Chapter 12: The Man Who Was Allowed to Live.
The artificial sun of Sirobus is setting, and the sun of the gallery bridge is just rising over the lake.
Cheng Hua and his party finally arrived at the first site, and they did not encounter any pursuers along the way. They relied on fake bracelets made in Aden all the way to the junction of the town, the Gallery Bridge. As a junction point for towns and cities, the Gallery Bridge is much more rigorously inspected than other strongholds. The garrison is no longer mere mechanical sentinels, but soldiers equipped with high-lethal weapons, and it is not easy to get through here.
Cheng Hua and his party walked slowly towards the checkcard, and they were discussing countermeasures in a low voice.
"Can this bracelet pass or not?" Cheng Hua stared worriedly at the soldiers who were inspecting not far away, and then looked at the forged bracelet on his hand.
"Of course not! Even the chips have been removed, how can they pass the censorship, either them, or find a way to slip away. Aden lowered his voice, "If there is a conflict, we will be in danger of being exposed, so we try to avoid conflict." β
"Bring me two bottles of good wine, and I'll turn those guys over. Aden looked at Cheng Hua's pocket, "There are a total of 4 people on the bridge, all of them are standing diagonally, plus the 2 mechanical sentinels equipped by each person, it is difficult to put them all down without a sound." β
"Don't think about it, drunkard, if the bracelet can't get through the trick, then I'll get rid of them, and we're wanted public enemies anyway. Cheng Hua looked ahead, the expression on his face could not see the waves, from the perspective of others, he was just a pedestrian in a hurry.
"I'm in charge of two, the drunkard on the left behind you, Cheng Sheng, if you don't want to cause trouble, you have to get rid of the mechanical sentry on the right behind you and the guard, remember to kill him before he makes any sound. Cheng Hua patted Cheng Sheng's shoulder behind him.
Although he has removed the suppressor in his body, Cheng Sheng has no confidence in the past few days, he does not think that his body has the ability to fight side by side with Cheng Hua, especially after what kind of people his father fought with before, he felt that he was far from his father.
"I may have an accident, or let the auto mechanic act with you, the two of you have fought side by side so many times. Cheng Sheng felt uncomfortable when he saw the tall body of the mechanical sentry, and he wanted to deal with the sentry and the guards equipped with strong lethal weapons in an instant, and it was an instant, Cheng Sheng couldn't figure out what kind of operation he needed to complete the task assigned by his father anyway, and he began to retreat.
"Hey, kid, listen, countless famous people, they may have been as obscure and timid as you at the beginning, strength needs to be accumulated, countless escapes from death have made me and your father what we are today. Although it wasn't good today, anyway, we are very strong, and such a strong teammate trusts you, I think you should burst out with infinite potential, no matter how bad you are, you are loaded with my most confident work. β
"Don't look at it, if you don't act, you're going to be noticed, act according to the plan. β
While the three of them were talking, their bodies were constantly approaching the gallery bridge, the three of them were already close to the inventory point, Cheng Hua didn't mean to discuss at all, he took the initiative to separate after he finished speaking, and walked towards the two guards at the far end, Cheng Sheng was not ready at all, and the plan had already begun to be implemented.
At the same time as Cheng Hua walked out, Aden stretched out his hand and patted Cheng Sheng's back lightly: "Young man, it's up to you, we trust you very much." β
No matter how much Cheng Sheng resisted, the action still began, Cheng Hua and Aden both walked towards their goals, if they don't act now, it may cause unnecessary commotion, and bring considerable trouble to the senior who just saved him and his father, even if he is not willing to go, he can only try hard, if he doesn't do it well, there will be big trouble.
Cheng Sheng's pressure was unprecedentedly huge, and he even felt that the pressure this time was even greater than the pressure when he fought against Blacktail, because the consequences would implicate others, not just himself, but at this time, Cheng Hua was already close to the two guards, and Cheng Sheng knew that the next moment, Cheng Hua would act.
Cheng Sheng looked at Aden out of the corner of his eye, and the elder with only a few hairs had already walked in front of his "target" with a smiling face, and his target was still a long way from him.
"We have to pick up the pace. Cheng Sheng didn't have time to look at the huge mechanical sentry next to the guard, so he could only stubbornly move towards the assigned "goal", his palm clenched lightly, then slowly relaxed, and then took a deep breath, trying to drive the nervous emotions out of his body.
"Get checked. β
Just as Cheng Sheng was slowly approaching, the guards in front of him made an emotionless voice.
When Cheng Sheng was questioned, he found that his body was unable to move because of excessive tension, and even his throat and eyes were stuck, and he tried to speak, but he couldn't make any sound.
The guard noticed that Cheng Sheng's appearance was a little strange, and gently patted the mechanical sentry next to him and ordered, "Perform face recognition." β
Underneath the head of the mechanical sentry was a pair of round eyes glowing blue, and the eyes locked on Cheng Sheng's face, and the mechanical sentry searched through the database quickly.
"Didi, the target person, Cheng Sheng, is dead, an illegal surviving target has been detected, and it will be exterminated!"
After the mechanical sentry made an emotionless sound, he immediately turned on the armed mode, and the fingertips of his originally thick palms all shrank inward, and one by one the pitch-black holes were aimed at Cheng Sheng.
"It's a shame!" Out of fear of escape, Cheng Sheng finally gained control of his body.
On the other side, Cheng Hua had already thrown two guards and mechanical sentries on the guardrail of the gallery bridge like arhats. Aden's target was also destroyed silently, leaving only the guards in front of Cheng Sheng. At this time, he was looking at everything that was happening in front of him with a frightened expression, he forgot to act, and the muzzle of the mechanical sentry had already begun to burst into flames, and Cheng Sheng felt that something was crawling behind him in an instant.
Just as Cheng Sheng reacted, two mechanical spiders less than the size of his thumb jumped from Cheng Sheng's shoulders, one directly penetrated the throat of the guard, and the other stuck to the body surface of the mechanical sentry.
"What's going on?" Cheng Sheng was at a loss for everything that had just happened, he thought he was going to be killed by the mechanical sentinels, but just now, two mechanical spiders inexplicably appeared from his body, and instantly killed the two people who threatened his life.
"Is this my ability?" Cheng Sheng looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief, he was a little dazed, looking at his modified mechanical arm, he tried to find clues, he flipped his hand over, flat in front of him, and carefully looked at his palm with his eyes.
"Hurry up, don't be in a daze, there are a lot of people to see. Aden walked up to Cheng Sheng in three or two steps, and said to the boy who was still observing his palm, "Your old man has already walked, why are you still in a daze here." β
"Iβthat's my strength, isn't it? Uncle Aden. β
Cheng Sheng hesitated and followed Aden slowly forward, and at this time he was still reminiscing about the moment just now, first his back was itchy, and then two mechanical spiders appeared from his shoulders, killing two powerful enemies in an instant, one of which was even a mechanical sentry that made him feel terrified.
"It's not good for you to think too much, little one, those two are just my vanguard, and I know you're going to drop the chain. β
Although he really wanted to save face for this little ghost, Cheng Hua had told him before that if he didn't let him out of the shadows by himself, he would not be able to fight on his own, and excessive protection would only make this new generation of little guy a waste.
"So, if it weren't for Uncle Aden, I would have died. Cheng Sheng seemed a little negative, he followed Aden, looked up, and couldn't even see his father's back.
"Is that so? Daddy has given up on me?"
Cheng Sheng, who couldn't see his father's back, became even more negative, and when he found that someone was staring at him, he buckled his hood on his head, sighed, and slowly walked forward following Aden's steps.
"Little ghost, have you not known your father for so long? There is only one reason why he doesn't look back, he knows that his partner will be able to solve the problem perfectly, so he won't look back, he is full of confidence in you, but you respond to him in a daze and negativity? Cover your hat tightly, blend into the crowd, and be far from your destination. β
After Aden said hello, he also buttoned up his hat and sneaked into the crowd, while Cheng Sheng was still thinking about Aden's words just now.
I wasn't like this before, even in the face of the unknown black tail, even after confirming the difference in strength, my mind is also running rapidly, actively thinking about how to deal with it, why it has become like this now, I should still have a chance to give it a try and see what went wrong with me.
Cheng Sheng lowered his head to chase after Yading and Cheng Hua, who had already gone out for a long time, through what happened just now, he at least understood a little bit, he was already an illegal resident in the underground world, and he was an existence to be exterminated, so now he should have the lifestyle that an illegal resident should have.
After passing through the gallery bridge, the three of them reunited, and Cheng Hua's face looked unwavering, as if nothing had happened just now.
The three of them finally passed this checkpoint and arrived at the second stop of the long journey, Ginkgo Town.
As one of the towns that connect the town, Ginkgo Town is also a scenic spot in the underground world, above this town lives the largest ginkgo tree in the surface world, and the roots of the ginkgo tree are intertwined from the top of the underground world through the entire Ginkgo Town until it is rooted deeper into the ground.
Even the smallest branch of the ancient root can easily carry an adult, and the townspeople have the special interest to build some houses on the ginkgo roots, which is why this town is also known as the town on the roots.
"Huazi, do you remember what this place is like on it?" Aden looked at the entire Ginkgo Town from a distance, and asked Cheng Hua beside him with a smile.
"I remember the owner of the tree more vividly than the one who owns it. Cheng Hua seemed to remember something, "This tree is still alive and well, and the monster on the tree should also be alive and well." β
"In the trees?" Cheng Sheng didn't have the appearance of the surface in his memory, and he could only guess from the conversation between his father and Aden that there might be a powerful creature on the surface above Ginkgo Town.
While the three of them were talking, the entire Ginkgo Town made a strange noise, and when they looked up, the thickest position of the tree roots at the top began to shake from side to side, and dust continued to fall from the top of the closed underground world.
"Hey, what are you kidding, that's the top of Ingles Metal!" Aden looked in disbelief over Ginkgo Town, where brown dust continued to fall and the surrounding residents began to flee in all directions.
"Run! that guy is coming down again!"
Residents kept running out of their houses, frantically fleeing in the direction of the gallery bridge, and the noise over Ginkgo grew louder.
"Damn! It's just been mended, and you're going to break that guy again?" the fleeing people still complained.
After the sparse flow of people made a noise at the top, it became extremely congested, and countless residents fled from their homes, and some of them did not even have time to get dressed, and fled frantically in the middle of the road, and hovercraft danced in the air, as if they had seen some monster, and these people fled frantically.
One of the mothers holding the child was squeezed out of the crowd and fell to the ground, even if she fell, she first protected her child, and the child in her arms was crying because of the fright, but the panic of the people far overpowered the child's cry.