When he got out of the car to clean up the messy battlefield, Ma Tao saw the two places on the car body that had been shot by the venom gun. They were like rust, a big piece was rotten, and the edges were still spreading, giving off an unpleasant acidic smell.
Ma Tao has calculated that the venom gun's venom corrodes so quickly that Device C will alarm on average every ten minutes, consuming nearly 20 pieces of armor in one hour.
"Is there any way?"
Ma Tao shook his head and threw the nearly 500G contributed by all the monsters into the back seat of Xiao Jinzi's jeep.
"I just took some seawater and tested it. No, seawater will accelerate the corrosion rate. It seems that we must use a high-pressure water gun for cleaning."
Xiao Jinzi, who was studying the two corrosion plaques on the tank, shook his head and answered.
"Do we need to use the fax machine to get back to Seoul?"
Su Lanxi, the co-pilot, asked.
"There is still a lot of armor on the tank. I plan to continue looking for Odo. We have come so far. It would be a pity to go back and do it all over again."
After Ma Tao finished speaking, he grabbed some dirt from the ground and put some dirt on the two corroded parts of the tank, hoping to slow down the corrosion rate.
The effect can be imagined. If it can be solved so easily, then the introduction of device C does not need to say that it must be rinsed with a lot of water.
"But, after meeting the monster..."
"I think it's feasible. We've been walking for so long. I believe Odo won't be too far away."
Su Lanxi was about to say something, but Xiao Jinzi nodded and agreed with Ma Tao's idea.
"Forget it, you two make the decision."
Su Lanxi thought for a while and decided not to interfere in this matter. She would follow Ma Tao wherever he went.
"At this rate, we still have about six hours to find Otto. After six hours, we must use the fax machine to return to Seoul."
Xiao Jinzi said.
"Six hours..."
Ma Tao thought about it and felt that it should be enough.
"I said, do you need to eat something first? Aren't you hungry?"
Su Lanxi, the co-pilot of the jeep, took out two bags of biscuits and water.
When she asked, Ma Tao and Ma Tao remembered their hungry stomachs, and the three of them quickly began to worship at the Five Zang Temple.
"How's the injury?"
Ma Tao asked while chewing compressed biscuits and looking at Su Lanxi's blood-stained clothes on his left shoulder.
"I should be fine, but I still feel a little dizzy."
A smile appeared on Su Lanxi's somewhat pale face.
When there were just the three of them, she didn't wear a veil.
"Um"
Ma Tao nodded and continued.
"Dizziness is probably caused by blood loss. Although ginseng pills are magical, they can only quickly promote cell regeneration. The lost blood cannot be replaced."
"I know"
"I'm sorry, I couldn't protect you..."
"Don't say sorry to me"
Ma Tao stretched out his hand and clasped Su Lanxi's hand tightly.
"Well...should I avoid it?"
Xiao Jinzi ate biscuits, looked at Ma Tao and then at Su Lanxi. Finally, he felt that his light bulb was too bright, so he asked a tentative question.
After having a quick bite to eat, the team continued to set off.
Su Lanxi got into Ma Tao's tank this time. Although the tank was much louder than a jeep when driven, there was a small cabin at the back of the tank where people could lie down, making it easier for Su Lanxi to rest. The important thing was that Ma Tao was in the tank.
After driving on this intermittent road for a while, the road changed.
"Two roads? Which way to go?"
Xiao Jinzi asked
The convoy stopped at an intersection. Someone seemed to have maintained the road at both ends of the road in front of them. Although there were quite a few potholes on the road, traces of manpower could clearly be seen.
However, this road forked, one went south and the other went north.
"to the north"
Ma Tao answered Xiao Jinzi directly without thinking.
The reason is simple, because the road to the north is in the best condition. Another reason is that Ma Tao saw a tall building looming at the end of the road.
The convoy drove quickly on this road for about a quarter of an hour. There were more and more abandoned buildings on both sides. Some buildings had completely collapsed and became ruins. Some high-rise buildings had been blown down and were leaning on another building. They will all collapse,
The further you go in, the more buildings you see, but they are all dilapidated. Almost no building is complete. One hole after another was blown by artillery shells. Some buildings were even completely penetrated. A big hole was exposed in the middle, and it was unknown what kind of weapon made it.
"This place must have been very prosperous before, right? It must be very happy to be able to buy things here."
Su Lanxi looked at the buildings with facades on both sides that turned out to be shops or supermarkets and sighed.
Ma Tao's heart trembled.
Yes, in this world, shopping malls and supermarkets have long ceased to exist. Unexpectedly, the most common place to go every day has become a luxury here.
"Noah, you bastard! Sooner or later, mankind will return to its former prosperity!"
The communication watch was turned off. Xiao Jinzi also heard Su Lanxi's words and expressed his attitude.
The entire dilapidated city is full of traces of time, a wilderness wrapped in the passage of history, which is both accidental and inevitable.
The once spectacular high-rise buildings were lying in the dust and no one cared about them. Ma Tao could still vaguely imagine how spectacular and beautiful the city once was with its prosperity and glory. However, everything passed. Under Noah's rule, , all that is left are traces of yesterday.
"Would Odo be hiding in a place like this? When Noah's monster army destroyed this place, it must have been plowed three feet long ago, right?"
Su Lanxi asked, looking at the deserted and ruined city outside the screen.
"It is very possible that humans are the most adaptable species, and the most dangerous places are also the safest. After all, supercomputers are programs, and programs are rigid because they must be executed according to programs. Fortunately, this is the case. Let humanity survive to this day”
Ma Tao thought for a while and answered her.
"You're not sure either, are you?"
Su Lanxi suddenly smiled and turned to look at Ma Tao. The smile on the face of a peerless beauty was pleasing to the eye.
"Are you saying this to comfort yourself and cheer yourself up?"
Su Lanxi calmed down after laughing enough.
Ma Tao did not answer Su Lanxi's words next to him, and continued to search in his chariot, looking at all the suspicious places around him.
He and Su Lanxi had been together for a long time, and by observing each other's words, each could guess some of the other's thoughts.
"Brother Tao? Are we just going to hang out in this abandoned city?"
Xiao Jinzi's jeep has been following Ma Tao, and he asked out of boredom when he saw the convoy wandering aimlessly.
"Tired of driving?"
"Isn't it tiring, but our time is limited?"
"I'm looking around. Isn't this road the end of the road? I always feel that it shouldn't be too far."
"Okay! I listen to you, I'm looking for you."
Xiao Jinzi stopped talking, and the two chariots continued to wander in the ruins of the city.
"There's a situation!"
After walking for a while, a green armored vehicle appeared on the screen, driving opposite Ma Tao at an extremely fast speed.
"What's wrong? Armored car? Is it a monster?"
Xiao Jinzi noticed that Ma Tao's tank had stopped and parked the jeep beside them. Just as he was about to ask why it was parked, he saw the green armored vehicle coming in the opposite direction.
"I don't know. It looks new. It doesn't look like Noah's monster."
Ma Tao stared unblinkingly at the approaching armored vehicle, locked the muzzle on it, and turned on the fire control switch at the same time.
When you don't know whether you are a friend or an enemy, it is always right to be careful.
The green armored vehicle that arrived had no main gun. Its only weapon was the same Gatling cannon as Xiao Jinzi's jeep. Its speed was only about fifty miles.
Apparently the other party also spotted Ma Tao and the others, and stopped the car when they were nearly a hundred meters away.
There was no way, Xiao Jinzi's jeep and Ma Tao's tank were parked side by side, directly blocking the road.
"Be prepared, if you find something wrong, just open fire."
Ma Tao raised his left hand and used his communication watch to remind Xiao Jinzi.
"Where did you come from! You're just blocking the road, and you want to rob me!"
The green armored vehicle opened the side hatch, and five or six arrogant tattooed young men jumped out. They took out a loudspeaker from the vehicle and opened their mouths to curse.
It's human!
Ma Tao let out a long breath and replaced the fire control switch.
"Who are you scolding? Who is blocking the road? You are blocking our road. Get out of the way! If you don't accept it, do it!"
Xiao Jinzi didn't tolerate them. He turned on his external speaker and was even more arrogant than them.
"It's okay for you to block the road, Third Brother, show them how awesome you are!"
The tattooed young man holding a loudspeaker next to the green armored vehicle saw that he was being humiliated by Xiao Jinzi. He was furious and gave an order. He saw the green armored vehicle rotating its secondary cannon and firing at the broken building in the distance.
cut!
Xiao Jinzi didn't even look at it and secretly called Ma Tao with his watch.
"Brother Tao! Shoot the broken building on their right, say hello, and show them what it means to be a bounty hunter."
"Your way of greeting is really special. It's just a useless cannonball."
Ma Tao chuckled, looked at Su Lanxi beside him and said
"Little Jinzi is like a child, he likes to be competitive."
"Just follow him. It's hard to get a chance to show off, and it won't hurt anyone."
Su Lanxi also smiled.
"You guys...I was going to ask for Odo's specific seat later. Now, the cannons are in use."
Ma Tao shook his head helplessly, and without resisting the two men, he controlled the main gun and fired at the place where Xiao Jinzi said.
Boom!
"Brother! They have cannons!"
"Let's retreat! We can't beat him."
As soon as Ma Tao's cannon fired, there was a commotion on the opposite side.
"Trash! Coward! Why did I bring a bunch of losers!"
The tattooed young man holding the trumpet was actually afraid because he was much stronger than him. He deliberately maintained a stalemate for a while, but he gave up first and was so angry that he hit the incompetent guys next to him with the trumpet in his hand. .
Every move they made was watched by Ma Tao, and Xiao Jinzi must have fallen down laughing at this moment.
Boom! boom! ! !
Suddenly, there was another explosion next to the armored vehicle. This time the shell was a bit close, and the tattooed youths were startled.
The tattooed young boss no longer used the horn to hit them. He turned off the horn and a few people clambered into the armored vehicle.
Before the hatch of the fully armored vehicle could be closed, three more artillery shells landed on the side of the armored vehicle.
what happened?
Ma Tao frowned, didn't he fire?
The armored vehicle on the opposite side was suddenly attacked and hurriedly started to turn around to fight back.
"They must have encountered a monster."
Su Lanxi pointed at the three extra little red dots on the screen and said.
"Brother Tao! Let's go help? I think they can handle it."
Let's talk, let's make trouble, Xiao Jinzi understands Dali.
The driver's skills of the armored car were so rubbish. In the blink of an eye, it had been hit several times. The originally clean body of the armored car had now become dingy. Although the Gatling cannon on it was constantly firing back, the effect was not very good. It must have been accurate. More times.
"Of course we have to help, after all we are all human beings"
After Ma Tao finished speaking, the tanks and chariots roared and rushed forward.
In the watch, Xiao Jinzi let out a strange scream and rushed forward in his jeep.
85 self-propelled artillery, a reddish-colored Noah's fully mechanically modified monster. It is a camouflaged monster created by Noah to imitate the appearance of human tanks and chariots to confuse humans. The main gun is its only attack method.
There were a total of four 85 self-propelled artillery pieces attacking the armored vehicles. One shot after another, they formed a series, and the armored vehicles were forced to hide in all directions.
The addition of Ma Tao and Xiao Jinzi instantly reversed the situation of the battle, turning the original four-on-one into four-on-three.
After all, the 85 self-propelled artillery is a monster. After it was created by Noah, it wandered around without maintenance or repair. Although it has the shape of a tank, it is just a shape. It is exposed to wind and sun all year round, and the armor pieces it carries Definitely not as strong and durable as a bounty hunter's armor.
The battle lasted only ten minutes, and the four 85 self-propelled artillery were destroyed one by one.
Tanks and jeeps slowly stopped in front of the dusty armored vehicles.
Owning a chariot does not mean you are a good hunter. What a good hunter needs is combat experience. The armored vehicle in front of me is the best example. If Xiao Jinzi were to drive it in this encounter, it would never be in such a state of disgrace.
"get off!"
Xiao Jinzi picked up the car loudspeaker and said coldly.
Perhaps it was the fighting ability of Ma Tao and the others that frightened the young people in this car, and they did not dare to come out and reply personally for a long time.
"I asked you why you are so cowardly! Where did the show off just now go? If you don't get out of the car, I'm going to open fire!"
Xiao Jinzi was extremely disdainful of their performance.
"Don't worry, we don't mean any harm, we just want to inquire about something."
Ma Tao shook his head helplessly and picked up his car loudspeaker to speak, but his voice was not as loud as Xiao Jinzi's.
"If...if there is any problem...just...just say it like this"
After a long while, a squeaking sound came from the armored vehicle's horn.
"Hey~ I told you to get used to it..."
Xiao Jinzi was really angry with them, so he controlled his Gatling cannon to fire a burst at the armored vehicle.
Da da da!
A shot of bullets passed by and knocked off many armor pieces of the iron can.
"Let's come out! Let's come out!"
"Don't fire, don't fire..."
With a loud bang, the hatch of the armored vehicle opened, and the first person to step out with his hands raised was the tattooed young man holding a loudspeaker and shouting.
After that, eight more young people came down one after another, all of them men. They all imitated their boss and walked out with their hands raised, and stood timidly beside the armored vehicle, as if they were resigned.
"Holy crap! I just wanted to scare them, and why did they surrender so easily? I'm so cowardly, Brother Tao, should we snatch this armored vehicle over?"
In the communication watch, Xiao Jinzi's words made Ma Tao's eyes light up.
Yes, the volume of such a good armored vehicle is much larger than my own tanks. It can carry 8 people. It is really a waste to drive them. I need to replenish some armor pieces and replace some accessories. If I let Xiao Jinzi drive it, It will definitely give you unprecedented advantages.
"Forget it! We are just asking for directions, not robbers. I believe we will also have armored vehicles in the future."
Ma Tao thought for a moment and did not agree with Xiao Jinzi's idea.
Ma Tao has his own bottom line when doing things, and he will never cross his bottom line again, otherwise he would not be so poor, even sad, and live so cautiously in the original world.
Although Ma Tao wholeheartedly liked this highly sought-after armored vehicle, he really didn't want to force it on others.
Here, even if Ma Tao really robbed this armored vehicle, the young men did not dare to say anything, but Ma Tao just didn't want to.
Although he came to this world without any restraints, as long as you have the strength, you can really do whatever you want, but he does not want to indulge his desires, and he is unwilling to be a puppet of desires. Once the desires in his heart are released, they will be endless. It's like releasing a devil.
Ma Tao didn't see that when he said the words "forget it", Su Lanxi next to him looked at him with such admiration and fascination.
An armored vehicle, what a temptation it was, but my man was unmoved.
This is the man I'm looking for...
Su Lanxi looked at Ma Tao's profile with obsession.
"Brother Tao, are you asking or should I ask?"
Xiao Jinzi said using his communication watch.
"I'll just go down"
After Ma Tao finished speaking, he unbuckled his seat belt and picked up Su Lanxi's musket.
"I go with you"
Su Lanxi also stood up.
"No, your injury hasn't healed yet, just stay in the car."
Ma Tao stretched out his hand to press down Su Lanxi who had just stood up, and said against her jade cheek, "I can't bear to have you show up."
After Ma Tao finished speaking, he looked at Su Lanxi's slightly red neck and opened the hatch with a musket.
"Who are you? Where do you come from?"
Ma Tao, who jumped off the tank, looked at the young people standing in a row beside the armored vehicle and asked.
Well, actually he is also a young man himself.
"We came from Odo and planned to kill some monsters..."
A young man with parted hair looked up at Ma Tao and said.
"Is Otto far away?"
Ma Tao finally heard the news he had been waiting for.
"Not far, just ahead"
The young man with his parted hair replied.
"Kill monsters? Are you bounty hunters?"
Ma Tao thought about their conversation. He originally thought they were low-level bounty hunters, but he was wrong. None of them had bounty hunter equipment, no human weapons, and no one even wore protective gear. Except for tanks, It can be said that there is nothing.
"No... we are students. We just want to kill a few monsters. When we go back... after we go back... in the future."
After the young man with the parted hair stammered for a few words.
Ma Tao heard it. They just planned to go out and kill a monster and go back to brag. It was just vanity.
"Whose chariot is this?"
Ma Tao patted the armored vehicle next to him.
"mine!"
The tattooed young man who had previously used a handheld microphone quickly spoke up and expressed his opinion when Ma Tao mentioned tanks, and even raised his hand.
"your?"
Ma Tao stared into his eyes.
"My dad's"
The young man was no match for Ma Tao's eyes that seemed to see everything, so he lowered his head and said.
"I see"
Ma Tao looked at the rather large armored vehicle next to him again.
"May I have your name?"
Ma Tao continued to ask.
"Lu Xu"
The tattooed young man replied.
"Did you just hear them calling you boss?"
"Then...that's all what they yelled, it can't be taken seriously."
The young man named Lu Xu quickly clarified.
"Is your dad also a bounty hunter?"
"No, my dad is the captain of a caravan, and the armored vehicles he uses to transport goods."
"Just one?"
“Just one car”
Lu Xu nodded vigorously. Seeing that Ma Tao was still studying his armored vehicle, he showed an expression that was uglier than crying.
"Um...brother, I will accept you as my eldest brother from now on. As long as you don't want my armored vehicle, I will promise you anything. Really! Anything!"
After Lu Xu spoke categorically, he looked at Ma Tao eagerly, waiting for his reply.
If the armored vehicle he drove out was snatched away by Ma Tao, the consequences after he returns home can be imagined.
That's his dad, no! It was the only hope for their family to survive, and if it was gone, a beating would be light.
"Promise me anything you want?"
Ma Tao was stunned, turned to look at the young man named Lu Xu, and showed a thoughtful smile.
"Promise to anything"
Lu Xu looked at Ma Tao like a chicken, and nodded quickly.
Ma Tao slowly approached him, his eyes like a torch, close to his face, observing whether the young man named Lu Xu was lying.
"I~want~you..."
"Okay! I gave it to you today! Where is it? Can it be done in an armored vehicle?"
After Lu Xu listened to Ma Tao say these three words one by one, he seemed to have made a lot of determination. He looked at his friends who were disgusted with the cold and said with tears.
