Chapter 231: Stars Shining
【Welcome to the battlefield of hell】
[Star Dartgun, this is your third simulation, good luck to you]
[Hell Battlefield·Heaven War is loading...]
【……】
"call……"
Amid the feeling of weightlessness as she fell rapidly, Su Xia slowly exhaled.
When I opened my eyes, I still saw the nine familiar and nervous teammates. The sweat on their foreheads and the trembling of their arms were clearly visible.
The roar began, and the entire planet was wailing in the artillery fire. The surrounding airdrop pods exploded one after another, and death happened again and again beside them.
“Buzz——”
The reverse thrust engine started and the drop capsule entered the final stage before landing.
Su Xia ordered in a deep voice: "Turn on the protective equipment on your body, and rush out with me immediately after landing. Use the space capsule as a cover, and don't hesitate."
Hearing his words, the other nine team members were stunned, because Su Xia was not the captain.
The captain was sitting opposite Su Xia, but he was also a new recruit. He was temporarily promoted to captain only because of his good performance during training. If he could survive this war, he would have the hope of becoming a regular soldier.
After all, too many officers died in this battle, and the vacancies needed to be filled urgently.
War is always the fastest way for ordinary soldiers to get promoted, but it is also the closest way for them to die.
Perhaps frightened by the cruel reality of war, the young captain's face turned pale. He swallowed and said to Su Xia: "According to the combat manual and the requirements of normal training, after the hatch is opened, we should first send two team members out to observe and scout the enemy, and then according to..."
"Don't worry about anything. If you don't want to die, rush out with me!"
Su Xia looked serious and spoke in a stern voice. He shouted suddenly, which scared the other team members.
The captain didn't have much of an opinion, and he was already a little nervous, so he stopped arguing, nodded quickly, and began to remove the protective gear on his body.
Seeing this, the other eight team members also began to take action.
The equipment they carried was not very sophisticated. After all, they were just cannon fodder and did not even have an energy shield.
Assault rifles, multi-functional bayonets, four grenades, bulletproof vests, first aid kits, night vision goggles, etc. The purchasing price of these things within the empire is quite low, not even enough to cover the price of a pack of psychic bombs.
"After you go out, use my left hand as cover, pay attention to the enemies coming from the right hand side, and also pay attention to the surrounding situation." Su Xia whispered, "Take a few deep breaths and stay calm."
The first two times, the figure that flashed by quickly appeared from the bushes on the right side of the space capsule.
Su Xia has learned the skill of psionic shield, but in this simulated battlefield, he is just an ordinary soldier without any psionic energy in his body. Facing the explosion, he is just a piece of fragile flesh and blood.
If you want to survive, you must try every possible means.
After a shake, the airdrop capsule slowly landed and crashed into the dense jungle.
“Crack—”
The hatch vibrated, the indicator light changed, and a gap slowly opened.
Su Xia's eyes fixed, and he gestured: "Get ready."
The atmosphere in the cabin was tense. The other nine people held their assault rifles tightly, and even their breathing became much quieter.
The moment the sunlight came in, Su Xia seized the opportunity and rushed out first. He didn't care where the enemy was and immediately fired at the jungle on the right with his rifle.
“Da da da da…”
Bullets poured out, and the hot golden shells flew out from the ejection port at a rapid speed, falling to the ground in a series, raising a cloud of fine dust.
After finishing a magazine, Su Xia immediately dodged and hid back to the left side of the airdrop capsule, using the huge cabin as cover and quickly changed the magazine.
The other nine team members were slower in action, but they all got out eventually and everything went smoothly.
"Watch out ahead!"
The captain shouted loudly and immediately opened fire, firing a volley of bullets at the dense jungle ahead.
This guy had good eyesight. Even Su Xia didn't notice that the jungle in front of him shook when he changed the magazine.
After losing his spiritual power, Su Xia's perception in all aspects was much worse than before.
The ground around him was shaking, artillery fire roared in the distance, smoke filled the air, and airdrop pods kept exploding overhead. These factors seriously affected his perception.
It was not enough for the captain to just fire a volley of bullets. He pulled off the grenade hanging in front of him and threw it in the direction of the shaking.
“Boom!”
The grenade exploded, fragments flew everywhere, there was a dull sound, and the trees and grass in the center of the explosion were blown into pieces.
At the same time, on the other side of the airdrop capsule, the familiar enemy also arrived.
The thing was extremely fast, moving in the jungle covered by leaves and bushes like a swift wild beast, and it approached everyone in a flash.
“Here it comes!”
Su Xia had been on guard the whole time, and the moment the enemy appeared, he acted decisively and opened fire quickly.
“Da da da da…”
It doesn’t matter whether you can hit the target or not, as long as you can temporarily suppress the opponent. At least he won’t die at the speed of light like the previous two times.
Several other team members also opened fire, using concentrated firepower to suppress the fear in their hearts.
The alternating fire network covered the jungle on one side, broken leaves and branches flew everywhere, and deep and shallow bullet holes were left on the tree trunks.
Several others were alertly watching their surroundings, while looking for possible safe places.
The quality of these recruits was pretty good. After the initial panic and confusion, they managed to calm down. Although some of them were still shaking, they were no longer as frightened as before.
"hiss--!"
The thing in the jungle was suppressed and fled everywhere, and no one could get close to it. It actually made a roar that was not like a human voice.
Hearing this voice, the faces of everyone in the team became extremely ugly.
The captain took a deep breath and whispered, "It seems that the news is true. The evil Heavenly Kingdom organization has enslaved a group of Zerg creatures. Be alert!"
"Zerg..."
Su Xia thought of the blurry figure, lost in thought.
The figure was similar to a human, but it was extremely fast and a little hunched, and its movement in the jungle was not affected at all.
The fact that they can use bombs shows that they are quite intelligent and must be a high-level Zerg soldier.
Overall, it's a bit like "Shadow Hunter".
This kind of insect can achieve almost perfect stealth in shadow areas and is good at moving at night. It appeared in the oasis camp that night and almost chopped off Xiong Wei's head.
It is daytime now, but there are many shadow areas in the jungle. No wonder his movements are so strange. His previous two deaths were not unjust.
"The enemy has disappeared, be alert."
The captain made a gesture, indicating to everyone to save ammunition as the road ahead was still long.
The area where they landed was a very chaotic battlefield.
This area was first occupied by the Heavenly Kingdom, then captured by the Empire soldiers, and then recaptured by the Heavenly Kingdom’s counterattack, and this cycle repeated more than ten times...
Now the occupied areas of both sides overlap, there are enemies everywhere, and reinforcements everywhere.
Their mission was to quickly seize advantageous terrain, clear out the Heavenly Kingdom's forces in the area, join up with the rest of the airborne troops, and establish a temporary stronghold.
"We should rush to the meeting point within half an hour." The captain looked at the time and asked Su Xia: "What do you think we should do?"
After the brief exchange of fire just now, everyone was more convinced of Su Xia's judgment. After all, with the speed of the Zerg creatures, if they kept dawdling in the cabin, they might be wiped out by a bomb from the other side.
But Su Xia’s experience from the previous two deaths had been used up.
In this dangerous place, he is not much better than others.
"Let's go to the gathering point." This was all he could say. "The bugs hiding in the jungle might be shadow hunters. Try to walk in areas with sunlight and pay attention to the shadows."
"Shadow Hunter?"
Hearing this name, the rest of the team members felt their scalps tingling. If it was night time now, they might have been wiped out.
Today, the sunlight above their heads is not very warm, but it has become their greatest reliance for survival.
With little time left, the group set off immediately and headed towards the sunlit area.
The journey was full of dangers, and strange sounds could be heard from the surrounding jungle from time to time.
Everyone should not only pay attention to the enemy, but also pay attention to their own people in heaven.
“Boom! Boom!”
More than a dozen pieces of burning space capsule debris fell from the sky and slammed into the forest on the right side of the crowd, causing the earth to shake and thick smoke quickly rising.
This kind of thing kept happening, with fragments of the destroyed space capsule falling around every one or two minutes.
After eight minutes of heading towards their destination, everyone discovered the first space capsule that had successfully landed.
But unfortunately, the ten soldiers in the space capsule had already died.
Before they could get out of the cabin, a bomb hit them the moment the cabin door opened. All of them were killed in the cabin, their bodies covered in blood, in an extremely tragic death.
"Rest in peace."
The captain sighed and went in to search for useful supplies with tears in his eyes.
Su Xia stood aside on guard, weapon in hand, and thought about this model of human enslavement of Zerg.
Insects reproduce quickly, are powerful, and have no fear of death. They are natural warriors, but their inherent greed, chaos, and violence make them not good partners.
After a while, the captain didn't find any useful supplies, so he called out to everyone: "Keep moving forward!"
Several members' faces turned extremely pale and they looked very uncomfortable, obviously because of the bloody corpses they had just seen.
No matter how many times you’ve seen it in simulation, there’s something different about seeing a real dead person in real life.
Not far away, they saw the second complete space capsule.
But everyone inside was also dead, and their cause of death was exactly the same as that of the people in the previous space capsule.
seem……
In this area, only their team managed to survive.
"Be alert all around, I'll go in and take a look ."
The captain gave an order and planned to enter the airdrop capsule to search for useful supplies.
But at this moment, something unexpected happened.
Inside the space capsule, several bloody corpses suddenly stood up, covered in blood, with their fangs and claws bared, and pounced on the people outside the capsule, like mutated monsters in some science fiction horror movie.
Behind them, there were pieces of high explosives tied up.
“Parasite!”
As soon as this thought flashed through Su Xia's mind, a white light appeared in front of his eyes.
You are dead
[Your survival time is 12 minutes and 7 seconds]
[The system cannot make an evaluation due to the short survival time]
After solving the insect infestation in the oasis camp, Su Xia never thought again that he would fall into the hands of parasites.
This is the first time I've seen a parasitic corpse.
The other side was obviously well aware that they would explore the entire airdrop capsule, so they used this tactic of mutual destruction, dragging the entire team down with them at the cost of a few parasites.
From a strategic standpoint alone, it's not worth it, as the normal value of a parasite is far higher than that of a normal human warrior.
But the Kingdom of Heaven organization obviously didn't care too much and gave a death order to the enslaved insects.
Su Xia's gaze stayed on the option of [Hell Battlefield]. After thinking for a moment, he did not enter the battlefield again, but clicked the [Exit] button.
A golden option immediately appeared before his eyes .
【Do you want to exit the simulation system? 】
Su Xia clicked the [Yes] option.
The light before his eyes gradually disappeared and he fell into darkness again.
Those alloy robotic arms controlled the simulated equipment on his body, dismantling it bit by bit, and then slowly rose with the equipment modules to the top of the simulation room.
"call……"
Su Xia walked down the round table in the middle of the room, breathed a sigh of relief, and stretched her muscles.
The battlefield simulation just now was so real that the vibration of the artillery fire that lasted for more than ten minutes still seemed to echo in my ears. At this moment, returning to the cold wreckage of the spacecraft, I felt as if I was in another world.
Hal floated over and asked, "Captain, how do you feel?"
Su Xia replied: "Not bad, it's a good equipment for exercise."
"I can see that you look very relaxed." Hal praised: "You are more relaxed than the previous crew members. Obviously you are not an ordinary person."
"What else could it be but an ordinary person? Superman?"
“There are differences between people.”
Hal's voice was calm as he explained, "This exploration ship has been to many planets with low-level civilizations. On those planets, when the natives saw the space technology, their first reaction was actually fear, or panic. But you showed a great desire to explore. This is what makes you different from ordinary people."
"oh……"
Su Xia shrugged. If he met aliens in the real world, his first reaction would definitely be fear.
However, this is a game, and his original body will not die, which makes him more confident than Xiong Wei, Zhang Fang and others in this world.
Hal obviously didn't know this, and just said, "On those normal low-level civilization planets, people like you are a minority. You are destined to be extraordinary and may become a milestone figure in the development of that civilization."
"For example?"
"Like the first person in space."
“That’s an exaggeration.”
Su Xia waved his hand. Even if his courage, perseverance, concentration and other excellent qualities were multiplied several times, he could never become a person like Gagarin.
He walked out of the small room and headed towards the exit.
"It's been so long, Xiong Wei and the others should be getting anxious." Su Xia looked at the time. It was almost midnight.
Zhang Fang should be the most anxious one, after all, he still has to reply to the news from Longcheng.
In two days, those arrogant guys from Longcheng will arrive at the old base of the Oasis Camp, and we will have to find a way to deal with them then.
Hal followed Su Xia and continued the topic: "According to my analysis, there is a high probability that you will become that kind of person on this planet."
"Why?"
“This planet is going through its darkest, most confused, and most dangerous period, but it is also the period when light is most accessible.”
With the sincerity of a mechanical life, Hal analyzed the data on many low-level civilizations he possessed, and then gave an answer to Su Xia.
His red dot flashed, and he said slowly:
"If you and your friends can create a bright future for this planet, then... in the eyes of future generations, you will shine like the stars in the sky."
