Byron's Blade

There was a sudden silence in the carriage, and Mu Li looked out the window, seemingly calm on the outside, but was struggling violently in his heart.The moment Lan Ni proposed a date just now, she was able to confirm that Lan Ni liked her, no, it should be said that she liked the former Mu Li.No matter how slow she is, Lanny has talked about this, and she has already seen it.

Ambiguity and affection are not what she wants. She has not been in this world for a long time and has not yet gained a firm foothold. Lanny has a cunning and changeable personality. It is not clear whether she is an enemy or a friend. How can she fall in love?Mu Li has experienced this young lady's dark underbelly and wisdom many times, and she has a psychological shadow on this woman. She can't confirm whether the young lady's feelings for her are playful or serious.Or, the eldest lady is just very interested in her, not even a relationship, and if the interest is over, she just abandons it.

She believes that for a person with a personality like Lanny, reason will always be above emotion. If there is a conflict between their positions in the future, she will definitely not stand on the side of emotion.And there is indeed such a hidden danger between them. Even though Mu Li still doesn't know what the original owner Mu Li is planning with General Friesman, judging from the fact that they have been keeping Lan Ni from it, this matter must be If you don't want her to know, then they are likely to have conflicts of positions in the future.She doesn't want to taste the feeling of being betrayed or confronted by her own girlfriend.

The most important point is that she is not the original owner, Mu Li, which is too dangerous. There are many things that she should know, but now she doesn't know at all, and she still has no way to ask. This huge hidden danger makes her tense all the time. Why talk about falling in love with the eldest lady who knows Mu Li's past?That is simply putting yourself in crisis.

Moreover, she doesn't like the eldest lady, and maybe the original owner Mu Li doesn't like it either.She knew that she was deeply afraid of this woman in her heart, and she was always on guard, so she would never be carried away.

The reason why she still agreed to go on a date with Lanny was because she really owed this young lady a lot of favors, and she had to pay it back. This was her principle of life, otherwise she would not be able to eat or sleep.

Mu Li decided that after the date, she would draw a line with the eldest lady.Even if it seemed cruel, it was an action that had to be taken, or she would dig her own grave.

"Major, we are about to enter the city." The driver's voice came from the horn on the fender.

"Okay." Lanny replied.

Through the car window, Mu Li could see that the car had driven into the shadow of the 12-meter city wall.The road into the city is lined with tall grass that is as tall as a person, which obscures the view and the car is buried in it.Outside the entrance of the city wall is a pile of grass about the size of a football field, and outside the grass is a vast forest.The exit of the Ares region is facing the forest, so it is also the most dangerous opening. Every time you open the city gate, you need to be [-] points vigilant.

At this moment, 90.00% of the main force has entered the city, and four armored vehicles, a freight vehicle, a medical vehicle and Lanny's jeep are left behind.

Originally thought that he would return to the city-state safe and sound, but no one expected that an accident would happen at this moment.Suddenly, a black figure rushed into the jeep from the grass, and rushed towards the jeep where Lan Ni and the others were in. There was a loud "boom", the roof of the car suddenly sagged, and the sound of glass breaking sounded at the same time, and then Mu Li and Lan Ni listened. There was the scream of the driver ahead.The car lost control in an instant and slid to the right. Mu Li, who was sitting on the right side of the back row, was caught off guard and threw himself directly on Lan Ni.

The car spun around and slid towards the grass on the right side of the road. After turning for an unknown number of times, it finally stopped slowly without any movement.Mu Li went to get out the weapon at the first time, but found that he was not equipped with a weapon at all, and the powered exoskeleton was not equipped on his body.She quickly got out of the way to avoid pressing Lan Ni, and then her whole body tensed up, looking at the roof of the car vigilantly, paying attention to the windows on both sides at the same time, not daring to act rashly.

"What's going on! Xiao Wang!" After Mu Li got out of the way, Lan Ni quickly got up, reached for the walkie-talkie, and shouted to the front cab, "Xiao Wang! Answer me!"

The only answer to her was a guttural voice of "hululu". Lan Ni threw away the walkie-talkie in her hand and cursed in a low voice:

"*!"

There was a "dong dong" vibration and slapping sound from the roof, and Mu Li and Lan Ni almost simultaneously grabbed the helmets at their feet, quickly put them on, and then activated the oxygen supply system.The front driver's seat was damaged, and the airtight oxygen supply system in the car was also damaged. Although the rear seats were separated by a baffle, they couldn't last long.

"Major, I'll count to three. Let's jump off the car one by one. You quickly run towards the city wall. I will try to lure that monster away."

"No, it's too dangerous! You don't have any equipment on you." Lanny subconsciously vetoed it.

"This is the best way, Major, you listen to me, I'm sure!" Mu Li insisted.

"but..."

"You can't deal with it!" Mu Li reminded Lanni.

Lan Ni gritted her teeth, and said after half a second: "You pay attention to safety, you have to come back alive." Then she rolled up her sleeves, and Mu Li saw a holster tied to her arm, and there was a small and exquisite pistol inside.She took off the diaper and stuffed it into Mu Li's hand.

Mu Li held it in his hand with a wry smile, thinking: Talking is better than nothing.

"One, two, jump!" Mu Li's voice sounded through the intercom headset, Lan Ni pushed open the car door with all her might, jumped out quickly, rolled forward, she got up and ran in big strides, without even looking back.

There was the scream of the monster's anger and the howling of the wind behind her. Lan Ni seemed to feel that the monster was chasing after her, but at the same time, she heard Mu Li's shout in the earphone:

"Hey! Ugly! Your enemy is me!"

Immediately after the gunshots rang out, the screaming sound of the monster sounded again, and then it obviously went away.Lan Ni never looked back, and ran towards the city wall with all her strength. Through the helmet screen radar, she saw the red dot representing a monster, chasing Mu Li's green dot away.When the radar was displayed, she suddenly noticed that not only their car was attacked, but also the four armored vehicles in front, as well as the freight vehicle and the medical vehicle were all attacked. At the entrance, the medical vehicle and one of the armored vehicles actually overturned, and a total of five black monsters were entrenched near the position of these six vehicles. Lan Ni recognized these monsters as first-class mantis-type predators at a glance. Known for their speed and agility, they are wielding sharp and hard scythes to attack vehicles, and they are about to tear six vehicles into pieces.

The four armored vehicles are all reserve mecha soldiers. There are 10 people in each vehicle, and there should be 44 people including the driver. There is only one driver in the freight vehicle, and there are military supplies such as tents in the vehicle.And that medical vehicle was the vehicle that transported Bailey and the surviving adventurers, but the two directors of Sistine and the Academy of Sciences who were supposed to be in the vehicle were not there at this moment. Just before Mu Li woke up, they first entered the city by helicopter .At the moment, only military doctor Alita and two nurses were in the car, accompanying Bailey and the adventurer.However, the vehicle overturned and their condition is unknown.

Lanny paused, quickly squatted down, and hid in the grass.She can't move forward anymore, the situation has changed, the city gate is blocked, she can't get in and out for a short time, she is unarmed, unable to fight, and Mu Li can't last long, so she must ask for support.

Lanny directly dialed the rescue channel with the highest authority, and the call went directly to the ID of Major General Creel, the highest officer in the Ares region:

"Major General, I'm Lan Ni. When the third squadron entered the city, the seven cars at the end of the team were suddenly attacked by six mantis-type first-level predators. The city gate was blocked. Now we are trapped outside the city. Please send mechas to clean up immediately. Obstacle Rescue."

"I have received the news that the rescue force will arrive within 2 minutes, please persevere!" Major General Creel's voice sounded calm, not flustered.

After the call was hung up, Lanny bit her lip and began to think quickly, why did the six mantis-shaped predators suddenly appear to attack the troops entering the city at the gate? Although she was very curious about this question, she didn't think about it for the time being.The biggest problem at present is how to delay the time. The combat power outside the city is too weak, and the attack power and dodge ability of the praying mantis predators are terrible. One head is enough to slaughter a team of 50 people, let alone six.Here they are, so far, they are full of battles and calculations, and they only have a combat power of 40 people. How to deal with it?

"Beep beep beep beep beep beep", an alarm sound appeared on the helmet screen suddenly, she clicked on the [-]D map of the city wall in the whole area, and saw that the gate of the only entrance and exit in the Ares region where they were located was showing that it was slowly closing.

"Bastard!" Lanny gritted her teeth, anger ignited in her eyes, the city guards actually closed the city gate!Is this to abandon them?How on earth did Major General Creel give the order?

Fortunately, the steel suspension bridge on the moat has not yet been raised. After all, there are three cars on the bridge, and it would be foolish to raise the suspension bridge.When the time comes, the car crashes into the city gate and kills the comrades with his own hands. The city gate is only made of assimilated diamond sandwiched between steel plates, which is not as thick as the city wall, and the metal fixtures such as the winch and the leaf are very fragile. If it is destroyed and the city gate is broken, the consequences will be disastrous.

Lanny dialed Major General Creel's id again, but it turned out that he couldn't get through, and it kept showing that there was no answer.

what's the situation?Lan Ni frowned, doubts abounded in her heart, Creel wanted to kill us?Impossible, he has no reason.Who is playing tricks?

Lan Ni's eyes suddenly turned to the medical car, and she had some calculations in her heart.But the top priority is not to think about these things, but to think about how to save your life.

Lan Ni called up the radar and saw that several armored vehicles were still struggling to support, with dense green dots inside. It was obvious that the reserve mecha soldiers were still trapped in the vehicles without command, and they probably didn't know what to do.

Lannie called Captain Chris's ID again, but it didn't work. Sistine's ID still didn't work. She knew that the signal was cut off, and someone installed a blocker on the city wall.Are there traitors in the third squadron?How did it lead us to the end?No, my mind is really rigid. It doesn't matter where we are in the team. As long as we can kill us, it doesn't matter how many people are buried with us!

Oh, so vicious!If I, Lanny Friesman, can survive this time, I will definitely make it easier for you!

Lanny knew that rescue would definitely come, but whether it was within 2 minutes or not was hard to say.The defenders on the city wall are not comrades but enemies, and they can wait for monsters to kill them. If reinforcements come, their situation is really dangerous.The other party has a vicious heart at this moment, this is a situation that must be killed.As soon as the reinforcements arrived, the other party was in a hurry. They used the excuse of shooting the monsters with artillery, and under the bombardment of the wall, none of them could survive.

I just hope that someone inside the wall can understand their situation and try their best to prevent reinforcements from leaving the city.And when they are outside, they can only rely on themselves.

After thinking about it, Lan Ni began to try to contact the soldiers in the armored vehicles ahead.Finally connected, this is a male soldier with the rank of corporal, and he is currently the highest-ranked non-commissioned officer in several vehicles.His voice sounded calm. After receiving Lanny's communication, he immediately and clearly described the situation in the car.

This soldier is in the third armored vehicle and is now trapped on the suspension bridge. He has already contacted the other three armored vehicles. Of the 40 soldiers, three were injured and temporarily unable to move. The others are fine. But the drivers are all dead.

Lan Ni thought for a while, and said: "Now I order you to be the captain of the 37-member team, responsible for listening to my orders and directing operations. Praying mantis predators have the habit of confronting their prey. You will all jump out of the car and get out of the car later. Finally, don’t run around, find the mantis-shaped predator, raise their guns to confront it, and then listen to my order and shoot and kill it!”

"Yes!"

Lanny then dialed the id of Alita Military Doctor, and after a while, Alita Military Doctor's weak voice sounded:

"Friesman...Major..."

"How are you, Doctor Alita?"

"I got scratched on my right leg and two nurses passed out. Two patients are fine, nothing serious."

"Okay, you stay in the car and don't come out. I'll come to rescue you after I've dealt with the outside affairs."

After hanging up the call, Lanny glanced at the radar and saw that the green dot indicating Mu Li had led the praying mantis predator into the forest. She pursed her lips and said to herself:

We all have to survive!