For now, let’s set the time back to 45 minutes ago, that is, the battleship of the blue team’s surprise attack force has not yet entered the low-Earth orbit of the Sarna planet, and the assault landing module carrying more than 200 knights has not yet launched an airborne landing.
.At this time, the "scientific expedition team" consisting of three "robots" and one human has begun its twentieth underground expedition in the past two weeks.
After the previous nineteen operations, they had finally fully explored more than 90% of the area of the standard robot factory.
If everything goes well and this formation is completed, the archaeological work of the entire ruins will be successfully completed.
In any case, except for the first encounter with something like an ethereal quantum ghost, the subsequent work has been almost without incident, and all progress has been progressing in an orderly manner. Now, it is about to be completed.
, even a "robot" like General Griffith was in a very happy mood. He looked at the single building in front of him that was as big as a celestial court, and watched the dozens of robots he had released surrounding this huge
The oval building scanned up and down, listening to the data feedback from the terminal, and a pair of electronic eyes suddenly flashed with a pleasant golden light.
"Bang Bang Bang~~~Bang Bang Bang Bang~~Guang Ci Da Ci~~~" He hummed a very rhythmic electronic sound. It should be considered as singing for the time being, right? It's a pity that the electronic stick still has no fluctuations.
pronunciation.
"What an amazing design! When we restore this venue, it will definitely become the most important landmark building in our main robot park. Thank you for your help, Major Poppas. When the park is completed, I will
You will be given a lifetime VIP annual pass."
The VIP annual pass, and it's for life, sounds very valuable, and it feels like it should cost at least six figures. Major Poppas was moved when he thought that he had gotten such a bargain after only half a month of playing.
He had never thought that the main robot park must be built within the territory of the Iron Army Complex. But as a young major with an average income and few vacations, how many times in his life would he have the opportunity to visit the Iron Army Complex?
Of course, even though he was happy, he still rubbed his hands in embarrassment. He felt that he had not actually helped his life, so he just accepted such a heavy gift.
General Si said: "There is really no need to refuse. This is not money, and it should not violate the laws of your country. But people in Palla will repay kindness. Without you, our work would not be so smooth."
Major Poppas was indeed more useful than he thought. He actually played a role of dragging the bottom.
After all, General Griffith and the others are a bunch of "robots". If they encounter the ghost of the quantum virtual realm that appeared last time, and their mecha is destroyed by high-frequency electromagnetic interference, the powerless body will not even be able to control it.
The mecha cover couldn't be opened, so they had no choice but to wait for death. Of course, in order to avoid this, they naturally carried out all-round maintenance and upgrades in a short period of time.
According to Engineering Officer Zhan Guo, if the emp channel is still that kind of channel, they already have countermeasures.
But, what if? What if that "ghost" can play another trick?
In this case, it would be much easier to have a human like Major Poppas.
At least, according to the current theory of spiritual energy, virtual ghosts are between matter and virtual realm. You should not pay attention to the existence of the other party, or in other words, you cannot understand the existence of the other party. In the quantum state, it cannot dry up your material existence.
of.
Major Poppas, who only graduated from junior college, really doesn’t understand what quantum state is. As long as he doesn’t bring too many electromagnetic items, theoretically the ghost can’t hurt him. At critical moments, he can even lift the cover of the mecha and hug him.
He was running for his life with three palladium worms.
After Yu Lian explained this situation to the major, the major still looked confused, but he knew that he seemed to be useful.
Yu Lian and General Griffith both said that what they wanted was this kind of confusion.
"What a pity. Colonel Yu Lian is not here for the last scene. He is a good friend of the people of Palladium, and I really want to witness our last archaeological results with him." General Griffith said again.
The Palla people are indeed a very frank people. When saying this, it always feels like they are using Major Poppas as a backup. Fortunately, the major himself did not feel offended at all, but asked with great interest.
: "I have always wanted to ask. General, why does it have to be here?"
General Griffith pondered for a moment, and then said: "Oh, this is probably the most beautiful robot factory I have ever seen, heard about, and visited, right?"
"...Is that so?"
"Hahaha, maybe you think I'm a weirdo. But it doesn't matter, Major. When our main robot park is built and you have the opportunity to come a few more times, you will be able to understand my current mood! Wow, hahaha, I know.
, the current mainstream trend of thought has too many misunderstandings about robots, but this is exactly the direction we are working hard. Wahahahaha."
General Griffith laughed loudly using an electronic wand to read the pronunciation, but Major Poppas could feel the other party's enthusiasm and started to laugh. At this time, the latter's communication terminal had already sounded a message tone.
He found out that it was a message from Yu Lian, opened it and said "Huh" involuntarily.
"What's the matter? Major?" General Griffith asked.
"General, this, Commander Yu Company told me that the Astral Knights of the blue side have really landed on the Sarna planet and have already fought against the armored grenadiers of the 12th Garrison Division."
General Griffith's electronic voice flashed: "It's actually here."
Although it is still an electronic sound with no ups and downs, it seems that there is still a hint of surprise in it.
Does this mean that you didn't believe that the blue knight would come at first? Major Poppas looked at the other party in astonishment.
The general turned his head to the side and looked at Jango, who was operating the drone, and Heiros, who was standing on guard further away, as if their mechanical movements were charming.
"Well, I mean, it's really unlucky that they came here! Wouldn't it be better to go a few days earlier and a few days later? That way you won't miss anything." The general said, "Colonel, do you have any suggestions?
?”
"He said that if things don't go well here, we can go up and watch the show at any time. Oh no, we can go back and observe the battle situation at any time."
"Indeed, the ruins are right here, and we can't run away. However, we are only one step away from success, and I can't just keep neglecting my duties." The general said matter-of-factly.
So as expected, archeology is your true calling! But is it possible to get a job back in China like this?
Major Poppas didn't seem to be a person who was good at hiding his expressions. General Griffith saw his worry at a glance and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this military observation group was organized by me. The general committee will also
Unconditionally support all my decisions and actions. Of course, isn't there Colonel Yu Lian on top? With the observation report he wrote for me, it makes sense."
After that, the general used the electronic stick pronunciation of "Bang Bang Bang" to imitate Mr.
Is it okay to talk about finding a gunman casually? The major really didn't know how to express his position, so he could only giggle a few times with "ah ha ha ha".
"However, Major, I know that your noble officer is very interested in the new tactics of the Astral Knights, and that is why you are here. You can return now."
Then I'll really leave... Major Poppas seemed to want to say this, and there was an expression of emotion on his face. However, when he looked at the huge factory ruins in Shenzhen, it was like a deep sound in the dark underground.
A giant steel tomb. No, it's clearly like a maze made of tombs.
Normal people would be horrified when they see this scene, right?
Indeed, after half a month, he has become quite familiar with this maze. He can walk out of it even without a navigation and a flashlight. But after all, he is an ordinary human being, not some invincible spirit with special skills.
A capable person, and in order not to be sent away by a wave of emp, he did not wear a power skeleton, but only wore a relatively light protective suit.
In addition, the only means of transportation is an autonomous balancing vehicle, and the weapons are only a kinetic rifle carrying a grenade launcher, an anti-armor missile launcher, a pistol, a crystal battle ax and a small dagger.
In fact, this can be considered to be fully armed, but this is not the point.
"I'd better wait for you to finish it and then go back together." The major said, "I guess it will take a while for the above to be marked."
"As you wish." The general nodded. At this time, he saw that the scanning drone had circled the building in a large circle, so he hurriedly ran to Jan Guo's side with a very brisk pace and asked
: "How's it going? Are you sure?"
"It's basically certain that this should be the employee dormitory and office building of this robot factory." said the engineering officer.
Major Poppas was stunned when he heard this. He originally thought that such a gorgeous building like a super large crystal dome should be a control center, an energy center, or a central computer or other tall facility.
, is worthy of it.
"The design is really good." General Griffith marveled: "Although it is a staff dormitory, the internal transportation pipelines are connected to all important factory centers with the best transportation efficiency, and they are also parallel to the energy pipelines and mechanical channels.
, can be repaired and parallelized at any time. This is equivalent to constructing three sets of blood circulation for the entire factory that can be replaced at any time!"
The major said that he didn't quite understand it, and he really didn't understand what was so good about the design.
"Having said that, General, the pipelines of the entire factory and the composition of this dome are all put together like this. Doesn't it look a bit familiar?" Zhan Guo said.
"Does it look familiar?" General Griffith looked at it a few more times, but smiled: "Maybe it is the beauty of coordination of life. If the entire coordinated robot factory is a living body, the energy center we visited before
It’s the heart. Then, this is the brain, which also serves as the second heart. It’s obviously a factory that produces artificial tools, but it has the harmonious beauty of life. Don’t you think this is destiny?”
The major felt that he was still panicking, so he quickly clenched his fists and patted his face.
"Poppas, Poppas, you have to overcome your prejudices! Otherwise, you will never be able to understand robot culture in this life."
The simple Marine Major felt that since Yu Lian thought robot culture was interesting and psychic masters like Master Tantai had no prejudice against it, then this must be a good culture. He must improve his knowledge level and
Cultural accomplishment!
At this time, Engineering Officer Zhan Guo said again: "It's just that we can't sweep this area out."
He pulled out a holographic scan of the dome building, with all the floors, stairs, rooms and other facilities inside. Maybe even the designer himself could only come up with such a detailed picture. But
, but the location of the center of the building looks very blurry, like a cloud of fog.
"We installed new spirit scanners on the robots last time. Even if there are mystical formations still running, they can still be seen through." Zhan Guo said again.
Major Poppas probably didn't know what this ordinary-sounding "spiritual scanner" represented, so he could only continue listening with a confused look on his face.
However, General Griffith was much calmer than his subordinates and forcefully explained: "That means the existence of something is higher than our level of mysticism."
Although it was a forced explanation, it did make sense. Zhan Guo had nothing to say.
"Heros, prepare your weapons. Let's go in." General Griffith said loudly.
Major Poppas understood what he understood now, and quickly stopped in front of the general: "General, since there is some mysterious existence, why not... uh, wait a little longer?"
The meaning of waiting is to ask for help from Yu Lian and the others on the ground. To put it bluntly, it is Tantai Jing. The major feels that if this ruins are just some ghosts in the virtual world that he does not understand at all, but if there is something more mysterious and profound
I still have to invite Mr. Tantai Jing to get my stuff, so that I can feel safe!
"Major, you don't trust me! After all, I am a psyker!"
The major thought to himself, since you were knocked out of action with one move last time, I really can't trust you, but at this time I can only keep smiling.
"However, your worries are justified. When it comes to robots, Colonel Yu Lian can't do it, but when it comes to psychic abilities, I can't do it. Not to mention that Master Tantai is here." General Griffith said helplessly:
"It's just that they are observing the war, so we can't trouble them now, right?"
"We can wait until the war is over." Heiros said: "Anyway, I have a stomachache when I hear something mysterious, so why don't I take risks alone?"
"You are a robot, why do you have a stomachache?"
"I am from Palla, General."
"Pallai people also have no stomach. As a soldier of the Iron Army, you cannot have fear. Commander Heiros."
"Even robots have fears. If you don't admit this, how can you revive robot culture? General Griffith."
It seems that Commander Heiros was psychologically affected by the virtual ghost he encountered on his first expedition, and he began to confront Griffith. Of course, this is also due to the culture of the Pallai people.
.As long as there are no dead orders that absolutely need to be carried out, Palla people who are willing to express their feelings frankly actually like to quarrel with their bosses.
At this time, Zhan Guo quickly reconciled: "We can wait until the battle above is over before requesting support."
General Griffith looked at the door of the dome building, and finally sat down with difficulty, sighing helplessly: "Okay, just wait. But when will this happen? It's a waste of time, for robots
It’s a crime that tears apart the soul!”
The general's way of expressing his helplessness was to lengthen the electronic sound of the stick reading, so that it looked more like a scrapped robot that was about to lose power. For a moment, Major Poppas felt a little sympathetic.
"How about I ask Commander Yu Company again..."
As soon as he opened his mouth, an earthquake occurred without warning in the huge underground space, and the ground suddenly had obvious fluctuations like water waves.
Major Poppas was caught off guard and fell off his balance car. Fortunately, General Griffith held him up.
By the time he recovered from his dizziness, the shaking in the ground had completely stopped. Thinking about it carefully, the "earthquake" seemed to have lasted less than a second.
But at this time, the three "robots" of the Iron Army Complex had already formed a triangular defensive posture, surrounded themselves in the center, and displayed various weapons.
He looked intently, but there were already countless translucent shadows in the direction, emerging from the darkness. They were like evil ghosts crawling out of hell, rushing towards the defense where he was.
Major Poppas suddenly felt as if he was experiencing a horror story from his childhood, and he trembled greatly. At this moment, he suddenly felt that his eyes hurt, as if something was trying to get through.
His eyes burst out.
His painful low roar was completely covered by the dense gunfire.
General Griffith and his friends have opened fire.