When Renault and Tychus got back on the personnel carrier, three more similar military trucks drove up from a distance, and the rangers who followed him climbed aboard.
"So, we don't have to teach that old guy who secretly smuggled minerals a lesson?" the driver said to Renault while starting the truck: "I've even thought about where to capture first."
"He's not a spy. He doesn't have the courage to take action. His ambitions are ridiculously small." Renault shook his head: "Compared to the big problem at Blackwater Outpost, he is not worth our time."
Judging from the current situation, the situation in Settlement No. 47 is the most optimistic estimate in advance, but the situation at Blackwater Outpost is worse than the worst estimate. Bugs and other things are not part of the plan.
"In my opinion, it's just that the poachers dug up some underground creature's nest and wiped it out. That guy Jimmy has always been afraid of molluscs and arthropods, so he screamed like a little girl." The driver started the car and returned the message.
Don't forget to laugh at the scouts who set out for Blackwater Outpost first.
"If it's just an ordinary wild animal, he shouldn't ask for help in a big way," Renault responded while putting on his power armor: "It's not a good idea to spread the reputation of being timid."
"Ha, I wish those bugs were bigger. Uncle Finley didn't step on cockroaches!" Tychus clicked and loaded his bolter.
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An hour later, near Blackwater Outpost.
"I take back what I just said! I'd rather step on a cockroach." Tychus shouted as he fired.
Ta-ta-ta-boom-
Ga-ji-hiss-hiss-
The one currently fighting "Reynold's Rangers" is a strange creature about the size of a calf. It has muscles all over its body and is covered with a thick carapace. Its hind legs are thick and powerful, its front claws are sharp and quick, and its back is sticking out forward.
It has a pair of claw-like appendages, a head like a ferocious dog, and a protruding fang on each side.
Their total number was about dozens or hundreds. Before Renault arrived, they were besieging the scouts who were guarding a high ground. After Renault's rangers arrived in trucks, they immediately turned their spearheads and killed them.
Although the target was not the expected humanoid creature, Renault naturally would not be in a daze because of this. At the same time that the opponent appeared in the field of vision, a series of orders regarding parking, cover, and crossfire were issued like a stream, causing the strange creatures to rush towards them like crazy.
He ran into a copper wall and an iron wall.
Oh, it's the iron wall and its protrusions.
As always, Tychus rushed out immediately after discovering that there was a battle. By the time he discovered that the enemy was a group of "alien", it was already too late.
The only good thing is that in order to prevent Tychus from accidentally dying because of his bellicosity, his power armor has been updated several times in the past few years. Even if he is caught in a group of monsters, the state of the armor is a symbol of
Basically intact green color.
However, since Tychus's weapon is a bolter that can hit enemies one by one, the fact that he is trapped in the enemy's formation is actually an advantage - he can shoot in any direction with good results.
"I said Jimmy... you call this thing a 'bug'?" While commanding the defense and pulling the strings, Renault also took the time to contact the surrounding scouts through the communicator.
"[We don't have time to find a biologist to classify them, at least they look similar, right?]"
"[It is indeed a bug, just a bit bigger.]"
“[I’m going to give myself the nickname ‘Pesticide’, haha!]”
Perhaps because they had waited for reinforcements, although these scouts were still nervous, their tone became much more relaxed.
"I have to say, it's a good thing they are not very durable, otherwise we would have to come and collect the corpses for you, and maybe we wouldn't be able to collect them." Tychus was busy fighting and still had time to join the channel to joke.
Not very durable... only relatively speaking, Renault knocked down a "bug" that rushed toward him quickly and tried to analyze the characteristics of these guys.
It can only fight in close combat through bites and claws. It has strong jumping ability and its claws can tear through slightly thin metal plates, but it is powerless against power armor. However, if the guy wearing power armor foolishly resists, the powerful impact can still kill him.
Soldiers wearing power armor died - from Renault's commander's perspective, the armor status of many careless Ranger scouts was already dangerously red, and they had to be replaced on the front line to wait for the armor to repair itself.
As for the defense, it is surprisingly fragile. The strong muscles and thick-looking carapace are not very effective in resisting the attack of the Ranger rifle. If it is shot on the body, about fifteen to twenty bullets can kill one.
If he hits the head, he can be killed within five shots.
Although the scout troops sent before had the same firepower, they were severely short of manpower. They could only intimidate by single-pointing some bugs that were too forward. If they easily consumed all their ammunition, the bugs that were no longer a threat would definitely attack directly.
Submerge them.
However, since the reinforcements had arrived at this time, the scout troops naturally opened up their firepower immediately, overwhelming the insects who were accustomed to their attack rhythm.
Perhaps someone was commanding them, or perhaps these bugs had some kind of wild intuition. After most of the bugs present were killed by Reno's rangers, they all stopped attacking and turned around and fled in the direction of Blackwater Outpost without hesitation.
"Tell me, what did you discover before?" Renault, while directing his subordinates to clean the battlefield, called the scout captain sent earlier to inquire about the situation.
"We actually didn't get close to that outpost, Commander," the scout captain squinted his eyes, as if he didn't want to recall the scene at that time: "The place was already covered with a large area of something that looked like sludge or asphalt.
"
"Sludge? Asphalt?" Renault was a little unimaginable for a moment: "You mean they dug out oil? A crude oil leak?"
"Compared to crude oil, I think it's more like a mudslide." The scout captain shrugged: "When I was going to take the brothers to take a detour to get closer, those 'bugs' suddenly came out of that thing and headed towards us without hesitation.
An attack was launched, and you should know what happened next."
"Ha, it sounds like those unfortunate poachers have dug into a nest of bugs," Tychus laughed, "With our current strength, we should be able to roast them all and eat them all."
"I hope you have a good appetite," Renault shook his head: "Now that we have reunited, we will conduct a fire reconnaissance over there. If we still cannot solve the problem, we will return to Joe Sara to call for reinforcements."
"Yes, Commander." The scout captain nodded, put on his visor and joined the team cleaning the battlefield.
