In the thick fog, any wind and grass became terrifying.

The cold air gradually invaded the bone marrow, and people couldn't help but shrink their necks and wrap their coats tightly.

Something suddenly moved under his feet, and Zhao Ruoyi's nerves, which were tense all the way, felt a tingling, and an electric current rushed to his brain, and he involuntarily exclaimed.

"What's wrong?" Han Haonan walked beside Zhao Ruozhi and found that her face was pale and there was no trace of blood, "Is it uncomfortable?" ”

"Something moved under my feet just now."

Ah Piao walked over with a flashlight and looked at the overgrown ground for a long time, except for some dead branches and rotten leaves, there were no active animals.

"There are no anomalies." Ah Piao turned on the public channel and reported the situation to Zhou Yi.

"Got it."

On the other side of the airwaves, there was a uniform panting sound mixed with the whirring of the wind.

"How's it going over there?" Piao asked.

"The backup has arrived, and Su Xiaoyu and I are heading in your direction."

"Stay safe." Zhao Ruozhi advised.

"Got it."

The radio waves were cut off, and in addition to the squeaky current sound in the earphones, the silence made Zhao Ruozhi slightly distracted.

"It's okay, let's keep walking." Ah Piao had a vague feeling that he couldn't speak, and he just wanted to get out of here quickly.

No one likes the feeling of being blinded by fog and involuntarily getting impatient.

Cao Dian, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped, looked at his feet, and wondered: "It seems that something is wrong." ”

"What's wrong?" Zhu Xincheng asked.

"We've been walking for so long, and we've been walking around this forest all the time." Cao Dian picked up a branch on the ground and said, "This branch is the one that Katy stepped on just now." ”

"There are so many branches here, how can you tell at a glance that they were broken by Katy?" Ah Piao only felt a chill in his back.

"Don't you question whether my professional competence is good? I only have to look at the footprints on the ground to know who left them. ”

"Speaking of footprints...... Zhao Ruozhi pointed to some small pits on the ground and asked, "Aren't these footprints?" ”

Cao Dian squatted down and observed carefully for a while, then pinched some dirt with his fingers and sniffed it, and couldn't help frowning.

"What's wrong? It seems that something is wrong with your expression. Zhu Xincheng and Cao Dian often work together, and once Cao Dian showed this expression, Zhu Xincheng knew that what he was going to say next must be bad news.

"Judging from the size, shape and depth of the prints, and the softness of the soil here, the ones that left these marks are more like bionic robots than animals."

"What does this have to do with the fact that we can't get out of this forest?" Ah Piao asked.

"What if the forest moves?"

Everyone gasped. If it is really as Cao Dian said, then who is manipulating this forest?

Ah Piao reacted first and fired a shot at the trunk of a large tree about one meter thick not far away. There was no expected scene of sawdust flying, only the sound of bullets shooting into metal.

Before he could think about it, the whole mountain forest began to shake. The original lush primeval forest has become dusty in the blink of an eye, and the original fog has disappeared, and when the appearance of the mountain forest is presented to everyone again, it is a completely different scene.

The towering trees had long since disappeared, replaced by seventeen or eighteen glowing, two-meter-tall metal pillars, the crowns of which seemed to never exist.

At the base of the "Great Pillar" are eight mechanical legs, like spiders, firmly stuck in the dirt. The mechanical legs are constantly changing positions, as if they are moving their muscles and bones in preparation for attack.

"What are these?" Zhao Ruozhi looked at these mechanical pillars, and some vague pictures flashed in his memory.

"Looks like a bit of a hassle." Ah Piao subconsciously protected Zhao Ruozhi behind him. Among their team, although Cao Dian and Zhu Xincheng have undergone some training, they can only defend themselves. As for Han Haonan, Ah Piao had never seen Han Haonan move his fists, and a doctor's hand should not be used to fight. He is the only one who can protect Zhao Ruozhi here.

"Where's the backup?" Zhao Ruozhi asked.

"We can't get in touch with them." Zhu Xincheng has been trying to get in touch with the support team, but since he spoke to Zhou Yi, the radio has been unable to search for a signal.

"What are you going to do next?" Han Haonan's first reaction was not to take out a gun, but to take out the computer he was carrying, "I can't crack their system for the time being, give me a little time." ”

"Wait and see." Ah Piao was always vigilant, observing the movements of these giant pillars.

While speaking, several people had already formed a circle, protecting Zhao Ruozhi and Han Haonan in the circle to ensure that there were no blind spots.

Han Haonan's fingers were tapping quickly on the keyboard, Zhao Ruozhi watched quietly beside him, and the picture that flashed in his brain just now gradually became clear.

"Wait a minute." Zhao Ruozhi interrupted the code that Han Haonan was writing, "Their firewall encryption method is not like this. ”

Han Haonan stopped what he was doing and looked at Zhao Ruozhi suspiciously.

"I remember them." Although it was only a blurry image, Zhao Ruozhi was able to be sure, "These things are from Base X, you let me think about it again." ”

"It's too late." After a brief pause, Han Haonan was convinced that he was sure that he could break the firewall.

"You wait a little longer." The answer is right in front of him, and the feeling that he can't find it makes Zhao Ruozhi feel stuffy in his chest.

The mechanical pillar in the distance had already begun to approach everyone, and no one dared to act rashly before Ah Piao gave the order. There was only the sound of Han Haonan tapping on the keyboard quickly.

"Not really." Zhao Ruozhi said weakly to the code that Han Haonan had just written: "It's all reversed......"

Before the voice fell, Han Haonan had already started to run the code.

I saw a series of numbers on the computer screen scroll rapidly, and suddenly flashed twice, leaving only a pitch black.

"Be careful!"

Eighteen large pillars suddenly agitated at the same time, stepping on eight mechanical legs, shaking the ground into dust.

"Will the computer still work?" Zhao Ruozhi asked Han Haonan loudly in the middle of the loud noise, "The code you lost just now is the code that triggers their attack attributes. ”

"The computer is broken." As soon as Han Haonan closed the computer, the computer began to smoke.

"Then you have to run."

Once these mechanical pillars are triggered by the switch of the attack attribute, they will not stop until the power is exhausted. In addition to destroying them by more violent means, the only way to do so is to escape.

It's not easy to destroy these mechanical columns made of super-tough materials, and it's even harder to escape. The power of machinery is far from comparable to that of two human legs, not to mention that it is still a group of people, in order to take care of each other, which affects the speed of progress.

"It's not going to go on like this, we have to go our separate ways." Ah Piao has not fully recovered from blood loss, and at this time, he already feels exhausted after not running a few steps, "I'll stay and lure them away, Han Haonan protects Katy, Cao Dian and Zhu Xincheng, you go to find Zhou Yi." ”

Cao Dian gasped and said, "Let's leave Katy down and go to the boss, the boss will kill us." ”

"So many people walking together, the goal is too big." Zhao Ruozhi was calmer than anyone else at this time, "Just listen to Ah Piao, you go to find Ah Yi, Han Haonan and I will find a safe place to hide first." Ah Piao, you come with us. ”

"You go first."

After speaking, Ah Piao ran in the opposite direction.

"Ah Piao!" Zhao Ruozhi looked at Ah Piao's resolute back, and felt very uncomfortable.

"He'll be fine." A warm hand held Zhao Ruozhi's trembling hand tightly, and a steady stream of power came from the palm, "Let's go." ”

After the five separated, Zhao Ruozhi and Han Haonan walked all the way down the hillside.

Far from the mechanical column, the radio waves were also restored. Zhou Yi's anxious voice immediately came from the earphones: "Where are you?" ”

"I'm with Han Haonan now, under a hillside." Zhao Ruozhi simply told Zhou Yi about the situation he had just encountered and reminded him to be careful on the road.

"Send me the location." There was a loud and dense noise on the other side of the airwaves, "I'll go find you right away." ”

"I'm fine." Zhao Ruozhi was worried that Zhou Yi would be in trouble, "Are you in any trouble over there?" ”

"There was a wave of ambushes." Zhou Yi's voice was calm and textured, "Solved." ”

"The location has been shared with you." Zhao Ruozhi smelled a hint of danger, so he immediately turned off the microphone to prevent Zhou Yi from hearing the abnormality, and turned to Han Haonan and said, "We seem to be being targeted." ”

Han Haonan looked around and didn't find anything unusual.

"Let's go." Zhao Ruozhi was not sure where the enemy was hiding, but her intuition told her that this person was not easy to mess with.

I didn't see anyone suspicious, but getting out of here as quickly as possible and getting to safety was the top priority.

After walking along the valley for more than ten minutes, Zhao Ruozhi faintly felt that there were still people following behind him, and secretly reminded Han Haonan to pay attention to behind him.

"Do you know how to use a gun?" Zhao Ruozhi asked Han Haonan.

"I practiced before I came, but I'm not very proficient." Along the way, Han Haonan did feel as if someone behind him was staring at him all the time, but the distance was kept just right, "I'm not sure how many people are following us, I'm not sure." ”

"It's not a way to be followed all the time, you're going around in circles forever, and sooner or later you'll run out of energy." Within ten minutes, Zhao Ruozhi had already thought of a countermeasure, and handed the pistol that Zhou Yi gave her before to Han Haonan: "I'll pretend to rest for a while, you go to the river to get water, and always pay attention to whether there is any movement around." ”

"What if there are so many of them that we can't handle?" Han Haonan was still not at ease, "I can't risk you." ”

"If there are a lot of people on the other side, it's fate."

Han Haonan looked at Zhao Ruozhi in disbelief and said, "You never believed in fate before. ”

"That was before." Zhao Ruozhi pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled bitterly, "I'm sorry to drag you into the water." ”

"I'm here myself." Han Haonan said, "Even if it's the last thing I do for you." He sighed helplessly, "Only now did I realize that I had never really known you. ”

"Why do you say this all of a sudden?"

"It's nothing, I'm afraid that if I don't say it now, I won't have a chance to say it in the future."

"We can all go back safely."

Zhao Ruozhi looked at Han Haonan's eyes seriously, and secretly made up her mind, if there was really anything in case, even if she used up the power of the four-dimensional space, she would keep all of them safe, after all, this disaster was brought by herself, and she had the obligation to let everyone go home safely.