"ah!"
Ke Ruoyun exclaimed, his arms drooping slightly.
Even though they were several kilometers apart, everyone still felt a shock wave, like a warm breeze blowing on their faces.
Mainly because there is no shelter in the Gobi.
If you were in the jungle, you wouldn't have this feeling.
"This source of energy is also consumed a lot." Ke Ruoyun muttered in a low voice.
With her current power, she can only fire 50 rounds of heavy artillery shells at full state.
If the consumption of other weapons is excluded, she can shoot 40 times at most.
"It consumes a lot because it is powerful!"
Xu Xingyue said with envy on his face: "My main gun can only produce half the power of yours with a single shell."
"What is your main gun?" Qin Xiaotian became interested.
"230mm caliber howitzer, 120 seconds of charging, range is 55km."
Xu Xingyue pouted, introduced his main gun, and then said: "My secondary gun is a 90mm caliber mortar. It charges in 5 seconds and has a range of 15km."
Xu Xingyue is used as an output. Although the main gun has a range of 55km, her fire coverage is mainly concentrated within 15 kilometers.
"Five seconds!"
Qin Xiaotian frowned slightly.
If you paddled the whole way by yourself, this assessment would probably be a little difficult.
Li Yu saw that Qin Xiaotian seemed to have a problem with his girlfriend, and immediately defended: "What happened in five seconds?"
Qin Xiaotian said truthfully: "As a team output, it would be great if she has sustained firepower."
Five seconds of output are blank.
At Qin Xiaotian's current speed, he could sprint three to four hundred meters.
It's still three to four hundred meters in a flexible and maneuverable state.
In this case, if you want to hit, you have to consider a certain amount of advance.
Not to mention that at some critical moments, when multiple targets are attacked at the same time, these five seconds of blank firepower are enough for the team to take a drink.
"It's only five seconds, it should be fine!"
Xu Xingyue's face turned pale. The three of them worked well together at the training ground during the summer vacation.
So she thought five seconds didn't matter.
Xu Xingyue argued forcefully: "Don't worry about this. Even if I can't kill the opponent with long-range bombardment, with the shooting accuracy provided by my talent, I can still limit the enemy's death to a range of 5-10 kilometers."
"hope so!"
Qin Xiaotian did not argue.
If it was true as Yan Yan said, the intensity of the graduation examination was the same as when he faced those pioneer mantises, then it really didn't matter.
"That's it for now."
Liu Bo on the side bent down and grabbed the sleeping cabin on the ground, "I'll go back and be on guard first."
The foxholes on the other side of the stronghold still need rest.
Liu Bo didn't think that the assessment team would be so kind and let them spend the first night so comfortably.
He just wanted to go back quickly, just in case.
"Then let's do this for now. After the meeting, remember to shoot over here!"
Qin Xiaotian and Ke Ruoyun also picked up their own sleeping cabins on the ground and followed the three of them forward for a certain distance.
Then he stood there, waiting for Xu Xingyue to return.
"Isn't it too hasty for us to build the defense line like this?"
Ke Ruoyun held the main and auxiliary weapons in both hands, and guarded Qin Xiaotian's side cautiously.
"There's nothing we can do about it, terrain restrictions."
Qin Xiaotian also held the ghost sickle and said calmly: "With the five of us, we should be able to deal with a small group of mechanical creatures, so it doesn't matter whether we build a defense line or not.
If it is medium-sized, it will only delay some time. It’s better to have someone to rescue you, but if not..."
Qin Xiaotian didn't say anything else.
In Qin Xiaotian's view, the biggest role of this simple foxhole is to protect the dormant cabin.
If we really encounter large-scale mechanical creatures,
Even when you know you can't do anything, you still maintain Mao's line of defense.
Just run away.
Life is your own.
It's just an assessment, if you fail, you fail.
Living is the most important thing.
"Understood!"
Ke Ruoyun nodded heavily.
She felt that she understood what Qin Xiaotian meant.
If no one rescues him, he will definitely die.
The graduation assessment has certain death indicators, and she knows this.
So while you are still breathing, write a suicide note first.
in case for need!
Thinking of this, Ke Ruoyun's little head started to spin, wondering how to write.
There is no pen or paper in the Gobi Desert.
Cell phones were also handed over.
It's really distressing.
Eh.
It seems there is no need to be so pessimistic.
Now she and her sister are the only two people at home.
If my sister also dies, then there is no need to write this suicide note.
Ke Ruoyun's little mind was full of thoughts.
If Qin Xiaotian knew that she thought of this. He must have shouted "Unjustly", but he did not have Ke Ruoyun's mentality of looking forward to death.
He hasn't lived enough yet.
Sizzling——
A slight piercing sound came from overhead.
As soon as Qin Xiaotian raised his head, he saw a flash of fire flashing from the sky.
It's Xu Xingyue's artillery fire!
Qin Xiaotian subconsciously put on a defensive posture.
Previously, Ke Ruoyun could feel the shock wave from three kilometers away from the bombing. Now they were only more than one kilometer away from the bombing point, so they still needed to be more careful.
Only two breaths passed.
Fire light rose in the distance, Qin Xiaotian's body moved slightly, and a blazing air flow instantly hit him.
What followed was a deafening explosion.
"This is powerful!"
The source power compression of the 230-caliber howitzer is nearly twice that of the 403 heavy artillery, but the energy it bursts out is not inferior in any way.
"Let's go, warm up while it's hot!"
Qin Xiaotian shouted to Ke Ruoyun.
Mechas also have senses.
021B The temperature at this time has dropped to more than 40 degrees Celsius. Even in the mecha state, Qin Xiaotian can feel a hint of coolness.
It's like the feeling of being blown by the wind after going to the toilet in winter and just washing your hands without drying them.
"okay."
Ke Ruoyun took the initiative to grab the sleeping cabin.
The two of them walked to the landing point of Xu Xingyue's energy bomb one after another.
"This is too destructive."
Standing next to the crater, Ke Ruoyun knelt down and touched the ground that had turned into glass due to the high temperature.
Qin Xiaotian made a visual inspection and found that the depth was six or seven meters, and the diameter of the crater was about sixty or seventy meters.
"It's okay, I just need to trim the edges a little more."
Qin Xiaotian took out the ghost sickle, struck it on the edge of the crater, and then jumped sideways.
This crater is half smaller than the one blasted by the 403 heavy artillery.
It's not deep enough, and the mecha is exposed above its shoulders when standing inside.
Qin Xiaotian thought for a while and decided to give up digging deeper.
Anyway, he and Ke Ruoyun were just at a defensive point. If they had the skills to dig deep, it would be more straightforward to just squat down.
Thinking of this, Qin Xiaotian picked up the sickle and trimmed it slightly along the edge of the crater.
Make the bowl-shaped arc crater more vertical on all sides.
A simple foxhole was formed.
Finally, Qin Xiaotian kicked a few times in the center of the foxhole, creating a shallow groove and fixing his sleeping compartment inside.
After finishing all these things.
Qin Xiaotian thought for a while, and then used the sickle to cut a few more times on the side of the pit wall. Pull out a not too big or small gap.
"What are you doing?" Ke Ruoyun turned around and asked;
According to her aesthetics, she feels that this gap somewhat affects the appearance.
"you guess!"
Qin Xiaotian didn't look back, just digging in the soil.
Ke Ruoyun thought for a long time and then said hesitantly, "Make a staircase?"
At a depth of seven or eight meters, the mecha jumped up.
It's not necessary!
She squatted aside and looked at Qin Xiaotian quietly.
"Roughly the same."
Qin Xiaotian laughed: "I feel too tired standing, so I made a small recliner."
In this Gobi Desert, even if the two of them take turns to rest, it will take more than ten hours.
You can't stand all the time.
"How about you make one too?" Qin Xiaotian recommended;
Ke Ruoyun thought for a while, and it seemed like that was the case, "Then I'll make one too."
Ke Ruoyun looked at Qin Xiaotian's production process carefully, then found the wall of the pit on the opposite side and started digging in a decent manner.
The length of day and night in 021B is almost the same.
Converted into Blue Star time, there are 36 hours during the day and 36 hours at night.
One day and night here is equivalent to three days and three nights on Blue Star.
The entire assessment time is said to be one month, but on 021B it is only ten days and nights.
It was just dark at this time.
After Qin Xiaotian dug out a small 45-degree groove, he turned around and sat down.
not bad.
The left and right width is just right.
Qin Xiaotian lay down on his back again, and his whole body disappeared into the crater.
Forehead.
It seems that it cannot be said that everything has disappeared.
At least the 1.2m big feet are still exposed.
"That's it for now. If anything happens, just tell me!" Qin Xiaotian raised his hand and teased the Yinghuo drone on his shoulder.
The drone flew for a moment, then landed again.
Qin Xiaotian knew that Ke Ruoyun had received the message.
With the surveillance of the Yinghuo drone, it is relatively easy for the two of them to keep vigil, as long as they pay a little attention to the movements.
Of course, it would be easier if Qin Xiaotian also loaded the Queen Bee IV at this moment and Ke Ruoyun shared the drone permissions.
…
at the same time.
In the Dune Bay military camp, a 50-meter-high instrument was moved from the warehouse to the center of the camp with the joint efforts of several soldiers.
"Activate the trap!"
The instructor's voice sounded. It was obviously a plain voice, but it had a different flavor.
"Hey, squad leader, what level will you do this time?"
One of the soldiers laughed, and his thick fingers kept hovering over the five dark green buttons.
"Ahem. It's not advisable to do strenuous exercise on the first day. Let's try the level 3 test!"
The instructor coughed twice and looked erratically at the sky above his head.
"Holy crap, level three?!"
Hearing the instructor's instructions, one of the soldiers couldn't bear to say: "How about downgrading to another level? The team we were in charge of last year didn't move to level three until the fifth day!"
In the Star Sea, the mechanical creatures are not as monotonous as in the Blue Star Secret Realm. There are many kinds of mechanical creatures here.
The trap in the camp can simulate and bridge out the frequency bands of electromagnetic waves emitted by various races of mechanical queens seeking help when they are in danger.
In the past, graduation assessments always started with level five intensity.
The fifth-level intensity only simulates a certain frequency band. Some of the more common mechanical race mother queens' signals for help will attract more than a dozen kinds of mechanical creatures if they are exhausted.
As for the fourth level intensity, the trapping distance is expanded a bit, and the range is limited to within one hundred kilometers.
A three-level intensity trap releases analog signals indiscriminately and across the entire frequency band within a radius of one hundred kilometers to attract mechanical creatures to the maximum extent.
"Anyway, we are all running with you. Is there any difference between being eliminated one day earlier and one day later?" The instructor glanced sideways at the talkative soldier.
"Uh..., that seems to be what happened!"
"Anyway, within the rules, just make sure they don't die."
"If you want to be eliminated early, why not just open Level 2?"
"No, the level 2 range is too wide for us to monitor. People will die if we are not careful."
Several soldiers looked at each other, and finally focused on the soldier in front of the instrument.
"Cough, cough, let's go to level three."
The soldier coughed twice, moved his fingers quickly, and then imitated the instructor's behavior.
Looked at the sky nonchalantly.
…
"Hey, what's going on?"
Qin Xiaotian shook his head.
Just now when he closed his eyes to rest, he felt some rustling sounds reaching his ears through the ground of the foxhole.
This is the mecha's sound collection system.
Even if Queen Bee IV is not loaded, it is impossible to have auditory hallucinations.
"Did you hear anything?"
Qin Xiaotian tapped the firefly on his shoulder.
A few dozen meters away, Ke Ruoyun, who was half sitting and half leaning against the wall of the pit, suddenly stood up.
She jumped onto the foxhole.
There was a pause of twenty seconds.
Ke Ruoyun then said: "The radar data analyzed by Queen Bee IV found many electromagnetic waves in unfamiliar frequency bands, and their patterns are very strange."
Ke Ruoyun reported the news he got and at the same time sent the news to Xu Xingyue and others three kilometers away.
"Electromagnetic waves?"
Qin Xiaotian sat up, he was not talking about electromagnetic waves.
"I'm talking about sound, sound in the physical sense!" Qin Xiaotian pointed to the ground.
"ground?"
Ke Ruoyun's heart was empty. She jumped back into the foxhole and put her ears against the wall of the hole.
One breath.
Three breaths. .
After more than ten breaths passed, Ke Ruoyun raised his head and said in a suspicious tone: "There is indeed sound transmission, but this part of the sound is too noisy. Queen Bee IV cannot simulate recovery for the time being."
"Depend on!"
After receiving Ke Ruoyun's confirmation, Qin Xiaotian thought of a possibility, and said in a solemn tone: "I'm afraid it won't be peaceful tonight. You should inform Xu Xingyue immediately and ask them to pay attention to it. This should be caused by mechanical creatures!"
"good."
Ke Ruoyun also thought of this, and she quickly transmitted the news.
Then he and Qin Xiaotian walked out of the foxhole and inspected the surroundings.
the other side.
After Xu Xingyue and Li Yu took a rest and repaired the bomb crater, they had just hid the dormant cabin in the dug groove. Before they could rest, they received news from Ke Ruoyun.
"Did you hear wrongly?"
Li Yu stood in the crater, holding his breath and concentrating, hearing nothing except the noisy wind.
Liu Bo shook his head, "It's better to check it out again. Be careful and you won't make any big mistakes!"
After saying that, he immediately dispersed nearly a thousand more Firefly drones to a wider area outside.
Seeing this, Li Yu could only jump into the foxhole with his heavy sword and patrol carefully.
Xu Xingyue adjusted his mentality, and the mecha entered shooting mode, ready to respond at any time.
…
"Boom!"
Just when the entire team was under martial law, the roar of artillery fire was heard in the distance.
There seemed to be faint fire dancing.
"Didi!"
"Didi!"
Suddenly, the Yinghuo drone resting on Qin Xiaotian's shoulder made a buzzing sound.
Qin Xiaotian was slightly startled and hurriedly looked at Ke Ruoyun who was surveying hundreds of meters away.
Is this a new discovery? !
Qin Xiaotian took a sudden step and rushed towards Ke Ruoyun.
"The news from Liu Bo,"
"One o'clock direction, 35 kilometers."
"We found traces of hundreds of mechanical beasts. According to the speed of travel, we will arrive here in 8 minutes!"
Ke Ruoyun tightened his grip on the ghost sickle nervously.
Even though she killed so many Pioneer Mantises in the training camp, she only faced thirty or forty at the same time.
Now suddenly I heard hundreds of mechanical beasts swarming over.
Her hand holding the ghost sickle was shaking a little.
"Then why are you still standing there!"
Seeing Ke Ruoyun holding the scythe tightly and making a defensive posture in the air, Qin Xiaotian kicked him into the foxhole angrily.
Then he jumped in too.
"Calculate the movement trajectories of those mechanical beasts, set the advance amount, and start charging the main gun."
Qin Xiaotian gave an order and directly set up the main gun.
Before they arrive, they have to be fired at!
Almost at the same time.
Three kilometers away, a bright light suddenly appeared in the foxhole where Xu Xingyue was.
The light flickered like a flying monkey and disappeared into the dark night.
