Volume 15 Gray Fog Forest Chapter 765: Alone
"You mean, because we are in the Gray Mist Forest but not covered by fog, we are just in the sky for these biological weapons... and the monster that could speak human language before, Heruni, is not dead yet, so the gray fog cannot invade the warship, and these biological weapons will not attack us." Sanshisan quickly figured out the connection. "Now that Heruni is dead, this warship is no longer 'fog-proof', and these biological weapons are no longer afraid of him... But that's not right. I just said that if these biological weapons were afraid of Heruni, why would they dare to attack when the warship was in the sky, but wait until Heruni died before appearing after it fell?"
"Could it be just a coincidence?" Ivan said, "The time when the biological weapons appeared coincided with the time when Heruni died. Could it be just a coincidence... For flying creatures to mutate into land creatures, even biological weapons that can be edited at will may take several hours... Maybe it was just after Heruni's death that those hatcheries happened to complete the cultivation of these new forms of biological weapons?"
"Let's not talk about whether it's a coincidence or not. If these monsters keep coming like this, we're all dead!" Mo Jue emptied another magazine. She had no spare ammunition left, so she simply threw the empty magazine hard at the monsters in the distance. "I only have one magazine left. I guess your ammunition reserves aren't unlimited, right?"
"We don't need to fight these biological weapons to death." Ke Lan said, and suddenly stopped the attack in his hand. "If the general direction of the analysis just now is correct, we just need to retreat back into the gray fog, and these biological weapons will not choose us as their attack targets. And when the gray fog completely devours the wreckage of the warship, they will naturally disperse."
"Really?" Mo Jue was a little skeptical.
"Just give it a try. It doesn't cost much anyway." The "living armor" on Ke Lan's body suddenly changed, turning into a full-coverage mask and a protective suit that fits his body. He first rushed forward a dozen steps, and after attracting the attention of the two biological weapons, he turned and ran into the gray fog not far away.
The two biological weapons that were chasing Ke Lan gave up after Ke Lan entered the fog and turned to pounce on the Blasphemer mecha.
"This method works!" Ivan said excitedly.
The next second, Ke Lan jumped out from the gray fog again. He raised his hand, and the invisible force of space directly crushed the heads of two nearby biological weapons.
"Everyone, fasten your safety ropes! Also, take full body protection measures. We probably have to sneak in the thick fog for a long time." Ke Lan shouted loudly.
In the current situation, it is impossible to use Ze Luo's power to dispel the fog. Everyone must let the thick fog engulf their bodies in order to avoid attacks from these biological weapons.
"I and the Blasphemer Mech will provide cover, you guys hurry!" Thirty-Three took a step forward, and hundreds of black flying blades shot out, forming a "blade net" in mid-air, and pounced on the monster rushing towards the front. For a moment, broken limbs were scattered all over the ground, and the smell of blood in the air suddenly became stronger.
These biological weapons, like the Mist Trees that have separated from the main trunk, will quickly degrade after death and turn into pus rich in nutrient substances that will be absorbed by the soil. The Mist Trees will quickly absorb the pus that has seeped into the soil and transport it to the hatching nests in the canopy to create a new batch of biological weapons... This recycling mechanism can minimize the loss rate of organic matter.
These biological weapons are almost inexhaustible. No matter how many are killed, the Gray Mist Forest can produce more... After the "Special Operations Fleet" entered the airspace of the Gray Mist Forest, they were in battle every moment. The countless biological weapons pouring out of the forest made everyone in the entire fleet exhausted... They didn't even have a second to breathe.
Even though Ke Lan and his men had the Blasphemer Mech and Ze Luo, and could easily crush these biological weapons, if the situation dragged on like this, there would only be one outcome for them - they would be killed alive by the endless sea of monsters.
Ivan took out a spare safety rope from his backpack and tied everyone together again. Mo Jue also changed into a spare set of protective clothing, put on a gas mask, and connected the oxygen bottle.
Several people fastened the secondary safety ropes around their waists. Thirty-three was the last one to retreat. After he had done all this, he directly manipulated the rope end forged with Nino alloy to buckle it onto the pull ring on the back of the Blasphemer mecha.
"Valentina and the Blasphemer Mech will be responsible for the rear guard. They will delay entering the thick fog for half a second. The others must retreat into the fog at the same time as much as possible." Ke Lan said.
This is also done for safety reasons... If the team members do not enter the fog at the same time, then the monsters that "lose their target" may concentrate on attacking those who fail to "enter the safe zone and clear their hatred" in time. In this way, there is a high probability of casualties.
"Three, two, one, retreat." As soon as Ke Lan finished counting down, the people close to the edge of the gray fog took a step back in unison and disappeared into the thick fog.
As a result, the only Blasphemer Mech still in the fog-free zone instantly became the target of all biological weapons - but when those biological weapons pounced on it frantically, what greeted them was a heavy armor-piercing sword swung in a circle.
Valentina controlled the Blasphemer to make a sweeping motion, cutting open the bodies of more than a dozen biological weapons. Then, the reverse thrusters located in the front of the machine were activated, pushing the entire Blasphemer mecha into the thick fog.
Those biological weapons did not chase into the fog.
"Huh..." Valentina had just breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly she felt the hairs on her back stand up - even though she was in the constant temperature cockpit filling fluid, she felt a bone-chilling chill that climbed up from her toes to her neck little by little.
According to the original plan, after retreating into the thick fog, the team would gather in a very small area - they would not leave the wreckage of the warship very far, but would wait nearby until the thick fog completely swallowed up the wreckage of the warship and the biological weapons retreated before continuing to search for the warship...
Logically speaking , Ke Lan and others should be waiting for him behind.
But the problem is... from the images captured by the Blasphemer mecha's external sensors, there is nothing around the body except the pitch-black gray fog.
"Ke... Ke Lan? Ze Luo? Doctor Ivan?" Valentina tried to shout, but in the gray fog, the sound could not be transmitted very far... Her shouts could only be heard by putting one's ear against the shell of the Blasphemer mecha.
No one responded to her. There was total silence all around, so quiet that one might even wonder if one had gone deaf...
A strong sense of uneasiness gripped Valentina's heart. She tried to take a deep breath, but all that flowed into her nose and mouth was thick cockpit filling fluid.
She tried to operate the Blasphemer mecha to slowly extend its arms outward, with the position where the body was standing as the center of the circle - if Ke Lan and the others had not moved significantly after retreating into the gray fog, with the length of the Blasphemer's arms, it should be able to "grasp" them all.
The Blasphemer mecha's arms moved in the thick fog, as if stirring a bucket of sticky gray asphalt... However, the Blasphemer's arms did not feel like they were touching anything. The entire mecha stretched out its arms and turned in a circle on the spot, finding nothing.
Could it be that... they have already left this place?
Valentina felt her heart beating wildly. She subconsciously tried to pull the safety rope fixed to the body of the aircraft, but found that only the lock at the end of the safety rope was left hanging on the pull ring. As for the main body of the rope, it had disappeared.
From the broken marks near the end of the rope, it can be seen that the safety rope seems to have been cut by the sharp claws of those biological weapons... However, during the entire battle, Valentina clearly remembered that no monster had ever crossed the side of the Blasphemer Mecha, and even if there was, it was outside the melee attack radius of the Blasphemer Mecha.
In order to cut the safety rope, not only must one go around the back of the Blasphemer Mech, but one must also get within five meters so that the claws of those biological weapons can touch the safety rope - but the problem is that before that, its head has already been chopped off by the heavy armor-piercing sword.
"Why, why did the safety rope break..." Valentina tried to recall every detail of what had just happened, but the more she recalled, the more confused her memory became. Even the same scene appeared three completely different double images in front of her eyes.
"how so?!"
Valentina swung her fist in annoyance, and when her action was reflected on the Blasphemer Mech, this punch directly created a hole more than one meter deep on the ground.
No...I must...I must calm down...
Major Chi once taught me that... the more dangerous the situation, the more you need to stay calm...
Keeping calm at all times is the most important quality of an ace pilot...
Even if the vehicle he was driving was about to crash in the next second...
Valentina wanted to think of a corresponding countermeasure, but the more she thought about it, the blanker her mind became. Even the Blasphemer Mech made a very human gesture of looking around blankly.
"Chapter 9, Section 11 of the Operations Manual states that if you are separated from friendly forces... you should first preserve your own strength, and after confirming that there are no direct threats around you... find the nearest scheduled assembly point or friendly base... No, no, these things are completely useless in this situation!!"
Valentina suddenly missed the feeling when she and Ke Lan were in the same consciousness at the same time - Ke Lan would help her collect all the combat data and formulate all the tactical plans. She didn't need to think, she didn't need to think about why or what to do. She only needed to follow Ke Lan's orders and complete her mission...
She was supposed to be a knife, a knife held in someone's hand without the need for self-awareness.
When the hand holding the knife releases, the knife will no longer move and should not move.
Perhaps, as the fate of a knife, it should now lie quietly on the ground or stay in its sheath, waiting for someone to pull it out again... or, rust and rot until it turns into ashes.
"No... I'm not a knife, I'm not a weapon..." A scene flashed before Valentina's eyes that she would never forget : she was lying on the cold metal floor of the battleship, and Ke Lan, with a reproachful look on his face, bent down and stretched out his hand to her.
"He said... I want to live for myself." Valentina felt as if she had been injected with a shot of cardiotonic. Her lungs expanded violently, and a large amount of filling fluid was inhaled into her respiratory tract and then pumped out forcefully.
"He hasn't given up on me yet... I can't give up on myself ..."
"I have to... find a way to save myself..."
Valentina immediately terminated the connection between herself and the Blasphemer and dragged out the emergency toolbox that was stuffed on the floor of the fleshy driver's seat.
Open the box, put on protective clothing and protective masks, wear various equipment, and load guns.
But just as she was about to open the cockpit, she hesitated again.
"No, this is not right."
Her current actions were in accordance with the requirements of the combat manual - when a pilot was alone, he could temporarily abandon a target machine that was too conspicuous and act alone if necessary... But the problem was that the content of the combat manual was not applicable in the Gray Mist Forest.
What's more, for Valentina, she only feels safe when she sits in the cockpit - especially when she is alone.
The Blasphemer Mech was not damaged and had ample energy reserves. It was a rare combat force. It would be foolish to abandon the mech and act alone at this time.
The only thing Valentina had to worry about was not accidentally crushing Ke Lan and the others while moving - even the Blasphemer mecha manufactured by the Alpha civilization had its search radius completely reduced to zero in this thick fog, and was completely blind.
Valentina thought about it and decided to move forward.
Although she would be attacked by biological weapons if she left the thick fog, this level of attack would not pose much of a threat to her. She planned to return to a place where she could conduct visual observation first, adjust her condition, and then go find Ke Lan and the others.
The blasphemer took a step forward.
The fog did not disappear.
Valentina subconsciously thought that the thick fog had spread a little further forward, so she controlled the machine and took the second and third steps.
The blasphemer was unable to walk out of the thick fog... and where the battlefield , the bodies of the biological weapons were nowhere to be found.
Although the corpse of a biological weapon will degrade, the degradation rate is not very fast. The biological weapon that was just killed by the sweeping blow should still have more than half of its corpse left.
But the ground beneath the blasphemer's feet was just flat soil.
Valentina's heart, which had just calmed down, became a little panicked again, and she took a few steps forward.
According to the distance, the Blasphemer should have hit the outer wall of the battleship wreckage at this time...but there was nothing in front of it.
