There were bursts of roaring, like hundreds of beasts roaring in the dark night.
The people of the Suzuki group completed the assembly and transfer within ten minutes. Countless motorcycles and three large shuttles flew away from the Suzuki Spring, left the Katagi area, and headed straight for Highland No. 26.
In the Lijia Supermarket, Xu Yang was resting, but he was awakened by the sound of a large number of moving convoys. He turned around and saw that the Suzuki team members who had been moving things in the store had already retreated, and the place was empty.
He quickly ran outside to observe the situation, and saw the lights of vehicles piercing the darkness, crossing the road, and whizzing away.
"They are going to Highland 26," Xu Yang saw where they were going, "We can't stop either."
"Going to find that 'shuttle' you mentioned?" Ye Zi was still afraid of returning to the darkness, nostalgic for the light of the hypermarket.
"Yes, Ye Zi, come with me. Let's leave too. The sooner we leave, the better. If you stay here, you can only feed the rats." Xu Yang didn't want to delay for a moment. He immediately turned around and headed towards the quarry of Bronze Titan Company.
.
A rat-man emerged from the darkness, peered at them, and at the same time whispered to each other.
Behind them, more of the same kind poured out, and the number seemed endless. There were at least tens of thousands of ratmen, so densely packed that the edges could not be seen at a glance.
Where did the rat men come from? Xu Yang couldn't help but ask himself.
This is a lot to say.
Some say it is the product of the company's biochemical experiments, some say it is a strange life left over from the witch era, some say it is a alien creature born from extraterrestrial meteorites, some say it is the degeneration of human beings who were driven underground, no one
Know.
There are tens of billions of rats, and rat-men are much larger than them, and their number will be even smaller.
There are currently only 300,000 other humanoid creatures, such as various apes and orangutans, in the world, and many people believe that the number of rat people will not exceed this number.
But judging from what we have seen so far, this is far from the truth.
According to some surveying companies, the Skaven can live near underground cities and rely on the huge amounts of garbage left behind in underground cities and on the ground to survive.
Under the predictions of artificial intelligence, the imbalance between supply and demand will cause economic turmoil. In order to balance production and sales, a large amount of unconsumed food is directly discharged into the sewers and is wasted. They are likely to become food for the rat people.
After all, the Skaven first expanded on a large scale half a century ago. At that time, they had already demonstrated enough intelligence to utilize and even replicate the hydroponic farms developed by humans without humans knowing anything about them.
, established an underground empire that was self-sufficient.
These thoughts lingered in Xu Yang's mind.
As they walked towards the quarry, more and more ratmen appeared on both sides, verifying these conjectures.
The forgotten intelligent race is back.
They did not attack, but just watched them walking silently in the dark. This felt even more eerie, as if they were being filmed by thousands of cameras at the same time. The rat people stared at them like prey waiting to be slaughtered.
Creepy.
"How about... let's go back." Kojima Yezi couldn't help it, "Go back to a place with lights, and go back to the robot shop. There are automatic gun towers and battery packs there to protect our safety."
"How long will the rat plague last?" Xu Yang did not stop, "What if we are facing a long tug of war?"
"With the company's technology and firepower, rats will die as many as they come." Kojima Yezi is very confident.
"Yes, the company is too strong, what about us?" Xu Yang sighed.
"The company is invincible," Cui Junyou added at the right time, "we little people are the reserve food."
"..." Ye Zi fell silent.
"Yes," Xu Yang lamented, "For the company, the Rat Man is just a scabies disease and will not affect their business empire under the sun at all. And the company also has no obligation to protect us. Now the Rat Man is killing
Those populations are not within the protection scope of the company's plan. The company will only protect those who pay for their services. There is no doubt that major companies will continue to thrive after this disaster, so, what about us?"
"Staying in just one place will sooner or later exhaust resources," Niederreiter reminded Ye Zi.
This guy can always look at the facts objectively. Xu Yang feels good and can handle it.
"It's more dangerous here." Ye Zi was annoyed, "Why don't you let me stay in the hypermarket and pick me up after you find the shuttle?"
"There is a place where you can be of use." Xu Yang smiled.
"Huh?" Ye Zi was puzzled.
"They are not attacking for the time being." Lila used her magic power to collect surrounding intelligence. "They seem to be waiting for the arrival of the 'chief' and the 'leader', and are more excited than normal. If it were not for not receiving certain instructions, they would have been there long ago.
Rushing over."
"We move fast, we're right in front." Xu Yang pointed to the quarry in the darkness.
After spending the longest 15 minutes in his life, Xu Yang and his party finally arrived at their destination.
After the original battle, everything was dead silent, without any light. The ground was covered with smoke, dust, bullet casings, earth pits, metal debris and corpse fragments intertwined together, making it difficult to distinguish carefully.
It seems that because Falosa was buried, the psychedelic atmosphere in the inner room of the excavation site spread out. The rats did not like this smell, so they did not break in, but just snooped around the outside.
Xu Yang ran to find the shuttle, while Lila and Falosa stopped very close to the entrance.
The tomb where Falosa was buried was still hidden in the depths and was slightly flooded with light. Lila stared there. Even in the absence of light, she could slowly construct an internal model through the information she sensed.
Temperature, airflow, and visual imaging are all available resources.
"The people who hate me the most built that place together." Farosha crossed her arms to her chest, "There are still my burial objects inside. Do you want to dig through them?"
"1,000 years ago, about eight witches suffered extremely violent malice because they did things that made other witches sect against each other, causing unprecedented disasters," Lila recalled.
"Are only 8 of the 11 witches remembered by people of this era? I really wonder how the forgotten 3 would feel if they were still alive today." Falosa smiled half-heartedly.
"In fact, only numbers have been handed down, without any detailed records."
"I guess so. That's why modern witches look so fragile, because they know nothing about the past."
"If you are one of them, your existence is a huge threat to us."
"As long as you don't anger me, everything is fine." Farossa said with contempt, "It's weird witches like you that make me sick. Your existence insults our entire tribe. If God can know you, God will not care.
I will not hesitate to destroy you, this blasphemy."
"It's a pity that your 'god' has fallen due to the attacks of major companies." Lila said calmly.
The sinister smile on Falosa's face became even weirder. She shook her head and walked quickly towards Xu Yang.
Xu Yang found the black shuttle, opened the hatch and got in. He turned around and called for others to come up. Falosa was the first to get into the shuttle.
"Wow!" she said excitedly to Xu Yang, "We got here safely."
"Of course!" Xu Yang felt that Falosa was particularly innocent and cute at the moment.
"There were so many motorcycles leaving just now. Is there no one at the hot spring? It would be great if I could go back to the previous hot spring and pay homage to the gods. I really miss the gods so much!" Falosa said.
God... Great God, I haven't tasted your fear for a long time. I wonder if you are as soft and moaning as before.
"Worshiping to gods can restore your strength." Xu Yang remembered, "If you have the chance, go and have a look. The Suzuki team seems to have really left. They should not stop us from visiting that place, and they should not send any troops."
There are so many people left behind, there are so many rat people, how can we keep people here?"
"Yes, yes." Falosa nodded happily, "I can't wait to use all my power. Then I can really do whatever I want."
"It would be good for all of us if you can recover your strength from visiting the shrine, but you have to be careful, after all, there are rat people everywhere." Xu Yang reminded.
When he saw Lila coming up, he took her to the console, pulled out a data cable from the console, connected it to his wrist, hacked into the internal system, modified the background settings, and found the original Blackfire Innovation AI
, completely blocking its administrative rights.
"Warning: Violent hacking behavior detected." The shuttle's AI immediately announced, "Recommendation: Crew members immediately search for neural hackers and kill them. Warning, violent hacking behavior detected..."
Xu Yang adjusted its volume to 0.
Lila sat on the console and quickly accessed the control. She cooperated seamlessly with Xu Yang and became the new controller of the shuttle. The original AI intelligence was permanently isolated and could no longer interfere with the shuttle's behavior.
Under Lila's operation, the shuttle engine started, air flow surged, and it rose from the ground, ready for departure.
Success! Xu Yang felt excited.
This shuttle is unpainted and was originally used to evacuate the mercenaries of the Black Fire Revolution. It is a powerful military technology product with outstanding performance, including excellent speed, control, and protection.
"It's big and bright in here." Cui Junyou also came up and saw the automatic doctor that came with the shuttle, "Oh, this thing is also a new model, there is nothing wrong with it."
"Yes, that's it." Xu Yang said happily, "Use it to fix me."
The implant was brand new and the hacking function was fully activated. At that time, I was the real master of technology. Xu Yang was excited just thinking about it.
Due to the current large-scale rat infestation, in this chaotic underground city, where big companies are unwilling to set foot, there are loopholes that can be exploited everywhere. Every block will become my private property. Who else can hold me accountable?
Responsibility, bring up my hacking records? Besides, I still have hundreds of millions of funds to spend! As long as I use this shuttle to escape, there will be a lot of potential in the future.
"You go in first." Cui Junyou pushed Xu Yang into the automatic doctor and adjusted it on the control screen outside. "Well, I can use many of its functions. I will sterilize you first, then cut open your brain.
Change your processor to Feishen 4, plug in the No. 7 wire, and you will be invincible."
"Yeah." Xu Yang nodded, "It couldn't be better."
"There is a problem." Cui Junyou said quickly, "You will be under anesthesia soon, and you will not be able to move by then."
"So what?" Xu Yang didn't know what Cui Junyou meant.
"If you're not here, who will take command?" Cui Junyou looked at the people on the shuttle, "You are the one who gives orders in our team, right? Who will take charge of the situation if you fall asleep? What if there is an emergency?
"
Xu Yang looked around, and the ones who could still move were Ye Zi, Farosha, Lila, and Niederreiter.
The answer is obvious.
When I was sleeping, among these four people, only one was capable of taking charge of the situation.