Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 28: 28. There is a big difference between a duel and a battlefield
The rotating chains collide and entwine due to inertia, and the energy flowing through them turns into high-frequency, high-voltage current, instantly rendering the opponent's electronic equipment temporarily unable to operate.

At the same time, the armor plate not far from the side of the gap where it poured firepower was knocked open, and the battered machine rushed out, accompanied by smoke and roars as well as ridicule from the opponent's mouth.

The voice sounded calm and confident, like a woman in her twenties: "Does the electric whip taste good?"

I don’t know whether it’s good or not, but it’s true that the opponent is very angry, and the feeling of fear in his heart... should also be true.

He was not carrying any protective gear and was temporarily unable to move, but his opponent was holding a weapon that was obviously completely different from the crudely made weapon just now.

Needless to say.

Cypher lifted up the special weapon with slender lines and an electromagnetic acceleration track, charged and aimed, and pulled the trigger before his opponent could tear open the electric whip with difficulty.

The mechanical arm holding the weapon was pushed by the recoil of this thing, and then steadily returned to the gun-holding posture. The accelerated bullet after storing energy can be said to instantly impact the opponent's body, penetrate its armor plate, and damage the internal structure.

The pale white smoke was like a pointer, pushing the machine to fall to the ground in a mess. Before it could recover, Seifer swung the other electric whip in his hand and attacked.

The long whip shining with electric light even activated the sand on the ground, giving it a faint blue glow.

"Damn it... With a mercenary like you..."

The opponent roared unwillingly, but he couldn't change the reality that he had lost. If it weren't for Sefer's kindness, he wouldn't have used the electric whip, but would have directly pointed his gun at the part that was not well protected by the armor.

Unfortunately, even this opportunity was not seized. The moment he realized he would not die, he suddenly sprang to his feet, and indescribable power erupted from his broken body.

"You new recruit—"

With a high-spirited voice, Seifer retreated calmly, instantly avoiding the spherical three-dimensional impact again. When he was about to ask something, the other party fell to the ground again.

After a moment of silence, Sefkae spoke, "There's no need to... risk your life like this. It's just that the commission failed."

"Heh...just a new recruit."

Balls of liquid energy surged in his severely damaged body. These energies eventually broke through the armor plate, almost igniting it, and gushed out from that "small" body.

Even the sand, which had previously only shone with a blue glow, now glowed with an ominous reddish light...

After all the energy was released, the machine no longer made any sound, but slowly spewed out sparks like molten metal, and paralyzed in place.

During the scan, the other party's biological response also disappeared, which means...

Didn't that attack just now, which was purely an outburst of will, backfire on him in the end?
Without too much thought, he immediately returned to the wreckage area and unexpectedly discovered that the remaining enemies had dispersed and fled the scene in various fast-moving vehicles. The ground was covered with messy tire tracks, and it was impossible to tell where they were fleeing to.

Without giving it much thought, Cypher quickly jumped out of the machine after confirming that there were no threatening targets around. The person being rescued had never expected that the person who came to rescue him in the end would look so different from what he had imagined.

The survivors of the Pier team even had time to joke, "I originally thought you were at least a middle-aged veteran with a dozen scars. I didn't expect that."

"What didn't you expect?"

Seifer grabbed the man's cuffed arms and pulled hard, breaking the chain links.

"I didn't expect her to be such a beautiful girl!"

The people around him laughed along, seemingly understanding the meaning of the "big" part. Honestly, Cypher didn't react much. This skin had been this big since he bought it, and it even affected his clothing to some extent... Fortunately, it was fine during the event.

So he remained unmoved: "Move away everything that can be moved from the scene. This trip has been a huge loss, and I don't think Tien will be able to swallow this... It's always good to take some spoils back."

There weren't many things that could be moved at the scene, so Seifer used his body to help dismantle a lot of rubble, and took out the small fast-moving vehicles that were still usable to carry people. After working for a while, everyone immediately began to retreat and leave this damn place.

Among them, the appearance of Cypher's machine was the most eye-catching - he found a large square box, put all kinds of weapons and usable supplies scattered on the battlefield into it, and tied it up with steel cables.

A perfectly good combat unit, but he drove it like an engineering vehicle. Considering that similar units had been used when developing new urban areas before... it wasn't surprising.

The members of the Pier Team, the mercenaries, and the crew of Tien's vehicle collected their teammates' nameplates, and then had no choice but to bury them on the spot.

Afterwards, the group set off in a mighty procession, with Sefer walking at the end, always on the alert for possible ultra-long-range strikes, sudden aerial attacks, or anything else.

Until communications were restored, the sudden enemy did not launch any further attacks.

However, Seifer did realize that it was outrageous that just one device like this could suppress so many mercenaries' mobile bases (wreckage).

To make an analogy, it feels like in the space age, the battleships of the Federation and Zeon can only set off fireworks, and the outcome depends entirely on things like Gundam.

When I told Laika about this doubt, she hesitated for a moment and replied, "You're overthinking it, Red Crossbow."

"How to say?"

"There was once a vision that told a story of a knight, completely clad in plate armor, with even his horse heavily armored, charging into a well-defended enemy position."

"and then?"

"Then he was killed on the way to the charge by more than a dozen outdated flintlock rifles that could only fire once before needing to be reloaded."

"That's pretty bad."

Leica was clearly a little unhappy, but she still replied in a low voice, "So, don't think that just because you have this thing you can ignore other armed units. It's easy to suffer heavy losses. It's like the attack and defense of a spear and shield."

"There will always be more advanced spears and stronger shields, so be careful not to die too early, Red Crossbow."

"You sound worried about me taking things too far. Are you in love with me, Laika?"

There was a long silence on the other end, and then Leica ended the call with a click... It seemed that I was the type who would try to flirt even if I couldn't chat.

Sefer switched the communication to Tien, telling her that he would be back soon and asked the convoy to slow down a bit. After receiving a reply, he finally had time to think about it.

Which company would be so bored as to target a border node city and even attack a caravan that is simply out to purchase goods to consume its combat effectiveness?
So far, there is nothing particularly noteworthy in this city... If anything, the only valuable thing is the fixed visions that can be entered.

I told Tien about this doubt, and Tien replied incredulously:
"What nonsense are you talking about? Occupying a node city... is naturally because it's a well-built city with good terrain and output?"

Is this so natural?
　It’s recommended... Can you give me votes?

(End of this chapter)