Chapter 49
It is not difficult to enter the 40th star zone, after all, the survival barrier is open, but it is very difficult to enter the star zone building where Ma Liu is, and it is even more difficult to break in by force.
Xiaozai used a screen to project a star map, converting it into a 3D model. He pointed to the tall building in the middle and said, "The horses stay upstairs. Downstairs are the garrison and the security station. There are about two hundred people doing nighttime operations, half of them mecha soldiers."
Only when it comes to serious matters does he talk more.
"Breaking in by force is not feasible. I have a way to sneak in with Miss Xi."
He looked at Xiyue, who smiled and asked, "You're not at the garrison security office, so you also have system query permissions?"
Xiaozi paused and muffledly said, "The Admiral gave it to me. Miss Xi, please act later. The Admiral will arrive to assist you."
It turned out that Yuan Xu arranged for him to help him.
If that's the case, why didn't Yuan Xu come in person? Could it be that he really had something urgent to deal with?
Xiyue's anger subsided a little, but not completely.
"Stay right above the barrier and I'll dive down."
"..." Xiaozai repeated as if he had heard something out of the Arabian Nights, "I can get you in there."
Xiyue shook her head: "No need."
Whether she sneaked in or broke in, she would cause contamination. The secondary contaminated area was no joke, and she had no intention of bringing her son into danger.
The starship they were aboard was still in space, hovering close to the survival barrier of Sector 40. At Xiyue's insistence, Xizi maneuvered the starship over the barrier. The map indicated that it formed a perfect dive angle with the sector buildings.
Xiyue got on the flying motorcycle and said, "Open the hatch."
“…This is space.”
Xi Yue smiled and put on the helmet: "It's only exposed for a few seconds, it won't kill you."
At the same time, on the top floor of the Star District Building.
Miyagi Daimin left two mecha teams behind, one guarding the top floor and the other dispersing to the lower floors. No matter how anyone entered, they would be immediately surrounded.
After two days of guarding without any results, even the captain relaxed his tense nerves until tonight when the starship of the Central Legion arrived.
Fortunately, the other party arrived at the wrong time and happened to meet the commander. I guess he was defeated and the starship returned home.
Shen Guang made a safe gesture, and several team members immediately yawned.
"Divide into two groups, each unit for three hours, and take turns to rest." Shen Guang gave the order in the team channel.
Ma Liu, feeling guilty, installed a signal jammer at home to block outside snooping. However, the jammer couldn't block the sound, so they could only form a local area network to communicate.
The two teams had already been divided. In the group that was due to rest, one member didn't move. "Captain, is it possible that the Central Army is just pretending to leave? What if they sneak in?"
Shen Guang chuckled, and another team member immediately responded.
"They came in with central government credentials, and we still respected them. If they don't even want that identity, why should we be afraid of them? No one who comes here will ever return!"
Another team member chimed in, "We don't know who the commander wants us to ambush, but who with any sense would dare just come in here? Even if we're not here, there are ten mecha squadrons on standby downstairs. Do they really think we're no pushovers?"
This reply brought a silent smile to the dark and gloomy one-story mansion.
Only one person didn't smile. He looked out the window, his eyes and mouth opening wider and wider.
He even forgot the order not to speak out loud, and suddenly shouted: "Captain, hide quickly!"
Bang!
A flying motorcycle fell from the sky, broke through the window, and hit Shen Guang's back accurately. The huge inertia of the dive made him fall to the ground. Even the mecha box was not spared. He and his entire body were nailed into the floor by the sharp front of the motorcycle.
Ironically, half a minute ago, Shen Guang had just turned off his mecha. Without the mecha's protection, he was almost cut in half by Fei Mo, and blood immediately gushed out of his eyes, ears, mouth and nose, and he died instantly.
And the people who drive the flying motorcycles...
The team members looked up at the ceiling in silence.
Xiyue, wearing a helmet and wrapped in a leather jacket, jumped off the saddle and flew into the air the moment the Feimo broke the window.
The gray hole has appeared, and wherever the pollution radiation reaches is her territory.
She raised her hand and greeted him, the smile in her voice like she was meeting a friend she hadn't seen for a long time: "Waiting for me?"
The response was, of course, a barrage of weapons fire.
The nine team members worked together, using light-explosive bombs, wall-penetrating bombs, high-temperature gas bombs, flamethrowers... all at once. The light from the weapons instantly enveloped Xiyue's figure.
Of course, no attack can invade the pure space.
When the team members saw that she was unharmed, someone reacted and shouted, "Notify the commander immediately!"
Sending a message with the mecha only requires the thought. Another person immediately said, "It can't be sent out. Turn off the signal jammer!"
One mecha soldier quickly retreated, but Xi Yue was faster than him. With a bang, the pure space pressed him against the wall. Ma Liu's mansion was naturally equipped with a space-sealing function, and the walls were installed with anti-pollution steel plates. Even if the mecha soldier wanted to use the force to smash the wall behind him, he would be powerless.
He racked his brains to understand how this intruder, without a mecha and two meters away from him, had pinned him to the wall, unable to move. He could only watch helplessly as his teammates launched frantic attacks, all in vain.
Fortunately, a stray bullet hit the signal blocker, and the pollution detector immediately issued a sharp alarm.
But at the same time, the gray hole exploded.
The thick fog surged in all directions like a torrent, instantly obscuring everyone's vision.
"Alarm, alarm, pollution concentration exceeds the minimum standard, space closure has been activated..."
The alarm sounded so loud that it stung his eardrums. The mecha soldier who was pressed against the wall could feel the wall behind him begin to move, giving him some relief from the extreme pressure.
This is a chance to escape.
The mecha soldier immediately focused his attention on the flight system and evacuated to the side as quickly as possible. However, the invisible pressure suddenly pressed in, leaving him with no way to retreat. He could only grab the wall and leap hard, trying to use the wall to separate the opponent.
But he was a beat too late.
Ma Liu's mansion was so large, he had too many floors reserved for himself, and each area had its own independent enclosure. The pollution exploded in the living room, so the first thing to be sealed was the living room.
The purpose of that wall was to separate the living room and the dining room. When the mecha soldier tried to get into the dining room, there was only a gap less than an arm's length wide in the wall, which just caught his waist.
Under the tremendous pressure, the mecha's defense collapsed bit by bit.
“Save me, save me!”
The screams stopped abruptly.
After the captain, another one was cut in half.
The gray fog rushed into the bloody corpse and began to mutate.
Their Star Team was also fully staffed with ten members. The strongest fighter was naturally the captain, followed by the vice-captain. Normally, one should kill the enemy by beheading them first, but Xiyue couldn't tell who was who, so she simply dealt with whoever was closest first.
Every time someone dies, there is one more helper.
The contamination containment device was a huge help. The living room's French window was sealed with a large steel plate the moment the alarm sounded. Furthermore, the person killed by the flying motorcycle was closest to the French window. After mutating, he stopped a mecha soldier who was trying to escape through the window.
They had all seen her in the contaminated area with their own eyes, so no one could be left alive.
It’s not that Xi Yue is cruel, she didn’t expect that there would be so many people in Ma Liu’s house, all equipped with mechas. Their purpose is obvious: to wait and see.
This made her feel a little relieved. Since Ma Liu wanted to catch the person behind Xiang Jia, it meant that Xiang Jia was very likely still alive.
Since learning how to fly in the contaminated area, fighting has become extremely easy for Xiyue, and she has an even greater advantage in a closed space surrounded by metal plates.
She easily cornered the other mech.
He didn't completely kill them, leaving a sliver of space. He pulled out a handful of fresh beans bought by Butler Ai from his pocket and sprinkled them on the mecha soldiers.
In the desperate sight of the mecha soldier, Douzi mutated wildly, like huge green termites, crawling all over his mecha.
The creaking sound of metal gnawing made his scalp tingle. However, his hands and feet were restrained, and he had no way to use weapons to remove the pollutants.
The most terrifying thing is that when teammates rushed to help after discovering the situation, they were all blocked by the invaders. The invaders were too lazy to even look back at the dazzling attacks.
Even his teammates could only watch as the pollutants bit through his mecha, tore his flesh and blood, and turned him into a corpse that was half bone and half flesh.
The corpse mutated, gained freedom, and began to attack his teammates, as if to avenge his failure to save him.
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Star Town No. 40 is very small, with a population of only 20,000, and the pollution alarm woke everyone up.
The alarm was so loud, there was only one possibility - the pollution outbreak occurred in the sector building.
Ordinary people would not dare to go and watch the excitement, and they could not even hide. After a while, there was no one left on the street. Only the mecha soldiers on duty came out of the houses and rushed to the star zone building.
The outside of the building was already crowded with people, including two or three hundred fully armed mecha soldiers. In addition, there were some officers from the public security station who did not have enough mental power to use mechas and were also holding mental weapons tightly.
Everyone is looking at the top floor.
"The contaminated area must be in the Major General's home. Only the top floor activation space is sealed!"
"What should we do? Charge forward together?"
Few people responded to this proposal. The rulers of a star region are ever-changing, and no one would be willing to take the risk except those favored by Ma Liu.
"We have to wait until the tidal surge subsides. Otherwise, once the space is opened, no one can predict how wide the contamination range will be."
"Wait? We don't even know how long we'll have to wait to reach the pollution level! If anything happens to the Major General, will you be responsible?!"
"...The Major General isn't home, I guess. I haven't seen him in a few days."
"The Commander just came to see the Major General today, how could he not be home! Everyone, fly up with me and support the Major General!"
"The containment device can only be opened from the inside. How can you provide support? Oh, and the pollution detection and control system is in the hands of the garrison. Anyone with permission, please open it and check the pollution level!"
"I have!"
A mecha soldier projected a light screen. Not far behind him, Qiao Mingjin, who was wrapped in a mecha, turned on the reconnaissance system and clearly captured the content on the light screen.
It is the pollution index.
The numbers on the left soared, and the text on the right jumped along with it.
Many people gasped: "Level 2?!"
In the sedimentation state, the coverage area of secondary pollution is at least one million square meters. Now it has been compressed thousands of times by the closed device. It is conceivable how high the pollution concentration inside is.
Whenever pollutants are mutated, they will directly enter berserk mode.
The attack power of ordinary pollutants in the secondary pollution zone is already high enough, and ordinary B-class mecha warriors dare not easily resist them, let alone pollutants in a violent state.
"Only A-level can enter..."
Some B-class mecha soldiers began to secretly rejoice.
"Even if it's an A-level, we can't go in now. The pollution concentration is so high, and the enclosed space is equivalent to an enlarged ash hole. Once opened, it will definitely trigger a secondary surge! The floor is so high, the contaminated gas will spread far beyond one kilometer!"
"Yes, the most urgent thing is to evacuate nearby residents first!"
"What about the Major General? Don't you care about his life or death?!"
Amidst the quarrel, a calm voice came over.
"I'll go."
The mecha soldiers fell silent and looked at the blue and white mecha that was speaking.
Just looking at the gloss, you can tell it's not a good mecha. There are many traces of battle on the surface - the maintenance is also extremely ordinary.
"Who are you, and which legion are you from?"
The mecha soldiers present were all members of the 40th Regiment. No one knew this mecha, let alone its owner.
Qiao Mingjin said calmly, "Central Corps."
"Central... didn't you leave?"
The question was from the building guard, also in full mecha mode. He had personally witnessed the Central Corps' starships fly away. Realizing his tone was somewhat rude, he quickly corrected himself, "Sir, this is pollution in our sector, and our corps is responsible..."
"Stop talking so much nonsense. Then go up when the time comes." Feng Yang also came over and nodded to Qiao Mingjin, "Captain, I'll go with you."
However, Qiao Mingjin refused: "I can do it alone. You lead the team outside and be responsible for clearing out the escaped pollutants."
"...Okay, got it." Feng Yang made a gesture and gathered the team.
His mental power level was A88, and he had extensive combat experience, so he wasn't afraid of entering the Level 2 contaminated area. However, he wasn't strong enough in front of the S-rank Qiao Mingjin.
You can only follow orders.
The mecha soldiers of the local corps had mixed feelings. The more serious the pollution, the greater the reward for military merit. They did not want their military merit to be divided among the people of the central corps, but they also did not want to take too many risks and really risk their lives.
In the end, it was the guard who stood up. Witnessing his commander not giving face to the central government gave him the confidence to disobey Qiao Mingjin.
"Sir, if the pollution isn't controlled and causes too many casualties, our Corps will be held responsible..."
"Turn on the recording." Qiao Mingjin interrupted him.
"……What?"
"Turn on the recording."
The confused guard activated the recording function, only to hear Qiao Mingjin say calmly, "I am Qiao Mingjin from the Central Corps. I will immediately enter the Level 2 contaminated zone of Sector 40. I will be solely responsible for any consequences."
Before the electronic sound faded away, the person had disappeared from the spot.
Feng Yang raised his chin to the stunned mecha soldiers: "Where is it?"
The blue and white mecha was already hovering at the top of the building. He stretched out his arms, and a massive cannon appeared on the back of each hand, pointing directly at the rooftop below.
Someone activated the reconnaissance system and was shocked when they saw the shape of the cannon barrel: "High-energy spiral cannons? Two at the same time?!"
The deafening roar of artillery drowned out his questions.
Qiao Mingjin chased two high-speed spinning blazing shells and rushed towards the building.
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Apart from Xiyue, there was only one living person left in the enclosed space.
A mecha soldier had his left foot bitten off by pollutants, causing his flight system to lose balance and he had to twist and turn to avoid the attack of the pollutants.
Xi Yue sat cross-legged in the air. Not only was she not in a hurry to take action, she also used pure space to help him block from time to time.
After all, the other party hasn't answered her question yet.
"My patience is limited, so I'll ask you one last time, where is Xiang Jia?"
The mecha soldier had collapsed and could only shout into the computer: "Requesting support, Sector 40 building requesting support..."
Whether it is the invaders that are beyond common sense, or the extremely high pollution concentration and extremely violent pollutants, any one of them can overwhelm his nerves.
Rather than thinking that the other party was the god of pollution in urban legends, he would rather believe that the black leather jacket and helmet were a top-level mecha developed in secret. In any case, it was all unacceptable nonsense.
All the team members turned into pollutants and were extremely violent. The walls, the ground, and the ceiling were covered with giant green mutant plants that looked like termites. They attacked him from all angles, making it impossible for him to concentrate on repairing the mecha.
The gray fog was as thick as water. He was like a drowning man falling into the gray ocean. Polluted gas continuously poured into his wounds, and his nerves and movements became paralyzed and sluggish bit by bit.
Finally, a blood sausage mutated from a pollutant wrapped around his arm, and another pollutant opened its bloody mouth and pounced on him.
Xi Yue frowned and was about to use the pure space to help him block it, but suddenly she felt something in her heart and looked up at the ceiling.
The Pure Space Heart moved freely, sliding in a short arc and forcing the mecha soldier to a certain position.
boom!
A huge, brilliant firework blossomed in the gray ocean, a fleeting moment. Crystal chandeliers, wall plaster, and gray stone crashed down, and the metal plates embedded in the ceiling were smashed open by the brute force, their edges curling.
The mecha soldier was right under the impact, and after a short scream, there was no sound.
A blurry human figure stood up from the body of the mecha soldier. Judging from its height, it was obviously also a mecha.
Anyone who could forcibly break through the sealed device must be very powerful. Xi Yue did not approach rashly. She vaguely saw the other party raise one arm, and a ball of substance darker than the gray mist gushed out from his palm and was thrown upwards.
The huge hole he smashed was repaired in just a few seconds.
Xiyue immediately concluded that the visitor had ill intentions.
If it was a normal mecha star team that came to eliminate the pollution, shouldn’t they wait until all the other teams came in?
The other party was coming for her, most likely Ma Liu who had never appeared.
Before Xiyue could move, the mecha spoke: "Miss Xi?"
No, it wasn’t Ma Liu. Although his voice sounded electronic, she recognized him immediately—Qiao Mingjin!
He actually managed to catch up here?!
Xiyue subconsciously touched her helmet. How could he recognize her with a completely different appearance? Or... was it just a guess?
She stepped back.
If he is really recognized, things will be very troublesome. Not only will Yuanxu be involved, but it will also indirectly affect Star Sector 29 through Yuanxu.
The gunpowder smoke produced by the shells diluted the smell of living people. After a while, the smoke gradually dissipated, and the pollutants finally captured the location of their prey.
They roared and pounced on Qiao Mingjin, but Qiao Mingjin ignored them. Another ball of strange gold emerged from his palm, forming two suspended turrets, one on the left and one on the right, accurately sweeping the surrounding pollutants.
He himself walked step by step towards the thermal figure discovered in the reconnaissance system.
Qiao Mingjin's mental strength was so abundant that he could even do three things at once. He called up Xiyue's photo and compared her figure with the thermal figure. The result came out in seconds: the similarity was as high as 95%.
He smiled. "From the information I've gathered, it's said that although Miss Xi is aloof, she's well-educated. If she hears someone calling her, she probably won't pretend not to hear, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he paused.
In the already extremely thick gray fog, a very faint ripple suddenly appeared, and wherever it passed, the roar of all pollutants suddenly became louder.
They were already in berserk mode, and began to mutate again!
Secondary pollution!
Qiao Mingjin immediately expanded the reconnaissance range, and sure enough, the bodies of the pollutants killed by the suspended turrets came back to life and rushed towards him even more frantically than before.
The two suspended turrets merged instantly, turned into strange gold and were recycled into the mecha. Instead, a large-caliber gun barrel appeared, with the muzzle facing downward, flames gushing out, and the entire enclosed space was ignited in the blink of an eye.
All the pollutants screamed at the same time.
At the same time, the mecha mask captured the sound of the wall sliding. Qiao Mingjin glanced over and saw a tall figure wrapped in leather jacket flash by in the firelight.
One side of the enclosed space was opened, and thick fog surged wildly along the passage.
Damn, this building is full of anti-pollution metal plates, which are very effective in isolating thermal imaging. Even if the reconnaissance range is set to the farthest, no trace of the opponent can be detected.
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As early as when the Mecha Star Team was trapped, Xi Yue found the switch to open the enclosed space and prevented any Mecha soldier from touching it.
She really didn't expect that she would be forced by Qiao Mingjin to press the switch on her own initiative.
Even though Xiyue had little combat experience, she could tell that Qiao Mingjin was the strongest mecha warrior she had ever encountered. Although he couldn't kill her in the contaminated area, she wasn't sure she could kill him successfully.
After all, the other party can even break through metal plates by force.
The most important thing right now is to find Xiang Jia. Ma Liushi hasn't shown up yet, and things are turning out to be a little strange.
Could it be that... the one who captured Xiang Jia wasn't Ma Liu, but Ma Liu's immediate superior, Gong Daimin?!
It's possible, but it's just a guess.
The pervasive gray fog became the best guide in this gloomy environment. Xiyue flew in the direction of the fog tide, and when she encountered an obstacle, she looked for the switch to open the enclosed space.
After a while, she found herself in the stairwell.
Suddenly, a series of bullets came out from below and hit the barrier of pure space, like a few golden flowers blooming.
A mecha soldier.
Very good, you have come to the right place.
Xi Yue leaned on the handrail and jumped down from the gap in the stairs. The mecha soldier obviously didn't expect her to be so decisive. Unable to escape, he was pressed against the wall by the pure space and had beans sprinkled all over his face.
Sowing beans turns into soldiers.
No one understood the power of these fresh beans in the contaminated area better than the mecha warrior who specialized in fighting pollution. Seeing the beans rapidly expanding, he roared like a madman: "Stairwell on the 22nd floor, the invader is in the stairwell on the 22nd floor!"
"Thanks for the guidance. Now, you can shut up."
Xiyue raised her hand and pressed forward, squeezing the mech soldier's metal mask flat. The soldier probably didn't even have time to retract his Qijin before his facial bones collapsed into his brain, instantly becoming silent.
When a person dies, their spiritual power dissipates, Qi Jin retracts into the mecha box, and the corpse begins to mutate.
Another helper, and a guide even more useful than Gray Mist.
It could accurately detect the breath of living people and led Xiyue all the way to find her teammates who came to inquire about her. Soon, a group of zombie-like pollutants followed Xiyue, and she had finally arrived at the place she was looking for.
In the center of an ordinary room, there is a medical cabin, and the indicator lights around it flash slowly with the breathing of the person inside.
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