"What on earth do you want!" Captain Wei looked a little panicked at the young man in front of him who didn't care.
Although the explosive power of small nuclear weapons cannot destroy a city, in this apocalyptic world, the population is not large. Seoul is less than one-third of the area of the original third-tier city, and the resident population is less than 100,000. Ma Tao's An explosion would be enough to destroy half of Seoul. Moreover, his current position is still the core of the power position in Seoul. If it is destroyed, it can be said that Seoul will be directly wiped out by Ma Tao, not even the scum will be left.
"Ma Tao, don't be ridiculous!" Commissioner Jin stared at the dwindling numbers on the watch. It wasn't that he didn't believe it, but that he didn't want such a thing to happen. The senior officials in Seoul definitely didn't expect that Ma Tao would die. .
At this moment, the numbers on Ma Tao's watch are still decreasing.
47.46.45.…
"What do I want to do? I, Ma Tao, am not a person who likes to be restrained. If someone threatens me, I will kill him or her..." Ma Tao smiled, very happily.
"Are you threatening me?" Captain Wei looked at the staff officer beside him and winked.
"Don't try to kill me. Even if I die, the watch will not stop. This will make the whole city of Seoul be buried with me, Ma Tao. It is a pity that those ignorant people were harmed by you people who are obsessed with power. Of course, you He will also accompany me." Ma Tao opened his eyes and looked at the few red numbers left before closing his eyes.
He was not pretending to be serious, he was also afraid, so he didn't dare to look at the slightly decreasing numbers. He was afraid that he would collapse before he could wait any longer, so he simply stopped reading.
I was brought here, and there was no way I could escape. In order not to be treated as a soft persimmon, I could only gamble on who was more ruthless, and exchange the lives of a few of my own people for the lives of half of the people in the town.
"Warning! Warning! The destruction device will be activated in 30 seconds." The female synthesized voice of the 01C device announced again.
"Ma Tao! For my sake, stop the countdown first!" Commissioner Jin looked at Captain Wei and Ma Tao, who refused to give in, and finally looked at his son.
"It's useless. The system locked the chariot thirty seconds after entering. None of us can stop it." Xiao Jinzi looked at Ma Tao with the same unyielding stubbornness in his eyes.
In fact, there was one thing Xiao Jinzi didn't say, unless someone could shut down the main system and restart it in the tank. He had vaguely thought of the reason why Ma Tao dared to do this, but he did not rule out the possibility of detonating it in the end. In short, they definitely didn't want to do it. He was a prisoner and secretly glanced at the 01 tank fighting vehicle on the side.
Su Lanxi never got off the chariot, and she didn't know whether it was because she was tired or because she had discussed it with Ma Tao. Xiao Jinzi did not tell the truth and cooperated with him fully. Whether it will eventually detonate depends on the development of the matter.
The warning sound of the tank's C device ended, and everyone looked at each other again. No one had to run. In 30 seconds, before they could run far, it had already exploded.
As soon as Xiao Jinzi finished speaking, Captain Wei looked directly at a confidential secretary beside him. The secretary shook his head helplessly, apparently confirming Xiao Jinzi's words.
Is it all over? Is he destined to only end up here after his rebirth? , Ma Tao's tightly clenched hands were already covered in sweat.
Sighing secretly, he could give in temporarily, but what about the future? Is there any difference between the self after being restrained and the self before?
Ma Tao didn't want to think about this anymore. Maybe this was all arranged by God. He had already decided that if this guy named Wei really wanted to try it in the end, then he, Ma Tao, was not a coward. At this moment, Su Lanxi suddenly flashed in his mind. Ma Tao's smile was temporarily put aside by Ma Tao. He was no longer here. How could a woman survive in the world? Wouldn't her life be even more miserable?
"Okay! I promise you, from now on, Seoul will not make things difficult for you. Stop your watch quickly!!!" Seeing that Ma Tao's watch has entered a countdown of less than ten, Captain Wei finally reached out his hand after much consideration. Compromised.
He really doesn't have the right or courage to use the entire Seoul to bet on the authenticity of Ma Tao's destruction device, because if he loses the bet, Ma Tao will die, but the loss on his side will be even greater, and he will even die. It is not worth exchanging one life for tens of thousands of lives, and the base that has been maintained for so many years with so much hard work. This is like a clay pot touching porcelain, and there is no benefit at all.
Success!
Ma Tao was overjoyed when he heard the words of the leader of the Wei Kingdom. He knew that his goal had been achieved. He suddenly opened his eyes and saw that there were only a few watches left in his hand. He was shocked. He didn't think of anyone alive. , he didn’t want to get off the bus early in this life because of a mistake or calling late.
"Lan Xi!!!"
Almost as soon as Ma Tao finished speaking, the decreasing red number on the watch stopped at 2 and stopped beating. Then, the red number also turned green.
After stopping the destruction device, Ma Tao realized that his back was soaked in just a minute. He couldn't help but feel scared. If Su Lanxi had slowed down, or the man named Wei had said it would be later, he would be afraid today. It was really going to evaporate completely from the world. Thinking of this, Ma Tao couldn't be more impressed by his foresight.
Recalling that day, Ma Tao, who had been studying tanks, secretly dragged Su Lanxi to the 01 tank tank with Xiao Jinzi and everyone on his back. The latter's face turned red and he thought Ma Tao was carrying someone else and secretly brought him there. What bad thing is going on in the chariot?
"Lan Xi, let me tell you something."
"What's going on? You have to say secretly that they are still outside, don't go too far." Su Lanxi, whose blush almost reached the root of his neck, did not dare to look at Ma Tao, and his voice was as low as a mosquito.
"Where are you thinking... What I'm going to say next is a very important thing. You must listen carefully. It may save our lives in the future." Ma Tao held her shoulders tightly and looked at her Say it seriously.
"What is it? It's mysterious." Su Lanxi looked at him as if he was joking. He raised his head and planned to listen carefully to what he had to say.
"Listen Lan Xi, this tank has a self-destruct program that can be started by connecting the watch to the tank. Once started, it will trigger the fully closed state of the tank and the whole tank will be locked immediately. No matter who it is, The door can't be opened, which means no one can turn off the self-destruct detonation program outside."
"Then what?" Su Lanxi asked next
"When the countdown ends, the tank will detonate the nuclear device of the power system. Its power is definitely enough to explode everything within a dozen kilometers in a square radius. This program is called the final glory."
"So scary! Tell me why, I don't want you to use it." Su Lanxi quickly hugged Ma Tao's arm and moved closer to Ma Tao's arms.
"I don't want to either, but I'm afraid of what might happen..." Ma Tao smiled and stroked Su Lanxi's hair, looked at him gently and said
"You are not allowed to talk nonsense. There is no such thing." Su Lanxi quickly reached out and covered his mouth.
"Okay, nothing unexpected." Ma Tao smiled and reached for Su Lanxi's Yurou, hugging her tightly in his arms.
"Then think of it as a way to save my life. Sometimes, it's better to die than to fall into the hands of the enemy." Ma Tao replied while looking at the complicated control buttons on the dashboard of the tank.
"I will always follow you." Su Lanxi hugged her tighter, as if she wanted to melt herself into Ma Tao's body.
"Okay, let me teach you how to close it. What if one day, I'm still waiting for you, a silly girl, to come and save me?"
"Who is a stupid girl! Who do you think is stupid! Ah, who is stupid..."
"I'm stupid, I'm stupid..."
"snort"
"Okay, let's stop fussing. I'm telling you, first open this, then like this, like this, and finally click here and it's OK. How about it? Do you remember everything?"
"Um…"
"Do you really remember...?"
"Oh, I really remembered it!!"
The past events are so vivid in my mind that I never expected that this day would come so quickly. It even caught Ma Tao off guard.
"Is it closed?" Captain Wei waited for a while and saw that there were no problems with Ma Tao's two tanks. He blinked and asked the people around him.
"It should be... it should be," a staff officer said.
"Do you still have time to talk here before it's closed? You're already dead."
Xiao Jinzi was not used to their bad temper, and what he said was very blunt, which made his father glare at him, but he didn't care and ignored it as if he didn't see it.
Sure enough, it was definitely the system button that Sister Lanxi turned off in the car. But when did Brother Tao teach her how to turn it off? These two people hid it deeply enough. Xiao Jinzi didn't explode after Ma Tao activated the destruction system. It only took me a second to understand the twists and turns. However, Brother Tao's game is quite mysterious, but it is so exciting. It will definitely scare the hell out of these guys in front of me, Xiao Jinzi. I felt happy in my heart, but it didn't show on my face.
"Alas..." Ma Tao looked at his watch, sighed, and continued in a sad tone, "There are only two seconds left. This thing can't be changed. Next time, just press it lightly." It will explode immediately, and there is no time to prepare! What a pity...what a pity..."
Threat, this is a naked threat, using strength to threaten people.
"Commander Yang, arrange their accommodation according to their needs. Meet their requirements and remove all guards, leaving only the normal number of people." Captain Wei suffocated at Ma Tao's place, and the haze in his eyes flashed away. , his face then returned to the previous smile, and after speaking, he turned around and left.
"Can I choose to leave instead of staying here?" Seeing that he was about to leave, Ma Tao also smiled and asked.
"Whatever you want," Commander Wei said without looking back, and strode away without stopping.
Except for the one named Staff Officer Yang who stayed, the rest of the people, including the surrounding garrison, followed him and evacuated here.
"Brother Tao, are we leaving?" Seeing everyone leaving, Xiao Jinzi came to Ma Tao and asked.
"Why are you leaving?" Ma Tao was stunned, then smiled and quickly reached out to shake hands with Staff Yang.
"Please also ask Staff Yang to arrange a place for us to live." Ma Tao's behavior made Staff Yang stunned.
"Are you sure you want to stay?" Staff Yang thought he heard wrongly and asked again in surprise.
"Of course" Ma Tao nodded and answered affirmatively.
"Then... then come with me..." Staff Officer Yang was confused by Ma Tao. According to the previous state where this guy would rather die than surrender, now he is simply cooperative and harmless.
"This kid is a docile donkey," the gold medal committee member who had been watching the whole intrigue said to his lover who was also standing next to him with a meaningful smile.
"What do you mean?" Xiao Jinzi's wife was stunned when she heard her husband's words. She didn't understand what Ma Tao meant by showing up before and now living here shamelessly.
"If you don't lead him away, if you push him backwards, just follow his temper, everything is easy to talk about." After Jin Bang said, the eyes of the lady beside him lit up. If he thought about it carefully, this Ma Tao is really such a person. If you come with him He's cool, this kid is here to mess around with you, and he might even be more cool than you. If you're easy to talk to and negotiate with, he can really do anything. He's really a docile donkey.
"Well done," Ma Tao said when he saw Su Lanxi put on a new pair of casual clothes and got out of the 01 tank vehicle, and reached out to help her down.
Su Lanxi nodded, looked at Staff Yang in front of him, and said nothing.
"It's great to stay at my house, why stay here?" Xiao Jinzi on the side looked at Staff Yang who was leading the way, and squeezed in next to the two of them.
"There is food and drink here, why should we leave?" Ma Tao pushed the blind guy aside, and then replied, "Besides, the matter has not been resolved, how many times have you pointed out that this kind of thing has happened?, some It is better to resolve things head-on, and negotiation is the only way to solve the problem. The premise is that negotiation must be fair.”
"This is the guest house of our Third Group Army. I have told the management here to come and see you in a moment. I still have military affairs, so I won't accompany you. Please take my leave." Staff Officer Yang led several people into the building and came to the front desk. , said a few words to the people inside, and finally came to Ma Tao and left.
"Please also ask Staff Yang to give a message to Commander Wei," Ma Tao called to Staff Yang who was about to leave.
"What are you talking about?" Staff Yang frowned and turned around to ask.
"Seoul is Xiao Jinzi's home, and Xiao Jinzi is my brother, Ma Tao. I am a brother, and I am so heartbroken," Ma Tao said.
"I will tell you." Staff Yang thought for a while, confirmed that he remembered it, and said goodbye.
After a while, several logistics soldiers came over from the front desk. They must have received the order and hurriedly arranged rooms for Ma Tao and the others. Unexpectedly, after such a fuss, Xiao Jinzi's parents actually decided to live here.
There are enough rooms in the guest house, and there are no less than one or two vacant rooms. Besides, the identity of Xiao Jinzi's father is kept there. If it weren't for Xiao Jinzi, living here would definitely be inconsistent with his identity.
After thinking about it, Boss Qian chose to live here. The matter was unclear and the situation was unclear. He still felt that it would be safer to follow Ma Tao. Although he was sometimes frightened, this guy seemed to be blessed by some god. Danger can be saved every time, and boss Qian, who is superstitious, chooses to believe in Ma Tao.
The guest house quickly arranged rooms for everyone, and each person was assigned a key.
"Ma Tao, I have something to tell you." Ma Tao was about to go upstairs to rest with Su Lanxi when he was stopped by Xiao Jinzi's father.
"You go up first." Ma Tao patted Su Lanxi on the shoulder. The latter looked at the two of them, nodded, and went upstairs first.
Xiao Jinzi, who was beside him, naturally heard what his father said. Just as he was about to speak, his mother took him upstairs. "Don't worry, this is the army. Your father can't do anything to him. Go upstairs, mother, take a look at your legs." How are your injuries..."
"Commissioner Jin, if it's because of Xiao Jinzi, I'm sorry that I can't do anything to help you. He needs to walk his own path." Ma Tao touched his body and found that he didn't bring a cigarette.
"Come with me for a walk." Jinbang took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to Ma Tao. Ma Tao was not polite, took it, took out one and lit it, and then put the box of cigarettes into his pocket without ceremony.
"Where to go?" Ma Tao asked, blowing out a puff of smoke.
"Just at the door." Jin Bang watched him take away his cigarette without ceremony and smiled without saying anything.
In this world, cigarettes are very expensive, very rare, even a luxury item, but this box of cigarettes is not missing from the gold list. I just feel that Ma Tao’s direct character is very real. This is something that cannot be seen in Noah’s world. This People in the world like to hide themselves.
Ma Tao said nothing and followed him outside, staring blankly at the stars in the night sky.
"Today was really an eye-opener for me," Jin Bang said.
"Really? I don't think so. I just want to be my true self," Ma Tao replied.
"To be your true self, maybe you really should see this abandoned and dilapidated world with your own eyes. How many people are fighting for life? You don't seem to be afraid of it all over again?" Jinbang looked at the young man who was looking at the night sky in deep thought. People say.
"It is precisely because of fear that I want to make my life more valuable." Ma Tao wanted to look for the Big Dipper in his memory, but he couldn't see it for a long time.
"Value? Money, beauty? Or glory? Do you know that many people will die in this way? Your path has been very good. There is no need to continue on it. It is a pure luck for you to come back this time. This is old God's gift, not every time you will have such luck, but it is a blessing in disguise. This time the Seoul military attaches special importance to you. I believe that once the fact that you destroyed the giant cannon is confirmed tomorrow, you will definitely become a mythical existence in Seoul. If you keep going, no one will know the outcome. Are you really not afraid of death?" Jin Bang said solemnly.
"Maybe what you said is right, but I still choose to move on." Ma Tao smiled. For Ma Tao, who had died once, there was no way he could explain this to others.
"Being outside the world, I don't know that my future is dangerous, people's hearts are unpredictable. I am not involved in the world, and I don't know that the rumors in the market are like mud and sand. It's hard to tell the truth from the false. How far I can go and how many strangers I meet, this is my value." Ma Tao The ordinary life in his previous life has passed. In this life, he just wants to live a new life with great vigor and no regrets.
Jin Bang stopped talking and watched him slowly take the last puff of cigarette with a slight smile on his lips.
