Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 500: It's like using a battering ram to trouble a stone city wall

The two sides came into contact, but there was no dialogue or compromise, only a fight after the collision.

All you see are frantic explosions and noises, with friendly units battling against all sorts of strangely shaped machines... And don't ask why the company hasn't finalized the mercenary system yet.

Like entertainment companies, the theory that the mercenary system is behind all of this will remain just a theory until there is concrete evidence.

Only when you really hit the opponent's body, forcing him to take out some of his most valuable things and leaving him with no possibility of rebuttal... forget it, these things have little to do with independent mercenaries.

Seifer rushed into the battlefield and easily avoided the bombardment of the self-propelled artillery on the front wall. Suddenly, a strange-looking machine rushed out from the side and came after him without hesitation.

Boom
There was no program lock, so there was no double jet blast to let the opponent know that it was locked. The machine was caught off guard and was knocked back to the spot. It was pierced by the "long spike" before it even took a round.

The movements were smooth and flowing, and the protected Miss Nana let out a happy cry of "Wow, wow, wow" and watched the thing kneel down in the flowing energy.

Without even a glance, Cypher's tracks advanced on the ground almost continuously, quickly dodging a series of intensive artillery fire.

The small-caliber bullets hit the fuselage with a clanging sound but had no effect. Soon, because Cypher had already sprinted to the bottom of the wall, the shooting angle was not enough and he turned to other targets in vain.

At the same time, other corporate mercenaries were also knocking down their opponents, but their speed was definitely not as easy as that of Seifer, who was kicking away the small stones blocking his way.

After all, there are all kinds of firepower sweeping overhead. Once you fight with the enemy for too long, the artillery that can penetrate the body may lock on you, and you must adjust your position all the time.

In order to relieve the pressure on his teammates, Seifer waited for a moment and jumped directly onto the first layer of the defensive wall. As soon as he got there, he saw various self-propelled artillery - unmanned self-propelled artillery slowly turning, trying to aim at the guy on the wall.

Without hesitation, they opened fire at the ammunition depot. These seemingly sturdy gun barrels had no defense at all and were smashed to pieces in the first encounter. The unburned gunpowder tumbled and rose like a huge fireball, exploding one after another.

Amidst the constant roar, balls of fire lit up on the city walls.

The pressure on the mercenaries who were troubled by long-range firepower projection suddenly decreased. They expressed their gratitude and affirmation for Seifer's actions, and then concentrated on fighting the opponent.

As for Sefer, who had gotten rid of the things on the city wall, he jumped off the wall without hesitation, and when he was about to advance to the building area in front of the high wall, he suddenly braked.

All the thrusters stopped working, and the body immediately fell towards the ground due to gravity. The sudden feeling of weightlessness made Miss Nana blink a little uncomfortably.

"What, what's wrong..."

"There's a large energy cannon at the bridgehead. We can't defeat it head-on."

To be honest, there are always people to communicate with during normal battles, and it is indeed a bit uncomfortable to suddenly lose access to external information. Now, in addition to the noisy mercenaries, there is also Miss Nana, who has a sweet voice, is cheerful and enthusiastic, and it is also nice to chat.

The machine body fell down and landed directly in the ravine. A bunch of automatic fire machines below watched it fall with helpless eyes. The whistling firepower hit the armor with a clanging sound but failed to penetrate it.

...After all, these things are armed against personnel or slow armor, not against machines that suddenly choose to jump down.

At the moment of landing, there were some creaking sounds from various parts of the body. After all, no matter how good the cushioning is, it still has to withstand the impact of gravity.

Seifer didn't care, but Miss Nana made a "hmm" sound and then fell silent in an instant.

These were trivial matters. After landing, Cypher leaped forward again, practically knocking the defensive firepower to the ground with a ramming motion, searching for a moment in the deep ravine. This place wasn't simply a defensive structure, but rather a space excavated beneath. Perhaps they were hoping to further expand the 'high wall' area through this method.

But this has little to do with Sefer. After he roughly identified the situation here, he immediately locked onto a nearby catapult crane - to be honest, this thing is quite outrageous.

Its initial function was to transport materials and supplies up and down, but in order to meet some special wartime requirements, its special overload ejection mode could be unlocked when the aircraft approached.

This thing can propel a heavy body upward at an extremely high speed. To be honest, it's out of the question, but this is a desert, so it's normal for the technology tree to be a bit off, and we can't think with common sense.

Seifer stood on the ejection platform, and it immediately made a rapid roar, ejecting the aircraft into the air!
Jumping up from the bottom of the ravine, Cypher sprinted forward the moment his body appeared on the ground, instantly dodging three energy beams shot from above the tall building.

"There's a chicken hunter on the roof."

"Hunting... what? Red Crossbow, you're too far forward. There are two machines heading towards you."

During the communication, the mercenaries who had just passed through the first wall and were intercepted by the main guns on the bridgehead and were unable to support Sefer hurriedly asked him to retreat a little.

Seifer remained completely unmoved. He quickly sprinted between several buildings. As soon as he passed, he saw the nearby walls collapse. From the smoke and dust quickly blown away by the wind, a tank with a main gun that could definitely shatter its body was rising!

No need to guess, it must be unmanned, because a human-operated device would definitely hide in the distance and shoot from behind instead of rushing to such a close distance, just to increase the hit rate.

The moment before the thing's main gun fired, Seifer had already quickly jumped to the other side. The speed of going from static to dynamic was so fast that Miss Nana, who had just recovered, let out a dissatisfied whimper.

The weapon in his hand immediately opened fire, and the bullets aimed at the body instantly spurted into the weak engine exhaust port, smashing its interior.

Then he continued to advance, and Cypher instantly dodged the rockets falling from the sky and the beams sweeping across.

The outer armor plate melted slightly, but it's not a big problem and the combat effectiveness has not been affected too much.

Cypher quickly determined what to do next, and the machine responded simultaneously, the heavy and huge object moving backwards on the ground. Multiple movements caused the heat sink on the back of the machine to "puff" and eject two pieces of metal. The molten metal even ignited the oil on the ground.

The three machines quickly entangled with each other. In the eyes of other mercenaries who came to support, Seifer's machine was not at a disadvantage in fighting one against two, like a god of war.

In other words, they didn't dare to advance so recklessly. They were all cyborgs. They could fight, but they didn't dare to do things like shaking themselves into a pulp in the cabin if they got too excited.

With the bombardment of the main gun, Cypher succeeded in one strike, and one of the more fragile machines collapsed to the ground. Seeing the bad situation, the other machine immediately retreated.

Seifer took the time to ask the others, "The next defensive area ahead will bring us to the foot of the high wall. By then, the firing points on the wall will probably be lit up. What do you say?"

The Enterprise mercenaries behind him confidently told him not to worry, leaving the fire points on the wall to them, and Cypher only needed to be careful of the attacking machines.

After a quick exchange of information, Seifer bypassed the residential area and, with explosions continuing behind him, arrived directly at an area with a large number of anti-machine mines, barricades and other static defenses.

The defense points on the city wall - why is there a light spot shining on each defense point, as if it were located by a laser?

(End of this chapter)