The Flame of All Things Chapter 24 - The Nightcrawler (1)

"Nightcrawler" - with the figure in the dark night, the surging killing machine lurking in the dark corners

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DoubleTree District, eight o'clock, the sky is getting dark.

The construction site at this point was already lit with neon headlights, and it was dark except for a few guards and workers on the control tower. Although it was far away, the sound of unloading steel bars could still be seen inside.

"According to the outside schedule, most of the workers at this point are off work. Bolai stood on the roof of the cement mixer truck, holding a telescope and observing the situation around him.

The road in was full of sand and cement ash, and Ji Jie kicked on the small sandbag, kicking out several packs of cigarette shells and instant noodle packaging barrels. The four-meter-tall sand truck lined up in the back, and a few Gusuri students stood on the roof. They are not ordinary people now, they are good hands when they bring any one out, their combat power is comparable to that of soldiers trained all year round, and they have magical power.

A climb and a jump, and several people climbed in through the blue iron door outside the construction site.

"Type 92 modification, the use of the 9 mm version, the body of the gun is modified with special materials. Equipped with the Academy's mercury bullets, equipped with a composite impedance muffler. Shooting here, even if it is attached to the gate outside the construction site, it is not audible, and the recoil is not great. Gu Xiaobei showed off his knowledge of ordnance.

"Only a pistol?" asked Picca

"The 15-round magazine is equipped with four each, which I think is enough. Gu Xiaobei said

The freshmen have a firearms training course in the training camp, and every day they will hold a rifle and aim it at the target on the west hill for shooting practice, pure live ammunition shooting. There were so many bullets that they couldn't finish firing, which made the students miserable. At that time, almost everyone had wrist and shoulder injuries, and many students shot in the same position as in the movie, only to have the gun smashed directly into the skull due to the recoil.

"I don't think I'll use it. Ji Jie remembered the miserable shooting training during the training camp.

"I hope so. Chen Mingming said

The console is dozens of meters high, and although the person above can't see the bottom clearly, it will definitely affect him if there is any movement. When the time comes, he sounds the alarm on the construction site, and things will go bad. So we have to clear the venue first.

In the interval between the control tower and the control tower, Bolai slashed him in the back with a knife, and the worker fell silently. The action is skillful and the plot is like a TV series, Gu Xiaobei feels very handsome.

"How I feel like we're like bandits. Ji Jie said softly.

He and Bika had already moved three construction workers' bodies, and because they were not at ease, Bolai gave them a sleeping agent. At this time, the three people slept like pigs, and were thrown into the makeshift toilet at the construction site, snoring loudly.

"Now it's time to be bold, and this entire building strip is now being taken over by the Bolai team. The commissioner smiled slyly.

"Brother, what are we going to do next, wait for the Nightkin to attack? If so, we should keep these construction workers and let them be used as bait. Chen Mingming asked.

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be bad if the ghost didn't appear, and we would squat for a night?" Gu Xiaobei asked with some concern.

"No, do you remember what everyone at Gusuri University is?"

"Masochist?" said Ji Jie. No one paid any attention to him, and everyone was very nervous.

"The Wicans. Chen Mingming thought for a moment.

"That's right, Wu and Fierce are old enemies, there is a Wu Clan, afraid that the fierce beast will not show its feet?" Senior Brother Bolai looked very sure.

"Awesome, wait for the rabbit. "Gu Xiaobei thinks this trick is very good, since it is an old enemy, either you die or I die, I took the initiative to expose my location, are you still afraid that the fierce beast will not dare to appear?

It's just that this kind of self-decoy combat method needs to be based on strong strength. One C-level commissioner, seven novices who have just started, is enough in terms of configuration. It's obviously a D-level crusade mission, and newcomers with some strength can complete it, but everyone's hearts are a little depressed.

Maybe it's the darkening sky, maybe it's the smell of sand and dust in the air, maybe it's the first mission.

"Ji Jie, if I remember correctly, your ability should be the Perception Domain: Full Vision, right? What is the maximum extent to which the field of vision can be expanded?" asked Bolai

"Well, the limit is about a radius of thirty meters around me. Ji Jie replied.

"Somewhat small, but enough, you climb up to the first level of the control tower, about ten meters high, and release your perceptual realm there. Everyone chooses a high point near the control tower, preferably hidden. ”

"Go...... What are you doing there?" asked Ji Jie with some fear

"Use your perceptual field to open to the maximum, and if you feel that you can't hold on, you will rest. ”

"Ah......h Isn't that using me as bait?"

"Don't worry, I'm right under you, and the beast will eat me first. Senior Bolai looked at him with a smile.

"From now on, everyone uses radio headsets to communicate, and Ji Jie is responsible for providing directions. One more reminder, if it's the first time you see a fierce beast, no matter what it looks like, report it first, and then kill it!"

After the order was given, the atmosphere began to become tense. Ji Jie climbed to the control tower ten meters from the ground, clinging to the iron railing, his magic power unfolded to the extreme, and everything within a radius of thirty meters was unobstructed. He saw Gu Xiaobei in the driver's seat of the sand truck, and saw Bika lying on the roof of the car, and some other students.

The cold wind blew on his cheeks, making him sneeze. He thought silently in his heart, don't come to me, don't come to me! The time on it is really like a year, it is simply an ordeal.

Ten minutes passed, Ji Jie felt that his magic power was about to be exhausted, and using the perceptual domain to the maximum intensity was a great burden on his body and brain, and he almost forced his consciousness.

"Senior brother, I can't hold it anymore. He gritted his teeth.

"Then take a break, don't be too nervous, you just need to cause magic power fluctuations. The high power output just now should have caught the attention of the target. Remember, you are now everyone's eyes. ”

"Understood....... Ji Jie secretly said that he had to insist, but he changed the range from thirty meters to twenty meters. He'll feel a lot better that way.

Gu Xiaobei was in the cockpit of the sand truck closest to the gate of the construction site, there was a smell of cigarettes in the car, it seemed that the driver smoked all year round, and the corner was full of cigarette butts. There is a three-inch photo hanging on it, a mini family of three. Gu Xiaobei missed his grandmother a little, not on the phone, but because he wanted to see his grandmother.

The heavy iron door of the construction site was pushed open at an angle, and a middle-aged man came in, his leather boots rustling on the sand. Gu Xiaobei buried his head to the lowest and looked outside through the corner of the reflector.

"Someone is coming. He snapped.

"Ji Jie, quickly turn off your full vision, everyone pay attention to the direction of the construction site gate. "Bolai commanded

Everyone looked at the sound and shadow in the distance, and Gu Xiaobei was the closest. The construction site was so quiet that he felt he could even hear his own heartbeat.

"My little ones, here I go again. Outside the car, it was the voice of a middle-aged man.

His footsteps passed through rows of sand trucks and walked towards the center of the construction site. Gu Xiaobei moved up slightly, and could only see his back, which was a middle-aged man wearing a black leather jacket and an American-style woolen hat on his head.

"The target is going to the middle, everyone pay attention. Gu Xiaobei reminded again. The scene is tense like a live arrest in an anti-drug blockbuster.

Ji Jie closed his perceptual domain, and at his height, he could already see the middle-aged man below, carrying an iron bucket in his hand.

"Why is there no sound today? ”

Little by little, he swept away the dust from the ground.

There is a door underneath the poured foundation, which is usually set aside as a basement, and it seems that the door leads to the ground. It's just that normal construction sites have special passages to go down, why go through the secret door?

"Strange, why is there no sound today?" the man muttered to himself

"Little ones...... Dinner, little ones?"

He took out the contents of the iron bucket, and under the light of the neon headlights, everyone finally saw the things - it was actually bloody raw meat!

"What is he raising? He actually wants to use this amount of raw meat, is it a wolf, a Tibetan mastiff of wild species, or some kind of wild beast?" asked Chen Mingming

"I don't know, there's not much movement down there. Ji Jie craned his neck to look down, but it was too dark.

Once again, he decided to expand his perceptual realm so that he could sense what was below. His sensing field cannot penetrate the wall, but can only sense the horizon where there is a "road" to follow.

"Don't!" reminded Commissioner Boley, holding his voice down.

But the invisible medium has unfolded, and the realm of perception: the all-round horizon is like a sphere enveloping what lies below.

“...... This, what is this!" Ji Jie's face began to turn white. Dozens of powerful heartbeats rang in his head.

"What's wrong? Did you find anything?" asked Picca

"Hurry up and get out of here!" a roar came from the open space of the construction site.

Dozens of wolf-like creatures swarmed out of the secret door, hairless, bare red skin, and a large skull with a row of sharp teeth. Those red eyes glow even in the dark.

"Oh my God......! This can't be the lost dog of Resident Evil!. ”

"Don't talk nonsense! Look at the target before you shoot. Brother Bolai jumped out from underneath.

Brother Bolai is not a C-class commissioner, and he has already shot when the first monster rushes straight to the bottom of the control tower. The mercury-specific bullet entered the beast's body, and the monster was instantly incapacitated, and the corpse twitched and rolled on the ground.

The second person to shoot the monster was Chen Mingming. He was unexpectedly calm, holding a gun in both hands, his eyes fixed on the monster below, and one by one, the bullet embedded in the monster's head, splashing a blood flower.