Knights of the Wasteland Fortress

Chapter 76 Beyond the Gate
Cato almost staggered and fell through the door.

And behind him, the rest of the first team were caught off guard and thrown in by Sun Simiao.

The five of them almost screamed together and threw themselves onto the stone ground.

The members of the expedition team behind the door were taken aback.

"Captain Sun!"

The young female expedition team who was lighting a bonfire in the cave stood up.

Beside her are a dozen other members of the expedition team, with automatic turrets mounted on sandbags beside them, and portable rocket launchers, rotor drones, and individual exoskeletons can be seen in the corner of the camp.

But in contrast, Jiatu didn't see any red-robed security soldiers, only three members of the expedition team carrying electromagnetic sniper rifles.

"You have worked hard, don't worry about us, you can rest."

Sun Simiao, who had crossed the black hole, seemed to be very familiar with the young women, so he asked them to sit down with a simple sentence.

Like the previous explorers, they looked at Jiatu with curiosity.

This made the boy with glasses couldn't help but ask with dissatisfaction:
"Captain Sun, where exactly do you want to take us? We've been gone for so long, should you tell us?!"

Just when everyone's attention was focused on Sun Simiao, Jiatu looked behind him instead.

They are now inside a natural cave.

Although it was transformed into a battle stronghold by the exploration team, it can still be seen that there are natural traces that are different from the underground structure of Jincheng City.

The black hole behind him wasn't "built" on the Institute's ventilation ducts either.

It's a hunter's cabin made of pure wood.

Three walls of the wooden house have collapsed, and the only surviving front wooden door has been repeatedly reinforced. It can be seen that the members of the expedition team have tried their best to prevent it from collapsing.

So, in the middle of the half-rotten wall fixed by tape, alloy slats, and tripods, an extremely dark black hole stood there.

Just looking at the black hole, Jiatu felt a chill down his spine, as if he was about to be sucked into it.

"Chills? Why do I have chills... Is it because I don't know? Or because I don't understand?"

Jiatu subconsciously thought about it, and suddenly missed Heiyin and Outer Armor.

With her here, at least someone can give him advice.

But apart from missing Heiyin, he could feel that "For Alice" in his body suddenly became active.

Hei Lian seemed to have sensed something, the beating of his heart became extraordinarily lively, and even Jiatu felt a strong sense of joy.

And the other members of the team present also felt the strangeness in the air belatedly.

"What is this……"

Xu Xiu, who had the most sensitive perception, was the first to notice the abnormality. He put aside the man with glasses and others, and walked out of the cave with some hesitation.

Seeing that Sun Simiao didn't stop him, the others followed slowly.

Jiatu followed Wei Wei and walked out of the cave, leaning on his cane.

Because of his experience in the research institute, he had guessed something.

But when Jiatu saw the deep blue night sky, the silver-white round moon, the forests, the mountain peaks, the small fire at the foot of the mountain, the chirping of insects and birds, and the smoky wind of green grass , he was still stunned.

He felt that all five senses of his were frozen.

Everything that was once taken for granted turned out to be so beautiful and novel.

Every breath of air he took into his lungs was letting his body radiate heartfelt joy.

Jiatu felt dizzy, and as Xu Xiu slowly collapsed in front of him, he realized that this was not his illusion.

"What happened to them?"

While Jiatu was lying on his side, he heard the explorers behind him asking in surprise.

And Sun Simiao's voice, a little later, sounded indifferently behind him——

"I'm drunk... You guys did similar training back then... So I didn't feel much..."

"These little guys just climbed up from the hypoxic ground hundreds of meters deep..."

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When Jiatu woke up again, he was wrapped in a sleeping bag.

Several other people were lying in a corner near the rock wall, moaning in low voices, their faces were smoky red, and they had obviously not recovered from the drunken oxygen reaction.

However, with the help of Black Love in Jiatu's body, he quickly adjusted his body.

So much so that when Sun Simiao saw him, he raised his eyebrows in surprise:
"That's right, you are one of the best in this batch of newcomers."

"..."Infinite Horror"?"

Jiatu didn't expect that after hundreds of years, he would still meet his kindred spirits, so he raised his eyebrows and couldn't help saying.

And Sun Simiao also looked very surprised:
"I didn't expect you to know this...Even Captain Wu Yao can't catch my stalk..."

"The military horror I picked up contained..."

Jiatu nodded and said vaguely.

One of Heiyin's colleagues has a lot of online novels in his head, so strictly speaking, he is not lying.

"Oh, that might be true."

Sun Simiao nodded, but he didn't look very happy: "I also found it from the military brain-scaring documents."

Feeling that the other party didn't want to talk in detail, Jiatu moved his body and sat down silently by the campfire.

"Wu Ning, nice to meet you."

Seeing Jiatu approaching, the former female explorer reached out her hand to Jiatu and handed him the roasted pigeon in her hand.

Jiatu looked at the delicious roasted pigeon in his hand, took a breath, and said somewhat vaguely:

"Jiatu, thank you..."

"I have nothing to do with Captain Wu Yao."

Noticing Jiatu's cautious expression, Wu Ning said with a smile: "At most, they are very distant relatives."

"Okay." Jiatu nodded and relaxed a little.

Sun Simiao was also pondering, and added from the side:

"Wu Ning, the leader of the third group of our first team."

Jiatu took a look at the young man with the hedgehog head, and saw for the first time that he didn't smile.

I have to say that Sun Simiao is quite charming when he is not laughing wildly.

As a minor, Jiatu can also feel the charm of being "worthy of others' dependence".

So he thought about it and asked out the doubts in his heart.

"So we're in the 'outside'?"

"The 'outside' is not so beautiful."

While roasting wild fruits, Sun Simiao glanced at Jiatu and said with a smile:

"This can be regarded as a 'different world'. If you have read online novels, you should be able to understand what that means."

"...a different world?"

Jiatu was stunned for two seconds before realizing that the answer was actually this.

"Does another world really exist?"

He couldn't help asking.

"I didn't believe it at first either, but it's the way it is."

Sun Simiao handed the wild fruit in his hand to Jiatu, and bit another bunch himself, as if he was not afraid of being burned at all:

"There are people from another world here, who speak the language of another world, can use magic, can turn into giant beasts, and have technologies that we don't understand."

"However, with the help of the main installation, we can imitate their abilities, turn their technology into our own use, and use their energy to drive the main installation and external installation..."

Seeing Jiatu's unbelievable gaze, Sun Simiao smiled.

Then he showed Jiatu his fingertips——

At first, Jiatu couldn't see anything at all.

He didn't realize it was "wind" until the light near the skewers was distorted.

A hurricane so dense that even light can be distorted!

And such violent energy was held in Sun Simiao's hands with a space the size of a fist.

Jiatu felt as if he suddenly realized why Zhiti would say that the captain of the expedition team has the strength of a hundred people.

If this energy in Sun Simiao's hands is fully released, he might not be able to wipe out a group of ordinary hackers wearing exoskeletons in an instant!
"Don't look at me like that."

Noticing the awe-inspiring gazes of Jiatu and Wu Ning, Sun Simiao laughed again:
"One day, you can do the same."

"I'll let it go."

Noticing Jiatu's gaze, Wu Ning straightened his back and waved his hands:
"My talent is not very good. It is already the limit to climb to the position of team leader. Let the position of team leader be left to you young people!"

"So all of us are very 'talented'?"

Jiatu looked at Sun Simiao and couldn't help asking.

"do not know."

However, Sun Simiao just glanced at him, and once again hid his true intentions behind his smile:

"As a 'jade in the rough', no one knows how far you can climb."

"Choosing you is just a mission requirement—and my personal preference."

Sun Simiao squinted at Jiatu and said in a subtle way.

　One more chapter, after zero
　　
　
(End of this chapter)