Volume 3 Over the Moon (12)
The ship slowly descended under the gaze of the crowd. To everyone's surprise, the first person to come out of the spacecraft after it was stabilized was Nangong Qian, and Professor Sun immediately knew that the purpose of these spaceships was not to rescue them.
Then a few base vehicles slowly drove out of the spaceship, and emergency teams were deployed on the side. Will immediately became alert and turned his suspicious gaze on Zhang Hong.
"Don't blame me!"
At this time, Zhang Hong also looked very ashamed, no matter what, betraying his comrades was an unforgivable sin.
"I have to report these things to the Nangong family."
Will was relieved, Zhang Hong was originally an employee of the Nangong family, so it was naturally impossible to hide such important information from the Nangong family, after all, he still had a family, and he still needed to rely on the Nangong family to live in this last days.
And the only one who is happy is Suzune, and until now, no one has dared to tell her that it was the Nangong family who attacked the 521 base and imprisoned Suzuki Minami.
"Sister Akane!"
Suzune shouted excitedly and was about to go over, but Will grabbed the back collar, she turned her head and winked at Will in confusion:
"Brother Will, what's wrong?"
Where do I start......
When Will was in trouble, Nangong Qian opened her mouth first:
"Regarding the Medal of Honor, I don't think we have to score you and me - no one has a rule that the teleportation array can only teleport one person, right? We can work together! As far as I know, that place is far more dangerous than Earth, and it is wiser for us to work together than against each other. β
"Are you trustworthy?"
Being asked by Will like this, Nangong Qian's face turned red, and after her chest rose and fell violently a few times, she finally regained her calm:
"Everyone in our Nangong family has a different style of doing things, at least you can trust me this time."
Hearing the statement of his former comrade-in-arms, the only pearl in the palm of the Nangong family's patriarch, Will also believed that Nangong Qian did not come with malice this time. After all, everyone's identity is in place, and the Nangong family should not want to provoke a civil war between the alliances right now. As soon as the hand that grabbed Lingyin's back collar was loosened, Lingyin had already run to Nangong Qian's front and held her hand:
"Sister Akane, are you also here to find my father?"
"It should ...... Sort of......"
Nangong Qian replied with a little embarrassment.
In the face of Suzune's family, his feelings are quite complicated.
"Let's discuss how to get that medal!"
Hou Ping, who had been silent, suddenly opened his mouth to break the deadlock, which made Zhang Hong very surprised.
Isn't he the one who hates the Nangong family the most?
"Of course, I went in and got it! I don't believe they can stop me and Brother Will! β
Suzune clenched her little fist and closed it.
Hearing Lingyin say this, Professor Sun was anxious first:
"And what if they'd rather destroy it than give it to us?"
Of course, Suzune didn't know if the Medal of Honor could be destroyed, but she didn't want to try it again. The opportunity to meet her father was just around the corner, and she didn't want it to be ruined.
"What then? Didn't you say that it was their precious root, and they would have to fight with you even to see it? β
After hearing Professor Sun's hypothesis, Suzune grimaced.
"Don't worry, Suzune, everything in the world has its price"
Will touched the top of Suzune's head, and Suzune, who was in distress, rarely did not dodge.
"With the Nangong family joining, I believe there is no price we can't afford to pay."
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Under Hou Ping's mediation, the leader of the Shamin finally agreed to talk to them, which also avoided the worst-case scenario.
It is unbelievable that the leader of this group of fierce and abnormal sand people is actually a thin old man with snow-white hair.
"I heardβyou want the god cards that we've been worshipping for generations?"
After examining Will and them one by one, the old man, who seemed to be able to reach them with a gust of wind, opened his mouth leisurely.
"Yes, please make your terms!"
Nangong Qian makes no secret of her purpose, and she also has this capital.
A look of anger flashed in the old man's eyes, but it quickly disappeared.
"It's not impossible to want that thing"
After a moment of silence, the leader of the sandfols spoke:
"As a relic of our ancestors, we worship it every day so that it can protect our peace. But in recent decades, mysterious creatures have appeared every night to invade our people, forcing us to hide in caves at night. My request is simple, let you eradicate those creatures and give us peace! β
"It's easy!"
Nangong Qian was full of confidence and made a decision on the spot.
With a mocking smile on the corner of the old man's mouth, he said to a strong man beside him:
"Fu Tong, take our guests to the Magic Eye."
"Yes, Wise Headman"
Fu Tong, who bent down to receive the order, stood up straight, and said to Will:
"Warriors, please come with me."
The group set off one after another, and Suzune was about to keep up with the team, but was stopped by Will again.
Facing the ringtone that looked at him suspiciously, Will sighed:
"Suzune, you're really not used to dealing with people."
Slowly approached Lingyin's ear, and whispered to Suzune, who was flushed:
"You stay here to prevent them from playing tricks. As long as they have any abnormal movements, don't hesitate! β
Suzune nodded incomprehensibly.
Although she didn't understand why Will explained her purpose like this, she knew that Will wouldn't harm her.
Soon the group traveled to the ground again, and in addition to Suzune, Will and Nangong Qian also left some of their men behind and built a temporary camp nearby. The rest of the people followed Fu Tong with their weapons and equipment to the edge of a deep pit with a diameter of tens of meters.
Nangong Qian looked down at the dark and deep entrance of the cave, and smiled at Fu Tong:
"Big brother, is this cave what you call the Magic Eye?"
"Yes, every night some very strange-looking humanoids come out of it to hunt creatures on the surface, and although it seems that there are not many xenomorphs in it, no matter how many warriors we send down to sweep them, every time the mud cow disappears into the sea. Miss, this place is very dangerous, and if you are not absolutely sure, don't go down. β
Nangong Qian's delicate and lovely appearance played a role, allowing them to get some information that they shouldn't have gotten, but Nangong Qian, who came prepared, didn't take Fu Tong's warning to heart.
Nangong Qian pointed to the entrance of the cave:
"Will, do you come first or do I go first?"
Will smiled slightly:
"Ladies first, of course!"
I'll go! Is Ladies First this usage......
However, Nangong Qian didn't care about these details, beckoned her subordinates to fiddle with the equipment, and left a few people to guard them, and then slid down the cave with all the people.
She's reassured of herself......
Will shook his head, and together with Hou Ping, they relied on the zipline to enter the cave.
Stepping on the rough rock wall to the bottom of the cave, Will stepped on a smooth black road of unknown material, and looked around to find that the hole only occupied a small part of the underground passage, and the entire passage was hundreds of meters wide, and I don't know whose big hand it was.
Seeing that Will came down, Nangong Qian, who had been waiting for a long time, pointed to this unusually wide passage:
"It's a little weird here! Such a smooth and wide road could never have been formed naturally, and I am afraid that our enemy this time will be very tricky. β
Will heard the meaning of Nangong Qian's words, turned back to the subordinates who followed, and said:
"Pick up your weapons and be ready to fight!"
"The sand people had organized a big sweep before, and they wanted me to lead that operation. But I prefer to be quiet, so I didn't promise them."
Hou Ping, who rarely spoke, interjected at the right time, which was a kind reminder, and his tone was not as manic as before.
That Diablo is gone?
Will clearly sensed the difference between Hou Ping.
"Regardless of the dragon pond or the tiger's den ahead, we must go through it today"
Nangong Qian raised her hand and waved forward:
"Forward!"
With Nangong Qian's order, the Nangong family's combat team slowly searched and advanced with their own weapons.
Perhaps because it was still early, they walked in the passage for more than ten minutes without encountering any emergencies. Just when everyone's spirit was about to relax, the spearhead who was walking in the forefront suddenly raised his hand.
The people in the cave were excited, and the vigilance was raised to the highest level again.
As the elite of the team, the spearhead was divided into two people, one after the other, and they took small steps to advance covertly.
The two cautiously groped their way through a corner, disappeared for a few minutes, and then reappeared and beckoned to everyone:
"Safety! It's just an old battlefield, and a few pieces of equipment that have not been completely destroyed are emitting a source of energy similar to that of xenomorphs."
Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief and followed the two soldiers to the so-called old battlefield.
Hundreds of meters of the road were littered with heavily damaged robots, and a variety of weapons were scattered all over the place, including some of the Alliance's cutting-edge models.
But strangely, there was not a single corpse left on the entire battlefield, not even a single stump, which was completely different from the xenomorph's behavior of often eating in the battlefield.
"Huh?"
Will, who was doing an inventory of the battlefield, suddenly frowned.
Nangong Qian walked over, looked at a mecha that fell to the ground and asked:
"Did you find anything special?"
"Did you notice that all the vehicles here, including this mech, were destroyed by the same weapon, and it didn't look like they had been attacked by xenos. Moreover, there was no bloodstain in the entire battlefield, indicating that the sandmen did not suffer much casualties after being attacked, but more like most of them were captured alive. β
When Will said this, an extremely shocked expression suddenly appeared on his face:
"Is it just a hunt for them?"
The leader of the sandfolk had heard that these creatures had a habit of hunting other species, but they did not expect them to remember this on the battlefield.
Another thing that made Will care a lot was that the leader had clearly hidden an important information from them, that is, the xenomorphs who hunted them had extremely advanced weapons!