Chapter 129: Escape from the Shipwreck
"Say it, what to say."
Seeing that Shirley had the intention of cooperating, Dimmite put down his hand, withdrew the sun crystal, and hugged his arm.
"Can I ask something first?" Shirley cautiously asked, "If I make up a few nonsense, will I die?" β
"It depends on my mood, but eighty percent of them are dead."
"So, what if you find out that I really don't know anything after asking?"
Dimmit smiled: "It also depends on the mood." β
Such an unreasonable answer made Shirley's initial fear weaken a lot, and she turned into anger and rushed straight to her head.
"So it's up to you to live or die now? No matter how you say it, you can't kill innocents indiscriminately. β
"Ha, I'm sorry, I'm no different from an executioner. If all the people who have nothing to do with the target are called innocents, then I have killed many more innocents than the target. β
When he said this, Dimmit did not feel the slightest guilt, slightly raised his head, and raised the corners of his mouth, more like showing off. Shirley couldn't understand Dimmit's thinking at all, there was only one fact she could understand.
Next, it's better to make Dimiit happy, otherwise don't want to get off the ship alive.
"Well, I said, I promise to tell you the truth. I really didn't have the idea of fighting Istis, however, I knew of another runemaster, and he was possible. β
Meeting Dimmit's eyes, Shirley spoke every word very seriously. And the eyes that did not shy away from Dimmit, let Dimiit judge that she was indeed not lying.
"Who is it?"
"Lenin Wales Cruz, the chief military adjutant at the king's side, is roughly equivalent to the chief of staff of the national army."
"You say Wales?"
"Yes."
Shirley nodded helplessly.
"He's, my brother."
*****
Lenin Wales Cruz, a name Dimit had never heard of. It is said that in the inner world, as long as there is a super-capable person who can dominate one side and is a little famous, even if Dimmit has not seen it, he will have heard of it.
But Cruz, he couldn't possibly know, because this is an extremely low-key person.
In Shirley's impression, her brother, who is ten years older, has been a freak since he was a child. Excellent grades, smart and clever, but few words and not good at sociability. Not to mention classmates at school, even family members, he rarely communicates.
Suffice it to say, no one knows what is going on in his heart.
After graduating from high school, Cruz took the entrance exam, but disappeared on the way to the exam room, and his whereabouts were unknown, leaving his family anxious enough. The police tried a lot to find him, but they couldn't find any trace of him. After a year of incommutable searches, the family followed the advice of the police and issued a death certificate to Cruz.
Since then, Shirley has gradually forgotten about her brother until last year.
In the year 139, several cities in western Shiliwala were infiltrated by a terrorist group and became their stronghold. The terrorist group inflamed local resentment against the royal family, expanding its power and eventually becoming a threat. In June, King Silivara's army went on an all-out offensive and began a three-month war with the terrorist group.
No one could have imagined that such a local organization could actually fight with the king's army. Armed with a large number of weapons, they were entrenched in the vantage terrain, and like dogskin plasters, they clung to the land of Silivara. No matter how the king's army fights, it will not be able to completely destroy it.
Two months later, however, the war took a turn for the worse. For some reason, the King's Army suddenly gained the upper hand, and in less than a month, all the main figures of the terrorist organization were captured and then publicly executed.
On the day when the people celebrated their victory, the king revealed the secret of the army's victory, the adoption of some "new weapons", and new reconnaissance equipment. And those who brought and suggested the use of these things, have been promoted to chief military auxiliaries.
At that time, people first knew Cruz's name, and it was also when Shirley saw her brother again from the TV screen after many years.
She hurried to Moshak and wandered around the palace for more than ten days, finally waiting for an opportunity.
Cruz took a few of his entourage and went shopping on the street, with Shirley following closely. When the group came out of a shop and stood on the side of the street, the girl bravely walked up.
"Brother!"
Cruz, who hadn't seen him for more than ten years and was in his thirties, looked a lot worse than the last time Shirley saw him. Facing Shirley's face, it looked even more withdrawn and cold.
The entourage immediately stood in front of Shirley, who shouted again, and Cruz turned his head slightly to look at her.
This glance is like looking at a stranger.
"Your Highness Cruz, what should I do?"
A man next to him asked. Cruz turned around and walked away on his own.
"I don't know her, let's go, it's time to go back."
The others obeyed Cruz's instructions and pushed Shirley aside to warn her not to follow. Shirley could only stand still and watch her brother walk away. I want to scream, but I don't want to scream.
The brief goodbye ended like this, and until now, Shirley has not seen Cruz again.
Bang Bang β
Listening to Shirley's story, Dimmit clapped lazily.
"It's so touching, should I shed two tears and cooperate?"
"What's your reaction?" Shirley said huffingly.
"That's what I should ask. After talking for a long time, why is your brother related to Istis? β
"I'm not done yet. More than a month after that meeting, the world government sent an investigation team. Moreover, the people of many cities saw the army, just as they did during the war. Obviously, not long after the end of the war, do you think it was a coincidence? β
Following Shirley's words, Dimmit really smelled some weird smells. Indeed, this is a bit too coincidental. But if it weren't for a big man of this level, he might not have been able to install an EXP detection device on a ship.
You must know that the equipment involving EXP is usually issued by the state, plus the Mermaid is a ship registered in the Arctic Continent, and the vast majority of the crew members are Arctic nationals, and if you want to secretly install the equipment, ordinary people can't do it.
Looking at it this way, it is indeed possible that this chief military assistant is the one who got involved in Istis. Thinking about it, Dimmit had a headache.
If this is the case, the other side can mobilize troops to stop itself and confront it head-on, which will definitely be a loss.
"Am I saying something wrong?"
Looking at Dimmit's pensive look, Shirley asked softly.
"No, I'm thinking about things."
"That ......"
Suddenly, there was the sound of boots stomping on the ground, and from behind Shirley, ten men burst into the cabin, dressed in combat uniforms and holding their hands*. They quickly stepped forward, separated Dimiit from Shirley, and surrounded Dimitte.
Dimmit's one eye glanced left and right. Judging from the uniform clothing and weapons of these ten people, it is estimated that it is Silivara's army, which is similar to the appearance of other countries' armies, except that each person has a silver-white rectangle on his left arm, with an EXP reaction, which must be a little said.
"So soon, you're coming to pick me up?"
He sneered, first raised a circle of light shields to make sure he was okay, and then slowly thought about how to kill these soldiers.
Woo β
Shrill sirens echoed outside, pulling a long tone. The sirens were followed by announcements from all over the ship.
"Attention everyone! In the event of a terrorist attack at the stern of the cabin, passengers are requested to stay away from the cabin and evacuate to the designated location according to the instructions of the staff! Repeat! In the event of a terrorist attack at the stern of the cabin, passengers are requested to stay away from the cabin and evacuate to the designated location according to the instructions of the staff! β
Then there was a continuous stream of exclamations, and Dimmit felt the deck above him tremble, and the passengers must have panicked.
However, before the fight started here, the announcement was announced to evacuate, which seems to be a little wrong?
But Dimmit didn't have time to think about it, because he aimed his gun at the muzzle and fired a bullet.
*****
Jingle Bell β
These bullets have not been EXP-treated, and the light shield has taken hundreds of rounds without moving. Dimmit shook his head, after all, it is a small country with no international status, and he must have never seen much of the world.
He calmly raised his hand, condensed EXP, and his hand sparkled.
"It's coming! Attention all, mirror starts! β
The leader of the group C, who was in charge, immediately gave the order, and everyone immediately raised their left arms and pointed the cuboid at Dimmit. Then, the cuboid quickly glowed, opening a wall of aqua blue light. The wall of light of the ten men leaned against each other, trapping Dimiit in the center.
"This is, a reflector?"
Dimmit lost the ease he had just now, these soldiers were not superpowers, but they used the move of the Lenin people - reflective mirror. It's not an ordinary wall of light, but a mirror made of EXP's ice surface, which not only has considerable hardness, but also can rebound EXP attacks.
It turns out that the cuboid is used for this.
Dimmit was still a little unconvinced, after all, reflecting mirrors was an advanced skill of the Lenin people, so he tried to shoot a beam in one direction.
As a result, the beam hit the mirror and was immediately bounced back by the same way, and he quickly used his own light shield to cancel out the beam and scatter it. Don't dodge, the beam will bounce back and forth between the mirrors, without stopping until the energy is depleted.
This is a false reflective surface, and it seems that it cannot be acted lightly.
There are only two ways to break the mirror. Directly kill the person who generated the mirror, or break the mirror. This must be done in one go, and any attack that does not completely shatter the mirror will be reflected back.
But at the thought of this, Dimmit hesitated.
Because he doesn't control the EXP output very accurately like Shirley. It's good to reduce the intensity, but if you increase the strength, it's easy to stop the car.
The space enclosed by the mirror is too narrow, once the energy is too strong, it collides in this small space, causing an explosion, and it doesn't matter if the opposite side dies or not, he himself will definitely be affected. In order to kill these people, they are covered with injuries, which is not cost-effective. Moreover, the enemy must be more than that.
This idea was expected by Williams, who was far away in the helicopter. That's why he dared to let only the ten people in Group C entangle Dimmit. As long as Dimmit still has the idea of preserving his strength, it will be difficult to exert all his strength. And the half-hung attack will only be reflected by the mirror.
"Hey, it's better to go."
Dimmit, who plans to escape first, wants to use Karin's ability to fly out of the encirclement. But this step was also expected by the soldiers. I saw that everyone put down*, replaced with a silver-white pistol, put the muzzle on the horizontal cuboid, and made light contact with the mirror.
"Fire!"
At the sound of an order, the two soldiers took the lead in pulling the trigger, and from the EXP of the gun*, flew into the encirclement in one direction, turned into a frozen bullet, and shot at Dimitt!
It's useless to dodge, Dimiit can only hold the shield and let the ice bullet crash into the light shield and shatter. The soldiers took turns shooting from different angles, leaving Dimmit overwhelmed.
"Damn, these guys seem to have studied me thoroughly!"
Dimmit said hatefully. The non-Haruff abilities he seized with the curse could not be fully fused with his own power element, so they would always conflict with some of his own inherent abilities. However, Karin's flying ability and light shield ability are conflicting and cannot be used at the same time.
All along, only he knew which abilities would conflict with each other. But that doesn't stop some people who are determined to take out him and take the time to study his combat patterns.
In that case, how about a head-on breakout?
Dimmit strengthened the shield and charged at one of the soldiers. The shield slammed into the mirror, pushing the other side a bit.
However, it didn't work.
Without Carlin's ability to ride the wind, Dimmit could only push it himself, but unfortunately, in terms of strength, he was not as good as the soldiers who trained every day. The soldier stood firm, held Dimit, and the mirror returned to its original position.
The breakthrough failed, Dimiit could only stand in the middle and be beaten, although the bullets could not hit him, but the situation made him very annoying, too annoying. These people are like flies, obviously they don't have the means to hurt themselves, but they are still entangled.
Wait, so what is their purpose?
Dimmit, who calmed down a little, the only answer he could think of was to delay time. It seems that after a while, there will be a threat that you don't expect, but can kill yourself.
We can't look ahead anymore.
"Since you don't want to die, then I don't need to be polite!"
*****
Williams' helicopter was rapidly approaching the Mermaid, and every minute he was in contact with the three team leaders. Group A of 11 people is methodically placing themselves in key positions on the ship*, while Group B, who are usually disguised as crew members, are now busy guiding passengers to the lifeboat.
Williams worries most about the safety of the ship's passengers. Even if it is to kill Dimitt, it must not cause thousands of casualties, and the country cannot afford to bear this responsibility. Based on the progress reported by Group B, it will take at least five minutes to complete the evacuation.
In other words, Group C will have to trap Dimmit for another five minutes. It shouldn't be too difficult, as long as Dimmitt can't think of why they are delaying, he won't make a move to break the net, and it's best to stalemate.
And on the Mermaid, Dimmit is ready to break the net.
From time to time, he unleashed flames and beams of light, attacking casually, all reflected back by the mirror. Based on the intensity of the reflection, he kept calculating how much force it would take to shatter the mirror.
The soldiers also understood his intentions, and ten men took turns firing, and bullets flew around in the limited space. Dimmit paid no attention to these things that interfered with his judgment, and only prepared himself in peace.
After a few minutes, he finally figured it out.
Caught off guard, he lunged towards one of the soldiers, the shield and the mirror slamming together, creaking. Dimmit raised his flaming right hand and slapped it on the shield.
The flames burst through the shield of light and slammed into the mirror. In an instant, the mirror made a "click" sound, and more than a dozen cracks radiated from Dimmit's palm, and it was immediately filled with flames.
In the next second, the mirror exploded between the two!
"Wow!"
The soldier behind the mirror was blown away, shattering ice ballast in all directions. The explosion also caused the shield to fail briefly, and a piece of ice slashed Dimmit's face, and blood immediately ran down his cheek and to the corner of his mouth. Dimmit stuck out his tongue and licked it.
This power is feasible!
"Fill in the slot!"
The team leader hurriedly ordered the soldiers to make up for it, continue the encirclement, and increase the fire suppression. But Dimmit is no longer worried.
He chose a new target at random, and repeated the trick. Hit it with a shield. The targeted soldiers quickly retreated, preventing Dimmit from approaching, and the other soldiers followed suit, ensuring that there were no loopholes in the encirclement.
In this way, the remaining soldiers continued to tug at Dimmit, but Dimmit, who had already figured out how hard to use, became more and more comfortable with the fight. In less than a minute, five soldiers were wounded and fled from the cabin with a trail of blood, leaving only the last five men.
Their mirrors could no longer trap Dimitt, and the beasts that had come out of the cage were grinning and trying to tear their throats open.
"That's the end of your trick, answer me a few questions honestly, and I promise to let you out alive."
Dimmit said as he looked at the group leader. The team leader ignored it completely, lined up with the rest of the soldiers, and confronted Dimitt.
"Hold on a little longer, everybody!"
"Are you Cruz's subordinates?"
The team leader's face, which had been tense, suddenly relaxed, and what he heard was not Dimmit's question, but Williams's order.
"It's okay, Group C retreat!"
"Yes!"
The five men who received the order retracted the frost mirror, unloaded the cuboid again, and threw it at Dimmit's feet together.
"What's that?"
Dimmit, who was about to catch up, immediately stopped his steps, only to see the last cold air emitted by the five cuboids, wrapping around Dimmit's legs, turning into a layer of ice, and freezing him in place.
But this freezing technique could not get into Dimmit's eyes at all, and he slapped his hands on his legs to break the ice. By the time he tried to chase him again, the soldiers had already rushed out of the cabin and jumped into the sea, and there were people from Group A outside, driving two speedboats, to meet them.
Dimmit hurriedly ran out, but could only watch the speedboat leave a splash and leave quickly, and he couldn't catch up if he wanted to fly over. At the same time, there were also lifeboats full of passengers.
Watching the ships go away, Dimmit finally understood everything.
This is not a refuge at all, but an abandonment of ship, and as for the purpose, it is clear at a glance.
"Are you alright?"
The sudden sound of talking around him startled Dimmit's heart, and he realized that there had been an EXP reaction nearby - it was Shirley.
"Why are you still here? I thought you had run away. β
"Well, I haven't finished saying that yet."
"I'm afraid I won't have a chance to say it."
"Huh?"
Just when Shirley didn't know why, the soldiers, who had already fled away, pressed the detonator.
Boom β
Williams watched the exploding Mermaid from afar, one after another, and by the time the explosions stopped, the cabin was already full of holes and smoke everywhere.
As the helicopter approached, the Mermaid's cabin was flooded and it was about to sink.
"The groups report on the status." Williams said as he looked through the binoculars.
"Group A, all safe."
"Group B, has escaped with the lifeboat, safe."
"Group C...... 4 were wounded, Robert died, the rest were safe. β
One of the five wounded who escaped from the cabin had no time to jump into the sea when his wound suddenly widened and he collapsed from excessive blood loss. The companions brought back his equipment and sank the body into the sea.
Williams was silent for a moment, more fortunate than sentimental. In the face of Dimmit, it is not easy for someone to retreat.
The subordinates will not die in vain, the sinking of the Mermaid is only a matter of time, and Dimmit is still on board. It's just that at this point, Williams can't see where Dimmitt is.
Now, the last step.
On the way there, Williams contacted the Vladik Flying Squadron and, in the name of the Commander of the Praetorian Guard, requisitioned two fighter jets equipped with ground*, which was immediately approved.
It is not enough to *, the ship must be broken more thoroughly and sink faster. The lifeboats and speedboats have already driven several kilometers, and it's time to make up for it.
"This is Williams, inform the Vladik squadron that the fighter will take off immediately and connect the pilot's communications directly to me."
"This is the Vladik Tower, receiving orders."
*****
"Are you still alive?"
Dimmit's words made Shirley, who was covering her ears, put down her hand and opened her eyes again, and she found herself back in the cabin, with Dimmit by her side and Dimmit's light shield. Outside the light shield, there were blown up steel plates everywhere, and the deck that was lifted up was a mess.
She remembered. During the explosion, he panicked and instinctively ran back to the cabin to hide, completely unaware that the explosion had occurred in the cabin. If Dimmit hadn't followed, he would probably have been buried alive.
"It's okay, it's okay, you're ......"
She looked at Dimmit in a daze, and opened her mouth to thank her.
"The ......"
"I'll talk about it later, let's find a way to escape first."
Dimmit withdrew his shield, looked around, and walked forward. Shirley followed closely.
The two of them were in a good position, the explosion was relatively light, and no seawater was found. But the hull was already tilting, and there was a clear feeling that it was sinking.
Dimmit leaned against the hatch, revealing half of his face, and looked into the distance. Sure enough, there was a helicopter hovering outside, presumably the command post of this operation.
Since they didn't leave, it means that there is still a backhand, and they have to hurry, Dimmit thought.
"What next?" Shirley behind her asked.
"Go to my room first and get the backpack."
"The ship is going to sink, and you still have the heart to manage it?"
"We have at least three watertight compartments around here, and I don't think they leaked, so the ship won't sink right away. There are very important things in the bag that you must take and go. β
Of course, Shirley didn't know that Dimmit had already understood the structure of the ship, and she only felt that although this person was murderous, he was quite ...... at the critical moment Reliable.
"Let's go, then."
The two went out from the other side of the cabin, avoiding the helicopter's view. After all, there is only one helicopter, and it is impossible to see all the positions of the ship at once. Soon, the two of them trotted all the way to the door of Dimmit's room.
Without saying a word, Dimmitt pressed his hand on the door, injected EXP, snapped his fingers and blew the door apart, and the hiking bag was still there. Everything else doesn't matter, the bank card and the phone are in the bag. You can't go out without money, and the exact location of Istis is stored in your phone.
Quack β
As soon as the bag was put on its back, the hull of the boat tilted sharply, and the two hurriedly held on to the wall so that they did not fall.
"It looks like the cabin is about to turn into a swimming pool." Dimmit put on his backpack and adjusted the tightness and said.
"Alas, I don't know if I can hold on until help comes." Shirley sat on the bed and sighed.
"Rescue? What are you talking about? β
Shirley looked dazed: "Huh? In the event of a shipwreck, shouldn't there be a rescue team? β
This time it was Dimmit's turn to sigh: "Really, the little thing you eat, is all the nutrition for your face and chest?" β
Shirley clutched her chest and was stunned for a moment, pondering before she understood what Dimmit meant.
"You mean I'm brainless?"
"Only those who have brains will not say such naΓ―ve things, and even if they come, they are not here to save people."
"What's that for?"
Dimmit showed a helpless wry smile, and his face was full of caring for the mentally handicapped.
"Use your brains. This group of people stared at me when they hit me on the ship, and now they will kill me even if they want to blow up the ship, which shows that they are capable of dealing with the bombing of the ship. It cannot be done without national government-level capacity. Didn't you just say that your brother, who was the chief military auxiliary, might get his hands on Istis? In that case, it wouldn't be surprising that it could be done to this extent, right? β
Shirley nodded as if she didn't understand: "Yes." β
"So, they're going to have to watch the ship sink completely, and I guess they're going to blow it to pieces in a while."
"So, what do we do then?"
"If you want to live, do me a favor. Your abilities can come in handy. β
"What am I capable of?"
Without much explanation, Dimmit led Shirley out of the room and down the stairs back to the cabin. By this time the hull had sunk a lot, and they had only taken a few steps into the cabin before they could step into the sea.
Shirley didn't understand why she was back here again, and looked at Dimmit suspiciously.
"What's next?"
"Build submarines."
"What did you say?" Shirley didn't know if it was an auditory hallucination, "Submarine?" β
"Yes, submarines."
"Wait, how are we two going to get it out? Why build a submarine? β
Dimmit stepped on the shallow water, walked inside, and checked his surroundings.
"You didn't understand what I said earlier? They're going to sink the ship completely, they're going to stop when I'm dead, and they're going to have someone to make up for it later, and it's 100 percent military. Maybe it's a destroyer or a fighter jet or something. It's the middle of the ocean, and I can't handle it. β
Shirley shrank and squatted down a little deflated. Dimmit is by no means alarmist, with his brother's status and character, it is strange that he does not do it so thoroughly.
"So you have to use a submarine to dodge."
"Yes, give them the illusion that I'm dead, and when they leave, we'll find a way to land."
It seemed that there was no other way to go, Shirley couldn't help but sigh, and the squatting position also changed to a sitting position.
"How could I be so unlucky?"
"If you want to live, don't talk nonsense, come and help."
"Yes, yes, yes."
After making up their minds, the two of them immediately got busy.