Chapter 2899: Clean
Chapter 2899: Clean
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Yes, they over there needed the V-70 war machines more."
Gorn said in a deep voice, "The front line’s main battlefield lacked war machines, and the officers of those two regiments had already expressed a lot of grievances."
"I understand, Captain. Please look at the big screen."
Collete had already prepared. He gestured for his subordinate staff member to display the survey map on the big screen.
Yesterday, Fang Heng cleared a large area of insect nests, including a B-level insect nest. This achievement was enough to demonstrate his decisiveness.
Oh?
Gorn saw the marked area on the map and, just as Collete had expected, his eyes showed signs of surprise.
Seeing this, Collete felt a bit relieved. At least the Captain would have something to say on his behalf.
Collete turned back to the big screen, ready to explain.
Hmm?
That was...?
What?!
Originally, Collete had only wanted to showcase the success of clearing the B-level insect nest from last night.
However, to his surprise, according to the current map displayed, except for the solitary B-level insect nest, there were no other red marks within a 10-kilometer radius centered on the Prism Tower Fang Heng had predicted to build!
This meant that all the insect nests within 10 kilometers had been cleared!
Collete was stunned for a moment.
Good grief!
In just about 12 hours since last night, what had they done?
Collete had generously lent Fang Heng four additional V-70 war machines, hoping he could clear more insect nests to solidify the foundation for the subsequent construction of the prism defensive facilities.
He never expected the guy to work this hard!
Such terrifying combat strength took him by surprise!
Originally, there were at least a hundred C-level and D-level insect nests scattered across the area.
Gorn’s face grew serious.
The final construction task for the prism defensive facility was supposed to be his responsibility, and he knew the mission’s difficulty well.
He had conducted several pre-battle evaluations, and the surrounding environment of the construction site was extremely harsh, with more than 200 insect nests of various sizes, in addition to the two nearby B-level insect nest clusters.
Now, only one remained?
Wait!
Hold on!
Gorn seemed to notice something and instinctively rubbed his eyes.
While observing the map, he saw that the light spot representing the last B-level insect nest flickered a few times before completely dimming.
What the hell!
It’s gone?
The last B-level insect nest had been dealt with as well?
Gorn and Collete looked at each other in silence.
...
Mr. Fang was really going all out.
Boyd and his group of players thought the same.
They had been running around the petri dish all night, and when they returned to the prism setup area the next morning, they saw that the C-level insect nests around the camp had been nearly cleared.
So, the federal teams split into smaller groups, expanding outward to clear the remaining D-level insect nests.
Then, they went to work.
It took over three hours to clear all the lower-tier insect nests within 10 kilometers of the prism setup area, and under Fang Heng’s lead, they launched an attack on the last B-level insect nest!
Two hours later...
The B-level insect nest mother body exploded once again in front of the players with a boom!
Done!
When they destroyed the B-level insect nest mother body for the first time, the soldiers were excited beyond measure, but by the second time, though still thrilled, they seemed to have gotten used to it.
Heh, B-level insect nest? No big deal.
The reason they felt this way...
Jayne couldn’t help but turn around and look at Fang Heng, who was standing on the shoulder of a V-70 war machine.
Fang Heng’s mouth curved into a slight smile.
He was still grateful to Collete.
Not only had Collete not tried to trip him up, but during the early morning hours, he had sent him four additional V-70s.
With the heavy fire support, clearing the insect nest areas had become much easier.
Fang Heng glanced down at the game prompt.
[Hint: The player’s current honor level: Assault Class (A) (Sequence Level: 6); the player’s team (271 Galaxy - Humanity), the player’s current team honor level: Inferior to allied races (S)].
After grinding for two days, his honor level had directly increased by three full sequences.
Although all the insect nests within 10 kilometers had been cleared, the V-70 war machines still had remaining energy.
He could continue grinding!
With the insect nests within 10 kilometers finished, he could go for those farther away!
As for which direction to head...
The south area was mostly scattered D-level insect nests, with a few C-level insect nests mixed in.
The speed would be too slow there.
The real area worth clearing was to the north.
It was closer to the mutant worm insect swarm gathering area in Area A and had more C-level insect nests.
Additionally, if the crystal defense tower’s construction was completed and it entered Tier 2, the threat would likely come from that direction.
Fang Heng also checked the progress of the current prism setup.
The first stage was 55% completed.
If everything went smoothly, he expected to finish by 11 p.m. tonight.
There was still time.
Then, he would push eastward!
That direction had higher-level and more concentrated insect nests, which was better suited for grinding!
While earning mission contribution points, he could also level up his honor.
"Chi, chi, chi..."
The Licker swarm once again sank into the ground and quickly spread toward the next C-level insect nest.
A few Federation officers watched the war machines spread outward toward the battlefront, exchanging glances, their faces showing a hint of bitterness.
It seemed like Mr. Fang was still planning to continue.
But they couldn’t take it anymore.
After a whole morning of high-intensity combat, they had accumulated quite a lot of toxins and needed to return to the ship for some rest.
Forcing themselves to continue would only accumulate more toxins and take longer to recover.
What a shame!
So many opportunities to earn merit, but they couldn’t seize them!
...
Night fell.
At the front line.
Left side of the battlefield in Area A
Two thousand elite Federation soldiers gathered here.
Due to encountering insect swarms layer by layer during the frontal advance, the Federation had set up defenses at the front line.
They weren’t aiming to attack but to hold the area, buying more time for the frontline defense zone by depleting the insect swarm.
Hmm, what’s that?
On a segment of the front line, Officer Kenno suddenly noticed something unusual.
There was chaos in the defensive line formed by the Rock Armored Gun Worm.
Kenno took the tactical binoculars from one of his subordinates and looked toward the area of chaos in the insect swarm.
He saw cracks suddenly appearing on the ground covered by the swarm, and through the rifts, a type of brown-spiny mutant worm body emerged.
Kenno’s heart skipped a beat.
Mutant worms?
He had seen this type of creature before.
Not long ago, something similar had broken through the ground, and transport robots had delivered weapons to them from the catacombs.
What was it doing here on the battlefield?