This assassin is upright

Chapter 459 The urban routine is deep

"It's not that complicated, is it?" The rat scratched its head dismissively. "Perhaps it's because we approached Song Yan before that, and Song Yan told the city lord about the plutonium purification."

"And the city lord investigated us immediately, which is why he discovered that we had been in contact with that rebel?"

As he spoke, he touched the individual combat exoskeleton in his arms and chuckled, "More important than these things, I need to figure out how to repair this big treasure later."

"If I can successfully put it on, I'll be the strongest in our team." As he said this, a hint of excitement appeared in Rat's eyes. "Purifying plutonium is just too worth it."

“You really should study this carefully, since it was something we went through so much trouble to acquire.” Black Hawk said with a faint smile, “After all, you should be the only one among us who is capable of using it.”

Equipment like exoskeletons for individual combat might not be as effective for evolved humans, which is why the man in black robes wore an exoskeleton yesterday but didn't activate it.

If it can give ordinary people power comparable to a fourth-tier evolver, then for a third-tier evolver like Black Hawk, wearing it might only give him the strength of a fourth-tier evolver.

In this way, replacing the exoskeleton with it is actually the most cost-effective option for the mice. Moreover, among them, only the mice understand this knowledge and know how to maintain the exoskeleton.

Looking at the grinning mouse, Black Hawk turned his gaze back to Yu Zhun. "Actually, there's something I didn't say earlier because I wasn't sure myself."

He paused slightly at this point, "My eyes seemed to temporarily lose their function when facing that young city lord."

"The other party has something that can shield the special abilities of evolved beings."

"Shielding special abilities?" Yu Zhun frowned deeply. "My feeling is a little different from yours."

"The feeling I got from Song Yu just now..."

"It seems somewhat inhuman."

When he said this, Yu Zhun's expression was very hesitant, but the message conveyed by the other person's appearance and aura clearly reflected this result.

It doesn't look human?!

Everyone was shocked at the same time.

"If it's not human, then what is it?!"

"Could it be some kind of mutated beast? Like the one we saw in the underground ruins before?" the rat couldn't help but ask.

“I don’t know.” Yu Zhun shook his head. “But she does have a scent that doesn’t belong to humans.”

"The taste is somewhat like... certain precious metals."

"That's why I felt that there might be a hidden meaning in what the other person said."

"Could it be a prosthetic body?" the silent subway tower suddenly spoke up. "The prosthetic body contains a certain amount of precious metals."

"Perhaps that's why..."

“No.” Yu Zhun shook his head. “I didn’t smell anything like that on the rat.”

"If it's just a prosthetic body, it shouldn't be like this."

"Furthermore, do you remember what Song Yan said?" Yu Zhun's eyes became slightly serious. "Song Yu has shown that she is different from normal people since she was a child, and her abilities far surpass those of her peers."

"Combined with the special aura she exudes, I think this is a very unusual thing. Perhaps... Song Yan's sister has not been her sister for a long time."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions changed rapidly.

“Let’s pretend we didn’t notice these anomalies.” Black Hawk reacted quickly and spoke up immediately. “The plutonium refining transaction is now complete, and we have what we needed.”

"so…"

"Hurry up and leave the City of Floating Ash."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but turn his head and glance in the direction of the inner city.

For some reason, he always felt a sense of oppression, as if a huge crisis might occur at any moment.

The group moved silently toward the gates of the City of Floating Ash, which they had passed through the day before. But before they even arrived, they saw the scene at the gates in the distance, and the expressions of the Black Hawk Squad members changed simultaneously.

The towering gate was tightly shut at the moment, and a large crowd thronged in front of it, making a constant commotion.

As you get a little closer, the voices of the other people blocking the doorway become clearer.

"What's going on! Why isn't the one in front moving?"

"It seems the person in front said the gatekeeper wouldn't allow it."

"Not allowed? Does that mean the City of Floating Ashes doesn't allow people to leave?"

"It seems so. Apparently, there are rebels in the inner city, and the city lord has ordered a city-wide lockdown to search for any remaining rebels..."

Hearing these comments, the expressions of the Black Hawk team members all turned ugly.

“It seems that the city lord doesn’t intend for us to take these things we’ve acquired in exchange,” Yu Zhun said quietly. “Otherwise, she should have made that clear when she made the deal with us.”

"Maybe it's not that bad," the mouse reassured itself. "Maybe she just forgot."

I am unsure whether this is acceptable.

"We'll find out what happened by asking around," Black Hawk said in a deep voice, then stepped forward from the crowd.

The Black Hawk team members looked intimidating, and the powerful aura they exuded gave off a feeling that strangers should stay away.

People avoided it and quickly made way for it.

Black Hawk strode up to the gatekeeper and asked in a deep voice, "Excuse me, why isn't the city gate open yet?"

The gatekeeper's gloomy face softened slightly after recognizing Black Hawk as the third-tier evolver from yesterday. "The city lord has ordered that no one is allowed to enter or leave Floating Ash City before the capture of the remnants of the rebels."

"So, I'm afraid we'll have to wait a few days."

"Just a few days..." Black Hawk's expression softened slightly, but Yu Zhun suddenly spoke up.

What are the characteristics of a remnant anti-rebel party?

Seeing that the gatekeeper was unwilling to talk, Yu Zhun added, "Maybe we will meet them in the future, and we can assist in the arrest, which will also allow the city gate to reopen sooner."

Hearing that Yu Zhun's words made sense, the gatekeeper slowly spoke up, "I heard that although the rebel leader was captured, his expensive individual combat exoskeleton is gone."

"Therefore, the higher-ups believe that there may still be remnants of the party wearing that exoskeleton, hiding in the City of Floating Ash."

Upon hearing this, the Black Hawk team members' expressions changed drastically.

The exoskeleton of a rebel leader?
Wasn't that already used by the city lord to trade for refined plutonium with them?!
In an instant, everyone understood.

They were fooled!

“No wonder she agreed so readily…” The rat gritted its teeth, its eyes flashing with visible anger. It was about to say something when Black Hawk, who also had a sullen face, patted it on the shoulder.

"Understood, thank you for letting me know." Black Hawk thanked the gatekeeper, then led the group out of the crowd with a stern face.

“You were right.” Black Hawk looked at Yu Zhun with a complicated expression. “We thought we could easily get what we wanted, but it turned out to be a trap because it was too easy.”

"Let's go find Song Yan!" Wolf Fang said coldly. "He can run away, but he can't hide."

"Song Yan has really screwed us over."

“It’s no use.” Yu Zhun shook his head. “They might be waiting for us to come to them near Song Yan’s forge.”

"Moreover, Song Yan may not even be there anymore."

"Then what should we do?" Iron Tower asked in a muffled voice. "Or should we give up the exoskeleton?" "Impossible!" Before Yu Zhun could speak, Rat had already shouted, his eyes full of resistance and dissatisfaction.

"This is a combat exoskeleton for individual soldiers!"

"Even if I die, I will take it with me!"

"Mouse, calm down." Yu Zhun patted Mouse on the shoulder and slowly said, "Once something is in our hands, there's no reason to give it away again."

“So…” A ruthless glint flashed in Yu Zhun’s eyes, “whoever wronged us, we’ll go after them!”

Hearing this, everyone was slightly moved.

"You mean..." Black Hawk asked incredulously.

“We’ll infiltrate the inner city,” Yu Zhun said in a deep voice.

"Isn't this too dangerous?" Black Hawk frowned and couldn't help but ask. "The inner city is full of old-fashioned technological weapons, things that are far beyond our ability to deal with."

“I know,” Yu Zhun said, then changed the subject, “but take a closer look at the streets around you.”

Upon hearing Yu Zhun's words, the other four looked around.

Then, they looked surprised.

“There are a lot more patrols now,” Wolf Fang couldn’t help but say. “Many of them are bulky and clearly wearing exoskeletons.”

“Yes.” Yu Zhun nodded. “These people are from the inner city and were arrested on the orders of the city lord.”

“They’ve arrived in the outer city, so the defenses in the inner city are naturally much weaker than ever before.” As he said this, Yu Zhun’s eyes darkened. “This is the best time for us to infiltrate.”

“If we stay here, we’ll be like turtles in a jar, and sooner or later these people will find us and arrest us.”

"On the contrary, there is still a glimmer of hope if we enter the inner city."

"I'll listen to you." Black Hawk pondered for a moment, then nodded.

The enemy has set a trap using exoskeletons, and now the Black Hawk team doesn't have many options left.

Rather than staying here, taking a chance to enter the inner city might offer a glimmer of hope.

More and more powerful individuals wearing exoskeletons surrounded them. Guided by Black Hawk's powerful vision, the Black Hawk team carefully bypassed the group and headed straight for the inner city.

As they approached the city wall separating the inner and outer city areas, the rat spoke in a low voice, "There is only one gate through which the inner and outer city walls can be passed, and that gate is heavily guarded."

"Even if a large number of powerful individuals from the inner city are deployed to the outer city, the number of guards will not decrease."

"It's almost impossible to get in through the main entrance."

“You’re raising this issue now, but you didn’t object to my suggestion earlier.” Yu Zhun glanced at the mouse.

"Do you have a way in?"

"I guess so." The mouse nodded, then paused slightly, "But we can't get into the Eiffel Tower."

"Me?" Eiffel Tower pointed to himself, somewhat bewildered.

Why can't I get in?

"Because we need to enter through a very well-hidden ventilation shaft between the inner and outer city areas." The rat paused,
"This is the only solution I can think of."

"You're too big; you'll get stuck inside."

"This..." Eiffel Tower's tone softened slightly, "Isn't there any other way to get in?"

“No.” The mouse shook its head. “In fact, I discovered this entrance by accident back then.”

"And back when I hadn't left the City of Floating Ash, I actually entered the inner city through this entrance."

"After realizing I had entered the inner city, I immediately turned back the way I came and never told anyone about it."

"If the ventilation openings haven't been significantly altered over the years, we should be able to get in smoothly."

“Then let’s go through the ventilation shaft,” Black Hawk decided. “And don’t let the tower be idle either. We need someone to keep watch outside when we go in, and you can do that.”

"Alright." Iron Tower was still a little resentful about not being able to participate on the front lines, but he knew there was no other choice at the moment.

"Be careful, I'll be keeping an eye on things from outside."

"Follow me." The rat glanced at the gate between the inner and outer city not far away, then led the group around a section of the city and finally to a very hidden pipe entrance.

Seeing the sulfurous smell constantly emanating from the pipe, everyone couldn't help but frown.

“This pipe was probably dug illegally by some family in the inner city to illegally discharge toxic gases,” the rat said calmly. “It is precisely because of this illegally dug pipe that we had the opportunity to enter the inner city undetected.”

"There will be a lot of toxic gas once you go in, but I believe you are all evolved beings and should be able to withstand it."

As he spoke, the mouse pressed two buttons on the prosthetic body, quickly assembling the popped-out parts into a gas mask and putting it on.

When he modified the arm prosthetic this time, he added a lot of new functions to the prosthetic, one of which was a gas mask. After all, the excavation team often went deep into the ruins where no one had been excavated, and occasionally they might encounter some ruins where there were highly toxic gases.

"Let's go." Black Hawk waved his hand in front of his nose. "This level of poison gas should be harmless."

"I'm fine," Wolf Fang calmly stated.

“I…” Yu Zhun’s expression became somewhat strange.

Originally, due to his overly acute sense of smell after evolution, he should have been more sensitive to this toxic gas, but in the short time it took for the group to talk, this sense gradually became dulled.

No, it's not that I've become dull.

Rather, the harm of the toxic gas to him was reduced.

Or to put it more simply, he gained poison resistance.

Is this the effect of the mutation inducer?
Yu Zhun was surprised by his own change in this moment countless times. "I'm fine, we can set off."

“Okay.” Black Hawk nodded, without suspecting anything.

He gripped the long knife tightly in his hand, carefully opened the cover of the vent, and then went inside first.

Wolf Fang was the second to enter, followed by Rat.

Finally, Yu Zhun was in charge of bringing up the rear.

After nodding to the iron tower left outside, Yu Zhun followed closely behind the rat. The four of them lined up and slowly passed through the narrow ventilation shaft, which was so narrow that only one person could barely bend over to pass through.

Due to years of toxic gas emissions, the inner walls of the ventilation ducts have accumulated a large amount of solid toxic substances, and the visibility inside the ducts is extremely low due to the murky toxic gas.

"Cough cough...stay close to me." Black Hawk coughed twice and lowered his voice, "To avoid being discovered, we...cough cough, we can't use flashlights."

"Captain, please stop talking," Yu Zhun couldn't help but say. "We understand all of this."

"Okay." Black Hawk shut his mouth, and the group went deeper into the area in silence. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly stopped.

“There are three paths ahead,” Black Hawk said in a low voice.

"Mouse, which way should we go?"

(End of this chapter)