Although it is a vast sand sea of more than 20 million kilometers, it seems at first glance to be a yellow hell where life does not exist and is simply difficult to cross. However, in front of a landing craft that cruises at supersonic speeds in the atmosphere, such a restricted area of life can be completely conquered, that is,
It took more than ten minutes.
In fact, it took nearly half an hour, because when passing through the middle of the sand sea, Yu Lian saw huge remains scattered near a sand dune, and asked to take a look before landing.
Those broken corpses were so huge that it felt like every piece of broken carapace could be flattened to make a football field. However, all the tissues inside those dark carapace, whether they were flesh, fibers, body fluids or other biological tissues.
Nothing is left.
This is indeed how Charlie's insect grandsons play, and it doesn't waste resources at all. If it weren't for the fact that most of the shells of the Arrakis sandworms are as hard as battleship armor and already have mystical properties, they would still be digesting them now.
No, I guess even these carapace will not be let go.
"The Prime Minister's Office spent more than a billion gold dragons to bring these sandworms in." Miss Nelhana said with regret on her face: "The original sandworms, the original sandworms that have not been biologically improved, there are only so many in the entire empire.
An example of successful breeding on other planets, but now they are all ruined."
Many years ago, the Arrakis sandworm was regarded as a divine animal by the locals. It was even regarded as a belief and could never be reduced to livestock. Therefore, the empire spent hundreds of years converting "
"Twelve Tips for Raising Sandworms" has spread throughout the universe. He just wants to tell everyone that I can raise dragons, so what does a mere insect mean?
However, the sandworms that the empire successfully raised on other planets, such as the ones Yu Lian encountered in ancient America, have all undergone genetic adaptive improvements. The native Erax sandworms are raised on other planets.
Successful examples can be counted on one hand, and they cost a lot.
There is no way, the main consumers of high-end luxury goods are a bunch of pretentious and coquettish bitches. The spices produced by native sandworms, ah no, are 5 to 20 times more expensive than the genetically modified versions.
Otherwise, even a wealthy empire should have given up long ago.
However, looking at Miss Nelhana's grief-stricken appearance, she seemed even more sad than a civil servant in the Prime Minister's Office.
Yu Lian later learned that Baroness Nerhana Mera had a special spice shop in the Imperial Capital Territory, selling various luxury goods made from Arax spices, which was regarded as the ancestral property of their Mela family.
"All the original A-grade sandworm spices in the entire empire are the cheapest here, and I still have purchase channels. If it is destroyed, the cost will be unbearable in the future!" Miss Nelhana was very sad,
Then he gritted his teeth and said: "Damn it, even these auspicious beasts that just stay in the desert and live peacefully are not spared. What they eat is sand, but what they spit out is spices. Is there any animal in the world that is more beneficial to the world?
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However, Yu Lian didn't know that the young Miss "Iron Wall Mela" had such painstaking efforts in running the family business, so he didn't feel any sympathy at all, only a sense of surreal absurdity.
Of course, Miss Mela has developed a hatred for the insect swarm because of this, which is a good thing.
Subsequently, the technicians conducted a thorough scan of the remaining remains at the site and determined that they were carapace from eight sandworms. This means that the biological tissues lost by these large sandworms alone were
Millions of tons of protein and carbohydrates.
...This is enough to get an entire medium-sized Hive Leviathan, as well as a whole batch of escorting war insects.
Yu Lian suddenly felt a headache. He felt that the Prime Minister's Mansion was really troublesome. Why raise sandworms in the desert? Originally, the desert environment, which lacked sufficient biological resources, was very unfriendly to Xia Li's recovery, but could it be?
It's another story to find an animal whose weight is so high that it hardly belongs in nature.
Charlie is by no means a stubborn idiot, but a cruel, cold-blooded, but clear-minded Avenger. If she really had Leviathan, she would never be trapped here waiting to be set upon by the imperial army.
Now, Yu Lian can only hope that Charlie's insect swarm technology tree has not revealed Leviathan yet.
Five minutes later, the technicians' scanning results came out, and they immediately reported to Miss Nelhana: "Sir, except for the carapace of the sandworm itself, no other biological material has been found. Only a certain amount of
Corrosion residue.”
Miss Nelhana Mehra is currently only a colonel, and is not yet qualified to be called "Your Excellency". However, she has a hereditary title and is a psyker. She will only become a general in the past two years. Shout out in advance
Not wrong either.
Again, although the Imperial Army is elite and professional, it also has basic office emotional intelligence.
"Corrosion residue?" The female knight frowned slightly: "The carapace of the sandworm is comparable to military materials!"
"If it is this original sandworm, it can even be regarded as an alchemical material." Yu Liandao.
"And its body fluids are extremely corrosive..."
"Otherwise, how can vehicles, houses, and even small towns be swallowed and digested?"
By this time, everyone finally had a more intuitive understanding of the abilities of these alien monsters. As a result, the imperial officers and soldiers who were originally quite dismissive of this operation also became nervous.
Everyone was delayed for more than ten minutes at the remains of the sandworm. By the time they all flew out of the sand sea, it was already 14:45 pm, the standard time of the sky. However, on the Far Country Star, the sun was almost setting.
. The halo of the setting sun casts a palpitating scarlet color on the edge of the sand sea.
But the other big mountain that everyone was about to climb was already covered by shadows. With the naked eye, it was difficult to see the outline of the mountain clearly. I just felt that under the dark shadow, it was overflowing with extreme depression and despair.
Chi Sha looks like a huge monster that is baring its teeth and claws, and it makes people feel heart-stopped just by looking at it.
"Have you found anything from the high-altitude reconnaissance?" Nelhana asked the cruiser in low-Earth orbit loudly on the communication channel.
Now, one of the cruisers is using a scanner to search in the direction everyone is heading. Logically speaking, even if there are one or two guerrillas carrying bazookas hidden in the cracks of the rocks, they should have been discovered, but they have always been
Nothing was found.
Yu Lian was not surprised at all. Back then, the scientific research ship that Teacher Yang took pictures of had searched the Xinyumen area for three feet, but still found nothing.
Nowadays, everyone is still unaware of the latent ability of the insect swarm. The existing scientific and technological investigation methods still need to be updated several times before they can achieve effective military investigation effects.
If you were an ordinary person and heard that the investigation had yielded nothing, you would probably have doubted whether Yu Lian was flirting with her. However, Miss Nerhana had no doubts about Yu Lian's judgment. She pondered for a moment and then
Said: "Can you contact the Angel of Dawn and ask what Lieutenant General Tariel means..."
"Lieutenant General Tariel is busy." A young female voice cut into the communication channel. Her voice was calm and without any fluctuation. To put it bluntly, it was a typical three-tone voice.
Therefore, Yu Lian quickly thought of the three-person colonel who was working as an assistant to Lieutenant General Tariel on the bridge of Dawn Angel. She should also be a spirit of wide-area exploration, reconnaissance and spatial identification.
Those who are capable are not "exploring" and "cruising", then they must be "supporting spirits".
Miss Nelhana said in surprise: "Ah, Helena, are you on the ship? Then help me check to see if I can find those alien monsters."
"I'm not a goddess." The colonel lady known as Helena still said in a calm tone.
Yu Lian now knows who she is. She must be Count Helena Corbett, who served as the chief star officer during the era of Queen Brunhilt.
Of course, as a star official, the so-called "official magic stick", she rarely appeared in public, so Yu Lian did not recognize her immediately.
"There is no problem with your direction, I can confirm this." Miss Hoshimiguan said again.
Nelhana seemed relieved, but still said: "Is there no way to determine the specific location?"
This request may be a bit unreasonable, but Miss Hoshimi has already hung up the communication directly.
Nelhana smiled nonchalantly and said to Yu Lien: "According to your request, the headquarters has mobilized a considerable amount of support firepower. Currently, there are three people who are keeping surveillance and on standby in the stratosphere.
The squadron's multi-purpose fighter aircraft, as well as two high-altitude support gunboats."
Not to mention the former, the latter is a fire support platform that specializes in operating within the atmosphere. It is close to the aircraft carrier of the home star era, and is about three to four hundred meters long and weighs hundreds of thousands of tons. As you can imagine
How much firepower can it carry?
We all know that if this kind of thing is used on a battlefield with the same technical level, it will be a big target. But if it is used in asymmetric warfare, it will be the best fire suppression platform, and it can be called a weapon in security warfare.
The empire has a vast territory and many races under its rule, but not everyone is so respectful and understands the principle of co-prosperity in the universe. No country needs such military weapons more than the empire.
However, don't say that this is prepared to suppress domestic dissidents. Otherwise, the empire will definitely become anxious with you. They believe from the bottom of their hearts that power brings order, and order brings prosperity.
In addition, let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about the opposite alliance, but they are equipped with this stuff, right? Don’t they claim to be the beacon of civilization for the integration of all races in the galaxy? Is there anything that cannot be discussed in society, freedom of speech, and parliamentary debate? What equipment
What is this kind of thing used for?
"When fighter planes and gunboats detect the appearance of an enemy, please do not try to get close to the enemy and attack with honeycomb missiles from high altitude. In addition, please do not use heat source tracking missiles. It is best to use smart tracking missiles."
In this way, the cost will be greatly increased, right? You know, there is no very advanced artificial intelligence in this universe. This means that if you want to make these missiles really "smart", each missile will be quite
Yu is equipped with a complete set of information terminals that can calculate a large number of calculations. Occasionally, the gunner even needs to perform the operations himself.
Seeing Nelhana's puzzled look, Yu Lian explained: "Look, we clearly know that those alien species exist, but our investigation methods have found nothing. I have reason to believe that the heat source signal on them is very low. Low
To the extent that existing military weapons cannot be identified."
Miss Knight suddenly realized it and said with emotion: "This is... the temple that the ancient famous generals of the Earth people talked about?"
"Well, at best it can only be called reasoning."
In fact, it's just a reverse effect, Yu Lian thought.
Considering that the girl's recent situation was not very good, Yu Lian added: "If the cost cannot be controlled, just use a space shock bomb. Just set up a vacuum explosion isolation zone, and nothing can get through! In fact,
, if I had to choose, I would use this thing to explode for two rounds first."
Miss Nelhana felt that her ears were hearing some auditory hallucinations, so she couldn't help but repeat it again: "Space shock bomb?"
"Yeah, that thing can even block a Seld torpedo. Let alone a group of bugs."
Miss Knight might not know about the Battle of the Far Shore Nebula, or she might just pretend not to know, so she asked again: "...Is it in the atmosphere?"
"There's nothing wrong with that." Yu Lian smiled and said, "It's cleaner than a neutron bomb anyway."
"It's not clean at all! Yu Lianqing, just take advantage of my absence to fool the honest boy!" Another person's voice cut through the communication channel, but it was Brunhilt.
Were you hiding in the group just now and observing secretly? Uh, no, I said you are obviously a serious commander, shouldn't you focus on the fortress strategy?
Miss Suliuka Wang seemed to have sensed Yu Lian's thoughts, so she explained: "Now it's just a deterrent to the bombardment. Just leave it to General Farrell. Anyway, the looters have been beaten to the point where they don't dare to show their heads. Maybe
After smashing and smashing, they came out and surrendered. In comparison, my intuition tells me that those wonderful alien species are much more dangerous than the predators."
Yu Lian thought to himself that your intuition was indeed right.
"However, Lian Qing, if the vacuum bomb is used in the atmosphere, it will have a structural impact on the landscape environment."
"So what? Your Highness, at best, you are just turning the hills into a desert again. By then, the area of the sandworm ranch may have expanded." Yu Lian explained with a smile: "We can't be sure.
Will those alien cells undergo new mutations under nuclear radiation? But the concussion bomb is a pure air explosion. Not only can it create a defensive isolation zone, it may also be able to wipe out all those monsters at once.
We can just pick up the bodies when the time comes."
Of course, the premise is that Yu Lian's judgment is accurate. If nothing is found in the end, it means that weapons of mass destruction were dropped into the atmosphere of a habitable planet for no reason. Even King Suliuka himself would be more or less capable.
Have something to eat at the Privy Council.
Brunhilt pondered for a moment on the other end of the communication, then nodded and said, "It makes some sense. Then, Nelhana, I will leave the front line to you. If there is any problem, I will be responsible for it."
Although King Suliuka likes to observe in secret, she has no intention of overstepping the command. She just leaves it to the commanders who are more familiar with the situation on the scene to make decisions. She is only responsible for the results. From this perspective, she is indeed the best.
A kind of leader.
Miss Nelhana was very moved, and then issued an order to the two high-altitude gunboats in the sky: "Then, according to the range designated by Colonel Yulian, fire five consecutive rounds of space shock bombs!"
Yu Lian looked at this famous defensive player who would be known for his composure, perseverance, simplicity and reliability in the future, and he felt more and more that a person's growth really depends on self-strength and the process of history!
Immediately afterwards, in Yu Lian's sight, it was as if a turbid light group appeared out of thin air in the sky, covering the mountains that stretched hundreds of kilometers away. The outlines of the mountains and hills were reflected from the shadow of the setting sun.
He broke free, but was instantly included in these turbid waves, making it even more difficult to see clearly.
That's a visual dislocation caused by spatial distortion!
At this moment, Yu Lian felt that his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and some kind of destructive desire hidden deep in his soul was almost uncontrollable and about to jump out.