Abnormal crossing

Chapter 280: The Clearing of the Map Begins

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Once the personnel for the five exploration teams were assigned...

Gu Wei blinked as if he understood something: "Big eyes, that's how the soldier sorts them."

"Hmm, that's reasonable," Big Eyes commented, this time with a hint of praise in his tone: "The five lines, combined with the mech's line of sight, basically cover all directions. Meanwhile, the exploration team's main task is to gather intelligence, focusing primarily on the mech's mobility and radar performance, with combat capabilities being secondary."

"In addition, he added two strong combatants to the second and fourth lines so that they can provide quick support in case of emergencies. The remaining high-level players will take control of the area around the spawn point. Anyway, if I were in command, I would probably start with this approach."

Gu Wei nodded while glancing at the Night Owl V mech of the Red Elite Soldier.

Just as Big Eyeball said.

The Red Elite troops' tactical arrangements were quite reasonable, exhibiting a steady and methodical style.

It might be slightly less efficient than everyone going all in to explore the map, but the team has a solid foundation, and it is indeed more forgiving when the construction of sealing the alien tide is entirely based on luck.

I wonder what tactics Link from the opposing Victory Oath team will use?
After a while.

Five combat teams, comprising a total of ten mechs, quickly emerged from the ranks, determined their positions, and began their exploration missions according to their respective routes.

Gu Wei caught up with Hehehe's Line 1, which was near the spawn point, to the right of the hangar entrance. As soon as the mech took off, Gu Wei was stunned by the sight before him.

As far as the eye could see, there was only desolation stretching as far as the eye could see.

Lead-gray dust, like a thin mist, permeated the space between heaven and earth, shrouding everything in the distance in a deathly veil, making it appear even more oppressive than the ground itself.

further away.

At the horizon where the sky meets the murky blue, a massive, unsettling outline looms in the distance—too far to make out what it is, Gu Wei knows only that it is the end point of the route set for their group by the elite Red Army soldiers.

This scene reminded Gu Wei of a game he played before his transmigration called "Black Horse: Monkey Head Wine," where the boss battleground in the second chapter, Huangfeng Ridge, was somewhat similar to the current scene.

Before Gu Wei could even marvel for a few seconds, the group chat was filled with the energetic voice of [Catch Up Hehehe]: "Hey, newbie, don't just stand there, keep up! Let me show you what real map exploration efficiency is!"

Followed by.

Gu Wei then saw a red figure whiz past him and speed off straight ahead.

Gu Wei: "."

Okay, as long as you are happy.

However, the shout of "Catch up, hehehe" did bring Gu Wei back to reality, so he quickly adjusted his state and flew after "Catch up, hehehe".

The two mechs flew past each other at low speed in the air, one after the other. The roar of their engines sounded particularly jarring in the dead silence, kicking up clouds of ash from the ground.

【Catching up with hehehehe】is clearly someone who can't sit still, and his real-time "commentary" can be heard in the channel from time to time:
"Hey, this looks like a plaza? It's all rotten, just a few stumps left, not a single thing left."

"Left wing scan complete, safe!"

"There's a depression to the right front, all covered in loose stones, not a place to hide anything big."

"Actually, I still think the teams the soldier arranged are a bit unlucky. Why plan five teams? Five teams won't do."

Gu Wei wasn't as active as him; he focused most of his energy on the data from the mecha's sensors and the panoramic radar screen. He carefully avoided the particularly tall, dilapidated structures while simultaneously turning the scanner's power to maximum, sending pulse waves across the ruins below repeatedly.

However, as [Catch Up Hehehe] rambled on about, all that could be seen along the way were the remnants left behind after the complete demise of civilization.

To be precise, there's hardly any trace of civilization in them—at least these stone pillars are hardly associated with a sixth-level civilization.

More than ten minutes later.

On the contrary, [Ruowei Qingdi], who was assigned to Line 4, sent a message: "Soldier, a special target has been found at markers T27, K877, and J9022. The detector shows that there is a free-state life reaction."

"Oh?" The elite red soldier immediately asked in the public channel, "What is the bio-level strength?"

[If it were the Azure Emperor] quickly reported a figure: "The overall energy level is estimated to be around 400 Pnium."

400 Punema?
Gu Wei also raised his eyebrows.

Pnuma is a unit of life energy level assessment commonly used in the Star Ocean. It is somewhat similar in nature to the materialization of bioenergy. The unit name comes from a biologist named Pnuma.

Like Wirtz in the field of physics, this person was also a well-known scholar in the early days of Star Ocean, and made great contributions to the field of cosmic life science. He was the first scholar to break the barrier of cross-species breeding, and successfully cultivated Star Ocean's first catgirl using human and cat reproductive cells. He even went to the civil affairs bureau to get a marriage certificate the day after she came of age.

Later, Punuma developed the concept of biomass-level intensity, which uses numerical methods to describe the total energy of various organisms and has also been extended to the field of heterogeneous life.

That's right.

The seven categories of alien life are classified according to their biomass-level strength.

This concept is now also used in Mech Overlord, as well as other games featuring original creatures.

After all, games and reality are different.

In reality, the probability of finding an ordinary life form comparable to a mech is almost zero, but in games there are plenty of monsters with exaggerated combat power. Having a unit of measurement can obviously more intuitively reflect the differences in combat power.

According to the information Gu Wei had gathered.

400普纽玛的实际战斗表现，差不多和2000-3000积分的《机甲霸主》玩家是一个水平，也就是5-8倍的换算上下限。

This score is enough to guarantee a spot in the top ten among the unfinished teams, and if it's in the 3000-point range, it could even compete for a top-five position.

A player like Gu Wei, with a score of 700, would probably only last a few rounds against this kind of enemy. Only a player with a high-level setup like Yuan Ge, who is still climbing the ranks, would have a chance to challenge someone of a higher level.

"A free-state life form with 400 pnumar?"

Upon hearing this, the Red Elite soldier immediately marked the location: "This kind of creature has never appeared in the Wanyu Ruins. It should be an original species generated by the game's main engine. Qingdi, don't worry about it for now, let's continue exploring forward."

[If it were the Azure Emperor]: "Received."

His current score is just over 1,900. Even his highest score in the past was only over 2,400, and he didn't maintain that level for long before it dropped.

If we consider Qingdi's actual skill level, it would be around 2200 points.

If you rashly engage in battle with this free-floating life form, the probability of defeat and death is actually greater.

(End of this chapter)