[Thanks for the rebellious and forgotten monthly pass!]
When the butcher rushed over, Zero had already jumped in. He grabbed the beam of the tavern with both hands, let the butcher fly away, crushed a table in vain, and crushed the bones of several drinkers on the ground who had no time to dodge. The butcher's temper was not gentle, and he was very annoyed when he jumped at nothing, so the giant randomly grabbed the unlucky guy next to him with both hands, and then tore his head and body apart, only to let out a satisfied growl.
Blood was flying, and the emotions of everyone in the tavern changed from inexplicable anger to deep fear. They began to retreat towards the door, but the door was blocked by themselves just now, and it would take more effort to leave the tavern this time.
Zero had no time to pay attention to these people. For him, a tavern hiding a butcher was already a rare clue.
The clue is naturally not on the butcher, but on the bar owner Allen, so Zero doesn't mind killing this big guy. So he let go and fell easily on the butcher's shoulder. Zero stood on the butcher's shoulders with both legs, allowing the butcher to shake vigorously, but Zero seemed to have a root on it, showing amazing balance.
The muzzle of the giant sniper rifle drooped, hitting the hood behind the butcher's head. The butcher seemed to realize something, and reached out to catch Ling's foot. Zero smiled slightly, and pressed heavily on the finger on the trigger.
The next moment, the butcher's head and neck were blown into powder. The shock wave visible to the naked eye brought a clear trail of blood in the air, and finally blasted a gap in the wooden floor of the bar, exposing the rough ground below the floor.
When the butcher fell slowly, the brutal gunshots rang out. Zero fell to the ground as the butcher fell, and the giant's warm blood slowly flowed over Zero's military boots.
There was silence in the tavern, but Allen's face was so bad that it couldn't be worse. The butcher was his trump card, but he didn't last even a minute under Zero's gun. No matter how stupid he was, he knew what kind of character he had provoked.
At this time, there was a bang, and the four walls of the tavern and the roof were blown away by a huge force. The wooden iron window was blown to pieces in mid-air, and there were fine pieces of electric light floating in the fragments, reflecting the constant changes of light and dark on the faces of the people below. When the dust settled, Allen found that only the floor and the bar were left in the tavern he was running. Even if it was to be rebuilt, it would cost a lot of money. But he didn't have time to feel sad at this moment. At the edge of the ground around the tavern, a fully armed soldier with an ability user with an electric snake in his hand looked indifferently at the people in the tavern.
After a long time, the capable user turned to Zero and said, "Captain Zero, your movements are too slow."
Zero picked up the sniper rifle and remained silent.
An hour later, all men, women, old people and children in the Eye of Lie Flame had to rush to the factory under the name of Tiesen Company on the outskirts of the city to gather. Tiesen Company is a thermal battery company that is still operating as usual in the small town. There is a relatively open cargo loading and unloading yard, but now it is crowded with nearly a thousand people, but it is also crowded.
The citizens were naturally unwilling to gather here, but the weapons in the hands of those foreign soldiers, as well as a few powerful ability users had no choice but to make them succumb. When they came to the loading and unloading yard of the factory, the citizens looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing why they were gathered together. At this time, a blond woman walked out of the gate of the factory. She just waved at the crowd, then turned and walked back into the factory.
However, with this simple waving, even children can feel an invisible undercurrent rushing through the air, but no one knows what effect this undercurrent has. The citizens were dispersed afterward, which made them a little puzzled. But all the citizens, including Allen, did not know that their memory had undergone slight changes.
In their memory, those foreign soldiers have become soldiers recently hired by Iron Sen Company, and even the bar that Allen demolished for Berrien has become an accident.
Of course, the butcher's body was thrown into the ubiquitous magma river outside the town by Asgard's servants long ago, destroying the body and destroying all traces.
In Tiesen's factory, all machinery has stopped working, and workers have already left work. But the lights on the factory shed were still on, so the shadows of the people below were straight and slender.
A few capable users formed a circle, and a leather chair was placed in the middle of the circle. A middle-aged man was sitting on the chair. The middle-aged man was well dressed, even with an off-white silk scarf pinned to his collar, like a gentleman in the old days. But his eyes were blank, his shape was like a puppet, and he was not angry at all.
Agatha's hand was pressing on his forehead, and through the ability of "memory perception", the suggester was reading the man's memory.
The man's name is Tie Sen, who is the owner of this factory and the mayor of Blazing Eye. But he has another important identity, that is, a guide!
Zero has a pocket probe on his body, which can transmit the information he sees and hears back to the temporary camp halfway up the mountain in real time. If Zero is in danger, Agatha and others can take immediate action. And when the people in the bar broke out, Agatha had already confirmed that not only was the guide in the eyes of the flames, but that the entire town was also related to the kingdom of the living corpses. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a butcher in Alan's tavern, and the men in the town wouldn't attack Zero because of the word "guide".
Agatha immediately adjusted the plan. She and Su Ji raided Tiesen's company and controlled Tiesen who was eating in one fell swoop. Berrien is responsible for supporting Zero, and the other servants, led by Johnny and Jona, control the entire town to prevent the citizens from escaping.
During this process, there will naturally be resistance from the citizens, and the resistance is very fierce. But after the servants shot and killed dozens of men, the townspeople finally calmed down and accepted that the town had been taken.
Afterwards, they were gathered outside the factory, but it was to make it easier for Agatha to brainwash them. Agatha implanted the memories set early in their minds into their minds, so that outsiders like them staying in the Eye of Flame would not arouse any suspicion.
Now, Agatha is doing her last job, which is to read Tie Sen's memory. In this man's memory, Agatha saw the fact that he was a "guide".
When Agatha let go of Tiesen's forehead, the man sprayed two thin streams of blood mist from his nostrils, tilted his head and died.
This is a side effect of "memory perception". Allowing energy to penetrate the brain and force the brain nerves to reproduce clear memory fragments is a very heavy burden for ordinary people. So when Agatha's hand left Tie Sen, the man's head was already smashed into a paste by the energy of the invading body.
"It's a deal."
Agatha's face was a little tired. Continuously using the ability of the perception domain was very exhausting, especially the memory perception, which was also a heavy burden for the ability user. After using this ability, Agatha's face was snow-white, and even her breathing was slightly short.
After several long breaths in a row, Agatha's face turned a little rosy. She continued: "Tie Sen, including the entire Eye of Flame, they have a huge money transaction relationship with Jotunheim."
"Jortunheim?"
"That's right, this is the name Tiesen and the others gave to the kingdom of the living corpses. Jotunheim is the kingdom of the frost giants in Norse mythology, and it is also regarded as a synonym for hell." Agatha explained: "Come back to business, The first contact between Jotunheim and Blazing Eye was three months ago, and it was the creator Gulard we met in the University City who met Tie Sen. The creator used gold nuggets and Blazing Eye Trading thermal batteries and brimstone, the profits obtained by the Flaming Eyes are dozens of times the normal amount. The condition of Jotunheim is that the Flaming Eyes must provide them with a guide, and also be a guide."
The guides are not just as simple as leading the way. Jotunheim also asked the Eye of Flame to provide them with information on the distribution of human settlements behind the Twin Tower Mountains, the strength of the troops, and so on. So in the past three months, Tie Sen had to update his old materials and information to meet the requirements of the creator. Just half a month ago, Jotunheim finally sent troops, created by Tie Sen, crossed the Twin Towers Mountain and attacked the Z7 base, thus kicking off the attack on other settlements.
Jotunheim's attack was fierce and fast, and the creator walked all the way, replenishing energy and continuously creating new sources of soldiers. They are like a swarm of locusts, and the settlements they have swept through are nothing but a husk, while Jotunheim grows in strength. By the time they came to Remut, their strength had surged from hundreds of living corpses to three thousand, and their number had increased by more than five times!
These materials all exist in Tiesen's memory, but now they are presented in front of Zero and others. In this way, there is the best answer to the matter about the townspeople from the Eye of Flame attacking Zero.
No matter when, gold is the best hard currency. Jotunheim's generosity made all the citizens of the Eye of Flame strap on to its chariots. For that huge benefit, it is perfectly normal to kill one or two outsiders like Zero who are looking for the secrets of the guide.
Fortunately, Jotunheim sent troops to the human settlements on the coastline, otherwise the Eye of Flame would not be as simple as a butcher in Allen's tavern. These advanced zombies are the weapons left to them by Jotunheim, and they must kill all curious people like Zero who explore the secrets of the kingdom of living corpses.
From this point of view, Jotunheim not only has an ambitious king, but also has quite clever strategic methods. No matter how you looked at it, it was far from the usual living corpses, and it was also the first alien race to show surprising aggression towards humans.
Judging from the contact between Jotunheim and Lie Yanyan, the existence of this kingdom of living corpses has probably existed for a long time. The frightening thing is that it is located behind the Twin Towers and is completely out of sight of Asgard or Eternal Night City. If it weren't for Remut's request for help, I am afraid that the cities in the south of the coastline would be eaten away by it before everyone would know about it.
At that time, it will be a hundred times more difficult to find out where Jotunheim is than it is now. After all, the southern land has become its home field, and it is not difficult to block the invasion of capable users. Just thinking about the countless guards, executioners, and blasters that he would have to face at that time, even the defiant Berrien had to frown.
"It seems that our luck is not too bad." Feng said: "At least, the situation has not gotten out of control so far."
"Indeed." Agatha added: "The monthly transactions between Jotunheim and the Eye of Flame coincide with these days. If you are lucky, there will be a living corpse to escort the goods to Jotunheim tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. The thermal battery and sulfur should have other effects on Jotunheim, not just the simple goods traded with the Flame Eye. At that time, we may be able to pretend to be people from the Flame Eye and sneak into Jotunheim."
"This is a good way." Zero said: "These few days, let's prepare well."
He looked at the colleagues in front of him, whether it was the friendly Agatha or the hostile Berrien. From the time they crossed the Twin Towers Mountain, they were already a truly lone army. The towering mountains and the radiation clouds stretching thousands of miles have become the biggest obstacle to information traffic, Zero and they can't send out any information now.
And this is why Kario asked them to bring positioning spars. When electronic information cannot be sent, only through the resonance between elements can Asgard know where Jotunheim is. This is also the most important task of Zero and others on this trip.
It was already three o'clock in the morning when Ling lay down in bed. Now they have occupied Tiesen's villa, and Agatha and the others are resting in other rooms. Zero is sleeping, but there is no sleepiness. He turned his head inadvertently and looked at the night sky through the window beside the bed.
Even in the middle of the night, there is still a red spot of light above the Eye of Flame. In addition to the skylight of the radiation cloud itself, there are also the rays of light emitted by hundreds of large and small lava rivers in the valley. The bright red light shines directly into the sky, but is blocked by the clouds. Due to the diffusion, it forms spots of light of different sizes, which become the unique night scene of the Eye of Flame.
Jotunheim has surfaced, and as long as Zero and the others find the correct location, then with the positioning spar, Asgard can launch a long-range attack on this kingdom of living corpses. Regardless of the considerations, Asgard will not allow the existence of Jotunheim. But Zero thought of other questions. If there were more alien kingdoms like Jotunheim, what kind of impact would the human world suffer
This is not impossible. In the turbulent age, the world familiar to human beings has quietly changed. In the new era, human vision is actually very narrow. In many places where humans can't see, God knows what will exist there
When Ling was lying in bed, Avenot, who was thousands of miles away, also threw himself on a temporary sleeping bunk on the command vehicle.
Avenot was very tired and his eyelids were heavy. Days of sleepless nights made Avenott, an ability user, feel overwhelmed. Ever since Zero killed the creator Gullard that night, Va pointed at the chain of command of the living corpse. The army of living corpses surrounding Remut quickly retreated, but Avenott was not going to let them leave just like that, otherwise, if thousands of living corpses gathered again, Remut would still have no safety at all.
So under the leadership of Avenott, Asgard's army chased after the tail of the army of living corpses. But the living corpses retreated into the ruins of the city, and the cobweb-like city network made it very difficult to pursue. Unknowingly, the Asgard army has been deep into the ruins these days. However, such a battle had little effect on Asgard.
In a complex environment, neither firepower nor capabilities can be effectively utilized. The number of living corpses is also very limited, they no longer swarm up like besieging Remut, but use scattered but flexible attacks to harass Asgard's troops. This made Avenott believe that there are still messengers in the living corpse, otherwise it would be impossible for the living corpse to use such flexible tactics without these command nodes.
Of course, under absolute strength, living corpses are still at a disadvantage.
Before falling asleep, Avenot considered whether to shorten the battle line in the direction of Remut tomorrow. After these days, they were already a little far away from Remut.
Including Avinot, except for the soldiers in charge of night duty, everyone else has already fallen asleep. Remut's personnel were no exception, only soldiers were still standing guard on the defense line guarding the entrance of the base in a half-moon shape, and the people in the base also rested early.
It is true that this line of defense is constructed by the re-stretched high-voltage power grid, the temporary war bunkers outside the power grid, and the rapid-fire heavy artillery removed from the off-road vehicle on the sentry tower. At the moment when the main force of Asgard leaves, even if the living corpses attack head-on, they can still support it for a long time.
The soldiers on the sentry tower were monitoring the wilderness in the distance all day long, and would immediately report to the commander of the defense line if there was any movement.
But this line of defense mainly guards against frontal attacks, so when several black shadows appeared on the wilderness behind Remut, the soldiers in the sentry tower didn't notice it.
The lurker, who disappeared after being produced by the creator that day, appeared above the night at this moment. They are a little different from that day, except for the several intestinal organs still flying on their backs, their four claws supporting their bodies have also become bigger and sharper.
Now, the lurkers occupy different positions, flying with four claws, planing away the solid ground and debris. But after a while, a circular pit appeared under them. The lurkers didn't stop there, but sped up their speed. They drilled into the ground like an earth-drilling machine. As the sand and rocks gushed out of the ground like a fountain, five tunnels were being formed.
As the lurker dug the tunnel, the intestines flying on his back opened wide, continuously spraying out dark yellow liquid. As soon as these substances stick to the walls of the tunnel, they immediately seep into the soil layer. After the ** completely disappeared, the originally soft soil layer continued to harden, and finally became like concrete, making the tunnels solid and allowing other things to pass through.
The five tunnels were excavated from the ground, and after going deep into the ground for 100 meters, they were changed from vertical to horizontal. When one of the Lurker's sharp claws suddenly sparked, a square alloy plate appeared in the monster's eyes. This is the outer wall of Remut's base, which is constructed of alloy plates of uniform specifications.
Behind the outer wall is an undefended underground base. There was a strange smile on the face of the lurker, following the intestines on his back, he continuously sprayed another green liquid towards the alloy wall. When this liquid touched the alloy wall, the alloy wall continued to send out "boosting!" Zi” sound. While wisps of foul-smelling black smoke were rising, the metal outer wall was melting at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The liquid sprayed by the lurkers is actually biological strong acid!