Ark Journey

"Going south...it's almost invisible."

"I will see. Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll go back first. I always feel like I won't be able to handle some things if I only leave my clone in the central control tower."

These days, some inexplicable premonition has been lingering in Xue Zhi's mind.

A mercenary glanced at Xue Zhi's back and found that there was indeed no number on it.

"It's the real body that's here, leader?"

"At least I have to come over to chat with you guys, otherwise it would be rude."

After leaving the military camp, Xue Zhi quickly returned to the central command tower.

Chapter 58: Anti-Armor Combat

The premonition soon worked, even as Xue Zhi just sat down on her favorite white plastic chair.

"Leader, an observation post saw something approaching quickly in the distance, but the snow it splashed was too big to be seen clearly at the moment."

Here Xue Zhi also gave out her potion. Almost everyone on the observation post had night vision potion that allowed them to see clearly in the dark.

"direction."

"Due northeast."

The mind was concentrated, and the mental power that was scanning the entire surrounding area was stretched into a long section.

"Let me see who's here."

Through the violently fluttering snowflakes, Xue Zhi saw two very strange vehicles rushing towards this side. He even saw the figure of the internal guards on the armor of one of the vehicles.

[Could this be a high-speed battleship? ]

Xue Zhi stood up and headed straight for the corresponding city wall.

That kind of high-speed vehicle is probably twice the size of a main battle tank, but its height is much higher than the ZTZ-99A, which is considered tall among tanks. It also relies on tracks. Its current speed is around 70km/h, which is already amazing considering its size, weight and terrain.

In terms of armament, there are some differences between the two warships. The main weapon of the one with the internal guard standing on it is a giant cannon of at least 300mm, while the other one is probably a twin-mounted 150mm cannon. In addition to the main weapon, Xue Zhi also recognized equipment that might be a smoke generator and several things that looked like laser launchers.

While flying in the air, Xue Zhi was still thinking about the possible equipment of the enemy and planning how to resist it.

"It's probably not a laser. It's more likely a device that activates Originium skills. The technology here has not yet developed to the point where laser weapons can be equipped on a platform the size of a high-speed battleship."

What, not the enemy? That's impossible.

The Snow Monster Squad, having received the order, has already stood on the exposed components of the city wall. At the same time, several attack devices here are also slowly emerging from inside the wall.

The mobile city, which had already been on alert, turned off most of the lights, while all the external lights on the enemy's attacking side were turned on.

Teams of soldiers in the city were arriving at the positions they were expected to defend during training.

Xue Zhi did not go to the city wall, but first came to the fixed weapon position that was being activated. He was looking for someone.

"Faust, come with me."

"Yes."

Taking Faust with her, Xue Zhi quickly flew to the city wall.

Looking down, you can see the Yeti team that has already formed up. In the current situation where long-range attacks are needed, it is more suitable for them since all members are still magicians after the expansion.

In the distance, one could see that the two high-speed warships were approaching very close, their bright headlights illuminating the dim snowfield.

"Brother Xue, what's the matter with bringing me up here?"

【-twenty four】

An arcane revolver of the same model as W, with multiple enchantments, was handed to Faust by Xue Zhi.

"Take this and shoot down a high-risk target later. Note that it does not require lead time when aiming."

Since this was his area of expertise, Faust readily agreed with the gun in hand.

"no problem."

Because the target was still far away, Faust first weighed and observed this weapon which was a bit similar to a crossbow.

[It has a trigger, so it should be used the same way as a crossbow. I wonder if it can pass on my Originium skills? But since it was brought out by Brother Xue, it should be fine.]

In the battle formation below, Xue Zhi's voice came from above.

"Frost Star, deal with the enemy wearing strange clothes on the high-speed battleship on the right first. He is very dangerous."

Froststar, who had already begun to brew a spell, nodded.

"learn."

Just as she was searching for the target Xue Zhi mentioned, two balls of fire suddenly flashed across the night.

The other side opened fire.

Xue Zhi estimated the distance between them, and then said with little confusion:

"Aren't you a bit too hasty to start this at this distance? Or are you confident that your weapons can guarantee accuracy within 10 kilometers? Or are you still calibrating them?"

The moment she saw the fire, Froststar prepared her spell, but after drinking the night vision potion, she noticed that the shells were seriously off course and would have a near-impossible chance of hitting the moving city, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

Three huge balls of fire rose up, and the shells fell on the snowy field to the left of the mobile city.

Xue Zhi, who had already calculated the landing point of the cannonball as soon as it came out of the hall, shook her head.

"Heh, without full informationization, how can you shoot accurately at this distance? Superman's body can't control where the shells land."

While the shells were flying, the two high-speed warships once again closed the distance with the mobile city, but they did not open fire again.

When the distance was reduced to only 5 kilometers, the two warships opened fire again.

A broad and tall wall made of solid ice instantly formed on this side of the moving city.

"Be prepared to withstand the impact!"

boom!

The explosion sounded, and feeling the feedback from the sky, Frost Star immediately made a decision.

"Teams one to four break away, the remaining teams change formation and maintain defense!"

She had already roughly estimated how much force would be needed to block the shells.

This scene will be perceived completely differently by different people.

On the bridge, looking at the solid ice wall in mid-air that blocked the shells, Petrov's jaw almost dropped to the ground in shock.

"Where do these infected people come from!?"

"Don't worry about it, keep attacking, they always have a limit."

The unpleasant voice of the internal security guard brought Petrov back to reality.

"Yes!"

The Patriots who were guarding against the boarding battle below suddenly sighed when they saw the performance of Froststar and the Snow Monster Team:

“You’ve really grown up.”

The high-speed battleship continued to roar, and shells flew in arcs towards the mobile city, but almost all of them were blocked by the several wide city walls.

The snow monster in charge of defense gritted his teeth and said:

"Fortunately, we have additional personnel, otherwise, even if we put all our original numbers on the field, it would probably take a lot of effort to accomplish our mission..."

The snow monster standing at the center of the formation suddenly interrupted his companion.

"Don't talk, concentrate, the next wave of attacks is coming!"

Standing in the eye of the reorganized small formation, Shuangxing could already see the weirdo that Xue Zhi mentioned.

"Get rid of you first."

The escaping cold air was collected and eventually condensed into a sharp ice cone above her head.

After aiming at the weirdo, Froststar threw the ice cone out.

Facing the high-speed flying ice cone, the inner guard said in a low voice with disdain:

"An infected person showing off his skills in front of an expert, I wonder which colleague betrayed the Empire..."

A ball of black mist appeared before his eyes, but was instantly pierced when it came into contact with the ice cone.

"!"

Relying on his inhuman body, the inner guard turned his body to the side at the critical moment and narrowly avoided the attack. Behind him, part of the armor on the rear side of the high-speed battleship had been pierced and torn by the ice cone.

Fortunately, this section of armor was torn, otherwise the kinetic energy carried by the ice cone would be enough to cause the battleship to lose control and deviate from its course, and the two ships might even collide with each other.

"Keep going, and give priority to attacking the power layer."

"Yes!"

After giving the instructions, the inner guard jumped off the high-speed warship, and his speed was even faster than the warship!

Chapter 59: 1096's first fight with the inner guard in the Ursus snowfield

Standing on the top of the city wall, Xue Zhi looked at the inner guards running wildly below in amazement.

"Is this the speed of the inner guard's full-strength burst? It's fast enough. I wonder if Frost Star can deal with him or control him."

Facing the Inner Guards who were approaching rapidly and leaving a trail of afterimage, Frost Star changed the form of his spell, and a large number of tiny ice crystals fell on the path of the Inner Guards like a rainstorm.

Her eyes couldn't keep up with the inner guard completely, so she used a large-scale attack to slow him down first.

Thick black fog began to spread around the inner guard's body. Some ice crystals disappeared without a trace when they came into contact with these strange things, but the remaining ice crystals successfully passed through this barrier with the help of the huge kinetic energy they carried.

Having seen the power of the opponent's magic, the inner guard did not dare to resist it head-on. While maintaining the black mist, he used flexible movement and slashing with the scimitar to deal with the ice crystals that were close to him, which seriously hindered his speed.

[Who helped these infected people? ]

The inner guard, who was jumping left and right, looked up. Although the infected person who kept casting spells was a big threat in his eyes, she couldn't stop him if he really wanted to run away.

The key is the man at the top of the outer wall of the mobile city whose face cannot be seen clearly due to the backlight. Even from a long distance, the inner guards can feel his strong presence and the sense of crisis that inexplicably descends on their hearts.

【Retreat?...】

A large number of tiny, slender ice crystals fell to the ground, still trembling with a faint glow, and blended into the white snow piled on the ground.

The air is getting colder, and temperatures low enough to freeze everything are slowly forming.

Just as the Inner Guards were battling against the Frost Star, which had the combined strength of eighty men, the two high-speed warships adjusted their attack angles as the Inner Guards had just said.

However, because the two sides were very close to each other, this tiny adjustment was seen clearly.

"The enemy's cannon is moving downwards, be careful to protect the support layer and the power layer!"

The solid ice wall that spanned the mobile city disappeared, and the 420-man defense array dissipated the spells. They breathed slightly and bought time to recover their strength.

Their opponents were not having a good time either. White smoke was coming out of the gun barrels due to the heat generated by the continuous firing, and the heat accumulated in the car body even melted the nearby snow.

In Petrov's battleship, a sweaty operator shouted to report the situation.

"Captain! We are running low on shells and fuel!"

"Continue the attack, and be sure to save fuel for retreat."

Because they were originally carrying out a patrol mission, they only carried one-third of the ammunition on this trip, and because there were no high-armor targets that needed to be dealt with here, the number of armor-piercing shells accounted for a very small proportion of all the ammunition.

The fuel was full at the beginning, but after running at full speed for nearly 12 hours, the ample fuel was a bit stretched.

The angle adjustment was completed, and the giant cannon, which had been silent for a while, fired again.

The distance between the two sides has reached a very dangerous point. In this situation, there is no need to aim or worry about the shells missing the target.

The attack is fixed to a certain range, and high-speed warships attacking from the rear must be careful not to hit friendly forces.

This is good for the defenders as they can shrink their defense to save energy.

Large balls of fire kept erupting. Now it was time for a head-on fight. There was no need for any fancy moves. The attackers and defenders would just compete to see who had greater reserves.

Moving closer to the city, the inner guard cut off a huge ice cone with one knife, and a dark mark spread under his feet. Feeling that he was trapped, he had to release the kingdom to melt the energy that even he felt was cold.

Looking down at the inner guard and the ground around him filled with frost energy, Frost Star, with his eyes emitting faint fluorescence, muttered to himself:

"it's time."

The next second, all the energy was detonated, and Frost Star, who already knew how terrifying his opponent was, tried his best to cast spells.