Chapter 422: Escape From the Jaws of Death

For Van Fleet, what was happening in front of him was as outrageous as a movie plot.

The betrayal of the adjutant, the family being held hostage, the villain who wanted to capture the prisoners alive, and the sudden appearance of a third party.

When the leader of the armed personnel was crushed by the figure that fell from the sky, several figures that fell from the sky immediately dealt with several armed personnel nearby in an instant.

These units, which seemed to be another type of combat puppets, relied on their own weight and the acceleration of gravity when jumping from a high place to directly trample the armed personnel who were targeted by them, including the exoskeleton, into a twisted mass of unknown objects.

The armed personnel who controlled his wife and daughter, before he even reacted, was pierced in the neck by a sharp blade ejected from the arm of a combat puppet that had landed.

After reacting, another nearby armed personnel subconsciously prepared to shoot at Van Fleet's wife and daughter, but the combat puppet that landed directly protected them with its body, and at the same time, cut off the trajectory of the opponent's electromagnetic rifle at a speed beyond human reaction.

In a flash, more than a dozen armed men were quickly knocked down, including the driver in the vehicle behind them. The remote control weapon station on the roof was also dismantled into parts.

Van Fleet was stunned by the scene in front of him for a while. When he saw his wife and daughter escaped, he jumped out of the car without saying a word and rushed over to hug his family.

After confirming that his wife and daughter were not seriously injured, Van Fleet raised his head and was about to say something, but saw that these combat puppets piled up the bodies of the armed men on the ground and began to pick up their weapons.

It was at this time that he finally took the time to carefully look at these suddenly appearing combat machines.

Van Fleet was actually familiar with the humanoid robot that appeared behind him. This is a combat puppet for private use, generally used as a bodyguard for the rich class.

It is precisely because of this that although this thing is called a "combat puppet", it is actually a civilian product. There is nothing special about the materials and technology, so it is also easy to get among the people.

The only different ‘humanoid machine’ looks a circle larger than the ordinary combat puppet, and many parts have been strengthened and modified.

Although it still looks like a civilian product-level modification, it makes Van Fleet see a sense of ‘actual combat style’, which is obviously completely different from some fancy civilian defense products.

But this is not the reason why Van Fleet pays attention. What really makes him feel different is that this humanoid machine gives him a feeling of ‘this is a real person’.

In some small movements and behaviors, there is no sense of jerkyness of robots, but it is as vivid and smooth as a real person.

“Excuse me.”

“Stay here.” The cold mechanical voice interrupted Van Fleet’s question, but made him more convinced that there should be a real person behind this steel body.

“Remote control through virtual reality? But it seems that there is no delay and jerky feeling at all. Can such a high synchronization rate be achieved now?”

Van Fleet guessed silently in his heart, and then watched the robot and the combat puppet rushing in a certain direction with the weapons discarded by the armed personnel.

Soon, there was a sound of gunfire and a loud noise of heavy objects hitting the wall in the building in the distance, which obviously meant that there was a battle in the building.

Van Fleet guessed that these mysterious mechanical units were fighting with the "reserve team" of the military-industrial complex, which also proved that the forces behind the mechanical units were fully aware of everything that happened today.

Not long after, the robots and combat puppets returned to Van Fleet's position, but there was one less combat puppet than before, and the remaining combat puppets, including the robots, had a lot of traces of battle.

"I know what you want to ask." The cold mechanical simulation sounded again.

"But now is not the time to ask these questions. When you are safe, you will understand everything. If you believe us, get in the car and leave."

The robot raised his hand and pointed in a certain direction. Van Fleet looked in the direction of his finger and saw a black hovercraft that looked ordinary coming towards him.

After the car completely stopped and the door was opened, Van Vliet found that there was no one in the driver's seat - like the taxis in the capital, this was an unmanned vehicle, which also meant that the other party obviously did not want to contact him directly at this time.

"If you believe us, get in the car. We will protect the safety of you and your family, but the premise is to leave the capital system."

At this time, Van Vliet knew that he had no choice. Although he didn't know why the military-industrial complex wanted to catch him alive just now, he knew it was definitely not a good thing, and the choice in front of him seemed to be slightly better.

After getting on the car with his family, Van Vliet took another look at the robot standing outside. The other party did not mean to leave. He wanted to ask something again, but the closed door and the car that drove away quickly interrupted his question again.

"What should we do next?" Looking at the car going away, Baninger asked in the virtual space.

"Attract the attention of the pursuers, the louder the better. As for Van Fleet, I will make arrangements."

"I didn't expect that the first mission after coming back to life would be another suicide battle." Baninger said with some emotion.

"But this time, you have immortality, don't you?"

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"Where's the footage? Why hasn't it been restored yet? Has the communication with the field team been interrupted?!"

"Sir, we have been disturbed abnormally, and the temporary command network has also been attacked. We are dealing with it urgently."

The technician's words made the commander of this "net-closing" operation sweat coldly. The situation at this moment has completely exceeded the prediction before the operation began, and the direction of the entire operation is also running wildly on an unknown road.

Thinking of the anger he would face if the operation failed, the on-site commander shuddered.

"Speed ​​up the repair! If something goes wrong, you know the consequences!"

"Wait! There is a video!" A technician shouted excitedly.

"Release it quickly!"

The next second, a street surveillance video appeared on the screen of the command vehicle. This was a surveillance camera located at a corner of the street, and the camera was zoomed to the limit.

The bodies piled up and burning in the vehicles, as well as a military jeep going away, made the commander's face turn black. Then the communicator reported that the reserve troops deployed nearby had also lost contact. The commander held his forehead in pain.

The worst situation he had expected still happened.

"Activate the backup plan and report at the same time. We need more support."