Volume 15 Gray Fog Forest Chapter 789: Cutting the Wall
However, at the moment when Ze Luo's clone passed through the hatch, the clone could no longer maintain its human form. Its body collapsed instantly and turned into a ball of dark liquid substance, quickly shrinking back into Ze Luo's body.
"What's going on?" Ke Lan couldn't help but become alert and asked in a low voice.
"There is a force field in the bridge that is similar to a thick fog zone. My spatial power cannot repel this force field, but this force field can block my abilities and perception. Once the clone enters the force field, the spiritual connection between him and me will be broken." Ze Luo replied calmly.
"What will happen if your real body goes in ?" Ke Lan asked.
"I will become like you." Ze Luo replied.
"What does it mean to become like us?" Mo Jue was a little confused.
"You can't use your spatial abilities to interfere with the surrounding environment." Ke Lan explained for Ze Luo, "It's like being 'forbidden from magic'."
Although Mo Jue never played games or read fantasy novels or anime, she could still understand what Ke Lan meant by "forbidden magic" based on the context.
"What about her body's defense...?"
"Maybe I will be affected, but I can't be sure at the moment." Ze Luo said, "It's possible that I can't even maintain my human form... This force field is different from thick fog. Thick fog can penetrate everywhere, but as long as all the channels through which the fog can invade are blocked, the spread of the fog can be prevented. But the effect of the force field will act on every inch of space within the range, and it cannot be avoided."
"I feel like this force field is specifically designed to target Ze Luo. It has no effect on us," Ke Lan said. "The biggest threat of gray fog to humans is the obstruction of vision, toxicity and corrosiveness, but this mysterious influence in the bridge does not have these factors... Change the formation. I will take over the vanguard position, and Ze Luo will be the rear guard, responsible for controlling the corridor outside the bridge. Do not enter the bridge before receiving a signal."
But just as Ke Lan was about to step towards the bridge, Mo Jue stopped him.
"According to the combat manual of the Field Corps, in close-range indoor combat, armored units should be given priority as the vanguard. If there are no armored units, light armored units will take over... and you should be considered an unarmored unit now." Mo Jue said, "Although I am only wearing a set of engineering armor, it is also considered armor."
Ke Lan glanced at Mo Jue, then looked up and down at the "operational power armor" on her body, which only protected the joints of her limbs and spine, but even exposed her chest and abdomen, which were the key parts of her body. She shook her head and said, "You don't have to..."
"I know you are a high-level enhanced person, but no matter how much you are enhanced, your body is still made of flesh and blood." Mo Jue interrupted Ke Lan, "Besides, my body is already like this... Even if there are a few more holes, what does it matter?"
After saying that, she rushed in front of Ke Lan.
However, when passing through the hatch, Mo Jue put away the TAC-50 anti-material sniper rifle, which was more than 1.5 meters long with the muzzle brake, and pulled out a large-caliber short assault rifle hanging on his waist.
"It seems that this guy hasn't forgotten the essentials of CQB combat..." After seeing the assault rifle that Mo Jue took out, Ke Lan immediately took back the second half of the sentence.
This is a CQB model... or in other words, an "intra-ship combat-specific" Ark-03 assault rifle. Although it is called an assault rifle, it only has semi-automatic and three-round burst modes... The reason is that the recoil of this assault rifle is too much. Even soldiers wearing exoskeletons and power armor may not be able to fully control this gun.
Although the Ark-03 assault rifle also belongs to the Ark gun family, it is actually completely different from the most common "Type 01" on the Ark... This gun does not actually shoot rifle bullets, but a special kind of explosive bomb, which is powerful enough to even blow through the thick chitinous shell of a thunder beast and cause substantial damage to its body.
This special bomb actually contains a miniaturized "crystal energy bomb". When three bombs are fired in succession, the power of the three crystal energy bombs can amplify each other, causing a small-scale "resonance" and multiplying the power of the explosion... This is another reason why this grenade gun does not have a fully automatic mode.
The resonance of three crystal energy bombs can fully meet the design requirements. If the user fires all twelve crystal energy bombs in the magazine in one breath... the destructive power can even open a hole in the outer wall of some light warships.
Ke Lan couldn't understand how this weapon commonly known as a "bolter" was chosen as the "in-ship CQB combat weapon"... Using this thing to shoot in a small space, not to mention the damage it would cause to the battleship, the terrifying range of the bomb alone would be enough to kill both the user and the enemy.
The only use Ke Lan could think of was to use the solid walls as cover at corners and gatehouses to clear corridors or cabin rooms. As for using this thing to make a breakthrough... forget it.
However, considering the mission that the "Genoa" is to perform, it seems... there is nothing wrong with equipping the ship with this kind of weapon.
"Be careful, this thing is more powerful than a grenade launcher. Try to find a good cover when shooting." For safety reasons, Ke Lan still gave a reminder.
He remembered that he had seen a video of a battle to siege a secret base of a heretic sect in the archives of the Security Bureau. The field agents in the video used this CQB type of grenade launcher. The three bursts of crystal energy bombs directly blew up a container of the Seed of Corrosion into pieces. Although it failed to kill the Seed of Corrosion that was parasitic inside, according to subsequent measurements, the physical strength of the container was close to that of a level 7 enhanced human, but not even a piece of debris with a diameter of more than five centimeters was left...
This thing is probably the most powerful individual weapon that can be found on this battleship.
But Ke Lan always felt that Mo Jue's choice of this weapon might be related to the self-destructive tendency in her heart that was bred by her body mutation.
This situation is somewhat different from Valentina's. The latter is dealing with the psychological trauma left by past experiences, while Mo Jue is completely venting her despair in the current situation.
She and Ke Lan checked the recording files on the Shaojiang Modified frigate. She was of course very clear about how long her body could last.
With this level of mutation, it would take at most half a month, at least a few days, for her to cross that line...
Mo Jue had asked Ke Lan more than once that when she was about to turn into a monster, her life must be ended while she still retained human consciousness... This was the same as many people Ke Lan knew: even if they died, they hoped to die as a human being, not as an indescribable monster.
The harsh training of the Hell's Paratroopers left her with scars of all sizes and extremely accurate muscle memory. After a series of standard search procedures, Mo Jue bent his body and flashed behind the first isolation wall, and instantly swept the muzzle of the grenade launcher from several corners where the enemy might be ambushed.
Ke Lan, who was following behind her, immediately filled in the position after she moved forward - without the help of time stop and Ze Luo's ability, he was really not as good as Mo Jue in terms of standard tactical moves.
"Clear." Mo Jue made a gesture to continue moving forward. Holding the gun in one hand and holding the wall with the other, he walked to the other side of the isolation wall with small but very fast steps.
There are a total of four isolation walls behind the hatch. Ze Luo only opened three of them, and the remaining wall was within the range of the mysterious force field, and Ze Luo's spatial power could not be used on it.
Mo Jue had already moved to the side of the last isolation wall. Behind this wall was the bridge of the "Genoa".
She lifted the visor of her helmet, pressed her ear to the dividing wall, and held her breath.
After a few seconds, she shook her head at Ke Lan: "There is no sound... at least I can't hear anything."
"Me too." Ke Lan responded. His hearing was a little better than Mo Jue's, but not much better... The person with the best "hearing" in the team should be Asano Akira, but due to the existence of the mysterious force field, even if Asano Akira was here, he might not be able to detect the situation on the other side of the isolation wall.
"You decide the next action plan." Mo Jue handed the command to Ke Lan. In this respect, she was very similar to Valentina: both of them were the most basic soldiers who charged into battle and were good at fighting, but command and dispatch were not their strong points.
"What other plan is there... Break through by force." Ke Lan shook his head with a wry smile and attached a suction cup to the isolation wall.
"What is this? Thermite explosive?" Mo Jue looked at the "new thing" that Ke Lan took out from his backpack with some confusion. "I have to remind you that this isolation wall is half a meter thick, and there are cutting compartments inside. If you want to blow it open, this amount of thermite is not enough."
"Who told you this is thermite?" Ke Lan took out two high-level energy crystals from his pocket and stuffed them into the groove above the "suction cup". "Step back, be careful of getting burned by the hot air."
After saying that, he pressed the groove on the back of the "suction cup".
A dazzling white light suddenly shot out from the edge of the suction cup, and with the suction cup as the center, a circle with a diameter of about two meters was drawn on the isolation wall.
In just a few seconds, the temperature in the small space where the two of them were located rose to over 80 degrees Celsius. Mo Jue could even smell the unique burnt smell of protein coming from the ends of his hair.
"This... this is... a laser? But... can the generator of a beam laser be so small?" Mo Jue was a little surprised.
"You are right to understand it this way, but this thing was originally a small shield generator. The magnetic field used to constrain the shield was compressed from a hemisphere to a line." Ke Lan said, "But it was modified into a 'laser saw' by a guy named Layton. He compressed the magnetic field used to constrain the shield from a hemisphere to a line... After all, our destination was originally a large steel structure building. When we can't find the way, we will inevitably need to create an 'exit' ourselves. I just didn't expect it to come in handy at this time."
The laser saw did not cut completely through the isolation wall, but under Ke Lan's precise control, it left the last half millimeter of margin.
"Are you ready?" Ke Lan asked Mo Jue.
"Yeah." The latter nodded vigorously and raised the grenade launcher.
"When firing, make sure the bomb lands at least 30 meters away from you, or find a good cover." Ke Lan emphasized it one last time, "Also, try not to destroy the central control computer... I'll count to three."
"Wait a minute." Mo Jue suddenly made a wait gesture, then took off the anti-material sniper rifle hanging on his back and threw it on the ground. Then he removed all the engineering accessories and armor plates on the power armor, leaving only a simple mechanical exoskeleton.
“Compared to protective gear, I still trust my own physical skills more.” Mo Jue said.
"I also think that this little piece of metal is simply a burden, three."
Mo Jue tensed up and retreated to the third isolation wall.
"two."
She lifted her right leg and pressed the sole of her foot against the wall.
"one!"
Ke Lan kicked the fourth isolation wall, and the half millimeter of the circular cut area and the wall was instantly torn apart by this force, and the entire circular cut area fell forward. At the same time, Mo Jue's right leg, which was against the third isolation wall, exerted force suddenly, and with this recoil force, she turned into an arrow and rushed forward.
The cut section of the fourth isolation wall had not even completely fallen down before she had already passed through the gap, rolled on the spot, and hid behind a row of railings.
Until then, the round "big lump of iron" with a diameter of two meters and a thickness of half a meter hit the ground of the bridge heavily, making a deafening noise.
But apart from this loud noise, no other sound was heard - no gunshots or explosions of bombs, even the sound of the power armor's feet colliding with the metal ground disappeared.
"What's going on inside?" Ke Lan asked through the short-distance communication equipment - the interference was very serious, but if Mo Jue was not more than ten meters away from him, he could still barely get in touch.
Mo Jue's voice rang out in the headset, but the voice coming through the air was clearer and louder. She said, "We... were one step too late. They... they... are all dead."
"What?!" Ke Lan frowned and rushed in.
I saw countless vines had occupied the bridge, and more than a dozen "corpses" of various shapes were pierced by hard and sharp vines and hung high in the air.
Just like the bodies of death row prisoners in ancient times that were hung on execution stakes as a warning to the public.
