Chapter 1749 Big Dipper High
This is a heavy nuclear pollution area. Although twenty years have passed since the tragic accident, the radiation index is still seriously exceeded, and everyone here will be affected in a short period of time, and even more Don't tell me they'll be there for at least a few hours.
Although the effect of the protective clothing on the body is better than nothing, it should still have some effect, especially for psychological comfort, which can play a big role.
But once it is damaged, not to mention how much radiation damage the body will suffer, it will be psychologically uneasy, and as long as you keep thinking about everything, you will definitely come up with some problems.
The voice of a young man came from under the gas mask: "I'm fine, the protective clothing is intact."
"Yes!" The captain nodded, then turned his gaze back and continued to maintain a state of alert. Although there was no one else in this place except them, he still had to make the gesture that he should make, otherwise even he would not be lazy. Wouldn't it be worse for his subordinates to be lazy?
"Bring a knife Arata?" A faint voice came from under the full-covering poison mask, quickly dissipating in the wind, and it was already so faint that it was inaudible two or three steps away.
(Arata with the sword, originally belonged to Johnny)
Without the noise from outside, the abandoned city returned to its original silence, with only the sound of the wind blowing through the ruins and streets. The whistling sound, in this quiet, is particularly loud, making people hear it clearly, and can't help but feel a little uneasy. My eyes can't help but look around, but the narrow field of view of the gas mask adds to the A bit nervous.
"It's so quiet." A team member with the nameplate 'Takechu' written on his chest muttered, his hands involuntarily stroking back and forth on the gun in his hand, as if he wanted to use this hard and cold , to erase the indescribable discomfort in my heart.
"After all, this is a city that has been abandoned for many years." Team member Sugihara also had something to say. In such an environment, he always wanted to say something.
“Alas!”
When mentioning this, people can’t help but sigh. Growing up, they don’t know how many times they have heard and seen accidents about this city. Records and survivor narratives.
Every time, the viewer laments and the listener becomes silent, becoming more aware of the horror of monster disasters and hating monsters even more.
The reason why they joined the Ford Team was because they were passionate at the beginning. If they couldn't pilot a huge mecha, they could contribute to the fight against the monsters in other ways.
But there is always a big gap between reality and ideals. Especially when you see the monster as big as a mountain with your own eyes, and the misery after the monsters wreak havoc, coupled with the harsh working environment, it can break the ideal into pieces. Therefore, not many people can persist in the Ford team.
Basically, those who haven’t quit or are clamoring to leave within a year have their reasons, but none of them are still ‘ideal’.
For example, Captain Majima of this ten-man team has been with Ford for eight years. The biggest reason why he has been able to stay for so long is that Ford has extremely high benefits and treatment. Captain Majima can bring a good life to his family.
Thirty years of monster disasters have brought changes to the world in all aspects. The biggest one is that maintaining food and clothing has become a very difficult thing, not only for the production of mechas and other ways to deal with monsters. The high taxes levied and the contamination of the monster's blood have turned a lot of land into barren land. As a result, food production has dropped by nearly 30% in the past thirty years.
Not only is the production of food decreasing, but the rampage of monsters in the sea has also led to a sharp increase in the dangers of maritime transportation, and the cost of commodity transportation has also increased. As an absolute hard currency, the price of food will naturally rise with the tide. For countries and regions with scarce resources, having enough food has become a luxury.
Although it is a time of monster disasters, there are still many people who have made a fortune, but for the general public, wanting to become rich through hard work is still no more than a daydream.
Captain Majima doesn’t have much ability. He can only starve to death when he goes out to work, so he can only take risks to make a lot of money so that his family can have enough to eat.
Captain Majima’s situation is not an exception among the Ford Team and other monster-dealing teams similar to the Ford Team in various countries, but is common.
Isn’t it that everyone takes risks to come into contact with monsters to make more money so that they can bring a better life to their families?
The reason why Team Ford can give everyone super high treatment and benefits is because of this monster behind everyone.
They are a special department specially established to deal with monsters. They are directly under the jurisdiction. The external publicity is naturally to deal with the monsters harmlessly to prevent the monsters from causing greater pollution.
But actually!
New Tai raised his head and looked into the distance. In the sky covered with sunset, several black spots appeared, approaching quickly.
It is the Hercules transport helicopter used by the Earth Defense Force to hoist the Mecha Hunter!
Seeing their appearance, the surrounding team members were obviously relieved.
Because the appearance of these transport helicopters means that everyone's mission is coming to an end.
Only such a super helicopter can lift this 10,000-ton monster and transport it away for harmless treatment. After the procedure is completed, it will appear in the black markets of various countries and finally end up there. It enters the stomachs of a small number of people in the name of 'magic medicine' and 'precious food'.
This kind of processing method has long become an unspoken rule and is known to everyone internally, and those who perform the 'processing' task will also receive an additional 'subsidy'.
Therefore, although the task of 'processing' is risky, there are still many people who are willing to carry it out, especially for middle-aged people who have started a family and started a business. As long as they have enough money, they can take any risk.
"What a unique way of handling it." Arata whispered, watching the four Hercules helicopter transport planes flying from the sky, then hovering above the monster, and then from the plane Ropes made of composite fibers hung down, and then slid down more than a dozen people wearing biological-level protection, and then expertly fixed the monster.
In less than half an hour, they completed the anchor bolts, signaled to each other, and then sent the lifting signal to the helicopter.
The four helicopters started up in unison, and with loud rumbling noises, the high-strength ropes gradually tightened, and then the huge and heavy monster began to slowly take off.
It took more than ten minutes for four helicopters to hoist the monster to a height of nearly a thousand meters, and then flew in the direction from where it came, which also represented the completion of the Ford team's mission.
“Huh!”
Everyone who had stood for a long time breathed a sigh of relief, looked at each other, and saw smiles in each other’s eyes.
Although today's experience was thrilling, it was ultimately uneventful. How did you come, how did you leave.
But compared to the nervousness when walking, walking was very relaxed.
Having completed another mission, not only did I get a few days of leave, but I also received a generous subsidy.
Everyone was sitting in the car and talking about their vacation plans through the intercom. Some wanted to have a good sleep and not wake up naturally; some wanted to eat a big meal to replenish themselves. The usual gluttons; some want to go shopping in the busy business district, and some.
The chatting and laughing diluted the fear of monsters caused by the previous danger. If it weren't for the ruined city outside the window and the dull protective clothing on the body, it would really feel like going for a ride with a few close friends.
At the same time, all three mechas have been transported to the Pacific Division of the Earth Defense Force. Two mechas have been returned to the warehouse for routine maintenance and upkeep, while the Phoenix Rangers have been sent to the maintenance machine. position, a comprehensive overhaul was carried out, and before completion, the Pacific Division only had one fifth-generation mecha and one fourth-generation to fifth-generation mecha available for use.
This is quite insufficient for the increasingly severe situation currently faced by the Too Mediocre Division. After all, the Phoenix Guerrilla, a fifth-generation semi-mecha, was unable to withstand that strange monster. Sneak attack was knocked down in an instant. If replaced by the fifth-generation Eureka Raider and the fourth-and-a-half-generation Echo Saber, it would not be enough.
Therefore, after General Hansen arranged the repair work on the Phoenix Rangers, he returned to his room and began to contact the higher authorities.
Soon, the communication was connected, and General Hansen immediately saluted and said: "General Quan!"
The man in the video with four huge gold stars on his shoulders returned the salute and said: "Hansen, is Phoenix Guerrilla's condition serious?"
"Preliminary inspections have been carried out, and it should not be too serious. The internal circuit inspection is currently being carried out.”
General Hansen quickly reported the situation of the Phoenix Rangers, and then complained.
The Pacific Division is the frontline in the war against monsters. Since its establishment, it has fought monsters the most times in one base, but it has not received many supplies.
In the past thirty years, the monsters that have appeared in human vision are basically all kinds of marine creatures, but they are huge in size and strange in appearance, but they can always be seen as what they originally looked like, and these 'seafood' The monsters all land from the sea, and occasionally travel upstream along the rivers, and then land in cities along the rivers.
Therefore, as the Pacific Division with the largest jurisdiction, it also has the most monsters. However, because there are too many countries and regions in its defense area, it is not a matter of one place, so it is difficult to collect the cost of "protection".
After all, instead of leaving it to the public, everyone would rather leave it in their own hands and do whatever they want, thereby avoiding the middleman making the difference.
The same goes for mechas. All countries want to bring them to their own homes so that their 'own branches' can have more mechas to protect their own citizens. In this way, the Pacific share of the platter Ministry, it seems that the father and mother do not love each other, and this has become the reason why the Earth Defense Force is now at risk of falling apart.
Everyone is minding their own business anyway, so why bother working together? Let’s just sweep the snow in front of each other.
Because of this, every chief officer of the Pacific Division must learn a skill: crying for poverty!
If there is no difficulty, cry out the difficulty. If there is a little difficulty, cry as hard as ten points. After all, if you report it, you will be discounted, so just report more points.
This fine tradition was inherited by General Hansen, who exaggerated the difficulties faced by the Pacific Division. If there is no support from higher-level departments, the Pacific Division will collapse.
However, General Quan had long been immune to this. After General Hansen finished 'crying', he began to speak slowly and logically. He summed it up in one sentence: I know you are suffering, but don't stop first. bitter.
The Pacific Division is not the only one suffering, because the sixth-generation mecha replacement plan has not been approved yet, leaving the Earth Defense Force as a whole facing the dilemma of insufficient combat power. At this time, there is nowhere to adjust the machine. A came to support the Pacific Division.
After briefly appeasing General Hansen, General Quan asked about the situation of the unidentified but extremely powerful mecha, especially whether any relevant clues had been found.
Speaking of this, General Hansen also had a solemn face. He shook his head and said: "There are currently no useful clues at the scene, and the reason for the disappearance of the other party has not yet been found out."
General Hansen was puzzled. The answer is, how did the 20,000-ton mecha leave?
There were no footprints, and no traces of flight. It just disappeared in front of everyone, as if it was moving instantly.
"Yes!" General Quan nodded and asked General Hansen to continue the investigation and not let go of any clues. He would also send a letter to the Ford team to ask them to pay attention. In short, he wanted to Find out more clues about this mysterious mecha that easily kills level six monsters in seconds.
After communicating with General Hansen, I persuaded the general to put his hands on the table. After thinking for a long time, he picked up the phone on the table, entered a series of passwords, and dialed a number through the encrypted line.
Beep, beep, beep
After a while, the phone was connected, and a very electronically synthesized voice that could not be distinguished by gender or age came out: "What's wrong?"< br>
“This morning, Dong and Jing Districts A mysterious mecha was discovered. It is powerful and comes and goes without a trace." General Quan described in detail the clues that the Earth Defense Force has so far, and then talked about the strange changes of the monster and asked Does this mean the accelerated evolution of monsters?
"." The voice on the phone disappeared for a while before continuing: "It's just an example. It belongs to the stimulating evolution that occurs after exposure to light. It will not affect the whole. As for this Mecha.
It seems that I am not the only one who doesn’t want this planet to perish.”
"Oh, you mean the operator of this mecha is also a friend!" General Quan was shocked, and most of the gloom on his face disappeared, and he even turned into a surprise.
"At the moment, at least we are not enemies!"
"."
After talking for a while, General Quan hung up the phone and felt a lot more relaxed, and his face also changed. He smiled more, and then signed an order in the name of the Earth Defense Force Headquarters: before the mysterious mecha was revealed, it was forbidden to attack it first or try to make contact.
The enemy of your enemy is your friend. As long as you are killing monsters, you can make a friend first and deal with the monsters together.
After all, the biggest threat to the earth at present is these monsters that continue to appear on land.
(End of this chapter)