Chapter 43 Beast Tide
At the bottom of the huge mine, an SCV raised its mechanical arm and swung it towards the wall in front.
The drill bit at the front of the robotic arm seemed to be plunged into a pile of tofu, easily tearing the hard rock wall into pieces of ore of different sizes.
Besides, another SCV also uses a drill to further crush the ores, and then conducts preliminary screening through the electromagnetic device on another robotic arm to absorb ore powders with iron content higher than a certain standard and send them to into the cargo compartment of the transport truck.
With the cooperation of the four SCVs, it took only a few hours to fill the heavy truck with a load of 1,500 tons.
Four SCVs paired with one heavy-duty truck was the best configuration confirmed by Jarvis after several tests.
The truck returned to the base to unload, and then returned to the mining area. It happened to have accumulated more than a thousand tons of ore powder, which could be seamlessly returned to the base.
Such a 'mining team' can mine nearly 10,000 tons of iron ore in one day.
After being returned to the base, after refining, casting, and adding other materials for smelting, there will be thousands of tons of different types of alloy materials.
There are thirty such ‘mining teams’.
This means that the output of alloy materials per day can reach the terrifying figure of hundreds of thousands of tons.
However, most of these alloys will be used to produce [Boxer] combat mechas and bullets, or they will be used as construction materials to build a large number of fixed defense lines in the outer areas of the base.
Monsters are not without intelligence. With the construction of new bases and the mining of ores, the monsters on the plateau have long realized that humans have invaded their territory.
Photos from satellite reconnaissance show that monsters are constantly gathering on this plateau, seemingly preparing to launch a large-scale attack.
This is not beyond Jiang Chen's expectation. Every base city established will experience a large-scale beast tide.
Although what Jiang Chen wants to build is not a base city, but a small-scale industrial base, it is not something the monster is willing to tolerate.
Only by defeating the monsters through war can we truly gain a foothold here.
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"Master, satellite surveillance found that the monsters in the rainforest are also gathering towards us."
Jarvis suddenly appeared and asked Jiang Chen Report.
Hearing the news, Jiang Chen frowned slightly and said, "Is it the Amazon rainforest?"
"No, it's just an ordinary rainforest on the plateau, in the east of the plateau." Jarvis corrected, and at the same time called up the map, the map The location and direction of travel of the herd are marked on it.
"This direction...will come from the mine. Are there many of these beasts?" Jiang Chen was slightly worried.
Jarvis immediately replied: "The satellite surveillance picture is not clear enough to give an accurate number. However, judging from the size of the herd, the total number of these herds is expected to be between 100,000 and 100,000." Among the 800,000 monsters, there are likely to be king-level monsters.”
As for the lord-level monsters, Jarvis didn’t mention them at all.
In a beast tide of this size, the number of lord-level monsters would definitely be more than one or two, and might even reach double digits.
"One hundred thousand to eight hundred thousand, the error is not small..." Jiang Chen frowned, and then immediately said: "Forget it, I can't blame you." If it is only a group of one hundred thousand beasts, there is no need for Jia Weiss calculated, and Jiang Chen dared to judge that the mecha team he brought could definitely defeat the beast herd outside the mining area and would not affect the development of the base.
But if there are 800,000 beasts in the herd, it is likely that they will have to retreat into the base and fight a 'city defense battle' with the help of the defense system.
After all, even including the emergency production after moving here, Jiang Chen currently has only fifteen teams of combat mechas, less than two hundred units.
Moreover, most of the chips and other materials brought from Jiangnan Base City have been consumed. It is very difficult to produce these things by ourselves.
Technically there is no problem, but building a production line is much more complicated than simple machining and assembly, and it takes a lot of time.
With the powerful long-range firepower of [Boxer] and the defense line outside the base, Jiang Chen is not worried about the base being breached.
But if you want to intercept the herd outside the mining area, you will inevitably have some trouble.
"Master, do you need to ask other strong people to come and help? According to the current speed of travel, the beast tide may break out within forty-eight hours at the earliest." Jarvis asked for instructions.
According to human tradition, when a new base is established and encounters a large-scale beast tide, other strong men can be invited to help through the God of War Palace.
Most strong people who are confident in their own strength are often willing to participate.
On the one hand, it is for human survival, or for fame.
On the other hand, inviting strong men to participate in the war is not free, it requires huge benefits, and even part of the base city's 'shares' are distributed to the strong men participating in the war according to their merits. The benefits involved are Very huge.
Among the 52 base cities of mankind, except for the 29 base cities belonging to the five major countries, as well as the 'Hongning Base City' of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall and the 'Thunder God Base City' of the Thunder and Lightning Martial Arts Hall, the remaining 21 This base city was successfully established with the help of global warriors and the eight major forces.
In the years after the Great Nirvana, humans have continued to try to build new base cities. However, the only ones that can withstand the beast tide and successfully establish them are the existing 52 base cities. The others have been destroyed by the attacks of the beast tide. .
Jiang Chen did not make a decision immediately, but asked: "How are the things I asked you to prepare before?"
"It has been debugged and ready to go into battle at any time." Jia Weiss reminded: "Master, even [Hurricane] rockets are not enough to cause serious damage to planet-level targets. In this way At the speed of a star, it is impossible for a rocket without precise guidance to hit. It will be very troublesome if a planet-level monster appears."
"The planet level also depends on the level of the planet. There are no emperor-level monsters in South America. They are at most king-level, and the upper limit is only planet level five. I can still deal with them." Jiang Chen waved his hand.
Although Jiang Chen is not very good at fighting, after entering the planet level, he still went to the wilderness area for several actual combat trainings, so that he would not be unable to exert any combat effectiveness.
Coupled with the level crushing, Jiang Chen is still confident of dealing with king-level monsters that do not exceed the fifth level of the planet.
It may not be guaranteed to kill the opponent, but at least it can be driven away. Jiang Chen is confident that he can do it.
After a pause, Jiang Chen continued: "Conduct debugging as soon as possible, and a small amount of ammunition can be used for testing. The ammunition we brought here is enough, we can let go, as long as we can survive this time The beast tide is worth it even if it is used up!”
Jiang Chen is fully prepared for this base of his own.
Not only materials, but also a lot of ready-made weapons and ammunition are prepared.
Hundreds of thousands of rockets may not be ideal against powerful high-level monsters, but they are definitely a killer weapon against a large number of low-level monsters!
(End of this chapter)