The strange illusions were fleeting, so fast that no one could confirm if they had really happened. Hao Ren shook his head hard, but the corridor in front of him had returned to normal. At this time, there was a second gunshot in the distance. He immediately put the illusion aside and sprinted to the end of the corridor. Behind him were the slightly messy footsteps of the other mercenaries.
The MDT was busy tossing its body in the Dimensional Pocket. It only sensed the information outside through its auditory sharing. When it heard the gunshots and footsteps, it immediately shouted, "What's going on outside?"
"Ulyanov may have exchanged fire with the security robots in this place," Hao Ren said quickly in his mind. "Why is this corridor so long?"
He remembered that when Ulyanov left, he could see the end of the corridor at a glance. But now when he ran, he only felt that the dark corridor stretched infinitely in front of him. He ran for a long time but did not see the end of the corridor. He did not know when the footsteps of the mercenaries behind him had fallen behind one by one. He turned his head and only saw the same dark corridor behind him. At the end of the corridor, he could vaguely see Nolan's figure, but he could not see the others around him.
"Strange, where are the soldiers who followed me?" Hao Ren whispered. Just when he began to wonder if he was under the influence of some kind of illusion, another gunshot came from not far ahead, followed by a dull thud of a body falling to the ground.
The sound was so close that he immediately put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind and rushed through the darkness in front of him like a gust of wind. The next moment, Hao Ren found himself in a dimly lit rectangular hall. There were long metal boxes of unknown purpose everywhere in the hall. The strong smell of engine oil and gunpowder came from all directions. He was surprised that there was such a place hidden in the long-abandoned Northern Ring Tower. Then he saw a figure lying in the corner of the wall out of the corner of his eye.
Hao Ren quickly ran over and found that it was Ulyanov on the ground. His signature full-coverage helmet was unmistakable. This veteran suffered a bullet to his abdomen and chest, both of them fatal injuries. Light pink mucus gushed out from his wounds, already soaking a large area of the surrounding ground. Meanwhile, he struggled in pain within this strange 'pool of blood', hoarse breathing sounds continuously sounding from beneath his helmet.
"Ulyanov!" Hao Ren called out. He stepped forward and lifted Ulyanov's upper body slightly, but he did not dare to use too much strength for fear of causing a second injury. He took out a portable medical device from the dimensional pocket and asked anxiously, "What happened? Are the security robots? "
"No … it's people … it's the enemy." Ulyanov's voice was very weak. He slightly raised his finger and pointed to the other end of the hall. "They are wearing uniforms. I don't recognize them. It's the regular army.
There are a lot of them … "" Don't talk. I have a medical device here. I'll explain to you what it is later. " Hao Ren said quickly while setting the parameters of the simple medical kit with his free hand. He had to adjust the device to the maximum compatibility mode before he could treat the man in front of him. Ulyanov's body was no longer human or mechanical. Conventional medical treatment would not be able to heal his injuries. Hao Ren did not even know whether a medical kit or a repair robot was more suitable for Ulyanov's condition.
"It's useless. My pump … pump has been punctured." Ulyanov's eyes did not stop on the silver-white metal box that suddenly appeared out of thin air. He waved his hand to stop Hao Ren. "You are a good man, but you can't save my … blood?"
Ulyanov's voice and movement stopped at the same time. His hand was raised in the air, stained with the warm, red liquid that flowed out of his body. Drop by drop, it dripped on his helmet, bringing with it the sweet smell of blood.
What flowed out of his body was not electrolyte or biochemical medium, but blood.
Hao Ren was stunned. He did not know when all this happened, but he did remember the scene of electrolyte flowing out of Ulyanov's body. But now, Ulyanov was covered in blood, and the ground under his body had been completely soaked with the warm red liquid.
"My … blood …" Ulyanov's voice suddenly became ethereal as if his consciousness was quickly being stripped out of this body and even the world. His head slowly turned to Hao Ren. His confused brain desperately tried to figure out who this person was before it sank into the darkness. "I … seem to know …"
"Hao Ren, I am Hao Ren." Hao Ren did not know what happened, but he had felt that everything around him was changing dramatically. It was some kind of inexplicable feeling, a keen intuition born from his constant contact with various supernatural forces for more than a year. He shook Ulyanov's body. "What's going on? You … "
"Hao Ren, yes … I know you," Ulyanov's voice slowly lowered. "Hao Ren, Gray Fox, Karl … Khiton … I see it, red, all of us are soaked in … red … fire … the sky is on fire, hot, out of control, the whole world is burning … I want …" Ulyanov's voice slowly lowered.
Hao Ren felt that Ulyanov's body was gradually becoming lighter as if he was pulling out of the world. He desperately wanted to do something to stop the process, but Ulyanov's condition was beyond medical equipment. At the last moment, Ulyanov seemed to suddenly regain his strength. He desperately grabbed Hao Ren's collar, but his body had become almost weightless. "Khiton … Khiton is right!"
Hao Ren felt his collar loosening. When he blinked, Ulyanov's figure had completely disappeared. Only his voice came intermittently from somewhere above. "I'm awake … the next dream …"
"What is he trying to say?" The MDT's voice rang out. "Do humans become philosophers before they die?"
"It's something abstract that a metal brain like you can't understand." Hao Ren got to his feet and saw that the place where Ulyanov fell had been completely erased, whether it was blood or electrolyte. "We must find Nolan. She may know something."
Hao Ren put away the medical equipment and ran in the direction from which he came. But when he ran out of the hall, what appeared in front of him was a strange scene.
The dark passage was gone, replaced by a dimly lit alloy corridor. It was not just the difference in the lighting. He clearly remembered what the original corridor looked like. The place in front of him was absolutely different. Even the architectural style did not look like the inside of the Northern Ring Tower.
"Well, before you find Nolan, you have to find the way back first," the MDT said. "If that way still exists."
Hao Ren clenched the rifle in his hand and prayed to his sixth sense. He found a direction and ran. No matter what had happened here, at least he remembered that he came from this direction.
Just as he was sprinting, a flurry of hurried footsteps came from behind him, mixed with chaotic shouts and vulgar curses. Hao Ren looked back in surprise and saw a group of soldiers in gray-blue combat uniforms rushing out of a corner of the corridor.
The soldiers were stunned when they saw Hao Ren, but they did not hesitate. Almost instantly, they raised their guns and opened fire without warning.
There was no warning, no communication. It seemed that the purpose of these soldiers was to eliminate all targets except themselves. Hao Ren was a little flustered by the sudden attack. The bullets clattered on his body and burst into sparks.
"F * ck! Why are there suddenly so many people in this place? " He shouted as he dashed forward. He used his shield to block the hail of bullets and fought with the soldiers who came out of nowhere. Or rather, it was a one-sided beating.
The ordinary human soldiers were stunned when they saw that Hao Ren was invulnerable. Then they instinctively continued to pull the trigger. But it was meaningless. Hao Ren's figure was almost a series of black afterimages in the eyes of these ordinary people, which could not be seen with the naked eye. Their unreasonable attacks made Hao Ren realize that he did not need to hold back in front of these people. Besides, he did not need to use any powerful weapons to deal with these ordinary people. With his Steel Membrane Shield, he was able to defeat all the enemies in front of him in no time at all.
But Hao Ren did not kill them. He urgently needed to figure out what was going on.
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