Volume 1: Destruction and Rebirth Chapter 4 She Didn't Die
The hovercraft drove silently in the ghost pipeline deep underground, and Han Jianfei's expressionless face flickered and dimmed under the cold light of the pipe wall.
"Scumbag!" Zhao Xiaonan, who was behind him, said suddenly.
"What?" Han Jianfei, whose thoughts were still floating elsewhere, replied absentmindedly.
"You're a scumbag!" Zhao Xiaonan said, "I used to think that although you were bad, at least you were a gentleman!" ”
Only then did Han Jianfei retract his thoughts and understand what she was talking about.
"If you were responsible for everyone who said they loved you, would you be able to do it?" There was silence for a moment before he asked.
"I can't do it, but I won't watch someone who is willing to die for me die in front of me and run away in peace."
“…… Girl, if you've ever been on the battlefield, you know that every brother is willing to die for the mission, and their commander can only watch or send more people to die. ”
"I don't know." "But if she could hear her, she wouldn't want you to think of her as a brother and not as a woman." ”
Silence fell in the tunnel again, and no sound could be heard except for the slight hum of the motorcycle's motor.
"I'm pretty scumbag." After a while, Han Jianfei said.
He adjusted the front of the car and headed for a fork in the road.
"I was going to hide for a few days," he said, "and when Chen Mingyuan's men were at their most relaxed, I would leave Fort Augustus and go to Silla Songxing, and then slowly find a way to settle accounts with him." ”
The motorcycle stopped in a slightly wider underground hall, and Han Jianfei opened a password panel on one wall, and after checking Hitomi, he entered a long password.
The walls opened with a slight tremble, and a completely pitch-black downward passage appeared in front of the two of them.
Han Jianfei stepped onto the motorcycle and drove into the passage, and the wall closed behind the two again.
"But I've changed my mind now, they always say that it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years," Han Jianfei put on a cigarette, "But I'm a villain, ten years is too long, just seize the day." ”
Zhao Xiaonan went to touch the match, but the motorcycle was driving fast and the air flow was too strong, so she asked, "Can I shoot here?" ”
"Want to vent? Open it, no one can hear it. ”
Zhao Xiaonan took out a submachine gun and fired a shuttle of bullets at the pipe wall.
Then, she put the muzzle of the gun to Han Jianfei's mouth and lit a cigarette for him: "No, the wind is too strong, there is no fire." ”
Han Jianfei took a puff and laughed: "Yes, it's a bit like me." ”
"Brother or woman?"
The motorcycle stopped in another hall.
Before Han Jianfei could answer, Zhao Xiaonan said to himself: "It doesn't matter, I will be sent away by you anyway." ”
Han Jianfei didn't answer and opened a small door on the wall.
The two walked into the small door, and inside was an underground base that was larger than Zhao Xiaonan imagined.
Han Jianfei turned on the switch at the door, and the entire base lit up with a slightly dim light.
But everything around seems to be starting to come alive.
"This is a backup power supply," Han Jianfei said, "There is a small nuclear power plant under our feet, and the reactor will burn for at least a few hours, so I will take you to rest first." ”
The two of them walked towards the underground base, and on the way, dormant engineering robots were constantly awakened and began to prepare for the awakening of the entire underground base.
"No one here knows about it except me," Han Jianfei said, "and you're the second human to enter here." ”
In order to build the center of this ghost pipeline, he spent a full five years, without involving anyone, and all using robots.
Especially in Augustusburg, the main star of the Alliance, these tasks are especially difficult under the strictest monitoring system of the entire Alliance.
Of course, he didn't prepare these things for today's situation.
Before, he had planned to save this place for the next time he returned, but now that he had changed his mind, even if he was leaving, he would have to teach Chen Mingyuan and those who wanted to put him as a mortal enemy some profound lessons.
After arranging Zhao Xiaonan, Han Jianfei opened the door of an arsenal, and the power of the base had been restored by 5%, and Han Jianfei concentrated most of the power here.
There's a black mobile exoskeleton that's parked here.
Several robots are inspecting this armor.
No one has been here since the base was built, but every once in a while, the robots follow an established process to maintain each weapon and equipment inside to ensure that they are ready for combat at any time.
Han Jianfei stood outside the guardrail, silently looking at the dark exoskeleton armor in front of him.
It was based on a proposal that failed in a coalition military tender, and the only reason why it failed at that time was that it was too advanced, too costly, and too radical in technology to meet the military's mass production requirements.
But for Han Jianfei, this kind of thing just happens to be modified, and one is enough.
After buying the prototype through various secret channels, he changed it to a way that even the original designer might not be able to recognize.
Han Jianfei removed all the non-essential armor on its body, greatly reducing the weight of the armor to achieve the ultimate thrust-to-weight ratio, reducing long-range weapons at the same time, replacing more payloads with more powerful melee weapons, making this 6.5-ton steel man as flexible as a rabbit.
So, its cockpit is a water tank filled with oxygen-rich liquid to ensure that the driver is not crushed into a pulp in a super overload of up to 30G.
It hadn't been a long time since he had opened this armor, but those skills were as clear as they were carved into his muscles.
The robot had completed the inspection and was removing the liquid-filled tubes and cables on the armor, and a robot handed over a tight-fitting driving suit to assist Han Jianfei in putting it on.
He put on his pilot's suit, got into the armored cockpit and pressed the start button.
"Prepare for the anti-charge injection, please be prepared for the driver." The transparent hatch gradually closed, and an electronic synthetic female voice sounded in his ears.
It is said to be the cockpit, but its internal space is just enough for a person to stand, after Han Jianfei enters the cabin, several mechanical structures will fix various parts of his body, and the entire mobile armor will make the same action according to his muscle movements.
A slightly cool liquid began to pour into the cabin from under his feet, and soon submerged him.
These liquids are rich in dissolved oxygen, and people who have been trained to breathe directly in them.
After exhaling the air in his lungs as much as he could, Han Jianfei gently inhaled the liquid, which was slightly cool, and quickly entered the lung cavity with a refreshing smell.
After a few breaths, he had drained the air from his body, allowing the internal and external pressures of his entire body to reach a new balance.
The robot has removed the last immobilization mechanism, and Han Jianfei has taken a step forward.
A stumble, but quickly smoothed out.
Han Jianfei, who had not driven mobile armor for many years, took dozens of seconds to get used to this new balance again.
He kicked his legs and did a few moves to get used to the steel body as quickly as possible.
Some people say that driving mobile armor is like walking on stilts, and there are many sensations that are counter-intuitive, but once you get used to it, you will be as flexible as controlling your body.
Han Jianfei quickly adapted to this feeling and did several sets of military-standard armored combat moves.
Zhao Xiaonan suddenly ran out of the room, and when he saw Han Jianfei in the armor, he was stunned at first, and then ran over again and shouted at him: "Look at the news!" ”
Han Jianfei stopped, walked over to her, and stretched out his arm.
Zhao Xiaonan climbed on his arm and was gently placed on his shoulder.
"Look at the news!" Zhao Xiaonan said, "Mayvis is not dead! ”
Han Jianfei mobilized the power and activated the holographic projection in the base hall.
Channel 22 said on the live news that there was a shootout this afternoon in the North Holth region. In a joint operation by the coalition military and police to round up the masterminds of the terrorist attack that had taken place in Peace Monument Square the previous day, the two sides exchanged fire around a home on the southern coast and had to order the destruction of a civilian house after the death of a combat adviser.
Later, the police who entered the ruins of the house to search found a female gunman and her pet cat, both of whom are now out of life-threatening condition.
According to local residents, the female gunman, Mavis Shetton, is a well-known local philanthropist and social worker, and the military accuses her of helping terrorists escape and using violence to destroy coalition military assets.
Then the news presenter began interviewing witnesses of the shootout and surrounding residents.
Suddenly, an old lady broke into the camera and said loudly: "Miss Shelton is a good person, this is a political conspiracy!" ……”
The old lady was quickly dragged away, and the live news broadcast was interrupted.
Han Jianfei, who had always been calm, suddenly felt a little relaxed.
How could he turn a blind eye to a woman who had always loved him silently and paid for him?
Some people, even if they don't love, don't fall apathy and ignore them.
He had wanted to activate the secret base to avenge Mayvis, but since she wasn't dead, it could be used for something else.
Chen Mingyuan will be killed sooner or later, although he is not a gentleman, there is no need to fight for this day.
Because there is something more important for him to do.
Didn't she ask him if he wanted to take her away?
He didn't answer, not because he didn't want to, but because he was afraid that she would get involved too deeply.
But since you're already involved, let's take her away.
"You can't go." Zhao Xiaonan seemed to sense his thoughts, "The news deliberately said which prison she was locked up in to attract you to save her." ”
"Even you can think of it," Han Jianfei couldn't speak directly in the anti-load liquid, so he had to reply with an armored speech synthesis, "Do you think I'm stupid?" ”
"You're not stupid." The girl sat on his shoulder and patted the armored huge head, "But you're definitely going, right?" ”
She's dead, I think you're a scumbag, but she's still alive, and she's being used as bait again, but I hope you're really a scumbag. Zhao Xiaonan thought.
She suddenly felt that Han Jianfei was a little pitiful, there was no one who could be trusted on a huge planet, or even in the entire alliance.
"Of course I will, but not the North Hals District Jail." "They're not stupid enough to actually put her there waiting for me, so I need to know where she is." ”
The mobile armor carried Zhao Xiaonan back into the arsenal, the anti-load liquid was pumped out, and Han Jianfei walked out of the cockpit.
Zhao Xiaonan also jumped down.
"I've got to get help." Han Jianfei exhaled the remaining anti-charge fluid in the lung cavity before he spoke.
"Do you have anyone else here to trust?" Zhao Xiaonan didn't mean to be sarcastic, what she said was just the truth.
Han Jianfei nodded: "To be precise, it's really not human." ”
He walked up to a communicator, didn't dial, and asked directly, "Funny, are you there?" ”
The communicator suddenly lights up, and an old lady with silver hair appears in the holographic display.
"Xiao Fei, are you back?" The old man said in a kind voice.
"What a big clove of garlic, quickly turn off the virtual image!" Han Jianfei scolded impatiently, "When did Lao Tzu come back, you still don't know?" Have you enjoyed watching the drama these days? ”
The hologram flickered a few times, turning into a suspended mechanical sphere, from which a voice that did not look like a machine came out: "You can eat indiscriminately, you can't talk indiscriminately, where do I have time to spy on you, I'm thinking about life, ah no, the biggest philosophical questions in machine life." ”
"Come to me, there's something urgent." Han Jianfei said.
"Where are you?"
"You don't know where I am?"
"So what do you say first?"
"Fighting, two are missing one, are you coming?"
"Come!" The mechanical ball was obviously interested, "It's a little far away, wait for me." ”
Hanging up the phone, Zhao Xiaonan asked, "What is this?" ”
"His name is Dobby, but I like to call him Teaseby." Han Jianfei said, "He is the real master of this underground world." ”
"Combi is an artificial intelligence in the true sense of the word, and compared to the things you usually see, he is a mechanical life with a real subjective consciousness." Han Jianfei continued, "It is also the only mechanical lifeform in the entire alliance. ”
He pointed to everything around him, "Everything here, including the entire underground ghost pipeline, was done by the two of us together. ”
After four hours, the fusion reactor was finally fully activated, all the robots were awakened, and the entire base began to get busy like a giant beast that had just woken up.
Han Jianfei, who hadn't slept for two days and two nights, was still resting, when a knock suddenly sounded on the door in the base.
The sound was played from the base's PA system, and it was extremely loud.
Han Jianfei, who hadn't slept for two days and two nights, was still resting, and Zhao Xiaonan hesitated.
"Open the door, it's at the door." Dobby's voice came over the radio.
Zhao Xiaonan walked to the entrance, opened the heavy fire door, and saw a heavily armed quadruped robot.
The robot carries a mechanical sphere slightly larger than a basketball on its back, as she had seen Dobby in the communicator earlier.
"Are you...... Fei Ge invited ...... Comics? She asked, sly.
"No manners!" The quadruped robot walked into the base, "How can you call me by my name directly!" To add sir! ”
"Okay, may I ask if you are Mr. Tusebi, who was invited by Brother Fei?" Zhao Xiaonan asked again.
"That's right, it's him." At some point, Han Jianfei also appeared behind her.