Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 659 14. Silly Dog's New Friend

The journey from the earth to the southern Milky Way is very long. After leaving the solar system, the travel ship has to pass through 15 stops and travel through more than 30 wormholes before reaching the junction of the central and southern parts of the Milky Way.

In times of peace in the past, Frank could transfer there to a travel ship that went directly to the Kree Empire in the South Galaxy, but in recent years, the war between the Kree and the Skrulls has not stopped at all, even though he liked it a few years ago. The nosy Shi'ar Avians once tried to intervene in the war to bring the chaos in the southern galaxy under control.

But the Cree and Skrulls who have been red-eyed don't care about those guys with more paranoid moral values. According to the rumors in the market, both sides of this war are rushing to destroy the country directly.

Either the Crees kill the Skrulls, or the Skrulls destroy the Kree Empire, there will be no third possibility.

After seeing the determination of the Cree and the Skrull to fight, the birds of the Shia Empire seemed to be discouraged. They sent a few mild condemnations, and there was no other action.

"Ah, that's terrible."

In the star port in the middle of the Milky Way, Frank squatted on the shoulder of the fortress. Among all kinds of weird races coming and going, a talking dog was not eye-catching at all, but it was the fortress carrying Frank that attracted him. The eyes of some interstellar black merchants.

Those bastards can see at a glance the 3 Cybertron weapon modules and the original Cybertron transformation gears and parts installed on the fortress. Those things are all hard currency in the black market, so people keep getting close to Frank, thinking To buy the fort from it.

Of course, Frank dared not sell it.

If the fortress is really sold, it will definitely be skinned and torn apart by Merlin when it returns to Earth.Besides, although the fortress does not have artificial intelligence programs, it can also think by itself.

Ten minutes ago, in the alley of Xinggang, after Bastion drew a gun and killed a dozen interstellar bandits who tried to snatch it on the spot, no one dared to come up to get close.

Well, the deterrent effect of the Cybertron weapon module X3, which is enough to easily dry out the shuttle, is still very strong.

"No boats... not even a single smuggler, and travel boat routes are blocked again by the bloody bastard Kree."

Frank looked at the strangely shaped huge starships docked in the airport, and said to the fortress:

"It's really unlucky for us to be trapped here now. What should we do now?"

"@%@! %@!"

The Bastion emits a series of meaningless cacophonies, and it doesn't have a complete sound module without activating the Icarus program.But miraculously, Frank can understand the meaning of the fortress.

"Okay, okay, you're right, Bastion is right, the mission is the most important thing."

A trace of helplessness flashed across Frank's dog face, it barked twice and said:

"But the problem is, we can't go anymore. We don't have a ship. It's a long way from here to the South Milky Way, and all the way is a war zone. The place where Mother Carol was last time is outside the Milky Way. We can't get through without a ship. .”

"Forget it, I'll go find a few 'friends' to find a way."

The silly dog ​​gritted his teeth, and said to the fortress:

"If things don't go well for a while, don't hesitate to draw your guns and kill everyone. Those guys are a bunch of complete bastards."

Bastion nodded, and the information collector on its head suddenly changed from blue to yellow, which represented that Bastion had entered sentry mode.

The three Cybertron weapon modules on its arms and abdomen also emit a slight blue light, which means that they are in a state that can be activated at all times.

However, things went more smoothly than Frank thought.

It went to find an "old friend" in the local area, and after paying a sum of star dollars that made Frank's heart ache, it and Bastion successfully boarded a smuggling ship that was about to leave for the Southern Milky Way.

"It went so smoothly that I couldn't believe it."

Frank squatted on the dark and narrow seat. He watched the smuggling ship slowly leave the starport from the porthole. In the transformation of white light, the ship entered the state of wormhole shuttle as soon as it started.

The light of the lonely Milky Way stars in front of Frank's eyes was infinitely elongated at this moment, as if there was a visual distortion.

This is the state of the spaceship when it enters superluminal speed. Perhaps for the fortress beside Frank, this scene is memorable, but for Frank, a silly dog ​​who has been wandering in the galaxy for many years, this scene is already commonplace. .

Silly Dog squatted on the seat, biting open the can of beef he carried with him, while thinking about other things.

"I always feel like something's not right..."

Frank was biting the sweet beef, he lowered his voice, and said to Bastion who was curiously looking at the strange lights and shadows outside the window:

"The guy just agreed too readily. Moreover, it stands to reason that when a smuggling boat takes people across the border, it usually only sails after finding enough people to cross the border. But look now, there are only a few sporadic people on this boat. personal..."

"Not good! We were cheated!"

Frank sat up abruptly, the canned food he was eating fell to the ground, he looked around in panic, and said to the fortress beside him:

"Don't look! Get ready for battle, this fucking black car!!!"

Uh, although there are all kinds of dazzling civilizations in the Milky Way, some basic common sense is still the same as that of the earth.

There are black cars intentionally carrying passengers on the earth, and there are also in the galaxy. They are usually some bastards colluding with daring smugglers, doing some worthless business in the chaotic galaxy, stealing all the money of the guests, and then turning the guests into Slaves, and then sold to those big slave traders in the galaxy.

This starry sky is indeed gorgeous and attractive enough, but it also breeds a repulsive darkness.

"click"

The fortress reacted quickly, the weapon modules on its hands were activated, the turbines inside the two huge caliber energy cannons began to spin, and the information collector above its head also turned dangerous red, which represented that the fortress had entered the destruction mode.

"bang, bang"

Between two muffled sounds, the hatches on both sides of the cabin were immediately blocked, and several "passengers" sitting in front of Frank and the fortress also threw away their disguises. All kinds of weapons were pulled out around him, making all kinds of noisy and chaotic sounds, and they surrounded Frank and the fortress.

"Don't use heavy weapons."

Frank hid behind the fort and it screamed:

"If we break through the deck, we'll be finished. You don't care. I can't survive in a vacuum."

"click, click"

The fortress that was reminded immediately changed its weapon form. It raised its arms. When the looters surrounded it, the weapon modules on its arms changed rapidly, and two high-speed rotating six-barreled cannons began to roar in the narrow cabin. stand up.

Frank quickly jumped into the ground and hid behind the fortress. It covered its eyes with its claws, as if it was afraid of seeing the god of death on the battlefield.

The pungent smell of gunpowder, the sound of limbs being torn apart, the crisp sound of bullet casings hitting the ground, the wailing of those alien marauders before they died, the smell of death, the smell of blood, all these made the hair on Frank's body explode. rise.

To be honest, it thought it was superfluous for Merlin to give it a bodyguard. After all, Frank has been wandering the galaxy for so many years. What things haven't he seen?

But now, when encountering danger, there is an evil star standing beside me, so I don't need to wag my tail and beg for mercy...

Wow, this feeling is really great.

"click"

The sound of the firing pin of the gun rang out in the quiet cabin. The rectangular head of the fortress looked around, and there were no more hostile life signals.

Frank jumped out of his hiding place, and jumped onto the shoulder of the fortress with his short legs. He glanced at the battlefield in front of him, and almost vomited out the beef he ate just now.

too disgusting.

The disgusting mosaic left by alien limbs torn apart is no better than what happens when a human dies.

"Let's get out of here."

Frank urged:

"They must be more than that, we're going to the hangar below deck, maybe we can find a shuttle there... Wait, someone else is coming!"

Frank raised his head, and saw a group of murderous scumbags of various races coming from the cabins on both sides, with real weapons in their hands.

"Kill them!"

Frank screamed and fled back to his hiding place, the fort in Destroy Mode looked ruthless, it raised its arms and strode forward, but this time, before it could shoot, the mob who rushed into the cabin It threw out weird things, like a bomb, but after landing, it burst out with dazzling arc sparks.

Shet!

These bloody marauders know how to deal with robots...

"Wow, wow"

During the burst of high-intensity electric current, it was like a few pale light snakes scurrying about in the cabin. Frank's fur all over his body was erected by the strong electric current, looking like a big hedgehog.

"Snapped"

Due to the bombardment of the super-strong current, the fortress with multiple overloaded modules was struggling to move, but the weapon modules on its arms could no longer function normally. Facing the rushing thugs, it tried to resist, but was hit by a mechanical power hammer. He fell to the ground with a hammer.

Those scumbags attacked the knocked-down fortress frantically, and the weapons smashed on the fortress shell, splashing dazzling sparks.

"Ah, hell!"

Frank hid in the hiding place tremblingly. It watched Bastion turn his head around with difficulty. The light of the information collector was constantly changing, as if telling Frank to run quickly.

"Come on! Stand up! Beat 'em up! Damn it!"

Frank couldn't run away even if he wanted to. He was trapped on this plundering ship.

Maybe Frank's prayers were heard, maybe Merlin had planned for this situation.

In short, when the outer shell of the fortress was damaged to 75%, a certain program in its body that had been sleeping was activated.

Under Frank's gaze, the information collector on Bastion's rectangular head suddenly turned into a weird pink light...

That's something it's never seen before.

"boom"

A wildly spinning saw chain sword slashed towards the fort, but the fort grabbed the blade.

When the high-strength alloy shell collided with the blade of the pulsating inferior saw chain sword, violent sparks danced, and Bastion also took this opportunity to enter the overclocking mode.

"boom"

The black robot kicked an alien in the crotch with unprecedented flexibility, and then regained its footing with a cool backflip under the action of the back thrusters.

The paralysis of the strong current is not over, and the weapon system is still unable to go online, but it doesn't matter...

It also packs a pair of real iron fists!

"Icarus II is online, and the melee mode is being corrected...target locked!"

An indifferent, female voice with a certain mechanical tone sounded in the cabin, and under the dumbfounded gaze of Frank the dog, Bastion clenched his fist and punched it with a standard mechanical impact punch. On the head of the two-headed ogre.

This punch exploded one of the ugly ogre's heads. Amidst the blood splatter, the fortress seemed to be controlled by a different person. He quickly grabbed the ogre's shoulder and struck with a blow. With a powerful over-the-shoulder fall, the guy fell to the ground.

It grabbed the broken seat handle, as if holding a dagger backwards, and stabbed the handle precisely and fiercely into the only remaining head of the ogre.

"puff"

The smelly blood was spilled everywhere.

This sudden scene frightened the violent interstellar thugs. They thought that the robot had no power to fight back, but they didn't expect that their attack actually made this stupid robot enter the stage of the second transformation. situation.

Bastion's rectangular head kept spinning, and one target after another was locked in the pink information collector.

"The melee mode has been corrected... Mission corrected... Destroy the command!"

It lowered its body, and during the collision and transformation of the mechanical modules, the fists of the fortress were re-enhanced by the armor and became two punches larger than before. Many sharp metal cones protruded from the surface of the fists, as if wearing Like punching.

It also had a weird fighting stance.

This is the starting method of Cybertronian fighting, and it is the ultimate battlefield move summed up by the real mechanical life. The hired Sir Cybertronian will conduct fighting training on the two robots of SHIELD twice a week. Fortress In the database, there are also videos of the orthodox Cybertronian fighting techniques.

Those who have seen it for a long time know that any robot who can fight is a role that must not be messed with among the stars. Unfortunately, this group of low-style predators have never been beaten by real mechanical life.

That's okay, they'll learn the lesson today and definitely think twice the next time they encounter a robot.

The premise is that they can survive today.

Ten minutes later, the bloodied Bastion led Frank all the way to the lower deck of the raider, but no shuttle was parked in the hangar, which made Frank very disappointed.

"The upper deck is full of their men, they are hunting us, this is over!"

Frank was a little desperate. The fortress beside him had also returned to its normal form from the previous Icarus form. The copy of the artificial intelligence would only take effect at critical moments, and the fortress could not always maintain that smarter and more flexible state.

"Hey, that dog! Did you hear that? Come here and help us open this cage!"

Just when Frank was getting angry, he suddenly heard a cry for help from the other side. That wasn't Earth language, but Frank was a space dog who had been in the stars anyway, so he could understand that language.

It stood on the shoulders of the fortress, looked back, and it turned out to be in the deepest part of the hangar, where the prisoners captured by these marauders were kept in two cages.

Well...

Frank stared his dog's eyes wide. He suspected that he was wrong, but in fact he was right.

In front of it, a social-looking raccoon walking upright, wearing power armor, was stamping out something that looked like a cigarette under its feet, grabbing the railing of the cage with surprise, and waving at it.

And next to the raccoon, there's an honest, uh, Frank can't describe... treant?When Frank and the fortress approached, the kind-faced tree man seemed to introduce himself and said to it:

"My name is...Groot..."

Frank froze for a moment. He looked at the polite tree man in front of him and said:

"Um, hello, my name is Frank."

(End of this chapter)