On the wall, the atmosphere was depressing.
The soldiers hiding behind cover nervously rubbed their triggers and aimed at the quadruped robot behind the ruins hundreds of meters away.
Its round body and thick, streamlined short legs, if it were not for the menacing machine gun and grenades on top, this thing would be quite cute.
"What are those things …" A recruit moved his sore shoulders and said with difficulty.
"'Reptile', if you fight, remember to aim at its observation holes, the four on its face." The soldier hiding next to him also had anxiety in his eyes, but because he had walked in the wasteland before, he didn't show too much fear.
[It doesn't look like a reptile.]
"Okay, okay!" The recruit gulped. He seemed to feel that the previous sentence didn't have much confidence, so he agreed again.
The mechanical force of unknown origin surrounded the base, and all the survivors' expressions were unprecedentedly serious. The engineers silently dragged heavy weapons and ammunition to the wall, including Python rockets, Red Arrow-42, and EMP grenades.
The survivors dragged rubber tires from the warehouse, poured gasoline on them, and waited for Jiang Chen's order.
In front of the community center, Jiang Chen, who had already put on the T-3 power armor, looked at the soldiers in front of the square with a solemn expression.
They were the most elite soldiers of NAC, the Hunter Corps led by Ma Zhongcheng.
200 kinetic skeletons, 14 power armors. Everyone looked solemn as they looked at Jiang Chen standing under the statue of the Mother of Death Claw. Their comrades were already on the wall, and the NAC they were loyal to was facing its toughest test since its establishment.
Just like the survivors, Jiang Chen was also facing a psychological test.
If he left everything here and escaped back to the modern world, he would take all the technology he could. Even if he didn't rely on the apocalypse, he could rely on the power he already established in the modern world to finally reach the top of the world.
20.5 light years? Yes, 94 years ago, in 1922, the Natural Selection was on its way to the modern world.
In an ideal situation, it should only be one-tenth of the speed of light, or one-eighth of the speed of light at most. Taking into account the acceleration and deceleration at both ends of the journey, it would take at least one hundred years to reach Earth. And this one hundred years was more than enough for him to live a happy life.
If he didn't change his lifespan.
But he couldn't do that.
As for the reason, it was naturally because of responsibility …
It was a strange feeling to have a "gun" pointed at his head.
Looking at the reflection of the Mother of Death Claw statue, Jiang Chen suddenly grinned.
F * ck! When have I ever been afraid?
Just then, Lin Chaoen appeared in Jiang Chen's communication channel and said in an intermittent voice.
"Can I assume that the negotiations have broken down?"
The God's Cane suspended in the synchronous orbit overlooked everything. The scene of Jiang Chen in power armor inspecting the soldiers naturally didn't escape his eyes.
"When did you have the illusion that I was going to negotiate with you?"
With a grin, Jiang Chen's eyes focused on the [Block] option on the holographic screen and turned off the communication.
Lin Chaoen's voice stopped abruptly. Jiang Chen raised his head and his steel arm and pointed his middle finger at the clear sky.
"Light the fire!"
The survivor standing next to the tire threw the lighter in his hand.
…
Thick smoke rose as the Fishbone base used the most primitive method to send a message for help.
When they saw the smoke rising from the Fishbone base, the Sixth Street and Camp 27 immediately responded.
"Listen to my order! Complete the preparation in one minute and return to the base in half an hour! Quick! Quick! Quick! "
With Cheng Weiguo's roar, the soldiers boarded the truck with rifles.
The gate immediately opened. The First Division took the lead, followed by the Second Division. The two transport helicopters that were resting on the tarmac immediately took off, dragging the Type-50 electromagnetic pulse cannon and the power armor airborne soldiers to support the base.
The 1st Division and 2nd Division only left 1000 people to guard Camp 27, while the rest of the people joined the defense team.
Sitting in the tank turret, Cheng Weiguo's eyebrows locked together as he looked at the thick smoke rising.
"What happened?"
At the same time, the Sixth Street also quickly began to move. When the sentries on duty at the gate noticed the thick smoke in the direction of the Fishbone base, Zhao Gang immediately gathered two-thirds of the Third Division along with 1000 mercenaries still under contract to head to the Fishbone base.
"The communication was blocked. I should've known there was a problem." Chu Nan's eyebrows tightened as he looked at the "Standby" command on the EP.
The enemy not only blocked the communication, but also hijacked the communication channel between the Fishbone base and the Sixth Street. To not arouse suspicion, the enemy used a vague "Standby" command to respond to any of Chu Nan's requests.
"But who could it be?" Chu Nan looked at the holographic map as he fell into deep thought.
Just as the Third Division returned to defend, the battle outside the Fishbone base also began!
"Open fire!"
The mortar array produced a series of electromagnetic firing sounds, and then a series of explosions sounded outside the wall.
The "Reptiles" equipped with rifle grenades continued to fire at the wall. A series of sparks exploded on the wall of the base.
Cement dust flew everywhere as a lot of the wall exposed the steel frame behind the cement blocks.
The soldiers with their backs against the bunker desperately resisted, using the rifles in their hands to return fire. In the confrontation with firearms, the nitrogen armor that had recently been installed in the army came in handy.
Allowing the shrapnel to fly above their heads, the soldiers behind cover raised their Red Arrow-42 as they roared to dispel the fear in their chest.
"Missiles! Fire! "
The missile flew out and flipped into the sky. Then, it fell rapidly and blasted towards the escaping "reptile" robot.
"What a point-"
The explosion cut off the sound as a strong tremor came from under everyone's feet.
"Dammit! The door was blown open! "
In modern warfare, things like walls did not have much meaning. A quadruped robot dashed to the door at high speed and detonated the C4 explosives on its body as the steel door was blown away.
"The east gate is lost! I repeat, the east gate is lost! "
"Retreat the defense line."
"Set up the electromagnetic cannon! Quick! "
Because the radio was cut off, the command could only rely on the broadcast in the base. The scene was extremely chaotic. The "reptile" that rushed into the wall quickly turned its muzzle, and the triangular revolving barrel unleashed fierce firepower on the wall. The soldiers who could not dodge in time fell to the ground one after another, and a string of blood splattered on the wall.
“EMP！”
With a roar, a soldier threw himself to the ground, dodged the bullets fired from above, and threw an EMP grenade down the wall.
The sound of electric current slid across the air as the reptile closest to it was immediately paralyzed, and the reptiles closer to it were also forced into a rigid state.
Then, an orange bullet rain erupted from the direction of the apartment building.
The Hunter Corps lurking behind cover on the ground pulled the trigger at the "reptile" robot and "Python" drone that broke into the wall. The bullets sputtered a series of sparks on the steel surface.
At the same time, the Type-99 anti-tank cannons that retreated from the wall to the base also unleashed their firepower as they left a series of deep pits on the wall and the ground.
The soldiers on the wall began to retreat as they pulled the battlefield from the wall to the ground. The families of the soldiers all retreated into the mansion and the community center. The men who could still fight, and even some strong women, were issued a rifle as they stood on the front line to protect themselves and the people important to them.
The community center, Jiang Chen's mansion, these two obvious "landmarks" were the targets of the Supreme Faction. And the NAC soldiers obviously would not let them succeed as they defended the defense line without giving an inch.
In the office on the top floor of the mansion, Jiang Chen in the T-3 power armor looked out the window.
The battle line gradually approached the mansion. The soldiers already retreated to the wall in the backyard of the mansion. The flying shrapnel even knocked down the bulletproof glass and left spider web-like cracks on it.
"Only five minutes passed?"
He looked at the time on the holographic screen and took a deep breath.
"Are you going?"
Sun Jiao's voice came from behind him. She leaned against the door of the office with a PK2000 assault rifle hanging in front of her chest.
From her exoskeleton outfit and the expression on her face, her meaning was obvious.
"Of course."
"I'm going to hack. Why are you following me?" Jiang Chen said helplessly.
[If it's a robot, that method should work!] But regardless, it was still risky to implement.
[Hack?]
Sun Jiao sometimes didn't understand his words, but it didn't stop her from expressing her determination.
"Protect this family," Sun Jiao said seriously.
Jiang Chen was silent for a moment.
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion outside the mansion as if something exploded on the wall of the mansion.
"Be careful."
"You too." Sun Jiao looked at Jiang Chen and smiled.
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