Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 1010 Intercepting the Swarm
"I'm going to intercept those bugs." Asano Akira, who was sitting on the ammunition boxes piled up beside him, stood up, clutching the scabbard of his war knife tightly.

He once "lost" this sword in the gray mist forest. It was a top-level illusion combined with real scenes. The surrounding environment of Asano Akira was real, except for the "swordsman" who was fighting him. It doesn't exist... It comes from his distorted cognition, including the loss of contact with the sword.

Asano Akira's biggest reliance is his sword, and losing the sword is what he fears the most.Although the illusion has no consciousness, it will induce the most feared things in people's hearts - the gray mist forest, the Babel Tower, and the underwater hive are all integrated, and some of the residual divine power that escaped from the hive can be used a little bit, It can make the mist in the gray mist forest have a function similar to the "dome" on the third floor of the hive capital.

The only difference between the two is that the illusion of the foggy forest can be controlled by the Tongtian Tower, while the illusion imposed by the dome on the third floor of the hive capital can only be escaped by the recruiter's own will... This is the reason , Others who entered the foggy forest were able to return to normal, but 33 was still sinking into the nightmare.

In fact, Asano Akira did not encounter any enemies in the foggy forest, and the Zhan Dao never broke contact with him. To use an old stalk on the Internet, he was actually fighting wits and courage against the air in the dense fog. a few days...

Although the enemy is illusory, the damage to the sword is real. When Akira Asano was released from the illusion by Ke Lan, the sword made of Nino alloy was already broken - of course, the corresponding The one in the foggy forest was a completely flattened open space with an area of ​​more than two hectares.

Later, Layton asked Asano Akira if he wanted to help him build a new sword. After all, with Asano Akira's current ability, he could implant the tentacles of consciousness into any weapon, and he didn't have to stick to the original sword.

If we use the power system in comprehension novels as a metaphor, it is like a person who has just learned the imperial weapon can only manipulate the talisman that is bound to him, but at a higher level, as long as he hooks his fingers, let alone The magic weapon in his body, even a leaf or a grain of gravel on the ground, can be mobilized.

However, Asano Akira rejected Layton's proposal, and only asked Layton to repair the broken sword.

Although it is understandable that Akira Asano has special feelings for this knife, everyone in the Hunting God Hunting Group also agreed that with Akira Asano's current strength, it would be too wasteful to use only such a knife. Created six Wakizashi and Kaitong-style sub-blades. When Asano Akira uses the mother blade to fight, he can use part of his mind to use the six sub-blades to attack the enemy from different angles.

The number of six-handled sub-blades was decided by Akira Asano himself. This kind of attack method is not good enough, and the increase in the number will inevitably lead to a decrease in maneuverability, and may even cause distraction, which is counterproductive.

From a certain point of view, Akira Asano's ability is actually somewhat close to that of 33, but 33 can only control a single Nino alloy, and Akira Asano's control ability is essentially "substantial" after increasing the power of mind countless times , not only nino alloy, as long as it is wrapped by his mind, any physical thing can become his control object.

Layton even felt that it would be too wasteful to build six blades. It would be better to get six guns and an "American-style Iai"...or simply build six floating cannons in the world view of Gundam—anyway, in the original background In the settings, weapons such as "floating cannons" are also manipulated with mental power, which is not far behind mind power.

It's just that Akira Asano also rejected this proposal. Layton's comment on this is: "Akira Asano is stubborn, and he insists on turning it into a melee weapon... How cool is that floating gun? Imagine, you are Fighting with the enemy, after a few moves, the two sides backed up to take a breath. At this time, you snapped your fingers, and six floating cannons floated behind you, directly blasting the opponent to the ground, and then said, "My lord, I'm eating shit." ... I'll just give [-] points to this pretense!"

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"Only you, can you stop it?" The hound frowned, "Why not, except for Layton, you stay here to control the launcher, and all of us go to the deck to block..."

Having said that, the hound turned to look at Chi Hanfeng, and asked, "Old Chi, are your hands still shaking? Can you still activate the armor?"

Chi Hanfeng closed his eyes forcefully, and when he opened them again, his eyes seemed to be changed: "... yes."

"Okay, everyone on Yagunaktor, whether it's the command system or the logistics system, everyone, grab your weapons and come to the deck with us... as long as there are bugs going through Yagunaktor Even if there is only one energy shield, it must not be let go!"

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Counting the "living CPU weapons" implanted with the consciousness of the elite soldiers during their lifetime and the wounded who were still recuperating in the ship, the number of troops gathered on Yagunaktor is less than a thousand, but that is Such a troop composed of old, weak, sick and disabled resolutely walked out of the safe interior of the ship and came to the open outer deck of Yagunaktor.

"There are still too few people..." Chi Hanfeng frowned, "The area that needs to be defended is too large, and the manpower is spread out, and the distance between everyone is tens of meters, so we can't take care of it. "

"I know we can't take care of it, we don't need to defend the entire deck, we just need to protect the launcher." The hound said loudly, "Everyone, follow me to the starboard side, shrink the defense line... we can only hold on until the pulse bursts." Launch the projectile, and it counts as a victory!"

The swarms of insects swooping down from the canopy have already surrounded Yagunaktor, and their number is still rising, pouring out from the canopy endlessly, endlessly... Some swarms of insects have already gathered together, Form a ball like Yaguna Kotor's energy shield to launch an impact, but the number of individuals of these "worm clusters" is not large enough, and the diameter of the ball is not large enough, and they are burned in the process of passing through the energy shield Exhausted, only a few ashes fell to the deck of Yagunaktor.

But the hounds and the others still dare not take it lightly. As the size of the swarm gradually increased, the "worm clusters" they gathered became larger and larger. In less than ten seconds, there were already several "worm clusters" After breaking through the energy shield, some individuals survived. These surviving bugs locked onto the launch port of the pulse bomb almost instantly, and rushed directly in this direction.

What greeted them was the fierce firepower of the close-in defense guns-although many of Yagunaktor's own weapons were still unusable, this did not affect the people on the ark to add additional weapons to the outside of the hull.The armed forces and external facilities that were previously expanded have all been destroyed after the trip to the bottom of the sea. Now the equipment on Yagunaktor is basically repaired in a short period of time.

Fortunately, the wreckage of the Zero Fleet was not cleaned up by the undead crew. Several "scavenging teams" took advantage of the cover of night to bring back a lot of intact equipment from the crash site of the Zero Fleet. These equipment were divided into three batches. A batch was sent to Griffin Fortress for the production of subsequent warships, a batch was provided to the cruiser Skadi, and the last batch was installed on Yagunaktor.

24 double-mounted close-in anti-aircraft guns fired at the same time, and the dense barrage instantly covered the swarm of insects that broke through the energy shield, killing all the first batch of insects that rushed in.

However, there is a limit to the close-in defense gun. With such a high-frequency firepower output, even if a large amount of Nino alloy is added to the barrel material, it will misfire after five to eight minutes of continuous firing. This is still the premise of not considering the ammunition reserve. Under the most extreme data.

The firepower of the close-in defense guns on the ships of the old era generally only lasts for one to two minutes, and the barrel will overheat... In actual combat, the close-in defense guns can fire for ten seconds at most, and all the spare parts will be used up. bomb.

These 24 near-defense guns were modified by Layton. The barrels and launching components are all made of expensive materials with 80% Nino alloy content. The bomb feeding mechanism has also been boldly modified, using 15 rounds of super long ammunition. Chain feed... the box used to hold the chain is half the size of a standard shipping container.

"Not enough! The firepower is still not enough!" The hound frowned, "there are too many bugs, and they break through from all directions... The firepower just close to the anti-aircraft gun is not enough!"

The hundreds of people on the hound belt were also blocking the swarm. Some of them used the manual anti-aircraft cannon built on the deck to shoot at the swarm, while others directly used the weapons in their hands to shoot at the swarm. ...But compared to the close-in artillery that can pour out a dense barrage in an instant, this firepower is really not enough.

Even close-in artillery can't stop the fearless insect swarm, and they can't stop them even more.

A bug has already rushed to a place less than 100 meters away from the launch port. After the bug cut open the bodies of three people and smashed a 25mm wheeled anti-aircraft machine gun, it was used by Akira Asano with three handles. The blade was nailed to the deck—until this time, the hounds were able to see the true appearance of this bug.

These worms are about two meters long, with a wingspan of about three to four meters. The whole body is the same pale color as a giant tree, with a slender torso and a bloated abdomen. There are three pairs of thin, almost transparent wings on the back. On the other hand, it has a pair of praying mantis-like jointed limbs, with sharp sawtooth at the end of the jointed limbs, which can easily cut through the light armor worn by soldiers while flying at high speed.

Ivan dissected the worm corpse right away—he just cut open the worm's abdomen and torso with a military dagger in his hand, then raised his head solemnly, and said to the hound, "This The worm doesn't have any organs in the body that an animal should have...I just found a gland that secretes a corrosive fluid, which is also stored in its bloated abdomen...I didn't even know it could flap its wings What is the principle of it, this is as outrageous as a toy model without any energy device that can move by itself!"

Ivan waved the dagger that had been disintegrated into disfigurement, and said: "Because of the simple structure, the 'production' of this kind of bug should be very fast... Apart from the arthropods, their attack method is probably to rush to the target and explode themselves. , splashing out the corrosive liquid. The whole body of Yagunaktor is made of pure Nino alloy, which has strong corrosion resistance. Otherwise, the deck we are standing on now would have been riddled with scars. hole."

"Then what if these bugs are allowed to rush to the launch port?"

"One or two may not be a big problem, but if there are too many, the precision components of the launch port will be corroded, and the charge of the pulse bomb will be interrupted." Ivan said, "Or, in the worst case, , Exploded directly in the barrel."

"Layton! How long will it take for the pulse bomb to launch? We can't hold it any longer!" After hearing this, the hound grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted.

"1 minute! No, there are 55 seconds left! It will be launched in 55 seconds!" Layton's voice came from the receiver.

"Can you speed it up a bit! Can you launch it with less than [-]% progress? It doesn't matter if it's less powerful! It's better than not being able to shoot!"

More than half of the 24 close-in defense guns have misfired - not because of the overheating of the barrels or exhaustion of ammunition, but because a large number of insect-shaped monsters launched suicide attacks on the close-in defense guns. The corrosive liquid in the worm's body splashed onto the barrels of the near-defense guns. These barrels were already very fragile due to high-intensity shooting. The corrosive liquid suddenly became the last straw that broke the camel's back... No, it should be the last stone that broke the camel's back.

The near-defense guns exploded one after another, and those who were closer to the fort were immediately affected. A soldier who was busy dealing with the corrosive liquid poured on himself was smashed into meat sauce by hundreds of metal fragments. A soldier who was hiding behind a temporary bunker and shooting was swept away by a broken gun barrel, and even the man and the bunker were blown out.

The blocking troops on the outer deck had suffered about 1% casualties in just one minute.

Although Asano Akira and those "undead machines" implanted in the consciousness of elite soldiers are very efficient at slaughtering bugs, but their number is too small, and the defense lines in all directions have been broken by the bugs. Busy around "firefighting", exhausted.

"Layton, don't you speed up—" The hound's growl was suddenly interrupted by a piercing bang, and an electric noise like an explosion came from the receiver of the intercom. In the next second, an extremely bright The blue light ball shot out from the hidden launch port under the deck, passed through the gap reserved on the energy shield, drew an arc with afterimages in midair, and fell towards the ark below——

(End of this chapter)