Chapter 115 The tree branch's poisonous tongue threatens
"Uncle Black! Treeman Beta and Shaman left the plane."
"You watch and deal with it. I have a work meeting here. In principle, as long as they don't harm the humans in the fortress, surveillance is fine."
After the black instructor finished speaking, there was no sound.
Wang Jixuan's spiritual sense probed and found that the old man was tapping his fingers in the air, but there was no projection display in front of him.
‘Another interface that only Uncle Hei can see? ’
‘A semi-human mecha like Uncle Hei is fundamentally different from a fully autonomous machine like Mudan, but the body form is relatively similar. ’
‘Wonderful technology. ’
Wang Daochang Maliao put on the X armor and turned on the invisibility device.
He was not very interested in Shaman, but was very interested in Treeman Beta.
If possible, he would find a way to collect some branches and leaves pruned by Treant Beta to determine their specific value.
Wang Jixuan just went out...
Eh?
He turned to look at the loyal wingman R99 Peony, who had long dark blond hair and a perfect female figure, squatting in the sandpit outside the door, watching everywhere vigilantly...
‘You don’t look very smart. ’
Taoist priest Wang gave up the idea of taking his wingman on a mission, and ran towards the desert.
Mudan turned its head and glanced in the direction where Wang Jixuan left, and then continued to execute the order it had received before, squatting in the sand pit to do guard work.
There are three core logics of Loyal Wingman.
First, protect the commander.
Second, obey the orders of your superiors.
Third, when the first two principles conflict, the first principle shall be the core principle.
This is obviously different from the three core principles of civilian autonomous machinery, that is, the famous three laws of robots.
…
The desert is arid and rainless, and the sky is clear most of the time. There are stars at night and the sun is scorching during the day.
Saman glanced at the big sun in the sky, pursed her lips, frowned and muttered a few words of complaint.
Because the two of them are not good at breaking into investigations, they are only equipped with holographic belts and psychic shielding devices. Now they only need to get slightly closer to the surface camp of Fortress 82 so that she can use her own abilities to investigate.
"Just here, the distance should be enough."
Saman raised her hand to wipe the hot sweat, and said sadly: "It's just such a small subsidy for a month, and you have to risk your life. It's really uncomfortable!"
Treeman Beta asked: "Are you sure you are here?"
"Um."
"Then I'll take root, Gu Gu Gu Gu."
Tree Man Beta put his legs together and slowly inserted himself into the sand. In just a few breaths, fibrous roots like a network of capillaries were formed under the dune.
These fibrous roots continue to extend downward and outward.
This is the third unique skill of Treant Beta!
In this way, Treeman Beta can observe the wind and grass within a range of 300 meters, and the longer it takes root, the more these fibrous roots will be, and the farther the scope of exploration will be.
This sounds a bit useless. The preparation time is relatively long each time and it can only be a natural plot. When it comes to cement and metal floors, he has nothing to do.
But when exploring the underground caves of the blade beasts, Treeman Beta can often produce some unique effects by relying on his third unique skill.
His first and second stunts are even more 'powerful'.
[The first unique skill: photosynthesis].
As long as there is a light source and air, he will not feel hungry and can improve the oxygen content of his environment.
[Second skill: emergency food].
This is not like him picking some bark and boiling it in water.
Treant Beta can sprout branches on his head, arms, and back. These branches can be grafted with fruit tree branches or vines. He can use spiritual nourishment to make these branches and vines bloom and bear fruit quickly. He can harvest a large amount of fruits and vegetables in two hours, which can be repeated. Provide later supplies.
These three special skills are the three axes of Treant Beta, allowing him to firmly occupy the position of the first logistics officer in Dragonfly's investigation team.
——Although he is the only support staff in total.
"The water content in the soil is so low."
Treeman Beta took out a bottle of mineral water that he carried with him, raised his head and drank two sips, then squatted down to remove the optical invisibility and maintain psychic shielding.
The 'hair' on his head began to grow continuously, and soon branches appeared, like small willow trees, creating a green shade.
Treeman Beta took out the cushion in his backpack and made a gesture of invitation to Saman.
Saman muttered: "Why don't you prepare so comprehensively."
"I'm a logistics worker, that's how it should be," Treeman Beta quickly explained, "Please don't get me wrong, I have no interest in normal human women. My current reproduction method is asexual reproduction."
Shaman rolled her eyes and sat cross-legged on the cushion, facing the surface camp of Fortress No. 82 across the dunes.
She played with the crystal ball with both hands, her movements were graceful and smooth, her beautiful face had a sense of sanctity, and she kept humming in her mouth.
Not far behind the two of them, Wang Jixuan quietly approached within ten meters.
Wang Jixuan narrowed his eyes and stared at Shaman...the back of the tree man Beta next to him.
Branches full of spiritual power!
I just don’t know if the spiritual power will be lost immediately if these branches are pulled off his head.
Taoist Wang pondered for a few times, squatting there and thinking carefully.
That Saman...
After a few glances, Wang Ji Xuan’s spiritual sense became clear.
She is a psychopath among the four major categories. At this moment, some ripples bloomed between her eyebrows. Some of the ripples merged into the crystal ball, gained a certain amount of growth, and spread to the military camp on the surface of the fortress.
Soon, Saman's slender body trembled slightly and suddenly began to murmur continuously.
Treeman Beta took a recording pen and pointed it at Saman's mouth.
Saman's voice was sometimes deep and sometimes brisk, and she said in different tones: "Alas, I don't know if that damn Biology Minister Hamaka Nagi will be sentenced to death."
"The death penalty is unlikely. He might be shot in the back in prison and then announce his death by suicide. This would have lower political risks."
"She actually allowed a psyker to take control of our commander."
"Alas, the commander committed suicide after breaking free from this shackles. I don't know who the new commander is. I heard that the Archon will also take the blame and resign. This is all the fault of those garbage psykers. Why should the Archon bear the responsibility?"
Saman paused in her words, stretched her arms forward and raised them flat, and the crystal ball held in her palm slowly floated.
The scope of her exploration became farther, and she repeated it again:
"The X armor of Task Force is so handsome!"
"Yeah, it really looked like a devil coming out of hell. He killed dozens of psykers by himself, including several C-class psykers."
"Seeing that the war zone is still developing such high-end combat power, I feel relieved. Maybe we can really develop a miniaturized terror mecha and kill all the king-level blade beasts."
"It's not optimistic. We still have too little information about the blade beast group."
"It's because our military rank is relatively low and we have less access to intelligence. The higher-ups may have figured out where the blade beasts came from, but they didn't announce it for fear of causing panic. Let's keep working hard..."
Shaman kept repeating it, while Beta shaded and recorded.
Wang Jixuan felt like laughing.
This method of exploration is somewhat similar to the use of spiritual consciousness. Every telepathic psyker has the opportunity to develop spiritual consciousness, but they do not have such a technique or such a path.
At this moment, Taoist Wang was still trying to find a way to gather some branches above the tree man Beta's head. What to do?
It was a bit unsafe to attack directly. Although the X-armor was not connected to the Black Storm, there was Captain Dragonfly more than two hundred meters behind these two people.
I don’t know what Captain Dragonfly’s abilities are, but Mane Bear and Black Instructor both said that she is a bit scary.
Wang Jixuan thought again of the huge ball of ice and fire falling from the sky.
‘It should not be underestimated. ’
Wang Jixuan raised his left arm and activated a small projection screen. After operating it for a while, he entered the garrison command system of Fortress No. 82.
Because he didn't know how to command, Wang Jixuan didn't mess around. Instead, he found an officer on duty on the surface and sent a few messages.
A few minutes later, more than a dozen quad-rotor drones took off from the base to explore the perimeter.
Two drones flew in the direction of Shaman and Treeman Beta.
Wang Jixuan's X armor connected to the two drones on its own and activated two rapid-fire cannons.
"There are drones!" Treant Beta shouted anxiously.
"Get down!"
Not far ahead, Treant Beta and Shaman lay down at the same time. The holographic belts worked simultaneously. The two of them immediately became optically invisible, and the surrounding light was a little dark.
Saman suddenly kicked Beta: "Look at the top of your head!"
The branches that the tree man had just grown out were exploding outward at this moment, and were not within the holographic envelope of the holographic belt.
In the desert background, this pinch of green is particularly conspicuous.
Beta made a prompt decision, took out the military dagger he carried with him, passed it over his head, then dug into the soil with both hands, and quickly buried the branches.
The drone had actually spotted them both;
But Wang Daochang chose to clear the real-time data of the drone, hide it for them, and let the drone move away near the two people's hiding place.
Taoist Wang waited quietly, his heart burning.
Shaman and Shuren did not explore further. After the drone flew away, they carefully returned to the plane.
After they rounded one side of the sand dune, Wang Jixuan went straight forward, pulled out the branches, attached the demon-suppressing talisman, completely wrapped it with Qi, turned around and ran back to the temporary supply station.
Treeman Beta might be able to sense these branches, so Wang Jixuan should be more careful.
Soon, Wang Jixuan waved his arms excitedly.
it works!
These branches stimulated by spiritual energy are full of spiritual power and made of special materials. They are excellent talisman papers for making talismans!
It's just that he doesn't have enough mana now to suppress the spiritual power fluctuations of the high-level talisman, so this thing is of no use for the time being.
‘Anything is better than nothing. Which major cultivation method is not a storage of magic treasures, which are all accumulation of cultivation. ’
Wang Jixuan tore these branches into small pieces, locked the spiritual power inside them with Qi, took a box and put them all in, and began to think about how to get more branches of 'Treant Beta'.
A rare opportunity.
When he returned to the temporary supply station with the box, the plane had not left. Apparently Saman and Treeman Beta thought they had not been exposed.
that is……
Wang Jixuan looked at the peonies still squatting in the sandpit outside the door, completely tirelessly observing the peonies everywhere.
‘After all, it’s just a mechanical body, and its spirituality is still not enough. ’
Taoist Wang stopped and asked, "Can you use the instruments inside?"
Mudan immediately raised his head, with a bit of expectation in his peach blossom eyes, and said cautiously:
"Mudan can load any operation manual and maintenance manual."
"That's good. Come in and keep an eye on those instruments and help me repair the armor."
"Peony is happy to help you."
There was a slight smile on the corner of its mouth, expressing its happy mood at the right time.
Uncle Hei is still in a meeting.
There are not many second-generation half-human mechas left now. Each second-generation half-human mecha has a pivotal position in the D5 war zone, so it is normal to be busy.
Wang Jixuan was not idle either. He watched Mudan's working status for a while and found that she was a hundred times more skillful in operating those radars and detectors than he, a layman, so he felt relieved to go back and continue practicing.
Although there is no shortage of crystal cores for the time being, the conflict between the Psychic City and the D5 War Zone is constantly escalating, and he also has the urgency to improve his strength.
Wang Jixuan had only been practicing for two hours when Peony gently knocked on his door.
"Sir, there is a situation. I have captured the communication between the target investigation team and the Psychic City, and I am eavesdropping on their calls."
"coming."
Wang Jixuan immediately regained his energy, turned off the Spirit Release Array, and put on comfortable shorts and shirt.
When he came out, instructor black was already standing behind the console with his hands behind his back.
The loyal wingman Peony, who had put on a black maid outfit, black stockings and a cat hairpin, was carefully looking at the instrument panel.
Wang Jixuan:......
No, these instruments actually have so many interfaces that he hadn't discovered before!
He stood with Lao Hei with his hands behind his back. Uncle Hei bumped him with his shoulder and said with a smile: "How is this wingman?"
"Amazing."
"Humans have to learn many skills, and the machine only needs to load them," instructor Hei said with a smile. "This is just the tip of the iceberg of her abilities... Have you touched it? Is the texture the same as a real person?"
"Can you be more serious..."
Wang Jixuan frowned and looked at this old and disrespectful guy.
Mudan didn't even look back and responded with a calm tone: "Human beings will always fall into paranoia for things they desire but cannot get. This old instructor who tried and failed to evolve into mechanical life has lost the ability to enjoy these joys. Sir, You should be more considerate of him.”
Instructor Black couldn't help but raise his hand to his forehead: "Can you turn off her poisonous tongue system?"
Wang Jixuan could no longer hold back his lips: "What's the current level of Mudan's poisonous tongue system?"
Mudan immediately said in a sweet tone: "Forty percent, sir, that's part of the humor system."
"Adjust this part individually to sixty percent."
Instructor Hei kicked him, Wang Jixuan dodged deftly, and Mudan immediately carried out the order.
At this moment, there was a sizzling noise in the instrument, and the sound of Aunt Dragonfly talking to an old man appeared again.
At the beginning it was the old man saying:
"How are you thinking about it? Dragonfly, you are not young anymore. If you cannot enter S-class, your lifespan may only be ten or twenty years left? This is an opportunity. We will not let you do anything else. All I need is a report from you.”
"Report of Fortress 82 Hazard Rating S."
"As long as you give it, you can come back immediately, get a promotion and a salary increase. I will give you a ticket to apply for S-level resources, and our entire control system will not have to bear any additional burden... Even if you don't give it, I will It’s just a little more troublesome, but the result won’t change, and you will never be able to compete with the S-class.”
Zizzi.
"Sir?"
Aunt Dragonfly took a deep breath, as if letting the smoke pass through her lungs, and then said in her hoarse voice:
"I will only do my job. This is my principle and my professional quality. Ah, by the way, there is one more thing...
"Fuck you!"
(End of chapter)