Section 22 Devouring 4
"Well, I'm just here...... Captured a captive. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 Aki hesitated. "And we ......"
"Isn't this a simple little thing to do along the way?" said the bald head. "Investigating the fallen Floating Fortress will take a day or two at most and will have no impact on our main mission. ”
"But, that ......" Aqi still hesitated. She also knew that there was such a task. In addition to "scratching the tongue", there is also the task of investigating the reasons for the destruction of the floating fortress. But this mission was not critical - because the soldiers of Kecha Goat did not occupy the fallen floating fortress. In other words, as long as you can bypass the border, avoid those patrols, find the crashed floating fortress and investigate.
In fact, this is also true. In contrast to the mission of "capturing enemy soldiers", which has yet to be completed, there have only been two successful investigations of the crashed floating fortress. So this task doesn't have much credit, and Aqi doesn't really want to do it.
However, although the two warlocks had always shown a kind of gentleness like ordinary people before, it was only appearances. Even Lu Wu on the side could clearly feel that the bald attitude at the moment was as firm as a piece of iron.
For some unknown reason, he desperately wanted to go to the crashed floating fortress nearby.
"Well, bald head, haven't you successfully investigated a crashed floating fortress before?" asked White Ash on the side. He also seemed unimpressed by the bald head's request.
"Yes, the reason for the fall of that fortress was the power plant - there were ...... Let the power plant disengage. He said. "Normally this is not possible. There is only one explanation for this, and that is that the commander of the fortress ordered the fort to abandon it and make it self-destruct. But self-destruction is not so simple, it requires a series of formalities, and it is not something that the commander can do with a hot brain. That's exactly what I don't understand. He glanced around at the others, especially White Ash, and explained calmly and quickly. "Although we report the results, I don't really agree with it. I suspect that there is a possibility that the so-called 'power plant falling off' is probably just an accidental result of the impact force of the fortress when it fell to the ground, and not the cause of the fortress's fall. ”
His expression was calm and accurate, indicating that this explanation was not his impromptu idea, but the result of many careful considerations.
"If the wreckage of this fortress can be investigated......" said the bald head. "You should be able to solve the puzzle. It's not dangerous. ”
"This fortress ...... Is it the Governor's own ship?" asked the box.
"That's right," the driver replied. "The first floating fortress to crash, and the Governor, supposedly killed by infiltrating assassins before it crashed. ”
"Why did the Assassins infiltrate? Is this a floating fortress?" Thirteen asked curiously.
"I don't know, but the Assassin may be disguised as an emissary, or impersonate an ordinary soldier in the fortress, or even a civilian with classified information. The Floating Fortress is powerful, but if it were to infiltrate one or two Assassins, it wouldn't be too difficult, at least in theory. The driver replied.
"Beside the Governor...... There should be enough guards, right?" Thirteen was still a little incredulous.
"The Governor always has a Warlock by his side as his guard, and this is the privilege of any Governor. The driver replied. "He even has the right to choose a strong enough escort on his own initiative. But maybe the guard wasn't there by chance? or something else. Anyway, no matter how tight the defense is, there are times when it is missed, isn't it?"
The conversation between them did not affect the two on the other side. The bald head was smiling, and his eyes were fixed on Aqi in front of him. After all, for him, Ah Qi is the one who is in charge, and no matter what the others say, it is not the point.
"What do you think?" said Aki, turning her face to look at the others.
"I'm casual. White Ash made a helpless gesture. "We've already had plenty of time to spare, so it's not a big deal to spend a day or two here. ”
The bald head returns the support of his companion with a smile, then turns his gaze to several other people.
"I'm just doing an investigation into the cause of the crash," he said. "This is the Governor's car, and I'm sure there must be a great deal of value in it. ”
That's enough!, bald eyes look at the others. On the one hand, they were intimidated by his momentum, and on the other hand, they felt that it was no big deal, and they could also make some benefits along the way, and almost everyone agreed. Lu Wu is the only one who has not expressed his opinion, but whether he is indifferent or opposed, he is an absolute minority and cannot affect the overall situation. The bald head even looked at him dissatisfied.
When it got dark, eight people camped at the foot of a small hill. It would be good to have a warlock of the Fifth Law - that is, an animal trainer - as a companion, at least it would save the trouble of being on duty at night, and everyone could sleep with peace of mind. After a simple dinner, almost everyone went into the tent tired.
Although they are in a car, it must be said that it is not easy to sit in the car for a day, and they will also have back pain and exhaustion.
This convertible has a larger carrying capacity than it seems. Although the car was full of eight people, there was still enough space in it to carry all kinds of items. As mentioned earlier, there is even room for an exoskeleton armor inside.
However, for greater convenience and concealment, they carried small tents—the small, low, and sleepable ones. And it's also unevenly distributed. Aqi and the two warlocks were one each, and the other five were only two. The driver and Thirteen took turns to drive (most of the time the driver drove, but when he was tired for a long time, he changed to Thirteen to drive), the two of them got one, and the rest of Lu Wu, Xiaoxiao and Box, the three of them had to squeeze into a tent. Luckily, it's a bit crowded, but it's barely manageable.
"Why do I always feel that my bald head is not right? When it got dark, Lu Wu whispered to his two companions. "He seems to have another goal. ”
"Warlocks are always ambitious, and I guess they won't be so easily hired for pay. The box doesn't think so. "They have a lot more information for us...... Nine times out of ten, I guess, there was something in that crashed floating fortress that he needed. It was the Governor's car, and it was normal to have something good. However, they are the protagonists anyway, and we have a little bit of a benefit, just a little less risk......"
"What if we successfully complete the ruins survey?" Lu Wu asked.
"Well, at worst, even if we fail to capture the captives, we can barely get past them, so that they will not be considered a failure. On the bright side, Aqi's merit value is estimated to increase by thirty percent, which is even enough for her to become a colonel from a lieutenant colonel. Xiaoxiao replied in this way.
"It's only that simple?" Lu Wu wanted to say something, but he didn't say it. "Will there be ...... among them?"
"Of course, there are risks, but ...... It's been long enough, and even if there were anything in the ruins that Kecha Goyat thought was important, the excavation would have been over long ago, right?"
"I mean, if there is really something important in the ruins, that, will they do something to seal it?" Lu Wu carefully observed the situation outside the tent, and then said in a very soft voice. His tone and expression made it so that the two companions would never misunderstand what he meant.
"How is that possible?" said the box. "Whatever he finds...... No matter what's in that ruin, there's no point in him killing us. Even if there was an unnamed recommendation for the next governor written by the governor himself—you know, with such a thing, even a little man like you and me could become the governor of the Banshee's Gate in an instant—would we be qualified to rob him?"
"No way, unless we die ourselves, take the initiative to attack him and grab something, why would he kill us?" "I admit that there is a great possibility of excavating something precious in the ruins, but what could be more precious than life?"
This logical inference is very plausible. No matter what can be unearthed inside, everyone will not be so bold as to rob it with a warlock. Because each other knows this, which makes things very simple. Maybe the bald head can eat meat, but other people can drink some soup more or less, and that's enough.
"Maybe there's something in there...... Can...... I mean something very precious, the kind that can't be given to anyone else to know?"
"What could that be?" the box had already been made a little impatient by Lu Wu, and replied with a sneer. "What can not be known? The Banshee Gate is just a remote and small place in the Huiyue camp, what is the precious thing? Even if it is some kind of special new technology that the Governor accidentally obtained, could it be leaked at a glance?"
"Lu Wu, don't think too much. Xiaoxiao also said. "No matter what treasures or new technology are in the ruins, it's impossible for him to do such a thing. Can we keep it a secret if we kill us? On the contrary, if he does this, he will really seem abnormal and attract the attention of the higher-ups, right?"
Lu Wu had to say that the logic of the two companions was correct.
"Where are you going?" watched Lu Wu get out of the tent and asked with a smile.
"There's something pulling up the cart, I'm going to get it. Lu Wu replied. He walked out and took a breath of the cold night air to clear his mind before walking over to the side of the car and opening the lower storage compartment of the car. As mentioned earlier, the main thing in the storage box is an exoskeleton armor.
"Amber. Lu Wu called softly, and at the same time took a lot of effort to open the exoskeleton armor. Lying inside the armor was amber in a half-virtual state. "How's that bomb?"
"Still in the old place. Amber said. "It's easy to dismantle it, but I'm worried about getting scared. ”
I'm going on a business trip tomorrow and take a day off.