Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Race Against Time
Catching up with Pierro's wife and son, the four of them went to the top floor together.
On the rooftop, Ren Wei didn't see Charles and Avril for the first time.
In the midst of their confusion, Charles and Avril emerged from their hiding places, and at the same time, the two of them removed the muzzles of their guns, which were still aimed at the entrance to the rooftop.
"Horton! You're hurt?! Avril saw Horton on Ren Wei's back at a glance and hurriedly stepped forward.
"Meaningless! It's okay! Horton understated.
"He just lost a lot of blood, and now I'm afraid he's very weak, and I pierced the wound indiscriminately, so you can help him re-bandage it." Ren Wei gently put Horton on the ground and said to Avril.
Avril looked at Ren Wei's appearance, a hint of surprise flashed imperceptibly in her eyes, and she wanted to ask something, but she still decided to deal with Horton's injury first.
Avril had just crouched down when Charles came over and said, "I'll leave it here, you go ahead with the test firing, we'll have to leave before it's completely dawn, there's not much time." ”
Avril nodded, and Charles took over the wound while she walked to the edge of the rooftop.
"Test shot what?" After Ren Wei heard Charles's words, he asked curiously.
"Test the rope, I'm going to build a slipway between two tall buildings to get out of this building. We can go to another street through that building, and if we're lucky, we can find a new means of transportation to break out of the encirclement. Charles said to Ren Wei while cleaning Horton's wound again.
At this time, the woman who comforted her son led her son over and said, "I have studied nursing, so I should be able to help." ”
Charles and Ren Wei turned their heads to look at the mother and son.
The child no longer cries loudly, but he does not leave his mother.
And the woman seems to have recovered from the upheaval, no longer looking like a walking corpse, as a mother, her face has more of a resolute look.
"Absolutely, it helped us a lot." Charles gave up a position. "I don't know what to call you yet."
"Just call me Thea." Thea leaned over and whispered a few words in the child's ear, and then the child stood obediently beside her, and Thea walked over to the place where Charles had left it, and began to wash and bandage it in an orderly manner.
"How's it going downstairs?" Charles asked Ren Wei.
Ren Wei described the situation downstairs. "If they really want to rush up, the grid will cost them a lot, and there are only six of us upstairs, and anyone with a little bit of intelligence will be able to compare this behavior is not worth it. So I think we'll be safe for the time being, and if there's a rescue, it's a good idea to stay in this building. ”
"It's a pity that the rescue team may not have it, and even if there is, the time of arrival is unknown, we have no ammunition and no supplies on this floor, if we hope for such an ethereal rescue team, the time is a little longer, we don't even have the ability to respond to emergencies, so staying here is equivalent to sitting still." Charles said to Ren Wei.
Ren Wei nodded. "You're right, I'm thinking about it incorrectly."
Charles patted Ren Wei on the shoulder. "Needless to say, you're already pretty good."
"Whoosh!" A soft sound attracted Ren Wei's attention.
"Let's go, let's go over there, hopefully I'll find a suitable landing spot soon." Charles said.
The two of them arrived at Avril's location and saw Avril retract the rope she had just shot.
"I've tried all the possible places in this building on the left, but I can't find a place where I can build a zipline, so now I can only look for it on the building on the right. If that doesn't work, we'll have to settle for the next best thing and try to build a zipline in other directions, but then the distance between us and the monster will be shortened when we go downstairs, and the chances of being spotted will increase. Avril reported to Charles.
Ren Wei turned his head and looked at the building on the right, its location was farther away from the rooftop than the building on the left, and it must be more difficult to start in the dim sky.
Although the sky will gradually light up over time, it represents a greater danger, because the monster's view is no longer obstructed, and once they find the zipline and surround the building where the zipline was built before everyone can go downstairs to find the escape tool, it will be really difficult for Charles and his party to leave.
Seeing that Charles had no objections, Avril began to turn her attention to the building on the right. Charles and Ren Wei also stepped forward and began to help Avril find a place worth testing.
Ministry of Defense, Office of Operational Command.
The three generals who had already been transferred were sitting in their offices, watching the deployment of the troops.
The door opened, and Mihawk and Old Kings entered, side by side.
"How's it going?" Mihawk asked.
"Mr. President, Pippen's troops have been deployed on the main road three kilometers west of the city of Deszin, and the build-up rate of troops temporarily transferred from other bases has been completed by more than 80 percent, and Pippen has deployed them on both flanks." Gaida responds to Mihawk.
Mihawk nodded, this efficiency shows that the quality of the country's army is still very good, and he was about to ask about the rescue again, when he heard Gaida continue: "In addition, Pippen has sent two helicopter gunships to Grimm Town to collect first-hand information, if the situation allows, you can consider sending a small team to carry out rescue operations." ”
"Good! Keep the rescue team ready and get them to go as soon as possible if feasible feedback arrives. Mihawk ordered.
"Yes, Mr. President, by the way, there is also news that the helicopter that collected intelligence encountered the residents who escaped from Green Town on the way, and helped them get rid of the pursuit of several mutant monsters, and the surveillance on the helicopter recorded the process, this is the first time our army has exchanged fire with this kind of monster, it is a very valuable experience." Gaida has another piece of news.
"Really?! Play it out and show me. Wait, tell Pippen at once, tell him to stop the escaped residents, and ask them to cooperate, so that we can learn more about the situation in Greentown. Mihawk said to Gaida.
"He's ready to do that, Mr. President, and when he asks later, he'll cut to the live broadcast." Gaida replied.
"Well done!" Mihawk said that all the preparations were going very smoothly at the moment, which made his mind settle down a little. "Alright, now let me see what the monsters we're going to destroy are capable of."
Everyone in the office is focused on the big screen, and the scene of the gunship stopping the monster is repeated on the screen.
In just a few minutes, the video ended, but the shock to the people who watched the video was long-lasting, especially the monster was hit by a heavy machine gun gunship more than a dozen shots and still had the ability to attack, and only was shot under the continuous attack, so that everyone had the most intuitive understanding of the monster's strong resistance and vigorous vitality.
After a while, Mihawk said aloud: "Is this really a human infected by a biochemical virus?" It's horrible! Have the soldiers on the front line seen this video? ”
"At present, it should only be seen by a few officers in charge of command, and the lower-level officers and ordinary soldiers do not know yet." Gaida replied.
"Generals, do you have any thoughts after reading it? Should this video be known to ordinary soldiers before they engage in battle? Mihawk asked.
The three generals understood what the president meant, and he was worried about the morale of the soldiers.
"Knowing is definitely for the soldiers to know, but to pay attention to the method, I think we need to do a pre-war mobilization, and then put this video out, of course, it is a modified version. The brutal scenes showing the monsters were cut out, and the focus was on the part where the monsters were strong in resisting attacks, as well as the scenes where the helicopter shot many monsters one by one in the air. It is enough to make the soldiers think that the monsters they are about to face are actually a group of movable live targets that have no long-range attack ability and are very resistant to beating. Wait until the battle begins, and use long-range artillery fire and dense accumulation to destroy monsters from a long distance. After witnessing this scene, the soldier will feel that the monster is indeed not so terrible, the same can bleed to death, and once this level is passed, the battle will be easy to fight. Bruce spoke his mind.
Rommel and Gaida listened to Bruce's words and nodded yes, as long as this section was too smooth, even if the soldiers found that the monster's combat power exceeded the estimate at close range, it would not cause a huge panic.
"In that case, let's start preparing for mobilization now, tell the technicians, start processing the video." Mihawk ordered.
"Mr. President! A video signal was sent from the front line about the current situation in the town of Green, which was detected by helicopter gunships. A staff member suddenly took off his headset and reported to Mihawk.
"Has the helicopter arrived in Greentown? Quickly connect the signal to the big screen. Mihawk heard this and said to the staff.
Soon, under the operation of the staff, the scene of Greentown appeared on the screen.
"Black Hawk One, Black Hawk One, I'm Black Hawk Two, please answer when you receive it."
"This is Black Hawk One."
"I have entered the confines of Greentown and am ready to begin a reconnaissance mission, which will be conducted from east to west from the south side."
"Roger. I'll be in Greentown in a minute, and I'll be in charge of the north side area. ”
"Understood! Keep in touch! ”
"Roger! Keep in touch! ”
A few minutes later.
"Black Hawk One, I'm Black Hawk Two. No biological signs were found on the south side. ”
"Black Hawk Two, this is Black Hawk One, there is too much smoke from the fire, and no biological traces have been found...... Oh, what is this? It's not a house?! It's coming towards us, pull up! Pull up! ”
"Black Hawk One! Black Hawk One! What's going on there? ”
"Unbelievable! I feel like words can't describe it, you can't imagine what I've encountered! That thing, through the smoke, I thought it was a building. When it was approaching, it moved, but fortunately it didn't attack me, it seemed to be going somewhere, I'll go up and take a look, if you don't find anything else after scouting the area in charge, you can come and meet me, by the way, just in case, you'd better raise the flight altitude a bit. ”
"Black Hawk II received. It depends on the situation! I haven't found anything on my side yet, and if I pull up the altitude now, I'm afraid I won't be able to collect information effectively. ”
"Decide for yourself! In short, be careful! ”
"Black Hawk Two understands! Be careful, too! Touch base! ”
The helicopter reconnaissance was still proceeding in order, but the people in the combat command room were not so calm.
"What are you kidding?! Is that monster also mutated by an infected person? That's four times bigger than the monsters we just saw! If this kind of thing appears on the battlefield, will we still be able to control the situation? "Mihawk, who thought he was ready for battle a moment ago, couldn't help but get excited when he saw the large monster that appeared on the screen." Old Kings! Didn't your subordinates mention anything about this monster in their previous intelligence? ”
"All the information I have has has been released to you in the conference room! It's clear that what is emerging now is something that we didn't know before. Old Kings calmly replied to Mihawk's questioning. And the appearance of such a monster is not without a hint. ”
"Huh? What do you mean? When Mihawk heard this, he was immediately a little confused.
"In the conference room before, we saw satellite images, and at that time, there were a few huge black shadows in the photos, far more than other monster patterns, and now it seems that this must be this kind of monster."
Mihawk thought about it carefully, and it seemed that this was indeed the case. "Since you have a premonition, do you have any countermeasures?"
"It's hard to judge now, we haven't seen the combat power of this kind of monster, and with such a huge size, it's possible that it won't be engaged in combat." Old Kings analyzed.
"Can you still be in charge of logistics and supplies?" Mihawk was surprised.
"A helicopter can be ordered to make a tentative attack on it in a moment, and we'll know the answer." Old Kings said, staring at the screen. "Huh! What is it here for? Suddenly, Old Kings noticed on the screen that the monster had changed.
Seeing this, everyone who was originally looking at Mihawk and Old Kings hurriedly turned their heads to look at the big screen.
The giant monster, also known as the leader of Charles and others, suddenly became extremely irritable when he walked to the corner of the street, and his huge claws slammed into the ground.
This caused many of the monsters that were close to it to flee in fear, and caused the attention of the people who had been focusing on the giant monsters to discover their existence.
But then, as if ordered to do so, the scattered monsters all ran in one direction, and behind them, the giant monsters followed closely.
And directly in front of their route was the shopping mall where Ren Wei and his family were.
"The problem is serious, I'm afraid this monster is not engaged in logistics, it seems that it is much more powerful than those 'small' monsters." Rommel opened his mouth when he saw this.
The crowd was silent.
On the rooftop of the mall.
Avril had managed to set up a zipline between the roof on the right and the rooftop they were on, and then she fastened two ropes to the harness around her waist and began to climb along the zipline to the roof of the opposite building.
Halfway through, a mutation protruded, and a crescendo "buzzing" sound came into the ears; Then, on the corner of the street in that direction, a leader-level monster spun out, and in its deafening howl, a large number of monsters rushed towards it; Finally, they saw the source of the "buzzing" sound, a helicopter.