After taking the remaining food, the group of five left Room 605 and went down the stairs to the first floor.
“Drive there?” Jiang Bai Mian glanced at the jeep parked on the side.
The Black Marsh Iron Serpent skin tied to the roof of the car was so conspicuous that no one noticed the solar charging panel.
“Too much noise.” Qiao Chu shook his head.
Jiang Bai Mian wanted to say that this was an electric car, and as long as the simulated sound waves were turned off, there would hardly be any noise, but Qiao Chu, wearing an exoskeleton, suddenly jogged forward and left a sentence behind:
“Keep up!”
Jiang Bai Mian didn't say anything more, and together with Shang Jian Yao, Long Yue Hong, and Bai Chen, holding their respective weapons, jogged towards the exit.
At this time, there were many clouds in the high altitude, and only a few scattered stars could be seen. The moon occasionally revealed a bit of its face, casting a faint glow.
Darkness was the main color of this city ruin.
In the extremely quiet and deathly environment, Shang Jian Yao and the others did not turn on their flashlights and jogged through the main road into the street opposite.
In the process, they always felt like they were about to be swallowed by the dark night, and the abandoned cars and roadside trees around them were shadowy, like monsters hidden in the dark.
Faced with this situation, the "Old Task Force" naturally dispersed their formation according to their usual training, pulling out a certain distance.
Among them, Jiang Bai Mian closely followed Qiao Chu, Long Yue Hong was on the right, Bai Chen was on the left, and Shang Jian Yao trailed behind.
Their speed always remained within a certain range, so as not to ignore the observation and vigilance of the surrounding environment due to running.
As they were running, Shang Jian Yao suddenly changed direction and rushed diagonally into an open room on the left side of the street.
Jiang Bai Mian and the others reacted instinctively, rolling on the spot and finding abandoned cars as fortifications.
Qiao Chu also stopped and turned to look at Shang Jian Yao.
The exoskeleton's "Integrated Early Warning System" told him that there were no abnormalities around.
However, he still raised the rather unique-looking silver rifle, guarding against accidents.
He then used the "Integrated Early Warning System" to observe Shang Jian Yao's destination.
Although it was a very dim night, Qiao Chu had auxiliary equipment and could easily see the situation on the left side of the street from a distance.
Like other streets, the rows of outward-facing rooms were almost all open, and they were either dilapidated or abnormally old. The only thing they had in common was that they did not see any life.
Some of their signs had fallen to the ground, broken into pieces, some were mottled and faded, the handwriting was blurred, some were missing letters, leaving only parts, and some were hanging down diagonally, about to fall.
And the room that Shang Jian Yao rushed into still had a sign hanging above, blue as the background, with only two white characters left:
“...Repair...”
At this time, Shang Jian Yao had taken out a flashlight and was shining it around in the narrow room.
He quickly opened various cabinets, found some small instruments and tools, along with various components and lines, both packaged and unpackaged, and stuffed them into his camouflage backpack.
After putting the backpack back on and hanging up the flashlight, Shang Jian Yao, holding the "Berserker" assault rifle, jogged back to the street.
Qiao Chu, wearing a helmet, saw this and ran over in a few big strides.
In his experience, once someone “followed” him, unless he showed the intention to attack actively, no one would act on their own initiative, and would definitely do as he instructed. Even if they had doubts and questions, they would at most ask and offer suggestions.
On this point, Jiang Bai Mian, Long Yue Hong, and Bai Chen performed "normally" enough.
Arriving in front of Shang Jian Yao, Qiao Chu asked in a deep voice:
“Why did you leave the team without permission?”
Shang Jian Yao answered frankly:
“A brain fart.”
“...” Qiao Chu narrowed his eyes. On his goggles, Shang Jian Yao's figure instantly appeared in a relatively abstract, target-like state.
This was the "Precise Aiming System" that was naturally activated by the action of him raising his silver rifle.
After a few seconds of silence, Qiao Chu slowly let out a breath and lowered the muzzle of his gun:
“Continue to the destination.”
Although his voice was not loud, Jiang Bai Mian and the others had been paying attention to the situation here and quickly left their hiding places and returned to the team.
The five of them once again ran towards the three-way intersection at the end of the street in the same formation and posture as before.
In this city ruin, the night wind was a bit cold, making Long Yue Hong feel like he was back in "Pangu Biology," back after lights out.
As they were about to turn onto the left side of the road, he couldn't help but look up at the sky.
Since coming to the surface, his first big wish was to see the real sky, his second big wish was to see the sun shining on everything, and his third big wish was to see the starry sky displayed in the textbooks.
Now, he had completed the first and second big wishes, and only the third big wish had not yet been realized.
—The weather has been abnormal for a long time recently, and it is always cloudy at night, with only a few stars and a part of the moon occasionally visible, which is not at all worthy of being called a starry sky.
I wonder when I will be able to see the real stars... Just as Long Yue Hong withdrew his gaze, he saw Qiao Chu and Jiang Bai Mian simultaneously turn sideways, raise their hands, aim at a place, and pull the trigger.
The only difference was that Jiang Bai Mian drew out the "United 202" first, without using the grenade launcher.
Pa! Bang!
Two slightly different sounds rang out one after another.
With a flash of silver-white electric light, in the middle of the street on the right, a figure with tattered clothes and partially exposed flesh fell straight down from a roadside tree, crashing onto the top of an abandoned car.
His blood quickly spread out.
The crude shotgun in his hand flew out and landed on the road with a clang.
“A 'Heartless'.” Jiang Bai Mian held the grenade launcher steadily with only her left arm.
Her night vision was obviously better than ordinary people.
Bai Chen asked subconsciously:
“Should we pick up that gun?”
“No need for the gun. That gun looks like it was made by some wilderness wanderer settlement. It's not necessary,” Jiang Bai Mian shook her head.
The Old World has been destroyed for many years. Many guns can no longer be used, and many sizes of bullets have been used up. The major forces with certain production capabilities, after initially imitating Old World weapons to maximize the use of materials, have gradually begun internal standardization in recent decades—although this is definitely based on past weapons, it has reduced many types.
As a result, many relic hunters and wilderness wanderers who obtain guns either cannot repair them when they are broken, or slowly cannot find suitable bullets. They have to increase their efforts to search the ruins or purchase smuggled arms from major forces, and try to make their own weapons and bullets.
Among the latter, shotguns are undoubtedly a good choice. The equipment required is quite simple, and many wilderness wanderer settlements have them.
Such a shotgun falling into the hands of a "Heartless" means that it is very likely that relic hunters or wilderness wanderers have been hunted.
“Should we search the body?” Bai Chen asked again.
“No need.” Qiao Chu, who had just used the exoskeleton's electromagnetic weapon, answered as he turned his body around.
Bai Chen no longer insisted, and the group of five continued to jog towards their intended destination.
After turning another street, Qiao Chu suddenly slowed down.
Jiang Bai Mian also raised her hand and pressed down, signaling Shang Jian Yao and Long Yue Hong to stop.
Using the moonlight, which was a bit brighter than before, Shang Jian Yao saw a gray, black, abandoned car in front.
Next to the car, a person was sitting on the ground.
This person had a square face and was wearing so-called Old World formal attire. His upper body was leaning against the car door, and his eyes were closed, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
“Wu Shou Shi...” Jiang Bai Mian recognized this man.
This was the relic hunter they had met in the wilderness before.
—The other party and his companions told the "Old Task Force" the news that a new ruin had been discovered north of Yue Lu Station.
At this moment, Wu Shou Shi was alone and his condition was unknown.
“There are still signs of life.” Jiang Bai Mian made a judgment based on the sensed electrical signals.
Qiao Chu observed for a while and then said:
“He's sleeping.”
Hearing the word “sleeping,” Jiang Bai Mian's pupils dilated slightly, and she quickly raised her right hand to shoot at the location where Wu Shou Shi was.
However, she was not aiming at the person, but at the car window.
Just then, Shang Jian Yao had taken the lead and fired a short burst at the car that Wu Shou Shi was leaning against.
In the sound of da, a window was directly shattered.
Wu Shou Shi's eyeballs moved slightly, as if he was about to wake up, but at this moment, his expression suddenly distorted, and his whole body twitched a few times, completely losing movement.
“Is he dead?” Long Yue Hong asked in astonishment.
“Theoretically speaking, there is still a chance for rescue...” Jiang Bai Mian said, but she had no intention of going forward. At the same time, she moved towards an abandoned car while guarding the surroundings.
Bai Chen did the same, and reminded aloud:
“That terrifying Nightmare Mare may have returned.”
Long Yue Hong was startled and tried to open his eyes wide to prevent himself from falling asleep.
Qiao Chu didn't speak, and used the "Integrated Early Warning System" to focus on finding possible "enemies" around him.
Shang Jian Yao looked at Wu Shou Shi in front of him and suddenly said:
“Would you sleep on the street? Although I would...”
“Can that Nightmare Mare force people to fall asleep?” Jiang Bai Mian instantly understood what Shang Jian Yao wanted to express. “But, when we encountered it before, it didn't show this point.”
After she and Shang Jian Yao woke up from the real nightmare, they no longer fell asleep inexplicably.
“Either it can only make one person fall asleep at a time, and it will choose to give up when facing a large number of targets, or...” Shang Jian Yao looked up at Qiao Chu, who was wearing the exoskeleton.
Qiao Chu had faced the Nightmare Mare alone before and had survived completely.
Shang Jian Yao paused and then said:
“Or there is another monster here, a monster that can force people to fall asleep.”
Hearing this sentence, Long Yue Hong's body felt a chill, and he felt that there were many things hidden in the darkness around him.
“I'll go see if I can still save him. You pay attention to my situation.” Immediately afterwards, Shang Jian Yao walked towards Wu Shou Shi in the guise of a righteous bait.
Just as he took two steps forward, a desolate and rough roar suddenly sounded from somewhere in the city ruins:
“Awoo!”
The sound resounded through the sky, making people tremble.
ps: Asking for recommendation tickets~