[Sword Three] End Times and Tang Dynasty

Chapter 48: Raiders of the Magic City ([-])

Thanks to Uncle Nine, we traveled all the way south from City J. The off-road vehicle we took had been refitted no less than [-] times, successfully conquered various complex terrains, and was only short of being able to fly directly.

Because the communication is not smooth, there is no way to get navigation, this idea can only be given up.Uncle Jiu proudly declared that as long as he was given the blueprint, he could even make a rocket!Don't underestimate Lan Xiang's mechanical emperor.

In the evening five days later, the modified off-road vehicle braved the heavy rain and successfully arrived at a town in the northwest of Shanghai.

There seemed to be a hole in the sky, the downpour was mixed with hail, and many trees were smashed to pieces, and there were only a few leaves hanging on the branches.

The off-road vehicle crushed the broken branches on the ground, bumping forward with difficulty, and the speed of the vehicle was only a little faster than walking. This was because the driver was Tang Huai with the best eyesight.Under the condition that the headlights are on and the field of vision is only less than one meter from the front cover, driving is tantamount to playing with the heartbeat.

As soon as Uncle Jiu drove the car into the ditch, Shi Mingjie and Konoha struggled to get the car back on the road.So Uncle Jiu was voted unanimously to deprive him of the right to drive, and he was thrown on the co-pilot to squat.

Fiddled with the wrench boredly, Uncle Jiu glanced at the car clock: "It's only 04:30 and it's dark like this, how far is it to get there?"

Tang Huai's hands were extremely steady, and he could not take his eyes off to distinguish the way ahead in the rainstorm and hail, and turned the steering wheel slightly: "In normal weather, two hours." The problem is that it may not be possible to drive all night under such weather conditions.

Uncle Jiu kicked the car door and scolded: "What the hell is the weather, you can get crazy in the car!" It would be great if there were mutant creatures without eyes, he wanted to move his hands and feet!

Miao Shiyi opened the lid of the pot to check the food inside, and suddenly a scent filled the whole car.

Smelling the smell, Uncle Jiu could not help but salivate, but he always felt a bit awkward to mention food to Tiao Zi, so he changed the subject and asked, "Are you going there today?"

Miao Shiyi stirred the thick soup, added a little more spice, and put the lid on the pot: "Look at the sky, it might be completely dark in half an hour. Let's find a place to rest near this town."

Just as Tang Huai had this intention, he caught a glimpse of a fork in the road and turned the car into it.

At the end of the fork in the road stood a dilapidated factory building, the outer wall was half collapsed, and the gate was also on the ground.The off-road vehicle ran over the gate and drove straight into the factory building.

The glass windows around the roof of the factory building were almost completely broken, and a small stream of water poured in along the glass windows like a waterfall. Fortunately, the machines lined up in the center of the factory building were relatively high, and there was also a small messy open space in the middle.Tang Huai drove the car in, turned on all the lights, and got out of the car first.

Just as one of his feet landed on the ground, a crossbow flashed in his hand, and then he raised the crossbow, and a shot of the crossbow shot out, breaking the chain on a metal staircase converted into a trap on the second floor of the factory building!

The stairs fell to the ground and were deformed by the smash. The loud noise echoed in the dim factory building, and horrified screams came from the corners.

Tang Huai put down his crossbow: "Come out."

The person in the corner was trembling, almost pissing his pants: "You, don't hit me! You have something to say!"

Tang Huai repeated coldly: "Come out."

The bad weather made it impossible for them to find clues of people's activities here in advance from the outside, but Tang Huai found the problem as soon as he got out of the car.

Affected by the system, his eyesight has far surpassed the level of normal people, almost equivalent to the ability of a vision mutant.

The people in the corner leaned out cautiously, and by the light of the headlights, they found that what Tang Huai was holding in his hand was not the firearm he imagined, but a seemingly ordinary crossbow, his eyes widened involuntarily.

Two months of surviving in the last days is enough to teach a person what is knowledge.The man glanced at it and quickly dismissed it: "I won't say anything, let's go!"

Uncle Jiu got out of the door from the other side, slammed on the car door and said, "Who told you to go?"

The man's feet softened, and he almost fell to the ground in fright.

Uncle Jiu hooked his fingers at the heap of twisted metal ladders more than 30 meters away. The metal ladders creaked, twisted into a ball, and rolled to the man's feet. The metal bars move flexibly like noodles, showing the attitude of an aggressive hunter.

Before Uncle Jiu could ask a question, a few people stood behind the cabinet on the second floor of the factory building, two of them jumped directly to the ground on the first floor, and others walked down the small stairs. The one who landed first said: "Don't rush to do it. Look You don’t plan to live here, how about making friends today?”

The man on the ground hurriedly got up and hid behind the crowd.

After getting off the car, Miao Shiyi took a look around the whole factory building, glanced at the torn clothes by the window on the second floor, knew it in his heart, and said at this moment: "You have robbed a lot of people from outside by this method."

The leader was taken aback, and Miao Shiyi continued: "Just now that person was a 'bait', pretending to live here alone, to attract people in, and you took the opportunity to rob other people's things. I guess... If there is no heavy rain, there should be people outside. A vegetable field. Today we stumbled into here by mistake, and you didn’t even save the bait. If we didn’t find out in time, you would plan to grab the car next.” Although he used the word guessing, he did it from the beginning to the end. They are all affirmative sentences.

In fact, there are many clues in the factory building, as long as you observe carefully, you can see it.This group of people must have succeeded many times before.

People who live in Modu also have to eat. People who have returned to the farming, fishing and hunting period have to go out to beg for food every day.This group of people is good, they don't hunt themselves, so they just set up a big trap here not far from the devil, specifically to trap their compatriots!

There was a burly man in the group who obviously couldn't hold his breath, but he was stopped by a skinny woman next to him when he was about to speak.The power of Tang Huai's first show was too amazing, and then Uncle Jiu's supernatural powers also made people feel extremely dangerous. It might not be a good choice to tear yourself apart with them.

The woman cut to the chase and said, "No matter what you do at this time, don't you just do it for a bite of food? This is our territory. Since you have come in, you should show it. I smell that you have something to eat, and we will use some of it as a parking fee. Have a peaceful night, tomorrow morning you go your way, we keep ours."

Uncle Jiu swept across everyone on the other side one by one, evoking a sneer of sarcasm: "Who gave you the confidence - dare to grab us?"

The burly man couldn't take it anymore, his muscles swelled, and his height almost doubled in an instant, his head almost reaching the metal walkway on the second floor!With red eyes, he roared violently: "For me——"

He couldn't finish the next sentence, because the metal walkway above his head collapsed, forming a solid metal prison in an instant!

Uncle Jiu's eyes are sharp and fierce, and the gold energy in his body surges rapidly!There was a loud rumble in the factory building. Starting from the machine tools on the first floor, except for the metal building materials supporting the building, all the surrounding metal that can be disassembled quickly gathered towards the group of people!In just ten seconds, a metal cage with a thickness of more than three meters and a height of seven or eight meters locked all those people in it!

The muffled roar was much weaker when it came out, and it was indistinct among the sound of rain and hail.Uncle Jiu snorted, and finally found an outlet to vent his depression all the way, and he felt refreshed: "Eat."

He didn't kill, he just completely trapped the group.The other party does not have gold-type or earth-type powers, and they will never be able to get out on their own.

As the man himself said, no matter what he does, he does it for a meal, so he can't blame anyone for being locked up by Uncle Jiu.

Miao Shiyi went to the car to bring out food, and everyone sat around and began to enjoy the delicious meal.

The next day the hail finally stopped, and the rain was much lighter. Afraid that he would have to sit for another day, Uncle Jiu rushed to get into the driver's seat.Tang Huai didn't argue with him, and gathered in the back of the car with the others to concentrate on practicing.

Running over the overgrown countryside, Uncle Jiu observed the surrounding situation while driving.When the car drove here, the rain was basically negligible, and the field of vision was wide.The closer he got to the direction of Modu, the more surprised he became.

It stands to reason that there must be countless people in the first-tier cities in the country. These two months have passed. It should be no problem for those people to clean up the mutant creatures and zombies wandering around the magic city. Less than other regions, but more?

In the distance, a giant snake more than ten meters long was fighting with a mutated wild boar. The wild boar charged, and the giant snake nimbly dodged. The wild boar's fangs directly broke a big tree as thick as three people hugged in the middle!

—Yes, they are even stronger!

"The situation in Shanghai is even more troublesome than I imagined." Miao Shiyi had already finished his training, and he also saw the scene just now, "Uncle Jiu, please find a place to put the car away, and let's go in quietly."

Facts have proved that Miao Shiyi's prediction is correct. The internal situation of the city is even worse than that of S City before the inability to enter. Not to mention driving, some roads are even difficult to walk!Crowded cars, slow-moving zombies and other mutant creatures completely occupied all the remote streets. As far as the eye could see, there were no traces of life at all, only the tragic scene after the battle.

Considering the situation along the way, Konoha led everyone directly to the big river in the city.If the people in the city are to survive, they must be surrounded by the river.A power outage can be tolerated, but absolutely no water.Now that the city's water supply system is also abolished, the surroundings of natural water sources are people's new living zone.

Walking through the streets and alleys, sweeping away many zombies and mutated creatures blocking the way, the five of them arrived at the riverside smoothly.

There are still a lot of people here, and there are crowds of people taking baths, fetching water, and washing clothes.But at a glance, Miao Shiyi saw the problem: all of these people have supernatural powers, and they are mainly young and middle-aged people with outstanding activities. The oldest are only five or 60 years old, and the youngest are in their teens. Not among them.

After the disaster, there are still many more ordinary people than supernatural beings. In theory, it is impossible for any settlement with more than a hundred people to be free of those vulnerable groups. Even if modern people are independent, they must have some relatives and friends. Those who are willing to contribute their strength to protect family members and close friends who have no combat effectiveness.

No matter in S City, on the way after leaving, Tangmen, Famen Temple Scenic Spot or the later imperial capital or J City, whether it is a settlement under the government's jurisdiction or an area controlled by non-governmental forces, there are many ordinary people living in it. The best things I can do are to wash clothes, cook, and take care of logistics.

There is only one exception.

Shi Mingjie wore a wig to hide his identity, looked at the scene in front of him, and scratched his head in some puzzlement: "It really looks like what I saw when I was locked up."

That's right--Q City under the jurisdiction of that mysterious organization, that's it!