Chapter 38
"This way!"
In order to avoid being seen, Gu Liangyi and his companions did not take the main road when they evacuated.
Long before the last time he entered the city, Yi Yan had memorized the entire city's road layout. The architectural planning of Morton City was very peculiar, with densely packed buildings arranged compactly. At first glance from the air, it looked like a maze with stars dotted around it. If people were not familiar with the roads, it would be very easy to get lost.
"Turn left at the next intersection. After 500 meters, turn left again and you will be out of the city. Speed up, everyone!"
Seeing that the exit of the fortress was just around the corner, Gu Liangyi leaned his back against the cold and damp wall, took two quick breaths, stood in the shadows to adjust his breathing, walked out of the corner, took out the badge that the city lord had just given him from his arms and showed it to the orc soldiers guarding the city.
Under the other party's respectful gaze, he left Morton City openly with his group.
Deep in the desert, two modified off-road vehicles and a tank were already waiting for them.
But just as Gu Liangyi got on the car, a loud noise suddenly came from the city, and even the sand under their feet began to shake. The image of a huge bone dragon flying in the sky instantly made everyone's faces extremely ugly. Yi Yan pushed Gu Liangyi into the car and said sternly: "Hurry up and get in the car!"
The driver stepped on the accelerator and the off-road vehicle sped across the desert like an arrow, raising dust all the way.
In the passenger seat, Gu Liang hurriedly fastened his seat belt. He turned his head to look behind the car. After the earthquake, the bone dragon did not chase them, as if that scene was just an illusion.
"boom--!!!"
Suddenly, there was an earth-shaking explosion!
Gu Liangyi's face turned pale: "Is this Xiaomo's self-destruct program activated?"
How could he catch up so quickly!
"Second brother, how is the situation over there?"
Yi Yan pressed the headset and asked with a serious expression.
His eyes were fixed on the rear window of the SUV, and his other hand was tightly gripping the handle of the gun, with even the safety bolt opened in advance.
"It's okay. We haven't seen any enemies yet, nor have we found anything unusual." Yan Beichen replied.
Yi Yan's brows relaxed slightly, but he still reminded: "Okay, then you should pay attention to it and report to me at any time if there is any situation."
Although the desert tank is fast, it is still not as fast as the off-road vehicle traveling at full speed. Considering that the most important thing now is Gu Liangyi's safety, the distance between them and Yan Beichen will only get bigger and bigger.
In this situation, it is equivalent to asking him to be responsible for covering the retreat.
Gu Liangyi suppressed his inner uneasiness, tightly gripped the handle on the roof of the car, and comforted himself in his heart that Yan Beichen and the others would be fine, they had already left the city safely, and the next step was just to wait until they were within the vicinity of the school.
But the good times didn't last long. They had been driving for less than twenty minutes when suddenly, the driver in the driving seat widened his eyes and slammed on the accelerator!
The sudden braking caused Gu Liangyi's body to lean forward due to inertia. If it weren't for the seat belt, he would have almost hit the front windshield directly.
"what happens!?"
As soon as the words fell, the body of the SUV suddenly shook violently!
In just a few seconds, half of the vehicle's tires sank into the quicksand.
Gu Liang originally thought it was just an accident, but when he saw that the off-road vehicle behind them had encountered the same situation, he immediately realized that something was wrong.
"get off!"
At the critical moment, Yi Yan made the decisive decision to abandon the car.
While the quicksand is not too large, at least people can still escape. If they don’t get off the car in time, everyone in the car will be buried in it!
He threw the seat cushion out of the car to increase the force-bearing area, turned around and reached out to Gu Liangyi, pulling him and the driver out of the car.
Seeing this, the special forces members in another car followed his method and successfully abandoned the car and moved to a safe area.
But soon, the next scene made everyone present stand still -
The desert beneath their feet vibrated with a low humming sound, the wind whistled in their ears, a huge ancient city rose from the ground, countless yellow sands poured down from the air like flowing water, and in the blink of an eye, the environment around them changed drastically!
"What's this?"
Gu Liangyi finally managed to stand firm. He raised his head and looked at the road that stretched from his feet to the front, which was as complicated and crisscrossed as a maze, and the square-shaped gray buildings that were constantly shifting around him. He suddenly thought of the ancient legend that Priest Yang had told them before, and his expression immediately became very ugly.
Could it be that this is the real legendary Morton Mechanical City?
Yi Yan, who was always on guard, heard a familiar voice and turned his head sharply. He looked at the endless stream of undeads rushing towards them from all directions in the city. His pupils shrank and he immediately grabbed Gu Liangyi's wrist.
"run!"
"Jin Xuan, you take two people to take charge of the left wing. Yaroslav, you and your teammates will be on the right. The rest of you follow us. Remember not to fall behind!"
Yi Yan pulled Gu Liang and ran wildly while giving orders quickly through the communicator.
There seemed to be some kind of signal blocking device in this city, which not only caused them to lose contact with Yan Beichen and others who were still outside the city, but also temporarily lost contact with Mo Da.
However, after such an emergency occurs, the drone will definitely report it to the school immediately, but they will have to rely on themselves during the period of waiting for rescue.
"Turn right and go straight!"
After turning a few corners, Yi Yan's expression changed.
He seemed to have discovered some pattern in the movement of the mechanisms here.
"The layout here is mirror-symmetrical to that of the fortress. You must rely on memory to identify the direction!" He reminded everyone on the communicator, "Pay attention to those moving blocks. Don't be deceived by your eyes. They are not necessarily solid. Behind the 'door' may be a passage or a deadly mechanism!"
Just now, they passed through a block and ran into a white-bone giant lizard that was half a meter tall.
Caught off guard, the driver who was responsible for clearing the way was bitten on the ankle. He screamed in pain and fell to his knees on the spot.
"Don't worry about me!" He endured the severe pain, took out a gun from his waist, and shouted to Yi Yan and Gu Liangyi in cold sweat, "You go first!"
Yi Yan looked at him deeply for a second, then turned around and ran away with Gu Liang without hesitation.
While running quickly, Gu Liangyi felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat, but when he heard a gunshot from behind, his heart suddenly stopped beating.
"Do you feel anything?" Yi Yan suddenly asked him.
Gu Liang was confused. He tried hard to swallow the rusty taste at the root of his tongue: "What?"
"Nothing." Yi Yan took a deep breath and looked at the three forks in the road that suddenly appeared in front of him. He picked up the communicator again with a serious face and said, "Execute Plan B21. All team members, I reiterate again, execute Plan B21. We will wait for you at the crossroads ahead!"
After giving this order, he stopped.
Gu Liangyi propped himself up on his knees, panting, coughed twice, and asked in confusion, "We... cough, we're not running anymore?"
"Wait for them to come." Yi Yan said concisely.
Gu Liangyi didn't understand what he wanted to do, so he asked, "What is the B21 plan?"
Yi Yan shifted his gaze from the communicator and looked up at him.
"Gu Liang." He suddenly called out Gu Liangyi's name.
"……Um?"
Gu Liang responded subconsciously with a rising tone, and saw Yi Yan reach out from his collar to take out the silver longevity token that he always carried with him, took a step forward, and hung it around his neck.
He lowered his head, staring blankly at the ancient silver medal that still carried the young man's body temperature. His cheeks, which had become hot due to the rapid running, were suddenly gently stroked by the tip of the thumb through the tactical gloves.
Yi Yan lowered his eyes and looked at him, wiping away a mark left by the flying sand on his cheek, his expression surprisingly gentle.
"I'm sorry," he said.
In fact, when Gu Liangyi knocked on the door of dormitory 211 for the first time that day, he really wanted to say to the young man, "Long time no see."
"you……"
Gu Liang opened his mouth, and suddenly Yi Yan's expression froze again. He turned his head quickly and saw a burst of hurried footsteps coming from behind, accompanied by the roar of an explosion and flames -
Jin Xuan and the others are here.
"Three forks in the road, enter in three directions," Yi Yan did not count the number of people, but simply estimated the distance between the Undead and them, and then ordered everyone, "Report your position every half a minute. Are the locators on your bodies turned on?"
Everyone nodded, and they divided into teams in silence. Before entering the fork in the road, Jin Xuan suddenly turned back and shouted to Gu Liangyi: "Gu Liang, we are waiting for you at school!"
Gu Liangyi seemed to have understood something. His throat seemed to be glued shut, his eyes were red, and some huge anger and sadness was brewing slowly in his chest, as if it could break through his body at any time.
In a trance, he felt Yi Yan grabbed his wrist again and pulled him forward.
"Left, left, right, right, left..."
There was no one in front of them.
But this time, they didn't step on the hidden mechanism here once.
Moving blocks and flipping "doors" kept appearing before their eyes. The members of the special action team could no longer give them any hints to pass the level. The undead in the back were still approaching step by step. Yi Yan's forehead was oozing more and more sweat, because while exercising vigorously, his brain was also working non-stop -
First, turn over the map of Morton City, and then think about whether the route of their actions coincides with the pattern in memory. If there are intersecting lines, it means that there is a dead end ahead!
Such a large amount of calculation is no less than doing a final math problem while doing a 2,000-meter physical test!
"Turn left!"
Gu Liangyi suddenly shouted loudly.
Yi Yan, who was about to move to the right, suddenly stopped and broke out in a cold sweat.
"Brother Yi, you cover the rear, I'll lead the way," Gu Liangyi panted, "There are thirteen more forks in the road and we can get out!"
Yi Yan turned around without saying a word, raised his hand and fired a burst of shots at the undead leading the group from behind, temporarily repelling their attack.
After firing the gun, he immediately said to Gu Liang:
"Walk!"
Gu Liangyi started running again, but this time he was in the lead.
The closer they got to the outskirts of the city, the faster the mechanisms changed, and the more calculations were required. Even with Gu Liangyi's intelligence, his thinking speed began to become a bit strenuous.
"The last one...left..."
Finally arriving at the exit, Gu Liang's eyes lit up and he almost cried for joy.
But just when the puzzle in his mind was about to be completed, suddenly, his feet were empty!
"Gu Liang!"
At the critical moment, Yi Yan grabbed Gu Liangyi's hand and threw him up hard!
The interaction of forces caused him to lose his balance as he was standing on the edge of the pit. Their sights crossed in mid-air. Gu Liangyi's eyes widened. The scene before him was like a slow-motion movie:
Yi Yan's body could not help but fall towards the dark abyss below. In mid-air, he decisively held the handle of the gun and pointed it at his solar plexus. His lips moved as he mouthed a sentence to him:
Stay alive.
At the last moment, the young man's eyes finally looked at him with a hint of frank, calm and gentleness.
Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger on himself.
“Bang!!!!”
Gu Liang fell sideways onto the yellow sand, his chin hitting the hard longevity plate heavily, and mist blurred the lenses in front of his eyes.
He couldn't see anything clearly.
The dry and rough sand blew slowly from between his fingers with the wind. He stared with empty eyes at the mechanical city standing on the yellow sand behind him, until the devil walked over step by step, grabbed his neck, and lifted him up in the air. He remained motionless and did not react at all.
“Drip—drip—”
The monitor on the chest issued a sharp warning sound.
"I have seen many smart people," the demon whispered contemptuously, "They thought they had discovered the rules of the mechanism, but they all failed at the last step."
He chuckled, but gradually his laughter grew louder and more frantic:
"Feel honored! This mechanical city is the most outstanding product that combines the technology of my home planet with the magic system of this world. It has its own wisdom. It is not only a supreme feat, but also my most loyal servant!"
"So far, you are the first person to walk out alive, although you walked out by stepping on the corpses of your companions... It's admirable, but it's also really sad."
Hearing these words, Gu Liangyi's fingertips hanging by his side trembled slightly.
The demon god didn't care about the ant's resistance. He tightened his five fingers, enjoying the pleasure of torturing his prey, and continued: "As people from another world, you are slightly stronger than the natives here, but you are also weak and vulnerable. The name of Seris is not something that everyone can use, you——"
The black-haired young man, who was already dying, suddenly raised his hand and grabbed his wrist.
A pair of cold black eyes looked straight at the demon through the broken lenses.
"You talk too much nonsense," he said.
The demon's eyes widened, and suddenly a wave of fear passed through his heart.
“Ahhhhhh!!!”
The next second, there was a crisp sound of "crackling", and his wrist bone, which was as dry as a dead tree, was broken instantly!
The demon screamed, and finally remembered that he had just experienced the same feeling not long ago -
In Xiaomo’s self-destructive explosion, if the bone dragon hadn’t blocked a wave of impact for him, he would have been seriously injured on the spot!
Although the Demon God came from an advanced civilization, he was not made of steel and was invulnerable to swords and guns. In fact, he was able to control the mechanical city because of the Undead's original faith and loyalty to the Demon God.
"Bone Dragon! Kill him!"
He covered his wrist and roared angrily.
Suddenly, strong winds blew up over the yellow sand, and the bone dragon soaring in the sky fell to the ground. However, what shocked the demon god was that after it stood still, it actually lowered its head towards the black-haired young man opposite!
"Three soft tissue contusions, dislocated arm, two abrasions...very good."
Gu Liangyou sneered and raised his hand expressionlessly. He first threw away the frame of glasses on his nose, and then reconnected his dislocated arm with a "click". He didn't even move his eyebrows during the whole process.
"How could it be... Bone Dragon! You idiot, I am your master!" The demon god looked at the Bone Dragon in disbelief as it bowed down to the young man. He was so angry that he yelled, "Crush him to death! What the hell are you doing?"
"Shut up, I'm in a bad mood right now."
After many years, the second personality finally returned with a sullen face. He listened to the sound of helicopters approaching from afar, cast his eyes towards the undead army and the mechanical city not far away, and asked calmly: "Tell me, who is your master?"
The bone dragon let out a long roar towards the sky, then soared into the air without hesitation, stirring up a cloud of yellow sand. It swept through the undead army with its tail, crushing thousands of the skeleton undead into pieces on the spot, expressing its loyalty with practical actions.
The demon was so angry that he was shaking all over. He didn't care that his body had not yet fully recovered. He immediately used up most of his magic power and summoned another bone dragon from the depths of the yellow sand!
"roar--!!!"
Two giant undead beasts that blocked out the sun and covered the sky roared and bit each other. The friction and collision of their hideous white skulls made a terrifying noise. On the sand dunes below, two men in black robes stood facing each other in the strong wind. The scene was like a magical doomsday blockbuster.
"Gu Liang, come up quickly!"
The helicopter lowered a soft ladder. Gu Liangyou squinted his eyes, looked up, and quickly grabbed the end of the ladder.
"Don't even think about leaving!"
The Demon God now hated him to the core. He finally understood why his body had been recovering so slowly - the young man in front of him had at least robbed him of nearly half of his faith in the Demon God. No wonder his strength was not as good as before after he woke up!
He is obviously the real devil in this world!
"Fuck you, you piece of rubbish, take my shot!"
Yan Beichen pulled his goggles hard, turned the steering wheel wildly, and drifted the tank 270 degrees. The black gun barrel was aimed directly at the location of the demon, and several shells were fired in the blink of an eye!
"Fire!"
After Gu Liang successfully boarded the helicopter, Zong Qinyuan, who had been holding back for a long time, withdrew his gaze from the surveillance camera of the crowded school hospital, and finally gave an order in a hoarse voice:
"Hit me hard!"
Around Yan Beichen, the launch vehicles, radar vehicles, power supply vehicles and communication vehicles assembled by Moda on campus are all in place. They are all important components of the medium-range and short-range air defense missile system.
Following Zong Qinyuan's order, in an instant, flames and a series of deafening explosions exploded simultaneously in the desert!
The tens of meters high sandstorm stirred up by the missile covered the sky. The bone dragon summoned by the demon god tried to fly into the air and destroy the helicopter, but its spine was broken just after it took off, and its wings were bitten off by its own kind. It could only raise its head unwillingly and let out a long roar, then fell to the ground with a bang.
The undead army was shaken by the aftermath and was in disarray. The yellow sand was littered with charred and carbonized bones. The demon himself could only use an air wall to block the flames of the explosion. The arrogance just now was gone, and he only wanted to escape.
If it weren't for the fact that his mechanical city wasn't equipped with heavy weapons...
Feeling his magic power being depleted rapidly, he gnashed his teeth in hatred, but was then frightened by a ground-to-air missile and quickly added another layer of thicker air wall.
Gu Liangyou half-knelt in the helicopter door, looking down at the devil running for his life in a panic. He suddenly turned his head and said to the two pilots in front of him, "Don't go back yet, just stay at this altitude."
"What?"
The co-pilot didn't hear clearly, turned his head and looked, and was horrified to find that the young man had pulled out a heavy machine gun from behind the seat. He couldn't help but raise his voice and asked, "Gu Liang, what are you doing?"
Gu Liangyou did not answer. He roughly stuffed the longevity necklace that was in the way around his neck into his collar, raised his machine gun, aimed it in the direction of the demon and started firing!
The flames made the gun barrel begin to glow red. The powerful recoil numbed his hands. The entire helicopter shook slightly because of his movements. The co-pilot was so scared that he quickly grabbed the armrest, his heart almost jumping out.
He stared at Gu Liangyou, who seemed to have become a completely different person, and swallowed his saliva subconsciously. It took him a long time to react, and he quickly shouted at the top of his voice:
"Well, Brother Yi and the others are all fine! They are already being examined in the school hospital. You don't have to worry. Let's go back to school first!"
Gu Liangyou paused in his action of firing the gun.
"Whether Fu Jingyan is dead or alive is none of my business," he said coldly.
"Ah? But aren't you close to Yi Yan... and who is Fu Jingyan?"
Seeing the cold look on Gu Liangyou's face, the co-pilot shrank his neck and his voice gradually became lower.
He watched the young man with a stern face, his profile tense, his eyes fierce as he fired a whole load of bullets madly downwards, forcing the demon god to escape underground, and the rest of the undead were all beaten and fled into the wreckage. He made a dissatisfied "tsk" sound, leaned back in the back seat of the helicopter, clicked his seat belt, and began to frown, folded his arms, and closed his eyes to rest.
The co-pilot turned around with a lingering fear on his face and looked at the driver who was also afraid to make a sound.
This situation...
Maybe Gu Liang was so traumatized that he went crazy?
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