Lian Chuan was already standing in front of the long table.
The three people behind the long table were frozen together. In such a short time, they didn't have time to react.
And Lian Chuan's speed is a legend that is not a legend. Even if he sees it 10,000 times, it will still shock people. Without a weapon, he has already entered a defensive state.
But under this shock, Minister Chen and Xiao Lin also had another emotion, which was strong uneasiness.
The light in the main city is dimming a little bit. This is a fact. Regardless of whether the residents of the main city have noticed it or not, the City Affairs Office has held countless meetings because of this matter, but all the equipment is operating normally, and the energy supply is also normal. , The technical department can't find the reason all the time.
This last phenomenon can only be classified as the main city law.
And another law of the main city is the blink of an eye.
Unexplainable flickering, fleeting, followed by visions.
As for what kind of image it is, what kind of strange method it is, it depends on fate.
Minister Chen had a guess in his mind that no one could know.
"Continue?" The clerk asked after Lian Chuan returned to the chair and sat down.
"What else do you want to say?" Xiao Lin looked at Lian Chuan and said.
"No," Lian Chuan said, "I only answer questions."
Xiao Lin's attitude towards Lei Yu, let alone him, is not much better, so today's anger is not just because of the death of three team members, it may not even be one of the reasons.
In his opinion, the truth should be that the cleanup team, which was the worst in internal defense, used the mission as an excuse to directly smash the security team without asking for instructions.
If it weren't for the blessing of the halo of a Betelgeuse fit person, Xiao Lin would have applied to crush him on the spot, not to take it back, and never to reset it.
"The mission you performed today can't touch the target, right?" Minister Chen looked at him, "When Long Biao rushed out, did you know his purpose?"
"Yes," Lian Chuan said, "he wants to avoid us sitting here answering questions after the mission is over."
"Answer positively!" Xiao Lin said.
"The security patrol team is approaching," Lian Chuan glanced at him. "In order to avoid unnecessary sacrifices, he wants to draw the target away."
"Why didn't you stop him?" Minister Chen continued to ask.
Lian Chuan sighed: "After all, the task is not to kill security guards, avoid it if you can."
"But he failed," Minister Chen said. "After that, he wanted to ask other team members for support. Why did you stop him?"
"Protect the team members." Lian Chuan said.
Xiao Lin sneered: "Protect the team? Protect what?"
Lian Chuan leaned back on the chair back: "Protect their memory from being reset."
Minister Chen leaned his elbows on the table, and squeezed his hands together with a "click".
"You're a little weird today," Lei Yu looked at Lian Chuan while driving with a cigarette in his mouth, "It's not surprising that Xiao Lin was offended, even Minister Chen was very angry, because he couldn't beat you so he didn't do anything , A lot of ability... Memory reset, even if everyone inside knows it in their hearts, they can't mention it in public, you wouldn't do this before, why are you so unrestrained today?"
"I'll pay attention in the future." Lian Chuan said.
"Don't let Xiao Lin catch us," Lei Yu pulled out a black stick from his pocket and handed it to him, "Do you smoke?"
Lian Chuan shook his head.
Tobacco is the top-level special offer, and Lei Yu can get the end of the special offer. Others who want to smoke can only buy smuggled from Lost Valley, and the quality is not good.
But he doesn't want to touch it today.
Lei Yu did not mention today's flash, a little deliberate.
Lian Chuan could feel the uneasiness and fear behind this deliberate effort.
The chance of a flash appearing is very low, so low that even Chuan has never experienced it in his lifetime, so he feels a little excited.
In the day-to-day days when no changes can be noticed, no matter what the flash brings, good or bad, chaos, or destruction, he is looking forward to it.
When the car drove to the gate of the headquarters of the cleaning team, a huge buzzing sound came from the direction of the light thorn, disturbing the quiet air, and everything around began to vibrate with the frequency of this buzzing.
Followed by the second sound.
When the third beep sounded, Lian Chuan and Lei Yu had already jumped out of the car and rushed into the building of the cleaning team. All the team members were running to the equipment room, no matter whether they were on duty today or not.
The three buzzings at equal intervals were an alarm to the entire main city.
Here comes the traveler.
When Lian Chuan entered the equipment room, there was a slight "di" from the intercom.
This is Lei Yu's private channel connection.
He jumped onto the equipment rack, stood in front of the exoskeleton, and waited for the upper body to be equipped. After making sure that there was no one around, he said, "It's safe."
"Go to the headquarters immediately and receive the order," Lei Yu said, "emergency activate Betelgeuse."
Lian Chuan was rarely surprised, but this sentence made him pause when he stepped off the equipment rack.
"The task is unknown, the target is unknown." Lei Yu said.
"Understood." Lian Chuan turned around and walked out quickly through the back door of the equipment room, pressing the transmitter on his leg.
The boss quietly appeared beside him when he stepped onto A01.
"There is no backup, and no one knows your mission. It's just you and the boss. Be careful." Lei Yu cut off the call after finishing speaking.
Lian Chuan frowned.
Ning Gu leaned against the door opening of the carriage.
There are very few people staying here, the wind is too strong, and some people were wrapped in the black mist by the strong wind that was drawn in from here before, without leaving even a trace of debris.
Ning Gu was also afraid, but he would sit here every time, staring out from behind the goggles.
The inside of the carriage was lit by the cold light bottle, but it was pitch black outside. The black fog was much thicker than in the ghost town, and the weight could almost be seen.
"It doesn't matter if you can't see clearly," the group leader said. "You can still hear, touch, and there are no extra parts of your body. Even if everything fails, you still have consciousness."
Black mist, the sound of the wind, hot and cold air currents.
There is also a section of driving that is suspended from the track.
Is it flying, or gliding, or passing through some unknown space
"Almost there." Hammer whispered, poking his back behind him.
Ning Gu pulled his hat down past the tip of his nose before slowly retreating to the hammer. There were too many people with him, so he had to hide himself well.
He would not be so careful the previous two times, but this time is different. He doesn't know why the leader is unwilling to let him go to the main city, but he knows that as long as he is discovered this time, he may not even have the chance to go to Tongwan in the future up.
Like the former travelers whose names and origins are locked in the basement of the ghost town.
"Get out of the car and follow me closely," Hammer said, "The first wave is the most dangerous. City guards will block the old exit, and hyenas will also come. They are better equipped than city guards, but there are not many people. In town."
"En." Ning Gu nodded.
There are many regular routes to enter the main city after getting off the car. The roads connecting the main city extend from the center like the spokes of a wheel. If you are lucky, run all the way, run across the main road, cross the narrowest point and stand above the darkness Bridge, and then through the big arch, you can start the sightseeing tour of the main city.
But the city guard only needs to stand on the bridge, and they can turn them into charred pieces one by one like playing a shooting game.
Therefore, travelers choose to enter the main city from the ruins, from the black iron wasteland, and follow the bats' constantly updated smuggling routes. These routes are called exits.
Some routes are safe, others will be blocked, especially on festival days when the main city is heavily fortified.
Everything depends on fate, and any carnival has a price.
Finding a new exit requires bats to lead the way. Bats are all tenth-level land kings, and they will not help others. Travelers need to exchange with them. The general condition is to bring them safely into the main city. After all, if they meet, the only thing that can resist the firepower of the city guards is the traveler's ability.
Pink snot bubbles don't count.
It is said that although there are many pink snot-bubble-level abilities among travelers who can only entertain themselves, there are also many powerful abilities. Li Xiang and the team leader alone can provide them with a safe passage. Gu didn't understand why some people would disappear on the carnival road leading to the main city every time.
"Aww—" There was a sudden howl in the carriage.
Then all the carriages began to sound a series of screams, and the excited travelers began to howl and stomp their feet, making neat bang bang sounds.
Yes, exactly.
This should be the first cause of death.
Amidst the excited shouts and stomping, someone rushed past him, and jumped out of the car door with a howling sound that lingered around the beam.
The cries in the carriage immediately escalated, deafening, with a strong affirmation of disappearing without fear, especially the disappearance without fear and brainlessness.
The hammer grabbed Ning Gu's arm and said nervously, "No."
"...I know." Ning Gu said.
The person who jumped out of the carriage was gone, but Ning Gu was still staring at the door.
He used to only know that people would jump out of the car before reaching the main city, most likely because of excessive excitement, but this was the first time he saw it.
The moment he jumped into the black mist, the man waved his arms as if he was going to embrace something, and the afterimage of this scene was still frozen in front of his eyes for a long time.
In fact, for a short while, he was a little envious.
Those who jumped out, those who disappeared into the mist, regardless of life or death, whether they exist or disappear, may have found the answer they wanted.
When the real stop came, travelers poured out of the carriages with chanting and screaming like a tidal wave.
Because they wanted to avoid Li Xiang, Ning Gu and Hammer leaned against the car door and did not rush down with the first group of people.
Hammer stamped his feet anxiously: "Hey, hey, hey..."
"Go." Just as Ning Gu said this word, the hammer had already grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the car door.
This is the third time Ning Gu has come outside the main city, and the third time he has jumped out of the carriage.
The first time it didn't stay in place.
There is no wind.
There is no wind that never stops.
There is no crumb that is always blowing in the wind.
Even breathing seems to be a little floating.
He followed Hammer, mingling with the throng of travelers, and ran forward.
I don't know which is the right way, which direction the exit is, and where is the bat that brought them into the main city. In short, I ran forward with faint excitement.
At this time, he summed up the second reason why some people never go back every time.
The people who jumped out of the car together soon spread out like dust blown by the wind, because they could no longer use cold light bottles, they were divided into several groups in the chaos, and they went forward separately, and even had a general direction. I don't want any more.
"Are we heading in the right direction?" Ning Gu couldn't help asking.
"Look," Hammer pointed to the front, "far away, do you see a bright spot?"
It was indeed very far away, there was a small bright spot of light in a place so far away that he felt that he would not be able to run overnight.
"That's a light thorn," Hammer said, "Have you heard of it? The landmark of the main city."
Heard it countless times.
Ning Gu slowed down and stared at the light spot.
The location of the light spot is the core area of the main city.
Safety Zone.
Area A.
Where travelers once lived.
pain.
It was as if every inch of flesh had been torn from the top and bottom of the body, and every bone had been broken.
Lian Chuan could even hear the sound of "click" in his memory.
Light spots that flashed quickly and surrounded the surroundings like hallucinations, continuous and severe tinnitus.
"Betelgeuse," a voice rang out ahead, "wake up."
This is the voice of the designer of Betelgeuse, or in other words, this voice is the communication of the designer's thoughts.
The designer disappeared before Betelgeuse was completed.
Hearing this voice means that Lian Chuan is no longer Lian Chuan.
But betelgeuse.
All the pain was suppressed out of consciousness by Lian Chuan in an instant, and his voice did not tremble when he raised his head: "Got it."
"Fitness check passed," said the voice with relief, "all connections are working fine."
"Received." Lian Chuan replied, the chaotic light spots in his vision had faded, although they had not completely disappeared, but it would not affect Betelgeuse's reaction.
"Long time no see," said the designer.
"It's best not to see him." Lian Chuan said.
"Security code." Hearing the voice, he smiled.
9761, 8455.
Two numbers flashed in Lian Chuan's mind, one of which was the pseudo code before the memory was reset, which he should not have remembered.
But now he had to give the only answer immediately without leaving any time for thinking.
"8455."
"Good luck."
"Betelgeuse has passed the security verification," the system's voice sounded this time, "After arriving at the coordinates, wait for the mission information."
"Betelgeuse applied for departure." Lian Chuan said.
The figure of Betelgeuse came out from the exit of the secret tunnel of the internal defense building. The caracal cat who had been waiting at the exit stepped forward, briefly touched Betelgeuse, changed the way of receiving communication signals, and jumped up the wall to leave.
Then Betelgeuse also left, heading north toward the edge of Area D.
"Perfect." Minister Chen looked at the monitor.
Someone walked towards him, and the footsteps stopped behind him. A female voice said with regret, "Unfortunately, it is his inevitable fate to be replaced."
"It's a bit early to say that now," Minister Chen pinched his fingers lightly, "But the goods brought by the head of the team this time are quite special. Maybe the blink of an eye has something to do with this, and we have to wait until we get them back to see the details."
"It's better like this." The female voice didn't sound surprised.
"Don't come to my office next time," Minister Chen took a sip of water from his cup, "There are too many people."
The people behind did not speak.
He turned his head, only to see an empty chair and a glass of undrinked water on the small table.
An emergency curfew has been imposed in the main city, and the streets that were still crowded with people in the afternoon are empty.
Betelgeuse, like a silver-black ink blot, streaked across the dead street.
The communicator can receive the content of the call in each frequency band, which is convenient for him to judge the overall situation. What he can know now is that some travelers have entered the D area through the new exit.
No one was surprised by this. There are countless passages on the long border between the main city and the Black Iron Wasteland, and even bats can enter, let alone travelers guided by bats.
After arriving at the coordinates, the task of Betelgeuse appeared in front of my eyes.
Recover the organisms in the target container.
Lian Chuan looked at the scan results on the screen, and the container was right in front of the corner, under a wall that had collapsed in half.
And his eyes... Betelgeuse's eyes are more useful than scanning, able to see clearly the target whose main body is obscured by collapsed walls and debris, it's a suitcase.
He could even see a curled up humanoid inside the suitcase.
The scan results showed that it was safe, except for this suitcase, there were no other suspicious objects around.
The boss walked past him and lowered his body.
When he was about to jump over to check the box first, Lian Chuan grabbed it by the tail.
The boss turned his head abruptly, and bared his fangs gleaming coldly at him.
"Someone." When Lian Chuan said this, not only the boss's eyes were full of surprise, but he himself was also surprised.
This person avoided the sight of Betelgeuse, the highest-level sensors and information scanning in the main city, and even when he sensed danger, he didn't know where this person was.