Life as a mercenary turned into a girl is a bit difficult

The first step in entering the ventilation duct is to confirm the situation of the nomads next door. Since it is farther away from the corridor, the lighting in the cell next door is much brighter than Hiiragi's side.

Two men belonging to the nomads were leaning on the edge of the wall, one on the left and the other on the right. They seemed to be resting quietly with their eyes closed. There were compressed dry food packaging bags of the same style discarded at their feet, looking into the prison cell. Looking around, Hiiragi didn't see Ruoxiang.

But if Ruoxiang is not here, where else can she go?

While Hiiragi was thinking, the man wearing a turban suddenly opened his eyes and looked in Hiiragi's direction as if he knew he was being watched. Hiiragi hurriedly moved away to avoid the ventilation pipe.

What a keen sense!The vigilance of this nomad frightened Hiiragi. She didn't know if she had been discovered, but since Ruoxiang was not here, there was no need to stay here, so she had to quickly close the position and find medicine first.

Following her memory, she turned around hard in the narrow space. Hiiragi continued to crawl towards the other side, which was the direction of the corridor where they were brought. She had to go back to the material distribution area at the beginning. Once there, she would follow the movers. You can quickly find the material storage area of ​​this underground headquarters by following the movement track.

Chapter 63 What I saw and heard in the base

As a large-scale underground facility that goes tens or even hundreds of meters underground, the supporting ventilation system is naturally a top priority, whether it is to provide breathing for the hundreds of people who work and live here or to provide oxygen for various large-scale industrial equipment. .

For this reason, for more than a year before this place was put into use, most of Riofanto's energy was focused on the large-scale expansion project of the original ventilation system in the subway.

The number and power of the duct fans are extremely amazing. They are placed at key nodes of various underground ventilation ducts. As for its air supply efficiency, Hiiragi, who is inside the ventilation ducts, has real personal experience.Not long before she climbed around the next pipe corner, a faint tremor suddenly came from the walls of the surrounding pipes, and gradually became more violent amidst the hum of mechanical operation.

What followed was a gust of wind coming from directly in front. It took just ten seconds for the wind force to increase from just blowing hair to a level where people felt obvious resistance. This forced Hiiragi to bend down. Lower your body to reduce the area of ​​your body exposed to wind.

This section of the pipeline was too clean. It was obviously a relatively closed space with much less cobwebs and dust compared to the previous section. Now she finally knew the reason.

Facing the strong wind, he crawled forward for more than ten meters, and the resistance of the wind became stronger. This also answered another doubt in Hiiragi's heart: the internal space and strength of the ventilation duct can fully accommodate an adult, but this way However, no protection similar to a steel blocking net was installed.

The sound of mechanical operation continued, and as Hiiragi continued to move forward, the resistance to the wind became greater and greater. Hiiragi, who was swaying, had to spread his hands to the left and right to stabilize his body.

Even after being injected with the activation potion, he looked like this. It was no wonder that Ofanto was so relieved about the hidden space of the ventilation duct. It turned out that they had long been convinced that no living thing could move under such strong winds.

It seems that there is no way inside the pipe... So...

Before the wind intensity increased to the point where she could no longer move at all, Hiei Jing quickly found the nearest air outlet, quickly and neatly removed the cover, and her agile body immediately got out of it.But she didn't fall to the ground below. Instead, she clasped her hands on the edge of the pipe and pulled herself up with a little force.

The space above the ventilation duct is extremely narrow, less than thirty centimeters from the ceiling above the head. However, this narrow space provides Hiiragi Jing with a safe and fast passage. Ofanto's construction team would never have thought that there would be such a thing here. Penetration route for a petite girl.

This is the platform!

Electric wires, drainage pipes, ventilation ducts... The ceiling was densely intertwined with various pipelines, which hindered Hiiragi's movements but also served as an excellent cover. Below was the platform where they stayed before entering this large base. Hiiragi His eyes could observe here without restriction, and the guards in the platform under the shadow did not notice any prying eyes from above.

Hiiragi immediately discovered something that he had not noticed before due to the rush of walking: Although there were many porters on the platform and it was extremely messy everywhere, the movement trajectories of these porters had a general direction, and they moved the goods from the transport vehicle to After loading and unloading, they were immediately concentrated in the stacking area near the edge of the platform, where porters pushing carts would sort and load them and transport them into the base.

Different from the direction of the corridor she walked through before, these workers did not need to go up the stairs, but directly brought the carts filled with supplies deeper into the platform.

Just follow them and you'll find the warehouse in no time!

Following the workers transporting supplies, Hiiragi quickly made a new discovery. At the end of the road he passed, there was another wire fence blocking the road. This was the end point for these workers. Unload the supplies. The workers turned back here, while another group of workers transferred the unloaded materials here.

Compared with the workers following the transport convoy on the platform, the workers here are obviously much healthier in appearance and physique, and their work is easier than that of porters. They only need to sort the packages affixed to the material boxes and put them behind them. Different pairs of conveyor belts are enough, and there are even a few people wearing powered exoskeletons responsible for heavy material transportation. Judging from the lack of weapons and outer armor, it can be judged that these are not models used for combat, but it still makes Hiiragi Jing was taken aback.

As long as you pass here, you can get medical supplies.

Although the idea is beautiful, this safe route has reached the end of its extension. For some reason, the ventilation duct that has always been external suddenly changed its original direction not far ahead and was embedded in the wall above. It is obviously impossible to continue to enter safely from above, so how can I get in?

Seeing that there are fewer and fewer porters, this also means that this round of material transport is coming to an end. If you miss this opportunity, you can only wait for the next batch of materials to arrive. You can't wait that long to close the warehouse!

Hiiragi waited for the opportunity to slide down a water pipe that went straight to the ground while no one was paying attention. The moment he landed, he quickly concealed his body into a dark corner where the light could not reach. Although the workers coming and going were close at hand, they did not One notices peeking around the corner.

The inspection gaze glanced around, and Hiei Jing stared at an old and thin porter. At this time, he was breathing heavily due to the overload of the cart. He lowered his head and looked directly at the ground beneath his feet. The ground is not alert to the surroundings, and its own strength can ensure clean control.

It's now!

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the other party was passing by other return porters, Hiiragi pulled the other party over. The activation potion significantly increased the body's strength, and it didn't take Hiiragi much effort to control the other party.After using skillful techniques to stun him, he dragged him into the toilet cubicle around the corner and hid himself.

Is this compressed dry food?

Hiiragi opened the box full of supplies and found that it was neatly filled with a bunch of familiar things. After dumping it in the same cubicle as the unconscious worker, Hiiragi immediately bent up and covered the box with herself. The and other material boxes were squatting on the cart. In order to hide the damaged outer packaging, Hiiragi deliberately pressed the disassembled side underneath.

She had just finished everything and before she could adjust her breathing that was messy due to nervousness, she immediately heard a strange noise from outside: "Who is responsible for this truck of supplies! What lazy guy is desperate for his life!"

"Inferior people are inferior people! Do you want to be lazy even in such a trivial matter?!"

The discovery of this cart of supplies abandoned in a lonely corridor immediately attracted the scolding of the supervisor. The surrounding porters could only push the cart in fear while burying their heads deeply, fearing that they would become the target of the other party's anger. object.

"You two go push that cart over! Then check the cart's number and tell the front desk: The guy in charge of this cart's supplies will have an entire transportation team that won't even think about eating!" He waved his whip and whipped the passerby a few times. The unlucky man next to him, the supervisor, immediately gave the order after frightening the group of porters.

Sorry……

Although she didn't know the porters, she felt a little guilty for being involved because of her actions.

Soon they felt the feeling of being pushed, and it seemed that they had no doubts...the plan went well!

There were no accidents except that he almost fell out of the opened material box when he was lifted onto the conveyor belt. After moving an unknown distance on the conveyor belt, a feeling of weightlessness suddenly came, and then he fell on the conveyor belt. On top of a pile of material boxes, the sound of the rolling shutter door slowly closing was heard, and the surrounding area gradually fell into darkness.

This is... a warehouse?

"It's so messy..." Hiiragi emerged from the box and looked around her. The scene that caught her eye made her speak involuntarily. Boxes filled with compressed dry food were piled randomly in the warehouse. , and a lot of compressed dry food leaked out of the damaged supply box, lying on the cement floor full of various footprints.

After waiting quietly for a while to confirm that no one was around, Hiei Jing opened her wristband. The wristband used to communicate with Han Nianling had already exceeded its communication range, but the small function of providing lighting was not available at this time. It's quite useful.

The area of ​​this warehouse is much larger than expected. It is simply divided into a dozen small single rooms by walls made of plastic boards. Although the stacking is very messy, at least the materials are classified.

Starting from the single room where Hiiragi was located, and ending in the compartment at the other end of the warehouse, the materials piled up were foods such as compressed dry food, energy bars, canned starch meat, and purified water. Hiiragi couldn't wait to take out a bottle of water to moisturize herself. The stinging sensation left by the compressed dry food in my throat that had been lingering for a long time was finally relieved.

That’s right…drugs!

The sterile and low-temperature environment required for drug storage is definitely not what these simple compartments can meet, so the entire warehouse can be eliminated directly without spending energy to find it.

Slowly open a gap in the fallen rolling shutter door, and when it is confirmed that it is safe, he rolls his body out of the warehouse. At this time, the material transportation work seems to have been completed, and there is no other sound in the empty corridor.

The name of this warehouse is written on the wall next to the rolling shutter door - shelf-stable food area B.

On the other side of the corridor was a large square. Through the glass, Hiei Jing saw a scene that shocked him extremely. In the large open space outside, there were more than a dozen huge humanoid exoskeleton mechas parked, which were much larger than the two on the platform. The stage is even bigger. Without exception, the all-black metal exterior is painted with the very conspicuous word 'Ofanto'. Behind the mecha is a wire that is thicker than the waistline of an adult man and is connected to the wall. , each mecha is surrounded by multiple engineers performing maintenance work.

Are these the powers held by the Ofanto Community?Although she didn’t know what else was going on, the exoskeleton technology that she saw was already far superior to that of the Southern Federation. After being shocked, Hiiragi suddenly had an idea deep in her heart that she had never been able to agree with before. ...Perhaps in the not-too-distant future, humans will really have the ability to end the apocalypse.

Chapter 64 Black smoke is coming

What kind of existence is the Ofanto Community?

The huge underground base, the large number of workers who were treated like slaves, and these huge humanoid mechas... everything they saw and heard along the way made Hiiragi full of curiosity about this human political entity located in the northern part of the Southern Federation.

What she was thinking about was not just Ofanto itself. Knowing the existence of Ofanto proved that the Southern Federation was not the lonely spark of human civilization. It was very likely that there were other political entities outside of it. The third, The fourth... and even more, more than 100 years after the new era, human beings are still developing tenaciously in this dangerous wasteland.

"Ta! Ta..."

Hiiragi, who was lying by the window to spy on the large mechas that were making various tactical moves to cooperate with the detection, couldn't help but be fascinated, but in fact she did not relax her vigilance to the surroundings. When a slight abnormal noise reached her ears, she quickly Entered a state of alert.

That's...footsteps!

The slightly dull footsteps gradually approached, and Hiiragi had already found the place where he was hiding his figure. He carefully looked out towards the direction of the sound. Not long after, a figure appeared in Hieragi's body. In sight.

It looks so tall... No, that is...

The blue work clothes of the visitor are no different from those of a porter, but the exoskeleton armor he is wearing shows that the visitor is not an ordinary worker, but in his exoskeleton mecha The loading platform on the back carries a pile of cargo boxes that are almost the same size as its body.

Different from the wooden cargo boxes Hiiragi had hidden in before, these cargo boxes were made of metal and engineering plastics, and each box was about the same size as a briefcase.

It can be judged that the goods contained here must be relatively valuable, otherwise they would not be transported to the warehouse using this manual transportation method instead of using the more convenient sorting conveyor belt.

Just start with him.

Outside the windows of the corridor were those frightening humanoid mechas. Once discovered, the multi-barreled machine guns on them could tear themselves into pieces in an instant. Hiiragi had to follow the porter at a leisurely pace until he walked some distance away. Take action later.

"Ok?"

I thought I was cautious enough, but an accident happened before I started. The heavy object on my back prevented Hiiragi from launching an attack from behind. Hiiragi had to go around to the side of the target to look for opportunities, but he never expected this. The workers were actually attracted by the pile of mechas outside the window and did not look straight ahead.

Just like this, the eyes of Hiiragi Jing and the worker met each other, and both parties who were looking at each other were stunned for a moment. Fortunately, Hiiragi Jing's reaction speed as a mercenary was faster than that of ordinary people. When the other party was still wondering why When there was a little girl in the strictly sealed comprehensive warehouse area, Hiiragi immediately reversed her stance and stepped forward, punching the girl on the chin.

"Ugh?!"

The original purpose was to quickly subdue the other person and then ask about the storage __cpLocation of the drugs, but in this case it was obviously impossible. Her most urgent thing was to knock him down before he made any movement that attracted other people outside the window.

The swift punch was powerful but also hasty. Especially after being injected with the activation potion, Hiei Jing became more unfamiliar with the control of power. This punch did have the effect of making the opponent faint, but it also brought other surprises: wearing outerwear. The tall and skeletal body quickly fell backwards, and the large amount of materials piled on the back broke away from the fastening straps and were thrown around.

Oops!I clearly didn't want to use so much force, but now it's too late to stop him!Once these supply boxes and metal exoskeleton mechas touch the ground, they will inevitably make a noise that cannot be ignored in this quiet warehouse area.

"Beep--! B--! B--..."

The piercing alarm sounded suddenly the next second, and the light above the head also turned into a dark red that flickered on and off, indicating an emergency.

Hiiragi looked at the messy scene of materials scattered on the ground in shock. The cold sweat on her back soaked her clothes. I have to say that she was really lucky just now. The alarm sounded in time and just covered the noise here. Fortunately The thoughts only stayed in Hiiragi's mind for a short time before being replaced by doubts: What happened?

……

"The material recording is completed!"

"The last transport team confirmed registration and left, closing the gate..."

"Boom boom boom!!!"

Compared with the busyness half an hour ago, the headquarters platform now showed a completely different and deserted scene. The material transportation task had ended. The hundreds of workers who were busy here had all left. Except for the underground headquarters, there were still people in other places. Countless physical jobs awaited them.

Only a few supervisors remained on the platform, holding forms and checking the material list for this transportation mission one by one. The alloy door connecting the tunnel and the platform slowly fell, marking the official end of another material supply mission from the ground.

Every overseer couldn't help but have a smile on their face. The arrival of supplies meant that they could get a lot of good things later, such as cigarettes, spirits, hallucinogens... especially in this dark place. After living underground for a long time, people who cannot even judge the time in the outside world have an even more urgent need for such items.

"The inventory of No. [-] cargo list has been completed..."

"Number two is over!"

“There’s a cocktail party in the dormitory tonight!”

"The dormitory is small, how about going to the restaurant?"

"Are you crazy? You can only drink wine secretly in this emergency. If you miss the Baron's business, you will become a slave."

Just like after every material supply mission in the past, the supervisors were in a good mood. After sweeping away the gloominess of staying underground for several months, they started chatting enthusiastically. Next, the warehouse supervisor turned a blind eye. Grab a few bottles of wine and have a small get-together in the blink of an eye, that's how it should be.

"Hey, where is Ike? Where has he gone? Isn't he familiar with the warehouse supervisor? Let him get more when the time comes."

"He seems to have gone out to close the track switches. I'm going to use the radio to remind him that you first go clean up the dormitory and make room..." A supervisor walked into the control room next to the platform while preparing for tonight's reception. While thinking, he turned on the surveillance equipment and broadcast outside the door, but just when he was about to convey the message to Ike outside the door, the picture displayed on the screen in front of him made all his words choke in his throat.

The overseer named Ike sat down against the wall, as if he was taking a rest due to sleepiness, but judging from the scattered blood splattering on the wall behind him, this was not the case. In addition, in the vicinity of the screen, It showed a short figure standing outside the gate, with two slender arms under a black windbreaker dragging a weird sickle of exaggerated size.

What it is?

The whole body of the sickle was filled with heart-stopping black smoke. Before he could recover from his shock, a sharp and short sound suddenly came from the closed alloy door, and a moment later, the door was twenty or thirty inches thick. Several cracks suddenly appeared on the alloy door, and the smooth cuts were intertwined with each other, opening a gap for people to pass through.

There was neither a shocking explosion nor a loud sound. Everything happened so calmly. It was not until the figure silently appeared in front of everyone that people suddenly realized - this was an enemy attack!

Chapter 65 Black smoke is coming 2

It is neither the Confederate army that broke through the defense line and attacked across the entire abandoned city of NC, nor the armed forces of the resistance organization hiding in the subway facilities.

Where did she come from?What's the purpose?

Even though a large number of Xunyou teams returned to the headquarters due to the order of the commander-in-chief, there are still a lot of Ofanto's defense forces outside the headquarters. To say the least, even if they cannot stop the attackers, they will definitely convey the information to the headquarters. Let them know in advance.

However, the alarm system at the headquarters did not receive any warning until just now. Is it really because there is an entrance to the outside world hidden somewhere in the subway system that they are not aware of and has bypassed their security personnel?

Wearing a black windbreaker, a huge scythe, and a short body, there was only one attacker that could be observed. However, after she demonstrated her ability to cut the alloy door effortlessly, no one on Orfanto's side dared to do so. contempt.

Several sentry machine guns located above the platform opened fire first. The dense firepower almost completely engulfed the figure in front of them. The firepower from different directions weaved an unavoidable firepower network. The targeted target just stood there indifferently. , did not react at all to the bullets flying towards him.

Hit!

Countless bullets passed through the target and hit the ground behind, but the jumping fire did not splash out the blood that should have appeared. Before the guard could think about it, the figure turned into a black smoke and dissipated in the air. There was no trace of the attacker except for the dense shell casings.

What's this?Lure using holographic projection technology?Is it to deceive the defensive firepower here?The combat commander on Ofanto's side quickly made an inference based on his many years of combat experience. However, the expected firepower from the enemy's firepower point did not arrive. Instead, there was a crisp sound of broken glass suddenly coming from above his head.

It's the lighting!

As the sound of breaking came one after another, the light in the platform quickly dimmed. Everyone looked up suddenly and immediately caught a figure jumping eastward on the pipelines, brackets, and ventilation ducts. Every light was illuminated by it. Without exception, the lamps were quickly destroyed.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

Ofanto's attack started again, and the bullets from below chased the flickering black shadow. A few times the bullets even grazed the attacker's body and penetrated the black windbreaker, but even so, the bullets could only A few bullet holes could be left in vain on the black windbreaker.

"Turn off all lighting equipment! Everyone put on night vision goggles!"

Since the opponent's goal is to plunge this place into darkness, then let's do as she wishes. For their well-armed army, darkness has never been an unfavorable combat environment.

Putting down the night vision device above his head, the bright green color reconstructed the dim environment in the eyes of the soldiers clearly. After a short period of adaptation, Ofanto immediately entered combat mode.

Faced with Ofantuo's initiative to turn off the lights and suddenly plunge into darkness, the attacker seemed to be caught off guard. She turned her body violently and kicked her legs on the ceiling wall, causing her body to dive from a high point and suddenly fall to the ground. Just as she The moment she was less than one meter above the ground, her figure changed again.