Alien Relic Hunter

"I'm going to intercept those bugs." Akira Asano, who was sitting on the ammunition boxes stacked nearby, stood up and tightened his grip on the scabbard of his sword.

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

Asano Akira's greatest reliance is his sword, and losing the sword is his greatest fear. Although the illusion has no consciousness, it can induce the most fearful things in people's hearts - the gray mist forest, the Tower of Babel, and the underwater hive are integrated. Some of the residual divine power that escapes from the hive is slightly used. This allows the fog in the Gray Mist Forest to have a similar function to the "dome" on the third floor of the hive city.

The only difference between the two is that the illusion of the Gray Mist Forest can be controlled by the Tower of Babel, while the illusion imposed by the dome on the third floor of the hive can only be escaped by the will of the person who is affected... It is for this reason , everyone else who entered the gray mist forest was able to return to normal, but Thirty-three was still trapped in the nightmare.

In fact, Asano Akira didn't encounter any enemies in the gray fog forest, and Zhan Dao never lost contact with him. To use an old joke on the Internet, he actually battled wits and courage with the air in the thick fog. a few days...

Although the enemy was illusory, the damage to the sword was real. When Akira Asano was released from the illusion by Ke Lan, the sword made of Nino alloy was already in dilapidated condition - of course, correspondingly It was an open space of more than two hectares in the gray mist forest that had been completely leveled.

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 cultivation novels as a metaphor, it is like a person who has just learned how to control a weapon. He can only control the magic weapon that is bound to him. But at a higher level, as long as he hooks his fingers, let alone He has a magic weapon in his body, and even a leaf or a grain of gravel on the ground can be mobilized.

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

Although it is understandable that Asano Akira has special feelings for this sword, everyone in the Hunting God Hunting Group also feels that with Asano Akira's current strength, it is too wasteful to use only such a sword, so he uses the war sword as the mother blade, and Six sub-blades in the style of Wakizashi and Kaitong were created. When Asano Akira uses the mother blade to fight, he can use part of his mind power to use these six sub-blades to launch sneak attacks on the enemy from different angles.

The number of six-handled blades was decided by Akira Asano himself. This kind of attack method depends on the skill. Increasing the number will inevitably lead to a decrease in controllability, and may even cause distraction, which is counterproductive.

From a certain point of view, Asano Akira's ability is actually somewhat close to Sansan's, but Sansan can only control a single Nino alloy, while Asano Akira's control ability is essentially to enhance the power of his mind countless times. "Substantialization" means that not only Nino Alloy, but also any physical object can become his control object as long as it is wrapped by his mind power.

Layton even felt that it was too wasteful to build six-handled blades. It would be better to get six guns and create an "American Iai"...or simply go all in one step and build six floating cannons in the Gundam world view - anyway, in the original background In the setting, weapons such as "floating cannon" are also controlled by mental power, which is quite different from the power of thought.

However, Asano Akira also rejected this proposal. Regarding this, Layton commented: "Asano Akira is determined to make it a melee weapon... That floating cannon is so cool. Imagine that you are Fight with the enemy, exchange a few moves, and both sides retreat to take a breath. At this time, you snap your fingers, and six floating cannons float up behind you, directly blasting the opponent to pieces, and then say, "Sir, you are eating shit." ...I’ll just give this guy 100 percent for pretending!”

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"You alone can block it?" Hound frowned, "Just like this, except Leighton who stays here to control the launcher, all of us go to the deck to block it..."

Having said this, Hound turned to look at Chi Hanfeng and asked, "Lao Chi, are your hands still shaking? Can you still operate the mecha?"

Chi Hanfeng closed his eyes hard. When he opened his eyes again, his eyes looked like a different person: "...Yes."

"Okay, everyone on Yagunaktor, whether in the command system or the logistics system, everyone, get your weapons and follow us to the deck... As long as there are bugs passing through Yagunaktor Even if there is only one energy shield, we must not let it pass!"

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Counting the "living CPU weapons" implanted with the elite soldiers' consciousness during their lifetime and the wounded who were still in the ship to recuperate, the number of troops on Yagunaktor was less than a thousand, but that was Such a force composed of the old, weak, sick and disabled resolutely walked out of the safety 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. With this small number of people spread out, the distance between everyone is tens of meters, which cannot be taken care of. "

"I know I can't take care of it. We don't have to defend the entire deck. We just need to protect the transmitter." The hound said loudly, "Everyone, follow me to the starboard side and shrink the defense line... We can only hold on until the pulse explodes. If the projectile is launched, it will be considered a victory!"

The insect swarms that swooped down from the tree crown have surrounded Yagunaktor. Their number is still rising, and they are pouring out from the tree crown endlessly... Some of the insect swarms have already gathered together. It forms a ball and attacks the energy shield of Yagunaktor. However, the number of individuals of these "worm swarms" is not large enough and the diameter of the sphere is not large enough. They are burned in the process of passing through the energy shield. All was gone, leaving only a few ashes falling to the deck of Yagunaktor.

But the hounds still dare not take it lightly. As the size of the insect swarm gradually grows, the "insect clumps" they gather also become larger and larger. In less than ten seconds, there are already several "insect clumps" Some individuals survived after breaking through the energy shield. These surviving bugs locked onto the launch port of the pulse bomb almost instantly and rushed directly in this direction.

What greeted them was fierce firepower from close-in defense artillery. Although many of Yagunaktor's own weapons were still inoperable, this did not prevent the people on the Ark from adding additional weapons to the outside of the ship. The previously expanded weapons and external facilities have all been destroyed after the trip to the bottom of the sea. Now the equipment on Yagunaktor has basically been repaired in recent times.

Fortunately, the wreckage of Fleet Zero was not cleaned up by the undead crew. Several "scavenger teams" took advantage of the cover of night to transport back a lot of intact equipment from the crash site of Fleet Zero. The equipment was divided into three batches, one. One batch was sent to Griffin Fortress for the production of subsequent battleships, one batch was provided to the cruiser Skati, and the last batch was installed on Yagunaktor.

Twenty-four twin-mounted close-in defense cannons opened fire at the same time, and the dense barrage instantly covered the insect swarm that broke through the energy shield, killing all the first batch of insects that rushed in.

However, there are limits to close-in defense guns. 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 without considering the ammunition reserve. The most extreme data.

The firepower of the close-in defense cannons on ships in the old era generally only lasted for one to two minutes before the barrels would overheat... But in actual combat, the close-in defense cannons could continue to fire for ten seconds at most, and all the equipment would be exhausted. bomb.

These twenty-four close-in defense guns were modified by Leighton. The barrels and launch components were all made of expensive materials with 80% Nino alloy content. The ammunition supply mechanism was also boldly modified, using 150,000 rounds of ammunition. The extra-long ammunition chain supplies ammunition... The box used to hold the ammunition chain is half the size of a standard container.

"Not enough! The firepower is still not enough!" The hound frowned. "There are too many bugs. They break in from all directions... The firepower just close to the anti-cannon is not enough!"

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

Even close-in defense artillery can't stop the fearless insect swarm, let alone them.

An insect had already rushed to a place less than a hundred meters away from the launch port. This insect was used by Asano Akira after cutting open the bodies of three people and smashing a 25mm caliber wheeled anti-aircraft machine gun. Three blades were nailed to the deck - it was only then that the hounds and the others were able to see the true appearance of this insect.

These bugs are about two meters long, with a wingspan of about three to four meters. Their bodies are as pale as giant trees, with slender trunks and bloated abdomens. There are three pairs of thin, almost transparent wings on their backs. It has a pair of mantis-like jointed limbs with sharp saw teeth at the ends. It can easily cut through the light armor worn by soldiers while flying at high speed.

Ivan immediately dissected the insect corpse - he just used the military dagger in his hand to cut open the insect's abdomen and trunk, then raised his head solemnly and said to the hound: "This There are no organs in the insect's body that animals should have... I only found a gland used to secrete corrosive liquid, and its bloated abdomen is also filled with this liquid... I didn't even know it could flap its wings. What is the principle? This is as outrageous as a toy model without any energy device that can move on its own!"

Ivan waved the dagger in his hand that had been dissolved into disarray, and said: "Because of its simple structure, the 'production' of this kind of bug should be very fast... In addition to their jointed limbs, their attack method is probably to rush to the target and explode themselves , splashing out the corrosive liquid. The entire body of Yaguna Kotor is made of pure Nino alloy, which has strong corrosion resistance. Otherwise, the deck we are standing on now would have been riddled with damage. Hole."

"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, the worst case scenario is , exploded directly in the barrel."

"Leyton! How long will it take for the pulse bombs to be launched? We can't hold on any longer!" After hearing this, the hound grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted.

"One minute! No, there are still fifty-five seconds! It will be launched in fifty-five seconds!" Leighton's voice came from the receiver.

"Can you speed it up! Can you launch it if it's less than 100% progress? It doesn't matter if it's less powerful! It's better than not being able to launch it!"

More than half of the twenty-four close-in defense cannons have misfired - not because the barrels are overheated or the ammunition is exhausted, but because a large number of insect-shaped monsters have launched suicidal attacks on the close-in defense cannons. The corrosive liquid in the exploding bugs splashed onto the barrels of the close-in 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 breaks the camel's back.

The close-in 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 beaten into a pulp by hundreds of metal fragments. In addition, A soldier who was hiding behind a temporary bunker and shooting was struck by a broken gun barrel, and both the man and the bunker were thrown away.

The blocking force that went up to the outer deck suffered about 20% casualties in just one minute.

Although Akira Asano and those "undead machines" implanted in the consciousness of elite soldiers are very efficient in killing insects, their number is too small. The defense lines in all directions have been broken through by the insect swarms. They can only Busy going around "putting out fires" and exhausted.

"Leyton, if you don't speed up -" the hound's roar was suddenly interrupted by a harsh explosion. An explosion-like current noise came from the receiver of the walkie-talkie. The next second, an extremely bright bullet The blue ball of light ejected from the launch port hidden under the deck, passed through the gap reserved in the energy shield, drew an arc with afterimages in mid-air, and fell towards the ark below——