The road up to the north is blocked, so you can only go south and continue downward.
The air in the mine is more humid, and there is no light source. Ma Tao can only observe the surrounding environment by relying on the lighting equipment on the four tanks.
The rails laid on the ground are already full of rust due to the heavy humidity in the environment. Due to the lack of use and maintenance, they are rotten and have lost their shape, but the traces of the rails can still be identified.
There is a lot of soil seeping in on both sides of the mine tunnel, which is the result of holes punched by some kind of monster. However, most of them have collapsed due to time and geological changes, so the soil pours in.
"There is no road ahead"
After driving about two or three kilometers in the mine tunnel, what blocked the convoy was a huge underground crack.
Far away, the convoy stopped, and Ma Tao got out of the car to check. Good guy, this should be a mine, but for some reason, a bottomless pit has now formed, covering the entire mine tunnel. Cut off, it is like a terrifying giant mouth, trying to swallow everything. The unknown abyss below seems to be lurking some kind of monster. Standing on the edge of this huge pit and looking down, people have an idea that is ready to move.
The abyss in front of you, the hell behind you, this sentence is what Ma Tao is thinking at this time. Standing on the edge of the abyss, all the negative emotions in your heart seem to be rushing out. This is a kind of call from the abyss.
I believe many people have heard of the highland effect. That is, when people are close to a high place, they will instinctively push themselves away, but the most advanced frontal lobe in the brain will think that something is pushing you, and the brain will misunderstand the signal of the safety system. At this time, your cognition is in dissonance. state, I have the urge to jump down.
People are born with a fear of depth, so when you stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you. Whether you can overcome yourself and defeat yourself is the key, because the first enemy in life is yourself, and in the end One is still myself.
Ma Tao found a stone and threw it into the pitch-black pit. There was no sound of the bottom for a long time, which showed that the pit had reached a terrifying depth. Talking about the width, the tank's high-intensity searchlight pointed towards When the opposite direction shines on, the front is still pitch black, as if it has no substance. The high-intensity tactical searchlight can illuminate a distance of at least hundreds of meters when focused, which shows the vastness of this huge crater.
This makes people a little curious. Such a deep pit cannot be dug manually, so how did it appear?
"Brother Tao, there is a hole here. They should have left from this way."
Xiao Jinzi's voice came from the communication watch on his wrist.
"Wait a moment, I'll be there right away"
Facing the abyss, human beings must always be in awe. Ma Tao took two steps back, and then walked towards the place where the lights of the Panther tank driven by Xiao Jinzi were shining.
Sure enough, there was another hole in the wall on the right. Ma Tao looked carefully and found that the area around the hole was wide and flat. It seemed that it should be the main passage for the monster to enter and exit on weekdays. When he looked at the mess on the ground. Pile of footprints, more confirmed.
“This is it”
After confirming the location, Ma Tao returned to the car, and the convoy continued its pursuit along the hole expanded by the unknown monster.
The interior of the cave is still very wide, and no one has any problems driving the vehicle. Ma Tao, who was at the front, observed carefully through the lighting of the searchlight. The surrounding walls were covered with some very solid-looking clay, which seemed to be mixed with some kind of biological secretions. The product of the latter, Ma Tao controlled the secondary gun 15 machine gun and fired a shuttle at the wall directly in front. The bullet penetrated the wall and formed several craters, but there were no cracks around the craters, which shows that it is quite strong. .
"What happened?"
"Is there a monster?"
Because the passage could only accommodate one car, when the gunshots of Ma Tao's No. 1 car rang out, the people behind him had no idea what was going on and thought they had encountered some monster.
"It's okay, I'll shoot it twice to see if the wall is strong."
Ma Tao laughed and explained.
"You are so free"
Gao Han's complaint came from his watch, and Ma Tao heyed twice without refuting.
There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Generally speaking, where there are some extremely powerful monsters, there should be no other monsters, because they all have a sense of territory, unless there is one male and one female, or food.
The convoy made a twists and turns in the cave made by the monster, and turned around for half a circle along a large downhill slope. After coming out, it unexpectedly came to a passage again, but this was obviously a tank.
After exiting the monster's cave, there is another passage. The east side, that is, the right side is also sealed by the soil due to collapse. The west side, that is, the left side is another large pit. However, this pit is smaller, but it is also about 30 meters wide by visual inspection. , the bottom is also bottomless, but this is not important. What is important is that Ma Tao and the others just came out. With the bright light of the car lights, he saw several people lying in the passage at a glance. There were no less than ten people lying in the passage. There were several people with broken limbs and broken arms everywhere, many of them had been bitten and eaten to a disgraceful state. There were wisps of gunpowder smoke rising from several fires that had not been extinguished. The air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder, all over the ground. The bright red blood has flowed into a river, and some potholes are almost full.
"Holy crap! What's happening? Are you so old? Your intestines are coming out..."
Xiao Jinzi, who then drove in car No. 4, was very surprised when he saw this scene, but what he said was a bit disgusting, and everyone could see it.
"Get out of the car and see if there is anyone alive."
After all, Ma Tao is not from this world and has different thoughts. Faced with this situation, the first thing he thinks of is to save people quickly.
"With everything like this, is there anyone left alive?"
In the watch, Xiao Jinzi complained in a long voice, and then reluctantly prepared to get out of the car.
"Stop talking nonsense and take a look."
Over there, Gao Han and Su Lanyu had already gotten out of the car and were checking the bodies around them.
"okay"
After carrying his weapons, Xiao Jinzi climbed out of the chariot helplessly. But when he saw the corpses on the ground, he was suddenly startled. He thought he had seen it wrong. He thought about it for a moment and took a closer look. , then turned to look at Ma Tao, and saw that he also had a frown on his face.
I’m talking about Ma Tao here. He started checking after getting off the car, hoping to find a living person. But the first thing he saw after getting off the car was a torn corpse with half of the body left. Ma Tao was stunned. , there is no other reason, because this person Ma Tao has seen, it is the bald black tower man who competed with his sister in Eden Town. At this moment, this guy has long run out of breath, starting from the shoulder, half of it is sideways. His whole body, chest and internal organs were mixed and swollen to the ground. He stared at his unblinking eyes and lay in a puddle of blood full of minced meat. His only remaining hand was still clutching a handful of empty bullets. Automatic rifle, the death was extremely tragic. Looking around, Ma Tao seemed to have seen many faces in the carriage not long ago.
"It's that group of soldiers..."
At this time, Xiao Jinzi slowly came behind Ma Tao, looked at the dead bald man on the ground and said.
"Why are these guys here?"
Although he heard Xiao Jinzi's movement, Ma Tao did not look back. After thinking for a while, he continued: "Is it for revenge?"
"Who knows? Anyway, these guys are all dead here now."
Xiao Jinzi looked around at the extremely tragic chariot and then replied.
"There's a living one here!"
Suddenly, Gao Han, who was in charge of the inspection over there, called to the two of them to hurry over. The two of them did not dare to neglect and ran over quickly.
"It's Brother Seven!"
Xiao Jinzi exclaimed.
When Ma Tao and Xiao Jinzi arrived, they found that they were also familiar with each other. It was Brother Qi who had competed with his sister before. At this moment, Brother Qi's face was as pale as a piece of white paper, and he kept vomiting blood and foam from his mouth. , one of his arms was broken, and a big hole as thick as an arm was pierced in his stomach. The power mecha on his body was almost falling apart and was stained red with blood. Fortunately, he was still conscious.
"Do you know each other?"
Gao Han glanced at Ma Tao and Xiao Jinzi strangely.
"Yes, I met my sister in Eden before. They are both soldiers."
As soon as he heard what Ma Tao said, Gao Han was about to take the medicine from the backpack he carried with him. Unexpectedly, Brother Qi saw Gao Han preparing to take out the medicine and then stretched out his hand to stop Gao Han's movement.
"No...don't bother, I can't survive anymore, go...go save my big brother..."
Brother Qi, who kept vomiting blood and froth, looked at Gao Han standing next to him with pleading eyes.
"Stop talking and take the medicine first. I need you to tell me more information."
Looking at his appearance, Ma Tao knew that he had to use the few ginseng potions he had left to maintain a glimmer of life. But it was only a glimmer of life. Such an injury had been delayed for such a long time, and his body was already very overdrawn. It's too big, unless there is a magic pill. In other words, Brother Qi can't be saved, but it can be sustained for a while, but if it only needs to be maintained for a while, ginseng medicine is not needed at all, and Codonopsis pilosula can also be used.
After listening to Ma Tao's words, Seventh Brother also knew that this was right, and for the sake of his elder brother, he immediately stopped resisting and struggled to drink Gao Han down a tube of Codonopsis.
Ten seconds later, Brother Qi's face had a trace of rosiness, but that was all, as if he was having a flashback, because the lacerated wound on his abdomen began to heal slowly, but the wound was too big and the blood was already running out. It's almost bleeding, and the medicine's effectiveness is less than one-tenth, or even less.
"What happened? Why did you come here? Did you run into that monster?"
Seeing that his spirit had improved and stabilized, Ma Tao took the time to ask quickly.
"Monster? It seems that you must have seen the old youtiao. We...are here to wash away the shame of the past. Haha...actually...we...should have died a long time ago. We have lived for so many more years, and it is worth it. …”
Brother Qi raised his head, glanced at Ma Tao, panted intermittently, and continued: "It's a miscalculation that that beast has changed so much over the years."
"Please, brother, can you tell me the specific story?"
Seeing him like this, Xiao Jinzi would definitely not be able to hold on for long, but he still said something vague, "How can this be possible? We will find you alive now. If you burp later, we will ask who will go."
"The beast has become bigger than before. This is something we didn't expect. The carapace is so hard that it is beyond imagination. Our weapons are no longer effective against it. It is completely different from the time of the East Longitude Tower. Tokyo Tower Have you been there?"
Brother Qi was talking to himself, his eyes were almost unable to open, and he looked drowsy.
"Hey! Tell me the important point!"
Xiao Jinzi quickly reached out and pushed him, which made him sober up a little and then said, "You must have never been there, but the road is full of potholes and it is very difficult to walk."
It's another bunch of useless nonsense. Although everyone is helpless, they also know that the seriously injured Seventh Brother in front of them has reached the end of his life. His consciousness is disappearing. When a person is about to die, the pictures in his mind must be gone. It's some memories.
"Where did the monster go?"
Ma Tao was not in a hurry. He knew that Brother Qi could not last much longer, so he had no choice but to ask himself.
"Monster...monster..."
The mention of the monster restored Brother Qi's consciousness a little, but his physical strength no longer allowed him to spit out two more mouthfuls of blood. Brother Qi used all his strength to raise his finger and point at the bottomless one on the right of everyone. Dakeng gritted his teeth, exposed his mouth full of blood, and said hoarsely with his last strength: "Save...save...the wall...push the wall..."
Before he finished speaking a few intermittent words, Brother Qi was like a balloon that had been drained out. His whole body lost all strength in an instant. The wrist he had just raised fell down weakly. He stared straight at him with unwilling eyes. He looked towards the west side of the passage, with regret, durians and a hint of relief in his eyes.
"It's over..."
Xiao Jinzi looked at his completely dilated pupils and knew that this man was already dead.
"'It seems that the monster has gone to the other side."
Sister R, who had been standing on the side without speaking, stared at the endless darkness on the west side of the passage and said.
"But how are we going to get over? It's such a big pit and you can't even see the bottom. The monster can crawl through it, but the chariot cannot. With the monster's combat power, without the chariot, our chances of winning are very slim."
Xiao Jinzi stood on the edge of the pothole and looked down, and then quickly stepped back. This kid has always been afraid of heights. He tried to overcome it a little before, but now it is different from that time. Standing on high places is different from standing on high places. The bottomless place is completely in two states.
"No way"
Su Lanyu didn't think that the monster would be so powerful. After all, the equipment on these soldiers was not as good as theirs, so it was understandable to die here.
"What did he say just before he died?"
Gao Han suddenly asked.
"He said save people"
Ma Tao was also worried about how to get there, and after hearing Gao Han's words, he answered smoothly.
"There is another sentence behind"
Gao Han continued to ask.
"He said he was pushing something, it seemed like he was pushing a mother."
Recalling what Brother Seventh said before he died, Xiao Jinzi immediately reacted.
"What a pusher! Did you hear clearly? Why didn't you say push~oil..."
Ma Tao went up and hit the boy hard on the head.
"His mouth was full of blood and his words were vague. I thought he was a pushover..."
Xiao Jinzi looked aggrieved and rubbed his head, which had formed a big lump after being warned by Ma Tao.
"What he said should be pushing against the wall, yes, it should be the wall."
Su Lanyu next to him spoke.
"wall?"
Ma Tao was stunned and glanced at Gao Han subconsciously. After their eyes met in the air, they stayed for less than two seconds. Then they walked towards the walls on both sides in unison and carefully inspected the walls. Sure enough, here The battle was so fierce that the walls were covered with bullet marks, and there were many cracks caused by the explosion of grenades and bombs.
"What a great idea. Maybe blowing up one side of the wall can fill this big hole."
Ma Tao immediately understood the key point.
"What did you say? Blow up the wall? Are you going to blow up the wall and let the soil from the outside pour in?"
Xiao Jinzi's head was not stupid, and he understood the key point after thinking about it for a while, but then he frowned and then asked: "But is this possible? What if the soil outside flows in and there is not enough?" , or what if it can’t bear the weight of the chariot?”
"How can you know if you don't try?"
Ma Tao, who was carefully inspecting the wall with Gao Han, said without looking back.
“I think this is fine”
Gao Han on the other side found a location with a huge crack on her side and called Ma Taodao.
This is a wall that has been cracked from top to bottom. Everyone knows how thick the cement wall here is. The fact that it can crack like this means that the interior has also suffered a big impact. It seems that this should be because The time was overwhelmed by the weight of the soil above, and it just so happened that these soldiers were fighting the monster here. It was a coincidence. Otherwise, such a thick concrete wall would have been blown through with a cannonball. , it also takes a lot of time.
"Everyone, get in the car and be careful of falling rocks. Xiao Jinzi, use your cannon to blow open this wall for me!!!"
Just do what you say, time waits for no one. After Ma Tao gave the order, he asked everyone to get in the car quickly.
If you want to blow up the wall, of course you have to use more powerful cannons, but you can't use too much power, let alone blast them all at once. If the foundation stone of this underground passage is really shaken, everyone will be killed underground. Buried alive, so if you want to blow up this seemingly easy-to-explode wall, you need to make preparations. The first thing to do is to control the direction of the crack's spread. You can't let it keep cracking, and it can't be affected by it. The whole body and hands must be steady, and in the early stage, bullets with strong penetrating power such as iron bullets should be used to hit the holes first.
This kind of technical work naturally fell on Xiao Jinzi.
Ma Tao had replenished a lot of special artillery shells before, and they came in handy now.
First, an iron bullet was fired into the four corners of the wall. The shell penetrated the reinforced concrete wall, leaving four large holes. Then, Xiao Jinzi drove the chariot back to a certain safe distance, and then changed to One ordinary shell for the 160 smoothbore gun.
Just a bang was heard, and the entire underground passage was filled with deafening echoes. The opposite wall was hit by the 160 smoothbore cannon, and rubble flew everywhere. Stones rained all over the sky, and the shields of the four tanks were activated. Block these bursts of gravel.
Along with a loud rumbling sound, there was first a click, and then the sound of the wall cracking became louder and louder, as if something was about to protrude from behind the wall. The next second, the wall cracked, and smoke and dust rose wildly. , a stream of earth poured out at an extremely fast speed, pouring straight into the deep pit directly in front.
At first, this pit looked like a bottomless pit, but so much soil poured in from the outside, mixed with many large rocks, lumps of soil, etc., that it poured down very quickly. In less than two minutes, the influx of soil actually turned this bottomless pit into a hole. Filled.
After the flow was restricted, the soil from the outside could no longer pour in. The gap in the cracked wall was only so big. After a while, the sound of the flowing soil became completely quiet, but there was still a strong smell of soil in the air.
"I'm going to try to see if I can get on the car."
When the dust settled and things could be seen clearly around him, Ma Tao drove his No. 1 tank and was the first to go up and test it.
Relatively speaking, the No. 1 Mosquito tank is the tank with the smallest weight and smallest volume. If the Mosquito can't get through it, let alone other tanks.
"be safe"
Sister R reminded using her watch in her own chariot.
"If that doesn't work, come back. Since the monster can get out, there must be more than this way."
Gao Han also used his watch to persuade him.
"Don't worry, I'm measured."
Ma Tao agreed and started the chariot. The V24 engine roared, but the chariot cautiously drove towards the large pit that had just been filled with soil.
The soil poured in was poured from north to south, forming a trapezoid shape with the north high and the south low. Therefore, the soil pouring in near the south wall just barely covered the surface, but the chariot crushed it. There will still be a certain degree of pouring.
Driving slowly against the intact wall on the left, Ma Tao was secretly amazed as he felt the adhesion of the steel tracks.
The soil here is also strange. Even though it pours down so fast, the filling is quite strong. The tracks of the chariot only sink slightly when pressed against the soil. My No. 1 vehicle is like this. I passed this big pit bit by bit, probably because of the solid stone paving below.
"Safety, everyone please take your time"
After passing safely, Ma Tao just wanted to tell everyone that he was safe, but suddenly three blue dots lit up in the darkness in front of him. Ma Tao instantly realized that something was wrong. This was definitely not a good thing.
The next second, three bright blue rays hit the shield of his tank, instantly knocking out more than 130 shields. At the same time, the alarm of the tank's C device also sounded.
"No, there's a monster! Everyone, be careful."
What Ma Tao fears most is that the monster that killed those soldiers appears at this time. The terrain they are in is really not suitable for fighting.
But fortunately, under the illumination of the light source, the monster that attacked Ma Tao also revealed its true form. It turned out to be three laser bugs, which shocked Ma Tao.
You can't stay in the place of right and wrong for a long time. While buying time for Gao Han and Xiao Jinzi behind them to pass, Ma Tao, one man and one car, dealt with laser bugs like laser bugs one by one, killing them all. At this time The monsters appeared, probably because they were attracted by the loud sound of shelling the wall just now.
A few minutes later, while Ma Tao eliminated the last laser bug, the No. 3 minibus at the end also successfully passed the newly filled pit.
But before anyone could say anything, several bright spots appeared again in the darkness directly in front of them. This time, they were even brighter, with as many as six. Moreover, these six were faintly emitting amber light in the darkness. The dazzling dots were arranged in an unusually neat manner, three on each side, exactly six, and the place shrouded in darkness was like six small lanterns, shining with charming golden light.
"Holy crap! It's not over yet, even the laser bugs dare to scare people!"
Xiao Jinzi, who was driving the No. 4 Leopard, had to give it a break before turning the muzzle.
"Wait a minute, that doesn't seem to be a laser bug!"
Looking at the three pairs of six round beads that shone coquettishly, Ma Tao suddenly felt nervous.
"Ah? What did you say?"
Xiao Jinzi was stunned when he heard this, then seemed to think of something, and looked at the six large amber light bulbs in the distance again, his eyes full of formality.
