Zhao Yu opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was the low roof.

The floor shook slightly but rhythmically, and Christine next to her was fiddling with her computer with her head down as usual.

"Why do you always think this scene has happened......" Zhao Yu muttered in a low voice, and Christine raised his head to look at him: "Are you awake?" ”

"How long have I been unconscious?"

"About 15 hours...... You've asked me this question before, right? ”

"That's right, I thought for a moment that we were still in Captain Borg's MF1, running for our lives in the fifth war zone."

Christine agrees: "I think ...... Unfortunately, though, we're moving in the opposite direction right now. ”

Zhao Yu tried to recall: "Go to the third war zone? ”

"Yes."

Zhao Yu sat up and found himself in the back compartment of an off-road vehicle, with a man with short black hair in the front driver's seat driving, this man was wearing a black suit, a black tie, and a pair of sunglasses.

"Christine, can you briefly explain what happened in those 15 hours?"

Christine followed Zhao Yu's gaze and glanced at the driver: "His name is Kuroda Mitsutada, and he is the one who took over Yoko Nakamura to send us on the road." ”

Not much happened in these 15 hours, and Sima, who had the support of alien technology, easily dealt with the troops sent by the Alliance Army, so that the plan could continue, but Yoko Nakamura was too injured and had to stay in the hospital, and her colleague Kuroda Mitsutada was responsible for continuing to send Zhao Yu and Christine to the Third War Zone, while Sima swaggered back to San Francisco.

"That guy doesn't buy anyone's account, and he promised Yoko Nakamura to intercept us just because he owed Yoko's boss a favor before." Christine snorted, "Anyway, although I envy Sima's equipment, it seems that I can't count on him anymore." ”

Zhao Yu smiled bitterly: "I think it's better not to stay with such dangerous people...... To be honest, I never felt like Sima was on our side. ”

"He said the same." Christine pursed her lips and learned from Sima's tone, "'I'm just returning favors, not thugs'...... Tsk, it's good to have aliens behind you. ”

I actually have alien backing ...... Zhao Yu muttered unwillingly in his heart: "I think it's not normal for everyone to hate aliens - okay, don't worry about these for now, where are we going now?" ”

Christine projected a map.

"Let's go to the town of Levening on the shores of Lake Mono and meet with Dr. Thomas's assistant."

Zhao Yu noticed the ruler on the map: "Uh, this place is less than three hundred kilometers away from San Francisco in a straight line, right?" How long have we been driving? ”

"It's not as simple as you think, the Confederate army has broken through part of the defensive line, everyone is fleeing towards San Francisco, and we have been taking a roundabout route in order not to attract the attention of the Confederate army, which is very hard."

Zhao Yu turned his head to look out the window, and there was a wild scene outside the car, there was almost no green, only gray stones covered with snow and some bryophytes, and occasionally some low bushes swept in front of him, and then disappeared between the mountains made of boulders in an instant.

And their car drove in this empty and desolate mountain.

"We're going through the Sierra Nevada and we're about half an hour away from the town of Levinein." Christine frowned, "But the pick-up staff in Levening Town haven't responded for two hours. ”

Zhao Yu was stunned: "Then what do you think I do?" ”

"Let's see if you have any hunches of hell." Christine asked angrily, "Otherwise, what else can I look at you, look at your handsome face?" ”

"You're very angry today...... Is the menstrual period coming? Zhao Yu swallowed the second half of the sentence and closed his eyes to try to sense.

But there was no hunch. Everything is working perfectly.

"No?" Christine stared at Zhao Yu suspiciously, and shrugged after a moment, "That's right, all kinds of messy things always happen along the way with you, and you have to stop once or twice." ”

The road is starting to get noticeably downhill and the roadside is starting to get greener. Finally, after a big turn, the mountain in front of it disappeared at once, and the off-road vehicle drove out of the valley and onto the plain.

And Zhao Yu also saw a big lake in the distance for the first time. However, against the backdrop of the gray sky, the large lake also looked lifeless, and even if you got closer, it would not be strange to find a layer of corpses floating in the lake.

"It is indeed a place similar to the Dead Sea in itself." "It's a saltwater lake, there's no outlet, and the water loss is all about evaporation...... I remember that in the 21st century, this is still a famous scenic spot, Zhao Yu, have you ever been there? ”

Zhao Yu looked lazily at the sky: "I'm sorry, I was directly admitted to the hospital after I arrived in the United States......"

The car suddenly stopped and stopped.

The driver, Kuroda Mitsutada, got up and left the driver's seat, opened the door and got out of the car, and Zhao Yu realized that this Japanese - the name should be a Japanese - is quite tall, at least 1.9 meters.

"Arrived?" Christine asked.

Kuroda nodded and pointed not far away.

Zhao Yu poked his head out, only to see more than a dozen shabby-looking buildings in that direction: "This is called a town?" It's hard to say that the village is very reluctant......"

"Originally, the town was able to sustain and develop because of the resources of Lake Mono, but after the Yellowstone eruption, many people moved away." "There are about 300 residents left, mainly engaged in salt production, and there is a hotel, a shopping mall, a school, and a church in the town...... They still have the church. ”

"It's used to revive teammates." Zhao Yu complained, "Anyway, it seems to be a small town with all kinds of organs...... So where are we going to find someone? What's the name of that Dr. Thomas's assistant? ”

"Stephanie Mendes, well, I'll see where the information is...... Well, it's a woman. Christine showed the photo to Zhao Yu, "Although she is a blonde girl, according to your Asian point of view, she should be considered a beauty, right?" ”

"The standard photo does not explain anything, and I believe that this article has not changed in a hundred years." Zhao Yu replied, "Then again...... Do you feel like the town is a little quieter? ”

Christine's face suddenly fell: "No, it's enough for something to happen in Bodwell once." ”

Kuroda Mitsutada, who had not spoken, acted at this time, only to see him go around to the back of the car, open the trunk and lift the ...... Japanese sword out!

Zhao Yu was dumbfounded: "What are you doing here?!" ”

Kuroda Mitsutada didn't answer, and slowly walked towards the middle of the town with a knife in both hands.

"It's getting more and more like the underworld...... It's still the standard Japanese underworld ...... that is only available in movies," Zhao Yu muttered to himself. At this time, Christine had already taken out a pistol and glanced at Zhao Yu: "The guns are all in the back, choose yourself." ”

Levenin was silent and looked empty.

This made Zhao Yu's spirit highly nervous, because he had encountered this kind of "uninhabited town" twice in a row before, and whether it was Woodwick or Bodwell, they were all in a terrible situation in the end. What's more, until now he didn't have any premonitions of danger in his mind - which meant that there were only two possibilities, either a false alarm, or another failure of this ability.

The three of them formed a battle group formation and slowly approached the town, the only disobedience was that the one who walked in front was carrying a Japanese sword.

Most of the buildings in the town remain intact, but there are also several large holes in the roofs and walls, which Zhao Yu judged to be caused by chariot shells, which means that there was a battle here not long ago, and one of the parties even threw in chariot troops.

Christine also noticed this: "When we set off last night, there was indeed news that the Union forces were approaching here, so we stayed for a few hours to observe the follow-up until that Stephanie sent another security message...... But now I suspect it's a trap. ”

"But I don't have any special hunches." Zhao Yu said honestly, "The question now is, even if the town is safe, where is that Stephanie Mendes?" ”

Mitsutada Kuroda, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped, turned around and slowly walked towards a private house.

The house had been blasted out of a big hole, and it looked extremely miserable, Zhao Yu felt that if there were people in it at that time, he would definitely not survive, but when Kuroda Mitsutada stretched out his hand to push the door open, suddenly a dense gunfire came from inside the house!

Kuroda Mitsutada immediately used his left arm to protect his face, and his right hand was slashed out, the power and speed of this knife were terrifying, and even the walls and door frames were cut down in half, which also made the gunfire in the room mute!

Zhao Yu and Christine were startled, and raised their guns one after another, but they saw Kuroda Mitsutada rushing into the house, grabbed something and threw it out, it turned out to be a young white man, who was stunned by this blow, and before he came to his senses, Zhao Yu and Christine's guns were aimed at him: "Don't move!" ”

The young man tried to see the two clearly, and was stunned for a moment: "You are not the Alliance Army?" ”

"Nonsense." Zhao Yu faintly felt that it was a misunderstanding, "Who are you?" ”

"I ...... I'm Dr. Thomas Biggson's assistant! The young man shouted, "You're Zhao Yu, right?" I'm here to pick you up! ”

Zhao Yu and Christine glanced at each other.

"You told me this was a woman?" Zhao Yu asked.

"Bastard, what's wrong?" Christine replied angrily, "She looks completely different from that Stephanie Mendes!" ”

"Stephanie Mendes is my colleague!" The young man screamed, "She's hurt, so now it's me who takes her place!" ”

"Where is she?" Zhao Yu asked while looking at Kuroda Mitsutada over there, the Japanese had already searched around the house and walked out, shaking his head to indicate that there was no one.

"She's out of town." The young man cautiously raised his hands and got up from the ground, "My name is Fisher Clark, and I am a student of Dr. Thomas, and Stephanie is my senior sister...... This morning the Confederates passed by and forcibly evicted the residents, and the two of us were hiding, but a few of the inhabitants tried to resist, which angered the Confederates, and as a result, their houses were blown down......"

"And you two happen to be hiding in one of them?"

Fisher nodded in frustration.

Christine tapped him on the shoulder with a gun, "Take us to her." ”

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The work during this period was very unpleasant, and the writing was a bit unsatisfactory when I was in a bad mood.

Emotional efforts are being adjusted. I'm going to cut out some of the foreshadowing......