Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland.

Among the many hostages, there was a white-haired young man in a long robe and empty-handed. His whole body was wet from the rain, and his face was familiar to Lin Ji.

It was the guard Xiaolu who had been lost before, but was he recognized by the manager Green in the cabin, or was he just bumped into when he went to the deck mezzanine to rescue the merchants...

That's unknown.

This was undoubtedly the worst situation, but for some reason when Lin Ji saw this young man, he suddenly seemed to feel at ease, and the other party's appearance did not change, and it was the same as when they parted. It seemed that the previous illusion was caused by being too tired.

Lu Meng also noticed her, and a hint of surprise flashed across his face. Perhaps he did not expect that the other party would stay on the deck. He thought for a moment, then secretly made a "no problem" gesture.

——No problem!

Lin Ji complained in his heart.

Didn't he know how critical the situation was? Not to mention the approaching warship Reef and Watcher Qin, the fact that he and a dozen merchants were being held hostage by the administrator was not something that could be easily resolved.

When Green was mixed in with the heavily armed drifters, it was difficult to act. However, when he was alone and noticed the return of Watcher Qin, his true nature was exposed.

Of course, the more likely possibility is that the previous round of harpoon fire has frightened him and completely eliminated his idea of ​​sitting on the fence. If he does not reveal his identity, he will be destroyed along with the cargo ship.

This also brought a glimmer of hope.

Green still had the giant axe in his hand, but when he saw the Watcher recognized him, he immediately knelt down, while the merchant couple beside him trembled in fear but did not dare to move.

Just as a flattering look appeared on the man's face, Qin interrupted him with cold words: "Green, this unrest was caused by Community No. 2, which you manage, and it also ruined my Raven. It would be fine if you didn't commit suicide to apologize, but now you have the nerve to show up in front of me?"

If his tone when facing Lin Ji before was just joking, and he was happy to see the disciples of his old friend and competitor looking so embarrassed in front of him, then at this moment Qin was really angry.

The chill in his words was colder than late autumn.

"No, that's not the case!" Green quickly passed the buck, "The unrest started from the outer communities, I just... oh, look at this!"

He pulled out a round cloth package from his bosom and opened it toward the sky above the well, as if paying respect to the gods.

On it, was Luo Yousheng’s head.

"You can't blame me for this alone. Even Luo Yousheng failed." The man said quickly, "But fortunately, I have brought the traitor who killed him to you!"

He moved his knees a few times to make room, and it was Lu Meng's figure that appeared.

Green knew his boss well, and he realized it almost instantly: it would be impossible for Qin to let him go just by shirking responsibility and making excuses.

However, now that the lower city area is almost completely lost, only himself survived among the five managers - Qin is in charge of the depression lagoon. Although his power seems huge, most of them are technology hunters, not private soldiers. What they respect is the identity of the other party's watcher rather than the individual.

Once a conflict arises with Black Scratches, even if Qin himself wants to split off and establish his own army... these ordinary technology hunters will never support him.

The other party already has very few trusted men, and if another capable person is missing, there will be no one left to use.

Green took out Luo Yousheng's head just to remind the other party of this. At the same time, he caught the murderer, which at least proved that he was not idle and was qualified to make meritorious contributions.

However, the middle-aged man was secretly delighted in his heart, after all, it was the unlucky guy who bumped into him himself.

The Reef was descending. After recognizing Luo Yousheng's head from afar, Qin's brows actually frowned, but the other half of his iron face remained cold and hard.

Even among the major managers, Luo Yousheng is considered a capable person, otherwise he would not have been absorbed into the law enforcement team and allowed to serve as the team leader while being entrusted with the management rights of the central community.

Manpower is indeed his current shortcoming.

Over the years, with the help of the Tech Hunter framework, he has been secretly accumulating his own power. Although he has avoided the trouble of starting from scratch, he has never been able to escape from his cage.

Don't dare to be too blatant.

Perhaps, this is also the reason why Black Scratches knew that Qin, the Watcher, had already broken with the Inner Circle, but always indulged him - he could be ambitious, but as long as he did not betray openly, this ability and deterrence could still be used by others.

"Okay," Qin put down his hand, his figure hanging in the air like a lone king, his tone became calm: "Then I will allow you to make amends for your crime..."

On the other side, Lin Ji took the opportunity to quietly move closer to the rope, and when he saw Lu Meng being pushed out, he already felt something was wrong.

She left Luo Yousheng's body to this fellow traveler, intending to save his life when the drifter gained the upper hand, but she did not expect that it would fall into the hands of the manager of the lower city.

Isn't this like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth?
It is still unclear whether Qin will forgive Green now. As the man who killed the central community manager and the Watcher's confidant, he will definitely be held accountable on the spot.

Now, Lin Ji could no longer care about anything else and was ready to tell the truth. He did not want to change the situation, but just wanted to delay time and divert the firepower to himself...

However, her mouth just opened.

But he heard Qin's voice continue to be heard from above: "For example, you can go to the underworld to continue to atone for my sins——"

"put!"

There were uniform clicking sounds coming from the Reef battleship. Its captain had already given orders to make preparations, and the adjutant was lying on the side of the ship, watching everything with interest.

He thought that these rats in the lower city area still didn't understand their lord well enough - if they didn't pay the price after making mistakes, then where would Qin's authority be in the future, and how would he lead his subordinates?
Not to mention that your posture seems to be a subtle threat to the adults.

How can I tolerate you?

Qin was indeed short of manpower before, so he secretly selected key members from the wanted bandits and villains and entrusted them with important tasks. However, this time Black Scratch was determined to investigate, which was both a crisis and an opportunity. Qin finally decided to break away completely.

The first step is to transfer industries and core wealth. After the urban area becomes hollowed out, the second step is to take control of the depression lagoon.

He has already contacted Kaiton City and promised huge benefits, promising to take over the mess in Mine Town as one of them, and it is also an attempt to weaken Lake Town and Black Scratch Headquarters.

If there was resistance during that period, even if Qin himself could not resolve it, he could suppress it naturally when the general of the Tianxin family sent troops. As for the future...

After that, his own power had already developed, and the original technology hunter structure in the south was turned into a hollow shell.

It's to change the cage and replace the bird.

By then, from the Depression Lagoon and even to the Bone Wasteland and Stober's part of the adventure, I'm afraid a new king will be born.

How could I care about your thoughts!

The harpoon guns on the Reef battleship were indeed twin-rowed and could fire two rounds at a time. However, judging from the power just now, one round of harpoon guns could at most wash away one layer of the Raven's deck, and the "mob" had already run to the bottom cabin.

Even firing another round would do nothing.

Just chase after their asses.

And during this moment of waiting, the sailors of the Reef had already replenished the steel-core spears and dismantled and adjusted the angles of more turrets... Qin's intention was to destroy the Raven all at once without leaving any chance for evacuation.

Lin Ji met Qin Bing's cold gaze - he had already noticed it.

How could an ordinary guard kill Luo Yousheng, his trusted general? It was probably his "good niece" who was behind it. Although Lin Ji was careful, the Watcher was high above, and the transformation brought to his body by the War Level meant that he could see even the slightest movement of the opponent on the deck.

Lin Ji was only ten meters away from the rope that hung the Raven, which was about a charge away. He could easily arrive before the harpoon cannon reached him, then flip over and jump off, using the falling ship to block the fire.

But on the other side, she was only a leap away from Green and the white-haired guard... Qin's gaze never lingered on the guard for a moment, it was not worth it at all, but the watcher noticed that Lin Ji seemed to think highly of him.

Before the harpoon cannon arrived, as a disciple of the Sword Saint, she had a chance to get rid of Green and suppress the guard at the same time, but then she would be torn to pieces by dozens of spears, and the opponent might not survive.

The only possibility is that the deck where they are located collapsed again, allowing the ruins to block them for a while, but it would only delay the process of death.

Anyone who is smart.

Everyone knows how to choose.

However, the Sword Master is not a "smart guy".

"What will you choose?" Qin's eyes widened. The eyeball embedded in his iron mask had no eyelids and was full of bloodshot. The other intact eye was also tearing up. "My good brother...what will he choose!"

To be honest, Qin didn't want to kill Lin Ji now. After all, the other party was the Inquisitor and represented the Black Scratches. According to his plan, he couldn't really turn against the Technology Hunter at this moment.

This is not good for him.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have gone through so much trouble to move from the lower city area and take the underground river.

Lin Ji, dressed in a black tight combat suit, bathed in the rain like a tired but ferocious leopard, clinging to the broken deck ground.

She exerted force on her feet and moved.

Overhead, harpoons and spears whistled through the air.

The tip of the spear turned the rain all over the sky into mist, which meant that it contained unmatched speed and power.

If it weren't bathed in water, one would even wonder whether it would spark with the air.

Then, there was a cry of surprise:
"grown ups!"

I saw the spear coming from the deck of the Raven, going up against the sky!

Go straight to the watcher Qin who was hanging in the air.

His pupils suddenly contracted. He had done this in order to seize the opportunity and overlook the battlefield as soon as possible, but now he was hanging by the anchor cable, unable to move up or down... It seemed that there was no escape.

Became a sitting duck.

But who is Qin? Even though the spear was extremely fierce and seemed to have more firepower than the average harpoon cannon, he grabbed the anchor cable and exerted force in the air. The iron ring, which was as thick as his arm, made a creaking sound and jumped up with the whole person.

The spear head hit the anchor cable above his head, and the scream turned into a wail, but after all, it was diverted for a moment by Qin's great force and could not change its course. The spear turned and hit the Reef in the sky, its bottom.

There was a burst of sparks.

The iron arrow penetrated into the same iron body.

"Bang!"

The entire Reef actually shook violently and fell rapidly for a moment - but this was certainly not because of being hit by the spear.

From above the rig, the pulleys and slings that lowered the battleship... stopped.

This violent jolt not only prevented the crossbowmen operating the harpoon cannon from pulling the trigger, but also caused many of them to fall to the ground.

Including many makeshift gun muzzles.

The same was true for the chief captain of the law enforcement team and the captain of the Reef. Although they were accustomed to the turbulence of the waves in the lake, they had never tried to brake suddenly while falling in mid-air, and their center of gravity was unstable.

However, just as he stood up, he saw a messenger crawling over and hurriedly reporting:

"Captain, Captain... This is an emergency notice just sent by the city's mechanics..."

"Slough Lagoon, the power is out!"

"What!" The captain snatched the telegram and saw that it read: Dear residents, users, technology hunters and drifters, due to the recent extremely severe weather in the depression lagoon, in order to ensure the safe and stable operation of the power grid and improve the quality of power supply services, all mechanics have decided that the city plans to inspect and maintain power facilities in the near future. Therefore, the following notice arrangements are made to you... His eyes swept over quickly.

"Scheduled outage date: now."

"Expected power restoration: Unknown."

"Responsible person: Lake Town's chief mechanic, a genius that only appears once in a century at the end of the world..."

"——Wolf."

"What a joke!" The captain slammed the whole piece of paper on the deck with an angry look on his face.

Telegrams strive to be concise and to the point... Is it necessary to write such a long paragraph like a paper notice?
I'm afraid the sender sat there typing for a long time, and then the signalman responsible for receiving it took a long time to record and interpret it...but he wrote the most critical information at the end.

And what the hell is this "unknown"? Isn't that genius mechanic known for his accurate predictions? When did he start to play it like this?

The rain soaked the ink, making the characters on it look ferocious.

Like a mockery.

However, the captain could not care about the tricks of the mechanic now. The power supply system of the battleship Reef was independent of the whole lagoon town, and the navigation and attack would not be affected after launching.

However, without the power of the slings, the entire warship could neither continue to fall steadily nor be pulled to the top of the drilling platform by manpower.

The whole thing was stuck in this dark hole.

It cannot reach the sky, nor can it reach the earth.

A real place without heaven and earth!

On the deck of the Raven, everyone's eyes were focused on one person in surprise - the white-haired young man spread his arms and flexed the muscles and bones that he had just used to throw the spear. The shackles that Green had used to temporarily restrain him were torn apart like rubber and finally broke directly.

Falling on the splintered wood.

Makes a crisp sound.

(End of this chapter)