Chapter 637: Earthquake
"Is this true? Oh my God, the army of the Jotun Alien race has reached the Holly Forest. Those rude and filthy beasts? ”
After hearing Reina's report, Lieutenant Colonel Ned looked like a girl who had seen a man's body for the first time, and he barely screamed. The lieutenant colonel was in utter uneasiness, and he walked up and down his office, rubbing the corners of his shirt with his bruised hands, looking undecided.
Reyna wondered how the Federation could send such a useless supervisor to the Kaiyan base, but thinking about how in the past, the Kaiyan base was a snow crystal transit station. The chances of being threatened by war are very rare, and the base is equipped with not many combatants, so there is really no need for a real strong man to be in charge. Ned's own strength is even more mediocre, barely sitting in the chair of the lieutenant colonel.
It is normal for such people to be at a loss when they hear that the base may become the target of an alien attack.
Reyna asked, "How many personnel is capable of fighting at the Kaiyan base, and what is the defensive firepower we have deployed?" ”
He asked a series of questions, and Lieutenant Colonel Ned was not a decisive man, but he knew the base well. When Reina's questions were answered one by one, the regular strength of the Kaiyan base was only five hundred, and the total number of civilian personnel in other administrative, maintenance, and logistics systems was only six or seven hundred. The base's defense system is dominated by an intelligent multi-purpose battery array, which is controlled by the brain and can automatically capture and correct the trajectory of the turret to resist the attack of the planet's natives. However, they are not yet capable of heavy firepower, although there are still two missile silos in the base, but the number of stocks in the warehouse is limited.
As for other weapons and ammunition, they can only be used to maintain daily consumption. In the event of an assault by the armies of the Cato or the Greggiants, it is a question of how long the Kaiyan base will be able to hold out.
"Listen to Lieutenant Colonel Ned, I believe that the army we took out should be the enemy's vanguard. We don't know exactly how many people the main force of the other side is, so you need to report the situation to the staff headquarters this time, and we will most likely need support. You can also post combat missions, such as scouting enemy troops, which I think Rhys's team would be happy to accept. Another example is the task of assisting the base, and all the hunting groups that are out on duty are transferred back, and the military department probably will not be stingy in awarding military merit rewards to those who assist in combat, right? ”
Lieutenant Colonel Ned hurriedly said: "Of course, there is also a provision in the instructions given to me by my superiors that the content of the task can be changed according to the actual situation, which is within my authority, and I don't even need to go through the military department to approve it." ”
"That's okay, what are you waiting for, let's do it."
Ned immediately called in his lieutenant and told him to notify all those who were out on duty to return, and at the same time issue urgent missions, including reconnaissance and combat assignments. Reina had work to do, and was about to leave the office when he suddenly felt dizzy, and then noticed that the building and the lighting were constantly shaking, and the frequency was becoming more and more intense.
Earthquake?
That was the first thought he could think of, and Reiner leaned against the door frame as he watched as the windows of his office shattered in the violent tremor. The cold wind with snow powder immediately poured in, blowing some of the essays on Ned's desk that had not been put away in time and flew all over the ground. Then the chairs and tables shifted, the cabinets toppled over, and thin cracks appeared in the ground base. Fortunately, the situation did not continue to deteriorate, and the shaking lasted for more than ten seconds before finally stopping, but the entire base was already in shambles.
"Is this an earthquake?" Reina frowned, he didn't know much about Froststar, and he didn't dare to assert it lightly.
Ned stood up against the wall and said with a puzzled expression, "It shouldn't be wrong." But Frost has few volcanoes, especially in the Holly Forest. I've been here for 10 years and haven't had an earthquake. ”
"Forget it, leave it alone. Keep up our work. "Reyna doesn't pay much attention to natural movements, and even if there are no volcanoes, it's not surprising that the planet occasionally experiences crustal movements.
For the surface, the tremor caused only some headaches for the creatures on the surface. The Kaiyan base did not suffer much damage, the base is not large, but the standard of construction is completely in line with the requirements of military architecture. Not to mention the shaking of this level, even if it is stronger by a few levels, it may not be able to shake across this base. The damage caused by the earthquake shattered a window and lamp, toppled chairs and tables, and a few unlucky people suffered some minor or serious injuries.
But in the case of the underground, the damage caused by the shaking was catastrophic.
Alan experienced this firsthand.
The tide of beasts pushed deep underground, and Alan and Catherine began to chase after many strange beasts. It's just that the chase didn't last long, and the two of them and the beast tide collided with this underground earthquake together. The labyrinth of the cave was like a sackcloth crumpled and crumpled by a large hand, and countless branches were gathered and squeezed, and the beasts that had not had time to escape from the collapsed passage were crushed into a pulp by a great force that could not be disobeyed.
The earth screamed in terror, and stones poured down and flesh flew everywhere.
In such a situation, even Catherine can no longer pursue Allen, so she can only protect herself. The walls of the mountains on either side kept squeezing towards the middle, and large stalagmites fell overhead, their sharp tips nailing a beast running from below. The ground is like a violently wriggling esophagus, which is not only rugged, but also undulating. From time to time, herds were thrown out, and more often they fell into cracked crevices to the abyss below, where the foehn wind was blowing.
The situation was chaotic, and Alan could only concentrate on it, even leaving Catherine's threat behind. He kept moving between the beasts and the rocks, slicing through the obstacles that came his way with his blood, and thus carved out a difficult way to survive. I don't know how long it took, it was about a dozen seconds, and it was as long as a century. The shaking finally stopped, but the chaos continued.
Eren even threw the alien beast to the ground, if he didn't climb the body of the other alien beast in time, he was afraid that he would be trampled into meat sauce in an instant. On the way, there were already many beasts that seemed to be strong, but they were trampled into flesh at the moment of stumbling and falling, which left a deep impression on Allen.
He didn't want to be one of the pieces of pureed meat.
Avoiding a stalagmite falling from the sky, the screams of wild beasts and the screams of lurkers suddenly sounded in front of them. Alan instinctively felt danger, and this feeling had just flooded through his heart, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He and the herd rushed out of a passage, but the exit of the passage was not flat, but void. On the body of a strange beast, Eren already clearly felt the feeling of falling.
The earth dragon beneath him was scribbling with its four claws, but it fell helplessly below the void. Alan stomped on both feet, and the earth dragon accelerated its fall, and the scream pulled out a long and mournful sound, and the earth dragon was already blinking. Alan pounced on the cliff with his strength, and the blood was heavily inserted into the cliff wall, and finally stopped after sliding for several meters. Then he looked back and saw a hellish picture.