Chapter Seventy-Four: Artificial Warriors
At the thought of a mysterious force in this world that could fight against the parallel management center, Lu Buping couldn't help but feel a palpitation. At the same time, he is also very concerned about the safety of Starry Night, although Starry Night is usually quite skinny, but after all, he has fought side by side with Lu Buping, and he can be regarded as having a revolutionary friendship.
It's a pity that no matter how Lu Buping shouted and slapped in the following time, Starry Night did not respond. Similarly, the Pip-Boy is empty, and the quests, maps, and so on are all gone.
Finally, Lu Buping reluctantly accepted this fact. Now he can only pray that the Parallel Management is more powerful than he imagined, enough to fight this mysterious and strange world. Otherwise, both Starry Night and yourself will be in a terrifying crisis.
Lu Buping sat on the back of the off-road vehicle and said nothing.
Everyone in the team saw his abnormal behavior but didn't dare to ask more, and the happy and relaxed atmosphere before was also covered with a layer of haze in everyone's hearts because of this incident. All of a sudden, the temperature in the car dropped to freezing.
The SUV was still driving on the broken road, and no one noticed, and everywhere they went, there was a red-glowing surveillance camera on the building overhead. The camera looks like a blood-red one-eyed man, greedily watching its prey.
Lu Buping had a lot of ideas along the way just now, and the link between himself and the management office has been completely blocked. The only way to return is to find Heaven on Earth as originally planned, but no one can predict what will happen after that. Or wait for the parallel management to defeat the unknown invaders, and wait for the starry night to take the initiative to contact you. However, the initiative in this way is not on him at all, and it is not Lu Buping's style to sit back and wait for death.
Thinking of this, Lu Buping set his eyes on the big boy Cui Tuo, the current information related to heaven on earth is only [Oasis], and if you want to go to the oasis, you have to rely on him to guide the way.
Finally, after another quarter of an hour, the group arrived at a small gas station in the city. regained his state, and Lu Buping also followed everyone to get out of the car to search.
There are a lot of cars parked in the small gas station, and there are many scrapped frames, but they are all covered with dust due to the weather.
Reed lifted a covered cloth from his hand, choking on the dust and coughing.
"Sam, pick a working one, fill up the gas, and we'll drive another one away." Reed commanded.
"Don't worry, Old Sam will find the best car." Old Sam laughed and got ready to get to work.
At this time, Lu Buping was also searching around, and suddenly his eyes were attracted by a dark green jeep in the corner, and he stared at the car with a frown.
"Everyone, come to me!" Lu Buping shouted to the team.
"What's going on, Mr. Zhang San." Suthir was the first to come.
Then everyone else also surrounded him, and since Lu Buping repelled the attack of the man-eating ghosts, everyone in the team was very convinced of him.
"Look at this car......" Lu Buping stretched out his hand and pointed to the dark green jeep.
"It turns out that you have found the car, and it scared me, thinking that something terrible was there." Suthir smiled and prepared to take a closer look.
Unexpectedly, before she could take a step, her wrist was grabbed by Reed.
"Why are you ......" Before she finished speaking, she found that everyone including Old Sam and others were staring at the jeep with solemn eyes, and their expressions were the same as Lu Buping's.
Reed saw that she hadn't noticed it yet, so he said, "Look at this car carefully, don't you think it's too clean?" ”
Only then did Suthir take a closer look and find the clues.
Everything outside the city was covered in a layer of yellow sand, including the exterior of the restaurant they were in just now. Only the jeep in front of me, although it is still old and has traces of use. But compared to other vehicles, it is not too much to say that this car is as clean as new.
As the saying goes, when things go wrong, there must be demons.
Lu Buping rushed to the front of the car with an arrow step, ready for battle. However, when he took a closer look, he found that there was no trace of hiding in the car.
"Uncle Sam, can you confirm how long this car has been parked here?" Lu Buping greeted.
Old Sam agreed, and hurriedly stepped forward to check. When he opened the engine cover, he only glanced at it and said in a deep voice: "I really made you right, judging from the cooling, this car has been parked for less than ten minutes!" ”
Hearing this, everyone hurriedly drew their weapons and looked around vigilantly.
"It looks like someone has entered the city with us around the same time. Anyway, the man-eating ghost shouldn't be able to drive a car, and the other party is likely to be a survivor, so the chance of taking the initiative to attack is not great. But always be careful about your surroundings. Lu Buping admonished while looking around.
Reed also picked up at this point: "Let's fill up the car and leave, trying not to have a conflict." ”
Everyone nodded yes and then prepared to use the fuel tank. Who would have thought that the distribution box of the gas station has been turned off, and if you want to reopen it, you must enter the service desk in the gas station to restart it. But the jeep clearly told everyone that there were strangers nearby, and if you rushed into the service desk, you might encounter an ambush.
"Damn, you really have to go in." Reed scolded angrily, and then ordered, "I'll go first to explore the way, and you stay on guard here." ”
"I'll go in too." Lu Buping said.
"No need, after all, I'm the captain, and I have to come to this dangerous situation. Please protect a few of them, or I won't worry. ”
After Reed finished speaking, he turned around and went to the main entrance of the service station with a fire axe in his hand, took a deep breath and slowly pushed the door in.
A minute passed...... Five minutes passed...... Ten minutes passed.
The crowd grew anxious, but Reed did not return from inside the door, nor did he warn them.
The service station was transformed into a giant monster, swallowing people in one gulp, leaving no bones or flesh left.
"It's not right," said Suthir worriedly, "whatever is going on inside, Reed will come back and tell us." Even in the face of man-eating ghosts, he won't even have a chance to escape. ”
Suthir said with tears in her eyes, in this strange apocalyptic world, it is not easy to have a partner who can survive together through thick and thin. The so-called friendship between husband and wife has long been consumed by reality and survival. Now that Reed doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, even a strong woman like Suthir who is a cannibal ghost can't help but be flustered.
"Why don't we go in and have a look?" Traitol suggested.
"Okay, old Sam will go too, if you meet Satan the devil, see if I don't give him a wrench!" Old Sam swore with the equipment used to repair the car.
Lu Buping shook his head and said, "No, I'll go in alone, and you guys are waiting for me here." ”
It's not Lu Buping Meng Lang, if it is him before. Whatever you say, you have to let everyone together to feel a little secure. It's just that now Reed's life and death are uncertain, and the situation in the house is unpredictable. His skills are already a cut above others, and if there is an accident, he still has the confidence to get out, but it is a bit cumbersome to bring more people.
Seeing Lu Buping so insistent, everyone couldn't say anything. In the expectant eyes of everyone, Lu Buping's Hidden Blade was in his hand, ready to push the door to find Reed.
The service station was much darker than expected, and I could only barely distinguish things with the help of the light from the outside world. It seems that it is not only the problem of the distribution box, but the main gate of the entire gas station has been closed, resulting in a widespread power outage.
As soon as he stepped into one foot, Lu Buping only heard a gust of wind in his ears, and a black shadow attacked him in an instant. Thanks to Lu Buping, he has been prepared for twelve points, otherwise he would have to be hit. I saw Lu Buping turn over and dodge and roll to the side, but there was still a person standing behind him.
This man's arms slammed downward, and Lu Buping couldn't dodge, so he could only resist with both arms. Who knew that with just this blow, Lu Buping felt as if his arm had hit steel, and a sharp pain and numbness came at the same time.
"Hmm!" A drop of cold sweat dripped from Lu Buping's forehead. I saw that he was going to tighten his back molars. Using his back as a support point, he kicked his feet hard into the opponent's abdomen and kicked them away. Immediately after that, the Hidden Arrow was thrown in the same direction, and only the sound of a knife entering the flesh was heard, and the opponent disappeared.
"Whew, whew." Lu Buping finally won himself a chance to breathe.
Although he couldn't see it, Lu Buping could feel that his arm had caused a slight bone break in the collision just now, and it was very difficult to lift it at this time.
The strength of the other party was so strong, which was completely beyond his expectations.
In the darkness, a pair of red spots suddenly lit up on the left and right sides of Lu Buping, and this red light was actually emitted by the attacker's eyes! Then, between the lightning and flint, the red light spots actually shot out two red rays visible to the naked eye, and they came straight to the landing step.
"!" Lu Buping scolded bitterly, and he didn't have time to think about it. The whole body was smashed backwards, and it hit the main entrance of the service station directly. Even the gate and glass were all shattered, and he fell directly outward four or five meters away, and rolled backwards a few times before stabilizing his figure.
"Mr. Zhang San!" The three people waiting outside the door couldn't help but exclaim when they saw Lu Buping coming out so embarrassed.
Lu Buping didn't have time to pay attention to them, and looked at the location he was just now, where a basketball-sized hole had been melted, and a large amount of white gas was emitted around it.
Before the white fog cleared, the two attackers had already stepped out of the service station and appeared in front of Lu Buping.
Outwardly, both men are in normal human form, with the only difference being that their limbs are too muscular, thicker than normal people, and look disproportionate to their heads.
They wore black jackets that showed off their toned chest and abs. The lower body is skinny black leather pants and old-fashioned denim willow shoes.
One of them had the short blade of the Hidden Blade of the Hidden Blade in his abdomen, but not a drop of blood came out. With a single force, the man pulled out the blade and carried him to the ground.
Lu Buping could see clearly that inside his wound was a mechanical skeleton.
The remaining three members of the team also saw the appearance of the person who came at this time, and shouted in unison: "The mechanical gang! ”