It wasn't until a few hours later that the flames that burned the huge insect monster at high temperatures finally dissipated...
However, now for the first time in the sky of the planet JNO.3, a large group of pitch black clouds floated. They condensed high in the sky and did not disperse for a long time. This was considered to be a reason for this monotonous and yellowish sky. The brown planet and atmosphere add a different color?
Galen and Darius, two Marine captains, as well as other Marine recruits who were still staying here to continue cleaning the battlefield and guarding, after the battle, they were watching this animal in twos and threes, being struck by the terrifying strange thing. The flames burned the body of the alien monster until only a huge skeleton was left, and there was a collective silence.
Before that, it was this terrifying and huge alien monster that caused horrific casualties and huge psychological pressure to their Marines!
If Annie, the only ghost agent on the Hope, hadn't taken action in time and used her powers to quickly eliminate it, their ground base on this planet would probably have ceased to exist now, right?
This kind of monster with huge size and mass, it is estimated that it can easily destroy a base's supply depot in just three or two attacks? Then, you can collapse a bunker with just one foot?
Before this big monster appeared, the Marine Corps only paid the price of the death of six unlucky recruits when defending against countless four-legged bugs that were as big as dogs and calves.
However, when this huge monster appeared, their Marine Corps, which consisted of more than 200 people, suddenly suffered nearly 100 casualties? This is really more than half of the casualties!
Although the specific numbers have not yet been calculated, they all know that everyone who is attacked by this monster head-on will probably be dead!
As for those who were pushed or knocked away, if the armor can be intact without much damage, maybe there is still a slight chance of survival?
If this huge monster with thick armor appeared for a few more days, until their base produced heavy armor units, perhaps it would not make them feel so desperate and powerless.
It's a pity that these bugs came so fast. They chose this time and ran out on the first day they landed on the planet. So much so that the 8mm electromagnetic rifles in their hands were useless to the opponent. Method!
After all, the size difference between the two sides is really too big...
And the electromagnetic rifles in their hands are only individual light weapons that can deal with lightly armored targets.
"Phew...so exhausted!"
After finishing what he was doing, Galen picked up an electromagnetic rifle that was abandoned by someone or dropped here after being knocked away.
Looking at the huge skeleton with a little bit of embers left in front of him, as well as the two pairs of huge bone scythes, he still felt lingering fear.
If it weren't for little Annie, I'm afraid that these people and this base would have been wiped out or driven away by this monster, right?
Fortunately, I have a powerful ghost agent with supernatural powers on my side?
Fortunately, Captain Leona made the wise decision to send them and the transport spaceship to rescue the lifeboat that little Annie was on!
Sure enough, sometimes, good intentions will pay off?
Looking at the distance, the little red and white figure was Annie. She was carrying her huge sniper rifle and jumping towards the huge barracks building.
"Darius, I'll leave this to you. We need to take a good rest now."
Galen felt a little relieved, turned around and said to Darius.
They were the first Cobra team to land on the planet. Up to now, they have been in the armored power suits for a long time from standing guard to participating in the battle. Now, it is time to change the guard and let them go back and have a good rest first. .
"Cobra Team, let's go. It's time to switch defenses. Let's go back and rest early!"
After saying hello to Darius, Galen directly shouldered his rifle and the other one he had just picked up. After turning off the safety, he turned around and began to greet his team members who still wanted to watch the fun, and then He took the lead and walked in the direction of the barracks.
Just now at the barracks, after the staff moved in and completed preliminary adjustments, rooms in the equipment area and rest area have been arranged for their Cobra team.
"go Go!"
Darius waved his hand impatiently, signaling the other party to get out of here.
He knew that Galen's team had been on duty on this planet for several hours and had engaged in a high-intensity battle. Now, it was time to give them some time to recover.
"My mother, look at it: this monster, this fang, is so big! Even the dinosaurs from the ancient times of the earth are probably not as big as this, right? They are also invulnerable, we almost killed it. It’s over!”
In fact, our Marine Corps has already been defeated by it...
Looking at the huge ferocious skeleton in front of him that was still burning with embers, Darius couldn't help but step forward and kicked the two pairs of huge bone scythes with his thick metal armor boots. , couldn’t help but sigh and said in the public channel.
Fortunately, this big monster was killed by that little Annie. Otherwise, how many of them would survive in the end?
Sure enough, it was indeed a wise choice for the captain to order the rescue of this little girl!
Especially the opponent's ability to cast fire, Darius was envious when he saw it. If he could do it himself, how cool would it be?
I just don’t know, is it too late to learn or stimulate the awakening of psionic energy now?
"Speaking of dinosaurs...Hey! Little Annie? Do the velociraptor eggs you mentioned before still count?"
Somehow, Galen suddenly remembered the matter they had talked about before.
After seeing all kinds of strange abilities of little Annie, Galen began to subconsciously believe in her words and deeds.
Now that I think about it, everything she said before seemed not to be a joke? It's not a joke either? So, is the velociraptor egg she said before true?
In this case, he would also like to get one to try!
"Huh? You actually still remember this... As for velociraptor eggs, there are indeed some, but there are too many of you now, and I suddenly don't want to give them to you!"
Soon, little Annie's hesitant voice came from the public channel.
If there were originally only ten people like Galen and his Cobra team, then little Annie gritted her teeth and it was no big deal to give one to each.
But things are different now, they have a lot of big Marines coming at once!
Even though nearly half of them have been killed and injured by the big monster now, there are still more than a hundred! If after seeing this, they all came to her asking for velociraptor eggs to eat, she wouldn't be able to get enough of them!
As the saying goes: Don’t worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality!
So, now after thinking about it, little Annie felt: For the sake of fairness, she decided not to give it to anyone, not even one!
"What velociraptor eggs? Little Annie, do you have anything else delicious? Please, please give me some too!"
Suddenly, Darius's voice cut into the channel.
He had just arranged some new recruits and his viper team members to go on duty at all important positions. Therefore, after hearing Galen and little Annie suddenly talking about Velociraptor eggs, he felt puzzled at the same time. , also quickly chimed in, wanting to join in the fun and get a share of the pie?
"No! No! Where are the raptor eggs? You must have heard wrong!"
Sure enough, she knew it would turn out like this!
This Darius, he actually wants to share her things? Little Annie was so frightened that she sped up in the direction of the barracks. This kind of thing must not be started, otherwise, no matter how much you have, it won’t be enough!
"I don't have much left, and besides, there are so many of you now, I won't give it to you!"
In panic, little Annie directly betrayed her details.
In fact, it's not because she is stingy, it's just because there are too many of them, and little Annie doesn't want to favor one over the other, so giving it to no one is the best option at hand!
"Hey! Little Annie, as promised before, just give one to each of our Cobra team, and leave Darius and the others alone for now."
Seeing that Anne was so frightened by them that she started to run, Galen smiled and joked as he moved forward.
Originally, after he saw little Annie's terrifying supernatural flame, he felt a little uncomfortable, and he was also a little worried about whether this little alien girl would pose any bad threat to humans.
But now, he is completely relieved.
The other party is not only their comrade-in-arms, but also their savior. At the same time, she is still the same naughty and troublesome little girl, nothing more.
They should not treat each other differently or be wary because of their strength!
This is like a sentence he saw in an ancient book on Earth: If people treat me with sincerity, I will treat others with sincerity?
"If you don't give it, you won't give it! Don't even think about it!"
Annie felt that next time, she would never say anything good about herself.
Fortunately, they didn't know that there were salt and pepper lynx legs, lynx steaks and grilled lion meat in their space bags, otherwise, they would have to share them!
So, little Annie decided that next time she eats these good things to satisfy her craving, she must hide in her room, lock the automatic door, and eat quietly without telling anyone!
Oh...it seems that I still have several large, unprocessed octopus legs from the Caribbean?
Can you give this thing to them?
"Hey! Little Annie, why are you so stingy..."
"Wait for me, little Annie, let's do this. You don't need one for each of us. Just give one to ten of us. How about it? Just one!"
"You won't give even one?!"
Galen continued to make trouble while speeding towards the direction of the barracks.
"..."
Looking at little Annie and Galen's group running into the huge barracks building in the distance, Darius felt a little scratched his head.
He just followed the topic, but he didn't expect that little kid's reaction to be so big?
Is it possible? Does she really have that wonderful thing called a raptor egg? Probably not, right?
…
Inside the bridge of the Hope above the planetary synchronous orbit of JNO.3, Captain Leona and other functional commanders of the Hope are summarizing and processing the battle that has just ended on the ground. Work.
What they never expected was that the little girl they rescued from space was originally just a girl with a super strong physique and some strange abilities similar to psionic energy.
But now it seems that that little girl is beyond everyone's imagination and is unexpectedly powerful?
"..."
Now, Captain Leona was silent watching the scene of little Annie casting the spell.
"Shuguang, back then, that little girl said, what kind of... magician was she? Can she travel through different worlds?"
After watching for a while, Leona suddenly remembered that she had a face-to-face conversation with the other party just after rescuing the other party on the Hope. At that time, the little girl also said a lot of things?
It's a pity that at that time, she didn't seem to believe what Annie said casually. Instead, she just regarded little Annie as a magical alien girl with super powers, and didn't pay much attention to it.
Originally, when Leona thought about it, the opponent's superpower was nothing more than the psionic energy unique to the ghost agents of the earth. After all, psionic energy is a magical mind or spiritual energy that exists in the entire universe!
This was one of the reasons why she originally ordered a custom-made set of ghost agent costumes and equipment for little Annie.
At that time, what Captain Leona was considering was not only the excellent performance of the opponent and the Marines in the simulated confrontation, but also the fact that the opponent seemed to have that magical power called psionic energy!
However, now it seems that what the other party said at that time was not all nonsense? On the contrary, is it the real truth?
What the little girl knows is really not a superpower? Not even psionic energy? But the magic she said? Just like the previous combat power, the kind of high-energy fireball that she suddenly sent out and instantly burned a huge alien monster?
But... magic, what is it?
Is it another form of expression of psionic energy? Or are aliens and Earth having different views on psionic energy? Or are the two actually different things?
"Yes, Sir Captain! What she was talking about at that time was magic."
The holographic image of Shuguang Intelligent Brain soon appeared aside under the captain's inquiry.
"This is the record of the conversation at that time, please take a look."
After saying that, Shuguang Intelligence listed a holographic panel directly in front of Captain Leona, which recorded in detail everything that little Annie had said.
According to the record: the other party should be a magician, and a powerful being who possesses magical treasures, can travel through different worlds, and has experienced several worlds?
"Shuguang, how powerful do you think this little girl Annie is?"
Thinking about the opponent's strong physical fitness, and then thinking about the opponent's record of destroying a huge alien monster with a wave of his hand, Captain Leona felt a wave of fear.
If she were an enemy...
If she had been hostile to humans and had taken action directly on the Hope...then wouldn't they, the humans on Earth, have been doomed long ago?
"Reporting to the captain, based on what she said before, assuming that everything is true, and now analyzing her performance, the results show that the opponent's energy level is very high! Now, I can no longer use human standards to perform To measure her, even if she has level 10 nether energy, there is no way to make an effective comparison."
Zhi Nao Shuguang believes that even the existence of level ten psionic energy cannot easily burn a huge monster like the other party, right?
"Because this little girl is not a human on earth, and the rating information in my database shows:
The Psionic Power Level Rating comes from the Psionic Power Index (PI) system, which was developed by the Federation. Therefore, it can only effectively evaluate humans.
Ratings are recorded from PI: 0 to 10, from low to high.
Level 0 to 2: No obvious spiritual power, ordinary people are at this level.
Level 3 and above: Considered "sensitive" to telepathic abilities! For example, some soldiers have the intuition before danger approaches! Also, Captain, your previous concerns about this planet, etc...
A PI value of 5 means you are a psychic! Possessing a certain amount of active telepathy is the minimum requirement for ghost training, and it is possible to train as a ghost agent.
PI value is 8: It is a person with potential ability to move objects with thoughts, useful for moving objects or flying with thoughts, etc.! Alternatively, there may be records showing other special abilities, but records with a PI value of 8 are very rare.
The highest value of 10... is a high-level secret of the Federation. There is no record in my database, and I don't have any information on detecting psionic level equipment. "
Soon, Dawn gave a brief explanation of the levels of psionic energy.
This little girl named Annie, her outstanding performance on the ground has indeed exceeded the judgment of her before dawn.
"That's it...then, Shuguang, how should we control her? I'm still a little worried..."
After all, the opponent was not a human on Earth, and the individual strength was so strong, so Captain Leona still felt a little worried.
She was just afraid. If the other party suddenly lost control at some point, would it have very serious consequences for the Hope and humans like them on Earth?
"Your Excellency, Captain, I cannot understand what you mean. Are you worried that this little girl named Annie poses a threat to the Hope?"
Hearing the captain say such worrying words at this time, Shuguang tried to analyze it for a while before speaking.
"However, based on my analysis and referring to all the other party's words and deeds so far, Ghost Agent Anne's safety level for our Hope is currently the highest four stars. In my data, she is already at the same level as you. Safety standards, so your worries are completely unnecessary.”
Zhi Nao Shuguang quickly came to a conclusion, so it didn't quite understand the captain's unfounded worries.
In fact, according to the results of Sugon's analysis, according to the current evaluation results, the security level of this little alien girl Annie is already very high. Captain Leona can trust the other party unconditionally, not Like now, such unfounded and unreasonable worries and doubts?
Shuguang Intelligent Brain does not have the overly complicated emotions of humans. It only believes in the results of its own data calculations and logical analysis! It believes that since the other party's security assessment level is already very high, it can trust the other party unconditionally!
Therefore, it does not understand the captain's unfounded language.
Could it be that this is caused by the suspicious characteristics of human beings recorded in its database?
From this point of view, human beings are indeed complex intelligent creatures. It seems that they have the pen to continue their previous research on human emotions?
"No, actually, it's not that I don't believe her, but... I'm still a little doubtful... After all, we haven't been in contact with her for too long... Forget it, I won't tell you this now. , please connect me to Commander Doug on the ground."
Leona suddenly stopped halfway through her explanation.
She knew that what she just said was probably incomprehensible to the artificial intelligence of the Hope.
Besides, there is no need for her to explain these things to an intelligent program. For now, it is better not to think about these messy things. She should quickly deal with the affairs of the ground base first.
"Okay, Captain."
Seeing that the captain didn't want to explain, Shuguang Zhinao didn't say anything more, so he nodded and accepted the order.
Then, soon, in front of Captain Leona, the holographic projection of Commander Doug in the ground command center appeared.
"Captain, are you looking for me?"
After performing a standard military salute, Doug stood at attention in front of Leona and said.
She had just arranged for the Marines to be vigilant, rotate repairs and deal with the aftermath. Before she could take the initiative and report detailed data to the Hope, the captain had already found her?
"Doug, what are the casualties on the ground?"
The number of casualties is what Leona is most concerned about now!
Although, through the observations of satellites and Hope itself, she could roughly guess some data on casualties, now she still wants to hear the most detailed report from the other party's mouth.
You know, the population on the entire Hope colony spaceship is not large now. All the humans who have just woken up from the cryo-sleep cabin only have a population of more than 130,000. They can take advantage of the old, weak, women and children. The population resources are actually not large.
In the next ten years or so, before the new generation of Hope is born and grows up, their population will probably not grow again...
Even if she ordered those officials to encourage births, it would be useless!
It takes at least ten years for humans on Earth to grow up...
Therefore, their current human resources meant that every dead soldier would lose one. The loss of every soldier would make her heartache! The sacrifices of those people can be said to be a huge loss for the Hope!
"Report Captain! Excluding those lost when resisting small bugs, now, after the attack by large monsters, fifty-six Marines were killed, eight were seriously injured or disabled, and twenty-one were slightly injured. In addition, seven people have mental problems and are no longer fit to continue serving in the army."
Doug had already calculated this before.
The dead and injured were all okay, but... seven people were actually scared to death? This was something Doug didn’t expect!
In just one battle, more than half of their two hundred and twenty marines on the ground had been killed or injured?
In addition to those eliminated who were frightened and collapsed and had to repatriate the Hope, at this time, their available troops on the ground are actually less than a hundred people?
When he thought of this, Doug felt terrified in his heart!
If those bugs attack again on a large scale, then they will have no other option but to escape, right?
Even the little girl Annie continues to work hard to help humans on Earth, but her powers must be limited, right? It shouldn't be possible for her to unleash that terrifying attack without any restrictions!
"There are so many casualties..."
Upon hearing this series of bloody numbers, Captain Leona began to frown and became silent.
If this unfortunate news is made public in the immigrant city inside the Hope, I'm afraid it will be a huge blow to all humans, right?
It seemed that she could only choose to block the news for the time being.
"Captain, I think our top priority now is to transform military satellites and conduct large-scale selection of soldiers!"
When the captain fell silent upon hearing the casualty figures, Doug couldn't help but speak.
"We must confirm: How many such monsters are there on this planet? Are they aquatic animals? Or are they lurking here with premeditation? Do they live under the surface? Or in the deep sea? Are they there? Wisdom? Is there a social structure? We must figure out these issues as soon as possible! We are really too passive now. If one thing goes wrong, it may be doomed!"
As the saying goes, know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger!
But, what now? They completely know themselves but don’t know the enemy!
Except for what he has already seen, the other party's intelligence is completely blind to the rest. This is very detrimental to her Doug's next work!
And those unreliable Marine Corps recruits who are filmed and sent to death after just a few days of training? It is said that they are even the top two hundred performers? Is this such a virtue?
"Don't worry, Doug, special military satellites are already being prepared. In three days at most, they will cover the entire JNO.3 planet without blind spots! As for the issue of soldiers... we are already studying it... "
Captain Leona has already given orders for these matters, and Zhinao also said that the satellite is also being transformed.
Not only Doug wants to know about things on this planet, Leona also wants to know how many such monsters exist on this planet? And, the characteristics of these monsters and so on!
Finally, there is the problem of the soldiers... This is actually not a problem, but the problem is: they hope that the ship does not have enough time to conduct sufficient military training for them!
"Okay, I understand, Captain! Do you have any other orders?"
After seeing that the captain had indicated that he was preparing, Doug didn't say much.
If nothing happens, she will continue to be busy restoring production and stepping up the construction of the base's defense.
Because no one knows when those nasty bugs will attack again? As the commander of the ground base, Doug must be prepared in all aspects.
Whether it is preparing large-caliber machine gun bunkers for defensive use by Marines, or heavy factories that produce heavy weapons, they must be established as soon as possible. These are the top priorities now!
"No more for now, go and do your work first! By the way, in three days, before the military satellite is launched, there may be more than two hundred Marines landing on the ground base to support you, and other combat units' The personnel have now begun to step up their training, so you must be prepared to receive it."
After explaining some things again, Leona nodded, indicating to the other party that they could interrupt the communication and go about their business first.
Fortunately, they have a dormant training chamber that can be holographically simulated, which allows an ordinary civilian to quickly master various combat essentials and gain combat experience with various alien monsters in simulated confrontations. Otherwise, she would not be able to I dare to imagine how they can survive in this star field.
However... it seems that the holographic simulation training equipment is possible to be promoted to all humans on the Hope?
Aren’t there hundreds of thousands of dormant warehouses on board their Hope? If Suzhi Brainlight redesigns and modifies them so that they have the same holographic training functions as military simulation chambers, will it allow all Hope citizens to train spontaneously in their free time?
The more she thought about it, the brighter Leona's eyes became, and the more she felt that her idea was possible!
If it can really be implemented, then wouldn't they save a lot of time in training new recruits? When the time comes, select those with good grades, recruit them directly, stuff them into military equipment and then go to the battlefield? Thus saving a lot of time and training materials?
After thinking for a while, Leona made up her mind.
She needed to talk carefully with Zhinao and others about this matter. And plan well.
"As you command, Captain! So, shall I retreat first?"
After Doug saluted, the holographic image disappeared into the bridge.
Because she saw that the captain seemed to be thinking about something important, so she couldn't stay alone and cause trouble.
"Shuguang, produce more ground-attack missiles. I have an intuition that the enemy will come again soon..."
After temporarily suppressing the thoughts in her mind, Leona walked to the window of the bridge.
Looking at the huge earth-yellow planet outside, she sighed softly and finally gave orders to Dawn.
"I'm sorry, Captain! I can't understand your human intuition at all. I will only analyze and make logical judgments based on data. According to my current analysis results: your intuition just now has no logic at all! And in Before entering the hibernation chamber, UPL's test results on you showed that you did not seem to have superior psionic potential?"
Shuguang expressed his analysis without any hesitation.
It doesn't understand, where does Captain Leona's dangerous intuition come from?
Because, according to its analysis, the current Captain Leona's psionic energy level is around PI3 at most, which is still within the range of ordinary people, and even cannot reach PI3 of the Earth Federation's psionic energy school. Recruitment criteria for 5?
"Heh... you may understand this problem later. For now, let's execute the order first."
Leona smiled and didn't explain much.
Intuition is intuition, but where can we use data to calculate and explain?
This intuition is a non-logical judgment ability unique to humans or intelligent creatures, and the dawn of strictly abiding by logical operations may never be understood?
"The transformation mission has been assigned, Captain!"
