Happy days always pass quickly, and New Year's Day passes quickly.
In the slightly chilly wind in the early morning, Wei Ling, Nan Xing and others waved their hands, and with the reluctant eyes of the three of them, they turned and left.
He had to arrive at No. 13 Xiangzhang Street early to meet up with Jiang Li and Wantong.
As soon as they arrived at No. 13 Xiangzhang Street, they saw Jiang Li and Wantong waiting in front of the small courtyard. They had already put on the Imperial Mountain Militia Type IV exoskeleton armor, "Lynx Type IV".
Wantong waved his hands happily:
"Brother Welling, we have been waiting for you for a few minutes..."
Jiang Liye threw the bag over:
"Welling, don't worry, do you need exoskeleton equipment? I understand that warlocks have different hobbies. Some people wear armed exoskeleton protective gear like soldiers. Of course, most still like to wear warlock uniforms."
Welling is still wearing the same gray special clothes as before, with a black warlock uniform on top, and even his sword is not missing:
"No need to change clothes, just feel lighter like this."
"Brother Welling, we have to walk a long way. When walking and climbing, exoskeletons can provide additional assistance. How about you apply for external equipment?"
Wantong was a little worried, and Wei Ling shook his head:
"No, we are not sure we will encounter enemies... By the way, where is the garrison?"
Wantong immediately explained:
"Well, Brother Welling seems to be quite capable of walking on mountain trails.
The gecko is a supply platform in military intelligent machines. It can only be empowered and maintained in the arsenal on the ground floor. Without authorization, it cannot go to the second floor and below. "
Seeing that Wei Ling didn't need to change his equipment, Jiang Li waved his hand and led the two of them towards the elevator passage to the first floor.
The three of them chatted while walking:
"Brother Jiang Li, have you planned all the supplies for the garrison? What are they?"
"Well, yes. Wantong, look, brother Wei Ling is already more professional. I just sent him the time and route of the patrol yesterday, as well as some regular tactical rules.
You need to study more. Do you know why Welling asked for supplies? "
Jiang Li threw the supply information packet to Wei Ling, but there was an inquiry about Wantong in the packet loss information.
"Well, I think that should be the case. Brother Wei Ling is an intelligent warlock and will make decisions about the team's follow-up actions at certain moments. Therefore, the type and quantity of equipment and supplies are the primary considerations in making decisions. Bar."
Wantong was a little unsure.
"There is progress, the answer is correct!"
Don't hesitate to praise when you are about to leave.
As Wei Ling walked, he checked the types and quantities of the supplies in the information package. Most of them were ammunition and energy for the firearms used by Jiang Li, Wantong and Shou Gong. There were about a dozen high-intensity combat units prepared, which was quite redundant. Highly configured;
Secondly, there is the reserve high-energy power battery for Jiang Li, Wantong and Shou Gong. This part accounts for a relatively high proportion of the overall space. After all, their exoskeletons and Shou Gong’s power depend entirely on this;
Then there is food for three people. A standard portion is enough for more than 20 days.
Welling analyzed that the entire patrol took about 30 days. This was probably because in the wild, certain wild beasts could be hunted for food, so Li would reserve a share of the food.
The last items are various emergency medicines, emergency communication equipment, small-scale battlefield information support systems, etc.
The three of them all walked at a faster pace and soon reached the ground level.
The rising sun coated the dark and cold metal city with a layer of pale gold. Amid the cold spring weather, the quiet county city ushered in the new year.
Even though it was not the first time he saw the hundred-meter-high city wall, Welling was still shocked by such a majestic city wall.
When they arrived near the city gate, a security guard in the shape of an eight-clawed mechanical spider was already waiting there.
As soon as it saw Welling, its eight big round eyes and small eyes stared at Welling curiously. In its information system, it already knew that the team had an additional member, including various information about the member.
Welling waved his hand:
"Hello Shou Gong!"
"Hello, Wei Ling! Hello, Jiang Li, Wantong!"
A childish girl's voice sounded in my mind.
Wei Ling was startled!
Still smiling and nodding to Shou Gong.
He did not expect that this intelligent machine supply platform would have such a human side.
The vocal characteristics of this voice message are indeed very different from the empire's name for this kind of armed supply platform, "Mountain Ghost".
About to ask:
"Everything is fine, everything is fine. Guarding the palace, are all the supplies ready?"
"It's all ready to load as required."
"Okay, let's go."
As the group passed through the long city gate passage, various scanning facilities had already transmitted their various information to the "Jianmu" barrier system in a timely manner.
According to the route set by Jiang Li, they will set off from the West City Gate within thirty days, travel along the northwest direction to the mountains of about 100 kilometers, and then turn around and head south.
Travel south for about thirty kilometers, then turn east and return to Iasi County.
The entire line is a triangle, covering part of the area due west of Iasi.
According to the system prompts, in this area, as well as the patrol teams that mostly overlap with this area, there are five teams that set out to patrol earlier than them.
Yasi County is located in the southwest of the empire and has a low latitude. Even in winter, the land will not freeze.
In addition to the densely spread evergreen plants on the vast land, some light new greens have already sprouted on the dark green branches and vines.
Walking on the soft land outside the city, Welling felt as if it was yesterday.
After walking on metal or semi-metal ground all day long, I got used to the hardness of the ground, but suddenly walking on soft ground felt strange.
Jiang Li walked in the front, Wantong followed, and Wei Ling and Shou Gong walked in the last.
Three people plus a smart machine platform can communicate with each other about packet loss:
“Everyone, I have always had a question: why is the city wall in Iasi County so tall?
In the face of various flying vehicles, what practical significance does this have at such a height? "
Welling finally asked what he had been asking.
Wantong rushed to throw the bag away:
"Haha, I know this. The city wall in Yaxi County is mainly to protect against mutated beasts and Xixuan's transformed people.
It is said that thirty years ago, a large number of mutant beasts suddenly attacked Yasi County. Many mutant beasts could easily jump several meters high and use their fangs and claws to break through city walls dozens of meters high.
The height of the city wall at that time was less than thirty meters, and the cement wall was like soft soil under their claws. The beasts easily climbed onto the city wall, catching the defenders off guard and causing great losses.
Later, there were several small-scale wars, and the reformers of the Xixuan Federation could easily break through the height of thirty meters.
Due to this situation, the empire solidified and raised the walls of most of the counties and cities that faced the front line. Later, even mutant beasts and modified humans could only feel tortured when faced with such high walls and metal armor layers. Oh...Brother Jiangli, am I right? "
"Well, yes, that's right."
Wei Ling nodded:
"Oh, I probably understand. There is another question. Let's not talk about it within the county. Why don't we build roads on the periphery of the empire? I think the carrying capacity of wheeled transportation vehicles is always more efficient than flying vehicles."
It seemed that neither Jiang Li nor Wei Ling had ever considered this question. They pondered for a while and did not give an answer. Instead, Shou Gong gave some guesses:
"I guess everyone is accustomed to this problem... maybe... maybe the empire's top officials have their own considerations. Since the Great Annihilation, it took a full hundred years for mankind to form the initial two major empires, the Empire and the Xixuan Federation, from the initial state of disordered melee. camp.
In the past hundred years, humankind's original buildings, roads, bridges and other engineering projects have been completely destroyed in nuclear wars across the world.
The leaders of the new order don’t seem to care about rebuilding roads at all. Why? I analyze the reasons as follows.
First, after the Great Annihilation, the growth and reproduction rate of plants was probably due to radiation. The growth rate was very different from before, far exceeding that of humans. Almost the entire home planet became a world of plants.
The oxygen content in the entire atmosphere is higher than before the Great Annihilation, plants have taken over the surface, and humans have
The speed of construction may not keep up with the destruction of plants.
Second, the mutation and enlargement of animals have made it more dangerous for humans to walk on the earth.
Third, before the Great Annihilation, mankind had already solved the controllable nuclear fusion technology and geothermal energy conversion technology, and energy is no longer a bottleneck that troubles mankind.
Moreover, energy storage technology, with ene batteries as the mainstream, has reached a certain level, so humans have transformed into living underground, and their transportation mainly relies on various rotorcraft and ion thrusters..."
Listening to Shou Gong's analysis and the slightly childish female voice, Wei Ling felt a faint strange feeling in his heart.
Is this still an intelligent machine? This should be a female top student.
Jiang Li also added his own views:
“However, compared with before the Great Annihilation, there is one biggest difference. High altitudes are just as dangerous now.
In the past, aircraft could easily fly at an altitude of 30,000 meters, but now they are immediately in danger when they reach more than 10,000 meters.
Various high-energy lightning strikes and ion storms will destroy all flying vehicles... Therefore, there are currently very few satellites in orbit of the Empire and the Xixuan Federation.
The cost of deploying new ones is too high, and satellite images and communications are often interfered with by unstable ionosphere..."
Shou Gong promptly agreed with Jiang Li’s views:
"Yes, the captain is right. For these reasons, large flying vehicles are currently used to transport materials and personnel between various counties and cities in the empire. In the Northeast City of Yaxi County, large flying vehicles take off and land every day. There are no less than a hundred vehicles, and there are even more small ones.”
Listening to Shou Gong's analysis, Wantong interjected:
"Wow, Shou Gong, you are so awesome, you know all this!"
"I am originally an intelligent platform for transportation support. I am usually too bored, so naturally I only want to learn about transportation."
The sense of disobedience in Welling's heart was even worse. When would robots become boring?
The group of people walked around like this to see if there was anything unusual. At the same time, they reported information to the system barrier every thirty minutes.
Sometimes, when Jiang Li sees a tall tree in the direction of his travel, he will pull out the electric saber saw on his back without hesitation and cut the tree.
"Within dozens of kilometers outside Yasi County, try not to keep too tall trees. Otherwise, if there are enemy reconnaissance scouts, the satellites will not be able to see them, and the observation devices on the city walls will not be able to see clearly."
Jiang Li explained to Wei Ling.
Welling suddenly thought about why he saw so many felled tree stumps when he went from the extremely forested mountains to the plains.
At the same time, he also understood why Jiang Li and others rushed over to question him as soon as he appeared on the ground.
The three of them walked on a platform and walked through this flat area in Yasi County that was deliberately kept with only low bushes. They slowly walked up the mountain.
As the terrain slowly rises, the surrounding bushes become denser, taller and thicker trees gradually increase in number, and the visual distance becomes much closer.
Welling finally felt like he was patrolling the mountains.
The air is cold, the mountain breeze is strong, and the branches and leaves of the forest are rustling. Wei Ling occasionally closes his eyes and feels the turbulent undercurrent of the source world.
After such a long period of observation, thinking and experimentation, he has now become proficient in passing through the world of source spirits and using his "mind's eye" to detect and judge various living creatures within a range of about one hundred meters around him.
Because as long as the opponent has mental power or biological instincts, they will cause subtle interference with the calm or the original trend of dark energy, thereby exposing their position.
This detection method also gives Wei Ling the confidence to go out to patrol the mountains without wearing an armed exoskeleton.
