Volume 13 Ancient Bronze City Ruins Chapter 620 Crystal Energy Bomb
"Plasma cannon?" Ivan showed a hint of hesitation. "If we use it in such a narrow space, we will all be evaporated by the heat released by the plasma, right?"
"I think this will work," Layton said. "Let Xiao Ze Luo gather those bugs together, and Lucifer can use the plasma cannon with the minimum power to carry out precise strikes. As for the residual heat that escapes, Augustus' energy shield should be able to absorb it all."
"Just do as Lao Lei said." Ke Lan made the decision.
Ze Luo used the same trick again, gathering the scattered black beetles together with an invisible barrier, and then "squeezed" them into a solid black sphere. Layton controlled Augustus to block in front of everyone, and the energy shield was fully deployed, covering the entire mine cart.
A gun barrel with an ancient shape and completely black body extended from the head of the Blasphemer Mech and aimed at the solid sphere suspended in the air.
"The plasma-charged artillery is ready and can be fired at any time," said Valentina.
"Fire directly." As soon as Ke Lan finished speaking, a ball of white plasma spit out from the muzzle - the flying speed of the plasma did not seem to be fast, but in a flash it had "stuck" to the black ball. An indescribable burnt smell, accompanied by a horrible heat wave, continued to spread around, and even the rock wall of this section of the tunnel was melted into red magma, flowing down.
Although Augustus' energy shield had absorbed most of the heat radiation in this direction, the residual heat was still terrifying. Ivan, Sanjusan and Asano Akira, the three people who were not wearing heat-insulating protective gear, had their faces burned red, and their hair ends curled up under the high temperature, emitting a unique smell of burnt protein.
As for the metal frame of the mine cart, it was so hot that it could be used as a teppanyaki cooker. Fortunately, the soles of the boots on everyone's feet were made of special rubber and had not yet been melted by the high temperature.
The plasma energy was released for more than ten seconds before it was exhausted - even though this was the lowest power of the plasma charging artillery, the surrounding rock formations still showed signs of vitrification, and the Augustus' energy shield was directly scrapped due to severe overload. Fortunately, the machine was equipped with two spare shield generators, so the impact of scrapping one was not too great.
Ke Lan and Ze Luo had their own ways to protect themselves, so they didn't suffer any harm. Valentina and Layton, who were sitting in the cockpit of the mecha, were naturally unharmed as well. But Asano Akira and the other three were in a worse situation. Not only was part of their exposed skin burned, but all the hair on their heads was burnt off. There were suddenly three shining bald heads in the crowd.
While Ivan was treating the burns of the three people, Ke Lan walked forward and looked at the residue in the glass pit - the original black solid sphere was now only some powdered ashes. Ke Lan only took a few steps closer, and a gust of scorching hot air hit him in the face... Although it was just some ashes, the temperature remaining inside the ashes was still as high as thousands of degrees.
"The life signs of these things have completely disappeared." Ze Luo followed and said to Ke Lan, "They are dead."
"Yeah." Ke Lan nodded, turned around and went back to the mine cart.
Although the mine cart itself was not in any serious condition under the protection of the energy shield, the rails on the ground had long since melted into molten steel and mixed with the vitrified tunnel sections.
Ke Lan thought about it and decided to just let the Blasphemer mecha carry the mine cart forward - after all, with the power of this thing, the speed would not be affected even if a few tons of weight was added.
Compared with before, the team's advancement speed has actually increased a lot. Many times, Valentina even had to stop and wait for Layton and Augustus who fell behind.
"Fuck, what kind of engine does this thing use?" Layton's complaint came from the team channel, "It's fast, but its flexibility and braking performance are far better than Augustus..."
There was a sour taste in his words... Originally, Layton was still happy to be Augustus's pilot, but after comparing the two, he suddenly felt that the so-called "high-end custom machine" he was driving was not so good - it was still the old saying: "Comparing people will make you die, and comparing goods will make you throw them away."
"Of course the technology of the Alpha civilization cannot be compared. Although the materials and equipment used in Augustus are no worse than those of the Du... and no worse than this 'Lucifer', the core technology still uses the framework of the human mecha. It's just like a race. You didn't lose at the starting line, but others were waiting for you at the finish line from the beginning." Ke Lan said.
"Ah... that's true. Even if Augustus has the same performance, it's hard to control it without a control system directly connected to human nerves. For example, if I were to operate it manually, I would have crashed into the 30-degree turn." Layton sighed. "By the way, isn't the model of this thing called 'Fallen Angel Unit 1: Lucifer'? Do you think there will be more than one Fallen Angel on the Ark? Since there's Unit 1, there might also be Unit 2, Unit 3, and so on?"
After hearing what Layton said, Ke Lan also fell into thought - obviously, for the Alpha civilization, the Blasphemer mecha is just a mass-produced weapon. There are currently two known Blasphemers, one was abandoned in the abyss of the bottomless cemetery, and the other was delivered to Valentina by the Undead Crew. And judging from the name "Unit 1" given to it by the Undead Crew, they may really have several Blasphemer mechas hidden.
Ke Lan has always known that the Undead Crew has a lot of financial resources. Even if they now put together a combat formation composed entirely of Blasphemer mechas, he would not be surprised at all.
The only thing he cared about was the "annihilation bomb" that was carried on the first Blasphemer mecha.
Of course, the Blasphemer mech he abandoned was not armed. Not to mention the "annihilation bomb", even the basic "heavy armor-piercing sword" and "plasma-charged cannon" were dismantled. The weapons that Ke Lan could see were all simulated through the so-called "trial program" - although it was a simulation, it also directly proved that this weapon had the ability to carry and launch "annihilation bombs".
Judging from the task description of the trial program, the power of that thing is probably even greater than that of the death ray cannon - one "annihilation bomb" is enough to destroy a creature like the "Crown of Ashes" that is comparable to the primitive species. When the Alpha civilization hunted Leviathan, it took nearly a minute of continuous bombardment with more than a dozen death ray cannons to kill it...
No, it was more than one minute. The "video" that Ke Lan saw at that time was fast-forwarded, and one minute in it was enough to be equivalent to one week at the normal speed of time.
Even if the "annihilation bomb" does not belong to the "destroyer-star" level weapon, it is almost reaching the threshold of "destroyer-star" level.
If the undead crew really had this thing, perhaps with just one shot they could raze the ruins of the ancient bronze city to the ground.
Just as Ke Lan was thinking about these things, a vibration stronger than any previous one came over, and the entire tunnel began to shake violently along with the rock strata. Exaggerated cracks instantly covered the walls of the cave, and large chunks of broken rock fell down and instantly buried Augustus who was following behind.
Valentina's Blasphemer mecha forced its way forward nearly a hundred meters against the falling rocks, but was eventually blocked by the completely collapsed tunnel.
"What's going on..." Layton's voice came from his earphones mixed with the sound of electricity, "This vibration... is even more exaggerated than the one in the Molten Mine!"
The "that time" that Layton mentioned was naturally referring to the great earthquake in the Molten Mine Area caused by the "Aguna Tor" falling from a high altitude into the magma pool. That earthquake almost destroyed the surface of the entire mining area, and the mining base in the mining area was also affected.
"According to the sensors, the direction of the epicenter is highly consistent with the previous one. It came from the front battlefield of the Ancient Bronze City ruins." Valentina said as she operated the Blasphemer mech to dig in the rubble.
"This noise...are they really feinting? " Layton shouted, "Did they really drop a Big Ivan on the Bronze City?"
"Is there a hydrogen bomb ?" Ivan couldn't help but ask.
"According to official information, there shouldn't be any. The only thing that can reach that level is the Ark's own power source...By tying together those dozens of main reactors and thousands of secondary reactors, it should be able to reach the power of the original explosion of Big Ivan." Layton said, "But who knows if the people above will secretly build a few Big Ivans without telling the people...Although this kind of thing is completely useless on Alpha except for dealing with primitive creatures...Damn, now that I say this, I myself doubt whether there are really a few Big Ivans stored in a secret arsenal of the Ark."
"But if Big Ivan is used on the front battlefield, our own troops will also be affected by the nuclear explosion, right?" Thirty-three took over the conversation, "Unless those hundreds of thousands of people retreat to the south of the White Ridge Mountains, if Big Ivan is used, the main force of the field troops will probably be wiped out."
"Besides Big Ivan, is there anything else that can have such exaggerated power?" Leighton said as he had already dug a tunnel and joined Ke Lan and the others. "Wait... I remembered something."
"What is that?" Thirty-Three and Ivan asked in unison.
"Crystal energy bomb!" Layton said in a loud voice, "It must be this thing! Only this thing can increase the power to the limit while accurately controlling the explosion range. Ke Lan, do you still remember those crystal lava leeches in the power room of Yaguna Kotor? That thing is actually equivalent to a small crystal energy bomb. The power of one or two of these things is not great, but if hundreds or thousands of crystal energy bombs are stacked together, the 'resonance' caused can even surpass the power of Big Ivan's instantaneous explosion!"
"They've used crystal energy bombs... Could it be that they've already entered the ruins of the Ancient Bronze City?" Ivan stretched out his hand and subconsciously touched the hair on his head that no longer existed. "Or did they encounter extremely strong resistance from the beginning, so they had to play this trump card?"
"Leighton, can you get in touch with the main force?" Ke Lan asked.
If they cannot control the progress of the main force's "feint attack", then Ke Lan and his team's infiltration operation will become extremely dangerous. If they cannot advance synchronously with the frontal battlefield, the special operations team will become an isolated force - they will face... all the enemies in the entire ruins.
"I can't get in touch with them at all. The interference is too strong." Layton said angrily. "The signal was already very weak, and now with the interference caused by the explosion of the crystal energy bomb, the communication is completely cut off. I can only barely maintain communication with the troops at the mining base."
"Ask them if they can contact the front battlefield?"
"I just asked them, and they said that the communication between the front battlefield and the mining base was interrupted two minutes ago. However, judging from the last communication, the front troops may not have been able to get close to the Ancient Bronze City Ruins." Layton spoke faster, "It is said that the main force encountered a huge obstacle during the attack - there is an extremely large Corrosion Seed buried under the plain in front of the Ancient Bronze City Ruins. They are in a bitter battle with this Corrosion Seed, and the advancement speed is almost zero."
"So it seems that the commotion just now was to deal with the giant Corrosion Seed?" Thirty-three said, "Even the Primordial Seed can't withstand an explosion of this magnitude."
"It's hard to say." Ke Lan shook his head and continued to ask, "Lao Lei, how long will it take for the communication to be restored?"
"A conservative estimate is ten to fifteen minutes ... I can't say for sure, because such a large-scale application of crystal energy bombs has never appeared in either simulation experiments or actual combat. It is difficult to calculate how long the interference will last through a linear formula..." Layton said with some difficulty, "It is not impossible that it may last for half an hour..."
"Then let's slow down our advancement. The tunnel has collapsed, so we just need to maintain the current excavation efficiency." Ke Lan said, "We will decide on the next action plan after communication with the main force is restored."
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North of the White Ridge Mountains, the front battlefield.
The hundreds of meters thick rock layer was almost completely lifted up, revealing the flesh-like body of the underground Erosion Seed. Countless wriggling tentacles entangled with each other, and the wounds on the surface of the tentacles torn by the crystal energy bombs bit and melted each other... Dozens of "slightly smaller" tentacles soon merged into a giant tentacle of astonishing size. Then, the giant tentacles also began to merge - until the end, there were only less than 20 tentacles left on the body of the Erosion Seed of hundreds of thousands of tentacles, but each of these 20 tentacles was long enough to wrap around the main peak of the White Ridge Mountains.
One of the tentacles suddenly rose high, and then fiercely pulled down towards the armored forces assembled ten kilometers away.
In the eyes of these soldiers, the sky suddenly darkened, and an indescribable feeling of fear suddenly arose... But the fear had not yet completely taken over their minds. They didn't even have time to see clearly what the huge black shadow was, and death came first from directly above their heads - this tentacle was like a collapsed mountain, instantly smashing these soldiers and thousands of armored vehicles into pieces!
They have no way to avoid this attack range!
