The bridge across the river was blown up. If they wanted to cross the river, they had to take a detour or walk through the water.
This large river is a tributary of the Yangtze River and crosses several cities. City H is blocked by it. The river is no longer very wide when it reaches here. Among the three cross-river bridges built in City H, this is the shortest.
The six mercenaries walked up to the two broken corpses and seemed to be mourning them. After a while, several people took off all the useful things from the two corpses, and the corpses were placed side by side.
"Pap tap tap", the raindrops kept falling, and circular haloes of water splashed on the surface of the river.
Xue Lihong looked at Xiao Mo.
Xiao Mo has a map provided by the system in his mind. When a road is blocked, it will automatically display other roads that can lead to the destination.
Xiao Mo zoomed in on the nearby map in his mind.
The six mercenaries looked a little anxious after mourning their comrades. They had just met angels here and killed them again. The screams of those angels before they died, as well as the gregarious nature of angels, were likely to cause Other angels flew over to check.
The man in military uniform raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was 13:50. They had already spent too much time outside the city!
Some people really wanted to ask Xiao Mo what the two of them were doing standing by the river.
The man in military uniform regretted not saying what he wanted to say clearly in the car. They planned to take a detour and find another way into the city. Logically speaking, they should part ways now, but after seeing the skills of those two people, especially the tall and thin one, the man in military uniform had some thoughts.
Xue Lihong touched Xiao Mo's shoulder.
Xiao Mo knew what he was worried about, but didn't angels hate rainy days? Or are they unable to find food in the city, so they would rather go out hunting on rainy days? While he was thinking wildly, he kept checking the routes provided by the system map, trying to find the most convenient and safe one... There it is! Maybe try this route.
Xiao Mo took two more steps forward, took out the telescope from his backpack and looked to the right across the river, as if he was looking for something.
There! Xiao Mo pointed to the other side of the river and mouthed Xue Lihong.
Xue Lihong looked along his fingers and vaguely saw a row of several thick drainage pipes.
The six mercenaries didn't know what the two men were doing, so they gestured to them and asked them to go with them.
Xue Lihong shook her head and pointed to the other side of the river.
The person in charge of reconnaissance suddenly slapped their leader hard and pointed in the direction of City H.
In the sky there, a pair of huge snow-white wings were fluttering towards us.
"Whoa, whoa!" Everyone thought they heard the sound of the giant wings breaking through the air.
quick! Come with us! Xiao Mo turned around and mouthed, then lowered his body and ran towards the river stairs lightly and quickly.
Xue Lihong followed without hesitation.
The six members of the mercenary team were all stunned, and five of them looked at the man in camouflage uniform.
The man in military uniform looked at the angel who was getting closer and closer, then looked around, gritted his teeth, and waved for everyone to follow the two people in front.
One after another people slowly submerged into the water.
When Xiao Mo came here, he checked the relevant data of H City. According to the information he checked, the basin of this big river here is not very deep. The deepest point is less than ten meters, and the narrowest part of the river is only more than 160 meters. The current is also very gentle, and anyone who knows how to swim can swim to the other side without panicking and being careful.
But at this time, they all stayed quietly by the river and did not move, with only the upper half of their faces exposed.
"Whoa! Whoa!" The sound of flapping wings passed over the river.
All eight faces were submerged in the water.
An unclear reflection appeared on the river, and soon disappeared.
Eight more faces slowly appeared one after another.
Seeing the angel walking away and someone trying to move, Xiao Mo wanted to swim into the water. Xue Lihong grabbed Xiao Mo and asked him to continue waiting.
Seeing them like this, everyone else returned to their original positions and waited quietly.
Soon, "Wow!" sounded like a sad scream from afar, and the sound of flapping wings came from the sky again.
All eight people were submerged into the water again.
The angel was hovering in the sky nearby, seemingly trying to find the culprit who killed his companions.
"Swish." The sound of flapping wings finally faded away.
"Pfft!" Xiao Mo couldn't hold his breath, so he took a big breath and almost choked and coughed, but Xue Lihong covered his mouth.
Others emerged from the water one after another.
Are you okay? I'll take you on a tour. Xue Lihong pulled Xiao Mo.
Xiao Mo pushed him away gently to indicate that he was fine, and raised his middle finger to indicate that he should take the middle drain pipe.
Xue Lihong raised the corner of her mouth and took the lead to break through the waves and swim to the other side. Xiao Mo followed closely, and the six people behind him also followed. Fortunately, none of the eight people could swim.
There was an iron fence welded to the outlet of the drainage channel on the opposite side. Xue Lihong didn't know how to get it done, so she pulled down the fence with three tugs.
Gently putting the fence aside, Xue Lihong took out a flashlight from her backpack and looked at the sewer channel. It was dark inside.
Xiao Mo arrived.
Xue Lihong turned her head to indicate that it was safe inside, and ducked into the middle drainage pipe.
Xiao Mo wiped the rainwater and river water, adjusted his backpack, and followed in.
The other six people saw this passage and followed suit one after another after a brief pause.
Xue Lihong put on her headlamp in front and turned it on. When Xiao Mo came in, she took him inside.
Xiao Mo was amused, so he pushed him away and walked to the front to lead the way. He also took out the miner's lamp and put it on.
"Hey, you two, wait!"
Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong turned back.
The six people stopped. One of them turned on the flashlight, took out a map from his waterproof backpack and opened it. They seemed to be studying the direction.
"Where are you going?" The man in military uniform walked up to the two of them and asked in a low voice.
Before Xiao Mo could answer, one of the six mercenaries saw that he was not far from the exit, so he deliberately squeezed two steps inside and said uneasily in a very low voice: "Should we go further inside? That angel said Maybe he will return to the city to report the news. If he brings more angels later... "
"They won't find this place, as long as our voices don't spread." Xue Lihong replied calmly: "Tell me, why did you stop us?"
"We would like to ask you a favor. You also go into the city. You might as well cooperate. It is said that angels hate rainy days. We are entering the city now. As long as we are careful, we should be able to avoid them." The man in camouflage military uniform also took out one. I turned on the flashlight and wiped the water from my face.
"Sorry, we are in a hurry to find someone..." Xiao Mo wanted to refuse.
The man in military uniform raised his hand, "Don't rush to say no. You go to the city to find people, and so do we. The task we received is to find and escort five people to the designated place before the time limit. Originally, we had eight people, and we agreed on one person. Protect one and the other three, with two taking the lead and one behind us, but now we only have six people.”
Xiao Mo and the two didn't really come to this city to find relatives, so of course they didn't want to take on this half-way mission.
The man in military uniform refused to give up, "Where is the person you are looking for? Our mission target is Qianrui Building in the city center."
Xiao Mo spread his hands and expressed regret, "Sorry, our relatives live outside Dongcheng, and we need to cross the whole city..."
Before he could finish his words, the man in military uniform interrupted him slightly excitedly: "You also want to go outside Dongcheng? Where? Is it close to the H City Grain Bureau? That's where we will escort the target."
Food Bureau? Xue Lihong's expression remained unchanged, but Xiao Mo, who was wearing coarse work clothes, raised his eyebrows slightly. The final place these people go to is actually the same as their destination!
"What? Is there any problem with the Food Bureau?" The man in military uniform who had been secretly paying attention to the expressions of the two people asked immediately.
"I don't know if there is a problem, but the person we are looking for is at the Grain Bureau." Xiao Mo hesitated before answering.
"Oh? Really? That's such a coincidence!" The man in military uniform was a little doubtful of this coincidence, but since he didn't think the other party was trying to steal anything from them, he could only treat it as a coincidence.
Moreover, City H has a special terrain. You have to cross the river when coming from the west. If you want to take a detour, there is no place for you to go around. You can't drive to the bridge in other cities, and then make a big circle from other cities to the east city of City H. Then, I don’t know how many dangers I will encounter along the way.
Do you want to take on this mission? Xiao Mo asked his partner with his eyes.
Xue Lihong asked the man in military uniform: "You said your employer has limited the time for you?"
"Yes." The man in military uniform attached great importance to Xue Lihong and explained: "The employer requires that the person be taken out of the city before 17 o'clock this evening and brought to a designated safe place, which is the grain bureau outside Dongcheng."
"Why specify a time limit? And it's so short?"
The man in military uniform lowered his eyes and replied: "I don't know, it's the employer's request."
Xue Lihong noticed that the mercenary who opened the map stiffened slightly.
Xiao Mo happened to have a question and took the opportunity to ask: "What is the situation in H city? Are there many angels? Have the army come to clean up once? Will they come back to clean up again? How many survivors are there in the city?"
This time the man in military uniform answered quickly, "The military just cleaned up at 10 o'clock this morning, so it's safer to go in now. I heard that the army eliminated many angels and level 2 and 3 mutant rats. I don't know if there is a third level." Second cleanup. As for the survivors, as far as I know, there are still some in the city who have not had time to escape."
Xue Lihong glanced at the expressions of the other mercenaries, grabbed Xiao Mo's arm and tried to pull him away.
The man in military uniform didn't understand why he suddenly turned against him, and immediately called him in a low voice: "What's wrong? Are you not considering cooperation? Since you are also going to the city, we can definitely cooperate with each other..."
Xue Lihong turned back: "You'd better tell the truth, maybe we will meet again later."
"What truth?" The man in military uniform still wanted to pretend to be stupid.
Xiao Mo also saw the problem and turned around and said: "Why does your employer limit it to three hours? Don't say you don't know the reason. Just like we are asking you now, it is impossible for you not to ask your employer clearly."
The man in military uniform smiled bitterly and looked at each other.
"Okay," the man in military uniform raised his hand, "I didn't answer just now because I didn't want to scare you."
At this point, the man in military uniform paused and said, "Today at 17:00 sharp, the military will drop bombs on City H and blow up the entire city."
Xiao Mo blurted out: "But there are still survivors in the city."
Another mercenary added: "It has been notified, at 7 o'clock this morning. Because the telephone, Internet, TV and other means of contact in H city have been cut off, only radio. Considering that very few people have radios now, In order to ensure that the survivors in the city can get the news, the city government and the military sent drones to drop leaflets into the city at 7 o'clock this morning and blasted loudspeakers to notify the survivors in the city. For this reason, all the drones were destroyed, and the Angels attacked the aircraft. .”
The man in military uniform continued: "Then the military sent fighter jets to clean up the city for the last time at 10 o'clock, just to give the survivors who had not escaped as of this morning another chance. I think you should know, because there are people all over the country. The problem is that there are not many fighter jets that can be assigned to City H, and one of the pilots is missing. It is not easy to clean up the aircraft in the morning, and the military also sent ground support at that time. "
"But there are still people who have not escaped." Xiao Mo's words were not a question but an affirmation.
However, he knew that this was the best effort that the government could do. After all, there was more than one H city in trouble. All the H city government could mobilize were local garrison troops. There were not many of these soldiers. They had rescued and evacuated H city several times in the past. The citizens have probably sacrificed a lot, not to mention that these manpower must be retained to protect the safe base, so they cannot be easily consumed.
Therefore, even if rich and powerful people want to rescue people in the city, they can only find mercenaries to help.
The man in military uniform nodded heavily, "The task we are receiving now is to take the target out of the city and bring it to the Grain Bureau on the outskirts of Dongcheng before dropping the bomb at 17:00 in the evening. It is said that there is a deep underground air-raid shelter there."
Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong looked at each other. This was probably what Qiu Feng was going to tell them. However, when they set off, this matter might not have been decided yet, but now it has become a conclusion.
Xiao Mo does not intend to take this task.
They didn't understand these mercenaries. Judging from the fact that the other party wanted to conceal such important information just now, it was obvious that the other party wanted to use them as cannon fodder or bait. Cooperating with these people was very dangerous.
If their mission hadn't been time-limited, he would have chosen to leave City H with Xue Lihong immediately, and try to take a detour to the mission location after the explosion. But now, in order to rush for time and it is unrealistic to take a detour, they can only choose to walk through City H. But even if they all want to take the same road, there is no need to go with these people and help them with their tasks.
Xue Lihong raised her wrist and looked at the time. He was not optimistic about the mission of the man in military uniform. "There are less than three hours until 17 o'clock. Go into the city to find people and bring them out safely. Don't you think this time is too long?" Short? Don’t forget, angels are sensitive to sound, so you can only choose to walk when entering the city."
"It's not short. We know where the people are and we have a map of the city. As long as we move fast enough, three hours will be more than enough for a round trip." The man in military uniform looked very confident.
"If the person is sent to the Grain Bureau, the mission will be completed? What if the target quantity is reduced?"
The man in military uniform promised, "If there is one, it is best to keep all five. As long as they are delivered to the gate of the grain bureau, the mission will be completed."
"So the Dongcheng Grain Bureau has now become a security base in H City?"
"It is said that there is a bomb shelter there. When the bomb destroys City H, it will be the safest place."
Xue Lihong raised her hand to the man in military uniform, "One minute."
A male musician in military uniform said, "Please."
Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong walked aside and their eyes met.
Xiao Mo shook his head.
Xue Lihong leaned close to his ear and said, "The Grain Bureau has become a safe base. We have to go in to find the mission target. We must either pretend to be refugees or help the men in military uniforms complete the escort mission. The latter is obviously more convenient for us."
Xiao Mo responded with two words: "Danger."
"There are still two days left for the mission. We currently have enough time. But if we refuse to help now, there is no guarantee that these guys will not cause trouble for us if they survive. We are just escorting five people along the way, and we can earn another reward. Boss , you promised to make beef dumplings for me last time and let me eat as much as you want. This promise has not yet been fulfilled."
Xiao Mo laughed out loud and lowered his voice, "I'm afraid these people have bad intentions, like using us as bait or something."
“The pros outweigh the cons.”
Xiao Mo thought for a while and nodded.
Xue Lihong turned around.
The cold and rigid voice of the system suddenly sounded in Xiao Mo's mind: "It is not recommended to accept another task. Please focus on your own task as a scavenger."
Xiao Mo replied in his mind: "I believe in Xiaohong's judgment."
system:"… "
Xiao Mo: "What are you doing?"
System: "I'm looking for a mission to recover the bastard next to you."
The corner of Xiao Mo's mouth twitched. It was definitely not his imagination that His Majesty the System and His Majesty Xiaohong looked at each other with disgust.
"If you recycle that bastard trash named Xue Lihong..." The system paused for a rare second, "I can exchange it for you for ten secondary energy crystals."
Haha, the exchange amount is so high. I have never seen this stingy system brother be so generous.
Xue Lihong turned around and asked him with her eyes: What's wrong
"Nothing." Xiao Mo smiled and followed.
Xue Lihong seemed to understand something, her eyes darkened.
While Xiao Mo and Xue Lihong were talking, the men in military uniform were also discussing in low voices.
"Boss, why do you have to fight for these two people? Time is running out, we have to hurry up."
"I know. But we are short of manpower. There are five targets and we only have six people. We can't protect them at all. But adding the two of them is different. If necessary..."
The mercenaries understood.
Xue Lihong touched her ears and walked over with Xiao Mo expressionlessly.
Xiao Mo looked at the man in military uniform, "Where is the Qianrui Building? I want to know the exact location."
"Zhang Jian, map." The man in military uniform was excited, clapped his hands, and motioned to his partner to bring the map.
There were still things he hadn't said to his companions. The situation was critical just now. If they hadn't encountered these two people, they might have lost most of their men before they even entered the city. It is true that they want to monopolize this lucrative mission, but no matter how generous the reward is, they must live to enjoy it.
The man in military uniform was able to survive the chaos until now and get into a good situation. Naturally, he was not just a greedy person with a narrow vision.
Upon hearing the order, the man named Zhang Jian immediately came over with the paper map, squatted down again, and spread the map on his knees.
The others moved aside and allowed Xiao Mo and the others to step forward and look at the map.
The map is very detailed, even the main underground tunnel exits are marked.
"First of all, our rescue target is here." The man in military uniform pointed to the location marked with a highlighter on the map, which was right in the center of the city.
"Qianrui Building, tenth floor, an outdoor club. There are five people in total, all young people, so their movements should be fine. There are mutant rats in the sewers, and we can't walk down there for too long. We can go here and go out through this exit. Then take a straight line along the avenue to Qianrui Building."
The exit the man in military uniform said was not far from the one Xiao Mo planned to go up to, and he did not want to walk in a dark underground tunnel full of mutant rats.
Besides, the underground tunnels in the inner city of H City were not renovated when the ground was renovated. They still had the old narrow sewer system. Even if they wanted to walk from the sewers to the city center, they would not be able to do so, unless they wanted to spend the second half of the journey in sewage. Crawling in the muddy water.
"When the target is rescued, we will escort these five people across the entire city and get here!" The man in military uniform pointed to the place where they drew a circle - Dongcheng Grain Bureau.
Xue Lihong asked very simply: "Remuneration?"
The man in military uniform first held out one finger, and then five fingers, "If you participate, after sending people to the designated location, a living mission target of one hundred standard carbon-based alloy particles, if all five people can arrive safely, You can get five hundred pieces."
The companions of the man in military uniform all looked at the man in military uniform in surprise. This split was actually a third, but there were only two people on the other side. Is it too much
Although these two people helped them, one of them was like a patient recovering from a serious illness and was abnormally thin. The other person looked like he could fight, but he didn't have much murderous intent. Are these two helpers really worth a third of their compensation? Is it really not a matter of luck that they were able to kill an angel just now
Xue Lihong didn't believe that their reward for such a dangerous mission was only carbon-based alloy, but the price of one hundred carbon-based alloys per person was already quite high, and they were just passing by, so they nodded, "Deal."
The man in military uniform smiled and stretched out his hand, "Light Mercenary Team, Zhang Di."
Xue Lihong didn't stretch out her hand, but said lightly: "Xue Lihong, he is my boss."
Zhang Di was surprised. It turned out that the two were not partners or brothers, but had an employment relationship.
Xiao Mo suppressed a smile and stretched out his hand, "Xiao Mo, you can call me Lao Xiao."
Zhang Di smiled and shook hands with him, "Boss Xiao." Then he gave the two of them two walkie-talkies and told them the team channel.