When Hao Ren and Vivian returned to Nakdal Base, those crazy minions were no longer there.
A small group of them tried to infiltrate into the Nakdal warning circle, and then encountered a fierce counterattack by the drone group. After a short battle, this cannon fodder force that seemed to be used to explore the path was wiped out.
Within the range of the fleet, other corrupted monsters wandering further away decisively chose to evacuate in the middle of the battle because the distance was too far and the patrolling drones did not carry interception equipment such as gravity trap generators.
, these corrupted monsters escaped successfully.
But Hao Ren thinks this has little impact, because the Nakdal warning circle is extremely wide, and those monsters are not close enough to threaten or observe the internal situation of the base. They may not even understand the size of the base group here.
How big: The drone swarm stopped them half a light-year away from the base camp.
However, this still gave Hao Ren a warning: just as predicted before, the corrupt monsters not only located the location of the Nakdal Continent, but also knew about themselves, "foreigners", and they did not abandon this place.
It seems that the crystals on the Nakdal continent are very attractive to them.
Nakdal's control center has been remodeled. Since the underground part of the control center is designed with "navigation crystal" as the core, and crystal is still something that Hao Ren cannot master, the underground structure has been temporarily put on hold.
, the surface temple above it became the new control center.
The drone swarm has installed all the propulsion devices of the mainland base in place, and the shield generators and weapon platforms on the mainland are also coming online one after another. In addition to the engines, these things now have two systems, one is the guardian
The original control system made by the giants, and the other one is the newly-built control line for the drone swarm. These two systems are connected to the underground structure of the control center and the above-ground temple. Currently, Hao Ren controls this area that has become a fortress through the above-ground temple.
of the continent.
This process is a bit like putting an extra electrical stimulation sensor suit on a body that has suffered necrosis of nerves. Although it is an indirect control, it is enough to allow this space fortress to function as it should.
Hao Ren and Vivian returned here in a hurry, and walked into the temple surrounded by noisy goblins. This huge and magnificent building still maintains its original appearance, but it has a lot of Xiling-style equipment and equipment inside.
A group of autonomous machines flying around. Deep in the temple, in the polygonal hall used as a temporary headquarters, Hao Ren went straight to a dark metal wall: "Report the situation."
As the words fell, the metal wall squirmed like liquid, and a face that kept changing appeared on its surface: "Six hours ago, the patrol drone discovered abnormal spatial distortion within the warning range.
, and then traces of Crazy Minions were detected near the distortion point. Three minutes later, the leading drone exchanged fire with the intruders, and the intruders immediately divided into two groups, one part continued to invade the warning circle, and the other part moved in the opposite direction.
…”
As the consciousness of the drone swarm spoke, the holographic projection next to it showed the battlefield images recorded at that time.
"...Fifteen minutes later, the enemy's troops far away from the battlefield suddenly withdrew, and the aircraft fleet failed to intercept them; twenty-six minutes later, all the enemy's invading troops were wiped out, and we salvaged some of the wreckage, but our initial judgment was that it was of no value.
."
After studying the battlefield video, Hao Ren asked: "Did they act in an orderly manner?"
"They showed a high degree of discipline and were very quick in making various reactions. Although they were quickly defeated due to their numerical disadvantage, the enemy still showed a considerable degree of battlefield command capabilities."
"Just as we expected, the troops that came to attack the Naqdar continent before came from the opposite frame A, but this time there are commanders following up from behind." Hao Ren glanced at Vivian, "And from now on
I'm afraid we won't encounter the reckless men of f2a: the enemy is taking this place seriously."
Vivian showed a thoughtful expression, then looked up at the creeping metal wall in front of her: "Can you roughly analyze the difference in the fighting style between the enemies who invaded this time and the troops who carried out the breakout on the battlefield before?
"
The group consciousness quickly responded: "The enemy who carried out the invasion this time is more conservative and is better at fighting with a large number of aberrations operating in small groups. There is a large deviation from the enemy's tactical data collected previously."
Vivian nodded: "This means there is more than one commander on the opposite side."
"Obviously, this is a wave of testing," Hao Ren said. "The other side is not sure where our group of forces that suddenly appeared comes from. The previous wave of armies were crushed by a swarm of drones until they were completely wiped out.
This put a lot of pressure on them, so they did not choose to attack rashly, but sent a small wave of explorers first."
"It seems that we are right to quickly build a base and expand our military strength." A data terminal also popped up from the side. "Although they can't see the specific size of the Naqdal base this time, they should at least be aware of what's going on here."
The drone swarm has once again expanded rapidly to an extent far greater than last time, and they may be more cautious in formulating their attack strategies against us."
"But this will also give them a sense of urgency," Hao Ren waved his hand. "A normal commander would definitely think of immediately gathering superior forces at this time to eliminate the rapidly growing and uncontrollable third-party force drone group like ours.
With the extraordinary growth rate, the enemy will not sit back and watch us grow."
I am afraid that the next wave of attacks will come soon, and the scale cannot be underestimated.
Of course, Hao Ren did not intend to wait for this day, he was already taking action.
In the deepest part of the Nakdal base complex, next to the drone fortress as the main nest, there is a just-completed hyperspace projection device. Its structure is very much like a scaled-down version of the jump acceleration track, and there are also rings at the end of the series of rings.
A long silver-white track has been added, which seems to be constantly changing between reality and reality. At this moment, this newly built strange device is being activated, and bright energy sparks continue to jump and increase between the ring and the guide rail, and a strange-shaped
The drone is slowly driving into the ring at the beginning of the acceleration track under the guidance of the tractor beam.
This is indeed another type of acceleration track, but unlike the conventional acceleration track that is simply used to quickly release units, this acceleration track also has an enhanced stealth module. It can not only erase the coordinates of the accelerated target in the real world, but also
It allows the person being accelerated to remain in the "erased" state for an hour after arriving at the projection destination. In this state, the unit being launched will lose all corresponding information in the real world, even in the cause and effect.
And all traces left on the timeline, it will disappear from this world as if it has never appeared and will never appear in the future. Any observation method based on the laws of the universe will be ineffective for this goal.
And this "erased" covert action unit is the weird-looking drone. It is larger than the conventional drone. Its dozens of meters long body is equipped with various large and small weapons.
The insect version of the detector also has a bulging spherical mechanical cabin added to its rear structure. These devices are produced by applying for an "authorized upgrade agreement" through the censor's data link. They can allow covert action drones to operate in
The erased state can still observe one-way with the real world. In other words, it can observe the outside world, but the outside world can never detect its existence.
The primary coil of the accelerating orbit began to flicker, and the surging light in the coil turned into a thin film. The "Scout" passed through this film, and his figure began to become blurry.
"The coordinates have been cleared...information is being erased...the target unit information has been erased, and the relevant source data is temporarily stored in the virtual point memory."
Hao Ren stood in the observation station in space, watching the fluctuations at the front end of the accelerating orbit gradually subside. Although he didn't know what he had just launched, nor what it looked like or what its function was, but
According to the memo, he knew that some information would be transmitted from that distant and mysterious battlefield soon after the fluctuations in the accelerating orbit subsided.
"The detector is about to send back a signal," the data terminal said next to it, while activating the nearby holographic projection. "The image may be a little blurry at first..."
After a while, Hao Ren saw alternating light and dark images on the holographic projection device.
That was the picture that appeared after the distorted starlight passed through the curtain of the real world. The image was very blurry at first, and showed a mixed and mixed state, but soon, the blurry picture became clear.
The first thing he saw was a huge rock floating in the universe and quickly approaching the camera. However, the expected collision did not happen. The carrier of the lens seemed to not exist in the real world with this giant space rock.
They penetrate each other, and after a brief period of darkness, the picture becomes clear again.
A glimmering galaxy stretches across the distance. With the galaxy as the background, you can see countless large and small black fragments floating in the dark space. There is also a hazy halo in the upper left corner of the picture.
It seems to be an extension of a gas cloud structure. At the end of this gas cloud structure, you can see several shimmering things that look like man-made objects.
The goblins couldn't leave Nakdal too far, but the facility where Hao Ren was located was on the synchronous orbit near Nakdal, so the three goblins were also invited here as temporary consultants. At this moment, the long-haired goblin was
Floating next to Hao Ren's head, he looked at the picture on the holographic projection attentively. While looking at it, he nodded: "These should be the fragments of Nakdal!"
The other two goblins also shouted: "There should be Agudal's mixed in these fragments! Because Agudal was also scratched at that time! But from these pictures, we can't see where Agudal and Amantil are...
…After all, it’s so far away.”
"There don't seem to be any enemies here," Vivian looked at the image sent back. The image was constantly changing its angle to observe the entire area. "Did the Corruptor abandon this place after destroying Nakdal..."
"I'm afraid they don't have the habit of cleaning the battlefield or recycling materials," Hao Ren nodded, "What are the man-made objects on the edge of this gas cloud belt?"
The goblins immediately gathered together: "Let me see, let me see... It looks like an outpost controlled by Amantil. Stay away and you will be discovered!"
Hao Ren nodded and said to the data terminal: "Terminal, please record this. We need to avoid these things when we go there."