Three days passed by in a blink of an eye, and no one expected that the first snowfall in Chang'an District was just the beginning. Three consecutive days of heavy snow quickly blocked the wilderness around Chang'an District. When people looked up at the sky, they could only see countless rapid slopes. Falling snowflakes. A layer of snow as thick as the knees has accumulated on the barren wilderness. Even if the third-generation power armor wants to move in the snowy wilderness, it can only give up the wheel mode and let the driver control the walking.
In the windy and snowy weather, the frequency of proliferating beasts near Chang'an District was much less than usual. In three days of duty, the power armor team only encountered proliferating beasts twice, with a total of 5 targets.
The wilderness seems to be silently telling the people in Chang'an District that even the plague species are unwilling to move in this cold winter snowy day.
Previously, as soon as Wu Qi regained the ability to speak, he told Chang'an about his night visit to the border and his encounter with the mysterious beast, and suggested that Chang'an send a power armor team to explore the border to find the target. The elder An had the intention to do this, but now the plan had to be shelved.
After all, if the power armor cannot use rollers, even if the team encounters a mysterious behemoth, they will not be able to escape from the battlefield, and they will die.
In the morning, there was no sunshine in the dark sky, but surprisingly the snowfall stopped. Wu Qi walked to the open space outside the ward, cleared the snow, and picked up the three-foot-long knife that he had not held for a long time to test his sword skills.
The sharp sword wind swirled rhythmically in the open space, and sweat gradually dripped from Wu Qi's forehead. At a certain moment, he swung out a sharp slash with his sword, and the sword suddenly stopped 2 centimeters before it touched the ground.
The long knife is five times heavier than the original, which once caused Wu Qi a lot of trouble. Now Wu Qi's enhanced arm strength is completely accustomed to the weight of the long knife, and it can be used like an arm.
Wu Qi lifted up the long knife and saw the reflective blade like a dark ancient mirror. Suddenly his heart was filled with excitement and he thrust the long knife into the ground.
"Boss!"
Wu Qi turned around and saw Gu Changzai walking towards him. Gu Changzai grinned, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and had an informal smile.
"Lao Gu." Wu Qi replied, placing his right hand on the end of the knife's handle.
"I can't find you in the ward. It turns out you are practicing swordsmanship here. I took a look at you from a distance, and you are really good at it." Gu Changzai pointed at the long knife in Wu Qi's hand and praised.
"What do you want from me?" Wu Qi knew that Gu Changzai had no research on knives and was just talking about it for fun. He simply got to the point.
Gu Changzai raised his head and looked Wu Qi in the eyes. His smile gradually disappeared and he became serious: "I'm looking for you to ask, when do you plan to leave?"
"Is there anything unusual at the border?" Wu Qi raised his eyebrows.
"Not yet," Gu Changzai said worriedly, "I've been having heart palpitations recently, and I always feel that Chang'an District is unsafe. I heard you said that the mysterious giant beast may be a third-level monster. If it suddenly attacks Chang'an District, Chang'an District will definitely be affected." It fell in an instant. If we leave when things get close, I'm afraid it will be too late."
Gu Changzai's proposal happened to be what Wu Qi was worried about. When Wu Qi regained consciousness, he told his companions that it was not advisable to stay in Chang'an District for a long time. But at that critical moment, Guo Baibo, Gao Yuan and others would listen to what he said, and everyone wanted him to rest in peace and recuperate. Moreover, until the silver chariot is repaired, the plan to leave Chang'an District can only be postponed again and again.
Wu Qi said decisively: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose another day. Today is the day. Has the silver chariot been repaired?"
"Um!"
"Okay, take me there."
Wu Qi and Gu Changzai returned to the downstairs of the residential building, where the brand-new silver chariot was parked quietly.
The two went upstairs to ask Guo Baibai and Gao Yuan to pack their bags and prepare to leave. Guo Baibo and Gao Yuan listened to Wu Qi and spent 15 minutes quickly packing their luggage. Naturally, Qi Qi was "empty-handed". When it saw Wu Qi recovering from health, he immediately ran to Wu Qi's feet excitedly and was picked up by Wu Qi.
Everything was ready, and the only two things left were to say goodbye to Wang Yan and Chang'an, the leader of Chang'an District. Wu Qi Qi knocked on the door of Wang Yan's house and learned through the neighbor across the door that Wang Yan was on duty today and was going out on patrol in a powered armor.
Wu Qi and Gu Changzai visited the camp tent again and formally said goodbye to the elder An. After saying goodbye, the two returned to the Silver Chariot. The silver chariot soon made a low engine sound and drove straight to the exit of Chang'an District.
The exit gate of Chang'an District was close at hand, and Gu Changzai switched the action mode of the silver chariot to "eight legs". Wu Qi sat in the passenger seat, looking through the front window at the snowy wilderness.
He wanted to wait for Wang Yan to come back, meet her and say goodbye before leaving.
The silver chariot was parked at the gate of Chang'an District, and there were two gatekeepers co-located with it. It's noon, and it's time for the power armor team to return to camp.
The guard lowered his head and glanced at the hands of his watch. The hour hand passed twelve o'clock, and not a single shadow appeared at the end of the snowy land.
The entire power armor team came home late.
The two guards exchanged a few words and continued to stand guard. According to the rules set by the elder An An, the power armor team must not return late. Once they return late, it is a signal that the team on duty is in danger in the wilderness; if they return more than fifteen minutes late, a second team will come to rescue them.
This set of rules has been applied several times and saved the lives of members of the on-call team several times. At the critical moment when Wu Qi was surrounded by large proliferating beasts, it was the power armor team headed by Chi Yan Changan who arrived in time and saved their lives.
Time passed minute by minute, Wu Qi still didn't see Wang Yan come back, and he felt uneasy for no reason.
"Let's set out to find Wang Yan. If we don't find her, come back again." Wu Qi said to Gu Changzai.
Gu Changzai obeyed the order and controlled the eight legs to move forward. The silver chariot quickly "walked" out of the gate of Chang'an District step by step and stepped into the wilderness with deep snow.
A blurry shadow suddenly appeared at the end of the wilderness. The shadow moved at an alarming speed, as if the snow could not hinder its progress at all.
Wu Qi stood up suddenly, the pupils of his obsidian eyes contracted, displaying his ultimate vision. The target was outside the range of his vision. Here he could only judge that the target was not a proliferator or a powered armor, but a special vehicle.
Just when Wu Qi was suspicious, there was a faint earth-shaking roar from the end of the snow, and a black shadow approached rapidly across the sky. Wu Qi's eyes widened, and he saw clearly the true identity of the black shadow flying at high speed.
That's a cannonball with a blunt warhead!
"Hide quickly!"
Wu Qi yelled. Gu Changzai tried his best to use all his strength to drive his eight legs to make evasive movements.
Fortunately, the road-blocking terrain with heavy snow and the eight legs that had to be used to adapt to the snow saved the lives of the entire Black Cavalry team. The eight mechanical legs exerted force instantly, causing the silver chariot to move 5 meters to the left in the shortest possible time, passing by the cannonballs coming from the front.
The earth-shattering explosion pierced the eardrums of Wu Qi and others. Wu Qi climbed out of the skylight as quickly as possible and stood on a high place looking back in the direction of Chang'an District.
The gate of Chang'an District was flattened by a shell. Under the mushroom cloud rising into the sky, overwhelming orange-red fire devoured everything around it, turning the area near the gate of Chang'an District into a sea of fire with no survivors!
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ps: Got it yesterday