fear.
Dark night, streets, heavy rain.
Cold and fearful eyes.
Lu Wen knew what these people were most afraid of.
Not a prey that showed up.
But the disappeared hunter.
So he did not choose to fight with Ivan.
This doesn't do him any good.
You can get a glimpse of the fighting power of Ivan, a big fat man, just by looking at the cold mechanical parts.
Lu Wen can win.
But we must be prepared for the cold shots of Ivan's men.
After that explosion, he lost many little ants, and the follow-up ones are still on the way to fly in the drone. Now is not the best time for a head-on collision.
So he backed away.
Disappeared.
Ivan stood on the roof of the dilapidated two-story building, tall and gloomy, with heavy rain pouring down from the sky. He looked like an angry king, standing on the cold throne and roaring at the bottom.
"Find me this machine!"
It rained heavily.
Countless thugs in black came out.
The entire three-story area was called upon.
A pair of hurried footsteps shattered the peace of the rainy night.
Rain splashes.
The hustle and bustle of every two-story commercial district stopped, the neon lights dimmed, the nightclubs closed, and all the guests went home in the rain all night, becoming cautious for fear of offending the angry monarch.
"Ants! Reptiles!"
"Why don't you dare to come out and fight me head-on, a despicable person who only hides in the dark?!"
Ivan's roar conveyed a message to everyone.
If it were a head-on fight, one-on-one, the machine hiding in the dark seemed to be no match for Ivan.
So he retreats.
As a result, these subordinates were even more in awe of Ivan.
The owners of the second floor sitting in the car were also shocked. They had not seen Ivan take action for a long time.
The ferocity and violence of this big fat man are completely proportional to his own strength.
Everyone here is very confident in their abilities, but they all feel that they are far from Ivan.
Ivan stood on a high place with cold eyes. After looking around, he jumped down.
"boom!"
As he landed, the whole street seemed to tremble for a moment.
Rain splashed on the ground.
There were men around him who held umbrellas for him, put on black robes, and escorted him step by step back to the three-story car.
The tires have been changed.
These subordinates are now acting very neatly, and they are all afraid that if they do anything wrong, Ivan will pick them up and tear them apart if they disagree.
Street entrance.
Under dim neon light.
The car door opened, waiting for Ivan to get in.
But as soon as Ivan reached the car door, he stopped and turned his head to look around.
Immediately, everyone nearby was shaken and fell into silence. They did not dare to vent their anger too loudly.
The surroundings were quiet except for the sound of rain.
The rain was falling, and only Ivan was holding an umbrella above his head.
He said coldly: "Why are you so afraid of me? Do you think I'm the idiot in those movies who kills his men at the slightest disagreement?"
Hearing this, many people trembled slightly.
All the men buried their heads lower, letting the cold rain hit their necks.
"Keep your heads up, Ivan doesn't want a bunch of shrinking cowards."
Ivan snorted coldly and immediately entered the car.
He closed the car door hard.
There was only a "bang" sound, and the whole car shook, as if wailing, and it felt like if the force was stronger, the door would be ripped off by him.
Ivan sat in the car, calmed down briefly, and asked calmly: "What are your plans tonight?"
This is for all second-floor owners.
Everyone was silent for a moment after hearing the question.
The sense of oppression brought by Ivan tonight was too strong.
So much so that they all had to think about how to respond seriously so as not to offend him.
Giant Baz was the first to reply.
"I won't go back tonight. Let's find that machine first."
With his statement, other second-floor lords also responded.
"It's always better to have more people. That machine is hiding somewhere. If it's scattered, it's easy for them to defeat each other. I won't go back tonight."
"When we were fighting for territory, I didn't sleep for two days and two nights and fought with my opponent. I'm here tonight."
"After all, I grew up in a mixed zone, so count me in tonight!"
“…”
Everyone expressed their opinions one after another.
They can only follow Ivan here.
the reason is simple.
If they leave alone, they may be remembered by the angry Ivan, who will then send someone to take their heads in the middle of the night for any reason, leaving this area with an unclaimed land.
And they were worried that the machine would follow them back.
From here, return to their respective two-story areas. There are many places with wide views, suitable for setting up sniper rifles.
What if a bullet suddenly explodes in the head halfway through the journey
After thinking about it, Ivan's place is still the safest.
After all, the machine didn't dare to fight Ivan alone, which meant that he was also afraid of Ivan.
"He has an agreement with that old guy from Golden Bear, so he won't go far. He will stay in my three-story area and try to force me to compromise, ha..."
Ivan sneered.
"But I, Ivan, am not the kind of person to compromise."
So everyone started waiting.
As Ivan said, they don't need to rush.
The ones who are most anxious should be the machine behind the scenes and the old guy Golden Bear.
After all, Golden Bear actually lost two two-story areas.
If the golden bear chooses to obey Ivan, it can maintain these two areas for at least three years.
In a place like the Mixed Zone, where strife never stops, it is quite difficult for a two-story building to sit for three years.
Around this area, there are several unstable two-story buildings that change owners almost every one or two years.
Some even change them every few months.
Among the eleven second-floor owners sitting in the car now, the one who has been in the position for the shortest time is only three months.
The reformer whose head was blown off by Lu Wen earlier outside the car had only been in charge for a little over a year.
The only ones that have truly stabilized are the ones Ivan initially introduced to Lu Wen, including Kate, the blue man, and Allen, the robot.
These guys have all been sitting there for more than five years.
Time passes little by little.
The blue Kate was sitting in the car, looking at the flowing rain outside the car window, with a calm expression on her face, and whispered something.
"It would be a lot better without this rain."
He doesn't seem to like rainy weather, or he may simply think that rain is not good for them.
As the master of an area, he has no shortage of genetic medicines, so he is physically strong.
In his early years, he also felt the pain due to lack of medicine.
It was a dying feeling.
Start with the lungs.
The entire lungs seemed to have turned into a broken bellows.
Every time he took a breath, he felt like there were hundreds of knives cutting into his trachea and alveoli. The severe pain made him worse than death. He once wanted to understand his own life early.
Later, it rose by chance and had its own two-story building.
So he became very cautious, cautious, and needed to think long and hard before doing anything.
He was worried that he would lose his current status, lose the constant supply of medicines, and lie back on that cold and shabby wooden bed again, waiting for death day after day.
"Boss..."
A soft cry from the driver pulled him out of his memories.
Kate raised her head and asked calmly: "What's wrong?"
"I just received the news that our...our second floor was bombed, and that machine...the brothers were fighting him, but they were no match for him, and there were heavy casualties."
"Damn it!"
Kate cursed in a low voice, and then immediately explained the situation on the channel.
"That machine went to my place, damn, he moved too fast!"
From Ivan's attack to Lu Wen's disappearance.
Until now.
The search has only lasted less than half an hour.
It was raining heavily and everything was covered in darkness. Under such an environment, it was very difficult for many of the men to search, and even the Golden Bear area was not completely searched.
"Come some people and follow me to Kate's place, and some of you will stay."
Ivan did not appoint anyone to go with him.
Eventually six second-floor owners, including Kate, followed him.
This feeling is actually not very pleasant.
There is only one opponent.
Strong.
Hiding in the darkness, moving at will, killing wantonly, without any scruples.
But Ivan was waiting for an opportunity.
All it takes is a head-on confrontation, where he defeats that disgusting machine in full view of the public, and the crisis will be resolved, and his reputation will rise again.
Half an hour ago.
On the top of the second floor, Lu Wen disappeared very strangely.
He just jumped back and jumped down the second floor, and there was no trace of him again.
It was raining heavily, so it should be difficult to hide.
…
Blue Kate's second floor is adjacent to the Golden Bear's second floor area.
But the area of the connecting part is not too much.
The centers of the two are fully 25 kilometers apart.
half an hour.
Twenty-five kilometers.
What kind of monster could run so far on foot in such extreme rainy night weather
Aren't you tired
Robot Alan spoke out on the channel, saying he could do it and that it wasn't his limit.
But Kate was still vaguely uneasy.
He was used to being cautious and was unwilling to face such a powerful enemy.
Kate's cautious habits were also rubbed off on by his men.
While driving, his driver said worriedly: "Boss, a two-story building alone will definitely not be the opponent of that machine. I was at the Golden Bear before, and I sent someone to inquire about the machine that fought against the Golden Bear that night. The situation, that... the power of that machine is really terrifying.”
"Don't be nervous, we are not the only ones tonight."
Kate comforted him, even though he didn't know what he was feeling.
Is that machine really avoiding the fight because it's afraid of Ivan
"But... that... that machine could survive such a horrific explosion without any damage. The top weapons we have here are those grenades. If we rely on human lives to pile them up, we probably can't win."
"It's okay, Ivan is still here, don't be afraid."
"Boss, why can't we talk to that machine..."
Before the driver finished speaking, Kate patted him on the shoulder.
Meanwhile, Kate cuts off the call on the public channel.
He reminded lightly: "If you don't want to die, don't mention the word 'cooperation'. Ivan will listen."
"Ah... Boss, what about our previous conversation..."
"The previous conversations were within normal limits, so there is no need to worry."
With that said, Kate opened the public channel again.
The channel had been relatively silent before, with only the pattering of rain.
But shortly after Kate opened the channel, Ivan suddenly spoke up.
"Kate, my old friend, you are indeed too cautious. Perhaps you have been sitting in this position for too long, which makes you covet stability and your fighting spirit has been worn away. I think if a young man were to take over, Maybe I can do better than you."
The other second-floor owners listened quietly without making a sound.
They knew that Kate's conversation with the driver made Ivan a little unhappy.
cooperate.
These two words mean compromise.
But Ivan never compromised.
That was the choice of the weak, and he was a strong man.
He also hopes that the second-floor owners in his area can be tougher.
Kate heard this, and after a moment of silence, she said in a deep voice: "I think... the rules of the mixed zone cannot be broken twice in a short period of time."
Ivan smiled lightly.
"Indeed."
The rules here are simple.
A place like the second floor belongs to whoever defeats it with strength.
If the owner of the second floor does not show any disrespect towards the third floor, the third floor should not be killed at will.
This rule is not explicitly stated, and there are no regulations on paper in the mixed zone.
But everyone knew it.
There are no such rules.
The mixed zone may need to be renamed the chaotic zone.
Ivan broke the rules once by attacking Lu Wen.
If he takes action against Kate again and changes to a second-floor owner, this will make other second-floor owners feel uneasy, and will also make Ivan himself laughed at by the third-floor owners in other areas.
So he said this just to remind Kate.
'Don't be too cautious. '
Half an hour... It actually took half an hour for everyone to drive to the second floor of Kate the Blue.
Narrow, crooked streets are a big problem.
The rain was heavy.
There were countless cold corpses lying on the streets.
Houses on both sides collapsed and turned into bricks and rubble.
Bullet casings were everywhere.
The rain washed away the scarlet blood.
A few people survived.
From time to time there was one or two wails of pain.
These are Kate's men, hundreds of them, now lying on several streets. They have indeed suffered heavy losses.
The second floor was in flames.
The firelight illuminated the entire quiet business district.
The crackling sounds of burning and swaying shadows made the rainy night seem less monotonous.
There must be some kind of accelerant, otherwise the fire wouldn't have lasted so long
Kate opened the door and got out of the car, her expression extremely ugly.
The area on the second floor was not too small to say the least, nor too big to say the least. The death of hundreds of his men was a big blow to him.
After tonight, some people in this area who are ready to take action may start to take action.
The stability Kate was looking for was no longer there.
"It's really tragic."
Giant Buzz sighed.
With so many casualties, it would be difficult for any two-story building to recover.
"Fortunately, he didn't go to my area." Robot Allen also agreed. His area is far away from the Golden Bear's area, which is considered the outermost layer of Ivan's control.
The other owners of the second floor were more or less happy in their hearts.
Especially the reformer who has only been in the position for three months and has not even secured his position.
Kate could barely endure such tragic casualties, but that was not necessarily the case for them.
"Ahem..."
A 'corpse' leaning against a broken wall suddenly coughed, and the sound was extremely uncomfortable.
Mixed with the struggling cries of the dying.
Kate stepped forward hastily.
Several of his men beside him held umbrellas for him and followed quickly.
A pair of footsteps crushed the bloody puddle.
Ivan also got out of the car and walked slowly over.
The heavy rain blocked the view.
You can see clearly when you get closer.
The man's abdomen was bleeding continuously. He kept pressing it hard, but his entire face was pale, and the cold rain took away too much body temperature.
Won't live long.
He was sitting against the wall, his legs in a weird and twisted posture, as if they had been broken alive.
So even though he knew he was seriously injured, he couldn't go to a nearby clinic.
If you had crawled, you might have bled to death before you even got halfway.
He looked up at the arriving Kate and others, and smiled miserably.
"Boss... that... that machine's calculations are really accurate."
Kate slowly squatted down.
He reached out and uncovered the torn clothes on the man's abdomen, and saw the terrifying and hideous wound.
"Don't talk, don't use force, I'll take you to a nearby clinic."
Kate tried to pick up the man.
But it soon stopped amid the man's painful wails.
It's the back.
His back was bleeding too.
Only then did Kate realize that a rusty steel bar had penetrated the man's body.
The head end of the steel was buried in the man's belly, and the tail end came out from the back and was firmly stuck on the wall behind.
This man was crucified here.
"Then... that machine broke both of my legs, nailed me here, and said... that before I die, I will see you, the boss, coming with someone, so... he asked me to leave a message."
"Ahem..."
The man's mouth was also bleeding, and his internal organs were ruptured.
Judging from the medical level in the mixed zone, after such a long time, it was already hopeless.
"He said...said...his next location was...Lord Allen's place."
The rejoicing robot Allen was suddenly stunned.
Cold rain fell.
Now he suddenly wanted to say two dirty words related to the household registration book.
Not long after, the man died.
Just as the other party planned, he had been waiting to die in the heavy rain, leaving a good message before his death.
"You can't wait any longer. Go to my place immediately. I'm worried that that bastard has already started to take action!" Allen said hurriedly.
The current action needs to wait for Ivan's instructions.
If Ivan doesn't move, they can't move either.
"Lord Ivan, that machine..."
"Don't worry, we'll be there immediately."
Ivan waved his hand to signal Allen to calm down.
He turned back to the car.
Kate, a blue man, turned to look at the tragedy on his street, and ordered the men who stayed here: "All the dead brothers, those who have family members at home, can get a share of property, arrange it immediately, and then... Clean the streets."
The bodies were evidence of his decline.
He didn't want those guys who were ready to take action to see him.
Although the fire and explosion tonight cannot be concealed at any cost.
The second floor was burned.
After the explanation, Kate also turned around and returned to the car.
The convoy sets off again.
Robot Allen's territory is further away from here, a full thirty kilometers away.
But this time the speed of the team was faster, probably taking into account Allen's mood, so Ivan asked the leading car to go as fast as possible.
Half an hour later.
Destination arrived.
The heavy rain poured down, and the wheels came to a slow stop.
The sight in front of him almost made Lord Allen roar uncontrollably.
Ivan opened the car door and got out of the car, with anger hidden in his little eyes.
He gritted his teeth and spit out two words coldly.
"Eagle."
(End of chapter)