Abyssal Wanderer

Chapter 67 NO.0042: Dogs and Dogs

"arrive."

136's words pulled Jiang Zhou out of his thoughts.

That's it?

Looking at the extinguished mark on the map and another lit bread crumb not far away, Jiang Zhou couldn't help being dazed.

This is too fast...

"Speaking of which, have you noticed that we have not encountered any malicious programs during this journey?"

Seeing the next imprint lit up, Qian Xiaying suddenly said.

These words made Jiang Zhou immediately recall the "black dog" that followed them all the way.

Not only to open the path, but also to help them clear the obstacles on the way back?

"That's a good thing."

Someone next to him said.

Qian Xiaying nodded hesitantly, and continued:

"But no matter what... Shit! What's going on here?"

At this time, the signal of the next breadcrumb mark disappeared abruptly.

"Is there an accident?"

136 hurriedly asked.

"I don't know... I'm trying to find a way to restore the previous data."

Qian Xiaying, who took out the data pad and hurriedly tapped it, hurriedly replied.

Right now, the Breadcrumb Mark is their only hope of going back. If the imprint disappears due to some problem, then they will all be "extubated" by the company.

"No."

At this time, Jiang Zhou on the side suddenly said:

"We'll just wait here."

He said that because in his perception, the "black dog" that had been hiding in his blind spot had suddenly disappeared.

If my previous guess is true, then this only means one thing - they have reached the end.

"Why do you say that?"

Qian Xia Ying raised her head and asked after hearing the words.

However, it was not Jiang Zhou who answered her, but Black Falcon-136.

"Because someone came back to us along the trail of breadcrumbs."

136 is now looking up at five inconspicuous tiny black spots in the distant sky—the pair of Owl III tactical goggles that look like metal bottle caps, giving him a vision far beyond that of a native.

And in the shot stretched to the limit at 136, he saw——

They were five jet-black metal figures flying at high speed, with sonic boom circles constantly breaking through their surroundings.

Their speed was so fast that after a while, the few remaining people in the team could clearly see who those who rushed over suddenly were.

There was a whistling sound, and a sonic boom exploded from far and near.

When they got closer, the five jet-black metal figures made a sudden stop in the air with an acceleration enough to kill an ordinary pilot ten times.

In the end, they hovered over everyone in unison.

"This is Cerberus' armed force..."

Qian Xiaying looked at the three-headed hell dog logo on the shoulders of those pitch-black metal figures and said so.

It was rare for Jiang Zhou to hear fear and anxiety in her voice.

"So, how much are they tweaked? Depth 4? Depth 5?

"...Can they still be called human beings?"

Looking at the mechanical figures floating in the sky like gods, 136 also murmured.

The lines like blood vessels on the body flickered like breathing, and the five five-meter-high robotic figures landed in front of them one by one as light as feathers.

When they landed, the ground didn't even tremble.

This is the complete anti-gravity drive system...

Jiang Zhou thought to himself.

For a while, no one dared to speak.

"The deep-diving salvage operation with log number Pluto-α-Epipelagic-KZ-2-4403061940-3-6-10 is cancelled, and you are now under the jurisdiction of Cerberus."

The leader took two steps forward, looked down at them and said condescendingly.

If plaster casts could talk, it would be his voice.

"So, it's time to go back and suffer, partisans."

The man finally said mockingly.

As soon as the words fell, the vein-like pattern on his dark body began to squirm, changing into a goosebump-like appearance.

For a moment, including Jiang Zhou, each of them was seized by a sudden sense of fear and nausea. Except for Black Falcon-136, everyone else collapsed to the ground with limp legs.

And 136 is only supported by adrenaline, barely supporting himself so as not to fall.

As a native, Jiang Zhou even started to vomit directly.

This is the ability of the other party?

While vomiting, Jiang Zhou analyzed.

Graphic stimulation? Infrasound? microwave? Pheromones? Or is it some other medium used to directly stimulate the human instinct of fear and loathing?

"Hey boss, I don't want to take that puked caveman with me."

At this time, a metal figure behind the man said with some disgust.

Immediately, he saw the frisbee floating beside Jiang Zhou, and said in surprise:

"Wait a minute, I read that right, these guys actually got a weak inertial aircraft? Here? Depth 4?"

"This is not something you should worry about, Aconitum-23."

The lead metal doll said so.

As he said, he directly picked up 136, which was struggling to support and did not fall down—it was as simple as picking up a doll.

Then he continued:

"We have only one mission here, which is to bring them back to the base reality."

"Understood, boss."

The person known as Aconitum-23 said, and also picked up Jiang Zhou's limp body.

At the same time, a traction light shot out from the huge crimson mechanical one-eye on his face, storing the weak-inertia frisbee.

In this regard, Jiang Zhou really wanted to give him the middle finger, but he didn't have the strength.

Probably aware of Jiang Zhou's attempt, Wutou-23 sneered and said:

"Want to be a tough guy? It's okay, there will be plenty of opportunities when we go back."

After speaking, he flew into the sky together with several of his companions, and returned along the original road at a much slower speed than before.

Although the superior attaches great importance to it, this is indeed a non-dangerous mission - to go to depth 2 to retrieve consumables used by several companies for "mining".

Compared with the tasks performed on weekdays, this is almost like an outing.

However, on the way back, Aconitum-23 suddenly felt like a light on his back for some reason.

It seemed that something was staring at him.

The radar shows that there are no targets around. Even if there is, in the abyss dark net of depth 2, there shouldn't be any existence that can threaten him.

Their captain often said that the original human visual system is full of deceit and compromise, and seeing is never equal to reality. Therefore, you should trust the built-in broad-spectrum radar system more than the pitifully narrow visible light signal.

Believing in vision is a symbol of the weakness and failure of primitive humans in evolution.

But in the end, Aconitum-23 couldn't help but look back.

Then, he saw...

It was on the high tower under the dim moonlight, a huge hunting dog as black as carbon, watching them go with blood-red eyes in the mist.

Until all of them left, until the base construction program in the depth 2 area failed, and the entire city collapsed into the most abstract data.

The black dog in the mist was still watching them off.