Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 240 239. Pull it out like fishing
It was during his busy escape that Seifer finally remembered that the largest mobile base of the Phantom Mist Group, a fortress-like thing, was said to be able to deploy a flight deck at night.

At first, Cypher thought it was used to speed up the catapult launchers, allowing these units to be quickly deployed to the catapult launchers within range at night, but then he thought about it and realized that the aircraft was not something that would be difficult to take off after landing on the ground.

It is more like a special torpedo that can guide itself and has an exaggerated charge.

What was flying over was naturally... an airplane.

Cypher had been in this world for so long, and he'd never seen anything designed to fly. Considering that it was impossible for people to leave the Node City using any vehicle during the day, then an airplane, which had good visibility during the day but was easily blinded at night...

No one would consider design.

Previously, Sefer thought that the small handheld reconnaissance propeller plane that Dr. Mei gave him was something he learned from a vision, but now it seems that this may not be the case at all.

On the small electronic map in front of Seifer, marks kept appearing in places where the worms might appear, then being erased and corrected.

As it sank into the now red sand that looked like solidified lava, no one was running around idle - this thing had thrown out too many drones!

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change. The number of dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of these machines makes it extremely troublesome to mount weapons on these small machines (about 3 meters long).

Therefore, the corporate mercenaries present were venting their firepower on the drone, while the [Worm] itself was powerless and could only let it fly.

The combat time is not infinite, and the problem must be solved before the sun rises. So what is the solution?

Suddenly, there were bursts of low roars overhead. Seifer turned his head and saw two swept-wing aircraft with a somewhat strange shape, but generally pleasing to the eye. They were flashing their marker lights and roaring from the clear black sky where two satellites could be seen in the background.

He immediately went towards the air unit. In the communication command, the other party told him to try to maintain a straight-line speed so that he could launch a better attack.

Sefer didn't care about these things. He just kept sprinting. The sand under his feet extended into orange-red tracks, which looked completely different from usual.

The sand behind him sank again, and Seifer's track line gave the sky a clear indicator - if there was nothing in the sand, the glowing line on the sand would definitely be straight.

But now, the line is becoming increasingly blurred and messy, and even a little light has begun to emerge from below. What does this mean?

It means that the [worm] is about to appear!
Cypher once again charged up his energy and gushed out from his normal speed, entering high-speed movement mode. At the same time, the soft sand bottomed out, and the terrifying giant mouth once again gushed out mercilessly from under the sand.

Smoke and dust rose into the sky. Cypher sprinted at full speed. When it felt like the nozzle was about to melt, the air unit finally dropped the mounted special air-to-ground bomb at the maximum distance.

[Worm] The first three sections of armor will be useless if you blow them up, but the rest may not be the same.

Besides, although the distance between them when they were fighting each other with main guns on the ground was quite close, and the tactical level seemed to be about the naval level of World War I and World War II, they were knowledgeable and experienced.

There are so many things to refer to in the vision. Can't the flying units carry weapons with a larger equivalent?

[Worm] may have never thought that it would be strangled by a coalition of large companies, but it seemed to have a plan to deal with it. Just as a plane flew over its head and dropped a string of rockets with power units that could drill through hard armor and explode inside, it also fought back towards the sky!

While fighting on the move, it can also accurately strafe and predict the movement paths of flying units. If this kind of [worm] were used by a company, it would probably be used as the best combat unit.

But the reform agency only allowed it to mine!
It even got out of control.

The air-dropped weapons were quite powerful, and even the worm's casing had visible cracks and burn marks.

But that was all it could do. The worm's counterattack was effective, even knocking one of the planes down. Seeing the situation was dire, the other plane immediately climbed, escaping the sky with a deadly line of fire. Cypher paid little attention to the downed plane. When a melted fin ejected from the rear vent, he turned around and saw that the worm had sunk into the sand. Only the drones remained in the sky, battling the giant.

It may appear again at any time, but this time, we can't let it go back easily!
In the communication, both Laika and the commander were reminding him to be on guard. Worms are very intelligent and they may not fall for the same trick twice.

The flying units in the sky made this thing more alert. After all, those mounts that could blow up half the sky should not be underestimated, so it temporarily gave up tracking Cypher and instead sneaked under the sand.

Cypher was once again under the protection of the defensive fire team, who were driving tragically across the sand with the decoy signal, feeling like unfortunate men about to walk into the tiger's mouth.

Oh, bug mouth.

"Next time you let that thing come out, can you make it a little longer? You don't have to wait several minutes, but... two or three seconds longer, okay?"

Seifer spoke to them in a negotiating tone, but Gaoshan said that it was no big deal, not to mention three seconds, maybe ten seconds could be done.

As for what to do? Cypher suddenly looked up and saw the object that was whizzing away, circling back to the battlefield. Even in Cypher's threat scan, its unit form was not an aircraft.

Instead, it is a high-purity energy crystal with extremely high value that can even trigger strange phenomena after being detonated.

This is outrageous. Can the signal be disguised like this?
It is unknown whether others will believe Cypher, but the Worm will definitely do so, because when there is a conflict between its job and the battle order, it will definitely choose its job.

Especially such a rare mineral, it exploded from under the sand without hesitation, and its huge body was so abrupt among the flares constantly hitting the sky and the red light spreading in the sand.

It also looks like a target.

Cypher maintained guidance and hurriedly prepared to charge. The pressure of the over-weaponry once again disturbed the system. In theory, the [Worm] should have noticed it.

But noticing it doesn't mean you have to deal with it. It's like if you have a full French meal in front of you, even if someone is coming over and is about to kick the table, you must finish the seared veal steak in your hand first.

This is obviously the processing logic, but it is completely unknown that this time, Cypher will not only use this deadly weapon, but more importantly, activate the backup secret weapon.

"Alfred, did the thing launch?"

"What the hell is that name you're yelling?"

The voice on the comm was unhappy, but then said the missile was on its way and told him to guide it himself.

"Your name is too long. Telling the full name is a waste of time... Is it as I said, one armor-piercing and two interference missiles?"

"Humph."

That's it. Cypher immediately pulled the trigger, and all the cooling vents on the entire machine opened simultaneously, and this manic over-the-limit weapon began to roar and charge.

The other units around immediately scattered, running as fast as they could. Before running away, they helped Seifer shoot down the drone above their heads.

So that they don't affect the weapon's charge.

(End of this chapter)