Chapter 60: The Last Mission
"Peng!"
Cheng Lin was pulled by the bearded man at the window and climbed into the window on the second floor.
As soon as his feet hit the ground, he had time to look at the man.
The other party is about 50 years old.
However, considering the environmental devastation of the wasteland, as well as the fact that the white man is already old, judging by the voice, this person is about thirty.
He also wears a standard military uniform, but his clothes are covered with wounds and blood.
The mental outlook of the whole person also seems to be very poor.
His face was shriveled and he looked weak.
"Do you speak Chinese?" Cheng Lin couldn't help but ask.
The bearded man smiled weakly, then said with a little pride: "I know three languages." ”
After a pause, he explained: "I didn't see your face clearly before, so I used English,
I saw the battle between you and those bats,
I didn't expect you to be so brave at such a young age,
You can kill all the way in from outside the city! ”
Cheng Lin smiled awkwardly, and said in his heart that you still haven't seen enough.
Where did I kill in, I clearly died all the way in......
"What do you call you? Ah, you can call me Garin. The bearded man spoke again.
"My surname is Zhang ...... You were ordered to investigate the situation, well, you are from the outpost? We couldn't get in touch with you for a long time, so I stopped by and took a look, but I didn't expect ...... There are so many bats here. ”
Cheng Lin pretended to be serious and said.
Considering that "Cheng Lin" has already been made into a sculpture, he didn't dare to say his real name.
Garin sighed faintly when he heard this, and said with some sadness in his eyes: "We didn't expect that we would fall into such a situation, by the way, what about the others?" How many of you came? Why did I only see you? ”
Cheng Lin coughed dryly, didn't answer, but asked, "Can you introduce the current situation first?" I think this one is more urgent. ”
Garin nodded and said, "Follow me." ”
The two of them first walked to the first floor.
Then the brown-haired man lifted the floor in the corner of the room, revealing a downward staircase under the floor.
Garin walked down and introduced Cheng Lin to what he had done.
The information he said was similar to what Cheng Lin knew.
It was probably this group of vampire bats that suddenly arrived and surrounded the entire city.
Captured their posts.
The people at the outpost tried to fight it several times, but they were all killed one after another.
The few remaining survivors are hiding in the buildings below.
"This underground cellar was originally dug by the residents more than a decade ago to escape the war, but now it is our last refuge."
Garin sighed and said again: "The outpost was overrun by those bats, you should have seen it,
It's the building under the windmill,
A large number of goods are also stranded over there,
We rescued only the best part of the goods,
We've tried to escape,
But they can't do it at all, there are too many of them,
We can only keep transmitting radio signals,
But you know, this damn place is very noisy.
We lost the antenna of the outpost,
With just a miniature transmitter, you can't get the signal too far. ”
"Goods?"
Cheng Lin listened silently, and suddenly caught a word.
"You don't know? By the way, you're from the reconnaissance team, so it's normal not to know.
Some time ago, a batch of goods was delivered to the outpost,
It's a pity that I haven't had time to wait for the people of Sahara City to come and pick it up,
I encountered the bat. ”
"What kind of cargo?" Cheng Lin asked curiously.
Garin said in a low tone: "What else can it be, mainly the spirit ore, and a box of potions, by the way, there is also a volume of ability field maps with a sequence of seven grades." ”
Cheng Lin's heart jumped suddenly.
Spirit ore?
He had heard this in class, and it was somewhat similar to the spirit plant, which was found after the revival of the aura, and some substances that were obviously rich in aura.
It is said that this thing can be used as a cultivation resource.
It's a pity that Cheng Lin hasn't seen it.
He knew that he had two bottles of potions...... Well, although one of the bottles was made by himself in a juicer.
As for the last "Ability Field Diagram with a Sequence of Reaching Rank 7", it was the one that caught his attention the most.
The word field map reminded him of a learnable ability.
I don't know if the two have anything to do with each other.
It's just that Cheng Lin is not good at asking directly, after all, looking at Garin's tone, this should be a very common noun.
If asked, I am afraid that it will immediately arouse suspicion.
Cheng Lin could only ask Xia Ling Ore seemingly casually: "How many materials are in this batch?" ”
"Two truckloads."
"How much?!" Cheng Lin was stunned.
"Two truckloads." Garin gave him a strange look.
So that kind of preciousness is about the same as a spirit plant, and you can easily sell it for more than 100,000 ores in the market with two truckloads?
Cheng Lin's breathing tightened slightly.
Then I saw Garin said: "But most of them are impurity ores, and the quality is not high, so we chose to bring out the ore essence with higher value at the time of emergency.
Although they are only a small box, they are worth much better than those tramp ores. ”
With that, the two had already gone down the stairs, opened another door, and walked along the corridor for dozens of meters, finally coming to a dim and empty basement.
There are very few furnishings in the basement, just a few shabby tables.
There are also several oil drums and wooden boxes in the corner.
On the table was a dim oil lamp, illuminating the dark basement.
At the table, there are three people around.
Two men and one woman.
The men were all dressed in military uniforms, while the woman was wearing a wide blue skirt, and the whole person was huddled in a ball.
They were all silently leaning against the wall, their faces withered, and their spirits seemed worse than Garin's.
I opened my eyes when I heard footsteps.
When they saw Cheng Lin, the two men suddenly opened their mouths, barely cheered up, and showed a look of surprise.
He said a few words, as if asking something.
It seems to be in English, but it doesn't seem to be, Cheng Lin doesn't understand it very well.
Garin responded with two sentences, and then looked at Cheng Lin, and asked with a wistful face:
"That's probably the way it is, we're all very concerned about the rescue,
What about the rest of you? When can I come over?
We've run out of ammunition, to be precise,
We haven't eaten for five days, and we haven't had water. ”
After a pause, he added, "If you come any later, I'm afraid you won't see us again." ”
Facing these pairs of expectant eyes, Cheng Lin fell silent.
He didn't speak.
The air in the basement began to stagnate.
Several people seemed to have a premonition, the expressions on their faces slowly froze, but a glimmer of light in their eyes stubbornly refused to disperse.
Finally, Cheng Lin still replied: "We are just a reconnaissance team, and when we came over, we were attacked by vampire bats.
Only I survived and came here.
No one else......
So ......"
As he said this, he saw Garin's obvious body trembling, and his bearded face, which was too old compared to his age, suddenly showed a "unexpected" look.
He seemed to have a guess in his heart, and Cheng Lin's words were only confirmed.
Garin's companions obviously did not understand Chinese, but they also sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
And at the same time looked at Garin with a burning gaze.
After a few seconds, only to hear Garin spit out a few words.
The two men who had barely stood up suddenly turned to ashes, and the last trace of expectation in their eyes disappeared.
I almost collapsed.
They had been without food and water for several days, and although Cheng Lin didn't know if these people were cultivators, even if they were all cultivators, they would definitely be of a low grade, and it would be impossible for them to do it.
It can be seen that Garin should be the strongest of them, but even Garin can already clearly see that he is weak.
He's been pushing hard.
An atmosphere of despair brewed in the air.
It's too far from Sahara City, even if a real reconnaissance team arrives here and then immediately returns to report the news.
By the time the Saharan team arrived, Garin and the others probably couldn't hold it anymore.
Perhaps, the reason why they are barely holding on is because they have the idea of being rescued.
And now, that expectation is gone.
……
"If you can still hold it up...... I mean, is that kind of bat to eat? If you can ......"
Cheng Lin said hesitantly.
Garin shook his head dejectedly, and said in a weak tone: "No, their body fluids can't be absorbed." ”
"That ......"
Cheng Lin didn't know what to say.
Suddenly, I saw the frail woman in the far corner say a few words in an unusually weak tone.
Then, I saw several men looking at Cheng Lin in unison.
"What are you going to do?"
Cheng Lin said with some vigilance.
Then, to his surprise, he saw that the three men suddenly showed pleading expressions in unison.
Just listened to Garin and said: "Dear sir, we have a request, since you can break through their blockade and enter here, can you take someone out?" ”
Cheng Lin shook his head.
Pointing to the tattered clothes on his body: "I'm not as strong as you think, I can only go out by myself at most, it's really impossible to take the four of you with me."
It's not that I don't want to, but I really can't. ”
"No, no, no, I think you misunderstood." Garin's tone was very humble.
"We don't want you to take us out,
In fact, I'm afraid that even if you are willing to open the way, we will not be able to keep up with you.
And we mean ...... If adults can't, can children? ”
"Kid?" Cheng Lin was stunned.
Then I saw the woman cowering in the corner standing up tremblingly.
Came to him, and put his hands forward from his robe.
She was holding a swaddling baby in the crook of her arm.
It was a baby, wrapped in swaddling clothes, small, skinny, with its eyes closed, almost as if it were dead.
Only if you look closely, you can see that the baby's small chest is still very slightly undulating.
Before, this woman shrank there, and in the dimness, Cheng Lin didn't even notice that there was a baby here!
I only heard Garin say bitterly: "This is the wife and child of a brother in our outpost, just before the arrival of the vampire bats, they came here to visit their relatives,
As a result, he was forced to stay,
The child's father died in battle to cover us,
A few of us can't wait for rescue.
In fact, if it weren't for the sake of the children, we would have died with those bats.
Dear Sir, I have seen your bravery,
I think you can't take it away if you're an adult, but if you're a child...... Is it possible?
You see, she's so small, no bigger than a satchel,
It shouldn't affect your actions very much,
Of course, we won't let you help in vain. ”
With that, Garin walked to the corner and laboriously dragged out a large suitcase, about the size of an ordinary suitcase.
He dragged it to Cheng Lin and said seriously: "This is the essence ore and other materials we rescued.
Even though the quantity may not seem like much, you should know the value of the essence ore, which is far more than those impurity ores.
What's more, there's also a scroll of ability field maps up to seven pins!
As long as you agree to our request, then these are yours,
There are only a few of us left at the outpost of Sand Horn City.
After we died, no one knew what happened here.
You can keep this box of supplies for yourself, even the military can't find anything!
If it is not convenient to carry,
You can find a place to hide it in the city,
Then look for a chance to come and pick it up!
This chest is made of special metal, which can isolate aura fluctuations,
It won't be discovered! ”
After speaking, Cheng Lin saw the three men staring at him with a mournful gaze.
The woman, whose chest was shriveled and apparently no longer had any milk, supported the baby with trembling arms and muttered weakly words of pleading words in her mouth.
At this moment, information came to Cheng Lin's mind:
[Congratulations on completing the sixth mission]
[Mission (Epilogue): Accept the commission of Garin and others, take the baby out of Sand Corner City, and then the mission will end, and this deduction will end]