Volume 3: The Nameless Chapter 25: Team K, on the verge of being wiped out because of the captain’s mess, asks the boss for support!
This is not the first time Mason and his team have entered another world.
But this time the world travel was still different, probably because a violent demon was led in by Zha Kang before them, which caused everyone to smell the unpleasant smell of burning sulfur when they passed through this door.
When they stepped on the ground again, what they saw was a burning building. It was obvious that the violent and powerful upper demon was using this method to vent his anger.
But then, Team K noticed the scenery outside the burning building.
They are located in an entire city.
Perhaps it was once prosperous, but now it is devastated like a desolate post-war ruin. Even in the streets set on fire by the fire of purgatory, you can still see the bumpy streets left by the bombing and the rusted and abandoned vehicles.
"Another dead world! I seriously doubt that all worlds ruled by the stars will be like this!"
Catwoman beside Mason was wearing an invisibility cloak and holding a telescope, looking around. She soon caught some "familiar figures" wandering in the shadows of the city.
Selina put down the telescope and said:
"Zombies, zombies everywhere, Mason, I doubt if there are any living people left in this city."
"some."
Barbara, who was fiddling with a signal transmitter-like device nearby, adjusted the communication frequency and said:
"Although the communication drone has not been deployed yet, I have been able to capture more than one signal source. There is still a communication system here, which means there must be someone alive."
"Charles, launch an aerial reconnaissance mission to track down Zha Kang's location, and release a communications drone to help Barbara build a network."
Mason, who had changed into a gray battle suit, gave an order. The Kite Man looked at the miserable and creepy city in front of him and , then quickly took off into the air with the help of the thrusters of the flying backpack.
The addition of a new flight control chip made his bionic movable wings even more handy, as he no longer needed to follow the wind direction, making his reconnaissance range and speed more than doubled.
The three pirates kept looking around with tactical binoculars.
They were not unfamiliar with zombies, but this was the first time they had seen such a doomsday city landscape.
As for the most professional second barrel, he didn't need Mason's command at all. He had already found a nearby commanding height, climbed up, and set up the heavy sniper "Nakomata" to defend the surroundings.
The location where the World Gate was opened was on the rooftop of an abandoned building in the city. The good height allowed Team K to overlook the entire city. As the Kite Man continued to release drones dedicated to maintaining communications and hovered in the air, the connection of one node after another allowed Barbara to quickly gain the ability to monitor the entire city in general.
Thanks to the black technology of the Bat Network established by the master, Team K gained super vision and instantly dispelled the "fog of war" less than ten minutes after entering the city.
"Boss, the burning traces disappeared in the city center."
Kite Man quickly reported on the communication network:
“The traces of the demon also disappeared. I was searching for John, but there were no signs of a battle except for the burned zombies.
Initial estimates show that Zha Kang is safe, but we have also lost track of Jason Blood."
"Never mind him."
Mason responded:
“Without the World Gate, he can’t go back. The initiative is now in our hands. Unless he is willing to stay here for the rest of his life, he can only show up and talk to us.
Just wait patiently.
Come back and reunite with us after picking up John, Charles. Barbara will send you John's positioning signal. Don't stay in the air for too long. This is not just a world of death.
Our peers may also be monitoring cities.”
“Boss, I saw a small town similar to a shelter on the coast outside the city, with a very tall golden tower standing there.
It seems to be some special device.”
The kite man climbed higher to improve his vision and reported what he saw to Mason. He said:
"I saw vehicles and people over there. If there are still people alive here, then they must have moved there. Do we need to release the surveillance drone?"
"Release, but Barbara is controlling it remotely, and you stay away, Charles."
Mason was just about to discuss the next plan with his teammates, but before he could finish communicating with the kite man, a violent vibration came from under his feet.
Mason was caught off guard and almost fell down.
The female pirate Angelina, who was standing on the edge of the roof observing the surroundings, fell down screaming and dancing as the building shook.
"Shua"
Catwoman quickly used her grappling gun to tie up the female pirate's legs, and then pulled her up with Jack and Elizabeth. The others stayed where they were for nearly half a minute before they felt the violent vibration under their feet subside.
“Is this an earthquake?”
Mason looked at Barbara beside him in surprise. The latter shook her head and said:
"It looks like an earthquake, but look at the surrounding buildings, Mason. There are no cracks or damage. Even the roads remain intact. A normal earthquake shouldn't have such little destructive power."
"Boss! That giant golden tower just moved."
The kite man soon sent a message saying:
“It happened almost synchronously with the earthquake. It should be the vibration caused by the tower. It could be some kind of equipment or weapon… Wait, I see John.
I'll pick him up right away, please wait."
"This world is a little weird."
Mason looked at his teammates, thought for a moment, and said to Barbara:
"Do you have any device that can measure geological data?"
"I'm not a magical blue cat that's pitch dark. How could I have something like that on me?"
Batgirl complained very professionally, it seemed like she had seen a lot of this usual mess.
She said:
"But I do feel like the movements here are a little lighter..."
“It’s not an illusion!”
The second barrel carrying the high-tech sniper rifle 'Nakomata' came over, jumped a few times on the spot, took out his red tactical helmet and put it on his head, and said in a muffled voice:
"The gravity here is indeed a little 'weaker' than ours, but this is not normal in any way. Mason, don't you plan to contact our colleagues?
Or should we just wait here?"
"Don't you think about why we are here? How can we find an opportunity just by showing up? This is their territory. This is not the way to die."
The young man curled his lips and said:
“He has reserve members here. Let’s find out the situation first and then contact his counterparts. But I don’t think they have invested too much energy in this abandoned city.
Otherwise, they would have discovered it immediately when the Demon Knight broke in here just now.
Maybe it's due to lack of staff?
Barbara, didn't you say there was a signal source nearby? Can you track its exact location? "
"I'm getting positioned. It'll take some time."
Batgirl kept issuing commands on the microcomputer on her arm to adjust the positions of the communication drones scattered in the city. Soon, Kite Man also brought Zha Kang back to the gathering point.
After Team K moved into the building, they heard Constantine complain loudly:
“Damn it, Brad must have received help from some spellcasters in advance. Itlegan’s loss of control didn’t even last for more than five minutes before it was suppressed back into his body.
That guy probably hates me to death now.
I'm sure he's hiding in the dark, spying on us, and maybe he'll rush out and crush us to death one by one in the next second."
“Isn’t this better?”
Ertong said coldly:
"Lead that dangerous demon to the sandstorm. The best case scenario is that they both die together. This way we can have two fewer troubles."
This made the others nod their heads, and then everyone's eyes, including Mason and Barbara, fell on Constantine who was smoking a cigarette.
Zha Kang's face suddenly turned ugly.
He cursed:
"You are all a bunch of bastards! You are useless! You think I am useful, so you use me to death, right? Are you all British? How can you be so mean!"
“No, this is indeed an opportunity.”
Catwoman, playing with the small and exquisite new gun in her hand, shook her head and said:
"Aren't we worried about how to connect with Sandstorm? If we let John be chased by the Demon Knight half-truthfully and brought to Mr. Sandstorm's base, everything will go smoothly.
We said that it was because Team K released him without permission that we were discovered and hunted by the Justice League, so we had no choice but to run to this world to ask for support.
In this way, suspicion will be cleared and the moral integrity will be maintained.
I think we should split up!"
Selina couldn't hold back her inspiration. She stretched out two fingers and shook them, saying to the others:
"One team followed Mason to explore the city and get information, while the other team followed John to look for 'reinforcements'.
If our colleague is willing to fulfill his previous promise to Mason and take care of us newcomers as an elder brother, then we can leave the Demon Knight to him.
If he had bad intentions and planned to take revenge, we wouldn't have lost all our people at once."
"Hey! That's enough. You're just about to write the word 'cannon fodder' on my face."
Constantine blew out a smoke ring unhappily, spread his hands and said:
"Whoever wants to do this job can do it! I'm not going to do it anyway. You've all seen the destructive power of Itlegan with your own eyes. I would be dead if I was hit by that guy's sword!"
"Ahem"
Captain Jack, who was listening at the side, coughed twice at this time. The guy in a custom-made grey pirate bat suit held his half-helmet, stroked his coquettish mustache and said to the others:
"In this case, we should do what the pirates do. On the premise of absolute fairness, why don't we draw lots and leave everything to fate? That way, we won't be allowed to regret it."
Mrs. Elizabeth, who was dressed as a huntress beside him, brightened up and immediately nodded in agreement.
This pirate trio was the newcomers in Team K and the weakest. According to common logic, they should be the cannon fodders. Now that Jack had made this request, it would actually increase safety a bit.
Mason looked around, and Er Tong and Catwoman nodded. Zha Kang was reluctant but did not object.
Soon, the nine paper balls were taken away one by one.
Then Captain Jack, who made the suggestion, cheered, and the ball of paper in his hand had "2" written on it.
It represents that he escaped the fate of being cannon fodder.
Zha Kang on the opposite side had a sad expression on his face, it was obvious that this guy had done too many bad things in the first half of his life and had bad luck, so he drew a bad fortune.
"That's not fair! I suggest we do it again!"
Catwoman, who was very unlucky today, also started to act like a rogue, but she stopped talking after seeing that her good friend Lady Elizabeth also drew Team 1.
The final result was that Mason, Barbara, Er Tong and Captain Jack entered the city to search and find out the situation, while the rest of the people had to attract the attention of the Demon Knight and meet with Mr. Sandstorm.
"John, take care of them."
Mason took out the Hufflepuff's gold cup, took out the Efficacy Potion that had been extracted for several days and had reached epic quality, poured it into six crystal bottles, and generously gave four of them to Zha Kang.
He was told:
"This thing can enhance your luck. It will be effective for twelve hours. If necessary, take it out to Sandstorm as a trading item to prove Team K's sincerity.
Whether he comes to help us or not, don't anger him and wait patiently in his base for the action to begin.
Let's work together from inside and outside!"
Constantine pouted and put away the potion. Barbara walked up and installed a very concealed miniature button communicator on Constantine's shirt.
She said:
"The technological level of this world is similar to ours. The communicator Judy gave me should be able to escape detection, but you must disguise yourself when contacting us..."
"Boom"
Just as he finished speaking, there was another earth-shaking noise that made everyone unsteady on their feet. However, with previous experience, no one panicked. After waiting patiently for nearly thirty seconds, the strange earthquake subsided again.
"Let's go."
Mason frowned and handed the mobile phone that Mr. Sandstorm had given him when he left Gotham to Zack, and then distributed the best healing medicine he could make to Kite Man and the two pirate ladies.
Finally, Mason took out an exquisite "model" from his arms and put it into Catwoman's hand.
Selina looked down.
He discovered that what he had in his hand was a scaled-down Batmobile, which was exactly Mason's Batmobile prototype painted in dark gray.
"I just finished it last night. When you use it, throw it out and silently say your name."
Mason whispered, and Catwoman blinked and said:
"Is my name the magic spell that opens it? Can I consider this a gift from little Mason to big sister?"
"This is the public property of Team K."
The captain shrugged and said:
"But you're the best pilot, so let's just take it as it is."
Amidst the laughter of Lady Catwoman, the two teams separated here and moved forward in two directions at the same time.
"Mason, I found the signal source that's relatively close to us. It's underground fifteen blocks away. It seems to be a shelter."
Barbara soon brought good news, and at the same time a violent explosion sounded several blocks away from them, along with the roar of the higher demon and the low engine roar of the Batmobile when it was overloaded.
Constantine has already started to act.
Mason didn't waste any time either. The four of them quickly moved towards the source of the signal discovered by Barbara.
At the same time, in a small coastal town on the edge of this abandoned city, in a room in the shelter city that Kite Man had discovered before, Mr. Sandstorm, who had just completed today's training, was about to go to the underground entertainment venue to relax, but suddenly saw his mobile phone light up.
He frowned as he looked at the special number on it.
The scarred face that was destroyed by the Justice League showed a sarcastic smile, picked up the phone, put it to his ear, and answered:
"Hey, isn't this Lord Three-Headed Dog? How come you have time to come to my world?"
"CNMD sandstorm!"
The other end of the line was filled with the furious curses of Zha Kang, who yelled:
"It's because of you, you bastard, that we were targeted by the Justice League! They released demons to hunt us down, damn it! Are you blind?
Come and save us!
Otherwise, expect us to complain to Mr. Hunter!
You son of a bitch! "
"boom"
There were also loud explosions coming from the other end of the phone as the background sound of the panicked call for help.
This sudden situation made Mr. Sandstorm stand there in a daze with his eyes wide open, but he quickly disappeared, transformed into wind and sand, and came to the roof of his building, looking towards the abandoned city in the distance.
A flaming meteorite fell from the sky and slammed heavily into the city where no one had survived, splashing fireworks all over the sky under the gaze of Mr. Sandstorm.
It seems that Team K is not kidding.
Were they really targeted by the tough Justice League because of their help?
Haha, that’s a good thing!
Mr. Sandstorm, who was filled with anger because of Mason's blackmail, almost laughed out loud at this moment, but he was happy to see others in trouble and did not do anything extreme.
There may be some fools who can become B-level personnel, but everyone is well-tested in hypocrisy.
He admired the burning city and thought for a while, then said to the other end of the phone:
"Drive out of town, you unfortunate fellows. I'll send someone to pick you up. By the way, where's my friend Mason? I really have a lot to say to this outstanding young man."
"Mason was beaten to death! The useless captain deserved to be beaten to death!"
The scumbag Kang yelled in his true colors:
"We got separated from him, damn it! That idiot brought us into this desperate situation. I heard that your team is short of people? Let's make a deal.
Is it too late for us to switch to your side now ?"
