Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 77: break away

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After finishing the call, Jiang Baimian put away the walkie-talkie and nodded to Shang Jianyao and the others.

She said nothing, left the room first, and returned to the corridor.

Shang Jianyao, Bai Chen, and Long Yuehong filed out, returning to their previous tactical formation.

They don't need Jiang Baimian's additional instructions, they all know which direction to shoot next - this is one of the key points of training, and they have already mastered it. In other words, under such a tactical formation, how to form a cross-fire network, There are precedents to follow, they don't need to discuss who shoots where, standing in different positions have corresponding responsible areas.

Under the yellow beam of the flashlight, at the entrance of the corridor, Qiao Chu, wearing a military exoskeleton device, walked in.

Long Yuehong was uncontrollably nervous, and her body trembled slightly.

This... Qiao Chu was keenly aware of this with the help of the "Comprehensive Early Warning System".

He frowned slightly and slowed down.

Seeing this, Jiang Baimian stopped waiting for the opponent to enter the predetermined shooting range, raised his right hand immediately, and shouted in a deep voice:

"shot!"

At the same time, she aimed at Qiao Chu's head, which was shrouded in a metal helmet.

If the opponent jumps up and avoids the shot, the bullet of the Ice Moss pistol will penetrate firmly into the neck that lacks adequate protection.

That's the weak point, the vital point, of the exoskeleton device.

With a bang, Jiang Baimian pulled the trigger first.

Bai Chen and Shang Jianyao, who were next to her, had been waiting for orders. At this time, they each took up their weapons and shot at Qiao Chu's left arm and crotch respectively.

They also reserved space for the target to dodge in their own direction. Once Qiao Chu moved to the right of the "old tune group", that is, to the left of himself, there was a high probability that Bai Chen's rifle bullet would hit him at the junction of his arm and shoulder. The place where the armor is covered may even rub on the neck. If Qiao Chu chooses to roll in a group, the short burst of the "assault rifle" will destroy his soft abdomen.

Although Long Yuehong is nervous, she has experienced a lot of things. She has already had a conditioned reflex to the team leader's orders, and she has completed the task without any delay.

Bang bang bang bang! He took a long shot towards Qiao Chu's right arm.

When Jiang Baimian raised his right hand, Qiao Chu reacted.

While lifting the right arm of the silver rifle, he let the side covered with the metal skeleton out, blocking the front of his neck, while placing his left arm across his lower abdomen, he also pointed the black metal skeleton towards Shang Jianyao and others.

In the process, he used his legs to drive the auxiliary joints and jumped to the right aisle.

Immediately afterwards, Dangdang's voice sounded in the splashing little sparks, echoing in the extremely quiet underground floor.

Jiang Baimian's wrist moved slightly, as if he had been prepared for a long time, predicting the trajectory of Qiao Chu's dodging, and pulled out a line of fire.

Just at this moment, multiple strands of white gas spewed out of several holes under the energy backpack of the military exoskeleton device.

They pushed Qiao Chu diagonally upwards, making him abruptly speed up, avoiding the bullets from Jiang Baimian.

With a sound of pong, Qiao Chu rested on the ceiling with one hand, bounced into the corridor on the right, and disappeared from the sight of Shang Jianyao and others.

Pong!

The piece of ceiling he hit fell off, smashed to the ground, and shattered into hundreds of pieces.

"It's a pity..." Jiang Baimian couldn't help but let out a sigh.

If there was no military exoskeleton device, they could have seriously injured Joe Chuchu just now, and they could do whatever they wanted.

In the corridor on the right, Qiao Chu rolled twice in a row, leaned back against the wall, and stopped.

While using the "Comprehensive Early Warning System" to monitor the surrounding movement, he raised his left hand and wiped his chin.

The back of his hand was quickly stained with blood.

"How could..." Qiao Chu looked down with the help of the flashlight that came with the exoskeleton device.

There was obvious confusion and doubt in his tone.

According to his experience, it will take at least a day for the goodwill that comes from his charm to evolve into a distorted possessiveness and an aggressive "admiration". Who would have thought that the four people on the opposite side would change so quickly.

This is not a wild animal or an instinctive "unintentional" who only wants to mate and possess, and it will not take long to go crazy.

While muttering to himself, Qiao Chu took out the sky blue mirror case and snapped open the lid.

He immediately looked into the mirror and saw a bloody wound on his beautifully curved chin.

This is the mark from the ricochet.

"How dare you..." Qiao Chu's pupils dilated, and his tone was full of anger that could not be concealed.

He took a breath, looked at himself in the mirror with pity, and put away the sky blue box.

After sealing the wound with a medical bandage, Qiao Chu looked coldly at the corridor where Jiang Baimian and others were.

He thought for two seconds, gave up revenge now, turned around, and walked towards the end of the current corridor.

He did not forget that the goal of this trip was the underground computer room.

Moreover, the purpose of using Shang Jianyao and others has also been initially achieved, and he has tested out that there is a "higher mindless person" or deformed creature here that can make him charm and fail.

He has always been aware that there are many dangerous creatures in this building, and it is the nightmare horse he encountered here before.

"The military exoskeleton device is really difficult to deal with..." Long Yuehong was disappointed to see that she could not kill Qiao Chu and prevent others from getting it.

This is the number of times he has felt the power of the military exoskeleton device.

Bai Chen also sighed softly, as if he was very sorry.

Jiang Baimian nodded and glanced at the current corner:

"Let's go over there."

This is the diagonally opposite corner of Qiao Chu's location.

"Stop chasing him?" Long Yuehong asked in surprise.

Shang Jianyao glanced at him with a smile:

"You want to try how weird his Awakener abilities are?"

In such a chasing after the past, in a building with many walls, it is difficult to maintain a good distance and not enter the influence of the Awakener's ability.

- Even Jiang Baimian's ability to sense electrical signals was greatly compromised in such an environment.

"Yes." Thinking of Shang Jianyao's "reasoning clown", Long Yuehong gave up the idea of chasing Qiao Chu without hesitation.

Jiang Baimian said "um":

"Our goal is to get around the stairwell as quickly as possible and get back to the first floor."

She explained quickly:

"Qiao Chu's purpose is to find the underground computer room, restore power to this building, and then go to the center of the power grid to power up the entire ruined city.

"This also means that he will inevitably leave the underground floor in a short time, and then he will leave this building and go to that laboratory.

"Now that you understand this, you should be able to think that whether it is in the elevator hall, stairwell on the first floor, or at a high point where you can monitor the surrounding area, you can snipe Qiao Chu very well.

"We don't need to stop in this place with complicated terrain, many obstacles, and many strange 'unintentional people'."

Bai Chen, Shang Jianyao, and Long Yuehong had no objection to this, and immediately took their weapons and turned to the right aisle.

"Team leader, what do you think of Qiao Chu's Awakened abilities?" In the dark environment where only the light of the flashlight swayed, Long Yue Hong alerted the surroundings, walked forward cautiously, and asked.

"I was about to say this." Jiang Baimian nodded lightly.

Finding out about this problem as soon as possible can effectively avoid half of the dangers of encountering Joe at the beginning.

"Charming?" Bai Chen raised the most obvious possibility.

Shang Jianyao added:

"To make others crazy about drawing?"

He remembered that when he was in the jeep, he was about to do Qiao Chu, and he was dismissed by the other party with a piece of paper, a pen, and a rhetorical question.

"No." Shang Jianyao immediately denied his statement, "It should be, creating hobbies or igniting fanaticism..."

"You have experience in this area, and you have the final say." Jiang Baimian said without arguing, "When he wanted to kill Long Yuehong before, we all seemed to be extremely frustrated and didn't want to do anything."

"It's frustrating? This is the third Awakener's ability... What is the price he pays? That charm is simply terrifyingly powerful." Long Yuehong suddenly woke up after saying this, "Why can we be so Naturally discussing Qiao Chu's charm? Wait, why would I want to kill him and make him a specimen collection."

"You are perverted." Shang Jianyao glanced at Long Yuehong.

"It's not you..." Long Yuehong suddenly paused, "Your ability to 'reason the clown' has failed?"

Jiang Baimian nodded thoughtfully:

"It seems that we have left Qiao Chu's charm range and are no longer influenced by him.

"The premise of the previous 'reasoning' was that we liked Qiao Chu. Without this condition, the conclusion will of course be invalid."

Bai Chen thought about it and said:

"Then are we going to stop Qiao Chu?"

"Of course!" Jiang Baimian replied decisively, "I have always been very careful, he has put us in such a dangerous situation, and he also eats our energy bars, our compressed biscuits, and our military canned food, for sure. Get revenge!"

Why are these words so familiar... Long Yuehong subconsciously responded:

"But… "

Although he also hated Qiao Chu, he felt that there was no need to stay here to take risks, and it was better to leave as soon as possible.

Jiang Baimian glanced at him and Shang Jianyao, and said "um":

"The main reason is that we ourselves have to stay here for a while to see what will happen to the entire city ruins after the power supply is restored, hehe, or not to allow the power supply to be restored.

"You can't rush back along the original route.

"If that's the case, then it's better to guard Qiao Chu by the way and not waste time."

After speaking, she suddenly asked:

"Have you ever seen wriggling flesh and blood, an extremely frightening breath, an old woman in a string cap, a baby's skeleton wrapped in a swaddling?"

"No." Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, and Shang Jianyao shook their heads at the same time.

"Neither do I." Jiang Baimian nodded, "So, where did the illusion created by the 'high-level unintentional person' come from? There must be a root cause, in terms of their low-level wisdom."

Shang Jianyao immediately replied:

"Maybe that 'higher mindless person' has seen wriggling flesh and blood, seen an old woman wearing a wire cap, seen a baby's corpse wrapped in a swaddle, and sensed an extremely frightening aura."

Having said that, he paused, and his voice instantly became quite gloomy:

"She might even have heard the old woman say:

"You... quarreled... Xiao Chong... "

In the light of the torch, Shang Jianyao's face was uncertain.