Returning from the abyss

Chapter 378 Temporary Ceasefire
Cherron County and Nimophis fell into a stalemate. Although the two sides have not yet decided the winner, Cherron County already understands that he has lost.

"You don't seem to be worried about your subordinates at all." Cheron County took a few steps back, taking the initiative to give up his distance advantage.

"Oh? That's not necessary. After all, the survival of the mercenary is my own business, and I'm not some kind of parent." Nimorphos didn't pursue, and raised his chin slightly to look at Cheron County. Death, at most, we will help revenge if we have the opportunity in the future, I wonder if this kind of education is also popular among you nobles?"

"It's amazing that someone like you appears among the mercenaries."

"Humph."

Nimophis raised his hand and shot a crossbow arrow. Cheron County raised his eyebrows slightly, jumped away from the crossbow arrow with a sword, and pulled the invisibility cloak to cover his whereabouts.

"It's true that I can't beat you in a head-to-head duel, but I don't need to either."

"You didn't do it from the start, precisely because the nobility bore the shackles of pride."

Seeing Cheron County disappear, Nimorphes immediately knew what he was going to do.He put his thumb and forefinger in his mouth and blew a loud whistle. In an instant, Hofinger, Dougrey and others immediately gave up on the opponents in front of them, broke away from the battle and rushed back to Nimorphes.

"Boss! We can win!" Dougray yelled, "Just two more minutes!"

"It's a pity that I can't give you 2 minutes, and I can't guarantee our victory this time. Those who ambushed us are not ordinary people." Nimorphos narrowed his eyes and watched the movement around him, "It should be a temporary retreat now..."

At this moment, Samuana and Naim who were chasing up, Lu Ning and Chadley who opened the door, all the people present suddenly heard a voice.

[The fourth trap is triggered, repeat, the fourth trap is triggered.The crisis "Rust" has been triggered, and the normal countdown will not stop during the crisis. Please pay attention to wipe it out as soon as possible! 】

Lu Ning's first reaction was to check the interface of the instrument.

[Trap Crisis No. [-]: Rust
Bosses: Chainsaw, Cutting Wheel, Rivet

Servant: Lumberjack (0/15)]

Sure enough, this thing will jump in the queue, but who is it...

The surrounding walls began to fade away from the original cold metallic color, and turned into mottled rust marks. The mixed colors seemed to coat the whole world with a layer of camouflage, but it was very uncomfortable for the eyes.These rust spots did not cover the wall, but spread out one by one. Lu Ning realized something the moment the rust spots stopped spreading, and immediately dragged Chadley away from the rusty door that she had just come out of. .

A piercing saw sound came from behind, and a pitch-black "chimney" appeared behind him at some point.If Lu Ning's reaction was a little slower, the rusty sawtooth would probably cut her and Chadley in half.

There are three such "chimneys" in the entire courtyard.They have the same chassis as a flying saucer. The black column on the top of the cylinder is about one and a half meters high, and eight mechanical arms pop up around them, controlling chainsaws, axes, machetes, nail guns, hammers, flamethrowers, rope guns and Serrated disk.

"What the hell is this!" Hofinger's roar came from a distance.

"Use your brains! These are obviously obsolete tools!" Dougrey shouted loudly.

Samuana had also come to Lu Ning's side. At the same time, Chelun County took off the hat of the Invisibility Cloak not far in front, and shouted sharply, "Stay away from that thing!"

"Cheron County, I think we can..."

"No! The danger of that thing is completely unknown! Chadley! Light the candle!"

"Cheron County! Our strength has improved a lot, a pile of broken copper..." Naim also ran over, holding a ghost-headed sword, obviously wanting to test the strength of this machine.

"That's courting death! You never know what Rawls will put in it—"

Before Cheron County finished speaking, black smoke rose from the top of the "chimney", and the whole machine began to shake violently, and then accelerated and cut towards Lu Ning and Chadley who were closest to him in an instant!

"Go aside."

Lu Ning kicked Chadley, who was in a hurry to light the candles, aside, and then stretched out her hand to release the table that had been put away to block the attack of the logging machine.Of course, the poor table didn't have much effect, and was chopped into pieces by the pile of metal weapons in an instant, but Lu Ning also took advantage of the time when those weapons cut the table to avoid the frontal collision.

"It seems that you are in some trouble?" Nimorphes's slightly rising voice came from the other side, and they also happened to bump into a logging machine, and they were also caught in a bitter fight.

"You guys are not much better." Cheron County replied calmly, dodging a shot that shot his own nails, "Maybe we won't need to do it."

"I have a good idea to get rid of these three iron guys, do you want to hear it?" Nimorphos suggested.

"If you want to say that you put these things in a portable waist bag, I suggest you first consider whether there will be fewer limbs." Lu Ning said angrily, "It's hard to say whether the volume of this thing exceeds one cubic meter."

"Lu! Lu!"

Maoyou yelled loudly and ran back from the other side, followed by the third logging machine, and this guy was miraculously uninjured, just rolling in the snow in embarrassment to avoid the nails fired from behind him from time to time, Ping Na Walking out from the back of the house, Maoyou's face froze when she saw her. She had suffered several injuries, and now is the time when she is most resentful.

However, Naim was the most excited one at this time. While Cheron County was dealing with the logging machine, he turned around and rushed towards Maoyou.

"Let me meet this guy—huh?"

As soon as he started running, the logging machine immediately stretched out its mechanical arm holding the rope gun, and hit him with a two-section chain tied with iron balls.

Naim dodged the iron chain by squatting down, and the sprinting stopped. The target of the logging machine shifted back to Maoyou again, dancing those murderous weapons and continued to catch up.

"The logic of this action..."

Lu Ning had already arrived next to Ping Na. The three logging machines were being handled by someone at this time, and she was able to carefully observe the actions of each machine.After all, mechanical things do not have intelligence, and if these are really tools, the behavioral logic will not be very complicated.

For example, it will give priority to Cherron County to attack after Lu Ning dodges, or for example, while blocking Naim, its target is always locked on Maoyou.

"It's not distance, it's not strength, they have their own judgment criteria...etc."

Lu Ning looked at Nimorpheus' team.

The robot's main target was Hofinger, but the most threatening Nemorphus was not targeted.Hofinger should not hold higher-level props than Nimorpheus, so the level and quantity of props are also not the criteria for judging.

Then the standard is...

Lu Ning began to silently count her heartbeat, waiting for it to gradually return to calm.

People who are vigorously active are preferentially attacked.

Maoyou has been running fast after seeing the logging machine, Hofinger is the one who fights the most fiercely among the mercenary members, and Cheron County is constantly relying on the invisibility cloak to change positions during the battle with Nimorpheus. Vigorous physical activity.

"We have to calm down." Lu Ning said to Ping Na, "The robot's first attack sequence is those who have undergone strenuous exercise or are currently exercising. Although it is not clear what the basis for the judgment is, this is the only commonality." .”

"Yes, but we also..."

"Everyone has experienced battles, but to different degrees. Aunt Pinna, you just need to calm down now. Maoyou is not someone you can rely on in battle. I think you should have understood this long ago." Lu Ning said, "Now is a crisis."

"I understand." Ping Na nodded slowly, but it's not clear whether she really understood.

The rusted saw blades left scars on the ground and walls, and as the logging machinery attacked, the surrounding walls continued to show rust marks.The trap attack was more targeted than a normal crisis. It was specially placed in these places where there were people. Fortunately, the three bosses were not thrown here.

"Using a portable waist bag to contain it directly is indeed a solution, but..." Lu Ning glanced at Nemorpheus. The person who made this suggestion has not actually done it, and obviously has the same concerns as herself.

At this time, she felt that her heartbeat and physical condition had almost returned to normal, so she took out the monster box.

She has already used up three places, but there is no need to be stingy in order to deal with the immediate crisis.

"Lu! Help!"

Over there, Naim was unable to get close due to various disturbances. Maoyou finally got a nail on his leg, and ran to Lu Ning with his face covered in snow.

"That depends on your luck." Lu Ning glanced at Maoyou, took a deep breath, raised her hand and shot an arrow, the logging machine raised its ax to block the arrow, and then twisted the nozzle of the flamethrower to this direction.

"Everyone dodges."

Lu Ning ran to the house at the end of the courtyard. Maoyou rolled in the snow, and the pillar of fire passed over his head, burning a scorched black mark on the rusted metal wall.Lu Ning's running was still not enough to attract the judgment of the logging machine, Mao You yelled and rushed into the door, and the rusty door fell, blocking the two nails.

His sense of survival and luck were surprisingly good. After the gate separated the two sides, the logging machine immediately stopped in place, and then slowly turned to the direction where Lu Ning was running.All of this was naturally seen by Lu Ning. She didn't stop, but continued to run away. The machine finally locked Lu Ning between Lu Ning and Chelun County. come up.

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Compared to the strenuous efforts of people like Lu Ning, those who triggered the trap were much more relaxed.

In the corridor of the Summer Garden, Rosa threw aside a piece of scrap iron that was stuck on the warhammer. Under her feet was a pile of smashed fragments. The chimney-like main body of the logging machine had become Strange geometry, the UFO-shaped base has completely turned into a pie.Not only this, there is also a logging machine in the same miserable shape behind Rosa.

She rubbed her belly, then took a bite out of a sandwich packed in a meal box from her coat pocket, and asked the person in front of her, "You guys triggered the trap?"

Across from her, Helena smiled and nodded.

Kanzaki Takaya and Huo Zhaonan each held a shield and a heavy ax to deal with the last logging machine carefully. Mayuri still stood by and watched. Rosa looked at the strange cooperation of these people and took a second to make a decision. Don't think about what's wrong with these people.

"You don't look stupid enough to trigger a trap, so you did it on purpose?"

"Exactly." Helena nodded, "I found a way to trigger it, so I wanted to try it. I didn't expect that the trap crisis is also global in nature. We have too few people here, and the leader monster didn't appear here at all."

"Have you already embarked on the path of hunting the leader?"

"If you want to earn enough stars, you have to do this, don't you? The number of four-star missions is too small and you can only get it by chance. Usually, even if you count one or two three-star missions, the average number of stars you can get between a crisis It's only between seven and eight stars. If you don't attack the leader, you have to survive at least four crises to accumulate thirty stars, not to mention that we can't buy props without spending money." Helena shrugged, "Of course, like A strong person like you seems to be able to save a lot of money on purchasing props."

Not everyone can single out two logging machines with a single hammer. Helena has personally handled one, so she naturally understands how troublesome it is. When the logging machine came out of the courtyard, she thought another person was about to splash blood on the spot.

"There's no need for compliments. You have a lot of leisure time, and you even let your subordinates train." Rosa looked for topics while biting her sandwich, "However, this sudden extra crisis may lead to some deaths."

"That can only be said to be their misfortune." Helena smiled.

Rosa narrowed her eyes. Her action plan is simple, but it doesn't mean her thinking is simple. Helena really doesn't feel any guilt about the death of others. Although this can be regarded as the escape psychology of ordinary people, she can see that it is not Not "escape".

She just didn't feel responsible for anything she did, even including the two "junior" who she threw to deal with the logging machinery behind her.Rosa could see that the two had superb fighting skills, but the problem was that the tools that were commonly used to deal with humans were not good for machines, so they dragged on for so long.

"Please be clear about one important point, that is, each of us wants to leave here." Perhaps because Rosa was silent for too long, Helena spoke again, "But there is a limit on the number, and it is impossible for all of us to escape. Do it. We will use our own methods to reduce resistance, because we don't feel that we can survive the increasingly demanding crisis later. Even if the word is hated, it fits here-the weakest eliminated."

"Yes." Rosa sighed, "The weak will be eliminated."

(End of this chapter)