Chapter 32 Human Traces

Luluye is located in the southern hemisphere, and April is the time when autumn is in full swing.

The wind blows through the streets, blowing the broken stones all over the ground and the yellow leaves all over the ground.

The weeds are rolling and flying wantonly, and the dust they raise blurs the light, making everything in front of him even more bleak.

Mikael frowned, feeling like he was being watched. He looked up and glared at the drone above his head - it must be Mi... it must be Imer who did it!

The three of them walked aimlessly through the block, and suddenly, Mikael stopped and looked at the store on the right.

"What's wrong?" Ai Li asked softly.

The situation in the store was hidden under the heavy rolling shutter, and the Honkai energy detection instrument did not show any abnormality, but when she followed Mikael's line of sight and saw the sign of the convenience store, she immediately understood.

Mikael didn't say much. He tapped his toes lightly and grabbed the shutter under the sign with his hands. He exerted a little force, and the veins on his arms popped up. With a "click", the shutter, the sign and a large piece of wall fell down, revealing the convenience store behind.

The air had not circulated for too long. The moment the shutter door opened, a cool breeze with a faint musty smell escaped. Without power supply, the store was dark, but the wind chimes hanging next to the cash register felt the call of the wind, and the sound of the bells echoed for a while.

"Aili, go to the back and the second floor to check if there are any humans. Ying, scan the shelves."

Ai Li happily took the order and left. Ying was a little dazed, and didn't seem to understand the specific meaning of "scan the shelves". But how smart is she? She understood Mikael's meaning in an instant.

Mikael himself was not idle either. He turned on the flashlight on the multi-function watch and also scanned the situation on the shelves.

After a while, Ai Li came down from upstairs and said, "No human was found."

Ying fumbled and scanned the last row of shelves. "The food was almost taken away. What was left were some daily necessities. There were rotten fruits on the shelves. The ice cream in the freezer was all melted, but the freezer was open. Someone must have taken it... and all the batteries, big and small, were taken away."

Aili was not slow. She sighed at the first time: "There really are people left in the block... Calculating the time, it has been almost a month. It is hard to imagine that ordinary humans can survive a month without electricity, no Internet, and lack of food... But how did they collect supplies? Imer's drone didn't find any traces of people?"

"It's simple. They hide during the day and come out at night." Mikael said: "But this is even more weird. They would rather hide in the block and live like this, collect supplies at night, and even encounter the danger of Honkai beasts... What is it for?"

"Generally speaking, what makes humans willing to take a risk is mostly that if they don't do so, they will encounter greater risks." Ying said faintly.

Mikael was stunned, then nodded: "That makes sense."

"Buzz buzz buzz...buzz buzz buzz..." The noise from the intercom was like a fly staring at a corpse, which made Aldemir feel inexplicably irritated and ironic. He wanted to smash it against the wall to wake it up, but after thinking about it, there were only 8 intercoms in the entire tower, so he couldn't bear to do it.

He opened the back cover, replaced the battery, and patted it hard, and the "buzz buzz buzz" sound finally disappeared.

"Boss, boss! I just saw someone entering the block." Aldemir held a telescope in one hand and observed the street not far away, holding the intercom in the other hand.

"Zizi..." After a short electric sound, a deep male voice came from the intercom, as if suppressing great pain: "Official people?"

"It looks like they are wearing official multi-function watches on their wrists, and drones are following them in the sky. They are just a little young, and there is a little girl. Are there minors in official organizations? But the little girl is holding a knife in front of her chest..."

"Hiss... What are they doing?" The man called the boss took a breath and continued to ask.

"Looks like they're looking for something? Damn, boss, are they looking for us?"

"Should be...hiss...no, there are only a few dozen of us left, they need 3,000 people as a unit, as long as we hide well, they don't have the time and money to look for us...hiss! You continue to monitor and see what they want to do?"

"I...I I I I I!"

"What's wrong, Aldemir?"

"That boy pulled down the shutter along with half a wall! Is this a humanoid monster?"

"Rolling shutter? What store did they enter?"

Aldemir raised the telescope and stared for a while, "It seems to be a convenience store? Yes, it was one of the first convenience stores we scanned. In order to cover up the traces, we even pulled down the shutter door!"

"Oh no!"

Aldemir heard the sound of something falling on the other end of the intercom.

"Imer, raise the drone's altitude and confirm again whether there are humans in the block."

Walking out of the convenience store, the feeling of being watched became stronger.

Mikael squinted his eyes and looked at the tall buildings around him. Suddenly, a reflection caught his eye and disappeared in an instant.

He was stunned at first, and then ecstatic: in the abandoned blocks, polished metal and abandoned mirrors will produce reflections.

But as the first lawmaker who can analyze everything, Mikael can say with certainty that the reflection just now came from a convex lens!

Someone is spying on them with a telescope!

"Imer! The building 300 meters in front of me seems to have human traces!"

"clear!"

The drone's motor suddenly exerted force and instantly flew above the position reported by Mikael.

"Squad leader, do you want to investigate layer by layer? Or monitor from high altitude?"

"Baochi conducts high-altitude surveillance and leaves the investigation and arrests to us!"

"Understood... Captain, someone has appeared on the top floor!" Yimer was excited for a moment and accidentally touched the joystick. The drone immediately rolled to one side. When he finally controlled the aircraft, he only saw a man wearing a red T-shirt. The figure in a T-shirt climbed up to the crane on the roof as nimbly as an ape and flew on the hollow boom.

Although he was just a bystander, Yimer already had his heart in his throat. Although the crane arm was long and thick, it was tens of meters high in the air!

With every step, the crane arm would tremble, and as long as one step was missed, it would be doomed. However, the figure had no intention of slowing down at all, and even ran at the speed of a hundred-meter sprint.

The crane arm connected the two buildings, but it was not a perfect connection. The end of the crane arm was more than two meters away from the building. But Aldemir jumped up suddenly when he sprinted to the end, successfully jumped over the gap and entered the other side. A building.

"Squad leader, the other party has rushed to another building!"

"So fast!"

Mikael couldn't help but clicked his tongue. He quickly gave up his plan to enter the building and turned into the avenue on the side.

"Ymer, continue to follow the other party and provide me with directions."

"Wait, Mikael!" Himihu suddenly connected to the communication, "It's dark!"

The silhouette of the setting sun had long since fallen into the horizon.

And now, the last trace of light and shadow has dissipated into the world.

"Retreat first. Ymer will continue tracking using the thermal imaging on the drone. We should be able to find the opponent's hiding place."

Mikael exhaled, feeling a little unwilling.

He looked back at Ellie and Sakura, who still had plenty of energy.

"Is it to carry out the order? Or to find the hiding place of the human beings regardless of all costs?"

Mikael was hesitating.

Just at this time, a gust of cold wind blew by, and more and more footsteps and roars sounded in my ears.

"Has Honkaimon started to move... Damn it!"

"retreat!"

This feeling of not being able to use up your energy and being cautious all the time for fear of exposing your abilities is really uncomfortable!