The sound of energy flowing gradually disappeared, and the Armored Scorpion in the process of activation also trembled slightly, and then, without warning, the other party opened its eyes.
Eh? Is it an illusion? Why did I just hear a "beep-" sound as if the system self-test passed?
"Squeak...kaka..."
The armored scorpion that had just woken up looked around in confusion. The mechanical scorpion's lower body twisted a few times unconsciously. At the same time, along with the swing of the three-meter-long scorpion tail, the whole body made a continuous sound.
There was a sound of mechanical friction, and then, this fierce and beautiful sister suddenly stretched her body, and even her tail behind her instantly stretched straight.
Although it looks very strange, the wild beauty displayed by such a scorpion woman at this moment is so thrilling.
"Bang——" There was a loud noise, and the newly born Armored Scorpion finally woke up, and its six mechanical limbs exerted force at the same time. The scorpion, which seemed to weigh at least two tons, jumped up from the platform where it was standing, and then landed steadily.
in front of us.
"Waiting for orders!"
After the initial laziness, the Armored Scorpion fully demonstrated the qualities of a Xiling soldier at this moment. He stood motionless in front of us, with his lower body slightly lowered and his upper body giving us a standard military salute.
"Uh... very good..."
After being stunned for a moment, I realized that the other party was saluting me - although Sandora is also the Xiling Emperor, as a soldier of the Pandora Legion, the Armored Scorpion naturally salutes the highest leader he belongs to at the scene. As for the person next to him,
Qianqian, the Armored Scorpion didn't even look at them. This is also a common problem shared by the newly born Xiling Apostles: they are usually very dull after only receiving the initial knowledge input. Apart from the rigid soldier code, they are completely
He doesn't know how to adapt, nor does he know how to be polite and humane. Of course, all this can be changed in a short time. The information shared by his comrades can teach this Scorpion how to behave in the world within two or three days.
"This... Scorpion, right?" I looked up at the tall and beautiful Scorpion in front of me. To be honest, even though she was my own soldier, her fierce appearance was really stressful - especially when she was facing him.
He was several heads taller than me, "Where are your weapons? Let me see."
"As you command!"
Super——The tall scorpion woman gave a military salute, and then instantly pulled out two... ship-cutting knives from the surrounding space cracks?
The broad and thick blade has a slightly sloping back after precise calculation. The blade is generally straight but has an obtuse angle of 120° at about one-fifth of the tip. The blade wanders around on the blade, making people feel dizzy at a glance.
The dazzling phase shift force field, although the length of nearly three meters is much longer than the ship-cutting knife that Pandora once used, this weapon is indeed a typical Xiling ship-cutting knife...
"Melee type?"
The one who asked the question before me was my sister. Although she usually doesn’t care about the military or anything like that, my sister’s keenness can always accurately discover some problems that are easily overlooked. Therefore, even if it is about weapons and equipment that I never care about,
, my sister immediately discovered the weirdness of this big scorpion.
It's so rare... The conventional equipment used by an intermediate Xiling apostle is actually two ship-cutting knives? Melee type?
In other words, does Xiling Apostle have the concept of melee combat in his mind?
But it was only a few of us earthlings who had this question, but Shandora's face took it for granted: "Yes, it is a melee type. Do you think Xiling soldiers are all long-range arms?"
"...That's what I think..."
"Is it because the fighting method cannot be singled out..." My sister looked thoughtful, "The single fighting method may indeed be a huge disadvantage, but I think long-range arms always have great advantages..."
My sister is indeed a smart character... I still haven't figured out why there are melee soldiers in a space team...
"Because there may be special enemies that are not afraid of long-range attacks, right? The level of war that Xiling Apostles have to face is quite broad," Qian Qian said with a slight nod, "and some battlefields can only be used by melee troops.
The greatest combat effectiveness..."
Well, Qianqian is indeed smart... So am I the only one in our group who is an idiot in this regard!?
Qianqian and her sister's analysis has obviously come to the truth. Sandora smiled and nodded, looked at the scorpion girl and said: "Yes, long-range soldiers do have irreplaceable advantages, but don't underestimate the armored scorpion because of this."
In terms of strength, they are the absolute kings of close combat. They are born with terrifying fighting talents. With special high-strength ship-cutting knives, these fanatical cold weapon enthusiasts can almost instantly kill anyone of the same level within their attack range.
Enemies, under normal circumstances, Armored Scorpions are used in occupation warfare or infiltration warfare. Even the strongest fortress, once these killing machines are invaded, they will be completely destroyed within a few hours like a poisonous virus.
Fallen, they can easily destroy any form of armor and isolation doors, sweep the entire warship under channel control without slowing down, and kill all the enemies hiding in the bunker while preserving the captured target. And these
None of them can be replaced by conventional long-range arms."
"If you want to destroy a city, then what you need is a team of Xiling fighters, but if you just want to kill the enemy but save the city, then what you need is a team of Scorpions."
I believed Sandora's somewhat exaggerated description, because this girl had never deceived me, but I still had some doubts about this kind of soldier whose close combat ability had been enhanced to the limit: "Then when fighting against long-range troops?
What about the situation? Can Scorpion gain the upper hand?"
"For arms of the same level, of course the closer the distance, the more obvious the advantages of these scorpions. However, nothing is absolute. Scorpions are not completely helpless against long-range attacks. Soldier, let us see your stinger."
"As you command!"
The armored scorpion replied with a voice like steel friction, and then the scorpion tail that I thought was a weapon from the beginning suddenly opened.
Hidden under the spindle-shaped alloy carapace is a blood-red crystal.
Raising her finger and pointing at the crystal that looked very dangerous, just with a skull symbol painted on it and with a blood-red halo swimming around, Shandora spoke as if she was a seasoned arms dealer selling her good goods that are murderous and illegal.
:
"The recoilless instantaneous 'Red Fang-Gai' shaped energy gun has two firing modes: a directional laser with amazing penetrating power and a small-scale energy explosion. It is aimed at two combat environments: long-range enemy sniping and close-range trapped enemies.
The mutated psionic crystal of the muzzle energy-gathering device can also be thrown out as a one-time high-power warhead. The strength of the scorpion's tail is enough to throw this dangerous thing more than ten kilometers away in the high-density atmosphere. If it explodes, it will be at least equivalent to
A small space bomb, and the strong radiation and electromagnetic pulse generated by this crystal after the explosion are fatal threats to both carbon-based life and silicon-based life - of course, after all, it is a military unit that specializes in close combat, Scorpion
The energy supply of the cannon on her tail is far inferior to the double swords in her hands. This thing can only be used as an auxiliary weapon. Not to mention its average endurance, even in terms of power, it is not too powerful among the same level of arms.
excellent."
No, it’s very good. It’s already very good!!!
As a soldier, this kind of combat power configuration is not very good. Is it possible that you still want to mass-produce a powerful weapon like Pandora? Girl!
Qian Qian's eyes also showed a slight look of wonder, and she said: "It seems that next time we encounter a world invaded by the abyss, it will be much easier for us..."
"Very good... very good..." Regarding this armored scorpion whose only goal is to become a killing machine in every part of its body, I could only hold back two words with no connotation as a comment, "What's your name?"
"
This last sentence was naturally addressed to the Armored Scorpion in front of me. Even though I knew that the other person was still just a weapon whose consciousness had not yet fully awakened, it was still not appropriate to judge others like this, so I put on as kind a smile as possible.
, raised his head and said to the scorpion, which was as motionless as a sculpture.
"Vega-0001, sir!"
"Well, that's it, Vega. Let's get familiar with the shadow city first, and learn about the outside world by the way. Then, I have a task for you..."
"Vega can carry out the mission now, sir!" As if eager to prove her strength, the Scorpion woman immediately reported loudly.
Okay, I admit that soldiers are very cute guys, but dealing with these iron lumps really gives me a headache...
"I'm not saying that you still need to learn your combat skills, but this world is a bit special... Let's put it this way, before you understand that you can't just shoot on the street and there are no psionic crystals for sale in human gas stations, you have to
Stay here, understand?"
"Order?" The tall armored scorpion tilted his head and flicked his tail twice.
"Order!" I nodded firmly.
"Vega obeys orders, sir!"
So... communicating with this kind of robot soldier is really... unusually awkward...