Chapter 390 Galloping in the Dark
On the dark and desolate land, the old and rusty rails meandered forward, leading to the distant horizon without light.
"Whoosh--"
A fierce wind suddenly blew past, rolling up the broken soil and small stones beside the rails and rolling them farther away.
In the originally pitch-black world, several flashing blue dots moved quickly along the rails. The white armor coating, sharp edges, and curved and oppressive mechanical feet stepped on the rails. The wheels side by side on both sides pushed the tall mecha, and it galloped at high speed on the rails against the fierce wind pressure and resistance. As the rail route turned, the high-level AI inside the mecha constantly calculated the changes in gravity and angles, adjusted the center of gravity of the mecha, and made it move forward stably at full speed.
[Received the signal from the North Fourth District Security Command Center, do you want to connect? Yes/No]
A display screen popped up in the cockpit, and then the 'Yes' option lit up, the screen jumped, and rows of text emerged clearly.
[The operation target has been updated. The hostage signal has disappeared. The destination area 'T-894' has been listed as an untouchable zone. There are no more federal legal residents in the area. The large weapon security lock has been lifted. Any resistance encountered in this operation can be killed according to the situation. The right to interpret this mission belongs to the North Fourth District Security Command Center, the First Emergency Response Strategy Office, and has obtained A-3 level authorization.]
After the display is completed, a miniature map indicator appears at the bottom of the screen. One of the areas is highlighted in red, and there is a line of small words next to it, 'Zihuai Mining Company No. 134 Calcite Mine'.
[Mission update received, B-28 team is approaching the destination.]
Then the screen closed, and three tall mechas galloped in the fierce cold wind. The flashing blue indicator light was replaced with red, and the laser barrel on the back of the mecha was unlocked at this moment. The physical buckle began to prepare for charging, and the built-in energy indicator also slowly rose from 0% to 65% of the ready-to-fire state.
At this moment, on the other side of the dark earth, there are two lonely floodlight towers, and the pale light illuminates the giant mine pit. Its terrain is like a mosquito coil under pressure, but the layers of tall and straight gray-yellow rock walls are much more majestic and spectacular than the mosquito coil.
"It's all your fault! Now it's good, this fucking bastard is dead, and the only hostage is gone, we will all die with you!"
In the open space illuminated by the floodlight, two people in blue work clothes are fighting with each other. They are all covered with white ash, and there are a few dark red and dirty bloodstains.
On the side of the two people, there are five or six men in blue work clothes. Some of them look numb, some sit on the ground with their heads covered, and some hit the wheels of a large truck parked nearby, venting their fear and anxiety.
On the huge mechanical excavator arm that stopped nearby, a man in a suit was hung and tied. At this moment, his head was drooping unnaturally, and there were many marks of beating on his body, and there were sticky blood dripping from his trouser legs.
If you zoom out, you can still see the hover car that flipped over in the darkness. The front of the car was flipped upside down, and the body of the car also had traces of being hit by a huge force. The driver and bodyguard in the driving seat had already died. From the work card on his chest, it can be seen that he was a Sequence 4 Beyonder. However, when the accident happened, he should have been in the car and didn't have time to dodge. He was directly hit to death in the car. Many of his abilities have not yet been exerted before he lost his ability to move.
"How could I know that he is so weak! Isn't it said that rich people carry emergency life-sustaining drugs and devices? It turns out that they are all bullshit!" The two people who were wrestling struggled on the ground. One of them had a bloody nose and swollen eyes. He struggled to grab the other's wrist and tried to hold him down to stop him from continuing to beat him.
"You stupid pig! I shouldn't have been so impulsive to take risks with you. You will be single for the rest of your life and no one will want you. I have a wife and children!" The middle-aged man who was pressed to the ground twisted and struggled, and the hot air he exhaled blew up the dust on the ground, and then caused a heart-wrenching cough.
"Damn it!"
"No, no, stop fighting. What should we do now? The boss's son died here. He will definitely not let us go." The man who was standing aside trembling and panicking finally came to his senses and spoke nervously.
"Humph, that old man is over 80 years old now. He has long been in trouble. He is probably lying in some high-end hospital with a life-support tube."
"The boss's son, haha, this guy is a useless fourth child. I guess his brothers wish he was dead, so there will be one less person to divide the family property." As old employees of the company, although they have been working in this remote desert for many years, they also know a lot of things going on in the company.
"What should we do? Now you know what to do? Why weren't you so rational just now? This bastard is dead, and we don't have the hostages. What else can we do? According to federal law, you can't escape the death penalty. Even if there is no death penalty, do you think we can live peacefully in prison?"
"Don't dream! If it was an ordinary case, no one would pay attention to a prisoner, but we killed the heir of a mining company. As long as those people give a little hint to the prison, I guarantee that you and I will live a life worse than death in prison."
"But, but, isn't there protection in federal law? What I mean is, aren't the prison police afraid of being investigated for doing this?"
"The law can control the police, but it can't control other people in the prison. If you were in prison, and someone told you that as long as you tortured someone well, you would be given a lot of money or a generous reward after you came out, would you agree? As long as you hesitate, you should know that someone will definitely be tempted." As if venting his dissatisfaction, the man said a lot in one breath.
After listening to his explanation, the fragile man collapsed and sat on the ground, as if he had lost the ability to think, just staring at the dark world outside the floodlight in a daze.
"Is my life over..."
Some of them wanted to escape, but after sitting in the driver's seat of the truck, they let go of their arms in disappointment.
Where can they escape to in such an empty wilderness? As soon as the sun rises, the satellite can quickly locate their position, and they don't know how to survive without the status of legal residents of the Federation.
Among these people, the strongest is only Sequence 3, and it is a very low-quality core template. The ability can basically only be used at work, and it is of little benefit to combat. It is simply a dream to rely on this to fight against the official violent organization.
Just when these people lost hope and were ready to wait for death or be arrested and imprisoned, a sound of propellers came from the sky, and then a tough figure jumped directly from the sky, half-knelt on the ground, and then stood up.
Wearing a gray-green jacket and old jeans, with short black hair and clothes fluttering, the man kicked the oil barrel in front of him. The empty steel barrel exploded instantly and was split in half by the man's strong leg wind, revealing the torn silver-white metal inside.
Such a loud noise and momentum immediately attracted the attention of everyone present. They looked at the man with his hands in his pockets in confusion and panic, only to see him calmly take off his dustproof sunglasses, revealing a pair of black and oppressive pupils, as if he was a legendary monster named "Dragon".
"Hey, I think you must need help, right?"
Although it was a kind word, when it came from such a person, everyone knew that such kindness might require an extremely expensive price, and the only thing they could pay for, who had nothing, might be the remaining life.
(End of this chapter)
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