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Chapter 4 Gold and Silver Square, 08:33 pm
Without even thinking about it, Deng Huailing untied the guitar case on his back, and quickly pulled out a long knife from it.
It was a slender and simple Tang knife with a straight scabbard and a gold-plated ring.Eighty years have passed since the nuclear war. Even if the ancestors are Chinese, it is difficult to recognize the standard knife that belongs to the ancient era of "Tang".Holding the knife, Deng Huailing turned out of the corner and came to the street.
He looked up, and saw a huge helicopter hanging in the night sky, its rotors creating a strong wind.Reflected by the neon signs, people kept climbing out of the helicopter through rope ladders and landing on the roof.There were more than one landing point. Soldiers in black uniforms appeared in all directions, with white armbands on their arms to distinguish them. There were about thirty or forty of them, with fierce firepower and well-equipped equipment, they quickly outflanked the central square.
Black and white is the symbol of the "shu" of the rebel organization.As long as you live in the city of Cesina, you must have heard of the existence of "shu" and various terrifying legends.It is said that they are entrenched in the second district, trying to infiltrate into the urban area, which is an extremely barren area outside the urban area, suffering from nuclear radiation, and people often suffer from various diseases.
Deng Huailing fought against them a few times. This organization seems to be inhumane, causing many bloody incidents, and never caring about civilian casualties.Just like now, the Gold and Silver Square was in chaos, the rebels dropped several bombs, and the flames shot up into the sky, dyeing the dark blue night into blood red.Unexpectedly, the rebels did not shoot at the crowd. After landing, they shot the zipline and quickly approached the building where the charity reception was located. Obviously, this was not an indiscriminate attack, but a long-planned attack.
He rushed forward against the scattered crowd and broke into the building.There was almost no one at the front desk, so he generously grabbed an employee who was running away, twisted the other's wrist, and swiped the chip to enter the elevator.
The red numbers jumped, Deng Huailing lowered his head and clenched the handle of the knife.The elevator car was very quiet, only the sound of his own breathing.On the 27th floor, the door slowly opened with the beep.
In an instant, the sound of gunfire bombarded the eardrums, and the rebels in the corridor turned around and fired. Countless bullets screamed out of the gun chambers and attacked him.The space in the car was narrow, and Deng Huailing had no way to avoid it, but the bullets stopped in front of him strangely, as if they had lost their kinetic energy and were stopped outside the transparent barrier.
He raised his right hand, and the two black rings shimmered.The wind barrier unfolded, and the stronger airflow carried the bullets, sending them in the opposite direction, hitting the bodies of several rebels.Then Tang Dao came out of its sheath coldly, like a bolt of lightning splitting the air, wiped the necks of the two of them, and the blood flew flying.
Deng Huailing stopped and shook the blood off the blade.Holding the knife in his left hand, the tip of the knife rose again, pointing at the last person.The man was trembling with fright, the gun slammed to the ground, and he raised his hands high.Deng Huailing hesitated for a moment, chose to put the knife back into the sheath, and then tore off the other party's communication equipment: "I don't want to kill too many people in one day. I'll use this for my use. You can go downstairs and find a police station and surrender yourself."
Before the man could react, the bounty hunter had already gone far away, put on his equipment and switched to the rebel channel.He thought of something again, stopped and turned around and said:
"—By the way, remember to report Deng Huailing's name. Although you are worth at most 100,000 credits, it's better than nothing."
Cheng Wen pressed the headset and reconfirmed the position of the third team.No reply.The third team disappeared in the corridor near the elevator entrance on the 27th floor as if it had evaporated out of thin air.
His people were attacking the scene of the charity reception, but at this fatal juncture, they suddenly lost contact with their subordinates.First, the third team could not be contacted, and the second team heard news of casualties again and again, as if the god of death had quietly descended, reaping their lives.
He tried asking again: "Casualty report?"
There was a rustling sound in the channel, and someone tried the microphone on the other end: "Hello?" The voice was very young, with a lazy ending.
"The second team? Please explain your current situation." Cheng Wen felt ominous.
"The situation," the other end paused, and said with a smile, "the situation is completely wiped out by me. Unfortunately, the people you sent are not elite enough."
"Who are you? You are from the army?" Cheng Wen stood up abruptly, with sharp eyes, and silently gestured to his subordinates, indicating to capture the signal source.All the radio signals in the building instantly appeared on the holographic map, and after repeated scanning, they quickly screened the bands to determine the other party's position.
"No. The people in the army are similar to you, they are a bunch of idiots." The other party revealed his identity, "I just use money to do things."
"Oh, bounty hunter." Cheng Wen said casually, "I can also give you money, do you want to join us?"
"From the tone of your voice, you are someone who can make up your mind, a high-ranking member of 'Shu'?" said the voice, "If I want to join 'Shu', I'm afraid I will have to report to your eleventh meeting. You can't afford the price."
Cheng Wen said: "I am indeed one of the adjudicators in the eleven-seat meeting. You set your price, and I can make decisions."
The subordinates quietly approached and told Cheng Wen that "I found it", and even hacked into the security system to retrieve the surveillance footage where the person was.In the surveillance, a young man was holding a slender Tang knife, wearing sunglasses around his collar, and looked like an idle tourist.While ordering someone to set up a time bomb, Cheng Wen continued to mediate with the other party: "I seem to know you, are you the hunter who was rated A+ when he was underage?"
The young man didn't take his words, but said: "Then you should pay attention to your usual words and deeds to see if you have offended other adjudicators. Otherwise, why would you be sent to this mission that must die, and you won't be given the elite troops?"?”
Cheng Wen's heart was shocked, and he asked in astonishment, "What do you mean?"
"I seem to have talked a lot of nonsense." The young man said succinctly, "In short, this is a trap. Someone gave you false information. Today's reception is not on the 27th floor, but on the 29th floor."
"you……"
Cheng Wen still wanted to ask questions, but the person in the channel had already cut off the signal.The place where the signal was interrupted was very close to their hiding place.At the same time, the sound of helicopter rotors sounded outside the window, and the searchlight pierced through the rain curtain. It was not one of the few owned by the rebels, and the government logo was painted on a prominent place on the fuselage.
The turtle in the urn.He had reason to believe that army snipers had been deployed in several surrounding buildings, and assault troops were also climbing up the stairs.Panic and fear intertwined in his mind, Cheng Wen took a deep breath, resisted the urge to question other people in the eleventh meeting, and forced himself to calmly give the order:
"The firepower of the response team suppressed the 29th floor, and the mayor Robert Dillane must be intercepted. The blasting team detonated the bomb, and the others retreated in order."
He gritted his teeth fiercely. If what the other party said was true, he would never be able to return to the second district; but even so, he would not let Robert walk out of this building alive!
"Hold"
Seeing the bomb with 30 seconds left in the timer, Deng Huailing abruptly cut off the national curse, and then sprinted to the nearest window.
The army's reaction speed was much slower than he had imagined. It just called in a helicopter to bluff, and the ground troops were still being dispatched.He chatted with his opponent to delay time, and fabricated the news that the mayor was on the 29th floor. He originally wanted to draw the attention of the rebels to the 29th floor. Unexpectedly, the madness of this group of people far exceeded his imagination, and they directly blew up the building.!
The mayor himself, of course, is neither on the 27th nor the 29th floor, but spends his leisure time in the municipal center, but Deng Huailing is in this building, and it is impossible to escape.
The sound of the wind passed by his ears, he crossed his arms to protect his face, smashed the glass and jumped into the heavy rain outside the building.
There was nothing below the 27th floor. He fell in the void with raindrops, falling into the starry lights, and the wet neon swirled in the field of vision.On the opposite building is a huge advertising screen, half of which was shattered by the bombardment. The actress is holding a mascara and smiling at the camera, but her eyes are gone.
The earth rushed towards him quickly, Deng Huailing stretched out his right hand, and used the black ring to change the magnetic field in the air.At such a fast falling speed, it is extremely difficult to control the air density. The compressed air becomes extremely hard, and he only feels that he is hitting iron plates.He will die instantly.
The 30-second countdown ended, bright sparks bloomed above the building, the loud noise made the ground tremble, the explosives arranged by "Shu" detonated, and the flying debris was like a firework.
As soon as Deng Huailing fell to the ground in embarrassment, he was blown away by the air wave generated by the explosion for the second time, and tiles and stones fell chaotically, mixed in the rain.Before the wind barrier was fully deployed, a piece of concrete from a high place flew towards his head. He was stranded in the air, unable to avoid it, and was about to be hit.
At this time, a figure suddenly rushed out obliquely, jumped into the air, and hugged him tightly.
The momentum carried by that person was so great that it directly changed the trajectories of the two of them and fell sideways.They rolled in the rubble, and Deng Huailing first caught a glimpse of the sharp steel bars inserted into the concrete out of the corner of his eye, then turned his eyes back and stared at the face of the person who came:
"Rosie?"
The rain was heavier than before, and the bionic man lay on top of him and slowly raised himself up with his hands.The rainwater flowed on Rosie's face, with a bit of neon color, gathered to the chin and dripped, and fell on Deng Huailing's lips.He subconsciously licked it, the cold iron smell.
Rosie walked away from him, then stood up, leaning forward with her right hand on her left chest: "Rosie, the combat android, is waiting for orders. Please give orders, Mr. Deng."
Deng Huailing sat on the ground, his coat was soaked in the mud, and he didn't care much.He jokingly said, "Is this the only line you have to say?"
The beautiful eyes blinked, and Rosie looked at him a little confused, as if she didn't understand what he was talking about.
"Thank you for rushing out to save me," Deng Huailing said, "but you are not needed here, and I am not your administrator."
Rosie said: "Dr. Chen has created your permissions file and overridden his administrator status. Since an hour ago, Mr. Deng, you are my only master."
Deng Huailing was stunned for a moment and said, "Can you change it back?"
"As far as I know, it's not possible. Moreover," Deng Huailing suspected that he had an illusion, he actually felt a faint smile on the face of the bionic man, "As far as the current situation is concerned, you need me."
He followed Rosie's gaze out of the ruins.Outside the heavy rain and rubble, several strong lights were aimed at them, and soldiers with guns surrounded them, all wearing white armbands on their arms.
The "shu" did come, but the government's army remained silent as if they were dead.
"There must be a problem with Fengshui where I live now, or I didn't read the almanac when I went out today." Deng Huailing said resignedly.He stood beside Rosie, drew his sword out of its sheath, and blocked them in front of them, "Anyway, since I met you, my luck has been bad."