Chapter 203: Surrounded on three sides and missing one! The pioneers' plan to destroy humanity!

Judging from the photos and video content displayed on the holographic screen, the siege of the survivors on Earth in "Pacific Rim" was built quite tightly.

There are no scenic spots or entertainment facilities, let alone any luxurious areas for the rich. Every inch of land in the city is focused on survival and industry.

It is obvious that even facing the life-and-death crisis of the extinction of civilization, the humans here are still trying their best to defend their homes.

Seeing this, Leon was completely certain that the Earth Defense Force's raid had failed.

Faced with the countless armies of giant beasts from the pioneer civilization, humans were forced to use nuclear bombs to resist.

But the serious consequences it brings have also led to further deterioration of the earth's environment.

North America became a hellish place covered with magma and scorching heat, and all the large cities in Eurasia were destroyed and occupied by giant beasts.

Parts of Australia and Antarctica are the last habitats for humans!

So the question is, why didn't the pioneer civilization try to wipe out humanity completely in one fell swoop and take over this colonized planet completely?

When Li Ang raised this issue to his core team members, everyone gave different answers after thinking for a moment.

Some people believe that the Pioneer civilization was afraid that humans would perish with them, so they used nuclear bombs and hydrogen bombs to destroy the Pioneer's wormhole devices.

Others believe that it is because the pioneers needed humans as their slaves or as a form of food that they were not in a hurry to destroy humans.

In response to the above speculations, Li Ang just shook his head and denied these ideas one by one.

Humanity's hydrogen bombs and nuclear bombs have little effect on the Pioneer's wormhole device.

Because the Pioneer's wormhole device is a typical "strong on the outside but weak on the inside", it has a powerful energy shield on the outside that can absorb the destructive power of a nuclear bomb.

The only way to destroy their wormholes is to blow them up from the inside, but the problem is that humans cannot carry nuclear bombs into the wormholes and die together with the wormholes.

After all, the "portal" of the wormhole can detect the genetic information of the object being transported.

Once the genetic information does not match, the wormhole will not open, and the nuclear bombs carried by humans naturally cannot destroy the pioneer's wormhole.

As for slaves and food...

There is no need for a pioneer civilization to leave behind any trouble for itself. The highest respect a civilization can show to other civilizations is to kill them all!
"This is a typical case of surrounding three and missing one."

Li Ang said calmly that from the perspective of the pioneer civilization, when faced with humans on the verge of extinction, he would do the same if he were in their shoes.

"Encircle three and leave one? What does this mean..."

Morgan, Lucy and others had not learned Chinese strategies, so they could not understand the idioms and allusions mentioned by Leon.

Faced with everyone's confusion, Li Ang just patiently explained to them the motives and behaviors of the pioneer civilization.

In "Pacific Rim", humans on Earth are at an absolute disadvantage and on the verge of extinction. If they are pushed too hard, these survivors may suddenly turn on a certain technology or fight to the death with the pioneers.

From the confrontations with humans over the years, Leon believed that the pioneer civilization could see how terrifying the potential of humans as a civilized species was.

It took the pioneer civilization billions of years to transform from an indigenous people into a high-end cosmic player close to level 3 civilization.

But what about humans?

It took less than three hundred years to develop from farming to modern civilization, which shows that human civilization has an extremely terrifying way of adding points.

That is the "technological explosion"!
This is an existence that the pioneers could never imagine.

It is just like practicing martial arts and learning secret manuals. The eldest brother, through long-term training, has developed a strong inner strength and martial arts that can defeat all others.

The new junior brother is weak and sickly. He doesn't live long and doesn't have a strong body to adapt to the harsh environment of the planet.

But just after the eldest senior brother had been practicing hard behind closed doors for a hundred days, he wanted to come out and show off his new martial arts that he had achieved some success with.

However, he discovered that his once weak and frail junior fellow apprentice had actually become a martial arts master who was as good as himself!

No matter which civilization it is, they will be shocked by the extremely terrifying upgrading potential of human beings.

Le Ang could roughly guess that the pioneers were afraid that their relentless pressure would cause humans to unleash their potential and suddenly start a new round of technological upgrades.

Therefore, if we give humans a certain amount of living space and breathing space, we can then try to use internal traitors to divide humans and stimulate their internal conflicts.

Let humans die in internal strife, or let them elect a "saint" leader to reach a so-called peace agreement with the pioneer civilization.

In this way, the pioneers can completely destroy humanity and take control of the planet with a sure win!
After listening to Li Ang's speculation, all the executives of the giant companies present couldn't help but break out in cold sweats.

This method of destroying civilization really makes me feel creepy and uneasy!

In an instant, compared to the pioneer they had never seen before, the executives of the giant company suddenly felt an indescribable fear of Le Ang.

He knows too well how to destroy humanity!
"Morgan, send more investigation teams. I want to know more intelligence information about North America, Australia, and Antarctica."

Before the executives could react, Li Ang had already issued new instructions.

The above reasoning is just Li Ang's guess based on the current situation and cannot be considered as real facts.

It cannot be used as a basis for the next action deployment decision of a giant enterprise.

He still needs more information before he can make corresponding instructions for subsequent actions.

……

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Front-line base, logistics department!

The building planning area here is much smaller than that of the Wanjie Base, and its functions are not as many as the headquarters.

However, the necessary basic combat facilities are still available, such as a vertical parking platform with lifting function, and rail trains for transporting goods and soldiers.

At this moment, a train passed through the underground tunnel and arrived at the logistics department, and finally stopped steadily at the parking platform.

When the hatch opened, fifty-two soldiers wearing MarkX conventional tactical power armor walked out of the carriage together.

Unlike warriors equipped with heavy power armor, this batch of Astartes warriors are equipped with full functionality to handle various complex combat situations.

They chose a more balanced tactical power armor.

This will facilitate the subsequent reconnaissance mission.

It is worth mentioning that the average height of these elite Astartes warriors is close to three meters, making them veritable humanoid "giants"!
They are the backbone of the ace vanguard team, and are ruthless people who have undergone more than 16 organ modification surgeries!

"Finally, I have a job to do. I heard that the heretics here rely on controlling giant beasts to destroy and occupy the earth here."

The Astartes warrior whose name was Jack Wells was displayed on the helmet screen. He looked at V beside him and spoke with a chuckle.

Before coming here, Jack also heard some information about "pioneers" and "genetic beasts".

Although he was not very confident that he could face off against a giant beast that was dozens of meters tall, he still had some confidence in carrying out a decapitation operation on the Pioneer.

"Jack, you have to stay alert this time. If I hadn't drawn my gun quickly last time, you might have been in big trouble."

Seeing that Jack was as optimistic as ever and remained relaxed about the upcoming mission, V, as the captain, couldn't help but remind him.

Although the power armor they are equipped with can block most of the attack methods for them, it is not certain whether this pioneer civilization will have any other tricks hidden.

"Hey! Don't worry V, I know what's going on."

Of course Jack knew the importance of this mission, and he usually joked and relaxed with his comrades just to better complete the next mission.

"V, the Earth here has been ruined into such a mess. Do you think it is necessary for our company to rebuild this planet?"

Just then, Johnny Silverhand spoke up.

Compared to the Earth here, the environmental damage suffered by the Earth in "Underworld" is simply not worth mentioning.

It's just nuclear pollution. Big corporations have plenty of ways to clean up the pollution sources and rebuild a new earth.

But the Earth in "Pacific Rim" is full of erupted volcanoes. Not only is the air composition no longer suitable for humans, but even the atmospheric pressure is much higher than that of the original Earth.

For an Earth like this, even if we spend manpower and material resources to rebuild it, it will probably take hundreds of years to restore it to its original state.

Before V could reply, Jack on the side spoke up first: "If you ask me, we should just transform this Earth into a second Utopia."

"Since it's already been destroyed like this, why not just go with the flow and help them build a better home. If you want to see the sea, go to the Netherworld Earth."

After hearing Jack's answer, Johnny's eyes suddenly lit up: "Jack, you are such a talented person!"

V: "..."

After a few people had joked around and chatted, they officially began the next investigation operation.

The fifty-two people were divided into two groups, Group A led by V and Group B led by Li De. The two teams of soldiers entered two ready-to-go Storm Eagle gunboats respectively.

Here, the ground crew who had completed the inspection work raised their hands to signal and then retreated to a safe area.

Next, the lifting platform carried two Storm Eagle gunboats and transported them to the ground through the platform.

When the lifting platform stopped, the pilots immediately controlled the two Storm Eagle gunboats to take off quickly and disappeared in the front-line base in an instant.

Soon after, in the engine room of the gunboat.

In order to retain more energy and thoughts, all the soldiers in the cabin remained silent and did not say a word to their comrades beside them.

When performing a mission, any nonsense is a futile waste of energy and everyone must focus on the mission.

Even Jack Wells, who usually talks the most, has a solemn and unsmiling look at this moment.

【Attention everyone! 】

Suddenly, Morgan Blackhand's voice was heard on the team's communication channel.

[After high-altitude photography by the Infinity-class starship, we discovered that there are large extraterrestrial monsters and alien species in North America, so Group B will act as an action base station to provide transportation and evacuation services.]

After learning the news, Captain Li De of Group B was a little surprised. In this case, the reconnaissance mission in North America would be cancelled.

They will serve as backup for Group A, or split up to investigate the human "siege".

As expected, Morgan's next command in the voice communication was to reallocate tasks between Groups A and B.

[Group A, led by Chapter Master V, and Group B will go directly to Australia and Antarctica for investigation. ]

[Please try to infiltrate the area as much as possible, communicate with local humans, and obtain more valuable intelligence information. ]

[To facilitate the headquarters' subsequent decision-making and deployment! ]

[Okay, this is the action plan for this time. I wish you all good luck in fighting. See you at our base.]

Morgan hung up the call after he finished speaking, and the gunboats of Group B started to choose their flight direction again, and completed the turn in low-Earth orbit.

boom--! !

As the power of the nuclear fusion engine increased, the entire turret began to emit a deafening roar.

Under the control of the pilot, the Storm Eagle gunboat began to gradually descend and return to the atmosphere.

Fortunately, the gunboat's armor material is hard enough to effectively avoid plasma fireballs caused by high-speed friction and maintain a suitable temperature in the cabin.

The Astartes warriors in the cabin did not feel any uncomfortable or unpleasant feeling of oppression.

Not long after, the vibration frequency of the gunboat was no longer obvious, and its flying posture became much more stable.

But the speed of the gunboat also slowed down a bit.

"Report to the commander, we have now arrived in the stratosphere. It is expected that in two minutes, we will be able to maintain a stable position in the troposphere 8,000 meters above the ground."

"Next, I will share my vision with you. Please reply if you receive it."

At this time, the pilot of the gunboat reported to Li De in the cabin.

After a while, a small floating window appeared on the screen of Li De's tactical helmet.

The view outside appeared clearly in front of Li De.

"Okay, the visual sharing is connected. I can see it from here."

Li De responded promptly in the voice communication.

Through the shared vision provided by the pilot, Li De and the soldiers in the cabin saw disturbing bursts of red light under the thick black fog.

The tiny particles in the air constantly hit the cabin wall under high-speed impact, making a "tapping" sound.

It was not until the gunboat carrying the Astartes warriors passed through the cirrus cloud area that everything became clearly visible.

Under the thick black fog clouds, the hot and boiling flowing magma was like a dense little snake, crawling on the hideous ground.

The skyscrapers that represent human civilization have long since collapsed into ruins. The dilapidated and desolate dead city is silently telling the end of mankind.

"Roar--!!"

When the gunboat flew over the dead city, deafening roars could be heard from below from time to time.

According to the gunboat's built-in reconnaissance system, the soldiers in the cabin could see that there were several giant beasts hundreds of meters high ten thousand meters below them.

It was a level five behemoth created by the pioneer civilization, the poisonous beast Kaiju. It weighed 10,000 tons, had extremely strong muscle strength, as well as deadly venom and corrosive acid.

At an altitude of ten thousand meters, the gunboat tracked and observed the poisonous beast throughout the entire process, and photographed and recorded its main features.

When everyone in the cabin saw the huge creature, they couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"Wow! This thing is really big."

"This is the first time I've seen such a terrifying beast. It must weigh tens of thousands of tons!"

"I'm afraid it's more than that... I don't know if our gunboats can penetrate the hide of this thing."

"..."

After seeing the full appearance of the "Poison Woman" behemoth, even the battle-hardened Astartes warriors were a little stunned.

But after coming to their senses, the soldiers refocused their energy on completing the mission.

Li De sent all the videos and photos he had taken to the front-line base and the headquarters of the Wanjie Base.

In order to let Li Ang, the boss of the headquarters, know as much as possible about the appearance and movement posture of the behemoth.

The gunboat even hovered in the air for a moment to capture the details of the behemoth.

"This should be a city built by a pioneer civilization. I seem to have seen small aliens. They should be the pioneers."

At this time, the sharp-eyed David Martinez promptly reported to Reed what he had just discovered.

"Pioneers... It seems that these heretics have already colonized the Earth on a large scale. The giant beast below might be their patrol dog."

Li De seemed to be in deep thought. He was considering whether he should continue to follow the giant beast and observe the situation more closely.

Just as Li De was thinking about his next decision, David once again turned his gaze to the holographic screen in the helmet.

Through the real-time images transmitted from the gunboat, he saw that the scale of the city below was actually quite huge.

It’s just that the cities transformed by the pioneer civilization are somewhat different from human skyscrapers.

The "building" made of various dark green mucus and indescribable fungi and plants looks like an ugly product made by a child's urine and mud.

Just when Reed decided to give up observing the giant beast and continue heading towards the human residential area, V's voice suddenly rang out.

[Everyone, I have temporarily revised our action plan with the headquarters. Now we have to go deep into the enemy territory and investigate the city of the pioneer civilization! ]

After he finished speaking, the soldiers in the cabin of Group B were slightly surprised. Is it such a big deal? They went straight to the enemy's hometown to collect intelligence.

"V, has the headquarters responded yet?"

Li De did not rush to agree to V's request, but first asked for instructions from the headquarters.

After all, he is a veteran who has worked in the system for many years and knows the importance of "procedure".

Any action or plan that does not comply with the procedure can easily become a handle to stab yourself.

As long as you are within the system, not making mistakes is far more difficult and more important than making achievements!

[The headquarters has already sent someone to investigate the human city, leaving the most difficult task to us.]

After learning that this temporary mission was supported by the highest order from the headquarters, Li De responded with confidence and said, "Yes, we will go with you right away."

After saying this, Li De looked at the soldiers in the cabin:
"Everyone, are you ready?"

Instantly, the soldiers responded: "Always be prepared!"

Seeing the high morale of the soldiers, Li De immediately marked the landing site on the thumbnail map and sent it to the team members.

Then, the pilots were reminded through the communication device to drive the gunboat to the designated location.

"Yes, sir!"

While giving his response, the pilot quickly maneuvered the gunboat's gun body and flew to the north of the heretic city.

Ta-ta——!
During this time, the cabin was filled with the sounds of Astartes warriors checking their equipment and adjusting their power armor. As the battle was about to begin, their moods gradually became more excited.

When everything was ready, the gunboat lowered its landing gear.

After a while, the gunboat stopped steadily in an open space.

Swish! !

The moment the doors on both sides opened, a strong airflow wrapped in rolling heat waves rushed towards the soldiers.

Fortunately, the ceramic steel shell is thick enough to protect them from high temperature and high pressure environment, ensuring that the soldiers inside the armor are in the best combat condition.

Reed led the Astartes warriors behind him and quickly left the cabin. The first thing they did after getting off the plane was to stay alert and observe the situation around them.

Only after V and his group arrived did they start to move forward and continue their next action.

boom--!
After delivering the soldiers to their destination, the gunboat took off again, preparing to hover at a safe altitude nearby to pick up the soldiers below.

"Everyone, let's get to work!"

As V finished speaking, the soldiers formed teams of three, keeping a distance from each other and quickly moved towards their destination.

In less than ten minutes, they arrived at the edge of the ruins, where there was a crack nearly 10 meters wide.

Under the crack is the slowly flowing magma, and bursts of steam mixed with various poisonous gases, accompanied by the gurgling magma, are rushing upwards.

"Looks like we have to jump over it."

V glanced at the other side, and after activating the auxiliary function of the power armor, he took a few steps back, then sped up and jumped forward.

Boom! !

V easily jumped over the ten-meter-wide crack.

Immediately afterwards, the rest of the Astartes warriors followed V's actions and jumped to the other side one after another.

The crowd continued to move forward along the cracked ground, heading towards the city center covered with fungal plants and dark green mucus.

Suddenly, a loud roar was heard in front of V, and the ground beneath their feet began to tremble and shake with the heavy footsteps of the person coming.

"Everyone take cover!"

V immediately gave orders.

Soon, the soldiers found their own shelters and hid themselves.

V, huddled in a collapsed area, quietly looked outside, trying to observe the giant beast that was approaching.

After a while, V saw the true appearance of the giant beast.

It was a giant beast with a head shaped like a sword or an axe. It seemed to have sensed an intruder nearby and was constantly shaking its head to survey the surroundings.

Fortunately, there are many ruined buildings nearby, which can barely accommodate this group of tall Astartes warriors.

The behemoth didn't see anything unusual for a while.

“Hoo! Hoo—!”

At this moment, David was trying his best to control his breathing rate.

He held the E11 blaster rifle tightly in his hands and observed the giant beast above and to the side through the visual assistance system of the helmet.

Bang!
Bang! !

Every step the giant takes that shakes the earth will cause strong local shocks.

The giant monster code-named "Axe Head" was getting closer and closer to the area where they were!

(End of this chapter)