pertwk Chapter 87 1 No Gold
Chapter 87 1 No Gold
"Are you looking for that person?"
As Jiang Luo followed Qi Te's footsteps down the corridor toward the basement, she asked a question.
Qi Te nodded, then pointed to the ground, signaling the two to try not to make any noise.
During the second playthrough, in order to figure out the cause of the beast tide, Captain Xu contacted the team members who stayed behind in the old city and unexpectedly obtained a piece of information - after the Blue Shield vanguard was forced into the hospital, the beast horde stopped attacking and even dared not get too close to the hospital.
Furthermore, the Blue Shield team members who were in the hospital were still alive at the time and were not subjected to the corrosive attack of the concentrated yellow acid.
Therefore, Zite deduced that the Sequence 0 organism that incorporated the entire hospital into its body had no intention of actively attacking humans, but it had a powerful deterrent effect on other abnormal organisms.
Of course, the lack of proactive attacks is temporary.
After all, the survival habits of creatures in border areas are incredibly diverse. Sequence 0 is one of only four known examples globally, making it virtually impossible to find a reference point.
The entire border area was in an uproar. The high grasslands were fraught with danger, and the defensive towers in the buffer zone had been hacked by those three rebels.
Everywhere you look, there are dead ends!
It was precisely because of this that Qi Te insisted on requesting Xu Su to withdraw from the old city.
Even if the mildness of Sequence 0 is only temporary, it is currently the only safe haven in this border region.
There was no other choice; even if it was like drinking poison to quench thirst, this poison had to be swallowed first.
However, at this point, even this safe house was no longer safe.
As the ground trembled, Qi Te, with his extraordinary visual perception, saw the horde of beasts. He saw the beasts trembling, yet still advancing, advancing, and advancing towards the hospital.
To the left, right, and rear of the beast horde, there were more than a dozen black dragon salamanders. They were clearly the top hunters of this border region, driving the beasts away.
However, the black dragon salamander alone is certainly not enough to exert such a powerful deterrent effect.
The answer is obvious: the golden dragon salamander.
For the beasts, they either have to attack a Sequence 0 creature or be wiped out in one go by the ultra-high temperature flames.
Both advancing and retreating lead to certain death.
Like the humans at this moment, the beasts had no choice but to submit to the oppressive power of the dominant creature in the border region and tremble as they headed toward the hospital.
The only reason the golden salamander drove the herd of beasts to attack could be because of the dragon eggs.
Working backwards, the bounty hunters didn't die at the main road entrance to the city; the other party relentlessly followed them again.
Near the hospital, and even while everyone was at the hospital entrance and in the lobby, they quietly sneaked into the hospital.
Based on this guess, Zite pushed his perception to its limit.
While his classmates were distracted by the herd of animals, he heard faint footsteps.
When he entered the hospital to collect data earlier, Qi Te had already surveyed the first floor. There were three back doors, all of which were decayed and broken. It was entirely possible that the other party entered the hospital from those locations.
The elevator was out of service, and the stairwell leading to the third floor was seeping acidic sap from the walls after Uncle D3 cleared away the vines with a flameless incinerator. Meanwhile, Captain Xu ordered five snipers to go upstairs and find a high vantage point to fire.
Therefore, the other party is most likely not upstairs, but in the underground parking lot.
As the three walked to the end of the corridor, before even entering the parking lot, Qi Te confirmed that his deduction was accurate.
In the pitch-black environment, he could clearly see a handprint on a relatively intact glass door.
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About three kilometers north of the old city.
The three of them, riding on a skateboard-like flying device, sped forward at a height of less than two meters off the ground.
Covered in dust and dirt, Nico yelled, "Isaac, you incredibly unlucky bastard!"
"Hey, hey~" Isaac retorted, unconvinced. "What does the sudden awakening of this anomalous creature have to do with me?"
"I've never had a problem going on a mission with Mukoda. Since teaming up with you, when has it ever gone smoothly?"
Nico raised her hand and tore several swooping vultures to pieces, all the while scolding her incompetent teammates.
"Last time in Star City, when you infiltrated Oasis Base 3, you saw that giant poison dart toad and couldn't move, so you had to fight your way out."
Isaac laughed with pride instead of shame, "Those lousy mercenaries from the Oasis were taken care of in a minute. They're all dead, so how can it not be considered a successful infiltration?"
"Hmph ha~ Haha~"
Nico was so angry she laughed: "And the time before that, when we infiltrated the capital of Sakura County to assassinate that idiot executive officer. It was you again, flirting with girls at the crucial moment, and you got exposed again."
"Speaking of that Japanese girl, her skin is really good, ah!"
Nico finally lost her temper and opened a small portal, giving Isaac a hard whack on the back of the head.
If it weren't for the organization's rules against killing teammates, she would have loved to kick this idiot into the pack of beasts chasing after her.
"It gets more and more outrageous every time, you're such a jinx, you're a jinx..."
Before Nicole could finish her rant, a roaring sound came from the distance.
Mukot, who was cutting through the beast horde ahead with a large machete, turned around and exclaimed in surprise, "Scorpion fighter jet!"
"Holy crap, the city defense forces are catching up?"
Nico was completely flustered, but soon the mask projected an image of a fighter jet flying at low altitude, with a dark blue shield-shaped insignia clearly printed on its fuselage.
"It seems there's a Blue Shield field team in the border area. And they've even called for backup."
As soon as Mukert finished speaking, Isaac's eyes lit up: "Nico, the door, the door!"
The three men, lightly equipped, infiltrated the buffer zone to carry out their mission. They hadn't brought much ammunition to begin with, and it was all used up in the tall grass.
Nico had only recently been promoted to Rank C, and the maximum distance of her spatial portal was only ten kilometers. She had already opened it three times before, but no matter where she 'teleported' to, there were only swarms of ferocious birds and beasts behind the portal.
The entire border area was as lively as summer, and the danger level had skyrocketed.
The skateboard-like flying machine could reach speeds of up to 60 kilometers per hour, and the area of this border region was far larger than what they could see in front of them. The three of them knew very well that if they continued like this, they would surely die.
The only way to escape right now is to follow those Scorpion fighter jets to the location of the Blue Shield field team and seek cooperation.
[Outpost] has never attacked non-federal government departments or individuals. The companies targeted are all related to biotechnology and military industries, but security companies like Blue Shield have no connection or grudge against them.
Since I'm not with the federal military, as long as I don't reveal my rebel identity, I should be fine.
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"I've reached my limit!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the pale purple halo in Kyogoku Hikaru's eyes suddenly dissipated.
When the brain is disconnected, the mind control is also released.
After slaying a black dragon salamander, Xu Su, who had just leaped back to the machine gun position, froze for a second before roaring in fury, "How could you...!"
"Stop talking nonsense."
Kyogoku Hiko, pale-faced and weak, said, "If it weren't for me, do you think your subordinates could have held out for so long?"
Xu Su knew, of course, that with only himself and his 25 team members, the surging beast tide and the torrential rain of raptors would tear through the defenses in four or five minutes at most.
With the cooperation of these two, the machine gun position and all the team members held out for nearly twenty minutes.
The enemy's battle plan was indeed far superior to ours.
However, the price was equally heavy!
Looking at the gruesome corpses scattered on the steps in front of the door and on both sides, as well as the seriously wounded team members who had retreated to their positions, Xu Su's heart was bleeding.
The boy's mind control ability simply shielded him from emotions and pain perception, unleashing his ultimate potential.
Therefore, all Blue Shield members, including Xu Su, were fully conscious. With the aid of shared vision, and relying on their years of combat experience and their own special abilities, they fought head-on against the relentless charging horde of beasts.
This is tantamount to using oneself and one's teammates as pawns; although effective, it is unforgivable.
"Are your lives precious, but ours aren't?"
Xu Su said indignantly, "What right do these despicable people who only know how to hide behind us have to show off!"
"There are always sacrifices in battle." Yuan Sheng said expressionlessly, "You know very well that if we don't do this, it won't just be these dozen or so team members who die, but everyone."
"If you desperately need an apology, then I'm sorry! It was my decision, and you can hate me."
Kyogoku Hiko was only responsible for making connections; he did not have the ability to command on the spot. All the team members' scheduling and actions were based on Gensho's instructions.
"They're here! They're here!"
Hu Zizai, who had been tinkering with things on the left side of the hospital for half a day, ran over excitedly.
Yuan Sheng nodded to him, then looked up at the gloomy sky.
Boom!
Thunder roared, and a blinding white bolt of lightning, like a dragon's claw, tore the dark blue sky into spiderweb-like patterns.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of a dragon's roar rang out.
Along with them came countless icicles.
Freezing rain is coming!
Neither humans nor beasts could withstand that indiscriminate attack, which was as sharp as a steel blade.
"Brother Hu, the ground is now in your hands."
Having said that, Yuan Sheng raised his right hand.
The icicles in the sky changed direction as they fell, as if restrained by some irresistible force, and gathered in front of him.
Unite, unite, and unite again.
In less than three seconds, gray icicles, some dark and some light, and no less than 20 centimeters long, formed the shape of spears.
A massive, golden figure, as large as a mountain, rose up from the cluster of dilapidated buildings connected directly in front of the hospital.
Yuan Sheng raised his hand and waved it, and the sound of wind breaking rang out.
The spear shot off like an arrow released from a bow.
The golden salamander lives deep in underground caves, where high temperatures and magma are its energy source.
Using ice to fight fire is like throwing an egg against a rock.
However, the ice spear, with the force to shatter mountains, pierced through the golden dragon salamander's incredibly hard golden scales.
"Roar"
The golden salamander angrily raised its paw and slapped away the spear that was five or six meters long. The spearhead melted rapidly, and orange-red molten blood quickly flowed from the dragon's chest.
"it turns out!"
Xu Su exclaimed in surprise, his eyes widening as he stared in disbelief at the image magnified dozens of times on the mask.
Ice type, Rank A!
A true powerhouse!
However, neither Xu Su nor Yuan Sheng knew that even A-level players had ultimately died in battle in the previous three cycles.
Energy eventually runs out. Faced with the overwhelming hordes of ferocious beasts and the fire-breathing dragon that seemed to have been resurrected from an ancient creature, even an A-level expert risks perishing.
Of course, given Yuan Sheng's abilities, escaping alone in a sub-zero and humid environment shouldn't be a problem.
The most important reason for his first three deaths was that when he accepted the test invitation from the Genius Council, he promised to protect the council member.
Soldiers of Long County are true to their word!