Byron's Blade

There were three violent earth dragons that suddenly attacked the third squadron. One appeared in the middle of the team and was wiped out by the three officers on the left wing; Strangled; one end appeared in the encirclement of the right-wing troops, and was blown into coke by officers and soldiers.The battle between Mu Li and the others ended at the end. After killing the berserk earth dragon, the alarm was lifted.That's why Rui Qiao was able to leave the mech and come to Mu Li in a more relaxed manner.

From the outbreak to the end of the battle, it lasted a total of more than three minutes, which can be regarded as a short encounter.But this encounter was also extremely tragic because it came quite suddenly.The entire No. 30 Squadron suffered a lot of casualties again. The team lost nearly ten armored vehicles, sacrificed a dozen officers and soldiers, and more than [-] officers and soldiers were injured to varying degrees.As a result, the road leading to the main city-state in the confidential area became a mess.

After the battle, the soldiers were not allowed to rest, and silently cleaned the battlefield with a state of shock.The action can't be slow, jungle warfare is easy to attract redundant battles, they have to leave the place quickly after cleaning the battlefield.

Mu Li took care of his injury briefly. The wound on his left arm was torn, but it was not bad, and it would be no problem to re-bandage it.The right arm was slightly dislocated, and she supported the knee by herself, and reattached it with a "crack".The soft tissue contusion of the right ankle was also treated with freezing medicine in time.Thanks to the powered exoskeleton, these injuries did not cause too much trouble, and she was still able to move freely.It was a nurse who bandaged her. She still had lingering fear on her face, and her hands were shaking when bandaging her.

After taking care of her injuries, she helped the soldiers clean up the battlefield. Before they even had time to talk about the battle just now, everyone was busy.Mu Li helped to cut down the collapsed giant log, transported the log to the side of the road, and cleared the road.At the same time, the engineers are quickly filling up the ground pits caused by the violent dragon with their engineering shovels.There are also some soldiers who are in charge of disposing of the violent dragon's corpse. The main way is to dismember it and then bury it.

In fact, the best way is to incinerate, because the blood of the ley line Zerg has a certain degree of infectivity to humans.But try not to use fire in the forest, otherwise a forest fire will burn, and the consequences will be disastrous.Forest fires will destroy the nests of many buggers and predators hidden in the forest, angering them and causing a terrible bug swarm.There was once such an incident in history, which directly caused the Ares Outer Area of ​​the City of Athena to be attacked by a devastating insect swarm, killing tens of thousands of people, and the Ares Outer Area was once turned into death. empty city.

The fire and fighting just now has caused a certain amount of fire, but fortunately it was extinguished in time.In fact, in jungle warfare, the more respected combat method is to fight with cold weapons, so each mecha is equipped with two electromagnetic mecha knives. This is the main weapon of the mecha, and it is more efficient and less risky than artillery fire. Destroy the enemy as quickly as possible, avoid provoking war or expanding the scope of the battle.Therefore, every mecha pilot has extremely high requirements for combat skills. It is actually very difficult to control the mecha to kill these monsters with a knife.Just like Rui Qiao, mecha combat has always been her weak point. If she hadn't made great achievements in leading troops, she would not have been promoted to the rank of second lieutenant.This battle exposed her shortcomings.Even so, her mecha manipulation is considered superb among mecha warriors.

It's just that Mu Li doesn't know about this for the time being.She just felt that, why the mecha battle was so stiff and clumsy, it might as well be quicker than going into battle by herself.

She survived the first battle in the world inexplicably like this.Fighting is something she has been used to since she was a child, and it is also the only thing she is good at since she was a child.Whether it was her adoptive father or the instructors in the army, they only taught her one thing, how to see through the enemy's weaknesses and overcome the enemy.After completing the first battle, her heart was a little more stable. Through this battle, she learned that she still has the ability to save her life in this world.At this moment, the soul of her professional soldier finally fully awakened.Still, this kind of exciting battlefield is the most suitable for her, and a comfortable life will only smooth out her fighting spirit and skills.

Soldiers, they learn killing skills and do defense work. Everything is for the justice in their hearts. She recalled her creed.

Working together with the soldiers to push the last cut tree into the charred bushes beside the road, Mu Li took a breath and rubbed his arm.The various data of her body displayed on the mask were normal, and the [-]D scan of her body reminded her not to overuse her left arm to prevent the wound from expanding.

The team has begun to assemble, ready to set off.It may be that just after a big battle, Mu Li was suddenly tense and then suddenly relaxed, suddenly a little anxious.She looked around and found that the soldiers were all gathering towards the road, and no one was going into the jungle, so she trotted into the jungle, intending to find a hidden place to solve her physical problems.There is no way to pay attention to this marching outside. All soldiers solve problems in this way.

She deliberately ran to the depths of the jungle, found a hidden bush, and solved her physical problem.When she was about to leave, she inadvertently noticed that there was a relatively open area under a big tree not far away, and there was a small pile of extinguished bonfires, slowly emitting green smoke.Confused, she stepped forward to check, and found that it was indeed a man-made bonfire, and there were traces of tents nearby.

Is it a soldier on the march?No way, this is the road leading to the city of Athena from the confidential area [-], who will camp here?And seeing that the bonfire had just been extinguished, they clearly sensed the war, so they hurriedly extinguished the bonfire and left.If a soldier camps here and encounters friendly troops fighting, even if he doesn't help, at least he has to go forward and check it out. This is not in line with the style of a soldier.Moreover, Mu Li's radar did not indicate any friendly troops nearby.

If it wasn't a federal soldier, who left this bonfire?Could it be that in this world, there are people other than soldiers who have the ability to walk outside the dangerous city-state?

With such doubts, Mu Li returned to the team.Their armored vehicles were destroyed.To keep safe and be alert at all times, Mu Li boarded an open jeep.Rogge, who had replaced the oxygen cylinder, happened to be the driver, and he has returned to normal at this moment.

The bruised and unlucky No. [-] Squadron staggered off again.Mu Li prayed secretly, hoping that there would be no more accidents in the future journey.

Sitting on the armored vehicle, Mu Li was absorbed in thinking about his discovery just now, and took the opportunity to check the information, and finally realized that apart from the federal soldiers, there was indeed a type of people who had the ability to leave the seven major city-states and walk in the dangerous outer domain .They are called adventurers, and most of them are soldiers who have been retired due to injuries or changes in camps. They spontaneously form mercenary teams and are hired to go out to collect various resources in the jungle, or to escort goods and escort employers. Blood licking life.Among the seven major city-states, there is the city of Artemis, which is located in the southeast of the inverted triangle seven major city-states, with a vast area comparable to the city of Athena.It is also known as the "City of Adventurers", and it is where such people live.I heard that there is also a nickname called "City of Freedom", which is very prosperous and a favorite place for businessmen.

It seems that the bonfire just now was probably left by a small group of adventurers. It is understandable that adventurers generally do not want to deal with the army.

The team marched in the primeval jungle, looking up, they could only see yellow and green.Most of these plants are unknown to Mu Li. They are mutated plants. They have found their own way of survival in the scarce sunlight, turbid atmosphere and omnipresent radiation.Plants are always the most tenacious creatures, and humans, perhaps in a sense, are not as good as them.

The soldiers were very silent, their morale was low, and they just kept their heads on their way.During this mission, successive setbacks and accidents hit everyone hard.In the team, there are experienced soldiers, and there are also recruits who are on a mission for the first time.The veteran was used to watching life and death, his face was numb, but deep in his eyes was deep sadness.The recruits wept uncontrollably, and the comrades who were still alive just now turned into dead bodies in the next second, but he or she had no time to mourn, and had no right to cry, because they were all soldiers.

This is war. Perhaps in Mu Li's era, certain wars could have been avoided and resolved through diplomatic means.At that time, it was all civil wars among human beings, and the targets of soldiers fighting were also human beings.But in this era, the objects of battle have become monsters. This is a life-and-death race battle, and the soldiers' battle objects have undergone a 180-degree change.But the cruelty of war will never change, no matter who is being fought against.

Mu Li has killed many people, and now she is about to start killing monsters again, but she feels that no matter which one she kills, she will not feel at ease.Killing people or killing monsters is nothing to her, but the pain caused by the familiar people leaving her is irreparable.Mu Li was lucky. During her many years in the army, she never encountered a situation in which her comrades around her died. There was only one time when a comrade was seriously injured and entered the CPU, but it was only a serious injury and did not die.But now, death is always around, but because she is not familiar with these soldiers, she can't feel the real pain.But she knew that sooner or later she would be in pain, and she was already prepared.

Mu Li, who was in a mess, didn't even have time to change his clothes, just thinking about his own thoughts, and slowly fell asleep while sitting in the car.This sleep was in the dark, and she didn't dream of anything. When she woke up again to Roger's call, she found that she had slept with her head covered for more than five hours in the car. She was drenched in the blood of the earth dragon. His combat uniform was hardened, and he wore it like a cardboard box, making him uncomfortable.

Rogge's voice in the earphone could not conceal his joy:

"Second lieutenant! We can see the city wall, we are finally home!"

Mu Li opened his eyes in a daze, raised his eyes to look into the distance, and the face under the mask slowly revealed a shocking expression.She involuntarily stood up from the convertible jeep, leaning on the guardrail on the body, almost from ear to ear.

The scene in front of her was so spectacular that she felt that her heart was widened and her whole body became erratic.Feel the magnificence of this world and the insignificance of oneself.

The team has already left the primeval jungle, and the army green dragon is galloping on the continuous plain.There is a spacious dirt road in the center, and the plains on both sides are covered with waist-high weeds, buried in the weeds, and there are looming cars that have been abandoned for many years, covered with moss, and reinforced concrete buildings that have collapsed and been covered by vines.Just on Mu Li's right hand side, she just passed a sign inserted crookedly in the weeds. It is a green sign on the expressway, indicating the Sichuan-Shaanxi Expressway.

At the far end of the line, a towering city wall intercepted the horizon, from east to west, with no end in sight, so spectacular that Mu Li forgot to breathe.In the evening, the setting sun squeezed out the meager light from the thick and dirty clouds, the sky and the earth were dimly yellow, and the city wall was dyed with a halo of yellow, standing majestically in the distance.Mu Li calculated the distance, and now they are still two or three kilometers away from the city wall, but they can see the appearance of the city wall so clearly, the height of the city wall is very frightening.

What was even more frightening was that just behind the city wall, Mu Li saw a towering building that shocked her extremely.It was a minaret. It had a spiral upward appearance, as sacred and elegant as a work of art carved by a master artist, but it was also sharp and majestic, like a spiral sword that pierced into the sky. Yunxiao, I can't see clearly.

Mu Li was almost dumb for a long while, and then murmured like a sigh:

"That's... the Tower of Babel..."

Babel's giant tower, commonly known as the "Babel Tower", stands at the intersection of Hera, the city of nobility, Athena, the city of war, Artemis, the city of adventurers, and the Crimean region of the extreme southern urn city. It is a super tall building overlooking the entire seven city-states.According to the data, this giant tower is 1027 meters high, which is ten times higher than the 100-meter-high city wall.The giant tower was built in the 2nd year of the new calendar and completed in the 29th year of the new calendar, which is 11 years later than the completion of the whole city wall.Infinite human and material resources were used, and immediately after its completion, it was praised as a "miracle in the world", symbolizing the power of the unity of all mankind.

Babel's real function is actually a signal transmission tower, covering the entire territory of the Federation, and can even radiate to many outfield bases around.It is the cornerstone for the popularization of the Jiushen system. Without it, the network of the Jiushen system would not be able to cover the entire Federation, and the communication between the armies would not be as smooth as it is now.

Before Mu Li was in the Griffin South Bunker, he saw a female soldier playing with a radio-like machine, which was actually an instrument for receiving signals from the Babel Tower.

The astonishing height of the Tongtian Tower is deified by religion, representing the power to reach the heavens, and is regarded as a bridge between humans and gods.So now, it has one more function, it is the main altar of the federal state religion - Babel's religion.

When it comes to the Babel religion, we have to briefly mention the spiritual beliefs of today's federal people.Since the federal people are strictly divided into nine camps, each camp has its own gods. There are nine gods in total, and they are the only nine supreme gods in the Babel religion—the god of lawful kindness, the guardian God of neutrality, god of lawful evil, god of neutral good, god of absolute neutrality, god of neutral evil, god of chaotic good, god of chaotic neutral, god of chaotic evil.

Each faction has its own gods to which it is loyal, and a change of faction is regarded as the greatest betrayal in the world and cannot be tolerated.Therefore, once the 18-year-old adult takes the assessment and confirms the camp, most people will not change the camp for the rest of their lives.If there is a change, there will be a permanent stain on the personal resume, and people in the new camp will not accept such a person, and it will be ruined for a lifetime.

When Mu Li saw this from the materials, he felt very uncomfortable. Could it be that people are not allowed to change their minds?What is the purpose of controlling people's thoughts so tightly?

The city wall is getting closer and closer. The 48-meter city wall spans hundreds of thousands of kilometers, and it took [-] years to build the entire territory.When it was a hundred or so meters away from the entrance of the city wall, it felt terrifying as if it was about to collapse.Human beings standing under the [-]-meter city wall are not even as good as ants.

This is the power of human beings, the fire is not extinguished, and it must rise!Mu Li felt that his heart was greatly shocked.