My Endless Life.

Chapter 492 Attack and Defense

"What does the Legion say?"

Inside the command center, the fourth-level mechanic in charge of this command, a tall woman with short red hair, slightly red skin, and pointed ears, asked the subordinate who was responsible for contacting his superiors.

The subordinate replied:
"The defense corps is on its way here. The estimated time is eight minutes."

"Eight minutes..."

Anya calculated the time, looked at the obviously abnormal number of mechanical beasts outside, and took a deep breath:

"Then hold on for another eight minutes. If necessary, we can activate the Sky Sword system and launch a large-scale attack on the periphery."

"Really...really want to do this? There are still many mineral veins outside..."

"If we don't do this, someone will really die this time."

Anya exhaled slowly, her tone helpless.

The Wuling government is of course aware that mechanical beasts are wreaking havoc on the mining planet, and they have certainly investigated this, trying to find the source of the mechanical beasts, that mechanical factory that is somewhere unknown.

However, it had little effect.

After a lot of effort, there was little gain. In addition, the mechanical beasts were generally not very strong, at most level two or three, and there was not even a level four individual.

Therefore, the Wuling government decided to ignore the affairs of the Mining Star for the time being. They turned the Mining Star into a trial ground for the Academy Star. Students from the Mechanic and Mecha Academy, or other academy students with combat capabilities, could accept tasks through the academy channels and earn credits.

This is how we have been doing over the past few years. Every time the time comes to transport minerals, the mining star will send a task to the academy star, and the students of the academy star will come here to provide support.

These supporters are considered temporary mercenaries, and as soldiers, they must obey the orders of local commanders.

But at the same time, the commander is also responsible for protecting the safety of these students. If anything happens to the students, the commander will bear part of the responsibility.

This part of the responsibility will be cancelled or increased depending on the situation, which is why the local commander, Anya, cares so much about the lives of these students.

In fact, this task was not difficult. At least based on past experience, the mechanical beast tide could be easily repelled, and most of the time they could not even get close to the outer defense barrier.

However, there is something wrong with the recent beast tides.

Not only are there more mechanical beasts than usual, but the previously rare level three individuals also appear frequently. The last outer barrier was torn apart by the tide of mechanical beasts.

If the transport ship had not been loaded and flown into the air, attracting the attention of most of the mechanical beasts, everyone would have suffered heavy casualties that time.

This time it was even more excessive. Twelve minutes before the reloading was completed, the mechanical beasts had already rushed into the barrier.

At this rate, it would be good enough if the second layer of barrier could hold out until the defense team arrives.

So in order to avoid any real accidents, Anya decided to activate the Sky Sword system, which is the anti-ground weapon on the interstellar battleship on standby outside the mining planet.

Regardless of whether the outer mineral veins are damaged or not, the most important thing is to save the lives of these students.

God knows if there are any powerful disciples among these students. Anya is just an ordinary mechanic, an ordinary lieutenant stationed on the star, and she doesn't want to offend anyone here.

Thinking of this, Anya shouted in the communication system:
"All mechanics, retreat to the second-level barrier. All mecha operators, do not retreat until the mechas are destroyed!"

Before they reach level five, the mechanics' bodies are quite fragile and cannot compare to the mecha masters. Moreover, they are standing outside in the flesh, and it is difficult for them to escape from the scene if an accident occurs, so they need to retreat first.

Mecha masters are different. First, they have outer mechas to protect them. Second, there are transfer devices inside the mecha cabins.

Through the transfer platform set up inside the base, it is possible to detach from the mecha and be transported back to a safe area in an emergency.

That's why Anya gave such an order.

After finishing everything, Anya had already put the Sky Sword system on the spacecraft on standby, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

If she finds that she cannot hold the ground, she will order the spaceship to launch an attack on the ground. With the power of the Sky Sword series of weapons on the spaceship, she can clear a large area in just two attacks.

By then, the students on the front line will be able to reduce the pressure and gradually move forward.

Then when the defense corps arrives, her work will be done.

Anya didn't think that destroying the outer mineral veins was a loss. Besides, even if it was a loss, it couldn't be blamed on her.

After something went wrong during the first beast tide, she asked her superiors for help, but the answer she got was that everything would remain the same, and at most they would give her a little more military funds to hire students from the academy.

Anya then reported the matter to her superiors twice more, and the results were the same.

So if something really happened, Anya, who had these reports, would not be charged with a serious crime even if she was guilty.

As long as nothing unexpected happens next.

"No... It's bad, sir! The mecha master rushed out!!"

"what?!"

Anya, who had just relaxed, heard the sudden report from her subordinates and immediately looked outside with wide eyes.

Sure enough, a silver-gray standard mecha was seen flying into the air through the tail jet system and heading straight to the back of the mechanical beast.

Seeing this, Anya immediately ordered him:
"B12! Stop and turn back immediately!! This is an order!!"

"Commander, I found a special individual..."

A calm voice came over the communication. Anya glanced at the pilot of the B12 mecha, whose name was Milia. The half-human, half-machine figure appeared in her mind, and she immediately understood what had happened:
"What special individual? Stop and report first!" "At the end of the mechanical beast tide, there seems to be a 'Beast King'."

"Beast King??"

After hearing Milia's report, Anya's first reaction was disbelief.

But out of caution, Anya still infinitely magnified the dense beast tide like black water, and actually found an extremely special individual at the end of the beast tide!

It was a special mechanical beast that was slightly larger than the surrounding mechanical beasts and covered with some bionic skin.

Unlike the mechanical beasts that kept emerging from the ground, it was the only one that did not charge with the herd. It just flashed its red eyes and stared at the mining base in the distance that was blocked by a barrier.

After confirming this was a special individual, Anya's heart sank.

She immediately said to Milia:

"B12, come back! I will activate the Sky Sword system to carry out an air strike on the target. You don't need to carry out a decapitation operation. Also, next time you find anything, you must report it to the command post first. Do you understand?"

"..." There was silence for a few seconds in the communication system, and then Milia responded: "...Yes, I understand, Commander."

The mecha that rushed out stayed in the air, returned to the inside of the barrier, and worked with other mechas to prevent the mechanical beasts from pouring into the base.

Li Qi could also observe the movements of the mecha division.

Li Qi could also hear the commander's voice coming from the communication.

That's why he was surprised why Milia would do such an irrational thing.

Even if the students are not soldiers and may not necessarily join the army in the future, it is common sense that they do not need to obey the orders of the commander.

But one thing is one thing, since they have come here and accepted the mission, they must obey the arrangements of their superiors. Otherwise, if anyone acts recklessly like Milia, there is no need to defend this base and they can just abandon it.

Squinting his eyes slightly, Li Qi took advantage of the time when the Sky Sword system was attacking the target in the distance, switched the communication to the internal communication of the team, and asked Milia:
"what's the situation?"

"It's just that we discovered a special individual..."

"Do you think I'm stupid, Miria-san?"

Li Qi said in a cold voice: "If you don't explain the real reason why you rushed out, then our team can be disbanded after this mission."

Li Qi can allow people with personality to appear in the team, but he will never allow uncontrollable people to appear in the team.

Milia could rush out without any reason, but before she did so, she should at least explain the reason.

Even if you didn't explain it before, you have to explain the situation later.

Otherwise, if Milia's impulsiveness offends someone, the consequences will be borne by the entire team!
"..." There was silence on the other end of the line for a long time before Milia's voice came: "... Sorry, I... couldn't control myself just now. I'll explain later."

"can."

Li Qi responded indifferently.

He was not obsessed with getting the question clear at this time. This was a battlefield and crisis could come at any time. Instead of wasting time here, it would be better to kill a few more mechanical beasts.

Besides, he really didn't have time to ask these questions.

Because a new change occurred among the mechanical beasts.

Milia discovered the special individual and reported it to her superiors. Then Anya arranged for the Sky Sword series of weapons on the periphery to carry out an air strike on the special individual.

There is nothing wrong with this process.

But when the sword-like laser fell straight down from outer space, something unexpected happened to the mechanical beasts.

They seemed to have self-awareness, and they gathered towards the special individual and kept climbing upwards to form a small hill made up of mechanical beasts stacked together!

Then, above the hill, a light blue light curtain covered everything from top to bottom.

In the next second after the barrier appeared, the white laser cannon fell heavily on their heads!
The laser cannon is extremely powerful. If it can hit the ground normally, the aftermath alone can destroy a large group of mechanical beasts.

What's more, this laser can draw patterns on the ground with fine-tuning. With just a light sweep, half of the mechanical beasts will die instantly.

If this is true, the pressure on the battlefield will be reduced suddenly, and everyone can at least hold on for a few more minutes.

However, now this naval gun, which is a powerful weapon, is blocked by the barrier of the mechanical beast!

The barriers shattered layer by layer, and the mechanical beasts died in batches, but until the laser cannon disappeared, the laser cannon failed to destroy the special individual that was locked by the ship's gun.

"not good!"

Seeing this, Li Qi secretly thought that something was wrong.

Judging from the behavior of the mechanical beasts, they obviously have a real "leader". If that special individual is the "leader", then the behavior of the humans has undoubtedly completely angered them!

It can be predicted that their next attack will be even more crazy!
Unfortunately, Li Qi's guess came true.

Just as he finished his thought, he saw all the mechanical beasts on the battlefield strangely stopped for a moment.

Then... they rushed towards the nearby mechanics and mecha pilots frantically, launching suicidal attacks!

(End of this chapter)