Collapse 3, the opening made the Yingjies regret for life

Speaking of this, she suddenly recalled what Lie said before. Although there were a lot of things in it that she didn't understand, but combined with the context, everyone's demeanor and tone of voice, and being able to guess, she could vaguely understand it. After understanding the danger, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes: "Boss Lie, you must come back safe and sound, otherwise everyone in the nursing home will be very sad...and so am I!"

Lie nodded to her, and said lightly: "Don't worry, I promised Aponia that I will return safely——I always keep my word."

For some reason, seeing Lie's calm and composed appearance, Pa Duo's slightly panicked heart gradually calmed down, and then he replied softly: "Well, I believe in Boss Lie...then I'll take a step first, Boss Lie You and Miss Aponia have a slow chat~"

After saying that, Patuo didn't stay any longer, and left the room with light steps, and soon disappeared into the vast night.

At this point, only Lie and Aponiya were left in the room.

"Aponia..."

As soon as Lie Gang turned around, he was about to ask Aponia if there was something he wanted to tell him, but just as he called out the other party's name, a beautiful figure flashed in front of his eyes, and then his vision instantly fell into darkness, and an inexplicable force pulled him into it. In the soft and inclusive, familiar and broad embrace.

Immediately afterwards, Aponia's worried voice sounded: "Lie, is there really no other way?"

Lie was taken aback for a moment, then skillfully wrapped his arms around Aponia's waist, stood on tiptoe and gently stroked her lower back, and comforted her softly: "Aponia, don't worry, I promised you, I will definitely I will not break my promise to cross this damned 'fate' and come back to you safe and sound."

——How about we run away?

—Anyway, with this money, we can live well no matter where we go.

——Let's find a corner where no one knows us, and then continue to live in peace!

Of course, Aponia is very clear that such words are kept in her heart at most, and she must never say them out. Most of them will choose to refuse...

She suddenly remembered what Lie said before.

——The reason why "fate" is "fate" is because it cannot escape, and it must be faced sooner or later.

A trace of struggling pain flashed in Aponia's eyes, and she hugged Lie tightly in her arms with all her strength. In this way, she kept confirming the reality of the other party's existence, as if Lie would melt away as soon as she let go. As the dreamlike bubble disappeared without a trace, she almost begged and said: "Lie, you must come back safely, please... I can't accept a future without you."

Lie, as always, tolerated all of Aponia's actions, and at the same time comforted softly: "Well, I promise you, I won't leave you, don't worry..."

……

After returning to the residence, Wei Wei immediately contacted Alicia, organized and packaged the information obtained from Lie, sent them all without reservation, and then quietly waited for the other party's response.

After a long time, Alicia replied concisely:

"I'll come over now."

Chapter 120: Throwing tiles!Enid Morova!

In the end, it took Lie a long time to calm down the restless Aponia, but her brows and eyes were always lingering with worry, and she was a little out of control when cooking, and even the children could see it when they were eating. Seeing something wrong, they gathered around Alponia to ask questions.

In the face of the children's concern, Aponia just smiled, and then talked about it, but she was unwilling to answer the children's questions head-on anyway—she and Lie knew very well that this was not something that should be done with the children. Talking about frank things only adds to the children's useless troubles and worries.

After all, they can't do anything.

Finally, under Lie's best efforts to cover, Aponia managed to pass the current hurdle, but some of the children still gave them suspicious looks, as if aware of their intentional concealment.

Regarding this, Aponia could only smile wryly. She also wanted to maintain a sense of normalcy in front of the children, so as not to let them see that something was wrong, but she couldn't do it. Thinking that Lie would have to face the unknown fate tomorrow ', she couldn't help feeling a burst of panic and anxiety—she cared so much about Lie that she couldn't even accept the possibility of an accident.

In addition, for the first time, she hated her own weakness and powerlessness.

I can only watch the one I love go to my destiny alone, but I can't do anything, I can only hide in the back and pray silently... This feeling is really terrible.

Aponia even had the urge to slap herself—why was she so helpless!

It seemed that he was infected by Alponia, and the dinner ended in such a dispirited atmosphere. Lie saw that Alponia was in a bad state, so he took the initiative to take over the banner and strongly demanded that Alponia go to bed early. It's up to him to deal with the kids.

Alponia couldn't resist Lie, so she had to accept Lie's arrangement obediently, and went back to her room to rest early.

After all, she can't do anything.

The only thing I can do is to obey Lie's arrangement like now and not cause him any extra trouble.

——If I become strong enough, will I be able to help Rie?

Lying on his back on the big soft bed, Alponia stared blankly at the familiar ceiling of the room, a glimmer of haze suddenly flashed in his eyes, and without his own noticing, a seed of longing for strength was quietly planted in his heart.

……

the next day.

Lie was very trustworthy, and rushed to the mountain to stand by early in the morning, and sent a signal to Li Lin and the others to be in place. Such a reliable posture gave Li Lin an unparalleled sense of security—it is definitely stable now!

When the appointed time arrived, Li Lin set out on time, and brought the team armed to the teeth to the place where they met before—it was at the foot of the mountain where the ruined site of the Saotome Research Institute was hidden.

However, what Li Lin didn't expect was that they arrived at the scene one step ahead of the other party. They obviously stepped on the spot, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't pay attention to the spirit of the contract at all, and they were late with dignity!

They waited boredly in place for a long time, and then heard the movement from far to near, followed the sound, and finally saw the vast army from a distance... How should I put it, the march of this group is a bit weird, There is no formation, no rules, and the whole is in a mess. It doesn't look like a military background, or even systematic military training.

But the equipment on their bodies is unambiguous at all. All kinds of kinetic energy weapons, auxiliary equipment and communication devices, vehicles with different functions, individual exoskeleton armor, survey tools and even the finale Titan are all available. The luxurious equipment is enough to easily win a local war, or launch a blitzkrieg against a small country.

——Such a large amount of money is actually just to investigate an abandoned research institute. Who will believe it?

Anyway, Li Lin didn't believe it.

He dared to conclude that this group of people definitely had an impure purpose!They have great supernatural powers, perhaps they have received some rumors in advance, so they are so obsessed with the big hole.

But no matter what, before they turn their faces, they still have to accompany the smiling faces and let them be driven. Do your best to obey and cooperate with the opponent, and don't let the opponent see that they have different intentions. At the same time, allow Li Lin and the others to wait for the opportunity to act. When the momentum is not right, they can judge whether to withdraw and retreat.

——In short, no matter what, I still have to follow them into the Great Hollow for a walk.

——Fortunately, the master stayed behind.

Thinking of Lie who was waiting in the mountains, Li Lin burst out with infinite confidence, and he didn't panic at all.

Clough led his team to Li Lin and the others, and greeted Li Lin with a sarcasm: "Hey, I didn't expect you to be so punctual... I thought you were going to do everything possible to evade the delay."

The confident Li Lin gave him an unceremonious look, and retorted: "It's too much for some people to use force to suppress it unreasonably. For the sake of our lives, we have no choice but to take care of it."

Clough didn't care, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't play tricks, it's important to do business—you guys lead the way."

--coming.

Hearing this, Li Lin's heart trembled, but on the surface he sighed calmly, and then he called his teammates to set up a formation and walk ahead, pretending to be impatient while walking, and said: "Okay, okay, follow me!" Bar……"

——Huh?Suddenly it became so easy to talk... Is it because you recognized the gap between us?

Clough looked at Li Lin's back with great interest, and then gave an order, ordering the whole army to keep a certain distance behind them.

The entrance of the research institute is in a very secret cave in the mountains. The entrance is so wide that even Titans can pass through it unimpeded.

Following the entrance all the way down, they finally came to the interior of the Saotome Research Institute, but the purpose of their trip was not the dilapidated ruined site at present, but a large cavity deeper underground.

Following their vague memories and with the assistance of various survey equipment, they continued to go deeper, and quickly found the entrance of the large cavity.

Looking at the huge bottomless hole in front of him, Li Lin shivered subconsciously. He swallowed, pointed at the huge bottomless hole that seemed to be devouring someone, and said with a slightly trembling voice: "Do you really want to go down?"

Clough looked at him with a half-smile: "What do you think?"

A stern look flashed deep in Li Lin's eyes, and he said viciously, "I don't care what happens after that!"

After all, without the slightest hesitation, they began to make various preparations before entering the pit.

Clough also started their arrangement.

After a long while, the two sides were fully prepared and gradually descended along the rock walls around the large cavity, slowly moving towards the deepest core area.

In the pitch-black silence, everyone did not know how far they had dived or how long it had been. They were like precision machines, repeating the same movements over and over again, carefully descending bit by bit. .

Finally, after repeating the same operation numbly for countless times, their feet finally felt the reassuring touch of stepping on the ground.

Before Li Linsong breathed a sigh of relief, he heard the applause from Clough again, which made him terrified:

"It's the Gate Line! Sure enough, there is a Gate Line here! We found the right place!"

Chapter 120: The Gate Giant

"It's the Gate Line! Sure enough, there is a Gate Line here! We found the right place!"

—Damn it!This group of guys actually came here on the Gate Line!

—And, how did they discover the Gate Line?Obviously the detector didn't send out any alarm...

——Do you want to call foreign aid now?

Hearing this very unpleasant cheer, Li Lin's heart sank immediately, his face was ashen. Fortunately, he was already armed to the teeth, with a protective helmet and a thermal imager on his head, and the surroundings were dark and blind, so Clough No abnormality was found in Li Lin and others.

But he obviously also felt that it was not good to expose the purpose too early, so he gave that ignorant guy a hard lesson. In an instant, the sound of punches and kicks collided with Clough's swearing. It is particularly harsh in the quiet environment where the smell is heard.

After a while, everything was silent, and the scene returned to the oppressive silence, and no one said a word.

Li Lin had already silently released the safety of the kinetic energy weapon in his hand, and at the same time made a subtle gesture to everyone behind him.

With the help of the thermal imager, everyone in the team saw Li Lin's gesture, so they disarmed their weapons calmly, set up their formations, and were ready to fight at any time.

Clough didn't seem to notice the changes in Li Lin and the others, or he didn't care at all. After a long silence, he suddenly broke the silence: "Sorry, Captain Li, I made you laugh."

Li Lin calmly organized his words and replied: "This is not a trivial matter that can be fooled by casually haha... Can you tell me? What is your purpose?"

Clough did not answer Li Lin's question, but thanked them very strangely: "First of all, let me express my sincere thanks to Captain Li and you. If we were the only ones at the bottom, we might lose a lot of time."

There must be a ghost if something goes wrong. Li Lin gestured to the brothers behind him again, and then lowered his body's center of gravity. The weapon on his left hand showed a preview, and his free right hand also reached into his trouser pocket, and he held it tightly. With the signal transmitter as his hole card, as soon as something goes wrong, he will immediately send out a distress signal, and organize his brothers to carry out firepower suppression-in any case, he must survive these ten or twenty seconds!

He was on guard against Clough's team, and said coldly: "Oh, there is no need to say more polite words, I remember very clearly, your request is to let us lead the way, as long as you are safely brought to the bottom of the big hole ...In other words, our mission is over now, we don't care what you do afterward, so can we leave now?"

Clough turned a deaf ear to Li Lin's words, and continued to say to himself: "I heard that Captain Li seems to be somewhat interested in our purpose, so you might as well see for yourself."

As soon as the words fell, the scene suddenly lit up with strong light, and the lighting equipment brought by Clough was instantly turned on at full power, fully illuminating everything at the bottom of the large cavity.

Li Lin couldn't stand the strong light at first, and it took him a while to get used to it. He turned off the thermal imager, wanting to see what kind of medicine was sold in the Kraft gourd.

However, after he saw the surrounding things clearly, his pupils constricted immediately, and his whole body was so shocked that he couldn't stop chattering his teeth. He said in disbelief, "This... this... this... What are they all..."

"Oh my God……"

"I'm not dreaming, am I?"

"..."

His teammates also responded similarly, shocked, terrified, unable to understand, and even doubted life.

Because they saw something far beyond imagination.

Wreckage, mechanical wreckage everywhere, white, red, yellow, countless dilapidated parts that look like aircraft are piled up on the ground randomly, forming the ground they stand on. Components are thrown out randomly like broken organs, running around, just like a garbage dump...

——No, rather than a garbage dump, it would be more appropriate to describe it as a cemetery.

— Graveyard of steel.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Li Lin could even hear a mournful cry, as if the piles of mechanical wreckage are all creatures that have been ravaged to death, and they left a mental imprint of despair and pain here before they died, shocking everyone. The mind of a visitor.

Li Lin hadn't recovered from the strong mental shock, but Clough on the other side sneered disdainfully: "Captain Li, why are you looking at this pile of rubbish? The point is over there!"

Hearing this, Li Lin looked at Clough blankly, then turned his gaze according to the point of his fingers.

——! ! !

In an instant, Li Lin's eyes burst out, his heart beat wildly, and even his breathing became stagnant. He suddenly felt his brain was rumbling, blank, his whole body seemed to be spinning, his vision went black, and he almost fainted on the spot. The delicate coldness of the bone marrow gradually permeated the limbs and bones, bringing a bottomless fear...

He saw a steel giant embedded in the inner wall of the big cavity.

A giant iron god who knelt on his knees and had his stomach ripped open.

The whole body is mainly red, yellow and white, with thick cylindrical limbs and torso. The forearms on both sides are inlaid with a cluster of sharp arm blades, and a square dark green diamond-shaped crystal is also embedded in the chest on both sides. I don't know if it is for decoration or for other purposes.

Looking up, it is a small head that is disproportionate to the thick body. The whole body is bright red. Long red horns extend obliquely on both sides of the top of the head, and sharp spikes protrude from the ears, just like bright red. The devil is generally ferocious and terrifying.

But its face is the opposite, and it looks very upright and awe-inspiring. The diamond-shaped dark green crystals are evenly distributed in a honeycomb shape on its face, like battle patterns. The eyes are two bright yellow crystals, which are reflected under the light. There was a faint light.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is its body that has been 'disemboweled'.

There is no longer the cover of the outer armor plate, and the complex mechanical structure inside is unreservedly revealed, but among these organ-like components, there is one thing that is particularly eye-catching.

It was a huge iron box with a thick steel insulation layer on the outside and a conspicuous radiation label on it. There were countless cables plugged into it, some from the inside of the steel giant, and some from the outside.

And those external cables are connected to weird devices that are arranged side by side against the inner wall of the large cavity. The whole body of the device is round and divided into a base and a cylindrical structure above. This wide and thick cylinder is sealed throughout, and the outer wall is transparent. When illuminated by a light source, you can see that it is filled with liquid, and when you take a closer look, there are mutilated Honkai beasts soaked in it!

——What is this all about!

As if he heard the roar in Li Lin's heart, Clough was very angry immediately.

He explained intimately: "Did you see it? That is the intact and still functioning Gate Reactor! The miracle called 'Gate Line' is constantly being bred inside!"

Chapter 120: Lie, my Superman!

--what is that?

Li Lin glanced blankly at the fanatical Clough, and turned to look at the bright red steel giant. For some reason, he felt inexplicably throbbing and uneasy in his heart. He swallowed subconsciously, and said with horror and difficulty: " Gat... Reactor?"