Chapter 168: Get involved!
Boom!!!
Before he could speak, accompanied by a loud bang, violent vibrations came from all directions, and the concrete dome on top of the underground city began to shake.
For a moment, the lights were dim, and a large amount of concrete debris fell from the surface of the dome.
Exclamations and screams came one after another, and the strong man in front of him immediately hugged his shiny forehead with the mechanical arm behind his back, curled up into a ball and hid under the eaves on the side.
The sound and vibration did not last too long, and they completely dissipated after a short wait.
The huge Hai'an underground city also returned to tranquility.
Unlike the people around him, the pale young man did not show any panic when he heard the explosion. On the contrary, his muscles were instantly tensed, and a gleam of light burst out from the depths of his eyes.
"Is this... an explosion on the surface?"
The young man murmured in a low voice, and then subconsciously took a step to leave the street.
"Brother, brother!"
The shivering strong man huddled under the eaves stretched out a mechanical hand to hold the young man: "Don't rush to leave, there may be aftershocks later!"
The young man pulled the corner of his mouth and showed a stiff smile: "Don't worry, this is not an earthquake."
He threw the strange-shaped pistol in his hand directly into the arms of the strong man: "Since you are not a bad guy, I will give you this thing!"
After that, he took a step and ran towards a small road beside the street.
The strong man was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the pistol in his arms with disbelief.
What the hell?
Did he meet a noble person? !
He carefully reached out and picked up this seemingly powerful pistol, and looked at it carefully.
Gradually, his face became strange.
This thing... Why does it feel a little bit wrong?
In order to verify his guess, he pointed the muzzle of the gun at the ground and gently pulled the trigger.
Ziz——
a clear line of water burst out from the muzzle, outlining a water mark on the dusty cement floor.
Damn, I was fooled!
Damn, this thing is just an ordinary water gun!!
The strong man stood up suddenly, wanting to settle the score with someone, but after looking around, he couldn't find the frail young man. He had to put the water gun on his waist, and then cursed and started his new work again.
...
The young man hurriedly and skillfully entered an inconspicuous narrow alley, and then knocked twice on the iron door at the end of the alley.
"Secret code."
A dull voice came from inside the door.
The young man slowly typed a question mark.
"?"
"When did we... have a secret code?"
The iron door opened with a clang, and a middle-aged man with a full beard carefully poked his head out of the iron door: "You're right, we don't have a secret code."
The young man's forehead suddenly hung several black lines, and he stretched out his hand and gently pushed away the bearded man in front of him: "Go away, there's such a big thing outside, you still have the mind to do these things..."
The room was a little dim.
The LED bulbs were covered with a thick layer of dust, and many of the bulbs inside had completely lost their light.
In the middle of the room was a long wooden table, on which were placed some paper documents and a cable radio with a severely worn surface.
The thin wires stretched out of the house and finally disappeared under the gray-white cement road.
The bearded man looked alert, and after looking around, he retracted his head: "It's because something big happened outside that I need to be more vigilant."
"What if our identities are discovered, we..."
"What will happen to us?" The young man curled his lips, stretched out his hand to take off his coat, and hung it on the hanger beside him, "There is no rule that the resistance army is not allowed to enter the Hai'an Underground City."
"Those cyborgs can live in it. Is there any problem if we set up the resistance army's contact point here?"
"Commander Xu, you are wrong." The bearded man stretched out his hand to close the iron door, and then his expression was serious, "First of all, those cyborgs are not easy to deal with. Some time ago, I saw with my own eyes a cyborg with two mechanical arms on his back forcibly dragging a man with a broken hand into the next room." "
That scene...tsk tsk tsk, Commander Xu, you can't imagine it!"
"No matter what, those cyborgs of the mechanical sect are definitely harboring evil intentions!"
Xu Hongming's mouth twitched slightly: "Is it possible that someone else is recruiting new members?"
"If I guess correctly, the man with a broken hand should come out of the house soon, right?"
The bearded man's face froze, and then he coughed hard: "Maybe, then let's talk about the residents of this underground city."
"Recently, many people have been sneaking around outside the base. I suspect that someone in Hai'an Underground City has discovered our tracks..."
Xu Hongming didn't say anything, but stretched out his hand to push open the closed window beside him.
"Roasted gopher, fresh roasted gopher, three copper coins each, ten copper coins for three! Don't miss it if you pass by!"
A shout came from outside the window.
"Is it possible... those sneaky people are buying things?" Xu Hongming said expressionlessly.
Bearded man: "..."
"Old Lin, your paranoia is getting worse." Xu Hongming sighed heavily, "If it doesn't work, I'd better send you back to the headquarters to rest for a while?"
Seeing Lin Hui in front of him fall into silence, Xu Hongming could only wave his hand helplessly: "Forget it, just tell me directly, what happened on the ground?"
"Such a powerful explosion, could it be that the intelligent machine has come up with something new again?"
Speaking of business, Lin Hui perked up and his face became serious.
He reached out and pulled out a chair, then sat down at the long table. "It shouldn't be the work of the omnics."
"Some of the resistance forces active on the surface have sent us intelligence that the explosion was extremely powerful, even exceeding the power of most nuclear weapons."
"Nuclear weapons?" Xu Hongming's expression suddenly became more serious. "Have the people in the branch taken action?"
"Where did the explosion occur? Who was the target?"
"The explosion occurred near the Kukan underground city, and the target is unknown. There are usually only some scattered omnic activities in that area."
Lin Hui shook his head and denied Xu Hongming's words. "I have asked the branch, and they are also puzzled by this sudden explosion."
"They even checked the inventory of nuclear weapons, and every nuclear bomb is in the warehouse."
Hearing this, Xu Hongming frowned tightly.
It was not the branch's action, the explosion power exceeded that of a conventional nuclear bomb, and the explosion site was not an area where omnics gathered...
It was fucking hell!
It couldn't be that some rich guy deliberately lit a nuclear bomb just to watch the fireworks and hear the bang?
No matter from which angle you look at it, this behavior is too damn abstract!
Xu Hongming shook his head and immediately ruled out this answer.
"Apart from this information, is there any other intelligence?"
"There is one piece of information that has not been confirmed." Lin Hui stretched out his hand and scratched his head. "According to reports from the surrounding resistance forces, the moment the explosion occurred, almost all the intelligent machines in this area disappeared."
"Moreover, before the explosion, the number of intelligent machines in this area had decreased a lot, as if they were transferred to somewhere."
As he spoke, Lin Hui seemed to remember something and clapped his hands suddenly: "That's right!"
"Two days ago, several resistance forces reported that a heavy bulldozer was heading towards the direction of the Kukan Underground City."
"It looks like the work of intelligent machines."
Xu Hongming's eyes flashed with a gleam: "That's right!"
"I guess the intelligent machines wanted to attack the Kukan Underground City, but they didn't expect to run into a tough guy who didn't care about his life."
"At present, it seems that the number of intelligent machines in our area has been greatly reduced." A strange redness appeared on Xu Hongming's pale face, "This is a godsend opportunity!"
"That's what the branch said." Lin Hui nodded, "The branch hopes that we will cooperate with them and strive to remove the intelligent machine production base in the Hai'an area."
"In this way, the resistance army has also recaptured an important industrial city."
"This will be of great help to the resistance army's future work."
"You should also know... the resistance army has been lingering on until today, and the industrial materials in the warehouse have been almost used up."
"Haian's heavy industrial production base, let alone the branch, even the headquarters has been coveting it for a long time."
Xu Hongming was silent for a moment, and asked again: "What support can the branch give us?"
"A conventional nuclear bomb is already on the way and is expected to arrive in two days."
Lin Hui's tone was a little amazed: "This time the branch is finally willing to spend a lot of money."
"I guess the resistance army's resource reserve problem is already very serious, otherwise those people in the branch would not have issued this order in a hurry."
Xu Hongming nodded without comment: "I understand."
After thinking for a moment, he directly gave an order to Lin Hui: "In my name, issue an assembly order to those resistance army members scattered around."
"Two days later, we will launch an attack on the intelligent machinery production base in the Hai'an area!"
"Yes!"
Lin Hui's face became serious, and he saluted Xu Hongming in front of him in a standard military salute, then quickly ran to the wired radio station next to him and began to input information - being a hundred meters underground, the radio basically became a decoration, and those oldest wired radio stations became the most effective means of communication.
After all, intelligent machines usually only care about what happens on the ground, and these underground lines have almost no risk of being damaged.
Xu Hongming closed his eyes slightly, bent his fingers and tapped lightly on the wooden table in front of him, thinking about the violent explosion not long ago.
Kukan Underground City...
That remote little corner, where did the high-yield nuclear bomb come from?
After struggling for a moment, he slowly opened his eyes.
No matter who started the fire, since the fire has been burned, he must get in and take a step!
The resistance has survived for too long, and it really needs a hearty victory to inspire people!
(End of this chapter)
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