Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 72: Frustrated

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Jiang Baimian glanced at Shang Jianyao and the others, then looked at Qiao Chu again and said:

"Where is that laboratory?"

Qiao Chu, who was wearing a helmet and couldn't see the expression on his face, didn't answer yet, the desolate and hoarse roar resounded through the sky again:

"Ow!"

This time, Shang Jianyao and others could clearly hear that the place where the roar came out was not far away, just a few streets behind the "Urban Intelligence Network Control Center".

It was so huge, so loud, that the ears of Shang Jianyao and the others were buzzing, and their heads were dizzy.

It seems to come from the depths of everyone's heart, from the unresolved fear memory, which makes Long Yuehong's legs tremble uncontrollably, and makes Bai Chen subconsciously tighten the scarf, as if strangling himself.

Jiang Baimian's body trembled slightly, as if he was using all his strength to fight against that fear. Shang Jianyao's body shrank slightly, as if he was still a child.

However, he quickly returned to normal, no, it was not normal, he smiled and looked in high spirits.

His thinking seemed to skip the word "fear" and came to "excitement".

Of course, this is more because the hoarse and desolate huge roar has ceased, and only the remaining sound and the roars echoing from all over the ruins echoed endlessly.

At this time, Qiao Chu let out a low smile without a smile:

"The laboratory is where the sound just now came from."

Hearing this sentence, Jiang Baimian and the others were startled and thought:

A mysterious laboratory with a loud roar... From the destruction of the old world to the current hydroelectric power station... The ruins of a city that is regularly maintained... Some wires and equipment are still in use today... A cat-shaped monster that can force people to sleep... Nightmare horses that can create real nightmares and lead to various serious consequences... Suspected existence of "higher mindless", some areas in the depths of the swamp where there are many monsters without radiation pollution...

These pieces of information are linked together, and the truth seems so close and terrifying.

While Jiang Baimian was frightened, he was actually a little excited.

That's one of the reasons she formed the "Old Tune Group"!

"I don't know if the research in that laboratory has anything to do with the destruction of the old world..." Jiang Baimian said to himself.

Qiao Chu ignored this question and stepped out of his legs covered with black metal skeleton:

"It's time to turn on the power."

Jiang Baimian chased after him and asked quickly:

"Do you have the layout here?"

"First go to the underground machine room to close the switch, restore the power supply of this building, and then go to the power grid center on the seventeenth floor to complete the power-on." Qiao Chu seems to have already figured out the situation of this "city intelligent network control center".

Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and the others did not say more, and followed Qiao Chu, who was wearing the exoskeleton device, through the left side of the gate and entered the courtyard.

It is very spacious and well-greened, and all kinds of abandoned cars are neatly parked in corresponding positions without blocking the road.

A clump of tall or short, fluffy or messy dark green plants scattered around, shadowy, like a monster hiding in the dark, making Long Yuehong's body even more tense, and it seemed that she would respond at any time. Excited.

In his own opinion, the group should not have entered the "City Intelligence Network Control Center" at all, should not have restored the power supply here, and tried to open all the doors of that mysterious laboratory.

Not to mention whether this will bring a new round of disaster to the already fragile human society on the dusty soil, Long Yuehong feels that it is impossible for him and others to withstand the dangers contained in that mysterious laboratory and this strange ruin.

He didn't want to sacrifice at all, didn't want to turn into an 80-month pension.

In front of the building where the "Urban Intelligent Network Control Center" is located, there is a pool with turbid water quality and a lot of debris floating in it, but I didn't imagine much.

Under the weak moonlight and stars, Long Yuehong suddenly saw a black shadow flashing across the water.

"There's something!" He aimed his Berserker assault rifle there in horror.

Qiao Chu looked back at him:

"An ordinary fish."

Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief, but the residual stimulation brought by it finally ignited the backlog of fear in his heart.

"No, it's not ordinary! Don't the 'unintentional' eat fish? I, I don't want to go in! I give up! I'll go back to the jeep to wait for you!" He said all his thoughts in one breath.

At this moment, he actually felt that Qiao Chu was not so attractive.

Qiao Chu, who was wearing a helmet, was stunned for a second, then narrowed his eyes.

He silently raised the arm covering the exoskeleton device and aimed at Long Yuehong with the strangely shaped silver rifle.

Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen opened their mouths at the same time, ready to stop, but they were a little hesitant. They didn't know whether to do it or not, and they seemed to be caught in a fierce battle in their hearts.

Qiao Chu didn't give them a chance to react and was about to pull the trigger.

Suddenly, he found that his fingers couldn't pull back!

In addition, his fingers can move flexibly in any direction.

All he seems to be missing is the act of pulling the trigger!

Qiao Chu's eyes subconsciously crossed Long Yuehong and landed on Shang Jianyao, who was a little further behind.

Shang Jianyao's body was slightly bent, as if he was breathing heavily.

His eyes darkly responded to Qiao Chu's gaze, and he said with difficulty but seriously:

"My mother said that even if you like someone again, you can't condone her bad habits."

When Jiang Baimian fired a grenade at the "Sleeping Cat", making a loud explosion.

Somewhere in the ruins of the city, on a square with many sculptures.

The mechanical monk Jingfa, who was wearing a yellow robe and a red cassock, stopped what he was doing and looked back at the place where the sound came from.

In front of him lay several tattered female "heartless" corpses.

Not long after, the roar that shook the clouds sounded again from the direction of the explosion.

As the red light in the electronic eyes flickered a few times, the mechanical monk Jingfa gave up the surrounding corpses and strode towards the place where the sound came from.

In the ruins of a dark city, in a certain street, in a certain house.

Du Heng, a beautiful middle-aged man in a dark black robe with long hair of the same color and a beard around his mouth, said doubtfully:

"Not here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of the explosion came from not too far away.

Du Heng didn't react much to this, but soon, a desolate and hoarse roar sounded in that direction.

"Is it over there?" Du Heng pondered for a moment and walked towards the stairs.

Inside the ruins, in a shop on the street.

The blond and blue-eyed Taoist priest Galoran was lying on a very soft black leather armchair, drowsy.

Unfortunately, she couldn't fall asleep and was woken up by successive explosions and roars.

"Hey, the cultivation level is still not enough. Master can fall asleep peacefully next to the factory... That's all, since you are awake, let's go as you please. I wonder if you will encounter a hitchhiker on the way..." Galoran said to himself. blamed.

Even when she talks to herself now, she uses greyish language.

Then, Galolan slowly got up and walked towards the location where the roar was.

On the other side of the ruins of the city, there is a square with a lot of equipment.

A convoy of five cars is parked here.

One of the five vehicles was a gray-green armored vehicle.

Next to the armored vehicle, a middle-aged man wearing a gray-green beret looked at this harvest and nodded with satisfaction.

"Brother Li, how long does it take for us to fill up all the vehicles. Or, brothers, look around for vehicles that can be driven and repaired, and try to get one for each person?" A man with a shaved head approached, delighted. said.

The "hyena" Lin Li, known as Li Ge, looked around, his eyes slowly swept across the faces of the twelve or three core members, and saw that everyone was equally happy and excited.

His nose is very straight, his forehead is slightly raised, and his appearance is quite distinctive.

"Also." Lin Li nodded and agreed with the bald man's suggestion, "The main reason is that we haven't found a weapon that can effectively improve our strength this time, or technical information that can be exchanged for good things from the big forces. We have to prepare for the future, black. There must be a big force behind Rat Town, and we must deal with it before they figure out what happened."

He was about to add a few more words when explosions and roars sounded in the same direction.

After listening quietly for a while, "Hyena" Lin Li smiled and said:

"It looks like something good over there.

"Let's go over and take a look, we'll do it when we have the chance, and find something else if we don't."

This is the style of their bandit group all along, like a group of hyenas who smell rotten flesh, but don't risk getting close, just waiting for an opportunity in the distance.

"Yes, Li Ge!" His core members were about to take turns sleeping, and they all stood up energetically.

Hearing Shang Jianyao's words, the corner of Qiao Chu's mouth moved invisibly.

Only at this time did Long Yuehong realize that Qiao Chu wanted to kill herself.

Suddenly, all the good things he imagined before fell apart at the same time, allowing him to truly return to "reality".

"He, he..." Long Yuehong found in horror that Qiao Chu was not a companion at all, not a person who was worth following and had great charm.

Along the way, I have been blinded by lard.

This is so weird!

Before Long Yue's red words were finished, Qiao Chu's golden eyes were filled with illusory ripples.

Jiang Baimian, who had decided to stop Qiao Chu, suddenly felt a strong sense of frustration:

He clearly wanted to take Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong away from the dangerous area, but instead led them to the high-risk ruins; an ordinary field training that should have developed to this level, this is the team leader's dereliction of duty; I had to give up my dream because of a mistake, and my body almost collapsed...

You're still dead like this...

At this moment, Jiang Baimian was completely disheartened, gave up struggling, and just wanted to wait for death.

Bai Chen, Long Yuehong, and Shang Jianyao also had the same reaction, they were all so frustrated that they didn't want to do anything, and they didn't want to say a single word.

Qiao Chu did not attack, and instead put away the silver rifle, and said softly in a cold voice:

"Don't worry, it's all over."

Long Yuehong and others, who were trapped in a gloomy and depressed world, seemed to hear the comfort of the angel.