Steel steam and flame

Cassia walked a few steps to the place where the materials were stored in this workshop. There were several thin steel plates that were heated by the firelight. Although they were brand new, the thickness of less than one or two millimeters was not enough. Resist the torrent of bullets fired from several directions around you. However, their next job is not to resist fierce rapid-fire gunfire, but to provide the most basic defense, preventing air flow from impacting and direct contact with high-temperature objects.

He picked up a board, and with the huge strength of his arms, he folded them up, which were two to three meters long. The width was just enough to block his body. Then he stepped on the valve handle wrapped in flames, which was the output power control rod of the hot steam engine. The source of the steam was produced by evaporating water. Now they were adjusted to the maximum power under Cassia's feet.

Putting the last blue-silver bullet he carried into the last .10 revolver, Cassia nestled her body into a small sphere and hid behind the steel machine that was heated to red by the flames. , reduce the minimum bullet area.

The bullets were now fired randomly, mostly to deter the few remaining ones. The warhead rubbed against the steel and produced countless sparks, and then the trajectory was refracted to all directions and corners.

The remaining people more or less collapsed. They followed Cassia's example and formed a small group, hiding behind him. In their eyes, only this person can punch a big hole in the steel cover. If there is a way to escape from here, the only way is to find it from the person in front of them who curls his body into a small ball. .

Flos's men were getting closer and closer. There seemed to be no sign of life in the stronghold that had turned into a sea of ​​fire in front of them. The scorching air was rushing in from in front of them. Through the small window on the steel cover, they could only see a fiery red jumping flame and the distorted air above.

Cassia saw people in several passages speeding up their advance, and there was no longer any resistance here. When all of them were about to approach the huge cavity, Cassia raised his hand, and the last blue silver bullet was fired from the revolver. The air wave was released, blowing the ears of several people around him. There was a roar, and the sudden bursting sound caused blood to flow from their ears, and their eardrums trembled, causing them to temporarily lose their hearing.

Then they opened their eyes wide and looked at the silent world, but the steel cover in front did not show the results they wanted to see. Because the top was still intact, and there was no big hole again.

Could it be a failure? They rubbed their deaf ears, and the moisture in their eyes was sucked dry by the dry air around them, making them look extremely sour. There was no change in the surroundings, and such a powerful bullet did not do anything meaningful.

Missed? They suddenly felt indignant, which was a twisted emotion in their hearts. We have put all our hopes on you, how could you let us down like this! Their mouths opened, and the hot air poured into their throats. But they still have to vent their dissatisfaction at this last moment when there is no hope.

"You are a waste." They yelled, unable to cry. "We were all killed by you. If I had known you were not good, you should have given me the gun. At least I can kill a few people. Come on." Life in this world is not a loss.”

"Now you are going to die here too. You asked for it."

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But Cassia didn't listen to these words at all. He silently counted the time in his heart, and then glanced at the steel covers in front of him that were still moving here. He turned around and saw four or five people nestled behind him. They were still shouting. The hot air they breathed in made their throats quickly become congested and swollen. Their violent coughs finally interrupted their words. Cassia pulled a piece of clothing full of bullet holes from the side and began to wrap his head tightly.

"Do you want to pretend to be dead?" The person behind Cassia sneered, "They will add a few bullets to the corpse. It costs about ten bullets for one holy coin. Do you think they will be stingy?"

Cassia didn't answer them.

Then they saw Cassia turning her head and smiling at them, her white teeth were neat, her lips were still rosy at this time, and two shallow dimples could be seen at the end of the raised corners of her mouth.

It was a smile of victory, a face of a mocking clown, and a face that sounded like a cruel whisper of death. They saw Cassia moving his body and hiding behind the thin steel plate he had prepared in advance. Having temporarily lost their hearing, they could only look at his lips to judge the general meaning of his words.

He was reading, and everyone suddenly realized that the shape of the lips told them that the number was "five", and then there was a simple sentence - look behind you.

They turned their heads at this time, and behind them was a huge black steel tank three to four meters high, which was used to store high-pressure steam. In order to cater to the super vapor compression technology invented by Avalon, the thickness of these steel cans is thicker than the bulletproof armor of the tank, and the materials used to make them are all mixed high-grade metals, regardless of hardness and toughness. , or strength, are far incomparable to the moving steel covers in front of them.

This high-strength alloy metal could not penetrate even Cassia's blue and silver bullets. The power of the .10 bullet created a depression with a diameter of more than ten centimeters. The bullet also penetrated the layers of protective steel alloy and finally sank into the core area of ​​the depression. But unfortunately, it couldn't be broken down.

The hot steam engine was still working hard, and massive amounts of steam were also poured into the steam tank behind them.

The depression began to recover at this time, and the mechanical structure and metallographic structure there were completely destroyed by the blue silver bullet. The steam plumes from the surrounding output valves were getting stronger and stronger, but the input volume was far greater than the output volume. The overloaded high-pressure steam in the storage tank urgently needed to find a vent, so they found Cassia and used blue silver bullets. The dent made.

The metal there bulged out in a few seconds, and they were still making a last-ditch effort to prevent the steam from breaking through the thick alloy metal, but it was all in vain.

When Froese's men stepped onto the floor of the workshop with their steel covers on their shoulders, people who were dodging bullets from rapid-fire firearms opened their eyes wide and looked at the steel on the smooth can that was expanding bigger and bigger. Bubbles, but failed to notice the "zero" number that came out of Cassia's mouth at the end.

The steel could no longer suppress the increasingly powerful pressure inside it. A very small crack suddenly opened in the bubble. Almost at the same time as the crack appeared, the pressure of the superheated steam inside suddenly dropped by a step, and then a violent explosion occurred. steam explosion phenomenon.

Things happen far faster than people can think. Their eyes widened and their mouths opened wide, and then they were instantly swallowed up by the surging milky white cloud-like steam.

The jar was blown into pieces at the same time, and the scorching steam created a tsunami-like shock wave with the huge pressure inside. The flames were first extinguished, and then the standing steel machinery began to shake violently. Human bodies are swaying like leaves in the wind, whether they are alive or mutilated corpses.

The thin steel plate behind Cassia printed his strong back under the huge impact. The hand holding the steel machine in front of him was bleeding with blood, and the skin was all broken, and the flesh and blood were blurred, and white bones were faintly visible. In the end, his body was unable to withstand the impact that was beyond his imagination. He was stunned by the impact and his rejection reaction was fully activated. He also felt severe pain from all parts of his body. I don’t know how many bones were broken in the collision, and I don’t know which mouth the blood spit out from my mouth was. The scorching steam around me was hotter than in the desert, and the pain on my skin soon became numb. Finally, he hit the wall in the cavity and completely fainted while his body was still rolling.

Flos's men were also affected by the huge shock wave at the same time. The steel cover pushed them back quickly, knocking out most of the people hiding behind. Their bodies seemed to be rolled under the car at this moment, rubbing hard on the rough ground, and blood was spilled all the way.

And precisely because of the steel cover, the underground cavity in the weapons workshop became a completely closed space. It turned into another bigger, defective steam tank, venting the surging power in its body towards the weak spot. That gap is the ground a few meters above the top of the cavity.

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It's now half past five in the afternoon, and the accumulated fault clouds make the sky look a little dark.

There were no living creatures in the sniper scope. Kara looked away and glanced at the box next to her. There were still more than thirty rounds of bullets left in it. This was supposed to be today's mission. But the surrounding light has begun to dim, and someone in the city has turned on colorful lights.

"That's it for today, let's go back." Kara propped up her body with her slender arms, squatted down and began to sort out the sniper rifle in her hand. When she took a step forward while carrying the leather box, a milky-white smoke column appeared on the left side of her vision. After more than ten seconds, the sound that had almost completely dissipated slowly came over.

When the sound waves swept across the rooftop where Kara was sniping, her figure in the gray and white dress was gone.