【Summer Five】Iron City Wall

As far as the eye can see, there is thick smoke in the field of vision.

Xia You stood beside Andre, and the central fountain gradually surrounded more rebels.The crowd put down the flags tacitly, pulled up the banners, and smeared their traces all over the tiles and floor joints.

"Is this what you want?" He said in an unhappy tone, "Pure venting behavior, with unclear goals and motives, on the surface under the banner of justice and equality, but in fact they are doing their own thing, and they can't even control their own people."

Back against the colorful neon sign, Andre smiled: "It really doesn't hurt to stand and talk. Who here didn't join us when they had nowhere to go? Naturally, I couldn't arrange everything properly in just a few years, but It’s okay to give them a chance to vent their anger.”

Someone found a family of three hiding in the warehouse of the store. Dozens of people immediately surrounded them, spitting stars, shovels and sticks and smashing them down. Tune in the words are prayers.

The temperature dropped sharply, and the night wind penetrated through the light clothes and penetrated into the bone marrow, gradually cooling the blood in his body.

"What good did John do to you guys?" Wutiao picked up a bottle of spray paint and threw it away, "It's obviously unrealistic to mobilize defenses on a large scale. If it's just to bring down the mayor, it doesn't matter to him, a small representative who doesn't have many votes." There will be no real benefit."

Andre said, "That John boy—the purpose is never in sight for a moment."

He dug out a can of red paint from his backpack on the ground, and drew the shape of a flame in the air: "He has a small air, but he has a really good eye. He has taken a fancy to the hottest celebrity right now..."

The powder fell slowly, and Wutiao's tone suddenly became cold: "——It's the Torch Club. He wants to climb Lucian Nelson?"

"correct."

At Johnny's call, Andre jumped from the fountain and walked to the side of the brunette youth.

"Come on, it's time to put an end to this performance." He blinked, and said lightly to Xia You: "How about it, are you really not interested at all? Gather the strength of the entire city wall, even if it is still scattered Formed, in time it will always be a great and unstoppable fire. Till then—we shall meet again in the New World."

The leader and the knights marched northwest. Xia You stood there watching for a moment, then silently followed.

A group of people walked into the street with great momentum, and every time they passed an intersection, a tide of young people poured into it.

The shop windows were cracked, the candy hut was dim; brown bears and white rabbits rolled all over the floor, their cream heads hung from the fence tips, and their bodies lay in pieces.The owner of the store was swallowed by some wave, and there was no one in the room, except for a few dark red blood stains on the steps.

Xia You raised his heel to follow Andre, flashing through his mind all the commissions he had received in the past.Among them, there are many cases like Carlo and Diana's dismal ending. Often, the two sides are in love with each other, but they are cut apart by the cold and frustrated city wall. It seems that if they don't do this, they will never live in peace.

He is aware of his wavering, because this impulse has been hidden in his heart since childhood.A person's life is nothing more than thousands of multiple-choice questions. As long as the pen is not written, the options are always there, clearly written in black and white.Whenever a choice is made, it is equivalent to obliterating another life with one's own hands - as the saying goes, if one end ends, the other end begins.

And Xia You never made a choice from beginning to end.

"Are you listening?" He gently pulled Wutiao, "Enlightened?"

Maybe it was because the clouds were too thick, and the five delicate and pale profiles seemed to be shrouded in shadows, connecting with the sunglasses to form a restless and cold inverted triangle.He didn't speak immediately, but his fingers actually responded, firmly gripping the summer oil.

About the time Yueya got out of the clouds, Wutiao came back to his senses: "Oh, what's the matter? I was thinking about what Andre just said."

Xia You stepped over a muddy doll, not hurting it further.He thought for a moment, and said, "It's okay, I'm just going to make a decision, and it's almost done."

He has always been a man of ritual.Wutiao just laughed: "Yo, don't think clearly that you want to run away with the 'Sun God'?"

"Just kidding," Xia You squeezed the back of his hand, "I'm about to cut them off."

Yes, he is content with the status quo, content with everything he has.His parents are still alive, his income is decent, and beside him is Wujo Wu, who is annoying to the point of death—he is not some cynical saint, Xia Youjie, why should he be so tired for a "great cause" that has nothing to do with him?

Let's explain it to Johnny and Andre tomorrow, Xia You has made up his mind.He tightened his five fingers, strangled the road leading to the mountain of swords and sea of ​​fire, and watched it struggling to survive with a little guilt.That hand did not relax, even though he was about to kill himself.

Hearing such a sentence suddenly, Wutiao took Xia You's hand, and happily kissed his fingertips lightly: "I've advised you to take it easy a long time ago, look, if you don't want to worry about it, all your troubles will be gone!"

Xia You deliberately refuted, and cited Wu Tiao to argue with him, both of them felt lighthearted and relaxed.The sound of looting and burning is still heard, and they are walking on the road paved with ashes and money, but they are not aware of a fact——

Quietly, this huge team like a sea tide has been gradually eaten away, like a giant beast casting a net before hunting, coldly despising the intoxication and carnival of the prey at the last moment.

When the first scream sounded, Andre didn't care.Just another unlucky District [-] resident, he didn't slow down.

Until Johnny took his hand tremblingly, Qingyue's voice became hoarse: "It's the guard—!"

With a thunderbolt from the blue sky, the four leaders all woke up suddenly.

They turned around slowly, and saw a huge black shadow like a mountain at the end of the uprising team.

"The fourth military order of 710: arrest the main leader, ensure some witnesses, and execute the rest of the living things on the spot."

The indifferent and intermittent electronic sound filled the three streets and four streets, and in the announcement sound without ups and downs, the mountains that overwhelmed the sky raised their feet and stomped down heavily.

"Why are you dragging me!?" "What... help!"

The humming of chainsaws and the roaring of engines could be heard in my ears, and the ferocious revolutionary army was thrown into the air and chopped off in the middle; blood foam and human tissues splashed everywhere, and the iron gray armor of the heavy military exoskeleton flashed coldly under the moonlight , The hand raised the knife and dropped it, and it was a torn corpse.

It's like a mime.The situation turned around like lightning, whoever pushed the shoulder of the person in front first, the crowd immediately fled in panic, and screams resounded through the night sky.The dark giants swept past like chopping melons and vegetables, leaving nothing but half of their bloody bodies.

"Go! Go!" Xia You pushed Andre forward a few steps, anxiously speeding up with Wujo, turned into the shadow of tall buildings, took a few breaths, and then hid in the next gap.

"What's that?" Johnny ran over and stuffed Andre into the narrow gap, his chest heaving violently. "I've never seen such... such a terrifying mobile unit!"

The huge iron and steel machinery trampled on the ground, rumbling footsteps, and several nearby buildings shook.Looking out from the building, three or four heavy armors with a height of 15 meters are slowly pacing, and the robotic arm is holding an anti-violence fork gun that is taller than two adult men.The control cabin flickered red, and the condensate pipes wrapped around the fuselage. It was darker than the night under the bright lights. From a distance, it looked like some kind of vertebrate creature covering the sky and the sun.

Andre's hands and feet were shaking, he swallowed, and tried to calm down: "No, there is no information that they are dispatched, it must be..."

"When are you still here to dream?!" Wutiao was not afraid to make a sound, and slapped his hand directly, "Open your eyes and take a good look, it's the night owl! If we weren't standing at the front, we would have died here in a daze Already!"

The wall was icy cold, and everyone was stunned.

What is a night owl?The only "legendary" unit allowed to equip powered armor, an absolute hero against fantasy species.Fighting on the front line all the year round, even if it is just a small unit, the fully equipped steel behemoths and elite soldiers can still easily wipe out an "area", even grassroots will not be spared.

Xia You gritted her teeth, trying her best to restrain her weak legs.No one can keep calm in the face of death that is so close, but they are curled up in the small cracks of the broken steel, and every breath carries a strong smell of blood.

The Rebels never expected the Night Owls to come - and they really shouldn't have.Night Owl is directly under District [-] from I to XV. The government will never allow such rare talents to be wasted on trivial matters of maintaining law and order; Such a quick response.

Unless...they've been stationed on the outskirts of District Three from the very beginning, in order to protect someone.

The cold hands were clenched tightly by Wujo, Xia You looked at him, and found the same answer in each other's eyes.

"Damn Nelson." Wutiao whispered in his ear, breathing a little short of breath, "It's really grand enough to call this group of guys to guard."

On the opposite side, Johnny's lips were pale, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat.Andre was slightly better than him, but he was also obviously depressed, with disbelief on his face.

It was cold, too cold; slaughter and screams came from all directions, forced into the eardrums, pried open the skull, and caused severe brain pain.

But Wujo was by his side, even though his palms were covered with cold sweat, the fire in his heart was more or less ignited, which was not extinguished by the strong wind blown by the chainsaw gun.

"Wait first," Xia You said softly, "Wait until there's no more movement over there..."

"boom--!!"

The loud noise that broke through the sound barrier exploded.A Swift-40 flew over the crowd, hovered for a moment, and suddenly opened its flanks without warning, revealing the black lacquered magazines.Wearing sunglasses, the five who could see the most clearly yelled "Get down", the end of which was swallowed by the shells that tore the air——

The vector cannon came down like a torrential rain.

The light particles bombarded the reinforced concrete, the ground shook, and some buildings were directly blown to pieces, and the stumps screamed and fell into the air, burying all the people who had fled and lost their minds.Stray bullets hit the road, burst underground pipes and large and small vehicles exploded into the air, billowing thick smoke swept across the entire area in an instant, leaving only the night owl troops equipped with heavy armor.

The moment the earth shook and the mountains shook, Xia You only had time to turn around and hold on to Wutiao before being completely buried by the falling bricks and broken walls.

The "raindrop" lasted for a full 2 ​​minutes, until the Swift-40 emptied its inventory, retracted its folded wings and walked away.

His vision was completely black, his ears were buzzing, and the warm liquid snaked down his nasal cavity and dripped into his mouth.Xia You tasted the smell of dust and blood, and the hand that hugged the servant did not loosen for a moment, and the knuckles were worn out and bleeding.

I don't know how long he was in a coma, Wutiao struggled lightly, and the weak voice recombined in his ears, vaguely it was "Jie" who was at a loss.He seemed to be trembling, his fingertips touched Xia You's cheek very lightly, the temperature was as low as freezing, and his breathing was disordered.

In a trance, Wutiao seemed to be pressing against his lips tightly, and the call was drowned between the teeth, his name was all in it, and the tone was fragmented, almost pleading.

"It's nothing..." Xia You struggled to squeeze out two words, her voice was hoarse and hoarse, and it hurt like a scraper blade.But he couldn't bear to see Wutiao's bewildered expression, he tried his best to raise the corners of his mouth, and put on an ugly smile under the heavy rubble: "It's still far from death, just worry about yourself...you."

His vision was still blurred, and Xia You vaguely felt something cold brush against his forehead, wiping off some blood, and the touch was cautious.

"Stop talking nonsense." Wu Tiao gritted his teeth, his voice still trembling, "Johnny is outside, he should be prying the rock above our heads right now, be careful that he will be crushed to death later."

Hearing him swearing vigorously, Xia You felt relieved and gradually relaxed.Unexpectedly, Wutiao suddenly yelled "Jie!" in a different tone, sniffed his breath frantically, and said "keep awake" and "don't fall asleep" incoherently, every sentence became more and more flustered.

Fortunately, Xia You didn't faint again, and just about to hold on to answer, suddenly there was a "crash" from the top of his head.The broken wall that was heavy against the back was lightened, and Jonny and Andre struggled to lift it away.

"It's okay!" Xia You leaned against the wall to pant, and Jonny hurried up to meet her, his hands were worn out.

It would be a lie to say that nothing happened, but now the whole body is soaked in blood and mud, and the nerve endings are also dull as if in a daze. For a while, I really can't see where the injury is.Xia You waved his hand, calmed down, and immediately looked at Wutiao: "Wu, how is it?"

Andre carefully lifted Wutiao, who had a few scratches on his face, but was not injured much because he was firmly protected by Xia You.He was holding a half pair of sunglasses with one hand, and his eyes were strange.

He was looking at Xia You with an unprecedented, bewildered and confused gaze.

Seeing Wutiao Wuyi, Xia You didn't have the energy to speculate on his thoughts anymore.

"I can still move," he said, "how long has it been?"

Andre shook his head: "We were also in a daze for a while. After the 'bombing' ended, Ye Xiao also withdrew one after another. We didn't dare to make a sound before, and we dared to dig you out when there was no movement on South Fourth Street. "

Looking out of the street, Wujo increased the magnification of the eyepiece, and indeed no moving figure was found.

The four of them decided to leave as soon as possible, and went straight to the outer district along this horizontal road, leaving the scope of "three streets and four roads".

The night was dark and silent.The streets are full of ruins, dark red blood oozes from under the rubble, and the ground is full of potholes and no one is intact.Ye Xiao descended in a thunderous manner, washed the revolutionary army with blood, and then retreated with ease, leaving behind countless wounded and dead souls buried deep in the ruins.

Xia You and his group no longer cared about the survivors, they just kept vigilant about their surroundings, shuttled through the collapsed store corridors, and gradually approached the edge of the blockade.The police did put up roadblocks, water horses and riot shields piled up like a mountain, but at the moment it was strangely quiet, there was no sound within a two-kilometer radius, and no one could be seen.

"Just ahead!" Andre lowered his voice.

They hid on the back wall of the department store and poked their heads out to look at the barricades.Perhaps because they were afraid of hurting the "innocent" and their trust in Ye Xiao's troops, all the police forces were withdrawn, and the four of them only needed to climb over the roadblock to escape from this hellish business center.

The damaged body parts began to scream, and the soles of the feet ached like fire.Xia You led Wutiao forward step by step, his vision was white and distorted, only a few steps away from the exit.

Suddenly, he faintly smelled the smell of brass sulfuric acid, like air being compressed, stagnant, and decomposed into countless tiny particles.Time was slowed down, Jonny slowly opened his hand to Andre, his torn sleeves swayed back and forth, and pushed the blond young man away three steps with difficulty; Xia You staggered instinctively, looking at the handsome face in front of him. His face twisted slowly, his facial features pieced together panic and anxiety, and the red ribbon floated backwards.

Johnny stretched his arms straight forward, his lips opened and closed, and his saliva splashed in the frosty air; he seemed to be shouting, but the sound could not reach Xia You's ears for a long time.

他 说:

"install!"

"boom--!!"

Time returns to flow.

Gradually entering midnight, the temperature drops again and again, and the branches and leaves are tightly wrapped in thin film.Xia You was not cold at all, he was hot from head to toe, scorching hot to the point of burning.

There was a huge buzzing in his ears, and Andre knelt heavily on the ground, shouting a certain name heartbreakingly, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.Maybe it wasn't tears, but something else... more colorful, more bleak.

But all senses were far away from him, Xia You turned around in a daze, looked at Wutiao, in his eyes he saw a man covered in blood and with a hollow face.

The next moment, the top of the head suddenly opened up.The armed helicopters tore through the night, the propellers brought the sound of strong airflow, and the searchlights unceremoniously surrounded everyone inside.

The police force, dressed in heavy anti-riot uniforms, armed with shields and weapons, came out and surrounded them three layers inside and three layers outside.The leader shouted with a loudspeaker, and the baton fell heavily, but Xia You couldn't hear anything.

4000 meters away, the roof of the "Century Building".

The man looked at the target silently, got up and put away the stand, disassembled the sniper rifle at a dizzying speed, and put it back into the long backpack.The cheerful cell phone rang, and he swung his backpack to his left shoulder, took a deep breath with the cigarette butt placed in the corner, and answered the phone as he walked out the door.

"Oh..." He rubbed the back of his neck, flicked the cigarette butt away, and the ashes hit the trash can accurately. "Is that kid sick again?"

With a curse, the man locked the door and quickened his pace.

The voice-activated lights in the corridor turned on briefly, passing over the man's angular face.He raised his head slightly in that half a second, and the light scar at the corner of his mouth disappeared in a flash, and then merged into the darkness again.