The Record of Unusual Creatures

Three armored vehicles lined up in a desolate wilderness, and the vivid emblem of the gray fox shone on the side armor of each car. The dry plain wind rolled up the dust and slammed the outer shell of the vehicle, while the last touch of the city silhouette was farther and farther behind the team and disappeared.

There is no trace of human smoke around this lonely team. The only place where the sights are located is the wasteland landscape of the rock and the pits. The dust is dyed into a gray-yellow sky and hangs in all directions, with the same gray earth. Together, it almost creates the illusion that the whole world has turned into a group of yellow sands. The team is now on a boulevard that is theoretically intercontinental, but this road now has only a little bit of cement residue left on the roadside. The power of nature can easily erase the traces of civilization that once existed here. The sturdy cement road is no different from the surrounding gravel wilderness after more than sixty years of weathering.

This is the mercenary unit that is about to go to the ruins of the Northland. It was led by Nolan personally. After leaving Black Street, all the way straight to the west to the Gray River, Hao Ren is also with them. The team set off yesterday afternoon, and now it has been going on for nearly 20 hours without stopping. The ruins of the city that just disappeared on the horizon are the last city in Rift Valley. It is said that it will not go until the Grey River. Seeing any city ruins again, in the next two or three days, this desolate wilderness will be the only landscape on the road.

Hao Ren and Nolan shared the second armored vehicle. These vehicles have a spacious interior that seems to have been specially adapted for transporters, and the middle of the car is the most protected one: the Grey Fox customer is here.

Two expressionless men sat behind the carriage and wore uniforms different from the mercenaries. They were said to be researchers at the Baihe Chamber of Commerce. Two other senior bodyguards from the Baihe Chamber of Commerce were sitting on both sides. They were responsible. Protect researchers and monitor the work of gray fox mercenaries. Nolan’s mission is to safely **** these four people to the North Ring Road – and then let at least one of the researchers come back alive.

The above is the original text of the commission sent by the Baihe Chamber of Commerce.

These four "customers" barely talk to the mercenaries. They only occasionally whisper something about themselves and try to avoid being heard by others. It’s obviously not interesting to pay attention to these people, so Hao Ren turned to look at the display embedded in the carriage. You can see the outside of the armored car on the screen, but the scenery outside is only a constant waste. Ulanov whispered a whisper: "This ghost place. Even the people who swim the cavalry can't survive."

“Relax, we are now in the safest area of ​​the world,” Nolan sat in the opposite side of the carriage, his hands resting behind his head, his eyes slightly picking up, and his feet were placed on the front steel armrests. "There is no human being in this place. The only danger is only the poison in the soil and water."

Carl held his own large rifle in the corner of the car. After listening to Nolan’s words, he sucked his nose: “Hey, that’s safe enough.”

Hao Ren looked at the four Baihe Chamber of Commerce members sitting at the end of the carriage and sat down next to Nolan: "Do you know what they are doing?"

"I don't know," Nolan's interest is lacking. "I don't inquire about the customer's business. This is what I can live to today. Don't know if you don't know."

She paused and noticed that the curiosity on Hao Ren’s face was still not diminished. This shrugged her voice down: “Probably directed at the computer. The pre-war nano-group control program, and the time when it was not controlled. The next generation of nano-machine group drawings transferred from the center... It is said that they are all hidden in the depths of the North Ring Tower. Any force that can get one-and-a-half-point information will be developed. The guys who went to the Northland in these years are basically Going to those things."

"Pre-war technology..." Hao Ren whispered, "Can you really come in handy..."

"Why are you going to that place?" Nolan raised an eyelid. "I heard that you buried your wife in the wilderness outside Black Street in the morning. It seems that you should not die in the North." ”

Hao Ren reluctantly pulled his lips: "I have always been in a normal state of mind. I am going to the North Ring Road just to confirm something... Anyway, there is no conflict of interest with you, just take a ride."

Nolan suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Hao Ren seriously: "To tell the truth, I always think that you are a bad guy, and I feel like it when I first meet."

Hao Ren smiled and said: "Is nothing wrong with me?"

"Too optimistic, too calm, too indifferent," Nolan turned his head. "I thought it was the reason why your nerves were abnormal. But now it seems not like this. You remind me of the kind of growth in peacetime. People...but that kind of person can't keep this mentality as long as you are on this scorched earth."

When I heard Nolan’s words, Hao Ren also said inadvertently: “You are not very old. It’s quite good to see people.”

"Isn't it old..." Nolan whispered it over and looked up at the display in the car. Then she pressed the in-vehicle dialogue device next to her and called the soldier in the front cab. "Gold, have we crossed the old Route 17?"

Soldiers in the cab reported: "It was just a few minutes ago."

"Well, let's rest, let the car convert to automatic driving, and don't need the driver for the next two days."

"Received, boss."

Although Black Street and Zero City are the closest human settlements to the northern ruins, there is still a long way to go from there to the North Ring Tower. This restricted area of ​​life is an absolutely insurmountable forbidden place for ordinary people. Even professional mercenaries need the support of modern equipment and the best physical and mental state to deal with. In the next two days and nights, the team continued to approach the ruins of the Northland under the guidance of the automatic driving system. As the destination gradually approached, the mood of the people also became tense. The ones brought by Nolan were originally gray foxes. The most courageous and loyal group of people in the army, but when they got here, they still began to feel uneasy.

"It’s a terrible thing to be killed by the nano-machine group," Ulanov said to Hao Ren on the fourth day of the journey. "The process of death is very long, and usually begins with the internal organs. The body is dissolved. It is accompanied by extreme burning illusions and tearing sensation - greater stress comes from the psychological. You will clearly feel that you are becoming a heterogeneous mass of material... and this feeling will Repeated in a few minutes."

Hao Ren is looking at the scene outside the car. Ulanov’s words made him feel weird: “You are here to say that this is a matter of shaking the army...”

Ulanov laughed hoarsely, and the laughter seemed to have mischievous meaning: "I just want to remind some people, don't be interested in the nano-groups that seem to be sleeping, they will not be able to suddenly live. come."

Two researchers from the White River Chamber of Commerce looked up and looked at it with a dissatisfaction in their eyes.

At this time, the driver of the first car suddenly heard the sound of the driver of the car: "Gray River! In front of the gray river! Boss, to the gray river!"

The words "grey river" seemed to awaken the boring mercenaries like a shot of a tonic. The crowds raised their heads and clenched their weapons. A mixture of uneasiness and excitement spread out from them. Nolan immediately picked up his kit and stood up: "Everyone, bring an electromagnetic sleeper to come with me!"

The armored vehicles stopped in a wilderness, and the mercenaries jumped from the carriage to the ground. Ulanov put a palm-sized device shaped like an old-fashioned radio into Hao Renhuai before he got up: "Get this, your electromagnetic dormant."

Hao Ren did not know how to take this strange equipment, and then was urged by the people behind to jump off the car.

An endless ridiculous land spread out in front of his eyes, and in the place 100 meters away from the side, he saw that the leading armored vehicle was parked next to a wide "big river", which can be seen on the bank of the river. Continuous, neat metal luster.

Hao Ren ran with the mercenaries. He looked at the scene in front of him with amazement: "This is... Gray River?"

The only thing he saw was the endless grayish white, thick and weird liquid rushing in front of his eyes. The texture was like asphalt, and the color was like a white bone. The speed of these liquids was extremely slow, almost as slow as the film. The undulating and faint gray "river" brings only endless feelings of strangeness. On the edge of the gray river, like a black-and-white movie, you can see a layer of armor-like things covering the rocks on the shore – just like a naturally growing river bank, bringing those people great. The “health” of danger is blocked in the riverbed.

This is the Grey River.

(I have something to go out today, so update in advance =. = still the rhythm of a busy day.) (To be continued)

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