There is something wrong with my infinite flow teammates!

After Yukino finished speaking in a calm voice, a noise came from the headset, and everyone, including the team members on her side, felt a chill down their spine.

The Zerg can use any organic matter as their source of energy, not limited to animals, plants, insects and humans on this planet. In the end, this planet will really become like the scene in the movie, with nothing but bare rocks!

At this time, transport ships of all sizes had landed, and after the hatches were opened, various military facilities were moved down. The assembly orders of various arms came into my ears from the built-in microphones in the armor.

The Eighth Army, the mechanized infantry division's assembly order was repeated three times...

"So, Kitahara-kun, the place you have arrived at is not the hinterland, and there is no 'military advisor' underground, but you must take action. The human follow-up troops will arrive within 24 hours at the latest. Your mission is to reveal the Zerg conspiracy to the human leaders without being exposed. Hui can do this task."

"Our mission here is to find the doctor and send him back within 24 hours. Since the mission is set in this way, he must still be alive..."

"Assuming our first phase of the mission goes smoothly, I have a rough idea of ​​the second phase of the mission, but I'm not sure yet. But this is not the most important thing right now."

Yukino paused and changed the topic to a strange direction, "My newcomers are all still alive, what's the situation on your side? The data shows that only Koyama Yushin died, and the rest of the newcomers are all fine?"

"Other newcomers..." Kitahara Sora was stunned for a moment, then glanced back.

The newcomers were extremely lucky in this mission. Even Akane Minakawa was still alive, but she had been vomiting so much that she was exhausted. Nobuaki Kanazawa stayed with her in the makeshift first aid station.

These two people had just caused an extreme cerebral palsy incident. Akane Minakawa was so weak that she was about to faint, so Nobuaki Kanazawa carried her to find a field doctor.

He grabbed the doctor's hand and expressed his plea in a righteous manner, hoping that the doctor would help check on Akane Minakawa. It was so natural and the reason was so sufficient, because she was about to vomit and become dehydrated.

What is the doctor with blood all over his hands doing? He is trying to save a dying Marine whose half body was torn apart by insects.

The result was that the idiot was nearly shot to death by the soldier's comrades.

Another energetic survivor, Miike Daikawa, seems to be in good spirits. He is a pretty good person. After his classmate died, he suppressed his grief and fear and faced the reality. Now he is helping to clean up the battlefield.

At this moment, Kitahara Sora was suddenly stunned.

Where is anyone else?

Kitahara Sora suddenly asked Yukino, "Murami Takayuki and Hira Shinji are not on your side, right?"

"That's what I want to say."

Yukino's voice was somewhat helpless. "I've always been quite accurate in judging people. From the beginning, I felt that they were both very strange, not two idiots like you said. During the preparation stage, when they introduced themselves... I had a feeling that they were pretending to be so. The worry, fear, confusion and loss they showed seemed... fake."

After hearing Yukino's explanation, Kitahara Sora also recalled the two newcomers. Now thinking back, the two of them did intentionally or unintentionally make themselves appear as invisible people, as if they hoped that the seniors would ignore them?

And after coming out of the barracks and boarding the airship, they disappeared?

Isn't this the behavior of a newbie? Is this a sign of trouble? Their IQs are not that high!

Thinking of this, Kitahara Sora's tone became serious, "Why didn't you say it at that time?"

Hearing Kitahara Sora's obviously questioning tone, Yukino was silent for a moment, then responded softly: "I overlooked it at the time because of some things in front of me, and I just remembered this matter. Um... I'm sorry."

What's happening right in front of you?

Kitahara Sora sighed in her heart. Was it because of Kasumigaoka Utaha, or was it because of An Yusuke? When this girl encountered something about herself, she would subconsciously forget about other things...

Should I be touched or feel lucky?

But there's no way I could get angry about this kind of thing.

After a few seconds of silence, Kitahara Sora finally breathed a sigh of relief. "They are probably a 'positive' image and will not harm us."

"Ok?"

"I have always overlooked one thing. Their anime is actually a spin-off, adapted from a game. The real world view is a game called 'MUV-LUV Alternative'... Specifically, it is about humans fighting against alien insects, and they are not the protagonists, so they don't have many roles..."

"What do you mean?"

Yukino was stunned when she heard Kitahara Sora's explanation.

"They are both actually professional mecha pilots and true heroes."

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０ Chapter 37: The branch line comes again

When all the follow-up troops had landed, the logistics cleaning robots were also put into use, and all combat troops began to cooperate with the logistics troops to carry out their work.

The giant warships suspended in the sky are constantly deploying various large-scale mechanical equipment, fortifications, barracks, signal base stations and other infrastructure work is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Tens of thousands of combat troops cooperated with work mechas to make drastic changes on this vast plain. Various rumbling sounds continued to be heard, giving people a sense of epic grandeur.

When all the troops were assembled and reassigned their tasks, only the several thousand men of the Eighth Legion were still lined up in neat rows, waiting for new orders.

This special mobile force seemed out of place on the battlefield. Although most of the workers on the battlefield would turn their heads to take a look when passing by their formation, no one noticed the abnormality of Squad 19 standing at the very edge of the queue.

The data shows that the Eighth Legion deployed 2950 people here, 1028 of whom are still alive, but the number of people gathered is 1027.

In the battle with insects, it was common for soldiers to lose limbs or be melted into slag. It was normal for soldiers to die and disappear, but no one noticed that there was a soldier whose data showed that he was alive but not in the queue.

Kitahara Sora turned his head to look at the large fully automatic mobile fortress behind him, and Hui's clear voice came from the headset.

"They discovered the intelligence on the ground. General Blair is discussing countermeasures with the commanders. I estimate how credible our guess is."

Kitahara Sora nodded slightly, "I guessed it, otherwise we wouldn't have had no one come to inspect for so long."

"However, regarding the previous reasoning, both the senior and the senior were wrong."

"guessed wrong?"

Hui continued with a hint of confusion in her tone, "I just heard the content of their meeting. Although our battle footage was transmitted to the flagship command center in the universe, the flagship commander only ordered it to be kept secret for the time being, and did not submit the news to the Federal Congress immediately. So, we should not be sent back to Earth."

After hearing this news, Beiyuan Kong pondered for a moment and said, "They just 'picked up' the information from under their feet. They knew it was the information we gave them, right?"

"That's probably it. Although a small number of people are suspicious and have unfriendly speculations about us, from their conversations and General Blair's attitude, we can see that they should be friendly to us."

"I see...it seems these commanders aren't stupid?"

Although they didn't know that they were a mysterious group of people, they immediately guessed that we were "friendly". Even the top commanders didn't speculate on conspiracy theories?

In their eyes, since we have the ability to turn the tide of the war but have difficulties to hide, why don't they just go along with our wishes and help conceal it?

They know that we are secretly helping humans, but for some reason have to hide in the army, so gathering the Eighth Legion is just to send a signal of "understanding" to this group of "mysterious people"?

Or are they also considering the urgent intelligence they just obtained? Maybe that's the case. Are the military and politicians still a little different in their thinking?

But, isn't this too much of a joke? These scenes on the battlefield completely overturned their worldview, right? In such a short time, they could come up with this?

Could it be that there are supernatural organizations like the "Avengers Federation" in this world, and they are no longer surprised by them?

Speculating in the best possible way, the next step should be for them to contact me cautiously and try to understand my intentions?

Just when I thought of this, Hui's voice rang out again.

"Except for his most trusted secretary, the general dismissed all the other legion commanders."

Hearing this, Kitahara Sora immediately perked up and said, "Don't show up. Do you have paper and pen in your ring? Use an unexpected way to communicate with them."

"learn."

At this time, Hui fell silent, and Kitahara Sora quietly waited for her response. After a while, the girl's voice came from the headset again.

"The general revealed that we can't keep our secret for too long. He hopes that we can be honest and tell him our purpose. He will seriously consider the possibility of our speculation and has submitted this discovery to the Federal Parliament. We should get a response within 3 hours. After the speculation is confirmed, the defense against the universe will be more stringent, and the MP-2 planet will not become an 'isolated island'."

"Hmm... Regarding the secret of the Zerg's migration in the universe, they are capable of creating 'wormholes' and have super-large life carriers similar to starships... In order to verify the accuracy of our guess, he assigned us a special mission."

"A mission? Just for us?"

But Kitahara was stunned before he could finish his words. Not only him, but all the members of the Izumo team, including the newcomers, seemed to be suddenly stunned.

Because at this moment, the observer's cold notice sounded in my mind...

"Izumo team member: Kato Megumi successfully triggered the side quest. This side quest is a staged side quest. (Non-mandatory quests can be ignored.)"

"Mission Objective (Phase 1): Determine the hidden hatching site of the Zerg on MP-2, find the location of the Zerg Queen, and report the coordinates to the Allied Forces."

"This branch quest is a series of tasks. There is no reward for completing the staged tasks. The rewards will be distributed uniformly after completing all the tasks."

"After completing the series of side quests, each member of the Izumo team will be rewarded with 5000 points and an A-level exchange card. Penalty for failing the side quest: None."

"Note: This mission is shared by the team. The points and items awarded to the members of the Izumo team will be distributed to the team points column after they return safely. If a member dies during the mission, the points will be deducted."

When the observers finished their announcement, except for the 'ignorant' Aso Takuto who was quite excited and the three newcomers beside him who looked confused, everyone including Kitahara Sora's breathing quickened.

Side quest? Reward A-level exchange card?

Kitahara Sora and Yukino are the only ones who have received A-cards in the team, right? But when did they not risk their lives to get an A-card? Will they directly reward A-cards for this mission, or will they give one to each person?

The reward is so generous...you can imagine how difficult the mission is. The most important thing is, is this side quest also a continuous mission?

And unlike the main storyline, there is no reward for completing the stage tasks?

Do I have to complete all the tasks in the series to get an A card and 5000 points?

Just listening to the mission introduction gives me the feeling that there is an overwhelming amount of information... So, it's better not to try this mission?

He deduced that there were not many Zerg on this planet and wanted to use it as a breeding base. The battlefield commander, Admiral Blair, immediately deduced that there was a Zerg Queen here, and there was also an extremely terrifying underground breeding base?

They probably believed what he said, so this mission was for the purpose of testing him?

At this time, Yukino's helpless voice sounded from the headset, "Didn't I say before that I have already guessed the general content of the next stage?"

"And then?" Beiyuan Kong's eyebrows jumped, "You guessed that there was a Queen of Insects here before?"

"Ah."

Yukino responded softly and then continued, "The Queen of Insects has never appeared in the movie, and there is not even an official image. But as an 'insect-like' civilized race, they must have a colony maker like the aliens. Since they plan to use this planet as a breeding base, there must be a Queen of Insects here."

"I originally thought that our main quest in Phase 2 would be to find the insect nest, but I didn't expect that this plot would be opened in advance without completing Phase 1, and this key information would become a side quest."

At this time, Hui interrupted and said, "The main quest becomes a side quest? If so, the difficulty of our second stage main quest should exceed this side quest, right?"

"But we can choose not to complete this branch quest, right?"

Komuro Takashi calmly suggested, "Isn't it a non-mandatory mission? There is no penalty even if you fail. Although it has been started, the choice is still in our hands."

Beiyuan Kong frowned, and after a long silence, he slowly shook his head, "No, I have to do it."

"Eh? Why."

"Remember what Yukino said before, that our abilities are 'soft-imprisoned' by the observer?"

Kitahara Sora pondered and said, "Since we have resolved the crisis through our abilities, it is inevitable that we will have contact with the human high-level officials. This goes against the original intention of the observer, so our main plot has become a branch plot."

"Assuming we don't do it, or don't find the hive, the difficulty of the subsequent main quest will definitely overlap with the side quests. After all, the purpose of our actions is based on the 'mission', but this world has its own trajectory..."

This speculation is correct. If the Izumo team did not go to find the insect nest, or just ignored General Blair who was cautious about them, the consequences would be unpredictable.

Unless the observer forcibly changes the plot and lets the Zerg army press into the Earth, the main line of Phase 2 will be based on the Earth, allowing the Izumo team to return immediately after rescuing the people... but that is impossible even by imagining it.

So, the situation now is that we must complete the side quest and we must find the insect nest and the queen insect.

Although I don’t know what the second stage of the branch quest is, the final mission is definitely to destroy the Zerg breeding base, and it is even possible to kill the Zerg Queen!

Is this the consequence of violating the observer's wishes? This is too bad!

At this time, a young officer wearing glasses came towards them. He stood upright in front of the Eighth Legion phalanx with a stack of documents in his hand.

"This is General Blair's secretary. He should be here to arrange a secret mission for us." At this time, Hui's figure appeared at the top of the queue, as if she had never disappeared.

Are you here to arrange the tasks? Beiyuan Kong sighed in his heart.

There are 20 people on this mission, but we have already experienced two battles, and only one newcomer died due to insects, and the insects seem to have extremely low combat effectiveness. Is this the calm before the storm?

Kitahara Sora stared at the blond young man who was about thirty years old, and suddenly felt inexplicably irritated in his heart, or did he feel that this handsome young officer was a little strange?

As for what was strange, I couldn’t tell at the moment.

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Inside the mobile fortress in the center of the battlefield.

Although the meeting was over, General Mike Blair, dressed in military uniform, still sat in the conference room.

He has an upright posture, handsome appearance, and wears a well-fitting military uniform. Although he is already middle-aged, he is still full of charm that can make women fall in love with him. Every time the beautiful female adjutant brings him coffee, she will look at him a few more times, intentionally or unintentionally.

But at this moment, his brows were furrowed with determination, and his eyes, which used to be kind, were now bloodshot, but as sharp as an eagle. He stared at the picture played on the projector in front of him, as if he was lost in thought.

Just now, the commander-in-chief of all the armies analyzed the battle scenes countless times, but no one realized that there was actually more than one "superhuman" with superpowers.

All they saw was a woman in power armor whose body was wrapped in black smoke. The next second, she appeared behind the tank bug and pointed her gun at the connection of the bug's shell.

They only saw the man holding a big sword, leaping in the air, like a god of war, cutting off the head of the tank worm, standing on the tank worm's corpse, and aiming his bow at the pulse war scorpion a kilometer away.

But only the careful Blair discovered that after the woman was pressed on the back of the tank worm by the 'warrior' and the man rescued her, in an extremely inconspicuous corner of the picture, there was a man holding a super sci-fi sniper rifle, who took out the other three tank worms with three shots.

Mike Blair was 100% sure that the gun was definitely not a product of human technology. Its penetrating power was even stronger than heavy weapons!

Those idiots attributed this crucial information to the work of battlefield snipers, but even students in military academies know that the laser sniper rifles currently developed by the military cannot penetrate the head armor of tank bugs.