flying switch

"There is less dust today than yesterday, and there is not much dust on his body." Zhong Rong stopped his skateboard.

"It's too quiet around here." Qian Shuichong propped his motorcycle on his legs, looking out from the rooftop, there were only gravel and breeze and other deserted rooftops of abandoned buildings.It was far away from the safe house, but I didn't meet anyone on the road.

"It's not very good," Zhong Rong put away his watch, "but the drone's detection range is limited, and this is the best area. Find out the terrain and clear the enemies if there are any enemies, so that Alai and Moon can pass here more safely."

Feng Xiaoxiao came, jumped over the rooftop where the two were, and left towards other lower buildings in this area.

"Go and control the drone, I'll do the rest." Qian Shuichong put away his motorcycle, took out his sniper gun and walked to the eaves.

"Scanning is definitely faster if there is not much sand and dust." Zhong Rong started the drone, and under the double protection of optical camouflage and jammer, the drone took off smoothly, and soon the prototype of the map was updated on the old map.The edges of the two huge circles are overlapped and connected, like a horizontal number "[-]", with both ends pointing to things.

Behind the building is a huge open square with no place to hide. The sniper rifle scope swept across the empty street. Qian Shuichong turned around and walked to the other side. The scope was facing the abandoned building just across the street. Guys, a quick check.

After scanning the map, Zhong Rong stood up, saw his own shadow in the sun, and looked up at the sun that had not yet reached the top of his head: "The task is completed a little early, wait," he suddenly remembered, "Nine, you should be late for work gone."

"I'm off today, not going to work," Qian Shuichong smiled, "Too stupid?"

"I just forgot," Zhong Rong moved to his side, restraining his smile, "I can't relax, there must be something nearby."

"Yes, but it's like not understanding the clock before."

"I don't know what's so strange," Zhong Rong sighed, "What should I do next? Continue to explore the way?"

"Even if you find the way, can you feel at ease?"

Zhong Rong thought of Alai and Moon: "Obviously not."

"Then let's take a look around?" Qian Shuichong put away his gun, "The map has just been drawn, is there a bell tower?"

Zhong Rong looked at the map carefully: "There is no clock tower, but there is a clock." He showed the map to [-], pointing to the abandoned buildings behind the square, "There is a big clock museum over there."

"Maybe there is a clue," Qian Shuichong patted Wuzhong, "See if the watch is moving."

Zhong Rong raised his watch and shook his head in disappointment: "It still hasn't moved."

"Could it be that some parts are missing?" Qian Shuichong guessed, "Just like untying the ruby ​​at the beginning, they can only move when they are together."

"Then point to the next clue?" Zhong Rong thought carefully, "It's very possible. Do you need to rely on this watch to find the missing parts now?"

"possible."

"The parts are still in the east?" Zhong Rong frowned, "Do we have to go further east? How about checking things around here?"

Qian Shuichong looked at Wuzhong quietly, waiting for him to make a decision.

"Check the surroundings first, and eliminate the risk factors as much as possible," Zhong Rong took out his skateboard, "Alai and Moon should be safe."

Qian Shuichong had no objection, and got on the motorcycle: "Then let's go to the museum first. If there are dangerous people around here, it is very likely that there is a safe house like ours."

"What do they have to rely on to find the safe house? The museum is the most worthwhile inspection anyway." Zhong Rong put away the drone, "If you can't use this thing, try not to use it. If it breaks, Alai and the moon will be in trouble. gone."

"No problem," Qian Shuichong turned the handlebar, "walk through the shadows and pay attention to your surroundings."

"Yeah." Zhong Rong jumped down, and the skateboard hung in the air and slid down the building.

The sandstorm receded rapidly, and it was hard for Zhong Rong not to notice that they seemed to be sucked into the sky quickly.But when he reached the ground and stopped, the gravel and breeze were gone.

"What?" [-] asked him through the headset, and he came back to his senses, "There was something wrong with the sand just now."

"Not right?"

"Suddenly sucked into the sky..." Zhong Rong shook his head, "Maybe I was wrong. Let's go to the museum first."

The glass of the museum was broken and damaged in a large area, and the wind and sand accumulated thickly on the corners and window frames, and little light entered the museum.Zhong Rong entered the museum first, walking cautiously in the dim environment: "There are too many watches here."

"There are those who are walking normally," Qian Shuichong put away his motorcycle and followed, "We need to find someone to stop."

Zhong Rong passed one clock after another, old and modern, many walked and stopped: "There are also many stops."

"The direction of their pointers," Qian Shuichong stopped in front of the most conspicuous retro clock in this area, and compared it with the stop watch Wu Zhong found, "it's different."

Zhong Rong walked through the place full of sand and came to a new area: "There are more here."

"Tick tock, tick tock".

The light became stronger, and Zhong Rong smelled the smell of the sand being roasted.He emerged from the countless clocks and looked at the broken window in the distance: "Could we have made a mistake? Actually, there is nothing here."

Qian Shuichong pressed on the exhibition glass box: "It's not impossible."

"Then how do we find a nearby safe house?" Zhong Rong frowned, "Or there is no safe house here at all."

"There were no obstacles on the way here, and it was very smooth," Qian Shuichong walked towards him. "The density of contestants is not high, and there may be empty cities, but..."

"But it doesn't feel right," Zhong Rong couldn't help pressing the back of his neck, and an uncomfortable feeling ran down his spine from time to time to the back of his head, "There must be something nearby."

"We can leave now," Qian Shuichong took out a knife and twirled it at his fingertips, "Alai and Moon won't be so sharp,"

"There must be a fight, I don't want to avoid it," Zhong Rong took a deep breath, "Besides, isn't one of the joys of the competition is to find someone to fight?"

The knife rested firmly in Qian Shuichong's palm, and he held the silver knife tightly with a smile: "So we have to stay."

"At least I can't leave until I solve the thing that makes my back chill," Zhong Rong looked around, "There must be clues in these clocks..."

"Zizi-"

Before the words were finished, there was a sound like fingernails scratching the blackboard from a distance, circling overhead.It's not clear, but it can be heard, and the place where the sound is coming from is not too far from here.

"Did you hear that?" Zhong Rong looked at [-].

"I heard it," Qian Shuichong loaded the silver gun, "but I can't hear the source of the sound."

"It may be a protection mechanism to confuse the source of the sound," Zhong Rong suddenly looked to his side, "Check if the clock hands have changed."

Qian Shuichong grabbed his arm: "Your watch."

Zhong Rong was awakened, and hurriedly took out his watch: "It has changed!"

The pointer of the watch changed silently, from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-], which happened to point to the southwest side of the museum, where there was a group of abandoned buildings next to the square. Remarkable abandoned building.According to experience, the safe house will not be too conspicuous. It is reasonable to hide it in countless abandoned buildings. In addition, the watch was found in the safe house. The next clue may also be hidden in this safe house. No matter what, you have to go there. this direction.

"So it's not like the guess just now, the watch needs parts to move?" Zhong Rong's mood sank, "The watch suddenly changed after the strange sound, no matter how you look at it, it's very strange."

Qian Shuichong didn't have any ups and downs: "Maybe it's a trap."

"A trap is an ambush attack," Zhong Rong no longer cared, "Anyway, we have to deal with those people no matter what, it doesn't matter if there is a trap or not."

"Muffler is safe," Qian Shuichong stepped on the motorcycle, "split up from two directions of the building, and lead them to the rooftop if possible."

Switch positions, from passive to active.Zhong Rong is no stranger to this kind of tactic. He nodded and put the watch on his wrist: "I will report any changes in the direction of the pointer at any time, so that the number of floors can be specifically located. The online point should only be on the first floor, and one day is not enough for them to put it on." The whole building became a safe house."

"They will ambush in a safe place, watch carefully and don't get canceled," Qian Shuichong turned the accelerator, "See you later."

The sound of wind and gravel rubbing against the mask, and the sound of low breathing.Zhong Rong squatted on the skateboard and kept sliding up the concrete left half of the building.He stared at the watch, the hands were slowly moving clockwise.He put his wrist flat so that the dial was parallel to the ground, the hour hand reached "[-]" at a certain moment, and at the same time the minute hand pointed to "[-]", facing a window he passed by.

"The 32nd floor." He whispered to 33, hanging from the window on the [-]rd floor, turning over and entering.

This place looks like an abandoned public toilet, Zhong Rong stepped over the puddle of sewage on the ground in disgust, and pushed open the door of the compartment with his toes.Above the abandoned toilet is the familiar ventilation duct.Zhong Rong remembered certain memories, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch: "Long time no see."

Qian Shuichong first reached the rooftop of the adjacent building and put away the motorcycle to avoid the faint sound of the engine from being noticed.He took out the grappling gun and pointed it at the steel bars on the roof of the target building, grabbed it and confirmed that it was firm, then flew straight to the target building, and finally fell silently out of the window on the highest floor.

He restrainedly pulled the trigger of the grapple gun, let himself fall slowly, layer by layer, and stopped steadily on the 31st floor.This building is not too high, and it is only ten floors away from the top floor, so it is not difficult to lead to the rooftop.

Unlike the wide open upstairs, the windows here only have a thin slit.Qian Shuichong kicked on the wall lightly with his toes, turned his head and feet upside down, hung upside down on the grapple gun, and peeked at the scene inside the house from the top of the window.

The sun is shining obliquely, and this place is on the dark side, and no shadows can be seen.The surrounding floor was dusty and showed no signs of footprints or people.He waited patiently for three seconds, and in the silence he grabbed the top of the window frame and twisted his body so that his back was against the wall.Then, the heels give force to the wall, turning the body outward with the hands as the center, and the knees gently smash open the window in front of them, hovering silently on the window frame.

The vision is clearer, there is no place to hide overhead, and the same goes for the surroundings.He lowered his body, restored the window to its original state, and quickly walked through the dusty corners, leaving only traces that were so shallow that they were almost invisible.

It was dark and narrow, and there was a musty smell that couldn't go away.Zhong Rong wrinkled his nose and continued to crawl forward in the ventilation duct.Fortunately, the opening of the ventilation duct was not blocked, and the air was still flowing, leading him to the elevator shaft.

His fine hair remained erect, and his back kept getting cold, but the journey was not as smooth as he felt.He softly opened the fence at the entrance of the elevator shaft, squeezed his knuckles tightly and looked up, but there was nothing.Looking down, there is only an abandoned elevator smashed to the ground in the distance.

No obstacles?Something is wrong.

Alarm bells were jingling in his head, and he could feel the excitement that couldn't be concealed in the anxiety.No matter where the opponent is, the level will not be bad, and this battle is likely to be very exciting.

He grabbed the bump on the wall, quickly climbed down, and soon reached the ventilation duct on the 32nd floor.Open the grille, and a gust of wind blows from the ventilation duct.

The door of the stair passage was gently pushed open, and Qian Shuichong walked out from the narrow gap, hiding in the shadow of the corner and walking upwards.Ashes continued to fall on the wall, his hands were empty, his steps were easy, and he still reached the 32nd floor without leaving many traces.

The journey was so smooth, he raised his eyes and saw the passage gate on the 32nd floor, and stopped slowly.

The long knife was out of its sheath, and the silver gun fell into his palm from the cuff. Qian Shuichong squatted down halfway, aimed a piece of waste rock near the toe at the gate, and kicked it steadily.

Zhong Rong walked halfway through the passage, and heard the sound of hard objects hitting the iron sheet, followed by the sound of knives colliding from a distance, rushing into Zhong Rong's ears along the passage.He heard the special crisp sound of the nine long knives attacking.

The wind blew fiercely, and the sound of subtle footsteps came from directly below.Through the mask, he smelled iron.

The alarm bell rang frantically in his mind, and Zhong Rong quickly curled up his body.In the next second, the steel claws scratched the ventilation pipe he was lying on just now like tearing a paper towel, revealing a ferocious man with steel claws on.