Chapter 362: Chapter 137 Nova Nucleus Positioning
(Congratulations to the newly appointed protector “Swept by the Wind”! This chapter is a combination of two.)
Only real men could shoulder the Fire God Cannon for a round.
This was a popular saying back in the Special Training Base, but ultimately, only Mu Fan managed to carry the nine-barreled Vulcan Cannon.
However, his glory only lasted for a while; ever since arriving at asteroid 131, he had not seen Mu Fan use firearms or the like.
Surprisingly, at a moment when White Hair was groggily stepping out, he saw his teammate directly tear off a Fire God Cannon from the war vehicle!
“Damn!”
“Mu Fan, what are you doing?”
First came an exclamation from White Hair, followed immediately by a question.
What in the world was this guy doing with the Fire God Cannon in the middle of the night?
The crowd was noisy, and naturally, Mu Fan couldn’t hear the astonishment in White Hair’s voice from behind him.
Once the heavy Fire God Cannon was in his hands, Mu Fan saw that the ammunition box was still in the reserve storage at the back of the war vehicle, so he grabbed it single-handedly.
The ammunition box, which was over one cubic meter in size, was directly lifted by Mu Fan.
Without a convenient ammunition backpack and in a moment of desperation, Mu Fan had no choice but to do so.
What was this Original Tyrannosaurus up to?
Was he crazy?
“Stop him, quick.”
“This kid isn’t planning to fire at the base, is he?”
Some soldiers who didn’t know Mu Fan cried out.
Carrying hundreds of kilograms of weight, Mu Fan swiftly turned his head, as a yellow mist was approaching rapidly.
Even the sound from beneath that mist was gradually coming through.
“What’s that sound?”
“What’s going on, I thought they said it was an enemy attack, why aren’t there any alarms?”
Mu Fan gritted his teeth; these people hadn’t realized the situation yet.
It was too late!
Bending his knees, he leaped fiercely.
Mu Fan, carrying the entire vehicle-mounted Fire God Cannon, used a few steps to force his way up to the top of the four-meter-high metal wall.
Looking at the approaching yellow mist now within a thousand meters,
Listening to the chaotic sounds behind him, Mu Fan took a deep breath, placed the ammunition box heavily beside him, and with both hands on the Fire God Cannon, firmly pressed the button!
Buzz~Tratatata!
Six groups of barrels, driven by the motor, immediately spit out fire tongues exceeding thirty centimeters.
A metal torrent, starting from Mu Fan, slanted towards the approaching yellow mist.
An almost continuous barrage plunged into that yellow mist.
Only then did the people inside the base notice that somehow, a large patch of mist had appeared in front of the base exit.
And that guy was actually firing the Fire God Cannon at it?
Could it be…
“Squeak!~~”
The strange rustling noise suddenly stopped, and a piercing insect chirp emerged from the yellow mist!
And as Mu Fan started firing, that continuously moving yellow mist finally began to dissipate…
People in the base continued to walk out from their barracks, rubbing their eyes and not having enough time to greet their comrades before, like those who had emerged earlier, they widened their eyes.
What did they see!?
As the yellow mist continued to dissipate, limbs kept exploding out from within.
When the first rank of densely packed Zegs revealed their true faces under the glare of high intensity light, everyone at the base felt a chill running down their spine.
It was the Zeg!
Countless Zeg!
And mingled among them were as many as five or six types of other troops.
Among the group of Zeg, a gigantic scorpion was particularly eye-catching.
Those crimson eyes and the terrifyingly raised stinger.
Mu Fan sharply noticed the yellow mist at the tip of that stinger was much denser than elsewhere.
Had that creature just released the mist?
The Fire God Cannon swiveled, a metallic torrent rushing towards the scorpion.
Mu Fan aimed to kill the scorpion with a single shot.
Yet, he hadn’t expected that when the bullet changed direction, the previously normal-looking Zegs, which resembled Tiger Worms but were even bigger, suddenly darted in front of the scorpion.
It took a whole five seconds for the Fire God Cannon, which could shred a regular Tiger Worm, to penetrate a gigantic Tiger Worm.
This was the Fire God Cannon that spewed thousands of bullets per minute!
The rest of the Zeg fiercely began their charge towards the base.
Mu Fan, with sharp eyes, saw hundreds, yes, hundreds of lurkers mixed in with the first wave of worms, and behind these Zeg was a vast sea-like swarm of black, almost entirely composed of Tiger Worms—not a single low-level beetle or guard could be seen.
“What are you waiting for? Fire the damn thing!”
Bearded, upon reaching the entrance and seeing the situation outside the base, roared angrily and rushed into the corner where the military equipment and mechas were stationed.
The green eyes of the mecha activated!
The Ding Chuan expeditionary force’s Pioneer V-type mecha was officially activated.
This was a heavy firepower mecha equipped with twin rapid-fire shoulder cannons.
This was also the first time Luo Jianjin had piloted a mecha at the base, and as the captain of the Hunting Tiger team, he wasn’t as proficient with mechas as he was with exoskeleton armor, but the overwhelming firepower was exactly what was needed at the moment!
With heavy thudding steps, Luo Jianjin was the first to rush out of the base, standing by the alloy walls, his shoulder cannons roaring in unison.
The finely crafted Adventure-class mecha lived up to its B-grade firepower rating, sending eight beams of fire scattering forward.
A sea of fire suddenly erupted amidst the charging swarm.
Luo Jianjin’s actions seemed to kick-start everyone, and only then did the trainees wake up from their dazed state.
Instinctively, they quickly grabbed firearms, following the example of the more experienced soldiers around them.
The high quality of these trainees was undoubtedly showcased in this moment, as countless people quickly joined Mu Fan side by side on the alloy walls.
Twenty mechas charged out of the base together, their powerful firepower finally repelling the first attack of the swarm.
Lin Hao was not seen on the walls because the military communications at the command center had suddenly gone berserk!
A broken message reached him and for the first time made him lose his composure.
The Federation’s Fourth Base had already fallen!
The entire expeditionary force stationed there perished!
Major Zheng Rui of the Expeditionary Army was speaking in a hoarse voice on the call, the signal, weakened by some interference, gradually faded.
Making it hard for Lin Hao to make out the words of Zheng Rui.
“First and Second Bases have suffered heavy damage… The Expeditionary Army is preparing to retreat to Third Base and is providing fire cover for it. It is advisable to… evacuate via liftoff!”
By the end of the message, the signal had completely cut off.
The mysterious signal interference, along with the nearly desperate tone of Major Zheng Rui, sunk Lin Hao’s heart to the bottom.
At that moment, the soldiers in the command center switched the screen to the outside of the walls!
Lin Hao then saw the fierce battle unfolding around Third Base.
The Zegs swarming over the horizon were suffocatingly dense.
Mu Fan’s Fire God Cannon was still roaring madly, but the built-in temperature control showed it could only support a continuous rapid-fire for another 13 seconds before the gun barrel would need to cool down.
Nearby, his was the only firepower point where a single person was suppressing a nearly thirty-meter wide area.
White Hair ran up beside Mu Fan with a Pulse Rifle, feeling the fierce fire blast, making the muscles on his cheeks twitch.
“Why is the scale of the Zeg absolutely unpredictable this time?”
After White Hair’s eyes swept over the dark, endless sea of bugs, a stream of frenetic data flashed past his eyes.
Muttering to himself.
Mu Fan heard him talking and understood the true situation but could not speak of it.
“Can you still activate that scope?”
“No, I need time to adjust the chip.” White Hair shook his head, although his shooting accuracy was still very high, his firing rate and the previously furious yet precise state were worlds apart.
Those fiercely charging Tiger Worms, their hard shells blocked over 90% of the bullets, and what seemed like dense barrages of gunfire only included Mecha or tank-mounted large-caliber high-explosive bombs and armor-piercing bullets that could inflict indiscriminate damage, while ordinary rifle bullets were greatly reduced in effectiveness.
After finishing speaking, White Hair looked forward and couldn’t help saying, “Fortunately, we have these Mechas; the situation is much better than before.”
13 seconds over!
The rapidly rotating gun barrels abruptly ceased fire.
The red-hot barrels began to slow down, and Mu Fan placed the Fire God Cannon at his feet.
There were already mechanical arms delivering a whole carriage of firearms to the top of the wall, and Mu Fan also picked up a pulse rifle to shoot.
“Mu Fan, these Zeg have jammed the electromagnetic signals nearby, and the situation is still deteriorating! Old timer, you better tell Mu Fan the situation quickly,” Black’s voice echoed again.
“Scorpions have appeared on the other side! Remember my words, never try to approach that Scorpion without the protection of War Armor or Mecha! To deal with these swarms, you must use large-scale energy attacks; do you have them now?”
“Large scale attack…” Mu Fan, using his extraordinary muscle strength, fixed his arm in one position and constantly fired without moving.
Muttering to himself, he pondered over large-scale weapons.
Siege Tank?
Mecha?
White Hair seemed to have only heard half of what Mu Fan said and loudly remarked, “Yes, luckily we have these range attacks from the Mechas, or else we’d really be in a tough spot!”
Mu Fan’s train of thought was interrupted, and a sense of impending crisis even crept into his mind.
What’s happening?
His gaze immediately swept around.
At that moment, Mu Fan suddenly saw four Zeg, much larger than the giant scorpions, with swollen abdomens and vestigial wings, emerge amidst the opposite tide of bugs.
As soon as these bugs appeared, the nearby Zeg instantly cleared a space in the area.
As Mu Fan saw them, these bugs had just completed their turn, positioned at the rear of the swarm, and their swollen abdomens were already aimed at the base.
A bright and brilliant blue light began to shine from the tip of their tails, quickly spreading to the whole swollen abdomen.
The gigantic abdomen lit up like a massive blue lantern.
As this brilliance appeared, Mu Fan forcefully pulled White Hair down.
At that moment, a blue energy ball, over two meters in diameter, appeared with a deep and shocking expulsion sound, instantaneously crossing a kilometer distance and striking directly at a row of Mechas that had advanced nearly a hundred meters forward.
The chest armor of the four Mechas concaved upon contact with the massive blue energy ball, then exploded thunderously!
The shockwave-driven shattered shells slammed into the walls, and right beside Mu Fan and the others, a soldier was instantly cut in half by the exploding Mecha fragments.
This horrific form of attack had an indescribable impact on the morale of the personnel inside the base.
The remaining sixteen Mechas immediately dispersed their formation, all targeting those distant giant bugs.
“This is… a growing phase Plasma Worm! The scale of the Zeg on this planet is definitely beyond what you can currently contend with, and there might even be tunneling worms. Mu Fan, pull back!” The Fighter’s voice trembled with a hint of excitement and uncontrollable bloodlust, but ultimately, he forcefully dumbed down his tone to urge Mu Fan to leave.
Since the Fighter and Black, along with Mu Fan, were in a state where the fate of one affected them all, no one could guarantee what insane actions Black, with its emotions system activated, might take if Mu Fan died.
White Hair had just looked up to see the half-body spraying blood and collapsing before vomiting out.
His gaze fell upon Mu Fan’s face, where he saw no fluctuation in expression and… a gaze of utter determination!
“Mu Fan, the old man has said all there is to say, I’ll take over the base’s automatic fire control system next, I can’t determine how long I’ll be able to support. You must retreat! Contact Major Lin Hao, the Zeg Clan currently is definitely beyond what you humans can resist.”
“Understood.” Mu Fan answered succinctly in two words, and Dark Breath, after previously being intensely hot, finally returned!
In an instant, his entire demeanor changed like a different person, his face showed no change, and his tone was even as he inquired of White Hair, “Apart from the Siege Tank, what other WMDs do we have?”
White Hair was taken aback, but quickly replied, “Find Deer! He has a Nova Bomb, which is also known as a micro nuclear missile launcher; I saw it last time. He manages the micro-nuclear missiles for this base.”
Deer?
Where are Deer and the others?
Mu Fan, with eyes sharp as an eagle’s, scanned the area and instantly located the three Hunting Tiger members in front of the armory.
Wolf, Deer, Tracy!
Lin Hao and his aide were also approaching.
“Be careful.”
Then Mu Fan leaped from the four-meter-high alloy wall.
White Hair stared at Mu Fan’s retreating figure, feeling an intense suppression from him, akin to the prelude to a volcanic eruption!
“Major Zheng Rui and his team will be here in five minutes, the starship is entering pre-launch mode.”
“In these five minutes, we must hold back this wave of insects! This is a do-or-die order!”
Lin Hao, holding a transceiver, wore a fierce expression.
When real war broke out, one could truly see the difference between the trainees and the professional soldiers.
Moreover, the trainees, who were of primary importance to be protected this time, those who survived these trials would undoubtedly become the backbone of the military officers’ cadre!
Mu Fan stopped abruptly in front of the group, just as Lin Hao also reached the trio.
Initially ready to speak, Mu Fan kept silent upon hearing their conversation.
“Is there a way to eliminate those giant insects that emit electric balls! The siege tanks can’t strike effectively from such a distance.”
“Yes! The Nova Bomb launcher is ready, with a blast radius of 120 meters, it’s a weapon of mass destruction. We’ve prepared Tracy to perform tactical positioning.”
Deer pressed a button, and a three-meter-high launcher rose from the ground in the northwestern corner of the base.
“Can’t it be launched directly?”
This time, Wolf shook his head, “No, those giant insects keep rapidly changing positions, and there are specialized Zeg carriers relocating them. We need continuous tactical positioning on those giant insects, a task only Tracy, who has undergone Nova Lens implantation, can handle!”
Now, all eyes were on the statuesque woman.
Tracy’s voice, husky and charismatic, rang out with a brisk tone.
“I’m honored to guide the Nova Bomb once again.”
“Be careful!”
“Watch out for the insects.”
Tracy nodded, pressed lightly on her tight light armor, and an invisible ripple covered her, causing Mu Fan to see her body slowly disappearing into the air.
No, it was environmental assimilation, even the slender sniper rifle disappeared along with her.
It was the effect of refractive light technology creating visual invisibility.
Looking closely, one could see a faint transparent outline.
Even her scent and footsteps had vanished.
“Five Heavy Hammer tanks to provide fire cover in siege mode, accompanied by the Army assault squads equipped with mechanical exoskeletons.”
Only then did they notice Mu Fan who had leapt over, Lin Hao turned around, formally thanked him, “Mu Fan, we owe you for this early warning!”
Mu Fan indicated it was nothing, then also cautioned Tracy’s position, “Be careful”.
He silently watched her leave, then asked without looking back, “What happens if the positioning fails?”
“We’re all annihilated. Trust in Tracy, her second identity is a Federation Nova Agent, there’s no one more professional than her in guiding nuclear weapons.” Deer finally showed a slight smile.
“How is the targeting done?” Mu Fan asked seemingly casually.
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