Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 789 Different Predicaments

Japanese samurai in the old era generally carried two swords, one long and one short. Cavalrymen had a longer tachi and a wakizasa, while infantry warriors carried a shorter dato and a wakizasa. Some samurai will choose to bring an extra "Kaitong" specially used to break armor.This is a short sword with a blade length of less than [-] centimeters. The spine of the blade is thicker than that of ordinary samurai swords. Generally, it is not used for chopping, but is used to penetrate the weak places on the armor.

But in actual combat, neither Wakizashi nor Kaitong are rarely used.

(Except for the two-sword style, the Niten first-class invented by Miyamoto Musashi holds a big sword in his right hand and a small sword in his left hand, but generally the samurai who imitated him do not have this ability, and the double swords shrink into a sword and a wakizashi... In addition, even if it is Wakizashi and Kaitong are generally not used for laparotomy, but a special short knife. As for many Dongying officers in film and television works, they directly use a knife or Wakizawa to cut open their abdomen. There are two reasons: one is that the production team lacks research , The second is that the army rarely carried special laparotomy knives, so other things were used instead.)
The reason for the low usage rate of Wakizashi and Kaitong is simple-nine out of ten cold weapons must follow an iron law: one inch is long, one inch is strong; one inch is short; one inch is dangerous.

Although short and delicate weapons have certain advantages in close combat and small spaces, and they also have incomparable portability and flexibility that long weapons can't match, but in most combat situations, they will definitely be suppressed by long weapons .

Just imagine, the dagger in your hand has not yet reached the opponent's body, but you are already within the attack range of the opponent's long sword. It is self-evident who has the greater advantage in this kind of battle.

Whether it is cavalry or infantry in ancient times, the main weapon will inevitably choose spears, spears, daggers, battle-axes, and halberds. cm or more.

The length of the weapon can often even out the gap in strength between the two sides, and even overtake it... and the spare wakizashi in Asano Akira's hand, the blade length is only half of the Nino alloy sword.

As for the strength gap between the two sides... If the figure emerging from the thick fog is the attacker who just appeared in the hallucination, then the opponent's strength will definitely not be inferior to Akira Asano.

Even though the previous battle was just an illusion, the killing intent was not fake. Those who can possess this killing intent will definitely not be weak in combat.

The vague figure suddenly raised the knife, the blade pointed upwards, and the tip of the knife pointed directly at Asano Akira's brow.His originally gentle pace suddenly accelerated, and after three steps, he rushed directly towards Akira Asano!

With a sound of "噗", the bright Wakizashi unsheathed in an instant, Asano Akira swooped out in a low body, and the distance between the two was shortened to less than three meters in a blink of an eye!

Just as the opponent stabbed forward with a straight knife, Akira Asano's upper body suddenly fell backwards, lowering the center of gravity of his body again, changing from a running posture to a sliding shovel on the ground. The scabbard he was holding slammed hard towards the opponent's door.

Opposite Akira Asano's change of move, the opponent has only one choice, which is to retreat to the other side, dodge or use the saber to pry open the scabbard that is smashing.

The figure in the mist originally held the knife in a stabbing posture with the blade upward. If he wanted to attack Akira Asano who was close to the ground, he had to turn the blade over and then slash downward. The direction of force would be completely opposite to the original movement. Before changing his move, he would be hit in the face by the scabbard.

Although the scabbard is out of hand, it is tightly wrapped by Akira Asano's mind tentacles. If it hits the head, the destructive power is no less than that of Mo Jue's TAC-50 anti-material sniper rifle. one shot.

Even if he couldn't kill the opponent, it was enough to make the opponent lose his balance or have a short delay. At this time, Asano Akira, who was getting closer, could use the wakizashi in his hand to attack the opponent's lower three lanes.

This trick is insidious, but very effective.For a fighter, whether it is hand-to-hand combat or hand-to-hand combat, the lower part of the body is the most critical part. Stabilizing the body, moving flexibly, and bursting with strength... The most important thing is to rely on the muscles of the legs and core. Otherwise, the ancient In this era, martial arts practitioners will not regard zama step as the basic training for entry.

When it comes to fighting with one's life, there is never any dignity at all... As long as it can kill the enemy, no matter how insidious and shameless the move is, as long as it can achieve the goal, it is a good move.

What's more, Asano Akira used a short weapon that was "one inch short and one inch dangerous". If he didn't rely on insidious tricks, he would have no chance of winning at all.

However, what he did not expect was that the opponent completely ignored the scabbard that had been smashed past, and swung the knife with his backhand to slash downwards—his changing moves did not feel any delay and hindrance. Akira Asano even suspected that this vague There are no bones and muscles inside the human figure, but a dense mist that can change at will like a liquid.

The scabbard and the blade approached their respective targets almost at the same time... Akira Asano could only choose to interrupt his offensive and rolled to one side in embarrassment.

The scabbard he threw passed through the opponent's "head" and fell to the ground.

Asano Akira quickly got up from the ground, pulled back and retreated.

The moment the scabbard came into contact with the dense fog, all the tendrils of thought wrapped around it were melted away, but before the connection between the last tentacle of thought and Akira Asano was broken, Akira Asano still caught a trace Shocking news.

In this mass of figures shrouded in thick fog, there is no entity at all.

The scabbard touched nothing but the fog.

The exaggerated metaphor he just made... There is nothing wrong with it: inside this vague human figure, there are indeed no such things as bones and muscles.

"So, the one fighting me is not human at all...but 'it' has picked up my saber, and is still imitating the fighting style of human beings...what is 'it'?" Akira Asano thought in his heart There was a series of question marks... If Ke Lan were here, he would definitely choose to try to communicate with the other party at this time.Even if he can't turn the enemy into a friend, at least he can get some important information... But Asano Akira is not Ke Lan, he is used to solving problems with silence and weapons in his hands.

Adjusting the pace of his feet a little, Akira Asano put Wakizashi in front of him.

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In the depths of the foggy forest, there is a certain "blank area".

Ivan didn't quite understand why he only took a step back from a blank area to another blank area.

If this place is compared to the human heart, the thin wall of fog in the middle is like the fleshy septum between the left atrium and the right atrium... Although this comparison is a bit strange, as a doctor, Ivan An anatomical diagram of a human heart subconsciously popped up in my mind.

"It's really strange... But if there is no fog in this area, those monsters will definitely chase them out, right? If it doesn't work, we can only continue to retreat, until we retreat into the thick fog..." Ivan turned his head to look At a glance, this "fog-free" blank area is about 200 meters deep, and there are only less than ten fog perches scattered in it. If those monsters chase out from the dense fog, at his speed, It should be barely able to rush into the thick fog at the end of the blank area before being overtaken.

Just when Ivan planned the "escape route" in the middle, he suddenly froze in place - behind this layer of fog wall is another blank area, so he should be able to see Ke Lan who retreated together They!But when he looked around, he saw no one except himself!

"Sukabrie!" A Maozi's classic national curse popped out of Ivan's mouth. He subconsciously looked down, but found that the safety rope around his waist had been broken at some point.

A layer of cold sweat instantly seeped out from the pores on his back, soaking the underwear on his back.

"How is this going?"

Ivan forced himself to calm down. He stood there and waited for two seconds... However, no one came out of the thick fog in front of him and entered this strange blank area.

Not only did no one come over, even those biological weapons did not break through the fog wall to chase here... Logically speaking, a layer of fog wall no more than one meter thick is not enough to block the perception of these monsters.

"Could it be that I got separated from others? Impossible... I just took a step back..." Ivan's breathing was a little short, he glanced at the heart rate monitor inside the breathing mask, and skillfully started to He took out a sedative from the small bag, stuck it into the injection hole reserved on the protective clothing, and pushed the medicine into the subcutaneous tissue.

With the effect of the medicine, Ivan felt that his breathing had finally become calmer, but the anxiety and uneasiness in his heart had not been alleviated in the slightest, but intensified instead.

He glanced at his surroundings, luckily lifted his breathing mask, and took a big gulp of vodka.

The unique taste of alcohol diffuses between the mouth and nose, and the spicy liquid rolls down the esophagus. Drinking high-strength vodka will give people the feeling of swallowing a burning knife, but there is only this feeling , to let Ivan calm down quickly.

"Maybe, I should go back and find them..."

Closing the breathing mask, Ivan quickly made a decision - he shot a spike used to fix the rope into the ground, and then tied the broken safety rope to the lock at the end of the spike , after checking the weapons and ammunition for the last time, raised the gun and stepped forward into the thick fog.

step.

There is a thick fog all around, you can't see anything, you can't hear anything.

two steps.

As far as the field of vision is concerned, there is still a dense fog so thick that you can't even stretch your fingers out.

Three steps.

Nothing has changed.

The doubts in Ivan's heart suddenly intensified - although the gray fog has been spreading towards the interior of the wreckage of the battleship, it only took a dozen seconds before and after, and the speed of spreading is definitely not so fast!

He took another three steps forward in one breath, and didn't stop until the safety rope around his waist was stretched straight.

The wreckage of the battleship, the monsters that followed one after another, those familiar teammates... He saw nothing, front, back, left, and right, except for the thick gray fog.

"Really... I saw a ghost..."

Ivan didn't untie the safety rope and continued to walk back. He started to back up, and he backed up to the blank area that was not occupied by the fog.

He was a little relieved that the spike was still in the ground and the end of the safety line was attached to the carabiner.

Ivan began to observe the boundary line between the blank area and the edge of the dense fog—the dense fog did not spread towards the blank area, as if they were blocked by an invisible wall, if it weren't for the gray fog Flowing together, this clear-cut boundary even makes Ivan mistakenly think that what stands in front of him is a towering concrete wall.

"The invisible wall... Could it be Ze Luo's space barrier?" Ivan muttered, "Could it be that this blank area not occupied by gray fog was created by Zero? But the problem is that Zero Where is she now, and where have the others gone? Why am I the only one in the blank area?"

Ivan began to look at this extremely weird blank area, and soon, he discovered a seemingly normal, but actually very abnormal thing.

There are very few fog roosts in the blank area, but there are a large number of human corpses "embedded" on the pillar roots of each fog roost... This situation may be seen not far from the red line, but it is absolutely Should not be in this place.

Here is a full 35 kilometers away from the red line!Even if the creatures in the foggy forest could carry the invader's corpse, they would never move so far away!
As for the dead who came here by themselves, it is even more impossible!
Judging from the information currently available, the group of "lumberjacks" headed by Mo Jue's father and the crew of the two crashed warships may reach this depth, but the corpses in front of them are not wearing the clothes of the Air Force fleet. Uniforms, but the standard uniforms of the Marine Corps of the Field Army, and even the regimental emblem and number of the armored troop can be seen on the arm of a corpse.

These corpses are all from the armored unit that strayed into the gray mist forest and was wiped out... Their corpses should never appear in this place.

With this in mind, Ivan decided to study these corpses first to see if he could find any clues... But when he approached a misty perch tree, the corpse embedded in the trunk seemed to be awakened , suddenly struggled violently!

It was as if a chain reaction had been triggered. From near to far, all the corpses on the mist roost began to move. They used their incomplete bone claws to tear and dig out the wood fibers that imprisoned them...just a few seconds The bell, the first corpse to "wake up" had already broken free from the shackles of the tree trunk.

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