Vault 32

Chapter 19 John's Message

The field of vision has been limited to a very small area, even reaching the point where you can't see your fingers. The darkness has enveloped the entire street, and there is no light at all.This place seems to have been forgotten by God, leaving only the deepest darkness and the most basic fear in people's hearts.

Even if he had already been mentally prepared, after groping forward for tens of meters in the darkness, Liszt had already stopped his progress slowly, and looked around with his eyes wide open, but there was only a shadow of darkness , only when he turned his head to look at the back of the street, could he find a faint light in the thick gray mist to prove that he hadn't lost his vision.

But even if he didn't lose his vision, in this completely dark environment, his vision has been deprived, and there is no room for it to function at all.Not only Liszt, but even the old Buner behind him, the hand holding his shoulder was a little hard, feeling that Liszt stopped moving forward, he couldn't help but whispered softly: "What's wrong?"

As the vanguard, Liszt's duties are already related to the safety of the entire team, especially in this street that is completely plunged into darkness. As long as Liszt finds anything, they will quickly pass the way they came and retreat as planned , Their fighting power in the dark is not much stronger than that of a child.

"The environment is too dark, beyond our expectations."

Squinting his eyes, the darkness in front of him still enveloped him, as if there was only one color in the world.Liszt reached out to untie the backpack behind him, opened the zipper and fumbled in it a few times, but following a stream of green data that only he could detect, a cylinder appeared in his hand: "But I'm also prepared."

Tactical flashlights only need 10 points to exchange for one in the accessory category, which is not such an expensive expense for Liszt.He handed two tactical flashlights to the old Bunar behind him, and held one himself, and turned on the switch lightly, a slender and condensed beam of light appeared in the darkness instantly, and the slowly flowing gray mist illuminated by it was obvious.

At the same time, two similar beams of light also appeared behind him, sweeping towards the surrounding darkness, but they were blocked by the thick mist after shining for more than 30 meters, and they could no longer see clearly.But they can still use this small amount of light to confirm that they have come to the main avenue of the Plantagenet block, the starting point of the Plantagenet street.

"Liszt, I'm really curious why you prepared so many things."

Old Buhner was holding a tactical flashlight in his hand, but the other hand was tightly clamping the AKS-74U short assault rifle. His eyes swept across the street along the condensed beam of light, but it seemed that he did not intend to Slowly said to Liszt: "It can't be that you already know what will happen here?"

"I am a senior member of the Hunting Association. After retiring, I like to go hunting in the mountains with my friends. These are just standard configurations, not a big deal."

Walking forward slowly, Liszt showed no abnormality at all. The tactical flashlight in his hand was parallel to the muzzle of the Winchester M1887 shotgun, and he was still extremely cautious.But for the suspicious words of old Bunar behind him, he has his own set of excuses from the Mexican battlefield, and he has already prepared his arguments here: "If I knew the current situation, I would not even have the RPG at home. They will all be brought out."

Everyone was silent for a while, and the old Buner slowly let go of the hand holding Liszt's shoulder. After the light came on, their formation gradually changed from tight to scattered.But the distance between them is still one person every half a meter. At the same time, the three tactical flashlights also frequently illuminate the back and sides.

"Wait, the front looks like a shooting position built with sandbags."

The beam of the tactical flashlight swept across the street in front of him, but a row of dark objects appeared in Liszt's eyes. His progress slowed down slightly, and the tactical flashlight in his hand carefully scanned the black objects, his face pale. But he became more and more dignified, turned his head to the old Bunar behind him and said, "But it seems that there are no soldiers stationed."

Under the light of the light beam, the row of dark objects has been revealed more than ten meters ahead, and the bags are piled up like a low wall.They all know this kind of object, which is the temporary fortification that is often built with sandbags in the army. It is quite practical, and as long as the raw materials can keep up with the construction, it is very fast, and it is very popular among the troops.

But when Liszt and the others glanced at the temporary fortification built with sandbags along with the three tactical flashlights, their already solemn faces became even more ugly.If there were soldiers stationed there, with the help of night vision goggles, thermal imagers and other equipment, they might have been spotted a long time ago.What's more, standing less than ten meters in front of this fortification and using a tactical flashlight to detect it, even ordinary people will find this extremely strong beam of light.

"Here, I personally ordered a standard infantry platoon to build a line of defense here, and added four heavy machine guns, as well as a tank and two infantry fighting vehicles to cooperate."

Old Bunar took a few steps forward, and with the tactical flashlight in his hand, he surveyed the entire fortification.The sandbags are placed in an orderly manner, the rifle positions and machine gun positions are interlaced, and the heavy machine gun shooting platform has also been reserved in advance.But now there is only embarrassment on his face, he just gritted his teeth and whispered: "Very good, this line of defense has been abandoned?"

As he spoke, he walked forward quickly, and the three soldiers behind him and Liszt also hurriedly followed, all weapons in their hands aimed at the temporary fortification ahead, all looking cautious.But the old Bunar seemed to be very angry, kicked the sandbag fortification fiercely, and roared: "Damn! Damn! Damn! Where did my troops go? Why did my troops disappear?!"

"General, please calm down! This won't solve anything now!"

The soldier captain behind him moved forward quickly, and pulled Old Buner over the temporary fortification made of sandbags with his hands, while the other two soldiers also shared a tactical flashlight, scanning the surroundings carefully, for fear that the sound just now would startle them. What a horrible creature.He tried his best to calm down the old Buner, and persuaded in a low voice: "General, maybe the troops have already shrunk their defenses!"

"Wait, what is that?"

But Liszt found a small thing on the top of a sandbag through the beam of the tactical flashlight. He couldn't help frowning slightly, and walked over quickly to pick it up. An empty AKS-74U short assault rifle standard 30-round bullet magazine Put it there, look at the brand-new appearance and the abruptness of appearing here, it is the magazine he handed to John before.

Frowning slightly, Liszt lowered the brightness of the tactical flashlight and carefully looked at the magazine placed in a conspicuous position.If this is the mark left by John, then it must have a message, and as expected, inside this magazine, a folded piece of paper is stuffed inside, which is quite conspicuous.

"A note stuck in an empty magazine? What's going on here?"

Old Buner, who had calmed down, also came over, but his face was still ugly. With sharp eyes in his eagle-like eyes, he scanned the white note that Liszt took out from the magazine, and used the tactical flashlight to re-open the paper. Sweeping through the temporary fortifications made of sandbags, he frowned and said, "Have you ever been here?"

"I have friends and scattered soldiers who came here first, and it seems that when they came, there was no garrison here."

Slowly opened the white note, it seemed to be a trace torn from a notebook, and there was a pattern of pink flowers on it.But the beautiful characters seem to be written on it like a work of art. Liszt knows that this is the unique font of John, who is a senior fitness trainer, and when he looks at the information on it, he can't help frowning. Slowly said: "They are going to continue to go deep into Plantagenet Avenue. If it doesn't work, they will leave this block through the main road and retreat directly outside the city."

Old Buner also saw the words left on this piece of paper, but he didn't express his thoughts immediately. Instead, he pointed the tactical flashlight forward, but he seemed a little hesitant.He couldn't help but slowly said to Lister: "I think this is a conspiracy, and the federal government may have been concealed."

"It seemed unlikely that we would turn back."

Turning his head to look at the quiet street behind him, Liszt shook his head. Death claws may not appear anywhere in the city behind him, and it is extremely dangerous.As for the road ahead, at least John and O'Neill have helped to explore it. If there is any abnormal situation, they can avoid it as soon as possible.

Picking up his Winchester M1887 shotgun, Liszt made his decision first. He looked at Old Buhner and the other three soldiers and nodded, "I think we can give it a go. If there are troops still stationed In the depths of the street ahead, there may also be an opportunity."

"Is there a chance?" Old Buner pondered for a moment, but still looked up at Liszt and nodded, "That's it." As a general and a senior commander in command of a mechanized infantry brigade, he still has It belongs to his own judgment, and he scanned the darkness in front of his eyes, took a deep breath and nodded, "As soon as possible, let's go!"

Quickly turning over the temporary fortification made of sandbags, Liszt and the others moved forward quickly just like the previous formation.But after walking a distance of not more than a few hundred meters, they all stopped their steps, and following the beam of light from the tactical flashlight, everyone fell into silence for a while.

(End of this chapter)