Chapter 146: Into Hell (I)
Updated: 2012-09-25
When Zero carried Moni on his back to the suspension bridge that connected the two sides of the Great Rift, it was already an hour later.
Moni was zeroed in, and from the depths of the Great Fissure, strong winds continued to rise against the current, causing the cable bridge to shake slightly. The wind blowing up from under the big crack is uncertain, and when it is weak, it can only make the bridge tremble slightly, but when it is strong, it is enough to make the cable bridge shake from side to side slightly. If you run over a bridge and suddenly encounter strong winds, the rising air currents can make you lose your balance, and a bottomless abyss that is difficult to fall into under the bridge is not fun.
If you have zero off-road vehicles, it will be relatively easy to cross the bridge. The weight of the vehicle itself is strong enough to withstand the strong winds underground, and the chassis of the car will also hold the center of gravity fixed on the bridge body, so it will not be blown over. In fact, the suspension bridge was also designed for cracks, and was built for vehicular traffic, and the designers themselves did not consider pedestrians passing over the bridge, so it created a slight difficulty for the passage of a few people.
The three of them walked as far as they could, and when they reached the center of the bridge, a magnificent scene appeared in their eyes.
Looking east of the Great Fissure, you can see the sparkling sea at the exit of the fissure. It was a polluted area to the east of the coastline, and it was so vast that it was too large to measure. It's just that the turquoise water, which was supposed to be turquoise, has turned a dark red color due to pollution, presenting a poignant beauty full of despair to the world.
The endless seas are not calm either, and as far as the coast is concerned, there are no less than hundreds of species of mutant fish found. As for the deep sea area, there are more than a dozen large mutant beasts like the Devourer of Filth, and it can be said that the polluted sea is far more dangerous than the land. But at opposite ends of the sea, there are two other continents, which are slightly smaller than the continent of Middle-earth, but there are traces of civilization on them.
It is only because of the ubiquitous relationship of radiation clouds in the sky that all aviation equipment will be disturbed to varying degrees, so even if the aircraft of the old era are repaired, they cannot be put into use. This made it possible for people to travel between continents using the only means of steamship. Some scholars have predicted that when the continuous development of power and technology and the increasing frequency of exchanges between continents, Shijie will usher in an Age of Discovery, which means that wars and conquests will be staged in every corner of Shijie.
Either way, the sky and the sea have always been fascinating. Even if it is zero, looking at the sea beyond the big chasm, I can't help but feel the urge to go to sea. Naturally, impulses are just impulses and do not become reality.
So Zero coughed dryly, pulling Moni and Atesha's minds back from their respective imaginations. Moni was better, after all, she had spent some time in the city of Reef, not far from the sea, but Atesa had never seen the sea. Although Gunnat had mentioned this mysterious shijie when he passed on her knowledge, today was the first time Atesha had seen the sea.
"What's on the other side of the sea?" Atessa asked in an almost dreamy tone.
"I don't know, it could be war, it could be freedom. This shijie is no longer the era that Zero is familiar with, and he doesn't know what the other two continents are like.
After a short sigh, the road still has to be rushed. But when Zero was about to turn around and set off, a little cold suddenly appeared in the center of his eyebrows.
The hairs on his body immediately stood on end, which is what he felt when he was being targeted by a sniper.
It's Parkland's killer! He's back!
But when Zero was about to make an evasive move, the coldness in his eyebrows disappeared. But Zero clearly felt that the killing intent was shifting.
"What's wrong, Zero?" asked Moni in surprise when she saw Zero's face change.
Zero was just about to warn, but suddenly found that the killing machine had fallen on Moni's body, right behind her head, and Monie was still unstoppable!
The sniper bullet is like death in the night, it comes suddenly. When Zero looked at Moni, he also saw the metal warhead that had been fired from the direction of Death Ridge. It spun through the air at high speed, rubbing against the air and creating a faint aura, shooting straight at the back of Moni's head with a fierce killing machine.
Yelling, Zero is instinctively driven to crash into Moni, causing her to fall to Atesha next to her. However, after knocking into Moni, he moved Zero, and put himself on the trajectory of a sniper bullet.
In an instant, he understood that the killer's target was still himself, but the other party cleverly took advantage of his human weakness, so that the sniper, which had only half the chance of hitting, jumped to 100%!
Zero can't hide anymore.
He could only grit his teeth, cross his hands in front of him to block important parts such as his head and chest, and then use his full strength to strengthen his defense. The time was so short that he couldn't even use the rampage to dodge the fatal blow.
So when Moni just bumped into Atessa, Zero left the ground and flew upside down.
Time seemed to press the stop button at this moment, and Moni and Atesha's eyes widened. They could clearly see the sniper bullet trail trail through Zero's arm, into his right chest, and from behind him a line of blood and bits of flesh, Zuihou vanished at the other end of the bridge.
When Zero fell heavily on the bridge deck, the sound of sniper rifles raging came from the direction of Death Ridge.
"Zero!"
"Get down!"
Moni and Zero's voices rang out at the same time, and the latter was loud and apparently not fatally injured, and Moni breathed a sigh of relief.
"Damn, it's shit luck!"
In the dense forest of the Grim Reaper Ridge, Lan Qi, who had just finished a sniper campaign on the cedar tree, scolded fiercely. In his calculations, the sniper bullet should have hit Zero's heart, but at the moment of shooting, a strong wind blew from the crack, causing the cable bridge to shake, and interfering with the trajectory of the sniper bullet, so that Lan Qi missed the shot.
But he still had a chance, and Lan Qi showed a grim smile, and with a change of gun, he aimed at the steel cables on the bridge.
In fact, this is his biggest killer move.
Zero took a deep breath and contracted the wound with his muscles. But he didn't have time to deal with the gunshot wound right away, his right forearm was grazed by a sniper bullet, and a deep wound was plowed out. And there was a penetrating injury in the chest, but fortunately it didn't hurt the bones and nerves, otherwise Zero wouldn't want to move this time.
Staying on the bridge would only be a target for snipers, so Zero told Monie to stick to the bridge as closely as possible, and then quickly climbed across the bridge. But before they could act, the drawbridge suddenly shook, and then the sound of sniper rifles rang out again.
Zero was stunned, the target of this attack was obviously not any of the three of them. However, there was a terrifying tearing sound overhead, and when they looked up, they saw a partially notched hanging cable. And in that gap, the steel wire hidden in the cable is not breaking!