about to ask more questions, but saw that Herik, whose face was full of fear a second ago, suddenly had a hint of fanaticism in his eyes. He looked straight at her. But the pupils were not focused on her face, but on the back of her head. Sis's eyes gradually showed a bad premonition.

"Right behind you... you'll know it just by looking back." A smile appeared on Herrick's face.

No matter what he was proud of, Si Si knew very well that this was definitely not a "look, flying saucer" trick.

Since just now, the people watching the excitement have moved their eyes away from here and cast their eyes towards the sky in the distance.

But now, all the unfamiliar faces are invariably showing confusion, hesitation and fear.

"What is that...?"

"Whale, whale?"

"My God, the big-antlered deer..." Some herdsmen knelt on the ground, their foreheads firmly pressed against the ground.

Many mercenaries were at a loss, but some far-sighted merchants recognized the guy.

"The airship...is the legion's airship!"

Looking to the northwest of Ruigu City, Kaliman's eyes widened, his pupils changing with confusion and fear.

The guard standing next to him also involuntarily clenched the gun in his hand.

The towering steel emerged from beneath the clouds, like an iceberg rising from the sea. The wings stretched out on both sides were like Kunpeng's wings, and rows of roaring propellers tore through the clouds and mist, like the fangs of wild beasts.

It turns out that the Legion’s airship commander looks like this…

He had often heard rumors about it from people, but this was the first time he saw it.

It looked like a giant whale flying in the sky... although he had only seen that kind of animal in photos.

Several players were also dumbfounded.

Especially Sisi.

Rather than where this airship came from, she wanted to know how the steel monster flew into the sky.

The metallic shell does not look like a painted canvas. This is definitely not a real airship.

And if it is an airship made of alloy, even if it is made of aluminum alloy, even if the thickest armor on its body is only 10 mm, its density must be hundreds or even thousands of meters.

And such an unscientific product actually relies on a row of parallel propellers for propulsion?

Sisi felt that his common sense was impacted, and his brain was a little down for a while.

Although this is not the first time...

Hayrick, who was lying on the ground, admired the stunned side face and said sadly.

"It's not too late for us to surrender now..."

boom--!

A gunshot interrupted his words.

Herrick covered his left ear in pain and curled up into a ball on the ground.

Putting away the smoking pistol, Sisi adjusted the direction of the earphones and took a picture of the sky.

However, just when she opened the VM and wanted to synchronize the photos to the official account, she found that the Internet was disconnected.

No signal?

At this moment, the tail, which was also stretching its neck and looking at the north, suddenly changed its expression and let out a cry.

"giao! My balloon!"

Looking at the disappearing signal on the vm, Sesame Paste said with a dumbfounded expression.

"I just said... don't let it go that far. You have to climb to the top of the mountain."

"I, I didn't think the signal would be better..." Tai Wei whispered guiltily, "And it's written in the instructions, asking us to find a higher place."

"But that's too high!"

"Okay... the manager will definitely throw another one over." Taiwei patted Sesame Paste on the shoulder, but his guilty tone was not like comforting others, but more like comforting himself.

Shouldn't she be asked to compensate?

It shouldn’t be possible, right?

"Hey...it's not easy to get back on the hot search." Rourou sighed and sat down on the ground.

"Ouch...Damn it, my heart hurts."

Unlike those NPCs who are afraid of legions, they are not afraid of legions.

Whether they are predators, legions, mutants or other alien species that are not human at all, they are nothing more than higher-level monsters.

In contrast, they wanted to spread this hot news to the forum.

Dog planning has a new life!

pity……

Photos can only be uploaded later.

…

Heart of Steel.

On the bridge suspended below the airship, a man in luxurious clothing raised his chin slightly, looking down at the mountains, city ruins, vast forests and plains outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, as well as the handsome face reflected on the floor-to-ceiling windows.

His name is McClun, the captain of the Heart of Steel airship, he belongs to the Eastern Legion, and his rank is Captain Ten Thousand.

Although the captain of the legion does not mean to command ten thousand people, there is no doubt that he standing here is above ten thousand people.

The core part of the entire airship is an unfinished People's Alliance Aerospace Force frigate. It contains a power room composed of a fusion reactor and a deflector shield generation unit for "kinetic energy weapons".

Although most technologies cannot be parsed and are difficult to recover once parsed, this does not affect their continued use.

Even in another form.

In short, this airship embodies the crystallization of pre-war civilization technology and the pinnacle of the Legion's achievements in the mechanical field.

It can not only serve as an aircraft carrier flying in the sky, but can also go to the front line after the enemy loses air supremacy and pour dense explosives over the enemy's heads.

There are very few forces in the entire wasteland that can stop them.

Except for the group of rats hiding in the swamp, the dung beetles hiding under the holy shield, and the cockroaches huddled on the east coast... Even if other ants had the ability to shoot down the airship, they would not dare to look up at them.

No one knows how many airships the legion has, and no one knows how many unused munitions stocks they inherited two hundred years ago.

Except for the Marshal himself who rules everything.

"Dear General, you are standing at the foot of Ruigu City! The plain ahead is the southern corridor of the Valley Province, and its western gate is open to you!" Standing next to General McLen, the adjutant said respectfully.

However, this flattery seemed to hit the horse's leg.

"I don't need you to popularize the history of this tiny land to me, you just need to tell me where the cockroaches that crawled from the east coast are now."

General McLen spoke slowly, but there was a hint of obvious impatience in his tone.

He should have been enjoying the service of servants in Oasis No. 2, but because of a piece of intelligence from the Bugera Free State, he was sent here by his superiors to intercept the reinforcements sent by the enterprise from the east coast.

Although he was called a superior, the old fox named Griffin was actually only half a level higher than him, and there was one more star on the shoulder strap of the captain of ten thousand men.

However, there was no way. Even if it was half a star, it was higher than his rank.

What's more, that man was the commander of the Eastern Legion, a frontline commander appointed by him personally.

Not to mention driving an airship, even if it was a space battleship, he had to obey his command.

Every time he thought of this, McLen was furious.

The Pioneer had been captured, and the remaining crew members were trapped in the remains of pre-war civilization. Without logistical supplies, surrender was a matter of time.

The spoils could be divided soon, but he was sent to this godforsaken place.

He was just an employee of a company.

Is it so important?

"... Griffin's ambition is not small. He probably wants to take this opportunity to bring the entire Luoxia Province into the sphere of influence of the Eastern Legion." The staff officer standing by said softly.

This sentence sounded like a dream.

There is a large desert between Luoxia Province and the core territory of the Legion.

The so-called large desert is not as simple as a place name, but a life restricted area spanning thousands of kilometers.

The legion simply cannot rule the enclave of Luoxia Province, not to mention that it is far away from their core interests.

If it weren't for taking over the Great Rift Valley, they wouldn't even have to keep the vassal.

Although the Eagle Kingdom contributes a lot of wealth to them every year, every general of the Eastern Legion knows very well that compared with their investment in that vassal state, the dinars and slaves offered by the honest king are not worth mentioning at all.

However...

The disastrous defeat of the expeditionary army and the death of General Kras finally made some of the legion's senior officials realize that it is a naive idea to expect to take over the Great Rift Valley, which has caused great losses to the company, within a few months.

They need to invest more power, build more reliable logistics, improve supply lines, and mobilize more manpower to polish the shoes of the centurions - whether mobilizing their own or mobilizing the vassal state.

In the final analysis, they need to strengthen their control over the East.

There are many ways to choose.

For example...

Make that loyal and honest king an emperor.

"...So you deliberately sent us away, wanting to take all the credit?"

Thinking of Griffin's arrogant face, General McClane narrowed his eyes slightly, and his heart suddenly moved.

Looking at the wilderness in the southeast, a cruel arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Letting these barbarians who eat raw meat and drink blood live here is simply a blasphemy against the heritage of our ancestors. In my opinion, the border of the Legion should be expanded 500 kilometers to the east."

"We are fully capable of this!"

The adjutant and staff beside him showed surprised expressions at the same time.

"...It's not a good idea to make trouble. I think we should defeat the reinforcements of the Enterprise as quickly as possible and then return to Oasis No. 2."

General McClane said expressionlessly.

"What's the point of going back? That old fox will probably find another reason to get us out of here. When we open up the southern corridor, the southern gate of the Great Rift Valley will be open to us. Not to mention the legion commander, even the marshal cannot ignore our contribution."

"But..."

"No buts."

Interrupting the staff officer's words, McLen looked up at the French window in front of him, and a happy smile gradually appeared on his face.

"Let's bring real order and civilization to these barbarians!"

Almost at the moment when the voice fell, the airship moving forward suddenly tilted to the right at two angles, and the connecting parts made a creaking buzzing sound.

It was just a small swing.

However, at this moment, McLen's attention was completely on the handsome face in the French window.

Unexpectedly, he didn't stand firmly, and his nose almost came into close contact with the handrail next to him.

Fortunately, the adjutant next to him was quick-witted and supported him who almost fell.

"Sir, are you okay?"

Picking up the hat from the ground, McLen cursed angrily.

"What happened just now? Which idiot was driving the boat!"

"Maybe it was just the air current..."

Faced with McClane's roar, the adjutant spoke tremblingly.

However, before he finished speaking, a soldier trotted in from outside the bridge and reported nervously.

"Captain! Something seems to be entangled in our right propeller!"

"Send someone to fix it immediately!" McClane roared.

"Yes!" The soldier straightened his back, saluted, and immediately ran away in a hurry.

McClung cursed and returned to his seat.

The officers around him looked at each other in confusion, and closed their mouths one after another, not daring to say anything out loud, for fear of offending him and being used as a punching bag.

The deflector shield was not triggered, indicating that the speed of the impactor was not fast. It might have hit a dazed bird, so the problem should not be big...

But there is one thing to say, that moment just now was indeed not a good sign.

"The man I sent to the ground...is his name Herick or something? Is there any news?"

After hearing the captain's question, the adjutant on the side said quickly.

"Not yet, but his last report said that the caravan has been locked... There should be news soon."

McClung was in a slightly better mood.

Catch the company employee and deal with the reinforcements sent by the company. The troubles will be solved one by one, and he will be able to free up time to do his own things.

While the Heart of Steel was busy checking the fault, Chu Guang, who was more than 150 kilometers away, was staring at his VM in confusion.

What about the signal?

It was full just now, and he was looking at the screen in trance.

Why did it suddenly disappear?