Embers Ad Infinitum

After ending the call, Jiang Baimian put away the walkie-talkie and nodded to Shang Jianyao and others.

Without another word, she left the room first and returned to the corridor.

Shang Jianyao, Bai Chen, and Long Yuehong filed out and resumed their previous tactical formation.

Without any additional instructions from Jiang Baimian, they all knew which direction to shoot next - this was one of the key points during training, and they had already mastered it. In other words, how to form a cross-fire network in such a tactical formation. , there are precedents to follow. They no longer need to discuss who shoots where. There are corresponding areas of responsibility for standing in different positions.

Under the yellowish beam of the flashlight, Qiao Chu walked in at the entrance of the corridor wearing a military exoskeleton device.

Long Yuehong was uncontrollably nervous and her body trembled slightly.

This... Qiao Chu discovered this keenly with the help of the "Comprehensive Early Warning System".

He frowned slightly and slowed down.

Seeing this, Jiang Baimian no longer waited for the opponent to enter the predetermined shooting range. He immediately raised his right hand and shouted in a deep voice:

"shot!"

At the same time, she aimed at Qiao Chu's head, which was covered by a metal helmet.

If the opponent jumps up to avoid shooting, the bullets from the "Ice Moss" pistol will steadily penetrate into the neck that lacks adequate protection.

That's where the exoskeleton's weak point, its vitality, lies.

With a bang, Jiang Baimian took the lead in pulling the trigger.

Next to her, Bai Chen and Shang Jianyao had been waiting for orders. At this time, they each raised their weapons and shot Qiao Chu's left arm and crotch respectively.

They also reserved space for the target to dodge in their direction. Once Qiao Chu dodges to the right of the "Old Adjustment Group", that is, to his left side, there is a high probability that Bai Chen's rifle bullet will hit the junction of his arm and shoulder. The area covered with armor may even hit his neck. If Qiao Chu chooses to roll over, Shang Jianyao's "assault rifle" short burst will destroy his soft abdomen.

Although Long Yuehong was nervous, she had experienced a lot. She had already developed a conditioned reflex to the team leader's order, and she completed the task without any delay.

Bang bang bang bang bang! He shot a long shot towards Qiao Chu's right arm.

When Jiang Baimian raised his right hand, Qiao Chu reacted.

While he raised his right arm carrying the silver rifle, letting the side covered with the metal skeleton go out and block the front of his neck, he placed his left arm across his lower abdomen, and also pointed the black metal skeleton towards Shang Jianyao and others.

During this process, he exerted force on his legs, driving the auxiliary joints, and jumped towards the aisle on the right.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of "dang-dang" rang out from the splashing sparks, echoing in the extremely quiet underground floor.

Jiang Baimian moved his wrist slightly, as if he had been prepared, anticipating Qiao Chu's dodge trajectory, and pulled out a line of fire.

At this time, multiple streams of white gas spewed out from several holes under the energy backpack of the military exoskeleton device.

They pushed Qiao Chu upwards, causing him to speed up suddenly, avoiding the bullets fired by Jiang Baimian.

With a bang, Qiao Chu put one hand on the ceiling and bounced into the corridor on the right, disappearing from the sight of Shang Jianyao and others.

Pong!

The piece of ceiling he hit came off and smashed to the ground, shattering into hundreds of pieces.

"What a pity..." Jiang Baimian couldn't help but sigh.

Without the military exoskeleton device, they could have seriously injured Qiao Chu just now and do whatever they wanted.

…………

In the corridor on the right, Qiao Chu rolled twice in a row, leaned against the wall, and stopped.

While using the "Comprehensive Early Warning System" to monitor the surrounding movements, he raised his left hand and wiped his chin.

The back of his hand was quickly stained red with a streak of blood.

"How could..." Qiao Chu looked down with the help of the flashlight that came with the exoskeleton device.

There was obvious confusion and confusion in his tone.

According to his experience, it would take at least a day for the goodwill due to his charm to develop into twisted possessiveness and aggressive "admiration". Who would have expected that the four people opposite him would change so quickly.

This is not a wild animal or a "heartless person" who only has instincts. He only thinks about mating and possession, and will go crazy soon.

While muttering to himself, Qiao Chu reached out and took out the sky blue mirror box and opened the lid with a snap.

He then looked in the mirror and saw a bloody wound on his gracefully curved chin.

This is the mark of being hit by a ricochet.

"How dare you..." Qiao Chu's pupils dilated, and his tone was filled with unconcealable anger.

He took a breath, looked at himself in the mirror pityingly, and put away the sky blue box.

After sealing the wound with a medical bandage, Qiao Chu looked coldly at the corridor where Jiang Baimian and others were.

He thought for two seconds, gave up on taking revenge now, turned around, and walked towards the end of the current corridor.

He did not forget that the goal of this trip was the underground computer room.

Moreover, his purpose of using Shang Jianyao and others was initially achieved, and he found out that there was a "higher heartless person" or aberrant creature here that could make him lose his charm.

He has always been aware that there are many dangerous creatures in this building, including the nightmare horse he encountered here before.

…………

"Military exoskeleton devices are really difficult to deal with..." Long Yuehong was quite disappointed when she saw that she could not kill Qiao Chu and prevent others from getting it.

This is the first time that he has marveled at the power of military exoskeleton devices.

Bai Chen also sighed softly, seeming very regretful.

Jiang Baimian nodded and glanced at the corner:

"Let's go that way."

This is diagonally opposite from Qiao Chu's location.

"Aren't you going to chase him?" Long Yuehong asked in surprise.

Shang Jianyao looked at him with a smile:

"Do you want to try out how weird his Awakener ability is?"

After chasing like this, in a building with many walls, it is difficult to keep a good distance and not enter the scope of influence of the awakened person's ability.

——Even Jiang Baimian's ability to sense electrical signals is greatly reduced in such an environment.

"Yes." Long Yuehong thought of Shang Jianyao's "reasoning clown" and gave up the idea of ​​chasing Qiao Chu without hesitation.

Jiang Baimian said "hmm":

"The goal is to get around to the stairwell and back to the first floor as quickly as possible."

She explained quickly:

“Qiao Chu’s purpose is to find the underground computer room, restore power to the building, and then go to the power grid center to energize the entire ruined city.

"This means that he will inevitably leave the underground floor in a short time, and then leave the building and go to the laboratory.

"Now that we understand this, we should be able to imagine that we can snipe Qiao Chu very well whether in the elevator hall, stairwell on the first floor, or from a high point where we can monitor the surrounding area.

"There is no need for us to stay in this place with complex terrain, many obstacles, and many weird 'unintentional people'."

Bai Chen, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong had no objection to this, and immediately took their weapons and turned to the right aisle.

"Team leader, tell me, what are Qiao Chu's awakened abilities?" In a dark environment with only the flashlight shining, Long Yuehong asked while alerting the surroundings and moving forward cautiously.

"I was just about to say this." Jiang Baimian nodded gently.

Clarifying this issue as soon as possible can effectively avoid half of the dangers when encountering Qiao Chu later.

"Charm?" Bai Chen suggested the most obvious possibility.

Shang Jianyao added:

"Making someone crazy about drawing?"

He remembered that when he was in the jeep, he was about to fuck Qiao Chu, but he was dismissed with a piece of paper, a pen, and a rhetorical question.

"No." Shang Jianyao immediately denied his statement, "It should be to create preferences or ignite fanaticism..."

"You have experience in this area and you have the final say." Jiang Baimian did not argue and said instead, "When he wanted to kill Long Yuehong before, we all seemed to become extremely frustrated and didn't want to do anything."

"It's frustrating? This is the third awakened person's ability... What's the price he paid? That charm is simply terrifyingly powerful." Long Yuehong just finished saying this, and suddenly woke up, "Why can we Discussing Qiao Chu's charm so naturally? Wait, why would I want to kill him and collect him as a specimen?"

"You are so perverted." Shang Jianyao glanced at Long Yuehong.

"It's not you..." Long Yuehong suddenly paused, "Your 'reasoning clown' ability has failed?"

Jiang Baimian nodded thoughtfully:

"It seems that we are out of the range of Qiao Chu's charm and are no longer affected by him.

"The premise of the previous 'inference' is that we like Qiao Chu. Once this condition is no longer available, the conclusion will of course become invalid."

Bai Chen thought for a while and said:

"Then we still want to stop Qiao Chu?"

"Of course!" Jiang Baimian replied categorically, "I have always been very cautious. He put us in such a dangerous situation and ate our energy bars, our compressed biscuits, and our military cans. I'm sure You have to come back with revenge!”

Why do these words sound so familiar... Long Yuehong responded subconsciously:

"But……"

Although he also hated Qiao Chu, he felt that there was no need to stay here and take risks, so it was better to leave as soon as possible.

Jiang Baimian glanced at him and Shang Jianyao and said "hmm":

"The main thing is that we ourselves have to stay here for a while to see what changes will happen after the power supply is restored to the ruins of the entire city, haha, or not to allow the power supply to be restored.

“We can’t rush back along the original route.

"In that case, why not just watch over Qiao Chu for a while without wasting time."

After saying that, she suddenly asked:

"Have you ever seen the squirming flesh and blood, the aura that makes people extremely frightened, the old woman wearing a wire hat, the corpse of a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes?"

"No." Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, and Shang Jianyao shook their heads at the same time.

"Neither did I." Jiang Baimian nodded, "So, where did the illusion created by the previous 'high-level mindless' come from? There must be a root cause, in terms of their low-level wisdom."

Shang Jianyao immediately replied:

"Perhaps that 'Higher Heartless One' has seen squirming flesh, seen an old woman wearing a wire hat, seen the bones of a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, and sensed an aura that makes people extremely frightened."

Having said this, he paused and his voice suddenly became quite gloomy:

"She may have even heard the old woman say:

"You... made a noise... Xiao Chong..."

In the light of the flashlight, Shang Jianyao's face was uncertain.

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