Later on March 17, just before 11 a.m., Lieutenant Colonel Moser, who was responsible for guarding the western defensive wall and outpost of the August settlement, ordered people to send the bodies of the alien creatures they killed back to
The command center where Rick Kidd is located.
The revolutionary army has reported many killings, but so far only this body has been found.
Along with the alien body came some simple food, including thick bread made of synthetic flour, a few pieces of whipped cream, smoked beef and a few cans of tea.
Rick had the armor-stained corpse soaked in dark black blood placed on a long table with a battle map. Dozens of Revolutionary Army officers surrounded the long obsidian table brought from Kohal.
They were talking quietly while stuffing food into their mouths.
These Revolutionary Army officers are generally between the ages of twenty and thirty. Their dark red power armor is lined with straight single-breasted dark gray jackets and field army trousers made of artificial cotton. They have wolf head badges and emblems on their chests.
The V-shaped military rank mark, and the wide-brimmed military hat hanging on the coat rack of the headquarters is painted with the insignia of the revolutionary army's whip ring.
Young soldiers simply put on military uniforms and tied slim-fitting belts around their waists, which was enough to attract attention among the people and attract people to sign up to join the army. Augustus believed that handsome military uniforms were very necessary and obtained them from the Parliament.
A lot of funding.
The uniforms of the Marine Corps, Fleet and Army in the Revolutionary Army are all different, and each is equipped with two sets of uniforms.
"Is this the monster that killed Suez, Noviev and Sir Sir Sir... the indigenous creatures?" When Rick was silent, a Revolutionary Army major carefully stroked the body with flashes of light.
Jet black armor with cold metallic luster.
This is an alien creature with rough dark gray skin. It is about 9 to 10 feet tall (2.7 to 3 meters). It is much larger than a human adult male. It has four powerful fingers with sharp nails on its palms.
The hind feet are similar to those of artiodactyl mammals on Earth, with the lower legs bent backward from the knees to the bare ankles. Judging from the structure of the crotch, it should be a creature that can walk upright.
The staggered wrinkles on his skin make him look like the dense scales of a reptile under the cold blue light of the command center. However, if you look carefully and reach out to touch, you will find that the surface of his skin is actually quite smooth and delicate to the touch.
The creature has a long, narrow pointed chin and a protruding forehead. There are several inches of gray hair on the back of the head that look like some kind of dreadlocks. He wears a helmet made of black alien metal and is covered in armor.
And a crimson woven war skirt that extends to the leg joints. Sharp thorns and blades can be seen everywhere on their armor, as if they exist to kill their enemies as much as possible.
His chest had been hit hard by several rounds of howitzers and thousands of nail bullets, but it looked like it was only a little worn. The wound came from his unobvious neck, and the deep purple blood that was almost black had dried up at this moment. It can be seen from this that,
This creature is not invulnerable, it is also made of flesh and blood.
Rick simply couldn't imagine what kind of enemy this creature had been fighting, otherwise such an almost brutal and bloody decoration would be to deal with his own kind.
It took him a long time to take off the creature's helmet. At this moment, all the officers shuddered at its strange face. The creature only had a pair of dull eyes, no nostrils and no lips. It was impossible to imagine whether he
Need to breathe or need to take in nutrients.
As he stared into the creature's face, Rick felt an indescribable throbbing.
In this universe, humans are never alone.
He recalled what the Bennett family tutor said to him when he was a child: Some of the starlight in the sky came from millions of years ago, and the stars that emitted these lights were probably destroyed long ago. There are billions of stars in the universe.
With tens of thousands of stars, there are infinite possibilities for life forms.
As early as when people on Earth established colonies in the solar system, humans were searching for possible intelligent creatures while exploring the universe, but found nothing.
In the Koprulu sector, the creatures discovered by humans are nothing more than giant insects and primitive reptiles from Umoyan. Without exception, their intelligence is no higher than that of a two-year-old domestic pet dog.
The revolutionary army once encountered a terrifying alien creature on Victor V. Federation researchers named this creature the Zergs. Apparently they had already encountered alien creatures. The federal army may have the same
Korhal colonists also encountered this creature in Baishel and had already named it, but it has never been made public.
"He looks really disgusting," a lieutenant said angrily after all his comrades died at the hands of alien alien creatures.
"What local species did they evolve from? Crabs or lizards - they seem to be very primitive." Another revolutionary army captain said.
"He is such a primitive man, but he has individual stealth technology that can evade most of our detection methods, a sub-folding force field, a stealth force field, and an energy shield generator, which is enough to cut through CMC-200 powered armor and even arc light
The tank's over 100 mm armor is split into two by a clustered plasma light blade and a particle light cannon that can tear our soldiers into pieces with one shot... This may be the remnants of an ancient alien civilization." Rui.
K concluded.
Two years ago, this 20-year-old Major General of the Revolutionary Army was a son of the founding family who was desperate for life. He was tired of the luxurious but spiritually empty life every day, and lived in the shadow of his outstanding sister all day long.
In a short period of time, he experienced a series of events such as the Kailian War, the Korhal Rebellion, and the Great Escape.
These experiences are tempering an ordinary noble son into a steel-like warrior. However, when facing these alien enemies on Beisher, steel is like hammering on a ball of cotton.
If the person leading this colonial fleet was not a resolute leader, he would have been unable to stabilize the situation. Any army that entered the jungle would eventually have no return, and the people would be slaughtered. This place is outside the Koprulu sector.
, far away from the core world of mankind, isolated and helpless.
However, Rick knows that he must not give up easily. He has an important responsibility. The most important thing is that he is one of the most trusted people of the Revolutionary Army Marshal, the deputy squad leader of the first class of the Demons of Heaven, Augustus Mengsk. hand.
This is the only belief that supports Rick.
"Their civilization has probably degenerated tens of thousands of years ago, but even so, the technology of these creatures still has an overwhelming advantage over us."
"The small number is probably the reason why this creature has not launched a full-scale attack on us." He said: "They have been wandering beyond our reach, weakening our military strength through sneak attacks again and again, and waiting until we The army was exhausted and the general attack began."
"I even suspect that they have a unique hobby. These creatures still prove their strength by hunting down the strongest warriors among us, just like some ancient tribes in the earth's era."
"It would be great if he was still alive." Finally, Rick said with some regret.
"Do you know how he died? This bastard and several of his companions ran rampant in Moser's military camp. They took on dozens of soldiers before killing him." A lieutenant punched him hard. Smashed it on the table.
"What on earth is going on? Is this just a training ground for them to test their warriors? We are just livestock raised by these creatures."
"They will only attack our soldiers and have absolutely no interest in those women and children who have no ability to resist, but it does not mean that they have some kind of chivalry and compassion. Maybe this kind of creature does not have similar qualities at all. to human emotions.”
"God knows where these monsters live, in alien ruins or underground? We have been passively beaten."
"What I'm more worried about is that they probably have a fleet." Rick was worried.
As he spoke, Rick took off a metal bracer from the creature's arm, and with his other hand picked up a weapon about seven feet long, similar to some kind of cane.
Rick twirled the heavy cane, tapped it on the table and handed it to his adjutant: "Give it to our engineers. Maybe this will be helpful in our research on new weapons."
Then, Rick waved his hand to stop his subordinates who wanted to stop him from trying, and put the metal wristband from the alien creature on his forearm. Compared with this wristband, his strong arm was so... of slenderness.
Nothing unusual appeared.
Shaking his head, the disappointed Rick handed the wristband to his lieutenant: "Bring him to the scientists for dissection. Only by knowing the body structure of these creatures can we figure out their possible weaknesses."
"How should we call this creature so that we can unify the commands?"
"Alien monsters." Rick said, "What else can we call them?"
"Seibold, how much supplies do we have left?" Several soldiers who walked into the headquarters handed over the body of the alien creature, which was still bleeding with purple-black blood.
"The sealed wheat flour, meat, canned fruits and other foods should be able to support the 320,000 people in the August settlement for nine weeks. If the production line of the synthetic food factory is activated, we can support the food for at least half a year.
Supply is not a problem, the important thing is that we lack high-energy gas fuel and weapons."
Seibold is a lieutenant officer under Rick. His dark gray uniform has a V-shaped rank badge and a naval ribbon and a Rose Cross awarded by the Revolutionary Army Headquarters in recognition of his role in the Battle of Korhal.
At the same time, he is the first mate of the colonial mothership Stillling, and is mainly responsible for the logistics, supply and daily management of the colonial ship.
"What about other cities?" Rick asked again.
The biggest dilemma for the colonists on Beisher was that their large settlements were scattered across two main plains, and many of the settlements were separated by high mountains or huge lakes. This resulted in the garrison of the revolutionary troops being relatively small.
Scattered, there are three settlements with a population of about 200,000, and only a small number of troops are stationed there.
He noticed that their enemies seemed to rarely use aircraft, so he tried to use transport planes to reinforce troops in weakly defended settlements, so that the people in these settlements would not be slaughtered or order would collapse due to lack of protection.
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"The food supplies in New Ridenheim, New Faust, New Danzisk, New Balik, and New Lexington are about the same as ours. The brigade-level troops and militia stationed in these cities are suffering from bullet shortages and morale.
The militias are still using old-fashioned water-cooled machine guns and gunpowder weapons to defend themselves against the invisible enemy, and there have been reports of soldier suicides," Seibold said.
"The number of enemies is unknown, and their location is unknown. They have figured out our daily routine and always launch attacks late at night, just to drag us down——"
"We're trapped on this damn green planet... and the enemy is malicious to us and has never tried to communicate with us," he said.
Rick nodded and hummed in a low voice. As he silently walked towards a main console, his golden hair spread on his forehead like the canopy of a round mushroom.
"We can only try to build a gas refining plant on the high-energy gas spring that has been discovered... Can the purple high-energy gas be refined and purified?" After walking around the headquarters for a few times, Rick asked again.
"That's not the latest thing discovered. Interstellar explorers from Kemorian and the Tyranid Federation have discovered this kind of gas on several desolate and dead planets. They call this gas terrazine." The first mate said.
Seibold said.
"Tetrazine is a special type of high-energy gas that cannot be used as refined fuel - in some backward colonial worlds, local residents even treat it as a drug. They believe that inhaling this gas can give them some kind of superpower.
."
"Is this true?" Rick looked at him.
"Well... everyone who has tried it has become mentally ill - the SCV driver who accidentally fell into the terrazine gas spring already showed some symptoms of schizophrenia." Seibold
explain.
"He began to believe that the star Baisher was a supernatural being and worshiped it as a god. This poor man always heard inexplicable whispers in the dead of night and thought it was Baisher himself talking to him."
"It's really weird. Forbid everyone to come into contact with this gas and seal all terazine gas springs." Rick gave the order.
At this moment, with the ticking reminder, the signal of a revolutionary army outpost came on the main holographic projection screen of the headquarters.
"This is the E-9 outpost. We received a distress signal from the 1st Vulture Company of the 9th Division. They disappeared in the jungle a month and a half ago." A man wearing a flat-topped military cap and gray hair
The sergeant with the wolf head cap badge reported.
"Take it over," Rick said.
The common jungle landscape of Beisher suddenly appeared on the main screen. There were about a hundred Revolutionary Army vulture soldiers, motorized soldiers and mechanics lying in the dense ferns. Although they did not know for such a long time.
How do they survive in the jungle, but it seems like these people are still alive.
There was no alien creature on the screen, only human soldiers who groaned from time to time.
"This is an obvious trap, but they know that humans will never abandon their companions." Rick said coldly.
The other party had obviously deciphered human language. At this time, an English word suddenly appeared on the screen.