Chapter 241 Civil War and Civil War
Is there going to be a civil war in Longcheng?
Previously, Su Xia learned from Zhang Fang that there were three factions within Longcheng.
They are the academy, the city lord and the Crescent Moon Research Institute.
People from the academy and research institute have always been coveting the position of city lord.
In the past years, the three parties often had conflicts, but they never became serious. There were many small frictions, both overt and covert, but the top leaders were relatively restrained.
In recent years, the relationship between the college and the research institute has gradually eased, and there are signs of cooperation.
Are they going to turn the Three-Power Triangle into a Chu-Han Contention?
wrong.
Su Xia thought about it and realized that if the two factions really wanted to fight, it would be impossible for them to let the news spread everywhere.
Even Sun Lang and Chang Rufeng, two killers who did not belong to Longcheng, knew about it.
Is this fake news?
Or...
Did the people from those two factions deliberately release the news in order to put pressure on the city lord and force him to take action first?
As long as the city lord takes action first, the two factions will be able to gain the upper hand in public opinion, win the hearts and minds of the people of Longcheng, and gain a "legitimate" reputation.
With Su Xia's current strength, he can barely intervene in this struggle. After finishing the matter here, he plans to go to Dragon City to solve the doubt that has been buried in his heart -
Is the Lord of Longcheng his father?
"Soon."
Su Xia looked at the time. It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon. The pitiful amount of sunlight in the jungle was slowly decreasing, and darkness swallowed up the area in front, behind, and around.
At the same time, outside the Fish Scale City, far away from here, the smell of gunpowder between the two insect nests was getting stronger and stronger.
If nothing unexpected happens, there will be an extremely bloody Zerg civil war tonight.
Both Zerg nests were frantically increasing their numbers, accumulating strength, and using every possible means to win over the primitive Zerg in the wilderness that had not yet fully evolved.
Su Xia's clone, the ugly little monster, has arrived here and mixed in with the group of strange and bizarre primitive insects, preparing to join the stronger insect nest as a mercenary.
Once the war begins, the corpses of countless insects will be the best nutrients for Su Xia's growth.
at the same time.
In the pharmacy in Coral City.
Su Xia put down the bottle of medicine in her hand, turned to her father and said, "Teacher, I have something to do outside. You don't have to keep the door open for me tonight."
"Okay, go ahead and be safe."
Dad waved his hand without even looking up.
Having obtained permission, Su Xia immediately took action, bringing with him a large number of potions that he had made in the past few days.
After making sure that no one was following him, he circled a few times before leaving the city and heading straight for the wilderness of Yuling City in the north.
In the store, Lan Bafu muttered, "Brother Su's excuses for asking for leave are getting more and more perfunctory. He used to say he was helping a friend fight, but now he just says he has something to do outside. He's so mysterious all day long that people who don't know him would think he's doing something big. The Masked Man is probably not as busy as him."
“Bang!”
A piece of ointment hit Lan Bafu's forehead accurately, making him scream.
This ointment was naturally thrown out by my father.
Dad raised his small round glasses and said calmly, "If you can create more than three third-level formulas by yourself, you can also ask for leave in this way."
"oh……"
Lan Bafu rubbed his forehead, said nothing more, and continued to concentrate on refining the medicine.
…
The time came to seven o'clock in the evening.
In an area deep in the mountains in the southwest, Su Xia and his three companions discovered another rest area of the Longcheng team.
This area has left a lot of traces of human activities, such as campfire ashes, tent supports, food packaging, animal bones, etc.
"The people of Dragon City are consciously saving their food and hunting mutant animals in this jungle to fill their stomachs. This shows that they are prepared to be trapped for a long time."
"But there are too few edible mutant animals here. Most of the animals are blocked out by these killer plants."
"Bloody bandages...someone's injured..."
“…”
The wounded are undoubtedly a huge burden to a trapped team.
Fortunately, the members of the Longcheng team all have a set of conventional exoskeleton power that allows them to lift very heavy objects.
On the trunk of a big tree, Su Xia made some other discoveries.
"The splattered blood..."
He touched the rough trunk and observed it carefully with a serious expression.
There are dark brown spots of blood on the trunk, similar in color to the bark. In dim light, you can't see them unless you look carefully.
"The surrounding weeds were lying flat on their backs, with seven deep sunken spots and five areas of soil turned inside out. There were bloodstains on some of the grass leaves, which were signs of a fight."
Su Xia slowly squatted down and found an unburned cigarette in the weeds.
"It's only half burned, which means it happened suddenly."
Not far from this half cigarette, there were a few pieces of dark gray clothing.
Its edges appear torn, as if it had been torn off violently.
Not far away, blood-stained bandages were discarded casually, and the situation might have been a bit chaotic.
The area where the fight took place was not large, which meant that the people who started the fight were quickly stopped and were not very strong.
"The people of Dragon City probably didn't plan to rest here, but the sudden attack forced them to stop."
"Although there is disunity among the people, they would not resort to violence under such circumstances. It is very likely that someone has lost his mind."
Judging from the on-site environment, the situation of the trapped team is not optimistic.
This jungle is filled with all kinds of poisonous fog, and you will be trapped if you are not careful.
Even if you leave the poisonous fog area and barely wake up without an antidote, you may still feel dizzy, nauseous, and uncomfortable for a long time.
"Two dragon scale marks. One of them still has an 'X' symbol in the middle, indicating distress. The other has an 'S' symbol, indicating someone is injured."
On a stone, Su Xia found traces left by Longcheng.
In the second inverted triangle dragon scale mark, there are three consecutive "S" marks, which means that the injury is quite serious and requires urgent treatment.
Sun Lang and his companions had taken on missions in Longcheng before, so they were not unfamiliar with this mark.
Su Xia learned about it from Zhang Fang.
"Commander, there are several arrow symbols here, all pointing over there. Shall we continue forward?"
Both of them subconsciously regarded Su Xia as the backbone and asked for his opinion.
Su Xia nodded: "Well, pay attention to the surrounding situation."
As time passed, the jungle gradually became colder and the light became less and less, until finally only Su Xia's mecha was left as a source of light.
During the exploration, Sun Lang said with a hint of envy: "It's convenient to have a mecha. It's like carrying a backup energy source with you."
Su Xia asked him, "With your financial resources, it shouldn't be a problem to customize a set of fourth-tier mechas, right?"
"It's not about the money. I'm just not coordinated." Sun Lang sighed. "Commander, driving a mecha also requires talent. I can't use it flexibly. Every time I try, I'm in a mess. In the eyes of the enemy, I'm just a moving target. It's better not to wear it."
“Maybe the general system doesn’t match you very well.”
Su Xia thought for a moment and said, "You can find a professional mechanical team, tell them all your requirements, and cooperate with them in stage testing. Let them make a fool-proof system and adaptive mecha that you can use completely."
Hearing this, Chang Rufeng on the side said with a smile: "He doesn't have the patience to cooperate with the test. He is born with a restless temper..."
The three of them talked as they walked, adding a bit of life to this dark and cold jungle.
When it was nine o'clock in the evening, we finally made a new discovery.
Another body.
It was a headless corpse, with everything above the neck missing , and the surrounding dead branches and leaves were littered with shattered brains and blood clots.
The scene looked horrific, with the dark and bloody scenes giving people the feeling of a restricted horror film.
"Something's wrong. This guy was shot in the head. Plants can't do that!" Sun Lang squatted down to check. "The clothes he's wearing look familiar. He was one of the level 4 creatures drinking in the tavern yesterday. I've seen him before."
"Yes, I remember him too."
Although the two did not know the specific identity of the corpse, they both remembered the clothes and some of the things the man said to others while drinking yesterday.
If I remember correctly, this person should be the only level 4 creature in a small city in the northwest.
"It's not one shot, it's two shots."
Su Xia looked calm as he noticed that there were wavy crack marks on the trunks of the surrounding trees.
If the psychic shield is suddenly shattered and explodes, it will leave this kind of energy wave around it.
"The first shot shatters his psychic shield, and the second shot smashes his head. The interval between the two shots must be extremely short, so that a level 4 killer won't have time to react."
At that time, the deceased's psychic shield was turned on, indicating that he was conscious and not affected by the poison gas.
The person who acted secretly was also aware of this, but he still did it.
That person should be sure of killing him.
After all, if you fail, it means making an enemy with a high-level killer.
Sun Lang and Chang Rufeng are both considered very strong, but neither of them is completely sure that they can kill a cautious killer of the same level in just two shots.
Could it be that the level 5 creature from the Dragon City team took action?
But they are here to rescue people, so the possibility of conflicts with the Longcheng team is not great.
In short, it can't be a plant, after all, there is no Pea Shooter here.
unless……
Is there another unknown force in this jungle?
At this moment, Su Xia found a tiny piece of metal under a blood-stained dead leaf. It was not even as big as a normal ant, and a string of data appeared in front of him.
[Psychic Shock Bullet: A product of Orlok Company, the design is based on the early earth-penetrating bullets. A bullet is divided into two parts: the "armor-piercing part" and the "core part". The armor-piercing part is used to break the enemy's defense, and the core part is used to kill the enemy.]
[This bullet is specially designed for psychic creatures and has been well received since its launch]
Su Xia's guess was wrong. It turned out that there were not two bullets, but only one.
And it is a bullet developed by an alien technology company.
It’s Orlok again, a company seems to specialize in these practical gadgets.
On this planet, Su Xia already knew that the only people who had in-depth contact with alien civilizations were himself and Wang Teng.
Perhaps the mechanical race can also be considered.
But Wang Teng is still clamoring in the small town outside Coral City, and if the mechanical tribe gets wind of the news, they will definitely come with great fanfare.
"Something is wrong. The man's valuables are still on him. The other party just wants to kill him, not for money."
"That's not the killer's style."
Sun Lang and Chang Rufeng found a large stack of cash and several bank cards on this man.
Seeing all this cash, Su Xia was basically certain.
It is the counterattack force of the spacecraft wreckage.
There should be a small piece of crashed spaceship wreckage nearby. The AI in the wreckage controlled some alien weapon and killed the killer in front of him.
But this place is still some distance away from the crash site of the prize capsule marked on the mission.
Moreover, according to the arrows, people from the Longcheng team had also passed through this area, so why were there no bodies left behind?
"You two, be careful. The other party is also capable of killing you." Su Xia stepped forward and reminded them.
"Commander, could it be..."
Sun Lang was stunned and thought of that possibility.
Su Xia nodded slightly to him, saying nothing.
Chang Rufeng was still a little confused and had no idea about alien creatures.
He saw that Su Xia produced a silver-white hollow metal ball from somewhere. Like magic, the ball emitted a soft silver-white light in his hand.
"Wait a moment."
Su Xia activated the Eye of Illusion, and his sight passed through the dark area in front of him and saw a very far place.
Sun Lang and Chang Rufeng remained vigilant, both activated their psychic shields, and stood on both sides of Su Xia's mecha.
Not long after, a small creature less than half a person's height appeared in Su Xia's field of vision.
It was a mechanical creature.
[Space repair robot: a product of Orlok Company, which can withstand high and low temperatures and is suitable for space operations. It is carried on many long-distance spacecraft.]
[The robot seems to have been modified. It is different from the general appearance. One of its mechanical arms has been removed and replaced with a psychic sniper rifle.]
Danger level: High
[Received the signal from the robot]
[Friendly signal, determining your identity]
【……】
Not long after, Sun Lang and Chang Rufeng also discovered the robot.
When they saw the black muzzle of the gun on the robot's left arm, the two men became extremely alert and took out long-range anti-enemy weapons, using Su Xia's mecha as cover.
"What is that? A mechanical tribe?" Chang Rufeng said with an unpleasant expression, "Be prepared, it doesn't look easy to deal with."
“That thing…”
It seems to be attracted by the commander's ball?
Sun Lang glanced at the glowing ball in Su Xia's hand, but he was not sure.
"Maybe he's not an enemy." Sun Lang narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice.
"What did you say?" Chang Rufeng was stunned. "What do you mean, isn't that from the Mechanical Clan?"
"Brother Chang, you will know in a moment."
Sun Lang found that Su Xia's expression was very calm. With Su Xia's keen observation, it was impossible that she did not see the little robot.
He believed in Su Xia.
Under the gaze of the two, the small robot slowly approached, gradually coming to a range of less than twenty meters.
At this distance, even a novice can hit the enemy with a shot if he is lucky.
"Captain?" The little robot did not shoot. The muzzle of the gun slowly dropped and asked Su Xia a question.
"Hal?"
Su Xia did not answer directly, but asked a question instead.
The little robot nodded immediately and said, "It's me. It seems that the Captain has discovered the rest of me."
Not unexpected.
The one controlling this little guy is none other than the spaceship's AI Hal.
When the spacecraft crashed, it split into countless parts, each with its own independent HAL consciousness.
Every Hal consciousness was trying to protect the cabin he was in, silently waiting for the rescue team, and this wait lasted for more than 20 years.
"Captain, there is also this robot..."
After hearing the conversation between Su Xia and Hal, Chang Rufeng was stunned for a moment, recalling the scenes he had experienced during this period.
The captain, Su Xia who appeared here alone, the missing Dragon City exploration team, these inexplicable strange plants...
Could it be...
He suddenly shuddered, and thought of an incredible possibility—
Commander Beifeng is actually an undercover agent sent by aliens to infiltrate this planet?
