I, holding a long sword in my hand, only know one move

"There is no road..."

Yuli and Noretti turned around and looked forward, and also discovered the long break.

"Let's walk along this gap and take a look. Maybe there is a bridge somewhere that can go around it."

"Um."

Qianhu turned the car around and drove along the smooth gap.

The gap is about ten meters wide, and it would be impossible to cross it without a bridge. The inner and outer urban areas seem to be divided into two non-connected plots by this gap.

"So long……"

After advancing for about two hours, the width of the break still remained unchanged. Looking ahead, a black ravine symmetrically divided the two cities like a meridian. Even if I took out my telescope, I could not find any trace of a bridge ahead. .

"It seems like I can't get through. Do you want to change the route?"

Qianhu turned around and subconsciously asked Noretti for advice, but she seemed to be staring at the fracture in a daze.

"Sister Noretti?"

"Ah, I'm here." Noretti raised her gaze. She had just contacted Cheng Rang and others. They had easily crossed the ravine and searched the opposite city. The intelligence that came through showed that food could still be found in several places on the other side of the ravine, and she had marked them all so that she could take Qianhu and Yuri to replenish them.

As for the area where we are now, there is probably nothing there anymore, except for the dam where we used to wash clothes to get fresh water.

Changing the route is not advisable. Even if you run out of fuel, you won't be able to find any valuable supplies in this area. Finding a way to get there is the best option.

Just when Noretti was about to speak, she felt something and immediately turned her head to look at the building behind her.

The next second, with a loud explosion, an unknown person blew apart a building from the bottom, pressing down on Chihu and the others like falling dominoes.

Chapter 22 Dawn Core

Chapter 1211 Chapter 22 Dawn Core

As luck would have it, Qianhu's car stopped right under the path of the falling building. Considering the speed of the crawler motorcycle, there was no time to avoid it. The violent sound and sudden violent explosion shocked both Qianhu and Yuri, and their ears buzzed like hundreds of bees flying around.

A strong sense of oppression was like a mountain falling, accompanied by shadows and broken glass crashing down on their faces. The two of them were pale and completely at a loss. They could only hug each other tightly and grab the helmets on their heads, trying to use this thing to fight. Fend off the building that is about to fall.

"Well……!"

"Xiaoqian!"

The broken stones crackled on the helmets of the two of them. Noretti immediately stood up and held them in her arms. The vector distortion movement started, and the entire collapsed building was abruptly changed in direction, and the direction of the building was wiped. Bian'er crashed to the ground.

Boom!

Suddenly, the overwhelming dust rose up, choking Yuli and Qianhu, covering their mouths and coughing, and their eyes were fascinated by the dust and kept crying.

Only Noretti's calm voice came from above their heads, making them still feel alive.

"Are you okay? You two."

It would take a while for Qianhu and Yuli to answer Noretti's concern after the dust was no longer so dense.

"No, it's okay..."

"Me too."

The two came out of Noretti's arms. Yuli looked at the collapsed building in front of her that was just a short distance away from crushing the three of them and sighed, "It was so dangerous. We almost died. We are so lucky." ah!"

"No, this is a man-made explosion. It has a purpose." Noretti's silver eyes cast an icy cold light into the smoke. She stretched out her hand to Yuli and said: "

Give me the gun. "

"Eh? Oh..."

Yuli was only surprised for a moment, and then handed the rifle she was carrying to Noretti.

After taking the gun and loading it, Noretti pressed the butt of the gun and pulled the trigger toward a place where the two could not see clearly in the smoke.

Gunshots rang out, bullets hit the ground and ejected sparks, and a man's scream was vaguely heard.

"Stop approaching, raise your hands, this is your final warning!"

A figure slowly appeared in the smoke, raising his hands high. It was a man wearing goggles, a hood, and his body was wrapped tightly.

He seemed to be choking on the smoke, coughing, and then opened his mouth to clear his throat.

"Sorry, I haven't seen anyone for so long that I can't speak."

Qianhu saw the detonating device in his bag clearly, "Did you bring down the building?"

"Well, I did it. I wanted to build a bridge. I didn't expect there was someone else..."

The collapsed building happened to be erected at the break, turning into a bridge to connect the roads on both sides. Seeing that the other party was an aborigine and showed no hostility, Noretti unloaded the gun and returned it to Yuli.

In a city like this where you can walk for months without seeing anyone, using the method of blasting buildings to build bridges is the most efficient way, and basically no one would expect that someone would happen to be crushed by the building. It can be considered an unintentional move.

"Fortunately, I didn't accidentally hurt you..."

The man sat on a large scattered stone, took off his goggles, and lit a cigarette. He looked like a young man with unshaven beard, wearing black round glasses under the goggles.

"I'm Kanazawa, and I draw maps while traveling." He introduced himself first, and then pointed to the fallen building beside him. "I want to get there no matter what, so it's a good idea to climb over from above."

Qianhu: "We almost died."

"Well..." Kanazawa smiled apologetically and scratched his head, his expression awkward.

Noretti took off her hat and dusted it off, while Chito and Yuri cleaned each other's dust off each other's clothes. After all, it’s a bit frustrating to have something dirty again not long after it was cleaned.

Kanazawa stared at Noretti's face in a daze, then turned to the tracked car parked aside and asked, "Is this your car?"

"almost."

"Where are you going?"

"Cross the ditch to the tower."

"tower?"

Qianhu pointed to the huge pillar connecting the upper level in the distance, "We guess that is the entrance to the upper level."

"In that case, can you do me a favor?"

"busy……?"

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The engine of the crawler motorcycle made a powerful roar and emitted black smoke as it climbed up from the bottom of the ruins of the building.

"It's okay to give you a ride...after all, if you hadn't blown up the building, we wouldn't have known how we would have gotten there."

Qianhu drove the car, while others helped clear the road for the vehicle to climb uphill while pushing behind the car.

"Don't you have a car?"

"There was a motorcycle before, but it was broken."

"So you want us to give you a ride?"

"Just go to the entrance to the upper level, and I'll figure it out myself later."

After a lot of effort, the car finally climbed up the steep slope composed of layers of gravel and stone slabs and arrived at the building.

Rather than saying that a lot of effort was wasted, it would be better to say that once Noretti joined the push cart, it seemed extremely simple.

Holding the backpack in his arms, Noretti and Yuri sat side by side on the seat behind Chito, while Kanazawa could only curl up and squat on the climbing frame next to the spare tire in the rear. Although it is very crowded, you don't have to rely on your feet to walk.

"Thank you so much... To be honest, I don't even know your names yet." Kanazawa breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to smile at Noretti, who was staring at him.

"Noretti." Noretti said her name, and then continued to introduce Yuri next to Kanazawa and Chihu who was driving.

"That's it, then please give me some advice."

"Please give me more advice."

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Liang Yilan stood on the pillar platform and looked at the dust cloud rising in the distance. There was an explosion not long ago.

"It doesn't look like a firefight..."

The system's task prompt shows that the target location of Branch A is slowly approaching here.

"It turns out it's them. It seems they are going to the upper level faster."

It would be very dangerous if you came into close contact, and you might die. If you keep a little distance, you can hide well without being discovered by relying on the breath blocking and concealment skills.

The reason why Liang Yilan chose to go to the upper level first was because she found documents about an abandoned research facility.

The research institute is located in a mezzanine on the lower floor and is very well hidden. The paper documents that are firmly locked in the safe are at least hundreds of years old and are still preserved as if they were brand new.

The information about the device was cryptically recorded in cipher text, and the location of a base on the upper level was named. It is said that the manufacturing center of that kind of device is in the base on the upper level.

"DawnCore."

It is a heart-like existence that drives the industrial system of upper-level city-states and can provide a large amount of energy, but there is no more information on the manufacturing method and detailed specifications.

Documents describing the high-tech industry appear to have been completely dated, even those stored in the same location

They all use at least three language systems separated by eras, and no further clues can be found at the lower levels.

Liang Yilan felt that if she wanted to unlock the clues to Branch C, she had to go to the manufacturing base where the upper level was located and take a look for herself.

"Although I don't know what's on it."

Liang Yilan raised her head and looked up at the steel sky above her head that was obscured by mist. She sighed softly, turned her head and entered the inside of the thick pillar, climbing quickly along the steps.

Chapter 23 Tower

Chapter 1212 Chapter 23 Tower

"It really does."

Chito looked at the gas tower that appeared in the gap between the buildings in front of him and sighed.

According to the map in Kanazawa's hand, several people found a place where they could replenish fuel. This place was surrounded by buildings. If they didn't turn in on purpose, they would definitely not be able to find it easily.

"It should be the last place in this area." Kanazawa held up the map and said.

"And it's regular refueling equipment." Qianhu climbed up the refueling tower, found the valve, and started filling the oil with Yuli.

Looking at the busy two people, Kanazawa looked at Noretti, who was sitting behind him and staring at him without saying a word.

As if he felt that her gaze was quite warm, in order to relieve the embarrassment, Kanazawa smiled at her and said: "They are both very capable."

After Noretti was silent for a moment, she looked at the satchel in Kanazawa's arms that she had always regarded as a treasure. It was filled with folded maps.

"Did you draw all those?" she asked.

Kanazawa pointed to the map bag in his arms, "Is this one? Yes."

"It must have taken a long time."

"Just riding around to explore and record, and often going to high places to check, I have accumulated so much over time. In a world where you can hardly see other people, there is nothing else to do. If you don't have this... I will definitely die."

Kanazawa stared at the fruits of his hard work in his satchel with a look of relief. It seemed that this self-imposed mission was all the motivation for him to continue walking.

"Does Miss Noretti also have something precious of her own?"

Almost instantly, many people's faces flashed through his mind, and then the images corresponded one by one to their appearance and the words they left behind when they died in front of him.

Although Noretti's expression did not change at all, there was still darkness in her eyes.

"I have."

"Does that mean it's gone now?"

"..."

Noretti didn't want to continue this topic, so she looked towards Qianhu and stepped out of the carriage.

"I'm going to help."

The other party's evasion made Kanazawa finally realize after a while that he seemed to have said the wrong thing. However, he didn't know what to say since he hadn't communicated with anyone for so long, so he could only huddle in his position even more awkwardly, waiting for Qianhu. Get the job done over there.

After filling the fuel tank of the crawler vehicle and hanging the oil drum on the vehicle, the group of people hit the road again.

The goal is to follow Kanazawa's map to reach the pillar leading to the upper level.

"There are so many residential buildings in this area."

Kanazawa said: "There used to be a densely populated area around the communication tower leading to the upper level, but now there is no one there."