Plug-in Players In Marvel

EP 84. Praying Mantis Catching Cicadas

Purely military research institutions are often set up in inaccessible places for the sake of secrecy.

But if it is not so pure, such as some institutions that also have research and development of civilian products.

Or to save the time and cost of transporting materials, or to attract outside investors to visit, they are often not too far away from the city, and even directly choose to settle in the most prosperous downtown area.

Sitting in the car, observing the expressions of the soldiers, he believed that nine out of ten they would not answer his question, so Shi Xiaolei simply didn't take the initiative to argue and asked where the destination of the trip was.

But in the dark, he kept pinching his wrist, counting how many times his pulse beat, and estimating how far he had traveled.

It has been about twenty minutes since I got in the car.

Outside the tightly sealed curtains, a ray of light from a street lamp could be seen faintly. Observing the interval between two flashes of street lights, he roughly estimated the speed of the car. Combined with the time estimated by 'pulse pinching', Shi Xiaolei probably has some judgments.

The destination should not be in the city, at least, not on the island of Manhattan.

Where are you going?

Although the soldiers had revealed their identities just now, saying that they were sent by the military, but from Shi Xiaolei's standpoint, they would not fully accept this statement.

After all, he is a time traveler and has had contact with S.H.I.E.L.D. So, another possibility came to his mind... Maybe it's the Hydra hiding in S.H.I.E.L.D.? With their energy, it is not difficult to find someone to pretend to be a fake soldier, or to secretly send a team of real soldiers who don't know the truth.

‘Better not a Hydra. ’ Thinking of Hydra, Shi Xiaolei couldn't help feeling restless.

If it is really a spontaneous act of the military, it will not be difficult to solve it with S.H.I.E.L.D. and Stark. But if it was replaced by Hydra... you can guess if you think about it casually, there must be a lot of troubles behind, and it's the kind of troubles that neither S.H.I.E.L.D. nor Stark can solve immediately. If I am also involved in it, my peaceful life will definitely be disturbed, and I may even go away forever.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt a headache. Under negligence, Shi Xiaolei forgot to control his expression, showing a hint of impatience.

Noticing the change in Shi Xiaolei's expression, the squad leader sitting opposite him tightened his grip on the rifle, silently warning Shi Xiaolei.

'... ’ Looking up at the team leader, Shi Xiaolei suppressed his inner dissatisfaction, and once again pretended to be submissive before.

Xin said, "When I figure out the situation, I will make you look good sooner or later", but what Shi Xiaolei never expected was that at the same time as he had this thought, there was a sudden loud explosion outside.

There were four cars in total, and the one that opened the road at the front was hit by a rocket that flew from nowhere.

The violent flames were accompanied by thunderous explosions. Under the action of its own inertia, the light jeep rolled and flew up, and hit the lamp post on the side of the road firmly.

The impact force of several tons is not something that a mere street lamp can bear.

With a creak, the metal lamp post broke, bringing a string of electric sparks, and smashed into the middle of the road. Together with the wreckage of the jeep that occupied a small half of the path, it blocked the way of several cars behind.

This was not over yet, the car at the rear of the convoy was also attacked by two rockets.

Another two bursts of fire... Although it is not a jeep with an exposed driver's seat and a layer of armor on it, the defense of that thing is still a bit weak, at most it can only defend against firearms. Under the attack of these two armor-piercing rockets, it was like paper, and it ended up not much better than the jeep that opened the way.

The situation came too fast and too sudden. In an instant, two vehicles and half of the team members had been lost.

Surprised and angry, the team leader immediately shouted: "Counterattack~! Call for support~!"

No one dared to stay in the car, all the soldiers jumped out of the car, and used the car as a cover to counterattack the enemy who jumped out suddenly.

Shi Xiaolei was the only one who was locked in the car by the last soldier who got off the car.

"Hey, hey~! You can't do this, let me go down too~!"

"Shut up~!" Without thinking about arguing with Shi Xiaolei, the team leader locked the car door, raised the muzzle of his gun, and fired a stream of bullets.

There was only a palm-width viewing port on the rear door, so Shi Xiaolei couldn't see clearly what was going on outside, and conversely, the soldiers who were busy meeting the enemy outside couldn't see what he was doing inside the car either.

In order to save his own life, Shi Xiaolei put on the equipment without hesitation - two cars have already been blown to pieces, living examples are right in front of him. Compared with the armor that comes with the car body, he still trusts the iron shell that he bought with real money.

But what surprised him was that the gun battle lasted for five or six minutes, and those guys who jumped out of nowhere actually didn't use rockets to attack the car he was in.

It feels a bit like a plot in a blockbuster movie. After thinking about it for a while, Shi Xiaolei understood that the goal of those people is also himself.

Whether it's out of good intentions to rescue them or have other intentions, there is only one reason not to use rockets to continue the attack, and that is to ensure that they can survive the gun battle.

That being the case, there is no need to worry.

Thinking that the soldiers outside were not the same as him, there was no need to jump out to help them, Shi Xiaolei calmed down, sat in the car steadily, raised his legs, and closed his eyes as if listening to a symphony , listening to the movement from outside the car with a leisurely expression.

The emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuch is in a hurry, he is talking about this moment.

Shi Xiaolei, who was staying in the car, was not in a hurry, but Stark, who was coming from Los Angeles, was so anxious that he got a little angry.

That's right, because of his previous instructions, Jarvis has been tracking the whereabouts of the convoy.

Although the place where the gun battle took place is no longer in the city, and there is no road condition monitor around for Jarvis to borrow, but through the satellite in the sky, it captured the picture for the first time and reported it to Tony Stark .

"Damn~! Jarvis, focus the energy on the thrusters."

"Sir, prolonged overload propulsion will cause irreparable damage to the thruster..."

"I can't control that much now, do as I say~!" Stark gritted his teeth and gave the order.

"As you wish." Jarvis took this command: "Please be prepared to resist the impact, and accelerate the countdown to 5, 4, 3, 2, 1~."

With the end of the countdown, the flame under Tony's feet suddenly became thicker, and the speed of the steel armor also increased by a large amount.

The abnormal noise caused by breaking through the sound barrier and the G force brought by the sudden acceleration made Stark wrapped in the armor feel a little uncomfortable.

However, in order to get to New York as soon as possible and rescue his friends who were in danger, he still endured the discomfort with a determined and determined look on his face.

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