Steel steam and flame

Janet finally remembered that something was missing. It was the familiar friction sound of high-temperature and high-pressure steam flowing rapidly in the red copper pipes.

At this moment, there was only one empty sound inside the red copper pipe, and the huge vibration caused by it caused signs of loosening of the insulation layer. The frequency of the empty sound obviously accelerated at this moment. When Janet woke up from her brief thoughts, the sound was already like the rapid drum beat of a band playing at the climax, and the sound echoed out and hit everyone in the mine. On the body.

"All the auxiliary armor is concentrated in front, get ready for the impact!" When shouting into the communication, Janet took a step forward, came to the side of the mine without the red copper pipes, and stood at the front. She pushed the unfolded shield down hard, causing it to sink into the ground for about ten centimeters. The other three auxiliary armors immediately came behind Janet, stood firm in a diagonal line, and sat down with their bulletproof shields together. The hydraulic support rods of the armored legs rose up at the same time and hit the ground, pushing the slightly tilted bodies of the four people tightly to provide support to resist the impact. The remaining seven or eight members simultaneously took out a piece of bright silver protective clothing from the simple backpack behind them, put it on themselves, and then hid behind the auxiliary armor. They pressed against each other's bodies and pushed the backs of the four armors with their hands.

"Remember to hold your breath!" This is an important thing. Janet said it to the communicator two or three times in a row. It wasn't until another team received a report of readiness that she said, "Be alert, the enemy is very dangerous." It is possible to take advantage of this to attack" reminder.

The pulsing sound in the red copper pipe became more and more frequent, and in the end, the sound like raindrops became a thin line. Janet secretly said in her heart that it was coming, and then there were several loud noises in succession from the end of the mine, accompanied by rumbling rolling, and the friction and pulling sound of the air scraping against the rock wall of the mine at high speed. The slightly warm air came in a moment earlier and hit the glass of the observation window.

"Bengbeng!" At the same moment, several explosions suddenly sounded from another team in the communicator. The moment the roar of the heavy machine gun sounded, the strong wind hit Janet who was standing at the front in time. All the sounds in the communicator were replaced by "whirring" noises. ,

"Be careful!" There were no other voices around, but Janet still roared tentatively. A roar like a wind cave rose from the front, and a large rolling ball of high-temperature steam appeared in front of the mine. In the blink of an eye, it was already approaching the next moment. The air had become distorted, the tight quarters making the pressure even stronger.

"Boom!" There was only a dim white in front of him, and the strong light could not penetrate the rich steam. The huge impact penetrates the auxiliary armor and acts directly on the body. Janet felt a rumbling sound coming from her bones. The weight of the armor could not stabilize her body at this moment. Her feet were already sliding backwards, and the shield she held tightly in her hands found a gap due to the impact. She could not hold on for more than two seconds. It was overturned in three seconds, and was blown to an unknown direction by the surging steam.

There was a cry of surprise from behind. Without the resistance of the shield, high-pressure steam blended in from the gaps around the armor, directly lifting a person up.

There was a rumbling sound in my ears, and the auxiliary armor also began to "creak" in a short time. Janet has been increasing the output power, and the vibration of the hydraulic pump mounted on the back has spread to most of the armor. Just as she yelled "Hold it," Janet vaguely felt that the force pushing against her suddenly decreased.

The other two members wearing heat-insulating suits turned into broken rocks, being pulled out by the negative pressure caused by the surge of steam. They rolled uncontrollably and hit the rock wall of the mine, and then rolled towards the rock wall. Further back. An auxiliary armor at the end also broke away from the team, but relying on its own weight and auxiliary power, it finally stabilized itself after sliding about ten meters away. One arm of the armor immediately flipped over, and a one-and-a-half-meter-long thimble ejected from its wrist. When the thimble was stretched, it was held by both hands and thrust into the ground. Only then did the auxiliary armor tip over. The body pulled back.

"Boom..." A long voice finally suppressed the roar of friction and impact, coming from the end of the mine tunnel. The pressure squeezing on the body began to decrease, and within a breath, the strength completely disappeared, leaving only the rich steam wrapped around the body and the unfinished temperature.

Taking a long breath, the air sucked in by the auxiliary armor's simple filter device was filled with burning temperature and moisture. There was still a water-like gray-white in front of her. Janet released the power control knob, and the auxiliary armor made several strange noises under control, and returned to an upright standing posture.

The paint sprayed on the armor has been scraped clean, and the condensed water droplets carrying temperature will now fall from the corners of the armor. When Janet turned to look behind her, the steam flowing backward became turbulent. Under the strong light beam that was turned on, a vague figure that was almost two or three times the size of an ordinary adult appeared in her eyes.

He subconsciously raised his hand, and the weapon system was activated. The arc-shaped armor block on his thick wrist unfolded, and the two parallel barrels popped out with a "ding" sound. The caliber was very small, smaller than .10, about the thickness of a little finger. Then there was a crisp crashing sound, and two strings of dark gold fine bullet chains were pulled out, half exposed in the rich steam.

Before the launch thimble in the auxiliary armor was pressed down, the huge figure disappeared from Janet's observation window with unnatural shaking, leaving only a swirling steam, like a torrent that encountered an obstacle.

"Captain Janet, it's me." The thick and heavy voice was completely separated from the original voice, "Patrick."

Only then did Janet know how to turn around. Janet's reaction speed was not slow. When the observation window brought Patrick's figure into her field of vision again, all she saw was a strange figure that was completely out of the normal human shape. There was no resemblance to the Patrick she usually saw, whether it was his breath, voice, or appearance. Janet couldn't find any similarity between the two.

If the thing he is wearing now is called power-assisted armor, which is assembled from steel, alloy materials, pipes, steam and a few lines, then the other party is more like a creature that can be used at any time as long as it has enough physical strength. auxiliary armor on.

For nearly a breath, this thought completely occupied Janet's brain, until the strange voice sounded again, pulling Janet out of a complicated mood and imagination.