Silicon Invasion

Something seemed to have happened at the mine, causing the planned evening return to be impossible.

The nights in Maikan are very dangerous. The silicon-based beasts' desire to attack becomes stronger at night than during the day. Plus, if their eyesight isn't good, they might not see so many mechs and charge into the team.

In comparison, staying overnight at the mine base and returning at dawn is much safer.

The news spread, and the team remained calm. This kind of situation happens from time to time and isn't a big deal.

Luo Rui didn't expect to spend the night here on his first mission in Maikan. Fortunately, he brought a lot of food, so it didn't matter. He even started to look forward to the night scenery of Maikan, wondering what the alien night sky would look like. He even hoped that some short-sighted silicon-based beasts would attack the defense line so he could fire a few shots for fun.

After all, he had fired so many shots, but all were done on the virtual machine. Later, he only fired a few live rounds during base training.

But how could these few shots be enough?

As dusk approached, unlike the nights on Blue Star, the nights in Maikan were very beautiful. The plants and even the ground were made of translucent silicon-based crystals with varying degrees of transparency. They weren't noticeable when there was plenty of light during the day.

But when the light dimmed, their refraction was highlighted, and the whole world became sparkling and dreamlike, as beautiful as a fairy tale kingdom.

Eating military rations and looking at the scenery that was completely different from the daytime was naturally another kind of experience.

Inside the base, several huge light towers began to emit light, illuminating a large area. These light towers were tall and conspicuous, and the damage they had previously suffered was severe. Fortunately, Warrior 7 repaired them during the day.

Suddenly, shadowy figures appeared on the road outside, but Luo Rui wasn't nervous. It was the road repair team that had split off from the main force.

They left the main force halfway to repair the road from the mine base to Lake Can Base. They were originally waiting for the main force to return together, but after the situation changed, they also arrived at the mine base to spend the night.

These small road repair teams were all tough guys, and their combat power was higher than that of the main force pilots in the base.

Because they worked more than ten kilometers away from the main force, if they encountered danger, support would take a while to arrive, which was very dangerous.

However, dangerous work always had to be done by someone. Every time a mission was carried out, a little of this road was repaired. One day, the two bases could be connected. At that time, some special vehicles could participate in the mission, greatly increasing transportation efficiency.

The instructor and Tong Yue still had no news. They should still be carrying bricks underground and simply staying there. After all, it wasn't easy for a big guy like Warrior 7 to enter and exit the mine.

Niu Wei was not far in front of Luo Rui's left, but the electromagnetic interference in Maikan's night seemed to be much stronger. Without the support of auxiliary mechs, relying solely on the signal transmitters of Warrior Three and Archer Three, the two sides could no longer communicate.

All around were cold metal giants, but there was no one to talk to. Even though Luo Rui was a bit socially awkward, he felt quite uncomfortable.

Warrior 7s successively shut down and began to rest. Although the mech pilot course included training for long-term combat in extreme environments, it wasn't necessary at this time.

Since they were already staying for one night, there was still a whole day tomorrow to work slowly. There was no need to keep everyone's nerves so tight.

Warrior 7 had been working for a day, and it was understandable to rest now, but the defensive mechs couldn't rest, or rather, couldn't all rest, after all, there were people on duty.

Luo Rui was fortunate enough to become a night watchman, one of the few trainees on night duty.

This wasn't because the officer valued him, but because the mech's fully enclosed mode couldn't move, and its posture was slightly different. It wasn't too obvious usually. But now, with so many Archer Threes standing next to him, the difference in Luo Rui's mech was somewhat obvious.

So everyone knew that this guy was slacking off during the day, so naturally, he had to work more at night.

Luo Rui had no way to argue. Fortunately, for him, who had 1.5 times the stamina, staying up for one or two nights wasn't a big deal.

Six hours later, the Warrior 7 pilots finished their rest and started working again, but it was still not dawn. After all, the night here also lasted for more than ten hours.

Although Luo Rui was expecting something to happen at night, the roars of silicon-based beasts occasionally came from the distant forest, some familiar howls of the Oulou, and some from other silicon-based beasts.

But until the shift change, nothing happened except for a few flying silicon-based beasts passing by in the sky.

Staying up all night wasn't a burden for Luo Rui. Maybe there was no need to ruin himself if he could sleep for a while. Luo Rui turned on the fully enclosed mode, took off his helmet, and slowly closed his eyes.

When Luo Rui woke up, it was already dawn. It seemed that nothing unexpected had happened in the second half of the night, which was a bit of a pity.

Like a copy of the previous day, eating and drinking, it was afternoon in Maikan again. At this time, the long-lost instructor and Tong Yue finally reappeared.

"Hehe, are you a little disappointed?" The team began to regroup, and the members who had been dispersed returned to their respective teams. Luo Rui's team channel sounded again.

"Don't deny it, I've been through this stage too." The instructor's voice was slightly滄桑, and no one would have thought that he was only a few years older than Luo Rui and the others just by listening to his voice.

"In the beginning, I also looked forward to something happening, just kept looking forward to it, every mission I looked forward to it, until it really happened, and when the teammates who were still laughing just now died in front of me, I realized that nothing happening is the best thing."

Perhaps thinking of something, Instructor Zeng's voice became more and more low. His simple summary hid a sad story.

"Haha, you are still young, everything is possible... alas..." Instructor Zeng forced a smile, seemingly wanting to save the heavy atmosphere and incidentally preach to everyone.

But suddenly he thought that everyone was a student of Beishan Academy, his excellent junior brothers, who would definitely be the main force in exploring Maikan in the future. If he discouraged them here and made them timid and only pursue the current safe tasks.

Then who would explore Maikan?

Instructor Zeng was caught in a dilemma for a while, not knowing from what perspective he should express his views, whether as an officer, or a senior, or just someone who has been through it?

"Haha, in short, everyone must not take this mission as an impression of Maikan. Maikan is extremely dangerous, very, very dangerous, everyone must be careful."

In the end, Instructor Zeng didn't figure it out, and could only constantly remind everyone of the danger of Maikan.