Last Totem Novel - Chapter 43
Chapter 43 Night Strike
Afterwards, Iron Slag rode on the red comet and chased after Alice alone in the direction where the sand carriage disappeared. Old Di followed behind with the convoy, ready to fight at any time. The opponent was at least a mercenary group of 30 or more, or a garrison elsewhere.
However, based on their methods of killing, they shouldn’t be part of the local garrison. After all, the garrison was a regular army. Although there were no legal restrictions in the sand sea, they were still worried that leaks would lead to punishment from the higher ups. A sand truck and a few sets of personal equipment were not worth robbing. The mercenary corps was different. They were basically independent organizations. Perhaps there were large clans or businesses behind them secretly supporting them, but they were not part of the regular army. In this sea of sand, they generally did not have any misgivings.
Two hours later, Tie Zha arrived at the place where the signal for the sand truck disappeared. This place was covered in yellow sand, and there were no traces of it at all. Tracking in the desert, the biggest problem was that the wind blew, the sand covered, and all traces disappeared. He circled around and didn’t notice anything unusual, so he stopped the car and asked the sound sensor of the red comet,
“Alice, we can’t find any clues at the moment. Do you have any suggestions?”
[Captain, Alice has a signal scanner on Comet Two that can search for radio waves within a range of 300 kilometers. Assuming the target didn’t travel overnight last night, Alice should be able to search for their signal.]
After listening to Alice’s suggestion, Iron Slag couldn’t think of any other way, so he waited for Old Di to bring the caravan over. Half an hour later, the old flute met up with the iron slag and the red comet reconnected to No.2, scanning the area for radio waves.
[Captain, there are three radio waves within a range of three hundred kilometers. The one closest to here is 129 kilometers. I advise Captain not to act alone. Alice can use Comet Two to continue tracking radio signals. There are multiple reactions from this signal source. It is estimated that there are quite a few vehicles and people on the other side.]
According to the latest coordinates provided by Alice, the convoy continued forward and finally arrived near the new coordinates in the evening.
[Captain, we’re still five kilometers away from the signal source. Alice suggests slowing down and hiding. The signal source hasn’t moved any further. Alice reckons the other party is preparing to camp.]
A few minutes later, the convoy approached the target camp about 2 kilometres away. Tie Zha ordered everyone to stand by and lead Old Di to the camp to investigate. At this moment, the sky gradually darkened, and the sea of sand in his field of vision began to blur. After crossing a few dunes, Tie Zha could see a large area of cactus growing in the lowlands in front of him.
“Let’s go around and take a look. They may be camping on the leeward side of the cactus pile.” Tie Zha judged.
Then, they circled around and finally saw a tent on the other side of the cactus pile. Tie Zha roughly calculated that there were a total of six sand trucks and thirty tents.
“Our rattlesnakes!” The old flute crouched on the sand and took off his binoculars. Iron Slag took the binoculars and observed them for a while. He saw a sand truck marked with scratches parked outside the camp. He could tell at a glance that it was a rattlesnake from Iron Mountain Town. At this moment, smoke rose up from the camp, and the people in twos and threes swayed around the camp, looking very leisurely. After observing for a while and confirming that the other party did not have any mecha, he said to Old Flute, “Prepare to start a war while they are eating!”
Old Di wrinkled his skin and laughed. He asked in a very vulgar manner, “Brother Tie, why don’t you take advantage of their sleep?”
Tie Zha thought about it and said, “Your suggestion is not bad. You can consider it.”
Old Di turned his face away and rolled his eyes. He muttered to himself, “If you don’t learn good things, you’ll only learn bad things. This tone is the same as Sixth Miss’s.” However, he only dared to think about it and said, “There are some details that I haven’t figured out yet. Brother Tie, please analyze them thoroughly.”
“I want to hear your opinion before making a decision.” Tie Zha said seriously.
“Brother Tie, based on what I just saw, this is probably a mercenary group. Judging from their leisurely attitude before dinner, they are not regular troops.”
“And then?”
“They didn’t arrange sentries on the highlands. They just placed some people near the camp. These people are whispering to each other. They will probably be even lazier at night.”
“Yes.” Tie Zha nodded.
“We have four cars now. We can launch surprise attacks in three directions except for the direction of their cacti. When night falls and most of them are asleep, we will open fire and catch them off guard. Brother Tie is riding a motorcycle. When he sees someone running out of range, he will chase after them and chop them down.”
After that, Old Flute analyzed some details. Finally, Iron Slag decided on the strategy and began to implement it.
After Ye Xinling received the order and brought the rest of the people to the scene, she also observed the camp through the binoculars for a while. Very quickly, she found a familiar symbol in the camp, and her face immediately turned pale. She struggled for a while before saying to Tie Zha, “They are from the Blackstone Mercenary Group, and Blackstone’s Guild Leader is also here.”
“Regardless of who he is, those who harmed us will have to pay the price.” Tie Zha said with a cold face.
“Xin Ling … Xin Ling doesn’t mean that. Xin Ling wants to say that if war breaks out, no one can be let go. Otherwise, if they go back to report, they will harm Xin Ling’s family and affect her master’s actions in Sand City.”
“According to what you said, Blackstone’s Guild Leader is here. If he dies, wouldn’t the Blackstone Mercenaries be annihilated?” Asked Tie Zha.
“The Blackstone Mercenary Group is backed by the Rogers. It doesn’t matter if the Guild Leader is dead. A different Guild Leader can continue to operate.” Ye Xinling replied.
Tie Zha remembered that Joseph, who had been killed a few days ago, was the guard of the Rogers in Sand City. Moreover, the third son of the Rogers was also peeping at Kelina. It seemed that he was going to shoulder the burden with the Rogers. Half of the Rogers’ arm was broken right here. Thinking of this, Iron Cinder said, “Don’t worry, we won’t keep any of them later!”
By nightfall, under the observation of infrared binoculars, the people in the camp were already asleep, and the guards in twos and threes sat asleep on the ground. At this moment, Tie Zha gave the order and the three rattlesnakes simultaneously turned on their searchlights and rushed towards the camp from different directions. In an instant, the low-lying camp was illuminated by searchlights as if it was daytime.
The two mechs were fixed to the rattlesnake’s body, and the two divine fire cannons began to spin at high speed. In the next second, countless bullets crazily swept into the camp! Large-caliber bullets were like harvesters, all of them missing arms and legs, or snapping at the waist.
In a few seconds, the camp fell into chaos. The attacked mercenaries fled back and forth like headless flies in the blazing camp. Immediately after, the garrison members rushed out of the car with submachine guns in their hands, half squatting in the sand and firing around the camp. Old Di was lying on the sand dune with his sniper rifle, aiming at the mercenaries who had escaped from the camp.
The dense bullets swept into the camp one after another, causing the ground to become dusty and the tent to tilt upside down. The fire god cannon muzzles of the two mechs began to turn red, and the desperate screams in the camp were endless. If it wasn’t for Tie Zha’s fear of destroying valuable items and ordering the mecha not to use explosive rockets, the situation of the mercenaries would have been even worse.
After the attack began, Tie Zha rode his motorcycle and guarded the east side of the camp. He quietly observed the chaotic camp and watched as the mercenaries fell into a rain of bullets. At this moment, a motorcycle suddenly rushed out of a larger tent and fled in the direction of the iron slag at full speed.
The driver of the motorcycle didn’t seem to see Tie Zha in the darkness and rushed over at full speed. Tie Zha pulled out his shotgun and loaded two shotguns with a “cracking” sound. Then, he picked up his gun and waited for the other party to deliver it to him.
“Buzz buzz” The sound got closer and closer, followed by the dazzling headlights. Tie Zha narrowed his eyes and pulled the trigger in the direction of the light.
“Boom!” A loud explosion rang out, and the powerful recoil force caused the iron slag to fall. At the same time, countless lead bullets shot out, directly blasting away the people on the motorcycle. The locomotive did not lose its momentum and charged forward more than ten meters before falling into the sand. Iron slag picked up the flashlight and shone on it. The driver lay motionless on the ground. At that moment, Tie Zha seemed to see that the motorcycle was the flying fish he wanted. Thus, he turned his flashlight to the side and confirmed that the motorcycle ten meters away was Sandsea Flying Fish.
Just as he was about to grin, a gust of wind suddenly struck him! He instinctively crossed his arms in front of him, and a huge force suddenly struck him, sending him flying from the red comet.
After the iron slag landed on the ground, it immediately rolled up. The shotgun was nowhere to be found, and only the flashlight that had shattered the light bulb was left in its hand. In the darkness, another gust of wind came. This time, it wasn’t a fist, it was a foot! The iron slag blocked again and was sent flying a few meters away. The opponent was very powerful, perhaps even stronger than him, and he could even see things in the darkness.
“Transform people!” Tie Zha remembered that he hadn’t sprayed any blood when he hit the opponent just now. At that time, he was looking at the flying fish in the sand sea, but he didn’t notice it for a moment.
When the other party attacked again, the iron slag shouted and thick insect shells instantly grew out from its body. Anyway, no one could see him now. He could freely use his insect transformation ability.
“Bug-man?” The other party hesitated. At the same time, Tie Zha slammed down in the direction of the voice! The next second, the two of them collided fiercely. However, Tie Zha couldn’t see him, so he was sent flying by the iron fist again. After receiving a series of heavy blows, Qi and blood surged all over his body, almost vomiting blood from his mouth.
“So what if it has a shell?” The other party said mockingly as he slowly walked towards Tie Zha. At this critical moment, the red comet suddenly turned on the lights and illuminated the surroundings of Tie Zha. A few meters in front of him, a remoulded man wearing dark green military trousers and his upper body bare of steel was pressing towards him.
In the next moment, Tie Zha jumped up and collided with the remoulded man again. “Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!” One side was beaten to the point where the calcified insect shell flew, while the other side was beaten to the point where lightning splashed everywhere. In the end, Tie Zha was still unable to contend with the mechanized transformation of the human body in terms of strength. He spat out blood and was sent flying.
“Bugs! Again!” The Transformers shouted loudly with high fighting spirit.
Tie Zha slowly got up and raised his fists to face the battle. In the next second, the person in front of him stepped forward with his right foot and abruptly kicked! The mechanical iron fist smashed into his face with a huge wind pressure. Right at this moment, the iron slag suddenly pulled out the Malin revolver from his waist, grinned, and fired a hammer and a spear at him.
Halfway through, the remoulded man was stunned for a moment before being sent flying by a large revolver. After the remoulded man landed on the ground, he was just about to get up when he was greeted by another shot! The shot broke the joint in his right arm. Shortly after, a shot broke the knee of his mechanical leg.
“I surrender, surrender!” The reformers begged for mercy.
“This is an endless sea of sand. Even if I let you go, how are you going to get out?” After saying that, Iron Slag used the remaining bullets to blow his head off!
The stinky dark green nutrient liquid immediately splashed all over his body. Putting aside Ye Xinling’s request, the other party knew his insect transformation secret, so he would not leave anyone alive.