Chapter 298 Past, Present, and Future
Chapter 298 Past, Present, and Future
”Prepare for battle!”
At the same time as the words fell, the five people cooperated tacitly and dispersed to the surrounding bunkers.
Lao Bai rushed into the building on the street, kicked open the half-closed door, put the rectangular box containing fuel rods in a safe place, then loaded the sickle assault rifle in his hand and quickly approached the window.
The action was done in one go.
”Arrived at the location!”
”+1″
”I’m ready too!”
They have cooperated like this countless times. According to the green dots on the VM map, the five-man team evenly spread out around the building and controlled all possible directions of approach. There
is almost no blind spot!
The members of the Niu Ma team nervously waited for the battle to begin.
However, after a long time, the street was still silent.
There was still no sound. Quitting, who
was standing in the front row with Lao Bai, held his breath and carefully observed the surroundings.
However, except for the vines swaying gently by the window and the leaves swaying in the breeze, there was no obvious movement on the whole street.
Is it an illusion?
As soon as this thought came to mind, there was a whooshing sound above their heads.
Before everyone could say anything, something exploded above their heads.
Bang!
Ye Shi, who was standing behind the half-collapsed concrete wall, was stunned.
”What the hell?! Mortar!”
In fact, the combat efficiency of mortars in street fighting is very poor. There are bunkers everywhere around, and the killing range of fragments will be extremely limited.
However, the opponent did not seem to realize this and fired three more shells at them.
These shells exploded in the air without exception, and they were all twenty meters away from them!
”And it’s an air-blast bomb…” Kuang Feng frowned, glanced at the signal on the VM screen, and quickly glanced out the window, his eyes narrowed slightly.
Tiny fibers slowly fell from the air, they were like cilia on a dandelion.
That was the culprit that blocked the signal!
”It’s a signal jammer!”
Ye Shi’s curse came from afar.
”Damn! I was wondering why the drone can’t move!”
The latest “Type 5” light cavalry exoskeleton sold in the NPC store is not only equipped with a tactical helmet with eyepieces, but also includes a palm-sized, shoulder-mounted small close-range reconnaissance drone that can share the field of view on the eyepieces of your own or your teammates’ helmets.
However, now.
The drone has lost its meaning.
Not only is Ye Shi’s drone unusable, but Kuang Feng’s “Y-1 Firefly” quadcopter has also lost its function.
Lao Bai turned on the speaker of the helmet and shouted at the top of his voice.
”Ye Shi, find a commanding position and find the observer and shoot him! Quit Smoking, follow me, we will find a way to take down their mortars!”
The advantage of language barriers was fully demonstrated at this moment. They couldn’t understand what the NPCs said, and the NPCs couldn’t understand their communication.
”Got it!”
Just as Quit Smoking was about to get up, a thick and long flame suddenly shot out from the window across the street, and bullets were shot like raindrops.
A piece of debris exploded on the concrete slope, and Quit Smoking was so scared that he quickly lowered his head and hid behind the bunker, moving low in the chaotic gunfire.
Seeing his teammates suppressed by firepower, Lao Bai immediately raised his rifle and fired at the window in front of him to cover his teammates’ transfer.
At the same time, dense gunfire was heard from the other side of the street.
That was the direction of Kuangfeng and Fang Chang!
Lao Bai frowned.
These people’s combat quality is not like a ragtag team!
At least –
much more well-trained than those predators!
”Free fire!”
Shouting loudly, Lao Bai emptied the last round in the magazine at the window across the street, replaced the new magazine and began to move outside the bunker.
The mortars on the opposite side continued to fire, and soon the signal of this block would be completely isolated from the outside world. Ye Shi was moving towards a higher place, and the area above the 20th floor should be able to restore communication with the shelter.
At the same time, Fang Chang and Kuangfeng had already met the enemy.
The four-man team approached from their flank and hit them in the face. The spray of gunfire flickered and moved in the narrow alley, and the whole street was full of flying gravel and dirt.
There was no communication between the two sides.
Fierce exchanges of fire broke out in silence.
He was shot twice in the chest, but fortunately the bulletproof plate blocked it. Fang Chang gritted his teeth and let go of the PU-9 submachine gun that had emptied its bullets. He held the Dawn compound bow and raised it. His pupils suddenly shrank slightly.
Bullet time!
The flying dust suddenly slowed down.
The whole world slowed down as well.
Including himself!
Locking onto the figure in the smoke, he pulled the bowstring at the fastest speed and loosened his fingers.
The bowstring vibrated at a frequency visible to the naked eye, and the three-edged arrow shot with full power sank into the smoke as fast as lightning.
At the same time, the bullet time was lifted!
Whoosh –
the chest of the black shadow collided with the arrow shot by Fang Chang, and he fell backwards with a muffled groan.
Seeing the black armor on the man, Fang Chang’s eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.
Who are these people? !
…
Reaching out to drag the teammate who was shot and fell to the ground back behind the bunker, Dimiter, who was holding an assault rifle in his hand, was also full of surprise.
He was not surprised by the identities of these people. Their goals were clear and they knew who these people were. However, what surprised him was that these people’s equipment and combat awareness were completely beyond their expectations.
Pre-war police exoskeleton!
Where did they get these good things? ?
However, no matter who they are, don’t think about escaping from here today!
”The left lung is pierced! Raven is dying!” The medic who was treating the wounded shouted.
”Hemostatic spray! Quick! Help him treat the wound first!”
”These barbarians… are actually using bows and arrows?!” As soon as a soldier finished speaking, a burst of submachine gun bullets flew over his head, scaring him so much that he quickly hid back.
”Don’t underestimate them!” Dimit shouted loudly, “There’s something strange about the bow in that man’s hand!”
Helmet’s auxiliary aiming?
Or electronic eyes?
This reaction speed is a bit too fast!
Especially before this group of people actually saw through their ambush in advance, which was even more unexpected.
Their exoskeletons can block heartbeats and 90% of heat sources. Even if they are awakened by the intuitive system, they can’t find them at such a long distance, right? !
Dimit pulled a fragmentation grenade from his waist, but before he could pull the ring, it broke through the air with a whoosh and exploded above his head almost at the same time as the explosion.
Hundreds of steel balls exploded from the arrows and swept across a cylindrical surface directly, and they were caught off guard hiding behind the bunker.
Fortunately, their exoskeletons blocked the flying shrapnel, otherwise this arrow would be enough to kill and injure most of them.
Dimit didn’t dare to take it lightly. He immediately clenched his fists and signaled two teammates who could still fight to spread out to the ruins on both sides to surround them and bypass the opponent’s dense firepower area.
At the same time as the group of people were shocked, Fang Chang, who shot the arrow, was also full of surprise on his face.
He was fine after being hit by his explosive arrow?
Good guy.
Then come again!
Without hesitation, he drew out another explosive arrow worth 50 silver coins and put it on the bowstring. Fang Chang was about to charge and shoot, and Kuang Feng beside him patted his shoulder.
”They are coming!”
Fang Chang’s expression changed slightly, and he made a decisive decision.
”Retreat!”
…
Browsing room on the B4 floor of Shelter No. 404.
The digital screen on the wall was simulating the flame of the fireplace, making a peaceful crackling sound.
The environment here is really good.
The only drawback is that it is easy to forget the day and night.
Chu Guang did not go out for inspection today, but sat on the soft sofa, flipping through the popular science books taken from the bookshelf.
The name of the book is “Past, Present, and Future”.
Although some of the things mentioned in it are only superficial descriptions, they still opened Chu Guang’s eyes.
”As early as the 20th year of the Prosperous Era, the research ships of the Human Union had explored all the planets in the solar system and started the exploration plan of Alpha Centauri.”
”Until the 30th year of the Prosperous Era, the exploration plan of Alpha Centauri had been initially completed, and the first colony ship of the Human Union successfully left the port…”
”Alpha Centauri is 4.24 light years away from the Earth.”
”Does this mean that they have mastered superluminal navigation?”
When his eyes stopped at a line of description in the book, Chu Guang’s expression was a little strange.
”… Gravitational bond?”
According to the description in the book, in the Prosperous Era, physicists of the Human Union discovered that there was a “gravitational bond” between two massive celestial bodies.
And aerospace engineers call it a “gravitational channel.”
Although in the classical motion mode, no matter what kind of acceleration a spacecraft uses, it takes hundreds or even thousands of years to fly from the solar system to other galaxies, but with the help of a gravitational channel, a spacecraft can “jump” between two massive star systems in a relatively short time.
Generally speaking, the time taken for a jump is proportional to the mass of the spacecraft and the distance to the celestial body, and inversely proportional to the mass of the celestial body . There is a specific formula for calculation.
According to this formula, jumping between the solar system and the Alpha Centauri system will be faster than jumping between the Earth and Mars.
Yes, there are many gravitational channels.
They can exist between star systems, between planets within a star system, and even between star clusters. However, due to the problem of jump points, almost 99.99% of gravitational channels have no use value even if they exist.
Fortunately, the physicists of the Human Union solved this problem. They not only calculated the method to determine the direction of the gravitational channel, but also summarized the formula for calculating the jump point, making it possible for the Human Union to use the gravitational channel for “hyperspace navigation”.
This also laid the foundation for the continuation of the prosperous era.
Controlled fusion solved the problem of energy, and the discovery of gravitational channels made colonization outside the solar system possible, while solving the two problems of material and living space.
Human civilization also ushered in its first “ascension”, taking the first step from interstellar natives to the overlord of the star sea.
Honestly, this popular science book makes this paragraph sound like a cool article.
Perhaps considering that the audience of the popular science story is children, the colony cabin heading to Nanmen II is simply portrayed as a paradise on earth.
As for now…
it is more like after the failure of the calamity.
Not only is his “power completely wasted”, but his entire human union has been destroyed.
Chu Guang now understands Yin Fang’s feelings to some extent.
The more you understand, the easier it is to feel confused about the future.
”Damn…”
”It would be great if I had traveled through time a hundred years earlier!”
If you don’t understand, just ask, is it too late to drink fake wine now?
According to the description of the book “Past, Present, and Future”, if you travel through time to the early or even middle stage of the prosperous era, as long as you don’t commit suicide by going to the hibernation cabin to do “time travel” or “want to go to the future to take a look”, you may not be able to see the collapse of the prosperous world until you die.
Chu Guang turned the page.
Unfortunately, this popular science book does not explain the “gravitational bond” in detail, just like most popular science books in the parallel world will not paste the derivation process of relativity in full, but simply summarize it as “looking for shortcuts from hyperspace”.
Chu Guang still knows a little about hyperspace, which literally means multi-dimensional space.
And this is what surprised him the most.
In “modern physics”, force is usually interpreted as the process of collision between particles that make up matter and particles that transmit force. In this framework, the four basic forces, except gravity, can be consistently explained and calculated, and are consistent with experimental results.
This is the “standard model”. It is
also the cornerstone of modern physics.
However, this model is not perfect, just like Newton’s classical mechanics cannot explain the laws of motion of massive celestial bodies, this model also has the limitations of the times-it cannot perfectly accommodate gravity.
So someone proposed the “string theory”. In this conjectured theoretical framework, the three basic forces are interpreted as open strings, and gravity is interpreted as closed strings.
Based on this conjecture, gravity can span all dimensions.
The physics of the two worlds seem to be connected?
Although it is only one conclusion of two theories.
Staring at the lines of description in his hand, Chu Guang suddenly thought of the recordings that he had unlocked on the B2 layer before, which mentioned the part about the morphogenetic field.
”… There can be gravitational ties between star clusters, so is there a similar bond between universes?”
Chu Guang didn’t know how much mass the universe had. This thing was like oil reserves. With the advancement of exploration technology, it might be “more and more”.
But assuming that the mass and distance of the two universes were infinite, Chu Guang tried to bring in the simplified formula mentioned in the popular science book, and the mass of the spacecraft m was infinitely small.
In other words, according to the theory of “gravitational ties”, even if there is such a bond between the two parallel worlds, not even a quark can pass through.
But what if it is a particle with “rest mass of 0”?
For example, photons.
The transmission of information requires a carrier, and the ability to exchange carriers means that the transmission of information becomes possible. As for what this medium is, I’m afraid only physicists in the era of human connection can answer it.
”The morphogenic field connecting parallel worlds may be based on similar theories.”
”But how are parallel worlds located?”
Chu Guang closed his eyes gently and digested the knowledge he had just absorbed for a moment.
The 20 points of intelligence played a little role.
If he were not a manager, he might be able to become a world-shaking physicist on Earth in the parallel world.
At least the content of this book alone, if he updates it to the database of the official website, is enough to cause an earthquake in the physics community in the parallel world.
Maybe he can even win a Nobel Prize.
But this is an ideal situation.
The Earth in the parallel world does not have the ability to verify these theories, and the superficial descriptions in popular science books are not enough to serve as rigorous scientific conclusions. At most, they can serve as a “correct direction.”
As for himself, there is a high probability that he will be regarded as an envoy of “advanced civilization”, and this popular science book will also be regarded as evidence of “advanced civilization’s benevolent enlightenment of Earth civilization.”
So here comes the question.
How many silver coins should this book be sold for?
Thinking of Brother Kuangfeng in the server, Chu Guang couldn’t help but curl up the corners of his mouth.
”Upgrade well.”
”When you help me revive the Human Union, I will give you the title of Chief Physicist of the Earth Union to satisfy your cravings, and give you a few Nobel Prizes by the way. How about that?”
Of course.
If you can’t bear it, don’t blame me.
Chu Guang turned the page with a sly smile, and at this moment, Xiao Qi’s voice suddenly came from the side.
”Master.”
”What’s wrong?”
”Your Burning Corps signal disappeared from the map.”
What the hell? !
With a start, Chu Guang quickly closed the book in his hand and threw it aside. Without saying a word, he picked up the tablet on the table and opened the map.
Five green dots have disappeared from the eastern district of Qingquan City.
”System!”
A light blue window appeared in front of him. Chu Guang directly switched to the player list. Seeing the online icons of several players, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief. It
was only the radio communication that was disconnected, not the morphogenetic field!
The clones are still alive!
It should be some kind of signal jammer that blocked their signals.
Although there is a possibility of accidents, the safety of the fuel rods is related to whether the No. 401 shelter can be used. This matter does not allow any accidents.
It took only one second to make a judgment. Chu Guang extended his index finger and tapped on the tablet, clicking and sending the “pre-edited” task command.
”Let Mosquito’s plane go over and take a look!”
Xiao Qi’s energetic voice came.
”Okay!”
At the same time, on the runway in the north of Shuguang City.
A wooden plane turned the propeller and slowly drove out of the hangar door. Mosquito,
who was still teaching his apprentices how to operate a glider a minute ago, jumped on his own car without saying a word and put on a pilot’s hat made of dog skin on his head. The
two machine guns on the plane have been replaced from 7mm small water pipes to 10mm Maxim-II. The entire wooden glider has completely changed from a reconnaissance plane to a ground attack plane.
Mosquito used paint to draw a shark tooth on the nose of the plane, and the whole nose looked like a shark with its bloody mouth opened wide.
Although the skin does not increase the attack power, it looks good.
Let’s see who dares to say that he licks the ground like peeing in the future!
”Practice on your own! You can do whatever you want except go up!”
The four training planes were not equipped with weapons, so it would be useless even if they went up.
However, upon hearing this, the four apprentices were instantly unhappy.
Duoming: “Fuck!”
Zhuihun: “You are eating alone again!”
Shashen: “Come down and I’ll drive!”
Convincing: “%￥#@!”
”Get out of here, get out of here, can you do a serious mission? Go get a certificate in reality first!”
Duoming: “Do you have a certificate?!”
Mosquito didn’t beep much, and pushed the ignition to the bottom with a smile. At the moment of reaching the take-off speed, he pulled up the joystick and lowered the goggles of his helmet.
The mission is very simple.
Cruise in the eastern district of Qingquan City and search for Lao Bai and his signals in the near air.
If an accident is found, provide support.
If it is confirmed to be safe, detect their direction of advance before the energy is exhausted.
Intuition tells Mosquito that generally, when this kind of mission is refreshed, the second situation can be basically ignored. Don’t even think about it, 80% of it is really something!
The whole team disappeared on the map.
The enemy is probably not small!
Blood was boiling all over his body. Although there was still a distance of more than ten kilometers, Mosquito’s index finger had already touched the safety of firing.
”Brother Meng!”
”Wait for me!”
…
East District of Qingquan City.
The sound of gunfire was like firecrackers.
Let Jieyan stay in place to contain the machine gun on the opposite side, and Lao Bai went around to the flank to get rid of the annoying mortar first.
However, when he arrived at the location, he found that things were far from as simple as he thought.
I saw a heavy exoskeleton standing in the middle of the community flower bed, with two armored arms supporting the ground, like a running-up posture, and the gun barrel on the back kept firing.
Every time a shell was fired, a cloud of dust would be shaken up on the ground.
This is not a mortar. It
is clearly an exoskeleton version of a self-propelled artillery!
The three exoskeleton soldiers guarding the “self-propelled artillery” immediately spotted Lao Bai the moment he appeared, and without saying a word, they raised their rifles and fired at him.
Almost being swept by a burst of bullets, Lao Bai, who was hiding behind the residential building, immediately poked his gun out of the bunker and fired back.
However, the opponent was obviously not a vegetarian. Three assault rifles fired at the same time, and the fierce firepower suppressed him back.
The three soldiers wearing exoskeletons did not stop there. They cooperated tacitly to form a triangle, firing alternately and advancing towards him.
Looking at the cracks on the bulletproof plate on his left arm, Lao Bai gritted his teeth and changed the magazine, and began to move to the half-collapsed building next to him.
There was no signal in the whole area. It should be the dust from the jammer that was blown over. He didn’t even know whether his teammates were dead or alive.
Fortunately, the gun barrel on the back of the heavy exoskeleton had stopped firing, so Fang Chang and his team would be under less pressure.
”Damn… where did these people come from?!”
Could it be that Fang Chang was targeted by the planner for selling out?
Not really, right? !
They are not the only ones who are being ripped off.
Just as Lao Bai was secretly surprised, a gunshot was heard in the distance.
One of the three exoskeleton soldiers who were chasing him closely behind was shot in the side, his bulletproof plate cracked, and he almost fell to the ground.
The teammates next to him immediately grabbed the man and pulled him into the bunker next to him. Due to the threat of the sniper rifle, they dared not come out of the bunker and could only make a detour through the ruins with a narrow field of vision.
”Beautiful!”
Lao Bai was delighted and did not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He immediately fired a round of bullets and suppressed them who were about to make a detour.
The two sides were in a stalemate!
They leaned against each other in the bunker and fired cold guns.
However, what made Lao Bai’s heart sink was that the “self-propelled artillery” started firing again.
And this shell hit him ten meters to the side!
Lao Bai had no choice but to give up suppressing the three exoskeleton soldiers and retreat to the building across the street in the community.
Uren, who was squatting behind the bunker, changed the magazine, gritted his teeth and chased after two teammates.
The opponent’s difficulty exceeded his expectations!
There was no news from Dimit, but someone actually bypassed their front and penetrated the mortar position six hundred meters away from the crossfire area.
With his index finger lightly tapped on the helmet of the exoskeleton, Uren came up with a plan and shouted at the top of his voice.
”Surrender! You are surrounded!”
”We won’t kill you as long as you are willing to hand over the black box stolen from us!”
The voice echoed in the street.
Lao Bai, holding an assault rifle, frowned.
What is this guy talking about?
His human language is not as good as Fang Chang’s, and he can only speak a few words. Sometimes he speaks slowly, but he is confused when he speaks fast.
However, even if he doesn’t understand, he can’t be weak in momentum.
Lao Bai imitated the pronunciation of the other party and returned the sentence intact.
”Surrender! You have been surrounded!”
Wu Lun: “???” It ‘s okay
if we are surrounded.
Is this man hallucinating?
However, just when he was thinking this, a shrill scream suddenly came from the air.
Wu Lun looked back suddenly, and saw a “shark” with a bloody mouth, whistling towards the mortar position behind them.
A trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and he shouted.
”Ted! Get out of the way!”
Ted, wearing a heavy exoskeleton, obviously also noticed the abnormality in the sky, and quickly retracted his arms stuck in the ground.
However-
it was too late!
Two 10mm machine guns spewed flames from the shark’s bloody mouth!
”Ah, da da da! Go to hell!”
Mosquito, who was delivering firepower with his mouth and shaking wildly with the cabin, excitedly pulled the trigger to the bottom and fired at the exoskeleton carrying the gun barrel with the crosshairs.
Although he was covered with bulletproof plates, the exoskeleton was still an exoskeleton after all. No matter how many bulletproof plates were hung, they could not stop the firepower of the fixed-wing aircraft.
Facing the random sweep of two 10mm machine guns, the heavy exoskeleton was shot into a sieve in just a few seconds.
The ammunition box and the battery instantly emitted half a meter high sparks. The man didn’t even have time to scream before he was blown to pieces along with the armor on his body.
The plane raised its altitude again and flew towards the sky.
”Asshole!”
Ulun stared at the plane desperately, his eyes full of bloodshot.
His teeth were almost broken, and his index finger pulled the trigger to the bottom, emptying the entire magazine of bullets until the plane disappeared from his sight.
The other two teammates were the same.
Anger almost made them lose their minds.
However, as the captain of the team, the remaining rationality finally made Uren calm down quickly.
The other side has air support!
Although it is just a ridiculous propeller plane, the two heavy machine guns are no joke. Their equipment is not advanced enough to go against common sense.
This is the River Valley Province far away from the Death Coast, right at the doorstep of the other side. The supply and reinforcements on the other side are almost unlimited, while there are no supplies and reinforcements available on his side.
Thinking of the previous man’s shouting, Uren’s heart sank slightly.
Maybe that person is not joking.
The reinforcements of these people have really surrounded them!
They only have one chance!
If they can’t catch anyone, they can only adopt plan B and continue to go north to seek help from the predators they have funded.
There is no time to hesitate. Uren immediately pulled out the signal gun on his waist and fired a signal flare into the sky to remind the teammates in front.
Then, he shouted to the two teammates beside him.
”Retreat!”
…
The battle is over.
The enemy gave up their positions and retreated into the ruins.
Mosquito circled in the sky for several times, but ultimately failed to find a second chance to dive. After confirming the safety of his own people, he began to return. Quitting
Smoking took the box of fuel rods, and after meeting up with Kuangfeng, Fang Chang and others, he went to the direction of the flare to reinforce.
Here they met Lao Bai.
”Fuck?! Are you okay?” Looking at the broken bulletproof plate on Lao Bai’s chest, Fang Chang showed a surprised expression on his face.
”Don’t worry too much, I was only hit by seven or eight bullets,” Lao Bai removed the drooping bulletproof plate and said with emotion, “If this were in reality, I guess I would have been dead.”
Kuangfeng coughed lightly.
”No need to estimate, be more confident.”
Quitting Smoking said nervously.
”Do you want to chase?”
Lao Bai shook his head.
”Chase for nothing, the mission is important. Call Ye Shi back, and we’ll get on the road quickly… It will be troublesome if they have reinforcements!”
How to chase?
Up to now, their VM signal has not been restored, and the enemy has retreated into the ruins.
We can’t just leave the fuel rods here.
Looking at the heavy exoskeleton that exploded not far away, Fang Chang walked forward and pulled the charred body out of the armor. After
groping on the body for a while, Fang Chang’s hand suddenly paused, and he took out a necklace from his collar, on which was a charred iron plate. There
was a torch engraved on it.
”Did you find anything?” Lao Bai came over and asked.
”Yeah.”
Fang Chang nodded and shook the iron plate in his hand.
”The torch logo…his name is engraved on it, but I don’t recognize these words.”
Looking at the remains of the exoskeleton that had been burned black, Lao Bai took a flare from his waist, pulled the pull ring and threw it next to the remains of the exoskeleton.
The flare emitted billowing red smoke.
”Leave this to the NPC.”
Lao Bai patted Fang Chang on the shoulder.
”Let’s go.”
(End of this chapter)
