Steel steam and flame

The hunting team was in a good mood today. When they went out early in the morning, they happened to encounter a small group of sand wolves. Maybe it's because it's almost the full moon night, and there are obviously more signs of sand wolves coming out and moving in the past few days, and it's relatively easier for them to hunt.

The main reason is, of course, the almost inexhaustible supply of weapons and ammunition in the large supply station, which is their backing. A few years ago, their hunting team came here by chance and accidentally discovered this station that was still in operation deep in the desert. There were actually two or three old managers living here.

At first, they lived here honestly and according to the rules. The sun was too strong during the day, so they hid in the basement to sleep. At night, when the wind subsided, they drove out to hunt. This is what they came here for.

But until one day, a huge dark shadow suddenly appeared in the open space in front of the supply station, and an airship carrying cargo passed by.

Then several parachutes dyed in eye-catching colors slowly floated down from the sky. Those are all kinds of living supplies that the airship will drop on time every few years.

The three old men at the supply station no longer have the ability to carry supplies back, so this work has naturally been entrusted to the hunting team who have lived here for a while. So the first crack between the two occurred here.

Because the weapons in the iron box were accidentally discovered. The hunting team is very poor, otherwise they would not want to go hunting in such a desert. So of course they want to own these weapons unconditionally, even part of them. But the three old men were not very good-tempered and did not agree.

Then the time when the supplies were released was in the winter season. A few days after these things were moved back to the storage room, the first group of travelers arrived. There are six men and five women. The men are all physically strong, and the women are all dazzling in appearance. They are also rich people, the kind who would buy things at the supply station without batting an eye.

They come here firstly for tourism, and secondly of course they want to come here to hunt animals such as sand wolves. The experience of the hunting team is there, and it naturally becomes their best guide.

The two got along very well in the past few days, and there was no friction between them. Not only can they go out to hunt, but they can also make extra money. Of course, the people in the hunting team are also happy to do this. It was the fourth day when the accident happened. They had not been back for several days and spent the day setting up a tent in the sand. The leader of the hunting team had evil intentions out of nowhere, or he drank some wine because he had been sweltering in the high temperature that never dropped in the desert for too long. People who usually dare to fight with sand wolves with knives are not very courageous. Small. The blood rushed to his head as soon as the alcohol stimulated him.

So when they went back early on the fifth day, all those tourists had been buried in the yellow sand somewhere. Taking advantage of the aftermath of this incident, the hunting team of course wanted the absolute ownership of the supply station. Among the three old men, except for Dorn, who endured hardship and survived, the bodies of the other two were buried in the desert the next day. . The hunting team asked Dorn to continue to create the illusion that the place was still functioning, attracting visitors from the desert, and defrauding the military of supplies every few years.

This matter got bigger and bigger, and the station eventually turned into a demon that wouldn't spit out bones. Almost all tourists who came here were secretly dealt with by them. The practice of freezing female corpses for later "use" also began at that time.

Some people with some conscience knew that this could not be stopped, so they wanted to leave quietly while they were free. However, the leaders of several hunting teams had already noticed it, and Shen Qianzian had been waiting to find out these people. In the end, the number of people in the hunting team was reduced by less than half, and the rest were all people who were content to live a degenerate life in the desert.

At this moment, the sky turned into lake blue, but the sun in the desert had not yet come out. The hunting team carefully drove down the slope of the sand dune in a steam off-road vehicle.

Only the middle room of the station was still lit. They parked a dozen off-road vehicles, and the vibrations of the steam turbines were transmitted to the ground through the wide and thick wheels unique to the desert. Behind several vehicles were randomly stacked the day's spoils of war, which were the corpses of sand wolves and lizards that still maintained body temperature.

When more than thirty people got off the bus, the first thing they did was to take off their sultry masks to prevent wind and sand, and their faces were all red. Feeling the cool slightly moist air in the morning is the most comfortable moment for them. Half of the people began to unload the weapons and equipment placed in the back of the car, and half of the people were carrying the carcasses of the animals.

The sun is not out yet, it may take a few more minutes. The hunting team is full of veterans. They know the desert very well and the time is very accurate.

"It seems there is no other way." Kara moved her eyes away from the sniper rifle optical glasses and glanced at the light blue sky. There was not a trace of white clouds, it was all shocking blue, as if it was about to devour and assimilate people. Waiting for the sun's birth is no longer possible.

She was squatting half-crouched on the roof of five rooms, covered with the same gray fabric as the building materials. In front of her was a knee-high temporary protective wall built with steel plates. This is definitely not a good disguise. As long as you look carefully, you can immediately spot the extra things on the house, and you can even see the dark gun barrel sticking out. But everyone is now in a blind state. The vigilance and tension during early morning hunting are all relaxed at this moment. Who would carefully observe the roof of their home when they return home? All they want now is to return to the house quickly. I'll have a few glasses of wine here, and then have a good night's sleep. They were unable to observe the subtle changes around them.

Immediately, he took a step forward, and the head of the person who was suspected to be one of the leaders holding a short-barreled shotgun suddenly exploded at this time. His body was still standing there stiffly due to the sudden attack, with blood like blood on the ground. The gushing spring water and the huge deliberate sound of sniper rifles exploded at this moment, like waves on a calm lake that instantly spread into the distance.

Then, there was another sound of bullets exploding, and you could even hear the clear trembling sound of sniper rifle bullets coming out of the chamber at high speed, vibrating through the air.

The second person's body stood stiffly and stiffly for several seconds while bleeding, and it wasn't until a few seconds after the first corpse fell that it fell to the rhythm.

When everyone woke up, it was already after the sixth gunshot. The blood in their bodies began to flow at a high speed, and more and more adrenaline was secreted. They knew they were being attacked, and while they were chaotically looking for cover and judging the trajectory of the bullets, four more people fell, all with their heads blown open.

"On the roof, on the roof, hide behind the car!"

"It's a sniper rifle, don't show your head!"

"Hurry up, load the gun, and use continuous fire to control the pistol. The distance of the shotgun can't reach the roof!"

Someone started shouting, all filled with fear and trembling. The remaining people finally realized this. They looked at their companions in front or around them whose body temperature was still there, and the blood seemed to be watering the thirsty land.

At this moment, the five houses suddenly lit up with dazzling lights. Only then did they realize that they were high-voltage mercury lamps hung randomly all over the walls and roofs. Although they were powered on in advance, they had to wait until all the mercury inside It also takes a while to vaporize and then glow.

At this time, they all lit up. The incandescent light was definitely not as good as the sun, but it was possible to disrupt the enemy's sight against the backdrop of the sand dunes behind them.

"Put on a mask! Put on a mask!"

"Hurry up and hit those light bulbs for me, and use fire control to suppress the sniper."

There was quite a lively atmosphere behind dozens of off-road vehicles. They shrunk their heads and started shooting randomly with their guns, and a series of flames and gunpowder smoke spewed out from the muzzles. There was a crisp sound of shattering glass, and the "chichi" sound of bullets hitting the cement wall. The solid building materials above also bloomed into mud flowers under the huge impact of the bullets, and the high-pressure mercury lamp exploded. The ethereal popping sound is like the sound of fireworks exploding in the air during festival celebrations.

Everyone's eyes were drawn to Kara and the lights in the room, but they didn't notice anything bulging in the cracks in the cement floor filled with yellow sand behind them.

It was a mask like a black crow's pointed beak.