[Dragon Race][Kai Chu]Until the Day

Bing fell asleep.

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Chu Zihang found himself standing on a long seawall.Moist steam splashed on his face, and in front of him was the dark sea; it was a windless night, the water reflected moonlight, and fine waves hit the seawall.

It was a quiet night, a quiet dream.

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*Young's ketone, the drug that helps Fernance's test subjects stay active in "A Storm of Butterflies," needs to be taken long-term.Names are borrowed here.

##Chapter03 Tasks

The muffled roar of engines pierced through the walls, waking up the sleeping Sentinels.Caesar lifted his sleeping bag and glanced at his watch—it was 7 o'clock in the morning.

When he walked out of the room, Chu Zihang was standing beside the off-road vehicle, ready to set off.

"So early?" Caesar looked into the distance, the dawn had just crossed the horizon, and the earth was golden.

Chu Zihang didn't answer Caesar's question, and handed him the handle of the gun in his hand, which was the one Caesar used yesterday, "Beretta M9, ​​9 mm caliber, one live ammunition and two anesthetized ammunition magazines, both It’s 15 rounds, with a silencer. Is that okay?”.

Caesar took it and pulled the bolt, "There are also tranquilizer bombs. Your equipment is really complete."

Chu Zihang used a Glock of the same caliber, also equipped with a silencer.

"Need a spiritual connection?" Caesar asked.

Using spirit docking can improve communication efficiency and is a common measure when sentries and guides cooperate.

"I don't think the difficulty of this task needs to be docked."

"That's right. I don't need a D-level guide to guide me." Caesar shrugged.

The two put on body armor, and the off-road vehicle drove along the narrow and cracked asphalt road for a short period, and then directly inserted into the barren saline-alkaline sandy land.According to yesterday's information, they were still about ten kilometers away from their destination, and there was a vast uninhabited area in the middle.Caesar opened the car window, and the wind and sand outside the car immediately covered his face; amidst the choking sandy smell, the sentry strengthened his hearing: except for the sound of the engine of the off-road vehicle and the sound of the wind in the distance, there was no sign of anyone.

Finally, Chu Zihang stopped in the shade of a steep slope. After ensuring enough concealment, the guide reconfirmed the details, turned off the engine and got off.

The two carefully climbed up to the top of the slope. A few tens of meters away, a condescending sentry appeared in view. Beside it was a single-storey off-white building, which was probably the control room of the security system.Caesar made a "1" to confirm the number of enemies.Chu Zihang nodded, raised his finger and pointed at himself, then moved forward silently and quickly; after half a minute, he circled to the side of the sentry post.

Caesar stayed where he was, watching the guide approach cautiously, and shot a silent anesthesia bullet, neatly knocking down the gang member in charge of standing guard.

Taking advantage of the time when Caesar was approaching, Chu Zihang took out the black ID card from the sentry post, entered the control room on one side, and pried open the control box of the monitoring terminal.The indicator lights flashing all over his eyes, he pondered for a moment, took out a dagger from his boots, and carefully cut off a few wires.

Caesar approached quickly and joined Chu Zihang.The target was about 200 meters ahead, an inconspicuous three-story building.From their current position to the target building, a flat stretch of sand with no cover.

"I didn't cut off all the monitoring lines." Chu Zihang said in a low voice, "It's easy to trigger the automatic alarm of the system. Has his gun been unloaded?"

"Don't worry." Caesar dragged the unconscious guy into the control room.It's not suitable to take too many things when sneaking in; he took off the weapon from the opponent and threw it far away, only touching all the magazines. "At present, there is no one else except this unlucky ghost. How long will it take you to run 200 meters?"

"It won't be slower than you." Chu Zihang said coldly.

"Then wish our mission a success." Caesar checked the gun in his hand again, made a gesture, and leaned over to rush out.The guide accurately followed him about 5 meters behind him, his footsteps were quick and alert, without stagnation.They were lucky. It seemed that after the military base changed hands, the security was basically in an inefficient state of giving up treatment.Caesar touched the access control of the target building, took the ID card in Chu Zihang's hand, and gently swiped it across the card slot.

"Drip--", the metal door slowly slid open.The sentinel's hearing was fully open, and after confirming that everything was safe, he stepped in carefully.Chu Zihang in the rear was next to him, and stepped in sideways.

"Things are on the third floor underground." Chu Zihang said in a low voice.

"There is an elevator, turn right 20 meters ahead." Caesar stuck to the wall, "There is no one. There is a camera at the corner, follow me."

Caesar ducks past the camera's field of view to reach the elevator and presses the down button; the metal door slides open and the two flash silently into the elevator.

They went down to the third basement floor. It seemed that no one had been here for a long time. The corridor was covered with dust, and there were footprints everywhere.

"Here we are." Chu Zihang stopped in front of an inconspicuous door, the surface was covered with steel plates, and "Authorized Personnel Only" was written bluffing.There is no electronic access control, common mechanical door locks.Chu Zihang pushed, and as expected, he was locked.

Caesar commented: "It seems that no one is interested in this thing except you."

Chu Zihang didn't answer, he touched his pocket, ready to pick the lock.

"Let me do it," Caesar gently pulled out the hairpin in Chu Zihang's hand, and smiled lowly, "Picking locks is the job of a sentry." The blond sentry inserted the hairpin into the keyhole, accompanied by a slight sound There was a rustling sound, and the hairpin was carefully moved, and the tactile sense captured the jagged metal bolts in the lock cylinder bouncing up and down, and then, with a slight twist——

The door opened.

Caesar opened the door silently, and after confirming that there was no one there, he gestured to Chu Zihang and stepped in sideways.

With a little light leaking in from outside the door, Caesar vaguely saw inside the door, which was a huge storage room. Dozens of shelves up to two meters high were lined up side by side, and odds and ends were piled up with unknown Something, musty and dusty in the air.Without lights, it is impossible for them to turn on the lights.He flipped through a few broken boxes on the shelf, but he had no clue. "What are you looking for?"

"A remnant of the air crash five years ago." Chu Zihang closed the door carefully, "'After Ragnarok, all the aftermath work has stopped, and many things have been temporarily moved here and no one cares about them; nothing particularly valuable property, so no one is interested in looting it.” As the door closed, the last light disappeared, and it was completely dark.

"Air crash?" Caesar remembered the brief report on the landing accident that he saw yesterday, "Does it have anything to do with you?"

Chu Zihang didn't answer, he moved quickly, lit up the flashlight, and began to search quickly along the rows of shelves.

"If you tell me the characteristics of the target, we can save some time." Caesar saw the whole room clearly through the light. It's not big, but there are enough things...

Chu Zihang thought for a while and said, "It should be a sealed metal box with an emblem. The outer shell may be damaged, and the inner layer is embedded with heat-insulating steel plates. We need the information inside."

"Emblem? Is it a tree?" Caesar remembered the activation pattern of yesterday's mission program.

"Yes." Chu Zihang gave an affirmative answer.

Caesar took Chu Zihang's flashlight, adjusted his breathing, and slowly focused his attention on vision.Stepping forward, eyes slowly sweep across the room.After repeating it twice, something flashed in my eyes.He raised the flashlight, "There."

Chu Zihang walked softly in the direction Caesar pointed, walked around two rows of skewed shelves, and took out half a suitcase from a pile of unidentifiable sundries.

"Is this it?" Caesar followed.Helping Chu Zihang remove the surrounding things, finally revealing the whole picture of the metal box.

Half of the aluminum shell has been melted, exposing a corner of the inner steel core.The whole box has been roasted at high temperature, and the surface is burnt black.Caesar squatted down and looked at the pattern on the metal box under the cold light. There seemed to be a subtle difference from what he saw yesterday. It seemed to be more alive than yesterday's...?

"Yes." Chu Zihang brushed away the floating dirt and ashes on the box, confirmed that the box was still in a well-sealed state, and got up, "It's ok. Let's go."

"This is the end?"

"Yes." Chu Zihang confirmed.

"I don't think you can handle this by yourself." Caesar sneered. Given the current difficulty of the task, there is no difference if he is there or not. At most, it will take more time.His only conclusion was that Chu Zihang specially abducted him to play him like a monkey.

"What a coincidence, I think so too." Chu Zihang lifted the box and took the flashlight from Caesar's hand.

The mission of the sentinel was completed, and Caesar's attention was redirected from the sight to the rest of the senses.The world gradually became clear to his ears, and the entire three basement floors were very quiet. He heard his and Chu Zihang's intertwined breathing, the slight current of the fluorescent tubes in the corridor, and...he suddenly heard the sound of the elevator running .

"Wait," Caesar whispered, "someone is coming down."

Chu Zihang immediately turned off the flashlight, "Here," he motioned to Caesar softly, and the two quickly hid behind a row of shelves.

"Ding—" The elevator arrived, followed by fragmented footsteps.There were soft conversations in the corridor.Their footprints were found.

Chu Zihang placed the box at his feet and shrank inward.The space was narrow, and he was almost stuck on Caesar's body.

Caesar was taken aback, then smiled lowly, "I am a functioning adult Sentinel after all."

"Don't talk." Chu Zihang ordered, knocked on the safety, and held the guns in both hands.

Caesar fell silent and closed his eyes.The air vibrated slightly, and the entire three underground floors spread out in his mind.The shelf where he and Chu Zihang hid was full of items, covering the two of them