Steel steam and flame

There were many people who were about to leave the port area when they were suddenly startled by the sound of explosions behind them. They looked towards the direction of the towering steam column. Like Kara, they did not hesitate for a moment. Sweeping at a speed of more than 100 meters, the dull and thunderous explosion could be vaguely heard in the surrounding area with a radius of about seven kilometers.

Although the exact sound cannot be heard from further away, the milky white steam pillars are like pure white clouds, rising there like the newborn sun. Even if there is no dazzling sunlight to indicate its existence, as long as you tilt your head slightly, you can be completely attracted to it.

A group of people have their own thoughts, although curiosity accounts for a large part of them.

The usually deserted remote area of ​​the port suddenly became lively, and steam locomotives representing different forces were rushing there quickly. Various radio frequencies were also flying in the air, and things did not need to be fermented. In just a few minutes after the explosion, everyone knew what happened at the port.

Kara is about six kilometers away from there, and the road there is not a straight line. When we arrived at the top of a building two to three hundred meters away from the incident site, just a few minutes had passed, but thirty or forty people were already standing beside the large pit in front of us, which was dozens of meters in diameter. . Limo cars of different colors were parked casually on the roads on both sides. People of all colors stood in a group, planning to go down to check the specific situation.

But the steam that filled the place has not completely dissipated. It is still vaguely shrouded there like white mist. The air also contains moist water vapor. The steam column now only has a faint shadow standing in the sky, getting more and more More and more people rushed over.

The pothole was huge, and the center of the explosion was under the solid concrete stone road. Now the road has been completely lifted up, and the black soil has been carried tens of meters into the air by the impact, splashing like spring water in the surrounding area of ​​100 meters, and the solid reinforced concrete structure of the road has been completely destroyed. clean. The surrounding gray-white road surface was also cracked with dense holes due to the vibration. At the edge of the crater, the reinforced steel bars were also exposed, showing the ferocious power of the explosion.

On one side is a deserted site, which is an old site that has stopped construction, and on the other side is an extremely simple gray warehouse. Its iron door was blown away, and the top of the warehouse is also covered with black. mud. A group of heavily armed men rushed out from inside. They were the men of the arms smuggler Brewer.

Only then did Kara remember the mark on the map in her mind, this was his territory.

So what happened? This is the doubt of all those who come here.

Kara put the leather box next to her. She did not assemble her sniper rifle, but just took out the optical anchor scope to expand her field of vision. No matter how good your eyesight is, you can only see a blurry outline from a distance of two to three hundred meters.

In the scope, the hole looked like a broken bowl with the bottom emptied out, which should be the center of the explosion. At the edge is a pile of broken black steam machinery, most of which are buried in black mud. Inside the black mud, you can see mutilated corpses one after another from a few meters away. Their bodies are covered with mud. The bullet holes are vaguely visible. Apparently, they were all shot to death before the explosion.

The cause of the explosion is also very clear. There is no smell of gunpowder and gunpowder smoke around, only a bit of decaying smell of silt. The steam storage tank acted as the gunpowder.

But what caused the extremely safe steam canister to explode?

Are the craftsmen operating irregularly? However, no matter how crude the weapons workshop is, there should still be basic alarm devices. Unfortunately, they didn't know that these facilities were destroyed by fire early on.

Besides irregular operation, what else could be the reason? They counted down the pitiful knowledge in their heads about various steam machinery. It was obviously impossible for the cooling liquid to enter the steam system, but other than this possibility, what other reasonable explanation could there be?

The bullet broke the steam can? Ordinary bullets hitting it will definitely not hurt or itch, and will only leave a few white marks at most. The platinum bullet can make some dents in it, but the huge power of the platinum bullet is only so much in front of it. If you want to destroy a complete high-end metal can, in addition to transporting it to an advanced steam factory and using professional tools to cut it, They couldn't think of any other way.

And even if it is sabotaged by man, the first person to be hurt must be the saboteur, who really can't figure out what the cause of the explosion would be.

The white mist completely dissipated in the last few dozen seconds, and they saw the broken parts, which were the transmission tracks, central shaft, gears, and the iron cover of the machine base, etc. They were all turned into scrap metal after being burned by the flames and turned black, now huddled at the edge.

The people who came out of the warehouse looked a little unhappy when they saw the scene in front of them. This is their own territory, but now, right under their noses, their weapons workshop has been blown up to the sky. The people inside are dead, and all the manufacturing machines they bought with money have become scrap metal. And the most critical point is that they didn't know about this from the beginning to the end. If the explosion site hadn't been right in front of their warehouse, and their own iron door had also been blown up, they might still be sleeping and drinking in the warehouse.

There were no signs of life in the explosion crater. At least in their eyes, there were only mutilated human bodies, and there were few complete corpses. And there may not be any ordinary people who can survive such a powerful explosion.

A group of people stood around the big pit, looking at the black soil that was turned up in front of them, and the people standing around looked at each other in confusion. Everyone saw the confusion and helplessness on their faces.

What is going on here?

They looked at Brewer's men in the direction of the warehouse. Their faces were a little red, and the eyes from everywhere were burning, looking for explanations. But they are also people who don't know the truth and are watching the scam.

Someone began to carefully walk down the pit step by step. The surrounding soil was a little moist and soft, and the footprints were deep and shallow, one foot connected to the other. The people above watched quietly, and the people who went down had cold sweat on their foreheads and backs. From time to time, soft corpses could be stepped on in the soil under their feet. The surroundings were also surprisingly quiet. He could clearly hear his own breathing and heartbeat. They It has lost its usual routine. The air below was even more humid. At this moment, his eyebrows were covered with water and his face became wet.

The person who went down felt that he was a little too nervous, and also felt that he was a little unconsidered in trying to be brave. But the people above are looking at me, and it would be a bit embarrassing to go up now. He still had a gun hanging on his waist. If anyone dared to appear suddenly, even a ghost, he was confident that he could kill the opponent's head with a few shots.

If he couldn't go up, his face would be on the line, he told himself.

The soil in front of him suddenly moved. His heart tightened and he felt his breathing quicken. He quickly went to draw his gun, his hands shaking a little.

Then a hand wearing clothes of unknown color suddenly stretched out, looking bloody and bloody.