Two hours have passed since the advertising airship hit the Mercury Tower.
The chaos in Starzhou City has not calmed down, but is getting worse.
Because the Advent sect who planned the attack was well prepared, the Iron Dome Administration suffered heavy losses in the first two hours.
The cult attackers who seized the arsenals of the Security Bureau and the Defense Force not only armed themselves, but also distributed weapons in large quantities to those bad elements who were incited and usually dissatisfied with the Iron Dome order.
The Security Bureau, which suffered heavy losses in the first wave of attacks, can only shrink its remaining strength and rely on the sturdy buildings of the city hall to hold on, waiting for the defense forces arriving from outside to gather sufficient strength.
Before the TV tower was captured, a speech by the chief city officer of Iron Dome Park was broadcast to the city. In addition to telling the citizens that the city hall had not yet fallen, he mainly called on everyone to protect themselves at home as much as possible, or to go to areas where the defense forces were stationed.
Take refuge.
"Go this way." Chen Huaixia raised her legs and climbed over the iron rope blocking the checkout channel of the shopping mall, and turned around to greet Yan Yaqin and An He.
They have abandoned the car and been walking for more than half an hour, and they are still nearly 3 kilometers away from their destination, their community.
On the way, Chen Huaixia noticed the sound of fierce gunfire in a nearby neighborhood. For safety reasons, she decided not to walk on the street, but walked through the middle of this giant shopping mall.
They entered from the south gate of the shopping mall and planned to go directly to another block through the north gate to avoid those areas of fierce fighting.
The door lock of the shopping mall had been picked open before they were brought there, and there were signs of looting inside.
"Huai Xia, slow down... I can't walk anymore."
After Yan Yaqin waited for An He to slip under the iron rope, she pressed her skirt with one hand and stepped over carefully.
The floor in the mall was made of smooth tiles. She took off her high heels and held them in her hands, walking barefoot on the floor.
Chen Huaixia looked back at Yan Yaqin and asked, "Do you want to take a rest?"
"No, no need." Yan Yaqin shook her head and stepped on the floor tiles with her bare feet: "It feels much better this way."
Chen Huaixia nodded and continued to walk ahead to explore the road.
She took a few steps and suddenly turned around, raising her gun and aiming in the direction they came in.
Yan Yaqin was startled, and her first reaction was to squat down and protect An He in her arms.
She turned back and looked outside the cashier, but she didn't see anyone.
Chen Huaixia held her breath and held the gun with both hands for nearly half a minute, then slowly lowered her arms and exhaled.
"It's okay, maybe I'm neurotic." She laughed at herself.
"What's wrong, do you feel something is wrong?"
Under Yan Yaqin's questioning, Chen Huaixia slowly admitted: "I always feel like someone is following us along the way, but... the other party doesn't seem to have any ill intentions."
Yan Yaqin looked puzzled. How could the person following them quietly at this time not be malicious? Huai Xia was taking it too lightly.
"Let's leave quickly." She said to Chen Huaixia, "get rid of them before they follow."
I'm afraid it's not that simple... Chen Huaixia thought to herself, but she didn't say it explicitly to her best friend.
Yan Yaqin didn't know anything about the battle, so she just had an idea. She glanced meaningfully outside the cashier, turned around and continued moving forward.
Yu Zhesen and Wu Xiaoming, who relied on optical camouflage to cover their figures, were standing outside the cashier. They did not dare to communicate with each other until Chen Huaixia and his party were gone.
Although their voices only sounded in each other's armored communication earphones, when Chen Huaixia pointed a gun at them just now, both of them felt as if she could see and hear them.
"Your mother is so perceptive...she is indeed the security bureau's trump card."
Wu Xiaoming felt that his heart was still beating wildly.
She glanced sideways at Yu Zhesen: "The optical camouflage technology at this time has not reached the point where we can move seamlessly like us, right? So in her concept, there are no stalkers like us."
"But powers such as invisibility and stealth are not uncommon." Yu Zhesen said, "Maybe she thinks of us as those with such powers, and the aiming of the gun just now should be a warning."
"Warning? Why didn't she just shoot?"
Yu Zhesen's tone was helpless: "She is a commissioner of the Security Bureau, not a murderer..."
Wu Xiaoming argued with him: "But in this special situation right now, any possible threats should be actively eliminated, right? Have you heard of the Dark Forest Law?"
"Perhaps for her, the current Xingzhou City is not a dark forest full of dangers."
"Is this... the calmness and confidence of a strong man?" Wu Xiaoming's tone revealed a hint of admiration.
Yu Zhesen said no more, relying on the power of the Platinum Age
They didn't dare to get too close and moved slowly, keeping a distance of thirty meters, and followed through the giant shopping mall.
Ten minutes later, Chen Huaixia and his party stood in front of the north gate exit of the mall.
However, what they did not expect was that the north gate of the mall was blocked by a heavy metal trap door.
The operation console that raises the metal movable door requires the ID card verification of the mall management staff to access it. Chen Huaixia was at a loss for a while.
She studied the metal trap door closely and found that the thickness of the alloy material was more than 3 centimeters, making it impossible to forcefully destroy it with the light weapon in her hand.
"Huaixia... In this case, do we have to go back the same way we came?" Yan Yaqin couldn't help but turn pale at the thought of taking so many wrong turns.
"Hmm... maybe we can go around to the east gate exit to avoid having to go back." Chen Huaixia scratched her head in embarrassment.
Yan Yaqin opened her mouth, thinking about what to do if the same situation happened to Dongmen.
At this time, they heard An He's voice: "Aunt Huaixia, Mom, look here."
An He pointed to the internal map of the mall on the wall not far away.
"I see... there is a safe passage nearby that can lead to the garage, and it is very close to the north exit of the garage." Chen Huaixia studied the map and found hope again.
She quickly discovered the entrance to the safe passage, easily opened the door lock with a pistol, and led Yan Yaqin and An He down into the underground garage of the mall.
Although you can't see the north exit immediately after getting down to the garage, you can feel the wind blowing from that direction.
This proves that the north exit of the underground garage is open.
"Good luck." Chen Huaixia turned around and grinned at Yan Yaqin.
"Huh..." Yan Yaqin breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't want to go down the wrong path again.
At this moment, a "bang" sound suddenly came from above the heads of the three people, and all the lights in the underground garage went out in an instant.
The surrounding environment suddenly became dark, and only a faint light could be seen in the direction of the northern exit.
"Mom..." An He's hand tightened on Yan Yaqin's skirt.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's probably just a power outage..." Yan Yaqin comforted her daughter.
Before she finished speaking, she felt a cold and sharp feeling approaching her neck.
The survival instinct made Yan Yaqin involuntarily tilt her head and body back the moment she felt the sharp blade approaching her neck, so her back hit a chest as strong as a wall.
"Don't move, madam. If you act at will without seeing clearly, you will hit the blade."
A threatening voice sounded in Yan Yaqin's ears, and the blade under her throat slowly glowed like ruby stone in the darkness.
Chen Huaixia exposed half of her body behind a pillar five meters away. Her eyes, like those of all animals that are good at hunting at night, were like two bright little light bulbs in the dark environment.
"Is this the 'Owl Eye'?" Yan Yaqin's kidnapper sighed in a low voice, "It turned out to be Ms. Owl, so it's not surprising that the 'Possum' would be planted in that restaurant."
"Is 'Possum' the code name of the guy wearing our exoskeleton armor?" Chen Huaixia asked, "Then what is your code name?"
"Just kidding, my code name is 'Viper'." The other party laughed, "Do you always ask your opponent's name before a battle? It's quite a classic style."
"I'm just curious." Chen Huaixia's figure was completely hidden behind the cement pillar.
Through her observations when she was talking to the other party just now, she had confirmed that Xiao Anhe left Yan Yaqin and quietly hid under the car parked nearby. She couldn't help but secretly praise the child for his cleverness.
In this way, you only need to consider Yan Yaqin when fighting.
And through the observation just now, Chen Huaixia confirmed that the enemy who hijacked Yan Yaqin was not wearing an exoskeleton armor. She silently removed the magazine filled with high-power ammunition and replaced it with a magazine filled with ordinary bullets.
She does not carry a lot of powerful ammunition with anti-armor and cybernetic capabilities, so she must use them sparingly.
"You just changed the magazine, right?" Viper asked with interest, "An elite like you shouldn't make the stupid mistake of leaving an empty magazine in the gun for a long time, so I can assume that you
Did you change the type of bullet?"
Chen Huaixia's resentful voice came from behind the cement pillar where he was hiding: "Are you a gentle ear?"
"Yes, just like you have keen vision in the dark, I rely on my excellent hearing in the dark." Viper replied proudly.
He further threatened: "I can hear your breathing and heartbeat to determine your location. If you dare to make an attack, this woman's life will be in danger."
Yan Yaqin shouted: "Huai Xia! Don't be threatened by him!"
"Shh, be
Quiet, madam." Viper's knife lightly scratched Yan Yaqin's skin, "Hostages must have the consciousness of hostages, and do not interfere with the decision-making of professionals. The owl lady opposite knows how to deal with this situation better than you.
This is obvious."
"Viper, what are your conditions?" Chen Huaixia asked calmly.
"I'm here to pay for the failure of Possum. You must also know that because of your stubborn resistance in the city hall, we have been unable to complete the occupation." Viper said, "I need this lady and her
The children put pressure on An Zhitian."
Chen Huaixia said: "Then how dare you kill her?"
"Isn't there her child?" Viper smiled, "The little girl is hiding under the Paoma car next to me, and her little heart is beating so fast."
"Shunfeng ears are so enviable." Chen Huaixia said with emotion.
"So what do you want to choose? Fight with me for speed at the risk of killing this woman, or accept my conditions?"
"How do I accept your conditions?"
"Put down your weapons and come out from behind the pillar."
"Huaixia doesn't want it!" Yan Yaqin shouted eagerly.
Viper made a "tsk" sound and pinched Yan Yaqin's cheek with her hand: "Quiet! Why are you shouting so loudly? Let the professionals judge."
There was a clanging sound from behind the concrete pillar. Chen Huaixia unloaded the bullets from the magazine one by one and dropped the bullets to the ground. Then she placed the empty magazine and pistol on the left and right sides of the cement pillar.
"Very good, very sincere." Viper praised.
"Who let me fall into your hands to be my only best friend?" Chen Huaixia walked out from behind the pillar with her hands raised, "Is this okay?"
"One more step, take off your clothes."
Yan Yaqin angrily shouted: "Shameless!"
"Don't get me wrong, I'm referring to her uniform trench coat. That thing is in the arsenal of the Security Bureau commissioners." Viper said cautiously.
Chen Huaixia simply took off her windbreaker and threw it aside.