Arknights? Colonization Ark!

The large group of sea snakes in action looked majestic and spectacular. The blue-black tide finally slowly retreated back into the sea from the Salt Wind City that had been reduced to ruins. But this was not a retreat. Liberi's amazing eyesight allowed Miguel to see clearly that in the sea water, countless sea snakes were advancing like a school of sardines, and their momentum was even more crazy than the previous attack on Salt Wind City.

Miguel didn't know why Hai Si left, but it was good news for the current Punishment Army. A large number of soldiers collapsed to the ground after seeing the hope of survival. Most of them were already at the end of their strength.

"Quick, while Hai Si is away, collect the bodies and burn Minghen. We will rebuild our fortifications before their next attack."

Although they were exhausted both physically and mentally, the two judges still forced themselves to command everyone.

As for Carmen and Kal'tsit, who were standing on the keel before, they had disappeared long ago.

......

The battle of Saltwind City lasted from early morning to afternoon, and the sky was still bright. However, the war in the city did not seem to affect this suburban church. It was of standard Iberian style, and its exterior looked a bit old, but it was obvious that the residents of the town still had great respect for this place. The roads were clean and tidy, and there was no moss or weeds on either side. However, after entering the church, it seemed a bit dim inside, and only a faint light could barely shine in through the stained glass on the top of the church that depicted the legend of the nine saints.

The door of the church was pushed open slowly by an external force. As the door opened, a damp fishy smell made Carmen and Kal'tsit frown.

As the door opened, the sunlight illuminated the entire church. The religious statue standing in the center held a sword in the right hand and a lantern in the left hand, but the light was out. Only a cloaked church bishop was sitting quietly under the statue with his back to the door, chanting something in a low voice.

The bishop was very surprised that someone visited the church. Just as he was about to stand up, he felt a strong wind coming. He quickly rolled to the side. After he stood up, he found that the one who attacked him was a black monster, like a beast made up of countless Originium fragments.

Looking at the two people at the gate again, Quintus laughed twice, the sinister laughter made people shudder.

"You still have time to come to see me at this time?"

Carmen had no expression on her face, but every word she spoke was filled with murderous intent.

"I just heard that there is a kind bishop here who has not left, so I came to take a look."

Carmen has always had zero tolerance for these deep-sea cultists, especially those who deceive residents into exchanging food with sea cucumbers. It is unknown how long those who have eaten sea cucumbers can maintain their self-identity.

"Someone has to stay and clean the church."

"You're right. I'll have someone clean up this place after I kill you."

Carmen's answer surprised Quintus a little. He didn't think that the punitive troops outside had the ability to resist Hai Si. He just thought that Carmen wanted to kill him to vent her anger before leaving, but Quintus was not afraid.

"Well, I've always had a little doubt about whether the legend of Saint Carmen is true."

There are so many Hai Si out there, can you really kill me?

......

On a high mountain facing the sea hundreds of kilometers away from Yanfeng City, visible changes are taking place. A large number of structures have been built in a very short time, and the entire mountain has been transformed into a military fortress. A large number of low walls and densely packed bunkers surround the front mountainside. Not far behind the mountain, there is a position formed by nearly a hundred trucks, which are responsible for accommodating the wounded and providing logistical supplies.

The ammunition they temporarily brought with them would not be enough for such a war. However, the advantage of the electromagnetic rifle is that the requirements for ammunition are not so strict, and there are quite a lot of substitutes. In addition, Tallulah has already passed on the manufacturing process of the Originium Active Destruction Unit to this side.

Maybe this thing is a bit cruel to use it to hit people, but it is just right to use it to hit Haisi. As long as the speed of the rifle is reduced to ensure that the bullet does not directly penetrate Haisi, the Originium will explode directly inside Haisi's body and blow his entire body into pieces.

The Punishers and Defenders are deployed at the forefront. They will face the head-on impact of millions of Hai Si. The accompanying Sarkaz troops will help defend the supply lines on both sides and the rear. As for the missile troops, this time they will not be staying with Yelena's freezing warheads, but will take out basically everything in the research base except the large one.

The only pity is that there is no way to manually build the large railgun on site, so that thing cannot reach Iberia for the time being.

Chapter 142: Well, can we switch?

Tracy stood on a high place with his sword in one hand overlooking the entire battlefield, feeling extremely emotional. A month ago he was still fighting with his sister in Kazdel, and a month later he was exiled to Iberia to kill sea caterpillars. Even though he agreed to it, he still felt that things had changed a lot.

Behind him were a dozen researchers who were performing the final debugging on the equipment. Tracy was not particularly knowledgeable about technology. As a general in charge of the Military Commission's war work, he only cared about the role of technology in war weapons. As for how to make technology part of daily life and popularize it among the generals, he did not understand and did not care.

This is somewhat related to the current situation of the Sarkaz. Those liches stay at home all day long and do research without going out. No one can understand what they produce. If you ask them how powerful this thing is, they will tell you about the movement of electrons in atoms, which is more mysterious than a Cyclops. At least the blood demon will curse you, and once the lich finds out that you can't understand what she says, she will immediately look at you like an idiot. Over time, they have become the most eccentric race in the entire Sarkaz.

While Tracy was still thinking, the technician's voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"The equipment has been debugged and can be started at any time."

The device he was talking about was a cylinder as tall as a person. The most conspicuous part was the transparent container inside, which contained the piece of meat that Zhang Miao had taken from Skadi. Of course, it was only a small part of it. Some tiny mist nozzles could be seen on the top.

"According to the doctor, once the sea urchins come ashore, it means they have received the pheromones. However, without a clear source, the pheromones that are too widely distributed will make the already chaotic sea urchins even more chaotic. They will search every possible place. As long as we release some processed pheromones, the sea urchins in the entire Iberia will come towards us."

"What about the others? Why aren't all the sea creatures in the ocean being attracted here?"

"Because the first batch of pheromones have not yet entered the sea, up to now, the sea scorpions in the ocean are still constantly receiving new unknown signals. This is a relatively long process, which will take at least a month."

"What about after a month? Will Hai Si be at peace?"

His question made the technician hesitate for a moment, but soon the doctor answered through the communicator he had built in Kazdel.

"No, if Haisi still can't find the source of the information by then, and there are no new pheromones, they may determine that the injured newborn has recovered or died, and either return to the previous state, or give birth to a new newborn, and regard the land as a high-risk area. Either way, it is good news for us now."

Tracy found this group of scientists who could speak human language very pleasing to the eye, at least much more pleasing to the eye than those liches of the same race.

At this time, Bozhukasti, who was in charge of setting up the defense line, also came over.

"The defense line has been set up. What does Iberia say?"

"The Inquisition has already agreed to cooperate with Lugosi in the search. After confirming that Haisi has evacuated from other locations, they will also dispatch personnel to assist in the defense. Now he is the only one."

The "he" that Tracy was talking about was a great inquisitor standing nearby. The court was so short of staff that they couldn't spare anyone to help.

"The Inquisition is grateful for the Sarkaz's assistance. The people of Iberia will remember your kindness. But is this plan too risky?"

At first, Grand Inquisitor Oaken was a little skeptical about these people who were under the banner of fighting against the Sea Historians, but now he only has respect for his comrades. He is not a die-hard like Dario, but these thousands of people in front of him are shouting that they want to destroy all the Sea Historians near the coast. Not to mention that he doesn't believe it, even the Deep Sea Church would have to laugh at these people's wild ideas.

What do you think Haisi is? A bug in an ant nest?

"It's a bit risky, but there's no better way now. If we can't defend here, then other places will be the same."

Bozhukast and Tracys are not bragging. Both of them have extremely rich experience in foreign wars. Others who have not come into contact with them don't know what level of combat power the Punisher and Defender are, but they know it very well.

Currently, the fastest moving of Terra's top soldiers is the Silver Spear Pegasus, whose maximum speed can break the speed of sound. However, in front of the fire control radars equipped by the Punishers, unless you can run faster than bullets, it will be the same no matter how many of them come.

If you can't beat them, you'd better just go to bed.

Moreover, compared with the Hai Si in front of him, the Han traitors hidden deep in the society are no less threatening than the former. As for whether you are a human being or not, and whether you have frequent contact with Hai Si, the Blood Demon may know it better than you do, so he arranged for the Blood Demon Lord to leave the main battlefield to help investigate the Deep Sea Church.

After all, your blood smells like seafood.

"Then let's get started."

Bozhukas gave the order without hesitation. The sooner they started, the lower the death toll in Iberia would be and the lower the risk of the sea spreading.

As the technicians operated on the panel, a slight sound began to come from the nozzle of the cylindrical device, and something imperceptible to the naked eye was released, slowly entering the sea with the flow of air.

In just over ten seconds, the entire sea surface began to boil, and countless sea snakes swam towards the beach with deafening roars. The terrifying number even affected the direction of the sea water. The huge pressure made everyone think they were facing a tsunami, and even their breathing became rapid.

Hundreds of steadfast Gray Guards stood at the forefront of the entire battle line. They were in groups of three, with ammunition boxes piled around them taller than themselves, like reefs facing the first wave of waves.

The farthest beach was only one kilometer away from the defense line, which was well within the range of the electromagnetic rifles. So before the first sea snake crawled ashore, they opened fire with their rifles. The sound of the bullets rubbing against each other at high speed in the air almost drowned out the cry of the sea snakes, and hit the water surface, creating waves. A large number of sea snakes were smashed into pieces in just an instant.

Countless corpses were tossed in the ocean by the waves. The ocean, which had already turned blue due to the enrichment of microorganisms, was now as thick as paint.

The gray guards were fixed artillery positions. Every shot from their electromagnetic rifles would take the life of at least one or two Hai Si. Oaken, who was watching the battle from a distance, was a little worried about their deployment. But after these iron cans that looked a bit like gun riders opened fire, he looked at the hand cannon in his hand and subconsciously hid it in his arms.

I feel a little disgusted.

If possible, he would like to ask.

Well, can we switch?

Chapter 143: The Confrontation between Haisi and Originium

The war lasted from the afternoon till dusk. The bodies of the soldiers piled up like a mountain on the beach. The number of casualties could not be counted. The blood-red setting sun added a touch of tragedy to the war.

The soldiers no longer remembered how many times they had pulled the trigger or fired bullets. They only remembered that the ammunition boxes around them were delivered in batches by drones, and then left immediately after collecting the polymer shells. They were completely numb, as if they had become a ruthless shooting machine. Even the gun barrels made of superconducting materials began to heat up.

Power armor is made of steel, but the soldiers are not. Due to unexpected situations, Zhang Miao had never considered equipping an unmanned combat system before.

Fortunately, they are not killing humans now, otherwise, after the war is over, I am afraid that everyone will suffer from severe post-traumatic stress syndrome.

Massacre war is the best way to destroy humanity. Now Zhang Miao is planning to train a group of psychologists to properly deal with the psychological problems of the soldiers.

But even so, the Hai Si's attack did not stop. The overwhelming sea monsters did not care about the death of their companions at all. They would step on the corpses of their companions to move forward, and they were everywhere in the mountains and plains. Even though more than 200 Punishers blocked most of the pressure head-on, there were still many Hai Si who bypassed their defense line and launched attacks from the flanks.

The Sarkaz soldiers held their positions under the deployment of Tresis. Their physical fitness was much stronger than that of ordinary soldiers, and they had rich experience from years of fighting. In addition, their unique witchcraft could basically kill the enemy without any injury in a one-on-one fight. But even if the number of Hai Si who came around was only a [small part], it was actually an astronomical number.

In order to stabilize the defense, Tracys himself went directly to the battlefield. Although he was born in an ordinary family and did not have a deep understanding of witchcraft, he was very skilled in the Sarkaz magic sword. With a flash of arc light, dozens of sea creatures were directly cut in two. Killing the sea creatures was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.

The Sea Spitters rely on the hydraulic pressure formed by body fluids to remotely spray chitin spikes. They have short-range killing capabilities in water, and on land, their attack power increases exponentially. They can easily penetrate the protective clothing of the Punishment Army within 300 meters. They are not inferior to conventional compound crossbows. Coupled with their terrifying numbers, they pose a great threat to ordinary armies. The only drawback is that there is no liquid replenishment, but now there are corpses all over the ground for easy use.

Unfortunately, the spikes in the sky did not cause any harm to Tracys. Any spikes that approached him would be easily chopped apart by him. This level of attack posed no threat to strong men like them. They walked among the sea heirs like strolling in a garden, splashing blue blood.

Although Oaken on the other side is not as strong as Tracy, he can still perform special attacks on Kaiji. Whether it is a hand cannon that can blow up dozens of meters in one shot, or explosives thrown casually, they are all large-scale AOE, and the effect is even better.

The entire mountain was like a running war mill, madly crushing the hordes of sea monsters that rushed over, leaving only a sea of ​​corpses and blood.

There was war raging outside, but the camp was relatively safe and sound due to the maintenance of the front line. Several technicians were analyzing the sea samples collected outside and then transmitting the data to the doctor in Rhodes Island.

After comparing the data in his mind, the doctor was silent for a while, and then Zhang Miao, who was standing beside him, asked first

"How is it? Has Haisi's situation deviated from your original design route?"

The doctor pointed to two genetic structure maps and said

"Hmm... It's very strange. Look here. This is a sample of the living Hai Si collected on site. It shows the changes over the past five hours."

Although Zhang Miao is not an expert in biology, he can still understand the basics.

"Gene GHD3T, this is the gene structure that controls growth hardening. The difference before and after is %. Is there any problem? As a sea heir, isn't it normal for him to have some changes? Besides, it was you who asked them to keep cutting off the sea heir's legs and feeding him."

"This is what's weird. Its legs were cut off three times in five hours, but after three regenerations, its muscle strength didn't increase much. The speed of evolution is too slow. Generally speaking, this kind of situation wouldn't happen."

As the doctor was talking, he introduced the sea creature to Zhang Miao.

"Sea swarms are not a single species, but a general term for a biosphere. They can be plants, animals, or even microorganisms, and the swarm is a unified consciousness that controls the behavior of all sea swarm cells. As the first generation of control and adaptive evolution, the Sea God of Growth can accurately control each sea swarm to undergo high-frequency gene mutations until the appropriate mutation direction is found in a short period of time."

His words made Zhang Miao seem to understand something.

"That is to say, if the Sea God of Growth is working normally, the limb strength of this Sea Heir should be greatly improved every time it is reborn, unless..."

The doctor finished the rest of his words for him.

"Unless there was a problem with the growth of the Sea God [Spreading Branches], the Agor people were able to survive after fighting the Sea Si for nearly a hundred years, and Terra did not perish in the crazy evolution of the Sea Si."

"Besides the Growing Sea God, the other three newborns should also have a certain ability to control the evolution of the Sea Heirs, but now they also have no reaction. The remaining Sea Heirs rely entirely on instinct to evolve, which is very inefficient."

Zhang Miao sighed and said jokingly:

"It seems that your research is not very reliable."

The doctor coughed lightly, trying to ease the embarrassment.

"Well, it must be because of the accident that happened in the laboratory after I was tricked out by Prissus at the last node. However, we can't rule out the possibility that because of the long time and the failure to find the remaining humans for assimilation and connection, the individual will was overwhelmed by the will of the group, and in the end only the mechanized instincts were left."

"That's not necessarily true."

Zhang Miao suddenly lowered his voice and said

"Isn't there already a newborn here?"

“…”

Although the process was somewhat coincidental, it was indeed Skadi who took the initiative to find Zhang Miao.

"Okay, their slow evolution speed is good news for us now. You should first look at what happened in those cases. Why do people feel nauseous and dizzy just by being attacked? Is it some kind of neurotoxin or something else?"

After thinking for a while, the doctor immediately put forward a conjecture

"...It should be Originium."

When Zhang Miao was sampling the seawater for testing, he discovered that there was almost no Originium in the seawater, and natural disasters had never occurred at sea. Skadi said that the Agors also used light nuclear fusion reactors, and had never had any infected people without even going ashore, let alone using Originium techniques. These things were all taught to them by the people on the shore, and Skadi herself could never learn them.

"The Haisi will conduct targeted cleanup of Originium. It is possible that the Terrans, as Originium creatures, actively reject the Haisi. It is also possible that the will of the masses regards them as enemies and uses the Haisi to attack the spiritual world you mentioned, which manifests in individuals as dizziness and vomiting."

What is this... Not only are the two big guys' online characters playing SOLO, but they also want to come out and fight each other?

The doctor added

"Of course, it's also possible that the sea urchins contain neurotoxins, as you said, but the possibility is not high. No toxins were detected in the sea urchin samples we captured."

Chapter 144: Blood Demon in Progress

"What do you think of Agor?"

The Doctor had a very bad impression of them. What this group of people did directly led to the destruction of the entire marine ecosystem and even destroyed the Doctor's way to enter the marine research base.

However, Zhang Miao had not had much contact with this country. The news came from Skadi and Kal'tsit. This naive girl was also confused when talking about Agor's situation. Although Kal'tsit liked to talk a lot of nonsense, she was reliable when it came to serious matters and told most of what she knew.

[Trying to seize the power of the Seaborn, causing the [Origin Lifeline] to be stimulated and riot.]

"Hehe, it's better not to judge these people before you actually meet them."

Zhang Miao has always maintained the principle that one has no right to speak without observation, but what is certain is that although those people did not succeed in grasping the lifeline of the origin, they must have gained something. They can guide some of the Hai Si to a certain extent, and even guide the Hai Si to evolve at a critical moment and defeat Agor's army. They are an organization that must be eradicated.

This has nothing to do with the purpose and ideals of the Deep Sea Church. In Zhang Miao's eyes, any traitor must die, for no reason.