Chapter 14: Sneak Escape
"Boom", the three mechanical spiders were swallowed by the blue flames at the same time, bursting under the scorching heat, after the flames, only a few metal legs were left on the ground in the creaking and twitching, under the hood, Mia's face was cold, flicked the small jade wand, and withdrew the wand into the wide cuffs.
"Maca Jalen. ”
"Safe ahead. ”
"Saf?"
"Eleven at seventy meters away, two of them were large. ”
"Contact time. ”
"During the detour, it is expected to arrive in one minute and five seconds. ”
"Let's go. Shul waved his hand, motioning for the team to move quickly, "Moria. ”
"Yo Yo, I'll leave the big one to me. ”
"Hmm. Shul nodded, "Saf deals with the small ones, and they will follow quickly." ”
"Yes. ”
"Hurry up. As soon as he turned around after giving the order, he found that there were still people who stopped to tie his shoes, and Shuer kicked it directly, "What kind of shoelaces you tie, you must have the consciousness of credit points." ”
"Wow, uncle, aren't you really a barbarian in the military?"
"Does the military have such a deep understanding of the importance of credits as I do?"
"Absolutely not, my uncle is the most greedy person I have ever met, no, no, no, the person who has the deepest understanding of the meaning of credit points, and he is worthy of being a profiteer on the black market. ”
"That's a good point, but the word profiteer is a bit redundant, and you, what do you see, haven't you ever seen such a confident businessman?" Shuer seemed to be incarnated as an evil slave owner, and he almost whipped people in the back, "Give me a hurry, you mobile credits, who dares to cause me to lose income, be careful that I save you and kill you again." ”
At this time, it has been a few hours since they met the teenagers, the lights of the city have dimmed, the sky has turned slightly white, and the alleys are even darker.
The battle in the city is not over, according to the judgment of the girl Delia, most of the neighborhoods have not been completely lost, although the human race is at an overall disadvantage, but the military's armor soldiers still clear the bunker in time and protect at least half of the citizens. However, there are still large areas of streets and buildings that have been attacked by mechanical beasts, and the roaming mechanical beasts have brought a lot of obstacles to the evacuation of the team, of course, there is no problem with the shadow chasers, but other native humans are still very fragile, if you are not careful, you may have to die a few, this is all a good credit point, and I couldn't bring them out alive, with Shure's work ethic, the money received...... Well, it's certainly impossible to spit out.
The team had grown considerably, and when Shul and his party infiltrated the neighborhood that had been made a mid-level district by Delia, the number of survivors in the team had grown from four to thirteen, including a few lower-level employees of the municipal government and some low-level civilian positions in the military.
There was no subordination between the lower-level employees of these municipal institutions and the original four bureaucrats, but there was a clear hierarchy, and the six lower-level employees were subservient in front of the four, and they did not even dare to breathe. It is natural that the three junior civilian personnel of the military are not at the top of the ranks, but extrapolating from the situation in the municipal bodies, it is estimated that the boundaries between the upper and lower levels are quite strict.
The two sides are more amiable, well, although they throw cold eyes and mean words at each other from time to time, they can at least get along with each other, and even occasionally help each other, but it's different for the five teenagers, and they don't even want to talk to them at all, as if they will pollute themselves if they say one more word.
It's to Shuer's group of seven people, the attitude of the survivors is very interesting, they are polite to each of the shadow chasers, but there is an obvious sense of alienation in the politeness, of course, it can be understood that they need the help of the shadow chasers, so they have to remain polite on the surface, but everyone can see that this politeness and alienation are not against their will, it is their original attitude, especially the first four middle-level people rescued, at first they were still dissatisfied with Mia, but since they thought they guessed Shuer's identity, their attitude has changed significantly, not only pay obediently without discipline, but no longer confrontation, and there is no question of whether the Shadow Chasers are capable of keeping them safe.
It seems that this mysterious black market is not just a simple trading organization, hehehehe.
Shul let out a low laugh, attracting a lot of frightened eyes, this trader leader is afraid that he has gone crazy, or has he come up with some way to cheat money, otherwise how could he laugh so terrifyingly?
"Shure. Saf, who had already caught up, quickly made a few gestures.
"Stop. Shul raised his hand to stop the procession, staring warily at a large building in the distance, "How much?"
"I can't hear clearly, but it's a lot, a lot. Saph hung her head in shame, as if she couldn't tell if there were a thousand or two thousand enemies in it.
"Hold your chest up. "Bang bang, Shul slammed his fist lightly into Saf's chest, "Be confident, cowering in your heart." ”
Hey, damn leather armor, I don't feel it at all, Shuer pouted regretfully, and quickly moved a few steps sideways to hide on the other side of the survivors, it's so dangerous, this guy is going berserk if he dodges late, isn't it?
Of course not, the shame in front of everyone's eyes did make the female swordsman's face flush, but the watery eyes, the rapid breathing, and the dilated nose, well, there wouldn't be anything strange awakening.
"Ahem, credits...... No, I mean, pay attention. Xiuer coughed a few times and quickly changed the topic, "Concentrate a little, including you little guys, come here, and I won't eat you." There are more than a thousand mechanical golems hidden in that building, all shut up for me, okay, whoever dares to speak out, I'll throw him in to find the way. It's good, we don't have to worry about being seen through the wall, as long as we don't make a sound, we can ......."
"But they have thermal imaging cameras. ”
"What did I just say?" Shul glared at Delia viciously, slapped the girl on the back of the head, and the little guy held his head and stared at Shul with a pout, but he was quite obedient and stopped talking.
"Of course I know they have thermal imagers. "You know a fart, your teammates don't bother to say anything, you're the captain, you have the final say, we still have face, so we won't speak," That's why I called you over to concentrate, Mia. ”
"Temperature range. ”
"The ambient temperature is about 21 degrees, and the upward fluctuation is not more than two degrees. ”
"It's a bit difficult, they can't stand it, I'll do it another way. Because in front of people, Mia didn't want to test the bottom line of divine power integration, so she chose to sing silently, and after her hands formed countless magic spell marks in her robes, she knelt down on one knee and slammed her palms on the ground, and the faint glimmer of light flashed, and then everyone felt that the surroundings became hot, and it didn't take long for fine sweat to break out on some foreheads.
"The energy is isolated in one direction, and the heat can't be dissipated, so it shouldn't alarm the enemy. The shadow-chasers don't know what a thermal imager is, and they can't just ask, but that doesn't prevent them from understanding the function from the name, "but the action should be fast, the isolation range is relatively small, and the heat in it will accumulate more and more, and if the speed is slow, either someone will be dehydrated and suffer from heat stroke, or too much energy will be stored and start leaking." ”
"Hear me, it's not like being roasted dry, just go faster, but don't make a sound, I'm ...... xxx。 Shul suddenly lunged forward, blocking a kick that an idiot had almost kicked on a discarded metal can on the side of the road, and he didn't dare to curse loudly, but he had other options, say, to put up a finger.
No, this will cost me a thousand credits, in the gloating eyes of the military people, this poor guy is full of despair, oh my God, I have already taken away my salary for four months, am I more happy to take the initiative to rush into the mechanical beasts.
Of course, this is just a self-teasing joke in the midst of suffering, the team is still moving quickly in silence, and the rescued survivors have a lot of questions in their hearts, but now is obviously not a good place to ask questions, so they can only leave their doubts in their hearts for the time being, no, leave them behind, because now their hearts have been filled with tension.
The closer they got to the target building, the more nervous the survivors became, they were just non-combatants, but they didn't have the psychological quality of the Shadow Chaser, and they were about to be unable to walk because of the psychological pressure, especially the women in them, their faces were pale, and their calves were trembling.
"All the same, all the people tried to slow down their steps, but there were still small footsteps echoing, and there was silence around, only the sound of gunfire in the distance was faintly heard. The quiet environment makes the footsteps particularly obvious, and every sound is like a death knell in the hearts of the survivors.
Shure gestured to Saf with a look in his eyes, and Saf shook his head, indicating that the puppets inside had not moved, and should be through the wall, and this level of sound was not enough to alarm them.
However, just because you won't alarm the enemies in the building doesn't mean you won't alarm anything else, and just walked through the target building with trepidation, and suddenly a red light began to flash in the corner on one side.
What is this? Doubts immediately arose in the minds of the shadow chasers.
The rapid flashing red light often symbolizes a bad omen, especially if it is not too early or too late, and it suddenly lights up when the procession passes by, it must have triggered something, an alarm, or a defensive trap?
The red light flashed more and more rapidly, and the tip of a small cylinder less than ten centimeters high flashed, rushing out of the corner, and the tires below turned faster and faster, and the distance became closer and closer.
"Self-propelled mines. One of the military survivors forcibly suppressed the urge to scream, let out a low shout, and threw himself directly to the ground, not only him, but two of his other colleagues did the same as him.
will explode.
Although it is not known what a mine is, their actions speak for themselves, and it is a standard action to mitigate the damage of explosions.
"Damn, that's trouble. Shul exclaimed, "Mia, ice." ”