10
"Main city cleanup team," Lian Chuan looked at the taller traveler on the left through the scope, "You have been targeted. Any movement will give me a reason to shoot."
Neither of the travelers moved.
"No ability was used on site," Li Liang's voice came from the intercom, "but the scan showed traces of gravity in the building next door. Most travelers have it, but I'm not sure if it's them."
"Received," Lian Chuan said, "It has been locked."
The normal process for handling travelers is simple: they are destroyed or recycled after confirmation.
Most of the travelers intercepted by them are destroyed. Even those with special abilities can be destroyed without asking for permission.
After all, the main city has suffered too much because of the abilities of travelers, especially the cleanup teams that always come into direct conflict with them.
But Lian Chuan did not take action immediately against the two people in front of him.
He discovered when he was two streets away that one of the two travelers was the one who had been hiding behind the wall before, and he was still carrying the activated main city weapon.
And now the scan results are displayed on the goggles.
"The traveler has the main city weapon on him?" Lu Qian's voice was surprised, "And it's activated?"
"Second-generation weapons," Li Liang said, "No one is using them now, but they still require the user's biometric information to activate. Can we recycle them?"
"Recycling." Lian Chuan said.
Ning Gu glanced at Hammer, and the expression on Hammer's face looked quite desperate.
Unlike Ning Gu, Hammer has been to the main city many times and has a much deeper understanding of the main city than Ning Gu, especially the hyenas.
But for those of them who are still alive and frequent visitors to the main city, Lianchuan is a hyena among hyenas and a dog among dogs. If they meet him, there is almost no way they can escape.
"What should we do?" Ning Gu asked in a low voice.
Hammer said nothing.
The black car moved downwards and Lian Chuan jumped out. The weapon in his hand was steady. Ning Gu could see a small spot of light on his chest, which didn't even move.
"You," Lian Chuan spoke again, "throw the bag over here."
"Why?" Ning Gu looked at him.
Lian Chuan didn't say anything, but suddenly lowered the muzzle of the gun. Ning Gu suddenly felt a heart-wrenching pain in his right thigh.
This kind of pain was something he had never experienced in twenty years of fighting in ghost towns. It spread from the joints between his bones to his entire body along the nerves in an instant.
And it came too suddenly.
Ning Gu couldn't help but yelled: "Ah—"
He stretched out his hands and rubbed his legs frantically.
He could still stand and move.
Lian Chuan raised his head slightly; this traveler surprised him.
This blow is not fatal, but the pain it brings is so intense that it is unbearable for ordinary people and can basically make a person lose the ability to move. Usually only one shot is needed to capture the target alive.
"Name." Lian Chuan looked at him.
"Why should I tell you?" The man grimaced in pain, but he was very much a traveler. Even if he was dying, he would still curse until there was no sound left. "Can you count? Count yourself and know who is the boss!"
Okay.
"Bag." He pressed the button on the man's left leg again.
"Ah—" This time the man finally couldn't stand anymore and one leg fell to the ground.
The person next to him wanted to help him, but he hesitated when he saw the weapon in Lian Chuan's hand. However, he was a traveler after all, so he quickly reached out his hand after hesitating, grabbed his arm, and looked up at Lian Chuan: "What do you want!"
Lian Chuan ignored him and just stared at the man who was already kneeling on the ground.
Is that you
The weapon is on you, but the feeling is not there.
The fear of being spied on.
The man supported himself on the ground with his hands and panted for a few times: "My name is Ning Gu."
Ning Valley.
Lian Chuan wrote down the name.
This name does not appear in any records of the traveler.
But Ning Gu was so stubborn just now, asking why he came and went and was counted, but now he suddenly cooperates and gives out his name... Lian Chuan's eyes moved away from the scope and slowly swept over him.
"Find what you want yourself! Don't touch my other things!" Ning Gu raised his hand and threw the small leather bag hanging on his leg over.
There is nothing abnormal in the posture of taking or throwing the bag.
The trajectory of the bag when thrown was also normal, with no deliberate obstruction of vision.
But the act of first giving in and then throwing the bag away is not normal in itself.
Lian Chuan quickly shifted his gaze to Ning Gu's hand, saw his hooked fingers, and the faint light shining through between his fingers.
At the same time, the traveler next to him bent down and put his hands on the ground.
The cooperation with Dingzi had never been so tacit before. Ning Gu was very moved when he threw the bag.
Lian Chuan didn't say what he was looking for, but the only strange thing on him now was the small metal cube that suddenly began to glow.
He had already taken the small cube in his hand while rubbing his legs.
Throw bag.
Hammer ability activated.
He pressed the button.
No matter what the small cube is, there is probably no possibility for him and the hammer to go back, so even if they are smashed into pieces, they have to take someone with them.
Travelers may be afraid of pain, but they definitely don’t care about death at critical moments.
There are many legends about Lianchuan. Although no one is convinced, the image of Lianchuan in the legend has always been very consistent: cold, cruel, and with top-notch combat power.
It’s just that perhaps too few people ever returned alive from his hands, so there’s one thing that no one has ever mentioned.
He can be so fast.
Before Ning Gu's finger pressed firmly on the button, Lian Chuan had already arrived in front of him. He didn't even see how the man got there.
And you still say that the people in the main city are all ordinary people? Is this speed achievable with an exoskeleton
The little cube was knocked out of his hand by a knee.
Fell into Lianchuan's hands.
Then he was kicked away by Lian Chuan.
The hammer was swept into the sewer nearby by the caracal.
All of this started when the bag took off.
When the bag landed, Ning Gu had already confirmed that he would not be able to take someone with him before his death, and there was no way he could add a description of Lian Chuan in the legend.
There's no going back.
Nail will definitely cry.
The team leader would cry too, which looked scary at normal times, but Ning Gu had seen him cry.
Crazy uncle's prediction came true...
No wonder the team leader and Li Xiang didn't let him come to the main city.
If he had known this, he would have given the feather to the King of Earth that day, asking him to take care of the nails in the future...
In the end, I still didn't see anything.
I don't know anything.
What is it like out there? What is out there? Where have all the disappeared people gone
Where did I come from
Why don't I have parents
I don't know anything yet.
In the end, I still don’t know anything...
Lianchuan aimed his scope back at the fallen traveler.
He could sense that this man did not have any special abilities. No one knew what enabled him to withstand the tremendous pain brought by two bullets.
Just like no one will ever know why Lianchuan was able to survive and grow up through the hellish training.
Lianchuan's fingertips touched the trigger.
Ning Gu suddenly raised his head, his eyes passing through the sight and directly meeting his gaze.
"No." Ning Gu said.
Along with this simple word came a thick fog of fear.
The unbelievable feeling appeared again, occupying Lian Chuan's entire body. Ning Gu's gaze did not stop, like a sword piercing through the goggles and piercing straight into his mind.
This is the person!
Lian Chuan’s judgment that 009 is just a medium is correct.
But he overlooked the fact that perhaps this person didn't need any medium.
The medium may even have limited his abilities.
Limiting his ability beyond spying.
Lian Chuan felt vaguely familiar with this ability.
There are some travelers who can spy on thoughts and mess up time.
Lian Chuan didn't know whether it was his illusion or what he was experiencing.
I don’t know if time has frozen, become extremely slow, or is flying by.
I don’t know if the person in front of them is no longer in the same space with them at this moment.
Or it could be another force, like gravity magnified a thousand times, passing by in an imperceptible moment.
I have never felt this way before and I cannot describe it.
The last voice Lian Chuan heard was Ning Gu’s.
"Let's go!" he said.
There was no pause, no speeding up or slowing down, and all the movements were exactly the same as usual, without any difference.
But the eldest fell to the ground and used his paws twice before he stood up.
Lian Chuan's fingertips were never able to press the trigger.
Ning Gu and the other traveler had disappeared from their sight.
"Lianchuan?" Li Liang's voice came from the intercom.
"Got it." Lian Chuan replied and looked at the boss.
The boss blew out a breath through his nose to show that he was fine.
"What happened just now?" Lu Qian's car appeared behind the roof next to him and stopped next to Lian Chuan.
Lian Chuan didn't say anything.
He didn't know what to say at this time.
He didn't know what happened either.
All he knew was that Ninggu was a huge potential danger to him.
"It flashed again." Li Liang also arrived and jumped out of the car. He frowned and walked to Lian Chuan nervously. He lowered his voice while checking the instrument record on his arm, "Did the equipment malfunction just now? All the weapons are destroyed."
"Yes." Lian Chuan also answered in a low voice.
"Is it related to the traveler's ability?" Li Liang was a little surprised.
"I don't know." Lian Chuan glanced in the direction of the Lost Valley.
The few times that equipment had failed in the past only occurred in flashes. Although he didn't know the reason this time, and he didn't even notice the equipment failure just now, it at least meant that the system did not record the traveler's strange ability.
Is it Ning Gu? Or is there another one
"Each group reports the situation." Lei Yu's voice came from the intercom.
"Six groups of targets fled into the Lost Valley," Lian Chuan said, "and seized the second-generation weapons from the main city."
"What ability?" Lei Yu asked.
"Sudden gravity," Li Liang replied, "There was no sign of an explosion before."
"Got it," Lei Yu said, "Retreat."
"Withdraw?" Lu Qian was surprised and pointed in the direction of Lost Valley. "Are you not chasing anymore?"
Lian Chuan looked at him without saying anything.
"I know, you told me to run away when I saw the traveler," Lu Qian said, "What about you?"
"Run too." Lian Chuan said.
Lu Qian was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Li Liang.
"They are probably about to enter the Lost Valley," said Li Liang.
"So what?" Lu Qian asked again.
Li Liang sighed. He couldn't answer this tacit question.
"What happened just now?" Hammer asked while running.
"I don't know." Ning Gu's legs were still hurting, so much so that he could hardly stand, but now he not only did not dare to stop to rest, he had to grit his teeth and run.
Other people's trips to the main city were full of excitement and fun, but his trip so far had been nothing but a confusing run, and he almost lost his life.
"Did you just tell me to run?" Hammer continued to ask.
"It seems so." Ning Gu thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what happened just now. "Anyway, I ran as soon as I came to my senses."
"No need to run." Hammer slowed down.
"Huh?" Ning Gu ignored him and continued running.
"Don't run!" Hammer shouted anxiously, "Stop! The Lost Valley is ahead!"
Ning Gu paused: "Aren't we going there?"
"Yes," Hammer rummaged through his pockets, finally pulling out half a piece of paint and tapping his wrist a few times, "Is there anything you need to remember when you go in? Like, if you need to change something or get some supplies, etc."
"No," Ning Gu looked at him, "I'll just go in and take a look."
"Then make a mark. When you see it, you will remember what it means. Then just follow me." Hammer put the paint in his hand, looked around, and said with a serious expression, "Be sure to follow me closely. Lost Valley is... a very strange place. Let's go."
"Explain clearly." Ning Gu stood there without moving.
"It's just..." Hammer said, "In fact, some of those who didn't go back were not killed by the city guards and hyenas, but they just went in and never came out. I don't know why, they were like they were lost and refused to leave. They felt extremely happy there and forgot why they came here... So just in case, I have to make a mark on my hand so that I can remind myself when I see it."
"Why do people still want to go if it's so scary?" Ning Gu frowned.
"It's not like they're 100% crazy. As long as there are signs, they can usually wake up," Hammer said, "Besides, it's safe there. The city guards and hyenas will never go in there."
"Oh... is it really that great inside?" Ning Gu lowered his head and tapped three small dots on his wrist. He couldn't write, so this meant painting. Maybe he could find a real painting in this underground market.
"What's so great about you? Don't scare me!" Hammer raised his head and looked at him. "We just escaped from Lian Chuan's hands. We can brag about our survival when we go back! If you go in and don't come out, I won't have to go back either. The captain will definitely hang me in She Bay to dry!"
Ning Gu laughed and raised his hand: "Let's go!"
"Still haven't seen him recently?" A man sat in the shadow in the corner of the room, the smoke between his fingers slowly dissipating in the air.
"No, isn't it normal for a child this old to refuse to go home?" Chun San leaned against the table, "We are not the ones who raised him since he was a child."
"Captain Lei, didn't you notice anything unusual?" the man asked.
"No." Chun San sighed.
"Captain Lei, is there anything wrong?" the man flicked the ash from his cigarette.
Chun San didn't answer immediately. He stared at the cigarette butt in the man's hand. After a while, he spoke: "Don't ask me such questions again. Lei Yu and I are not a marriage matched by the system."
"Even if all the weapons were destroyed, it only took a moment for the travelers to escape like that. It's very rare," the man said.
"He's not the only team member here," Chun San reminded.
"Yes, there were four of them including the cat. They all said it was just a sudden gravity," the man said, "and that was indeed the only thing the system detected, but... I can't believe anyone could escape from Lian Chuan in that state, even if Lian Chuan had no equipment!"
"Even if Li Liang has been with him for a long time and will cooperate with him, Lu Qian is your man, so why would you help him?" Chun San smiled, "Then you should reflect on yourself."
"Do you know what the activated weapon means?" The man paused, "The man who ran away... If we don't figure out the reason, we can't afford the consequences."
"I can only try my best. You know, people's hearts are the hardest to understand," Chun San said. "You have the most advanced technology and equipment in the entire region. After so many years of hard work, you can only know what a person sees, but not what a person is thinking. How can we understand people's hearts?"
"If you really want to do good for Lian Chuan, you really don't want him to disappear," the man put out his cigarette and stood up, his head almost touching the ceiling. The voice came from above, "You'd better try to understand. You have to know that no matter how top-notch a weapon is, it's just a weapon. In certain necessary situations, he can be nothing in our eyes."