LRAB Chapter 296 Adjusting the Troops
Chapter 296 Adjusting the Troops
The plasma sniper rifle was already fully charged. Lorraine pulled the trigger, and a thin ball of plasma shot out from the muzzle, passed through the gap between the two shield-guarding robots, and struck the base of the right elytra of the tan beetle.
"squeak"
A faint sizzling sound rang out. The insects on the ground twitched for only a moment, and then made no further movement.
Even after confirming the enemy's death, Lorraine remained vigilant and kept the two shield-guarding robots on alert.
He and Platinum emerged from the jungle, preparing to board the newly arrived assault ship.
The first thing to appear before the two was a scarlet laser beam that shone on the insects on the earthen slope below, turning the struggling insects into charred remains.
Immediately afterwards, the two mechs landed heavily and opened their cockpits towards Platinum and Lorraine.
Lorraine and Platinum ran a few steps, then suddenly leaped up and gracefully flew into the cockpit of the mech.
[Transfer of driving rights complete.]
As the prompt appeared, the four black screens in front of him lit up one by one, displaying the outside images in real time in front of Lorraine.
Lorraine looked down at the weapon in his hand and saw the ammunition and reserve quantity of the assault rifle displayed on the screen.
The mech's large hand swept across the gun barrel, and with a "whoosh," the rifle was chambered, and the safety was switched to burst fire mode.
Lorraine controlled the mech, raised the rifle, and followed Platinum slowly forward.
The two stopped beside the charred remains of the insect. Lorraine stepped forward, holding a gun in her right hand and a tactical knife from the waist of her mech in her left, fiddling with the charred remains.
"Completely dead."
Lorraine sheathed his tactical knife at his waist, stood up, picked up his rifle, and spoke calmly.
Then the roar of an engine came from behind the two of them and continued to grow louder.
Turning around, the two realized it was a tactical transport plane belonging to the garrison forces of the city across the bay.
After the transport plane landed, a flamethrower vehicle equipped with a breaching shovel and two tactical dogs drove out of the cabin.
With a deep hydraulic sound, the obstacle-breaking shovel was slowly lowered, and the tires on both sides of the vehicle unfolded to ensure vehicle stability.
The three mechs moved aside to the left and right, then followed the flamethrower tank to the cave entrance that had not been detected by radar.
The tactical dogs entered first to scout the environment inside the cave, while Lorraine and Platinum controlled their mechs and followed the flamethrower tank into the tunnel.
The evil spirit controlled the mech to walk at the back of the group, drew the tactical knife from its waist, and gently tapped the tunnel wall, which was a slightly different color.
A somewhat dull thud sounded.
"Um"
Lorraine stopped and frowned as she looked at the cave wall.
"Tsk, they didn't bring any testing equipment."
Subsequently, Lorraine adjusted the mech's sensor array to focus mode, scanning the environment around the tunnel.
This time, the radar's detection range was greatly reduced, allowing it to detect situations half a meter behind a wall.
"really."
Lorraine controlled the mech, raising the tactical knife and attempting to stab at the wall.
After confirming that it was possible to dig, Lorraine called a halt to the advancing squad and then began using a tactical knife to dig down a section of the wall.
After three minutes of effort, Lorraine cut a half-meter square clod of earth off the cave wall.
After the mech's built-in equipment failed to analyze the problem, Lorraine placed the clod of earth in the storage compartment on the mech's waist, raised his rifle, and continued forward with the squad.
As the distance traveled increases, the outward communication signal weakens continuously. At a distance of 10 kilometers, noise always appears in communication with the outside world.
"Exploration halted, rear ranks become front ranks, retreat."
At Lorraine's command, the three mechs quickly turned and headed toward the exit, carrying the flamethrower tank and two mechanical dogs.
Ten minutes later, the entire team left the cave entrance. At this time, two transport planes and six airdrop pods had arrived outside the cave entrance. Robots belonging to the engineering team were moving these heavy containers near the cave entrance and unfolding them.
After confirming that the defenses were secure, Lorraine and Platinum disembarked from their mechs, ending their reconnaissance mission. They then returned to their transport plane and piloted it back to base.
After the transport plane landed, Lorraine and Platinum drove their SUV, carrying the soil that had been placed in the sample box, straight to Lin Shu's laboratory.
After safely delivering the sample, while waiting for the test results, Lorraine took out his data panel and checked the information on the tan beetle.
Name: Golden Tortoise
[A low-ranking commander of the Mining Bug race, relatively small in size, with inconspicuous distinguishing features, highly aggressive, possessing some energy resistance, and with a relatively hard carapace providing defense equivalent to 700 mm of homogeneous armor.]
[Note: This beetle belongs to the Mining Bug race and is usually the commander of a subordinate race. Due to its high aggression, it typically leads an elite force deep into enemy territory.]
[Note: This beetle belongs to the Mining Bug race and is usually the commander of a subordinate race. Due to its high aggression, it typically leads an elite force deep into enemy territory.]
"Here, take a look at this."
Lorraine handed the data panel to Platinum, who was standing next to her.
After reviewing the information displayed on the data panel, Platinum sighed.
"I have a bad feeling."
The two exchanged a glance, then spoke in unison.
"When you find one cockroach in your home, the dark corners are probably already crawling with cockroaches."
"Fortunately, the garrison forces have been constantly attacked by insects, but the units that deal with them have undergone multiple iterations and are now able to effectively handle all known insects."
"Okay, let's notify the Stonehenge base and tell them to be on high alert."
"Alright, call Olivia and the others later and create a new schedule. With the big battle approaching, we need to strengthen the monitoring of the surrounding environment."
As Lorraine spoke, she activated the intelligence system.
【1.一艘硅基生物母舰将会降落在坐标：-6.096860，141.196289处，负责回收周边区域硅基生物採集的矿物。降临倒计时：10天15小时14分钟。】
[2. A ship belonging to a mining bug is approaching Earth and is expected to arrive in Earth's synchronous orbit in 45 days, 18 hours, and 32 minutes.]
[3. The base area of the orbital elevator has been discovered. Silicon-based organisms and mining worms are gathering their forces, preparing to launch a devastating attack. Countdown: 72 days, 11 hours, and 12 minutes.]
4. The asteroid belt is currently empty, with no races existing there. Void period: 90 days - ∞
Seeing the sudden increase in time on the intelligence system, Lorraine quickly understood the reason for this phenomenon after a moment's thought.
"It's highly likely that these two companies have started fighting."
However, having more time to prepare was a good thing. Then, Lin Shu's voice came from behind the two of them. Luo Lin stopped thinking about it and turned to look at the laboratory.