Returning from the abyss

Chapter 522 BW-003 Squad
The hourglass on the table is slowly leaking sky blue sand.

Even though the outpost has undergone such drastic changes, there are still many things that will not change. Now that the dormitory has been repaired, Lu Ning certainly does not need to continue to live in the central control room, except that it is a bit uncomfortable to lie in the space suit... …Not bad, after all, space suits in ancient times couldn't even lie down.

She got up and picked up the hourglass on the table. This exquisite handicraft must have been a souvenir brought by a member of the advance team. Things will also be sent back to the family along with their suicide note.

It seems that people have been doing this before the distance on the parent star is divided into light-years.

This is one of the few things that Lu Ning in the interstellar era can know about the history of the home planet, most of which are about wars.And stepping into the interstellar battlefield, this has become the norm, not only because of the possible threats in the universe, but also because space stretches time to a previously unimaginable level.It's not that the soldiers may die...or it may be that the people waiting for you can't wait for that day. Once an old general who had fought on the star battlefield for more than [-] years finally returned home, only to find the people waiting there Already turned into his grandchildren - long periods of sublight interstellar travel have kept his time out of sync with his loved ones.

And so far, has "Lu Ning" left any regrets?That should be of course.

Even she didn't know how to fill the void in the army captain's heart, and thanks to Lu Ning who took the place, she didn't have such a strong war syndrome, but occasionally recalled it through muscle memory. Just remember some of the past.

Turn over the hourglass, and two surnames are engraved on the bottom - Hu Meng.With such a surname, it is no longer possible to find its owner from the list. Lu Ning put the hourglass in the insurance package at her waist, got up and walked out of the room.

The moment she connected to the channel in the team, she received a message from Longmai, which was the robot control authorization for the entire base.Lu Ning took a look and confirmed it. This is only the part that Longmai must report to the captain. Now that he has authorized himself, the robot establishment of the entire outpost should have been formed.

Immediately afterwards, with several reminders in succession, Qiu Shu, Spider Silk, Yanghao and Spades also successively sent her the results of the work they were responsible for.The detailed map of the entire mountain area, the biological illustrated book that has been archived according to the latest alliance catalog template, the sample analysis report of the biological laboratory, and the change record of the surrounding environmental data.

Lu Ning had no choice but to open the call directly: "There are a lot of files, I need to spend some time to deal with them."

"It's okay, Captain, we're just getting up." Spade finished speaking and yawned. "Speaking of which, what is today's task? Continue hunting in another direction?"

"Before I decide, I have to check the communication channel, Longmai, is there any update?"

"Well, from about last night to this morning, a total of thirteen teams have regained control of the outpost and issued authentication codes. We can connect to their teams through these codes." Longmai replied.

"Okay, let's send our code as well. By the way, roughly infer the hemispheres these teams are in based on the code sending time. After you arrange it, let Qiaoshu and Bayonet take over your work. You go back to the spaceship and prepare for simple Satellite Launcher."

"Okay, do you want to synchronize the orbit or..."

"To quickly control the orbit, the most urgent thing is to take pictures of the entire planet first. It doesn't need to be very detailed, but I want a picture of the landform."

"Captain, why are you so eager to ask for pictures of the planet?" Tie Mei asked.

"Carry out another investigation to see if there are any suspicious targets such as large buildings or ruins. The danger of phantom stars is not suitable for long-distance marches on the ground. We have to think of other ways."

"Be careful." Qiu Shu added.

Everyone echoed in the channel.

Lu Ning took the elevator back to the ninth floor, but just as she was about to walk to the central control room, Longmai suddenly said: "Captain, the sentry robot outside found another team, the other party's number is BW-003, it seems that there is no The outpost is the first target. The other party didn't specify the situation in detail, but only asked to talk to someone, are we..."

"This number belongs to the Blue Wave." Lu Ning reached out to block the elevator door, "And the ranking is the same as mine. If this number is not random, it means that the opponent's strength is not bad."

"Captain, they are likely to be a marching team." Qiu Shu reminded.

"Well, I can just go up and ask the sentry to let them come over, but don't lift the guard." Lu Ning turned her head and returned to the elevator, starting to go up to the first floor.

The marching team is not looking for a stronghold, but relying on the maneuverability of the spacecraft to conduct multiple investigations across high-risk areas. Although there is one less secure base, it can well undertake the duties of the investigation. It takes more than two days. There was enough time for them to turn around several places.

Lu Ning went up to the first floor and walked towards the door.At this time, Spade, Clarinet and Iron Eyebrow were also outside. After hearing the news, they gathered here, intending to see what happened to the sudden team.

Soon, a sentry robot came here with ten people wearing the same spacesuit. Except for the nameplate on the chest and some equipment, they were basically the same as Lu Ning's team.

The person walking in the front stood still at a distance of about ten meters, and gave a military salute: "Captain of the BW-003 team, I am very glad to see my compatriots here."

"This is the DU-003 team." Lu Ning also stood up and returned a salute, "This No. 48 outpost has been repaired by us. If you want to rest here, we welcome you, but if you need resources, please Come up with something in exchange."

"Of course." The attitude of the other party is also good, "We came all the way from the eastern plains, and now the landing craft needs some fuel replenishment, and the weapons also need maintenance and ammunition replenishment. I can share the reconnaissance data along the way, please don't mind, most of them have been Sent to the fleet as a report."

"No problem, please come in." Lu Ning stepped aside.

The opponent's team filed in one after another. It can be seen that they did not relax their vigilance either. Everyone's movements were tense, and they did not relax their vigilance just because this was a friendly base.However, Lu Ning also asked Long Mai and others to do a good job of vigilance, and would not make any accusations about this.

Although it was a rest, the first thing to do was to go to a large reception room on the sixth floor. Qiu Shu also received the news. Lu Ning asked Tiemei and the other three to stay here as well. After both parties sat down, they skipped over. After the stage of pleasantries, we directly chatted about the topic.

"Excuse me, is your team a marching type? According to your description, the outpost is not the first target." Lu Ning asked.

"We are indeed preparing to conduct an extensive investigation for a period of time before confirming. Although more than 100 teams correspond to the number of outposts here, I always think that it is not enough to just investigate the outposts." The captain nodded , "I think some teams should quickly carry out detection, and establishing a proper route network is also a necessary part. The phantom star has a special environment and cannot be directly commanded through the fleet's command center, so we have to improve our own order."

"That's right. So can I ask what you've discovered along the way?"

The other party smiled: "Actually, there are not a few teams who have the same plan as us. At least we also met two teams on the road. One is HJ-013 and the other is AL-002."

"Is that the Supersonic Jazz and the Astronomical Light?"

"That's right, we had a friendly exchange. After all, everyone has the same goal. But the time is not too long. We must move forward while replenishing supplies."

The landing craft itself has certain collection and supply functions, but it certainly does not have the convenience of a base like the outpost, so they are actually in a state of shortage of fuel in two days.

Lu Ning looked at the equipment on everyone.

"Judging from the traces on your body, you should have fought."

"Yes, we obtained the urgent information released by the No. [-] team of each spaceship through the mobile transmitter station, so we also have some understanding of the strange disease. But we dealt with Eudemons along the way, for sure What is surprising is that there are B-rank Eudemons on this planet, and there are quite a few of them. They live in places that are very difficult to detect, and we were fortunate to detect one from a distance."

"how is it like?"

"Dragonoid, four-armed, with high temperature on the body. We noticed it through some scorched vegetation, but we didn't alarm it. It should be impossible to fight against B-level Eudemons with such a team." The captain opened his personal terminal , "I can first pass on the information of the Eudemons we encountered to you, a total of 59 species of D-level, seven types of C-level, and one type of B-level. All of them have hunting records except for the one of B-level, which can be used for weak points. Research."

"What about the biological sample data? Or samples, you should have obtained them too?"

"I want to be a bargaining chip."

Lu Ning nodded: "Yes. Let me discuss it."

She turned off the external sound, entered the team channel, and asked, "Yanghao, if you are given biological samples, how will the research speed be? What if there are only data?"

"Oh... the most delicate instrument may go wrong, I still trust my brain, captain." Yang Hao said.

"If it's me, I also want to have a sample study. It doesn't have to be a whole body, and tissues and organs are also fine-it's better." Insect Bait also echoed, "Captain, what conditions do they have?"

"I think it is to use our base to produce some weapons and equipment."

"I think it's feasible." Long Mai said with a smile, "If we use our production line here, then they will leave a pattern of weapons anyway. It would be even better if it is a weapon that we don't know."

Although this group of people belonged to a group that obeyed orders, they still retained a lot of banditry...

Of course, these things don't need to be considered now, Lu Ning accepted the other party's conditions, and began to discuss in detail. The captain of BW-003 is not a person who cares about details, but he has a very clear bottom line. As long as the needs are met when negotiating a deal with this kind of person, the rest will not be too troublesome.

After the general supplies, it's finally the weapon part.

"For weapons, should we supply conventional weapons, or set up our own?" Lu Ning broke the line in the log.

"Self-setting. I think you should have discovered that many of our weapons and equipment are not very effective on this planet. It seems that the growth of phantom star creatures is also aimed at the means used by the advance team to deal with them."

"Yes. May I know what are the specific aspects? Obviously, you have more combat experience."

"First of all, in terms of reconnaissance, we need to strengthen electromagnetic shielding and particle detection. Creatures above C level are very good at conducting electromagnetic attacks on our electronic equipment, or blinding our various detections through strong shielding effects. The second is combat. Weapons, ordinary ammunition and energy shocks are no longer effective. We cannot attack dangerous phantom beasts with the idea of ​​not killing them, so we must replace them with special combat ammunition. At the same time, large blunt and slashing weapons Should be put into use, their unique defenses are not effective against the most primitive attacks. In addition, it would be better if some targeted poisons and anesthetics could be deployed."

"Yes, then I can allocate ten units of resources for you to make special weapons."

"Huh? We don't need that much..."

"We will leave the production drawing, which is unavoidable, and will inevitably be used in the future. So I will pay the value of this part in advance, and if it is not enough, we can talk about it."

"It's enough, that's the amount of resources the landing craft can carry."

The two captains stood up, walked to the middle of the room, saluted each other, then made their helmets transparent, and shook hands to signify that the transaction was completed.But at this point in time, Lu Ning happened to meet the other party's eyes——

She smiled and ended the handshake without a trace.

"Next, my deputy team will take you to the production line. This is my communication number. If you have any questions, you can discuss with me."

After she finished speaking, she restored the helmet again, and Qiu Shu stepped forward to take over the task of guiding, and left with the other party's team.Lu Ning sat in the conference room and told everyone else to leave. She flipped through the information sent by the other party, and counted silently in her heart. About a minute later, the communication rang.

"A coincidence."

"I think there is some inevitability in it, have you turned off the recording?"

"I don't usually open it. No matter how I look at this operation, I feel a little inexplicable inside."

"Hmm... You were a soldier once, so you should know better than me. Speaking of which, I'm glad to see you, yes, but your sister will also come to this scene, right?"

There was silence for a while.

"what happened?"

"She didn't come."

"That's good, I really don't want to see her."

"But she joined the puppet party."

"what?"

"I tried to persuade her, but there was no way. I couldn't make up for the condition the other party gave her. You know, in terms of seducing people like my sister, the puppet party can always grasp the key point."

"Important enough to even abandon my sister?" Lu Ning even felt a little angry.

"I'm also doubting how much weight I still have in her heart. Maybe...I think I think so highly of myself?" The tone in the voice is full of self-deprecation and remorse, "Actually, I can't do anything except being good at fighting .”

"You're still my friend, poor man."

(End of this chapter)