Chapter 374 Legion and Heart of Steel!

The thick barrel sprayed out flames, and in a flash, the two soldiers were torn apart in an instant.

The explosion of gunpowder almost shattered Hei Lik's eardrums, and he fled behind the bunker in a panic. Just as he was about to raise his gun to fight back, he saw a brother hit the whistling claws.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere!

The big white bear seemed to be frightened by its own fierce impact, not to mention the soldiers wearing black cloaks.

"Disperse!"

Seeing that two brothers were killed by the machine gun fire in an instant, Hei Lik raised the muzzle of the gun angrily and fired a burst of bullets at the front of the car.

The bullet hit the welded steel plate at the front of the machine gun, making a clanging sound, but it had no effect at all, leaving only a series of sparks and pits.

"Giao!"

Tail reflexively shrank his head, deftly dodging the bullets, holding the machine gun with both hands without panic.

Zhimahu, who was sitting in the driver's seat, was startled by the bullets that were fired at him.

"Ah!!"

She subconsciously buried her head under the steering wheel, and her feet were welded to the accelerator.

Looking at the oncoming truck and the steel plate that could not be penetrated at all, Herik, who was holding the submachine gun, had a trace of despair in his eyes.

Especially when he saw the thick barrel on the roof of the car pointed at him.

For a moment, his heartbeat was even frozen.

However——

It was not the oncoming bullets that made him lose consciousness in the end.

It was the front of the car that hit his chest straight.

In the last moment of losing consciousness, he vaguely heard someone shouting something.

Although I didn't understand it at all...

"Awei! Leave one alive!"

"Oh! Got it!"

...

Cold water splashed on his face.

Herrick woke up from his coma and saw a black muzzle of a gun.

"We always convince people with reason, so you'd better not act rashly."

Sisi returned this sentence to the guy lying on the ground, but saw that he was looking at her with eyes like a monster.

emmm...

She touched her chin with her left hand.

Is it so scary?

She was quite satisfied with her game character.

"I was scared to death... We suddenly received a mission saying that you were in trouble, so we rushed over immediately. Just now, we saw that you were shot many times, and Wei and I thought you were dead." Zhimahu, who got off the truck, walked over with a worried look on his face.

"Thanks to the bulletproof vest, but a few ribs were broken."

Sisi said nonchalantly.

Although she felt that her condition was probably more than just a few broken ribs.

However, such serious internal and external injuries have recovered by 30% or 40%.

It was precisely because of this situation that she chose the physical system. Now it seems that it is an extremely correct choice.

The excessive pain will be blocked. This is probably one of the most convenient functions of this game, which is equivalent to having a built-in sedative and painkiller.

Otherwise, no matter how high the physical points are, there is nothing you can do if you can't bear the pain.

"It's worthy of being Si! The line just now is super cool!" Wei's eyes sparkled.

Rourou looked at her worriedly.

"Are you really okay? You were shot so many times..."

"It's okay."

Sisi showed a soft smile on her face.

"...Thanks to you guys for coming in time, if I was alone I might have been captured."

"Especially Rourou, you're so brave!"

"What are you talking about... How could I hide behind when I see my friends in trouble?"

Raising the heavy bear claws, shy Rourou scratched the back of his head embarrassedly.

As a result, his head was covered in blood.

The sentimental atmosphere became a little subtle and bloody.

However, at this moment, an inappropriate voice suddenly turned the topic in a strange direction.

"Giao! Prisoner, prisoner?! Will the plot in the book happen?!"

Zhimahu looked confused: "Book?"

Looking at someone with shining eyes, Sisi sighed helplessly.

"Awei, don't watch that kind of thing."

"!!! Did you install surveillance in my house?"

"Hey, you woman... are not simple."

The gunshots and commotion attracted people nearby, and the first to arrive were Kariman and his guards.

Although his chief guard strongly opposed intervening in the dispute between the wastelanders, he still came with his men, thinking that he had promised to protect the safety of these people a few minutes ago.

However, when he arrived here, he found that the battle was over.

The wastelanders wearing black cloaks were lying all over the ground, and their deaths were extremely miserable.

The 10mm caliber machine gun hit a person, but it was not as simple as a bullet hole. The flesh and limbs torn by the huge kinetic energy were scattered around the wreckage of the tent, making him feel sick and his face pale when he left the desert for the first time.

"What happened here..."

The chief guard with a beard on his face stepped forward and squatted on the ground.

He stretched out his index finger and touched the face of one of the corpses, and his expression suddenly became solemn.

"The people of the Legion..."

There are people of all skin colors and hair colors in the wasteland, but only the people of the Legion have a bulge in the middle of the nose bridge.

One theory is that they used the DNA of ancient people, and another theory is that they made some modifications to their genes in order to make their noble bloodline stand out.

Legion...

Kaliman chewed these two words repeatedly in his mouth, and hatred and anger appeared in his eyes.

At this time, the merchants, guards and mercenaries who had been hiding far away saw the gunfire stop and rushed back. ?

Seeing the miserable scene on the ground, a merchant's face suddenly showed a painful expression.

"Damn, what did you do! My tent, my bag, my luggage... were all destroyed by you."

Looking at the truck parked next to the tent, several mercenaries carrying rifles surrounded him.

"It's just a few tents..." Sis threw a few dinars on the ground, "Is it enough?"

This money was obviously not enough. The merchant wanted to say something, but was gently pulled by the guard next to him.

"Those three girls are awakened... If we really fight, we will probably suffer heavy losses."

The merchant's face flushed, and he was angry, but he finally swallowed it, picked up the gold coins on the ground, and walked away silently.

The nearby residents looked at this place from afar, watching the excitement.

To the north of Katin Post Station is the residence of merchants and travelers. As long as the bullets don't fly into their homes, no one will care about the death of a few wastelanders.

However, it has been many years since the fight was so fierce as today.

Just as everyone was talking about it, an old man in his fifties walked out of the crowd.

His skin was dark, his face was full of wrinkles, and he looked weathered, but his body was still strong.

The dozen strong men following him were all dressed in the same way, with a revolver on their backs.

After looking at the corpses and the man lying on the ground, and then at the three people and the bear next to the truck, the old man frowned slowly and said.

"My name is Mudeka, and I'm the village chief here."

"Sisi, and over there are Awei, Zhimahu and Rourou."

Sisi also introduced herself to her companions, although she felt that the old man in front of her didn't care what their names were.

And the fact is indeed so. The old man didn't ask where they came from, and said directly.

"This is a safe zone. You broke the rules here and need to compensate the residents and cattle and sheep in the village who were scared."

Sisi said expressionlessly.

"Oh? Since it's a safe zone, why didn't you stand up before they took action?"

"I came here after hearing the gunshots. No matter what, you drove around the camp, crushed tents and luggage, and fired machine guns... These are too much."

The half-understood Weiwei protested dissatisfiedly.

"Hey, I didn't hurt innocent people--"

Sisi interrupted Weiwei's explanation, stared at the old man, and said word by word.

"This is a matter between the Alliance and the Legion. Are you sure you want to intervene?"

She could see that the old man wanted to extort something from them.

If she hadn't thrown those dinars just now, there might not be this trouble.

Sure enough, when he heard the word alliance, the old man's attitude changed immediately.

There was an obvious fear and suspicion in his fierce and cunning eyes.

Of course he had heard of the Alliance, and he had also heard of the rumors in the east.

The suddenly rising Alliance blocked the Bone Chewing Tribe's southward march and ended the chaos in the Valley Province that lasted for a year.

Before that, the towering giant wall was the only beacon within hundreds of miles.

"...Are you from the Alliance?"

Sis looked at him and said.

"Yes."

The old man's face was a little stiff, including the few strong men beside him.

He did think of extorting money from these girls. After all, there were a lot of good things on the truck, and the compensation he asked for was reasonable.

But now, the situation is different...

Listening to the conversation of those people, the survivors who were watching exchanged surprised glances with each other.

And the whispering sound also spread around with that gaze.

"Alliance? They are actually from the Alliance."

"I heard that the warriors of the Alliance are brave enough to fight ten people with one, and they only needed more than a thousand people to flatten the Bone Chewing Tribe."

"No wonder..."

The strength of the Alliance is definitely not as good as the Legion, but it is their neighbor after all.

And the Legion is separated from here by half a continent, located on the far west coast.

"This matter may be very tricky...From the Alliance to us, it will take at least a week, and if it is fast, it may take two or three days." A middle-aged man lowered his head and whispered beside the old man.

With a calm "hmm", Mudka stared at the young girl in front of him.

After a long while, he slowly spoke.

"...We have no intention of intervening in your dispute, but we also hope that you will not disturb our lives."

As he said this, he waved his dry right hand and turned away with the tribesmen beside him.

As for the compensation, he never mentioned it again.

Lying on the ground, Herick's eyes moved back and forth between the three people and the bear.

He had never heard of any alliance, and he had no interest in understanding it. At this moment, his mind was turning rapidly, thinking about how to escape from the current situation.

However, when his eyes stopped at the black muzzle of the gun, he finally relaxed his tense shoulders and gave up the option of actively running away.

The strength shown by the other party was beyond his cognition.

Whether it was the woman who was shot several times and acted like nothing happened, or the mysterious weapon that instantly killed his five brothers.

Until now, he didn't even know what that thing was.

Maybe...

Something really changed in the River Valley Province.

"Are you sure you want to be the enemy of the Legion?"

Herick lowered his voice and used the name of the Legion to try to threaten these people to let him go.

Sis looked down at him.

"Even if we don't have this plan, won't trouble come to us?"

As she said this, she shook the muzzle of the gun.

"Don't waste my time, what's your name?"

"Herick..."

"What do you want that Luo Hua for?"

The man's face sank slightly, and a slightly mocking arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Haha, want--"

Bang!

The sudden explosion of the gun startled the survivors who were watching.

Of course, the one who felt the smell of gunpowder most directly was the one lying on the ground.

The bullet hit the ground next to his ear, and the splashed mud and water covered half of his face.

Looking at the muzzle of the gun with green smoke and the pair of eyes without mercy, Herick felt a chill deep into his bones.

"I, I was just about to say..." The voice that was so brave the previous second, stuttered the next second.

This was not because of fear, but subconscious instinct.

"Then hurry up." Turning on the recording function of the VM, Sisi urged impatiently.

"... Enterprise, Enterprise's people."

"Of course I know that the guy you are chasing is from the Enterprise, and then what?"

Hyrick swallowed his saliva and continued to speak quickly.

"... That mobile fortress rushed into the desert. Our servants heard that they were looking for some treasure there. No matter what it is, we can't let them take it away from our territory."

"Servants?" Tail tilted his head.

"Falcon," Kariman, who walked aside, had a gloomy face and interrupted, "The kingdom that ruled Oasis No. 2... A group of servile cowards who abandoned their dignity and beliefs and dedicated their souls to the barbarians in the no-man's land."

Tail: "?"

Pressing his sore eyebrows with his left hand, Sisi sighed and said.

"...Does that mean vassal state?"

Kariman nodded stiffly.

"...Yes."

Sis fell into deep thought.

Combining the discussion on the forum and the information disclosed on the official website, she probably understood the whole story.

In short, the Legion's vassal discovered the Pioneer and reported the information of the Pioneer to the Legion.

In order to prevent the Enterprise from taking control of Shelter No. 0, the Legion is suspected to have sent an expeditionary force of unknown size to the desert to cooperate with the locals to trap the mobile fortress.

Although the Pioneer has powerful firepower, no matter how amazing its technology is, it is impossible to create something out of nothing.

At least electricity and minerals cannot be created out of thin air.

And Herick's next statement also confirmed her guess.

"...We surrounded them while the Pioneer was searching for supplies, and they had to withdraw to the ruins with the fuel rods. Those power armors are very strong, but their number is limited. We quickly divided and surrounded them. Some people fled into the desert, some were surrounded in the ruins, and several were trapped in the fortress."

Sis asked immediately.

"Have you occupied the Pioneer?"

Herick replied.

"The battle is over. It's only a matter of time before we occupy it, but we don't want a pile of scrap metal. They set a password for the power room. We can't enter from the outside. If we force a breakthrough, the remaining nuclear fuel will be injected into the self-destruct unit... Then there will be nothing."

"Does Luo Hua know the password?"

"... I don't know, but he seems to be a key figure on the Pioneer. He is suspected of having some clues about Shelter 0... The general ordered me to capture him before he meets up with the reinforcements from the Enterprise. If I can't catch him alive, I can take his head back."

"Reinforcements..."

Tails touched his chin and looked thoughtful. "Not simple. They actually knew that the Enterprise had sent reinforcements."

Zhimahu said with a subtle expression.

"... Uh, do you still need to guess this?"

Staring at Herik lying on the ground, Sis continued.

"Tell me the unit number you belong to, the name of your superior, and how many people you sent to the desert."

"Heart of Steel..."

"What?"

"My unit," Hellick swallowed and whispered, "Heart of Steel... 29th Marine Regiment, our commander is Captain McLennan."

"How far are they from here?"

"Right here."

"Here?!"

Sis was stunned.

Including Wei Ba, Zhi Zhi Mu and Rou Rou, as well as Kaliman and his guards, they all stood there in a daze.

Sis was about to ask, but saw that Hellick, whose face was full of fear a second ago, suddenly had a hint of fanaticism in his eyes.

He looked straight at her.

But the pupils were not focused on her face, but on the back of her head.

Sis's eyes gradually had a bad premonition.

"Right behind you... you will know if you look back." A smile appeared on Hellick's face.

No matter what he was proud of, Sisi knew very well that this was definitely not a "look, flying saucer" trick.

From just now, the people watching the excitement around moved their eyes away from here and cast their eyes to the distant sky.

And now, those unfamiliar faces were all reflected with confusion, hesitation and fear.

"What is that...?"

"Whale, whale?"

"God of the Bighorn Deer..." Some herdsmen knelt on the ground with their foreheads pressed against the ground.

Many mercenaries were at a loss, but some far-sighted merchants recognized the guy.

"The airship... is the Legion's airship!"

Looking at the northwest of Ruigu City, Kaliman's eyes widened, and his pupils changed between confusion and fear.

And the guards standing beside him couldn't help but tighten their guns.

The towering steel emerged from under the clouds, like an iceberg floating on the sea. The wings spread out on both sides were like the wings of Kunpeng, and the rows of whistling propellers tore through the clouds like the fangs of a beast.

So the legion's airship looks like this...

He often heard rumors about it from people, but this was the first time he saw it.

It was like a giant whale flying in the sky... although he had only seen that kind of animal in photos.

Several players were also dumbfounded.

Especially Sisi.

Compared to where this airship came from, she wanted to know more about how the steel monster flew into the sky.

The shell full of metallic texture did not look like a canvas painted with a layer of paint. This was definitely not the kind of airship in reality.

And if it was an airship made of alloy, even if it was made of aluminum alloy, even if its thickest armor was only 10 mm, its tonnage would be hundreds or even thousands of tons.

And such an unscientific product, the way of propulsion actually relied on a row of parallel propellers?

Sis felt that her common sense was impacted, and her brain was a little out of order for a while.

Although this was not the first time...

Herrick, lying on the ground, admired the stunned profile and said sinisterly.

"It's still not too late for us to surrender now..."

Bang——!

A gunshot interrupted his words.

Herick covered his left ear in pain and curled up on the ground.

Putting away the smoking pistol, Sis adjusted the direction of the headset and took a photo of the sky.

However, just when she turned on the VM and was about to sync the photo to the official website account, she found that the network was disconnected.

The signal was gone?

At this moment, the tail, who was also stretching his neck to the north, suddenly changed his face and shouted.

"Giao! My balloon!"

Looking at the disappearing signal on the VM, Zhimahu said with a face that was not sure whether to laugh or cry.

"I told you not to put it so far away, but you insisted on climbing to the top of the mountain."

"I, I was thinking that the signal would be better..." Wei Tail said in a guilty voice, "and it's written in the manual that we should find a higher place."

"But that's too high!"

"Don't worry... the manager will definitely throw another one over." Wei Tail patted Zhimahu's shoulder, but the guilty tone didn't sound like comforting others, but more like comforting himself.

Would she have to pay for it?

Shouldn't... right?

"Ah... I finally got on the hot search again." Rou Rou sighed and sat down on the ground.

"Wuwu... Damn, my heart hurts."

Unlike those NPCs who fear the Legion, they are not afraid of any Legion.

Whether it's the Predator, the Legion, or the Mutant and other alien species that are not considered human at all, they are nothing more than monsters of a higher level.

In comparison, they want to spread this hot news to the forum.

The dog planner has done something new again!

Unfortunately...

The photos can only be uploaded later.

...

Heart of Steel.

On the bridge suspended below the airship, a man in luxurious clothes raised his chin slightly, looking down at the mountains, city ruins, vast forests and plains outside the French windows, and the handsome face reflected in the French windows.

His name is McLen, the captain of the Heart of Steel airship, belonging to the Eastern Legion, and his rank is a captain of ten thousand men.

Although the captain of the legion does not mean commanding ten thousand people, he who stands here is undoubtedly above ten thousand people.

The core part of the entire airship is an unfinished Human-United Aerospace Force frigate, which contains a power room composed of a fusion reactor and a deflector shield generation unit for "kinetic weapons".

Although most of the technologies can no longer be analyzed, and it is difficult to restore them after analysis, it does not affect its continued use.

Even in another form.

In short, this airship embodies the crystallization of pre-war civilization technology and the pinnacle of the Corps' achievements in the field of machinery.

It can not only serve as an aircraft carrier flying in the sky, but also go to the front line after the enemy loses air superiority and pour tons of explosives on the enemy's head.

There are very few forces in the entire wasteland that can stop them.

And except for the group of rats hiding in the swamp, the dung beetles hiding under the holy shield, and the cockroaches curled up on the east coast... even if other ants have the ability to shoot down this airship, they dare not look up at them.

No one knows how many airships the Corps has, and no one knows how many unused munitions stocks they inherited two hundred years ago.

Except for the Marshal himself who rules everything.

"Dear General, you are at the foot of Ruigu City! The plain ahead is the southern corridor of the Valley Province, and its western gate is open to you!" Standing next to General McLen, the adjutant said respectfully.

However, this flattery seemed to hit the horse's leg.

"I don't need you to popularize the history of this tiny land to me, you just need to tell me where the cockroaches that crawled from the east coast are now."

General McLennan said slowly, but there was a hint of impatience in his tone.

He should have been in Oasis No. 2 enjoying the service of servants, but because of a piece of information from the Bugera Free State, he was sent here by his superiors to intercept the reinforcements sent by the Enterprise from the east coast.

Although he was called a superior, the old fox named Griffin was actually only half a level higher than him, with one more star on the shoulder strap of the captain of the army.

However, there was no way, even if it was half a star, it was higher than his own rank.

What's more, that man was the commander of the Eastern Legion and the personally appointed frontline commander.

Not to mention driving an airship, even if it was a space battleship, he had to listen to his command.

Every time he thought of this, McLennan was furious.

The Pioneer has been captured, and the remaining crew members are trapped in the remains of pre-war civilization. Without logistical supplies, surrender is a matter of time.

The spoils can be divided soon, but he was sent to this godforsaken place.

He is just an employee of a company.

Is it so important?

"... Griffin's ambition is not small. He probably wants to take this opportunity to bring the entire Luoxia Province into the sphere of influence of the Eastern Legion." The staff standing aside whispered.

This sentence sounds like a dream.

There is a large desert between Luoxia Province and the core territory of the Legion.

The so-called Great Desert is not as simple as a place name, but a life-forbidden zone spanning thousands of kilometers.

The Legion cannot rule the enclave of Luoxia Province at all, not to mention that it is far away from their core interests.

If it were not for taking over the Great Rift Valley, they would not even have to keep a vassal.

Although the Eagle Kingdom contributes a lot of wealth to them every year, every general of the Eastern Legion knows very well that compared with their investment in that vassal state, the dinars and slaves offered by the honest king are not worth mentioning at all.

However...

The disastrous defeat of the expeditionary army and the death of General Kras finally made some of the legion's senior officials realize that it is a naive idea to expect to take over the Great Rift Valley, which once caused the company to suffer a great loss, within a few months.

They need to invest more strength, build more reliable logistics, improve supply lines, and mobilize more manpower to polish the shoes of the centurions - whether mobilizing their own or mobilizing the vassal state.

In the final analysis, they need to strengthen their control over the East.

There are many ways to choose.

For example...

Make that honest king an emperor.

"... So you deliberately sent us away, wanting to take all the credit."

Thinking of Griffin's arrogant face, General McLen narrowed his eyes slightly, and his heart suddenly moved.

Looking at the wilderness in the southeast, a cruel arc appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Letting these barbarians who eat raw meat and drink blood live here is simply a blasphemy to the heritage of our ancestors. In my opinion, the border of the legion should be expanded 500 kilometers to the east."

"We are fully capable of this!"

The adjutant and staff beside him showed surprised expressions at the same time.

"...It is not a good idea to make trouble. I think we should defeat the reinforcements of the enterprise as quickly as possible and then return to Oasis No. 2."

General McLen said expressionlessly.

"What's the point of going back? That old fox will probably find another reason to send us away. When we open up the southern corridor, the southern gate of the Great Rift Valley will be open to us. Not to mention the legion commander, even the marshal cannot ignore our contribution."

"But..."

"No buts."

Interrupting the staff, McLen looked up at the French window in front of him, and a happy smile gradually appeared on his face.

"Let's bring real order and civilization to these barbarians!"

Almost at the moment when the voice fell, the airship moving forward suddenly tilted to the right at two angles, and the connecting parts made a creaking buzzing sound.

This was just a small swing.

However, at this moment, McLen's attention was completely on the handsome face in the French window.

Unexpectedly, he lost his balance and his nose almost came into close contact with the handrail next to him.

Fortunately, the adjutant next to him was quick and supported him who almost fell.

"Sir, are you okay?"

Picking up his hat from the ground, McLen cursed angrily.

"What happened just now? Which idiot was driving the boat!"

"Maybe it's just the airflow..."

Faced with McLen's roar, the adjutant spoke tremblingly.

However, before he finished speaking, a soldier trotted in from outside the bridge and reported nervously.

"Captain! Something seems to be entangled in our right propeller!"

"Send someone to fix it immediately!" McClane shouted.

"Yes!" The soldier straightened his back and saluted, then hurried away immediately.

McClane returned to his position cursing.

The officers beside him looked at each other, shut their mouths, and dared not make a sound, for fear of offending him and being used as a punching bag.

The deflector shield was not triggered, which means that the impact object was not fast. Maybe it hit a dazed bird, so the problem should not be big...

But to be honest, that was not a good sign.

"The person I sent to the ground... was called Herik or something, is there any news?"

Hearing the captain's question, the adjutant on the side hurriedly said.

"Not yet, but he reported last time that he had locked the caravan... There should be news soon."

McClane was in a slightly better mood.

Catch that company employee, and then deal with the reinforcements sent by the company. After all the troubles are solved, he can also spare time to do his own things.

While the Iron Heart was busy checking the fault, Chu Guang, who was more than 150 kilometers away, stared at his VM in confusion.

Where's the signal?

It was full just now, and he was concentrating on peeking at the screen.

Why did it suddenly disappear?