In a lush jungle, an interstellar paratrooper from the Airanhill Empire carefully poked out his gun from behind a tree.
The aiming camera on the muzzle of the electromagnetic rifle transmits the image to the inside of the helmet and displays it in front of the soldiers.
"Safe! Or...safe is a bit...too much." The soldier retracted his weapon and said with a sigh of relief.
"If I hadn't confirmed the route coordinates, I wouldn't even believe that this was once a planet with a population of 4.5 billion." An officer waved his hand, and the small reconnaissance drone hovering overhead landed. Avoiding those lush branches and leaves, it landed steadily on the officer's shoulder.
"I still think this is all incredible." A soldier stood up from behind a bush not far away, holding his weapon in front of him.
"Yes, it's unbelievable. We found a battlefield here, found some blood stains... and found some traces of animal activity, but we couldn't find any relics of the Heavenly Sword Divine Sect." The leading officer said helplessly.
They took a battleship and traveled through an ultra-long distance space jump to arrive at the planet where the Heavenly Sword Divine Sect's sect was located, whose coordinates were exposed, but no trace of the enemy was found here.
According to the plan, they were to investigate as much intelligence on the enemy as possible here, and then bring it back to Eiland Hill.
But now they have not found any signs of enemy activities at all. It can be said that this is a land that is so peaceful that it is unbelievable!
"Let the Sudo be more cautious! It cannot be said that it is completely safe here! If the enemy has not left, we are likely to be ambushed!" Walking to the end of the forest, the leading officer looked at the craters in the open space in front of him and looked behind him The signal soldier ordered.
"Sudo! Call the Sudo! Although no enemy infantry has been found, please carefully monitor the surrounding space... pay attention to safety!" the signal corpsman conveyed the reminder from his commander.
Soon, the response from the Sudo battleship arrived: "Ground troops, this is the Sudo battleship. Everything is normal here. There is no electromagnetic interference of any kind. Our radar is working and no abnormalities have been found!"
Kneeling on one knee, a soldier checking the traces picked up a handful of soil from the edge of an obvious crater and twisted it with his fingers.
Then he looked at his companions and expressed his judgment: "It is a pure energy explosion, and its lethality is not particularly powerful."
"Judging from the crater, the explosion power is about the same as that of a 130-caliber artillery shell, but the lethality is lower." He sprinkled the soil picked up by his fingertips back into the crater and said with certainty: "But as a personal weapon , the power is already considerable.”
The information provided by the Tianjian Shenzong detailed the enemy's attack methods and power. The enemy infantry who claimed to be sweepers had two arms on their shoulders that could be used as weapons.
In other words, two small-caliber artillery pieces for one soldier - this level of firepower can be said to be very powerful even if it is placed on the side of the Elanthir Empire.
"The Heavenly Sword Divine Sect said that the other side has millions of such soldiers...or even more. And they mentioned a very concerning detail, that is, the other side didn't seem to have that many troops at the beginning." Looking at the dense craters in front of him, the leading officer sighed.
A soldier holding an instrument and watching the fluctuations of the radiation pointer on it passed by where they were standing and walked towards the craters.
As he walked, he muttered the summary and analysis of the intelligence he had seen before: "It lays eggs and can expand at will, eating buildings and all man-made materials, but it does not harm trees, fruits, etc..."
"It's really an interesting creature when you think about it." He said as he walked: "If I have to say it, it's the same as Higgs 5. The enemy quickly eliminated all traces of artificial facilities, and then also
Then disappear..."
They didn't find any traces of local people's activities here. It stands to reason that there would be some residual things left here anyway.
There were dozens, hundreds, hundreds, and thousands of villages in the past, with houses, fences, pots and pans, clothes and furniture, and other messy things.
In short, there should be something left behind! But here, in the once prosperous Tianjian Shen Sect, there is nothing worth studying!
It is so clean that there is no intelligent life here. There is not even a cemetery, a carved jade plaque, or a tempered steel needle!
The leading officer took a look at the charging status of the drone, and then looked at the place in the distance where the mountain gate should have been. He gently waved his hand forward and said as he walked: "Our previous investigation on Higgs 5,
No trace of the enemy was found, and now it seems that all this is not a coincidence."
His team began to move towards the ruins of the mountain gate, which were more like two bare hills than ruins.
If you compare the paintings and pictures provided by the Heavenly Sword Divine Sect, you will know that there were once two burly giant trees that reached the sky, supporting a huge beam, and together they formed the sacred sect of the Heavenly Sword Divine Sect.
But now, there is nothing here. There are only two mounds, and among the sand shattered by the explosion, some small wood debris can still be vaguely seen.
The original beam between the two giant trees has disappeared, and the carved plaque of the Tianjian Shenzong has also disappeared, not to mention the huge stone statues carved with talismans on both sides of the sect - I heard that the mountain gate had not yet been
When they were breached, the two stone statues had already been smashed to pieces by artillery fire.
"The response to energy radiation has been very weak, and everything is fading..." The soldier holding the detection instrument said as he walked forward.
"It's hard to believe, isn't it? These enemies who don't know where they come from claim to be guardians. They don't accept any form of surrender or negotiate. They just rely on terrifying numbers and powerful power to destroy everything and then remain silent.
Leave..." another paratrooper walking beside him said with a sneer.
Wearing a new type of power mecha, he is carrying on his back the latest standard electromagnetic rifle that has been put into full operation in the Airan Hill Empire. The serial number is QBZ-30. The 30 number represents the latest models of various weapons, which have been fully popularized since the Z-30.
The latest electromagnetic rifle is more reliable, saves power, and its power has also been slightly improved. As the pinnacle of the individual weapons of the Ilancire Empire, it has now been installed on a large scale in the main force of the Ilancire Empire.
The huge production capacity makes the installation very simple. Although it is complicated, the production speed of new rifles has still reached an ultra-high speed that was unimaginable in the past.
As if overnight, all those outdated Mauser 98K rifles disappeared, replaced by 10 mm caliber heavy assault rifles and the brand new QBZ-30 electromagnetic rifle.
"They are like pills to kill colds." Another soldier unknowingly discovered the truth, but he didn't know yet that his casual guess was actually infinitely close to the truth.
The soldier holding the detector was stunned for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully and praised: "Don't tell me, it's really vivid..."
After passing the ruins of the mountain gate, the soldiers walking at the front were shocked by the desolate scene in front of them.
He turned around, looked at the officers following him, and said: "Look at this, their firepower coverage is no worse than ours... According to the map provided by the Tianjian Shenzong, this used to be their mountain gate square.
."
As he spoke, he pointed to the densely packed craters with a look of sympathy that he couldn't bear to look at - at the end of those endless craters was a road up the mountain that had long been destroyed.
Whether it is this square or the road up the mountain at the end of the square, it is now completely unrecognizable to its original appearance.
Without the map in their hands, they would not even dare to imagine the spectacular scenery that was once carved here - at the end of the huge square that can accommodate tens of thousands of people at the same time, there should be a stone staircase leading straight to the clouds.
But now, all these things have disappeared, leaving only a piece of gravel, which keeps rolling when the wind blows.
The soldier who specializes in inspecting battlefield traces pointed to the faint remaining traces between the bomb craters, and introduced to the leading officer: "It can be vaguely seen that trenches were once dug here, but they have basically been destroyed."
"When you said that, I really saw something... there should be a series of trenches over there, and some forward communication trenches." The leading officer was also a veteran who had experienced hundreds of battles, and he could tell from this look.
Got some clues.
In fact, most of these simple tunnels had been destroyed by artillery fire, so the sweepers did not focus on destruction, but left some traces.
As for the pavilions and pavilions on the Fairy Mountain, because they were targeted for clearing, almost nothing remained.
"Xiao Renjie, the new sect leader of the Heavenly Sword Divine Sect, said that when they retreated, there should be hundreds of thousands of swordsmen who were cut off... now it seems that all of them should have been eaten." The officer walked through the rugged terrain.
road, while talking to himself.
He saw the bomb craters along the way and saw some paratroopers trying to dig out some marked secret rooms for hidden supplies.
Then he climbed up the stairs, climbing step by step on the path that had no more steps, and reached the center of the platform where there was no longer a corridor.
Regrettably not finding any buildings or ruins, he looked at the star that had begun to tilt toward the west and said with emotion: "Just like the ones on Higgs 5, I have seen those photos of the scene... They are very careful.
Destroy every building and fortification we have built, a highly symbolic total destruction."
He was unwilling to call the star above his head the sun, because up to now he still believed that there was only one sun in the universe, and that was the sun belonging to Alan Siris.
Standing halfway up the mountain, watching as the traces of fighting on both sides became less and less, the officer walked up the mountain slower and slower.
At that time, the defenders of the Tianjian Shenzong should be preparing to retreat to this narrow path. They established defensive positions on both sides, trying to suppress the attacking opponent with cross fire.
As a result, the opponent seemed to have suppressed the defensive positions on both sides with artillery fire, and fought repeatedly with the swordsmen guarding the place on the path up the mountain.
In the end, because they were outnumbered, the swordsmen had to give up here, abandon part of the palace behind them, and retreat to a higher position.
It can be seen from the vague blood stains on the soil that a cruel battle broke out here. It is not an exaggeration to describe the scene here as a river of blood. At least thousands of people died here to make the blood flow.
Splattered everywhere.
A soldier brushed his hand across a white mark left by a flying sword. Blood could still be seen seeping into the gap in the white mark. This area had not been cleaned because a stone fell outside and blocked this corner.
Obviously, the resistance here has lost its effective organization and collapsed. The swordsmen guarding here began to fight independently, and the effect was almost negligible.
Most people were running away, hunting had begun, and the battle that had been going on not long ago eventually turned into a one-sided chase and massacre.
"Although they have learned from us, the defenses deployed by Tianjian Shenzong here are obviously too crude." In the square behind him, a soldier patted the dust in his hands and stood up disdainfully.
Another soldier looked around: "They did not deploy crossfire, nor did they have heavy machine gun firepower to support the defense line... But this defense line is already quite strong, look at this..."
Halfway through the conversation, they discovered a new trace that interested them even more. The two of them walked over there and looked down at the crater under their feet.
One of the soldiers looked at the crater in shock and said: "A bigger crater... It looks very powerful... It was caused by the attack of the large monster called the Destroyer mentioned by the Tianjian Shenzong.
?”
From the intelligence, we can know that the opponent also has a tank-like unit - it is huge in size and has strong defense, and it also has a powerful main gun.
Such characteristics are exactly the same as those of a tank. The only difference is that this weapon does not have tracks, but instead has ten big feet running on the ground.
These unheard-of weapons have put tremendous pressure on the Airanshir Empire's military. Everyone wants to know whether the current weapons of the Airanshir Empire can deal with these alien armies of the Watchers.
"Did you take pictures?" A soldier whispered as he looked at the large pit at his feet.
"Of course!" The soldier standing next to him nodded subconsciously and replied while staring intently at the crater at his feet.
"You can send a message back... The enemy destroyed everything, leaving nothing behind, just like... just like Higgs 5." The leading officer looked at his men who were searching around the battlefield, and finally spoke, a little difficultly.
commanded.
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The supplementary chapter is not finished yet, so I will post it together tomorrow, so you don’t have to wait.
