"It's... it's a person..."
Although Ma Tao had long expected that the goods escorted by the Red Flame Caravan to the Creation Alliance would definitely not be simple, when Ma Tao heard these intermittent words coming from Xijia's mouth, he was still full of doubts. When will the Creation Alliance start doing this? Are you involved in human trafficking?
"Tell me more details"
Ma Tao asked with a stern look.
"I don't know either……"
Xijia looked at Ma Tao, then at Xiao Jinzi beside him, and then continued: "They are all people who have been pierced through the bones of the pipe and tied with iron chains, and are unconscious, both men and women."
"Both men and women are there? What do they look like?"
Xiao Jinzi asked again.
"Those people look like they have been imprisoned for a long time. They are all unkempt and have long hair. It can be seen that both men and women are already in trouble. How do you know what they look like..."
Regarding Xiao Jinzi's question, Xijia explained with a grimace.
Ma Tao still knows something about piercing the pipa bone. People who use sharp weapons to pierce the pipa bone in various fantasy or martial arts can quickly recover their martial arts and even advance to several levels by practicing Shen Zhao Jing after removing the pipa bone. In reality, Pipa bone piercing is an ancient criminal method specially used to deal with gangsters. It is said that it can seal a person's martial arts, making it impossible to use one's martial arts. Because it is convenient and easy to do, it is much easier than using martial arts to damage the meridians and abolish the martial arts. Therefore, the government It is more feasible to use. Pipa bone piercing is not completely hopeless. As long as the Pipa bone is untied according to the correct method, a person can gradually recover his martial arts. Just like a person who suffers from internal injuries and has meridian congestion or loose energy and is unable to perform martial arts. When a person is unable to perform martial arts due to internal injuries, Martial arts can be gradually restored after the injury recovers. However, if a person's meridians are damaged due to abandoning martial arts, he will have to start practicing again from the foundation after the meridians are restored. If a person's meridians are severed, not only will his martial arts be useless, but he will also be unable to If you continue to be unable to practice martial arts, this kind of punishment is especially used for practitioners, especially those who use hard and soft qigong. The stronger the internal strength, the more serious the weakness will be after being locked through the pipa bone, even worse than ordinary people, and even worse. , they don’t even have the strength to get up, and they can only lie on the ground all year round to survive. This is one of the most vicious and torturing methods.
"You actually..."
Ma Tao's hand on Xijia's collar tightened again, so that the distance between the two was once again narrowed by a few minutes. They were almost touching face to face. You could even feel the other person's heavy breathing and rapid spitting. on the other person's face.
Those who were pierced through the bones of Pipa were definitely not ordinary people. Ma Tao really didn't understand that human beings were already miserable enough under the destruction of that broken computer Noah. Why did human beings still like to fight among themselves so much that they had to destroy the entire human race? Will all civilizations be destroyed before they wake up? Looking at Xijia in front of him, this guy obviously understands that this is not a good thing. He doesn't dare to look at him when he is staring at him like this. He doesn't stop him but still helps. This This is already an act of aiding the tyrants, but any real person understands how to make money, and also understands that in this life, a person must know what to do and what not to do, otherwise he will be different from the beast.
"Brother Tao..."
Xiao Jinzi looked at Ma Tao and wanted to say something, but Ma Tao waved his hand to stop him. Staring at Xijia in front of him, Ma Tao slowly let go of his hand.
He knew that Xiao Jinzi was worried about the safety of Gao Han and the others. Needless to say, Ma Tao was also thinking about this issue, because Gao Han was a practitioner of qigong. Now, it was meaningless to continue pursuing the case here. Gao Han must be found as soon as possible. It's business to deal with them.
"What else do you know? I advise you to tell the truth. If I guess correctly, the Red Flame caravan you followed is probably already gone."
Ma Tao still looked at Xijia with a stern look, and pointed at the parked tanks. There were several tanks that Ma Tao had seen in the Red Flame Caravan, and the armor of those tanks were all stained. There were dark brown dried blood stains on them, and several of them had obviously experienced some kind of battle. They were covered in gunpowder smoke and looked quite tragic.
In fact, Ma Tao didn't trust this cunning little fat guy from the beginning. If necessary, Ma Tao didn't mind killing him. However, Ma Tao's eyes dodge when he saw this guy talking, knowing that he must have something to hide. of
"No more, really no more"
Xijia waved his hands quickly to show that he really said everything.
"You'd better not lie to us. The caravan you protected has been wiped out, and your credibility has been ruined. If nothing happens, you will never survive in Tower Town again."
Ma Tao's words were true. At that time, everyone in Tower Town knew how the people from the Red Flame Caravan left the town, and those who knew 'Iron Bucket Shield' Xijia must also know that he was the only one who returned home. There is no doubt that everyone knows what happened. A mercenary who only knows how to run away when faced with danger can escape unscathed. Which caravan or organization would dare to use it as the backbone of the mercenary he hired? Or do you think you died early enough?
After that, Ma Tao looked at the only small forest that allowed people to enter. It was surrounded by relatively thick trees. Only there was space to enter the oasis. Moreover, Ma Tao had already seen a thorn that had been chopped down by humans. Road, but the chariot cannot drive in unless all these trees are cut down. Even in this forest that is not very thick, the diameter of the trees is only ten or twenty centimeters away. With the chariot With the armor and power, it's okay to knock down one or two, but if there are more, then you have to hit them one by one. The only way is to walk in and find the garbage dump that you saw on the satellite map before. building, go find Gao Han and the others.
"Pack your things! Get ready to enter the oasis!"
Looking back at Xiao Jinzi, Ma Tao didn't
After Guan Xijia turned around and returned to his car, he took sisters Su Lanyu and Su Lanxi with him and prepared to go into the woods.
"You're not planning to go in, are you? Brother, it's obviously the place where the Creation Alliance belongs. If you trespass into the area marked by the Creation Alliance, are you going to die? How about? Let's go back to Tower Town and contact the Creation Alliance in the tower. Can't we communicate with the town's sub-contact point to resolve the issue? Are you declaring war with the Creation Alliance?"
Seeing that Ma Tao was planning to just rush in, Xijia quickly stopped him and gave him some persuasion.
"I don't care about the alliance or not. I only know that my team members' cars are here. We are a whole, and their safety is in my hands! Anyone who stops me is my enemy!!!"
Ma Tao pushed him away and walked resolutely to his chariot.
After hearing Ma Tao's words, Xijia, who was pushed aside, was stunned for a moment and stared blankly at Ma Tao's back as he returned to the chariot.
How many years had passed, Xijia couldn't remember when it started, and he could no longer see such a captain who could risk everything for his team members, and didn't even care about life or death. Suddenly, Xijia felt envious of those few captains. Ma Tao is going to rescue people. It is an honor to have such a team and such a captain, because they all know that no matter how dangerous the situation is, their captain will rescue them without hesitation. This is a kind of honor. Faith is also a force that can defeat everything.
Tell me, have you ever risked your life for others in your life? ! !
In a daze, Xijia remembered the captain who led him to practice a long time ago. At that time, he was still a half-grown boy who didn't understand anything. Recalling his last sad smile and the last words he left, Xijia My heart was touched again.
"Wait a minute!!!"
A voice came from behind, stopping Ma Tao's progress.
"Is there anything else?"
Ma Tao asked without looking back.
"I'll go with you"
After saying this, Xijia, whose actual age was over thirty, suddenly felt a sense of relief. It seemed that the fearless young man with a strong sense of justice was back.
Ma Tao turned around and glanced at the little fat man standing upright behind him in surprise, wondering why he made this decision.
"I have the obligation and responsibility to make up for the mistakes I made."
The honest smile once again appeared on the face of the little fat man Xijia. The bright smile even covered his eyes, but it could be seen that he was very happy.
Ma Tao nodded without saying anything, so he agreed.
"That... that... what should we do?"
At this time, Zhang San and the two women who had been nearby saw that this guy was about to leave, and they immediately became anxious. They all heard clearly that this oasis was obviously full of huge dangers, but they were the only ones left. Also unsafe.
"You can do whatever you want. From now on, you are free."
Ma Tao didn't bother to pay attention to them. In front of him, on his Merkava chariot, Su Lanxi had taken out all the things that belonged to the three of them and put them beside the chariot. crooked neck tree.
"I……"
Zhang San opened his mouth, first looked at the two bewildered women beside him, and then glanced at the surrounding dark depths of the forest. An inexplicable sense of fear came over him, Zhang San gritted his teeth, and then Said: "Master, don't abandon your humblest slave, I will go with you too!!!"
Having said that, Zhang San hurriedly chased Ma Tao, because he knew very well that there must be many dangers in the oasis, but it was obviously unsafe outside. All the capable people had left, and he could kill any monster that ran out of the forest. Compared with the lives of the few of them, it would be safer to follow Ma Tao. This is a matter of dying early and dying late. Besides, it is not necessarily possible to carry it by yourself. If you can survive, you can stay outside. , will definitely die.
"No...I won't go in..."
One of the women shook her head desperately when she heard how dangerous it was inside. She didn't want to die inside, so why not stay outside and wait for them? Why do you have to go in and take the risk?
"I also……"
Hearing that someone was about to stay, the brown-haired woman rolled her eyes. She was about to say that she didn't want to go either, but suddenly she saw a branch on the branch next to the woman who was rearing in front of her was actually twisting, as if it was alive. Come over and take a closer look, good guy, it turned out to be a snake with a dark brown body and some dark red irregular patterns. Its ruby-like eyes stared at the neck of the woman who was still on her hind legs, and spit out her own red snake. Nobuko.
Before the brown-haired woman could speak, the red-eyed snake with black and red patterns opened its mouth, revealing four sharp fangs inside, and bit the woman on the face.
"Ah~~~~"
The shrill screams instantly echoed through the entire oasis forest, startling several birds.
I saw the snake biting the woman's face. The woman pulled it with her hands in pain. This pull directly pulled the black-red snake with red eyes biting her face and threw it to the ground, tearing it apart. A large strip of flesh on the face was removed, revealing a bloody hole and the gums inside. The sight was terrifying and terrifying.
The direction in which the woman threw the snake happened to be towards Zhang San. The venomous snake fell to the ground, turned over, raised its triangular head high, and stared at Zhang San with its glowing red eyes. It bounced towards Zhang San. Three flew over at an astonishing speed.
Almost subconsciously, Xijia is the closest to Zhang San
He took out the dagger tied to his leg and shot it directly at the black-red red eye.
Xijia's movements were fast enough, the dagger was sharp enough, and his technique was quite fast and accurate. He hit the snake's head directly, pierced the head of the strange snake, and nailed it to the tree trunk with a thud.
"S~"
The black snake made a unique roar, and its body was still twisting, obviously not dead yet.
Looking at the woman, her face was already black and she was foaming at the mouth. Because there was a piece of flesh missing from her face, the foam mixed with blood flowed out from the inside. The woman stared with desperate and frightened eyes, and dark brown blood flowed from her eyelids. His whole body was stiff, and he lay there motionless, too dead to be dead anymore.
Everyone looked at the tree where the woman was attacked. Oh dear, there were many black and red venomous snakes with red eyes entangled in that tree. After a cursory glance, there were no less than twenty or thirty snakes. Not only this tree, but also the surrounding snakes. There were also some on several trees, all attracted by the dying cry of the snake. They all stared at the uninvited guests below with their ruby-like eyes, and some of them had already begun to climb down the trees.
This scene made the brown-haired woman swallow the second half of what she was about to say.
"I'll go with you too, take me with you!!!"
The woman's extremely miserable corpse was still cold. The brown-haired woman didn't want to follow in her footsteps, so she decided to follow Ma Tao and the others. At least she wouldn't be bitten to death by a snake now.
A grenade whirled and hit a tree trunk. With a bang, it exploded instantly. The flames engulfed the surrounding trees, as well as those black and red vipers with red eyes.
"Go quickly!!!"
Ma Tao noticed that the squeaking sounds of snakes were constantly coming from the surrounding woods. Apparently there were many more in the forest. His grenade could only slow down the movement of these snakes, but this was only for the recent one. The ones on a few trees, they had to get out before these snakes gathered.
Phew~~~
The secondary artillery fire dragon of the red Merkava tank spit out high-temperature flames and quickly swept the surrounding trees. Su Lanxi did not dare to continue using the fire dragon for fear of setting the forest on fire. The purpose was to disperse the surrounding trees. of those snakes.
Xijia glanced at the dagger he threw, hesitated for a moment, did not go to get it, and turned around to return to his chariot. Zhang San and the brown-haired woman hurriedly went to get what Su Lanxi had taken out, and brought everything they could. I took everything I had on and put on everything I could wear.
Ma Tao returned to the cockpit and put on the silver mecha. He checked his other equipment and confirmed that everything was fine. He brought his backpack with water and some food in it. After thinking about it, he took some more grenades. .
Sisters Su Lanyu and Su Lanxi have already packed up and will set off together when Ma Tao is done.
Two minutes later, everyone packed up and the seven people walked into the oasis woods.
Ma Tao, Xiao Jinzi and Su Lanxi all use rocket launchers. Ma Tao and Su Lanyu are also equipped with precious swords, which are cosmic meteorite swords. Only Su Lanyu only uses cold weapons, and the only equipment is the sword. However, she and Su Lanyu Ma Tao's swords were all cosmic iron knives, and they looked exactly the same. The two of them carried them on their backs, and they looked like a couple's sword. However, Su Lanxi didn't care about this.
Xiga's weapon is relatively unique. It is a secondary gun laser similar to the Little Golden Panther tank. It is just a smaller version and much weaker. It can only shoot a single shot and cannot continuously shoot the laser. It has a grenade launcher attached to it. Generally speaking, it is a relatively comprehensive weapon, and the defensive equipment is not bad. It is also equipped with silver mechas, silver helmets, etc., and its defensive power is not weaker than Ma Tao's own.
Ma Tao divided the grenades he took out from the tank between Zhang San and the brown-haired woman, which also gave them some means of self-protection. Of course, Ma Tao and the others are now wearing silver suits. A, as long as a powerful thing like a grenade does not hit the eyes directly, which is a weak point of protection, it basically does no harm to them. In fact, this kind of thing will do no harm to many boss-level monsters or monsters with thick defense and armor. It can already be ignored.
In addition to the grenades given by Ma Tao, Zhang San also had a pistol and a dagger. Among them, only the brown-haired woman was the weakest.
In fact, Ma Tao gave these grenades to the two of them not only to improve their attack power and fighting methods, but also to discard them as bait when necessary. After all, the power of several grenades exploding at the same time is even if they are wearing silver-clad mechas. I'm afraid the guy won't feel too good about it. Of course, Zhang San and the brown-haired woman are not unaware of Ma Tao's plan, but they can't help it. No, I'm afraid they will die faster if they encounter danger. They will also be abandoned. , having one more means of attack is a glimmer of hope. After all, it is impossible to let them die at the hands of some garbage monsters unless necessary. Ma Tao is just plotting, even if they clearly know the result. , but there is no way.
The seven people, while vigilant about the venomous snakes on the big trees around, started to move towards the oasis forest along the thorny road that had been artificially created. From time to time, some unknown small animals were startled, and they couldn't see what they were. The tense nerves have to be tightened.
However, the most unlucky ones are Zhang San and the brown-haired girl. The hard thorns growing in the forest will not have any impact on Ma Tao and others who only wear silver mechas, but they will have a big impact on them, right? It would scratch on it, seriously affecting the speed of movement. As a last resort, Ma Tao could only let them follow in the middle to avoid being caught in front and unable to move.
However, not long after entering the forest, the large building that should be a garbage dump was vaguely visible through the gaps in the dense forest.
