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Jiu Yi squatted in the center of the vertical cave, on a metal stick that was deeply inserted into the wall of the cave.
Another metal stick hanging above him in the same direction was vibrating gently, making a slight hum.
"Travellers—" Suki's voice came from deep below the vertical tunnel, "Everyone has entered the main city—"
The sound was so powerful that it made the metal stick above buzz.
Jiu Yi had to raise his arm, stretch out his fingertips, and tap the stick lightly to stop the sound.
After the finger pierced away, the metal stick was quiet for a few seconds, then began to vibrate gently and emit a slight buzzing sound.
The vibration and sound came from the ground, from the direction of the main city. Only large-scale running and the release of power could cause such movement.
Carts arrived and travelers poured into the main city.
But this time, the preferred destination of most of these travelers was not the Lost Valley, but the main city where the situation had been tense and life-and-death struggle for many years.
It’s to find Ning Gu.
They knew that it was unlikely that Ning Gu was still in the Lost Valley.
Jiuyi was very unhappy that he could figure this out, which meant that the Traveler didn't think that bats could trap Ning Gu in the Lost Valley.
And I actually agreed with it.
"Let's go too—" Suki shouted again from below.
The metal stick above was shaken and made a sharp sound.
Jiuyi jumped down from the sky, landed beside Shouxi, and yelled into his ear: "Shut up!"
"Aren't you going?" Fulu asked, "The main city is too busy right now, so we can go for a walk."
After saying that, he raised his head, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes: "I haven't smelled fresh air for a long time."
"Whoever wants to go, first share the good stuff you have hidden with your brothers, so that you won't be lost when you die," Jiuyi squatted on his metal block, "It's not like a war has started. We're just looking for Ninggu. Do you think the main city doesn't have time to deal with you little bats?"
"Then should we help Ning Gu?" Suki asked.
"If Lian Chuan can't help him," Jiu Yi pinched his chin, "how can I help him? Why bother to offend the main city and the poet? We can just wait and take advantage of them."
"What a bargain!" Shou exclaimed happily.
"Get a bargain!" a group of bats shouted.
Jiu Yi raised his head and looked upwards.
"I'm going out." Ning Gu packed his small leather bag and stood at the door.
"Wait a moment," Fan Lu said, "The travelers have just entered the main city, and the firepower is at its heaviest. It's too dangerous to go out."
"That's why I have to go out," Ning Gu pointed outside the door, "My companions are outside! I have to go out and help!"
"You are going to die and become a burden to them," Fan Lu looked at him. "What you need to do now is to wait for this wave to pass. After the main city's attention is attracted by the travelers, the boss and I will find a hidden way to take you out of the city and get you on the bus."
"You want me to use them as shields." Ning Gu's voice suddenly sank.
"You have to protect yourself first," Fan Lu said, "You've been with Lian Chuan for a few days, haven't you learned anything?"
"He didn't learn it," Ning Gu said, "Let him learn from me."
Fan Lu laughed, and after a while he clapped his hands: "Let me ask you, what if you run into the city guards and the security team before you go out and find the traveler?"
"Hit him!" Ning Gu said.
Fan Lu said nothing and just looked at him.
"Run." Ning Gu said again.
"Let's assume you can run away," Fan Lu said. "After you find the traveler, they will cover you as you get on the car. The weapons in the main city are updated from generation to generation, and the update standard is the ability of the traveler. What do you think is the chance of winning if they fight against you while protecting you?"
Ning Gu didn't say anything.
"Have you figured it out?" Fan Lu asked.
"Do you think the captain and his men thought about protecting themselves when they rushed into the main city?" Ning Gu said.
Fan Lu tilted his head.
"Have you thought about the consequences?" Ning Gu looked at him. "Travelers never think about the consequences. If they want to fight, they fight. If they want to run, they run. If they want to do anything, they do it. That's the difference between us and those people in the main city. If we want to die one day, we can die. What's the big deal?"
Fan Lu was silent for a while and didn't say anything else. He just moved away from the door and gestured to him to come in.
"Thank you for taking care of me these days," Ning Gu tugged at his clothes, opened the door and walked out, "Although I didn't listen to you, I know you want me to live."
"Everyone will die," Fan Lu said, "Go."
Ning Gu didn't look back, just waved behind him, then took big strides and ran forward.
It’s not that I haven’t thought about anything, because only by thinking about it can I make the decision that best suits the traveler.
Ning Gu ran into the stairs leading to the ground.
No one knew when the car would leave, and no one knew where the people were. The team leader and his men did not have time to look for them slowly, so they chose to rush into the main city as directly as possible. Such a big noise would have alarmed people wherever they were.
What he had to do was the simplest thing, which was to go out immediately and meet up with the team leader.
Ning Gu jumped onto the railing.
You don't need to consider things like whether you will run into people from the main city, whether you can defeat them or escape, and what to do if they fall behind.
After landing, he looked around.
We’ll talk about it when we encounter it.
"I didn't see any hyenas." Li Xiang jumped out from the second-floor platform of a dilapidated house.
He waved his hand in the air, and several beams of red light exploded into a spark five meters away in the middle of the street, blocking the attack of the city guards.
Several travelers jumped down behind him, and their abilities were activated at the same time.
The ground was shattered instantly, the fragments flew into the air, and then turned into metal. When the captain rushed forward, all the fragments turned into metal and shot towards the security team in front at an extremely fast speed in the direction he rushed out.
The security team opened the defense net, but someone was still hit and flew more than ten meters before falling to the ground.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, travelers jumped down from the roofs in large numbers, spreading out across the entire street and rushing forward.
The windows of the houses on both sides were immediately shattered by various powers that were activated at the same time. Two weak walls also collapsed, and the street was filled with smoke and dust.
"The hyenas must have another mission," he said, "maybe it's related to Ninggu."
"Did Lin Fan find anything?" Li Xiang asked.
"Before the communication was cut off, he said that he had not found anything," the captain said, "He still went to the old warehouse to meet us as planned."
As a large number of travelers rushed forward, orange lights suddenly flashed behind the buildings on both sides.
"Patrol!" someone shouted.
Li Xiang quickly put up his defense, but the patrol's firepower was dispersed, and he was unable to block all the attacks, and several travelers fell to the ground.
"Go up!" The captain waved his arm.
A huge tremor spread from under their feet, and the platform occupied by several patrol members was directly collapsed, and they fell down from the building.
The traveler screamed and climbed up the building towards the patrol's fire.
"They are not afraid of death." Liu Dong stood in front of the screen with his arms folded.
"This is brainless," Xiao Lin frowned and pressed the intercom, "Don't let them go to the old warehouse, Lin Fan's people will meet them there!"
"As soon as they meet, that area will be lost immediately," Liu Dong said, "These guys are more familiar with the old warehouse than we are."
"You don't have to tell me." Xiao Lin glanced at him, then turned to look at his subordinates, "What are the city guards doing? Why are they so scattered? Where is the prosecutor?"
"The city guards are commanded personally by Minister Chen." The subordinate replied.
Xiao Lin gritted his teeth, and the muscles on his forehead jumped: "Where is the cleaning team? There is only one coffin for Lian Chuan. Is it necessary for the whole team to go to the funeral?"
"You can contact Captain Lei," Liu Dong said, "but don't hold your hopes too high. He and his men robbed Lian Chuan's car, and he's probably afraid that we'll do something bad on the way. Now I'm afraid he won't let him carry the travelers."
"I will report this to the higher-ups after this is over," Xiao Lin said. "I think Lei Yu is no longer suitable to be the leader of the cleanup team. He is too emotional!"
Ning Gu was still confident in his ability to dodge. Fan Lu was right. He could not defeat any armed forces from the main city, nor could he run away.
So I just hid away.
With his experience in the ghost town... Ning Gu heard some movement around the corner. He stood against the wall and slowly stretched out the small mirror he got from Fan Lu from the corner to take a look.
Two men in uniform were walking forward with their backs to this side, their weapons flashing red.
It's the city guard.
Ning Gu quickly took back the small mirror.
He did not wait for the city guards to walk away before coming out, but chose another road. He did not know the road anyway, and there was no planned route, so he just followed the smoke and fire in the distance.
However, he originally thought that the first thing he would encounter after coming out would be the cleanup team. After all, every time a traveler entered the main city, the only ones who would bite them were hyenas, and the hyenas had the strongest equipment and weapons.
That's a bit strange.
What about hyenas
He slowly moved to the other corner and heard no sound. Just as he was about to turn out, a low and short guttural sound came from the rooftop of the building opposite.
When Ning Gu looked over, he saw two small tufts of black hair on the boss' ears on the top of the railing on the rooftop of the building.
Then the eldest brother stuck his head out and shook it slightly.
Ning Gu realized that it was asking him to go into the building. Based on his correct judgment of his own strength, he did not hesitate, quickly crossed the street, and jumped out of the window into the building opposite.
Then he heard a noise outside, and several patrol officers drove out from the corner where he was about to leave.
But the situation in the building also scared Ning Gu.
This was a building that was still in use. There were several rows of shelves where he jumped in. A dozen residents from the main city were squatting in the middle of the shelves, looking at him with horror on their faces.
"Shh." Ning Gu raised his index finger.
No one moved, and a few lowered their heads when his gaze swept over them.
The unarmed residents of the main city seemed particularly helpless when facing travelers.
Ning Gu wanted to threaten him a few more times, but after hesitating for a second, he didn't say anything, feeling a little reluctant.
After taking a clear look at his surroundings, he ran over and jumped up the stairs.
Before I got halfway up the stairs, something hit me from behind, and I heard someone yelling out the window, "Patrol! There's a traveler here—"
Ning Gu frowned and rushed upstairs quickly. The boss's figure flashed past him and ran back. He hurriedly followed.
The eldest brother was very familiar with the road. He took him out from the back of the building, entered another building, went out from the side door, and ran into a small street.
I have to say that the boss is worthy of being Lian Chuan's partner. He runs like a shadow with an amazing speed. If Ning Gu hadn't been chasing people, fighting, and running away from others in the ghost town all day long, he might not have been able to keep up with him. Most of the time, he could only see the boss flash around the corner.
After running across several streets, Ning Gu heard a clear sound of explosion as he rushed out of the front door of a warehouse and onto the street.
A few hundred meters ahead, the buildings on both sides of the street had collapsed by nearly half, and the ground was covered with deep cracks and various potholes.
The smoke and dust that were rising everywhere almost blocked out the sunlight in the main city.
"Don't go over there, I'll go over there by myself," Ning Gu turned around, "You..."
The boss is gone.
It seems that there is no plan to send him there.
Ning Gu gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and after seeing the road ahead clearly, he rushed out.
He had to find the leader as soon as possible and have them retreat. The armed forces in the main city were quite strong. For some reason, the hyenas did not appear today. If hyenas appeared again, I'm afraid that few of the travelers who came here today would be able to return to the ghost town.
Two streets away from the melee ahead, Ning Gu saw the city guards and quickly hid in a house nearby.
Half of the house had collapsed and there was no one inside. Ning Gu planned to go over the top of this row of houses, which was safer than the street.
After running to the top of the building, Ning Gu carefully stuck his head out to take a look.
Before I could move, I saw a faint flash of blue light in my peripheral vision.
A red dot landed on his shoulder.
Finished.
I actually encountered a hyena
Ning Gu slowly turned his head and saw a hyena in the corner of the rooftop, looking at him through a scope.
This scene is very familiar.
Unfortunately, the other party is not Lianchuan.
Ning Gu didn't know what he should do at this time. He was not Lian Chuan, and he couldn't be faster than the weapon. Once he was locked...
Hyena's gun angled downward a little, and a flash of blue appeared.
Ning Gu suddenly felt tremendous pain in his shoulder and right arm.
Just like when Lian Chuan shot him in the leg, the pain instantly spread through half of his body. He could even feel the spreading path, from his shoulder to his arm, and through his heart.
I couldn't breathe, and my chest felt like it was put in an iron hoop and I couldn't breathe at all.
Finished.
Ning Gu felt that his vision was beginning to turn gray.
Finished.
Ning Gu did not fall down. Just like what surprised Lian Chuan last time, he struggled to climb onto the platform and stared at the hyena that was still aiming at him.
bring it on.
Who is afraid of whom
You can't catch me unless you beat me until I can't move.
Ning Gu gritted his teeth, stood up, and stared at the opponent's scope.
A gust of wind suddenly blew by, and all the debris around was blown up.
There is rarely any wind in the main city, and this wind is different from the wind in the Ghost Town and the Black Iron Wasteland.
There was no biting cold, nor was there much force.
It was just like something flew past at a high speed, creating a vortex in the air.
The hyena seemed frozen, no shots fired, no movements.
Ning Gu saw the muzzle of his gun slowly begin to sink.
Without hesitation or even a second of thinking, Ning Gu turned around and took two quick steps, leaping from the edge of the platform and landing on the platform of the building next to him.
The pain in his shoulder had not subsided yet, but escaping was the top priority now. Even though his shoulder was broken, he still had to run.
A few seconds later, he had reached the platform of the third building. The house in front had completely collapsed and he had to return to the ground.
He knew that he was still within the range of the hyena's weapon, and he didn't know why the hyena behind him didn't fire a second shot.
But he didn't have time to think about it, as he could see a swaying figure in front of him, it was a traveler.
Ning Gu rushed to the edge of the platform and jumped down.
The piercing pain in his legs came again, and he fell heavily onto the ruins when he landed.
When he struggled to get up, someone grabbed his arm and lifted him up from the ground.
“Why are you here!?”
Familiar voice, familiar tone.
He is the head of the group.
"I..." Ning Gu gritted his teeth and rubbed his legs hard twice. Before he could turn around to look at the captain, he saw a flash of orange light in the room in front of him.
At least four or five patrols!
The captain had his back to the house and didn't notice.
And Li Xiang, who was able to hold up the defense, didn't seem to be around.
In a panic, Ning Gu pushed the captain hard behind him and subconsciously raised his hand to block the attack.
It was like something huge was passing by in front.
The air was stirred, and the whirl brought about a gust of wind...
The orange light did not fire.
Ning Gu didn't know what was going on, but he immediately knew that this was his only chance, so he grabbed the captain's collar and pulled him to the side.
The team leader seemed to be asleep. He was dragged by him and ran for a long distance without saying a word.
A few seconds later...
Three seconds, one, two, three... Ning Gu counted in his mind.
Three seconds later, several beams of orange light hit the place where they had been standing before, the explosion was deafening, and large sparks burst out in the black smoke.
"This way!" The captain pulled him into the alley next to him and threw him behind an iron can in the corner. Then he leaned against the wall and picked up the intercom. "Found it. Li Xiang, come over to cover us. Lin Fan, take everyone to the east of the old warehouse and go out through the loading and unloading area. There are only two teams of city guards over there."
After the team leader finished speaking, he turned and looked at Ning Gu with a strange look in his eyes.
"Captain..." Ning Gu recovered and looked at him. He couldn't describe the feeling in his heart: worry, fear, joy, and a vague sense of uneasiness.
"Follow me closely," the captain said, "we will take you back."
Li Xiang soon met up with the two of them at the intersection, with a dozen or so travelers following behind him. Ning Gu saw Sister Qi, whose face was covered in ash.
Everyone didn't have time to ask more questions. They had to rush out of the old warehouse before the encirclement of the main city's disrupted firepower was formed again.
Ning Gu followed silently in the middle of the team, head down and rushing forward.
Sister Qi ran to his side without knowing when, panting and whispered, "Are you okay?"
"Not bad." Ning Gu nodded.
During the attack on the main city this time, many travelers were killed or wounded. Ning Gu didn't know who came and who couldn't go back. He only knew that among the increasing number of travelers gathered together, many were injured, and many were dragged away by their companions.
Some of them could not be dragged any further and were thrown on the roadside.
Li Xiang threw a coat over, not knowing whose it belonged to. Ning Gu caught it, put it on himself, and then put the hood of the coat on his head.
In any case, the people in the main city must have known by now that Ning Gu is among the travelers.
He had to hide himself well.
The breakthrough point judged by the team leader was accurate, because without the main force of the Hyenas, after the encirclement was broken, as long as the travelers did not stop, the city guards and the security team would not be able to outflank them again. They could only chase them but not intercept them.
However, when they rushed out of the main city, they could no longer retreat along the original route and could only take the main road.
The last section of the passage is a bridge, where the city guards are stationed. There is no other way to get through except to charge.
The travelers screamed and rushed to the bridge.
In an instant, several beams of red light shot out.
All travelers with defensive capabilities were dispersed in the team to resist attacks from all angles.
Ning Gu was always protected by the team leader between him and Li Xiang. When they reached the bridge, the team leader pushed him towards Sister Qi and whispered in his ear: "Don't use your ability."
Ning Gu was stunned.
"Qi! Protect him well." said the team leader.
"Don't worry!" Sister Qi shouted.
What ability
Ning Gu rushed to the bridgehead in the chaos and ran forward.
Is that the three seconds
"In front!" Sister Qi shouted, "The old ghost blasted the one on top—"
"Good—" the traveler named Old Ghost also shouted.
What happened in three seconds
With a loud bang, a section of the bridge pillar fell down.
How did it happen
The travelers cheered when a strong wind suddenly blew from the front.
This is a strong wind from the black fog zone, a wind that brings with it a chill that can penetrate the body.
They left the main city alive.
"Oh—" Sister Qi screamed.
After shouting, he was panting and coughing.
Ning Gu patted her on the back, and when he looked up, he saw the train looming in the black fog.
"Be careful of ambushes." Lin Fan's voice rang out.
Everyone immediately formed a circle and slowly approached the train.
Ning Gu couldn't see anyone around, but he had a strong feeling that someone was watching them in secret.
"What is this?" shouted the first traveler to arrive at the train.
The travelers, who were originally immersed in tension, instantly changed from nervousness to curiosity. The team suddenly became a mess and they all squeezed to the side of the train.
Many of them even jumped directly onto the roof of the car.
Ning Gu didn't care about anything else. He pushed through the crowd and squeezed to the front of the carriage.
In the middle carriage, a long black box was quietly placed.
There were flashing blue lights on the box.
As the travelers gradually quieted down, they could hear the faint sound of the box.
Drop, drop.