vrcanaries Chapter 289 Another Parachute Arrival
Chapter 289 Another Parachute Arrival
Faxuan City: Star Harbour.
Lin Xuan leaned against the porthole of the starport, watching the ships coming and going around it, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Finally, I've finally escaped that hellhole. This feeling of freedom feels like I just experienced it a month ago."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Yajie, who was helping with the luggage, immediately turned pale.
Didn't you just go through that a month ago?
A month ago, Lin Xuan was parachuted into the Divine Realm as a Level 2 Researcher. Unexpectedly, a month later, she was promoted from the Divine Realm to the military.
This speed of advancement is quite explosive in the entire God Realm, and of course, the method of advancement is equally explosive.
"By the way, Manager Qiao, if we're judging by rank, am I currently ranked one level higher than you in the Divine Realm?"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Yajie was taken aback.
"You know what, it actually seems to be true."
Originally, Lin Xuan was supposed to be one level below him, but after he joined the rapid reaction force, he directly became the captain of the rapid reaction force. Logically speaking, the captain's rank is the same as Wayne's, which is naturally one level higher than the project manager of Qiao Yajie.
Lin Xuan nodded slightly upon hearing this.
"Okay, then I'm relieved. I was worried that if I tricked you two again, I would be retaliated against."
"What are you worried about?"
Lin Xuan spoke the second half of her sentence very softly, and Qiao Yajie didn't hear it at all.
"Alright, I'll leave you here. You'll have to walk the rest of the way on your own."
Qiao Yajie helped Lin Xuan put her luggage into the shuttle. He could no longer take her here, because if she went any further, she would be leaving Faxuan City and heading to the front line.
Given the current situation on the front lines, getting there is easy, but coming back is extremely difficult.
Without a transfer order, even the most powerful person couldn't get back to the city from under the noses of those supervisory teams.
As he was leaving, Qiao Yajie couldn't help but pat Lin Xuan on the shoulder. He was about to say something, but Lin Xuan spoke first.
"I'll wait for you to come over, and then we'll have a drink together."
Qiao Yajie: ...
"There's no need for that, Brother Bai Bing. I'll treat you to a drink when you come back..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xuan quickly covered the other person's mouth with her hand to interrupt the spellcasting.
"No, no, no, you don't need to wait for me to come back. Once I've made a name for myself on the front lines, I'll send you to the battlefield immediately. I definitely won't let you stay safely in the rear."
Qiao Yajie fell silent.
"Bai Bing, what you said sounds heartwarming, but why do I still feel so uncomfortable?"
Lin Xuan smiled and waved.
"It's alright, don't worry about the details. I'm leaving my military factory to you. You'd better keep a close eye on it while I'm away, or I'll come after you when I get back."
After exchanging a few more pleasantries with the other party, Lin Xuan boarded the shuttle alone and headed to the transport capsule located in space.
In the blink of an eye, Lin Xuan had already been in the Mind Earth for more than a month, and she wondered how things were progressing on the Earth Alliance side.
Without him personally overseeing the situation at Earth Alliance, Luo Congmin's abilities should prevent any major problems. His only concern was whether Earth One could also locate Earth Alliance if Earth Three could find its location.
Meanwhile, outside the Oort Cloud.
A fleet of a hundred ships is fleeing in all directions in a frantic manner. They can no longer even maintain a basic formation. Some ships are running in a panic and crash into the cabins of the ships in front of them. Then, the two ships catch fire and explode at the same time, turning into a fireball and dissipating into space.
What terrified the fleet so much was not some monster, but a person.
Wearing a demon mask, Number Three strolled leisurely through the fleet, as if it were his own territory.
Faced with a fleet as dense as the sea, he only needed to tap his finger, and that area of ships would suddenly disappear into thin air.
When they reappeared a few seconds later, the fleet was already several kilometers away. Moreover, it was as if they had clipped through each other in a game; the two ships that were originally separate were now spliced together.
In games, this kind of clipping-like behavior might at most cause some unexpected bugs, but in the real world, it can be fatal.
This bizarre clipping state only lasted a few seconds before it could no longer be maintained. The ships rubbed against each other violently, causing a series of explosions.
This is the ability of Observer No. 3: spatial displacement.
He can spatially swap two completely different objects, a power he didn't find particularly useful when he first acquired it.
It wasn't until Number Three discovered that the positions of the objects he swapped could overlap that the effect of this ability became incredibly powerful.
Just as Lin Xuan had predicted, not only was Number Three searching for the location of this last Earth, but Number One was also searching for the specific location of the Earth Alliance.
However, every time Number One sends out a fleet, it is ambushed by Number Three, who has been lying in ambush there in advance.
No matter how many people are sent, the final result will only be a fruitless return.
Number One was also very puzzled by this, not understanding what went wrong. He even suspected that the fleet had provoked an advanced civilization, but he never thought that it was Number Three who made the move.
After all, the observers would still abide by the experimental rules. At most, they would make some minor adjustments to the development of their own civilization, but they would never tamper with the experimental data of others.
It's like when you're playing a game with your buddies, and you use a cheat program. At most, you can modify your own data, and it won't be too obvious. How could someone use a cheat program to directly ruin their teammates' game?
But to their utter surprise, they actually ran into Number Three, that shameless bastard.
After casually clearing out the last ship, No. 3 didn't forget to split up all the damaged wreckage and scatter it around an asteroid belt, making it look like a battle scene.
In this way, no matter who investigates, the conclusion will be that the fleet was ambushed by an unknown enemy.
……
"The cabin door is closing. Please disembark first and then board to avoid a stampede."
Lin Xuan stepped off the shuttle and transferred to a transport ship bound for the front lines at the space station.
Just as Qiao Yajie said, other transport ship routes have two round trips, but the one going to the front line is different. It only goes to the front line, and the only way to return is to go through the military's approval process.
"Bai Bing, a Level 2 Researcher in the Divine Realm, serves as the captain of the 13th Task Force of the Rapid Reaction Force."
When the staff received Lin Xuan's identity information, they checked it several times before they were sure they weren't seeing things.
No, why would a perfectly good researcher be sent to the front lines instead of staying in the logistics unit?
This is so unreasonable!
"Uh...can I go over there now?"
Lin Xuan was speechless as she watched the staff member put her ID on the machine for verification for the third time.
“Um…no problem, Mr. Bai Bing.”
No matter how unreasonable this matter was, Lin Xuan's documents were indeed in good condition, so the staff had no choice but to let him pass.
After boarding the transport ship, Lin Xuan casually found a seat and sat down. The ship was already full of people.
Their eyes were vacant and their expressions blank, as if the ship was heading to the execution ground, not the front lines.
However, given the current war situation, there doesn't seem to be much difference between the two.
Fang Lin, I don't know what she was thinking, appointed herself to a rapid reaction force to conduct reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines on the Xialang front.
Although going to the front lines was part of his original plan, Lin Xuan was still quite surprised to find himself on such a frontline position.
If it were anyone else, it would be a miracle if they survived for seven days.
Could this woman be afraid that I'll cause trouble in the rear, and she wants to send me to the front lines to have someone else kill me?
The rapid reaction force is not a regular army, but a special organization belonging to the Divine Realm. You can see them almost anywhere. If Fang Lin just wanted to be promoted to the rapid reaction force, she could have stayed in the rear as the captain of the intelligence-focused rapid reaction force.
As for this battlefront, it was also mentioned in the information that Number Three gave himself.
This battle line is located 25 celestial units away from the main battlefield, and its defensive facilities were officially constructed three years ago.
At that time, Mind Earth, in alliance with Gene Earth, suppressed Mechanical Earth's 175th and 178th main fleets on the front lines. However, to completely eliminate these two fleets, it was necessary to add another sharp weapon from the flank.
Coincidentally, the Chapel region has three solid ring stars and a natural asteroid barrier, making it suitable for establishing outposts or starports.
Moreover, the reason why the Chalk Circle area is named as such is because the celestial bodies within it resemble a small box, and once the outer fleet enters, it becomes difficult to retreat.
However, the mechanical Earth clearly wouldn't let the two civilizations have their way, so it directly dispatched a Star City-class aircraft carrier to dock outside the Chapel area, using it as a springboard to blockade the entire region.
This is disgusting. Why did they choose to blockade the two civilizations only after their defense facilities and supply lines were completed? It's clearly an attempt to antagonize both civilizations.
Then an awkward scene unfolded: the supply depot that the two civilizations had gone to so much trouble to build was all for nothing, as supplies could not be transported out at all. No matter how the two civilizations tried to lure the aircraft carrier that was blocking the gate on the outside, the other side remained unmoved.
As long as my ship remains docked here, your so-called "coffin line" will forever remain a "coffin line."
Everything was fine at first. Although we were tricked, victory and defeat are common occurrences in war, so it's nothing to worry about.
However, as time went on, the maintenance costs of this supply station increased, and since it was jointly built by two civilizations, there were too many issues that needed to be resolved through disputes.
The original purpose of building this supply point was to resupply Gene Earth. Since Mind Earth has long-distance teleportation technology, the transportation of supplies is not a fatal problem.
Logically, Gene Earth should pay higher maintenance fees.
As a result, GeneEarth refused to acknowledge the truth and even turned around and attacked them.
"This supply depot was built using your technology. We've already been generous by not making you spend more money, and you still want us to pay more? No way."
When Mind Earth heard Gene Earth's words, it was almost infuriating.
Damn it, when we were building the supply depot, who had the nerve to say they were technologically behind in construction and wanted our help? Now look at them, they're denying it.
Normally, this cooperation would have ended, but there was no other way, as the cost of dismantling the supply station was higher than the cost of maintaining it.
While both sides are bickering and making each other feel disgusted, they also have to reluctantly continue to add maintenance costs.
It can be said that the mechanical civilization's aircraft carrier blocked the road, creating an unexpected effect.
The main task of the rapid reaction force that Lin Xuan was appointed to this time was to conduct reconnaissance and information gathering behind enemy lines.
Of course, this so-called enemy includes not only mechanical Earth, but also genetic Earth.
The task was extremely difficult, requiring him to navigate between two major civilizations while also being wary of potential betrayals from allies.
But what truly convinced Lin Xuan that Fang Lin was deliberately messing with her mindset was the information about the members of this special task force.
The task force consisted of five people, including him, and he served as the team leader.
Before he arrived, the task force had already had six different captains, and none of them had survived for more than 40 days.
Lin Xuan is now the seventh captain.
Just when you think that's the limit for Task Force 13, take a look at the remaining members, and they're absolutely phenomenal.
Su Zilin: Serves as the sniper in the squad. She is a 16-year-old female who joined the Divine Realm Youth Training Camp two years ago. Due to her special sniping talent, she was granted a military rank by the military. She has carried out many decapitation operations behind enemy lines. She once became famous for single-handedly infiltrating an enemy Komo-class battleship and sniping the flagship commander.
Lin Qi: Former senior advisor of the Network Research Center of the Divine Realm Research Department. He has extremely high talent in network hacking, but lost both legs due to a failed mission and can only move by relying on prosthetic devices.
Zuo Xiao: Female, a product of the "Poison Needle Project". Back then, Mind Earth and Gene Earth cooperated to try to transplant a gene sequence provided by an advanced civilization into a human body. The result was that only Zuo Xiao survived out of 114 subjects. However, she was not much better off. Since the gene was transplanted into her body, in addition to gaining physical qualities far exceeding those of normal people, she also suffered from genetic damage.
Ding Cunxu: A retired sergeant with many years of battlefield experience and the ability to operate most weapons and equipment. Before the war even started, he had a combat prosthetic body transplanted all over his body, and even his spine was replaced with a single-soldier machine gun.
Even Lin Xuan couldn't help but twitch her lips after reading this information.
You might say this team is weak, since these guys all look tough to mess with, but you might also say it's strong, since it has the old, the young, the sick, and the disabled all together.