The Death List Novel - Chapter 556
Chapter 556 As The Attack Progresses
“How boring!” Fayes looked at the battle in front of him and was somewhat unable to lift his spirits.
“Haha, isn’t this good? Ten against eight, no losses. No matter what, this is a complete victory!” Alex didn’t stop Phil from nagging on the aircrew channel.
The process of encircling the remaining five Napasars was just as boring as Fayes had said. It was no longer as stunning and gorgeous as Qin Lun and Frank had been before. Unlike Qin Lun and the other two, the eight Keith pilots, who had tacitly cooperated with each other, were strangled one by one by the two groups of soldiers because the net formed by the particle beams had completely limited Napasar’s scope of avoidance.
“Hehe, Commander Qin Lun has always said that he doesn’t have any tactical talent. In my opinion, apart from the tactical formation, it’s very difficult for him to familiarize himself with it in a short period of time. The air combat tactics of the squad aren’t bad at all!” Vera wasn’t as excited as Qin Lun on the channel.
“Yes!” Hearing Vera’s words, Alex couldn’t help but be moved.
After Pilot Officer Keith and the Apostle crew formed a five-man crew, Apostle admitted that they weren’t good at air combat tactics. They basically handed over the command to Giese, even Qin Lun was no exception. However, judging from today’s battle, Apostle did not lack the ability to command tactics. Instead, he did not know much about the tactics of the crew formation.
Judging from the actual battle, we seem to have a rather big misunderstanding in this regard. In the past, the Keith Flying Squad did not have a particularly prominent combat strength, so they had to rely on the overall formation tactics in air warfare. Individual heroism would cause huge losses.
However, with Apostle’s entry, the situation was different. Apostle himself possessed extremely strong individual abilities, and the tactical coordination formed by this transcended the previous mode. It seemed to be closer to the combat tactics of the Apostle team.
As Alex pondered, the last Napasar was also killed by Qin Lun and Frank. Their soldiers flew over with dark green juice all over their bodies. They immediately woke him up and greeted his companions, “The two officers are back. Let’s go back! Merry and Phil, bring back the remains of Napasar with their heads intact.”
“Merry, why are you bringing this back? Do you want to hand it over to Faith for research?” Seeing Merry pulling the two Napasar corpses, Qin Lun couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled.
“Sir, this is the necessary mechanism to fight against the arachnids!” Alex explained on the channel with a smile.
It turned out that ever since Giese had obtained biochemical technology from the arachnids and Heathmeier, he had developed a technological method to extract residual information from the brain of a corpse. This method was ineffective against Jannamer and the mainly spiritual Heathmeier, but it was effective against the arachnids.
The arachnid race had distinct hierarchies, high intelligence, and low intelligence. At the same time, it was the social system of the clan population. Most of the low-level soldiers like Napasa were only seven or eight years old, which guaranteed absolute obedience to the mothers of insects.
However, it was precisely because of this that most of the information in the minds of these arachnids was not too complicated. It was very easy for them to use technological means to stimulate them and obtain their memories. It could be said that with these Napasar corpses, the Attack’s reconnaissance work would be completed at the very least.
“Mainly as a reconnaissance-type attack ship, there are equipment on it to extract the residual information of brain waves. If we can get the information of the arachnid base from these Napasa, then the mission given by Captain Marquez will be completed.”
After the battle ended, Alex relaxed completely and was in a good mood.
“That old fox” Qin Lun scolded. Sure enough, Captain Marquez did not think of letting an independent warship go directly into Planet X-352. He naturally knew that he would encounter an arachne patrol outside the galaxy. The specific job of the Attack was to catch a few “tongues”.
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Because this was the first actual battle since the Apostle had encountered them during the drill, Alex and the others had conducted multi-angle battlefield cameras. Apart from the scene of Qin Lun attacking alone, the encirclement and suppression process was still very clear, and it had a guiding significance for their future squad battles.
Apostle and the other Keith pilots gathered together to comment on the battle images, mostly in praise of the two squads that attacked.
“Captain Robin, the results of the scientific team’s sampling are out. The arachnid samples submitted by Alex’s team are very complete. We have obtained the landform projection of Planet X-352 and the situation of the arachnid base!”
Before everyone could finish watching the battle video, Dong Yue entered the combat room from outside and happily handed Robin a projection chip.
Robin paused the battle video and played the projection information extracted by the technology team on the big screen. An azure primitive planet instantly appeared in front of everyone.
The planet, numbered X-352 by Giese, was indeed a planet of life, as expected. The projection was very clear. This was a beautiful planet.
Blue skies, white clouds, lush vegetation, and low-grade primitive animals running through the jungle. However, judging from their expressions, most of them were panicking when they saw the arachnids.
The most impressive thing on the projection was the large, sapphire-like lakes embellished in the dense jungle.
According to Dong Yue’s analysis from the Science and Technology Group, the planet is probably in Earth’s Cretaceous period. Most of the vegetation on the surface is relatively simple, fern-like trees and thorns. The dominant primitive animals on the planet were not vertebrate reptiles but invertebrate arthropods.
“No wonder the arachnids took a fancy to this planet. Invertebrate arthropods are their close relatives. This planet should be very suitable for the reproduction of the arachnids!” Dong Yue pointed at the projection screen and commented.
“What about the arachnid base? Why haven’t you seen the arachnid base yet?” Bobby asked anxiously.
“Don’t worry, the next one is!” Robin smiled and changed a projection. Another image that was completely different from the surface of the earth appeared on the screen.
“This is the seabed? The arachnids built their base on the seabed!” Apostle looked at the blue image of the seabed and couldn’t help but be greatly surprised.
In this projection, apart from the strange and diverse arthropods and planktonic underwater creatures, everyone saw a ferocious colossus. It looked like an incomparably large conch, but it had countless spikes on its surface, and it looked like a curved horn protruding out of its body.
Comparing the memories extracted from Napasa’s body, the arachnid engineers, who were tens of meters long, were like ants in front of the conch, moving in and out of the holes in the conch’s body. Apparently, this was a typical arachnid base, or an immigrant city that first developed Planet X-352.
“That’s all Napasa has.” Dong Yue turned off the projection and said with a serious expression.
“The information on the Zerg base on Planet X-352 is undeniable. However, apart from the known Zerg base, we do not know if there are any other Zerg bases. My opinion is to leave this region immediately and send the information back to the Faith so that Captain Marcus can decide what to do next.”
Hearing Dong Yue’s words, the other Keith pilots in the combat room generally agreed. As an independent battleship, even if the reconnaissance mission of the Attack was completed successfully, even if Captain Marcus was here, it would be impossible for them to do a better job.
It’s a bit unrealistic to go any deeper into the X-352. Given the size of the Zerg base, the Attack would be very difficult to handle. From the looks of it, it was difficult to distinguish between civilian and military-type arachnid bases.
In fact, there was only one difference between civilian bases and military bases, and that was the number of combat insects. Most of the civilian-type arachnid bases were dominated by engineers, and the Attack could barely resist. If it was a military type, there would definitely be a large number of giant bugs flying in the air, and the Attack could only flee for its life.
Moreover, it was very difficult to determine whether there were any other arachnid bases from the few memories. If there were other arachnid bases, the invasion of the planet’s atmosphere would be no different from poking a hornet’s nest.
However, Robin and the other Apostle remained silent, seated on their seats and frowning. Apostle’s style of doing things had their own characteristics, but whether it was Apostle, who was accustomed to team battles, or a lone traveler like Qin Lun, they all had one thing in common, and that was their initiative and aggressiveness in carrying out world missions.
Of course, Shattered Star Sky sent Apostle into the mission world, most of the time to explore the historical storyline and plunder the source of the world. Apostle often need to change the course of the world’s history, and their mission is not something that can be accomplished in a step-by-step manner.
Apostle, who was carrying out his mission step by step, would definitely not be able to become a professional. He had long since been eliminated by the Broken Star System. Regardless of the quality of the professional Apostle, they needed to explore their own missions and take action at the right time. Only in this way could they achieve a breakthrough in their missions.
Robin looked at Qin Lun and asked hesitantly through telepathy, “Qin Lun, what do you think?”
Qin Lun’s eyes lit up and he calmly replied, “We are different from Giese. They can doubt whether Planet X-352 has an arachne, but we have already confirmed this by relying on our guidance mission. Returning like this would be a waste of time.”
In addition, Captain Marcus has worked with Apostle before. He should be able to confirm that Planet X-352 has an arachnid base. Sending the Attack over is a disguised test for us. If we go back now, we will definitely lose points in the old fox’s heart. In the future, we can only muddle along under his arrangements. ”
“But isn’t it too risky to enter the atmosphere with just one Attack and fifty soldiers?” Robin nodded slowly and asked cautiously.
Qin Lun looked at Robin’s beautiful face and sighed in his heart.
Now he understood why, with Robin’s qualities, he had arranged for a Kelly in the rookie team in the past. This beautiful Guild Leader was good at everything. Her intelligence and combat strength weren’t bad, but she was too indecisive. No wonder Kelly had arranged for her to follow her this time.
‘The main mission given by the Broken Universe is often unpredictable. It must be multi-directional and exploratory. Apostle can choose whatever camp he wants and even the route of the mission. However, the guidance mission is very close to the space-time point of the world we enter, so there is usually no big deviation in the early estimation of the universe.’
Qin Lun thought for a moment and said seriously, “Judging from our current guidance mission and its difficulty, I don’t think the Zerg base on Planet X-352 will be very strong. It might even be just an empty shell.” Based on the Starry Sky’s calculations, it is very likely that our patrol team alone will be able to solve this problem. Besides, we still have 50 soldiers and the Attack Vessel to rely on … ”
Actually, there was no need for Qin Lun to explain. Robin also understood this point. Only now did he feel relieved and immediately revealed a firm smile.
“Captain’s orders, continue forward! Attack’s main cannon is preheated and is scheduled to launch a targeted attack in the atmosphere after three star hours. Everyone, the battle to determine Planet X-352’s ownership will begin with Attack. Let’s work together!”