Chapter 96 Dispersion, change of ends.
Above the wilderness.
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The troop carrier is like a tenacious beetle, trudging hard on the rugged and devastated land.
This steel behemoth was covered in rust and sand, and its body was mottled.
In this land where time seems to have stood still, the tires of the personnel carriers rolled heavily over the gravel and debris, making a dull and regular "crunching" sound.
It seemed as if the entire vehicle would fall apart in the next moment.
In the desert world, humans really don’t care much about their vehicles.
As long as the engine can still work, other components are ignored.
Even if the tire blows out, keep driving without worrying about replacing it.
This is what is "normal" to them subconsciously.
The two dim headlights on the front of the car struggled to penetrate the darkness, illuminating the blurry road ahead. The dust dancing in the beams danced like ghosts.
Inside the car, exhausted people clung to the rusty and cold seats, their faces blurred by smoke and sweat, as the vehicle swayed.
It felt like my brain was about to be thrown out, and I felt dizzy.
After driving for two consecutive days, it was almost too crowded to move, and even stretching one's legs was a luxury.
The car was filled with the unique smell of engine oil and sweat, mixed with the smell of rust, causing the crowd to cough constantly.
Shen Bei looked up at the outside of the car.
The sky is like an ancient canvas eroded by time, and a weathered moon hangs between the stars.
It is no longer as bright as a silver plate, but instead takes on a dull and deep copper-gray color. The edges of the moon are blurred and uneven, like scars left by countless wars and sandstorms.
In a daze, Shen Bei seemed to understand what Chen Anzhi said when he heard the ballad.
"Looking up, you can still see the land. You don't mean the moon, right?"
The sniper rifle held tightly in Shen Bei's arms continued to be in a daze.
I don’t know how much time passed.
Morning comes.
Shen Bei could feel that the vehicle began to turn eastward.
And the speed is gradually accelerating.
Shen Bei didn't know where the vehicle was currently traveling.
Many places in the wilderness have no place names.
After all, except for Titan, any place name has no actual meaning.
It’s like the heart of going out to work that cannot be retained in the old hometown.
It’s not just myself that’s forgotten, but also my name.
Gradually.
It's bright.
At the same time, Shenbei also felt that the temperature was gradually rising.
The exposed land was burned by the scorching sun and cracked into thousands of ravines.
On the distant horizon, the outlines of the once prosperous city are faintly visible, now reduced to piles of broken concrete and metal skeletons.
You can also see groups of iron-thorned beasts running through the oasis.
This is a kind of body nearly forty meters long. Its skin is like ancient bronze armor carved over time, covered with rough and hard rust-brown scales and sharp horny thorns.
Behind the Iron Thorn Beast there is an even more brutal one, like a walking black fortress, covered in a layer of scales as deep as night, the Shadow Iron Jaw Beast is chasing and biting.
The vehicle cleverly avoided the path of the vicious beast.
It's not that I can't afford it, but it's not cost-effective.
After about five hours of driving.
The troop carrier stopped in a small valley.
Everyone jumped down one after another.
Stretching their muscles and feeling tired, they all spoke out:
“Damn, that’s tiring!”
"It's so crowded. I've never been so tired riding in a car before."
"What is this place? Where is Shelter 1?"
"It's baffling. What's going on? Why did it stop here?"
"Get out of the way, I'm going to release the water."
"Get out of here and go!"
…
At this time, the prison boy stood in front of everyone.
He has a high nose and wide mouth, a head of wild hair like a lion, and a strong body standing there casually, giving people an oppressive look like a towering mountain.
And his eyes were like glass, with silver light flowing from time to time in the deepest part, adding an inhuman and mysterious feeling to his whole person.
"Quiet!"
Just two simple words, the momentum overwhelmed the entire audience.
Everyone kept silent.
"From now on, team A has 10 minutes to rest, team B has 20 minutes, and team C has half an hour."
Having said this, the prison boy waved his hand.
A human walked into the dense forest and lifted up a piece of camouflage cloth.
There were three SUVs inside.
Shen Bei took a look and it seemed that he had prepared to stop here early.
This shows that it is quite close to Shelter 1.
"Ten minutes later, Team A set off early and drove about 30 kilometers in the direction of 9 o'clock. They can provoke anyone they see, but they cannot give priority to conflicts. The main thing is to attract attention."
The prisoner's tone was neither too fast nor too slow, and he continued to make arrangements: "Team B will set off in 20 minutes, drive 25 kilometers towards the 10 o'clock direction, and lurk. The main task is to cut off the enemies pursuing Team C."
"Half an hour later, Team C marched 35 kilometers toward the 12 o'clock direction, then dispersed, walked 3 kilometers, found the researchers who were doing quantitative tasks outside, and brought them back."
After the prison boy finished speaking, he waved his hand: "That's it, rest!"
Wow...
The crowd began to disperse.
Those who release water release water, and those who eat eat eat.
There are also people lying on the ground sleeping soundly.
Different postures.
At this time, Shen Bei had some insights.
At first, Shen Bei thought there was someone inside who would rush out with a cow to hand over the situation.
I didn't expect that he was quietly taken away while he was doing the quantitative task.
Quantitative tasks are almost a routine method of each shelter.
Shelter No. 36 also has it. Even Chen Anzhi has to walk out of the shelter and walk around outside in a proper manner.
According to Rock's explanation, the quantitative task was originally for the equality of everyone and for the sake of fairness, and everyone participated.
It is a tradition left over from everyone working together to complete the construction of the shelter.
But as time goes by, the status of psychics and R\u0026D personnel is getting higher and higher.
If ordinary people don't do the quantitative tasks, they will be looking for death.
Psychics and researchers can just fool around and get it done.
It feels like picking up a few pieces of wood and going on an outing.
And in Rock's planning, this loophole was seized.
There is no need to lurk in Shelter No. 1 and forcibly bring it back. The mission target can be received in the wilderness.
Of course, most of the general defection incidents are related to quantitative tasks.
But there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days if you only do thieves for a thousand days.
For a small probability event, prohibiting everyone from doing quantitative tasks is undoubtedly a huge loss for the shelter.
Therefore, even though all the leaders knew about this drawback, they still kept the tradition.
After all, the residents worked for free for the quantitative tasks, and they didn't have to pay for the crystal source core.
The advantages outweighed the disadvantages.
...
Shen Bei turned around and took in the terrain of the valley.
The valley was surrounded by dilapidated and rusty stone walls.
A vibrant green forest took root and grew tenaciously along the banks of a big river.
The river was more than 30 meters wide, with waves of water scales.
At the same time, there were many waterways and streams flowing in the valley.
At this time, everyone was on the east bank of the river.
The sun penetrated the heavy clouds and fell through the gaps in the leaves, forming mottled light and shadows in the green forest.
Shen Bei knew that the change would happen in half an hour, when the other teams left.
The Third Master would definitely not let him walk out of this valley.
Shen Bei knew the general terrain clearly and decided to disappear first and wait for an opportunity.
Shen Bei walked through the crowd and headed for the dense forest.
But he always felt that someone was watching him.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw San Ye leaning against the carriage, chatting with the prisoner Ming Zhongshui.
Shen Bei pretended to untie his belt, which made San Ye's eyes shift away.
Shen Bei went deep into the dense forest, looked back, and saw that no one was following him.
He walked a few steps quickly, and finally trotted along the broken rock wall of the mountain, like a racing hare, running towards the top of the mountain.
About ten minutes later.
Shen Bei was halfway up the mountain, climbing up a big tree, and the visual panel of the armor began to enlarge the field of view.
Shen Bei saw that in the valley not far away, the members of Team A had already set off in an off-road vehicle.
Sliding down from the tree, he ran along the ridge of the peak.
Shen Bei's armor had turned green, but for safety reasons.
While running, Shen Bei instinctively grabbed a handful of grass and chewed it fiercely.
A bitter taste like electricity filled his mouth.
He then smeared the sticky slurry on the sniper rifle.
Sniper rifles don't change color. In order to better hide himself, Shen Bei felt that no matter how much he did, it was not enough.
Soon, Shen Bei came to the entrance of the stream and the forest tributary. He lay under a big rock and used the lush vines to cover his body.
...
In the valley.
Team B members had already set off for ten minutes.
Now it was the turn of Team C led by San Ye to set off.
Team C had a total of ten people.
All were waiting for San Ye's instructions.
But San Ye was not in a hurry at all.
His eyes were still looking at the direction of the dense forest where Shen Bei disappeared.
Another five minutes passed.
San Ye was a little restless because he hadn't seen Shen Bei come back yet.
"San Ye, that guy couldn't be..." Wan Wu squatted on the side, holding a stick in his mouth, and didn't finish his words.
Man Yue and Cha Xiaodao laughed.
The other members were confused, and then they realized that it seemed that the team was missing a guy named Shen Bei.
Someone whispered: "Could it be that he was taken away by the beast in the valley?"
San Ye snorted and laughed: "This place has been surveyed by spies, and there are no beasts at all, otherwise how dare we come in."
"In my opinion, Shen Bei has defected."
The others looked at each other.
They were half-believing and half-doubting San Ye's statement, but no one spoke.
Man Yue licked her lips, her eyes incited: "For defection in the battle, according to the regulations of the shelter, we need to hunt down and punish."
Cha Xiaodao rubbed his two knives, expressionless: "Then what are you waiting for, give the order."
San Ye was waiting for this sentence, waving his hand: "Everyone, the pick-up and drop-off mission can be delayed, but the punishment of Shen Bei cannot be delayed for a second, search! Hit him when you see him, kill him when you catch him!"
After a brief silence of one second, the other members of Team C showed anger on their faces, and immediately began to execute the order.
Many of these third-level psychics carry guns.
For those who lack means of attack, shooting is also a convenient option.
Although bullets are not very effective.
But a blind cat can kill a dead mouse.
More importantly, it can disrupt the enemy's rhythm.
Everyone dispersed.
Unsuspectingly, they began to chase quickly in the direction where Shen Bei disappeared!
