Steel steam and flame

The team leader turned off the radio equipment that was constantly making noise. The buzzing sound really made him feel unbearably irritated. After moving his somewhat stiff body, he hugged the fire gun in his hand tightly again, staring at the corridor ahead under the dim light.

"Everyone remember to move your body in a small area at different times. The weather is a bit weird because of the cold weather. If you keep the same posture for a long time, your body will get rusty if you don't move. If there is any sudden reaction, the almost fixed body will definitely not be able to respond. Come here. Starting from the stairs, form groups of two or three to stretch your body." The team leader said that he was more experienced. He lowered his voice and told the teammates around him, "Observers remember to stay hidden, especially Pay attention to the positions of those snipers. People are dead, but those sniper rifles are still there. Don’t stick your head out to expose the target. Use the mirror reasonably, you know! Otherwise, you will expose your position. Those are longer than my slap. It is not as simple as penetrating a piece of paper for a bullet to penetrate the thin masonry concrete wall behind us."

This was said while looking at another person not far away in front of him. He was the only one in the team who was not holding a gun at the moment, but holding a tactical telescope in both hands. The lenses above have undergone special optical processing to enhance the ability to detect light in dim environments. The ability to absorb and filter interfering light. When used in this environment, the lightning flashing from time to time can be used to observe the surrounding environment and conditions more comfortably.

The man nodded, indicating that he understood.

"There is no situation yet." He said, and then looked through the telescope at the hidden corner of the corridor pillar to look at the specific situation around him. Without the visual support of the snipers, now we can only rely on observers like them. Because he is born with good eyes and has a good instant memory of the surrounding scenery, he can make a rough and vague comparison of the same place in his mind when scanning the scenery. As an observer, he can be considered to have some insights. people.

The field of view slides past the world under the rain curtain at a smooth and even speed, just like holding a camera to take continuous photos. It is said that there is a high-speed camera controlled by a difference engine that can record dozens of photos in one second, and then use some kind of mechanical pull to form a moving picture. Almost all the scenes captured by the cameras at that time can be reproduced. But even though he had heard of it, he had never actually seen such an instrument in all these years, which was quite a pity.

Sometimes he wondered if there could be something that could show others what he saw in his eyes. It would be great if there was something like that. Just like the dim scenery I see in the tactical telescope now, under the rain curtain is a large corpse-like shadow of the building, the flashing lights are their eyes that have turned into lenses, and the sound of the rain is the sound of their gradual decay, so moist The almost moldy air was probably proof that their corpses were fermenting.

The thoughts in his mind suddenly became chaotic, and he quickly stopped. Being distracted at this time was not a good thing. Refocusing, the vision in his eyes was much enhanced through the tactical telescope. There were only clusters of black shadows around, and the rest were dense raindrops.

"It's still okay. The target should have left the roof of the building and is trying to find a way to approach the building." He continued to move his eyes slowly while guessing at the reported situation. Another flash of lightning flashed, and the instinctive contraction of his pupils was much faster than when he subconsciously squinted his eyes. Then a sudden shiver ran through his body. When he looked over with the tactical binoculars again, a straight line stretched out under a curtain of rain instantly occupied his entire field of vision.

"Captain..." He subconsciously wanted to shout out. In his imagination, the voice should have been a scream, but the body exploded before the voice and all the strength and vitality were lost instantly. The last words were just moans that no one could understand.

The half-hunched body slipped into the corridor. The teammates around him who were concentrating on the corridor trembled. Half of their faces were splashed with blood, and their eyes suddenly blinked several times. It was a foreign object that had entered their eyes. natural reaction actions. Subconscious thinking did not allow them to understand what happened. It was not until a warm feeling came from their cold faces that they realized that the observer who had been talking just now was lying on the ground.

"Get down! Get down quickly!" The squad leader was the first to react. He was now crawling on the ground from his crouching position to reduce the area affected by bullets. The other people who reacted immediately took action, all in the same posture as the captain. Those who reacted quickly also organized a counterattack. At this time, several more spray-like lines flew through the rain and hit the sniper's position. The bullets from the musket also flew out in a long string in the rain. When the beam of the strong light hit through the rain curtain, there was only half of the sniper's body exposed on the roof of the building, and a gun that was shattered by the bullets. Just a sniper rifle. The target had already left there one step ahead of them.

"Don't look anymore, run away." On the first floor of the building, Natalie put down the sniper rifle and told the people around her, and then loaded the sniper rifle again. When she shattered the sniper rifle, the target had already left early. "A very decisive person. He obviously had enough time to fire a few more fatal shots, but when he realized something was wrong, he immediately gave up the idea and evacuated the place in advance."

"How many people who surrounded us in the past also failed?" someone asked beside them. They were continuing to observe the situation of the building just now with tactical binoculars.

"It must have failed." Natalie sighed and said, "Being able to kill those snipers quietly without telling all of us, and in such a short period of time, the target knew how to hide himself. The number of managers and operators staying here is not large, and the number of people does not form a suppressive advantage. Moreover, the target is very smart and seems to know this place very well. Even though there are powerful managers, there is no trace of the target. , also has no effect."

The remaining few people who did not enter the rain curtain remained silent and did not speak. For the enemy, their reaction is much slower, or it is not impossible to say that they do not react at all. I thought it was well arranged, but I didn't expect that I lost the initiative on the first step. When they came here, they never thought that there was such a thing as an underground sewer.

"Let each team continue to stay in their respective positions and do not move randomly. Although no trace of the target can be found, his purpose should be to find out what happened here and the specific situation about Sister Kara." Natalie Clenching his teeth, he said, "Stay here. Sooner or later, he will come here on his own, because there are some things he has to come to ask us in person."

Then looking at the young communications officer not far behind her, Natalie continued: "Help me get through to Master Reuter's housekeeper and ask how long their dance will end. Before that, we have to end the party here as soon as possible. We have to rush back to get things done. I really want to take a photo of Sister Kara’s last appearance as a souvenir.”

Alas, it will be on the shelves tomorrow...