Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 514 513. In short, rush forward and then consider the consequences!

People in the desert have all kinds of common sense, but this common sense certainly does not include... What if there is no sand?
Everyone knows that vehicles consume a lot of energy to run, and energy reserves naturally use the refined minerals in the car.

If it really doesn't work, you can also use sunlight to charge the engine. There is always an outflow and an inflow. Unlike now, although a large amount of supplies have been prepared, many vehicles can only stop regretfully due to the lack of sunlight.

They had no choice but to turn around and leave - or rather, they turned back to transport more supplies to the node for resupply.

After entering the extreme circle, fewer and fewer vehicles can keep up with the team.

However, Cypher was very busy. He had to dance cheek to cheek with the guys who attacked the convoy, and then use "spikes" or some other weapons to kill the guys who appeared nearby from time to time.

The reason why we don't use too many mobile bases for armed forces is... the same reason, there are not enough resources.

Every time a shell is fired, there is one less shell. Although the strong firepower is very satisfying, the logistical supply that comes with it is really a headache - even in just a few days, Lin Shenxue has lost a lot of hair!

...Oh, maybe she was exposed to radiation because she stayed in the heavy fusion engine cabin for too long.

It was not until this time that Sefer finally understood why Ms. Jin Junmei chose to get on this car without hesitation.

There is no other reason. The miniaturized re-fusion engine has only been installed on this car. It will take at least half a month to mobilize other experimental models.

Half a month later? Then a brand new company would likely appear in this desert, or perhaps something that had been dormant for so long would have vanquished everyone.

When time counts, every choice counts.

Covered in gunpowder, they moved at the same speed as the vehicle and boarded it. After Safe parked the vehicle, Vilvi and a group of juniors, who looked exhausted, immediately ran out from the maintenance area.

"I'll leave the repairs and reloading to you. Don't worry about the cockpit. Thank you for your hard work."

After Seifer finished speaking, he switched to the backup body in the main control - everyone was already used to this kind of thing.

After all, they were subjected to several strange attacks a day. At first, they were nervous and thought the enemy was about to break through the defense and kill everyone, but in the end, they were quickly killed by Cypher every time...

After coming a few times, I guess I have become desensitized.

In the main control cabin, Seifer looked up and saw Miss Nana squatting on a chair, her chin supported by her hands, looking at him like a curled up cat.

"……What's wrong?"

"It's okay, I just checked on the conductor! But these past few days have been really tense. It feels like everyone has lost the usual relaxed atmosphere..."

"According to my thinking, we are in a war now. Even during the break, everyone will inevitably be a little nervous."

Cypher sat up straight. "That's why cigarettes in the trenches and alcohol in the rations are so popular... Oh, and I don't have any cigarettes or much alcohol in my car, and minors are not allowed to drink."

"Then I-"

"Didn't your nutritionist tell you that you shouldn't even drink soda?"

Miss Nana puffed up her cheeks slightly and suddenly turned her head to look at the two people sitting almost side by side in the communication area below.

Ever since Ms. Jin Junmei came, Feldrich has moved his work from the room to the main control side, and he even seems to be working too hard or even overworked.

But... well, you really can't judge a book by its cover. In just a few days, Cypher has already received a steady stream of supplies and support. Even various combat units have been arriving near this vehicle.

For a medium-sized mobile base to have such a large defense force, anyone else would probably be incredibly proud, believing they were their own team. The vehicles leading the way continuously relayed information, allowing the Navigator to choose a more stable route. Seifer sat for a few seconds before disembarking to find Feldrich.

"How's the progress of your pioneering team?"

She propped her chin up with one hand, tilting her head as she boredly tapped the screen. "Same old story. We lost two cars, some idiots are going back, and the rest of us just nod our heads."

"There's no good news, only bad news and worse news. Instead of asking me, why don't you ask the guy next to me whose facial nerves might already be dead?"

Ms. Jin Junmei didn't care about such words at all. She just glanced to the side and continued to sit upright with her back straight and not touching the backrest, handling the things in her hands like a strong woman.

Let's put it this way, when these two sit together, from all aspects, Feldrich... is like a little kid.

"Yes, that Ms. Jin Junmei..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, the latter raised his hand slightly and handed him a document from the folder without looking back.

Going deep into the polar regions, in order to obtain sufficient energy, the chassis of this navigator is not idle either, and is now in the most intimate contact with metal and stone.

...That's right, this car can still move now. The main reason is that it can not only eat sand containing energy, but even take a few bites of stones. Not to mention that the stones in this world essentially contain relatively low energy.

Let's put these digressions aside for now. The number and density of attacks on the current mobile bases have not increased significantly for the time being, and those things haven't even destroyed the communication channels.

Obviously this is very abnormal. Either the enemy's military strength has been tightened and they simply do not have enough manpower to carry out logistical sabotage work.

Or maybe it just doesn't care.

Seifer felt that the mercenary system didn't seem to be indifferent. On the contrary, it might be planning to promise some benefits...

Just as I was thinking about it, the vehicle warning sounded an alarm. I looked up and saw several arrows of different colors appearing on the model of the Navigator in the main control.

Without Seifer's immediate response, the younger generations who were on standby at the artillery positions had already started moving, ready to defend and fire as ordered - not only them, but the escort vehicles that were escorting the advance around them had already begun to fight back.

Long-range rockets... no, guided missile strikes.

Cypher immediately sat back in his chair. "I'm going to go find the guidance plane. This will prevent us from having to conduct a long air defense operation, which will keep us from getting any rest and not being able to hit anything."

Switching to the Centaur's body, Cypher carefully picked up the junior he was maintaining and put him on the ground, asking Vivi to work harder, hoping that the body could be maintained well the next time he came.

She complained that she had so many demands for such a small salary, and warned that she might pour out the gunpowder and resell it, or load blank bullets into the fuselage, etc.

But despite her complaints, she still quite likes her job.

The Centaur-shaped machine took off and left the mobile base just in time to see a number of missiles being detonated in the sky. The flames illuminated the area, which was quite dark and gloomy, like the area before dawn.

It also made it easy for Cypher's threat scan to capture the machine hiding in the complex rock area, which was aiming its guide beam at the convoy.

He spread his legs and rushed towards the enemy while the other corporate mercenaries were shouting nonsense like "Red Crossbow, show him some color."

Then, he plunged into a trap set by an enemy machine consisting of three machines that could even communicate.

(End of this chapter)