After Lin Ao and Edward pretended to be refugees and were caught in the mine by HER, Sergeant Anton and technician Armstrong drove a vehicle transporting humanoid weapons. Under the guidance of the local guerrillas, they tried their best to avoid HER's hidden sentries and get closer to the mine.
"Let's stop here. We don't dare to go ahead. We don't know where HER is hiding!" the guerrilla said.
Anton saw that the trees here were dense and could barely hide the 20-meter-long truck, so he and Lao A got out of the car.
Technician Armstrong asked him dissatisfied: "Isn't this trick of yours too damaging? Lin Ao and Edward are both young. What if they are allowed to go to the mines in danger?"
Anton: "I can't help it. I really can't think of any other way to bypass the hidden sentry and ensure that HER will not use refugees as a shield."
The roof of the truck slowly opened, revealing the Ten Swords Units 2 and 3 installed inside. He patted the truck and said, "After Lin Ao and Edward were selected as the pilots of the Ten Swords units, they both had implants behind their ears. They have installed instruments that can contact their bodies, and they are so secretive that they cannot even be scanned by detectors. As long as they call their own bodies, the two bodies can act on their own based on the driver's positioning. As long as they wait a few more hours, Lin Ao and Edward just needs to find a way to hide the refugees in the mine so that they won't be implicated in our actions!"
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At this time, Lin Ao and Edward were assigned simple tools and followed their team leader into the mine under the escort of HER soldiers. The deeper you go, the louder the roar of machines and the clanging of bells and clanging of other workers pounding ore.
The air gradually became thinner, and even the HER soldiers did not want to continue escorting them. Lin Ao and the others wore simple oxygen masks and continued deep into the interior of the mine in an old mine car from the last century. I don't know how deep this mine was dug by HER, and the two of them became more and more uneasy as they walked deeper.
Team leader: "Save your oxygen, the air at our destination will be even more occluded, and no one will be able to give you oxygen in the meantime!"
Lin Ao asked uneasily: "How deep is this mine? Have we been gone for a while?"
The team leader sighed: "Before HER invaded North America, this mine had already been dug to the maximum safe depth and closed. But HER doesn't care about that. I don't know how deep it has been dug now. Anyway, it is getting more and more dangerous. We may be attacked at any time. The collapsed mine crushed him to death!”
"How long are we going to stay in there?"
"I have to come out on the second night anyway. I can only eat two meals during this period, which is not enough to eat at all."
"What?!"
Lin Ao and Edward panicked when they heard that the second person came out. They originally wanted to contact the workers as much as possible and then call their own bodies to save themselves after a few hours. However, if the second person came out, they would not be able to immediately notify the workers outside to evacuate, and the Osiris would also think that they were in distress. Attack the mine.
"Is there any way to get out halfway?"
"No, eating, drinking, and eating are all inside, and there are people from HER guarding them."
Lin Ao and Edward's faces were ashen, although their faces could not be seen at all under the dim light.
The mine cart stopped, and the two followed the team leader into the area where they were working. This is a newly developed area. In fact, when digging to this depth, there is not much ore mixed in the rocks, and it takes a lot of effort to dig just a little bit, but HER wants even this little bit.
Edward quickly thought of ways to escape. Suddenly, he saw the HER guard talking to the outside of the mine through a device. He had an idea and said to Lin Ao: "There is a way to notify the workers outside to take refuge."
Lin Ao also noticed the instrument. It seemed that in addition to talking to the outside, it also had a broadcast function. He knew that Edward wanted to knock out the guard and directly tell the workers to take refuge through the radio, but this was too simple and crude.
"If you think about it again, the soldiers who broadcast HER directly will also hear it. What if they harm the workers trying to take refuge?"
"Then what should you do! Wait until tomorrow? If the mission time is exceeded, the Osiris will have no choice but to attack by force, and the end will be even worse!"
The two walked while chatting, because because of the structure of the mine, even if the voice was lowered, it could easily be heard. After eavesdropping on their conversation, the team leader suddenly stopped, picked up the shovel, and said with a sad expression: "Are you two really spies? I'm sorry, I can't let you do that."
Seeing that the team leader wanted to attack them, Lin Ao said nervously, "We are here to save you!"
The team leader shook his head: "I heard the content of your plan. It is too stupid and will not succeed. My wife and daughter are under the custody of HER. If your action fails, not only me and other team members will Even if you are killed, HER will not let my family go! I'm sorry, I will be rewarded if I kill you!"
As for the team leader, he will attack them with a shovel. Lin Ao had little fighting experience and didn't know what to do in this narrow mine. But Edward grew up fighting on the streets of the notorious Hell's Kitchen in New York City, and most people were really no match for him. Edward saw the right opportunity and took advantage of his height to rush forward, punching the team leader unconscious before he could swing the shovel.
"That's awesome!" Lin Ao praised.
Edward scratched his nose: "This is nothing, but we should take action!"
Although the plan had huge loopholes, in this extreme environment, the two of them had no other choice.
"Hey, wait a minute!"
Lin Ao and Edward were shocked, there were actually people here! I saw a grey-faced man who looked like he had been working in the mines for a long time came out of a corner and motioned for the two of them to come over. Seeing that he was not hostile, Lin Ao and Edward relaxed their vigilance slightly and walked over.
The man asked: "Are you going to save everyone?"
"certainly!"
"Great! I've been waiting for rescue for a long time! There are already many people who want to run but don't dare to run away. Knocking out the team leader is the first step. Leave it to me to inform the others!"
Edward asked doubtfully: "Leave it to you? Do you have a way to notify other workers to take refuge?"
The man chuckled: "You don't know this. HER is a cosmic person, and mining operations have used the latest equipment from the beginning. This mine is very old, and there are still many old-fashioned magnet telephones in it. HER didn't recognize this thing, thought it was garbage from the last century, and didn't even look at it, so we hid the phone. As long as this kind of phone is connected to the line, you can make calls even if the power is out by cranking it. This is how we usually use it. Pass on the information, avoid spies like the team leader who work for HER, and prepare for future escapes!"
When the two of them heard this, they were naturally overjoyed. Although I don't know if this person is reliable, it is better than Edward's simple and crude method.
"Okay, you contact the others now, we have to hurry up!"
The man signaled them not to rush and took them to another mine first. He communicated with the other miners and asked Lin Ao and the others to lie down in a large mine cart used to transport ore.
"You hide here, and we will cover you with ore on top, so that you can fool the monitor. But! HER soldiers will check at the exit, and you have to escape before then. We are counting on you If you are caught, don’t betray us, hundreds of lives are counting on you.”
Lin Ao and Edward nodded, followed the workers' instructions and lay down in the car, and then asked the workers to pour ore on themselves. The state of being covered in ore was like a quilt filled with stones, which made people suffocating, but they could only endure it for a while.
"Hey, these workers are quite smart. They have thought of all the solutions for us." Edward said, hiding in the ore.
Lin Ao: "Yes, they are risking everything by doing this. We must succeed!"
