【Chapter 507】The barrier of assimilation
As the team member exclaimed, the team leader looked up and saw figures starting to shake in the water curtain. Although they looked shaky and posed no threat, with the blessing of numbers, even if they were unknown, No matter how bad the combat effectiveness of the people held hostage and controlled by factors is, the situation of this four-person team is not so good. If you want to break the situation, you need to shoot these survivors. If it is the enemy soldiers holding weapons, or some Inhuman monsters, these four people will not hesitate to use firepower, but it is impossible for them to deal with civilians.
After realizing this, the leader of the investigation team did not hesitate any longer. He did not just stand there waiting for these people to surround him. They had already obtained enough information, and what they had to do now was to tell them what they had seen and learned. Send everything out first, and leave the rest to the assault team and subsequent support troops. This is not retreating from the battle, but compliance with the distribution of responsibilities. If they insist on staying, they are not only disobeying orders, but also reporting to the command headquarters. The follow-up arrangement plan will cause chaos, and will also plunge the entire investigation team into unknown threats...
No matter how you look at it, these people are not caused by simple destruction and psychological influence. They are most likely related to some unknown control method. Without understanding the rules and preventive measures of this control, although they The four of them appear to be fully armed on the surface, but in fact they are still susceptible. It is really a bit of a gamble to hope that the protective clothing can isolate this unknown control. This team leader does not care about his soldiers for merit. A villain, on the contrary, he hopes that his team members can go back alive more than the mission.
Although soldiers must put the interests of the country first, the reconnaissance team has been on the verge of death countless times on a little-known battlefield. His teammates have followed him up mountains of swords and seas of fire. Naturally, it is impossible for him to still be there now. Let them fight desperately, so after the basic reconnaissance purpose was completed, the team leader immediately ordered to start retreating along the original route.
Unfortunately, less than three seconds after he gave the order, because of the pushing of those who stood up again, the shelves with goods collided with each other like dominoes and fell, and the team leader who was on the periphery of the aisle He was the first to notice the danger and immediately pulled the team member closest to him out. However, the remaining two were relying on the container to resist the threat posed by blind spots, and the water curtain dripped heavily on them. The protective clothing and helmet had a relatively obvious impact on vision, and were mixed with the sound of the fire alarm bells. Naturally, it was impossible to detect in time that the containers were being knocked down one after another.
The two people who had no time to dodge were instantly crushed. Although the weight would not kill people, it would at least make them lose their ability to move. If they were hit in important parts, such as the neck, spine and other parts where nerves are concentrated, they could be knocked unconscious. In severe cases, it can lead to unconsciousness or respiratory arrest. This situation is no joke. Even if these key parts are not hit, crush syndrome is still a big problem. It is worth being squeezed by heavy objects for a long time on the limbs or trunk. It leads to ischemic necrosis of muscle tissue, destruction of a large number of muscle cells, release of intracellular components into the blood, and systemic changes mainly manifested as limb swelling, myoglobinuria, hyperkalemia, and acute renal failure.
More importantly, the only medical soldier in the team was also crushed, and for the four people who needed to evacuate, time was of the essence. Those who were staggering towards this side would not stop. They waited for the two men to be pulled out before chasing them. The team leader had no intention of abandoning the two of them and leaving. If he was really so selfish and utilitarian, he would not have issued any order to evacuate just now. He kicked the knee of a survivor who was rushing toward him, causing him to fall back uncontrollably.
Then he ordered to the communication headset in his ear:
"Xiao Liu, I'll cover you. Move the shelves quickly, pull them out, and we'll evacuate as soon as possible."
But another team member glanced at the team leader blankly, then pointed at his ear and shook his hand to indicate that he could not hear. The team leader immediately realized that there was a problem with the communication system, otherwise he would have exceeded the dispatch command just now. The assault team entered the scene, but there was no movement so far, and the two teammates who were pressed under the container did not report their situation in the communication channel. This was not normal, so he immediately used several tactics He gestured to his teammates to lift the shelves, and then turned around to contain those who were coming here as much as possible.
At first, the team leader only used his fists and kicks to make the controlled people incapacitated, but later he discovered that even if these people were kicked to the ground or thrown out, they would still crawl back. His strength was limited after all, so he had no choice but to take out his pistol and shoot at the legs of these people. After a few gunshots, he suddenly heard a slightly violent fighting sound coming from behind him and turned his head. He saw only five burly men using the simplest method to suppress the soldiers he had just ordered to rescue the other two teammates, so he immediately stepped forward and tried to kick the five strong men away.
But just as the team leader came forward, there was a sudden violent impact on his side, knocking him to the ground. He saw a familiar figure appear in front of him. This was the one that lost control before. The mechanical dog seemed much more flexible than before. He was even a little surprised to feel that the mechanical dog seemed to have its own soul. He jumped on a wooden low cabinet and looked at himself. In this gap , the team leader immediately picked up the short-range submachine gun at his side and started firing at the mechanical dog.
But the mechanical dog disappeared from the side of the cabinet just as the team leader raised his gun. The bullets only hit the far wall, leaving several bullet marks. He immediately got up and wanted to save his teammates not far from him. Even though he was about to shoot, as he turned around to look, he saw that the helmet part of the teammate's protective suit had been cut with an obvious crack. After all, although this protective suit was made of the latest materials, it was still lightweight. It also provides chemical resistance to the greatest extent, but it is a type of rubber product after all, and its resistance to scratches and cuts has its limits. It is not unbelievable to be scratched by those sharp objects.
But the problem is, when the team leader looked at the light red liquid poured in along the water curtain, he instinctively felt a little strange, and there was a sense of alarm in his heart, so he immediately raised the muzzle of his gun and prepared to kill the burly men. He was shot to death, but a gunshot appeared before his hand on the trigger. Severe pain and burning sensation appeared from his legs. Then the team leader saw the blood overflowing from his legs, and the man not far from him. Although the mechanical dog is mainly used for reconnaissance, in order to achieve certain purposes of eliminating key targets, it is equipped with an ammunition launching device that can achieve precise control. Simply put, it is a specialized version of a sniper rifle. Although the caliber It's not big, but if it hits the head, it will be killed in one blow.
"Damn it! Where are those people in the assault team?!"
He shouted in despair, and could only drag his legs as quickly as possible to hide behind the fallen metal display cabinet to avoid further attacks by the mechanical dog. At this time, at the entrance of the mall, the colonel Looking at the several cutting equipment still working in front of the closed entrance door, the gloomy atmosphere on his face has reached a certain level.
"Sir, we have cut open all the passage doors between the disinfection passage and the first-level closed airlock. Now only the last two are left..."
"What I want to hear now is not the progress, but the reason why this happened!"
Just now, when the colonel ordered the assault team to enter, they suddenly discovered that the equipment previously used to seal the entrance to the mall could no longer be controlled, especially the thick isolation doors, which were originally intended to prevent violent explosions inside. It is equipped with biochemical leaks, so both the material and security level are among the best. In the past, extremely expensive auxiliary equipment was used during installation to achieve rapid deployment. Although it was a one-time use, it did prevent the possibility of further spread. .
But now, someone suddenly told the university that these isolation doors could not be opened? The combat team and other logistics troops who were preparing to go to the mall were forcibly isolated from the outside, and the reconnaissance team that had entered the mall before also lost contact. This made the colonel more and more aware that something had definitely happened inside the mall, so he immediately let People began to melt through these isolation doors, but at the same time, he was also surprised and frightened by this kind of penetration. The entire security system had only been deployed for less than an hour. Since it would be cracked, and the control authority was forcibly seized, the entire security system was deployed. The troops are isolated from the outside. Even if there are spies inside, the final control is always in his own hands. Could it be that the colonel himself thinks that he is an insider?
What’s even more terrifying is that after investigation, the equipment inspection personnel found that the equipment inside the door had lost control from the hardware level. It was as if the other party had not only cracked the security system, but also taken the supporting hardware of the security system as their own. This made the colonel immediately realize that something was wrong. Although he was not proficient in network technology and information attack and defense, he was clear about the principles of attack and defense. The software and architecture levels were indeed in the direction of being defeated and taken over by the enemy, but what about the hardware? attack? If this is really possible, wouldn't it be possible to carry out dimensional attacks, which are far beyond the reach of humans? If the enemies attacking the mall really have this kind of technology, let alone a mall, the entire Xia Kingdom will be like It’s as easy as picking things up.
Therefore, he is convinced that the things in the mall are definitely not on the human level, and are related to those alien fragments and modified experimental subjects...
