Embers Ad Infinitum

　　 Approaching the entrance of the cave, Jiang Baimian stopped and turned to Long Yuehong who was wearing an exoskeleton device:

　　 "You are on guard here."

　　 She thought about it, and then added:

"Look more outside the small woods. If the jeep is lost, Bai Chen and I have nothing to do with you, and you will have'enjoyment'. Many things, if they come gradually, humans can accept and adapt, but if they are Just pull it to Hell difficulty, and most creatures will collapse directly."

　　 "Yes, group leader!" Not only was Long Yuehong not disappointed that he could not enter Black Mouse Town, but he was relieved.

　　 From the residents of Black Rat Town who died outside, he seemed to have been able to foresee the tragedy in the cave, suspecting that this would have a strong impact on his spirit, leaving a psychological shadow that needed treatment.

　　 After giving instructions to Long Yuehong, Jiang Baimian turned around, bent down, and walked into the hole almost four meters high.

　　Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen each carried their weapons, and followed one from the left to the right. They only had their backs and knees bent harder, and they were a little harder to walk. One was relatively good.

　　 They didn't observe the outside first to confirm the general situation before entering the house, as stated in the training manual. Instead, they fully believed in the team leader's ability to sense weak electrical signals.

　　 In this regard, Jiang Baimian has shown enough credibility.

　　 There is still light from the sky at the entrance of the cave, which makes people barely able to see the surrounding situation. The more inside, the darker it gets, until you can't see your fingers.

　　 At this time, Jiang Baimian had taken out a flashlight with a silvery white shell and obvious graininess, and pushed the switch up.

　　 a yellowish beam of light lased out, illuminating a certain area in front, and coupled with the natural light near the entrance, let Shang Jianyao initially see what the scene was like:

　　 This cave is fairly wide, and the deeper part is still shrouded in darkness, with no end in sight.

　　 There were originally natural stone pillars here, but at this time they were all broken, and a lot of stones, moss, and dust fell from the ceiling of the cave and covered the ground.

　　 The origin is the center of the Jiang Baimian flashlight shining on the ground, and the traces of flame burning are emitted in a circular shape.

　　 In the inner pothole closest to the origin, no bones can be seen as intact. There are only countless burnt and reddish pieces of flesh and blood mixed in the rocks and soil.

　　 In the middle circle beyond the potholes, one after another small corpses fell down, their bodies scorched and there were many broken places, and their deaths were extremely miserable.

　　With the movement of Jiang Baimian’s flashlight, Shang Jianyao saw what happened to the edge of the cave near the rock wall outside the central circle:

　　 There is also a corpse of a resident of Black Rat Town lying on the ground in various states, but the body is basically intact, with only certain burn marks, and some thick black hairs remain.

　　 Some of them could not see obvious trauma, some had terrible wounds ripped by bullets on their backs and chests, and many had no clothes.

　　 In the cave under Shang Jianyao's eyes, nothing was left except the broken porcelain bowls, pottery bowls, and clay bowls.

　　 There is no need for anyone to explain a scene like this. Both Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen understood a fact instantly:

　　 Black Rat Town was slaughtered.

　　 Jiang Baimian looked around in silence and sighed:

　　"It may be a thermobaric bomb fired by a shoulder-mounted individual combat weapon...

　　 "Those who didn't die on the spot, they were all replaced.

"Very professional."

　　 Thermobaric bombs are a combination of high explosive bombs and fuel-air bombs. They are mainly used to kill enemies in limited spaces such as caves and underground bunkers.

After the 　　 thermobaric bomb explodes, it will exhaust the surrounding oxygen, release a large amount of energy, and produce a high-speed expanding fireball. This fireball will accompany the high-pressure shock wave sweeping across the limited environment, killing the enemy to the greatest extent possible and destroying equipment.

For places like Black Rat Town where the entrance is only one meter high, it is obviously unwise to rush in and fight against residents who adapt to this environment. It is the best way to shoot thermobaric bombs and various bombs directly into it. .

　　 "Not many teams have this kind of bomb, and some big forces don't." Bai Chen tried to calm himself down, and replied briefly.

　　 Although she is an experienced former wilderness wanderer who is used to fighting and killing, it is the first time that she has witnessed this kind of direct slaughter of a town and a settlement.

　　 The corpses and pieces of meat on the ground, even if they belong to the second person, are full of indescribable shock and terror.

　　 In any case, the residents of Black Mouse Town are almost the same as normal humans except for their height, nails and body hair.

　　—Bai Chen actually saw slaughtered settlements, but they were all long after the tragedy. Except for the few remaining bones and uninhabited dilapidated houses, other traces have long since disappeared.

　　 Jiang Baimian nodded:

　　"Take out the flashlight and find clues separately.

　　 "Perhaps, maybe there are so many survivors?"

　　 Shang Jianyao immediately removed the flashlight and the standard "Ice Moss" pistol from the armed belt, lighting in one hand and the gun in the other and walked to the edge.

　　 He does not think there will be survivors at the center of the explosion and the surrounding area.

　　 After examining each body, Shang Jianyao saw a woman curled up with her back to her.

　　 She still has clothing left, her hands and feet gathered, as if she was holding something tightly, pressing it under her body.

　　 This corpse is faintly visible on the back with thick black hairs, and there are wounds with dark red blood coagulated. At first sight, it was filled with a gun.

　　 Shang Jianyao, who was already bent over, squatted down, using a flashlight as a stick, and turned over the corpse of the town resident of Black Rat.

　　 As the beam of light shook, Shang Jian Yao saw a little girl.

　　 She was wearing an old but clean white dress. She was held tightly between her chest and abdomen by the adult woman. At first glance, she didn't suffer any harm.

　　 Shang Jian Yao put the flashlight on the ground, trying to check the little girl's condition, but couldn't break the adult woman's hand.

　　 After giving up this instinctive attempt, Shang Jianyao saw that the little girl had cyanosis on her face, and there were traces of dark red blood flowing out of the place close to the chest and abdomen of the adult woman.

　　 He then took the breath of the opponent with his finger and felt his lower body temperature.

　　 A few seconds later, he moved slowly and retracted his palm.

Because the two corpses that were tightly held together turned over, Shang Jianyao quickly used the light of the flashlight to find that where they had fallen, there was a depression extending deep at the junction of the cave wall and the ground. , There are obvious nail dig marks remaining on it.

　　 Seeing this depression, Shang Jianyao seemed to see the picture at that time:

　　 During the enemy's attack, a female townsman in Black Mouse Town is anxiously using his talent for mining to create a refuge space for her children.

　　 It's a pity, this is not faster than the bomb.

　　 Shang Jianyao stretched out his hand and touched the depression, and found that there was a small naturally formed cavity there, and there seemed to be something cold that was unknown to him.

　　 He took out this thing, borrowed the light of the flashlight, and found that it was a rectangular black object a little higher than the middle finger.

　　 There is a small LCD-like display at the top of this item, with several buttons in the middle, and a grid-covered speaker at the bottom.

　　Shang Jianyao studied electronics at University, so it’s not difficult to tell what this tattered, old-fashioned thing is.

　　 This is an old-world voice recorder, a voice recorder repaired and modified by the townsfolk of Black Rat.

　　 It may have fallen into the hollow of the depression ahead of time, or it may be quite far from the center of the explosion, and there is human body blocking, this electronic device has no trace of damage.

　　 Shang Jian Yao squatted on one knee, studied a little, and pressed a certain button:

　　 Amidst the bang of gunfire and all kinds of chaotic movements, a tender voice asked in fear and incomprehension:

　　 "Mom, mom, why are they killing us?"

　　 replied with a slightly dumb and trembling voice:

　　 "Because we are the second person."

　　'S immature voice asked:

　　 "What is the second person?"

　　'S slightly dumb voice was silent for a few seconds before answering:

　　 "That is, people who are sick."

　　The immature voice became more and more puzzled:

　　 "But mother, just because we are sick, are they going to kill us?

　　 "I, I can repair electronic equipment, I am very useful..."

　　 The sound of gunfire suddenly drew closer, as if it had come to the entrance of the cave, and then the sound of falling things sounded, and the recording stopped abruptly.

　　 Shang Jian Yao was silent after listening, and then turned his eyes to the two corpses again:

　　 No matter it is the adult woman or the little girl, there is no thick black hair on her face, there are obvious shaved marks, and she looks clean.

　　 This is the same as many female employees of "Pangu Bio"~www.ltnovel.com~ The volume of this recording is not small. Jiang Baimian, who is walking deep, and Bai Chen on the other side can hear it clearly.

　　 They also became extremely silent, no one spoke for a long time, no one moved.

　　 After a while, Jiang Baimian exhaled slowly:

　　 "Continue searching for clues."

　　Shang Jian Yao solemnly put the recorder into his pocket, then took the flashlight, bent over and stood up again.

　　 While the beam of light was moving, he saw some writing on the rock wall of the cave.

　　 These words belong to the gray earth language, and they have obviously existed for many years, and many places have long been blurred. Obviously they were not left by the residents of Heishu Town when they were attacked.

　　 Shang Jian Yao moved the flashlight over, carefully distinguished for ten seconds, and finally recognized some of the words:

"……A visit……"

　　 "...Jin and...Le will never separate..."

　　 At this time, Jiang Baimian seemed to have seen something similar, shaking the flashlight, and said with some emotion:

　　 "This seems to be an attraction before the destruction of the old world? It's so short, who wants to come?"

　　 After speaking, she stared at the rock wall for a long time.

　　 After a while, she finally looked away, searching for possible clues.

　　 Ten minutes later, the three met again in a place where there was natural light at the entrance of the cave.

　　 Jiang Baimian said with regret:

　　 "The people in Black Mouse Town had dug two prepared escape routes before. Unfortunately, thermobaric bombs or other similar bombs came too quickly."

　　 "And the attacker left no clues." Bai Chen responded.

　　 Jiang Baimian shook his head:

　　 "It's not that I didn't stay, but after the battle was resolved, I deliberately spent time to deal with it."

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