Chapter 138: Irregular flares
The two spent a lot of time navigating the chaotic road again, and finally parted ways at the intersection of the slums.
Wu Yun soon came to the small square in front of the center, the previous crowded army of soldiers was gone, only a few pedestrians dressed as civilians walked forward quickly with panicked expressions, Wu Yun didn't think too much, he quickened his pace and walked up the steps. Instantly entered the hunter center. There was a dead silence in the hall, not a single figure could be seen, even the waiters at the counter disappeared without a trace.
Where have all the people gone? Wu Yun was puzzled, he came to the counter, the screen above that was originally full of information is now pitch black, this strange silence is obviously not a good sign, Wu Yun suddenly found that he somehow came to the small room where he had participated in the test before, the machine stood quietly in place, and the screen above was also pitch black.
System failure? Although he didn't know much about it, he approached it out of curiosity. There were no windows around the small room, the light was very dim, and a slight light of three or four centimeters attracted Wu Yun's attention, he carefully touched it with his hand, it turned out to be a hole inserted into the card, with the mentality of giving it a try, Wu Yun took out the apprentice hunter identity card and slowly stuffed it into the gap.
Sure enough, the size of the card and the hole fit very well, and as soon as Wu Yun put it in, the card was sucked in. Almost at the same moment, the screen on the machine lit up. Wu Yun's heart moved, it seemed that there was not a complete strike here. Before he could rejoice, a row of subtitles on the screen instantly extinguished the flame of his hope - due to an unknown failure, all services were temporarily frozen. After a few seconds, the screen goes dark again. At this time, Wu Yun realized that he was in trouble. The card was actually eaten like this.γγγ After wasting half an hour, Wu Yun finally gave up his plan to entangle with the machine.
Wu Yun had no choice but to return to the empty hall, he touched his pocket, there was not much money left on his body, and the plan to receive the bonus had been lost. Wu Yun smiled bitterly, now he could only meet with Kanu first, and he left the center and walked to the bar with his head down.
"Wu Yun!" A slightly nervous familiar male voice came from a distance, and Wu Yun was startled and followed the voice, it turned out to be the company commander Hulk, and he looked anxious. The shabby military uniform was soaked with sweat, and the whole person seemed to have been fished out of the water.
"What's wrong?" Wu Yun immediately greeted him, although he and Hulk had met several times, but they had hardly spoken much, but seeing the other party's embarrassed appearance, it was obvious that something big had happened again.
"Come with me~" Hulk grabbed Wu Yun's arm and rushed out quickly. The other party had a lot of strength, and Wu Yun was naturally pulled by him and ran up.
"Instructor Blacksteel is looking for you." Hulk said without looking back.
"Oh~" Wu Yun replied in a small voice, but Hulk didn't care much about his answer. The two of them were soon walking through the town.
Why does Blacksteel look for itself? Wu Yun was very curious. Black Steel didn't have a good impression of him, and now he was in such a hurry to find himself, the situation must not be optimistic.
The two didn't say anything all the way, and they soon came to the foot of the city wall, Wu Yun was very strange, he didn't see many soldiers along the way. The two climbed the gangway one after the other. The sight above surprised him even more. The city wall, which had been filled with people and smoke, was now empty, and only then could we clearly see the full picture of this security barrier, which was quietly entrenched on the red earth, like a huge metal dragon.
In a bulge of the dragon's body, several people were discussing something together, and although they couldn't see it clearly, the big man in the middle could still be easily recognized. It was the black steel that didn't last long after the breakup. The two of them walked quickly over there.
When he walked dozens of meters away from Heigang, Wu Yun found that this raised part turned out to be a monitoring point. The circular platform is about a few meters high and has an area of about ten square meters. A good perspective can control all movements from McGee's front, and just as Wu Yun was about to observe further, the voices of Heigang and a few people came over.
"Don't you let the troops come up now?" A few guys in company commander's uniforms around Black Steel were obviously arguing about the deployment of the troops.
"yes, there's already a flare on the ant hole."
"Do you have to wait until the giant ants get to the city?"
"The team sent to find mosquito coils hasn't come back yet, and I guess I can't count on it. Now it's up to us. "A few company commanders, you and I say a word, only the black steel has been sinking like water. There was no intention of answering at all.
Wu Yun frowned, this was obviously not something that a guy with a civilian status should know, he instinctively took a few steps back.
"What's wrong with you, hurry up. The instructor is still waiting for you. Hulk's urging prompted him to change his mind. After all, it's the other party who is looking for himself, so he shouldn't settle accounts after the fall. And the reason that prompted him to make up his mind to participate was, on the one hand, the guilt of Maduo Village and Kanu, after all, hugging the thighs of the army, many problems were solved. The Crimson Thunderbolt Squad is a role model. On the other hand, there is the question that has puzzled Wu Yun for a long time, what is the purpose of this unreasonable deployment of withdrawing the defensive troops from the city. No matter how you look at it, it makes no sense at all. Philos and Blacksteel would have made such a decision, and he wondered why. Now is a good opportunity to explore.
The crowd was still arguing, completely unaware of the arrival of the two. Hulk was obviously curious about what everyone was talking about, and he stopped and listened intently, not interrupting them at all, while Wu Yun naturally stood cautiously by Hulk's side as a quiet listener.
"Peng!" A muffled sound in the distance interrupted the tumultuous situation. Although the voice was not loud, it prompted everyone to shut their mouths tacitly, and everyone looked solemnly in the direction from which the voice came, and a bright red point of light leaped out of the distant mountain range. Draw a huge arc across the endless sky.
"Is this also from the location of the anthole?" Blacksteel finally spoke.
"It should be from the point of view of the location." The Hulk in front of him replied, "It's the same point as the previous one." Wu Yun didn't know much about the situation, but judging from the way the black steel everyone nodded in unison, Hulk's words should be correct.
Black Steel noticed Hulk and Wu Yun, and his brow furrowed slightly. Black Steel really didn't really want to have anything to do with this weak chicken with no combat effectiveness, but now that Philos had mysteriously disappeared and the monsters outside were besieging the city, he felt that the development of the situation was completely out of order, and even if he was experienced in a hundred battles, it was difficult to come up with a foolproof strategy. Although he was reluctant to admit it, the kid across from him was the only one he could ask for advice.
"Hulk, tell me about the situation." Heigang glanced at the two of them, Wu Yun had a confused expression, obviously he didn't know anything about the current situation. This is not surprising, after all, it is difficult for the people of the city to notice the movement outside the city walls. I also brought people here after hearing the sentry's report.
"About an hour ago, someone spotted a flare being released directly in front of McGee." Hulk immediately understood the intention of Black Steel, and when he answered, his gaze fell on Wu Yun beside him, intentionally or unintentionally. "Based on the observation of the flare flame, it is determined that it was sent by the sentry of our troops."
Sentry? When was it sent out? It must have been Firos's arrangement. It can be an effective security protection measure. At this moment, a question suddenly popped into his mind. Almost at the same time, it popped out of his mouth. "Is it an hour?"
This kid reacted quickly and immediately discovered the problem. There should be nothing wrong with your own choice. Black Steel Heart Road. But this thought was not discernible from his expression at all. He raised his wrist and looked at it slowly. "Not bad. 1 hour and 15 minutes ago, to be exact. β
How so? Wu Yun frowned. He knew the speed of the giant ants' march. An hour from the anthill to the city of McGee is naturally not enough. But it has already appeared in everyone's field of vision. Wu Yun looked at the large canopy of trees and the mountains covered with plants in the distance. There was no sign of an attack from the giant ants. This is clearly unreasonable.
"Have you sent sentinels in all four directions? Was the anthill the first place to find a flare? Wu Yun spoke again, and with what he knew about Philos, the answer to this question was very clear. I asked just to confirm.
"Yes." Darksteel answered him in the most succinct of words.
"Is it possible that it was accidentally fired?" Wu Yun proposed a possibility. "Maybe the sentry was careless...
"It's possible." Black Steel interrupted Wu Yun's guess. "If you don't have that... As he spoke, he pointed to the distant sky, a faint red trail still faintly recognizable against the sky.
"How many flares do you have on one of your sentinels?" Wu Yun asked.
"Three, the sentry is generally launched single, and then in case of emergency, three will be fired in a row." Blacksteel replied, completely unaware that it was a military secret. "But I haven't been in a situation like this yet."
"Peng!" As if to confirm his words, the familiar muffled sound sounded again in the distant mountains, and a red signal rose from it, and it slowly moved along the trail in the air that had not yet dissipated. The scene in front of me is exactly the same as it was a few minutes ago. The crowd fell silent again.
Wu Yun and Heigang glanced at each other, one thing was certainββββ this was definitely not a misshooting.