Last Totem Novel - Chapter 256
Chapter 256 Car Mark
Five hours after Tie Zha left Tyre Stronghold, it was Dr3713-01-31. Silver City Time was 0:00 a.m. and Satt Time was 41:00 a.m.
In a villa on the Garden Avenue of Ancient Babylon, Eva Green watched the video of the Tyre Stronghold’s defensive battle over and over again. Due to the unusually fierce battle and the destruction of many cameras in the stronghold, the video was somewhat incomplete and had very few angles. But compared to the late war, the early video is more complete.
At this moment, Eva Green clutched the handkerchief tightly, her eyes slightly red as she watched Tie Zha issue a simple pre-war mobilization, and then rushed forward towards the insect tide. She watched this scene over and over again, and every time, she would be moved by the phrase “A man will bloom like a gorgeous firework, giving off the most beautiful brilliance in the world” from the iron slag.
Only at this moment did she truly understand why that person was able to win the love of the handkerchief, and why even the Temple Princess had lost herself for him.
This man could have evacuated the stronghold, but he didn’t do so. Instead, he gambled his life on it. He was not a noble, had no family, nor did he have the concept of glory. He was just himself. Unfettered, like a rootless duckweed, he didn’t carry any burden, nor did he have to bear any blame, but he actually swore to fight to the death because of his courtesy …
In fact, if he chose to retreat under such circumstances, no one could accuse him. According to the feedback from the Fifth Army of the Dawn Expeditionary Army, the number of bugs this time was six to seven times that of the defending army. Under such a situation, it was completely reasonable to retreat.
However, he chose to stand firm and face death head-on. Perhaps, he didn’t take his life seriously at all …
Every time she saw Tie Zha being kicked flying by the Thunderous Beast’s hooves and smashing into the city wall like a cannonball, she felt a faint heartache. The pain was indescribable, as if the heart had been pierced through by a long, thin needle and pierced straight into the deepest part. At this time, she only wanted to get him back quickly and keep him away from danger and death. She believed that Yoga Lombardi would rather leave Tyre Stronghold than put the man in danger.
If the stronghold is lost, they can snatch it back. If the resources are gone, they can gather it again. However, if such a person dies, there may not be a second one …
Suddenly, Eva Green subconsciously dialed Tie Zha’s voice communication. However, there was actually a busy signal coming from over there. She was instantly shocked and repeatedly dialed several times, but there was still a busy tone over there. This means that Tie Zha has left the coverage area of the satellite signal. She couldn’t help but be worried and began to pace back and forth impatiently in the room, her chest rising and falling, her heart thumping. She knitted her eyebrows and thought, did he leave the signal area on his own initiative, or did something happen? This fellow really doesn’t ease people’s mind. You must teach him a good lesson when you come back!
And about an hour ago …
On the vast Gobi Desert, a red motorcycle sped past. The thick rubber wheels pressed down on the cracked red earth, raising waves of sand and dust and scattering in all directions.
Under the fierce sunlight, there was no end in sight. Other than the occasional grass ball rolling past, or a lonely Dead Sea Poplar, this vast world was empty and silent.
At this moment, Tie Zha was half-lying on the motorcycle, staring straight ahead. Even in such a calm environment, he still maintained a high degree of vigilance. This was a habit he had cultivated for many years. In his opinion, in this world, apart from safe places, there were only dangerous places. There were very few safe places, and there were many dangerous places. In the boundless wilderness, there was always hidden killing intent. On the surface, it seemed calm, but no one knew if there was a deadly scorpion hidden in a seemingly harmless grass mass, and if there was a bouncing centipede hiding in the shallow sand.
He raised his eyes and saw that the world was a pale red. After looking at it for a long time, one would have a strange illusion that one had been spinning around in the same place, not moving forward, and thus lost their way. Therefore, Tie Zha had been carefully observing the surroundings, looking for different places in that roughly identical picture. He had a good memory, and as long as he looked at it, he would be able to maintain his memory for several hours, avoiding losing all coordinates in the wilderness.
At this time, several car tracks of varying depths suddenly appeared on the ground in front of him. Tie Zha’s eyes narrowed as he slowed down and followed the tracks of the tire. Because Desert Five was very dry, there was little rainfall, and the ground was mostly dry red. So when the car goes by, the tracks will stay there for a long time.
After observing for a while, he came to the conclusion that about thirty fully loaded rear eight-wheeled trucks and two monster jeeps passed by. Combined with Wang Hu’s previous report, on the eve of the war, Edward Sosi and another commander hurriedly left Tyre Stronghold with their subordinates. Evidence suggests that Edward may have sensed the swarm’s attack ahead of time, or even the disappearance of satellite signals.
Edward Sossi’s abnormal behavior was really puzzling. As a deserter, not only would his political career end, but his family would also be humiliated. Such a price was undoubtedly incomparably heavy. To the small nobles of Silver City, it might be worse than death. However, most of the time, life is more important than glory, at least that’s what Tie Zha thinks. If Eva Greene hadn’t helped him in this crisis, and if the real owner of the stronghold hadn’t been Yoga Lombar, he would have escaped with the werewolf army.
After confirming the possible target, Tie Zha proceeded along the tracks. His red comet was faster than most vehicles, so he was confident and decided to follow.
As time passed, Tie Zha gradually noticed the strange situation. The car tracks moved more and more sideways, away from the direction of the Wind Sand Castle. Instead, they circled a large circle to the east. A moment later, Tie Zha figured out why. Edward intended to avoid reinforcements heading to Tyre Stronghold and avoid being forcibly recruited by a general officer. Tie Zha frowned when he thought of this, because it raised another problem. Edward was likely to know exactly the scale of the insect tide and was sure that reinforcements would arrive. With this question in mind, Tie Zha continued to chase after him.
Half an hour later, Tie Zha left the satellite coverage area and headed deeper into the distance.
Three hours later …
Tie Zha drove along the tracks into a sparse Dead Sea Poplar Forest. There was a faint smell of blood floating in the air here. The surroundings were quiet to the point of seepage, and bare branches trembled slightly in the breeze.
After moving forward for a while, the smell of blood became thicker and thicker, like a watercolor that could not be melted, sticky and dried up.
[Master, the air contains a large amount of dried-up blood cell powder. Alice recommends leaving immediately or wearing a gas mask to avoid being infected by an unknown disease.] A gentle maiden’s mechanical synthesis sound rang out from the front of the car. [Master, there’s a large amount of dried-up blood cell powder in the air. Alice recommends leaving immediately or putting on a gas mask.]
“Don’t worry, I’m an insect. I have a high resistance to diseases.” As Tie Zha spoke, he pulled up the square lattice scarf and wrapped it around his mouth and nose, breathing through the cotton cloth.
[It’s not a complete disease. Alice tested the samples on the air filter and found some unknown mutations in the dried blood cells. Alice is worried that it’s a new kind of virus.]
Tie Zha lowered his head and pondered for a moment. Just as he was about to inquire further, he looked up and saw a pale white patch of forest in front of him. He immediately twisted the accelerator and rushed over. When he saw the scene in front of him, he couldn’t help but take a deep breath. There were dense white bones everywhere on the half-desertified red soil. The surface of these bones still had a sliver of sticky feeling, as if it hadn’t been formed for a long time.
Looking around, none of these human skeletons were intact, as if they had been eaten by something. The skull, limbs, sternum, and spine were scattered all over the ground.
[Master, please be safe. Alice has scanned to two o’clock. There are signs of life pulses 160 meters away.]
“Let’s go take a look.” Said Tie Zha. Although the scene in front of him was horrifying, it was nothing to him. When he was ten years old, he had slept beautifully in a camp filled with corpses, completely unaffected.
[Master, broken bones can easily pierce into tires and scratch paint. Is this really good?] Alice said coquettishly. She didn’t know which girl she had learned from.
Tie Zha rolled his eyes, then got out of the car and said, “Take care of yourself.”
‘”Yes, my captain,” said Alice happily.
Tie Zha twisted his neck, stretched his muscles and bones, and then shouted in a deep voice. His scapula muscle retracted forcefully, and two pairs of translucent membrane wings rushed out. Then, with a soft “tear” sound, they stretched to both sides. Then, he leapt up, and the membrane wings trembled with high frequency, and the air around him surged rapidly, and then he soared into the air, flying in the direction Alice pointed.
These wings weren’t fast, but they were about twelve meters per second. Although they weren’t as fast as his full speed, they were still much faster than ordinary people. Compared to birds, the wings of insects have many advantages, such as the ability to hover in the air and the ability to make small turns, which are not on the same level at all.
After flying more than a hundred meters, he discovered a place with dense white bones. He flew over and hovered seven or eight meters in the air, scanning the scene below.
A few seconds later, he was shocked. There were piles of white bones on the ground. In the middle of the piles of bones, there was a half-human-tall egg. Looking around, there were about a dozen such eggs here. They are translucent under the sunlight. Upon closer inspection, it was filled with blood and light green liquid, and the soft egg shell retracted and shrunk, as if it was breathing.
Tie Zha observed for a moment, then pulled out the Merlin revolver, pulled open the hammer, and fired.
“Bang!” With a muffled sound, the egg-shaped object exploded like a water bag that suddenly exploded. The light green mucus sprayed everywhere.
“Uh … Gugu … Uh … Gugu …”
Right at this moment, a naked figure covered in green mucus rolled out from within. As he struggled on the ground, he let out a drowning sound, as if his throat was filled with viscous liquid …