The combat data on the inner wall of the oil tank suddenly twisted into a vortex, and the tip of Mou Xuan's dagger rubbed out tiny ice crystals on Leader Qi's tactical uniform.
When the countdown woven by the mycelium jumped to [00:04:23], the sound of the armored vehicle tracks rolling over the ice three kilometers away suddenly turned into a scream of metal tearing.
"Mr. Qi, you should take care of your belt first." The frequency of the vibration of Mou Xuan's Adam's apple when he spoke caused ripples in the water cup on the negotiation table, and the self-destruct buttons frozen by the mycelium were making tiny cracking sounds.
Tao, the negotiating representative, suddenly slapped the holographic projection on the table: "Five tons of diesel for thirty antidotes?
Do you think the mutant wolves on the ice field are vegetarians? "He deliberately revealed the frozen crystal core counter on his watch, which was extracted from the brains of scavengers slaughtered by Qi's forces.
Zheng Moushi's fingers, like dry branches, slid across the tactical belt frozen by mycelium. Ice slag condensed into dark red crystals between his fingernails. "I heard that Chief Mou's mycelium network can sense vital signs within 500 meters?" The ice chips that fell from his sleeves suddenly formed a three-dimensional map of the refinery in mid-air. The red dots representing the armored vehicles were strangely splitting into double phantoms.
Chen Yao's ice arrow silently pierced through another rust spot on the ventilation duct, and this time half a frozen gecko tail fell out of the exploded sonic transmitter.
She lightly touched the countdown woven by mycelium with her fingertips, and 04:23 suddenly turned into a bright red sign of [Hazardous Chemical Leakage Warning].
"Twenty years ago, an oil pipeline leak caused 83 casualties." When Mou Xuan's tactical gloves brushed against the inner wall of the oil tank, the dormant pipeline suddenly spewed out black crude oil wrapped in ice.
The liquid that should have solidified twisted into 83 human-shaped outlines in the air, and the frozen button on Chief Qi's tactical belt suddenly began to vibrate at a high frequency.
Advisor Zheng suddenly pressed down on the leader's shaking wrist: "Leader Mou's military intelligence is more...lively than rumored." As he spoke, the micro-communicator between his back teeth was melting, and the hyphae were running through his teeth into the nano-chip under his tongue.
When the red crystals reorganized between his fingernails for the third time, the roar of the ice storm was mixed with the unique whimper of the oil pipeline.
"Why don't we talk about the transport team that was frozen in area D7 last month?" Mou Xuan suddenly picked up a piece of ice on the table with a dagger, and the mycelium wrapped around the ice turned into a miniature holographic projection.
In the picture, the wreckage of thirty snowmobiles was oozing bloody diesel, and the eagle head logo of the Qi faction was branded on the bodies of the vehicles.
Representative Tao threw out an electronic agreement at the right moment: "You can exchange the antidote for diesel, but it has to be at the black market price on the ice field—" He paused for two seconds deliberately, "70%."
Leader Qi suddenly smashed the melting water cup, and the flying ice flakes condensed into 83 sharp spikes in the air.
When the first ice spike was about to pierce Representative Tao's eyeball, the countdown of mycelium weaving suddenly returned to zero, and the roar of the oil pipeline swallowed up all the noise.
"Do you know why we chose the third oil storage tank?" Mou Xuan's hyphae suddenly drilled into everyone's eardrums, "Because of the underground sewage system here..." The tank body where his gloves were pressing suddenly made a crisp sound like the tracks of an armored vehicle breaking, "I like to eat metal parts the most."
Chen Yao suddenly exhaled a cloud of white mist towards the vent, and the ice crystals on the pipe wall reflected the real-time image three kilometers away - the red dots of the split armored vehicles were melting into molten iron, and in the cracks of Zheng Moushi's fingernails, which should have been frozen by the mycelium, the dark red crystals suddenly formed a secret code of [Emergency Evacuation].
The mycelium network flashed a faint blue light in Mou Xuan's pupils, and he tapped the inner wall of the oil tank with his fingers.
Suddenly, there was a strange sound of gears jamming under the ice, and the dark red crystals in the cracks of Zheng Moushi's fingernails suddenly exploded into a bloody mist.
"Mr. Zheng's three-prism crystal core counter is quite unique." Mou Xuan crushed the ice on the ground with the tip of his boot, revealing the armored vehicle drive shaft fragments that were melting underneath. "I just don't know if the diesel particles wrapped in these ice crystals are enough to support your convoy to withdraw to the base?"
Chen Yao's ice arrow suddenly pierced through a frosted bolt somewhere in the ventilation duct, and a holographic image of the wreckage of thirty snowmobiles emerged from the exploding ice mist.
The diesel that should have solidified in the picture is strangely seeping through the ice layer, gathering into dark streams on the road that the Qi force's armored vehicles must pass.
Representative Tao suddenly grabbed the ice chips on the negotiation table and pressed them into the electronic agreement. The terms frozen by the mycelium were suddenly twisted into a death list of the transport team. "An antidote bought at 70% of the black market price..." He deliberately let the frozen crystal core counter emit a harsh beep, "I'm afraid it will be like the nutrient solution at the C Zone Trading Station last month, and will undergo a crystallization reaction three hours after injection?"
Zheng Moushi's face, like dry tree bark, suddenly twitched, and the ice chips that fell from his sleeves condensed into a miniature refinery model on the table.
When the blue dot representing the antidote tank began to flash, Mou Xuan's mycelium suddenly drilled into the model sewage pipe and rushed out of the virtual tank wrapped in black crude oil.
"I heard that Mr. Qi used glacier meltwater to dilute the antidote?" Mou Xuan's dagger suddenly stabbed into the model's sewage outlet, and the black crude oil wrapped in mycelium instantly engulfed the blue dot.
The ice under the negotiation table suddenly cracked, and thirty crystal catalysts disguised as antidotes emerged from the cracks. The surface of the test tubes still had the eagle head mark of the D7 District Transport Team.
An electromagnetic knife suddenly popped out of Leader Qi's tactical belt, but the blade was covered with ice the moment it touched the mycelium network.
Three kilometers away, there was a hissing sound of melting metal, and suddenly in his earphones he heard soldiers screaming - those fragmented armored vehicle phantoms were being twisted into scrap metal by the mycelium.
"Chief Mou's mycelium is more clever than a dog." Advisor Zheng grinned sinisterly and rubbed the blood crystals on his fingertips. The refinery model suddenly expanded and exploded.
The flying ice debris condensed into 83 steel nails in the air, but were frozen into ice flowers by the hyphae when they were about to pierce into Representative Tao's temple.
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