Although three cops were killed, they still lost a companion, plus two jeeps and five locomotives. Apparently, the mechanic police found their vehicles and burned their batteries and engines directly, not intending to give them a chance to escape the realm of death.
"It's impossible to cross the border before dark." Todd asserted after inspecting the damaged vehicles, "We have three locomotives left, three people can go forward as outposts, and the rest Walk on foot."
All long-range signals are difficult to transmit here due to the interference of radiation, so they don't have to worry about the mechanical police passing their images to Eden. But they are wearing protective clothing, and their actions are not as flexible as usual. If they encounter more mechanical policemen, it is hard to say that they will not hurt more.
Zhang Xun looked around nervously. The setting sun hangs in the sky, dyeing the originally dim clouds into blood-like scarlet, "Is it safe to drive at night?"
"This place is only a few kilometers away from the central area where the super nuclear bomb exploded. The radiation level has not dropped much for two hundred years. The risk of staying here for a long time is too high. The sooner we leave, the better." Todd said and chose three people. , let them get on a scooter and go patrolling around, making sure no new mechanical police or anything comes near them.
Zhang Xun walked up to James and asked in a low voice, "Are you really okay?"
"Don't worry." James' face behind the transparent mask gave him a bright smile.
Zhang Xun nodded and glanced at Enoch, who was still a little stunned, standing not far away with too much luggage on his back.
Why didn't Enoch take the initiative to strike at that kind of danger just now? He remembered that when he was hiding in the van and encountered the mob, Enoch had acted to protect and fight back.
Although this kind of passive aggressive behavior is not common in ordinary service robots, since Lucille mentioned that it "protects" the three of them, Zhang Xun thought that this might be a modified robot with a certain security system on the black market. . But why was the defense mechanism not triggered in such a critical situation just now
It seems that after arriving at Feathered Serpent City, Enoch's core program should be carefully checked.
After the sun went down, the moonlight was blocked by clouds, and the entire wilderness was pitch black. It is inconvenient to walk on the bumpy road, and the heavy protective clothing on the body makes it more difficult to move.
Fortunately, they are not far from the border, as long as they walk for about four or five hours, they can enter the border of Mexico. After that, you can connect with Anya's informant and take the aircraft to the direction of Feathered Serpent City.
After walking for about three hours, everyone was exhausted. Even though it was very close to the border, Todd decided to rest in place for fifteen minutes before continuing his journey. He walked over to James, who was silently sorting out the firearms in his backpack, sat down, and said casually, "You know what? Do you have to throw away these things when you leave the radiation zone?"
Things that have been contaminated by radiation can only stay in the radiation zone, and even all the clothes on them must be destroyed centrally.
James glanced at him. "I know. Just my habit. Help me relax."
"I said, were you so desperate in Paradise Lost before?" Todd looked at him with a frown, "How did you survive until now."
"Sometimes you have to die in order to go back alive." James shrugged his shoulders indifferently and looked back at Todd amusingly, "You are a desperado, you don't seem to have the right to speak of me."
"We can't do that."
"No way?" James paused and asked, "Your sister seems to be able to live well in the ordinary world."
"If it wasn't for me." Todd twitched the corners of his mouth, "but unfortunately, she was unlucky."
Todd paused, then continued, "My mom is a police officer who guards a 'nursing home' in Texas, and my dad is a 'patient' in it. She and my dad are unfortunately in love. You can probably guess where What is the view of heterosexuality in the police circle, they maintained their secret relationship for five years, but then my mother got pregnant. She wanted to kill my sister, but in the end she didn't want to, just transferred her to a petri dish It was raised by a private clinic specializing in this secret business of cultivating embryos. My sister was secretly taken home by her until she could survive outside the body.
Two years later they had me again. As a result, my existence was informed by her trusted friend and reported to the authorities, and my sister was subsequently discovered. After my mom was fired from the police force. My dad was moved to a 'high risk ward area' for 'inducing behaviour'. Few men survived two years in a place like that, and my mother desperately rescued him only to find that he had been tortured to the point that she didn't even know who she was. Mom took our family and tried to escape to Mexico, but was found by the Eden Sect on the way. Edenists believe that all women who voluntarily marry men are sinners, and descendants like us are even more filthy things. She only had time to shove my sister and me to a few stray mobs, and then got hacked to death by the madmen who came after. "
James was silent for a long while before saying, "How old were you then?"
"I've always been in the culture bottle." Todd said lightly, but his eyes were frozen with a hint of sadness, "but I've seen pictures of her. My sister and I's hair should be inherited from her."
"Why didn't you go to the refugee country? Since this place is so close to Feathered Serpent City."
"Women are not welcome in refugee countries. Unless you have a special status, such as a senior engineer who has been in contact with Eden..."
These people who are stuck in the middle of the two camps can only wander in groups in the most desolate and barren wasteland.
"What about you? You were born in Paradise Lost?" Todd asked.
James shook his head, "I was left outside the gates of Paradise Lost, and a team of hunters found me."
"So you never had family?"
"I haven't met my biological parents, but Commander Zhang and Zhang Xun are similar to my family."
But at this moment, from a distant place, there was a faint scream.
Todd stood up immediately and tried to call the three men walking in front of them. But it was about too far away and no one responded.
Everyone was also nervous, Zhang Xun walked up to James and Todd and said, "Enoch's feet are faster, should you let him have a look."
Todd glanced at the robot, which stood quietly in place and didn't move much or even unload his luggage, and nodded hesitantly. Zhang Xun immediately gave Enoch an order: unload the luggage and go to the source of the sound to check the situation.
Enoch usually moves at a human speed just to cooperate with humans. After receiving the order, his legs and feet are subtly deformed. The toes are elongated and the heels are raised, becoming somewhat dactyl-like, making the entire leg longer and more suitable for running. He lowered his body, then jumped up suddenly, shooting arrows into the sky, forming a long parabola and falling in front. In a few ups and downs, the figure has disappeared into the night.
Many people looked at the direction of the robot's disappearance with admiration. Zhang Xun also heard someone say, "If my legs can be deformed like this..."
It didn't take long for Enoch's jumping figure to appear in the field of vision again, and at the same time, a voice came from everyone's headsets, "I suggest everyone to seek cover immediately and be careful of the sky!"
When everyone raised their heads, they saw a few dark clouds rising in the surrounding sky, quickly approaching in their direction. When James raised his cock to turn on the night vision function to take a closer look, he suddenly exclaimed, "Holy Shit! Everyone get down!"
The cloud came too quickly, and everyone hurriedly obeyed the order and lay on the ground. Zhang Xun was also lying on the ground in an embarrassed manner, and the cold feeling penetrated into his blood from the ground. He heard the wind, and some kind of flapping of wings. Countless wings flapped together, as dense as a torrential rain. A rancid smell followed, making one almost breathless.
The limited field of view of the suits blocked his view, and he had no idea what was going on in the sky or what was passing over their heads. All he could hear was the howling wind and the invisible pressure in the darkness.
Then someone screamed, someone shot. He heard the wet sound of things being torn, flesh being torn apart. He heard Todd's roar, and the sound of lasers scorching flesh.
A figure blocked him, he raised his head, only to see the robot blocking him with his own body. Behind it, some falcon-sized... birds? It was whizzing by frantically.
With a snap, a "bird" fell in front of him. Zhang Xun felt a cry of fear stuck in his throat.
That's not a bird. Its head is twisted and swollen, with a circle of sharp needle-like fangs, and its nostrils are just two holes that seem to be poked into rotten flesh at random, but it has no eyes at all. Its body is about half a meter long, covered with uncomfortable folds and sarcomas, but hairless. Its wings are outstretched, and it is a pair of fleshy wings, which are badly damaged.
"What is this!" Zhang Xun shouted.
"These are bats that survived several generations of mutation and reproduction after exposure to radiation. They are very aggressive and sensitive to sound, smell, and heat." Enoch's voice was low, "I advise you not to speak. My It's cooler and it masks your odor and body temperature."
Zhang Xun closed his mouth tightly, looking up to see how the others were doing.
But all he could see was chaos.
These mutant bats are extremely aggressive and keep pounding the crowd. After the protective suits of the two townspeople were torn apart, swarms of bats rushed over to cover the two poor people. Only the sound of the flesh being swallowed and torn and the terrifying screams could be heard.
Todd shot the roaring monsters, and others who didn't want to turn into bat dinners tried to fight back. But they were so fast and in so many numbers that soon another was wrapped in a swarm of bats. Todd yelled and kept firing, causing bats to rain down from the sky. A giant bat that was much bigger than the others swooped down from behind him, and when he was about to hit the back of his head, James suddenly pushed him away. The bat grabbed James' arms and chest and tried to bite him, but James lifted the gun and broke open the ugly head, and the bat's brain was sprayed on the hunter's transparent mask.
I don't know if this bat with a big head is the king of this group of bats. After it died, the other bats suddenly flew up, hovering above their heads for a few times, and suddenly flew away in the direction they came from.
Only three bloody corpses were left on the ground.
Everyone was shocked, and hurriedly checked whether the protective clothing on their bodies was damaged. Todd looked at the broken remains of his three subordinates and hammered the ground hard.
James pressed his shoulder, "Are you okay?"
"His mutant bat!" Todd cursed in a low voice.
It was his fault, he should have known that rushing the night road could be risky. But because he was worried that if he stayed in the radiation zone for too long, the protective suit might be penetrated, he made the wrong decision and killed three of his subordinates.
I'm afraid there are more than three, and the other three people who go to the distance to explore the road are probably the first to encounter. As soon as he turned his head, he saw another woman lying halfway not far away with blood dripping from her legs. But it was one of the people who went to explore the way, probably rescued by Enoch before.
But as long as you see the huge crack in the protective suit, you know that the chances of this person surviving are not high.
Todd squatted in front of her, watching his familiar comrade gasping for breath, but still trying to stay calm.
"Thank you for that robot for me. X's, or I'll turn into bat shit."
Todd tried to pull the corners of his mouth, but the smile was ugly. He dug out the hemostatic spray and the sealing tape used to seal the suit from his duffel bag. "Save your energy, Cindy. It's an hour away."
"I'm not going with you." said the female warrior known as Cindy, "you go first."
"Don't talk shit!"
"Even if I go out, I'll be dead in a few months or a year or two." Cindy grinned. "Save me some food, some wine, and a gun for me."
Todd felt his heart clenched tightly. He knew Cindy was right. This is a high radiation risk area, only a few kilometers away from the central area where the super nuclear bomb exploded. Such a large gap, coupled with the exposed wound, must have suffered serious radiation contamination.
Zhang Xun walked up to Todd at this time, looked at Cindy's still strong desire to survive, and whispered to Todd, "Maybe there is a way to cure her radiation... Let Enoch take her away first. Reduce exposure. time in the radiation zone."
Todd nodded in agreement. He quickly sealed the gap in the protective suit, and then watched Enoch, who obeyed Zhang Xun's order, bend down and pick her up, and quickly jumped into the distance.
In order to speed up, Enoch did not carry luggage, which made many heavy suitcases impossible to carry. Zhang Xun himself chose one of the most important packages to carry on his back, intending to keep the rest here. Others also lightened their bags, intending to quickly cross the border and leave the radiation zone before dawn.
Before hitting the road, when James was packing his bags, he suddenly found a small, very inconspicuous hole in the protective clothing on the inside of his arm. He frowned, not sure if the breach was made in the fight against the mechanical soldiers before, or just now. If it was just now, after such a short time, there shouldn't be any problems, right
He glanced at Zhang Xun, Todd, and Diego a little uneasily.
Everyone is busy.
After hesitating, James decided not to add to the confusion. He found a roll of sealing tape from his suitcase, put the tear on it, packed his pack, and trudged toward the horizon with everyone.
The author has something to say: I feel that the update speed should be restored~
Thanks to the little angels who threw mines~~~: 1 in the afternoon, Xia Ran Xia Ran
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution~~~: 1 bottle of Fenglan