A foreigner's journey

There are eight huge pillars in Midgar. These pillars are entirely made of steel. Each pillar is three hundred meters long. They silently support the steel discs of the eight sectors and carry the weight of Midgar. Everything in this cosmopolitan megacity.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for such huge steel pillars to collapse, because the urban planning management department has repeatedly calculated and planned all possible situations in the early stages of urban construction.

But precisely because of this meticulousness, when designing these steel pillars, the urban planning management department left a secret door in accordance with the requirements of Shinra's top brass, which is a [safety self-destruction system]. By entering the password, this system will directly overload the main transportation pipeline of Mako liquid in the steel support, and then trigger a series of violent explosions at various key nodes of the steel support to achieve the purpose of destroying the steel support in the shortest possible time.

Once the steel pillar is destroyed, the steel disc in the corresponding area will collapse and fall, causing a disaster. Both the uptown area above the disk and the slums below will be destroyed.

It is said that this plan was originally a final response strategy to deal with the enemy's invasion into the disc. It is of the type where the gain outweighs the gain by killing one thousand enemies and losing two thousand. It will never be used unless absolutely necessary. Because no one mentioned this system anymore, the existence of the [Safety Self-Destruct System] was gradually forgotten within Shinra Company over time.

However, as long as a thing exists, there will be a day when it will be effective.

At this time, all the lights on the No. 7 steel pillar under the night sky were turned on, and the surrounding searchlights were all pointed at the steel pillar.

I saw silhouettes of people flashing by on the metal stairs between the floors of the steel pillars, accompanied by intensive gunshots and shouts.

Several armed helicopters with Shinra Company logos were hovering around the steel supports, illuminating the fighting figures with lights while continuing to use the loudspeaker equipment to loop through the preset lines——

[Terrorist organization Avalanche, listen! We know your target is the Seventh District Pillar! Shinra will never give in to terrorist threats! Now I ask you to leave the pillar immediately! 】

[Repeat, Shinra will never give in to terrorist threats! Now I ask you to leave the pillar immediately! 】

At the same time, all the TV channels in Midgar were switched to live broadcasts from Shinra Company law enforcement officers. People heard the gunfire and the shouts of Shinra helicopters on the TV, and thought of the No. 8 and No. 8 created by Avalanche. The No. 5 magic furnace exploded, and he couldn't help but burst into anger.

As everyone knows, the Avalanche organization that is currently fighting desperately is the righteous party that is doing its best to protect the steel pillars from being destroyed, and the Shinra Company is only using the people's hatred of Avalanche to unify Midgar's public opinion and expand its army. At the same time, it can Let the "stinking ditch rats" in the slums who cannot create more value disappear from the world.

It can be said that Xue Beng has fallen into the trap of Shinra Company from the very beginning when he was preparing to destroy the No. 8 Mako Reactor, because the plan of [Original Xue Beng] was what Shinra deliberately let Barrett and the others find.

Intense gunfire echoed in the space inside the steel pillar. Barrett, who had many scars on his body, roared and raised the rotating machine gun loaded on his right arm, firing at the incoming Shinra soldiers.

Beside him, Biggs, who was himself wounded by a gunshot, leaned out from the temporary bunker and fired continuously with a pistol.

Jesse huddled behind the temporary bunker on the other side and blindly threw a modified grenade in the direction of the gunfire without looking. The grenade landed at the feet of those Shinra soldiers with astonishing accuracy, and the explosion of fire swallowed them up instantly.

"Barrett! We're running out of ammunition and grenades!"

The disgraced Jesse wiped his cheeks carelessly and shouted to Barrett: "Why hasn't Weggie come yet!?"

"I don't know! I hope I don't encounter Shinra soldiers and get stopped." Barrett climbed over the temporary bunker and saw that the steel support in front had been blown apart by grenades, so he had to look around for other entrances to the upper level.

Jesse took the time to put all the grenades in front of him on his tactical belt, reload the magazine of the submachine gun, and tuck the loaded pistol behind his waist. Then she trotted up to Biggs with a submachine gun on her shoulder, knelt down in front of him worriedly and asked, "Biggs, can you still hold on?"

"Hehe...cough...who do you think I am?"

Biggs forced a laugh twice with a pale face, and got up unsteadily: "I'm fine, I can also help you pass grenades and load bullets. Shinra must not be allowed to destroy the No. 7 steel pillar, otherwise the Qifan Street slums will It’s over, we don’t have the shame to see Boss Heather.”

"Idiot, we were already dead by then. No matter how powerful that guy Heather is, he can't chase us into the river of life and scold us, right?"

Jesse smiled, and her expression became a little sad. She had just found her favorite boyfriend, and her beautiful life was about to begin. She didn't expect to die in this place. The most annoying thing was that she couldn't see Crow before she died. Germany's last face.

Originally everything was fine, Barrett and the others were temporarily living in the basement of Seventh Heaven, Biggs was recovering from his injuries, and Jesse and Tifa were cooking dinner for everyone. Suddenly, they heard the announcement of the Shinra helicopter in the sky, and then they realized with pale faces that they were being used by the Shinra Company.

The Shinra Company was fully prepared in all aspects, and specially sent Shinra soldiers dressed in ghetto outfits similar to Barrett and the others to run around in steel supports and pretend to have a gun battle with the Shinra army. In other words, regardless of whether Barrett and the others surrendered to the Steel Pillar or not, Shinra Company would detonate the Seventh Pillar as originally planned and pin all charges on Avalanche and Wutai.

The pizza should have been burned in the oven, right? When people like me rushed out, they were so anxious that they didn't even turn off the pot.

Damn Shinra Corporation, why would you do such a cruel thing!

At this time, Barrett shouted from not far away: "There is a road over here! Come quickly!"

They rushed up the metal stairs and saw many corpses of soldiers dressed in slums along the way, mixed with the corpses of Shinra soldiers.

Of course, Barrett and the others were not the only ones fighting desperately to protect the steel pillars. The headquarters of the Avalanche Association was also in the slums of Shichiban Street. Naturally, they also heard the announcement from Shinra Company.

Although the philosophy is different from Barrett, the goal of opposing the Shinra Corporation is the same for both the General Assembly and the branch, and they must not sit back and watch the No. 7 Steel Disc fall, otherwise everything they hold dear will be destroyed.

After Barrett and the others rushed up to the second floor, they encountered another wave of Shinra soldiers. However, during the battle, Jesse's keen eyesight found that there were many corpses of Shinra soldiers around with huge claw marks with scorch marks on them.

"It's Golden Oga! Tifa and Golden Oga are still alive, and they are progressing faster than us!" Jesse huddled behind the bunker to avoid a series of gunshots, and shouted to Barrett with a face full of joy. In fact, she was worried to death, fearing that she would see Tifa's body in the corner when she walked up. fine……

Barrett also looked relieved. He was about to say something when his feet suddenly became unsteady and almost fell.

The surrounding steel structures were shaking violently with a heart-wrenching creaking sound. The three of them looked at each other with ugly expressions, their hearts sinking.

Something happened up there!