Steel Chang'an

Chapter 37

"The infrasonic wave group produced by the explosion under the Sea of ​​Thorns has been monitored, and the explosion equivalent is being calculated."

"Calculation results: The equivalent of this explosion is more than 1000 tons. The waveform infers that the sound source of the explosion is located 160 meters underground, about 10 kilometers away from the current location, and the coordinates are being established..."

Although the explosion caused by Li Jing, Mu Yun and Su Sheng in the corridor of the dead castle could not be observed with the naked eye on the ground, it could not escape the several mecha detection instruments guarding outside the sea of ​​thorns.

Although the sea of ​​thorns at this moment still looks dead and silent on the surface, it is more dangerous than before.Dozens of scattered mechas ambushed in the dense forest at the entrance of the Sea of ​​Thorns, completely surrounding the only way to enter the Sea of ​​Thorns.

Among these dozens of mechas, there are both the "Spike" troop led by the young wolf lord of the Northwest Canglang, and the "Wind Riders" troop of the direct descendants of Zhuo Renyue, the chief knight of the Chang'an Knights. , all turned on the stealth mode of optical camouflage, consciously keeping a distance from each other.On the other hand, the eight dark-gray warrior mechas of Teng Jiaxing, since they had to form a formation all the time during the operation, and tightly protected the specially modified silver mecha in the center, they simply did not use the stealth mode, but stood middle of the road.In the dim light, the triangular Teng Jiaxing logo on the fuselage is particularly eye-catching.

Sitting upright in the specially modified silver mecha is Ji Yan, the housekeeper of Teng Jiaxing.

As an android of the Homo sapiens, like all androids on Pangea, Steward Ji's body tissue also comes from bioprinting technology, and his super brain controls his actions, so he cannot use the neuron system to operate the mecha.

So this streamlined silver mecha, which looks extraordinarily beautiful on the outside, has been changed to full manual control inside. Although it is also equipped with a weapon system, it is specially made of Amaterasu alloy, which can be locked into a sealed state from the inside, Judging from the scale-type multi-layer armor protection system, the main purpose of this mech named "Yinlin" is more like a humanoid armored vehicle specially used to protect the housekeeper, not really used for combat.

Even in the mech, Ji Butler didn't wear armor like a human knight, but still wore his iconic black tuxedo, sat upright in the driver's seat, with his graceful fingers on the armrest of the seat. A few taps on the panel.

I saw the eight Tengjia warriors separated to the two sides. The Yinlin armor was quite like a housekeeper himself. He moved forward a few steps without haste, turned around, put one hand on his chest, and moved towards the person behind him. Milin bowed slightly.This is the respectful gesture made by Butler Ji to make the mech by means of manual operation. Butler Ji's own voice came from the speaker, "Please, Mr. Zhuo, please, Mr. Young Wolf."

Seeing this, Zhuo Renyue smiled slightly, and drove his mount "Yanyue" forward steadily, standing side by side with Butler Ji, but also humbly let the mecha bow its hands.The young wolf master saw it in his eyes, and he only felt that he was a fake, a hypocrite, and his heart was full of impatience.Especially seeing that these two guys seem to be defenseless, with flaws all over their bodies, they suddenly have the urge to rush up and attack and blow them up instantly.

Fortunately, the head on Young Wolf Lord's neck is not an ornament. He knows that even though the three parties will eventually fight, at this moment, they will not see rabbits or scatter eagles.If he got Zhuo Renyue and Ji Steward to join hands on impulse, he would be the one to suffer.Even though he and Zhuo Renyue concealed the number of mechas on their side, Ji Steward's eight armored warriors were absolutely not bad either in terms of quantity or equipment. Joining either side was enough to be the winner of the battle.

This is not a human thing, why is it so hateful...

The young wolf master thought viciously, with the reluctance of the boss in his heart, but finally released his favorite ride "Cangxue" from the hidden state, got out of the dense forest, and walked forward cautiously.He just bowed his hands to pay tribute to this kind of redundant action, but the young wolf master didn't bother to do it: in his opinion, every operation of the knight in the mecha should be used to kill the enemy, making the mecha pretend like a human is simply disrespectful to the knight. insult.

So, Lord Young Wolf drove the mecha Cangxue there and punched it straight, not to mention that the fingers of the mecha were pressing aggressively on the "tooth protruding" of the military thorns at his waist, halfway towards Zhuo Renyue's mecha. With the blade, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became a little awkward.

At this time, Butler Ji showed his well-trained moving skills. He saw that Yinlin Armor didn't move very quickly, but just took two steps in a normal way, but he just happened to stand on the side of Young Wolf Lord and Zhuo Zhuo. Between people and months.Butler Ji said in his usual soft and pleasant voice: "It seems that the information provided by City Lord Wuge is true. Judging from the traces left on the ground, Li Jing and others have indeed entered the Sea of ​​Thorns. It's just that from the monitoring just now. Judging from the burst of explosions, they should have entered the dead castle.

"Earlier, Ji Yan saw the two laying in an ambush to guard the only entrance to the Sea of ​​Thorns. It is presumed that the two thought that Li Jing and Mu Yun entered the Sea of ​​Thorns just to find a hiding place with only two zero-type mechas. After evading the pursuers, they will naturally show up here. But now that they have entered the castle of death, Ji Yan thinks that if they continue to ambush here, it will be futile."

"Nonsense." Lord Young Wolf replied concisely.

"After making such a big commotion, even Li Gong, who was once the number one knight in the world, is in a very bad situation in this dead castle." Zhuo Renyue said, his voice sounded as if it was really serious. Replacing Li Jing's worry, "Judging from the equivalent of the explosion just now, if Li Gong and the others happened to be in the center of the explosion, the possibility of surviving only with the defensive capabilities of the two Type Zero mechas is not great. It's just that Unless we enter Dead Castle to find out, we can't draw a conclusion."

Zhuo Renyue's words were full of concern as if Li Jing was still his old boss, but the ultimate purpose was to elicit the last sentence.

Of course, he himself didn't want to enter the dead castle at all, not to mention that the dead castle itself was full of dangers. Even if he just met Li Jing who survived the explosion in the dead castle, even though Li Jing only had a zero-type mecha, but with his ability to deal with Li Jing He knows very well that in the completely unfamiliar environment in the dead castle, once Li Jing seizes the opportunity, even if he brings a team of "Wind Riders" whose mecha performance is much higher than that of the zero mecha, there will be no chance. He was sure that he could capture Li Jing alive, but his team was in danger of being wiped out by Li Jing.

What's more, there is Mu Yun next to Li Jing.Outside Chang'an City, Mu Yun crazily blew up his mecha and beat ten with one, which really scared Zhuo Renyue a little.With Zhuo Renyue's skill, he is certainly not afraid of confronting Mu Yun one-on-one, but Mu Yun still has Li Jing by his side.He was afraid of Li Jing's scheming and Mu Yun's desperate tactics, so let alone a deadly castle, even though he thought Li Jing and Mu Yun were hiding in the sea of ​​thorns, he never made a move to go in and fight Li Jing The idea of ​​war.

Because of this, Zhuo Renyue didn't plan to go to the Fort of Death at all, he just hoped that after hearing his words, Steward Ji or Lord Young Wolf would have an impulse to go to the Fort of Death to find out the whereabouts of pedestrians like Li Jing.It is best to have an encounter with Li Jing in the castle of death, not to seek the same end, but to lose troops and lose generals, so that he can take advantage of it later...

"Oh?" But Butler Ji chuckled, "So what Zhuo Gong means is that we should enter the Castle of Death to have a look?"

"Well, if Mr. Li is really in this dead castle, we'll have to wait outside for a few years to no avail." The laughter from Butler Ji before was still very courteous and pleasant, but Zhuo Renyue could hear it. It means that it is also clear that it is still difficult to deceive the housekeeper.

However, his original goal was not the butler Ji, so he continued to lay the groundwork, "Only from the map, the quicksand terrain in the Sea of ​​Thorns has limited load-bearing capacity. If all the mechas here go in at the same time, I am afraid that even if all the mechas marked on the map The safe route may not be very important. Therefore, if we want to enter the dead castle, we have to discuss a way, whether it is drawing lots or rolling dice, we have to decide a priority in a friendly way."

At such a time, it was too late to communicate with Butler Ji on the private communication channel, Zhuo Renyue could only hope that Butler Ji had a good understanding with him, and tried to match his acting skills as much as possible.As long as Butler Ji is willing to cooperate, whether it's drawing lots, rolling dice, or even using aggressive methods, he can trick the young wolf lord into leading his troops into the dead castle first.

This is very likely to kill two birds with one stone, and Li Jing and the young wolf master will solve it together.

As for how to deal with Steward Ji after the young wolf master's men are eliminated, Zhuo Renyue has already made up his mind: Although the eight Tengjia warriors are well-equipped, they are only Teng Jiaxing's personal armed bodyguards after all, and they are not comparable to the wind army he led. Cavalry is an army that has truly killed the enemy on the battlefield.And according to his observation along the way, in order to protect Butler Ji, the eight Tengjia warriors could only form a formation to protect him in the middle. Such a concentrated formation is easy to be attacked by surprise.

As long as he can persuade Butler Ji to go with him to Blind Mountain, the exit of the Fortress of Death, he can ask Feng Qi to divide half of his troops to ambush and attack on the way, and he has every chance to deal with Butler Ji and his party without anyone noticing.

After all, this is Donglin, where Teng Jiaxing's headquarters is located. In order not to stir up trouble, Zhuo Renyue also intends to keep a low profile. It is necessary to destroy the corpses and traces quickly...

It's just that a rare and intelligent artificial human like Ji Butler is invaluable. It would be a pity to just blow it up like this!But Zhuo Renyue will not be able to come up with a perfect plan for a while, so he can only play by ear and see if there is any way to abolish that Yinlin Armor without hurting Ji Yan, which is a good thing... …

Zhuo Renyue thought rightly, but the young wolf master snorted coldly and said, "In my opinion, it doesn't need to be so troublesome at all."

"If you want to know whether Li Jing and Mu Yun can get out of the Fortress of Death, you just need to guard the exit of the Fortress of Death." Although the mech itself is expressionless, Zhuo Renyue seems to be able to see the sneer at the corner of the young wolf master's mouth. "If Li Jing is really too old to get out of the Fortress of Death, why does the Chang'an Knights want to kill him?
"What's more, Mu Yun in Baima City is really weak enough to be ignored by you? Even if you forget how that bastard got out of Chang'an City, I still don't forget that he still owes the Northwest Cangwolf six horses and iron cavalry account.

"Based on what you said just now, you want to trick me into the Castle of Death...Zhuo Renyue, are you an idiot, or do you take me for an idiot?"

Careless!Zhuo Renyue cursed secretly in her heart.He originally thought that the young wolf lord was just an impulsive and irritable rough boy, and a few provocations could drive him into the dead castle.But I forgot that although the young wolf master is young, he followed the wolf master of the Northwest Cangwolf in bloody conquests in the desert since he was a child. In terms of human relations, the young wolf master is certainly a bullshit and not good at intrigue, but his judgment and control over the overall situation are excellent. It's not bad at all, otherwise the wolf lord wouldn't trust him to command the legendary elite army "Spike Fang".

The result of slandering the young wolf master as an idiot is to look like an idiot... Thinking of her pretentious performance before, Zhuo Renyue felt quite remorseful, her beautiful face turned red, and her expression was very embarrassing.Fortunately, he was in the mecha, so no one saw it.

Zhuo Renyue was still thinking about saying a few polite words to save her face, but she didn't expect that Lord Young Wolf didn't give him this chance at all.I only heard a wolf-like howl from the body of the battle armor Cangxue controlled by the young wolf master. As the mech leaped forward, it entered the stealth mode in mid-air and disappeared into the air middle.Only the afterimage left at the moment when the optical camouflage was activated, it can be vaguely seen that the mecha Cangxue's form has switched from a human standing posture to a four-legged wolf walking posture during this pounce!
Immediately there were several wolf howls echoing from beyond the sea of ​​thorns, and the windless and automatic chaotic grass outlined a huge transparent wolf shadow.The Wolf Fang Squad, who had been dormant in the dense forest before, has always maintained a wolf-like state, lying on all fours like a real wild beast, quietly and swiftly following behind the young wolf master's mecha Cangxue, forming a pack like a pack of hunting wolves. The team is heading east!
"Looking at the direction in which Young Wolf Lord left, he went straight to Blind Mountain, the exit of Death Castle." Butler Ji said with a smile.

"Well, young man, you are still impulsive after all..." Zhuo Renyue was a little absent-minded.The northwest wolf has suddenly risen in the desert in recent years, conquering cities and conquering territory, and is invincible.The special mechas of the Xuefeng Knights under the command of the wolf head are powerful, but on the battlefield, the Northwest Wolf is most famous for the formation charge of [-]-ton cavalry, even if it is a [-]-ton special mecha. , It is difficult to get out of the siege of people, horses and iron cavalry.In addition to men, horses and iron cavalry, the Northwest Cangwolves also have a secret troop composed of [-]-ton mechs. Although small in scale, they are highly mobile and lethal.

This commando named "Spike Fang" has no fixed task. They roam the battlefield. Once they capture the enemy's weak link, they will rush to bite and quickly tear the enemy's formations open. The cavalry's charge opened the way.Even in a [-]-ton mecha duel, Spikes would suddenly appear. Several Spikes surrounded the enemy's special mechas, like a death squad, interfering at all costs to protect their own special mechas. Create a winning chance.

This time, the Northwest Canglang finally left the desert and stationed outside Chang'an, and the men, horses and iron cavalry were also exposed to the eyes of the world.But the commando team of Langya has always been well hidden by the wolf lord.As for the team of wolf-toothed mechas brought by Young Wolf Master on this trip, all the members were wearing optical camouflage all the way. Even if Young Wolf Lord let the mecha Cangxue show his body, he never switched to the wolf mode.It was only at that moment just now that Zhuo Renyue saw the legendary Spike for the first time. It was actually a dual-system attack mech with both anthropomorphic and animal mimicry modes!
Although Langya has not really shown its sharp teeth yet, and it is impossible to judge how much combat advantage this dual system can have, but just judging from the movement speed of the young wolf master just now, if the "Wind Rider" led by him does not know that Langya In the case of dual systems, rashly launching an attack on the young wolf master, I'm afraid it will definitely not please you!
First, they created the centaur and iron cavalry, and then developed a dual-system assault mech like the Wolf Fang. It seems that the Northwest Wolf has indeed discovered something in the desert over the years, so that it can rise rapidly.You must know that although there are armor builders in the Northwest Desert, they are all unknown people. It has never been heard that someone can develop a brand new mecha of the level of Centaur Cavalry and Spike.If the Liangyue Army really had an armorsmith of this level, this person would have made a name for himself on the Pangu Continent long ago.

Unless, the Centaur Iron Cavalry and the Spike Mecha were not developed by the Northwest Wolf at all...

On the Pangu Continent, the armorer with the largest number and the highest level is naturally Teng Jiaxing who makes a living on this.

Countless thoughts flashed through Zhuo Renyue's mind, just because he glanced at the legendary Spike Mecha, he faintly felt a very bad feeling, but he didn't realize it until that thought flashed just now. Where does this bad feeling come from...

"The Centaur Cavalry and the Spike... are the mechas developed by Teng Jiaxing? You sold the Centaur Cavalry and the Spike to the Northwest Wolf?" At this moment, Zhuo Renyue could no longer care about the elegant aristocratic demeanor. There was a rare trace of embarrassment in the aggressive tone.

"Mr. Zhuo has a good eye." Butler Ji still smiled very courteously, "It's just that it's inconvenient for Ji Yan to disclose this kind of commercial secret, so I hope Mr. Zhuo will forgive me."

Hearing that Butler Ji didn't directly deny it, Zhuo Renyue's heart sank immediately. If Teng Jiaxing had hooked up with the Northwest Canglang long ago...then he planned to join hands with Butler Ji to kill the young wolf master first, and then kill him in the dark. Butler Ji's plan, in the eyes of Butler Ji, is too ridiculous...

Thinking about it this way, Zhuo Renyue quickly switched to Fengqi's command channel to call his subordinates to be more vigilant, be careful that the wolf teeth led by the young wolf master will suddenly kill the carbine, and join hands with the eight Tengjia warriors of Ji Steward, and then return Go to the original channel and ask calmly:

"Then next, Steward Ji is also planning to rush to Blind Mountain?"

"Ji Yan does have such a plan."

"Then, please, Mr. Ji."

"Mr. Zhuo, please stay."

"Oh?" Zhuo Renyue narrowed his eyes. He had already confirmed that the Langya led by Young Wolf Lord had already left, and he didn't intend to join hands with Butler Ji to deal with him.Zhuo Renyue was of course not at all afraid of facing an incompetent Homo sapiens like Steward Ji who was unable to fight, and those eight armored warriors. He chuckled lightly and asked, "I don't know why Steward Ji wants me to stay." ? Just rely on your eight armored warriors?"

"Mr. Zhuo, worry too much." Yin Linjia of the butler Ji bowed gracefully, with a humble appearance, just like a real butler, and he didn't seem to have the slightest intention of fighting with others, "Ji Yan has already said Well, these eight Tengjia warriors are just bodyguards protecting Ji Yan, unless someone wants to attack Ji Yan, otherwise they will never make a move.

"It's just that Teng Jiaxing has more than these eight Teng Jia warriors."

Following Steward Ji's words, Zhuo Renyue and Feng Qi all heard the sound of breaking through the sky above their heads—they had heightened their vigilance at first, paying attention to the movements around the dense forest, in case the young wolf master would kill someone Back to the carbine, but did not expect that the real ambush does not come from the ground, but from the air!

It is true that Steward Ji did not join forces with Lord Young Wolf, but Zhuo Renyue forgot one thing: this is Donglin, where Teng Jiaxing's headquarters is located, and it is also the place where Teng Jiaxing has the greatest influence.In Donglin, King Teng wants to mobilize a few mechas, is it difficult?
(End of this chapter)