Chapter 260: Finally Meet, Poor Dragon City Team
"Take you home."
Inside the transparent glass cover, Gu An's monster-like face trembled slightly, as if he heard the conversation of the people outside.
In the basement of an abandoned factory in the south of the city, Dad stood in front of a huge screen with his hands behind his back, looking at his eldest disciple, and his old eyes became gentle.
Anyway, he was rescued in the end.
This is good news.
Su Xia, who had been observing, also breathed a sigh of relief.
He carefully searched through hundreds of surveillance screens, looking for any trace of Yu Tuo.
"As soon as Mercer left, Yu Tuo became the real controller of the Coral City base. Logically, he should be guarding underground. Why was there no one there just now?"
Su Xia was confused and searched slowly. After a while, she finally saw Yu Tuo's figure on a surveillance screen in the corner.
This guy is tinkering with his mechanical clone in a small laboratory.
It was still the same clone as last time, but on the screen next to him, there were several different combination designs, and the final appearance of the clone became a round mechanical ball.
"Merser has left, and Yu Tuo is obsessed with the transformation of his clone. This is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Dad."
However……
For Subject No. 28, this is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
On the surveillance screen, Su Xia saw the huge translucent culture container. Subject No. 28 was soaking in the solution with tubes inserted into his body and he never woke up.
Such a good opportunity, why doesn't it take advantage of it?
At this time, a series of prompts appeared in front of Su Xia.
[Subject No. 28: Cunning, cunning, highly intelligent, powerful, and growing...]
[Since Subject 28 has not woken up yet, Mercer believes that Subject 28 lacks the energy to wake up, and orders his test personnel to continue injecting energy into Subject 28]
[Subject No. 28 is absorbing energy and is about to become a Level 5 creature]
this……
Mercer is courting death.
Seeing the description in the prompt, Su Xia thought of the future scene that the task [Abnormal Out of Control] gave him, and he couldn't help but shudder.
A level 5 monster, with the super strong body of the Zerg, and the high intelligence of humans, smart and cunning, with ridiculously strong skills, even mind control...
Once he fully grows up, can Mercer stop him?
No wonder this guy refused to run today, it turns out he still wanted to continue absorbing energy.
"We have to find a time to remind Yu Tuo."
Su Xia knew very well that among all the mechanical city lords, Yu Tuo was famous for being "cautious" and "careful", otherwise the mechanical clan would not have allowed him to guard Coral City.
Yu Tuo and Mercer also had disputes regarding their research on hybrids.
Yu Tuo’s view is very direct - giving this kind of monster high intelligence will sooner or later lead to uncontrollable changes.
But Mercer was too arrogant and too confident. He thought everything was under control and refused to listen to any advice.
Sometimes, Su Xia even hoped that Yu Tuo could become stronger and defeat that guy Mo Ser.
But he also knew the actual situation.
Last time, Yu Tuo disobeyed Mo Ser and was severely beaten in front of many of his men, and even his mechanical body was broken.
"It's out of control... At the end of this mission, I won't have to face that level 5 monster myself, right? "
Su Xia felt a growing sense of urgency. Now, she was restricted in everything she did because she was not strong enough.
Weakness is the original sin.
After rescuing the Longcheng team and the joint camp successfully retreated, he returned to the Oasis Camp to go into seclusion and would not come out until he broke through level five.
He sighed and turned his energy back to the mountainous area in the southwest.
…
After several days of continuous searching, the three people were getting closer and closer to the Longcheng team.
The forest was vast and boundless. Dawn had not yet arrived, and the surroundings were cold and dark. The trees were dim, but many of them bore traces of the Dragon City team.
It can be clearly felt that the trapped Longcheng team is also a little anxious.
From the latest traces discovered, it can be judged that among the team of nearly 100 people, five people have been seriously injured, and more than half of the members are slightly injured or in other negative conditions.
The only good news is that no one has died yet.
"As long as they are all alive, I feel like we are about to find them."
Sun Lang gently stroked a piece of rough bark, on which was engraved a dragon scale mark.
Next to the few roots below, there were a lot of sawdust scattered around. The sawdust was still fresh and not covered by dead leaves or anything else. It seemed that they had been carved not long ago.
It was already six in the morning, and there were many used medical supplies scattered around in the bushes nearby.
Bloody bandages, syringes, medicine boxes, etc.
"One person is seriously injured and dying."
Chang Rufeng discovered a not-so-optimistic sign. The Longcheng team was almost at the end of their rope, and if no one came to rescue them, they would have to face the problem of attrition.
The three men and one machine continued to move forward, picking up speed.
At half past six, we found some compressed food packaging along the way.
At seven o'clock, more than a dozen discarded exoskeleton armors were found under a big tree.
These armors were still intact, but their energy had been used up. They became a burden to carry with them and had to be discarded.
At half past seven, Su Xia gestured for everyone to stop: "We should be very close now, let me send out a flare to try."
"good."
The two nodded, stopped, stood beside the mecha, and paid attention to the surrounding situation.
Su Xia controlled the mecha and clicked on the ammunition reserve. The raised mechanical area on the mecha's shoulder slowly deformed, and a flare entered the launch bay.
But he did not launch immediately. Instead, he controlled the mecha to take off and crash through the intricate tree canopies on top.
Once in the air, the view instantly widens.
From afar, the mountains and forests are dense, the peaks are overlapping, and the greenery is lush. The towering trees are connected together, like a green ocean, and you can't see the world below the sea level at all.
Su Xia thought about it, returned the flare, selected a more powerful high-explosive bomb, and controlled the mecha to continue rising.
Then he clicked launch.
"call out--"
A fiery red bullet drew a beautiful arc in the air and then exploded violently.
With a loud bang, the mountains and forests made a loud noise, the trees shook, and the whole world seemed to tremble. A small mushroom-shaped explosion cloud appeared in the sky.
Below, Sun Lang trembled all over when he heard the explosion. He was completely unprepared, his face turned green with fright, and he almost fell to the ground.
Is this a flare?
Whose flare is so powerful?
Chang Rufeng touched his chin and commented: "With such a strong power, the sound can be heard several kilometers away. If the people from the Longcheng team are not far from us, they should be able to hear it."
This was not the end. Su Xia circled in the air and released more than ten different bombs in succession.
The sound shook the earth and sky, with incredible power, like a thunderclap in a clear sky, and the leaves in the jungle were shaken to the ground.
…
In the distance, under several large trees, the exploration team from Longcheng was resting.
When they set out, they were all high-spirited and energetic. They were so excited at the thought of the wreckage of the alien spaceship that they wished they could teleport there directly.
But now, these people have long lost the enthusiasm they had when they first set out.
After being trapped for so many days, they were wandering in the jungle like a group of headless flies. More and more members were injured, and the whole team was gloomy and depressed. Everyone was in a low mood, and no one knew when they could get out.
Some people were leaning against a tree, looking listless and wrapped in bandages, while others were lying unconscious on a makeshift stretcher.
As the only level five creature in the team, the old dean from Tianxing Academy is the last one who may get out.
The premise is that he abandons the main force and leaves alone .
Someone had advised him to leave, but the old dean refused and insisted on staying to overcome the crisis with everyone.
"Alas, the potion is almost gone."
"There is still food. The fruit on the dead vines can be eaten, provided that they do not get contaminated by the mucus on the vines."
"Those colorful palm-shaped fruits are edible too..."
"Xiao Luo's illness is getting worse. He has a high fever and is unconscious. He just started talking nonsense. What should we do..."
“…”
Fatigue, confusion, pain, fear of the unknown, etc., are like parasites hiding in the darkness, with greedy eyes, following closely behind this team, trying to drag them down.
Now, the greatest hope lies in the rescue teams from Longcheng and the joint camp.
Everyone understood that since the Longcheng headquarters could not contact them, they would definitely send people to rescue them, and the same was true for the joint camp.
but……
They were all worried, what if the rescue team was also trapped?
This forest is full of strange and bizarre plants. It is like a paradise for the devil. There are dangers everywhere and one could lose his life if he is not careful.
What they face, the rescue team will also face.
"It's been so many days, and there's still no other news."
"It's difficult, it's difficult..."
Many people were dejected, depressed, and even felt a little desperate.
Aren’t there enough cases of disappearances in history and in textbooks?
Even many master-level adventurers have disappeared, with no one seeing them alive or dead in the vast mountains and wilderness, leaving behind a series of unsolved mysteries.
Will they and their group also become such a mystery?
The world’s unsolved mystery – the disappearance of the Dragon City team!
When some people think of such a title , they sigh and look sad. They really don’t want to become a negative example for future generations.
At this moment, someone suddenly pricked up his ears and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
"Hey, did you hear that?"
"You heard that, too?"
"Yes, there is a sound!"
"I heard it too. It's not far from us. It must be the rescue team from our headquarters!"
“…”
Everyone looked surprised and stood up. After waiting for so many days, they finally got good news.
After all, they all came from Longcheng, so their first reaction was to the people from Longcheng headquarters.
The old dean reacted the fastest.
He immediately activated his exoskeleton armor, carrying a flare, and moved nimbly, like an old ape, quickly climbing up the trunk of the giant tree behind him and all the way to the treetops.
He stood on the tree canopy, raised his right hand high, and pulled the flare in his hand.
"call out--"
A flash of red light shot up into the sky, extremely dazzling in the early morning forest.
In the distant sky, Su Xia was observing carefully and immediately noticed the red light. He then controlled the mecha to fly over.
In the distance, the old dean stood on a thicker branch of the tree canopy, looking into the distance, and found a small black dot appearing in the distance, and his heart was filled with joy.
The black spot slowly grew bigger in his eyes and turned into the appearance of a mecha.
"No, Dragon City Headquarters doesn't seem to have this kind of mecha."
The whole body is black, with a well-proportioned, sturdy mechanical body and a somewhat streamlined elegance. It does not belong to any general-purpose mecha known to the old dean.
As far as he could remember, there was no similar mecha in Longcheng's private mecha.
“Looks familiar.”
As a level 5 creature, he had a very good memory and quickly recalled a photo he had seen.
That photo was very famous some time ago. It was spread all over the world and caused a lot of sensation.
The photo shows a victory group photo of more than 500 people from the Beifeng Organization, including this mecha.
"Commander Beifeng?"
The old dean was stunned. He didn't expect that this person would come.
Did the Dragon City headquarters also send a rescue message to the Oasis Camp?
Yes, they haven't been in contact for so many days, the headquarters must be anxious and will try any possible rescue plan.
Speaking of which, the current relationship between Dragon City Headquarters and Oasis Camp is actually not very good. After all, they almost had a conflict because of the joint camp issue at the beginning, and now there is the issue of the alien spacecraft wreckage.
The old dean remembered that in Professor Shi Sishi’s report to him, there was a detailed description of Commander Beifeng.
This is a selfish, short-sighted, narrow-minded person who only cares about immediate interests.
It was because of his obstruction that the United Camp and the Oasis Camp could not be merged.
[This person has complete control over the Oasis Camp and is unwilling to give up power. He is afraid that Longcheng will interfere with his rights over the Oasis Camp...]
[Xiong Wei, the apparent manager of the Oasis Camp, is just a puppet, working for this person and serving him...]
[The other leaders of the Oasis Camp were all deceived by this person...]
【……】
In the message document sent back by Shi Sishi, the words used were quite severe, basically criticizing Su Xia from inside to outside, and he was just short of calling him a traitor.
"He is willing to come to this dangerous place to rescue us, which shows that he is not a selfish person." The old dean pondered, "At the beginning, Shi Sishi's report to me may have other hidden secrets... However, we need to meet him to know what kind of person he is."
As a scholar, treating people or things with a dialectical attitude is his most basic quality.
Looking at Su Xia getting closer and closer, the old dean's mood became a little complicated.
Just as Zhang Fang worried - before setting off this time, they had planned to find an excuse to forcibly occupy the wreckage of the spacecraft in the Oasis camp and then study it slowly.
They had no intention of letting the people from the Oasis camp get involved with the alien wreckage.
After all, what does a small organization like Oasis Camp know?
Letting the people in the camp interfere would only cause damage to the wreckage of the spacecraft and hinder their research.
…
In fact, until now, the Longcheng headquarters has been sending messages to Zhang Fang from time to time, asking Zhang Fang to keep an eye on the wreckage of the spacecraft and not allow any members of the Oasis camp to enter.
Sandwiched between Dragon City and Oasis Camp, Zhang Fang felt very uncomfortable and felt like he was neither a human nor a human.
He wanted to tell the Longcheng headquarters that Commander Beifeng had become the captain, but he was worried that the headquarters would do something bad to Su Xia, so he was extremely conflicted and didn't even sleep well in the past few days.
"Hey, where did the commander go? Why is there no news from the team sent by Dragon City?"
Zhang Fang felt so uneasy that he couldn't even enjoy his meal.
…
In the big forest, Su Xia controlled the mecha to slow down slowly.
The two sides got close.
He saw the old man standing on the treetops, and a string of data popped up in front of him. After confirming his identity, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
After so many days of searching, I finally got a result.
In the tree canopy, the old dean spoke first: "Commander Beifeng?"
"President of Tianxing Academy?"
