When Cheng Lin's question rang out in the car, Yang Congxian didn't speak, but the front passenger's lapel seemed to smile and responded: "There is no direct flight between the provincial capital and the city."
"Hmm."
Cheng Lin was a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say. He really didn't know about this.
"Then are we going to the high-speed rail station?"
"Well, there are some colleagues who also want to go together. Let's meet up first and then take the railway."
Cheng Lin nodded, and seeing that no one seemed to be interested in chatting, he gave up and fell silent.
After a while, the car finally got off the highway and came to the high-speed rail station. As expected, there was a car of small lapels waiting here. Cheng Lin took a look and found two familiar faces inside.
We met when we were exploring projection in Magic City, but we were not in the same team and we were not familiar with them.
Cheng Lin took advantage of the opportunity to get into the car to inquire about information from them, and found that these people did not know the situation in Lian Gang.
"We probably won't know the specific situation until we arrive."
"Anyway, Chief Shen has already rushed there. I believe that with him in charge, there won't be much of a problem."
They looked quite optimistic. They were not as sullen as Yang Congxian, nor as panicked as the students. They seemed to be talking and laughing.
Cheng Lin felt that the matter was not that serious.
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The whole journey was silent, and two hours later, a group of people arrived at Lianshi Station.
When I walked out of the station, I saw the pick-up car.
A group of people were divided into two cars. Cheng Lin naturally followed Yang Congxian's footsteps and got into the first car. Still sitting in the back seat, he listened to their communication while looking at the city through the car window.
What surprised him slightly was that the city looked like business as usual, not much had changed.
There was no sense of serenity as expected.
If I have to say it, there are less people on the street.
The weather is gloomy, humid, and a bit lonely in autumn.
The person who came to pick him up was the leader of Group 2 of Jiusi in Lianshi. His surname was Hu, and his single name was Rui. He didn’t talk much, but his words were accurate and he was on point. There was no nonsense. As soon as he sat down, he started to talk to Yang Congxian. Describe the situation.
Cheng Lin pretended to be invisible and listened with open ears, but he gradually understood the general situation.
The incident in Sydney did attract the attention of various countries, but the dissemination of news weakened the disaster. Coupled with the distance, people lacked sufficient awareness, and the panic was actually not too strong under deliberate control.
Different from the exaggerated atmosphere on the Internet that humans will be destroyed in the next moment, in reality everyone is still living a normal life. After all, peace has been at peace for a long time, and the monsters in Liangang have not caused much damage so far, so the entire city is still very stable. .
Only part of the area near the port was cordoned off.
"Currently, in accordance with the orders of the Imperial Capital, the local area has organized the evacuation of residents near the maelstrom... After arriving, Commander Shen directly communicated with the naval commander in the brigade area. The seaport area has been blocked by the navy, and the local army has also Get in position... As for people from other departments and bureaus, they are on their way and are expected to arrive one after another starting tonight."
Hu Rui said.
Yang Congxian's expression remained unchanged: "What about monsters?"
"The number is increasing, and the strength is also increasing. However, there are currently no monsters of the same level as the Sydney Maelstrom. The highest one we have here is only equivalent to the fourth grade. The situation is still under control. In just one hour "President Shen personally killed one, and it's still lying in the harbor warehouse. It's very different from the previous one. Do you want to take a look?" Hu Rui asked.
Yang Congxian nodded, which was regarded as an agreement. Seeing that the conversation between the two was temporarily over, Cheng Lin couldn't help but interjected: "It's different? What do you mean?"
Hu Rui glanced at him and said, "You'll know when you see it."
After saying that, the car fell silent again.
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As Hu Rui recounted, as the vehicle drove along the highway out of the city center, passed through Zhongshan Square, and sped toward the northeast, Cheng Lin found that the scene on the roadside had indeed changed.
There are almost no private cars anymore and the whole road is empty.
Checkpoints were set up on several roads, military vehicles were parked sideways, and roadblocks were set up to block the roads.
Soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms and big-brimmed hats blocked the intersection, holding a cold light in their hands.
The car slowed down as it approached, and Hu Rui handed over his ID before he was able to pass.
This blockade looked scary, but Cheng Lin felt that its main purpose was to prevent ordinary people from approaching, rather than to deal with monsters.
Walking further inside, you can see the entire port, which has been suspended due to the blockade, and in the distance is the turbid ocean.
The weather was gloomy and dark.
In the distance, you can see some boats on the sea with flags flying on them. There seems to be mist floating on the sea, making it difficult to see clearly, but they are definitely not ordinary fishing boats.
"That's a navy warship." Hu Rui explained when she saw Cheng Lin looking over there.
Cheng Lin was surprised. There was a naval unit stationed in the Lvkou area of Lian City, and it seemed that it was already in place.
The car suddenly turned right and stopped near a building in the dock area.
Several people got out of the car and Hu Rui led the way, walking over there and soon arriving outside a warehouse.
There were several cars parked here, and people in uniforms with small lapels were walking back and forth. The atmosphere was solemn. When they saw them, they all greeted and saluted.
Yang Congxian just nodded and followed Hu Rui into a large warehouse.
The cordon was also pulled here, and when I turned over, I saw a strange corpse quietly placed there on the cold concrete floor of the warehouse.
The corpse was very huge.
It seemed to be bigger than the one Yang Congxian killed before.
The overall appearance is even weirder. It also has huge tentacles, but the main body is like a worm, with its mouthparts split into four petals, and blue mucus flows out of it and spreads on the floor.
The warehouse is already cold and dark, and coupled with this ugly body, just seeing it makes people feel uncomfortable.
"This is a fourth-grade monster that I just killed. It may feel a little..." when you get close to it.
As Hu Rui was talking, Yang Congxian strode over. However, when he entered within three meters of the monster's body, his steps hesitated for a moment, and then returned to normal.
Cheng Lin blinked and followed closely.
When he entered the three-meter range of the corpse, he suddenly noticed something strange, something like mental interference coming towards his face and entering his mind.
For a moment, he seemed to hear endless illusory murmurs, coming one after another.
Almost instinctively, he instantly activated the "spiritual storm" to isolate this interference.
The whole process lasted less than a second, and Cheng Lin acted as usual. However, he was very surprised in his heart. You must know that if he was disturbed for one second during the battle, he would die without knowing how.
He turned to look at Hu Rui, wondering what he was going to say in the second half of his sentence, but he only saw Hu Rui looking at him blankly.
Cheng Lin was puzzled: "Team Leader Hu, what's wrong?"
"Ah, it's okay," Hu Rui shook his head, but his eyes at Cheng Lin suddenly became more solemn. At first, he only thought that Cheng Lin was an ordinary lapel. The main purpose of the reminder just now was to make Cheng Lin prepared, but he didn't
Thinking that Cheng Lin could escape so easily.
This was enough to make Hu Rui look at him again.
"Is this a mental disturbance?" Yang Congxian asked with a frown.
Hu Rui hurriedly cheered up and explained: "Similar, but not exactly the same, this kind of monster has a very strong spiritual energy. This kind of interference is more like a product of mixing spiritual waves and spiritual energy vibration. The previous monster
Not yet. It caused us a lot of trouble when it first came out. The impact you feel now has been weakened a lot. When it was alive, its range of influence was larger, up to fifty meters.
The intensity is also higher.”
"It slowly decays after death. We have done tests. If faced with such a living monster, ordinary people cannot approach it at all. Once approached, they will become mentally disordered, gibbering, and sluggish... Only practitioners can resist it.
At the very least, you can stay awake."
After a pause, Hu Rui took out her cell phone again and showed it. Cheng Lin was surprised to see that there was no signal on the cell phone.
"This...could it also interfere with the signal?" he asked.
Hu Rui smiled bitterly and nodded: "Yes, after testing, almost any equipment that needs to transmit signals will malfunction once it enters this range."
"It seems that this is an ability that only high-level monsters have...but okay, this effect shouldn't be big." Yang Congxian pondered.
An interference distance of tens of meters... Practitioners can resist interference and can still fight at close quarters. As for ordinary soldiers... they will not be disturbed if they use firearms... Of course, the premise is that the scope of influence will not continue to expand.
Probably seeing what Yang Congxian was thinking, Hu Rui said bitterly: "In addition, its epidermal defense ability is also stronger."
As he said that, Hu Rui opened the hem of his clothes, pulled out a pistol from his waist, and pressed the trigger on the dead piece of meat. After a "bang" sound, he saw that the fired bullet was actually embedded in the monster's skin.
superior!
Half of the warhead penetrated into the muscle due to the propelling force of the gunpowder, leaving half of the tail, but it was still exposed.
"How can this thing's defense be so strong? A pistol can only break through the skin at close range?"
Cheng Lin appropriately showed a little surprise.
However, Hu Rui sighed: "No, the real situation is that when it was alive, the bullet could not penetrate at all! In the past, when dealing with third-grade monsters, a pistol could break the skin, but now it can't. Moreover, when it was alive,
, there is also an aura field on the surface, similar to the shields created by some of our elemental monks, which can greatly resist physical damage. It is almost difficult for ordinary firearms to deal with them, unless larger caliber weapons are used."
"A larger caliber? You mean..."
"Artillery, torpedoes, and even missiles!" Suddenly, several people heard a rather masculine voice coming from behind.
Cheng Lin turned around and saw a middle-aged man in military uniform striding over. He had a Chinese character face and sharp edges. His leather shoes clicked on the cement floor of the warehouse. He glanced at his shoulders... Well, two stars, yes.
The title of lieutenant colonel, Cheng Lin thought.
"It turns out to be Lieutenant Colonel Yu." Yang Congxian stretched out his hand.
The lieutenant colonel showed a formal smile, stretched out his hand, and shook it, "I heard that Deputy Yang was injured and recuperating. I didn't expect to return to Liangang so soon. I admire him."
Tsk, you are so formal in your speech, I am afraid you are not a civil servant. Cheng Lin complained in his heart.
"The situation is critical, how dare we delay," Yang Congxian said calmly, withdrew his hand and said, "What Lieutenant Colonel Yu just said...could it be that the higher-ups had some ideas?"
The man smiled and said: "You haven't been here for the past two days, so it's normal that you don't know. After discussing the resolution in the imperial capital, a document has been issued. The responsibility of guarding the port has been taken over by our department. Next, the fight against monsters will be officially handed over to the army.
Department, as for your company, it is mainly responsible for guarding the coast and checking for deficiencies and filling them up."
Hearing this, Yang Congxian was stunned for a moment and looked at Hu Rui with a hint of questioning.
Hu Rui's lips moved, but she just nodded.
"When was this order? I was not notified by the Imperial Capital Headquarters." Yang Congxian frowned.
"Just over an hour ago, it was probably because of the information delay," Lieutenant Colonel Yu said, then pointed at the corpse and said in a relaxed tone, "Although the monster looks powerful, it is huge and easy to attack. I heard that your company
We sent people into the sea to explore, and there were a lot of casualties, which is admirable. However, now that the reality has been discovered, there is no need to confront the enemy up close. The ship-borne artillery of our navy is enough to block the coastline. Any monster that dares to come ashore will be destroyed.
It will be torn apart!"
These words were sonorous, powerful and full of courage.
However, Yang Congxian said in a deep voice: "Monsters are extraordinary. What happened in Sydney is an example. Lieutenant Colonel Yu, we cannot underestimate the enemy!"
"Underestimating the enemy? No!" The other party waved his hand, seeming to be slightly unhappy with Yang Congxian's reminder, but still said patiently, "It's just that Deputy Yang should not be too worried and fearful. We have also studied the Sydney matter carefully. The main thing is
The reason was that the incident occurred suddenly, and the local army did not deploy defenses at all. They only relied on some practitioners to blockade the city. As a result, super powerful monsters appeared at night and broke into the city directly. By the time the army reacted, it had already caused a tragedy. Moreover, due to the obstacles in the city,
There is no way to carry out a large-scale thermal weapon strike against a large number of citizens."
"But we are different! Our troops have blocked the maelstrom towards the coast with warships! Even if so-called monsters comparable to the seventh grade appear, they will never be able to break through our defenses! If they dare to come, we will use cannonballs to stop them.
There’s no coming back!”
After a pause, Lieutenant Colonel Yu said again:
"Deputy Secretary Yang, I know this matter involves the lives of six million people in the city. Don't worry, we will never let this tragedy happen again." After the tone stopped, Lieutenant Colonel Yu suddenly showed a mysterious smile and whispered, "It's not just that.
, I just received the latest order, if nothing else happens, we will have a good show tonight!"
"Good show? What do you mean?"
"Compared to passive defense, the above means... we can try to actively attack."
"What?" Yang Congxian was slightly startled and did not react for a moment.
Cheng Lin, who was standing nearby and had always pretended to be mute, heard this, but his eyes lit up: "You want to attack the space entrance in the maelstrom? I'm afraid it won't be possible to rely on ship-based guns. Could it be using submarines or torpedoes?"
Lieutenant Colonel Yu glanced at him in surprise and glanced at his clothes. When he came over, Cheng Lin had already changed into a uniform with small lapels. He chuckled and said: "Young people have bright minds. You are right. It is true."
We want to attack the maelstrom, but not with torpedoes... We have already tried this, but the effect was not good."
"That's..."
Lieutenant Colonel Yu smiled, but did not answer directly. Instead, he pointed at Yang Congxian and said, "Want to know? Ask your leader. He should be able to guess what I am talking about. After all, it is in the provincial capital."
After saying that, the middle-aged man strode away with his chest raised and disappeared outside the warehouse.
Cheng Lin looked at Yang Congxian with an inquiring look in his eyes.
Just in the provincial capital? What does this mean? He is indeed a little confused.
Immediately, Yang Congxian's pale face and mouth muscles were moved, and he squeezed out one word: "Sixty-five Bases!"
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ps1: Seasonal cold, dizziness, this is the only update today. After thinking about the plot carefully, I discovered some problems that I had not considered before, so I became even more dizzy.
ps2: Due to the lack of relevant knowledge, please do not delve into the details of thermal weapon combat...