Embers Ad Infinitum

After picking up the remaining food, a group of five people left Room 605 and went down the stairs to the first floor.

"Are you driving there?" Jiang Baimian glanced at the jeep parked nearby and asked.

The black marsh iron snake skin tied to the roof of the car was so conspicuous that no one noticed the solar charging panel.

"There was too much movement." Qiao Chu shook his head.

Jiang Baimian originally wanted to say that this was an electric vehicle. As long as the simulated sound waves were turned off, there would be almost no big movement. Unexpectedly, Qiao Chu, who was wearing an exoskeleton device, suddenly started jogging and dropped a sentence:

"Follow up!"

Jiang Baimian said no more. Together with Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen, they held their own weapons and ran towards the exit in small steps.

At this time, there were more clouds in the sky, and only a few sparse stars could be seen. The moon occasionally showed its face, casting a faint glow.

Darkness is the main color of this urban ruins.

In the extremely quiet and lifeless environment, Shang Jianyao and others did not turn on the flashlights, trotted through the main road and entered the opposite street.

During this process, they always felt as if they were about to be swallowed up by the dark night. The surrounding abandoned cars and trees on the roadside were shadowy, like monsters hiding in the dark.

Faced with such a situation, the "Old Tune Team" naturally dispersed the formation according to usual training and created a certain distance.

Among them, Jiang Baimian was closely behind Qiao Chu, Long Yuehong was on the right, Bai Chen was on the left, and Shang Jianyao was trailing behind.

Their speed is always maintained within a certain range, so that they will not neglect their observation and vigilance of the surrounding environment because of running.

While running, Shang Jianyao suddenly changed direction and rushed diagonally into an open room on the left side of the street.

Jiang Baimian and others reacted immediately, rolled on the spot, and each found an abandoned car as a defensive fortification.

Qiao Chu also stopped and turned to look at Shang Jianyao.

The exoskeleton device's "comprehensive warning system" told him there was nothing unusual around him.

However, he still raised the silver rifle with a rather unique shape to guard against accidents.

He immediately used the "comprehensive early warning system" to observe Shang Jianyao's destination.

Although it was a very dim night, Qiao Chu had auxiliary equipment and could easily see the situation on the street on the left clearly from a relatively long distance.

There, like other streets, the side-by-side, outward-facing rooms were almost all open, and the insides were either dilapidated or extremely old. The only thing they had in common was that there was no life in sight.

Some of their signs fell to the ground and broke into several pieces, some were mottled and faded, the writing was blurred, some of the words were missing and only part of them remained, and some were hanging sideways and were about to fall.

In the room that Shang Jianyao rushed into, the signboard was still hanging above, with a blue background and only two white words left:

"……repair……"

At this time, Shang Jianyao had taken off his flashlight and was shining it back and forth in the narrow room.

He quickly opened various cabinets and found some small instruments and tools, along with various packaged and unpackaged components and circuits, and stuffed them into his camouflage backpack.

After putting on his backpack again and hanging up the flashlight, Shang Jianyao trotted back to the street holding the "Berserker" assault rifle.

When Qiao, who was wearing a helmet, saw this for the first time, several people ran over in big strides.

Based on his experience, once they "follow" him, unless he shows the intention of taking the initiative to attack, no one will make their own decisions and will definitely do things according to his instructions. Even if they have confusion or doubts, they can only ask and provide suggestions.

At this point, Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen behaved "normally" enough.

Arriving in front of Shang Jianyao, Qiao Chu asked in a deep voice:

"Why did you leave the team without permission?"

Shang Jianyao replied calmly:

"My brain twitched."

"..." Qiao Chu narrowed his eyes, and Shang Jianyao's figure instantly appeared on his goggles in a relatively abstract state, close to the target.

This is the "precision aiming system" that is activated naturally when he lifts the silver rifle.

After a few seconds of silence, Qiao Chu slowly exhaled and lowered the muzzle:

"Continue to your destination."

Although his voice was not loud, Jiang Baimian and others had been paying attention to the situation here, and quickly left the hiding place and returned to the team.

The five people once again ran towards the three-way intersection at the end of the street according to the formation and posture just now.

In the ruins of this city, the night wind was a little chilly, making Long Yuehong feel as if he had returned to the "Panguage Creature" and returned to after the lights were turned off.

As he was about to turn to the left, he couldn't help but raise his head and glance at the sky.

Since coming to the surface, his first wish is to see the real sky, his second wish is to see the sun that shines on everything, and his third wish is to see the starry sky shown in textbooks.

Now, he has fulfilled his first and second wishes, but only his third wish has yet to be realized.

——The weather has been abnormal for a long time recently, and the nights are always cloudy. Only a few stars and part of the moon can be seen occasionally, and this cannot be called a starry sky at all.

I don't know when I can see the real stars... As soon as Long Yuehong looked back, she saw Qiao Chu and Jiang Baimian raising their hands sideways almost at the same time, aiming at a place, and pulling the trigger.

The only difference is that Jiang Baimian drew the "United 202" first and did not use the grenade gun.

Snapped! boom!

Two slightly different voices sounded one after another.

With a flash of silvery white lightning, in the middle of the street on the right, from a street tree, a figure with tattered clothes and partial exposure fell straight down, hitting the top of the abandoned car with a clang.

His blood spread quickly.

The crude shotgun shells he held in his hand flew out and landed on the road.

"An 'unintentional person.'" Jiang Baimian held the grenade gun steadily with only his left arm.

Her night vision is obviously better than ordinary people.

Bai Chen subconsciously asked:

"Want to get that gun back?"

"There's no need for the gun. It looks like it was made by some wilderness wanderer settlement. It's unnecessary." Jiang Baimian shook his head.

It has been many years since the destruction of the old world. Many guns are no longer usable and bullets of many sizes have been exhausted. However, major forces with certain production capabilities initially imitated old world weapons to maximize the use of materials. In recent decades, internal standardization has gradually begun - although this is certainly based on past weapons as a reference, many types have been reduced.

As a result, the guns obtained by many ruin hunters and wilderness wanderers are either broken and cannot be repaired, or they can't find suitable bullets. They have to increase their efforts to search for ruins, or purchase guns smuggled out by powerful forces. Arms, on the one hand try homemade weapons and bullets.

Among the latter, the shotgun is undoubtedly a good choice. The equipment required is quite simple and can be found in many wilderness wanderer settlements.

If such a shotgun falls into the hands of a "careless person", it means that a ruin hunter or wilderness wanderer has probably been hunted.

"Do you want a body search?" Bai Chen asked again.

"No need." Qiao Chu, who had just used the electromagnetic weapon of the exoskeleton device, replied while turning his body.

Bai Chen no longer insisted, and the group of five people continued to trot towards their intended destination.

After turning another street, Qiao Chu suddenly slowed down.

Jiang Baimian also raised his hand and lowered it, signaling Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong to stop.

Under the moonlight, which was a little brighter than before, Shang Jianyao saw a dusty black abandoned car in front of him.

Next to the car, a person was sitting on the floor.

This man had a face with the Chinese character "Zhang" and was wearing a so-called old-world formal suit. His upper body was leaning against the car door, his eyes were closed tightly, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

"Wu Shoushi..." Jiang Baimian recognized this man.

This is the relic hunter they met in the wilderness before.

——The other party and his companions told the "Old Adjustment Team" about the discovery of new ruins north of Yuelu Station.

At this moment, Wu Shoushi was alone, and his life or death was unknown.

"There are still signs of life." Jiang Baimian made a judgment based on the electrical signals he sensed.

Qiao Chu observed it for a while and then said:

"He is sleeping."

Hearing the word "sleep", Jiang Baimian's pupils dilated slightly, and he quickly raised his right hand to shoot Wu Shoushi.

However, she was not targeting people, but the car glass.

At this moment, Shang Jianyao took the lead and fired a short burst at the car Wu Shoushi was leaning against.

With a clanging sound, a glass window shattered.

Wu Shoushi's eyes moved slightly, as if he was about to wake up, but at this moment, his expression suddenly distorted, his whole body twitched twice, and he completely lost his movement.

"Is he dead?" Long Yuehong asked in shock.

"Theoretically speaking, there is still a chance of rescue..." Jiang Baimian said so, but she had no idea of ​​stepping forward. At the same time, she was on guard against the surroundings and moved towards an abandoned car.

Bai Chen did the same and reminded him aloud:

"That terrifying nightmare horse may have returned."

Long Yuehong was startled and tried to keep her eyes open to prevent herself from falling asleep.

Qiao Chu said nothing and used the "comprehensive early warning system" to focus on searching for possible "enemies" around him.

Shang Jianyao looked at Wu Shoushi in front of him and suddenly said:

"Will you sleep on the street? Although I will..."

"That nightmare horse can force people to sleep?" Jiang Baimian instantly understood what Shang Jianyao wanted to express, "But when we met it before, it didn't show this."

After she and Shang Jianyao woke up from the real nightmare, they no longer fell asleep for no reason.

"Either it can only put one person to sleep at a time and will give up when faced with a larger number of targets, or..." Shang Jianyao raised his head and glanced at Qiao Chu, who was wearing an exoskeleton device.

Qiao Chu had faced the nightmare horse alone before, and he had survived until now.

Shang Jianyao paused and said:

"Either there are other monsters here, monsters that can force people to sleep."

Hearing these words, Long Yuehong's body felt cold, and she felt that there were many things hidden in the darkness around her.

"I'm going to see if I can be saved. Please pay attention to my situation." Immediately afterwards, Shang Jianyao walked towards Wu Shoushi in an upright decoy manner.

He had just taken two steps forward when a desolate and hoarse roar suddenly sounded from somewhere in the ruins of the city:

"Ouch!"

The sound echoed through the sky, making people tremble.

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