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

Hiiragi's actions made the young man's actions full of confusion.Are these valuable circulation coupons going to be given to him?With so many circulation coupons, not to mention buying medicine, it is more than enough to buy one more residence in the inner city. But why is this?Obviously just now I was thinking about stealing parts of this car.

"I am an extremely selfish person. I only care about the things I care about. This car is not my property, so I will not pursue what happened just now. Let these be the rewards for doing the problems just now." After stuffing it into the young man's hand, Hiiragi pointed to the older man lying on the ground, "I hate extra trouble the most, take this guy away too."

"I...Yes! Yes! Thank you..."

"Don't thank me, I already said this is the reward." Before the boy could say anything more, Hiiragi walked away and ran towards the address of the guard headquarters that she just learned from the boy, where Hiiragi passed by. What Han Nianling learned from his communication was where the Newborn City convoy and others were being held.

Chapter 35 Surprising Discovery

As a small urban base with scarce resources, Xiti City's energy situation is naturally not optimistic. Its power supply relies entirely on a small thermal power station located to the west of Xiti City.

The forest area composed of mutant vegetation with strong growth capacity provides almost inexhaustible fuel, but the limited power provided by only a few old and backward power generation equipment can only meet the most basic level of power consumption of important basic facilities. , not to mention providing night lighting.

Therefore, in order to illuminate the city at night, Xiti City can only set up torches on both sides of the main road, and pile up larger bonfires at important intersections. Although it seems a bit primitive, it is also the city of Xidi. Currently the most appropriate and effective method.

However, this dim light and the sparse patrols in Xiti City were not as much of an obstacle to Hieragi as the unfamiliar environment in Xiti City. Soon she successfully escaped the eyes of the Xiti City patrols. According to the young man's words The information learned found its target.

The one in front is probably the Guard headquarters.

Even though it is far less luxurious than the military government building, as the former office of the military government of Xiti City and now the headquarters of the Xiti City Guards, its scale is still far different from the surrounding civilian buildings. Such a conspicuous place There is no need to distinguish deliberately.

Different from the open square with flower beds in front of the military government building, the Guards headquarters is surrounded by a brick wall several meters high, with barbed wire and wooden spikes on the top to prevent people from climbing. There is also a wooden sentry tower set up at regular intervals behind the wall. The back-and-forth lighting of high-power searchlights placed on the sentry tower tears away the cover of the night in this area.

Hiiragi quickly climbed up to the roof of a three-story apartment building along the water pipes outside the wall. The height here was enough to help Hiiragi's vision see everything behind it beyond the obstruction of the wall.

The most extensive training ground occupies two-thirds of the area inside the wall, with numerous basic training facilities placed on it.There is also a large shed on the west side near the wall, which looks like a warehouse. Next to it is a five-story building, which is also the main building inside the wall. This is probably where Han Nianling and others were detained.

It's just that depending on the situation of the guards, it's not easy to get in. The only way she can think of is to go around the wall to find a suitable breach to sneak in. However, the actual risk is much greater than planned. These The weapons in the hands of the soldiers were not advanced, but they were powerful enough to pierce bullets into her body.

Why did it become like this?Obviously I just slept in the car...

Hiiragi Jing didn't know what exactly happened when Han Nianling and others met with the Xidi City Government. Han Nianling's hasty and brief notification through the wristband was far from explaining the matter clearly, but there was one thing. She is clear: that is, the current Xiti City authorities are in an unfriendly situation with their people from Newborn City.

Thinking of this, Hiei Jing couldn't help but look at her wrist. Han Nianling just talked about the fact that her party was detained and then stopped. After that, Hiei Jing could no longer get in touch with Han Nianling. Maybe Xidi City and others discovered it. Han Nianling's hidden communication method, or the communication signal is blocked underground, but no matter which possibility it is, Hiei Jing cannot learn more relevant information from Han Nianling's mouth, and then he can only rely on himself .

Just as Hiiragi was about to turn over and go downstairs to take action, a gust of night wind suddenly brought the sound of driving vehicles to her ears. For safety reasons, she immediately stopped her actions.

Is this a Xidi City vehicle?

Hiei Jing, who had never seen a local vehicle in Xiti City, couldn't help but look in the direction of the sound. Before that, she had always thought that this kind of transportation did not exist in Xiti City.

That is a road that leads directly to the south gate of Xiti City, which is also the direction from which the Newborn City convoy entered Xiti City. Hiei Jing, who was half-crouching on the roof, stared closely at that direction, following the noise of the engine. As the beeping sound got closer, she finally saw a few not-so-bright car lights appear at the corner of the road.

Behind the lights are two severely worn vans. Rust and dents are densely spread on the body surface. One of them doesn't even have a driver's door. If they were parked on the side of the road, Hiiragi Jing would be surprised. It was undoubtedly classified as a pile of scrap metal, but the fact that it could still be driven normally was an eye-opener for Hiiragi.

When the two vehicles approached the gate of the guard headquarters wall, their speed slowed down significantly. As the brakes were applied, a rather harsh noise also sounded. The sharp sound could be heard in almost half of the city.

Are they going to enter the Guard headquarters?

After seeing the key points of the motorcade's route, Hiiragi immediately realized that this was a rare opportunity, and this opportunity was definitely not to be missed!

Hiiragi immediately turned around and climbed off the roof. With the help of her hands that blocked her ears, she climbed onto the water pipe. She quickly dropped to the ground regardless of the burning sensation caused by the friction in her hands, and quickly ran to a hidden position near the gate of the wall to stand by. .

Sure enough, the slowing down van stopped in front of the guard gate. The guards in front of the gate also focused their attention on the driver of the car and started talking.Neither the passengers in the car nor the guards at the door noticed that a petite figure quickly emerged from the dark corner of the street and crawled into the bottom of the vehicle behind. The whole process lasted only a short time. of ten seconds.

After a brief negotiation, the guard opened the door behind him, and the two vehicles were able to drive inside. Hiiragi, who put his body and limbs on the cross beam of the vehicle frame and clung to the ground, finally achieved his goal of sneaking in. Next, he only had to wait for the opportunity to escape. Okay, but the action was not as foolproof as imagined. The only shortcoming was that she ignored something. The noise of the engine so close at hand made Hiiragi's head a little confused.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, the moving vehicle stopped again. The stalled engine finally stopped the noise in his ears. Hiiragi shook his head hard to bring his consciousness back.

Here is... where?

Lighting replaced the dim environment, and the dirt road turned into a flat cement floor. Looking through the gaps under the car, she could see that there were many large wooden boxes piled around. After thinking about it for a while, she immediately thought of herself on the roof before. I saw a large shack during the observation, but I thought there was not enough information to further confirm what I could gather with my current field of vision.

"Wait, who are you guys?"

Along with a shout and a series of crisp footsteps coming from the front, Hiiragi's sight could see two pairs of leather combat boots rushing towards this side. This was the same as what Hiiragi had seen in the isolation area before. The boots worn by the Xidi City soldiers who arrived were generally the same, so there was no need to say more about the identities of these two people.

"Damn it, are you bothering me once or twice? Are all the guys in Xidi City blind? Can't you see such a big sign?" An unceremonious and rude yell came from the car, and in The separate expressions of the other party and one's own side in these words revealed information that surprised Hiiragi: the people in this car did not seem to belong to the forces of Xidi City.

There was no response to the yelling, but the two pairs of boots began to hesitate and no longer approached. They were obviously frightened by the people in the car. They were acting as guards and were frightened by a curse from an outside intruder.

This made Hiiragi couldn't help but despise the professionalism and courage of the two guards.

"Okay, okay, don't be so angry. We are all a family now, so be nice. Don't be nervous. We are just here to collect the supplies that your commander-in-chief promised to us."

Immediately afterwards, there was a persuasion from the car where Hiiragi was hiding, which seemed to be intended to ease the atmosphere between the two parties. Such a thick voice and speaking in such a soft and slow way made people want to laugh, but Hiiragi couldn't laugh because she The identity of the owner of this voice was recognized from the very beginning.

Heavy mountains!The person in charge who showed up at the checkpoint.

This astonishing discovery made Hiiragi's thoughts surge.

So the people who controlled that checkpoint at that time were not the guards of Xiti City but another force?Recalling what I saw through the car window at that time, it became more and more possible. No wonder I felt that the temperament of that group was incompatible with Xidi City from beginning to end, but what kind of force did they belong to?

"That...that, the General Commander's support materials have been prepared in Storage Room No. [-]..." This time, there was a hint of fear in the voice of the Xidi City soldier. "The general in charge authorized a transport vehicle and parked it on standby..."

"Well, very good, okay, take us over and have a look..." As he said, the car door was slowly pushed open, and the passengers in the car also got out of the car. The reduction in load also significantly increased the distance between the car chassis and the ground. A few points.

Hiei Jing's eyes were fixed on the dozens of pairs of calves disappearing around the corner. She didn't carefully get out from under the car until the surrounding sounds completely disappeared.

While shaking and rubbing her sore wrists for a while, she cast a searching gaze around her. Just as she guessed, this was the large shed she had seen before. The colored steel tile roof above her head was the most powerful evidence. , that building is right next door.

By the way, the logo those people mentioned just now is... huh? !

Curious about the identity of this group of people, Hiiragi Jing looked at the car behind her. Hiiragi Jing, who originally defined the identity of this group of people as other human strongholds or city base joint defense allies, did not expect that the people who appeared in her sight It turned out to be a very familiar pattern - a sheep head skull? !

The degree of wear and tear of the pattern does not hinder recognition, especially people who have seen it once and remembered it can recognize it at a glance, at least for Hiiragi Jing.

Could it be said that those people are nomads? !Are they accomplices of the group of looters who attacked them before?What is even more shocking is the fact that the military government of Xiti City colluded with the looters.

Chapter 36 The surprise at the door of the official building

'Xiti City Guard Headquarters Official Building'

Under the dim light, the wooden door plate hanging next to the gate pointed out that this was Hiiragi's target location. As he walked along the steps from the gate entrance to the interior of the building, he was blocked by two Xidi City soldiers standing guard. Block.

Hiiragi definitely didn't think that with only a short knife and cold weapon, she could run across an open area of ​​tens of meters long without being noticed and knock the two people out silently. In comparison, she was The most likely outcome was to be treated as an unidentified intruder and then shot to death by two people in an open area.

However, the guards at the entrance did not prevent Hiiragi from infiltrating the building. The building itself was not very protective. After setting up a tight external blockade around the wall, it did seem too much to spend manpower and material resources to strengthen the defense of the building itself. This kind of trust in the wall blockade has provided Hiiragi Jing with great convenience.

It didn't take much time for Hiiragi to discover that there were many unlocked sliding windows on the second floor of the building. Some of them were even opened directly to welcome the fresh air from the outside. It could be seen that the office workers here were also affected by the high temperature. Sleepy.

Fortunately, it was night now, and she could directly tell whether someone was staying in the dark room behind the window. She soon selected an unlit window near an external water pipe as her target.

The experience of a serious illness not long ago did not affect his skills. Instead, Hiiragi felt that his body was much lighter. He was not as weak as he was 10 minutes ago. Thanks to this subtle change, Hiiragi quickly climbed up. Target ledge.

Clinging to the edge of the window sill with both hands, the tight muscles of both arms slowly raised the sight high enough to peek inside. The room behind the window was an extremely ordinary office, with a row of filing cabinets against the wall and two The desks together and the documents piled up on the desks were no different from the office where Han Nianling was located, which Hiiragi had seen before in the institute.

However, the desk here does not have a personal terminal for people to use, but a palm-sized black calculator. The paper under the calculator is filled with drafts of various arithmetic formulas. The statistical table filled with numbers next to it is the only result of spending so much calculation.

There are many such calculators in various departments in the newborn city, and they are considered a relatively common calculation tool. However, Han Nianling said that in places where resources are scarce and there is a lack of mathematics education, wooden sticks of different thicknesses and sizes are widely used. Primitive calculation tools like wooden beads.

The era in which these many phenomena coexist is a unique spectacle of the new era...

After roughly confirming that there were no other threats in the room, Hiiragi quickly turned over and entered the room. Her thick-soled leather boots inevitably made a few soft sounds on the wooden floor. Just in case, Hiiragi took off her long boots. The leather boots were hung on the belt with a lock. The coolness of stepping on the wooden board through the socks made Hiiragi couldn't help but stretch her toes a few times. Any extra coolness in the stuffy environment was so addictive.

Standing on tiptoes, Hiiragi quickly came to the door, put her ear against the door panel and used her hearing to confirm what was going on outside.

It sounds like...no one.

The next gaze took over the search of hearing, and he carefully opened the door to a tiny gap, and the revealed sight officially confirmed that there was no other person in the corridor. He effectively avoided most troubles at night, Hiiragi Jing quickly moved in other directions. She knew that the longer time passed, the worse Han Nianling's situation would become.

The layout of this headquarters building is not complicated. After walking along the corridor and carefully avoiding a few rooms with lights still on, Hiei Jing quickly found the stairs at the end of the corridor. However, after arriving at the first floor along the stairs, But there is no road that continues downward. The entrance to the underground is obviously somewhere else.

Troublesome...but it was expected. After all, it was an important place used to imprison a team of more than 20 people in Xidi City. Naturally, such a place cannot be designed to extend in all directions.

Hiiragi had no time to wait and had to continue searching. The only good thing was that she was now at one end of the corridor. As long as she continued to move in the other direction, she would always find it...

As expected, Hiiragi found the entrance to the stairs leading to the underground not long after leaving. However, the current situation in front of her made Hiiragi feel a little embarrassed.

Not far from the entrance is the main entrance of this official building, and the two soldiers on guard that were seen at the beginning were standing only a few dozen meters away.

In the end, after going around in such a big circle, you still can't avoid them?

Hiroyuki Jing, who was hiding in the corner, carefully observed the route he needed to take to get to the stairway. It was not impossible to get there, but it required taking huge risks, even if the two of them were facing the entrance of the stairway at this time. But who can guarantee that they will not glance behind them intentionally or unintentionally while they are trying to pass. The mere distance of a few dozen meters to hide and escape is just a fantasy.

However, this must-go road is the closest one he knows so far. If he abandons this place and looks for other targets, it will take more time. Whether he can find the second entrance is unknown. During this period, Han Nianling , Will Lingjiu and the others encounter other accidents?This is a price she cannot afford.

Thinking of this, Hiei Jing gradually suppressed her breathing deliberately. She lowered her body to shrink her body, and cautiously stepped out of the corner with her tense muscles. The toes that touched the ground first confirmed this time. The foothold, and then the landing of the heel was the first step of this action. The silent steps were absolutely perfect, but...

"Who is this? This is the Guard General Affairs Building. No unauthorized entry is allowed. Show your password!"

"!!!"

The sudden shout in her ears caused Hiiragi's body to stand still in place instantly, maintaining a funny and strenuous walking posture but unable to move. The muscles in her whole body were as stiff as stones, and the heat in the air seemed to be swept away at this moment. It was empty, and the coolness that filled the whole body made people feel no comfort at all at this moment.

How can this be? !

Was he discovered so easily even though he had just taken the first step? !

Her suspicious gaze slowly moved up from her toes, but she suddenly discovered that the two soldiers were not looking in her direction but at the outside of the building. The next second after confirming that she had not been discovered, Hiiragi quickly retracted her Step back and hide in the corner.

"Huh...huh..."

While pressing the palm of his left chest hard and feeling the pounding rhythm of his heart, he tried hard to suppress his breathing and not let out any abnormal sound. The experience just now was too exciting for Hiiragi, but fortunately everything was surprising. No risk.

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous. We are your allies. The password is - uh... Be energetic? Is this right?" Even if the rough and deep voice slows down, it sounds like a growl, and this sign The voice also let Hiiragi know the identity of the real person who was stopped by the two soldiers.

Were they the nomads she had hitched a ride with just now?Didn't they go to collect supplies?Why are you here?

It was difficult to confirm whether the position he was in was within the line of sight of one of them, so Hiiragi didn't dare to head over and observe. However, the conversation between the two sides was extremely clear at this distance, so there was no need to use his line of sight.

"What are you doing here? The supplies are collected at the warehouse."

After confirming that the other party's identity and password were correct, the Xidi City soldiers lowered their guard. However, the visit of these nomads made people a little confused. In order to deal with the material receiving warehouse, extra manpower should be arranged.

"It's like this. The supplies you provided are different from the promises made by your commander-in-chief. I'm here to ask for verification again. I hope you can give me an answer as soon as possible."

"This may be an error that occurred during work, but everyone in the Statistics Department is off work now..."

"They are off duty but we are not. At least find someone who can take care of things. Here, take this statistics sheet and check it..."

His side's explanation did not get the other side's answer. Seeing the statistics sheet shaking in the opponent's hand, a soldier from Xidi City had no choice but to reach out to pick it up. However, what he didn't expect was that his hand touched the bottom of the statistics sheet. For a moment, the other party suddenly threw away the statistics sheet and grabbed his wrist.

Before he had time to react, the brown bear-like body in front of him pulled him forward with force. The next second, another stretched out hand pinched his neck hard. The pressure on his neck made his vision quickly turn black. , the Xidi City soldiers collapsed before they even had time to make any struggling movements.

"you……"

What happened in front of him was another Xidi City soldier who was shocked and quickly raised his gun. Unfortunately, the nomads who had been prepared would not allow him to pull the trigger. The arms from behind also locked his neck tightly. , the upward force gradually lifted his feet off the ground, and no matter how hard he struggled, he could not stop his consciousness from fading away.

After dealing with the No. 1 Xidi City soldier, Zhongshan stepped over the Xiti City soldier who fell to the ground and walked quickly into the building. His accomplices who had dealt with the Xidi City soldier behind him quickly followed after leaving the two behind. Walking up the mountain, we walked together towards the stairway leading to the underground.

"..."

At the beginning of the commotion, Hiei Jing's eyes were attracted and flicked away. She had a panoramic view of the surprise attack of a whole group of nomads by Xidi City soldiers. She felt extremely shocked but also extremely confused in her heart. Were the nomads not related to Xidi City? Has the dungeon reached some kind of collaboration?Why did the conflict occur in this way?

Is it because of the material problem Zhongshan mentioned just now?But shouldn’t this kind of thing be resolved by notifying the management of Xidi City?Targeting the two soldiers would not only fail to solve the problem but would also aggravate the conflict. Such a decisive attack was obviously a long-planned plan rather than a temporary act. When she saw the group of nomads walking towards the stairs, Hiiragi realized something was wrong.

While the two people left behind were still carrying the unconscious Xidi City soldier Hiiragi Jing, he quickly ran out of his hiding place and followed Zhongshan and others toward the stairs.

Hiiragi didn't know what they were going to do specifically, but Hiiragi was sure it was aimed at Han Nianling and the others, which forced her to get ready to take action.

This group of nomads is not large in number. After leaving two people at the door, there are four more. It will not be difficult to deal with them if I can make contact with the people of the Newborn City as soon as possible.

Chapter 37 The Nomads Attack Again

In such an era, any outing - especially a long-distance outing will face immeasurable risks, whether they come from monsters, humans or nature. Although the various exchanges between different urban bases in the Southern Federation are becoming increasingly close, it can be The only areas where humans can truly maintain a certain degree of order and security around the clock are urban bases that are sparsely divided into points.

Except for a few extremely important traffic routes connecting city bases throughout the Southern Federation, there is almost no effective and reliable order force deployed. After all, most base governments only have the power to maintain the city bases themselves. and the security within a limited range of the surrounding area. From time to time, we have to deal with high-risk emergencies such as large-scale monster sieges, so we naturally have no time to pay attention to traffic problems outside the city.

Faced with these problems, Xiti City's fleet has actually been prepared to deal with various emergencies. There are more than [-] elite soldiers from the security team and the standing army, and the ten vehicles responsible for transporting them are equipped with different heavy firepower The military chariots are an important guarantee for the safety of the convoy, but no one thought that the crisis the convoy encountered in Xiti City would be so special and sudden...

The spacious interior space does not feel oppressive at all even if you stay for a long time. The large sofa is more than enough for one person to lie down on. Hot water is supplied 24 hours a day. Tea bags and snacks on the table can also be taken at will. Although the photocopied books are simple, most of them do not affect viewing, and they even come with an equally spacious private bathroom.

After staying here for several hours, Han Nianling actually felt that apart from being a little bored during this period, it was actually a little comfortable. Although it was still compared to the high-end residence he bought in Xidi City to accommodate Hiiragi Jing and Lingjiu. It's a little worse, but according to the standards of Xidi City, the living environment here is also of high standard.

According to the original itinerary, tonight we were going to camp in the wild near a human stronghold. The current living environment was much better than planned. It would have been even better if we were not detained.

Han Nianling is not too worried about his own safety. No matter what, Zhao Anpan will not be arrogant enough to break up with the Newborn City. Xidi City's weak military strength is simply not enough to fight against the Newborn City. The other party must have a clear understanding, otherwise they would not be detained in such a rough environment. Zhao Anpan must be having a headache at this time on how to end this matter as soon as possible.

Originally, I wanted to convey the intention of reconciliation to Zhao Anpan through Hiiragi Jing, but unexpectedly, there was a signal-blocking device underground in this building. Then I can only wait for Zhao Anpan to make a decision on his own initiative. I just hope Hiiragi Jing That guy should not act rashly and aggravate conflicts.

After drinking an unknown number of cups of tea, Han Nianling, who was lying on her back on the sofa, raised her head and stared at the white light tube above her head. The bright light stimulated the structure of the retina to undergo subtle changes to avoid the bright light. When she When Han Nianling looked away, a blurry light spot moved away with it. When Han Nianling subconsciously wanted to see the light spot, he always cleverly avoided the focus of the gaze.

This boring trick ended with the disappearance of the light spot. Just as Han Nianling was about to pick up the tea cup and add new water, a series of heavy footsteps suddenly came from the corridor outside the door.

Could it be that Zhao Anpan has finally thought about it and is ready to contact him?