Volume 16 Tower of Babel Chapter 969: Bianca Team
The reason why the hound's hand stopped was very simple - the giant sword as tall as her, which was carried on Ze Luo's back, had been picked up in her hand at some point, and the pure black blade was emitting a dangerous luster... A weapon of this weight, even if it is not sharpened, is extremely lethal just by being used as a blunt weapon to smash.
"I almost forgot, you little girl are not easy to mess with." The Hound took his palm back in dismay and rubbed it awkwardly, "You have lived longer than my grandmother's grandmother, but you always give me the feeling of an underage little sister."
Apart from Ke Lan, if anyone dared to touch her body without permission, especially something as intimate as patting her head, they would probably be chopped off by the giant sword before they even touched her hand.
At least that's what the hounds all thought - except for Ke Lan, Ze Luo kept a certain distance from everyone, not too distant, but definitely not close. She said she wanted to integrate into human society, but most of the time, she was like a silent observer, silently observing everything that happened in human society.
Observation is not limited to things seen with the eyes. Reading books and various documents is also a form of observation. Even activities that are classified as entertainment, such as playing video games, watching movies, and listening to music, are also a form of observation for Ze Luo.
She has been absorbing all kinds of information related to human society, no matter which aspect it is, she accepts everything. On the surface, she looks like a girl who is not interested in anything, but in fact, she is full of curiosity about everything, just like a baby who has just been born into this world.
From this perspective, it's not wrong for her to give the Hound the feeling of an underage girl... However, a normal underage girl doesn't have her terrifying destructive power - if the people on the "Skadi" are also counted, the most powerful weapon on the entire ship is neither the triple-mounted plasma main gun, nor the nuclear warheads with a yield of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of tons in the ammunition bay... but the little girl in front of him with white hair, red eyes, holding a big sword, and COSing a character from a two-dimensional game.
She is the real killer.
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"Is it true that Yaguna Tor will not participate in the first round of attack?" asked Maginot.
Although the combat effectiveness of the Skadi, which has undergone extensive modifications, is already comparable to that of an aircraft carrier and battleship, Maginot's greatest source of confidence is still the Aguna Tor - aircraft carriers and battleships are very powerful, but the fleets that were destroyed over the Ark also had aircraft carriers and battleships, and more than one, but they still could not escape the fate of being defeated.
As for the combat capability of the ground forces, it is really almost negligible - the only tanks and tactical mechas that the ground forces can use to fight those monsters are less than one percent of the number of those monsters, not to mention that the number of monsters is still rising. If the ground forces are allowed to forcibly attack the Ark, they may not even be able to break into the "clearance zone".
"Right now, the Undead Crew still doesn't know that I came out of the Tower of Babel. Aguna Tor is a powerful enough trump card. If it is exposed too early, it will most likely stimulate them to take some more radical measures. Although our use of firepower reconnaissance is a very radical tactic, compared with the radicalism of the Undead Crew, we are simply too conservative."
In Ke Lan's opinion, the undead crew may seem to be acting cautiously, but when they go crazy, they have no bottom line. They may even abandon all mankind and escape independently with the gene pool and database - if he had not solved the memetic infection incident, they would really be able to do such a thing.
In order to cover up the truth about the β-type replicators and force the prophet to use his killing move, the army buried hundreds of thousands of people without even a moment of hesitation... Even though many of these people were replicants whose lifespans were coming to an end, it was difficult for Ke Lan to make such a decision.
"That makes sense..." Maginot nodded. "We are the visible cards, while you and Agunaktor are the hidden cards. We really need to catch them by surprise to achieve the best results... But the problem is that it is difficult to break through the external defenses of the Ark with our limited strength."
"There is no need to break through the Ark's external defenses. This is called an attack, but in fact it is to lure the enemy. If we can draw out the things inside the Ark, that would be the best. If the enemy does not pursue us, then we will not suffer any losses." Major General Alexander continued, "In the first round, we only need to deploy the Skadi. Even the aviation forces at each base can remain in place. As for the ground forces, I think we should follow Ke Lan's arrangement and lurk in the hilly area east of the Ark first. After we tear a big enough hole in the Ark's defenses, we can prepare to break in and fight ."
The combat power of the ground forces is very weak compared to the fleet, but their importance is no less than that of the fleet, or even greater than that of the fleet. Breaking into the Ark, occupying and controlling various strategic targets, and taking down the core area where the Undead Crew members are located must all be accomplished by the ground forces. If the target is compared to a camel, then the ground forces are the last straw that breaks the camel's back. It is very light, but it is the winning move.
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At the same time, inside the Ark, East District 9.
Whether it was General Maginot, or Soap, Noir and others from another reconnaissance team, they all believed that the other reconnaissance team had been wiped out long ago... But in fact, this team successfully entered the Ark.
However, now they are only one step away from being completely wiped out.
This team, composed of Team Bianca and Team Gray Fox, suffered half of their men killed or wounded when they crossed the "clearance zone", but they finally found an entrance that was not blocked by the fleshy fungal mat and successfully infiltrated Area 11 of the Ark East.
After entering the Ark, their experience was almost exactly the same as that of Soap and others. They did not encounter many enemies. Only a very small number of "Invaders" with extremely low threat levels were wandering the streets, and they were quickly eliminated by the snipers in the team.
The public communication terminal of East District 11 is located in the industrial park in the northernmost part of the block. This industrial park, which usually has at least 20,000 residents, is now so quiet that it seems haunted. Even the "invaders" that had previously wandered the streets did not appear here. It seemed that everyone was evaporated in an instant, without even a corpse left behind.
Bianca's team's judgment was very similar to that of Soap and the others. They all agreed that the residents of East District 11 had evacuated in advance before the disaster struck, and only a very small number of people who did not have time to leave were infected and turned into monsters that were neither human nor ghost. At this time, they did not know the concept of "erosion" and subconsciously believed that these people were infected by some unknown virus.
The "memetic contagion" incident is kept highly confidential, and combat troops not involved in the operation will not know the inside story. However, zombie apocalyptic movies still have a wide audience, and the action patterns of these invaders are very similar to those of zombies. Most people will naturally classify them as the same thing as zombies.
These corroders were not successfully transformed into corroded corpses. To Bianca and the others, their threat level was even lower than that of a civilian with a simple weapon...
However, when they finally found the public communication terminal, Team Bianca and Team Gray Fox had differences of opinion.
As regular soldiers, the Gray Fox Squad naturally had to strictly follow the orders given to them by General Maginot, insert the black card into the public communication terminal, and contact the "big shot".
But Bianca thought this was most likely a trap - after entering the Ark, the journey was too smooth. Compared with the resistance encountered when crossing the clear zone, the interior of the Ark could be described as "completely undefended". Whether analyzing from a logical point of view or relying on the intuition cultivated by years of fighting, Bianca felt that the whole process was full of unreasonable places.
The most suspicious point is that unlike Soap and others who secretly sneaked into the Ark after the plane crash, Bianca Squad and Gray Fox Squad entered the Ark after forcibly breaking through the clear zone. The enemies knew that there were survivors among them who entered the Ark, but after that, they were neither pursued nor intercepted. It was like suddenly jumping from a wild battlefield full of red names into the safe zone of the main city in the game.
But games and reality are two completely different things. The monsters will not be stopped by the invisible boundary line like the NPCs programmed by the program. Even if the "defense facilities" outside cannot launch an attack on the Ark, they can still notify the "friendly forces" inside the Ark and wait for them at the entrance of East District 11.
Bianca and the others were even prepared for a fierce battle, but when they rushed out of the passage, they only saw an overturned trash can at the entrance and garbage scattered on the ground.
The captain of the Gray Fox team repeatedly emphasized the content of the mission, but Bianca always insisted on her own judgment - the composition of their team was different from that of Soap and his team. Except for the "Lance" team, Soap's team was a "rabble" of lone rangers. It was difficult to elect an opinion leader that everyone agreed with, and naturally they had no ability to discuss with the captain of the Lance team. However, the people under Bianca's command almost all trusted and supported her unconditionally. In addition, when breaking through the clearance zone, the casualties of the Gray Fox team were far greater than those of Bianca's team. This resulted in the number of survivors and actual combat power of both sides being almost the same. If a real confrontation broke out, no one would gain an advantage.
The final result of the dispute was that both sides made concessions - the Gray Fox team used the black card to contact the "big shot", while the Bianca team retreated to a distance and observed in secret.
If this is a trap, then Team Bianca can decide whether to rescue Team Gray Fox or leave alone based on the actual situation. If this is not a trap, then continue according to the original plan.
The communication process was normal, but when the "friendly forces" in black clothes and armor arrived at the East District 11, they directly launched an attack on the Gray Fox Squad. When the leader of the other team was shaking hands with the captain of the Gray Fox Squad, a dozen tentacles suddenly sprang out of his body, piercing the captain of the Gray Fox Squad like a sieve and throwing him aside.
The remaining Gray Fox Squad soldiers immediately raised their guns and fired, but the bullets hit the men in black as if they were sinking into cotton - no, there was some difference, at least after being shot, dark red blood would still spurt out of the bodies of the men in black, but the bullets could not restrict their movements, and they didn't even cause a brief period of body stiffness.
These men in black rushed directly towards the soldiers of the Grey Fox Squad. Originally in a one-on-one situation, the soldiers of the Grey Fox Squad were completely at a disadvantage facing these monsters that could not be killed by guns. What's more, the number of men in black was twice as many as the remaining number of the Grey Fox Squad. The Grey Fox Squad was slaughtered by them in just a few tens of seconds, and they had almost no ability to fight back.
Bianca, who was observing in the dark, immediately gave the order: Evacuate immediately - as for rescue, the Gray Fox team was wiped out so quickly that Bianca didn't even have time to make a decision.
However, the evacuation process was not smooth. The men in black seemed to have noticed the existence of Bianca's team. After destroying the Gray Fox team, they did not leave immediately, but searched in the direction where Bianca's team was hiding.
The men in black seemed to know the exact location of Bianca's team. Although Bianca's team had already begun to retreat, the two people responsible for covering their retreat were quickly caught up by the men in black.
There was no suspense in the battle. Seeing that the whole team was about to be caught by the enemy, the other members of the team made a decision together - let Bianca escape alone, and the others stayed to buy time for her as much as possible.
