Time seemed to stand still as the group followed the drone's guidance and headed towards an unpredictable future.
Hiding beneath the windshield, Gu Chen couldn't see what was happening outside. He could only feel the jeep's engine trembling as it restarted, its speed slowing down. But at a certain point, all abnormalities disappeared, as if an invisible hand were pushing it forward. It moved forward at a steady and stable speed... After a while, Gu Chen confirmed that he had experienced two interlaced light and dark. Apparently, they had passed through the metal door that had seemed indestructible to him without any obstacles. When they were once again away from the wall, he saw from the reflection of the windshield that the gate had opened a gap just wide enough to accommodate the jeep.
Soon, the car stopped moving. Gu Chen heard the sound of a door lock being unlocked and a few unclear conversations. Then, a sentence suddenly popped up in his mind: [You can get out of the car now.]
He didn't react for a moment, but fortunately the sentence was repeated again.
His consciousness paused for a few seconds, then he recalled the tactical techniques he had learned in the virtual space—kicking the car door open, tactically rolling from the seat to the hood of the jeep, using this ready-made cover, and firing two shots into the air from a half-crouching position. Then, he shouted loudly at the tallest building in sight: "Let your leader come out! Otherwise..."
There was silence at the scene, but a few seconds later, Gu Chen heard the sound of two heavy objects falling to the ground from behind the jeep. He immediately turned his gun around, but only saw the two companions who had just jumped out of the car.
"Hide quickly!" he shouted.
"Why?" Comrade Xiao Wang had no intention of fighting. He casually stuck the coil gun on the ground as a crutch, not at all like he was reluctant to let it go at the beginning.
"Oh my God, don't shoot..." Miss Jiang Xinyi looked extremely nervous, but she was nervous about the gun pointing at her.
"Yeah, why?" Gu Chen muttered to himself. Just now, he finally saw the figures blocked by the two men's bodies. He blinked hard twice, making sure he wasn't hallucinating. Then he turned off the safety of his submachine gun, pointed the muzzle upward, and released his combat stance.
Those people were like characters in a holographic movie that had been paused, all maintaining the postures they were in minutes ago. Their facial expressions were usually extremely distorted, their eyes were wide open, and their lips were slightly open as if trying to howl, but only sobbing-like hums came out.
Gu Chen carefully walked up to the person closest to him and hit him on the head with the butt of his gun. The person immediately fell to the ground and fell into a baby-like sleep. Unconvinced, he randomly picked another person, pulled their arm, and broke four fingers in succession. Unfortunately, the person didn't move at all, but his breathing rate increased a little.
He turned around and looked around, unable to comprehend the situation before him.
Not far from him, a car door, blown away by the exoskeleton's explosive force, knocked down several people in its path before becoming lodged in an old, dilapidated RV. Those who had sustained fatal injuries but weren't yet dead were indeed screaming, but their bodies remained motionless, like the others standing still, even though some of their limbs and torsos were bent at awkward angles.
The three of them looked at each other, and they all read the meaning of "incredible" from the others' eyes.
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