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A building complex in downtown West Las Vegas is in flames. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Chariots run over the ruins, from time to time firing shells to bombard the strongholds that are still resisting in front, mecha infantry advance layer by layer under the cover of chariots, and the fire return fire on the opposite side has never disappeared, there may be soldiers suddenly appear in any place to attack, breaking through the outer walls of this base does not mean that the overall situation is decided, but it means that the bloodier Shura field has just begun.

Zhao Yu has just stepped into this battlefield now.

Borg and Hunter did not venture into this area, but cautiously parked their cars outside the battlefield - they were just driving ordinary vehicles, and a random mecha infantry could turn this car into scrap metal, not to mention the various combat vehicles everywhere, but Sergeant Borg had a good conscience, took off his power armor and stuffed it to Zhao Yu: "Although the energy is already very low, it can theoretically support up to ...... Uh, forget it, how long can you hold it out! ”

"Although I would love to thank you, Commander." Zhao Yu looked at the energy gauge on the side of the screen speechlessly, "But I can't be happy when I look at this residual power display." ”

This feels like holding a mobile phone with a red battery, and this mobile phone has to be used non-stop......

"What's that disgusted look on your face? Give it back to me if you don't want it! ”

"I'll use it anyway!"

What is less optimistic than the remaining energy of the power armor is the situation on the base side.

Not so long ago, the Confederate forces forced their way through the defenses and stormed this most important National Army base in Las Vegas: the 3rd Theater Command. As a subordinate unit of Lieutenant General Benjamin, the defenders had the consciousness that they were going to die here; The Confederates had to slow down their offensive for some special reasons, so that the battle situation in this complex is still in a stalemate to this day.

Zhao Yu picked up a rifle and marched cautiously through the rubble, he had no interest in the headquarters itself, but he had to rush to Thomas's temporary research institute, which had already given the order to retreat to the outlying positions half an hour earlier, and Christine had lost contact twenty minutes earlier, and every minute of delay would make it less likely to find her.

"The question is...... Where is the institute? "Zhao Yu is worried about this problem now, he has never been to this base at all, the chaotic scene in front of him is strange if he can find a place smoothly, and now he can only ask people, but this also means that he will inevitably approach the place of engagement and put himself in a greater risk.

There is basically no chance ahead.

At least two squads of Allied troops were exchanging fire with the defenders a hundred meters away, while two tanks were rushing in from the other direction to reinforce them.

Zhao Yu gritted his teeth, adjusted the power armor's output to the maximum, secretly prayed for it to fight for some air, and then jumped up violently and rushed into the building next to him as fast as possible - this is one of Borg's favorite tactics: to destroy building obstacles to change direction, and Zhao Yu doesn't need to make a move like demolishing a house at the moment, when the two coalition forces saw the red dot flashing on the radar and looked back suspiciously, Zhao Yu had already rushed into the building and was out of sight.

The building had apparently been part of a large casino, with direct access to another street from the ground floor, and the hall was filled with broken tables and bits and pieces of gambling equipment, all of which were covered in dust and blinded even to the most voracious scavengers, and Zhao Yu couldn't help but wonder how drunk it would be when it was open.

Of course, he chose this route not to rush with his head in a hurry, but to see a point of light belonging to friendly forces on the identification radar, which could theoretically be considered safe in terms of number and location...... But when he pushed open the half-collapsed door and walked out of the building, he felt that he had been too hasty—at least three guns were pointed at him, and if it weren't for the fact that he was still wearing the armor of the Nationalist army, the bullets would have flown out.

"Tell me who you are!" The ensign at the head snapped, "Your mecha identification code is not in our sequence!" ”

"Private Zhao Yu of the 601st Mecha Regiment of the Fifth War Zone, sir!" Zhao Yu immediately replied, "I'm from the 20th block!" ”

The second lieutenant of the National Army motioned to the other two soldiers to lower their guns: "What are you doing here?" The commander has already given the order to retreat to the outlying positions! ”

"We are escorting Dr. Thomas Bigson's institute here, and my troops received a call for help from the institute an hour ago." Zhao Yu said that he had thought about nonsense on the way here, and if you have the ability, you will let the people from the research institute expose me, "Although I am the only one who can get here, and the situation here is not very optimistic...... But I still want to ask, how is the institute? ”

Several people glanced at each other, and the second lieutenant smiled bitterly and said something unexpected: "You're late, soldier." ”

"Serious?"

The second lieutenant pointed in a direction on Zhao Yu's side: "Do you see the building that is emitting black smoke?" Dr. Thomas's research institute is located there, on the ground floor...... About ten minutes ago, I saw a team of Confederate troops come out of it, carrying all sorts of things, but there were no people from the institute following me, and I don't think there was anything left in there that you needed to save. ”

Zhao Yuxin looked over there with a slight sink, and then sighed: "But I still have to take a look." ”

"Good luck, private, we'll stay here to buy you a little time." The second lieutenant said and shrugged, "Theoretically, you can fight for a little." ”

Zhao Yu nodded, turned around and ran towards the building.

No matter how bad the situation is...... I will never allow myself to give up before I can do my best!

The entrance to that building was still burning, and huge black smoke was pouring out from various exits, and it was impossible to get close to it if it was an ordinary person, but Zhao Yu, who was wearing power armor, didn't care about this at all, he walked directly into the flames, walked through the corridors in the face of smoke, pushed open every door, and soon saw a large room.

The room was messy, yet very empty, and it seemed as if a lot had been taken, and in the middle of the room, Dr. Thomas Bigson was lying on his back in a pool of blood.

Zhao Yu was taken aback, and caught up with it in a few steps, and found that Thomas had at least five bullet holes in his body, and he had already stopped breathing.

"Hey, I thought you'd at least be a boss or something, what's the situation?" Zhao Yu looked around in amazement, and found no other people's bodies, and breathed a sigh of relief - in this case, it is better not to see people than to see people.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Yu opened the life scan with a fluke mentality, and naturally found nothing, so he could only go out of the room and continue to search, fortunately, this building is big enough, and there is enough hope left for him.

As he retrieved the third floor, a chime caught his attention.

"Two signs of life? Who is the other one? Zhao Yu didn't think that Christine could not be spared, he followed the instructions to the door of a room, kicked off the door lock and rushed in, and then lifted the only bed in the room with one hand.

The men huddled under the bed were Fisher Clark and Stephanie Mendes.

Fisher still looked like he was going to faint at any moment, but seeing that he always opened his arms to protect the unconscious Stephanie, Zhao Yu's perception of this kid changed slightly.

"Fisher? Are you all right? ”

Hearing this question, Fisher was stunned: "Who are you?" ”

Zhao Yu lifted his mask: "It's me, how is your senior sister?" ”

Fishel's expression suddenly relaxed: "It turned out to be Mr. Zhao Yu, thank God that you are still alive...... The Doctor is dead, oh my God, the Doctor is dead! How so! ”

Seeing that this person was about to collapse again, Zhao Yu hurriedly bent down and grabbed him: "What's going on, Fisher!" Tell me from start to finish! ”

"The Confederate Army, the Confederate Army has come in,......" Fisher said upside down, Zhao Yu finally figured out the situation: Dr. Thomas tried to prevent the Confederate Army from taking away the T20 experimental cabin, but of course the human body could not withstand the bullet, so the Doctor took the lunch on the spot, and Stephanie, who was going to rescue the Doctor, was also injured, plus the old injuries had not healed, and he lost his mobility for a while, and the Alliance Army did not seem interested in mending a weak woman, so they packed all the equipment and materials they thought were necessary and evacuated directly, Before leaving, he threw a few grenades and burned the destruction site.

Fisher Clarke, on the other hand, hid upstairs before the Coalition Army came in, saw everything that happened to the Doctor through the lens of the central surveillance room, and ran back to the scene to save Stephanie after confirming that the Coalition Army had evacuated, but he didn't know where to go in the chaotic battlefield, so he found a place to hide......

"I don't know if you should say that you are bold or cowardly...... Zhao Yu said speechlessly, "But since it has come to this point, you should stay here first and wait for the battle to subside, this building has fireproof materials, and the fire cannot spread here." ”

"That's what I thought!" Fisher replied, "At worst, be a prisoner!" ”

“…… Don't you have any resistance to this? Zhao Yu shook his head and asked the core question: "So have you seen Christine?" Where is she? ”

Fisher's eyes blinked, and he struggled to recall: "She? She...... Well, before the Allies could come in, the Doctor let her go, and Kuroda was with her. ”

"Where did you go?"

"Escape from here, of course, where else can we go?" Fisher replied, "It wouldn't be useful for her to stay anyway, the explosion destroyed the institute's mainframe." ”

"How long have you been gone?"

"Probably...... Fifteen minutes? ”

It was the time before and after Christine lost contact. Obviously, after discovering that Christine was unable to continue working, Dr. Thomas let her go, and thinking about this, Zhao Yu's favorability towards the doctor also increased slightly, although this was not even a consolation for the already dead doctor.

Then the question that remains is where Christine went.

With the current chaos at the base, it is not unreasonable for Christine and Kuroda to leave smoothly, but it is another concept for them to break out of Las Vegas......

"Christine seems to have said ......" A voice suddenly interrupted Zhao Yu's thoughts, it turned out that Stephanie woke up, although she was pale, she was still more reliable than Fisher, "When the doctor told them to retreat, Kuroda originally planned to open the way in front, but Christine asked Kuroda to follow her...... She said she knew what to do without being discovered by the Confederates. ”

"A way not to be discovered by the Coalition forces?" Zhao Yu muttered to himself, and suddenly he looked back at the door suddenly, "Could it be ...... Where did they go? ”

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A chapter came out before the end of the Lantern Festival......

Happy Lantern Festival, everyone!