NIKKE, when the stars bloom

After hearing this, all the Nikkis responded one after another, and among them, Alice's tone was the most excited.

"Your Majesty, are we sneaking into the Queen of Hearts' fortress?!"

"Yes."

Ludmilla, who was full of worries, habitually cooperated with Alice's childishness, but the sadness between her brows made her forget to keep smiling.

This was the first time that Her Majesty the Queen accompanied Lieutenant Phoenix on a mission. To be honest, the moment she climbed down the orbital shaft, she was really shocked by his daring behavior and decision.

It's too reckless.

Really, really... it's too reckless.

It's not like Ludmila hasn't seen fanatical commanders who only have the Ark on their minds and are willing to charge at Letcher for the Ark.

However, this was the first time she had seen a commander like Lieutenant Phoenix, who was clearly explaining a plan that would ensure his survival, but spoke in a tone as if he was going to plan what to eat the next morning.

How did this man live to this age?

As she watched Alice wave at herself when Isabel took her away, Her Majesty, with mixed feelings in her heart, suddenly felt a very familiar electric current coming from her right hand.

——The electric current that represents destruction.

Damn...

It was clearly just an alloy track, so why did her right hand react?

In a flash, Ludmila let go of his right hand without thinking too much, and clasped his left hand on the uneven part of the track. After barely stabilizing his body, he quickly turned his head to look down and said:

"Squire, there are circuits hidden inside the alloy tracks here."

Circuit?

Walqiulei didn't understand tracks or circuits. Similarly, Phoenix and others didn't understand much about these issues.

Is it normal operation to have circuits in the track?

Maybe you can get some answers from Bai Xue about this matter, but asking the illiterate people in the special squadron would be a bit too much to ask.

But soon, without Ludmila having to explain, the iron fist of reality hit everyone's nose hard.

laugh--! ! !

Suddenly, there was a deafening scraping sound, and the Letcher parts sliding on dozens of tracks stopped moving without warning. The sound was so loud, as if the brakes of a high-speed train were forced to be pulled.

What followed was a dead silence that could freeze even the air.

Before the lieutenant gave the order, no one took any action except Isabel who brought Ludmila to the ground.

what happened?

As the old saying goes, when something is out of the ordinary, there must be something wrong. If there is such a big commotion for no apparent reason, something must be going on...

Boom boom boom boom boom——!!!

Just as Phoenix was feeling wary and secretly complaining, as expected, the neatly arranged tracks slowly moved towards the nearest wall in front of everyone.

If that were all, no one would think there was anything wrong.

But the natural movement of those tracks successfully engraved a sense of uneasiness in the lieutenant's heart.

It does not have the heaviness of heavy machinery at all, on the contrary, it has a natural trajectory that is close to that of living things.

Is this city alive?

Recalling his past combat experiences, an idea so wild and horrifying popped up in Phoenix's mind.

According to the known plot information, only three Letchers of incomparable size have appeared so far, namely Indivilia's consciousness fragment "Secret Material H", the Sky-Devouring Tyrant who took over the Far North Research Base, and the Letcher transport mother whale that has been wandering in the sky for a hundred years.

However, based on the premise that the main body of Tianhuan City is a giant Letcher, the above three Letcher models are undoubtedly dwarfed in size and not worth mentioning.

[Phoenix, forty Letchers are preparing to descend from above the orbital well.]

Perhaps because he had been with someone for a long time, Anik could more or less perceive the other person's thoughts from the fluctuations in Phoenix's sea of ​​consciousness, so without the lieutenant saying much, the artificial intelligence immediately cooperated tacitly.

[A full-scale scan is being conducted, and a virtual 3D map is being constructed...]

Anik's high-load computing caused the chip at the back of the man's neck to gradually heat up, and Phoenix, knowing that his situation was extremely bad, did not hesitate, raised his gun and pulled the trigger towards the orbital well.

boom--!

Gunshots rang out, and a Letcher that crawled out of the entrance like a cockroach was instantly pierced through the core by a bullet. It fell from a high altitude with a string of sparks, making a loud noise that was dull enough to shake the heart.

"All launcher members follow me. The rest will be commanded by Walqiulei, and Lapi will be responsible for tactical guidance."

The lieutenant pulled the bolt deftly, enjoying the crisp sound of the shell protruding from the barrel, and ordered the nymphomaniac in the air: "Isabelle, come with me too!"

After saying that, the man turned around and ran wildly towards the north, leaving Huaer Qiulei standing there with a confused look on her face, staring at Lapi.

"Instructor...does he mean for us to cover the rear?"

The rookie commander could only understand Phoenix's actions and orders to this extent. However, her thoughtless words obviously aroused the dissatisfaction of the squadron members.

In the Ark, the meaning of "rear guard" is equivalent to selling out and betrayal, which is a derogatory term unique to the Ark.

Therefore, Marian, who always showed her gentleness to others, but actually only showed her gentleness to Phoenix, suddenly became serious after hearing Walqiulei's speculation, and warned in a cold voice:

"Commander, please watch your words!"

"Hey, hey, hey! What's your attitude?" Nian, who was guarding beside Walqiulei, raised his eyebrows after seeing Marian's attitude and opened his mouth to retort, "Master is just raising reasonable doubts..."

Unfortunately, before the girl who worshipped firepower could finish supporting her commander, Rabbi, who also had a unhappy expression on his face, interrupted her.

“Everyone spread out in a cross formation as planned. The southern team will be responsible for the south side of the tunnel, while the remaining teams will be on guard against the track entrance and conduct cross-fire to save ammunition.

Also! Be aware of your identity, Nikki, do not question the commander. "

boom--!

At the moment when Lavi's demonstration ended, Helen, who had been on guard for a long time, pulled the trigger at the right time and shot Letcher who had just stuck his head out of the track well, speaking in an extremely arrogant tone.

"More than forty Letchers are also called the rear guard? Do you look down on our squadron or our commander?"

Nien: “…”

Hua Erqiulei: “…”

Wasn't it agreed that Nikki couldn't question the commander?

It was Walqiulei who proposed the idea of ​​covering the rear, and Nien's rebuttal was only to Marianne. How could Nikki, who wore a rapier on her waist, dare to directly question herself as the commander? ?

Are all the Nikkis under the instructor so wild? ? ?

Chapter 271: Keep Moving Forward

The situation within the ground intelligence special squadron is delicate and complicated. The thirteen women can have as many as thirty private chat groups.

However, internal fighting is internal fighting. When outsiders have objections to their commanders, it is a tacit understanding that everyone should unite to face the outside world without saying anything.

Therefore, after Helen's questioning, Michal, Marian, Diesel and a dozen other ladies cooperated very well and pulled the trigger at Letcher who was swarming towards the wellhead, using their actual actions to stand up for the noble girl.

Bang bang bang——! ! !

Bullets hit Letcher's hydraulic joints or its ammunition supply system, knocking all these unreasonable mechanical spiders to the ground and turning them into a pile of scrap metal.

In just a few seconds, the orderly coordinated shooting and the aiming at the key points comparable to dismemberment, the combat qualities displayed by Lavi and others successfully refreshed Walqiulei, Rudmila and others' perception of Nikki.

There is no way. They have always fought with the idea of ​​"destroying the core of Letcher", just like ordinary people, when facing zombies, are more thinking about blowing up the opponent's head rather than destroying the zombies' vision or mobility.

I believe that people who have experienced the Resident Evil will have deep feelings about this.

"us……"

Huaer Qiulei stared at the track well in a daze, watching the Letchers, who were hit with electric sparks all over their bodies, falling down like dumplings. Her expression suddenly froze, and she changed her words:

"All members of the counterattack force, listen up! Open fire at the orbital entrance!"

……

……

"Fire."

Deep in the north of the tunnel, the moment the man calmly uttered this word, Anis, Tia and others who had followed the commander immediately fired a shot at the distant tunnel wall.

In an instant, the billowing flames expanded and burst, and when the smoke cleared, a small gap appeared above everyone's field of vision, as high as sixty or seventy meters.

"Isabelle, use your light wings to carve scratches on the wall every 60 centimeters until you reach the gap."

Phoenix said, and opened the single-person communication between himself and his adjutant, and gave a concise order:

"Everyone retreat north and rejoin me."

"Yes, Commander!"

As Rabi responded, most of the lieutenant's attention was still focused on the three-dimensional map that Anik was gradually improving.

The artificial intelligence that knew his thoughts hesitated for a few milliseconds before confirming again:

[I do not recommend evacuating from the armory. These fully enclosed transport boxes are likely to contain a large amount of gunpowder products. Although bullets will not detonate gunpowder, don't forget that high temperatures can ignite most ammunition primers. ]

【high temperature?】

In response to Anik's kind reminder, the lieutenant asked back in confusion.

Where does the high temperature come from?

[Letcher's plasma cannon, Isabel's light wings, aren't these high temperatures? ! ! ]

The artificial idiot stopped the work at hand and temporarily returned the computing power to personality simulation. She stamped her feet angrily and continued to express her contempt for someone in a bad mood.

[If a chain explosion occurs, all twenty of us will be wiped out in the weapons depot at once! ]

After that, she put her computing power back into refreshing the map, showing Phoenix everything that was happening on the ground.

——Letcher is gathering.

After the first forty Letchers were cleared out by Lapi and his companions, these mechanical spiders no longer rushed into the orbital well to die in the manner of the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather.

This does not conform to the behavior patterns of low-level Letchers. It is obvious that there are intelligent Letcher individuals interfering with the behavior of low-level Letchers.

Is the noise still in the city?

Or does this giant Letcher of Sky Ring City also have intelligence?

If we allow the group of Letchers above us to successfully gather and block all nearby passages, the outcome we will face will not be much different from the consequences of detonating the weapons depot.

"Letcher is trying to surround us." The lieutenant, aware of the enemy's intention, looked back at the tunnel behind him and urged: "Lavi, hurry up, we need to keep changing positions."

……

……

The distance of more than two kilometers would only take a few minutes for Ark Nikki, whose sprint speed could reach 20 meters per second.

But even so, two minutes was enough time for nearly a thousand Letchers to gather from various areas of Tianhuan City.

Mechanical spiders of various sizes and models, including Selfless level, Servant level, and Transcendence level, are like the macrophages in the human body that are summoned. One group after another, they gradually surround the "injured" area.

That's too late……

When Lavi and his men met up with their commander, the situation beyond expectations had forced Phoenix to change his original plan.

"Everyone get up there."

As the lieutenant spoke, he reached out to grab the scratches on the wall for climbing, but unexpectedly, Isabel in the air saw him and hugged him from behind, taking him directly to the gap above the wall.

"Bring Walqiulei up with you."

After getting into the armory easily, Phoenix turned around and took back Florian from the nympho and nodded: "Thank you for your trouble."

"Please, please don't say that..."

Hearing the thanks from her fiancé, Isabel couldn't help but purse her lips, entangled her fingers with the long hair hanging down from her temples, and replied shyly:

"You are willing to accept someone like me. As your wife, I am willing to do anything for you."

"..."

Considering that this was a critical moment and Isabel's extremely unstable mental state, the man had no choice but to bite the bullet and say "hmm", silently watching his smiling "fiancée" fly down again, speechless.

Time flies by.

No matter how fast Nikki moved, it would still take more than a hundred seconds for eighteen Nikkis to line up and climb, not to mention the embarrassing incidents during which people like Anis, Michal, and Marianne got stuck due to their bust size.