The plain was filled with the smell of scorched earth after burning fire. The dry hot wind from the eastern region stirred up sand and dust and slapped it on the track guards of the tanks. Twelve tanks were arranged in a vigilant marching queue, facing the gradually approaching The setting sun crushed the scorched earth of the Holy Spirit Plain.
Company commander Senior is located in the command vehicle, observing the situation in the distance through the periscope.
This is a reconnaissance team - a reconnaissance team with powerful firepower and excellent survivability. It has nine Warhammer main tanks and three Steel Ambassador tanks, as well as dozens of experienced, loyal and brave personnel. Under normal circumstances, such a team is enough to defeat ten times or even dozens of times the number of old-style aristocratic armies, and break through a fortress guarded by extraordinary beings below the middle level. In terms of a "reconnaissance team", it can It's a bit too strong to say that, but in this scorched earth of the war zone, Senior still needs to be completely cautious.
Because the plains are full of wandering cluster giants, and he and his company have entered an area that has not been "purified".
Around Solinburg, this is the area where the cluster giants are most severely ravaged, and the trauma to the land and towns is naturally more tragic. Along the way, Senior saw countless collapsed and abandoned city walls and abandoned buildings. Farms, the gorgeous houses built by the rich have been demolished into ruins, and the once precious fertile fields have been trampled and devastated. When they still retained their sanity, the cluster giants at least had a glimmer of order, but since they fell into madness, they have They begin to destroy everything in their path, and basically nothing can be saved where they gather.
The vibrations caused by the running of the chariot's engine came from underneath the body. This heavy and solid steel machine gave Senior a sufficient sense of security - a few months ago, he was just a young man. The junior mechanic who had not been exposed to magic equipment for a long time was sent to the northern battlefield after a short period of assault training. It was the pressure of the battlefield and actual combat experience that made him truly proficient, and he even became the commander of the company— -For the entire tank force, which was newly formed and urgently trained, there are many commanders like him who have grown rapidly on the battlefield and been promoted quickly.
Senior took his eyes away from the periscope, gave up his position to the observer, and came to the vehicle communication station: "Be careful, we are close."
Yes. For middle and lower-level command nodes and ordinary tanks, the vehicle-mounted communication station is a simplified magic network terminal - the projection crystal is removed to reduce costs, and can only transmit sound signals within a limited range. It can be regarded as the most basic Communication spells, but even such a simplified device is still valuable in its role on the battlefield.
Responses came from each tank. The reconnaissance force composed of twelve tanks slightly reduced its traveling speed. Three Steel Ambassadors adjusted their positions forward to ensure the emergency shield increase. The weapon could cover the entire convoy in time, and Senior pushed aside the armor plate diagonally above, stuck out half of his head, and directly visually observed the situation on the plain.
This behavior may seem dangerous, but Senior's experience tells him that doing so is actually not a big problem: the protection of "Warhammer-I" mainly relies on the shield system. This layer of shield is stronger than steel, and The armor of the tank is only an "optional option" to provide limited protection after the shield fails. When visual observation is required, sticking your head out of the vehicle body is a feasible solution-if you encounter an attack, the shield will be protected. The shield can protect oneself, but if the attack strength reaches a level that can penetrate the shield in an instant, there is little point hiding behind the armor plate.
In front of the field of vision, the white light with a vague sense of holiness is clearly visible. Even without the aid of any equipment, you can clearly see the various strange haloes it presents in the air, and that light The strong malice and hint of madness in it have become stronger than before, even so strong that it makes ordinary people faintly tremble.
Senior didn’t know exactly what he was facing. After all, he was just executing orders, but the incredible power contained in that brilliance was enough for anyone to be vigilant, enough for him to realize that he What we have to face is the most dangerous part of the "secret" in the extraordinary realm.
Fortunately, in this era, even ordinary people have ways to deal with the extraordinary realm.
He retracted his head, calmed down his turbulent emotions, turned around and ordered: "Turn on the mental protection system!"
"Yes, turn on the mental protection in each car!"
With a slight sound of magic power running around the seats inside the chariot, and on the surfaces of the periscope and observation windows, some originally invisible and wonderful runes became brighter as they were charged. Those runes are winding and twisted and do not belong to any rune system known to mankind. In fact, the various systems of the chariot cannot control the operation of these runes at all. All the power spine can do is to deal with these magic materials. The runes are charged to make them glow and appear, but this "appearance" has incredible effects.
As light blue mysterious lines appeared everywhere in the car, Senior quickly felt his mood calm down, and the faint sound of waves came gently, with a sobering and refreshing sound. The exciting and high-spirited power made all his previous anxiety and vague fear disappear. Not only that, he even felt a little happy...
This is the mental protection system, which was created not long ago The new equipment was just installed on the chariot by the magic technicians. Senior didn't know the principle of this system, but he vaguely heard that this device was related to a certain "technical cooperation project" behind the scenes, and Its function is to protect the soldiers' minds when facing spiritual attacks from the supernatural realm. Now it seems that it is indeed very effective.
But this device also has its limits - once it runs for too long, the soothing power released by the psychic protection system will become another kind of mental pollution, and the user will inevitably fall into excitement and pleasure. In this state, they may even behave irrationally due to being "called by the sea". The current technology behindStaff are trying to find ways to eliminate or weaken the negative impact in this area, but it seems that they have not been able to solve the problem for the time being.
"Pay attention to the timer of the protection system," Senior reminded his subordinates, and then ordered the team to continue moving forward, "get closer to the light."
In the mental protection system Under the protection of Senior, Senior's reconnaissance team continued to move forward. The hazy light became clearer and clearer, and the source of the light also faintly emerged.
After crossing a collapsed wall, Senior saw it.
That monster is both sacred and terrifying, pure and profane.
The giant deer shrouded in white light is an artificial god who continues to disintegrate and reorganize his flesh and blood.
"Ancestor..." A soldier looked at the giant deer standing quietly in the ruins through the front observation window in shock, his voice unconsciously trembling, "What is that? "
"There is no doubt that it is a monster," Senior was also shocked, but still said calmly, "The other teams were divided into groups of four vehicles and approached."
The convoy immediately divided according to the plan, with three "Warhammer-I" and one "Steel Ambassador" as a group. After they dispersed, they cautiously approached the giant deer in the distance, but the latter did not react as if it had no perception. Keep these uninvited guests approaching.
But Senior kept the orders from his superiors in mind, and when the convoy was still far away from the halo around the giant deer, he ordered the entire team to stop, several hundred meters away from the giant deer. down.
The giant deer still stood motionless, looking into the distance like a soulless body. An extraordinary light shrouded its body, along with the hideous scars and deformities on its body. It forms a sharp contrast, like an impression painting standing between heaven and earth. It is extremely strange, but also extremely contradictory and beautiful.
"We can't get any closer. It's too weird. There's something wrong with this thing." Senior frowned, "Activate the image crystal outside, leave some image data, and move the crews back..."
The engine of the chariot was activated and the tracks rotated, driving the heavy vehicle body to slowly retreat. Senior watched the giant deer warily. Suddenly, he saw that the giant deer was motionless. His eyes moved slightly.
Perhaps some kind of sleeping phase had just ended, or perhaps the chariots finally caught the monster's attention and it moved.
As the engine of one of the chariots sounded, the giant deer slowly lowered its head, its crystal eyes staring at the slowly retreating chariot, its eyes brewing extreme madness in its calmness.
Senior reacted almost instantly. He pressed the button of the communicator and roared loudly: "Accelerate! Retreat!!"
The tank engine instantly switched from a low sound to a low-pitched sound. Roaring, all the chariots suddenly began to turn and accelerate, and at this moment, the giant deer's eyes suddenly turned blood red, and with a frantic roar that seemed like countless roars and murmurs mixed together,A dazzling light group condensed between the giant deer's light-like horns. The light group jumped, surrounded by countless lightnings, turned into a spear, and shot straight towards one of the chariot squads.
The Steel Ambassador instantly activated the vehicle's shield extender, and a translucent energy barrier enveloped the entire team at the critical moment, and the energy spear also hit almost at the same time - a command Amidst the piercing scream of human teeth, the shield and the spear were annihilated together, and the magic energy crystal fixed above the Steel Ambassador's chariot was also exploded to pieces——
Following this, the second energy spear quickly Condensed, before anyone could react, it swept across the heavily damaged Steel Ambassador, and with a series of deafening explosions, the latter was instantly wiped out.
All the chariots turned, accelerated, and galloped away at the fastest speed, while the giant deer let out a second wild roar. In the roar that was enough to make the mind collapse, it took steps forward. , rushing towards the direction where the reconnaissance team was evacuating.
At this moment, another chariot suddenly fell behind. Its shield flashed violently, as if it was being attacked by invisible magic. After a brief struggle, its shield was completely extinguished, and a large number of Blooming flowers and verdant vines grew wildly from the gaps in its steel, wrapping the entire chariot into a vibrant tomb in a matter of seconds, which was terrifying to look at.
"Boom!" "Boom!!"
Continuous explosions sounded one after another. The tanks turned their turrets and fired at the terrifying monster as they marched. At such a short distance, almost all the shells hit the target due to the latter's relatively large size.
The holy light around the giant deer surged violently. Half of the cannonballs were detonated in advance before hitting the target, while the remaining shells hit the ferocious mutated flesh and blood body of the giant deer. Senior saw The monster's flesh and blood spattered, and its scarred body seemed to be shattered at any moment by the numerous bombardments. However, the monster only staggered a few times, then let out a roar and continued to chase after him! !
The shelling only left some small scars on its seemingly fragile and broken body, and it repaired itself in an instant!
"We may have pissed it off completely..." a soldier shouted, "It looks very, very, very angry!!"
"It looks very angry even when it's not angry!" He has no intention of getting along well with us - but you are right, we have angered it!" Senior responded loudly, "Disperse the queue and prepare to throw thunder -"
At this moment, The terrifying giant deer suddenly let out a cry that was different from before, and then stopped without warning. It roared and made various vague and terrifying sounds, and various terrible things happened to its body. Terrifying changes: the rolled and cracked flesh and blood sometimes merged and sometimes separated, the light around it sometimes became strong and sometimes dim, and its crystal-like eyes sometimes became blood-red, sometimes became dazzling——
it seems to beIt was in an extremely unstable state and stayed in place for a short time.
Senior didn't know what happened, but he knew one thing - life appeared.
The entire reconnaissance team quickly adjusted its direction and evacuated quickly towards the distance.
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Saint Sunil, Gawain was interrupted by an urgent communication. He hurried to the study and saw Maryland's serious face emerging on the holographic projection. .
"My lord, it has appeared," the former General of the Rock Fortress and current Commander of the Iron Throne said solemnly, "It is a monster that looks like a deer - but is as huge as a castle."