Volume 15 Gray Fog Forest Chapter 756: Xia Ya is actually me
Although a lot of information was exchanged between the two, in reality it only took a blink of an eye - the "space slingshot" under the blasphemer's feet was stretched to its limit, and after a brief stagnation, it suddenly launched the blasphemer into the air.
"Activate the shield."
The same thought flashed through the minds of Ke Lan and Valentina, and a glowing spherical energy shield suddenly covered the entire machine. At the same time, they broke through the defensive barrier created by Ze Luo and rushed into the "purgatory" composed of explosions and flames.
The Blasphemer's energy shield completely isolated the flames and high temperatures. The metal jets and fragments were vaporized the moment they came into contact with the shield. The only thing that the energy shield could not offset was the shock wave. It was like a diving chamber with a good enough seal and a hard enough shell. Although seawater could not penetrate and the sharks outside would not threaten the people in the diving chamber, the diving chamber could not ignore the water currents in the ocean... If it lost power in the water current, no matter how strong the diving chamber was, it would be nothing more than a mobile coffin.
With their consciousness synchronized, Ke Lan and Valentina completed the division of labor in perfect harmony - Ke Lan was responsible for using her ability to stop time to observe explosions and shock waves around the machine that might affect its movement, planning the best breakthrough route, and sharing this information with Valentina. Valentina then controlled the machine's posture based on the information and brought her operating abilities to the best of her ability.
Although this is just a frigate and a high-mobility support ship, both warships have been specially modified for this "special mission" and their firepower is far more powerful than that of ordinary conventional warships. The Blasphemer is like shuttling through a sea with constantly turbulent waves. If there is any mistake, the horrific shock wave will push them off their original route or even hit them directly to the ground.
"What a fierce bombing." Ke Lan couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
He had seen many times the images of the Ark fleet intensively bombing the indigenous biological groups on the ground, but the feeling of watching from the perspective of a spectator is completely different from that of being bombed - the spectator can only see the dense shells and missiles fired from the warships, whistling down to the ground, and raising large areas of fire and smoke. But only when you are in the bombing area can you truly understand what the word "heaven collapses and earth splits" means.
As soon as Ke Lan finished his sigh, he saw another picture in his mind: a dozen mass-produced Raider mechas carrying heavy bolters were running wildly on a barren plain, and on both sides were thousands of indigenous creatures that looked like a cross between wild boars and rhinos that kept approaching.
The indigenous biological clusters on both sides were like a pair of scissors that were closing rapidly. It wouldn't be long before the poor mecha team was cut into pieces. But at this moment, there was an explosion in the sky that broke the sound barrier, and a large number of black shadows appeared on the plain. From the perspective, hundreds of supersonic bombers were roaring in, and along with the bombers came high-yield ground-to-ground bombs that fell like eggs.
The sound of explosions continued... Even though these dozen mass-produced Raiders were not the targets of the bombing, they were still able to feel the indescribable fear and oppression as they were located between the two bombing areas. The ground was shaking violently along with the pilots' perspectives. The mighty shock waves overturned these mechas weighing more than ten tons to the ground, and a nearly 100-meter-high wall of fire rushed into the sky with torn pieces of the earth...
Although this was just a memory, for a moment, Ke Lan still felt her breathing stop for a moment.
This comes from Valentina's memory.
"Don't let your mind wander." Ke Lan immediately said to Valentina through the synchronized consciousness, "It is very dangerous to have distracting thoughts in the neural bridge state, especially when recalling those memory fragments deep in your mind. It is easy to cause your companions who share your thoughts and consciousness to fall into confusion, or even suffer symptoms of mental breakdown."
In "Pacific Rim", the reason why many test pilots were unable to become regular drivers is because they were unable to keep their minds free of distractions and completely relax while sharing their consciousness, which led to connection failures... and even accidents in which the pilots died of brain death.
For someone like Valentina, recalling such memory fragments that can have a huge impact on the mind is a taboo...If Ke Lan's mental strength had not been trained strong enough by himself, the scene just now would be enough to make him deeply immersed in it and unable to extricate himself.
He will subconsciously think that it is a scene he has actually experienced, and then begin to doubt himself, eventually leading to brain overload and complete nervous system disorder... At the mildest, he will lose his memory or become a fool, at the worst, he will become a vegetable, or simply die.
"I... I don't know how to control it... I have never experienced anything like this. I don't know what to do to be like you described to me - without distractions." Valentina asked Ke Lan for help in her consciousness.
"There is a relatively simple method. Focus your attention on , just like when you can't sleep, you force yourself to count sheep-"
"I never count sheep when I can't sleep. I just take sleeping pills and painkillers directly." The information coming from Valentina's consciousness made Ke Lan slightly stunned. He suddenly realized that this seemingly paranoid girl seemed to have very serious psychological problems.
What Valentina needs is a professional psychologist, not a half-baked psychologist like him who has only read some introductory psychology books.
However, if a psychologist were to sit in this cockpit and open his heart to his patient, be honest with each other, and even share memories and thoughts with each other... I'm afraid that psychologist would collapse before the patient, right?
"You seem... worried about me?"
"Your mental state is worrying..." Ke Lan responded, "I'm worried that you might suddenly become depressed and commit suicide one day... And your fighting style clearly has a strong tendency towards self-destruction. You should change your fighting style of exchanging injuries for injuries and risking your life for your own. "
"Are you concerned about me? You care about me, right?"
"I care about everyone around me, and I care about my friends." Ke Lan answered truthfully.
This answer sounds very scumbag at this critical moment, but it is the truth in Ke Lan's heart.
He really just regarded Valentina as a trustworthy friend and never had any thoughts about her in that regard.
Ke Lan could clearly sense the disappointment in Valentina's mood, but soon, the disappointment disappeared without a trace -
"But you didn't say that I can't pursue you, right?" It seemed that a knot that had troubled Valentina for a long time was untied, and her emotions suddenly became clear.
Ke Lan: “????”
"Why do you like Miss Soma? Is it because she is pretty?"
"No...it's just that Zofia gives me a very special feeling..." Ke Lan felt a little at a loss for words. Speaking of Zofia, he was actually half-heartedly together with her. If he had to say what he liked about her, it would probably be her gentleness and tolerance, right? This feeling was like...
"Just like a mother." Valentina helped Ke Lan finish the second half of the sentence, "You have never experienced human maternal love, so you are longing for that kind of emotion, and the appearance of Miss Soma just fills this gap. I understand that feeling, because I have never experienced fatherly love, so sometimes, I will look for that feeling in Major Chi..."
maternal love?
Ke Lan was stunned. He himself had never realized that deep in his mind he actually had such feelings for Sofia. But when Valentina pointed this out to him, he was surprised to find that what she said was absolutely correct.
This is probably what they call "Those involved are confused, while those who are not involved can see clearly"?
Char is actually me? ?
Just like a fig leaf being ruthlessly torn off, Ke Lan's consciousness fluctuated slightly, but fortunately he quickly suppressed it.
"Then why don't you like Major Chi? Although... although Major Chi is a little older, he is also single?" Ke Lan regretted it immediately after asking this question. It must be said that this question is really stupid to the extreme, and it can be selected as an example of the straight man of the year... But to be honest, in Valentina's mind, he didn't find the answer to this question at all.
"I don't know," Valentina said. "I just sometimes think of him as my father... As for you, I don't know why."
"Let's not talk about this for now... If the people below knew we were talking about this now, they would probably want to strangle us to death..." Ke Lan could only choose to change the subject, but for some reason, he vaguely felt a hint of weird romance.
When the blasphemer is crossing a sea of fire, surrounded by extremely dangerous explosions and shock waves, and will be swept away by the air waves if he is not careful, communicating emotional issues with a young girl in a way that synchronizes their consciousness... Ke Lan finds it hard to agree that this is not romantic.
The speed of consciousness communication between the two was extremely fast. Although it seemed like they chatted for half a day, in real time only less than a second had passed. The Blasphemer mecha had not even broken through the canopy of the Mist Tree.
"After you break through the tree canopy and the thick fog layer, you can only stay in the air for two seconds at most." Ke Lan instructed Valentina. Because their memories and thoughts were transparent , he didn't need to explain much, and Valentina could understand why he made such a request.
"Why didn't those indigenous creatures attack those two warships?"
"Because those two warships were 'resurrected' by the Gray Mist Forest. From a certain perspective, these two warships are also part of the Gray Mist Forest. Of course, they will not attack friendly forces."
"Can we...get out of this forest alive?"
"Don't think about it now. What you need to think about is how to control the machine to stabilize itself in the blast wave. Without the protection of the tree canopy, the shock wave will become many times stronger. Also, can you aim and shoot within two seconds?"
"Can."
"Okay... next, it's real hell!"
As soon as Ke Lan conveyed this idea to Valentina, the Blasphemer mecha broke through the thick fog and rushed into the air without any obstacles.
The two warships were bombarding the forest one second ago, and the next second, they had already locked onto the Blasphemer mecha as their target.
Although most of the weapons carried on these two warships are ground-to-ground weapons, for a single Blasphemer, the firepower of the only anti-aircraft weapons can still completely suppress it - for a moment, countless missiles and lasers came overwhelming, completely blocking all the dodging space of the Blasphemer mecha.
Energy weapons like lasers are easy to deal with, as they can be directly resisted with energy shields. However, missiles, which explode and produce shock waves, are still a headache for Blasphemers who are in mid-air. Valentina immediately used the Vulcan cannon mounted on the external armor to blow up the missiles flying in one direction in advance. But just when she wanted to take the next step, Ke Lan, who had already read her thoughts, stopped her.
According to Valentina's original idea, they would use long-range weapons to blow up some of the missiles and then quickly raise the altitude of the aircraft to avoid other attacks. However, this would inevitably increase the time they would stay in the air for a few seconds... At that time, what they would need to face would not be the anti-aircraft weapons of the two warships, but those terrifying biological weapons that could severely damage heavy cruisers...
"Directly lock onto the plasma cannon of Shaojiang Kai and attack it. After completing the attack, immediately descend and return to the Gray Mist Forest!"
The Blasphemer's small plasma cannon had already begun charging during the takeoff process. With Ke Lan, a human fire controller with the ability to stop time, there was almost no possibility of missing the target. The thrusters on the side of the machine ejected several streams of flames, slightly adjusting the Blasphemer's hovering posture and facing angle, just enough to aim the muzzle of the plasma cannon at the muzzle of the "Shaojiang Kai" that was sticking out from its belly and was charging.
Dark blue plasma surrounded by white arcs spurted out from the muzzle. At the same time, the Blasphemer mecha shut down all its thrusters and fell into the forest in a free fall.
But just when the plasma ball was about to hit the main gun of "Shaojiang Modified", Ke Lan saw a scene that made him somewhat desperate.
A brilliant light curtain lit up on the body of "Shaojiang Gai"——
Battleship-level energy shield!!
The shield generators of these two warships were not damaged! This means... it is impossible to break their defenses with just one Blasphemer mecha! !
