sinovels Chapter 44 Chapter 44
Chapter 44 Chapter 44
At night in City B, the no-fly zone in the city center.
A black land vehicle followed the traffic through the skyscrapers flashing neon lights, and turned into a quiet side road beside the road.
Entering the side road, it is a high-end residential area, and the environment becomes quieter and quieter as you go in, which is in stark contrast to the busy street just now.Lu Yongche made two turns, and finally stopped in front of a carved gate deep in an alley.
The big iron gate is simple in shape, and there are some half-dried Rosaceae branches drooping on the wall next to it, hiding a metal door plate on the wall next to it, No. 16 Kapok Lane, Tangzhai.
The two guards who seemed to be standing at random at the door had already greeted them, took the documents handed out from the car, and leaned on the instruments in their hands.The instrument beeped and a small green light came on.Then the guard respectfully handed the certificate back into the car, and the carved iron door slowly opened.
The people in the car glanced at the scanner hidden on the iron door, and drove the car slowly into the courtyard.
The houses in this area are all private houses, and the people who live in them are either rich or noble.And this time Chu Xiao came to the private residence of Minister of National Defense Tang Jingde.This old man is 60 this year and has served in the national defense for many years. He is considered a veteran of the two dynasties. At this time, the sensitiveness of the general election is holding this birthday banquet, which makes people wonder what his intentions are.But no matter what, the superficial face still needs to be given enough, so everyone who received the invitation letter, big and small, came to report uniformly today.
After refusing the waiter who was waiting on the side of the road to park for him, Chu Xiao drove the car into the dedicated parking lot.The underground parking lot is full of gray and inconspicuous land vehicles of various colors. At first glance, it seems to be no different from the parking lot in an ordinary residential area, but a discerning eye can still see the huge difference at a glance.The armored chassis, the body that can resist two-stage armor penetration, the special windshield, and some even the tires have been modified. It can be said that it is armed from the soles of the feet to the teeth, which makes people feel the security index of the pillars of these countries at a glance. learn.
Chu Xiao parked the car, walked along the small bridge and the garden with flowing water for a short time, turned a corner following the sound of people, and saw Lin Yi waiting in front of him.
"You've come." Ji Dong sniffled.It was a cold day for him to attend the banquet and he couldn't wear too much, he only wore a woolen suit jacket.Fortunately, his clothes today have a high thermal insulation factor, otherwise, after waiting for a long time, he guessed that he would have to drag two tubes of snot to the banquet.
"Why don't you wait in the room?" Chu Xiao and Lin Yi said as they walked towards the hall, the waiter at the door opened the door for them attentively.
"It's too noisy in the room." Before Lin Yi finished speaking, the noisy voices in the hall were accompanied by the sound of music, and the warm wind mixed with fragrance instantly rushed to the two of them.In the hall, people are holding wine glasses and chatting with smiles. Well-dressed business celebrities and political leaders who only appear on certain important occasions can be seen everywhere, as well as high-class ladies wearing various dresses. At first glance, I thought it was a high-end reception for a commercial occasion.
"Everyone." A voice came out through the loudspeaker, the volume was not loud, but it was just enough for everyone present to hear.
The hum of conversation in the hall suddenly fell silent.
Ji Dong looked over and saw an old man standing in the middle of a hall.The old man was dressed in a festive red Tang suit, his gray hair was combed back, and he had a just right smile on his face, making him look kind and friendly, much like the old man doing morning exercises in the park everywhere.
"Thank you for taking the time to attend the old man's [-]th birthday." The old man looked at the people in the hall, and the smile on his face deepened, like an old chrysanthemum in full bloom.
"I didn't intend to make a big show, I just planned to get together with a few old friends in private. But thanks to my friends, people kept asking me how I was doing, so I simply held this banquet at home, and Thank you all for your support…”
Lin Yi and Chu Xiao stood on the periphery, watching the old man talking with a glass of wine.
This old man has served in the military for many years, and many people who entered the parliament at the same time as him have already been dismissed. Only the old man's official position is getting higher and higher, and it is definitely not just because of his penetrating tongue and seemingly kind and harmless personality. Face.
Fortunately, the purpose of the old man tonight was not to give a speech. After saying a few words, he let everyone move freely.
Many of the people present were bigwigs from all walks of life, and the level of Lin Yi and Chu Xiao was that high and low.If you say high, you can just take them along on the banquet list, but if you say low, all the people here are big bosses, and their level really doesn't catch people's eyes.Relying on the fact that no one cared, Lin Yi took two plates full of food and Chu Xiaowo sat in the corner and ate voraciously.
Lin Yi was dragged to the banquet by his colleagues after working overtime. He was already so hungry that he concentrated on his back. After finally waiting for Mr. Tang to finish his speech, he immediately gobbled up small cakes and snacks.I took a glass of wine from the passing waiter and drank it down my neck. Only then did the food choked in my chest go down to my stomach, and I felt alive.
It's a pity that he was dragged away by his colleagues to socialize not long after he was relaxing on the balcony.
Chu Xiao ignored his eyes begging for help, and stood aside with a cold face, full of aura, and froze the girls around who wanted to strike up a conversation, not daring to come within three feet.Chu Xiao stayed bored for a while, and was planning to go to his colleagues to check in and leave after a while, but he caught a glimpse of a figure from behind inadvertently.
This is a tall lady with long hair hanging down to her waist. The long black dress outlines her graceful figure. Just looking at her back can make people imagine.
"What? Did you fall in love with him?" Lin Yi came back from nowhere, and followed the direction of his gaze curiously for a long time.
"No." Chu Xiao stared at the back and didn't explain much.
It was late autumn and it was very cold outside, so most of the people who came to the banquet gathered in the hall, causing the hall to be overcrowded.A rash guest accidentally bumped into her just now, but she adjusted her body's center of gravity and stabilized her balance just as she was about to fall.
Although she wore a pair of high-heeled shoes, her lower body was stable, and the muscle lines she showed in an instant were thin and powerful. Although she covered it up in a timely manner, the subconscious action at that instant made Chu Xiao suspicious of her.Although she seemed to be chatting with people casually, she was approaching the north side of the hall quietly.
On the west side of the hall is a buffet table, and several customers are standing in front of the table to choose food.A little behind the dining table there was a band playing on it.Just north of the hall is a staircase leading to the second floor.And today's protagonist, Mr. Tang Jingde, Mr. Tang is having a good talk with several congressmen by the stairs.
Chu Xiao pushed Lin Yi, who was still looking at him curiously, into a corner and settled him down, and then sent a message to the colleagues present, asking him to contact the security guard to investigate the origin of this female guest, and slowly moved towards that position.
In the hall, there was melodious music and laughter. The guests chatted casually in twos and threes, and waiters in uniforms shuttled among them holding wine glasses.
Ji Dong didn't know what happened, he hid on the balcony and was still looking at the scene in the hall; Mr. Tang was chatting with the people next to him with a smile on his face; a lady in a black tuxedo in the crowd opened her handbag and took out She took out a small and exquisite makeup mirror, and was about to check her perfect makeup in front of the mirror... No one noticed that Chu Xiao, who was in the crowd, suddenly stepped forward, and the mirror in her hand was knocked flying with a "slap".
Mr. Tang, who was talking, felt something flying over his head very quickly, and there was a soft "chi" sound from behind his head, and then there was a burning smell. He turned his head and saw the stair railing behind him There was a scorched black hole on the top, the wooden handrail was completely pierced, and white smoke was still emitting from the hole.
"Laser bomb!" The faces of the people on the opposite side were all in unison.They are all bigwigs in the military department, so they are no strangers to this thing.
Laser bombs are the most notorious assassination weapons on the market today.This improved laser bomb does not need to be preheated, and the condensed high-energy particle bomb can be launched instantly through the device. The upgraded launcher is small and easy to hide, making it the most difficult to guard against.
And this was like a signal. A luthier who was playing the piano next to him took out a small sound-absorbing particle gun from under the piano, and fired a few shots at the still unconscious crowd.
All this happened so suddenly, the man who was shot suddenly fell down without a sound, until the woman opposite him saw the blood slowly flowing out from under him, and she screamed in panic.There was a sudden chaos in the hall, and people screamed and fled in all directions.The assassin hiding in the crowd took the opportunity to fire a few more shots.
People kept falling down in the crowd, some were shot, and some were pushed, fell down and trampled while fleeing, and the hall was full of crying and shouting.Even the well-dressed upper-class people on weekdays behaved no differently from ordinary people in the face of a crisis.
Seeing that the matter was exposed, the assassinated woman stopped pretending, and tore off the hem of her skirt that was in the way, and kicked Chu Xiao with her legs.Seeing her upper body swaying slightly, Chu Xiao knew that she was going to move, and with sharp eyes, she caught a flash of cold light on the toe of her shoe.
Chu Xiao dodged the kick sideways.The other party pulled out something from the leg bag on his thigh, and flicked it hard, the handle felt the pressure, the front section suddenly swelled, and a light blade more than a foot long protruded. The baked ones were slightly twisted.
For laser daggers, the temperature of the blade can reach up to thousands of degrees. Humans, such fragile carbon-based organisms, need not be saved after being hit, and can be scrapped directly.
Chu Xiao dodged the knife swung by the woman, the hot air from the blade rushed towards his face, curling the hair on his forehead, giving off a burnt smell.Chu Xiao didn't have a weapon in his hand, so he could only dodge while retreating, and he had to be careful of the person who bumped into him in a panic in the hall, and was accidentally cut deeply on the arm by the woman's shoe knife.
The woman smiled triumphantly, and attacked again with a machete, taking advantage of her long dagger.Chu Xiao had retreated to the side of the dining table at this time, and there was no way to retreat.He pulled out the tablecloth on the dining table, rolled it towards the woman's wrist, and took advantage of her force to yank it hard.The woman was taken by him vigorously, and she rushed towards the dining table. The laser dagger plunged into the marble dining table with a "thump", and the hard marble was cut open by it like tender tofu.
Chu Xiao took advantage of the fact that she was too late to stop, and kicked her wrist. The opponent's hand went numb, and the dagger fell to the ground with a "clang".The sensor on the dagger could not detect the grip strength of the human being, and the energy blade was automatically recovered the moment she let go, turning into a piece of gray scrap iron.
After all, there are still many people from the military department who came to the banquet today. After reacting, they began to organize effective evacuation and counterattack.The other party gradually lost any advantage.Seeing this, the luthier blew a long whistle.The woman took out a white capsule and threw it on the ground.
The thing fell to the ground with a soft "pop", and immediately a puff of smoke rose from the ground.The smoke was extremely fast, filling the surrounding three meters in an instant, and spreading rapidly in the hall.The powerful smoke capsule can release dense fog at the moment of strong impact, covering a range of up to tens of meters, and people often inject nerve gas into it to paralyze and delay the enemy.
The moment Chu Xiao saw this thing, he realized what it was.He didn't have time to stop the capsule from landing, so he could only turn over and jump out of the smoke envelope while holding his breath.
Chu Xiao glanced at the hall, those who were shot were lying on the ground recklessly, and those who were not shot had already found a bunker to hide behind.Smoke began to permeate the entire hall, and they couldn't see each other clearly, and at the same time, the other party could no longer bargain for anything.The only possibility left is that the other party wants to slip.
The commanding heights on the second floor are already guarded, so the only way to escape is the balcony in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows in the lobby.He avoided the fog that was spreading, and sure enough, he saw several figures rushing towards the French windows of the balcony.
As soon as the person in front raised his hand and threw something, the floor-to-ceiling windows shattered, and a female guest hiding behind the curtains screamed again in fright.Chu Xiao didn't have a weapon in his hand, and watched those people jump out of the balcony and summon the portable aircraft.He bent down to pick up a table knife on the ground, ran two quick steps and raised his leg to step on a table next to him. With the force of this kick, he jumped high and threw the table knife in his hand heavily.
The knife flew out with a silver light, and hit the vest of the last person.He screamed "Ah" and fell from mid-air.
The other people who were with him took a look, then looked at the security guards who came from all directions of the garden, ignored him, started the aircraft and disappeared into the night sky.
Immediately, several aircraft sprang up from the corner of the yard, flashing the special warning lights of the Ministry of National Defense, completely ignoring the instructions of the no-fly zone and chasing them roaringly.The man on the ground was already surrounded by people.When Chu Xiao broke through the crowd to catch up, he saw this man lying on the ground with a bruised face, and he had bitten the neurotoxin in his mouth and committed suicide.
The late security personnel took control of the scene and counted the losses and statistics of casualties.The smoke in the hall has been completely removed, but fortunately it is just ordinary smoke, so the damage caused is not large.Several council officials were hit by stray bullets, and were carried away covered in blood. It was not known whether they were dead or alive.
All the big bosses came here tonight. As soon as this incident happened, Chaoyang was immediately shocked.The N-wave guards who came to guard the place surrounded the place with three floors inside and three floors outside. The three generations of ancestors who came to the banquet tonight were thoroughly investigated, and the anti-riot police who were robbed of their jobs could only stand with their hands in their hands. side.
It was only at this time that Ji Dong dared to come out from the corner of the balcony in disgrace, quite in shock.His soaring heartbeat has not yet returned to his stomach, and the adrenaline almost made his blood pressure soar to [-].Just now a stray bullet flew past his scalp, he almost thought he was going to see God.It's hard for him to go through this kind of scene when he attends a banquet as a civil servant, it's enough for him to talk about it for a lifetime.
The injury on Chu Xiao's body was not serious, he just used a simple gauze to stick it.After being questioned about the situation and checking the documents of the two of them repeatedly to verify the information, it was already midnight.
What happened tonight was so sudden that most people who were still in shock didn't have time to think about it.
Mr. Tang is just a minister of defense. His influence on the general election situation is important but not that important.So why would anyone want him dead, and what good is he dead anyway?With so many people present, is Mr. Tang really the real target?
Thinking of what Ji Yi told him about the transfer of the upper management, and thinking of the mecha chip that Lou Xiaoqi and the others had obtained in this mission, Chu Xiao couldn't help but frowned. He always felt that the matter was not over yet.
When Chu Xiao came back to his senses, he realized that he had unknowingly driven the car to the alley of Bar Street.It was already midnight, but the bars in this area were bustling.
Chu Xiao parked the car on the side of the road for a while, listening to the faint sound of music from the shop next to him, with the characteristic fireworks of this street.His restless heart, which had been tossed all night, suddenly calmed down.He let out a long breath, started the car and planned to leave.
The car window was knocked twice from the outside, he turned his head and looked over, it was Su Yao.
Su Yao was wearing very thin clothes, only a low-necked thin sweater under the open coat, and she was standing outside looking at him lazily.Chu Xiao was a little embarrassed to be caught doing something bad, and wanted to leave after a few pleasantries, but for some reason, he followed Su Yao to the bar in the end.
The bar was already closed, Su Yao only turned on the small light at the bar.The dim lighting put a soft filter on the bar, making the usually noisy bar look a bit warmer.
Su Yao looked at the counter, found a new bottle of wine and poured it for Chu Xiao.
"I'm driving today." Chu Xiao waved his hand and refused.
"Oh, yes." Hearing this, Su Yao took the cup back and put it in front of her, turned around and rummaged in the bar for a long time before finding the bag of tea leaves that Ye Chen had put here before.He didn't care whether it was suitable for drinking tea at night, and he didn't ask Chu Xiao if he wanted to drink tea. He brewed a cup for Chu Xiao on his own initiative, which was considered as a kindness of the landlord.
Chu Xiao lowered his head to see the little leaves slowly rolling in the light green tea water, and released a dense white air with a bit of bitter taste.He took a few sips and suddenly felt something rub against his leg.Chu Xiao lowered his head, it was a fat husky.The dog sniffed his leg a few times, then looked at him seriously with blue eyes.
"This is?" Chu Xiao felt that the dog looked familiar.
"This is Ye Chen's dog." Su Yao whistled, "Fatty, come here."
The dog wobbled over, flicking its furry tail at Su Yao and acting coquettishly.Su Yao patted its dog's head and let it go to play by itself.
"Ye Chen...is there still no news?" After hesitating for a while, Chu Xiao still asked.
"No." Su Yao shook his head, a rare touch of worry appeared on his usually heartless face.
When he found out that Ye Chen couldn't be contacted, he felt something was wrong.When he rushed to Ye Chen's house, he found a pool of blood on the ground of Ye Chen's house, but Ye Chen was gone.Although the DNA test results in the blood showed that it was not Ye Chen's blood, Ye Chen has never been whereabouts since then.Su Yao also searched through various channels, but Ye Chen seemed to have evaporated from the world.
Chu Xiao only found out about Ye Chen's disappearance after Lou Xiaoqi went to the desert.He also asked someone to inquire about Ye Chen's whereabouts, but he also didn't get any reply.Every time Chu Xiao contacted the Silver Eagle team, he would think of Lou Xiaoqi, the look of him soaking in the nutrient solution and saying that he would invite them to a wedding after the task was completed, and he would say nothing about Ye Chen's disappearance. Not exported.
The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
Chu Xiao is usually not talkative, and now he doesn't know what to say to ease the atmosphere.Su Yao is now full of worries about Ye Chen, and has no mood to speak.The two faced each other gloomyly, one drank tea with his head sullen, and the other poured wine with his head down, which made the atmosphere of the small bar counter cloudy.
"I entrusted a friend to check the monitoring and dispatching of all roads and air routes in City B to match the vehicles and aircraft that appeared near the community that night. I believe there will be news soon." Originally, Chu Xiao didn't intend to Speaking it out would not help the matter and would only increase disappointment, but seeing Su Yao's worried look, he suddenly wanted to say something.
As expected, the expression on Su Yao's face softened, "I hope there will be good news."
"Are you injured?" Su Yao suddenly pointed to Chu Xiao's arm and asked.
Chu Xiao looked down, and saw that the wound that had been treated hastily was not properly pasted, and blood was oozing again.He put down his half-rolled sleeves to cover the blood on them, "A little injury."
"You wait." Su Yao put down his wine glass, turned around and went to the storage room at the back, and took out a small medicine box from it.He rummaged through it and found a few unexpired gauze stickers.
Chu Xiao reached out to take it, but Su Yao patted him away. "Come on, you posted it yourself, right?" Su Yao pointed at the crooked gauze patch on his arm that didn't fully cover the wound and laughed.
Chu Xiao had no choice but to shut up, and let Su Yao poke him back and forth on the wound with the disinfectant.
"Okay. Perfect." Young Master Su looked at the gauze sticker on Chu Xiao's arm, and put the things on the table back into the medicine box with satisfaction.Chu Xiao calmly removed the tight gauze stickers, so that his painful skin could be redeemed a little.
As soon as Su Yao put the things on the bar into the medicine box, the small lights above her head flickered for a moment and suddenly went out, and the whole bar was pitch black.
Within a few seconds, there was a slight sound of electric current in the room, and the backup power system was activated, and then the lights in the room flickered a few times as if the voltage was unstable, and then returned to light again.
"This is? Power outage?" Su Yao was a little surprised.As he grows up, the number of times he encounters power outages is really rare. He just reacted and remembered that it was a power outage. "I don't know where the power system is aging."
However, Chu Xiao had a sudden shock in his heart. The modern urban power supply system is already very complete, and the special circuit materials will not have aging problems at all.Even if there is a failure, it will be repaired and switched back in a short time.The backup power system only provides auxiliary power assistance in emergency periods, and its stability is poor, so it does not have long-term use functions.
Looking at the lighting in the house, the brightness and stability are all compromised compared to before, which should be caused by the overload of the backup power system.And how can ordinary line aging cause overloading of the backup power system?
"What's the matter?" Seeing his solemn expression, Su Yao couldn't help asking.
Chu Xiao shook his head, "I have something to check."
"You..." Before Su Yao could finish his sentence, suddenly there was a muffled sound in the distance, the ground trembled twice, the chandelier on the ceiling began to shake left and right, and the wine bottles and cups in the wine cabinet rattled rattle.
Su Yao supported the cabinet at the bar to stand firm, "An earthquake??"
Chu Xiao looked up in shock.Su Yao didn't know, he was very sensitive to this sound and vibration, this was not an earthquake at all, but an explosion!
"Go!" He stepped forward and pulled Su Yao up and walked out.
Su Yao was dragged out of the bar by him without knowing why, and Mr. Ye, who was lying on the ground and dozing off, had already been awakened and followed behind him.
Just as the two of them left the bar, there was another loud "boom" in the distance.Immediately afterwards, a roar of engines whizzed past overhead, Su Yao raised his head, and saw several military aircraft flying across the night sky.Su Yao and Chu Xiao followed the direction of the aircraft to the entrance of the alley, and saw a flame in the distance.
Several military aircraft were engaging a large black near-earth mech.
This near-earth mech is several meters high, similar to the ground wolf that Lou Xiaoqi and the others encountered before, but even bigger in size.Arcing from its outstretched forearm, it fired a cannonball at the craft that was firing at it ahead.The aircraft narrowly escaped, but the particle cannon hit the building behind it.
A tall building with a resistance of only level two couldn't withstand the attack of the particle cannon at all. Half of the building was blasted off in an instant, and the remaining half could not support the load. It barely stood for a few seconds before collapsing.
Not far away, several mechas of this kind were walking towards this side while firing, and no house was spared in the places they passed.
And farther away, City B was already in flames.