Chapter 5 Fatal Run (Part 2)
From the perspective of the drone, under the sky, the remains of dozens of floors of buildings were covered by snake-like yellow ivy, and the canopy of giant trees of the same height spread out in all directions.
The dense metal leaves are like solar panels in a circle; the air smells of burning electrical appliances, which is the mechanical biochemical beast secreting artificial proteins.
As the camera rotates, the drone's field of view continues to zoom in. In the gaps in the forest, you can clearly see tree roots digging into the cement ground of the old city, crushing various metal scraps like a large mixer, and then Absorb with newly grown metal pipes.
Metal, cement, and plant roots are wonderfully and strangely integrated.
When the drone flew over a communication tower, the lightning rod on the top of the tower suddenly turned in a circle and slowly opened. It was a sword-leaf-shaped metal flower engraved with 'Iron Tower Co., Ltd.'
‘Abnormal signal access’
‘Abnormal signal access’
‘Signal interruption’
‘Signal interruption’
Two of the propeller nozzles of a drone suddenly lost control, causing its flight trajectory to become erratic and eventually plunge into the forest.
The next moment, predators swarmed into action. The iron-clad rats crawled out of the sewer as fast as lightning. The metal pulleys that replaced the feet seemed to be self-driving pulley shoes from a certain high-tech brand.
The Turbine Spider followed closely behind. As a medium-sized reproductive life, it is three meters long and two meters high. It has three pairs of large mechanical claws, its tentacles are like steel knives, and the radioactive spider eyes on its head are like The large searchlights emit strong light that rotates constantly, forcing back the food-grabbing colleagues.
The sharp siren sounded, and the car's front horse crashed along the highway, pushing away the car wreckage on the highway from time to time.
But the predators in the tree took the lead. A dozen bird-shaped semi-mechanical creatures swarmed up. The beaks like electric drills skillfully drilled open the shell of the drone and bit off the wires on the engine. The machine completely stopped working.
What follows is a gluttonous feast. The metal shell is like a snack, the circuit is exciting and smooth, the chip is nutritious, the battery is the most popular, and the motor is hard to chew but chewy.
The camera was finally snatched by the bionic gecko and inserted into its neck. The electronic patterns on the bionic leather lit up, as if some kind of special pairing was going on. Soon the camera lit up. It was regarded as being laid off and re-employed. .
The other two drones saw this and immediately climbed upwards. However, when the following drone bypassed a twin tower, the 'creepers' on the surface of the building suddenly opened up like snake scales. Ups and downs regularly.
The ‘creeper’ transmits biological signals into a building composed of fiber optics, databases and input devices.
‘Electronic matching’
'Signal conversion in progress'
'Virtual invasion in progress'
The predecessor of the Twin Towers should be a television station with a total of 23 floors. With the connection of the ivy, the dust-laden backup motor suddenly When it is running, the sound in the computer room is loud; from the top to the bottom of the building, screens one after another are opened, and what is played is not advertisements, but pictures of drones flying.
In the TV station, there seem to be countless transparent staff debugging equipment, confirming programs, and editing videos.
Finally, in front of a suicide corpse, the screen suddenly lit up.
"...Sky law enforcers launched a rectification, issued regulations to strengthen the safety management of 'low, slow and small' aircraft such as civilian drones, and established eight types of control areas including municipalities. Except for special approval, it is prohibited..."
As the video played, the drone behind it trembled violently, suddenly changed its direction, and slowly landed on the upper floors of the Twin Towers.
Then, the picture on the screen seemed to have pressed the rewind button. Starting from the Twin Towers, the 'drone' flew upside down from the roof of the building and went straight to an underground fortification somewhere.
An underground control center in a certain air-raid shelter
A staff member's expression changed, and his ten fingers suddenly split open and turned into structures similar to spider claws. The fingertips moved at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye. Typing on the keyboard.
And the big screen in front of him turned red instantly.
'Data anomaly, data anomaly——'
'The flight signal was captured, the virus invaded, and the first layer of defense was destroyed——'
"How to reply What happened? How could a virus invade and our actions be discovered by the machine master?" The middle-aged man who looked like a supervisor changed his face and asked in surprise.
“No, the monitoring station in the city found no signs of the mechanical corps being dispatched.”
"This virus type is not a common corporate virus."
Another employee also explained that a device similar to a headset was hanging on his head. The 'headphones' were embedded in the ear holes, and the insertion could be vaguely seen. A small loop of wire for the ear hole.
In the city that never sleeps, this device is called a 'network access warehouse'. The Knights lack the technical accumulation in this area. The military technology of the old era can only access the World Wide Web and cannot connect to the cyber network; what they use now, They are all refurbished machines purchased on the black market.
This kind of refurbished machine has no power to fight back against enterprise viruses controlled by advanced AI.
“It seems to be a wild electronic virus transformed by some kind of biological signal.”
The supervisor immediately breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the wild virus was still within the scope of their treatment.
More importantly, the 'Hydra' plan has not been discovered and is still proceeding smoothly. "Find out the source and why the drone appeared in that place." The supervisor said with some anger.
"Location confirmed, 213.313.511, Ebetsu City in the pre-civilization era; the mission level is 'Knight' level, it is a wanted mission temporarily issued by the top management."
A staff member paused and said with some awe: "It's the Iron Knight-Flag!"
The last drone is still completing its mission faithfully. Unfortunately, there are too many enemies in this concrete jungle.
Soon, a black shadow shot out from the forest at an extremely fast speed, as if tearing the air apart. After the sonic boom, there was another explosion, flames scattered, and drone fragments fell from the sky.
In a block with countless 'red lanterns' floating around, the blood carpet on the ground slowly swam, climbing up high-rise buildings, swarming onto elevated buildings, sweeping away every creature that invaded the block, and finally gathered in the center , the swimming blood covered the surface of the blood carpet, as if it were the hem of a noble lady's skirt.
The 'lady' in the center of the blanket is a monster nearly three meters tall, composed of white bones and flesh and blood. Countless nerve bundles make up her hair, and at the end of the hair, hanging The head of a mechanical hunter.
If you turn on the radiation detector, you will be able to observe that the amount of radiation in this neighborhood is terrifying, and it is infinitely close to the center of a nuclear explosion.
"You even dare to intrude into the territory of the A-level Scarlet Queen. You are really taking off your pants and farting. You are looking for death!"
[Mission completed, reward 1500 experience points]
Just like the iron sand desert is not a real desert, The oasis is not green, it is more like a small town with complete facilities. The residents here are complex, including fugitives from the Mechanical City, mercenaries from the factory, natives of the iron sand desert, artificial synthetics with forbidden modifications, and people who believe in Turingism. Metal Preacher.
There are no good people here, it can even be said that there are no "people". All the residents have implants visible to the naked eye. Their weapons and organs are mechanized. Everyone looks extremely difficult to mess with.
And those who can safely open a store here are definitely ruthless characters at the town market level.
The owner of Rose Gasoline Bar is a woman, and she is a very beautiful woman. Her fiery red hair is like burning flames, her emerald eyes are used to looking at people through their wavy hair, and her hot upper body is unabashedly wrapped in high-elastic tights. In the vest, a large amount of white skin is exposed on the chest, and a coquettish black rose blooms on the waistline of the vest.
Rose Gasoline Bar provides all kinds of drinks, bionic prostitutes, virtual experience machines, psychotropic drugs, small body repair and transformation, agency sales and killer services.
At this moment, Black Rose was standing behind the bar, casually mixing a glass of margarita, listening to the bragging, showing off, and the occasional greedy glances from various guests.
Many people come here to hunt for gold every year, including many powerful prosthetic transformers, but there are fewer and fewer familiar faces. Ninety-nine percent of them stay here forever. In the radiation zone, only a few lucky people will earn enough mechanical coins in exchange for an admission ticket to the city that never sleeps, to enjoy a life like a human being.
Most of the time, Black Rose watched with cold eyes as these idiots jumped from the radiation zone into the more dangerous urban hell.
The monsters in the city eat people but don't spit out bones!
However, some idiots are quite cute, and it would be a pity to die.
"Have you heard? The factory's goods were intercepted in the Great Rift Valley."
Among the messy news, one piece of news caught her attention.
“Whoever dares to intercept the factory’s goods is seeking death!”
"I don't know, maybe some stowaways took risks."
"These people are looking for death, so don't hurt us."
A strong man with a metal arm laughed:
"It's not all bad. The factory is so wealthy that it may be able to earn a large bounty!"
"Indeed, my exoskeleton should have been replaced a long time ago. The goods in the city are sold here. , increased tenfold, those stupid corporate vampires”
Black Rose raised her slender brows upwards, drank the Margarita in one gulp, and with her eyes motioned to the bartender not far away to take her place, she strode to the back door.
In addition to providing alcohol service, the Gasoline Bar can also provide night reservations. After all, some activities are more suitable to be carried out at night; Black Rose usually lives in the basement of the bar, where there is enough wine.
However, few people know that Black Rose has another stronghold, which was formerly an abandoned factory and has now been transformed into a garage, where various styles of motorcycles she collected are placed.
Wine and heavily modified motorcycles are the two things this woman likes the most.
As soon as the door opened, the strong smell of blood hit her face. Black Rose's expression did not change at all, and she directly opened the switch.
The next moment, under the dazzling searchlights, a strange and shabby off-road vehicle appeared. Three of the four tires were blown out, and there were countless scratches and bullet marks on it.
There was a wild man lying in the car. The man was blind in one eye, had a broken hand, and was holding half a cigarette.
"Here it comes."
Black Rose glanced around and said calmly: "Who allowed you to drive this kind of garbage into my garage."
High The worker smiled bitterly and said, "Sister Rose, can you stop talking about the car in a hurry and save people first?"
"If I die, wouldn't you lose a car?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the senior engineer tilted his neck and fell into a coma completely.
[Mission completed, reward 1500 experience points]
(End of this chapter)