Steel steam and flame

"It's already started." Gustin slumped down on the chair, glanced at the time on the mechanical watch, and estimated that the battle on the spider building had already begun.

"The time is almost up. As soon as the elevator stops, fighting will definitely be inevitable. There are not many people on Nolida's side. Even if everyone goes up, they may not be able to last long. As long as the people in the elevator stand After steadying our pace, if the second group of personnel follows closely, the defeat of the people in Nolida will only be a matter of time. We just need to wait, there is no need to rush, bullets are still too dangerous." Kerry Jeans said that he twisted his neck and sat on the soft chair to rest after filling his stomach, which made him feel very comfortable and comfortable. The tense spirit that had been oppressed in the past few days also relaxed a little at this time.

Cassia was sitting next to Krichens. Although she did not enter the elevator, she went up together to see the battle going on there with her own eyes. However, she also closed her eyes and tried to imagine the fierce scene of the battle above: bullets above the head. The sound of bullet shells falling to the ground never stopped. People's throats were roaring. The heavy machine gun spewed out thousands of hot bullets every minute. Even with a cooling system, the barrel may have started to become red and overheated at this time. Bar. And the surgeons, they will definitely find the most suitable time, and cooperate with the people hiding beside the spiral staircase, just like the night birds resting on the tree trunks in the dark, once they find what they are waiting for, It will instantly spread its wings and attack. That's when the battle really begins. The chaotic bullets have a great impact on the surgeons, but the threat to ordinary people is greater. In the end, the only factors that affect the direction and outcome of the battle are the number and strength of the recipients.

Cassia leaned her head on the comfortable chair, and opened her eyes to return to her usual quiet look, still looking gentle with a bit of a good student temperament. This was his best disguise compared to the way Carla and David's wives spent a lot of time on his face.

Several people waited in the conference room for a while. When they came to the elevator door, there was still a small group of people gathered there, all of them with rather young faces or people with many injuries. They were guarding the equipment supplies left by their respective forces, waiting for the arrival of the next giant elevator.

There is also a faint smell of gunpowder smoke in the air, which was brought down by the elevator from an altitude of several thousand meters. There were several traces of blood left by dragging corpses at the door. That was the blood of the first batch of commandos. Someone died in the elevator. The body was full of bullet holes and was incomplete. There were also many broken pieces of meat. It was unclear who belonged to whom. The cleanup crew could only pack these mutilated bodies in bags, and then The lift was moved out in unison.

"The fourth group of personnel, hurry up and reinforce the temporary position in front of the elevator." At this time, the words of the personnel above came from the radio, accompanied by electronic noise, "Prioritize bringing medicines and surgical equipment. There are many more here. The wounded can be rescued."

When the elevator came down and the protective guards, which were also full of holes, were opened, it was already a few minutes after the radio command was given. The remaining small group of people hurriedly carried simple medical tools and medicines into the elevator. Then the last person to come up pressed the button representing the ascent, and the protective door slowly closed in front of them.

No one spoke. As soon as they entered the cavity in the underground mine tunnel, silence seemed to be something everyone had agreed upon. The air is full of silencing factors, not fresh enough, mixed with the burnt smell of gunpowder smoke, blood, and burning steel. There was a layer of red blood on the floor under his feet, and some of it had begun to solidify. There is a layer of deformed bullets on the blood. There are all kinds of bullets, pistols, revolvers, muskets, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, etc., all of which are spread under the feet, and they are swaying rhythmically with the elevator. The slight collision sound became the only note in the elevator. On the stainless steel wall facing the protective door, sniper bullets are still stuck in it, and it may not be possible to pull them out without a little effort. There are many tiny depressions on the wall, which spread out densely, exactly like the surface of the meteorite that Cassia had seen in books before.

Everyone was silent. In a world where steel forests grew thickly, there was no answer as to where to put the warmth that had never been abandoned in our hearts so that it could maintain its proper temperature. The world of dry wood and fire has been completely crushed into the soil by steel tires, and the seeds have been burned to ashes by the fire. There is only the never-ending cold wind of winter.

Spider building body, in front of the elevator door.

Teams from various forces occupied the firefortress building built here by Nolida, and after simple reinforcement, it turned into their own temporary rear supply base.

When Cassia and the others came up on the fourth elevator, there were only a few wounded people and a few communication protection personnel who were still hearing low voices. The rest had already gone to chase Nolida's escaping men. The two-pronged attack plan of spiral staircases and elevators indeed accelerated the defeat of Nolida's team. When the surgeons lit up the killing signal together, the battle had just entered the climax of the feast, and the curtain had already begun to slowly fall. .

The gap in numbers is, after all, a factor that must be faced squarely. Neither side has the fighting power to reverse the situation. Everyone is living in the dark cracks of the empire. No one on both sides has more experience than anyone else, and no one has learned less than anyone else. Everyone's experience and mentality are on the same level, and the bullets fired from every gun can tear apart everyone's body. Quantity plays an equally important role here as quality.

The battle did not last long, and Nolida's side was completely defeated. The wounded who had been left struggling early fled into the more complex mining machinery behind. All the wounded left behind by Nolida were given a few bullets by people from the arms smuggler's side. It was impossible for them to be saved, and it was better to die happily than to quietly feel their bodies slowly becoming cold in despair.

Cassia and the others walked on the steel plate floor where bullet casings rolled. The red footprints on it extended to the corner of the passage in their eyes, but they didn't feel like they were going to stop. The corpses of Nolida and Flos' men were piled aside, covered with a piece of red cloth, and a large area of ​​blood flowed on the ground. The incandescent light also turns the same red color as it passes through the sky. Next to the body was a damaged gun.

"It seems that the people hiding here are not just Nolida and Flos." Kara pointed to the several scrapped heavy firearms nearby. They were penetrated by sniper bullets and reduced to scrap metal. But this does not prevent Kara from identifying them. Several people have seen these things in the equipment stolen from the students of Sunault School, including most of the guns and ammunition they are carrying now, which are also the same as these scrap metals. Specification. The texture of high-quality materials is completely different from other standard equipment. That is not a gap that can be compared with the craftsmanship of small workshops.

"It's just a few old friends. No wonder I haven't seen them in the past few days. I didn't expect that they would actually unite with their mission goals. It seems that the casualty index has been too high for them to bear. Otherwise, they would not have chosen to 'abandon the mission' 'That's an option,'" Leigh said.

"Then where to go next? Although there are a few more people from Sunault School, the target is still small, but the place to be found is huge." Kara asked.

"Let's get out of here first. The main building of the Spider Mechanical Center is the huge steam drill. The management center and other rooms with corresponding functions are all connected in a ring around the drill. The spider leg building has already We can rule out the possibility of them hiding. We can go separately and surround the ring building from both ends to search. As long as we discuss the floors in advance, we can meet in the end." Gustin looked at the drawing in his hand again, which only had a rough outline. Lines, and some of the more important locations marked. The management center is at the bottom of the spider building itself, where the difference engine array is located.