“Get in the car!”
Su Ying and the other person who were running wildly in the wilderness suddenly saw several bright lights appearing at the corner ahead, followed by the roar of heavy machine gun fire. In the raging storm of bullets, the figures chasing them in the darkness were directly hit, and they let out shrill screams and fled into the dark woods.
——"Black Goat Offspring [Old God's Creation]."
Until now, Su Ying still hasn't seen clearly what the monsters chasing her look like. Their bodies seem to be shrouded in a layer of dark fog. She can only rely on psychic power to sense their existence. It is difficult to capture the trajectory of their movement with the naked eye.
These monsters have powerful limbs and their outlines are somewhat like the legendary goat demons, with a pair of towering goat horns, but their shapes are more like death claws.
They can send out mental shocks, have certain psychic powers, and their physical strength alone is enough to tear apart conventional exoskeletons. In the pursuit just now, Su Ying was almost hit by the enemy several times because it takes heavy firepower to deal with them, and conventional firearms can hardly cause enough damage.
"Get in the car."
A dashing figure jumped off the armored vehicle, holding a strange gun in her hand. As she pulled the trigger, a red beam shot out and a small explosion occurred the moment it hit the target.
"It's her." Su Ying jumped onto the armored vehicle without hesitation.
The person who was responsible for picking her up had been seen before. She was the member of Beidou who worked with Leon, the woman who looked extremely heroic.
At this moment, her right shoulder had a slight injury, but it did not affect her fighting at all. She quickly caught the strange figure moving rapidly in the darkness, and after a series of fire coverage, she directly threw out several things with beeping sounds.
"Retreat!" She grabbed the side of the car with one hand and jumped into the back seat. Then she took out the communicator and said, "Beidou! Beidou!"
"I'm the Rabbit!"
"Coordinates XXX, XXX."
"Request long-range fire support!"
"Unknown mutant creatures have been discovered!... The intelligence is highly similar to that from the Far East!... Requesting the support of the Apocalypse Heavy Armored Forces!"
About half a minute later.
A deep male voice sounded in the communicator: "Evacuate quickly!"
"Long-range fire support will arrive soon."
"The Apocalypse has set off."
Rabbit?
Tiger?
The twelve zodiac signs?
Su Ying couldn't help but be stunned when she heard the other party's code name. Because of her father, she was relatively familiar with Eastern culture. She also knew that Beidou had been trying to rediscover his own cultural heritage after the catastrophe.
North America has fallen completely behind in this regard, as education has become a luxury in many places.
"I'm the Rabbit."
"Hold on tight." The dashing woman smiled at Su Ying. Her ease also infected Su Ying. She directly signaled the driver in front to change seats, and then stepped on the accelerator of the armored vehicle to the bottom.
The convoy turned around and drove away.
Su Ying sat up steadily, panting. However, after taking a look at the expressionless soldiers holding guns sitting behind her, her relaxed mood tensed up again.
She would not forget why the previous crash had happened.
But she had no choice now. Su Ying could only hold the gospel tightly in her arms, and then nervously pay attention to the other people present with her eyes and spiritual power.
She was very afraid that these people would also be influenced by the gospel, because the consequences would be very terrible.
Subconsciously.
Su Ying used the Space-Time Apostle System she carried with her to observe these expressionless soldiers. They were actually a little nervous because their hands never left the guns from beginning to end, but they concealed it very well. They stared outside with expressionless faces, paying attention to any abnormalities in the outside world.
——"Beidou Combat Team (Low-level Bionic Transformation) [People's Soldiers]!"
"People's Soldiers: Strengthen their will and discipline. Under certain circumstances, this target will automatically become a [Martyr]."
All of them are 'people's soldiers'.
In terms of equipment, the equipment of these combat soldiers is slightly worse than that of the elite troops of the academy. After all, the academy inherited the legacy of the old world, and they are more advanced in bionic transformation. On these soldiers, Su Ying also saw some relatively early mechanical modifications, that is, their exposed limbs are pure metal and mechanical, without artificial silicone skin.
However, these soldiers all have special markings on their bodies. Their strength should be similar to that of the elite troops of the academy. The biggest difference is the suffix "People's Soldiers".
Su Ying had only seen such affixes on some special and powerful beings.
For example, there are powerful psychics such as the Deathclaw, the Thousand Faces, and Godmother Isoldel. However, these people obviously do not have any signs of psychic powers, and their bionic transformation levels are not high. From the perspective of strength, they do not have the conditions to have affixes.
But they have it, and everyone has it. The affix is the embodiment of their own strength and spiritual strength. Su Ying didn't know much about the old world, and she couldn't understand what the affix meant, but there was no doubt that the affix of "People's Soldiers" should be the key reason why Yinhu's team was able to escort the gospel all the way back so far.
boom!
In the darkness, fire appeared at the rear of the convoy, followed by a series of explosions.
This time, Beidou provided long-range missile support and they did not use nuclear weapons again. Under the cover of missiles, Su Ying and others gained precious time to retreat.
But the situation is still not optimistic, because just as they were running all the way out of the encirclement, there was a roar of a motor from the right rear of the convoy, followed by fierce gunfire.
Are there pursuers?
Where do these mystics get so many people?
Su Ying and the others turned their heads to look behind them. What they saw made everyone frown, because this time it was not the secret cult members and deformed monsters that caught up with them, but a group of wilderness knights riding wild-looking mechanically modified motorcycles.
They are all mutants.
Obviously.
Tonight, more than one force wants to snatch the gospel. Su Ying has encountered these mutants at the beginning, and they seem to belong to another force.
These punk mutant bandits were all fearless, and one of their teams actually jumped down from a steep cliff more than ten meters high, trying to take a shortcut to intercept the convoy. The road conditions nearby were not good, and the convoy could only take the abandoned road, but the mutant bandits riding motorcycles could take a shortcut, and soon a team of them went around to the front right and shot wildly at the convoy.
At this moment, these mutant bandits who have caught up with them are not difficult to deal with, but time is precious for everyone.
If they were held back by these enemies, they would surely be overtaken by the mystics again.
The rabbit in the driver's seat had a slight hesitation on his face at this moment, but then he stopped hesitating and calmly gave the order: "The third team stays behind to cover the retreat."
"Others continue to evacuate."
The convoy's speed did not slow down at all, but behind the armored vehicle that Su Ying was riding in, a car suddenly turned the steering wheel and made way for other vehicles to move forward. Then a deep male voice sounded: "Yes."
"Make sure to complete the mission!"
The modified armored vehicle stopped directly. A soldier with fully mechanized hands jumped onto the roof of the vehicle to take on heavy firepower amid the incoming bullets, while several others mounted their guns directly on the doors and aimed at the mutant bandits who were approaching rapidly from behind.
Da da da!
Tongues of fire poured out towards the enemy. Under the enemy's shooting, the two soldiers ran all the way to a nearby high point, and then they set up their guns and fired from a high position, forcing the mutant bandits to seek cover in an instant.
—"Martyr!"
Right in front of Su Ying, she suddenly discovered that all the suffixes on that team of soldiers had changed, from "People's Soldiers" to all "Martyrs".
The change happened almost in an instant, the moment they received the order to stay and intercept the enemy.
The mutant bandits who were chasing were stopped, and only a small number of them caught up with the convoy. Amid the fierce exchange of fire, the convoy rushed out of a ruined residential area. However, during the fierce exchange of fire, a car at the rear of the convoy suddenly misfired, and then a calm voice came: "We will stay behind to cover the retreat."
The call was quickly disconnected.
Through the rearview mirror, Su Ying could only see several soldiers rushing out of the car, looking for nearby cover and firing back at the enemy behind them.
At this time, there were only three cars left in the entire convoy. The hood of one of them was still smoking, as if it had been severely damaged in the fierce exchange of fire at the beginning. After barely following the convoy for a distance, they turned around and looked for a nearby high point. Five fully armed soldiers jumped out of the car. They saluted from a distance at the convoy ahead, then parked the car directly across the road, quickly building an extremely simple interception line of defense.
Su Ying was silent.
She couldn't help but think of Yin Hu and others who had entrusted the gospel to her. That combat team also decisively chose to stay behind to cover their retreat.
The blonde woman next to her also fell silent.
There is a legend that in the far east, they sacrificed three generations to rebuild Beidou. In the past, they didn't believe this legend because this kind of value is completely inconsistent with the education they received in the past. People here pursue personal interests and are more looking forward to the emergence of a savior.
Even as powerful as the Academy, they position themselves as saviors, appearing at the right time and serving as a beacon to lead humanity forward.
In the most difficult and darkest nuclear winter, the Academy did not appear. They quietly waited for the opportunity underground, dominating the legacy of the old world. In the most chaotic and turbulent melee period, the Academy did not appear either. They just quietly extended their tentacles, secretly infiltrated and cultivated agents, absorbed resources from the wasteland, strengthened themselves and continued to wait for the opportunity.
It was not until they felt that a new star had risen in the distant East that the academy could not wait to raise its flag and try to become a beacon of freedom that illuminates the way forward for mankind.
But before the flag could be lit, the academy was hit by a civil war and split into two.
If it weren't for the earth-shaking changes that took place in the East, the academy might have remained dormant for a long time, and only when they felt that everything was safe would they stand up and lead people forward as saviors.
But Beidou is different from them.
No one in the far East has ever expected a savior. They have only endured the most difficult nuclear winter until now through the sacrifices of generations.
Beidou is always there.
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