"Adela, have you figured out what to do when we return to the East Region?"
Zhou Jinru looked at Adela's hand holding the reins. There was a ring on her index finger, which turned out to be on Wasim's hand.
The most difficult thing for him to understand in this plot was why the faction members were fighting in the Temple of Reason, and in the end only Adela was left alone.
"Do you suspect that I killed so many people?"
Zhou Jinru didn't want to deny it, and said sincerely: "When I saw you, the sword in your hand was stained with blood, and you were full of evil spirits. And you were the only survivor present."
He didn't go on, the meaning was very clear, it was only you and you could have killed the others.
"I can't answer your question."
Adela refused to answer the question. She held a token of the faction in her hand. The Eastern District was leaderless. If she wanted to have the right to speak, it depended on what she did.
Zhou Jinru shrugged: "All I can do now is trust you."
The carriage sped along the masonry road, and in the distance, the light mist dispersed, revealing a bridge across the Sega River.
This bridge was not that easy to pass. Zhou Jinru was mentally prepared. Just as he was thinking about what would happen, suddenly, four huge steam mechas over three meters tall rushed out from the houses on both sides of the road. A large amount of white mist was spraying out from the steam pipe behind the mecha.
"careful!"
He only had time to remind him when he saw a steam mecha on the side jump up. It was hard to imagine that such a huge and heavy metal body could jump so high!
Its high-raised metal limbs hit the carriage carriage in the air. The terrible force caused the wooden carriage with steel frame to collapse. The carriage chassis instantly fell into pieces. The two horses pulling the carriage forward were hit by this unbearable force. The force of resistance flew away, and he fell heavily to the masonry ground, with hot blood spraying from his mouth!
"This is a siege steam mecha!"
As early as the moment the steam mecha appeared, Adela let go of the reins and ran away to the side of the carriage. She rolled around on the ground and half-knelt in front of her.
Without the blessing of Ms. Dawson, she is now no different from an ordinary person, not even having a shield value.
However, in this era, Zhou Jinru had hardly seen the shield value. He accelerated and jumped out of the car and stepped aside, just in time to separate from Adela on both sides of the road.
The steam mecha that destroyed the carriage had no time to turn back, but the other three steam mechas did not stand and watch the show, but came straight to Zhou Jinru and Adela. Because Zhou Jinru was an adult male, the two steam mechas ran towards him in unison.
Zhou Jinru pursed his lips, drew out his swords, and stared at one of the steam engines. His emotional perception had already revealed the location of the pilot.
Boom boom!
The pulleys on the steam mecha's lower limbs rotated at high speed, and a steam mecha raised its forelimb chain saw high, with a diameter of thirty centimeters and an exaggerated length of four meters, and smashed it towards Zhou Jinru's face.
Zhou Jinru, who only had two sabers, seemed to be weak, and his flesh and blood body was no match for steel. If he was scratched a little by the chain saw, he would suffer severe trauma even if his hands and feet were not broken.
Zhou Jinru remembered something for no reason. When he was in Saint-Aral, a pilot who had driven a steam mecha in Victoria told him that these gadgets were not only used by Victorians, but also had similar intelligent machines in abandoned cities. , will also rush up shouting loyalty.
The metal chain made a loud clicking sound, and a large amount of mist spewed out from the pipe behind the mecha. The steam mecha rushed over like lightning, with a huge sound and a roar that could make people's hearts tremble. Fighting with this kind of thing does not require a strong will. , had long been frightened and fled in all directions.
It is impossible to run over the pulley with two legs, and the consequences of escaping are destined to be extremely miserable.
"Perhaps this is how the Gauls lost the battle?"
Zhou Jinru quietly accelerated the subjective time delay to the fastest speed, and everything in front of him was in slow motion, including the steam mecha that was very close at hand, stretching out its forelimbs in a funny and ridiculous way, like inviting a dance partner to dance.
It is true that the steam mecha cannot compete with the body, but the pilot hidden inside the mecha is still flesh and blood. If he is a flesh and blood body, he will be injured, if he is a human, he will be afraid, and he can also be hit by mental shock.
After such a long period of testing, Zhou Jinru has a sufficient understanding of the characteristics of mental shock. When he locks his eyes on the target, the mental shock will hit the opponent. The same can be done with emotional perception, even if there is a layer of metal or a Build a masonry wall.
The maximum stun time of mental shock is ten seconds. People with weak mental will may fall into mental collapse. On the contrary, people with strong will will have the stun time greatly reduced. In addition, they will also be affected by distance, racial resistance, spell resistance. What is surprising is that even under severe weakness, after the mental shock hits the target, it will cause a stun time of at least one second. It is impossible to be immune and unable to resist, even if Tallulah is hit in the undead state. One shot will also cause dizziness for a second.
Zhou Jinru's eyes locked on the steam mecha pilot closest to him, and he immediately launched a mental attack. The pilot who was controlling the mecha to rush towards him suddenly went dark and lost his consciousness. At the same time, the steam mecha also deviated from its direction and crashed into the roadside. In the store, the huge body not only broke through the wall, but even the second-floor building collapsed, burying the metal monster underneath.
This time, it was just the same old trick.
Zhou Jinru had done this in St. Aral, and the effect was outstanding. However, after the mental shock, it took thirty seconds to activate again.
"Adela!"
He turned his face and saw Adela on the opposite side narrowly dodging the attack of the steam mecha. She bent her knees and slid over the lower limbs of the three-meter-tall steam mecha, and slashed at the opponent's exhaust pipe with her long sword. The blade immediately curled up, but the blow was not without effect. The sword with the curled-up blade had the effect of a blunt instrument, and immediately dented the exhaust pipe.
Zhou Jinru had no time to think too much, because another steam mecha had already rushed towards him. The same model, the same attack method. Open and close, overwhelming the enemy with pure power was the fighting method of these iron lumps.
"It's a good thing these things aren't loaded with heavy firepower modules."
Zhou Jinru remembered that steam mechas had these things, but he didn't know that they hadn't started to be used in this era. When faced with a steam mecha, he had no intention of giving in. Instead of retreating, he advanced towards the steam mecha.
The pilot controlling the mecha was very happy at this scene. Unexpectedly, this man did not get scared and ran away, but instead walked towards him.
Behind Zhou Jinru, an illusory figure appeared, suspended in the air, with a weird smile on his face.
boom!
The steam mecha slammed into him with its amazing power and solid body. The pilot's expression froze instantly. In his mind, the stupid guy should have been run over by his car, leaving him bloody and screaming. It's better to die miserably!
but!
"What kind of monster is this?!"
I saw an illusory figure raising its arms, and its outstretched fingers tightly grasped the shell of the steam mecha. The fingers were like sharp drill bits, actually buckled into the metal shell!
"If not, how can I scare you?!"
The illusory figure released his right hand and lifted the multi-ton steam mecha with just one hand. No matter how hard the pilot struggled with the mecha's limbs, it was to no avail.
"No! Impossible! How could there be such a monster!"
The pilot's eyes were red and he roared hysterically. Everything he did was in vain!
"too weak!"
boom!
There was a loud noise, and the huge steam mecha flew into the air, and fell heavily to the ground. Its limbs shook a few times, and the last puff of white mist spewed out of the steam pipe, completely losing power.
On the front of the mecha, a large piece was deeply dented, and the illusory figure suspended in mid-air was still making uppercut movements.
"Monster! Monster!"
The citizens who witnessed what happened made panicked sounds and stumbled away, spreading fear to more people.
Someone can actually knock away a steam mecha with one punch. What is it if it's not a monster? !
The steam mecha that was still attacking Adela suddenly stopped attacking and slowly retreated a distance. Suddenly, it noticed the man in a black coat looking over and suddenly accelerated its speed. The rotating pulley crushed the brick road to pieces. He ran at a faster speed and disappeared.
"Doctor, is it really appropriate for you to do this?"
Ming Yuexin watched his shadow slowly disappear and couldn't help but muttered.
Zhou Jinru shook his head: "It's a sitcom anyway. It won't have much impact if you make a scene. Sometimes the purpose of showing your fists is not to provoke more enemies. This is Victoria. There are too many smart people. They know How to do."
"But this will cause a more terrifying chain reaction in the sitcom. If the overall strength of one party is too strong, the other party will be strengthened as the plot develops, always keeping both parties in a state of even rivalry."
Zhou Jinru noticed that Adela lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking. He replied in a low voice: "The faction has just lost so many leaders. There are no more than five people who can get on the stage, and Adela is one of them. Now that the faction has been weakened so much, it should be strengthened. My own strength cannot mean anything. The protagonist of the whole drama is Adela."
"Have you forgotten that Adela has Dawson? You encountered such a strong resistance when escaping from the Temple of Reason. It is because the system that controls the development of melodrama is balancing the power gap between the two parties."
Zhou Jinru was stunned. What Ming Yuexin said made sense. There was a pursuit, a cavalry attack, and the steam mecha attack that just happened. In theory, such a powerful force should not be targeted at just two people.
He asked in astonishment: "How strong is that Adela Dawson?"
If you include the humanoid shadows he summoned, God knows what the next wave of attacks will be like.
"I don't know. Victoria has a lot of cards. After throwing one away, there is another one. The knights and steam mechas as regular combat units have already appeared. The next step should be the special forces. Now there is no transportation. The last three kilometers will be It’s extremely difficult to walk.”
Zhou Jinru laughed and said: "No matter how difficult it is to leave, we have to leave. Do I have to give up here?"
At this time, Adela had also come to her senses and looked at Zhou Jinru with a very complicated expression. She picked up the curled long sword at her feet and said slowly: "Are you still prepared to continue like this?"
"why not?"
She got a rhetorical question, even though he was attacked multiple times, the man showed no intention of backing down.
Adela closed her eyes: "It will be very dangerous next. It's too late for you to leave now."
"Adela, to be honest, we have experienced so much together, and I thought we knew each other well enough." Zhou Jinru handed over the long knife in his hand, "You know, I promised you that I would never It’s a man’s promise to go back on his word.”
Ming Yuexin muttered: "Men's promises usually have no good results."
Zhou Jinru ignored Ming Yuexin's trouble and continued: "Let us continue to move forward until we can't walk anymore. No matter where we go, at least we will walk together."
Adela's eyes flickered and she took a deep breath: "Okay, let's move on."
Having lost the carriage and the horse, they could only move forward on their legs. Fortunately, the distance of three kilometers was not too far. After leaving the main road, they got into the small alleys on both sides of the road and walked on the winding gravel path. His breath calmed down, and Zhou Jinru felt that his physical strength had recovered a lot.
Whether it is subjective time delay or summoning a humanoid shadow, it consumes a lot of his physical strength, and the burden on his body increases step by step.
"where you go?"
After walking a few steps, Adela suddenly ran away alone and came back quickly. She was holding some cold food, including bread, dried fruits, and two red sausages.
Zhou Jinru asked curiously: "Where did you find it?"
"What I just saw," Adela laughed at herself, "Don't forget, I was caught and imprisoned by your girlfriend for stealing food."
Zhou Jinru immediately stopped and took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket: "It's better to leave enough money and treat it as our purchase. People in the Western Region are relatively wealthy and will not fight due to lack of food."
Adela snorted and said: "You are still so old-fashioned. Don't worry, I have already given you the money. I won't take other people's things for nothing."
"I can rest assured that."
The two people quickly divided the food to satisfy their hunger and provide the body with the energy it needed.
Ming Yuexin very considerately speeded up Zhou Jinru's recovery after eating, which moved Zhou Jinru deeply.
Adela swallowed the last piece of red sausage, purred with satisfaction, and said slightly curiously: "To be honest, I really want to know how you maintain a good relationship with your 140 girlfriends."
Zhou Jinru glanced at her: "Do you really believe it?"
"I see this happening."
"I'm just kidding, let alone 140, just 4. They could tear me apart. I was just thinking about it."
"Oh, you have heart, but you don't have courage?"
