142: Desmoulins

Having blocked the bridge for so long, Lin Han had encountered Demulan quite a few times.

But this was the first time she had appeared midway.

"Captain Lin, what are you waiting for? Quickly fight the old lady!"

"That's right, Captain Lin, after defeating the old lady, we might get a Level 6 battle-damaged suit again."

Guo Li and Hafke kept trying to persuade him from the side.

When the group first encountered Demulan, they were beaten so badly they had almost no power to retaliate.

But as Lin Han's strength increased, he was now capable of fighting Demulan.

What's more, there were over a dozen fans behind him now.

If everyone attacked together, defeating Demulan would be child's play.

"Let's do it! Brothers, we'll use loitering munitions to blow up the chariot, then switch to rifles and charge down to kill Demulan!"

"We must avoid sniping Demulan; her bullets curve, so hiding behind cover isn't safe!"

Lin Han waved and shouted to the people behind him.

From the shadows of the central garden, an elderly woman with a stern face, wearing a brain-machine interface on her right temple and a Hafke officer's uniform, walked out.

It was Demulan, the Aerospace Base's Security Director.

The moment Demulan walked out, she saw the figures on the launch bridge.

She looked at the devastation below the bridge, and Demulan's face grew even colder.

"You don't have much time left to invade us; soon, it will be our turn."

"I hope you can maintain your current smiles when you are invaded."

After speaking, Demulan took a sniper rifle from her back, aimed at the sky, and pulled the trigger.

Bang — — — — ! !

The people on the bridge saw Demulan's action and didn't find anything amiss.

But Lin Han's pupils suddenly contracted!

He had also taken a perception enhancer once.

What Demulan had just said vaguely entered Lin Han's ears.

A chilling sense of eeriness enveloped Lin Han, making all the hairs on his body stand on end uncontrollably.

What she said... had logic..

It wasn't like before!

It wasn't a mechanical repetition of statements!

Lin Han was stunned in place; if he had to describe the eerie feeling it gave him at that moment, there was only one word.

Uncanny Valley effect!

"Something's wrong!" Lin Han's voice trembled slightly.

Just as Lin Han turned his head, his pupils almost shrank to pinpricks!

A red light appeared above everyone's head!

Bang — — — — ! ! !

After a gunshot, everyone on the launch bridge, including Lin Han, was instantly headshotted by bullets falling from the sky... in front of the Aerospace Base entrance.

Over a dozen operatives, including Lin Han, appeared out of thin air in the open space, all in a dying state.

After rescue, Lin Han was the first to wake up.

"Ah — — !"

Lin Han instantly sat up, his hands constantly fumbling all over his body.

Confirming that he was still alive, Lin Han finally breathed a sigh of relief; the after-effects were not yet apparent, and everything was normal.

The red light just now reminded him of the smoothbore gun's locked-on kill!

But thankfully, it didn't have the overbearing effect of the smoothbore gun.

"What exactly is that Demulan thing?!"

"She only fired one shot, but everyone died! And the bullets appeared above their heads; what on earth is going on?!"

Even though he was already in front of the safe entrance, Lin Han still felt lingering fear.

"She just said 'invasion'... what's going on with that?"

"They will come out and then invade us?"

When Lin Han connected this possibility, all the hairs on his body stood up, and he was completely stunned in place.

His reaction was almost identical to Liu Yan's at the time.

Lin Han now felt that he must be crazy.

How was this possible?

Even if they came out, what could they do? With the current level of weaponry, even if all the Soldiers from these operational areas came out.

It wouldn't cause any stir.

Even if they were difficult to deal with, one nuclear bomb would silence them.

"But... what if weapons can't be used?"

Lin Han suddenly blurted out this sentence without context.

Soon, he himself was shocked by his own conjecture, his pupils trembling wildly.

No!

If this conjecture held true, it would be a doomsday-level disaster!

Not to mention Demulan's surreal ability to instantly kill everyone with one shot just now.

Just based on the countless Soldiers, facing humanity with disabled weapons, it would be a war with almost no suspense!

Everyone would die!

"Guo Li! Hafke!" Lin Han quickly called out to the two.

At this time, the two had successfully recovered from their dying state.

"Who are you?" Guo Li asked blankly.

"Holy crap, Captain Lin, how did you make a clone of yourself!" Hafke looked at Lin Han with a shocked expression, but in a cross-eyed way.

Lin Han stared at the two in a daze.

After-effects!

"You two come with me, I have ECMO!"

After the three left the Third District, Lin Han took the two back to his home.

Lin Han's home was in a very high-end villa area, with a single floor area of 300 square meters.

But after returning home, Lin Han couldn't be happy; instead, he felt a bit lonely.

Upon entering, what was displayed on the shoe cabinet was a family photo.

Lin Han sighed helplessly and led the two to the third floor of the villa.

This room contained many special items, but since Lin Han did not have quantum storage, it was not convenient to carry them into the area.

Aside from the all-in-one sweeping and mopping robot that had just fallen at the Aerospace Base, there were two more in the room!

"Fortunately, I was careful."

Lin Han walked up to one of the sweeping and mopping robots and took out two ECMOs from it.

"You two should treat your after-effects first."

Lin Han moved the two ECMOs in front of them respectively.

"Captain Lin, weren't these given to you by your fans?"

"And I remember, there were only two... your own after-effects..."

Lin Han waved his hand, interrupting Hafke.

"It's okay, my after-effects should be minor; you two use them first."

Hafke looked at Lin Han, who indeed seemed fine, so he took the ECMO.

"Thank you, Captain Lin."

Hafke pulled a cord from the ECMO, plugged it into his arm, and then pressed the button.

Buzz buzz buzz — — — —

The ECMO began to emit a faint hum, then gradually turned into a phantom and disappeared.

Hafke's cross-eyes returned to normal.

Then, Hafke operated the ECMO in the same way, curing Guo Li's after-effects.

After Guo Li regained his memory, he immediately understood everything and said to Lin Han:

"Thank you, Captain Lin."

Lin Han just nodded slightly, and after a moment of internal struggle, he told the two his hypothesis.

"What?! Then what should we do?"

"Captain Lin... it seems even if we know, there's nothing we can do, right?"

"If we run... it seems there's nowhere to go..."

Lin Han was not surprised by their reactions and shook his head.

"We've already run once."

"And that time, we lost face in front of our classmates."

"Abandoning teammates in the archives is like a nail of shame; every time I open it, it stabs me."

"After I rest for two days, I will never leave the Third District again."

After Lin Han finished speaking, the two looked at him with puzzled expressions and asked:

"Why?"

Lin Han lightly coughed twice.

"If they really descend."

"I will guard the launch bridge and block them all in the Aerospace Base."