Manila No. 5 Well is located 260 meters below the sea level in Manila Bay. Outside the well is an extremely spacious square metal hall. Normally, the metal defense wall of the hall is densely packed with countless gun holes and weapons. Once alien creatures invade this world through Well No. 5, the fire control system will automatically unlock and shoot them into a sieve.
This defense mechanism is very powerful and reliable. Imagine that you and your classmates are playing a basketball game against people from the outer courtyard in the gymnasium, and the surrounding stands are filled with people who come to watch the game. But suddenly, the audience stopped waving their flags and shouting. Everyone took out their submachine guns and fired indiscriminately at the arena. Just think about your chances of survival.
However, a month ago, there was a major flaw in the impregnable defensive wall, which directly led to the death of the former fortress chief commander of No. 5 Fortress, and indirectly led to Griffin being promoted to Dragon level and taking over the position of fortress chief commander.
That day, groups of green, oversized jelly-like creatures emerged from Well No. 5, resembling the familiar slimes. These slimes are alien species that have never been observed and recorded by the federation before, but as usual, the artificial intelligence detected signs of alien invasion and immediately issued an attack order. This attack is bad.
Originally, the defensive walls of the metal hall were so tight that water could not penetrate. But when the attack command is given, the baffle is lowered and the muzzle of the gun is extended, this gives the slimes a chance.
These slimes are alien creatures similar to jellyfish on the earth. They have no brains and intelligence. All activities are determined by physiological instincts. Their thermotaxis is their most notable feature. The muzzle of the gun protruding from the defensive wall fired hundreds of thousands of bullets. The barrel of the gun was very hot. The slimes were attracted by the heat source and burrowed into the defensive wall desperately, killing the alien creatures without any disadvantage. The device will be reimbursed on the spot.
What's even more deceiving is that the first round of volleys has proven that physical attacks are ineffective against the slimes. The bullet was shot into the slime's body without any hindrance and was trapped or expelled from the body. The conclusion from naked eye observation was that the bullet could not cause any harm to the slime.
The former commander-in-chief of Fortress No. 5 is not an idle person. He quickly realized that slimes have a strong tendency to heat, and immediately made two preparations: the first was to shut down the defense system and eliminate all heat sources as much as possible. ; The second is to open the main entrance of the metal hall and send an adjutant to the main entrance to prepare.
This adjutant was none other than the tiger-level ability user who immediately took over the command for Griffin during the invasion of the long-throated birds, and was subsequently killed by a bird in the command room. His special ability is to release high-temperature steam all over his body, which is the most effective heat bomb against slimes.
The former commander-in-chief's combat plan was successful up to this point. The slimes stopped destroying the defensive wall and began to squirm after the adjutant. In fact, it would be fine if each soldier had a vacuum cleaner at this time to suck the semi-liquid slime individuals into a dust container. However, the former commander-in-chief misjudged the danger of slimes: their individual movement speeds were indeed Not happy, but has the ability to integrate individuals with each other. In order to catch up with the heat source of the adjutant, hundreds of car-sized slimes merged into a giant monster in the form of liquid mud, wreaking havoc inside Fortress No. 5. Since slime has shown itself to be immune to physical attacks, the former fortress chief decided to go into battle personally, using his dragon-level powers to kill the slime monster with magical attacks.
After an arduous battle, the slime monster with extremely strong recovery and shaping abilities transformed into a tentacle and dragged the former chief executive into its body. The dignified dragon-level ability user drowned in the water.
At the critical moment, the person who stood up to turn the tide was Griffin, who had reached the peak of the ghost level for many years and wasted many years on the threshold of the half-step dragon level.
As mentioned before, slimes have no brains and low intelligence, so they are very suitable to be controlled by the "Beast King", which is exactly what Griffin did. After a lot of hard work, he finally made the slime monster surrender, and his superpower level was also raised to dragon level.
Under Griffin's command, a large number of slimes returned home and returned to the alien planet through Well No. 5; a small number of slimes were captured by Griffin and put into well-sealed storage tanks. Sent to the Alien Biological Research Institute for research.
Now that a new type of all-pervasive alien creature like slime has appeared, the original defense mechanism must be updated. However, more advanced systems have not been developed yet, so the Federation can only use a stupid method: handing the command power back to the artificial intelligence. Once in human hands, let the fortress chief decide the deployment of firepower and direct the battle. In a sense, this is indeed a step backwards.
No one expected that Well No. 5 seemed to be under a curse. Just one month later, a new species of long-throated bird came to this world in a very amazing way, inhabiting the body of the smoke lizard, and incidentally brought the No. 5 well to this world. Fortress No. was wiped from the face of the earth.
In the early morning of August 28, an hour after the destruction of Fortress No. 5, Joseph Chapman gathered four federal cabinet members including Abram and Kimura Yankatsu to find a quarrel with Hughes Lopez. The two sides broke up unhappy. After Hughes went offline, the five federal cabinet members were not idle and discussed the issue of upgrading the fortress' defense.
Fiona Alexis, one of the South American lords and a member of the federal cabinet known as the "Queen of the Amazons", made a suggestion that made everyone present: follow the example of Shanghai Fortress 2 and promote BTS Defense mode.
Manila Fort 5 is not the first fort to be delisted. Seven months ago, an alien invasion occurred at Well No. 17 in Rio de Janeiro, Amazon County. The defensive wall was breached and the fortress defenders were unable to resist. The commander-in-chief of Fortress No. 17 pressed the button of the self-destruct program just before the fortress was completely lost. Rio de Janeiro Fortress No. 17 ceased to exist, and so did Well No. 17.
Of course, Well No. 17 was not closed or blown up. It just moved somewhere else on the earth. There is a high probability that it is still in Amazon County. However, Fiona tried her best to search for a long time but could not find it.
Fiona, who had suffered a big loss, learned from the experience and had several serious discussions with several military ministers about fortress defense issues. As the saying goes, a stone from another mountain can make a jade, and Fiona thinks that BTS's measures to deal with the invasion of alien creatures can be a reference.
"Fiona, are you sure the BTS model is a good choice? Even me, an old man who doesn't pay much attention to Longjun, has heard that since the director of BTS was replaced by a second-generation military officer with clean qualifications three years ago, , the number of deaths of the defenders of Fortress No. 2 has been rising steadily."
The person speaking was Cooper, an old English-style gentleman with a godfather-like look on his brows and a very good command of his temperament.
Others who were skeptical were Kimura Yankatsu: "Yes, after Lu Yin took office, he immediately carried out drastic reforms, dismantled the defensive wall, and established a new ninth branch. The latter served as a base to train soldiers, and after the training was completed, he was put into No. 2 The fortress fought alien creatures, and many soldiers were killed and injured in the past few years.”
Kimura Yansheng paused and continued: "It's understandable that young people want to make some achievements, but to do something reckless like this is really... haha."
Joseph and Abram were silent, waiting for Fiona to give her side of the story.
"To be honest, I had the same idea as you two before, but after I read some BTS internal reports, I changed my mind."
There are six federal special departments, including BTS (Time Supervision Bureau), IOS (Federal Superpower Criminal Investigation Service), as well as the alien war criminals prison "Yam Luo" which I have only mentioned briefly before, and the alien biological research mentioned above. IFEB (Institute for extraterrestrial biology) and the other two departments that have not yet appeared in this game are collectively called "Six Departments".
The Six Ministries are organizations independent of federal control. Every two years, one person is elected from among the twelve federal cabinet members as the rotating chairman of the Six Ministries. The person holding the rotating chairman position this year is Fiona Alexis, so everyone present was not surprised that she had read BTS’s internal report.
"Everything Lu Yin does has traces, and he is by no means a reckless act. You see, Tong Xincheng, the chief guard responsible for the defense of the No. 2 Fortress, has the power of "Imperial Capital". Joseph, I I remember that you have a dragon-level guard with the same superpower. I guess you are quite familiar with this superpower, right?"
"Boca Rodriguez." Joseph nodded: "Indeed, the greatest advantage of the Imperial Capital is to control the mountains and rocks and change the terrain. On the contrary, the metal hall will restrain the ability users and restrain their hands to avoid destroying the defensive wall. But, what does this have to do with resisting alien creatures? It’s rare for you, Fiona, to remember my guard officer so clearly.”
This is what it means to be a drunkard whose intention is not to drink.
Fiona knew she had made a mistake, and in a flash of her mind, she came up with a convincing excuse: "No, it's just that the Boca Guard Officer is from Amazon County, and I am particularly impressed by him."
Rodriguez is a typical Hispanic surname, and Fiona’s answer was impeccable.
Kimura Yankatsu once again played the role of peacemaker: "Joseph, please don't interrupt, Fiona, please continue."
"Okay." Fiona cleared her throat and continued: "Lu Yin proposed and tried a new way of combat, that is, ordinary soldiers and ability users cooperate with each other and fight together. The soldiers killed and wounded under the cover of the imperial capital's abilities. Alien creatures can reduce casualties to a great extent..."
"Please wait a moment." This time it was Abram who had remained silent who interrupted her: "Can this also be called a new way of combat? It existed as early as the Fire Battle, but because the effect was extremely poor, It was just eliminated quickly.”
"Yes, Abram, but Lu Yin's excellence lies in the fact that under his training, ability users and ordinary people have maintained a high degree of tacit cooperation, which is enough to form a reliable combat force. Of course, after a lot of effort, After a huge sacrifice." Fiona called up the report and showed it to everyone: "Cooper, the number of deaths of the No. 2 Fortress defenders you just said is rising steadily is actually not accurate. Looking at this report, on the surface, the number of dead soldiers It is indeed increasing year by year, but the growth value each year is smaller than the previous year, and don’t forget that the 49 Shenwu mines around the world have experienced increasingly hotter alien invasion incidents in recent years. , the number of invasion incidents and the danger of alien creatures have surged. On the other hand, the numbers in BTS’s casualty report are actually very good.”
"It can be inferred that after Lu Yin took over BTS, he spent more than two years training soldiers and getting them into fighting with ability users. During this period, many people died due to unfamiliar cooperation. But as the tacit understanding increased, The growth inflection point finally appeared about a year ago. Look at the death toll from these alien invasions." Fiona clicked on a few numbers: "Do you understand?"
Silence fell among the five people. Fiona's words were reasonable and they had to believe them.
Cooper took a pair of tortoiseshell framed glasses and put them on. Even though it was a video conference, the report appeared directly on his screen. Whether or not he had glasses did not affect his reading at all. Cooper's actions just expressed a solemnity:
"I retract my preamble. This young man does seem to have something interesting. Fiona, do you have any other conclusions? I'm all ears."
