Fantasy Game: Infinite City

"Calling Hyena, this is Vulture, reinforcements from the Lair have arrived, reporting back your coordinates. Calling Hyena, this is Vulture, reinforcements from the Lair have arrived, reporting back your coordinates."

The two soldiers who had replenished the power armor's power through the reinforcement team and carried out inspection and maintenance were calling their companions through the signal enhancement equipment, but after the call, they did not wait for the other party's response.

"Maybe they have moved on, or encountered some threat and moved to another location. Let's go and take a look."

"I'll lead the way. When we separated from the team, we were near a swamp. Our order was to collect as many valuable biological samples as possible, so they should have headed in the direction of the swamp after we left."

"Let's go."

Led by two people, the reinforcements carried signal enhancement equipment and began to search for the whereabouts of the "Hyena" team. With the help of the two people, the group moved very quickly and arrived at a location near the swamp after an hour, which was where they first separated.

"The swamp is just ahead. We..."

"Battle echoes detected. Count: 2."

"Echo location: 90 meters from current location."

"Echo location: 137 meters from current location."

Just as the "Vulture" rescue team was talking to the reinforcements, a prompt suddenly appeared on the modular system of the power armor of the scout of the reinforcements.

The so-called battle echo is an information collection device of unknown origin. The inventor and maker are unknown, but these people must be geniuses. This special information collection device was actually used in civilian detectives or police criminal investigations at the beginning. Using special detection radar, this device can check the bloodstains and traces left in the surrounding environment, as well as various clues that cannot be studied in depth by normal means, and then restore the situation at the scene in a three-dimensional projection. Although the earliest version will have some deviations, it is much more accurate than ordinary criminal investigation methods and faster.

Later, the equipment was requisitioned by the military. After some improvements, the accuracy was greatly improved, and the functions and range were also greatly enhanced. After that, the technology was inexplicably leaked to multiple forces that obtained the technology, including the Unlimited Company. The Unlimited Company further improved the technology, replacing the special detection radar with the Unlimited Company's multi-functional detection scanning terminal, and increased the scanning frequency and intensity. On the basis of the original function, it also increased the energy detection capability.

After the transformation of the Infinite Company, as long as the detected energy can be identified, the equipment can perfectly restore the situation at that time, and the three-dimensional projection showing the situation at that time has become a more accurate dynamic projection, and can even restore the sound at that time. And because of the research and development of energy technology by the Infinite Company, the equipment after their transformation is no longer the bloated large equipment of the prototype. The Infinite Company has miniaturized these devices to the size of a watch dial, and can be installed on all other compatible equipment through modularization, such as this highly modular power armor.

It is not surprising that the Ferdinand family, which has an unknown secret connection with the Unlimited Company, has the equipment of the Unlimited Company.

"Battle echoes? It seems that the Hyena team did encounter a threat. They should have left the swamp."

"Let's go over and take a look. Maybe we can see from the echoes of the battle what happened to them and where they went."

The reinforcement team and the two people who asked for help immediately entered the swamp. However, just as they arrived near the location of the battle echo and before they analyzed the battle echo, they saw a large number of trees and rocks in the swamp that were destroyed by the hot-melt weapon system and the energy weapon system. Even without seeing the echo, they knew that a fierce battle must have broken out here.

"Scan Echo One."

"Scanning... Scan completed. Turning on battle echo."

The first battle echo was soon turned on, and a dynamic three-dimensional projection appeared beside everyone. By observing the situation at the time, everyone witnessed that four of the five-man "Hyena" team were killed in the swamp.

"What the hell are those two?!"

"This can't be a swamp monster, right? I always thought those things were just urban legends!"

"Now it seems that it is not an urban legend, but a real monster."

"Battle echoes have finished playing."

Although the battle echoes made everyone understand what the "Hyena" team encountered, various weapon systems had little effect on the two swamp monsters, and the unstable state of the battle echoes around them indicated that they might possess abnormal energy, which was more terrifying than simple monsters.

Based on the reconstruction of the situation at the time based on the battle echoes, the reinforcement team quickly found the bodies of the four "hyenas" sunk under the mud.

"Scan them and find out the exact cause of their death."

"receive."

Although the cause of death of the four men was obvious after most of the mud had been cleared off the bodies, the reinforcement team still conducted a thorough scan of their bodies to be on the safe side. The results of the scan soon appeared and were exactly the same as those shown on the battle echo.

"The scan is complete. The one who was trapped alive should be the captain of the Hyena team. Of the remaining three, one had his upper body burned by something highly corrosive. The other two had their neck and the power armor at the neck shattered. The other had his power armor instruments torn in half from the waist. These are all fatal wounds."

"Do they have any other injuries?"

"Yes, one of them had his arm hit by something either hot or highly corrosive. There were traces of emergency medical gel on it. Just like what the battle echo showed, after the attack, his teammates provided him with emergency treatment."

"There are only four of them, so one ran away?"

"Yes, and the one who ran away was the medic in the team. As you can see, he was the only one with the swamp mobile device, so it's normal that he could run away."

"Don't forget, there is a battle echo a few dozen meters away. According to the last image of this battle echo, the medic who escaped went in that direction. I don't think his fate is optimistic."

After carrying the four bodies, the reinforcement team continued to advance towards the location of the second battle echo, which was just out of the swamp area. This location was very strange. It was clearly some distance away from the swamp, but there was a pool of water-depleted and wind-dried mud on the ground, and on the edge of the mud, there were traces of suspected high-temperature burns.

"Battle echoes playing."

This battle echo restored the situation at that time, which lasted for a very short time. Everyone saw that the medic with the swamp moving device escaped from the swamp and climbed onto the shore. When he got ashore, he looked back in the direction of the swamp. However, due to the limited range of the battle echo, everyone did not see what the medic saw when he looked back from this battle echo. But through the previous battle echo, they knew that the medic should have seen the scene where his teammates were killed.

"what is this?"

"Mud ball?"

At the end of the battle echo, they saw a glowing mud ball hit the medic, and then the echo stopped abruptly. No one knew what happened to the medic after that.

"The echo has died down here, which means the medic is probably still alive. His power armor may have been badly damaged, but he should still be alive. He should have escaped. Maybe we should go find him."

"The bushes over there show signs of being crushed. He must have walked from that side."

"Deal with it, and then we'll start the search and rescue immediately."

"clear."

The reinforcement team placed the bodies of the four men on the ground, recovered the valuable modular plug-ins of their power armor that had not been damaged, and then piled the four men together and used a high-temperature incinerator (a more powerful flamethrower) to burn the bodies of the four men and the damaged power armor to ashes. After doing all this, the reinforcement team began to look for the "escaped" medic.

I don’t know whether it was lucky or unlucky, but the reinforcement team thought that the direction the medic escaped happened to be the direction leading to the abnormal radiation area.

"Why do you think we weren't attacked by the swamp monster just now?"

"From the fact that the monsters that attacked the Hyena team used ambushes and sneak attacks, they should have a certain level of intelligence. We have a large number of people and various weapon systems, so they should not actively attack us."

"But the battle echoes show that those weapon systems seem to have little effect on them."

"That's not necessarily true. The Hyena team's power armor weapon systems are all energy weapons. The transmission and effects of energy in different media will also be different. There are too many things in this underground world that we don't understand at all. God knows what's in that swamp. The silt may contain a variety of substances that can hinder energy, so there is a visual effect that weapons are ineffective against them."

"The captain is right. We did scan a variety of special substances in the swamp that are not found on the surface."

"Well, and even though it looks like those swamp monsters aren't injured, it may be because their bodies are covered with a lot of mud, so it's hard to tell. It's very likely that they've actually been badly injured, or even dead."

"But after being attacked, they don't seem to be affected at all and can continue to attack."

"This is very simple. It should be that they have a very low perception of pain, or that it is delayed. It's like when hunting, some large wild boars can still fight back against hunters even if they have suffered fatal injuries as long as they are not hit in the heart or head."

Talking all the way, they gradually approached the area with abnormal radiation, and the radiation detection device on the power armor also began to operate automatically.

"Pay attention to protection. If you move forward from this position, the radiation level will increase faster. Turn on the breathing and circulation equipment and use the live ammunition weapon system to prevent the energy weapon system from experiencing abnormalities due to the radiation concentration."

"understand!"

The degree of modularity of the reinforcement team's power armor is not as high as that of the Hyena Squad, but this does not mean that the reinforcement team's power armor is inferior to theirs. It can only be said that the reinforcement team's power armor pays more attention to protection and attack power, and is relatively less flexible than that of the Hyena Squad.

Especially in terms of radiation protection, the reinforcement team's power armor has a more advanced anti-radiation coating, which is more protective than the Hyena team's lead-containing armor. Because of this, the captain of the reinforcement team also raised questions to the two vultures who originally belonged to the "Hyena" team.

"The radiation level here is so high. Can the power armor of the medic who ran away withstand it? Not to mention that his power armor is likely to have been damaged."

"Don't worry. He's a medic. His power armor is more protective than the other members of the Hyena team. It also has automatic repair equipment. As long as it's not damaged by more than 50%, it can repair itself. If you simply calculate the defense and resistance to the environment, his power armor should be more protective than yours."

"That would be great. Although we learned about the Hyena team's experience through the battle echo, if there is a survivor, we can save a lot of time writing reports when we return."

Moving forward all the way, as the surrounding environment became reduced to only rocks and mineral layers, the reinforcement team and the two "vultures" also came to the depths of the radiation anomaly area. At this location, the concentration of radiation has begun to affect the power armor. If you want to reach the center of the radiation area, you must use a cooling device. However, because of the power supply of the power armor and the trade-offs with the weapon system, the cooling equipment they carry only has an hour before it overheats and is forced to stop working. Therefore, the reinforcement team immediately sped up their pace and finally arrived at the center of the radiation area ten minutes later.

“There’s actually a lake here?”

"If I were you, I wouldn't want to get any closer. The liquid in that lake is probably the thing with the highest radiation concentration in this area."

"Are you sure the medic will be here?"

"He should have just passed by this place. Maybe he has left the area long ago."

"Scan the environment. We have to leave before the cooling system overheats! Move quickly!"

"understand!"

However, due to the extremely strong radiation here, their scanning equipment did not work very well. In order not to miss the medic, they tried shouting the medic's name and code name, but of course, there was no way to hear a response.

"Let's go! He's not here!"

"withdraw!"

The reinforcement team quickly left the center of the abnormal radiation area and quickly moved to the other side. Soon, the center returned to calm again.

“Gulp, gulp…”

However, some bubbles appeared in the lake in the center, and it seemed that something was moving under the liquid surface.