It takes four or five days to travel across the wilderness from the First Refuge to the Gray Iron Ruins, so the convoy can only be stationed in the wild.
The first day of departure, at dusk.
Under Han Xiao’s instructions, the convoy found a safe terrain in the wild and rested on the spot. It was more dangerous to travel after dark, as many wild beasts were active at night.
Darknet soldiers patrolled in shifts near the camp. Han Xiao convened a meeting with important figures in the team, including assistant Huang Yu, engineering manager Conifer, and guard captain Liu Chao.
The blueprint of the gray iron ruins renovation plan was spread out on the table, and Conifrey talked about it.
“The initial renovation of the entire city was originally scheduled to take three months to clear out the weeds, drive away wild beasts, clean up the ruins, and then complete the shelter infrastructure, lay the power grid, water power, etc., but this is 30,000 According to the workers' standard plan, we only had a thousand people in the first month, and we couldn't do anything, even cleaning the rubble." Conifrey was helpless.
Han Xiao nodded noncommittally and looked at Huang Yu, "Do you have any suggestions?"
Huang Yu said perfunctorily: "No."
Aware Huang Yu ignored Huang Yu's attitude. Han Xiao roughly guessed Huang Yu's thoughts and was unwilling to be his assistant. Han Xiao didn't care. He didn't need an assistant in the first place. He turned around and said: "Manpower is not a problem. I will prepare for a month." Just complete the construction of the blueprint."
Conifrey was stunned, "That will require at least 100,000 people, and even the first shelter doesn't have that many workers."
"Me. There is a way." Han Xiao did not say clearly.
Huang Yu looked on coldly. The hiring fee for 100,000 workers was sky-high, and even if you had money, you might not be able to hire so many people. He didn't know where Han Xiao's confidence came from.
Liu Chao suddenly pressed his earphones and said urgently: "Your Excellency Black Phantom, there is a plane approaching!"
"Go out and take a look."
Out of the tent, the team's guards were looking at the sky warily. In the dark night sky, a large aircraft with flashing signal lights was approaching. It was unknown whether it was an enemy or a friend.
“It’s okay, that’s the airdrop I called for.” Han Xiao smiled.
The plane passed overhead and dropped several huge supply boxes tied together. They landed not far from the camp under parachutes. The boxes had Farian's mark clearly on them.
Han Xiao used his connections and asked Farian to send planes to airdrop a large number of mechanical parts, which naturally cost money, but he is now rich and does not care about this expense.
It was a false alarm, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Huang Yu was secretly frightened. He could call in airdrops from the veteran arms group Farian at will. Black Ghost's network of contacts was wider than he imagined.
These parts are worth millions. Han Xiao asked people to move them to the logistics vehicle and began to manufacture machinery on a large scale. Now that he has strong assets, he can freely manufacture various combat machinery, which is just used to protect the team.
The most famous fighting method of mechanics is the human sea tactic.
For the next two days of the journey, Han Xiao was bored working in the construction truck.
...
The convoy came to a desert, the sun was shining brightly, the high temperature made the sand as hot as a soldering iron, and the air on the surface distorted the vision.
The convoy stopped under a Barbera tree. This tree is a unique plant in the Aquamarine Desert. It is also known as the "umbrella of life". The shade of the tree is like a small island, insulating from the heat. And the sap is sweet and can be sucked directly to quench your thirst.
Everyone was thirsty, soldiers patrolled, and everyone was sweating.
Rumble——
The desert in the distance suddenly overflowed like waves, and densely packed giant beetles broke out of the ground. Each one was more than half a meter long, with a shiny brown carapace and a ferocious appearance. , six pairs of claws and two carapace pincers, the rustling sound is like ocean waves, and the insects are rushing towards the barbera tree.
"Beast attack!"
The alarm was sounded, and three hundred soldiers hurriedly took position with their guns raised. They found that there were swarms of insects coming from all directions, like a sea of beetles, with nowhere to go. They all ran away with frightened expressions on their faces, and the palms holding the guns trembled slightly.
Desert Blood Claws are social creatures that live in the desert. They are powerful desert predators. No grass grows wherever they pass. There are at least tens of thousands of them here.
"Get in the car, get in the car, and make a road!" Huang Yu shouted hurriedly, and then he jumped onto the helicopter in three steps and two steps at a time, urging the driver to take off quickly.
Faced with so many swarms of insects, no one could think of fighting. After hearing Huang Yu’s order, they were about to get in the car and escape. At this time, Han Xiao walked out of the engineering vehicle and said: "Don't panic. Everyone is in position, ready to face the enemy."
Captain Liu Chao said anxiously: "There are too many insect swarms, and we cannot defend from all directions. Once we fight, there is a high chance that we will suffer heavy losses..."
Huang Yu shouted: "Black Ghost, get on the plane quickly."
Han Xiao waved his hand.
Huang Yu cursed secretly. When he saw the insect swarm getting closer and closer, he ignored Han Xiao and asked the pilot to take off immediately. The pilot was also scared, so he immediately obeyed the order and started the plane, started the rotor, and the helicopter left the ground.
The ground troops did not dare to disobey Han Xiao’s instructions and watched nervously as the swarm of insects approached rapidly.
At this time, Han Xiao took out his tablet and clicked a few times.
Buzz——
Twelve combat rangers drove out from several logistics vehicles. The triangular tracks rotated at a speed no less than that of the vehicles. Everyone looked at these rangers in amazement. The robots quickly dispersed in all directions, like steel guards. The cold metallic color reflected the spotty sunlight through the shade of the trees, as if they had grown golden scales.
These rangers are the latest improved version of the 2.5th generation. Han Xiao has upgraded the blueprints several levels. He is now different from what he used to be. The basic attributes of the machines he creates have increased a lot, and the quality has reached blue.
2.5 Combat Rangers are all equipped with automatic fire control systems, which enhances firepower and magazine endurance. Their height is about the same as that of humans. Track movement can overcome many harsh terrains and is more powerful.
When the mission prompt appeared, Han Xiao guessed that the road would not be peaceful, soCall for airdrops and build a lot of machinery in the past two days.
Han Xiao’s manufacturing speed has become very fast. When he was at level 20, it once took several days to build a Ranger robot, but now it only takes dozens of minutes to complete.
When the machinist’s manufacturing speed exceeds a critical point, he can perform temporary manufacturing on the battlefield. As long as there are materials, there will be an endless supply of weapons. This is an ability that only senior machinists have, and they need to learn [second speed level] Assembly] is also an important reason for the rise of the 3.0 mechanical system.
"Go, take down all the metal discs from the car and arrange them in all directions."
The darknet soldiers obeyed his instructions and hurriedly followed his instructions. There were twenty in total. After placing a metal disc on the ground, Han Xiao started the program and began to unfold and deform. The base was inserted into the sand and fixed. The folded modules were assembled into a barrel. The entire unfolding process only took four or five seconds.
These are foldable small turrets, and Han Xiao has also upgraded the blueprints with automated intelligent fire control.
Looking at the long, thick and dark barrels of the combined guns, the soldiers felt a little relieved.
The insect swarm approached within 400 meters, and the 2.5-generation rangers and small forts opened fire at the same time. With the camp under the Barbera tree as the center, a heavy rain of steel bloomed in all directions.
The rain of bullets was overwhelming, and the sound of gunfire was uniform!
Click, click, click—
In an instant, countless green slurry burst out from the insect swarm. In the face of the killing weapons made by humans, these desert blood claws are proud of themselves. The carapace is as fragile as an egg, and steel and fire penetrate each giant beetle.
The four hundred meters outside the camp became a chasm, leaving behind countless insect corpses. The insect swarm could not advance even an inch, and the desert was wet with their blood. After a salvo, the insect swarm was reduced by at least three points. one.
Several Rangers drove out of the camp, equipped with sunworm flamethrowers. The cone-shaped flames strafed the insect swarms and made them squeak, while the pincers of the Desert Blood Claws could not move the Rangers at all. Tai platinum alloy armor.
The ferocious firepower is a complete one-sided killing.
This is the violence of mechanics!
Group fighting is the advantage of the mechanical system. People with superpowers and martial arts may be very good at fighting, but their physical strength is limited.
Of course, the limit of mechanics is money. This batch of mechanical creations is worth millions. Even a 1.0 full-level player can hardly afford it, and the ammunition cost is enough to drag down any player’s wallet. Thousands of steel core armor-piercing bullets are fired every second.
Funding is a problem that has long plagued the mechanical system. Forming a mechanical legion is a relatively powerful fighting style of the mechanical system, and it also costs the most. When the average strength of the enemies you face becomes stronger, you need to improve your technical level. When high-end machinery is formed into an army, the cost will rise exponentially. It is difficult for general mechanical players to switch to legion style. Even if they sell iron to form a legion, the losses in battle will be unbearable for the user. Legion style is generally used as a trump card. Han Xiao is not worried about financial problems. After all, there is a way to make money. . However, he doesn't want to follow the legion trend for the time being, he just plans to build a simple guard regiment., have enough firepower when necessary.
Liu Chao had been holding his submachine rifle, preparing to fire when the insect swarm entered the three hundred meter range. However, the insect swarm was always stopped four hundred meters away by the rain of steel bullets.
His hands were sore when he raised them, but he couldn't find the opportunity to fire.
"This firepower is too strong."
Liu Chao glanced at the turret next to him that was spitting out bullets. The automatic pushing and pulling of the gun bolt was like a piston cylinder, and the bullet casings were thrown all over the ground. A few more bounced into his face.
After swallowing, Liu Chao found that he had nothing to do. Black Ghost's mechanical creations had taken care of all the enemies, and the guards equipped by the dark network were of no use at all. They were not needed at all.