Chapter 66 "People"

It was clearly noon.

However, when the sun shone through the clouds onto the streets outside the mall, the light was actually blood red, and through the auditory amplification provided by the helmet, one could even hear shouts and gunshots from afar.

"Price, there is fighting in the distant streets." Soap immediately reported the situation.

"Received." And Price quickly responded on the internal communication: "Our current priority is to determine whether there is a threat in the mall. After the security issues in the mall are resolved and the ARS Third Infantry Company takes charge of the defense mission, we will then explore the streets outside the mall."

"Understood."

The five people who received clear instructions remained on standby and patiently waited for the results of the four hellhounds' investigation.

Not long after.

The four hellhounds searched the entire mall from top to bottom. After all, the original intention of the hellhounds being designed and manufactured was to provide combat troops with rapid ground investigation.

Besides, when the hellhound goes to every area and every passage of the mall, the instrument on its back will store all the data. After the advance team sets up the wired base station, the technicians can directly obtain the structural diagram of the mall, which is convenient for the engineering team to carry out renovation and construction.

The final inspection result is that there is no threat in the mall, and no signs of fighting have been found.

During the investigation, the wired base station has also been set up, which enables all the advance team members to communicate with the ruins base in real time, and also allows the technicians in the ruins base to remotely issue various detailed instructions to the hellhound.

Soon, the third infantry company of ARS took over the defense work, and the engineering department that passed through the space gate together will completely "renovate" the mall.

After confirming that everything is correct, the hellhound patrols vigilantly near the mall, and Price leads the remaining advance team members to meet up with Xiaoqiang, Soap and Ghost.

Leave the mall.

Fourteen people walked in groups of two in the open-air parking lot in the north of the mall.

After passing through the open area and arriving at an office building across the street, the group stopped their actions and stood guard against the wall.

"Da... Da..."

"Roar... Roar..."

Arriving here, the roars and gunshots became clearer.

But Xiaoqiang always felt that the roars did not sound like those made by humans at all, but seemed to be some kind of... roar of a wild beast?

Without too much doubt, he took out three black metal devices the size of ping-pong balls from the storage bag on his side and threw them up.

Buzz~!

The three "metal balls" thrown to the highest point were originally meant to fall freely, and when they fell, they made a vibration sound that was smaller than the flapping wings of a mosquito, and "floated" in the air.

Several comrades also made the same action, and then those "metal balls" quickly floated up, and then went away in different directions, and soon disappeared.

However, on the zoomed radar of Xiaoqiang and others, the outlines of buildings, blocks, streets, and even abandoned vehicles and street lights became more and more obvious.

In fact, those metal balls are pulse scanners developed using superconducting minerals, which work with repulsive force to achieve the flying effect.

The maximum flight altitude is 400 meters, and the signal receiving radius is 3 kilometers. It can scan the terrain within this range and then upload it to the operator's zoom radar.

At the same time, the operator can also issue instructions to let all pulse scanners focus on a certain area to provide real-time dynamic detection.

Although the effect of this dynamic detection on the screen only provides the operator with a fuzzy outline rather than a specific picture, its size is much smaller than that of a drone, greatly reducing the risk of being detected by the enemy.

The disadvantage is that its battery life is only 20 minutes, and it cannot achieve hours of flight like a drone, so each has its pros and cons.

Soon, Xiaoqiang realized through the three-dimensional map generated by the scanner that he and his comrades were in a large city.

The scanner not only provides this information, but also shows the areas with a large number of biological activities through red markings, which are separated from them by three main streets.

Then, Xiaoqiang and his team controlled the scanner to focus on the sky above the red area, and the real-time dynamics transmitted back showed that a two-story building was under siege.

Seeing this situation, Price first used the wired base station to upload and share the city map and real-time status, and then made an application:

"Command Center, this is Captain John Price, the leader of the advance team. Two unknown forces have been detected exchanging fire, less than two kilometers away from the space gate. Request for close-range exploration."

Not long after the report, a female communicator responded on the communication channel: "Command Center received that the superior has approved your action. The emergency response force (AECS) equipped with heavy weapons has assembled at the base. If necessary, please call for support immediately."

"Received."

The request was approved, and Price immediately ordered: "Archer, Scarecrow, Merlin, Meatball, the four of you will work together to find the best sniper point, and the rest of the people will still work in pairs, alternating and covering each other. Also, everyone stays hidden, let's go."

Hearing this, Xiaoqiang activated the optical camouflage effect of HEV, and used the human-shaped green-edged outline displayed on the screen and the nicknames displayed on the outline to distinguish the comrades who were also in the "invisible" state.

He and Soap's group were at the forefront, first bypassing the office building and walking quickly north along the sidewalk.

The zoomed-in radar showed that they were about ten meters away from their teammates.

As for the archers who were responsible for finding sniper points, they marked the high-rise buildings in the northwest direction on the zoomed-in radar and helmet screens.

Xiaoqiang glanced over there and saw a 30-story apartment, which had a view that overlooked the firefighting site.

"Da Da!" The gunshots became more and more intense and clearer.

They had already crossed three streets and were about to reach the target location.

Slow down.

Gradually coming to the corner to wait, Xiaoqiang and Soap did not rush out, but watched the real-time dynamics provided by the scanner first.

After confirming that the attention of the two warring parties was still focused on the two-story building, the two of them acted as scouts and rushed to the intersection quickly, turned left, used the front of the scrapped vehicle as a cover, and then used the helmet screen to pull into the field of vision, and finally witnessed the scene of the battle.

I saw dozens of human soldiers guarding the two-story building, or more precisely, the two-story supermarket, pouring out ammunition crazily, causing their guns to spit out dazzling flames.

And a larger group of "people" who tried to attack the supermarket were also equipped with guns and protective gear, but...

"Die! Die! Hahaha!!"

"Roar!!"

"People" with ulcerated skin, distorted faces, and severely deformed bodies.