pjbooks Chapter 281 He was actually hiding among the reinforcements.
Chapter 281 He was actually hiding among the reinforcements.
Armored boots pounded through the silver-gray streets as three rapid reaction forces pressed in from different intersections.
The tracked vehicle was positioned across the street, its turret turned to face the buildings on both sides, and its infrared sensors scanned the windows floor by floor.
The reconnaissance drone flew close to the rooftop, its tail lights forming a short line.
The clouds were very low.
The mobile sanctuary had already taken off, its silver hull disappearing into the clouds, leaving only a few collapsed rooftops behind.
Lu Yan led Qin Wuyi out of the alley.
Two Dragon Guards stepped forward, pointing their guns at Qin Wuyi first, and only moved them away after his identity was verified.
"team leader!"
Zhao Leiguang emerged from behind the armored vehicle, his two shields still on his back.
He counted the people first, and only after he finished counting did he loosen the shield handle.
"Is everyone here?"
"They're all on their way."
The Dragon King's Halberd fell onto the road, causing bricks to flip over to both sides.
Xiao Qianyu pressed one knee to the ground, and eight spatial beacons flew out along the street, covering eight blocks around.
Every alleyway and every window was included in the deflection range.
"I'll get the coordinates and head over there."
Wen Yue climbed onto the top of the armored vehicle and placed the World-Destroying Thunder Crossbow next to the turret.
The crossbow muzzle moved along the glass of the high-rise building; whoever dared to show their face, she would send them a box of grenades.
Shen Xinglin unfolded his lance, the shaft of which was divided into three sections, the probe at the front of which brushed against the shop window on the side of the road.
Glass, puddles, car rearview mirrors, even trash can lids were not spared.
Zhao Leiguang followed behind him and kicked over a stainless steel GG sign.
"Would this be considered a reflective surface?"
Shen Xinglin looked at it for two seconds.
"Calculate."
Zhao Lei cursed and carried the "GG" badge to be sealed away.
Longwei's three sets of detection equipment were quickly deployed.
Thermal scanning vehicles guard the street corners, mental perception arrays are mounted on rooftops, and spatial positioning devices are spread across the ruins.
Hundreds of soldiers dismantled collapsed buildings, climbed over sewers, and blocked three exits of the underground shopping mall.
The silver powder left behind by the mechanical moth was scraped into a sealed box.
The test results arrived one by one.
There were no footprints.
No body temperature.
There is no law governing the fluctuations.
The control module could not be found inside the silver powder.
Zhao Lei stared at the report for a long time.
"So they popped out of the rocks, did their work, and then burrowed back in?"
"Stone isn't that wicked."
Qin Wuyi carried the canvas bag and walked into the ruins of the noodle shop.
Beneath the broken wall, half a noodle pot remained, the broth long since absorbed by the dust, leaving only a few noodles stuck in the cracks between the bricks.
He shoveled away the broken bricks and picked up seven pieces of glass that were similar in size.
Copper coins were placed at the four corners, the array plate was placed in the center, and three metal discs were embedded in the gaps.
"Everyone, step back."
Blue and white patterns meander along the ground, passing through every shard of glass.
The surrounding lights were elongated by the array and refracted back into the ruins.
All seven panes of glass lit up at the same time.
A tall, thin man was standing inside.
Her long robe reached below her knees, and her head was hidden in the shadows.
He stood across the street, arms hanging down, less than thirty meters from the crowd.
Wen Yue's crossbow had already been turned around.
There was only half a wall across the street.
A corner of the wall was sheared off by the beams of light from the sanctuary, exposing the steel bars, with an open space behind it.
The man inside the glass is still there.
Wen Yue pulled the trigger.
High-explosive grenades pierced through the broken wall, sending bricks and stones flying across the entire sidewalk.
There were no bodies or hiding places behind the wall.
The figure raised its hand and slashed across its own neck.
Slit the throat.
The movement was directed at Qin Wuyi.
Xiao Qianyu disappeared from the spot.
The Dragon King's Halberd pierced the center of the formation, shattering the seven pieces of glass into countless crystal fragments.
The fragments tumbled and then stopped.
The man stood inside each of the pieces.
The posture is the same, with the palm resting in front of the neck.
"Don't touch it."
Lu Yan stepped into the ruins.
Black lotus pure land spread out from under the combat boots, black patterns seeping through the brick seams and covering the entire block.
A faint friction sound came from inside the sealed box.
The silver powder on the mechanical moth lost its luster, and the particles began to crumble into powder.
The figure in the glass faded away.
The last piece of the lens rolled to the side of Qin Wuyi's shoe.
There were no tall, thin men inside.
An aerial view of the site fills the entire mirror.
Seven silver dots were distributed in different areas, one of which landed at the first squad's base.
Lu Yan raised his hand to block the view of the others.
"The site has been sealed off."
"All personnel involved in the search have been suspended from duty for verification, their weapons have been surrendered, and they have been placed in pairs to enter the quarantine area."
The dragon guards around them exchanged glances.
No one raised any objections.
The order was relayed across the three units via the communication channels.
The search network has shifted from external pursuit to internal investigation.
The soldiers who were just rummaging through the rubble side by side turned around to check each other's identification codes, action records, and biometric information.
A site technician walked over carrying a recording board.
"Team Leader Lu, the silver powder sample collection is complete. Request permission to send it to—"
He stopped mid-sentence.
The scoreboard fell to the ground.
The technician grabbed the collar of the protective suit and tore the entire garment open.
There was no rise and fall in the chest cavity.
A translucent chip is embedded under the skin, with lines running along the ribs towards the neck.
The chip lit up, and distorted voices were transmitted.
"The Moving Sanctuary has remembered you."
A dozen or so guns around them were raised at the same time.
Shen Xinglin arrived first.
The lance split into four locking bars, which were used to secure the technician's hands and feet, fixing him to the ground.
The technician was still struggling, his joints twisting in a direction that was too much for the human body to bear.
Su Yunqing pressed the gift of Yao Guang against his chest.
The shield envelops the body to prevent the surrounding area from being affected when the chip detonates.
"He lost vital signs three days ago."
After checking the side of her neck, she touched her chest.
"When blood stops circulating, muscles are powered by electrical discharges from chips."
Lu Yan squatted down, pressing the Black Lotus Pure Land into the technician's chest.
The circuits connecting the chip to the skeleton failed one by one.
The translucent chip rose from under the skin and fell into Lu Yan's palm.
After being separated from the body, it begins to disintegrate.
The silver sand leaked through Lu Yan's palm and lost its activity before hitting the ground.
Wen Yue jumped off the roof of the carriage and used the crossbow arm to brush away the remaining sand.
"It's gone again?"
"That's all."
"It would be better to use a different material next time."
Wen Yue got back on the bus.
"If we pack too much silver powder, the warehouse staff will think we've switched to selling building materials."
No one laughed out loud.
Zhao Leiguang held back for a moment.
The search continued until dawn.
The seven silver coordinates were cleared one by one.
There were six hidden fake signals made by mechanical moths, some pasted on ventilation ducts and others buried inside electrical boxes.
The last one is located inside the base.
The space locator failed to read the permission, and only a red denial code was displayed on the screen.
The confidentiality level of these coordinates exceeds that of everyone present.
Lu Yan deleted the query history on the terminal.
He did not report it to any channel, nor did he allow the technical team to continue cracking it.
As the sky began to lighten, the armored vehicles stopped outside the blockade line.
As soon as Qin Wuyi stepped into the car, Lu Yan took her canvas bag.
Copper coins, array plates, and metal discs were placed on the inspection table in turn.
Each piece of equipment is numbered, scanned, and then placed in a separate sealed box.
Qin Wuyi leaned against the car door and watched the entire process unfold.
"You doubt me?"
Lu Yan took out the half of the identity token from his inner pocket and put it back in his hand.
The burnt metal edge was pressed against the palm print, with the incomplete character "Qin" pressed in the center.
"I have my doubts about everyone who came back alive."
Lu Yan closed the equipment box.
"Including myself."
Qin Wuyi put her identity token back to her chest and didn't ask any more questions.
Four escorting soldiers sat on either side.
The armored vehicle drove into the underground passage of the Longwei base. As the tires went over the speed bumps, the vehicle body swayed up and down.
The first gate closed behind the vehicle.
The second gate rose, and rows of white lights on top illuminated one after another.
The people inside the car are reflected in the car window.
Lu Yan.
Qin Wuyi.
Four escorting soldiers.
There is a seventh person.
The man sat behind Qin Wuyi, his hands resting on his knees.
Tall and thin, head bowed, long robe hanging down to his feet.
Lu Yan did not turn around.
He held the car door lock, and with his other hand he reached into his combat uniform and pressed the emergency disconnect button on the communicator.
The seventh person in the car window looked up.
It has no face.
There was only one silver mirror.