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When Lian Chuan caught up with Li Liang's car, he was still a short distance away from reaching one of the several exits of the Lost Valley in the Black Iron Wasteland.
"Let me get off the car, and you take Lian Chuan with you!" Ning Gu shouted, "He is injured!"
"Even though he's injured, he's still faster than the car," Li Liang said without slowing down. "He's now Betelgeuse."
"Betelgeuse is also injured!" Ning Gu was a little anxious.
"Go straight into the Lost Valley, the security team is chasing us." Lian Chuan said and jumped onto the top of the ruins next to him.
Ning Gu turned around and saw several cars with orange lights driving out from the main city. If Li Liang hadn't rushed him back immediately, he would have been intercepted by these cars.
"Are those patrols?" Ning Gu asked. He stared at the pursuers and took the time to stare at Lian Chuan. He was slightly relieved when he saw the boss appear in the ruins. "Aren't they not helping the city guards?"
"They want to kill Betelgeuse," Li Liang said, "Don't use your abilities for now."
"I can't use it now." Ning Gu frowned.
Several black rings jumped out from the ruins on the ground of the Lost Valley, followed by several more. When Ning Gu looked more closely, he found that the black rings were densely packed, jumping in groups among the ruins and rushing in the opposite direction of them.
"Jiuyi actually has so many black rings." Li Liang sighed in Ninggu's voice.
Ning Gu knew that the Nine-Winged Black Ring team had quite a few members and they were all very powerful, but he did not expect there would be so many of them.
Xiao Lin's patrol team and security team assembled at the edge of the Black Iron Wasteland. The weapons they activated simultaneously flashed orange light, interweaving with the red light of the city guards who were chasing after them.
The common reason for their temporary cooperation was to prevent the target from escaping into the Valley of the Lost Path.
Lian Chuan took his weapon and walkie-talkie from the boss's back, but did not attack immediately. The cleanup team had not yet surrounded the city guards and patrol teams from behind. Once his weapon was activated, it would immediately attract all firepower.
He first needed to ensure that Li Liang and Ning Gu could run into the safe zone of Lost Valley.
Although he didn't know where the safe zone was, when he saw the black ring come out, he knew that if Jiuyi had a brain, it would not be impossible for him to take over the entire main city, let alone half of it.
The Black Rings are well-trained. They don't rush forward randomly. Instead, they are arranged in groups and formations, and their numbers are astonishing.
The bats attacked from both sides with weapons in hand and began to shoot wildly. It was probably rare for them to have such an unscrupulous opportunity.
But the bats near the main city have no defense on their backs and are easy targets.
When Lian Chuan thought of this, he suddenly realized that maybe they were baits
The Black Rings have not launched any attacks so far, and most of them have no weapons in their hands, they are holding...
A black man rushed past Lian Chuan, holding a completely black thing in his hand that looked like the street signs that can be seen everywhere on the streets of the main city. The pole was very long, and a large, thick, round black iron piece was connected to one end of the pole.
First, one or two blue lights flashed in the distance, and then a large area suddenly appeared.
The cleanup team arrived.
Shouxi appeared out of nowhere and jumped next to Lianchuan: "The boss asked you to go in, this is for Lost Valley!"
He's quite arrogant.
Although he had a new understanding of Jiu Yi, he couldn't leave with peace of mind.
The several teams that now appeared in the Black Iron Wasteland were only a small part of the main city team. More firepower should still be arranged in the two areas of AB. After all, the safety of the core area of the main city must be guaranteed first. All the resources of the main city are concentrated in these two areas.
Lian Chuan rushed out. Before the leading patrol team member could see the situation clearly, Betelgeuse had already knocked down the four mobile team members in the front row. Then he activated his weapon, dodged a round of orange light strafing, and hit the wheels of several vehicles behind.
The team's forward speed immediately slowed down, and the cleanup team caught up from behind.
No one had ever seen such a scene. It was like a weapons display in the main city, or an explosive performance.
On one side was the main city still illuminated by sunlight, and on the other side was the dark iron wasteland filled with ghostly shadows. Against the backdrop of the flames spewing from the cracks in the distance, Lian Chuan felt for a moment that the whole world was like an illusion in front of a black curtain.
The city guards' heavy weapons arrived and quickly suppressed the attacks of the bats and the cleanup team in the wasteland with only a few low ruins.
When Li Liang's car rushed into the bat's base with Ning Gu, the nearest entrance was blown down.
He quickly turned the car around and rushed towards the next entrance.
"They are going to blow up all the entrances," Ning Gu looked back. He was too nervous before and didn't feel anything obvious. Now that he was sitting in the car and resting for a while, he began to feel a blockage in his chest and couldn't breathe. "Don't go in yet, find a place to hide."
A caracal jumped out from the darkness, leaped in front of Li Liang's car, and glanced at him.
Li Liang followed immediately.
The caracal brought them to a temporary shelter built by bats using black iron. As there was no light source around, the place was pitch black.
Li Liang stopped the car, Ning Gu jumped out and hid behind the pile of black iron.
"Pay attention," Li Liang said, "They can scan your information when they get close."
"Yeah." Ning Gu responded, "Where is Lian Chuan? How are the other travelers?"
"Take the target to a shelter near the entrance for the time being," Li Liang pressed the intercom, "Lianchuan's location? What about the traveler?"
"City Guard on the right." Lian Chuan's voice came from the intercom, "The bats have taken the traveler away."
"The target coordinates are uploaded," Li Liang started the car and glanced at Ning Gu. "He is on the right side of the city guard team. Your companion Bat is here to pick him up."
"Got it." Ning Gu nodded and breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you."
Li Liang's car turned around and rushed out.
The sounds of explosions all around and the piercing whistles of weapons firing through the air were almost continuous. After Ning Gu took a few deep breaths, he turned his head and looked over there through the gap in the pile of black iron.
The caracal came over and touched his hand.
"Boss," Ning Gu turned around and smiled at it, "Long time no see, your fur is shiny again..."
The caracal turned its head away, shook off a small bag hanging on its body, threw it at his feet, and then rushed back to the battlefield over there.
Ning Gu picked up the small bag and took out two boxes of... rations.
He was suddenly speechless. When did he give the boss the impression that he needed to eat at such a critical moment
There was a loud bang from behind him as the city guard launched a second heavy attack.
Ning Gu could see continuous flames and flying debris through the gap.
What on earth is Jiu Yi doing? Does Lost Valley have no fighting power on the ground? What are all those black rings for
Where is Lianchuan
How long can Betelgeuse maintain this state
It's been a long time now, and I'm still injured...
He closed his eyes, turned around and leaned against the pile of black iron, trying to calm himself down.
He needed to be able to activate his ability a second time. Although he knew that he couldn't expose his position at this time, and he was not sure how large the range of his ability was, he at least wanted to make sure that he could respond immediately when the need arose.
If the situation gets out of control and reinforcements come from the main city, he can't just stand there and watch. He must take action.
And you definitely can’t just raise your hands in this situation and nothing happens.
It's such a disgrace to the ghost town bully.
There was a sudden vibration from beneath the ground.
The vibration was very obvious, just like when the crack appeared before.
This movement immediately made everyone nervous.
"Get off the ground!" Lei Yu shouted, "Disperse, pay attention to changes, and don't stop attacking!"
"Group one, follow me forward." Long Biao instructed, "Group three and four, stay symmetrical with me."
"receive."
The changes brought about by the vibration appeared quickly.
Not a crack.
In the distance the ground of the Black Iron Wasteland began to rise.
The position of the bulge was almost at the edge of the attack of the city guards.
As the bulge grew higher, a loud explosion accompanied by vibrations came from a distance. The bats around suddenly jumped up at the same time, shouting excitedly, and there were clinking sounds of metal colliding.
"What is that!" Ning Gu asked with a roar.
"Yes, Boss!" a bat answered him excitedly.
Boss
Ning Gu couldn't help but stare at that side again.
Suddenly, I discovered that there was a flash of cold light at the top of the high raised ground.
Ning Gu recognized the familiar cold light at a glance. It was Jiu Yi's finger piercing. He asked in shock, "What is he doing there?"
"I don't know!" the bat answered excitedly, "Let's dance!"
"... The reason you were able to survive in the Lost Valley is because people from the main city can't get in, right?" Ning Gu frowned, quite speechless.
A black iron pillar had risen from the ground. When the first huge fireball with a long flame tail shot out from the black pillar, the city guards' firepower was still concentrated on the bats in the direction of the main city.
When the fireball passed over the Lost Valley, it suddenly exploded, turning into a group of small fireballs, and then fell vertically.
"Are you crazy! Burn yourself?" Ning Gu was shocked again.
The black rings that had been spread out above the Lost Valley suddenly jumped up from the ground and waved the black iron "road signs" in their hands to hit the small fireball.
The small fireballs instantly changed direction and all rushed towards a vehicle that the city guards were firing at.
The fireball burned through the car armor and turned the car into a sieve. Lian Chuan heard Lei Yu's voice on the intercom: "Don't go over there! It's molten fire."
Molten Fire is an underground resource in the Black Iron Wasteland. It is transported into the main city through pipelines. It used to be one of the important sources of power for the main city. However, due to the drastic decline in the stock of Molten Fire, many pipelines have been abandoned.
The Nine Wings, who had dominance over the underground, cut off the Molten Fire Pipe and used it as a weapon for mass killing.
Normal attacks cannot destroy armor and most uniforms, but Molten Fire can.
After the first wave of molten fire attacks, the situation suddenly changed, and the suppressed bats began to counterattack almost without stopping.
Molten Fire can damage all main city equipment, and because the range and direction cannot be precisely controlled, it is basically an attack that does not distinguish between friend and foe. Although the cooperation of the Black Ring improves the accuracy, the flying sparks will still cause considerable damage to one's own people.
Without waiting for the main city's team to adjust, three fireballs shot out from the black pillar.
"Pay attention to retreat!" Lian Chuan saw Lu Qian's A01 being hit by broken fire.
He discovered that Jiu Yi couldn't control the number of fireballs, and the next time, the entire pipeline might explode...
The Black Ring was indeed well-trained. When the second wave jumped up, they had already replaced their players. The road signs of the first wave had all been burned through. The Black Ring threw away the road signs and replaced them with finger spikes, rushing into the team of city guards and patrols.
"Spread out and move closer, and provide long-range cover for Black Ring and Bat." Lian Chuan said as he rushed through the gaps in the flames. The sharp spikes of Betelgeuse cut off the weapon of a heavy vehicle.
When Lian Chuan landed, his eyes went dark for a moment.
He quickly jumped out of the range of fire.
Betelgeuse is in a bit of a timeout state.
The team in the main city began to retreat towards the main city. Lian Chuan glanced at the coordinates sent by Li Liang on the goggles and rushed over there.
When he jumped over the pile of black iron and landed next to Ning Gu, Ning Gu was raising his hand.
"Don't expose yourself." Lian Chuan pulled his hand away.
"I'm just trying it." Ning Gu didn't bother to ask more questions when he turned around and saw him. He just reached out and touched him all over. "Are you seriously injured?"
"It's not serious." Lian Chuan pushed his hand away. "I'll take you into the Lost Valley. The main city has begun to retreat."
"How to carry it?" Before Ning Gu could finish his words, Lian Chuan grabbed his wrist and rushed out.
When Ning Gu fell into the entrance of Lost Valley, he felt his ears suddenly become quiet.
"It's time out," Lian Chuan knelt down beside him, "It may take me an hour to wake up."
"I'll protect you." Ning Gu quickly caught him when he fell and slowly put him on the ground.
Fulu followed and jumped in from the entrance. "It was so fast, I almost couldn't see where you went."
"Find a safe place." Ning Gu said.
"Everywhere is safe," Fulu waved his hand, "Follow me."
Ning Gu carried Lian Chuan on his back and followed Fu Lu inside: "What's going on outside?"
"They are retreating," said Frue.
"Can Jiuyi's fireball stop," Ning Gu said? Or will it just keep on blowing?"
"I don't know," said Fruth, "the dead fire has never been used."
"Dead Fire?" Ning Gu looked at him, "Why did you give it such an ugly name? Jiu Yi's level is too low."
"I just got up." Fulu glanced at him.
"Oh," Ning Gu was stunned, "that's also pretty ugly."
"Fire of Death!" Fulu raised his voice.
"Why not call it the Fire of Death?" Ning Gu said.
"It's too long to remember." Fulu turned a corner and led them into a small cave hall, then into a small room, passed through three small rooms, and stopped at the innermost one. "Let's go here. There's food here."
"Yeah." Ning Gu nodded and put Lian Chuan on a mat next to him.
"Those travelers of yours," Fulu said, "I brought them into the main city, in the basement of a building in District D. There were patrols everywhere, so I couldn't bring them in."
"As long as it's safe," Ning Gu suddenly felt very guilty for having stepped on Fulu's leg at a right angle, even though it was not intentional, "Thank you."
"No other hyenas will get in," said Fulu. "I'll go tell them you two are safe."
"Yeah." Ning Gu responded.
"You're welcome," Fulu said, "I'm not helping you, I'm helping the boss."
"Got it," Ning Gu looked at him, "I mean what I say."
"Boss, you want this half," Fulu drew a line in the air, "that half is yours."
"Okay." Ning Gu nodded seriously.
"It's useless even if I ask for it, right?" Fulu turned around as he walked out. "It's almost gone."
Ning Gu didn't say anything, and suddenly felt a little empty.
"But when the boss died, he had half of the main city," Fulu became happy again and jumped away, "so he can die in peace."
"Jiuyi has a good temper, but he still keeps such a subordinate with him." Lian Chuan, who had been lying on the mat without moving, suddenly said.
Ning Gu couldn't help laughing, and only came back to his senses after laughing: "You didn't faint?"
"I fainted," Lian Chuan still lay there motionless, "but I woke up again."
"So fast?" Ning Gu was stunned. "Has it already left Betelgeuse?"
"Yeah." Lian Chuan responded.
"How do you feel?" Ning Gu touched his hand. It was cold, but his face looked normal.
"It's OK," Lian Chuan slowly sat up, "Maybe..."
A low sigh came from behind Ning Gu's neck.
"Who!" Ning Gu suddenly jumped up, with a dark silver light shining from his fingertips.
"What did you hear?" Lian Chuan had already stood up and stood behind him.
"Poet." Ning Gu said.