"When I looked at the structural drawings that Hadley hoped for, I found some incongruous doubts... The whole building is so huge that it can almost be called a steel city. And the major public facilities in it, including The greenhouses for growing fruits and vegetables, the circulation devices for producing fresh water, and the colonists’ living areas all occupy an extremely exaggerated area.”
"From my experience, with the design of this colonial base, the number of residents that can be accommodated is definitely not just 158, but at least five times... Of course, these extra facilities and space can also be interpreted as ' There is still room for further colonization plans in the future, and the possibility of both is about 50-50, which is why I kept silent before and did not express my guess."
"But unfortunately, just now, my suspicion was confirmed." Chu Xuan pushed up his glasses and said a piece of bad news with no expression on his face that was enough to make the blood of everyone present: "The plot has changed. , the colonists here... total nearly six hundred people."
"According to my conservative estimate, excluding the humans who died during the resistance...the number of people who were captured by the aliens and taken back to their lairs and became incubators with broken chests was probably around 300 to 400. And these are the aliens we need to deal with. quantity."
Looking around, he saw everyone's expressions of shock and uncertainty, and their morale was a little shaken. Chu Xuan added lightly: "This number may sound a bit scary, but as the saying goes, a debt is too much to worry about... As long as we have enough ammunition, the enemy is a More than a hundred or more than three hundred, the difference will not be too big."
"Because, after all, this is not an open battlefield. If we choose an area to defend, the aliens can only attack through a limited number of channels. This means that they cannot invest too many troops in each wave of offensive. There is no way to maximize the numerical advantage." His tone was neither urgent nor slow, but there was a natural aura in his words that made people feel convinced: "When I was observing your battle just now, I evaluated the alien's combat effectiveness. As for the power of your firearms, the conclusion we have drawn is... We only need to collect seven or eight guns, supplemented by explosives and other means, and coupled with reasonable firepower arrangements, even if the aliens attack regardless of the cost, we will still have 50% chance. The above odds can be blocked.”
"Yes, what is more worrying than the simple numerical advantage is the other changes caused by the increase in quantity." Seeing Chu Xuan finished his conclusion and handed the right to speak back to her, Ye Zi nodded and smiled. After a moment, he expressed his agreement with Chu Xuan's point of view, and continued his topic: "As the alien population expands, there will also be a more obvious division of labor among them, or in other words... similar to the different arms in RTS games. .”
"Among these 'arms', the most powerful are the aliens known as Praetorians or Royal Guards. When the number of aliens in the population exceeds three hundred, the alien queen will secrete a royal jelly-like substance Substance to feed a few selected aliens. This substance can make the genes of the recipients unstable. After humans take it, they will turn into an ugly monster with some alien characteristics. The aliens will After taking it, you will achieve further evolution."
"Compared with ordinary aliens, the Praetorian Guard aliens are more powerful, their shells are stronger, their speed is more agile, and even their intelligence has been further improved. And just from the appearance point of view, they are significantly different from ordinary aliens. The difference is that their stature is close to four meters, and the shape of their crowns is also closer to the queen. They are just like the alien queen who has shrunk one size." Ye Zi is very familiar with the alien information, and she knows it very well. She quickly and carefully The introduction said: "Their action mode has a characteristic, that is, they almost never take a step out of the nest. This is both a good thing and a bad thing: when fighting a defensive war, the enemy does not have such 'super units' to participate in the war, and our pressure can It is a lot lighter; but relatively speaking, it is difficult for us to use the strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain to lure it out of the nest... And in order to complete the mission of the main god and kill the alien queen, when we enter the alien nest, we have to I won’t fight these ‘bodyguards’ anymore.”
"Besides, before Chu Xuan completes the investigation, what I originally wanted to say...is another matter." Ye Zi's eyes swept across everyone, and finally locked on Zheng Zha, who noticed her gaze and felt a little Monk Zhang Er was confused: "Remember the plot of Alien 2 introduced by Chu Xuan, right? There are several pieces of information in it that are very crucial to our mission this time. First, the alien's lair is built next to the fusion reactor; second, the alien's lair is built next to the fusion reactor; , the cooling device of the reactor is very fragile; thirdly, once the reactor explodes, it will be enough to destroy everything within a thirty-kilometer radius."
After listening to her prompts, Zhan Lan, Zheng Zha and Ling Dian reacted immediately and frowned tightly, while Zhang Jie and Bawang were a little slow, but they also understood what Ye Zi meant, and only The remaining newcomers were still confused and didn't understand what was being discussed.
"Yes, in the alien lair, we will not be able to use any firearms and explosives... If the cooling device is affected by a stray bullet or explosion, if you are unlucky, the entire fusion reactor will go out of control on the spot, and even if you are lucky, The damage to the cooling device is not too great. Without professional personnel and equipment maintenance, it can only last for four or five hours at most." Ye Zi pursed her pink lips and expressed her opinion seriously: " And the damn main god has set a return time for us, seventy-two hours after killing the queen."
"So, my suggestion is that the rest of the group set up defensive positions to attract the attention of the aliens as much as possible and induce them to invest a large number of troops. At the same time, taking advantage of the empty alien lair, Zheng and I, who are good at close combat, Zha formed a commando team and entered the nest to fight the Alien Queen to the death."
"Chu Xuan, what do you think?"
Yuan Fang... Oh no, it was Chu Xuan who nodded and approved Ye Zi's plan. After thinking about it for a moment, he said: "Although as a newcomer, this suggestion may be a bit presumptuous, but the specific defense strategy can be handed over to me." Let me take the lead?"
"As a senior colonel, although I focus on military scientific research, I have also done a lot of research on tactics and command on the battlefield, and I have certain experience."
Although he said "presumptuous", Chu Xuan's expression was still that cold poker face, quietly waiting for the reactions of the four seniors. Zheng Zha respects the soldiers who serve the country from the bottom of his heart (this is mentioned in the original "Death is Coming" volume). Chu Xuan's performance and aura are enough to convince the public, and Ye Zi obviously respects him. Full of approval... After a brief hesitation, Zheng Zha made a decision: "I have no objection."
"Same as above." After Zheng Zha expressed his position, Ye Zi immediately expressed his agreement. Among all the people present, she was the only one who knew best how abnormal Chu Xuan's layout was: no matter it was an exhaustive strategy, all possibilities were eliminated. All-inclusive thinking; still the extremely rational calculation that turns every detail into numbers. In her opinion, if Chu Xuan was responsible for setting up the defenses without blowing the whistle, everyone's safety factor would at least be doubled.
Immediately afterwards, as Zhang Jie and Zhan Lan also reached a consensus, the arrangements for this horror film were finally finalized.
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"Let me ask you, have you fallen in love with that guy? Not long after we first met him, I feel like you already admire him so much." Chu Xuan, Bawang, Lingdian and Zhang Jie gathered in front of a building structure diagram and compared it with each other. Making gestures while discussing nervously. Zheng Zha walked quietly to Ye Zi, lowered his voice, and said with a teasing tone: "As for the handsome guy with iceberg glasses, emmmmmmm... In my impression, in the anime that little girls like now, this attribute seems to be quite good. popular?"
Ye Zizheng was musing on his own when he suddenly heard Zheng Zha's nonsensical words and was stunned for a moment before he realized what he meant. She held her forehead and rolled her eyes at him helplessly: "I said, we are about to go to the battlefield, can't you be more serious? What I admire is people's talents, and I am not greedy for their bodies. You are here What are you thinking about?"
Seeing Zheng Zha's mean smile, Ye Zi was even more angry. She pinched her white knuckles and whispered "threat": "I feel that if the gene lock is opened, I will be more confident." Right? After you return to the main god space, you will still need a lot of training in order to become proficient in the realm of gene locks... Then, hum."
(But to be honest, Chu Xuan is indeed in line with my aesthetics, but aesthetics is aesthetics, and it is more reliable to "cherish life and stay away from Chu Xuan". Do you expect to fall in love with these three men? Wake up, it's not Jin The heroine Mary Sue in the X novel... It is more realistic to expect the Chinese men's football team to win the World Cup.)
