Chapter 15: The Child
It is said to be a secret room, but in fact, there is a small door in the corridor of South Garage Road, and after entering from the small door, you can see a spacious space after walking through a narrow passage.
There is a lot of space, and it is full of beds and utensils. Judging from the map, this was originally a warehouse under the mall, which was used as a living space by mutants because of its abandonment.
In one corner of this warehouse, there are a large number of weapons, which reveal the whereabouts of mutants. With these weapons, the soldiers of the 2nd Airborne Battalion can at least save the step of robbing weapons stores.
But Shen Yi's gaze did not stop at it.
At the end of the warehouse, a little boy was sitting on the ground with his legs crossed.
"It's a child!" exclaimed Gentle.
Shen Yi finally understood why the soldier had asked him to come over and take a look.
The boy looked to be only about ten years old, with a pair of eyes that were both gold and black, brown hair curled slightly, and two-color pupils looking at them, his body trembling slightly.
"Hey!" Gentle waved to the little boy and walked over to him.
Standing in front of the little boy, gently try to touch his face, and at the same time say, "Don't be afraid, we ......"
Unexpectedly, the little boy suddenly screamed and bit his gentle hand.
"Ahh
The little boy rushed out like a rabbit to the box where the weapons were stored.
Hong Lang hurriedly raised his gun to shoot, but Shen Yi held down Hong Lang: "Don't shoot! That's a child!"
"But......" Hong Lang was about to argue, only to see that the little boy had already gotten behind the weapon box.
It turned out that he didn't want to kill people with weapons, he just wanted to hide.
Gently shook her head helplessly: "He was frightened, he must have seen what happened just now." ”
"Holy. We're here to kill mutants, not saints. Hong Lang shouted, "You don't want to let this little guy go, do you?"
King Kong smiled bitterly: "No matter what, he's a child." ”
"But he's just a ...... in the mission world"
"That's a child, too!" Shen Yi interrupted Hong Lang's words: "Don't do anything to the child!"
Shen Yi's tone was resolute and unquestionable.
"OK, OK, three to one, you guys won. Hong Lang shrugged helplessly.
Shen Yi looked around, and then said, "If you don't find anything, just leave, time is running out." ”
At this moment, a soldier who followed the search shouted, "Sir, look at this. ”
The soldier handed a document to Shen Yi.
Shen Yi took it and looked at it, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.
"What is it?" asked Hong Lang.
Shen Yi casually handed the document to Hong Lang: "It's information about other mutants, and this base is a sub-base of Magneto's mutant organization." It contains their contact details and several other secret spots for mutants. ”
"It's developed now. Hong Lang laughed happily as he watched.
There was nothing else to discover, Shen Yi gave an order, everyone began to prepare to evacuate, and some soldiers of the 2nd Airborne Battalion also moved the weapons that the mutants hid here one after another. Compared to the old guns of World War II, these weapons are much more advanced, and they can be used by both ordinary and elite soldiers, but they can't be taken out of this world.
Seeing that the weapons had been emptied and the 2nd Airborne Battalion was ready to evacuate, at this moment, the little boy suddenly rushed out and swept past the flood wave at a rapid speed.
Hong Lang only felt a flower in front of him, and his hands were suddenly empty.
The document in his hand had been snatched by the boy.
The boy was as dexterous as a fish and rushed out of the doorway
"That kid snatched the papers!" Hong Lang shouted and raised his gun again.
Shen Yi grabbed the barrel of the gun, and a string of bullets shot towards the ceiling wall.
"Shen Yi!" Hong Lang was anxious.
"Don't worry, that kid can't outrun us. Let's just go and get the documents back. Shen Yi said coldly: "But don't kill that child." The 2nd Airborne Battalion is evacuated as planned, leave us alone!"
Out of the warehouse, back to the underground garage, everywhere is the smoke of gunpowder burning after the battle. Cars scrapped by the battle lay on the road, obscuring everyone's view.
"Gentleness. Shen Yi said in a deep voice.
Gently close your eyes, open your hearing perception, and listen carefully.
After a moment, she pointed in a certain direction and said, "Over there, behind that white Toyota." ”
Hong Lang quickly ran towards the white Toyota, he jumped behind the car in a vertical leap, and then shook it for a moment, looking back at the gentleness.
"He's not here. ”
"How is that possible?" "I couldn't have heard me wrong, I can still hear his breath now, and he's right next to you." ”
Hong Lang immediately understood, and said with a smile: "I know, the little guy is hiding in the car." ”
The brown glass blocked the view, so that the people outside the car could not see the situation inside, but Hong Lang still smiled proudly at the car.
At this moment, the white Toyota suddenly started, crashed head-on into the flood waves, and knocked him out fiercely, and the sudden roar of the engine stimulated Gentle and quickly turned off the hearing perception, and the white Toyota was already roaring towards the garage.
This change came too quickly, and everyone didn't react, only Shen Yi fired a shot in time, shattering the rear window glass of the car, but when the second shot was aimed at the little boy, he still hesitated after all and didn't shoot, and watched the Toyota drive away.
The flood wave rolled and fell in the air, and fell to the ground with a thud, and he quickly got up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and shouted: "How is it possible? That car is scrapped!
King Kong was shocked and said, "I'm afraid this is what that kid is capable of." ”
"That's a good ability!" Shen Yi's eyes flashed with surprise.
He didn't use mental probe on that kid just now, after all, mental probing consumes mental power, but he didn't expect the little boy to have a rather practical ability.
However, Shen Yi has always disliked needless regrets, he just accepted the lesson immediately, and he would never underestimate anyone in the future.
Come to think of it, the four adventurers even killed dozens of mutants in the underground garage, only to be tricked by a child in the end. It can be seen that in many cases, the strength of the opponent is often relative.
"We must chase that kid!" Shen Yi said and rushed out of the garage.
The fat man was still outside at this time, and surprisingly he was fighting the United States with a gun at the moment. Although he was still cowering and timid, it took a long time to dare to fire a shot, but compared to his previous performance, he has made great progress.
King Kong rushed over, jumped into the Humvee, and shouted at the fat man: "Get in the car, fat man!"
"Is something wrong?" asked the fat man, stunned.
"Less nonsense!" Hong Lang simply rushed over and grabbed the fat man and threw him into the car.
Shen Yi and Wen Rou also arrived one after another, Shen Yi jumped into the driver's seat, started the Hummer and drove away in the direction of the little boy.
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"You're saying you've been toyed with by a kid and let him escape from under the noses of a whole bunch of you?" the fat man couldn't believe his ears, "and stole the documents where other mutants could be found?"
"Shut the fuck up for me, fat man, don't you think we left you too many mutants?" Hong Lang scolded angrily.
The fat man was so frightened that King Kong coughed and said: "If you don't hit someone, you don't hit your face, you don't expose your shortcomings, and a dead fat man is cheap." ”
Shen Yi and Wen Rou covered their mouths and laughed together.
Shen Yi said: "Okay, don't scare him, I just gave him some courage to face life." It's not a shame to be played by a child, and this incident teaches us to never underestimate our opponents. By the way, gentleness, take a look at the current ranking. ”
Wen Wen looked at the leaderboard, and then said happily: "Congratulations, classmate E5371, you are now ranked first on the leaderboard, with a total of 30 kill points." I'm tied for seventh with King Kong and the other two adventurers, with a kill value of 17, a flood of 16 kills, and three adventurers for eleventh. ”
"How much is the second?"
"The second is N4233 with a kill value of 20, and the third is N4236, the original first place with a kill value of 19, and the three are tied for fourth place with a kill value of 18, and they are chasing each other so closely. By the way, the leaderboard shows that five adventurers died, and now it is a list of 95 people. ”
"Which district did you die?"
"It's all in the West End. Gently replied.
"You said that five adventurers died in the West District at once?" Shen Yi was taken aback.
"Well, and the time of death is about the same, within ten minutes, one after another. ”
"The West End is going to be in trouble, by the way, who else is in the top ten?"
"In addition to the original four adventurers in the northern district, who are still in the top ten, the other two are in the southern district, and the poor western district has not a single top ten, and five have already died first. Hong Lang said with a smile: "The Europeans and Americans in the richest and most developed region on the earth have become the least powerful region when they come to this bloody city. ”
Shen Yi's heart moved slightly, and he said lightly: "This may be an important reason why the North District is so strong, but the West District is so bad." ”
King Kong smiled: "Shen Yi is right, I have heard some things about the strength of the fourth district, I don't know if you are interested in hearing it." ”
Shen Yi nodded hurriedly: "Okay, then you can talk about it, and I'll see if it matches my conjecture." ”
It turns out that the North District has indeed always been a place rich in strong people.
The North Zone is dominated by Africans and South Americans.
It's arguably the most chaotic place in the world. The world's famous chaotic places such as Congo, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe all belong to the African region, while South America is also home to Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and other famous chaotic countries.
Warlordism and civil wars are arguably the best portrayal of these two continents, where most of the people who grew up have experienced the pain of war since childhood.
In contrast, with the exception of one region in Kosovo, most Europeans and Americans can be said to have grown up in sweet water. No matter how developed their country is, it doesn't make sense in the Bloody City.
For example, at least half of the countries in Africa are in a state of poverty, chaos and war. Their tribal wars are almost daily, the most war-torn places on earth, and those primitive natives are bloody and cruel, fierce and inhumane. They are born warriors with no fear of death.
The natives who were brought here by the Bloody City can undoubtedly show their greatest fighting talent here. They may not be like Shen Yi who plans and then acts, some people may not even know words, and they may not even know how to count, but what does it matter?
In the bloody city, combat ability is the first criterion, as long as you are willing to fight, good at fighting, and able to fight, other problems can be solved.
What does it matter if you don't know words, and what does it matter if you don't have knowledge?
As long as you pass the novice task level, things like words and knowledge are just problems that can be solved with some blood. However, it is by no means an easy task to cultivate a strong psychological quality that is not afraid of sacrifice in killing.
Strong, brave, bloody, brutal and violent African natives, they can kill people for a bottle of water, and tribal wars break out over a water source. The people who came out of the war-torn areas of South America were equally brave and ferocious.
For them, killing someone is as simple as eating, and the price of their lives may be just a piece of bread.
And in the bloody city, it is also an adventure, but these people can get whatever they want.
Perhaps for them, Bloody City is not hell at all, but heaven. After all, they give and they get much more here than on Earth.
Attitude is the first basis for determining achievement - you can never expect someone who doesn't love what they do, or even hates and hates what they do, to do something outstanding in their job.
Those people from poor areas, they love it, so they have the courage to face danger, even willing to face it. The more difficult life is, the more comfortable you can live here.
People in developed countries value creativity, while people in poor countries value adaptability.
Those who do not have the ability to adapt have long since died of hunger, cold, or war.
It is precisely for this reason that the North District has always been the birthplace of the strong, and most of the adventurers who come out of here are fierce and blood-hungry, ruthless and cruel, and murderous.
In addition to the North District, the South District also has no shortage of strong people.
In addition to China, Japan and other places, there are quite a few countries in Asia, including Vietnam, Laos, especially in Central Asia, such as Israel, Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq and other places, which are also perennial wars. But the problem is that the population base of these areas in the southern region is not large, because there is an India that occupies most of the places, so the proportion of people selected by the bloody city is not high, but as long as they survive the most difficult times, the fighting quality in the later stage must be excellent.
"So, in the Bloody City, it should be the strongest in the North and South Districts?" asked gently.
"Nope. King Kong shook his head: "In the bloody city, it is recognized that the weakest strength is the West District, which is beyond doubt. But the so-called strongest area has always been debated. It's just that the argument is not between the North and South Districts, but between the North and the East Districts. ”
"Are you saying that we are the strongest in the East? But China hasn't been at war for years. The city picks people not from the soldiers, but from the civilians, how can we be the strongest?"
"I think that's because the East End is the only region with a predominantly national population. In addition to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, etc., the Eastern District also includes a few regions such as Outer Mongolia and Singapore. However, the population of these areas is small, and the vast majority of adventurers in the eastern region are Chinese, and the national centripetal force is relatively easy to concentrate and unite. And the rest of the districts...... Not necessarily so united. The South Zone has the largest number of Indians, but they do not occupy a dominant position, and these Ah San are really lacking in leadership ability, and their loose and lazy national characteristics make it difficult to produce leaders with courage. In contrast, although there are also ethnic conflicts in the northern region, many of them arise from problems of subsistence resources. After solving this problem, many contradictions can be resolved first, and it is not as heavy as the historical grievances in the southern district...... The deeper the culture, the greater the historical grievances. Shen Yi said with a smile.
The crowd immediately understood. King Kong laughed even more: "That's right, if I am asked to carry out a mission with the Japanese devils, I would rather kill the other party first and then complete it myself." ”
Hong Lang said with a smile: "More people are strength, and I am beginning to miss the great Taizu." ”
Shen Yi added: "But I think there are two other reasons that make China strong. One is the historical reason, we in China have a history of struggle that lasts for more than 2,000 years, our blood flows with rich wisdom and knowledge of struggle, the most outstanding military strategists in history are always Chinese, and we Chinese have the richest experience in historical struggle. Another reason is cultural. Chinese like to regard power and tactics and methods of struggle as wisdom, while Europeans and Americans like to regard invention and creation as wisdom. In China, the smartest people are always Zhuge Liang and Taizu, while in Europe, Einstein is the smartest. It's a pity that the bloody city doesn't need inventors, and the cultural concepts of Europeans and Americans make them rigid and inflexible, and they can be used for production and combat...... They are far from lacking in the high degree of adaptability required for combat, the ability to judge the situation, the ability to analyze friend and foe, and so on. ”
These words made everyone nod their heads again and again, and they all agreed.
"However, most of the mission scenarios we carry out are in Europe and the United States, and the people in the western region occupy geographical and cultural advantages, which cannot be underestimated. Gentle said suddenly.
"That's it, but that's for later, let's take care of the moment first, we have to catch that kid first. Shen Yi said with a smile.
The fat man interjected: "Be careful on the road, I feel danger ahead." ”
Hong Lang gave the fat man a disdainful look: "A little boy, what danger can you bring us? ”
Shen Yi said with a smile: "Since Luo Hao said so, everyone should be careful, and don't treat bean bags as dry food." ”
Everyone was talking and laughing in the car, and no one paid much attention to the fat man's reminder.
After all, for adventurers, danger is never a reason to deter them, they are the existence of facing danger.
The Humvee was speeding down the road, and the shadow of a black Mercedes could already be seen in the distance.
Gently raised the binoculars to look at it, and then smiled: "He drove standing up...... He was too short. ”
Everyone laughed.
"The little one is really going to get us in trouble. Now that they have caught up, everyone's mood has relaxed a lot, and Hong Lang's tone suddenly became kind.
The Hummer whizzed forward and rode along, alongside the white Toyota.
Wen Rou waved his hand to the little boy in the car next to him: "Hey, little guy, didn't your adult tell you, can't you drive without a license?"
"fu(c)kyou!" the boy shouted.
He suddenly took out the papers that were in the driver's seat and shouted, "Go away!" or I'll shred it!"
"The little guy reacted very quickly. Shen Yi chuckled, and he slammed the car into the side, slamming it into the Toyota from the side.
The loud jolt made the boy's hand loosen, and the papers flew out of the window. As soon as King Kong raised his hand, the document floated towards the air on his side, and the flood wave took a sharp leap, grabbed the document in his hand, and then jumped back into the car, smirking at the boy.
Witnessing this scene, the little boy's face changed dramatically.
He didn't notice that after being hit by Shen Yi, the direction of the Toyota had changed and was deviating from the original lane.
Opposite, a large tanker truck is approaching.
Shen Yi shouted: "Be gentle, save him!"
The long whip in Gentle's hand had been thrown out, and it was being put on the little boy's waist, and with a casual hand, the little boy was pulled out of the car.
The runaway Toyota rushed forward like a drunk man shaking his head and slamming into the moving tanker truck from the side, exploding and catching fire, and the tanker truck driver even had time to jump out of the car and run away with a roll.
The spectacular explosion scene did not affect Shen Yi and them in the slightest, and Shen Yi drove the Humvee that had been smashed to the other side.
The little boy was wrapped around the whip and pressed against his gentle thighs, struggling desperately and shouting, "Let go of me!"
Gentle slapped him on the ass a few times: "Little one, be nice! or I'll leave you in the car." ”
At this moment, the fat man behind him suddenly let out a terrible cry:
"Dangerous! extremely dangerous!"
Shen Yi quickly turned around, and at the same time, a rocket in the distance whistled out the scream of death in the sky and flew towards the Humvee.
Rumble!
It hit the rear of the Humvee, sending the entire vehicle into the air.
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There are many friends who may have controversy about the strength and weakness of the four districts.
For the record, I am an attitude determinist.
In my opinion, a person's achievements in doing things depend first of all on his attitude towards this matter, and the achievements of a person depend on his character.
Considering the particularity of the Bloody City, the more chaotic the place, the more likely it is to like the Bloody City, so that it can generate a positive attitude to face it.
Of course, this is just my personal opinion. IQ determinists, lineage determinists, or other readers don't have to mind, because strength and weakness here are only relative, not absolute. There are strong people in every district, and no one is weak when they should be strong.