Chapter 1,281 Walls Have Ears

After the Earth Defense Alliance meeting, Jiang Chen and Kerwin left the alliance headquarters and took the express train to the Space Ministry under the escort of the Halo soldiers.

"How is the situation in the Mars colony?" Jiang Chen asked Kerwin as he sat in the stateroom seat.

"The Origin has been setting off for six days, and it will reach Mars synchronous orbit by this time tomorrow at the latest. By then, our new weapons and reinforcements will also be transported to Mars, which should help us gain a certain advantage." Kerwin replied.

On the way to the Kuiper Belt, Origin will use the gravity of Mars to adjust its course and test its synchronous orbit docking performance.

In line with the principle of following the road, Starlink Trading hung the weapons and equipment newly designed by the Future People's Army that are suitable for the Martian environment in the external cargo compartment on the belly of the Origin, preparing to throw them down when it enters the Mars synchronous orbit.

"Where is the specimen?" Jiang Chen then asked, "How long will it take to send it back to Star Ring City?"

"The first batch of specimens was loaded onto the rocket last week and will arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest...Should we notify our allies?" Kerwin asked.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Chen spoke.

"We will wait until the specimens are delivered. Let's keep it secret for now. I will recruit some researchers from the future to form a Corruptor research project team, and then we will discuss whether to disclose the information to our allies."

Kerwin nodded: "Okay, then I will go down as you told me."

The MRT will arrive soon.

After stopping at the door of the Aerospace Department, the two went to the 071 Project Department of the Aerospace Command Center.

By coincidence, as soon as the two of them crossed the threshold of the command room, Kerwin's assistant delivered a document to him.

Glancing at the document, I saw his brows furrowed slightly.

After a while, Kerwin put away the documents, looked at Jiang Chen, and smiled tiredly, "One piece of bad news, one piece of bad news, which one are you going to hear first?"

“… Let’s start with the bad news.”

"The bad news is that our Martian colony is under siege by the swarm," Kerwin said.

Hearing this news, Jiang Chen's eyebrows jumped sharply.

"...What about the good news?"

Kerwin forced a smile on his face,

"The good news is that our colonial governor was well prepared to build a wall. With the support of the Expedition, our army successfully blocked the attack of the insect tide."

Jiang Chen slowly breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the holographic screen in front of the command room.

In the satellite images sent from the Expedition, the sand outside the colony had been soaked in the blood and saliva of the Corruptors and turned an unhealthy dark green, with broken limbs scattered everywhere. However, the situation of the soldiers standing on the wall was not optimistic. Many of their equipment had been damaged by the Corruptor's acid.

The bugs once rushed onto the wall and collided hand-to-hand with the Halo Marines on the wall. Fortunately, the melee combat capabilities of these Corruptors were not on the same level as the Devil Insects. Although this battle was dangerous, Star Ring Trade finally won the victory with the support of defenses and the Expedition.

Looking at the casualty assessment on the screen, Jiang Chen was silent for a moment and then suddenly spoke.

"Don't you think it's weird?"

After hesitating for a moment, Kerwin asked.

"You mean..."

"Every time we make progress at Mine No. 071, trouble comes by itself as if it has grown legs," Jiang Chen continued, looking at Kerwin, "It's as if there is a pair of eyes watching us."

"Looking at us?" Kerwin was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "You mean, the troubles we encountered were controlled by humans?"

Jiang Chen didn't answer, just crossed his arms across his chest, looked at the holographic screen in front of the command room, and fell into deep thought.

He suddenly realized a possibility...

But he wasn't convinced yet.

Only when he returns to the end of the world next time can he verify whether his guess is correct.

…

Outside the Martian colony, billowing dust rolled into the sky a thousand meters high, spreading a wall of fog that blocked the sky and the sun outside the colony.

Just five minutes ago, dozens of mass bombs fell from the sky, flattening the sand dunes outside the colony and leaving craters more than ten meters wide in the desert. Three high-explosive ground-penetrating bombs collapsed the tunnel five kilometers below, blocking the Corruptor's offensive momentum.

Taking advantage of this gap, the Marines fighting on the wall successfully repelled the Corruptors who rushed up the wall.

Standing next to the bunker of the wall, looking at the swarms of insects that began to retreat, Zhang Hai slowly breathed a sigh of relief and lowered the rifle in his hand.

Soldiers withdrew from the fence, medical soldiers walked around the fence, and researchers wearing protective suits left the fence to collect specimens under the escort of the rover. If casualties and wasted ammunition are not considered, in a sense, this wave of insects is simply a bumper harvest. At least for a year, they will no longer have to deal with the sampling list issued by the Space Command Center.

After reporting the team's casualties to his superiors, Zhang Hai followed the others and walked towards the colony cabin.

After returning to the colony cabin, Zhang Hai, who passed through the buffer cabin, stuffed the equipment into the storage cabinet, took a can of coffee from the vending machine, and walked to a bench in the central square to sit down. It was already past lunch time, but he wasn't hungry at all.

Looking up and taking a sip of hot coffee, Zhang Hai leaned on the bench with his eyes closed, relaxing his tense nerves a little.

At this time, someone came and sat down next to him.

Zhang Hai raised one eyelid and closed it again when he saw that the person sitting next to him was Wang Qiang.

"Is it over?" Wang Qiang asked casually as he opened the canned drink in his hand.

"It's over for now." Zhang Hai twitched the corner of his mouth and glanced at Wang Qiang sitting next to him, "Who knows when the next wave will be, and who knows when these things will be over... By the way, you guys How is the progress on the side?”

"You have also seen that the operational base next to the 071 mine has been lost. What progress can be made?" Wang Qiang smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Let's not talk about it. By the way, where is your man... Koenig? ?How is he doing now?"

"The wound is seriously infected and the entire right arm is gone... Probably only the Koro City Hospital can cure his injury, but you know, he can't go anywhere now. We will temporarily arrange for him to lie down in a dormant warehouse until next year. We will send him back for treatment after flights are available."

At this moment, a soldier came over and stood in front of Zhang Hai and gave a military salute.

"Is it Captain Zhang Hai?"

"What's wrong?" Looking at the soldier standing in front of him, Zhang Hai placed the can of coffee on the bench.

"The captain has something to ask you. Please go to the research institute as soon as possible."

After being stunned for a moment, Zhang Hai noticed that he had forgotten to take out his wrist-mounted computer from the locker when he was equipping it. It was estimated that the captain couldn't contact anyone on the phone, so he sent someone to look for him.

"I'll be there right away." Zhang Hai picked up the coffee can placed on the bench and looked at the soldier and said.

Squatting behind the potted plant in the square, Jenny held her breath nervously, not daring to take a breath.

She had no intention of eavesdropping, but just happened to be passing by.

However, after seeing the two people sitting on the bench, for some reason, her brain got hot and she squatted down and hid behind the potted plant. Then she heard something that seemed very extraordinary.

Over there on the bench, a soldier walked over and said something to one of them.

Then the two people sitting on the bench stood up together and walked away from the square.

After waiting for a while, she cautiously poked her head out from behind the potted plant and looked at the empty bench.

Slowly leaning on the back of the potted plant, Jenny pressed her heaving chest and let out a long breath.

071 mineral point? Base of operations? progress?

Her experience in journalism not only gave her the habit of sticking her nose out everywhere, but also allowed her to develop special intuitions in certain aspects. For example, right now, her intuition tells her that the 071 mineral point must be more than just iron ore.

Who would build a military base just to protect a mine?

We have to find a way to send the news back...

I can't tell Blaise, that coward will definitely stop me!

Thinking secretly in her heart, she climbed up from the floor behind the potted plant.

Patting her jeans, she looked around. When she found no one, she pretended that nothing happened and walked quickly back to her room.