Lumington City, in a trench south of the Sea Castle.

The comprehensive alchemy room of Hillenberg's team is parked on the cliff of the trench.

A diving room floated up from the dark trench and docked next to the alchemy room.

Xia Zuo walked into the disinfection pool wearing a heavy diving suit. While he was taking off his diving suit and waiting for disinfection, he checked the golden finger's information.

In the past three hours, he and other members went to the trench in the aphotic zone to set up a field for actual combat training.

For this kind of underwater work that requires contending with water pressure and being carried out in a limited light environment, Golden Finger will reward you with a sum of experience and attribute values.

Just now, Xia Zuo's force sensitivity and resistance attribute value finally rose to 13 points, and his experience bar was just full.

【Level】Lv.33+1→Lv.34

【Experience】32/20000

【Strength】13

【Agility】13

【Endurance】13

[Free Attribute Points] 21+13→34 points

34 free attribute points are enough for Xia Zuo to increase [Spirit] to 50.

There are a total of 8 prerequisites for promotion to high-level mage, and the most difficult attribute value requirements have been met.

As long as Xia Zuo increases the number of well-behaved elements in the spiritual ocean to 100, condenses his own elemental body, and stays in the emergency response department for five years, he can go to Kristo to apply for promotion to a high-level mage.

Xia Zuo called up his character template and checked the spare money on hand.

[Silver Moon Federation Citizen Points] 382,700 points

380,000 points come from remuneration and commissions from the large-scale bionic human body research and development project, and 2,700 points are the monthly salary and allowances issued by the Emergency Response Department.

The total cost of exchanging small elemental and condensed elemental shells is about 12,000 citizen points. Xia Zuo does not have to pay for this fee. When he provided information about the Blood Demon Cult to the Demon Hunting School, he had already obtained all the required raw materials. .

In other words, Xia Zuo now has a full 380,000 citizen points at his disposal.

He originally wanted to invest the money in a competition to develop combat puppets, but Hillenburg refused.

Hillenburg also declined other members' attempts to join the group in cash.

Because of this research and development competition, the Emergency Response Department of the City of Lumington fully supports it. From funds to raw materials to training venues, all expenses are paid by the Emergency Response Department.

As long as the combat puppet developed by Hillenberg's team can enter the top five, the team members do not need to pay a penny.

Accordingly, the Hillenberg Group will give priority to the City of Lumington to authorize the use of their research and development results at a certain discount.

This is a win-win deal for both parties.

Xia Zuo also saved a lot of expenses, which was used to advance the registration of the patent for underwater bullets.

Xia Zuo. Mars patted the other party's shoulder and woke up his companion who was in a daze. Your diving suit has been disinfected. Take it off quickly. The actual combat training is about to begin.

Oh, okay. Xia Zuo came to his senses, took off his diving suit with the help of the robotic arm, moved his sore arms a little, walked to the console and sat down.

At noon the day before yesterday, Hillenberg brought back a piece of good news. The Crystal Survivors accepted the invitation to a friendly match from Hillenberg's group.

The two sides have agreed to have a friendly match today, and the location will be decided by the Hillenberg team.

The crystal remnants will send a team to keep the appointment. They are on the cliff opposite the trench at this time.

The two teams are not far apart, but are bound by temple laws and cannot sit face to face and communicate as cordially as chatting.

We can only look at each other across the trench, and then use combat puppets to compete in the actual battlefield.

The number of people fighting this time is 16V16.

Both sides deployed four standard combat units in the area arranged by their own side in the actual battlefield.

The battle mode is flag protection mode.

Each side has a flag that needs to be protected.

The way to defeat your opponent is to enter the opponent's area, find the opponent's flag and bring it back to your own flag.

This classic battle mode is popular in the Silver Moon Federation and is used in many energy weapon competitions.

The research and development competition organized by the Alchemy School will also use this battle mode in actual combat sessions.

In Hillenberg's team, all members except Xia Zuo will control their own combat puppets for actual combat.

Considering that the actual battle situation this time may be quite fierce, and using the Stone-type surveillance puppet at close range may cause accidental damage, Xia Zuo does not need to synchronize with the Stone-2.

He had to use auxiliary props such as observation orbs and imaging orbs to record real-time changes on the battlefield and collect materials for post-war summary.

Xia Zuo glanced at the 20 observation orbs on the console. 16 of them were tracking a team member, and the remaining 4 were fixed at specific locations. The scene inside each orb was very clear, with no breaks or stagnation. situation occurs.

Team leader, I'm ready here. Xia Zuo turned around and said. .

Then everyone, start synchronizing with the battle puppet. Hillenberg gave the order. He and the surrounding team members lay down on their respective soft sofas, closed their eyes and entered shallow meditation.

Xia Zuo pressed a few times on the console and activated the image orb connected to the observation orb.

The actual combat game of 16V16 is a game where strategy comes first before combat.

For example, Heubron, who has the most actual combat experience, will lead two combat units as a vanguard team and go deep into the opponent's area. How to get closer to the opponent's flag faster requires Heubron to step into the opponent's side. After the zone, the decision was made on the spot.

It is worth mentioning that the actual competition in the aphotic zone environment is not limited to the surface, and both players can move freely throughout the trench.

This means that the defending team needs to be wary of attacks coming from above.

In order to deal with such a complex situation, each team will place many surveillance puppets with both concealment and observation purposes when setting up the venue.

These surveillance puppets are autonomous combat puppets that do not require human control and will operate according to established logic.

They will sound an alarm as soon as they discover an opponent and do their best to contain the opponent until their own team members arrive.

Members of both sides controlled the battle puppets, checked the alchemy props arranged in the venue one last time, and then turned off their own alchemy lamps.

When the lights on both sides disappear, the game officially begins.

Guys, let's proceed as planned. Hubron's calm voice came from the coral speakers on the console and also reached the ears of every battle puppet. According to the information provided by Allen, the crystal survivors' The array technology is extremely advanced and has significant advantages in defense. The Arcane Alchemist Association must have used this alchemy technology on their battle puppets. Then we will take advantage of the long battery life and force them to take the initiative to attack.

Heubron ordered, Now, everyone enters a state of silence, maintain water prison skills and detect sound waves, and be alert to the opponent's sneak attack.

There was silence in the trench.

Both sides chose the same combat strategy - defensive counterattack, waiting for the other side to reveal its flaws.

This was expected by Huubron and several other experienced alchemists.

Before the war, they conducted many practical training exercises based on limited information on crystal array control technology.

Array control technology is a type of command technology.

The command model of the Hillenberg Group is:

The operating console oversees the overall situation, and the secret message voice device enables member communication. The team leader combines the overall situation and feedback from members to conduct on-the-job command.

The crystal remnants, which use crystal array control technology, will install crystal arrays on each team member's combat puppet.

The crystal array will continuously use sonic spells to detect the surrounding environment and present it on the combat puppet's visual system in the form of a two-dimensional map.

Also marked by the crystal array are the locations of each friendly combat puppet, things marked as suspicious by team members, hostile targets identified by teammates, etc.

With such advanced command technology, it’s not too much to have a function that can mark the advance on the spot or guide remote strikes, right?

Hubron speculated that this was very possible.

Xia Zuo felt that it was better not to speculate on whether this crystal array control technology had any functions. Isn't it the modern military command system of the previous life... It just replaced the computer with a crystal array.

If you think about it this way, the automation level of the crystal survivors is likely to be very high.

Not only did they lay the theoretical foundation for the alchemy of strange objects, but they also had alchemical props such as crystal arrays that could perform high-speed calculations, real-time imaging, and process environmental feedback.

This made Xia Zuo extremely curious about the past history of the Crystal Stone survivors and the destruction of the Kingdom of Truth.

Could it be that...the Kingdom of Truth discovered some secret of the universe and attracted visitors from outside the world, which led to the country being destroyed?

What a pity~ The temple is very secretive about the history of previous eras.

It was difficult for Xia Zuo to find a chance to pry into the mystery.

As his thoughts were swirling, 10 minutes passed.

Hu Bron thought about it and said through the group's internal communication channel:

Field, launch a medium-range mine in the direction of B2:C4:B1. Let's see what the other side's reaction is. Pay attention to concealment after the launch is completed.

Field replied calmly, Roger... ready to launch, 3, 2, 1, launch.

Whoops~ The mine, with a bit of blue light, cut through the dark sea water, flew to a place more than 20 meters away, and happened to fall into the mouth of a giant tubular coral.

A muffled explosion sounded, followed by a cloud of floating dust.

I saw something. Xia Zuo said while playing with the Image Orb, Just before the mine fell into the coral, I found a submarine lake behind the coral. I looked at the image of the Image Orb... I'm sure, then It is an undersea pool covering an area of ​​at least 5 square meters.”

Undersea pools may be made of seawater or some kind of liquid.

Because they are denser or contain some kind of material, they come together to form seafloor pools.

The more common underwater pools are made of the corpses of ocean monsters.

Their remains sank into the sand bed and slowly decomposed. Due to the limited flow of seawater, the decomposition products accumulated in place and eventually merged with the water to form a small pool on the seabed.

Undersea pools are usually highly acidic or toxic. Combat puppets must not fall into them, otherwise they will be seriously injured immediately or even scrapped on the spot.

The seabed pool behind the tubular coral should be formed by the corpse of the tubular coral and is extremely acid-corrosive.

Roger it, Xia Zuo. You reminded me in time. Heubron thought for a while and said, Field, you go to standby at A3:B1:A4. Laurie, you launch a medium-range mine at B8:C9:C2. .Team leader, please report to...

Heubron commanded four combat units and launched four mines respectively, finally finding traces of his opponent.

I saw it. Xia Zuo said, Just 20 meters ahead of you on the left, Huubron. There are two combat units assembled there. The mine just fired alerted them...

Xia Zuo paused for a moment before glancing at the monitoring puppet screen, Hubron, be careful, their mines are coming.

Prepare to deflect the projectiles! Heubron roared, his eyes scanning the open space in front, and a faint blue light was coming quickly.

He took a step forward, raised his right arm high, condensed an umbrella-shaped water shield, and said at the same time:

Field, fire two sets of mines at area A4:G6:B2.

receive.

Boohoo~ 4*2, a total of 8 mines flew out neatly, targeting the direction Xia Zuo mentioned before.

As soon as the mine deflected by Hu Bron exploded, Xia Zuo's voice rang in everyone's ears.

A large number of mines were discovered!

Four combat units were hit by medium-range mines at the same time!

There was always a delay from when Xia Zuo discovered the mine to when he notified the various combat units.

After these mines flew over the midfield line, Heubron and the others received the warning, and they could only hurriedly gather a water shield and try their best to deflect the attack.

After a courteous exchange of mines, Field's team was the most severely damaged. When they were attacked, they had just fired two rounds of mines. The movement was relatively loud, and their position was easily and accurately locked by their opponents.

Both sides returned to a state of silence.

The command speed of the crystal array control technology and the response speed of the combat units are at least 30% faster than ours. Their counterattack is faster than I expected. Heubron's tone was a little low, If we take the initiative to attack, our The odds of winning are less than 40%.”

Xia Zuo felt that this was not the full strength of the crystal survivors...

In his last life, he played many military simulation games... and he clearly knew how powerful the information-based and modern battle command system was.

In the previous test of each other, the crystal remnants must have hidden some means of defeating the enemy and deliberately suppressed their counterattack strength.

However, these words were just speculation after all. Saying them would hurt the team members, so Xia Zuo chose to keep them in his heart.

Hillenburg took over and said:

Don't be discouraged, everyone. Our goal in this friendly match is to find our own shortcomings and search for things worth learning from our opponents. Although we don't have much chance of winning, we have already gained something, haven't we?

I suggest that we apply for a 10-minute timeout. Let's sum up the battle experience just now, and then continue the game.

Seconded.

I support.

I think it should be like this too, the team members said.

It couldn't be better. I just want to think about a strategy. Heubron made the final decision.

Then...Xia Zuo, send a signal to the alchemy room opposite, and we will use the only opportunity to rest. Hillenburg said.

Okay, team leader. Xia Zuo pressed the button on the console, and a beam of light with alternating colors shot out from the outer wall of the alchemy room.

The crystal relic alchemy room opposite received the lighting message and took the lead in turning on the alchemy lamp on the base to illuminate the venue as a response to accepting the proposal.

Both sides temporarily disconnected from the battle puppet.

Hu Bron woke up from the soft sofa, immediately stood up and walked to the console to watch the images recorded in the image orb.

I think we found a shortcoming of underwater bullets. Danielle said thoughtfully:

Its ballistic trajectory can only be a straight line for the time being, not a parabola. In the case of medium-range combat, it cannot be used to effectively strike the enemy behind the bunker.

We can only throw mines high to attack the enemy, and we completely fail to take advantage of the energy-saving advantage of underwater bullets.

Danielle is talking about the shortcomings of underwater bullets, not the shortcomings of kinetic weapons.

In fact, heavy machine guns used in land environments kill enemies through parabolas rather than straight lines.

The heavy machine gun will be placed halfway up the hillside and fire bullets along the slope. After calculating the range, the falling bullets can be sent down the hillside on the other side to hit the enemy.

This is an out-of-sight strike method, which effectively hits the enemy without the enemy and ourselves facing each other.

Xia Zuo's mind turned around and an idea popped up.

He raised his hand and said, Perhaps, we should change the way we use underwater bullets. We can use multi-barreled rounds to fire underwater bullets to suppress the enemy and limit their range of action.

Also. Xia Zuo snapped his fingers, I have another idea. Since the underwater bullet needs to manually reduce the power of the water pressure diversion array after leaving the gun chamber in order to trigger supercavitation. Then we might as well Utilize its concealment before triggering supercavitation, give full play to its speed advantage, and use it in long-distance sniper operations.

The maximum flight speed of a mine in an aphotic zone environment is 80 meters/second, which is 70 meters/second lower than that of an underwater bullet. Such a large gap is caused by the shape and weight of the mine.

Underwater bullets with a flying speed of up to 150 meters/second are the fastest underwater offensive alchemy items except for a few weapons blessed with water spells.

Xia Zuo's two ideas resonated with Heubron.

He put down the Image Orb, turned around and said:

Xia Zuo is right. This is where our chance of winning lies. We have not exploited the advantages of underwater bullets. It is not too late to do so now.

Heubron didn't say much. He pulled another weapon alchemist aside and used the existing gun machine to make new alchemy items on the alchemy table.

I have a suggestion, Field said.

He is Heubron's comrade and a weapons alchemist.

He was deeply impressed by the rapid counterattack of the crystal remnants. If it weren't for the excellent defense of the combat puppets studied by his team, there would have been casualties in his combat unit during the brief contact battle just now.

Let's also develop an array control technology. Field suggested to Hillenburg:

It doesn't need to be as efficient as the crystal array control technology of the crystal remnant. It only needs to be able to mark the flight path of the ammunition, the position of teammates, and the manually marked location on the combat puppet's visual system.

The armed forces of this world, such as the army, temple guards, city guards, etc., are still in the realm of greater deterrence with larger caliber.

Teleportation and teleportation crystals allow them to still have time and space to organize a counterattack when attacked.

They have not yet considered the precise time scale of the battle from hours to minutes, or even seconds.

What Field meant was to use the automatic calculation function of the crystal array to help Commander Heubron and the observers on the control console offload some of the more mechanical calculations.

In other words, he was attracted to automation and wanted to tinker with a computer-like crystal array.

Xia Zuo raised his hands and feet to support.

This is long overdue.

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