Chapter XXXVII
"Bang", the heavily armed warrior kicked open a half-hidden door, and then quickly moved his body sideways, clinging to the wall next to the door, and as soon as he moved away, two shield-wielding soldiers pushed up from behind him, and the two large round shields almost sealed the kicked open door, and at the same time two spears protruded from between the gaps in the two shields, ready to stab inside.
"Enter, enter." Confirming that nothing had come out of the kicked open door, a warrior with lighter armor stuck to the other side of the door and waved his hand inside, "Clean it up quickly."
At the sound of an order, two lightly armed soldiers squeezed in from both sides of the shield, and the sound of opening and closing the door immediately sounded inside, and soon a soldier ran out of it, knocked on the chest and saluted the officer at the door, and shouted, "Sir, safety."
"Okay, next." The soldier who had given the order gestured, and then the soldiers inside quickly withdrew, and the officer drew a white cross on the wall of the doorway with chalk, and then left the room behind him and quickly advanced towards the next room with the door open.
"Sir, be safe." Farther away, several similar voices were heard, and looking down the hallway, four squads were alternately moving along the hallway, and the voices of other teams next door could be heard. And the part behind these teams has been cleared for a long distance, and there are more and more rooms with forks painted in the corridors, and the progress of the teams is becoming more and more orderly.
After repeated explorations just now, Mondo and his people determined that there were indeed no more illusions on the sixth floor, so the whole team finally entered the sixth floor, and according to Babu's arrangement, set up a defensive position outside the stairwell on the sixth floor.
Unlike when the seventh floor was cleared, the defensive base on the sixth floor was divided into two parts, the part outside the stairwell was the same as the seventh floor, blocking one side and then exploring the other, and there was also a part of the defense facilities in the stairwell, blocking the road to the fifth floor.
Since Babu had already roughly inspected the entire sixth floor, no mutants were encountered, and each room was open, there were not many soldiers left behind in the defensive position, only less than ten people, and the others were all formed into a team to quickly check the dozens of rooms on the sixth floor. It is indeed easy to do things with a large number of people, and the sixth layer advances much faster than the seventh layer.
"The east corridor has been emptied." Some soldiers ran down the corridor back to the position outside the stairwell, and immediately turned back after shouting a loud report, while Mondo, who was in the defensive position himself, nodded, motioned his men with his eyes to continue advancing, and then turned to the travelers who were resting in the corner.
Anna looked happy, dangling around Babu and Monica, sniffling as she went, as if interested in the environment. And Babu and Monica were leaning against the corner of the position and whispering, both of them looking a little stunned, looking at each other with sighs.
"That Lady Margaret is someone you used to know?"
"Hmm." Báb nodded, "The Dulun Dynasty has flourished for hundreds of years, and has existed for thousands of years, and there will always be some guardians, and Lady Margaret is one of them." Babu explained softly, "Her job is to protect the Great Library, and the other exhibits are not part of her protection."
Monica snickered, "So even if she knew you were stealing, she pretended not to see it?"
"No kidding, I've almost died in her library a few times, but it's not like I didn't see it." Babu smiled, but quickly sighed and explained, "She's actually a very responsible guardian and takes everything very seriously, but that time she did pretend not to see it."
"Huh?"
"Because I stole the national treasures of other kingdoms and wandered to Dulun, the ownership has been disputed for a hundred years, so she simply gave away a favor. Otherwise, she would have already discovered me in advance, and it would have taken a lot more effort for me to succeed."
"I see." Monica looked Babu up and down, "So, you and her, you belong to the combatants of that world?"
"I don't remember exactly, I hope so." Babu said with a wry smile, "Otherwise, if every mutant is as difficult as her, we won't have to travel around the edge in the future, it's too dangerous." If I hadn't known her weaknesses this time, it wouldn't have been who would have come out of the library in the end."
"Dead child, you dare to say it." Monica's heel is very familiar
The practitioner stepped on the toes of Babu, glared at him with bared teeth and grinned, and said indignantly, "You are too bold, and the commander-level mutant dares to go directly by yourself, if you feel that you have not been beaten enough, I don't mind helping you, you don't have to go to find a mutant, do you understand?"
"Pain, pain, isn't there no way, it's just that I'm not affected by the illusion, and I'm still somewhat sure, not rashly facing the battle, otherwise no one will give me overtime pay, so I'm too lazy to stay alone and work overtime." "Feet, lift feet, they're going to break, hiss, labor pains, are you going to educate me or take advantage of it?"
"Hmm...... It's all there, it's not a contradiction." Monica's face flushed, and her eyes fluttered, "So, you still think that the mutant's instinct before death is a breakthrough?"
"Yes, I had this idea when I smashed the mutant jewelry in Donggu City before, and I feel that at least most of the mutants we have seen will follow the instinctive actions of the living species. The group of mutant dogs outside of Thortown are on all fours and don't walk upright like humans, while most of the humanoid mutants walk upright, and they haven't seen a few crawling on the ground unless they are not able-bodied. Coupled with their behavior patterns, it seems to be related to some characteristics of their lifetime, and although you and Judy have some disagreement, I have always felt that the behavior of mutants can be predicted from this."
"It's not that we disagree, but we don't think it makes sense." Monica sighed helplessly, "Especially humanoid mutants, unless they know each other like you, who can be sure that mutants will be so sensitive to fire, and the personalization is too serious to have practical value."
"Actually, I can still see some signs." Babu recalled that when he first entered the hut, the furnishings he saw were clearly in an unconscious state, following the instinct of everything that had been arranged according to the habits of his life, so it can be seen that at least for the old woman's mutants, the habits of life have long been ingrained, and the vigilance against fire is probably no exception. However, Monica's idea also makes sense, after all, for most people, it is difficult to accurately determine the species of the mutant or the occupation of the humanoid mutant through various details, and if this judgment is wrong, I am afraid that I will not know that I have found a shortcut and give the shortcut to the mutant.
"Now you understand, if it's just you, it's okay to use it once in a while, but for us, it's not that it's wrong, it's that none of us can do it." Monica patted Babu's hand and teased, "So, this is the role of you, an observer, you have already paid your salary, and you have to work as a coolie for me honestly in the future, otherwise...... Hey, get the money back."
"It's not impossible to return the money, it depends on luck." Babu also cooperated to cover the money bag, and then took out a coin and put it on his finger, "You choose a side, and if you win, you will be refunded."
"You damn kid doesn't know what shame is." Monica snatched the copper coin, and when she looked at it on the other hand, she knew that this guy must have a cheating prop with both sides of the tail, and she actually took it out so easily, so angry that her hand naturally stretched out, and reached to Babu's side at an extremely mysterious angle, so that Babu's ears automatically entered her hand. Twisting hard, in the screams of Babu, Monica angrily said, "It's okay to cheat every time, at most you don't have any gambling products, even if you already plan to cheat, there are still traps in your words, your integrity and dignity."
"Huh?"
"Haha, what, I'll choose one side, and if I win, I'll give me a refund, but I don't make it clear who won, right?" Monica tugged at her ears and scolded violently, "This kind of verbal advantage should also be taken advantage of, are you not as old as Anna." You must have been not only professional at stealing things before, but also professional at cheating, Anna, let's be careful, stay away from him, or he may even cheat you out of your chicken leg one day, and you will have to sprinkle some salt on him."
The little thing that couldn't be heard seemed to feel the joyful atmosphere, clapped his hands happily, his face was full of smiles, and finally he simply threw himself at Babu, squeezed away Monica's ear-grabbing hand, and stuck it himself, exhaled contentedly, and then bit on Hongtongtong's ear, well, it tasted good.
"Woohoo, loosen your mouth." With all his might, Babu finally managed to regain control of his ears with great difficulty
Ji Quan, while wiping the sticky saliva on his ears, pinched the little thing's chubby face with his backhand, and said to Monica, "Don't worry, I'm fine, every time this old lady sees me, she chases me and beats me hard, I have long wanted to teach her a good lesson, this time I finally found an opportunity, I, I ...... Phew, okay, I'll admit, it's a little uncomfortable, but don't worry, I can't think of much, I can't say how sad it is, it's a bonus."
Monica didn't say anything more, just smiled softly, reached out to take Babu's hand, and patted the back of his hand gently. Monica's hand was thick and hard, and the strength was still great, and it was not comfortable to hold at all, but Babu only felt a warmth coming from the palm of his hand, straight to the bottom of his heart, making him ......
"Knock knock", footsteps came from the stairs, it was the herald who had just run up to the top headquarters to report the battle situation, the young soldier rushed back to the sixth floor step by step, and before the person got close, he was already shouting with a red face, "The master said it to me personally, let me tell everyone, saying that everyone is doing a good job, everyone is good." Everyone, including Kevin, who was seriously injured, must return safely, and everyone will be rewarded when they return, and it will be awarded by the master himself."
There was silence inside and outside the stairwell for a moment, and then a suppressed cheer erupted, and the young soldiers looked excited, as if they had already received awards and honors. On the contrary, some of the older soldiers, including Mondo, were still more reserved, and when they were commended, they only smiled, although they were also excited, but at least they did not lose their temper.
"Captain of the Guard, my master asked me to pass the order." While all the colleagues were in a state of excitement, the soldiers who had come down had already run to Mondo's side and saluted, and said loudly, "The master said that after discussing with His Excellency Judy the Traveler, the security of the sixth floor can be temporarily determined, because His Excellency Judy judged that the sixth floor we encountered belonged to an exclusive mutant."
"Huh?" Monica suddenly realized, but when she saw Babu's blank face, she explained to him, "Mutants of a system, oh, mutants of the same origin and species, can often coexist. Just like the group of dogs we encountered outside of Thor, and the ordinary mutants that followed the giants outside of East Valley."
Babu nodded, he did remember these monsters.
"Although they don't live in groups, at least they don't devour each other like monsters, and they can coexist peacefully, but the exclusive mutants are different. As you can tell from the name, there can be no other mutants around the exclusive mutant in a certain area, and it will attack all the same kind around it indiscriminately, until there is only one of its kind left in this area."
"No wonder all the rooms are empty, and some doors and walls are forcibly broken." Babu said thoughtfully, "I thought it was her fetish that she didn't let go of anything that made a noise."
"It should be a sign of exclusivity, otherwise it wouldn't have been cleaned up so cleanly, and there was not a single one left." Monica pouted, "It's just that this special mutant is rare, and it's easier to ignore it for a while, otherwise I wouldn't have remembered it until now."
"Yes, yes, that's for sure." Babu's face changed, and he nodded seriously, "It's a simple guess, Judy just took the lead because she didn't have to think about other issues. You have more experience than hers, and if you were given enough time, you would have reacted sooner than she did."
"Dead child." Monica's white teeth bit her lip, blushed and gave him a white look, and she snorted a few times before she whispered, "Don't talk this kind of nonsense, I'm not making excuses, it's really rare."
"Yes, yes, yes, rare." Babu nodded solemnly, avoiding the deadly heel and hiding his ears again, "I didn't say anything else, why did you start to be unreasonable."
"You're trying to reason with women?" Monica didn't hide it this time, moving her finger and threatening, "Ear me!"
The two of them were amusing themselves, when they suddenly found that there was silence around them for some time, and when they turned around, they found that all the soldiers were staring at the two of them.
"What's the situation?"
"Well, Your Excellency, when I came down just now, Your Excellency Judy asked me to pass on a message for her." Herald's taxi
Bing coughed in embarrassment, plucked up his courage and said, "She said, you're almost done, so many people are watching, pay attention to your image."
"Ahem, ahem." The two of them coughed dryly, quickly sorted out their clothes separately, and said seriously, "What, since it is an exclusive mutant, it is easy to handle, and the possibility of monsters hiding here is significantly reduced, so we can ...... it."
"Boom", before Monica could finish speaking, a roar suddenly came out of the end of the corridor, followed by a few short exclamations from the soldiers. A group of soldiers in the position gasped, and for a moment their eyes were on Babu and Monica.