230: Chapter 237 The Black Bird Takes Flight, the Iron Wings of Qin!

The first item is the Internal Circulation System, which can collect energy lost by the Imperial Armor for reuse.

This will greatly increase the endurance of the Imperial Armor Troops and reduce resource consumption.

Moreover, if he remembered correctly, the loot previously obtained from the Insect Swarm could be combined with the Internal Circulation System to unlock the Toxin Purification Device.

With the Toxin Purification Device, assault melee units would no longer have to fear the toxins of the Insect Swarm.

The second item is the Tactical Helmet unlocked by the Advanced Radar Detection System, which possesses thermal imaging and night vision.

The importance of these two technologies had already been demonstrated when the Crossbowmen fought against Insect Swarm units in the fog.

Without devices that could penetrate such visual obstructions, even sharpshooters like the Great Qin Crossbowmen could do nothing against the enemy.

And as long as this technology is unlocked, the Great Qin Troops will be able to fight the enemy in any environment.

After reviewing all the upgrades, Su Yang let out a soft sigh of relief.

Although this upgrade brought significant improvements, there were also a vast number of technologies that needed to be upgraded.

Five independent upgrades for various troop types, two global upgrades for all infantry units, and three prerequisite upgrades that had not yet been unlocked.

A total of ten upgrades; unlocking them all would require 550,000 command points and a total time of 24 days.

command points shouldn't be a problem, but the time consumed by the upgrades is an issue.

In the current situation, honestly waiting for the time to pass is obviously impossible.

However, there is currently only one expert-grade Heart of the Hive in the territory, but there are too many technologies that need to be upgraded.

To launch an attack tomorrow, they certainly cannot sit idle tonight.

They need command points, and they also need a large number of Hearts of the Hive.

command points might be farmable in many areas, but there is only one place for Hearts of the Hive.

It used to be the Insect Hive Forest, but now it has become the Wild Forest.

Based on the scale of the Insect Swarm encountered by the Ranger Troops earlier, farming command points and Hearts of the Hive should not be a problem.

The question is, which troops to send?

The First and Second Expeditionary Armies have sufficient firepower, but they are too far away.

The First and Second Ranger Squads have just returned to the territory, and they would certainly lack the energy for continuous operations deep into the night.

Furthermore, with the current strength of a single Ranger squad, it would be very difficult to break through the outer Insect Swarm defenses, and taking down the Mother Insect to obtain the Heart of the Hive would be even harder.

So what combat force could easily break through the defenses and harvest a large amount of command points and Hearts of the Hive in a short time?

Su Yang's gaze fell upon that xuan niao fighter parked on the aerospace platform.

He had wanted to see the fighter take off before but had no reason; now, that reason had arrived.

There is currently one expert-grade Heart of the Hive left in the territory, and after upgrading the laser theory line for the Thousand Mechanism Tower, it will basically be gone.

To set out for Tianzhu tomorrow, Su Yang believed that at the very least, he needed to unlock the Tactical Backpack for the Great Qin Elite Soldiers, Tactical Reconnaissance for the Scouts, and the Tactical Helmet that applied to the entire army.

These are upgrades at a tactical level; as for firepower upgrades like those for the Crossbowmen and Skyfire Guard, Su Yang felt they could be put on hold.

After all, the current firepower is already fully capable of dealing with human units.

The Tactical Backpack has no prerequisite technology, while Tactical Reconnaissance and the Tactical Helmet have two prerequisites: Micro-robot and Advanced Radar Detection.

Without a shortage of command points, to unlock these technologies before tomorrow, he would need enough Hearts of the Hive to reduce the time by at least 13 days.

Based on the Hearts of the Hive that have appeared so far, at least 3 legendary-grade Hearts of the Hive are needed.

In other words, the black bird needs to kill at least 3 Mother Insects on this sortie, which is actually a bit difficult.

After all, the black bird's endurance and the amount of ammunition it can carry at one time are both limited.

Then, two black birds!

Su Yang's thoughts flickered, and he invested another 50,000 units of command points to summon a new black bird.

Two xuan niao fighters, one night, 3 legendary-grade Hearts of the Hive.

Can they take them down?

"xuan niao aerospace fighter, Unit 1 and Unit 2, prepare for takeoff!"

"xuan niao no. 1 received!"

"xuan niao no. 2 received!"

command points shouldn't be lacking; the most important thing is whether they can kill the Mother Insects to obtain the Hearts of the Hive.

Whether the troops can be configured according to his expectations tomorrow depends on the performance of the two fighters tonight.

Bzzzzzt---

On the aerospace transport platform, the huge turbofan engines of the two xuan niao fighters slowly turned, lighting up with a pale blue glow.

The transport modules located beneath them also began to flash indicator lights of various colors.

The flashing lights of various colors were incredibly bright in the pitch-black night sky.

Vroooom---

After the platform rotated to align with the direction, the originally fine sound of electric currents turned into a huge hum.

The two turbofan engines gradually turned blue from the inner ring to the outer ring.

After the blue light reached its peak intensity, rings of blue light surged from the tail of the engines.

Under an invisible lifting force, the xuan niao fighter slowly rose into the air, hovering above the platform.

"xuan niao no. 1 ready, requesting takeoff."

"xuan niao no. 2 ready, requesting takeoff."

The pilot's report reached his ears.

Finally, Su Yang's eyes flashed; Great Qin's aerial units had finally arrived!

"Takeoff!" Su Yang ordered.

BOOM---

The moment the order was given, the power System in the turbofan engines activated.

The two xuan niao fighters shot out like phantoms, piercing straight into the clouds.

A violent wind rose behind them, and the whole world seemed to be caught in the center of a storm.

Su Yang gripped the edge of the city wall tightly, squinting as he looked up.

In that pitch-black night sky, there were two points of light moving as fast as meteors.

Those were Great Qin's Iron Wings, the symbol of Great Qin moving toward a new era!!

BANG---

A loud explosion rang out, and the two black birds broke the sound barrier, disappearing into the pitch-black clouds.

Su Yang switched to the pilot's perspective, seeing only the pitch-black night sky.

The ground retreated rapidly, like a piece of cloth sliding away.

The straight-line distance between the Great Qin Territory and the Insect Swarm discovered in the Wild Forest today was approximately 600 kilometers.

For ground troops, crossing this distance would take at least half a day.

But for the xuan niao fighter with a cruising speed of 3,000 km/h, this distance would take as little as 10 minutes!

This is the speed that surpasses sound, this is the speed that surpasses the era!