After the meeting of the Earth Defense Alliance ended, Jiang Chen and Calvin left the alliance headquarters under the escort of Celestial Trade soldiers and boarded the express to the Space Department.
"How is the situation at the Mars colony?" Jiang Chen asked Calvin as he sat in the first-class seat.
"SS Origin has set off for six days and will reach the Mars synchronous orbit by this time tomorrow at the latest. By then, our new weapons and reinforcements will also arrive on Mars, which should help us gain a certain advantage," Calvin replied.
On the way to the Kuiper Belt, SS Origin would use the gravity of Mars to adjust its course and test the docking performance of SS Origin in the synchronous orbit.
Based on the principle of being on the way, Celestial Trade hung Future Army's newly designed weapons and equipment suitable for the Mars environment in the external cargo compartment of SS Origin, ready to drop them off when it entered the Mars synchronous orbit.
"What about the specimen?" Jiang Chen then asked, "How long will it take to send it back to Celestial City?"
"The first batch of specimens was loaded on the rocket last week and will arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest … Should we inform our allies?" Calvin asked.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Chen said.
"We'll talk about this after the specimen is delivered. Let's keep it a secret for the time being. I'll transfer some researchers from Future Biology to form a Corruptor research team, and then discuss whether to disclose the news to our allies. "
Calvin nodded. "Okay, then I'll do as you say."
The express soon arrived at the station.
After stopping at the gate of the Space Department, the two went to Project 071 at the Space Command Center.
Coincidentally, as soon as the two of them crossed the threshold of the command room, Calvin's assistant handed him a document.
He glanced at the document and saw that his brows were slightly furrowed.
After a while, Calvin put away the document, looked at Jiang Chen, and smiled tiredly. "One bad news, one bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
"… Let's start with the bad news."
"The bad news is that our Mars colony was besieged by the swarm," Calvin said.
When Jiang Chen heard this news, his eyebrows twitched violently.
"… What's the good news?"
Calvin squeezed out a smile on his face. "The good news is that our colony governor was prepared to build a wall. With the support of SS Expedition, our army successfully blocked the offensive of the swarm."
With a sigh of relief, Jiang Chen looked at the holographic screen in front of the command room.
In the satellite image sent from the Expedition, the sand outside the colony had been soaked into an unhealthy dark green by the blood and saliva of the Corruptors, and broken limbs were scattered everywhere. However, the situation of the soldiers on the wall was not optimistic either. Many of their equipment had been damaged by the Corruptors' acid.
The insects rushed up the wall and collided with the Celestial Trade Marines on the wall. Fortunately, the melee combat ability of these Corruptors was not on the same level as the Devil Worms. Although the battle was dangerous, Celestial Trade eventually won with the support of fortifications and the TS Expedition.
Looking at the casualty assessment on the screen, Jiang Chen was silent for a moment before he suddenly said.
"Don't you find it strange?"
After a moment of hesitation, Kelvin asked.
"You mean …"
"Every time we make progress at Mine 071, trouble seems to have grown legs and run to us," Jiang Chen looked at Calvin and continued, "It's like a pair of eyes is watching us."
"Watching us?" Calvin paused for a moment, then laughed, "You mean, the trouble we encountered is controlled by someone?"
Jiang Chen did not answer. He just crossed his arms in front of his chest, looked at the holographic screen in front of the command room, and fell into deep thought.
Suddenly, he realized a possibility …
But he was not sure yet.
Only when he returned to the apocalypse next time would he be able to verify whether his speculation was correct.
…
Outside the Mars colony, billowing dust rolled up thousands of meters into the sky and formed a fog wall outside the colony.
Just five minutes ago, dozens of bombs fell from the sky and directly flattened the sand dunes outside the colony, leaving craters more than ten meters wide in the desert. Three high-explosive penetrators collapsed the tunnel five kilometers below and blocked the momentum of the Corruptors' attack.
Taking advantage of this gap, the Marines on the wall successfully repelled the Corruptors that rushed up the wall.
Standing next to the bunker on the wall, Zhang Hai slowly breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the swarm begin to retreat. He lowered the rifle in his hand.
Soldiers withdrew from the wall, medics moved around the wall, and researchers in protective suits left the wall to recover specimens under the escort of the rover. If casualties and wasted ammunition were not considered, in a sense, this wave of insects was a big harvest. At least for a year, they would no longer have to worry about the sampling list issued by the Space Command Center.
After reporting the casualties of the team to his superior, Zhang Hai followed the others to the colonial cabin.
Returning to the colonial cabin, Zhang Hai, who passed through the buffer cabin, stuffed the equipment into the storage cabinet, took a can of coffee from the vending machine, and sat down on the bench in the central square. It was past lunch time, but he was not hungry at the moment.
Zhang Hai took a sip of the hot coffee, closed his eyes, leaned back on the bench, and slightly relaxed his tense nerves.
At this time, someone walked next to him and sat down.
Zhang Hai raised one eyelid and saw that the person sitting next to him was Wang Qiang, so he closed his eyelid again.
"Is it over?" Wang Qiang opened the can of drink in his hand and asked casually.
"It's over for now." Zhang Hai smirked and glanced at Wang Qiang sitting next to him. "Who knows when the next wave will be, and who knows when these things will end … By the way, how's the progress on your side?"
"You also saw that the base of operations next to Mine 071 is lost. What progress can we make?" Wang Qiang shook his head with a bitter smile. "Let's not talk about this. By the way, your man … Corniga? How is he now? "
"The wound is seriously infected, and his entire right arm is gone … Probably only Coro City Hospital can cure his injury, but you know, he can't go anywhere now. We will temporarily arrange for him to lie in the hibernation chamber, and when the flights open next year, we will send him back for treatment. "
At this moment, a soldier came over, stood in front of Zhang Hai, and saluted.
"Is it Captain Zhang Hai?"
"What's wrong?" Looking at the soldier standing in front of him, Zhang Hai put the canned coffee on the bench.
"The captain is looking for you, please go to the institute as soon as possible."
Slightly stunned, Zhang Hai noticed that when he was putting on the equipment, he forgot to take out his wrist-mounted computer from the locker. The captain probably couldn't reach him by phone, so he sent someone to find him.
"I'll be right there." Picking up the coffee can on the bench, Zhang Hai looked at the soldier and said.
Squatting behind the potted plant in the square, Jenny held her breath nervously and didn't dare to breathe.
She had no intention of eavesdropping, she just happened to pass by here.
However, after seeing the two people sitting on the bench, for some reason, she squatted down and hid behind the potted plant. Then she heard something that seemed to be very important.
On the other side of the bench, a soldier walked over and said something to one of them.
Then the two people sitting on the bench got up together and walked in the direction of leaving the square.
After waiting for a while, she cautiously poked her head out from behind the potted plant and looked at the empty bench.
Slowly leaning behind the potted plant, Jenny pressed her undulating chest and let out a long breath.
Mine 071? Base of operations? Progress?
Her experience in journalism not only gave her the habit of sticking her nose everywhere, but it also gave her a special intuition in some aspects. For example, now, her intuition told her that Mine 071 was definitely not as simple as iron ore.
Who would build a military base just to protect a mine?
I have to find a way to get the news back …
I can't tell Braith, that coward will definitely stop me!
Thinking in her heart, she climbed up from the floor behind the potted plant.
She patted her jeans and looked around. When she saw that no one was around, she pretended that nothing had happened and quickly walked back to her room.
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