Three days later, on the plain a hundred miles south of the No. 3 Mine Base on the Fourth Resource Star, the gravelly ground suddenly sank into a dark hole, and an alien creature that looked like a mole poked its head out of the hole. He came out of the ground, holding a piece of plant rhizome in his claws, and enjoyed it comfortably.
Suddenly, the alien mole raised its ears high, threw away the roots and got into the hole.
A ray of fire lit up from the sky, and a moment later, the fire fell to the ground with a "bang".
It was a man whose whole body was wrapped in steel.
The steel armor was peeled off from the body, transformed into a metal suitcase and fell to the ground. Alex's face looked slightly pale and he took a long breath.
There was a sweet smell in this breath. Alex silently exercised his psychic energy several times, and the injuries in his body began to slowly recover.
Compared with the explosive power of magnetic field rotation, this kind of spiritual energy cultivated through mysterious crystals is more outstanding in its recovery ability.
After sitting and meditating like this for a period of time, Alex's body, which was exhausted from running for days, improved greatly, and he would be back to his original state in two or three hours.
However, although this place is very close to the mining base, the wild has always been the hunting ground of the Zerg. If he encounters Zerg patrols and attracts a large number of insect swarms, Alex will still feel overwhelmed now that he is about to run out of ammunition and food.
Thinking of this, Alex glanced at the missing piece on the surface of the suitcase and frowned slightly. This small personal armor would not be usable for a short time until the repairs were completed.
In the encounter three days ago, he had already broken out of the encirclement, but he was unlucky enough to run into a team of saberpods. Although he escaped after a fierce battle, he was also seriously injured.
For several days in a row, they continued to encounter sporadic Zerg, and they fought with each other without any danger. It was not until they approached the mine base that the number of Zerg was greatly reduced.
After a while, Alex felt a little better. He pressed the terminal on his wrist a few times to call up the location of the base. He briefly identified the direction and walked toward the distance close to the ground.
Two hours later, after crossing a low hill ahead, Alex's expression changed slightly and he ducked behind a boulder nearby.
Under the low hill, a group of soldiers driving humanoid mechas were besieging a lone tank bug, but their situation looked rather bad.
This tank bug is more than half the size of an ordinary person. Although it looks bulky, its eight long legs move extremely quickly. Its pair of dark and shiny claws are like two battering rams. As long as it touches the mecha, it will Can cause terrible concussive damage.
On the contrary, the weapons in the hands of the mecha soldiers could only cause slight scars on their armor, but made them even more violent.
Alex's eyes flashed slightly, and his figure turned into a shadow, quickly approaching the center of the battlefield.
There was a "bang", and at this moment, a mecha was blown away by a tank bug and landed right in front of Alex. The tank bug also turned around and showed off its power among the mecha group.
"Opportunity!" Alex's eyes flashed, and he stepped on the ground suddenly, using the reaction force of the ground to shoot forward in a straight line, with electric light lingering all over his body, and the high-frequency wave blade in his hand trembled violently.
The tank bug noticed the movement behind it and was about to turn around to respond to the enemy, but was desperately held back by the mecha in front.
"The power of five thousand magnetic field rotations, give it to me - cut it off!"
Alex appeared under the tank bug like a ghost. The high-frequency wave blade containing the power of magnetic field only felt a slight pause, and then cut into the softest armor of the tank bug's lower abdomen like tofu.
The tank bug screamed in pain, and its lower abdominal legs stabbed at Alex like daggers.
Alex jumped up and avoided the attack from the foot. The high-frequency wave blade collided with the foot, making a sound like gold and iron, and his body shot backwards.
The tank bug was so furious that he was just about to teach this hateful "little bug" a lesson for daring to hurt it when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen and made a sharp hissing sound.
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It turned out that on its abdomen, a wound several feet long was like a grinning mouth, and intestinal juices from various organs were spraying out as if for free.
Alex's eyes were cold, and he raised his right hand. An incendiary grenade was thrown near its wound. With a "boom", flames quickly shot up, and the tank bug was instantly ignited into a huge torch.
The tank bug screamed repeatedly, and its two huge claws slashed fiercely. The two mechas were unable to dodge, and were violently knocked away by it. "Boom! Boom!" Two sounds of "Boom! Boom!" exploded into two balls of sparks in the air.
The tank bug's counterattack before its death reduced the mecha team to two members. The remaining members retreated in horror and began to fire continuously around the tank bug.
The tank bug's injuries became more and more serious, coupled with the severe pain of the flames, it ran rampantly around the field. As time passed, its movements gradually became stagnant, and the smell of burning bugs could be clearly smelled in the air.
"Death!" Alex moved like lightning, leaping high into the air. The high-frequency wave blades he held in his hands vibrated rapidly, piercing the side of the Tank Bug's neck and penetrating the Bug's brain.
"Chi!" The yellow and viscous body fluids splashed everywhere, and the tank bug let out a sharp cry. Several thick legs twitched violently, and finally became stiff and cold, like a mountain falling to the ground.
"Hey, kill a tank bug, the damage proportion of the battle will be 60%, and you will get 300 merit points."
The federal merit system in the Star Era has corresponding calculation methods, which must ensure fairness and rationality. This is especially true in battles with foreign races. There will never be any mistaken or false military merit.
Seeing the information prompted by his watch, Alex couldn't help but feel a smile on his face. This time, plus the tank bugs he killed some time ago, his merit points were close to 1,000 points.
In other words, he has completed one-tenth of this assessment task.
The surrounding mecha soldiers looked at each other. At this time, a mecha in the middle opened from the inside. A beautiful woman with short hair jumped off the mecha, stretched out her hand and saluted: "Your Excellency, I am Liana, the third branch of the Federation. Captain of the mecha team, thank you for your assistance."
Alex reinserted the high-frequency knife into the metal suitcase and smiled: "Nice to meet you, Captain Lianna. I am Alex, the assessment student for this support. My fellow students and I were separated for some reason. , can you take me back to base three."
"Of course." Captain Liana said, "We have been waiting for you for a long time..."
Base No. 3 is located on the back of a ring-shaped low mountain in the northern hemisphere of the fourth planet, less than half a mile away from the small mineral veins. It looks like a steel giant entrenched here.
Alex was sitting on the base vehicle driving to the headquarters, looking at the turrets and steel buildings on both sides, and asked: "Captain, I want to know if there are other students coming besides me?"
Captain Liana said while driving: "Unfortunately, you are the first to arrive at the base. The commander is looking for you just for this matter."
Alex thought about this and felt relieved. Although he was unlucky enough to run into a group of sword-footed insects and had a fierce battle, he had been traveling day and night, so it was not surprising that he arrived earlier than others.
The commander of the third branch base was a middle-aged man with a resolute face. He said sternly to Alex: "Welcome to the third base, student Alex."
Alex stood at attention and saluted, "Nice to meet you, Your Excellency Commander."
"I heard that you encountered the Zerg army on the road. Can you tell me in detail?" the commander asked after the two shook hands.
"Of course, Your Excellency. That was three days ago. We just got off the shuttle ship..." Next, Alex told the other party in detail how they discovered the war bug vanguard team, and after destroying the vanguard team, they were killed by the Zerg army. surrounded, and finally chose to break out.
After hearing this, the commander pondered for a moment and said: "I'm sorry for what happened to you. After receiving the news, I took remedial measures as soon as possible. In fact, the mecha team led by Captain Lianna is just to respond to you."
Alex understood this, "Don't worry, Commander, I think with the strength of all the students, it will not be easy for the Zerg to kill them."
"I hope so." The commander nodded and said, "Your Excellency must be tired. Captain, take Mr. Bai to rest and treat him well."
"Yes!" Liana saluted with a military salute and led Alex into the base.
Outside the headquarters is a wide steel passage. Vehicles full of soldiers pass by from time to time. Every once in a while, there is a turret with soldiers under martial law standing on it.
"It looks like it's worse than I thought."
"Yes." Captain Lianna said: "In an attack last month, the Zerg invaded the outer base. In that battle, we paid a very heavy price to repel them. And recently we have discovered a large-scale gathering of Zerg. There are signs that the number of troops in the base is insufficient."
Alex nodded and said, "It seems we came at the right time."
It was obvious that this beautiful captain had a good sense for Alex. He introduced various defense measures of the base along the way. The two came to an independent metal building. Liana opened the door for him with her own hands and said: "In the room There is a separate bathroom and rest room, and I will ask the soldiers to deliver the food later."
"Thank you." Alex expressed his gratitude to her.
A smile appeared on Liana's cold and beautiful cheeks, and she said goodbye and left.
In the next few days, Alex nursed back his injuries and became familiar with the surrounding environment. At the same time, he took this opportunity to find the munitions department of the base and repaired some small combat vehicles. This cost him about 200 merit points.
Alex found that merit points are very durable here. Everything from food, clothing and accommodation to various new weapons and equipment can be exchanged for merit points. If the multi-functional small combat weapon in his hand is used for merit points, It would be 1,000 points, but the clumsy-moving humanoid mecha operated by Captain Lianna would only require 500 merit points.
However, Alex also learned about the "evil intentions" of the Steel Fortress. He collected the 10,000 merit points required for the assessment. As long as he was careful to avoid the large Zerg army, with the abilities of the students, it was not difficult in one year. accumulated to.
But if you want to redeem various precious materials on the list at the same time, this will force students to continue to take risks. As far as Alex saw, the "Super Protein It is a super temptation that students cannot resist.