Chapter 14: The Ghost of the Whistling Castle (2)
The old corridors are covered with spider silk, and on either side of the narrow corridor are medieval knights' armor.
Some stood straight intact, while others were cut off by the waist and twisted from side to side.
The lights suddenly turned on, and they thought that there was a living soldier waiting here, which startled the two of them.
In addition, there are many small-framed oil paintings hanging on the walls of the corridor, which should be very artistic, but in the dilapidated and deserted environment, there is a hint of weirdness.
Mars patted his chest, and the moment he saw the human form, his heart jumped to his throat, and he almost shot.
"What's the panic, a bunch of knight armor scares you like this?" The captain, who was an artilleryman, couldn't help but glance at Mars, this guy was frightened just now, and even scared him.
"Sorry, I'm sorry! It's me who made a fuss! ”
Mars turned around and apologized, and the light hit the captain's face, only to see the captain's face unusually red.
"Boss, actually...... Were you scared just now? "It's funny that Mars seems to have discovered some secret, and he frantically scrunches his eyebrows, and he can catch the handle of the captain who has always been old-fashioned and steady.
The captain's eyes were as big as copper bells, and he said viciously: "Look at the road reconnaissance carefully, don't talk about these haves or not!" ”
The medieval knights' armor on both sides of the corridor does not have a lot of room to move around.
Dressed in exoskeletons and carrying heavy weapons, the gunners looked bloated when they walked down narrow corridors. Like a ballet pig, carefully balance your body and beware of any part of your body touching these old dusty armors.
If you knock down the knight's armor, the crunch and vibration can be heard clearly outside the castle.
Mars was supposed to be ahead of the curve, but he was too easy to block the gunner's view, so he had to follow the captain.
Captain Mechanic Zealot walked ahead, high-fire squad machine gun in both hands, staring intently at the end of the hallway.
Scout Mars followed behind, his vision obstructed and unable to scout the corridors, his eyes scanning left and right.
But just after looking at it like this, Mars shivered all over his body, and couldn't help pinching the corner of the captain's clothes.
"Captain, look at the oil paintings on the wall, why are they so infiltrating......" Mars frowned, and a chill ran behind his back.
The gunner, who was walking in front, turned slightly, the searchlight on his shoulder shone on the wall, and he saw a small oil painting hanging on it, with the same expression on his face as Mars.
After looking at it for a while, and then at other small oil paintings, the captain's expression became more and more solemn.
"Captain, did you notice something wrong too?"
The gunner nodded, these small oil paintings were really weird, all of them were hideous facial portraits.
The expressions on the portraits are quite strange, some of them have the corners of their mouths reaching the base of their ears, and they have a bright red tongue sticking out, and their eyes are staring straight ahead; Some have blank expressions and only one eye; There are also quirky portraits with distorted faces and eyeballs hanging from the corners of their mouths.
Although these portraits are extremely grotesque, a closer look reveals one thing in common -
No matter how they move back and forth, the focus of the eyes in the portrait always seems to be on them.
This discovery gives the captain and Mars a chiller.
"Okay, don't look at it, our mission is to capture the Wasteland Gang agents and study what this is for!"
Having said that, the captain of the artillery man shuddered after he finished speaking.
This abandoned castle is full of weirdness.
"Well, let's go!"
Mars also took the opportunity to talk to the captain to divert his attention, and before leaving, he glanced back suspiciously, and was relieved to find that it was the same, and kept reassuring himself: maybe the prince had liked this weird abstract style of painting before.
After this wave of episodes, both of them tried their best to keep their eyes on the front, and no longer looked left and right at those grotesque portrait paintings that were easy to disturb people's minds.
In the darkness behind them, where the light could not shine, an oil painting quietly opened, and from it came an arm holding a pistol, followed by a human head.
Although the searchlight on the gunner's shoulder shone forward, the light emitted clearly outlined the figures of the two men.
Link holds the Glock 17 pistol in both hands and aims with one eye closed......
Bang bang bang!
Three shots in a row.
[You use the Glock 17 Pistol to hit the Cult of the Mechanicus Zealot, dealing 27 damage]
One of three.
Link immediately retracted and closed the painting.
Mars was shot in the shoulder and snorted from his mouth.
Captain Zealot immediately turned around, and searchlights illuminated the entire hallway, but no figure was visible.
"How are you?" The squad in the captain's hand aimed his machine gun at the corridor vigilantly, and his spirit was tense.
Mars pressed his shoulder, gritted his teeth, and said: "The shoulder was hit, isn't the fatal injury a big problem, and the person who fired the shot was found?" ”
The captain didn't dare to look back, staring firmly into the corridor, looking for clues.
The footprints on the ground were those they had just walked over, and there were no other traces.
The roofs are also flat, and it is impossible to see where people can be hidden.
But the more this is the case, the more weird the mood becomes.
Could it be that the gunshot was fired out of thin air, or was it a ghost who fired the shot?
Mars saw the captain shake his head and poked his head out into the hallway, unable to find any clues, even though he was a scout.
"Hello? I hear gunshots, what's wrong with you? A companion's hurried voice came from the headset.
"I was shot, but I didn't see the enemy."
"Is the injury serious? Do you need me to come and help you with the bandaging treatment? ”
"It's just that it's not in the way on your shoulders, you guys are optimistic about the front door, and we can solve the problem on our side." The captain's calm voice said suddenly.
The oil painting in front of it quietly opened, and Link once again sprang out of the way.
Bang bang bang!
This time the three shots hit two shots, one in the waist and the other in the calf.
Mars was shot three times, clutching a gunshot wound in his waist, and slowly collapsed against the wall.
The two of them had become frightened, and this time the gunfire was coming from the front of the hallway.
Mars fell to the ground, whimpering from his mouth.
"The gunfire in front and back is Glock 17, this is the standard weapon of the Wasteland mercenaries, it should be those two agents."
"Don't talk now!"
The gunners pulled the knight's armor around him and stood in front of him.
He immediately turned around and grabbed a knight's armor and stood in front of Mars.
There are knights' armor in front and behind, and it is difficult to be hit if you hide behind the armor.
"I look at the back, you look at the front!"
The two were back-to-back, each defending one side.
The enemy was ghostly, and there were not even any footprints or sound on the ground.
Damn it!
Mars covered the wound with one hand and the gun with the other, and the gunshot wound in his waist made him sweat profusely, and blood kept flowing from between his fingers, like sand that he couldn't hold.
The two were nervous.
There was also a hurried voice in the headphones: "What is the situation, do you want us to come and support?" ”
"The medics are coming, the assaulters are guarding the front door and don't run around, and beware of the enemy breaking through." The captain commanded calmly.
Mars was shot three times in a row, and the one in the waist was the most wounded, and the bleeding did not stop, and if he was not bandaged again, he would really bleed to death.
"Hold on, the medic will be here soon."
The captain felt Mars' breathing rate slow, and his body shook back slightly, signaling him to be conscious.
Every second of the confrontation in the hallway and the air is torment.
The enemy was elusive, not even a sound.
Although there was a knight's armor in front of them as cover, the nerves of the two were still tense.
Sassy ......
There was a sound of footsteps downstairs from far and near, and the captain's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Mars, hold on, the medical soldiers are coming!" ”
Mars rubbed a little hard against the wall, his face flushed, and his breathing became rapid.
"I'll come right now, wait for me!"
The rush of the medic came from downstairs, followed by the sound of stamping on the wooden staircase.
Knock knock knock!
"Be careful, stay safe!" The captain couldn't help but remind.
"Good ......"
In the middle of the medic's words, a flash of fire suddenly erupted from the staircase, and Glock 17's bullets thumped like a storm.
For a moment, I heard an irregular tumbling sound at the top of the staircase, and then there was no sound.
Captain Zealot and Mars were so stunned that they didn't dare to gasp.
"Jason? Jason! ”
“……”
Captain Zealot tried to shout twice, but there was no answer downstairs.
This silence makes people palpitate.
The unknown horror shrouded the hearts of the two for a long time.
"What's wrong, Jason is dead?"
There was a wave of surprise in the headset.
"Jason has been sacrificed, watch out, these two agents of the Wasteland Gang are weird!" Sweat beaded bean-sized on Captain Zealot's forehead, sliding down the contours of his cheeks to his chin, sweat dripping onto the wooden floor.
Mars leaned his head against the wall of the hallway, his expectant eyes dimming and dull.
The medic died.
His hope of treatment was gone.
The heart is like ashes!
……
[You have killed a Zealot of the Cult of the Mechanicus, gaining 500 XP]
Link took advantage of the medic to go upstairs, reached out from the gap in the stairs and grabbed the opponent's neck, and fired several shots with the Glock pistol in his hand, and killed him directly with a headshot before the other party could react.
Loosening his collar, the dead medic rolled down the spiral staircase, and Link disappeared again at the top of the staircase, opening a secret door and disappearing.
Entering the secret door, it is a tunnel that can only accommodate one person, less than two meters high and half a meter wide.
There are many forks in the tunnels that lead to any level and any place in the castle.
There are many small windows about 30 centimeters in square along the way of the tunnel, and there is a ladder leading to the upper level at the end of the fork.
This complex tunnel leads to all parts of the castle and is like a human capillary.
Everywhere but not visible.
Wuthering Castle is where Link became famous, and this authentic is the key to his fame.
At the beginning of the Destiny Open Beta, countless players poured into the game and were randomly assigned to three rookie planets.
Link was the first of millions of Wasteland Open Beta players to discover the Crying Valley Secret Passage, and because he received a C-level quest in the Dark Passage, he became a small hit on the forums. However, as the open beta players explored and understood, more and more C-level missions were discovered, and Link's popularity gradually fell silent.
But through this secret passage, Link used the same method to single-handedly brush up countless Automaton fanatics.
Want to surround him?
Who plays who doesn't necessarily do it!
Link reloaded his bullets as he walked, came to the end of the fork in the tunnel, and smiled at the manhole cover above his head.
"He must be very touched to suddenly appear behind him, right?"