NIKKE, when the stars bloom

No matter whether she is nervous or excited, the stronger the protagonist's fighting spirit is, the more obvious her brain-enhancing effect on her teammates will be.

For Nikki, the increase is the compatibility between the brain and the prosthesis. For humans, the increase is the brain's supernatural power.

This explains why Walqiulei cannot enhance Nikki of the Goddess Troops.

——Because the brain compatibility of those female warriors was extremely high, in the face of marginal effects, Honglian and the others naturally could not feel any increase in their prosthetic data. They just thought that today's condition was a little better than usual.

At the moment, the increase value of the consciousness map in Phoenix's mind remains at an astonishing 277.63%, and the perspective distance reaches an astonishing 832.89 meters. The peak increase is 299.99%, or 899.97 meters.

But even so, facing the attack from more than a hundred Letchers, no matter how strong someone's ability of perspective is, it is doomed to be of no help.

The walls of the underground passage have been reinforced layer by layer, and it is useless to pass through them.

At this moment, there is only one option: a head-on confrontation. Instead of taking back power and leading the army to break out by himself, it is better to continue to maintain Huaer Qiulei's fighting spirit and let her lead the breakthrough.

"Prepare to enter the right fork. Isabel will be in charge of attacking Master Letcher. Everyone else, prepare to break out!"

Without giving it much thought, Huaer Qiulei issued an order that she would never have been able to utter before.

After more than two hours of battle warm-up, the new commander was fully into the state. Although his nerves were stretched to the extreme, the determination in his eyes did not fade at all, but became even brighter.

"Prioritize the elimination of Letcher, and move the damaged personnel to proactively report the damage rate to the captains of each team."

"Okay, Master!"

Nian, who was always guarding beside Valqiulei, smiled and answered very politely. With her, there were Signa and Delta, two former members of the scout team who were incorporated into the counterattack team, and the meticulous Rabi.

"Yes, Commander."

……

……

[The detectable distance of the consciousness map is 899.97 meters, and the peak increase is 299.99%]

In fact, there was no need for Anik to report at all. When the increase in his own ability reached 299.99%, Phoenix's vision would become infinitely darker. It was so serious that even the light of a tactical flashlight was almost impossible to perceive.

But people are forced to do things.

The blind lieutenant suddenly had an idea, and he put forward his request to the artificial intelligence, "Can you help me simulate my first-person perspective?"

[Yes, but I'm afraid your brain will burn out. ]

Anik mercilessly disdained the limitations of carbon-based organisms in information processing, and then said:

[For safety reasons, choose between the first-person perspective and the three-dimensional map. ]

[Is it possible to switch screens back and forth? ]

【……OK.】

Thus, someone succeeded in maintaining visibility without hindering his observation of the map through a behavior that seemed to be a bug.

As for the cost of doing so, it is nothing more than a headache and is not worth mentioning.

……

"The right fork is eight meters high and twelve meters wide, with only a basic large freight box inside."

Intelligence officer Phoenix reported what intelligence he could provide to his "superior". Of course, he also did not forget to explain and remind Walqiulei of some tactical ideas and cognitive blind spots as an instructor.

"Unsure of the type of cargo, assume it can't withstand Letcher's firepower."

"Ah."

In front of him, Huaer Qiulei, who was running as fast as she could, took the opportunity to exhale and responded.

This round of sprint really made her realize once again the limitations of being an unmodified human.

——Can’t run fast.

The distance of 300 meters is just a dozen seconds for Nikki and Phoenix, but for Walqiulei, it will take at least 40 seconds.

This result is outrageous enough considering the triple conditions of being a woman, carrying heavy loads, and fighting for a long time. It is so outrageous that most men may not be able to achieve it.

"Twelve meters...wide, Letcher, at most six can stand side by side..."

The girl rushed to the fork in the road and walked quickly to the right fork without stopping. She panted and said:

"Isabelle will be in charge of flying the Letchers... Phew... Theoretically, the rest of us can face a maximum of six Letchers at the same time... Phew... The Letchers at the back cannot cross the Letchers in front and shoot at us.

But we can just… phew… use penetrating fire on them, and use Letcher's body as cover."

After saying that, Huaer Qiulei, who had recovered from the shock, suddenly turned around and looked at her instructor. Her embarrassed expression concealed a hint of not treating herself as an outsider, and she added:

"Instructor, you, Helen, and Delta are all using sniper rifles, so I think it would be better for the three of you to fire the first shot."

Phoenix: “…”

Helen: "..."

Delta: “…”

As soon as the girl finished her words, not only did her instructor look at her sideways, but even her subordinate Delta couldn't help but look at his commander with helplessness. The reconnaissance scout seriously suspected that the 300-meter sprint just now was too intense, causing his commander's brain to suffer from hypoxia.

Indeed, the tactic of using a sniper rifle with the strongest penetration capability to fire the first shot is indeed a good one in terms of killing efficiency alone.

But the problem was that the Letchers overhead and in the forks had already set up all kinds of machine guns, leaving Lieutenant Phoenix, who was also the commander, to risk his life. Even if he agreed, Rabi would not agree. Even if Rabi agreed, Mihara and the others would definitely not agree.

In addition, the Nikkis in the special squadron are so wild in temperament that if they are really pushed to the limit, an internal conflict might break out on the spot.

however……

"Are there any more smoke bombs?"

The man's soft question was like a stone thrown into the lake, instantly breaking the tranquility of the lake.

Phoenix knew very well that he could not deny Huaer Qiulei's plan at this time, let alone take over Huaer Qiulei's command position. Once the opponent's fighting spirit declined, the actual combat capability of the entire team would be severely damaged.

Therefore, he had to find a way to complete the homework assigned by the students...

"No, they've all been used up. I only have three smoke grenades left."

Seeing that her man was still planning to lead the charge, Annie, who was holding the last three smoke grenades in her hand, immediately lowered her mouth and revealed an angry look.

"According to Nikki's rules, protecting the commander's safety is Nikki's highest priority in carrying out her mission, so please, Commander, and Ms. Walqiulei, stay down there and come over after we, Nikki, rush up.

Oh! Oh, and one more thing! When Nikki is fighting, all you stinky men should do is just stand back and watch! Why are you joining in the fun?! Do you think you can survive with only your head left?!!"

"..."

When Anis finished her lesson, while Walqiulei, Nian, Ludmila and others were staring blankly with their eyes wide open, the artificial intelligence silently sent a countdown that made Phoenix feel extremely depressed.

[The increase rate dropped to 284.91%…277.83%…265.59%…239.18%. ]

There is no doubt that Commander Walqiulei, who was soft-hearted by nature, gradually calmed down from her excited state under the suppression of Anis's aura.

This is what the second lieutenant least wants to see.

However, things have come to this point, and there are still hundreds of Letchers following behind. Phoenix does not want to blame Anis for caring about him, and he just said calmly:

"Give me the launcher. I will fire three smoke grenades at the intersection of the left and middle forks, and in the passage of the right fork. Get ready. When I give the order, rush directly to the right fork. Rabi will lead the way.

Huaer Qiulei, follow me, we will go up last."

As the lieutenant spoke, he took the grenade launcher handed to him by Anice with his right hand. With Annick's careful calculation, he fired three cheating-level smoke grenades towards the upper passage in just two seconds.

Dangdangdangdang——

After a few rebounds, just as the grenade was about to explode, the man handed the launcher back to the chestnut-haired girl and raised his hand to make two tactical hand gestures:

——【Everyone】,【Breakthrough】.

In an instant, the special squadron led by Lavi quickly climbed up along the dent that Isabel had carved.

As for the second lieutenant, at this moment, he still wanted to try to rekindle Huaer Qiulei's cooling fighting spirit, but he was not good at inciting emotions. After thinking about it, the man finally organized his words, but unexpectedly, something strange happened above his head!!!

It was not the sound of gunfire from Lavi and the others fighting with Letcher, nor was it the cry for help from someone injured, but the violent roar caused by the change of terrain!

Oops!

There was no need for Phoenix to look up at the top of his head, because Alnick had already refreshed the 3D map in real time in his sea of ​​consciousness.

——The passage connecting the three-way intersection is being closed!

A more accurate statement should be: the passage where he, Ludmila, Alice, and Walqiulei were standing was moving backwards at a speed of fifty centimeters per second!!!

The mutation came very quickly.

It was so fast that only Nian, who had just climbed onto the platform, and Helen, who was squatting at the mouth of the well, ready to help the lieutenant, could react.

"commander--!"

"master--!"

When the two girls, one big and one small, turned around and found that the well was about to be closed, they didn't even have time to think, and they turned over and jumped down relying entirely on instinct.

Rumble, rumble————

When the last strand of Helen's blue hair fell, and when the rest of Nikki heard the temporary order from Phoenix, Isabel, who was the first to return, had already fallen to the ground helplessly, staring at the face of her lover disappearing in front of her...

……

"Hello? Hello, hello, one, two, three, one, two, three..."

"Commander! It's zizizizi... Coming... Communication is cut off."

Rabi's intermittent response came from the headset, which made Phoenix's not-so-good mood slightly better.

The communication channel was not completely disconnected, which meant that there was a passage nearby connected to the three-way intersection. In this case, Anik could definitely help him find the route to meet up with Rabi.

"Walqiulei, do you have a gun?"

"Bring it, bring it!"

Hearing the instructor's words, the anxious girl quickly pulled out a commander's pistol from her waist and showed it to Phoenix.

——5.56 caliber, 20 rounds of ammunition, a gun that can only be used for suicide on the ground except for hunting.

"call……"

Sighing silently, someone shook his head, raised his left hand to his waist, and pressed a 4.5-kilogram four-shot revolver on the student's palm, pressing it so hard that Huaer Qiulei almost lost her grasp.

Then, I heard the man teach me earnestly:

"Don't use those things that women practice on you anymore. Use this for me. Do you hear me?"

Hua Erqiulei: “…”

Chapter 276: God of Firepower

"Nian, you take your commander and hide."

Without giving the girl any time to recover emotionally, after handing over the weapons, Phoenix picked up the gun in his hand and called Helen, Alice, and Ludmila to trot south.

Five hundred and twenty-two Letchers. This is the statistics given by Anik about the enemy that is about to chase and kill.

The passage they were in was very wide, a full 46 meters wide, and could accommodate more than 20 mechanical spiders side by side.

Fortunately, there are many large assembly line machine tools in the passage. As long as we conduct guerrilla warfare reasonably, relying on the powerful firepower of Alice and Ludmila, and cooperating with the efficient sniping of Helen and I...

【The winning rate is zero.】

In my mind, the tone of the artificial retardation revealed a human sadness.

[Phoenix...I don't see any possibility of winning this battle.

You know it very well, right?

If the four of you alone can destroy 522 Letchers, then given your personality, you should prioritize destroying them all at the beginning. 】

[Okay, just help me shoot. If you keep talking too much, I'll charge you with disturbing the morale of the troops.]

Facing the zero win rate given by Anik, Phoenix, who came to the entrance, remained calm and said:

"We are the ones setting up the point. The first exchange of fire is our biggest advantage. We must use this advantage to kill enough Letchers at the entrance and exit, and use Letcher's bodies to slow down the speed at which the other side rushes into the passage. Do you understand?"

"clear."

Just as Helen agreed, a voice message suddenly rang out in the team channel.

"Master wants us to open up our maximum firepower! Am I understanding correctly?"

Phoenix: “?”