"Boss, calm down." Kate, the co-pilot of the off-road vehicle, held her laptop and carefully studied the cause of the abnormal signal in the surrounding area, "The call was suddenly interrupted, and it is most likely not Rosie's problem. We have already driven backTen kilometers away, there is still no signal source detected on the ground of East 2, it should be because of the communication base station."

Nelson in the driver's seat echoed: "Yes, since Li Ling opened the entrance of the military base and put Robert's army into the East 2 dungeon, the communication base stations of East 2 must have been destroyed, Rosie thereIt's normal for the signal transmission here not to be here."

Deng Huailing in the back seat was still silent.The rain at night is getting heavier, the wind and rain are hitting the windshield, in the darkness like thick ink, only the light beams of the headlights are shaking faintly, as if driving under water, surrounded by dead people who can't tell the direction.world.

Both Nelson and Kate sensed the heavy atmosphere in the car, and kindly offered advice.They have never seen Yanling's young and steady manager look so nervous. Deng Huailing has always been able to do things with ease, and has never been like this now, with his head down and silent, clutching the communicator in his hand tightly, his backThe lines are tight.

"Don't worry, I'm calm." Deng Huailing raised his head, and saw himself frowning in the rearview mirror, and his face was astonishingly pale.The communicator in his hand dialed Rosie's number more than 20 times, but failed to get through. The cold sweat on the palm of his hand soaked the screen, and the rows of letters on the screen became distorted, and the colors blurred in confusion.

He never believed in gods and Buddhas, but when he heard the notification that he couldn't get through again and again, he prayed to the gods in the void for the first time. It doesn't matter who the person is, the gods of the East or the West are fine. As long as Rosie is okay, he is willing to give anythingcost.

However, the communicator remained silent, and the signal display showed zero bars.Deng Huailing put it aside, endured his anxiety, and leaned back on the chair with his eyes closed.It was very quiet in the darkness, except for the sound of the heavy rain that filled the sky and the earth, the only sound that could be heard was the body in the trunk bumping and rolling, and hitting the carriage frequently.

It was Li Ling's body. Deng Huailing intended to use Tang Dao to finish off the traitor, but he didn't want the other party to dirty his knife, so he pulled out a pistol from his back, pointed it at Li Ling's temples and pulled the trigger.He still remembered the eyes the other party stared at him before he died, mocking and pitying, just like a sober person staring at a poor sleeping person.

Li Ling thinks that he is the only one who is awake among the adjudicators, but who is still awake and who is still in a dream, who can tell clearly?Deng Huailing stared at the night rain outside the window, feeling the desolation of being in a dream, which way is the right one, the answer will only be revealed after the dream wakes up.

The communicator at hand rang suddenly, and without the signal from the base station, it was as weird as a call from another world.Deng Huailing immediately picked up the communicator and pressed the connect button, and Rosie's gentle and worried voice came out from the receiver: "Huai Ling?"

"Rosie?" As if lightning had penetrated the vast night, Deng Huailing's eyes instantly brightened, and his expression suddenly became clear, "How is the situation there, is there anything wrong? I haven't contacted you, and I have been worried for a long time."

"I'm fine. I think you must be worried about me, so I will call you as soon as the signal is restored." Rosie comforted softly, "The communication base station in East 2 has been destroyed, and the communication in all districts has been affected.Fortunately, there was a period of vigorous development of aerospace technology in the second district ten years ago, and several communication satellites were launched. Although they were almost scrapped, they were barely usable."

"I thought there was something wrong with Dong 1, as long as you are fine." Deng Huailing breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense back relaxed.He remembered the information Li Ling gave before his death, "By the way, listen to me, the East 2 dungeon..."

"I already know the situation on East 2. The scouts on the front line also brought back the news. Li Ling did not follow the original tactics, detonated the explosives buried under the old base, and blew up the entrance. Instead, Robert'sThe army has opened the door for convenience." Rosie said calmly, "'Shu' is evacuating the people in East 2 and preparing to stop the enemy.Close the partition door permanently at eight o'clock, and no android will be allowed in."

"Have you decided to give up Dong 2?" Deng Huailing thought for a moment, "That's right, this decision is very decisive. If you don't give up Dong 2, the army of bionics will spread like an infection, and eventually cause the entire second district to die...... My task here is also completed, Li Ling has been killed, and I can return to the dungeon before dawn."

Rosie seemed to have walked from a crowded conference room to a secluded place, and the noisy background sound faded a bit: "Well, be careful, I'll wait for you to come back. After you come back, go directly to the intersection of East 1 and East 2Find me at the partition door, I'm afraid I have to go there personally to command the army and help the people in East 2 evacuate."

"You want to go to the front line in person? Why?" Deng Huailing keenly discerned the wrong words in the lover's words, "Even if the bionic army is menacing and the battle is urgent, you can still give orders by staying in the command center. What's the use of going to the front line?”

"..." Rosie hesitated for a while, then said helplessly, "I still can't hide anything from you. The killer and I... had some differences in command, just like the bloody Christmas ten years ago, our opinions couldn't be reconciled.You know that he is sometimes extremely stubborn, in order to prevent him from directly hacking into the administrative system of East 1 and making decisions for me, I have to go to the front line to watch in person."

Doubts floated in Deng Huailing's eyes, and he wanted to ask in detail, but Rosie was unwilling to talk further: "It's actually not a big deal, I will watch the killer and prevent him from making any trouble. I still have some urgent matters at hand.I have to go first, and I will tell you when you come back."

Apparently Rosie has endless urgent matters to deal with, and calling him when he has time is just because he is worried.Deng Huailing obediently said goodbye to her lover, hung up the phone, and looked at the raging rain outside the window again.

Knowing that Rosie was fine, the frantic rainy night seemed less scary.Although directly below the wasteland they galloped through, hundreds of meters deep underground, the flames of war are raging, and the East 2 dungeon is about to fall. Maybe the army of bionics is slaughtering civilians in blood and flesh, maybe before the partition door is closed,Robert's main army will rush into East 1, fulfilling Li Ling's prophecy.

But Deng Huailing didn't feel flustered at all, he just wanted to get back to Rosie as soon as possible and hold Rosie's hand into his palm.Then he would have nothing to fear.

It took two hours to rush back to the new military base on the edge of East 1. By the time Deng Huailing and his party arrived in front of the partition gate, it was already seven o'clock in the morning.

In front of the partition door, there is no quiet atmosphere in the morning. The road is crowded, the sea of people is noisy, and the noise is mixed with crying.Soldiers of "Skill" wearing white armbands are everywhere. Some of them check the identity chips of the people one by one to prevent the bionic people from mixing in, and some guide the evacuation of refugees with their families.But there is a faint sense of order.

The army of "Shu" was extremely efficient. After receiving the news that Robert's army had entered East 2, fortifications were built on the border of East 1 overnight, and heavy weapons were continuously transported over.Deng Huailing only saw some soldiers responsible for maintaining order at the partition door. Most of the soldiers entered the partition door early in the morning, crossed the border, went to the agreed meeting point to meet the refugees, and blocked Robert's offensive.

The flames of war have reached the doorstep, and the war is close at hand.The sound of machine gun fire came from the other side of the partition door non-stop, with layers of hollow echoes, and there were occasional violent explosions, and the sound of falling gravel seemed to be raining from the ground.

Although the connecting points between the underground cities are called "partition gates", they are actually tunnels ranging from three to five kilometers in length. In the tunnels, thick lead gates are set every fifty meters, which can be switched on and off.And what Rosie said about closing the door permanently at 8:00 a.m. is to completely blow up the tunnel, and then inject neurotoxin into the gap between the lead door and the gravel, and abandon the tunnel leading to East 2 forever.

These tunnels existed in the early days of the dungeon eighty years ago, and it took five years to build them all. It is absolutely impossible for Robert to dig through other tunnels in a short period of time. Abandoning East 2, indeedCan keep other dungeons.

But in this way, the East 2 dungeon can only declare its fall.Deng Huailing knew in his heart that in a short period of time, it was impossible for the people of East 2 to evacuate completely, they could only withdraw as much as possible.

Surrounded by the cries of refugees, people's faces were covered with black ash, their eyes were empty, and they followed the soldiers with a lot of luggage.Parents wanted to appease their sobbing children, but they could only repeat "don't be afraid" monotonously, with the same bewildered expressions as the children.

Many of the refugees were wounded by stray bullets. Military doctors set up tents in the temporarily cleared space, debrided wounds and even amputated their limbs. Discarded cotton and gauze were soaked in bright red blood. Painful wailing echoed over the ward.The scene is like hell on earth.

Deng Huailing paid attention to the division of functions of each area while walking, and dispatched hunters with relevant skills to support the front line, help the army control the battlefield, or assist military doctors to treat the wounded.Soon, he turned from huddled in front of him to alone, and walked alone to the tallest building in this area, a three-story sentry tower.

It has been transformed into a temporary command post for the leader to stay, and it is closely guarded.In the past ten minutes, the leader in pure white uniform stood on the sentry tower, facing the filming team and the crowd, and delivered a short impromptu speech to soothe the hearts of the people.When Deng Huailing arrived, his speech had just come to the last few paragraphs:

"...We will not only try our best to save the people of Dong 2 who are in danger, but also punish the traitors who betrayed Dong 2. At 4 o'clock this morning, we are slightly relieved to learn that the heroic members of Yan Ling brought back the former Dong 22 The body of the adjudicator Li Ling, who secretly colluded with the Cesina government and exchanged the blood and sweat of the people for money and status, has been shot dead."

Deng Huailing smiled, put his hands in the pockets of his windbreaker, stood in the crowd and looked up at their leader together with other people.Rosie lowered her eyes slightly, somehow she saw him in the crowd at a glance, a touch of tenderness suddenly added to her eyes, and she said with hope:

"Please believe in the army of 'Art', and trust me. We are standing here. For the sake of those behind us, we will never back down. We will fight to the last moment. The partition door will be closed at 8 o'clock this morning. Before that, The escape channel will always be open for the people of East 2. I also sent troops to go deep into the underground city of East 2, and go to various meeting points to bring back the people who are about to evacuate. If there are people who are inconvenient to walk, they can leave by military aircraft.

"We will not give up on anyone, just as we will not give up a small hope. There is not much time left. I implore everyone to cooperate with the work of 'Art' and evacuate with our army. I can't promise, go through the roughThrough the tunnel, you will be able to see the light on the ground; but I can guarantee that in the long dark night, you will always see my shadow accompanying me."

After Rosie finished speaking, she nodded to the people below, and walked into the guard tower amid thunderous applause.The filming team put away the equipment, and this speech video will be combined with the previous speeches to make a series of promotional videos, which will be released to the second district and the main city through various channels.The more difficult the moment is, the more the attitude of the leader becomes the key to boosting morale.

Deng Huailing walked through the crowd and stepped onto the crumbling iron ladder outside the sentry tower.The soldiers around Rosie recognized him and made way for him.He went up to the highest point, and before he entered the simple command room on the third floor, he heard through the wall that Rosie, who had finished her speech, seemed to be arguing with someone, and her calm tone just now was full of gunpowder.

"Rosie, are you crazy? The escape route is open until eight o'clock?" The killer's angry voice echoed in the command room, "The people don't know where Robert's army has advanced, even you don't know? They are outside, at the other end of this tunnel! Now all the rendezvous points are under attack, and the soldiers you send can’t bring back many people, do you want to fill the tunnel with the dead soldiers?”

"Ettore, you are so good at analyzing the pros and cons, why don't you help me analyze it, more than 60% of the people in East 2 have not evacuated, and how many of them have relatives and friends in other dungeons, do you know?" Rosie tit-for-tat,"Can you calculate how much turmoil these people's deaths will cause in the second district? A large number of refugees are about to reach the partition gate. I can't ruin their hopes at this time!"

The killer said coldly: "I can't just watch you sacrifice the main force of the army for these civilians. I still say that, if you don't close the partition door, I will close it for you. The administrative system of East 1 was designed by me back then., I can always do this little thing.”

"I still say the same thing, I'm already on the front line." Deng Huailing pushed the door in and saw Luo Xi and the holographic image of the killer confronting each other across the desk.With unprecedented ruthlessness, "If you dare to close the door a second earlier, you will wait to collect my body in the tunnel."