Chapter 710: Twenty. Masks (4)

The time, place and method of the attack are impeccable.
There is only one day left from the destination. In theory, it is already within the control of the friendly forces. In addition to the large number of attack troops that have successfully repulsed before, the entire train is in addition to the seat belt and the tank team on standby. In a relatively relaxed state. First, there was a violent earthquake-like tremor, and then, the huge inertial impact brought by the sudden stop of the train almost caused everyone to fall to the ground. The lights in the car are switched to red in an emergency state, and the windows on both sides of the car pop up the armor plate.
"Stove? What happened? Report the situation immediately!"
In a wailing complaint, Roland immediately pressed the communication button and asked loudly at the dedicated line connecting the front of the car, but only the rustling noise came from the loudspeaker.
(……What's wrong?)
The uneasy group quickly zoomed in on the chest, and a wonderful feeling that had been experienced filled the brain along the sensory nerves.
"Lord Roland, Mana--"
The flower praying mantis turned sideways and screamed. On the instrument panel opposite him, the hands showing the Mana concentration index almost overlapped with zero.
"It's'spinning wheel'! Everyone is ready to fight!"
Recalling the data once encountered during the entrance test, Roland took a sigh of relief, too late to explain, and immediately issued instructions to the Marine Corps, forming an important foundation for magic. Nowadays, they are the most important force.
However, the situation deteriorated again before his instructions were executed.
"The radio connection is cut off and the standby frequency is switched! No. There is strong interference around it and it cannot be recovered!"
"The temperature and humidity inside and outside the car are constantly rising. This is--"
"'Mist'."
The name of the operation was squeezed out of the clenched teeth, and from the observation gap of the armor plate, watching the increasingly thick milky water vapor outside, Roland frowned.
The attackers apparently watched the previous battle. After blocking Mana, they immediately blocked the radio and the horizon, so that the rear could not grasp the situation here and could not expel the reinforcements in time. In the dense fog with visibility less than 1 meter, it is difficult for the troops to line up the entire team after getting off the vehicle. Not to mention aiming at invisible enemies and shooting.
The advantage of a musket over magic is range and rate of fire. But now this situation does not allow the flintlock to function properly.
"Copy guys!"
Within a second, the "Guardian Eagle" high-power pistol, oval grenades, No. 12 semi-automatic shotgun, 40mm revolver grenade launcher, 9mm submachine gun, and general machine gun with 75 rounds of drums all turned from behind the table and chair murals Came out. Although the insect killers have their own stunts, it does not mean that they do not like automatic weapons: Scorpions are loading a 32-shot drum with the imitation aa-12 shotgun in their hands. In addition to shotguns, high explosives are also mixed. No one who invaded the carriage can safely leave in front of this thing; the giant needle ant's skirt is covered with oval grenades. The huge "Guard of the Guards" pistol reflects the cold light of the sorrows; the flower mantis loads the grenade and smoke bombs into the grenade launcher. The gossip bears two general-purpose machine guns, the bullet belt is slanted on both shoulders, and a red headband is tied to the forehead.
This group of guys. It is not a problem to play 10 of this firepower configuration...
Roland secretly vomited, and Favna was playing with a .45 caliber imitation Magnum 29 revolver. The dragon princess seemed to find a good toy, and tossed and played this gun that was used to "beat dinosaurs." , Completely dismissive of the 88mm "Tank Killer" rocket launcher and "panzerfaust" on the side. Most of them don’t look like a silly and big figure, so it’s fine. It’s really unbearable to use this weapon in a train.
The personnel and equipment are intact, food, drinking water, ammunition are sufficient, and there is no problem with the armor plate. It should not be a problem to stick to the train until the reinforcements arrive. The other party will not think of this kind of thing. It should also have formulated a countermeasure. It is related to the inexplicable explosion of the front of the car, and the start of the "spinning wheel". It can ignore the armor protection and destroy the "Special II internal fireboat" instantly. Only magic That's it. But the speed and density of Mana's aggregation that I felt at that moment should not achieve that effect. In this way, what can destroy the front of the car instantly at a very small cost-
The dense white fog outside the window flowed over the corner of the field of vision, and Roland's face instantly turned pale.
laugh--
The long screams as white steam squirted out of every gap in the carriage, and as the visibility slowly increased, the landscape of death became clearer.
No more than half of the living people were standing in the second carriage. The marines who were going to "surprise" the intruders were all lying on the ground. The swollen body surface was covered with a strange red color. The blood on the neck was blurred. Some People pinched their throats desperately, and the air smelled like boiled meat.
Several spider silk-like water columns hang down the edge of the door, ignoring the laws of physics, the water column is like a biological tentacle that wraps around the door handle and pulls upward.
With a click, the door opened and the man covered in a black robe walked in with a smile.
"The effect is better than expected, um, the taste is a little bit heavier."
"The water before...water..."
"It's a water vapor explosion, remember it for me."
"Why not use that and use such a troublesome way?"
If someone hears this conversation on the spot, they will find it incredible, and then they will call the hospital-the kind that accommodates mental illness.
The man in black is talking to himself, and it seems as if two people are discussing the problem. It is a severe schizophrenic who needs to be treated.
"Please, please ask this question after your brain, okay?"
The frivolous voice sounded, as if it was unbearable to say:
"The so-called "steam explosion" is also a type of explosion. Don't think that steam is a form of water, it will not affect flammable substances. I used mist to increase the humidity of the air and make some muskets useless. But Gunpowder barrels have strict anti-moisture measures. The burst of high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor can cause a chain explosion of gunpowder barrels. Then send the fool who sing'' to the moon-this is not a romantic thing at all, I can Don’t want to try."
"This is not a romantic issue!"
"Yes, this is a matter of efficiency."
With a cheerful response to the serious rhetorical question, satisfied eyes swept across the floor of the carriage.
As expected, the steam filling the room will not detonate the gunpowder, but the accumulation of a large amount of steam in the confined space will make the room as dangerous as a gas chamber. The steam will squeeze oxygen away from the room and burn the skin and respiratory tract. Within a minute, the victim would die in painful suffocation.
This is not just magic. And the traditional operation of water. Turn the water into a blade to cut the opponent, drown the opponent, or create a misty illusion to confuse the enemy differently. This is a completely new way of using the main purpose of improving efficiency after fully understanding the characteristics of different forms of water.
"Efficiency, efficiency... You really learned the word from the group of guys."
"Well. This is one of the core principles. But. I learned the most from Yalfheim, but ‘creating the environment that is most beneficial to myself’, like this—

Wave one's hand. The white mist diffused in the cabin quickly gathered towards the ceiling of the cabin, and the water droplets cooled down dripped down, and it was about to splash on the floor, but the water droplets in the air quickly merged into a water ball with a size of 50 cm. After fixing a few tentacles to fix the body of the water polo in front of the man, the water polo splits out several tentacles again, as if it is alive as if it keeps twisting.
"Automate the enemy."
The man in black ordered eight tentacles to move along the edge of the car. The narrow spaces such as door slits and armored observation slits were virtually useless for these randomly deformed water tentacles. Soon, eight pictures appeared on the sphere, with the tentacle tip The movements are fully synchronized, and several of the screens are not intuitive optical images, but human-shaped red, blue, and green balls.
"Okay, let's see where the little mice are hiding."
Staring closely at the picture on the surface of the water polo, the man licked his lips excitedly.
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"Water vapor explosion?"
Ruminating with unfamiliar words, Favna asked puzzled:
"It's just evaporating boiling water. How can a locomotive with heavy armor protection be destroyed?"
"It's better to say that because of the armor, the destruction effect has been strengthened."
Turning on the pistol insurance, Roland explained anxiously.
"After the water turns into steam, the volume is 1700 times the original. A large amount of water in the confined space becomes steam in a short time, and the result becomes a huge pressure from the inside out. I am afraid that the enemy has prepared passive on the rails The technique, when the front of the vehicle passes over the array, the technique starts immediately, quickly heating the water in the tank and the boiler, and the steam is nowhere to go in the heavily armored sealed front, so—"
"Boom--"
Fafna imitated the explosion and then asked:
"The prisoner should have at least two people, one is responsible for maintaining the "spinning wheel" to create the Mana vacuum zone; the other is responsible for annihilating the guards and taking hostages in the car."
"should be."
Roland nodded, and the option to "kill the passengers on the train" was excluded from the beginning. If the enemy really wanted to do that, he didn't have to deliberately blast the front of the car and just detonate the ammunition compartment. It is precisely because of the hostages that it is necessary to stop the train first, and then use the "fog" to block the movement of the guard.
The simple and neat way of acting is obviously smarter than the previous attackers, and this way of using magic also makes Roland care, but it is not the time to struggle with these details.
"The train has a total of 55 carriages, with 12 carriages at each end fully loaded with the Marine Corps, except for the command carriage, ammunition carriage, dining car, recreational carriage, and special carriages added at the rear. The 18 carriages with important passengers in the middle should be the target of the other party. . Next, will the enemy take an assault, check every car or use other means to investigate..."
"It's good to bring the spider at this time."
The flower mantis on the side plugged into it, and a sharp line of sight shot from the side, causing him to shrink his neck.
"Sorry, I forgot that Scorpion is here..."
"Anyway, I'm an Obasan who likes to separate corpses. It's nothing like shaking a beautiful girl."
He lowered his eyelids, and the corner of the scorpion's mouth bent into a dangerous arc. Looking at the extremely dangerous smile, cold sweat perched on the forehead of the flower mantis.
Ignoring the surrounding vision, the scorpion reached out and held the wall.
Exoskeleton organisms have their own unique sensory systems, such as the compound eyes of dragonflies and mantises, the hormonal pheromones of ants and bees, the flagella of cockroaches, etc., but it is rare to realize wide-area perception like spiders. Scorpion happens to be one of them.
Few people know that although the appearance is very different, spiders and scorpions are actually close relatives of the same arachnid. The two have many similarities in life habits. For example, they are both good at setting traps, holding their breath and waiting for their prey to come to the door; for example, they are good at sensing changes in the surrounding environment.
The scorpion has no ears, no compound eyes and tentacles of insects, and is replaced by a special sensory organ called "Ctenoid ()", which grows on the inside of the fourth pair of foot roots on the inside of the abdomen and is dedicated to sensing vibration.
In terms of "sensing external conditions through vibration," spiders and scorpions are the same, but scorpions have no spider silk, and they can perceive vibrations around them only by their bodies. The killer named "Scorpion" has also transplanted this ability to recognize the sound of subtle vibrations on the skin alone. Pressing the handle on the wall of the car, the sound of talking, the footsteps of movement, the sound of the operation of the ventilation duct passed through the palm of the hand. Among the many sounds, several subtle sounds attracted attention.
"Water sound?"
The stream-like clear sound is advancing against the car wall. Incredibly, at least 4 of the 8 vibration sources come from the ceiling, and the process is not continuous. Instead, it stops from time to time, or sneaks into the car room. Move on for a while.
"It's like searching."
The scorpion gave a soft whisper and acted like a creature ignoring the gravity of the water flow. She was not too surprised. After all, the other party was an experienced magician, and it was not a cause for surprise to do anything beyond common sense. . But this type of probing is really tricky.
"Master, do you know what can be used for investigation in the operation of water attributes?"
"Water detection... Several known methods are used underwater ~ EbookFREE.me ~ is measured by sensing changes in water pressure. Used on land... wait, you are sure that the other party is using water properties. Inspection car?"
"Although there is no sound, friction and vibration can't be concealed from me. There are 8 fingers thick water column constantly infiltrating the car, while advancing while exploring, there are 11 cars away from us."
"It turns out that the operation of the curvature of water and the transmission of images may also add vibration detection and thermal induction..."
That's right, this is the "water demon", a technical style that is still at the theoretical stage. It appears a little bit of concern here. However, it is not the time to struggle with this kind of problem.
The enemy's magical operation skills are quite clever, and the strategy is also very stable. The reckless counterattack will only be led by the other party's nose, and the wait will only be slowly ravaged by the other party.
In this case--
The teenager raised his head, a confident smile appeared on his face.
"Simply accompany him to play hide and seek." (To be continued...)