Chapter 8: Entering the City (1)

It took about three days for Qin Ming and his party to cross thousands of miles of desert Gobi and come to the outermost part of Lily of the Valley City.

The former factory buildings are long gone, and this place is swallowed up by the sea of sand, but there are still many large unburied mechs, large war equipment riddled with holes, and exaggerated Zerg corpses on the surface.

It's a dead graveyard, where the two sides of the fight have been buried, and all that remains is a testament to their existence.

Yang Ruolan and the others opened the hatch and looked at this silent area with shock.

Although I have seen the pictures in the intelligence, only when I stand here in person can I feel the sense of sadness and desolation.

Qin Ming glanced at everyone, his distrust of them became stronger and stronger, if this group of people often accepted combat missions, it would not be possible to have this expression.

There are countless such places on Bai Yuanxing, and people who often run outside are basically numb.

He picked up the goggles hanging around his neck and focused on the horizontal line in the distance, and could vaguely see the dense and crowded high-rise buildings that stretched in a line.

This is still more than half of the damage, and most of them were dismantled by the Zerg to build a nest, so you can imagine how huge the scale of the lily of the valley was at the beginning.

"There are still about 100 kilometers to the first destination, so it is recommended to go there and set up our transport first." Qin Ming opened his mouth and said.

"Don't make a fuss, let's go!"

Yang Ruolan spoke, pulling the distracted team members back to reality.

Due to the slowdown of their travel, they arrived at the outskirts of Lily of the Valley two hours later.

The low buildings here are toppled blocks, slanted and crossed together, with a thick layer of powder on them, and the footprints of small mutated creatures can occasionally be seen.

Based on his previous experience, Qin Ming found a place that was about to be completely covered by yellow sand, and it was unlikely that mutated creatures would be hidden.

He first entered to check the internal environment, and when he found that there was no problem, he used the communicator to notify the White Shark team.

"Report Sister Ruolan, no suspicious creatures have been detected."

Yu Youzi turned on the heat source device, and after repeated scanning, there were only one or two small red dots, which was not to be feared.

Yang Ruolan led everyone to enter, and found a place to dock the mecha, "Use the gravity cone to fix the mecha, mimic camouflage, and turn on the semi-automatic operation mode." ”

Compared with the various precautions of the White Shark Combat Team, Qin Ming's side was much simpler.

He plunged the jet bike directly into the corner sand pile, took out the cloth leather to cover the rest of the second half, and covered it with some sand to camouflage.

In fact, at present, there are not many convoys that will come to Lily of the Valley City to search for resources and hunt the Zerg, and he is not very worried about the motorcycle being stolen and towed.

After completing his disguise, he walked outside with two bags of things.

The package, which contained compressed food and a handful of general-purpose instruments, was found and buried in the mud and sand in case of emergency.

The other sacs, which contained expelling powder, were sprinkled on the walls of nearby buildings, and the mutated creatures affected by the contamination generally hated the smell and would move away from the area on their own.

By the time he went back, Yang Ruolan and the others had already brought all their equipment and stood at the door.

Two people in close combat, two people in distance, plus Yang Ruolan who is mobile in the central axis, is a standard typical combat team pattern.

They don't carry a lot of things, the high-content compressed food used in the military is small, the main space is the energy hedron that supplies thermal weapons, and the amount in the backpack is enough for them to fight for long and high-intensity battles.

In addition to these most critical supplies, there are also some bits and pieces of daily necessities.

The basic plan had already been discussed yesterday, and Yang Ruolan didn't waste time repeating it, just swept over everyone with a stern gaze.

"I've said everything that needs to be said, and I don't want anything to go wrong."

Everyone in the combat team straightened their backs and sang in unison, no longer the previous loose and sloppy appearance.

Yang Ruolan nodded secretly, signaling that the guide could lead everyone to set off.

Qin Ming didn't say a word, picked up his iron box and walked in front.

There were basically no Zerg in the area around here, so Qin Ming didn't take them to hide, mainly walking briskly on the streets.

The circular arch of the movement cleverly avoids the gathering area of wild mutated creatures, so as not to cause unnecessary movement.

Compared with Qin Ming's calmness, Zhou Kedi's spirit was still a little nervous, and only Yang Ruolan behaved more naturally.

"Wait a minute, look over there!"

When he walked halfway, Tashan, who usually doesn't talk much, spoke coldly, making everyone subconsciously clench the weapons in their hands.

Everyone followed his line of sight, and there were several houses at the end of the street in the distance, and many Zerg corpses were trapped in the ruins.

However, this has been seen in the previous streets, but it is not so dense here, so there is nothing to make a fuss about.

"Tower Hill?" Li Lang asked in a deep voice with a classical double gun.

As a good player in short- and medium-range firepower, he also carries other guns of different lengths and calibers in his leather bag.

Tashan scratched his head, "Those corpses don't look the same. ”

Qin Ming was a little speechless, the corpses that had just been dead for two or three months were naturally different from those that had completely turned into empty shells.

Without waiting for him to speak, Zhou Kedi spoke first, "Team Yang, let's take some time to investigate, maybe we can find some clues." ”

Turning the words he originally wanted to say into turbid breath and slowly exhaling from his nose, Qin Ming planned not to express his opinion.

The previous meeting had already caused Zhou Kedi to rest on the way, and he looked bad when he saw him.

Although he is not afraid of the other party, he also does not want to deal with such boring troubles during the mission.

Yang Ruolan glanced at everyone, but no one raised objections, so she waved her hand, "Go over and take a look, and pay attention to the surrounding situation." ”

As the distance got closer, they walked up the mud and stone knoll to see the full outline.

The area covered by the battle was about the size of two football fields, like the rubble rubble that had been plowed by a heavy excavator, and of course, they were more concerned about the corpses of the Zerg.

Despite being dismembered into a large number of parts, judging by the wreckage, there are at least dozens of Zerg.

The scale was staggering, and judging from the remaining traces of battle at the scene, there was only one person fighting against these zergs alone.

"It is a social insect insect iron pincer bee worm, although most of them are D-class, but there are three C-class female worms, and judging from the coagulated, atrophied and coagulated flesh in the carapace, the death time is about three months to five months. The people who can fix them are very strong, and you can see the wounds on these corpses, and the incisions are uniform and smooth....."

Li Lang squatted on the ground and knocked the corpse of the bee insect with a gun, and got a bang.

Obviously, the carapace of the abdomen is so strong, but it does not play a blocking role, relying on either sharp weapons or strength.

"What do you two melee men think?"

Zhou Kedi and Tashan, who were asked by Li Lang, glanced at each other, and the former said thoughtfully: "If there are only a few bee insects, I can do it with a war knife to this extent, but in the face of such a large number of insects, my hands are not so steady, and the other party doesn't know if he uses a special weapon." ”

Tashan pointed to the giant sword behind his back, and said angrily, "I think this person should be a heavy warrior, and the female worms have been blown up by brute force." ”

Listening to their serious speculation, Qin Ming's facial muscles couldn't help twitching slightly, if he hadn't personally brought this batch of Zerg to deal with it, he would have almost believed it.

"Guide Qin, are there often strong people here in Lily of the Valley to explore?"

Yu Youzi looked around curiously, her petite figure and the two disassembled laser cannon barrels had a great sense of contrast.

"Resources are scarce, the risk is too great, and basically no one here will come here, unless they come to hunt the Zerg." Qin Ming shrugged.

Bees build large nests, and the female is usually responsible for staying in place and generally does not come out to feed with ordinary bees.

Yang Ruolan carefully observed the situation in the vicinity, and she felt that it was likely that someone had deliberately lured them out, and then carefully and boldly set up a killing game.

If it is artificial, there is no other reference value except for the vague news that there is a good hunter in Lily of the Valley.

Previously, she was worried that it was the Zerg's range of activities that had changed, but since it wasn't, it wouldn't have much impact on their movements.