Chapter 332: Escape
The opponent chose to attack violently, which was beyond many people's expectations.
Where the hell is he?
Poisonous fog filled the air, snow and wind howled, and the pale light could no longer completely penetrate the jungle and could only barely illuminate the surrounding area.
“Huh…huh…”
The soldiers of Kaiba City wore gas masks, and their breathing sounded rough, especially when they were nervous.
They were all tense, clutching their weapons, surrounding the mechanical fortress, relying on the protection of the stance devices, and dared not go far.
Half a minute ago, two people had just walked into the poisonous fog area to investigate, but their gas masks were cut off and they fell in the poisonous fog. No matter how they shouted, there was no response.
Ding Yixiu said calmly, "My friend who has come from afar, this is my family affair, why do you want to interfere?"
Whoosh…
The brown mist rolled and snowflakes drifted. There was no one responding in the jungle, only the sound of the wind in the cold night.
Judging from the other party's behavior, he is most likely from the Zero Point Tavern.
As long as you enter the Zero Point Tavern, even if you were not a killer before, you will slowly learn some of the characteristics of a killer, such as stealth, weapon proficiency, variety, etc., and you will even begin to like the night.
These exploding poisonous mists not only threaten ordinary soldiers, but also act as smoke bombs, making it easier for killers to fish in troubled waters.
If his son hadn't been inside, Ding Yixiu could have called for air fire support to cover the entire area directly.
These killer tricks are still too insignificant in front of the Fire God Cult.
"Lord City Lord, what should we do?" A subordinate asked in a low voice in the fortress.
"Wait."
"My lord, how long do you need to wait? We will be ready."
"Wait for this poisonous fog to dissipate."
Ding Yixiu's expression remained unchanged. After giving an order, he said nothing more.
The soldiers below noticed that the city lord was in a bad mood and did not dare to ask any more questions. They could only wait together.
The wind in the jungle was very strong and the temperature was extremely low at night. We didn’t feel anything when we were active just now, but now that we have calmed down, everyone feels a little cold.
The snowflakes fell on the heavy combat uniforms and quickly piled up, forming a thin layer on the soldiers' clothes.
“Crack!”
Suddenly there was a sound of branches breaking.
Its direction was exactly the direction of the armored fortress that had just lost its stance device.
Since there was no starting position, the armored fortress could still run normally, but the soldiers operating the fortress all fell asleep.
Hearing the sound, the other three soldiers around the fort turned their weapons in unison and aimed them in that direction.
"Where are the enemies?"
The atmosphere instantly reached another tense peak, and everyone was waiting for the city lord's order.
But after waiting for a long time, Ding Yixiu still did not give any orders and remained silent standing on the fortress.
One of the subordinates couldn't help but ask, "Lord City Lord, do you want to send a few people over to take a look?"
Ding Yixiu shook his head: "Wait."
"yes."
The city lord has spoken, and everyone has no choice but to continue waiting.
And so, a few more minutes passed.
The wind and snow showed no sign of abating, but instead grew stronger, and it was gradually approaching one o'clock in the morning.
The sound of the wind in the forest was like the howling of a ghost, and it sounded extremely mournful. The trees and jungle were shaking, and the dead branches and leaves were falling. The noise was getting more and more, so much so that it was beyond the range that ordinary people could distinguish.
“Buzz…”
The wings of the drone in the sky were spinning rapidly, flying around and exploring.
Although Su Xia could not be seen, the figures of Ding Can and Tiezi were still in the field of vision of the drone. Both thermal imaging and life perception could show that they had not moved significantly and were still trapped in the center.
"The young master did not fall down. The man gave them the antidote." said the soldier operating the drone.
At the moment, they dare not leave the protection range of the stand device easily, so naturally they cannot capture Ding Can.
At this moment, several gunshots suddenly rang out.
"Pull-pull-pull--"
This is the sound of a gunshot after a silencer was installed. It is very special and the sound is not loud. Due to the interference of various noises, most soldiers could not distinguish it.
What really caught most people's attention was the crash of a drone in the sky.
“Boom…”
The energy modules of several drones were all hit, sparking and falling heavily to the ground, with no possibility of taking off in a short time.
The very few soldiers with psychic powers heard seven gunshots, corresponding to seven mobile drones in the sky.
In this environment, continuously hitting moving targets is much more difficult than in normal training.
"The gunshot came from over there!"
The soldiers who reacted quickly opened fire immediately. Based on their personal experience and judgment, they fired several shots in the direction where the gunshots came from without Ding Yixiu's instructions.
“Bang, bang, bang—”
That location is far away from Ding Can shown in the drone image, so these soldiers don't need to worry about anything.
Unfortunately, the bullets seemed to be swallowed by the darkness and did not seem to hit the opponent.
Just over ten seconds later, gunshots were heard from another direction.
This time there were six gunshots, and six more drones fell. Not a single shot missed, with amazing accuracy.
The drone operators immediately realized their negligence and reported to Ding Yixiu: "Lord City Lord, we didn't have time..."
"It's okay, let the remaining drones fly back." Ding Yixiu was not angry. This situation was foreseeable and he couldn't get angry with his subordinates because of it.
"yes."
Soon, the few remaining drones in the sky flew back into the fortress.
This small machine is powered by electricity and is not affected by psychic power. It can continue to be used if there is no unknown threat.
Although the drone's field of vision was lost, with the help of night vision equipment, everyone could still see Ding Can's figure in the poisonous fog.
"The young master hasn't moved."
"He sat down."
"The man next to him also sat down, as if he was waiting for something."
"It seems that they have great confidence in that person..."
“…”
Put yourself in their shoes. In this situation, everyone doesn’t know what to do. Once they are surrounded, they can only trust the strange third party.
The drones were forced to withdraw, what else would that person do?
As everyone was thinking about it, a louder sound suddenly came from behind them.
"quack……"
It seemed as if a tree was broken, and its heavy trunk slowly split open and fell in a certain direction, and a tearing sound reached everyone's ears.
Everyone's heart trembled, and they turned their guns away. The hands holding the weapons unconsciously tightened a lot. Even though their muscles were a little sore, they did not dare to relax at all.
They remained highly nervous, their nerves tense for a long time, and they dared not blink too often even though their dry eyes.
“Boom!”
The trees fell to the ground, creating a large cloud of crystal snow. The chaotic sound lasted for more than ten seconds.
Someone else asked, "Lord City Lord, should we go over and investigate?"
Ding Yixiu still shook his head: "Wait."
"OK."
“…”
"Lord City Lord, Team A02 sent a message saying they have lost their prey. It may be risky to go deeper into the mountains, so they plan to retreat."
"Let them withdraw."
"They applied to come over for support."
"No need." Ding Yixiu rejected the request for support. "Let them go back and rest, and tow back the two armored fortresses with damaged chassis."
"yes."
It stands to reason that more people will get things done more easily, so other teams should be called over, or even support could be called directly from the city, and a large force could be brought over to search the mountain.
As long as we surround this area and block the sky and the ground, there is no need to worry about Ding Can and others escaping.
But perhaps, as Ding Yixiu said, this is a family matter and it would be bad if it were made too big of a deal.
After all, it's not about catching the masked monster. Now there are so many outsiders in Kaiba City. If we make a big fuss, we will just be laughed at by others.
"Stay alert and continue to wait."
Ding Yixiu was very patient. He concluded that the other party had limited supplies and could not maintain this scale of poisonous fog for a long time.
As long as he can slowly consume the opponent until the last moment, he will still be the winner.
Just like that, more than ten minutes passed in a flash.
During this period, various noises continued to be heard around, mixed in with the howling wind and snow, which had a great impact on everyone.
If you remain highly alert for a long time, you will eventually get tired, both physically and mentally.
Fortunately, the poisonous fog gradually dissipated and the vision became clearer and clearer.
"Everyone, pay attention!"
They were extremely alert, their expressions focused, and their eyes quickly searched every inch of the area where the poisonous fog was dispersed.
As time passed, the area covered by the poisonous fog gradually expanded, and soon more than half of the area became clear, and the sleeping soldiers in the poisonous fog began to wake up one by one.
It is not a pleasant feeling to sleep in the mountains with strong winds and heavy snow without any protection.
Those who are in poor physical condition will probably catch a cold for a few days when they return home.
"What kind of poison is this? It made me sleep for so long. This is terrible..."
“A-choo!”
Someone sneezed and felt a little dizzy. He stood up unsteadily and reached out to hold on to the tree next to him.
Some people endured the discomfort and immediately became alert after waking up, staring at the surroundings with weapons in hand.
The poisonous fog dissipated more and more, revealing dead branches, fallen leaves, snow, and all kinds of messy footprints on the ground.
"The young master is still here. Get ready. Once the poisonous fog has basically dispersed, we will rush over and capture him."
"That person may have left."
"It's hard to say, maybe the poison has just run out..."
With the help of night vision equipment, it is not difficult to find that Ding Can and Tiezi are still in the area where the poisonous fog has not dissipated.
The soldiers who had woken up adjusted their states, held their weapons, and slowly surrounded them.
"Let's go take a look too."
Around the three fortresses, the soldiers protected by the position devices also planned to go over and encircle them.
But just as they were about to walk out of the fan-shaped stance, the voice of City Lord Ding Yixiu suddenly came from behind: "Stop, retreat."
"yes!"
No one dared to question. They retreated while being on guard, their movements steady and orderly.
At this time, Su Xia was standing in the area of the poisonous fog that had not yet dissipated.
Seeing this scene, his expression remained unchanged, and he said to Ding Can beside him in a deep voice: "You can go now. Your father is more cautious than you think."
"Thank you very much."
Ding Can thanked him sincerely, his tone full of sincerity.
During the ten minutes or so in the poisonous fog, he and Tiezi saw a lot of Su Xia's operations, and their hearts were already filled with the word "admiration".
They saw that Su Xia was making noise to create distraction while using his sword to cut a path through the spider-web-filled jungle. His breathing was steady and his movements were graceful, and he didn't seem to encounter any difficulties.
During this time, he even had time to build a snowman.
The soldiers were led around by him like fools.
If the poison fog lasted longer, the soldiers might have been worn down by exhaustion caused by the high tension.
A few minutes ago, after the escape route was successfully opened, Ding Can asked Su Xia: "Sir, can you lead most of the soldiers here and let them all fall asleep?"
When Su Xia asked why, Ding Can said, "As long as the soldiers are asleep, I can beat that old bastard up and make him call me daddy... and then I can leave after I'm done."
Su Xia thought this suggestion was okay, and since there was still time, she agreed.
He dispersed some of the poison mist to make the other side think that he had run out of poison, and tried to lure the soldiers around the fortress over.
But this plan was too crude after all, and Ding Yixiu was not a fool like Qi Lang. He was very alert and did not take the bait.
"Let's go."
Su Xia waved her hand and asked, "Is there anything else you want to say to your father?"
Ding Can shook his head: "Forget it. If we speak out now, they will be on guard and it will be inconvenient for us to escape."
"Yeah, not bad."
Su Xia nodded, then stretched out her hands, grabbed Ding Can with one hand and Tiezi with the other, and exerted a little force with her feet.
The boots of speed began to devour energy crazily, transforming it into unimaginable power.
"brush!"
The figures of the three people disappeared from the spot in an instant, and in the blink of an eye they were twenty or thirty meters away. Leaves fell on the ground and a gust of wind blew by.
At the same time, outside the poisonous fog, soldiers wearing night vision goggles screamed at the same time.
"The young master has disappeared!"
"No, it's just farther away."
"It disappeared again, and this time it's farther away!"
“…”
In just a few words, the two figures almost disappeared in the night vision goggles. How could this not be shocking?
The poisonous fog had not completely disappeared. If the soldiers wanted to chase, they could only go around from both sides. However, there were jungles covered with spider webs on both sides, making it quite troublesome to get out.
This spider web will automatically degrade after a few hours, and the process can be accelerated using corresponding degradation shells.
But everyone knew that at their speed, by the time the degradation was over, the opponent would have disappeared.
"what to do?"
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
Should we let those soldiers who were still wearing gas masks chase them? But without the protection of the stance device, they would just be the enemy's prey.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Ding Yixiu, hoping that the city lord could give some advice.
But Ding Yixiu remained silent and stood quietly on the fortress. No one knew what he was thinking.
Finally, a cold wind blew and the only remaining poisonous fog dissipated.
What appeared in front of everyone was a passage that was torn apart by force. The left and right sides of the passage were full of broken silk threads, and many branches were chopped off. There were some footprints on the ground leading to the darkness in the distance.
Next to the passage, there is a crooked snowman with a grin, as if laughing at everyone.
“Bang!”
Half a leaf flew and hit Ding Yixiu's mask, making a crisp sound.
One of the subordinates asked cautiously: "Sir City Lord, shall we continue the operation?"
Ding Yixiu calmly wiped away the leaves, shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's go back."
"yes."
The soldiers breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the news.
There were vast mountains and dense forests ahead, and it was also a dark night with endless snow and wind. With just these few people, it was really difficult to search for a few psychic creatures.
Now the important thing is to return to the camp, drink some hot soup and have a good sleep.
Not long after, the armored fortresses in the mountains and forests began to return one after another.
…
At this time, Su Xia was resting with the two of them deep in the jungle.
Neither of them could withstand the long-term high-speed movement, especially without any support on their backs. Their spines were almost broken, and they had to stop to rest.
"call……"
After stopping, the strong man Tiezi's face turned pale. He held on to a big tree and seemed to be about to vomit. He looked very uncomfortable.
Ding Can's situation was not much better. He sat on a piece of dead wood, his chest heaving. He rested for a long time without saying a word.
When the two had rested for a while, they looked at each other, exchanged glances, and then observed Su Xia out of the corner of their eyes.
Who is this mysterious man?
Why save them?
What's your intention?
Many questions flashed through the two people's minds, but after all, the other party had done them a favor, so it was not convenient for them to ask directly.
Ding Can hesitated for a while, and finally spoke: "Is this gentleman from the Zero Point Tavern?"
Su Xia smiled faintly: "Yes, we have met before."
"I have seen it before?" Ding Can was startled. "My memory is not very good. Can you please tell me clearly, sir?"
If he had really seen such a great master, he would definitely remember it.
Ding Can's mind instantly flashed with the strangers he had met and communicated with during this period. He looked at Su Xia again, compared them, and slowly locked onto a figure.
Could it be... that person?
His heart moved, and he remembered the visitor from Coral City who smelled of blood in the refugee resettlement house yesterday.
