Zhou Lin

The Wall of the Abyss is a wall with a length of more than thirteen kilometers. It is undoubtedly unsafe to rely on manpower as its main defense force. Therefore, at the beginning of the design, the engineers had decided to hand over more than 95% of the security work inside and outside the wall. Smart probes and automated weapons to complete.

There is an entrance and exit on each side of the wall of the abyss on the west and south sides. There are only a small number of guards stationed at the outpost at the entrance, and their tasks are only to process and feedback the alarms sent by the computer and take a look at the gate.

On the east and north sides, since they are surrounded by the Pripyat River, and part of the "Nine Prisons" itself is built under the river bed, they simply adopted the design of a "fully automatic defense strike array"; from then on Living creatures that invade the wall on both sides are directly treated as "intruders". There is no need for manual identification. The weapon system will "kill first and then report". The guards only need to come and collect the corpse after the target is killed... As for whether they can be collected What percentage of "corpses" are there depends on luck - some targets can still be seen after being killed, and some are directly reduced to scum, and it is unclear whether they are human or something...

January 15th, early morning, 3:10.

An old fishing boat slowly came from the river and entered the defense net on the north side of the abyss wall.

Although the ship itself and the people on board did not make any unusual moves within the visible range of the probe, the "electronic sentries" at the top of the wall were still keeping an eye on them very dedicatedly.

In the 23rd century, even the "intelligent recognition" functions of civilian camera equipment are already very powerful, not to mention military ones; at this moment, as long as the hull of the ship in front of you or the passengers on the ship show a suspected remote camera to the wall, Weapons...even if they are bows, arrows or throwing knives, the defense cannons inside the wall will immediately trigger, lock onto the target, and play a warning broadcast of "disarm and surrender immediately". After the broadcast is played, if the target fails to comply within ten seconds, or simply launches an attack, the system will begin to run the annihilation program.

There is no doubt that in the face of such a defensive force... it would be unwise to break through head-on.

Of course, everyone on the ship had no intention of making a head-on breakthrough.

This fishing boat is just a cover, similar to the light source extending from the nose of the lantern... The part above the water is used to attract attention, and the underwater drilling rig connected under the cabin is the one doing the work.

Some people may ask, with this equipment, why don't they just bring a submarine over? It's very simple. The defense system of the Abyss Wall is equipped with radar. Although its detection range is limited, large machinery within a hundred meters will definitely not escape the radar scan. If a submarine is used, the camera will scan the water and there will be nothing on the surface, but there will be nothing on the surface. There is another dot on the radar, and the system will immediately determine that it has encountered a submarine...

There are only two kinds of "legal" submarines on this planet, one is the Federation's own military submarine, and the other is a very small number of civilian sightseeing submarines; no matter which type, they are equipped with signal recognition that has been encrypted by the military. It is impossible to drive to Chernobyl without saying hello, so... if it is confirmed as a submarine target here, it will not even be treated as a "warning broadcast", and it will be severely punished directly. Weapon blast.

However, fishing boats are different...

Even if this broken boat stays on the river for a long time, the computer will just stare at it, like staring at a huge piece of rusty iron that can leave a blip on the radar.

"Let me confirm again, we are not going to the sewer, are we?" As the drilling rig under the boat plunged towards the river bed, Fang Xiangqi in the cabin asked the doctor again this question that he was very concerned about.

"I've said it many times, the place you enter is called the 'isolation layer', which is nothing like the sewer." The doctor sat in front of the operating table and looked at various instruments, and responded in an impatient tone without looking back. Said, "Also, let me explain again... although to you this is 'drilling down', but from the perspective of the prison, we invaded from 'above'. Have you seen the sewer going up?" Are you leaving?"

"I don't care." Fang Xiangqi curled his lips, "If I find myself in a pipe full of feces and urine after rushing in, I will settle the score with you when I come back."

"Haha..." the doctor continued with a smile, "Okay, who is afraid of whom? Anyway, from my understanding... 'settling accounts' is an act that can only be carried out by people with brains."

"Now that the war is going on, it's time for both of you to stop." Before the conversation between the two escalated into a confrontation, Lance interrupted and advised, "We are only 1.2 meters tall, so there is no need to rush into each other."

As a result, he triggered a quarrel among three people.

"Let me tell you, ten years ago, if you were so angry at me, you would have been a piece of shit in my intestines." Fang Xiangqi squinted at Lance and said.

"Hmph... Then you are overthinking it. The most that will turn into shit is this guy's skin." Before Lance could reply, the doctor said on his behalf, "And his soul, which is worse than shit... will Keep living.”

"That's not as bad as your appearance." Lance was not to be outdone.

The three people were talking to each other, and all kinds of extremely vicious personal attacks were coming from their mouths; but amidst the flying dirty words, the other four people in the cabin seemed very calm. It seems that similar attacks have been happening these days. They also listened to the conversation.

About three minutes later, the drill bit successfully penetrated the river bed and touched the armor plate of the "isolation layer" of the Nine Prisons.

At this moment, the defense system inside the Nine Hells was instantly activated, and the alarm sounded loudly. However... there is no logical coordination mechanism between this system and the defense system of the wall of the abyss. Therefore, from the perspective of the defense system on the water, the lens The target did not do anything worthy of attack.

"Okay, the invasion is successful, let's go quickly." The serious doctor did not waste any time. In the few seconds when the drill bit broke through the armor plate, he almost completed the precise operation on the spot, making the already The drill bit that entered the inner layer of the armor plate "exploded" in all directions at the most appropriate depth; while being stuck in position, it also exposed the passage inside the drill rig.

Except for the priest who needed to stay on the ship to protect the doctor, the other five people, namely Lance, Jack, Uncle Xue, Fang Xiangqi, and Solid, all quickly came to the entrance of the passage at the bottom of the cabin as soon as the doctor's words came out. Filed in hesitantly.

In just a few seconds, they slid through the pipe and entered what the doctor called the "isolation layer" from the opened drill bit.

This so-called "isolation layer" is a buffer space between the Nine Hells and the river bed; if the body of the Nine Hells is compared to a box, then the outer armor plate of the "isolation layer" is a more beautiful A bigger box. The two are connected by countless alloy pillars, and these alloy pillars have extremely high toughness and physical properties that will hardly be lost over time...

Although this design is time-consuming and expensive during construction, as long as it is completed, it can ensure that the body of Jiuji can withstand all earthquakes with a magnitude of less than 8.

Yes, the federal designers even considered the factor of "earthquake causing the prison to be breached". It is no fluke that this prison can stand for a hundred years.

"It's colder underground than I thought." After turning on the lighting, Lance muttered leisurely.

"It will be cooler when the river fills this space," Solid said, glancing up at the river water seeping in from the "cracks" in the armor plate around the drill bit.

Everyone understood that he was urging everyone to act quickly and not waste time on unnecessary trivial matters.

Since they were all sensible people, there was no need to dwell on it; Fang Xiangqi, who was born with the ability to see in the dark without any tools, took the initiative to open the way and led the other four people to quickly move forward.

Their plan was to cross the wall of the abyss in the isolation layer, then use Solid's ability to blast a passage downwards through the nine prison levels, and then split up to each level to release the prisoners.

The plan was made, but when it came time to execute it...

"Be careful!" Just as everyone was running forward, Uncle Xue suddenly shouted softly, stretched out his hand forward, and grabbed Fang Xiangqi's shoulder.

The people behind him also reacted quickly. They stopped the moment he made a sound and raised their lighting equipment to scan the surroundings on alert.

In one breath, all five people stood still and assumed a fighting stance.

After about five seconds of suffocating silence, suddenly, a strange voice sounded: "Interesting..."

The person who spoke seemed to be doing ballet while diving... and "floated" out of the ground armor three meters in front of Fang Xiangqi.

"This is the first time I have met someone who can escape my sneak attack in the form of a 'preemptive strike'." After saying this, the man's body finally emerged from the "underground" completely.

He is a Caucasian with blond hair and blue eyes. He wears a pair of small round glasses on his tall nose and wears a federal army officer's uniform.

He has a slender figure and stands upright, with his hands behind his back, a hawk-like look on his face, and a calm smile on his lips.

Everyone in the Anti-Cross knew this man, because in the information they browsed before taking action, there was a record of this man - "The Nest Demon", Carl von Baylor, one of the four deputy wardens of the Nine Prisons.

"It's not the 'first time' that I escaped such an attack..." Uncle Xue looked at the other party and said coldly.

"Oh?" Karl met Uncle Xue's eyes with burning eyes, "Have we fought before?"

"Who knows..." Uncle Xue didn't want to respond directly to such an obvious cliche.

"Hmph...it doesn't matter whether you say it or not." Karl said, "You are going to die from this anyway."

"Then..." Unexpectedly, in the next second, Lance turned to look at Uncle Xue with a nonchalant expression, "...as agreed in advance, this product will be left to you."

"No problem, you can go first." Uncle Xue's answer was also without thinking and his tone was logical.

Before he finished speaking, Lance, Jack, Fang Xiangqi, and Solid split into two groups and ran in the direction behind Karl.

"What are you thinking about?" At this moment, Karl sneered, and his body immediately sank into the ground again; in the blink of an eye, his upper body flashed out of an alloy pillar a few meters away, and with a hand knife Hit Jack who is passing by here.

result……

His inevitable surprise attack came to nothing.

It can also be seen from the look of surprise that flashed across Karl's face that he did not know the reason why his shot failed.

As a ferocious ability user, Carl has seen many opponents with terrifying speeds, but none of them could disappear from his sight as if he were teleporting like Jack.

"I advise you not to offend them..." Karl was in shock, and Uncle Xue's words and fists came at the same time, "... Just try to compete with me."

Bang——

Uncle Xue's fist hit Karl's face, making a sound of energy collision.

In fact, Karl could avoid the punch, but he didn't do so because... firstly, he felt it was unnecessary; secondly, he felt that receiving this punch would make it easier for him to express some things.

"If you are smart enough..." A second later, Karl squinted at the fist on his cheek with a proud look, and said with a smile, "...you should have understood that the gap between you and me is not There is such a thing as a 'competition'."

Uncle Xue ignored him at all. He reached into his arms with his other hand, then spread out a handful of small button-shaped things.

"Do you think...you are the first person to come here and throw 'plasma ant mines' at me?" Karl said while calmly escaping into the alloy pillar, "Whether it's digging tunnels or using abilities. ...In the years I have been in office, although not many people have successfully sneaked into the 'isolation layer', there have been several batches..." When he spoke the second half of the sentence, his voice had already come behind Uncle Xue, " Those who have the courage to rob the Nine Hells are more or less capable, so of course I have already experienced plasma weapons and other things..."

As he spoke, Karl raised his right hand, made a "flick the forehead" gesture with his middle finger and thumb, and aimed at Uncle Xue's turning head.

"I won't... uh uh uh uh -"

Karl originally wanted to break Uncle Xue's skull with a snap of his fingers when he said the three words "hit", but before the word "hit" came out, he was electrocuted to the point of convulsing all over his body and unable to speak.

"Why!" At this moment, Karl was roaring in his heart, "Why would he scatter a handful of plasma ant mines in advance where I appear? Is this guy's ability to predict the future?"

Before he could think about it, the muzzle of a pistol was pointed at his eyebrows.

Uncle Xue pulled the trigger without saying a word. Karl, who was unable to use energy to defend himself due to paralysis, was immediately shot in the head.

However, this battle that seemed to be over... was not over.

"You really can't be careless..." A few seconds later, Karl's "corpse" with his head shot turned into a puddle of mucus and fell to the ground. The other one, intact, "floated" from a place ten meters away from Uncle Xue. He came out and said in a deep voice, "It seems that it is necessary to ask your name first before killing you..."

"Sorry, I'm too lazy to tell you again." And Uncle Xue... was not surprised by the other party's "resurrection", and even showed a look of boredom, "Because your ability is not only strong, but also extremely difficult." "Mai, I've become so familiar with you that I feel like I'm watching a ghost video every time I hear you talking. Can you shut up next?"