Chapter 15: Honkai Medium: Red Mercury and the Sword of the Sky (No. 15) 1
The automatic door slid open, Kawasaki Kana was already waiting outside the door, and saw Ye Zifeng come out of the confinement room, pulled out the pistol on his waist, and handed it to Ye Zifeng. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Thank you." Ye Zifeng smiled and nodded, and pulled the sleeve to load the bullet with a click, "Let's go, there are still tasks to be completed." β
"This is the map, Miss Lin just sent it." Kanae Kawasaki took out the microcomputer on her waist and handed it to Ye Zifeng. Taking over the computer, Ye Zifeng took a cursory look.
"I see." Ye Zifeng looked left and right, and then chose a path, bypassing Kawasaki Kanae and walking in the direction of the passage, "Let's go this way." β
There was a sound of footsteps, followed by the sound of small arms being loaded, and a group of guards suddenly appeared from the end of the passage. The three people in front of them were holding shields, and the three people in the back were holding rifles in their hands, slowly approaching Kawasaki Kanae and Ye Zifeng.
"Put down your weapons!" The captain shouted, "You're surrounded!" β
Kawasaki Kanae took off the sniper rifle on her shoulder, and a bullet was loaded, but without Ye Zifeng's order, Kawasaki Kanae did not point the muzzle of the gun at the guard at the end of the head.
"You have no escape!" The captain still shouted. Probably, the order from above was captured, and the guards did not shoot all the time.
"Wait a minute, you cover me, and when they open fire, hide in this confinement room." Ye Zifeng whispered to Kawasaki Kanae on the side, "Understand? β
"Understood." Kanae Kawasaki nodded slightly, clenched the grip of L96A3 in her hand with her right hand, and pulled her fingers on the trigger.
Ye Zifeng draped the windbreaker on his body, clenched the pistol in his hand with one hand, and exhaled deeply.
"Shoot!"
Ye Zifeng kicked the ground violently, and rushed towards the guards, Kawasaki Kanae also quickly picked up the sniper rifle with Ye Zifeng's instructions, and quickly pulled the trigger when the guards did not react. There is no need to aim at such a distance, and Kawasaki Kanae has no intention of killing here. After the gunfire rang out, one of the shields fell backwards, but was quickly picked up by the riflemen behind him and put back on his feet.
Ye Zifeng ran quickly towards the defense line of the guards, and the distance was shortened by half in a few seconds, and the guards poked their heads out from behind the shields, but the girl who had just shot had already flashed into the confinement room, leaving only a black figure running towards him quickly.
"Shoot, shoot!" The captain stretched out the barrel of the gun from the gap in the middle of the shield, immediately pulled the trigger, and the bullets were overwhelmingly attacking Ye Zifeng, but Ye Zifeng had no intention of retreating, and immediately flashed to the left, jumped and bounced upward from the wall, and turned around after turning around after turning in the air for a three hundred and sixty degrees, and the black windbreaker spread out in the air like a black dahlias.
"Stand back!" Seeing Ye Zifeng constantly approaching, the captain was a little panicked, and immediately commanded the guards to move backwards slowly, trying to distance themselves from Ye Zifeng, but the speed of Ye Zifeng's sprint was far faster than the speed of the guards retreating. Another burst of bullets struck, Ye Zifeng's highly concentrated spirit was even able to capture the trajectory of the bullet with the naked eye, and his upper body immediately leaned back to move the center of gravity back, and with a sliding step, Ye Zifeng slid forward for a long distance. However, the bullets of the guards followed, and Ye Zifeng had no chance to get up.
The left hand tightly grasped the collar of the windbreaker and pulled it hard, the windbreaker rolled Ye Zifeng in the middle like a sheet, and the bullet hit the windbreaker with a bang, but no bullet penetrated the windbreaker, Ye Zifeng was hit like a heavy object, and he didn't move.
"Stop shooting!" The captain raised his hand to stop the other two riflemen from firing, the gunfire was intermittent, the passage was filled with faint gunsmoke, the bullet casings fell to the ground, and the guards straightened up one after another, poked their heads out from behind the shields, and looked in the direction of Ye Zifeng.
"You, go over and have a look." The captain patted one of the guards on the side.
"Yes." The guard replied softly, passed through the middle of the shield, and cautiously walked towards Ye Zifeng. Ye Zifeng, who was lying on the ground, was motionless, really as if he was dead, but if you looked closely, you would find that there was no trace of blood beside Ye Zifeng except for the falling brass warhead.
The guard pressed the barrel of his gun against the top leaf maple, acting cautiously, like a frightened cat. Ye Zifeng remained motionless and continued to pretend to be dead.
"Sir, this guy ......" the guard turned his head and shouted at the captain, while breathing a sigh of relief, but before the guard could finish speaking, the sound of hula sounded from behind him, and the guard immediately jumped backwards, pointing the rifle in his hand behind him.
Kanae Kawasaki flashed out of the confinement chamber, expressionless, L96A3 was already on her shoulder, quickly aimed at the guard, and pulled the trigger. With a loud bang, the bullet burst out with huge kinetic energy and hit the guard in the chest.
For a moment, the guard felt as if a wall had smashed against him, and his chest was filled with a sullen breath, and then salty blood spurted out of his mouth. The body flew high, and then fell heavily. The guard's body slid under the shield, and the guard supporting the shield took a step back with a frightened face.
Kawasaki Kanae immediately ran to Ye Zifeng's side, but before Kawasaki Kanae helped Ye Zifeng up, Ye Zifeng himself jumped up from the ground, took advantage of the chaotic gap in the guards' formation, and shot at the guards with a gun in one hand. The bullets clanged into the shield, but more slipped through the gap in the shield, and a flower of blood burst open, and the captain and the other rifleman immediately convulsed and let go of the rifle in their hands, blood flowing from the corners of their mouths, and their bodies fell limply.
The remaining three shield players unanimously pulled out the pistols in the holsters on their legs and shot at Ye Zifeng, but the speed was obviously a little slower. Just emerged from behind the shield and ushered in a warhead from Ye Zifeng, with Ye Zifeng's shooting accuracy, at such a distance, it can basically reach 100 shots, three bullets, and all three shield players fell to the ground and died.
"Whew~" Ye Zifeng stood up from the ground, blew away the smoke from the muzzle, closed the trigger lock, turned the pistol in his hand a few times, and then inserted it back into the upper holster hanging on the armed belt.
"Well done, sir." Kanae Kawasaki changed her bullet and walked behind Ye Zifeng.
"Thanks for the compliment." Ye Zifeng nodded, "But don't do such dangerous things in the future." β
Ye Zifeng had to be the one who had just rushed out of the confinement room with Kanae Kawasaki.
"I can't guarantee that the enemy won't target you, once the guards shoot at you." Ye Zifeng looked up and down at the tight women's professional suit that Kawasaki Kanae was wearing, and couldn't help but sigh, "At least all of them above the neck are weaknesses." β
"I see." Kawasaki Kanae stood with her head bowed, looking extremely respectful, "I'll pay attention next time." β
"Hmm." Ye Zifeng didn't say anything, and after a simple hum, he wanted to walk to the end of this passage, "We have to go quickly, the form in space is not optimistic, if the pilgrims really help the Earth Federation Defense Department, we will have no hope." β
"However, I don't understand something." Kawasaki Kanae followed closely behind Ye Zifeng, "If the pilgrims want to destroy the Admiralty, why don't they take action personally?" β
"The Pilgrim's role now is that of the referee, and he decides who wins or loses. But it really doesn't hurt for them to destroy the Admiralty, and if the Pilgrims really helped the Earth Federation destroy the Admiralty, then I can't explain why the Pilgrims would destroy the Admiralty through the hands of the Earth Federation. Ye Zifeng frowned and lowered his head in contemplation, but the pace under his feet was still like flying, "The only explanation is that the pilgrim himself has a problem." β
"Something is wrong with the pilgrims themselves?" Kawasaki Kanae was taken aback, no one thought of such an aspect, but listening to Ye Zifeng's words, it was indeed possible.
"Pilgrims are a collective that exists in the form of religion, and as long as it is a religion, there will inevitably be a hierarchy of upper and lower ranks, and with upper and lower ranks, there will naturally be people with ill intentions, which is a common malpractice in class society. This was true in medieval Europe, and it was also true in feudal China. There are always people who think that their status is not commensurate with their own strength, such a person is a careerist, and a careerist will be bent on controlling the entire class society with all his power, and he will be at the top of the pyramid. β
Ye Zifeng talked eloquently, and Kawasaki Kanae on the side nodded like a student studying history and religious studies, listening to Ye Zifeng's explanation.
"But what I'm saying is just my personal speculation, and sometimes the classes in religion are more stable than those in feudal societies, and the main reason is that they have religious beliefs, such as Christianity, they believe in God Jehovah, so there are almost no cases of cardinal archbishops seizing the papal throne."
Ye Zifeng pointed out the key point of the matter.
"But we don't know if the Brilliant See is the same as the religion we know, and if there is only this essential difference in quantity, we still can't dismiss such speculation."
"I think it's quite possible." Kanae Kawasaki said thoughtfully, "Could it be that the pilgrims want to find their successor?" Are they testing which side of humanity that has already made it to the shortlist is stronger and which side is weaker? β
"Well...... Ye Zifeng thought for a moment, "without knowing the strength of the truth, all the possibilities are true, and we can't deny any of them, because we don't know what happened." β
"Like SchrΓΆdinger's cat?"
"Almost." Ye Zifeng nodded, "What we are facing now is the kind of situation where even if we die, we are alive." β
"Our side has come within range of the pilgrims, but no locks have been detected." The third mate reported.
"Then go with the Golden Fleece and tell them not to attack that shuttle." Ning Jiayi sat in the captain's seat, and Ye Kexin's face was displayed on a screen in front of her.
"Sir, how do we know he's going to succeed?"
"I don't know, but I trust him." Ye Kexin smiled slightly, "Of course, there is also his partner." β
"Is that the girl from Japan?" Ning Jiayi said in surprise, "Sir, she's only nineteen years old. β
"But she hates the Earth Federation no less than a twenty-nine-year-old adult." Ye Kexin pointed out, "She has the ability, the wisdom, and the determination of the heart. And most importantly, of course, her partner. She has one of the best sidekicks in the entire Admiralty, no, it should be in the entire human race. β
"Isn't that too much of an exaggeration?" Ning Jiayi wiped the sweat from her forehead, "Sir, it's the first time you've praised someone like this. β
"Actually, I'm complimenting two people." Ye Kexin corrected Ning Jiayi's mistake in wording, "Ye Zifeng and Kawasaki Kanae are one of the best combinations in the Admiralty. β
"You have Ye Zifeng held it to the sky, is there anyone better than him?"
"He's the best with whoever he mixes, so I say one."
"Sir, you're making a joke ......"
"Alright, let's talk nonsense." Ye Kexin stretched out his arm, "After entering the orbit, we will supply the 'Golden Fleece' immediately, we have little time." β
"I see." Ning Jiayi nodded, "Let's end the call." β
With a wave of your hand, the video call screen disappears from your eyes. Ning Jiayi stood up from the captain's seat.
"Preparing for docking, how is the material transportation channel ready?"
"It's ready, all the supplies are on the conveyor belt, and the new capacitor banks are ready." The adjutant immediately responded.
"Hmm." Ning Jiayi nodded, "After the transportation channel is docked, the materials will be transported immediately." β
After saying this, Ning Jiayi seemed to suddenly remember something.
"By the way, what about the big Coke bottle?"
"Still in the hangar." The adjutant looked at the list of supplies.
"At the same time, the hangar is ready to be shipped out, waiting for the signal from the shuttle, and there is also a notification to the 'Golden Fleece' that it is ready to withdraw from the stationary orbit after the material is transported." Ning Jiayi ordered.
"Sir, shuttleship?" The adjutant didn't understand for a moment, and asked suspiciously.
"Battle plan, don't ask more." Ning Jiayi waved her hand, "Don't treat me as a bad person, I also act according to orders." β
The sound of these estimated footsteps echoed in the empty metal passage like a wall clock with its gears messed up, clicking.
With his hands behind his back and his head up, Karen walked in front of the two pilgrim monks like victors, followed by a heavily armed Jason. Jason had a cold look on his face, and a new scar appeared on his face.
"This way." The monk said to Jason, who patted Kamen on the shoulder, but didn't speak, waved his hand and motioned for the pilgrims to let us go this way.
Kamen didn't speak, and walked quietly towards a passage on the side, but within a few steps was a metal door. Obviously, this is the destination of the mask aboard the "Devout Inquirer".
The monk entered the code on the control panel next to the metal door, and the circular lock in the middle of the metal door rotated around and the door automatically opened.
Nodding to the two cautious and vigilant monks, Fake led Jason into the room, the metal door behind him shut, and the middle door lock slammed shut. The room was dim, with only the faint fluorescence on the walls, a bright blue screen showing words that the mask couldn't read, and an extremely stout figure sitting in front of the screen, with his back to the mask and Jason, who had just entered the room.
"Honorable Lord." Jason stepped forward and bowed slightly to the figure in front of the screen, "We're here." β
"Hmm." The figure actually spoke, the back chair slowly turned around, and the room suddenly lit up, and the mask could see who was sitting on the back chair.
"Master of the Temple of Miracles, Lord Dono?" Kamen didn't salute, but walked to the bottom of the long conference table and clicked the virtual button floating on the back of the seat, and the back chair automatically slid out, and Kamen sat down.
"You're rude, human." Duo Nuo looked around, a pair of small round eyes turned around as if looking at the mask, "Forget it, the civilization of low-level primates can only develop like this." β
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness." Kamen tilted his head, "But slandering each other will cause a bad relationship between the two sides, which will have an adverse effect on our future conversations." β
"Hmm." Dorno nodded, leaned forward, crossed his chin with his upper fingers crossed, and looked at the mask with burning eyes, "But that's it, we also have to maintain the most basic respect, don't we?" β
Duono's tone was calm, but the tone of the next sentence suddenly changed, and his tone immediately became a little aggressive.
"Take off your mask!"
"I'm really sorry that I can't do what you wanted, Your Majesty." Kamen spread his hands and leaned against the somewhat large backrest, "This mask is my family heirloom, and my ancestors said that the mask cannot be taken off." β
"Then the conversation between you and me can be over, and we will continue our duty of surveillance, and we will not make a move without an order." Dorno sighed, as if he was sorry, and he continued, "Both the Earth Federation and the Admiralty are just tools that can be thrown away when they are used up, so why do you want to help one side of them? β
"I didn't help either side." Kamen shook his head, "As I said at the beginning, I'm just using them, and when I'm done, I'm going to throw them in a corner, and I don't mind getting two feet if possible." β
"Sounds interesting." Duono grinned, but the grin of the four-petal mouth was too much to compliment.
"Actually, everyone is the same, but everyone treats themselves as chess players, and others as chess pieces, always thinking about throwing them away after using them, but you don't know that when you use others, others are also using you." "And there will be no spectators in such a grand chess game, everyone is a player." There are no draws or joining, only elimination and elimination; There were no cheers and applause, only ridicule and ridicule. Doesn't such a theorem apply not only to humans, but also to pilgrims? β
(To be continued)