Steel steam and flame

The two of them didn't say a word when they returned to the room from the corridor one after another. The silence was broken when Cassia took out the panoramic map alone and spread it on the table.

Even though there are huge problems and hidden dangers in his will and spirit, he still has to put the task as the first priority at the moment. Training exists all the time. All he can do is to sharpen his heart in the constant tasks. .

When the two people once again finalized the general steps for the future, it was past one o'clock in the morning, and the outer suburbs of the city were as quiet as a dry well in the dark night, as lonely as nothing.

Different areas, large and small, have been circled in red pen on the map in front of them. Next to it is the underground sewer map that Carla asked David to buy from the city administration this afternoon. It is also covered with bright red marks. They are messy and intertwined with each other. Hidden in them are the recent arrivals in the Green Oasis. Most of them are new faces.

The most new faces are arms smugglers. According to the news from Lina, the reason why Nolida suddenly appeared in the Green Oasis is probably because of an urban legend that has been circulating here for more than ten years, which is about a treasure that allows them to advance in status in the dark world. treasure.

Arms smuggler is a low-level position in their dark world, which is too cheap. As long as there is a sum of funds to open the way, anyone who wants to make a living can probably get in very quickly. But in their world, status is the same as in the empire. This kind of low-level business is not a good job, and the acquisition of money is often linked to one's own life.

There are as many mangy dogs as the sand in the desert, but there is nothing you can do about them. A bullet can only blow off their heads, but the money they should receive cannot float into their pockets as the bullet comes out of the barrel.

Life is not easy for everyone in all walks of life.

Therefore, many arms smugglers, even though they are rich, are also creditors. Those at the bottom owe them what they owe to those on a higher level. If they are unhappy, they can refuse any of the money at any time, and then use a gun to smash the head of the mangy dog ​​in front of them. The people above them will do the same to them.

Perhaps he was fed up with this kind of life. Nolida, who was prospering as an arms smuggler, wanted to quickly get involved in a higher status when the empire was about to be in turmoil. Otherwise, his life would still be at sea. The boat on board was destroyed. It was just a matter of how long the wave came. So he came to Gerun Oasis, a city that was emerging but had already begun to decay. Not long ago, this city exuded a strong fragrance and attracted too many people. They are all the same people as Nolida. They are chasing the throne of power and money and come here together.

That was the news they accidentally heard from others. The empire had mined pyroxene here. The dense underground waterways under the city were actually the mines mined by craftsmen at that time. The imperial officials who oversaw the mining period deliberately reserved an unexploited area to enrich their own pockets. But before he had time to enjoy this huge sum of money, he was dealt with by the empire for other crimes.

This matter sounds somewhat fictitious.

At first, Nolida came here just to do business. This was still a new city with a vast market, and the demand for weapons and ammunition among the people in the shadows was beyond his imagination.

While he continued his business of selling weapons, he accidentally remembered the long-rumored urban legend, just like the things our parents told us when we were young that we must not do. In fact, how many of them are secretly done by us because we can't resist curiosity in private? Passed. Curiosity killed the cat, but it also made countless people in this world successful.

So he bought some underground sewer layout plans, which was just like sitting down and resting after dinner. Unexpectedly, he actually found that treasure.

Groups of arms dealers, and then people from all walks of life came smelling the rotten smell of money and power. They wanted to personally verify the authenticity of the matter, and at the same time, they also wanted to get a piece of the pie.

Cassia put the map away, and this urban legend had been confirmed by other people's mouths on his way back. It has been circulating for a long time and has been talked about by many people before, especially the first aboriginals in the city. When they were children, the time and experience spent exploring the strong-smelling underground sewers was no more than what it is now. How much less arms dealers.

But sometimes, there has to be some element of luck. This may not be the key to success, but it cannot be denied that it is definitely a huge help in getting things done.

In the end, the two people's plan was divided into two parts. The situation in the underground waterway was more or less taken over by Cassia, who was better at using close-range weapons and fighting. Kara is responsible for the surface affairs of the city. Sniper rifles are repulsed in the underground waterways. With irregular bends and corners, they are indeed the enemy of sniper rifles that require vision and distance.

"Thank you just now." Cassia said as she walked out of Kara's room.

"No, I don't want to suddenly lose a capable ally like you while I'm on a mission." Carla still said in a nonchalant voice, "Remember to close the door. You're going to be a rat tomorrow, so have a good rest."

Even so, Cassia didn't feel like sleeping at all when she returned to the room. He got out of bed, put his hands on the ground and did countless push-ups. The sweat dripped from his face and formed a puddle on the floor in front of him, and his whole body was steaming with heat.

"So tired." He said, feeling a burning sensation in his arms and abdomen.

Lying back on the bed, my body was indeed tired, but my spirit became even more cheerful. His eyes were wide open. In the dark room, even without opening the cross pupils, he could still see a little bit of extremely blurry outlines on the ceiling.

As expected, the face in the mirror cannot be forgotten. Cassia's eyes were shaking inside her closed eyelids.

It seemed that he had been up all night, and when he didn't know how long it took, Cassia guessed that it would be the early morning when he fell asleep.

Then maybe less than three hours later, at eight o'clock in the morning, there was a knock on the door.

It wasn't Ye Jielin, it was Kara. Then he opened his eyes.

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Gustin and the three people around him had silent faces, with regret and sadness on their faces. They had lost another teammate here. The desert trip made them understand the friendship and importance of teammates for the first time, and now they once again realized how smooth and impermanent life is when it passes away. Maybe the next person lying on the ground may be them.

The intelligence bought with money was very accurate, and the number of defenders was only one more, which was definitely within the acceptable range. Moreover, the timing of their attack was also quite clever. Between everyone's fatigue and panic, the battle should have progressed step by step according to their plan. But when one of the enemies suddenly lit up his golden cross pupils, they were also confused at that time.

Temporary reaction and judgment are things they cannot learn in military schools. The uncertainty and suddenness of tasks are the main reasons why students die and their names are written on the attrition list. They see the surgeon as too special, so they stumble.

The remaining four people could not move the body, so they could only place it neatly and quietly here. The wills have all been taken back by the military school. All they can do is sprinkle a few more layers of lime on the corpse to prevent premature decay of the corpse. This can keep the corpse for a few more days and prevent it from being everywhere in advance. The rats gnawed it clean.

Then they started carrying ammunition and firearms. The safe placed aside was violently destroyed by Gustin, and all the banknotes stacked inside were put into canvas bags.

"Captain, come here and take a look, we seem to have found something interesting!" This is what Kritins was saying. The yellow gauze on his body was stained with little spurts of blood, which were from when he cut his neck. People with arteries are sputtered.

All students from military schools can become an anatomy doctor after graduation. They are very good ones. This is their favorite joke, because except for some professional doctors, there should be no one else who can understand the structure of the human body like them, except for some artists.

Gustin walked over with the bulging bag. With an excited smile on his face, Klitchens pointed to the cavity hidden under the ammunition box. There was a little light inside, which was the result of living in darkness all year round. The fluorescent plants emit, it is written in the military school book.

This cavity seemed to be an entrance, because there was a rope ladder hanging there, and the other end was submerged in the water-like darkness. There was the sound of running water inside, as well as the ubiquitous sour smell.

"Is there an underground waterway down there?" Gustin asked.

"Probably not. There is no sign of this waterway on the underground waterway map we have." This was the voice of another teammate, a woman.

"Kritchens, do you know?" Gustin looked at Kritchens' face full of excitement and smile, and there was something hidden underneath.

"Of course!" He showed two rows of white teeth and raised a thin book that had appeared in his hand at some point. The simple black cover was full of wrinkles like an old man's, and a few of them were barely recognizable. The flying fonts - a collection of urban legends.