Chapter 696: Wasteland
With the power of a Gauss rifle, it was easy to destroy a cement target more than one meter thick with one shot, not to mention that Qi Lin activated the "overload shooting mode" to increase the power.
The dazzling blue arc swept over the coil, and the caseless bullet made of superconductor instantly came out of the chamber under the action of the magnetic fieldโ
"Boom!!"
The blue streamer struck the towering interference tower, and the all-metal structure trembled violently, staggering and falling to the ground.
"Quick! We don't have much time. Qi Lin put away his gun and urged, the Interference Tower was destroyed, and they would definitely be exposed again, and I am afraid that it would not be long before those parasites would reappear in their field of vision.
"I know." Number Four bit his lip and stared at the screen, his ten fingers darting across the palm-sized keyboard, a series of commands he typed onto the screen......
"The connection has been established...... I'll send out all our situation and coordinates, and I'll get a reply soon......" Number Four said, but the expression on his face froze, "Reply...... Reply......"
"What's wrong? Didn't the signal go? Qi Lin hurriedly asked.
"No...... Sent out......" Four shook his head stiffly, "I did get a reply......"
"How soon will it take for reinforcements to arrive? Is there an alternate retreat route? โ
"No...... There were no reinforcements and no orders to retreat...... The mission has been modified, and the new mission objective is to kill Koren Edas and the King-class parasite, which is an M-class mission and we have no right to refuse. โ
There was a strange silence between the teams.
"It's ...... Let's go to death? It took several seconds before Falcon said in a somewhat hoarse voice.
"According to the internal rules of the organization, if there is a serious anomaly in the execution of the mission, we should be able to refuse to continue the execution, even if it is an M-class mission-" Qi Lin said.
"Yes, that's true, but the mission we can refuse is 'rescue the Edas Consortium hostages', not 'kill Coren-Edas and the king-level parasites', and the latter mission was originally issued on the premise that Vault 444 is occupied by parasites, so the appearance of parasites is not an anomaly." Four whispered.
"Fuck!" The falcon slammed into the ground with a hard punch, smashing a fine crack into the ground covered with a layer of cement.
"M-Class missions are impossible to refuse...... By the way, you all have family members under the control of the organization, right? Number Four continued.
"Family...... Sort of. Qi Lin's mind conjured up the figures of those two girls, not to mention Falcon and Number Three.
"If we die in the middle of the mission, they will still be able to enjoy our death pension and will be able to live under the protection of the Order, and if we choose to escape, the Order's will put us and our families on the lookout...... The organization is more cruel to deserters than the big conglomerates......"
The truth is always so cruel, the organization only needs loyal soldiers, whether this loyalty comes from the heart or is forced to helpless.
"I'm sorry, I can't abandon them, if you want to find another way, I can't be with you, I'm going to stay on a mission." Number Three was the first to speak.
The falcon glanced at Qi Lin, gritted his teeth, and said, "Me too." โ
"I'm casual, I only have one girlfriend, okay, it's more appropriate to say it's a friend than a girlfriend...... The reason we're together is simple, she's for the food, and I'm just for the normal male needs, and I don't care if she's alive or dead...... But I don't want to be a deserter, although the organization and the mastermind are mortal enemies, but they have a way to write off your personal information on the mastermind's side, even if you can survive, you can only be a 'ghost' who survives in the dark, and besides, you have to be wanted by the organization, once you are caught, I think it is better to die here. Four shrugged his shoulders and closed the screen of the communication device.
"You're all that's left if you're going to escape, we won't stop you, we'll help you hold most of the parasites down, and if you decide to stay and fight along, you can safely give me your back at least before I fall." Falcon said to Qi Lin, and the eyes of the three were focused on him.
The real world, on the surface, somewhere unknown wasteland.
Cheng Yanqiu lay on a dry and cracked riverbed, the wind carried the rough sand and constantly slapped on his face, however, the expected pain was not so obvious, his face seemed to be covered with a hard cuticle, and the sand smashed on it, making a crackling sound.
Ever since his consciousness had returned from the darkness, he had been lying there, unable to open his eyes, burning at the touch of light, and no part of his body was normal - he couldn't feel his hands, he couldn't feel his feet, he couldn't even feel his heartbeat.
"Am I dead...... Am I not dead? โฆโฆ I remember it...... I'm dead...... By the way, how did I die......"
Cheng Yanqiu tried hard to recall the previous events, but every time at this time, his head always became extremely heavy, and waves of groggy feelings kept coming.
In such a half-unconscious and half-conscious state, he didn't know how much time had passed.
Until the end...... He no longer tried to reminisce, and all that was left in his mind was one word - thirst.
He was thirsty, thirsty...... His lips were chapped and peeling, and at first he could taste a trace of salty blood, but later, even the blood dried up, and his stiff tongue was like a piece of pickled jerky in his mouth, Cheng Yanqiu tried to say something, but only a "ho-ho" sound came out of his throat.
Even he couldn't remember clearly, this was the seventh time he woke up, or the eighth time he woke up, now it seemed to be night, and it was pitch black all around, and Cheng Yanqiu could finally open his eyes slightly.
A "squeak" sound came from far and near, it was a skinny bloodthirsty rat, it seemed to have found Cheng Yanqiu's "corpse" far away, for this bloodthirsty rat that had been hungry for a long time, this "corpse" was enough to provide it with food for several months.
The bloodthirsty rat ran in front of Cheng Yanqiu, although it had never eaten a human creature before, but its instinct told it that it should start from the face of the prey, the flesh at the lips was the most tender, and the cheeks were chewy......
However, it didn't eat as delicious as it imagined, and when it approached Cheng Yanqiu, the latter suddenly opened its mouth and bit the bloodthirsty mouse's neck hard!