“… Yes, okay, I understand.”
In the Falcon tank, Liang Sen put down the communicator, opened the door, and jumped out of the tank.
He met Rita, who was putting on a very ladylike long wig, then shook her head and took it off, replaced it with a short fiery red wig, and then smiled with satisfaction.
"Actually, I've always wanted to ask, why don't you try growing your hair? That way, you don't have to worry about which wig to wear."
Liang Sen touched his nose and said so.
Lida straightened her wig and smiled brightly: "What do you know? If you grow your hair, your hairstyle will be fixed, even if you can change your hairstyle by trimming or dyeing it."
"But it's not as convenient as wearing a wig. When I'm in a good mood, like now, I'll choose short hair with warm colors. When I'm in a bad mood, I'll choose long straight black hair."
"When I'm dating a guy, I can wear my dark brown hair in elegant curls; when I'm going to a bar, I prefer the indigo medium-length hair with asymmetrical bangs."
"So you see, growing hair is not as convenient as what I have now. I can match my hairstyle to my mood. And when I'm fighting, I can just take off my wig to avoid some troubles caused by my hair."
"Like letting your opponent grab your hair!"
Rita grabbed Captain Gao Shanying's hair, but of course she couldn't grab Liang Sen's hair because it was too short.
Liang Sen shook his head and said, "I didn't expect that you women would be so serious even about a hairstyle."
Lida blinked and said, "I'll just pretend I didn't hear you. Why, you're not here to discuss this with me, are you?"
Liang Sen spread his hands and said, "I just communicated with the higher-ups. They will send someone to handle the work of cleaning up the car wreckage. The headquarters wants us to explore the city first. I plan to go there myself, so I'll leave this to you."
Lida responded readily: "Leave it to me, but don't go by yourself, take Tianyang with you, he is a good seedling and worth cultivating."
Liang Sen smiled faintly: "I see, Tianyang is indeed good. I still remember when we first met him, he was still a novice. Now he has reached the fifth level. His promotion speed is comparable to the two young geniuses of the Yun family and the Bai family."
Lida bumped his arm and said, "So you and Han Shu, the 'old guys', have to work harder. Don't be careless and get chased away by these young people."
Liang Sen shook his head and looked at her: "If I remember correctly, we are from the same period. If I am the 'old guy', then what are you?"
Lida said without hesitation: "How can it be the same? I am not as ambitious as you men. I am thinking about whether I should retire after this expedition and find a good man to marry."
"Haha, then I'm really worried about that man."
Under Lida's angry glare, Captain Gao Shanying fled the scene in a somewhat embarrassed manner. He found Tianyang and explained the situation. A moment later, the two teams headed for the city ahead.
Thump, thump.
An intelligent weapon used a robotic arm to push away the vehicle wreckage that was blocking the road. Only the frames of the wreckage, which was invaded by fat white bacteria, were left. The friction with the ground made a sharp and harsh sound, and was pushed aside by the "Queen" to clear a passage.
The two queens worked together to help the exploration team on the road leading to the city.
A passage was opened.
Tianyang picked up the lighting equipment, illuminated several nearby car wreckages, and found some problems.
Liang Sen, who was walking beside him, noticed that he had a strange expression on his face, so he lowered his voice and asked, "Did you find anything?"
"Captain, it's a bit strange. I wonder if you have noticed that these vehicles seem to be heading towards the city ahead." Tianyang shook the lighting device in his hand, making the light flash back and forth at the front end of a car wreckage.
This made Liang Sen notice that the front of the car was clearly facing the city, which was indeed a sign of it heading towards the city.
He observed the other car wrecks and found that they were all like this. In other words, the traffic blocking the road was heading towards the city called "Xin'an".
why is that
Tianyang didn’t know the reason, but he felt that the city ahead might not be simple. Since there were no more clues, he could only keep this question in his heart.
Finally, we arrived at the entrance of the city. I thought it would be like other cities, just separated by a vehicle checkpoint. I didn't expect that there was a metal fence and barbed wire here, and a metal fence was set up.
It separates the city from the outside world, and in places that are obviously entrances, there are tracked tanks. Of course, these tanks have long been scrapped, and like other car wrecks, they are also occupied by fungi.
"This city has been under military control." Seeing the chariots, Liang Sen immediately made the corresponding judgment.
Tianyang nodded slightly. He saw the chariots with their gun muzzles pointing towards the road, and nearby he saw shell casings that were difficult to distinguish, as well as guns and shields discarded on the ground.
"This city refuses entry to outsiders."
Tianyang looked at these things and supplemented Liang Sen's judgment.
"It seems we need to inform the higher-ups that the cleanup work will be more arduous than expected." Liang Sen made a gesture, and the two 'Queens' in front began to dismantle the metal gate that was blocking the way.
Under the cutting light of the intelligent weapon, the metal gate collapsed, revealing a gap leading to the interior of the city. When the light shone inside, Tianyang saw the roadblocks and street forts at first glance. These were facilities to prevent people from outside the city from entering the city violently.
He followed the intelligent weapon through the gate and saw a roadblock made of stone piers, the abandoned car wreckage parked nearby, the cracked and arched road surface, and the mountains of rubble.
Even though these dilapidated scenes have been shrouded in darkness for countless years, they can still allow later generations to "smell" the scent of war.
On a wall not far away, a line of slogans can still be vaguely seen. Due to the age, some of the words are difficult to distinguish, but Tianyang can still guess the full text of the slogan.
"We will not allow a single infected person to enter the city!"
"Infected?"
When he translated this slogan to Liang Sen, Captain Gao Shanying looked confused, but Tian Yang associated it with the patients with demonic disease.
The Reverse Realm began to slide into the Eternal Night, and people began to suffer from the "demon disease" and began to degenerate into various monsters. For the relatively normal residents of the Reverse Realm at that time, this might have been considered a terrible infectious disease.
Therefore, it is not surprising to call patients with demonic disease infected.
He got this information from the report of Beidou Base. Liang Sen had never been exposed to similar information, so he didn't know about the demon disease.
Tianyang didn't say specifically
It was enough to let the captain know roughly that some kind of confrontation had taken place in this city.
When the exploration team went deeper into the city, everyone, including Tianyang, could feel how serious the situation the city was facing at that time.
Deep in the city, on the wide streets, one can see overturned chariots on the ground, dilapidated tents with only frames left, fierce slogans on the exterior walls of buildings, and buildings that have obviously been bombarded.
Tianyang also entered a room, and found dense handwriting on the wall of that room.
'On September 7, there was no water. We drank all the water we stole from the store. Now we have to go to the relief station to get water. It's all because of those damn infected people.'
'On September 23, Xiaomei had a fever, and I didn't dare go to the relief station to get medicine. They would take Xiaomei away, and she would be my only daughter. I couldn't let them treat her as an infected person. I had no choice but to steal some medicine.'
'On October 3, what I was worried about happened. They took Xiaomei away and said she had to be isolated for observation. How could I get her out?'
'October 5th, damn, the gunfire has been going on since this morning. I think I heard artillery fire just now, have they started shelling? It's over, it's over, probably those infected people outside the city are going to rush in.'
'On October 11, I couldn't get out. There were infected people everywhere. Those monsters killed anyone they saw and stole anything they saw. We had to seal off the building. They wouldn't let me go out, but I had to go save Xiaomei.'
'October 13th, no more waiting, the rescue they promised me will never come. I can't delay any longer, I have to leave. I curse this world and those damned infected people.'
'On November 1, I came back and everyone was dead. My poor daughter was missing and must have met with misfortune. I was infected and could only wait to die.'
... ... ..
After reading these records, the overwhelming despair almost suffocated Tianyang.
In the past, the cities discovered by the fortress were all filled with an atmosphere of peace, which made explorers yearn for them. However, it was the first time that a city like this one, which was full of traces of war and filled with an atmosphere of despair, was discovered.
It is not difficult to see from this city that after the Reverse Realm slid into eternal night, the residents of the Reverse Realm are gradually falling into despair.
Coupled with the existence of patients with demonic diseases, it is bound to cause contradictions and conflicts.
Tianyang silently left the room, returned to the street, and reunited with the Alpine Eagle Squad.
Liang Sen pinched his nose hard and said, "This city makes me feel uncomfortable. Come on, let's finish the exploration as soon as possible. If there is nothing abnormal, we will go back and wait for the cleanup team to deal with those obstacles."
As he was talking, the lighting of a nearby soldier seemed to have some circuit failure and the light flickered. He tapped the equipment, trying to get it back to normal.
But at this moment, the lights suddenly went out and he was plunged into darkness.
Before he could find anything unusual, he heard something fall to the ground and made a series of noises. At this time, the soldier's equipment returned to normal and the lights came on.
But in the light, the soldier looked like he was strangled by something, his body twisted unnaturally, his helmet mask broken and splattered with blood.
Including Tianyang, everyone involuntarily took a deep breath...