The strange illusions disappeared so quickly that people had no time to confirm whether they had really happened. Hao Ren shook his head vigorously, but the corridor in front of him had returned to normal. At this time, a second burst of sound came from the distance.
At the sound of gunfire, he immediately threw aside his previous illusion and rushed towards the end of the corridor with great force. Behind him, the slightly chaotic footsteps of other mercenaries sounded.
The data terminal was busy tossing its body in the portable space, sensing the information outside only through auditory sharing. After hearing the sound of gunshots and footsteps, it immediately shouted: "What's going on outside?"
"Ulanov may have exchanged fire with the security robot here," Hao Ren said quickly in his mind, "Why is this corridor so long..."
He remembered that when he watched Ulanov leave just now, this corridor could be seen to the end. However, when he ran past it now, he only felt that the dark corridor extended infinitely in front of his eyes. He ran for a long time and did not see the intersection.
The footsteps of the mercenaries behind him didn't know when one by one fell behind. He turned his head and glanced, only to see the same dark corridor behind him. At the end of the corridor, Nolan could be vaguely seen.
figure, but no one else around him could see it.
"Strange, where are the soldiers who followed just now?" Hao Ren muttered in a low voice. Just when he began to wonder if he was affected by some kind of illusion, another gunshot came from not far ahead, and then
There was also a dull sound of a body falling to the ground.
The sound was so close that he immediately threw aside the distracting thoughts in his mind and rushed through the darkness in front of him like a gust of wind. The next moment, Hao Ren found that he had broken into a dimly lit rectangular hall with piles of things everywhere.
Holding a long metal box with unknown purpose, the strong smell of engine oil and gunpowder smoke came from all directions. He was surprised that there was still such a place hidden in the long-abandoned Northland Ring Tower, and then he caught a glimpse of it from the corner of his eye.
I saw a figure lying upside down in the corner.
Hao Ren ran over quickly and was surprised to find that it was Ulanov lying on the ground. His signature full-coverage helmet was unmistakable. The veteran was shot once in the abdomen and chest.
All were fatal injuries. Gurgling pale pink mucus spurted out from his wounds, soaking a large area of the surrounding ground. He was struggling painfully in this strange "pool of blood", and hissing noises continued to come from under the helmet.
The sound of breathing.
"Ulanov!" Hao Ren called out. He stepped forward to help up Ulanov's upper body slightly, but he did not dare to use too much force for fear of causing secondary injury. He took out the portable medical equipment from the portable space.
Asked anxiously, "What's going on? Alert robot?"
"No... they are people... they are enemies." Ulanov's voice was already very weak. He raised his finger slightly and pointed at the other end of the hall, "Wearing unfamiliar uniforms, they are regular troops, the number... there are many...
"
"Don't talk for now. I have a medical device here. I'll explain to you what it is later." Hao Ren said quickly while using his free hand to set the parameters of the simple medical tool box.
, he had to adjust the device to the maximum compatibility mode so that the person in front of him could receive treatment: It was almost impossible to tell whether Ulanov's body was human or mechanical, and it was probably difficult for conventional medical methods to repair his injuries. Hao Ren didn't even know a person.
Which one is more suitable for Ulanov's current situation, a medical kit or a repair robot?
"It's useless. My pump... the pump has been punctured." Ulanov's eyes did not stop at the silver-white metal box that suddenly appeared out of thin air next to him. He waved his hand to block Hao Ren's movement, "You
He is a good man, but this can’t save my…blood?”
Ulanov's voice and movements stopped at the same time. His hand was raised in the air. It was stained with liquid flowing from his body. It was warm and red. It fell on his helmet and visor drop by drop. With it.
The sweet smell of blood.
What flowed out of his body was not electrolyte and biochemical media, but blood.
Hao Ren looked at this scene in astonishment. He didn't know when all this changed, but he did remember the scene where electrolyte leaked out of the other party's body. But now, Ulanov was covered in blood, and the ground beneath him
It has been completely soaked in this warm red liquid.
"My... blood..." Ulanov's voice suddenly became ethereal, as if his consciousness was quickly being stripped out of this body, and even out of this world. His head slowly turned to Hao Ren, and
Before sinking into darkness, his confused brain desperately tried to figure out who the person in front of him was. "I... seem to know him..."
"Hao Ren, I'm Hao Ren." Hao Ren didn't know what was going on, but he already felt that everything around him was changing dramatically. It was some kind of inexplicable feeling that came from his constant interactions with various people for more than a year.
With a keen intuition generated by the contact with supernatural power, he shook Ulanov's body, "What's going on? You..."
"Hao Ren, yes... I know you," Ulanov's voice slowly deepened, "Hao Ren, Gray Fox, Carl... Heaton... I saw it, the red one, all of us were soaked in it
... red... inside, there is fire... the sky is on fire, hot, out of control, the whole world is about to burn... I am going to..."
Hao Ren felt that Ulanov's body was gradually getting lighter, as if he was withdrawing from the world. He desperately wanted to do something to stop this process, but the other party's condition was no longer something that medical equipment could handle. At the last moment,
Ulanov seemed to have suddenly regained his strength. He desperately grabbed Hao Ren's collar, but his body was already so light that it was almost nothing: "Hiton... Heaton is right!"
Hao Ren felt his collar loosen, and after he blinked, Ulanov's figure had completely disappeared, and only the other party's voice came intermittently from somewhere above: "I woke up...the next dream...
"
"What on earth did he want to say?" The voice from the data terminal sounded at this time, "Do all human beings become philosophers before they die?"
"Something abstract, a metal head like yours can't understand," Hao Ren stood up and saw that the place where Ulanov fell had been completely wiped out of all traces, neither blood nor electrolyte was left.
, "Nolan must be found, what she might know."
Hao Ren put away the medical equipment and ran in the direction he came from. However, after running out of the hall, what appeared in front of him was an unfamiliar sight.
The dark passage before was gone, replaced by a dimly lit alloy corridor. This was not just a difference in lighting. He clearly remembered what the original corridor looked like. This was definitely a completely different place in front of him, even from the previous one.
The architectural style is not like that inside the Northland Ring Tower.
"Okay, before you find Nolan, you first have to find a way back," the data terminal said, "if that way still exists."
Hao Ren clenched the rifle in his hand, prayed to his sixth sense, and then found a direction and ran: No matter what changes happened here, at least he remembered that he ran from this direction.
Just as he was running wildly, a burst of rapid footsteps suddenly came from behind, mixed with random shouts and vulgar curses. Hao Ren looked back in surprise and saw a group of people wearing gray and blue clothes.
Soldiers in red combat uniforms rushed out from the corner of a corridor that appeared at an unknown time.
The soldiers were obviously stunned when they saw Hao Ren, but they did not hesitate in their actions. They raised their guns almost instantly, and then opened fire without warning.
There was no warning and no communication. It seemed that the purpose of these soldiers coming here was to eliminate all targets except themselves. Hao Ren was a little confused by the sudden attack. The bullets burst out like a clanking sound on his body.
spark.
"Oh no! Why do so many people suddenly appear in this place!" He shouted as he rushed forward quickly, using his shield to withstand the hail of bullets and fight with the soldiers who appeared out of nowhere. Or rather,
A one-sided beating.
Those ordinary human soldiers were already confused when they saw Hao Ren's invulnerability, and then their instinct made them continue to pull the trigger, but this was meaningless: Hao Ren's rushing figure seemed to these ordinary people to be
A series of black remnants that could not be caught with the naked eye. Their unreasonable deadly attacks also made Hao Ren realize that there is no need to hold back in front of these people, and in addition, there is no need to use many weapons to deal with these ordinary mortals.
A powerful weapon, supported by a shield, he defeated all the enemies in front of him with three strikes.
However, Hao Ren did not take any fatal action: he urgently needed to understand what was going on. (To be continued.)
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