Chapter 192, Special Forces
"What's its name?"
After watching the function demonstration of the Purple Fire Jet, Gu Hang raised this question to its developer, Mr. Hu Ke.
Hu Ke was quite modest: "It doesn't have a name, it's just a gadget I've thought about before. It compresses high energy to release high-energy particles and special chemicals. It's a targeted gadget I researched during the six months in the south. , it would be the best if it can come in handy and help the Governor.”
Gu Hang shook his head and praised: "This is not a small thing, this is simply a transformation of the landform!"
Hu Ke waved his hands repeatedly: "Don't say that, Governor. I'm still far away from reshaping and transforming landforms. That kind of equipment and technology is far beyond what such a small thing can achieve. In fact, It can be built in batches thanks to the production capacity of the concentrated energy crystal blocks you created. Without this outstanding energy support, it would be impossible to function or even be mass-produced. Even so, it can only be produced in batches. Just deal with the jungle..."
"Indeed, if compared with those legendary landform reshaping technologies, it is not worth mentioning." Gu Hang said, "But it is indeed the best way for us to solve the Qinggu problem now."
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At the mention of this, Hu Ke sighed instead: "Are you...really determined to do this? Completely eradicate every inch of jungle in the Qinggu area?"
"Why not?"
"That would require huge manpower and material resources, and would also destroy the environment in the Qinggu area..."
"Yes." Gu Hang did not deny these two points, "However, we have enough ability and enough time to do this. Moreover, this is not a purely dedicated work. Look at what is coming back from the front According to the report, this business has produced positive benefits. It has solved the unemployment problem of a large number of refugees in the Qinggu area. Although the wood produced is of poor quality, it is also valuable; the production department has transferred the latest batch of synthetic starch production lines to the Qinggu area. Once the food is transported, factories will be built there on site. Once the scale reaches a certain level, we may not need to pay extra to support these refugees. Their own output will be enough to support themselves, and they may even be exported in the opposite direction to generate a surplus... ”
After a pause, Gu Hang added the second point: "As for the issue of the natural environment, its proportion in my decision-making process is too small. Compared with those monsters and the cult established by your students The threats posed by the organization and the problems caused by environmental degradation are too small. Moreover, if there are problems, we will have the opportunity to make up for them and solve them in the future.”
Hu Ke nodded frequently.
He is a scientific researcher and an engine prophet. Although his status in the Mechanicus was not low, he was not involved in actual management work at all. He was just doing his own work. He was not perfect in the industry and some political considerations. . Regarding the speech about the environment, that is because he has seen many planets where the environment has been destroyed due to human over-exploitation, and the quality of life of those people is not very good.
However, what Governor Gu said seemed reasonable.
He realized that the current per capita resource consumption enjoyed by the residents of Raging Star could not be said to be over-exploitation or over-exploitation. For the development of the planet, to be honest, they have no right to care about that.
Not to mention, there are also threats from cults and mutant monsters.
Let’s develop first and then govern.
But Hu Ke still has doubts: "But even so, it will take too long. I understand that you have enough time to develop that land, and you can even use years or even ten years as time units. And, this is indeed the cure. Without the jungle, there is no breeding environment for mutant monsters, and the Natural Salvation Society has no hiding place. No matter what plan they have, it is meaningless. But it is too slow. Do you want to spend ten years to eliminate the Natural Salvation Society? ”
"I can see you're worried."
"Yes." Hu Ke has been in Shuangcheng for a short time. In these days, he has seen the state of the city.
Others can be disguised, but the living conditions and psychological state of the people at the bottom, the largest number, cannot be disguised.
He has been to many different worlds, and the living conditions of these people on Raging Owl are certainly not good, or even poor.
But that's not the fault of the rulers—at least not the current rulers. The conditions of the Raging Owl Star are so poor. Not to mention the common people, even the governor Gu Hang and many high-ranking officials of the alliance he has met live a simple life.
Compared with the not-so-favorable living environment, the mental outlook of ordinary people in the Twin Cities is very good. Something called "hope" brews in their hearts and overflows on every face.
They have visions for the future, and they truly recognize that under the rule of the alliance, they can make their lives better and better through their own hands and efforts.
It sounds commonplace, but there are only a few places in the entire universe that can have this kind of vitality.
Hu Ke was not infected by this, he was just convinced by experience that an alliance that could make the people under its rule have such a psychological state would not be a garbage regime.
Flying to the stars and finding a new home is not very reliable. On the contrary, it is a good choice to stay in the league and live a stable life.
In this case, he still has to contribute to the entire league.
In his view, the Natural Salvation Society is one of the important threats to the world.
He said after careful consideration: "I have thought carefully about what Gevaga wants to do recently. When I was in the south, after he was released from freezing, he did not have enough trust in me at the beginning, and I was not able to get in touch with him. There are too many secrets in the organization established by my student. However, since he rescued me, he naturally will not give up some marginal research projects and I will work hard on them. Piecing together his goals ”
"Tell me about your guess?"
"First of all, I am not sure. It is just my guess and there is insufficient evidence. It is precisely because of this that I did not tell you at the beginning..."
"It doesn't matter, I will make the decision."
"Okay... I think Gawaja and the others are trying to summon the devil again..."
"Oh, that's a really bad guess."
"You don't look surprised? Did you guess it a long time ago?"
"In a sense, it is indeed true." Gu Hang spread his hands and said, "I have no evidence, and it's not like you have pieced together some fragments of the truth through some experiments you have done with them. I It’s just a guess. After all, those so-called cultists, guys polluted by the abyss demons, are all thinking about this, and you can know their goals with just a casual guess.”
Hu Ke smiled bitterly and said: "You are right..." "But just knowing the goal is not enough. I would also like to know what means they have to achieve it and how we can stop them."
"This is exactly what I want to say." Hu Ke sighed, "We cannot destroy the Natural Salvation Society by destroying the jungle. I am not against your strategy, but it is used to destroy aberrant monsters, and we must destroy the song Wagga and the others achieved it by wiping out the jungle, which was too slow. Perhaps, those guys succeeded before we succeeded."
After a pause, Hu Ke continued: "I guess they may have mastered a complete spiritual energy field that has not been destroyed. If you know the history of the Raging Owl Star, you will understand that in the past, it was precisely because of the enriched spiritual energy field. The existence of the energy field forms an extremely abundant source of energy, which is used as a means to open the curtain between reality and the abyss of hell.”
"In the past, the most important spiritual energy fields on the Raging Owl Star were on the other two continents. Those two continents should have been completely destroyed. There were also gas fields on the main continent, but very few. Most of them should have been due to being destroyed. Destroyed state. The one he found should be small, but we can't take it lightly. Once he really tears the curtain of the real world, even if it's just a small gap, we will be in trouble. Trouble.”
Gu Hang pondered: "Then do you have any guesses about the location of the possible spiritual energy field?"
"No, not at all." Hu Ke smiled bitterly, "It's not even certain whether it really exists. I said it was all my guess..."
"But your guess is more reliable than mine." Gu Hang said comfortingly, "Thank you very much for your notice. I originally planned to send a special operations team to the southern end of Qinggu to find out the situation there. , guiding bombings and things like that. Now, they may have one more task.”
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Earo LaCrocha felt as if he had been cheated.
He said he didn't want to be an officer, but just a soldier. His wish has obviously been approved by the Governor. Now he is not an officer, but his men are still stuffed with more than thirty soldiers.
Doesn't this still make me a monitor?
Earlier, he was transferred out of the Beast Slaughter Brigade and joined the 10th Special Forces Brigade as a squad leader. He and his thirty new subordinates were equipped with a complete set of individual equipment that they had never seen before.
Each person has a set of individual exoskeletons, inlaid with armor plates mainly made of plastic steel and added with ceramic coating to protect the torso and limbs. It is far less powerful and majestic than the Space Marine power armor, but it has a slender beauty.
The full-coverage helmet is equipped with different visual modes such as night vision, anti-glare, color temperature, etc., and also has a shooting assistance system.
This so-called shooting assist system is provided by a servo skull that accompanies combat. The servo skull that belongs to him can also help control the two drones in the backpack to perform tasks such as reconnaissance, auxiliary fire strikes, and suicide attacks.
And the weapons in their hands were all replaced by LR5 laser rifles. Ten high-energy batteries on hand can support 15 rounds of shooting, and the batteries need to be replaced. The firepower is not very sustainable, but its power is much stronger than the conventional G9 rifle. In order to supplement their firepower, they also carry a short-barreled bullpup tactical rifle, which is a special variant of the G9.
Among them, La Crocha himself was better equipped than his teammates. The most important manifestation is that he does not use high-energy batteries, but energy crystal blocks like crystals. This thing is said to be much more expensive than the laser rifle itself in his hand. For such a big wind falcon to fly in the sky, just this one crystal block is enough.
As a result, this thing only powered the rifle and exoskeleton in his hand...
The powerful energy allows his exoskeleton, designated as the 'Ranger Generation 1', to maintain overload mode throughout the entire process until it breaks down; the laser rifle in his hand can also be overloaded throughout the entire process.
Someone else's LR5 can destroy a high-energy battery with one full-power overload. According to their training ethics, they are strictly prohibited from doing this when it is not necessary.
But the energy crystal block in his hand allows him to perform almost unlimited overload shooting without the need to replace it. He just needs to think about the gun in his hand and don't let it get scrapped if he can't hold it anymore.
All this made him feel like he was in a dream.
He always felt that it was a bit unreal when others called him the King of Soldiers or the King of Soldiers, and he didn't like being called that in person. But now... he seems to be getting the treatment of the King of Soldiers.
In the so-called special operations brigade, he has to perform special tasks.
After the formation of three Wind Falcons went to Crocker Manor to perform the bombing mission, they made appropriate preparations for the return trip, and then loaded up La Crocha and his formation and headed straight for the southernmost part of the world.
Their goal is to investigate a place called 'Singers Town'. According to intelligence, it is the headquarters of the so-called Nature Salvation Society.
There is no specific location, just a vague description.
After the Wind Falcon came down, they searched on the ground while continuing to maintain contact with the three speed attack boats that were temporarily assigned to them and were cooperating with them.
Under the joint investigation of air and ground, they found many suspected targets, but in the end they were confirmed to be not. Those are just the ruins of some villages, which have long been deserted. The jungle is slowly extending, reoccupying those places.
On the third day of the operation, they finally made a major discovery.
Based on the intelligence description and accompanying hand-drawn drawings, they were almost certain that this was the town of Singers.
But it also looks abandoned.
The team discussed it internally and still planned to go in and explore.
As a precaution, they also called Lieutenant Couch, and three Wind Falcons would provide them with air support.
La Crocha was quite nervous about this.
It's the same battle, but the way of fighting is completely different from his past experience.
He wasn't sure if he could do it well enough, so he could only err on the side of caution.
And his caution saved many lives.
(End of chapter)