Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 67: City at night

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After taking the rest of the food, a group of five left Room 605 and went down the stairs to the first floor.

"Did you drive there?" Jiang Baimian glanced at Jeep who was parked beside him.

The skin of the Black Marsh Snake strapped to the roof is so conspicuous that no one pays attention to the solar charging panel.

"There is too much movement." Qiao Chu shook his head.

Jiang Baimian wanted to say that this was an electric car. As long as the simulated sound waves were turned off, there would hardly be much movement. Who knew that Qiao Chu, who was wearing an exoskeleton device, suddenly trotted and left a sentence:

"Follow!"

Jiang Baimian didn't speak any more, and together with Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen, holding their weapons, they trotted towards the exit.

At this time, there were many clouds in the sky, and only a few sparse stars could be seen, and the moon occasionally showed a little face and sprinkled a faint glow.

Darkness is the dominant color in this city's ruins.

In the extremely quiet and deadly environment, Shang Jianyao and the others did not turn on the flashlight, trotted through the main road and entered the opposite street.

During this process, they always had the feeling that they were about to be swallowed up by the dark night. The abandoned cars and trees beside the road were shadowy, like monsters hiding in the dark.

Faced with such a situation, the "old tune group" naturally spread out according to the usual training, and pulled out a certain distance.

Among them, Jiang Baimian followed closely behind Qiao Chu, Long Yuehong was to the right, Bai Chen was to the left, and Shang Jianyao was dragged at the end.

Their speed is always kept within a certain range, so that they will not ignore the observation and vigilance of the surrounding environment because of running.

Running and running, Shang Jianyao suddenly changed direction and rushed into an open room on the left side of the street.

Jiang Baimian and others reacted under stress, rolled on the spot, and each found an abandoned car as a fortification.

Qiao Chu also stopped and turned to look at Shang Jianyao.

The exoskeleton's "integrated early warning system" told him there was nothing unusual around him.

However, he still raised the silver rifle with a rather peculiar shape to guard against accidents.

He then used the "Comprehensive Early Warning System" to observe Shang Jianyao's destination.

Although it was a very dimly lit night, Qiao Chu had auxiliary equipment, so he could easily see the situation on the left side of the street from a long distance.

There, like the rest of the streets, the side-by-side, outward-facing rooms were almost all open, and inside were either dilapidated or terribly old, and the only thing in common was that no life could be seen.

Some of their signboards fell to the ground and broke into several pieces, some were mottled and faded, the handwriting was blurred, some of the words were missing, only part of them were left, and some were hanging diagonally and would not fall.

In the room where Shang Jianyao rushed into, the signboard was still hanging above, with blue as the bottom, and only two white words remained:

"… repair… "

At this time, Shang Jianyao had taken off the flashlight and lit it around in the narrow room.

He quickly opened various cabinets, found some small instruments and tools, and stuffed them into the camouflage backpack, together with various components and circuits that were packaged and unpackaged.

After putting on the backpack again and hanging up the flashlight, Shang Jianyao trotted back to the street with the "Berzy Warrior" assault rifle.

When Qiao Chu, who was wearing a helmet, saw this, a few strode over.

Based on his experience, once he "follows" him, unless he shows the intention of taking the initiative to attack, no one will make his own decisions, and he will definitely do things according to his instructions.

At this point, Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen are "normal" enough.

In front of Shang Jianyao, Qiao Chu asked in a deep voice:

"Why did you leave the team without authorization?"

Shang Jianyao replied calmly:

"Brained."

"..." Qiao Chu narrowed his eyes, and on the goggles, Shang Jianyao's figure instantly appeared in a relatively abstract, close-to-target state.

This is the "precision aiming system" that naturally activates as he lifts the silver rifle.

After a few seconds of silence, Qiao Chu slowly exhaled and lowered the muzzle:

"Continue to the destination."

Although his voice was not loud, Jiang Baimian and others had been paying attention to the situation here, and quickly left the hiding place and returned to the team.

Once again, the five of them ran towards the three-way intersection at the end of the street according to the formation and posture just now.

In the ruins of this city, the wind at night was a little chilly, blowing Long Yuehong as if returning to the "Pangu creatures", after the lights were turned off.

When he was about to turn to the left road, he couldn't help but look up at the sky.

Since he came to the surface, his first wish was to see the real sky, his second wish was to see the sun shining on everything, and his third wish was to see the starry sky shown in textbooks.

Now, he has fulfilled the first and second biggest wishes, and only the third biggest wish has been delayed.

—The weather has been unusual for a long time recently, the night is always cloudy, and only a few stars and part of the moon can be seen occasionally, which is not called a starry sky at all.

I don't know when I can see the real stars... As soon as Long Yuehong retracted his gaze, he saw Qiao Chu and Jiang Baimian raise their hands sideways at almost the same time, aiming at a place and pulling the trigger.

The only difference is that Jiang Baimian took out the "United 202" first and didn't use the grenade gun.

Snapped! boom!

Two slightly different voices sounded one after another.

With a flash of silver and white light, in the middle of the street on the right, a figure with tattered clothes and partially exposed figures fell straight down from a tree on the street, hitting the top of the abandoned car with a bang.

His blood quickly spread out.

The crude shotgun shell in his hand flew out and landed on the road.

"An 'unintentional person'." Jiang Baimian held the grenade gun firmly with only his left arm.

Her night vision ability is obviously stronger than ordinary people.

Bai Chen subconsciously asked:

"Are you going to pick up that gun?"

"You don't need the gun. The gun was made by some wilderness homeless settlements. It's unnecessary." Jiang Baimian shook his head.

The old world has been destroyed for many years, many guns have been useless, and many sizes of bullets have been exhausted, and the major forces with a certain production capacity initially copied the old world weapons to facilitate the maximum use of materials. In recent decades, there has been a gradual internal standardization - although this is certainly a reference to the weapons of the past, but a lot less variety.

As a result, the guns obtained by many ruin hunters and wilderness wanderers are either broken and cannot be repaired, or they can't find suitable bullets slowly. Arms, try homemade weapons and bullets on the one hand.

In the latter, the shotgun is undoubtedly a good choice, the equipment required is quite simple, and many wilderness wanderer settlements have it.

Such a shotgun falls in the hands of the "unintentional", indicating that it is likely that a relic hunter or a wilderness wanderer has been hunted.

"Would you like to do a body search?" Bai Chen asked again.

"No." Qiao Chu, who used the exoskeleton device electromagnetic weapon just now, replied and turned his body.

Bai Chen no longer insisted, and the group of five continued to trot towards the predetermined destination.

After turning another street, Qiao Chu suddenly slowed down.

Jiang Baimian also raised his hand and pressed down, signaling Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong to stop.

With the moonlight that was a little brighter than before, Shang Jianyao saw an abandoned black sedan in front of him.

Next to the car, a person sat on the floor.

This man had a face with the Chinese character Zhang Guo and was dressed in so-called old-world formal clothes.

"Wu Shoushi..." Jiang Baimian recognized the man.

This is the relic hunter they encountered in the wilderness before.

- The other party and his companions told the "Old Tune Team" about the discovery of new ruins north of Yuelu Station.

At this moment, Wu Shoushi is alone, and his life and death are unknown.

"There are still signs of life." Jiang Baimian made a judgment based on the electrical signals he sensed.

Qiao Chu observed for a while, then said:

"He is sleeping."

Hearing the word "sleep", Jiang Baimian's pupils dilated slightly, he raised his right hand quickly, and was about to shoot at Wu Shoushi's location.

However, she is not targeting people, but the car glass.

At this moment, Shang Jianyao took the lead and shot a short burst at the car that Wu Shoushi was leaning against.

In the sound of da, a glass window shattered directly.

Wu Shoushi's eyes moved slightly, as if he was about to wake up, but at this time, his expression suddenly distorted, his whole body twitched twice, and he completely lost his movement.

"He died?" Long Yuehong asked in surprise.

"Theoretically speaking, there is still a chance for rescue..." Jiang Baimian said so, but she had no idea of going forward at all. At the same time, she moved to an abandoned car while guarding the surroundings.

Bai Chen did the same, and reminded aloud:

"That terrifying nightmare horse may have returned."

Long Yuehong was startled and tried her best to keep her eyes open to prevent herself from falling asleep.

Qiao Chu did not speak, and used the "integrated early warning system" to focus on finding possible "enemies" around him.

Shang Jianyao looked at Wu Shoushi in front of him, and suddenly said:

"Are you going to sleep in the street? Although I will... "

"That nightmare horse can force people to fall asleep?" Jiang Baimian instantly understood what Shang Jianyao wanted to express, "However, when we met it before, it didn't show this."

After she and Shang Jianyao woke up from a real nightmare, they didn't fall asleep inexplicably.

"Either it can only put one person to sleep at a time, and when faced with a large number of targets, it will choose to give up, or..." Shang Jianyao looked up at Qiao Chu, who was wearing an exoskeleton device.

Qiao Chu faced the Nightmare Horse alone before, and he has survived until now.

Shang Jianyao paused and said:

"Or there are other monsters here, monsters that can force people to sleep."

Hearing this sentence, Long Yuehong's body froze for a while, only to feel that there are many things hidden in the surrounding darkness.

"I'm going to see if I can save you. You pay attention to my situation." Immediately afterwards, Shang Jianyao walked towards Wu Shoushi in an upright bait.

He just took two steps forward when a desolate and hoarse roar suddenly sounded somewhere in the ruins of the city:

"Ow!"

The sound resounded through the sky, making people tremble.