Chapter 27 Black Sand City
Zero originally thought that this time would be the same as the previous afforestation mission, not far from the destination. Unexpectedly, the military card ran all the way and drove continuously for a day and a night.
The road was rough, and she fell asleep against the wall of the carriage without knowing it. When he heard the whistle and woke up completely, the sky was bright outside, and the field of vision was white.
"All members of the second guard team, gather, gather!" The
sub-commander shouted, and the mercenaries quickly got their equipment and got off the bus.
Stepping out of the car door, Zero felt a gust of icy air pouring into his nose. The temperature here is much lower than that of Loess City, and even the exhaled gas has turned into white fog.
Trucks parked on the edge of the city in order, some people were busy setting up temporary base camps in the empty spaces, and some people were manipulating machinery to unload the goods.
This place should have been a gas station before, but judging from the thick dust on the fuel tank, it has been abandoned for at least ten years.
Zero looked at the gray black sand city gate not far away. If Baisha city is a new human society living under high technology, then this is the end of the earth that is truly swallowed by environmental damage.
A half-destroyed Ferris wheel, a billboard with peeling paint, a skyscraper with almost shattered glass, a street lamp full of withered plants.
The streets are full of scrapped vehicles and garbage, the smell of old dust is swept up in the wind, and not a single body is naked/exposed on the ground, but it is hard to breathe.
Taking a sigh of relief, it was really cold around, she pulled out the assigned padded jacket and put it on the outside of the combat uniform. Even wearing gloves, the fingers are not very flexible, let alone holding the cold barrel. Fortunately, the left arm is a metal shell that is not afraid of cold.
After nodding their heads, the squad leader stood on the roof of a scrapped sedan and shouted.
"Attention everyone! The forward team entered Heisha City last night. Our task is to clean up the aberrants that slipped through the net for them, and transport supplies and wounded."
"You are all selected mercenaries, and you will definitely be able to assist the president to complete the mission. The city is full of dangers. Everyone should pay attention to safety. Call your companions around for help in time. Can you hear it clearly!"
"Clear!
" People each got their assigned tasks. Helan and the other mercenaries carried heavy force and artillery fire, and were responsible for strangling fish that slipped through the net and opening the way to the bases inside and outside the city.
Zero and several others became part of the transport of supplies and wounded.
Their means of transportation is a four-wheeled energy vehicle with huge wheels and almost no compartment shell. Behind the seat is a shelf full of ammunition and wound medicine, which is very convenient for moving in the ruins.
The team leader is a middle-aged man. He looked at the team communicator: "Let's go. The map shows that there are mercenaries nearby asking for help. We must get there as soon as possible .
"
Go in the direction of the coordinate red point.
The road was quiet, only the whirring of the wind.
Zero sat on the side of the seat holding the gun, one leg resting on the wheel brow of the wheel. She was wearing a windproof mask, not showing a trace of skin, and the other people were also solemn.
A famous young mercenary broke the calm: "Captain, how did Heisha City become like this?"
The team leader held the steering wheel, his eyes vicissitudes: "Heisha City used to be very prosperous, but fifteen years ago, a rare sandstorm attacked, one night. In between, the city was submerged. Those who did not escape all died of genetic disease outbreaks. A few years later, the crust subsided and desertified, but this place has become a wasteland."
"If it is not detected that there is an energy source stone vein here, Who will come again." It
just so happened that the team drove into a commercial street, and the still-complete billboard on the side of the road was still drawing the city map of that year. The captain was comparing the coordinates on the communicator, and suddenly "Boom--" With a bang, an explosion occurred not far away.
The smoke rose, and everyone "shuh" took out their weapons and entered a state of preparation.
They looked around vigilantly, obviously there was no human voice, but another explosion came one after another, and it was getting closer. "It's not like the movement of a bomber, nor is it a cannonball
." A mercenary couldn't help but ask, "What is it?"
Car engine!"
Ling, who was closest to him, quickly leaned forward and slapped the keys off the car with a slap.
The car turned off and everyone stayed away. Their first reaction is an electromagnetic attack. There are combustibles on the energy vehicle, and it is very dangerous to have an accident or be detonated.
But after waiting for a while, the energy car was quiet, but the communicator in the team leader's hand frequently issued a warning sound of "dididi".
He was shocked, and quickly threw the communicator out: "Get down!!!" The
next moment, the tiny instrument sent out a blue electric current, and then exploded with a "bang--".
Zero was shocked by the impact and took a few steps back, but fortunately she was far away from being affected by the debris, and this communicator was not a special bomb, even if the explosion was not powerful.
"Are you all right?"
Zero Paipai turned the dust on her clothes, but then she was almost dumbfounded.
It's just an explosion of the communicator. For the transformed man with a body of steel, such a little damage is minimal, but at this moment, these companions, including the middle-aged captain, all fell to the ground.
The three of them lay upright on the ground, their eyes were out of focus, their mouths trembled slightly, and their expressions froze. Obviously there are no scars on the body, but they all look like they are down.
"Squad leader?!"
Zero rushed over to slap and beat her teammates, and injected emergency medicine, but no matter how much she struggled, the other party didn't respond at all, as if she couldn't sense her presence.
Zero anxious: "An Ling! What's the situation!"
A familiar male voice came from the watch: "The mercenary guild suffered a special attack, the signal was blocked, and the communication within the team was cut off. Now all the formations are disrupted, and I can't contact the base outside the city. Zero, you have to be very careful.
" An Ling said so. Zero looked at the three teammates who were lying half-dead at his feet. There were still unknown threats lurking in the surrounding environment. Now that the enemy was unknown, they couldn't let them just faint outside.
"It's too dangerous to be exposed to the outside, I'm going to move them indoors, Anling, come and help me!"
Zero jumped on the energy car and turned the switch key forcefully, and the car started smoothly. But the electronic map and communication functions on board are all offline, which means that she has to walk blindly in the huge black sand city.
The three teammates were put on the back seat, and the small energy car was driven by zero speed, but fortunately, Anling's steady voice always pointed her in the direction of progress.
"Turn left at the intersection and be careful of cracks in the road."
"The building ahead is scanned for safety, and there is a suitable hiding place on the first floor." The
surroundings were quiet, because there were no plants, and even the sounds of birds and beasts could not be heard.
Zero carefully parked the car at the door of a shop. The glass shop door was still intact, and there were not many signs of flipping inside. There was a blind spot under the counter in the storefront. She hid the three of them inside, and then covered it with a plastic sheet, making it almost invisible from the outside.
Zero can only do so much.
She had just returned to the driver's seat and started the engine, but before she drove a few meters, An Ling suddenly issued a warning.
"Be careful."
In the next instant, Zero felt a chill on her cheeks, and a silvery thing brushed against her earlobe and quickly swept back like a gust of wind.
She turned her head sharply, and saw that an aberrant who appeared out of nowhere had arrived very close to her, and the silver-white nano-robot turned into a torrent chain, trapping it firmly.
"It should be a native of Heisha City, the level is not high..." He suddenly stopped before he finished speaking. Then the whole person began to freeze and flash back, and the frequency became faster and faster, as if the accelerator button was pressed.
Seeing that the man in front of him could barely maintain his human appearance, Zero couldn't help but take a step forward: "An Ling, what's the matter with you?"
He seemed a little puzzled himself. Changed back to human skin, and it became more and more difficult to even maintain a human form. This is simply impossible for his Star God-level authority.
Even so, An Ling's voice was still calm: "Zero, I'm infected, this is a new type of XII mutated virus, it's a bit tricky." The
next moment, the silver current suddenly grew stronger, and he did not hesitate to completely hang the aberrant in his hand.
The corpse was thrown on the ground, and the silver robot knelt on one knee and half-knelt on the ground, flashing a human face from time to time. An Ling tried hard for a while, but found that he couldn't even turn back into a watch.
In his sight, the girl was standing in front of him and looked at him anxiously.
In ten thousandths of a second, An Ling made a decision.
"Zero, I need a little time to crack the virus."
He quickly raised his head and scanned a vacant building not far away: "There is no threat there for the time being, you hide in it and don't come out, wait for me to come to you."
He refused without thinking. "No, I can't leave you here!"
An Ling explained calmly: "In the process of cracking the virus, I can't move, I will only be the target of the attack. The aberrants here can't hurt me, but for you It will be very dangerous."
After saying this, his facial features disappeared and he completely turned into a faceless nano-robot with blue electric arcs all over his body. It was not as easy as he said to deal with electronic viruses.
Zero gritted her teeth. Of course, she knew that standing outside was not the way to go. Her abilities were limited. An Ling was much stronger than her. His decision was the best consideration.
The two were glued to each other for a moment, and Zero could only climb on the energy car to start the engine, and glanced back anxiously before leaving.
——In the rear-view mirror, the silver-white humanoid robot was half-kneeling on the ground, surrounded by shattered ruins, and gloomy dark clouds came from behind, as if a monster was about to engulf the city.
The sky darkened, the originally dim sun was blocked by dark clouds, and the temperature began to drop slowly. Zero drove to Anling at the fastest speed to scan the safe buildings.
The glass on the outside of the building was shattered, and the ground on the first floor was even covered with roots of some kind of plant. Zero rushed to the upper floor to hide, and observed the surroundings through the advantage of a high angle of view.
There are no pedestrians in the empty streets, so the wandering mercenaries are especially obvious.
Ling was surprised to find that not only the three of them, the other mercenary teams, and even the living people of the entire Black Sand City had all lost their ability to move.
She was the only one left who was normal!
The author has something to say:
The second update is at 12 noon