Knights of the Wasteland Fortress

Chapter 10 The Tunnel
"Stop him quickly!"

The gangster leader screamed loudly behind Jiatu.

But Jiatu just ran madly ahead.

The strong momentary aura made him run far faster than usual, and the cane in his left hand poked the ground bit by bit to remove the impact of his left foot when it landed to the greatest extent.

And the right foot and calf formed a [-]-degree angle at the ankle, and the moment the toes landed, they rushed forward with the help of the elasticity of the ankle and the sole of the foot.

Although the posture of sprinting is very exhausting, but he is used to the appearance of the brain, and this is the first time he has performed the movements in the "Spirit Competition System" without the help of the system.

Jiatu ran wildly in front, and the hooligans in the shelter ate dirt behind.

But as time went by, the distance between Jiatu and the gangster became closer and closer.

This was also expected by Jiatu.

After all, the 5000-meter test during the entrance examination had already made him realize that once he ran with all his strength for more than 500 meters, his left ankle would start to ooze blood.

And even if the current sprint distance is only about 100 meters, it is enough to cause a piercing pain in his left foot.

"His speed has slowed down! Catch him!"

The leader of the gangsters roared loudly behind Jiatu, and the younger brother beside him also waved the stick in his hand, and rushed towards him screaming.

If it had been changed before, Jiatu would have stopped to compete with them, but now they are so many, and they are all holding sticks in their hands. If they can't see the situation clearly, then they really want to commit suicide .

But it is clear that Jiatu has not given up at this time:
"We can't take them home... Hera's illness is still not cured, and Hena hasn't come back yet. Heda is the only one in the house, so she can't help me!"

Jiatu endured the pain and limped towards the southeast corner of the tenth floor.

There is a "collapsed area". Due to geological disasters, the terrazzo ground there collapsed like a briquette, and no one dared to enter it on weekdays. Except for some rat nests, there were no living things.

But it was very close to Hera's tent. When Jiatu was free on weekdays, he would stroll over there to try to clean himself up. He believed that he was more familiar with the terrain there than the gangster leader!As long as he gets there, he is sure to get rid of them!

And as the distance got closer, the gangsters also realized Jiatu's goal.

The gangster leader suddenly shouted anxiously:

"His goal is the subsidence area, stop him!"

Following the order of the gangster leader, the subordinates around him took out various stones and bricks from their pockets and threw them at Jiatu.

The heavy whistling sound passed by Garto's ears, reminding him of the wrap recyclers in the scrapyard, and he raised his right arm, bending it, and shielding it behind his head.

After counting, his right arm and back were hit hard.

The heavy attack made Jiatu faintly want to choke blood.

But the subsidence area also appeared not far away.

Jiatu crossed the "blank area" between the tents without hesitation, and rushed towards the depths of the collapsed area.

"This guy...doesn't want to die?!"

A little later, the gangsters also rushed to the edge of the subsidence area.

They watched Jiatu's reckless actions, and the gangster leader whispered, noticing the slightly questioning eyes of his subordinates, he gritted his teeth cruelly:
"Go! Let's go in too! This guy is so powerful, he must be a ruthless character in the future! Since we have offended him, we can't let him join other gangs! We will be the ones who will die if we don't kill the grass!"

Hearing what the gangster leader said, the others immediately took it seriously.

They waved the sticks in their hands one after another, howling at each other, and walked towards the collapsed area.

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Jiatu also heard what the gang leader said.

To be honest, he really wanted to explain to them that he didn't mean it.

But he thought of the saying "Summer worms can't speak ice, and crickets don't know spring and autumn".

Even if he explained it carefully, so what?
Will they believe it?Believe that their fight was really just a moment of anger?
To be honest, Jiatu couldn't believe what he said, even if he put themselves in another place with them.

Because there is a huge gap between them in terms of ideas and living environment, before formal communication, the cognitive cost has been piled up very high.

If you want to "convince" them, you can only rely on violence.

It's a pity that they were the ones who came prepared this time, not themselves.

So Jiatu could only hide and choose to delay the attack.

"Boss, where did this kid hide? I clearly saw him running this way..."

"Don't worry, this kid must be nearby! Let's search from hole to hole, and we will definitely catch him!"

Jiatu supported the rock wall with his hands and back, silently listening to the movement not far away.

The so-called subsidence area does not mean that the whole ground has collapsed.

Instead, like a honeycomb, many tunnels appeared out of thin air on the flat ground.

Jiatu didn't know how these tunnels were formed, not even the investigators from the upper echelon of the shelter.

They just closed the area that caused a lot of deaths and injuries, without considering whether this geological disaster will expand further——

However, that was decades ago.

Today's subsidence area has been silent for a long time, and occasionally an idler like Jiatu ran in, and no one would stop him.

And under Jiatu's observation, he discovered a very miraculous thing——

In the subsidence zone, he couldn't find a rat nest.

You must know that as a very precious source of protein, as long as ordinary mice appear on the tenth floor, they will definitely be caught and eaten by the residents.

Therefore, the range of activities of the rats was limited to the pipes behind the walls of the shelter, and they would only come out in the dead of night to secretly eat some dry food that had not been properly stored.

However, there are no obvious rat nests near the subsidence area, and all the rat pipes that have been found have been blocked. However, the whereabouts of the rats are still active like ghosts.

This caused a headache for the residents around the subsidence area.

After all, the loss of dry food sticks is real.

For this reason, they also issued a special reward, rewarding those who found the source of the rats with a hundred dry food sticks. As a result, there were too many injured and missing people who fell into the tunnel, and the reward was finally ignored.

After Jiatu heard about this incident, he also came to the subsidence area to study for a long time with the idea of ​​catching a few live mice to satisfy his hunger.

As a result, he really found some strange places——

"It really wasn't my illusion..."

Jiatu looked down at the tunnel beneath his feet.

This tunnel was more than ten meters long, and at the deepest point, even if he looked at it with eyesight that had adapted to the darkness, he could only see a vague black hole.

However, in that pitch-dark place, like the entrance to an abyss, there were some small animals poking their heads out stealthily.

They looked at Jiatu above their heads curiously, and then retracted their bodies.

After a while, some other mice came out.

Then, Jiatu saw its tail and butt exposed, its body seemed to disappear, being engulfed in the deep darkness.

"What is that...it doesn't look like a cave entrance..."

Cato thought silently.

The first time he discovered this situation was half a year ago.

He thought it was because there were deep, deep tunnels where he couldn't see.

He tried throwing some small stones into the tunnel, but all the things he threw into the tunnel seemed to sink into the sea without any echo.

This made Jiatu feel very miraculous at the time, but he didn't delve into it in the end.

Because it is too dangerous to go deep into the tunnel without any protection.

It wasn't until now, when he was forced to drill into the tunnel and observe the hole at a closer distance, that Jiatu finally realized that things were not as simple as he thought.

As the voices of the gangsters above him got closer, Jiatu realized that he had no way out.

"Trust science, and trust reason; trust yourself, and trust yourself—"

"I trust my own judgment!"

Jiatu recited Hegel's famous words silently in his heart, let go of his aching hands on the concrete wall, and allowed his body to slide slowly towards the depths of the tunnel.

After about three seconds.

A shelter gangster stuck his head out towards the tunnel.

He squinted his eyes, looked inside the tunnel, then raised his head, and shouted:

"Boss! There's nothing here!"

　The last three chapters have not been modified much. If you feel that the reading experience has declined, remember to tell me that the update speed will be more stable if you do not modify it every day, otherwise it will be a waste of time. The 05:30 update collection increase effect is not satisfactory, changed to 06:30.

　　
　
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