“Exciting”
The wind made my face hurt, and it was like a roller coaster.
Ren climbed on the tail of a mechanical city that had been dismantled only to its skeleton, hugging the steel frame tightly and struggling to keep himself from being jolted.
It has to be said that the steam boiler that can drive the heavy steel castle can "fly" very fast without the load.
Yes, it’s really flying!
Every time it encountered a pit, Mechanical City would jump high because it was too fast. Like a heavy toad that jumps up, and then falls with a clang, the metal clatters all over the floor, and a few useless steel parts are always thrown away.
Along the way, some iron lumps such as rivets, nuts, and wheel wheels fell off.
Renn just climbed in fear, praying that this skeletal mechanical city could hold on and not completely fall apart after a certain leap.
However, it seems that I am lucky.
The more parts dropped from the Mechanical City, the lighter its weight becomes and the faster it becomes. This run is more than ten or twenty kilometers.
In the end, they actually took the lead and successfully escaped from the encirclement.
... ..
Not long after, looking back at the shore of Storm Lake, the "Black Market Trading Place" had turned into a sea of fire.
The more than ten "war elephant-level" mechanical cities ambushed by the Omar Royal Legion on the periphery led countless tank-sized personnel carriers, forming a huge encirclement and slowly surrounding them.
The encirclement has gradually taken shape, like a cloth bag slowly closing in, containing the thousands of mechanical cities of the Phantom Thieves on the lakeside.
Only a small group of phantom thieves who had immediately chosen to abandon the city and escape lightly were able to escape before the "pocket" was closed.
Wren is one of them.
... .
After facing the cannonballs flying overhead from time to time, riding on a skeleton mechanical city that could fall apart at any time, after an adrenaline rush.
The ferocious-looking Ren was blown away by the cold wind in the wilderness. He was surprised to find that there were no pursuers to hunt down these fishes that had slipped through the net.
"Did you really escape successfully?"
His eyes were full of energy, and he felt a little incredible.
Could it be that the person possessed by the halo of bad luck is finally starting to get lucky
But his intuition told him that things seemed not that simple.
Although Renn didn't know how to march and form formations, he had watched a lot of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in his previous life.
He looked at the battlefield in front of him and suddenly felt that this scene overlapped with some of the tactics in his memory.
It seems to be some kind of siege tactic called "Surrounding Three and Missing One"
Thinking of this, Ren couldn't help but muttered: "Is there an ambush ahead?"
Then in the blink of an eye, he wanted to give himself a big mouth!
Burst, burst, burst.
As the skeletal mechanical city approached, the sound of a tractor starting sounded intensively not far away.
Looking again, I don't know when a large number of ambush troops appeared densely packed in the dense grass of the wilderness.
Looking around, there is no large mechanical city that has not been discovered in advance. Lurking in the grass are some strange-looking "mechanical cavalry" legions.
"What is this... a steam motorcycle?"
This was the first time for Ren to see such a weird steam machine.
These weird steam locomotives in front of you are like Harley-Davidson motorcycles with a big iron ring on the outside. It is about three meters in diameter, has convex-toothed tracks on the outside of the wheel to grip the ground, and is equipped with large-caliber six-round muskets on both sides. The miniature steam boiler was emitting white smoke, looking as dark and industrial as ever.
"Is it really a motorcycle?"
This old hat Ren's eyes were opened.
You could say this thing is backward. In the past, when technology was so advanced, it was not possible to create such a fancy motorcycle.
You could say it's advanced, but it's also a weird steam-powered thing.
Take a look at the regimental coat of arms cast in brass on the motorcycle. It is the symbol of the First Royal Regiment of Omar.
This is the most elite combat force of the Omar Empire—the Royal Steam Mechanics!
... .
Obviously, we are not concerned about how this hoop motorcycle was created.
There were hundreds of steam locomotives in front of them, and they quickly caught up with them like cavalry.
Without its armor, the Phantom Thief Machine City has almost become a living target.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The large-caliber six-round musket mounted on the locomotive burst into flames, and one shot turned the Machinery City into a honeycomb.
Only then did Ren understand that the back-up plan of "surrounding three and letting one go" was here.
The person who organized the Omar Empire had already expected that those who could escape must be lightly equipped mechanical cities. To deal with these monster thieves without dealers and heavy firepower, the light mechanical cavalry legion is enough.
"Extinguish the boiler and surrender without death!"
"Resist tenaciously and kill without mercy!"
"..."
The cavalry on the motorcycle kept urging them to surrender.
Unfortunately, most of the phantom thieves who choose to escape are desperadoes with many murders, and no one is stupid enough to be captured without mercy.
The two sides launched a fierce gunfire exchange.
The firearms of the Phantom Thieves are all high-end goods bought on the black market, and their power and accuracy are no worse than the standard equipment of the Imperial Army.
This fight is inseparable.
Bang, bang, bang, bang.
Fire splattered and iron bullets flew everywhere.
Lei was completely confused in the hail of bullets.
... .
"I now how to do?"
Renn felt bitter in his heart, and now he was in a dilemma.
It was fun to hitchhike just now, but now I'm being hunted and I can't get off.
However, the only good thing is that I don't know whether it was because the "white coat" he wore showed his identity as a doctor, or because he didn't make any move to raise a gun and shoot.
The musketeers on the steam locomotive actually tacitly agreed not to shoot at him.
But despite this, dense rain of shrapnel flew around, and the ejected shrapnel also accidentally injured Ren in many places.
If you delay any longer, sooner or later you will either be captured or shot to death.
... .
Following Ren and the others, dozens more micro-mechanical cities of the Phantom Thieves escaped from the encirclement and suppression circle one after another.
But obviously, the Omar Empire's ambush legion has more people. Wave after wave of mechanical cavalry appeared, like hyenas slaying buffalo, constantly eating away at the deserters in pursuit.
The Phantom Thieves didn't just break out in groups, but scattered in all directions. The two warring parties were chasing each other in this vast wilderness, and the battle line was getting longer and longer.
Ren also thought about jumping out of the car.
He also carefully observed it, and now the battle line has been stretched very long and scattered. The main goal of the Omar Empire's machinist cavalry is to surround and kill those mechanical cities.
The little shrimp who jumps out of the car will not attract much attention at all.
But if you jump out of the car within this range, you will end up being captured by soldiers cleaning up the battlefield.
Therefore, he must have a high-speed transportation tool to escape from the ambush.
And the individual steam motorcycle in front of you is the best choice!
"Hey... if it operates like a motorcycle, why not try it?"
Suddenly, Ren looked at the steam motorcycles that had been shot and fell down behind him, and he could no longer hold back the bold idea in his mind.
The "intelligent brain" has just analyzed the driving methods of those knights, and it seems to be no different from the motorcycles in the previous life.
In his previous life, he was Renne, known as the "Little Prince of Motorcycles", and he wasn't necessarily afraid of anyone in drag racing.
If he could grab a motorcycle, no one might be able to catch him in this wasteland!
... ..
"Done!"
After a split second decision, Ren decided to take the risk.
Since he didn’t intend to be a prisoner, how could the ending of jumping out of the car be worse
Thinking of this, he didn't hesitate at all and jumped decisively from the skeleton mechanical city that had already reached the sky.
Leap, land, roll, play dead.
Fortunately, as he guessed, no one paid any attention to him, a little shrimp who jumped out of the car.
All the motorcycle riders chased the Machine City.
After the large army roared past, Ren didn't care to take a breath and quietly reached a steam motorcycle that had fallen to the ground, pulled the body off the car, and then rode on it himself!
The motorcycle's miniature steam boiler had not yet turned off. When I got on the motorcycle and twisted the accelerator, the big wheels started spinning rapidly.
A violent pushing sensation hits the back, making people feel as if they are riding on an angry bull.
"It's done!"
Ren was ecstatic.
He had extensive experience in motorcycles, and he easily controlled the two steam locomotives after just a little adaptation.
Then, he chose a completely different direction from that of the large group and drove rapidly.
As he expected, no one cared about a fish that slipped through the net.
Even if the mechanical army saw this "deserter", no one would chase him during this encirclement and suppression.
What's more, even if I wanted to chase him, I wouldn't be able to catch up with this wind-like guy...