Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 414 413. There are many people who still need to grow.
In the end, Seifer didn't go back to the audio system of the management system...mainly because the place looked too cold.

The walls weren't sealed, and standing next to the gap was a snowy field. Although I wasn't afraid of the cold, the feeling of stepping on something cold was completely different from putting it on the legs of a beautiful girl.

That's right, because this is the only room with a usable heater - it's not possible to adjust a thing on site that has only heating function and looks extremely ugly and has been transferred from the factory, right?

The reason why the mechanical monsters are so ugly is mainly because there is something wrong with the aesthetics of the management system.

So in the end, Laika was there helping to look after the situation in other human settlements, and Sefer felt the ground was cold, so he put both feet on her legs.

The light military uniform worn by Lycra is warm and thick, and when put on...it doesn't feel like using a beautiful girl's thighs at all.

Leica had no idea that she had suppressed the urge several times to reach out and pinch those perfectly proportioned, slender and somewhat fleshy little feet.

At present, the human fortress in the vision has withstood the monster attacks for six consecutive days. According to the calculation of the management system, leaving a gap of one day for them to recuperate is completely sufficient.

What do you mean by working six days a week and having one day off? With so many high-intensity mechanical monsters impacting us, why is there no other reaction from the human side?
The information from the management system in the various windows before her told her that humans had indeed thought of various methods, such as looking for hidden manufacturing nodes and weapons manufacturing factories.

People were constantly sent out to look for places where it could be weakened, but what humans were completely unaware of was that more than a hundred years ago, before the cold wave hit, when natural disasters struck one after another, the management system did a lot of things.

The predecessor was an AI cluster that was watching how humans in this world were partying. For some reason, it was unified and continued to control the global network without people noticing.

Eventually, physical facilities that required manual maintenance were gradually replaced with intelligent ones. Furthermore, the technology within the vision was already very powerful.

With all the reasons accumulated to the present time, as one thing increases while another decreases, if the management system goes astray even slightly, the next step is either to support all of humanity or to be made into a specimen and wait for the cold wave to end...any of these are possible.

What the past 'observers' did, Cypher wasn't entirely clear, but the management system seemed willing to accept her proposal...

So what happened later that made the management system so stubborn in maintaining the design of Doomsday Train?

While Seifer was thinking, he felt a little itchy on his feet. He moved his toes subconsciously, and looked back through the translucent screen. He found that it was Leica who had put her hand on the back of his feet.

"Don't tickle me. And... this batch of students should be arriving soon, Laika, look out the window."

The more you tell people not to do something, the more likely they are to do it out of curiosity. It was obvious that Leica really wanted to take off his gloves and confirm the feel of these little feet that were safe and sound even when stepping on metal fragments.

After hearing her reminder, I quickly looked up and saw several strange-looking mechanical monsters with many transparent jars under their bodies walking in from outside.

The jars were filled with elite-looking people wearing various cold-weather gear. Leica knew they were all students from the Academy City...

Or were people who were not students also selected to be sent out as 'frozen meat'?

"You're right. Many people have been sent out, and then... they should have gone back. At least this time they can come out with more weapons."

It was about the team of Ichika's junior. From what Seifer observed, that team had gone back to rest and never came out again. Maybe they were making some preparations?
What Sefer didn't know was that the junior had become completely withdrawn after returning, not wanting to communicate with anyone and had no interest in commendations from his superiors.

In her mind, the last scene kept echoing over and over again.

The teacher had half of his body bitten off before her eyes, but he still insisted on opening a way for himself to survive, even using a grenade as a final act to stop himself from going back and committing suicide...

It's all her fault. She's too weak. If she were stronger, more skilled in using weapons, or could use more powerful weapons - the hustle and bustle of the city has nothing to do with her. As Ichika's junior, her ambition is to become an excellent discipline committee member like her senior, but she has always had to be protected by her teacher.

This kind of mentality won't protect anyone.

Therefore, you must change yourself. You cannot be afraid of fighting, nor can you shrink back because you are afraid of fighting!
The call to arms echoed back and forth, and those frozen in the jars were constantly awakened and sent to the rear battlefield, as if it were completely free...

Many of those who have successfully returned do not want to go out again and only want to do some logistical work in the city. However, these people have been through a battle and are actually veterans of the battlefield...so the city management hopes that they can go out again.

The old soldier who was explaining the current situation to the new frozen meat heard a sound behind him. He turned around and saw that it was a short old soldier.

"Oh, you're actually veterans who have been on a mission. You're really lucky to have an old man leading you."

The junior didn't hear a word of his teasing. Inside the helmet, he simply used a hairpin to push his bangs to the sides, and his red eyes swept over the group of newcomers without any obstruction.

Then he nodded silently and got in the car. His taciturn appearance made the people in the new team whisper among themselves.

"Listen to me, Ram. This little guy looks so imposing and terrifying."

"Sister, you're too impulsive. You'll definitely be the first to fall on the battlefield."

"Wow, no, I'm still young and want to make more inventions!"

"Even if you shout like that, the Minister is not here. No one will sympathize with you, sister."

The two men pushed and shoved their way onto the train, and then a group of new recruits and taciturn juniors sat together in a carriage that could be used as a warhead and entered the front line.

——Then the landing point of this carriage was not very lucky. As soon as it landed, mechanical monsters were seen moving around. By the time they realized that the fire pokers in their hands were not so effective, they were already surrounded.

Xiao Tao yelled "My life is over" and then she held the light machine gun she had pulled out from somewhere and fired at the monsters that surrounded her.

Her sister precisely fired upon those with weaker armor, and as for the others...

How should I put it? The younger generation had obtained a heavy machine gun from somewhere, and was now setting it up on the carriage to fire in a fan-shaped pattern. The violent roar was enough to smash the mechanical monster, whose armor was not thick enough, into pieces.

Someone was responsible for reloading her ammunition, and even under the clearing of firepower from this team, they managed to create a passage for advancement!

The moment they saw this passage, everyone was overjoyed. They threw all the grenades in their hands without any hesitation and then ran away.

As for the heavy machine gun, it can only be left where it is after it has played its role - maybe it can be retrieved after the mission is completed.

This idea was completely interrupted when they broke through the initial siege and were about to head to the target's weapons depot.

Because just as the group was excitedly following the 'veteran' to move, countless enemy signal points suddenly appeared from all directions on their personal radars!
Not only were there a large number of them, they even saw twisted creatures that were completely different from ordinary monsters, had more hideous faces, and could even discharge electricity!

(End of this chapter)