Fade Chen walked to the door of Chief Su's office, first listened to the movement inside, and then lightly knocked on the door twice.
There was no sound at the door, and there was no answer to the knock.
Chen Fei opened the door and walked in.
The lights in the office were not turned on, and it was pitch black. The light from the monitor screens on the wall beside Chief Su's desk, which had no pictures, could only dimly illuminate a blurred side face of Chief Su.
"I need your authorization." Fade Chen said.
"Authorize what?" Chief Su asked after being silent for a long time.
"I need your authorization to call the teams numbered 1 to 10 under EZ." Fade Chen put a document in his hand on his desk, "The teams with other numbers are on standby."
"This kind of authorization requires the cooperation of the Minister of Internal Defense and Operations..." General Su was interrupted before he could finish speaking.
"We can't wait for them anymore. The internal defense Xiao Lin has refused to cooperate for a long time. There are not enough city guards," Fade Chen said. situation, we need a strong army."
"Why didn't you wait for news from Lianchuan?" Chief Su asked, "The terms of his deal with us is to find out the combat power of the ghost city, why don't you wait to find out?"
"Master Su," Fade Chen walked two steps forward to the table, put his hands on the table, and stared at Chief Su, "Betelgeuse's mental power has disappeared! It's gone! How did Lian Chuan do it? Now it's gone. People know! We can no longer believe what news he will bring back! The life and death of the main city is now on us... "
"The main city is already dead." Chief Su said.
"No," Fade Chen lowered his voice, "Where we are is the main city."
"Any news from the administrator?" Chief Su didn't answer him directly.
"No," Fade Chen said, "but I think the retrograde car this time is a signal from the administrator."
"We all know that administrators cannot control these details." Chief Su said.
"The car has never been in the wrong direction." Fade Chen said.
"This is the first time we have experienced a collapse." Chief Su looked at him, "Mr. Chen, face reality, what we can do now is to maintain order in the main city and give the panicked people in the main city peace."
"Order? Tranquility?" Fade Chen raised his hand and pointed upwards, "Have you gone up to see it? What is the main city like now? The end of destruction can never be tranquility! People who don't fight in panic are in panic die."
Chief Su looked at him.
"I am now officially taking over all the numbered teams under EZ," Fade Chen said, "From now on, please don't leave the office at will."
"You don't have an authorization password." Chief Su said.
Fade Chen, who was about to turn around and leave, turned his head and looked at him: "From the time when the administrator appointed you as the highest official of the main city, I couldn't understand it. You are too weak and indecisive..."
"You have been arranging this day from the very beginning," Chief Su sighed softly, "Really?"
"Thank you for your trust in me." Fade Chen said, "This is also your greatest weakness, your failure."
"Which people around me were arranged by you?" Chief Su asked.
"There is no need for 'some', the more people who know, the more likely they are to make mistakes," Fade Chen said, "There is only one, and this one is enough."
Chief Su glanced in the direction of the office door, slowly closed his eyes, and said after a while: "Go out."
Chen Fei turned and walked out of the office.
At the corner at the end of the corridor stood a man, almost as tall as the ceiling, dressed in black.
General Su's guard.
"Any news?" Fade Chen asked as he walked past him.
"The car is back." The voice of the man in black seemed to come from the sky.
"You go to the combat readiness warehouse," Fade Chen said, "except for the City Affairs Office, all authorizations are cancelled, all EZs are on standby, numbers 1 to 3 are activated, and all exits in Lost Valley are deployed."
"Where's the training department?" the man in black asked.
"Leave it to Liu Dong," Chen Fei said, "but no one can fully believe it, so we must ensure that the EZ is only controlled by us. We don't know what cards Liu Dong has in his hand. He is the one who trains Betelgeuse. "
"Understood." The man in black turned and left from the other end of the corridor.
When Fade Chen walked out of the city affairs hall, the city guards waiting at the door had already assembled, and he got into the car.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"Not close yet, the city guards have surrounded the car, waiting for the next order." Liu Dong sat in the back row and replied.
"No one got out of the car?" Fade Chen asked.
"No," Liu Dong said, "the car door is also blocked with an iron plate."
"What tricks are you doing?" Fade Chen frowned, "Did you find any information?"
"No."
The three carriages, just like when they set off, stopped quietly on the track outside the main city, wrapped in thicker and thicker black fog, making it impossible to see anything clearly.
After scanning again to confirm that there was no abnormal information, Fade Chen ordered to smash the iron plate blocking the car door.
Red light flashed.
The three iron plates blocking the door fell down at the same time with a bang.
After waiting for a while, there was no movement in the carriage.
Fade Chen waved his hand, and several flares flew into the carriage.
The moment the three carriages were illuminated, everyone gasped and froze.
The carriage is full of people.
The city guards and EZ team sent before were all in the carriage.
The body was pierced by black pointed vertebrae and stuck on the wall of the carriage.
Like a moment of death drawn in black.
Fade Chen didn't speak.
He just glanced at Liu Dong beside him.
Liu Dong is as familiar with this black pointed vertebra as he is.
This is Betelgeuse's weapon.
"It's confirmed." Liu Dong said.
"Is this a warning?" Fade Chen frowned.
"We shouldn't have sent people there so directly," Liu Dong said, "We have angered Lian Chuan."
"Strengthen your defense," Fade Chen turned around, "They will definitely come over next time."
"If he joins forces with Guicheng..." Liu Dong was a little worried.
"How did you drive them away at the beginning, now will drive them away again." Fade Chen said.
Liu Dong was still uneasy: "But even..."
"The traveler was not chased away by Betelgeuse," Fade Chen looked at him, "You have been training Lian Chuan, think about his weaknesses."
"He didn't." Liu Dong said.
"He has." Fade Chen said.
"Chun San?" Liu Dong smiled wryly, "It's really hard to say, no one knows how far Lian Chuan can go in order to survive."
Ning Gu dragged the two dead travelers and placed them next to the travelers who had already been neatly lined up on the ground.
In this battle, they lost dozens of companions.
Every wound on these travelers seemed to have been cut into his body with a flaming knife.
All the people were silent, the traveler, who was able to remain crazy and excited in the face of everything, was so silent after the battle for the first time that only the wind could be heard.
After counting the number of people lost, Ning Gu glanced at Lian Chuan, who was resting beside him, and walked over.
"Shall I carry you?" he said.
"No need." Lian Chuan stood up.
"If you can go," Ning Gu said, "you follow me to the medical room."
"Huh?" Lian Chuan looked at him.
"Li Xiang is injured, they are all in the medical room," Ning Gu turned and walked towards the shelter, "I want them to remove the collar around your neck, and, the limiter."
Lian Chuan didn't move.
"They may have a way," Ning Gu turned his head, "The limiter must be removed."
Lian Chuan didn't speak.
"I know you can't trust the leader and the others," Ning Gu said, "but now the main city has already started, no matter what plan the leader has, I need your help."
"The main city is confirming Betelgeuse," Lian Chuan said, "as long as the head of the group hands me over, he can continue to cooperate with the main city."
"Where's your brain?" Ning Gu looked at him, "If the regiment leader really wants to cooperate with the main city, would he still need to engage those troops?"
It took a while for Lian Chuan to speak: "You have no brains."
"There will be a little bit from time to time." Ning Gu didn't understand what he meant.
"Those troops are the last cards that the regiment leader hides," Lian Chuan said, "There is no point in tearing faces with the main city before finding the exit."
Ning Gu stared at him for a long time: "Am I wrong?"
"No." Lian Chuan stepped forward, "We can talk about it."
"What if it's like what you said?" Ning Gu followed.
"There is no what if and what to do," Lian Chuan said, "It is in my interest to remove these things, so then remove them."
"Okay," Ning Gu nodded, "You won't die if you make a wrong choice, but you will die if you hesitate."
The entire sanctuary was very quiet. The travelers who usually didn't stop sleeping, seemed to be collectively dumb today, and everyone was silent.
Before, even if the electro-optical rift had reached the metal cemetery, the travelers were not affected, but the main city let everyone see that the final scene had already begun.
With the firepower of the city guards and the strange combat power of the main city, what they were facing was a journey with no strategy at all.
"Why did you wake up Betelgeuse?" Ning Gu looked at Lian Chuan's face, making sure that his current condition is not too bad. "Those monsters can still be beaten back."
"Do you know why people in the main city are afraid of the cleanup team?" Lian Chuan said.
"I probably think that you kill civilians," Ning Gu said, "The security team patrols maintain order in the main city, and the city guards fight against foreign enemies. Only your cleaning team kills ordinary people every day."
"It's not just that," Lian Chuan said, "but even the one who is going to die cannot escape. Once locked, there is no second possibility."
Ning Gu was silent for a while: "It's fear."
Lian Chuan didn't speak anymore, even if he described his past life from such an onlooker's perspective, it was not a pleasant thing.
"But they will definitely deploy defenses at the parking spot," Ning Gu said, "strengthen their firepower and make arrangements for you."
"So we need to find the head of the team." Lian Chuan said.
Li Xiang was leaning on the bed in the medical center. He looked fine, but his movements were obviously restricted. After all, his waist was injured, and every movement seemed a little slow.
Ning Gu looked a little uncomfortable. This was the first time he saw Li Xiang suffer such a serious injury when he grew up.
The other injured travelers had already treated their wounds and left. Except for Li Xiang, only the team leader and Lin Fan were left in the medical center.
"Thank you." Li Xiang looked at Lian Chuan.
"No need." Lian Chuan said.
"Remove this circle," Ning Gu said straight to the point, "You probably won't need this thing, even if it's in exchange for his help today."
"Okay." said the captain.
This straightforward answer surprised Ning Gu, and he was not sure what to say next.
"I want to go back to the main city," Lian Chuan said, "No matter where the exit is, the main city has the answer, and I need someone to help."
"Lost Valley?" Lin Fan asked.
"Yes." Lian Chuan said.
"How can I believe your words." The head looked at him.
"Don't trust me," Lian Chuan said, "Xinning Valley is fine."
The team leader glanced at Ning Gu.
"Only he can wake up Betelgeuse." Lian Chuan said.
The head of the group didn't speak, and sighed after a while: "What do you need us to do?"
"Travelers who are willing to follow me to the main city." Lian Chuan said.
"Have they left yet?" Nine Wings squatted on the black iron pier, his face full of displeasure.
"No." A black ring replied.
The day Che came back from the ghost town, the cleaning team had been guarding the Black Iron Wasteland, and they had no intention of leaving for several days.
The little bats who took advantage of the chaos to search for supplies in the main city were afraid to go out.
"It's so annoying, what are these hyenas going to do?" Nine Wings tapped his face lightly with his fingers, making a thin tinkling sound, "I know that it's not good for the caracals to wander around the black iron wasteland all the time. Help cats and dogs... Flu, go out and talk to them."
"I dare not." Flow said.
Jiu Yi turned his head, with an expression of disbelief on his face: "What did you say?"
"He didn't dare." Shouxi said.
Nine Wings looked at him.
"I don't dare." Shouxi said.
"Trash." Nine Wings stood up, "I'll go."
"Boss, don't go!" Fulu and Shouxi jumped up at the same time, grabbing his clothes.
"They're here to negotiate." Nine Wings dragged Fulu and Shouxi slowly towards the exit, "Remember how they said the hyenas escorted Lianchuan to the city affairs office? The hyenas have long since rebelled. "
"Betrayed!" Fu Lu and Shou Xi lay on the ground, still holding on to Jiu Yi's clothes.
When Nine Wings dragged two bats slowly out of the exit, the members of the cleaning team activated their weapons at the same time.
"This is Nine Wings?" Jiang Xiaogan's hesitant voice came from the intercom.
Bats are very common, and the cleaning team often encounters them in various tasks. After all, if you want to leave the main city, you need a bat ferry.
But Nine Wings was hardly seen by anyone. He never left the Valley of Lost Path, and his information was not even collected in the system, but everyone knew that there was such a person.
This way of appearing on the scene is indeed a bit confusing.
"Yes." Lei Yu got out of the car and walked slowly towards the exit.
Nine Wings stood still, and the two bats beside him got up from the ground and stood in front of him.
It was blocked very tightly, and there was nothing left.
Nine Wings had to pull the two of them apart, and looked at Lei Yu from the middle: "Rare guest, I never thought I would see Captain Lei on the Black Iron Wasteland in my lifetime."
"The cleaning team will camp here." Lei Yu said.
"What?" Jiu Yi pulled his ear and turned his head.
"If Lian Chuan returns to the main city, he will definitely go to the Lost Valley first," Lei Yu said, "We need to camp here, and then we will meet him."
"Then you go ahead," Jiu Yi looked at him, "what are you doing standing here?"
"We need supplies." Lei Yu said.
Jiu Yi was stunned for a moment, and then burst into sharp laughter.
The cleaning team behind Lei Yu raised their weapons at the same time.
"Why should I help you?" Nine Wings smiled, and his voice became cold, "Let the bat help the hyena?"
"I don't know," Lei Yu said, "but you helped Lian Chuan when he was a hyena."
A long whistle came from afar.
Jiu Yi, who was about to speak, opened his mouth and stopped.
"Let your Black Ring team come out, and your firepower," Lei Yu turned around and ran two steps onto A01, "Half of my people stay here to cooperate with you."
Nine Wings closed his mouth, but stood still.
Lei Yu started the car: "According to the original plan, those who respond will follow me!"
A blue light lit up, and A01 let out a roar. The cleaning team was divided into several teams, and some of them followed Lei Yu and rushed out towards the parking spot outside the main city.
"Here comes the car," Flow said, "what are they going to do?"
"Responsiveness," Shouxi said, "I just said I'm going to rescue Lianchuan."
Fu Lu jumped, and couldn't see the situation on the other side of the parking spot here: "Is Lian Chuan in the car? That Ninggu..."
"Go," Nine Wings raised his index finger and shook his finger, "Notify all the Black Rings to guard the exit in the direction of the main city. Bats with weapons will also come out. If they see the city guards, they will kill them."
"Are we going to help the hyena?" Suki asked.
"We are going to divide the main city." Nine Wings said.
The car stopped quietly on the track.
This time there are still three cars, the same as last time, no change.
Fade Chen looked at the monitor, all the data was static.
The compartment is empty.
"How is it possible?" Liu Dong whispered aside.
Flares were thrown into the carriage again at the same time, but no one was still seen.
"Get ready to attack." Fade Chen gave the order.
"Target?" the city guard asked.
"The whole car." Fade Chen replied.
Just as he said these words, a golden light flashed in the middle compartment.
"Fire!" Fade Chen roared.
But the picture on the monitor was calm, there was no gunfire, and no red light was on.
There is no change in the picture, and even the sound is gone.
"Release all EZs of the three teams!" Fade Chen said again, "Bring Chunsan here."
A golden light spread out from the carriage in an instant, filling the entire monitoring screen.