long night fire

Jiang Baimian and the others watched this scene in astonishment, and subconsciously moved closer to confirm the problem.

Almost at the same time, the exoskeleton device made a beeping sound, and all the auxiliary joints shook together.

Then Qiao Chu's body moved, and he slowly got up.

At this time, Jiang Baimian seemed to have sensed something, held the grenade gun, and pulled the trigger above a sidewalk tree.

Boom!

A ball of fire expanded rapidly, revealing the ignited canopy and a figure leaping into the building on the street.

It was a cat-shaped creature with a length of one meter. It seemed that there was no hair or skin on the body surface, and the blood-red "muscles" were directly exposed.

Its tail seems to come from a scorpion, covered with a brown hard shell, with barbs; on its shoulders, clusters of white bone spurs are like decorations; on the top of its head, there seem to be four ears.

No matter how you look at it, this is not a normal creature.

The monster leaped into a certain room on the second floor, narrowly avoiding the explosion of the grenade, and then, it ran fast, out of Jiang Baimian's sensing range, and disappeared into the depths of the buildings on the street.

At this time, Qiao Chu had returned to normal and stood up again.

He glanced at the direction where the monster disappeared, and said in a deep voice:

"I just fell asleep.

"Fortunately, the induction wake-up function of this exoskeleton device is good."

"Is that a monster that forces people to sleep?" Bai Chen immediately responded.

"It looks like a deformed creature." Jiang Baimian made a judgment.

Qiao Chu didn't try to chase the cat-shaped monster, pointing at the destination and said:

"Let's go."

Shang Jianyao was the first to express his opinion, and strode towards the tall building with its own courtyard.

Jiang Baimian and others hurriedly followed.

"Do you want to give it a name?" Shang Jianyao asked suddenly during the run.

"Who?" Jiang Baimian was a little at a loss.

"That monster just now." Shang Jianyao said seriously, "Should I call it a ghost cat?"

"It's so ugly." Jiang Baimian subconsciously denied, "It's called An Mian Mao!"

While talking, they arrived at their destination and came to the gate of the courtyard.

With the help of the slightly faint starlight and moonlight, they could clearly see the black plaque lying on the ground.

The plaque is made of stone and doesn't look too dirty, as if it is often washed by rain or "maintained" by someone.

None of the gold letters on its surface have fallen off, they are all inscriptions in gray clay.

These words formed a noun that Long Yuehong had never heard of:

"Urban Smart Network Control Center"

"What is this place?" Long Yuehong blurted out.

Jiang Baimian explained a little bit:

"In some cities, water pipes, natural gas pipes, wires, optical fibers and other miscellaneous things are integrated together to form a huge smart pipe network.

"The one who controls this pipe network is the urban smart network center."

"Then... why did we come here?" Long Yuehong became more and more puzzled.

At this time, Qiao Chu, who was wearing the exoskeleton device, said indifferently:

"Around the ruins of the city, there is a hydropower station that is still in operation and is still being 'maintained'. In the ruins of the city, many lines have also been 'maintained' and are well maintained.

"All we need to do is go into the control center and turn the power back on."

"Why do you need to turn on the electricity?" Jiang Baimian asked subconsciously.

Qiao Chu was silent for two seconds and said:

"To open all the doors of a laboratory."

Chapter 72 沮丧

Jiang Baimian glanced at Shang Jianyao and the others, then looked at Qiao Chu again and said:

"Where is that laboratory?"

Qiao Chu, who was wearing a helmet and couldn't see the expression on his face, hadn't answered before the desolate and hoarse roar resounded through the sky again:

"Ow!"

This time, Shang Jianyao and others could clearly hear that the roar was not far away, just a few streets behind the "Urban Smart Network Control Center".

It was so huge and so loud that it made Shang Jianyao and the others' ears ringing and their heads dizzy for a while.

It seemed to come from the depths of everyone's heart, from an irreversible fear memory, which made Long Yuehong's legs tremble uncontrollably, and made Bai Chen subconsciously tighten the scarf, as if trying to strangle herself.

Jiang Baimian's body trembled slightly, as if he was using all his strength to resist the fear, Shang Jianyao's body shrank slightly, as if he was still a child.

However, he quickly returned to normal, no, not normal, he smiled and looked excited.

His mind seemed to skip the word "fear" and come to "excitement".

Of course, this is more because the hoarse and desolate roar has stopped, and only the sound and roars echoing from all over the ruins are left.

At this time, Qiao Chu gave a low laugh without a smile:

"That laboratory is where the sound was made just now."

Hearing this sentence, Jiang Baimian and the others were startled, thinking about it:

A mysterious laboratory with a loud roar... From the destruction of the old world to the current hydropower station... The ruins of the city that will be maintained regularly... Part of the wires and equipment that can still be used today... Can force people to fall asleep Cat-shaped monsters...Nightmare horses that can create real nightmares and lead to various serious consequences...Suspected existence of "higher heartless people", there is no radiation pollution but there are many monsters in some areas deep in the swamp...

When these pieces of information are linked together, the truth seems to be close at hand and extremely terrifying.

Jiang Baimian was a little excited when he was terrified.

That's one of the reasons she formed the "Old Tune Group"!

"I don't know if the research in that laboratory is related to the destruction of the old world..." Jiang Baimian said to himself.

Qiao Chu ignored the question and stepped forward with legs covered with black metal skeletons:

"It's time to power on."

Jiang Baimian chased after him, and asked quickly:

"Do you have a layout plan for this place?"

"First go to the underground computer room to close the switch to restore the building's power supply, and then go to the power grid center on the [-]th floor to complete the power supply." Qiao Chu seems to have figured out the situation of this "urban smart network control center" for a long time.

Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and the others didn't say any more, and followed Qiao Chu, who was wearing an exoskeleton device, through the left side of the gate and entered the courtyard.

It is very spacious here, and the greenery is also very good. All kinds of abandoned cars are neatly parked in the corresponding positions, without blocking the road.

Clumps of tall or short, fluffy or messy dark green plants were scattered around, indistinct, like monsters hiding in the dark, making Long Yuehong, who was already terrified, tense up, as if she would respond at any time excited action.

In his own opinion, the team shouldn't have entered the "Urban Smart Network Control Center" at all, shouldn't restore the power supply here, and try to open all the doors of that mysterious laboratory.

Leaving aside whether this would bring a new round of disasters to the already fragile human society on the gray soil, Long Yuehong felt that it was impossible for her and others to withstand the dangers contained in that mysterious laboratory and this weird ruin.

He didn't want to sacrifice at all, didn't want to turn into an 80-month pension.

In front of the building where the "Urban Smart Network Control Center" is located, there is a pool. The water quality in it is turbid and there are a lot of sundries floating around, but it is not too much to imagine.

Under the faint moonlight and starlight, Long Yuehong suddenly saw a black shadow flashing past in the water.

"There is something!" He aimed his "Berserker" assault rifle in horror.

Qiao Chu looked back at him:

"An ordinary fish."

Long Yuehong immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but the residual stimulation caused by this finally ignited the backlog of fear in his heart.

"No, it's not ordinary! Don't 'heartless people' eat fish? I, I don't want to go in! I give up! I'll go back to the jeep and wait for you!" He said all his thoughts in one breath.

At this moment, he actually felt that Qiao Chu was not that attractive.

Qiao Chu, who was wearing a helmet, froze for a second, then narrowed his eyes.

He silently raised the arm covered with the exoskeleton device, and aimed at Long Yuehong with the strangely shaped silver rifle.

Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen opened their mouths at the same time, ready to stop, but hesitated a little, not knowing whether to take the step of doing it, and seemed to be caught in a fierce struggle in their hearts.

Qiao Chu didn't give them a chance to react, and was about to pull the trigger.

Suddenly, he found that his fingers could not be pulled back!

In addition, his fingers can move flexibly in any direction.

All he seems to be missing is the action of pulling the trigger!

Qiao Chu's eyes subconsciously passed Long Yuehong and landed on Shang Jianyao who was a little further behind.

Shang Jian Yao's body was slightly bent, as if he was gasping for breath.

His eyes darkly responded to Qiao Chu's gaze, and he said with difficulty but seriously:

"My mother said that even if you like someone again, you can't condone her bad habits."

……

When Jiang Baimian fired a grenade at the "Sleeping Cat", it made a loud explosion.

Somewhere in the ruins of the city, on a square with many sculptures.

The mechanical monk Jingfa, who was wearing a yellow robe and a red cassock, stopped what he was doing and looked back to where the sound came from.

In front of him were several dilapidated corpses of female "unintentional persons".

Not long after, from the direction of the explosion, the roar that shook the sky sounded again.

With the red light in the electronic eyes flickering a few times, the mechanical monk Jingfa abandoned the surrounding corpses, and strode towards the place where the sound came from.

……

In the dark ruins of the city, in a certain street, in a certain house.

Du Heng, a middle-aged handsome man in a dark black robe, with long hair of the same color and a beard around his mouth, said doubtfully to himself:

"Not here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of an explosion came from not too far away.

Du Heng didn't have much reaction to this, but soon, a desolate and hoarse roar sounded from that direction.

"Could it be over there?" Du Heng thought for a while and walked towards the stairs.

……

Inside the ruins, in a shop on the side of the street.

The blond Taoist priest Galoran was lying on a very soft black leather chair, drowsy.

Unfortunately, she couldn't fall asleep, and was woken up by successive explosions and roars.

"Hey, my cultivation is still not enough. Master can sleep peacefully next to the factory... Forget it. Now that you're awake, let's go as you please. I don't know if you can meet a hitchhiker on the way..." Galoran said politely He blamed himself.

Now even when she talks to herself, she uses gray earth language.

Then, Galoran stood up slowly, and walked towards the location where the roar was located.

……

On the other side of the city ruins, there is a square with many equipment.

A convoy of five vehicles is parked here.

Among the five vehicles, one was a gray-green armored vehicle.

Beside the armored vehicle, a mature man wearing a gray-green beret looked at the harvest this time and nodded with satisfaction.

"Brother Li, how long has it taken for us to fill up all the vehicles. Why don't you guys look around for vehicles that can be driven and repaired, and try to get one for each person?" A man with a shaved head approached, delighted Said.

Lin Li, the "hyena" known as Brother Li, looked around, his eyes slowly sweeping across the faces of the twelve or thirteen core members, and saw that everyone was equally happy and excited.