April 13, 1093 in the Terra calendar at 10 a.m.

A convoy of two jeeps and an armoured vehicle was driving on the road to the ruins of Mandel City, and it was estimated that it would arrive at the designated place about this evening.

All the way north, the temperature became colder and colder, and a layer of frost formed on the car window.

However, the atmosphere inside the car is the polar opposite of the cold outside.

.............

Vena frowned and looked at Xia Feng.

I don't know what's going on, Xia Feng has been happy like a monkey since he saw ACE yesterday, touching this for a while, looking at that for a while, and pulling people to talk about a lot of things and some not, which made Vina unconsciously a little suspicious of Xia Feng's orientation.

Just after being honest for a while, Xia Feng rummaged in the back of the car again, and then found a small yellow box and pulled out a cigarette from it.

"Brother ACE, taste the red plums of my hometown."

ACE SMILED AND WAVED HIS HAND.

"Forget it, the space in this car is so closed, smoking will affect everyone."

Xia Feng grinned and stuffed the cigarette into ACE's hand.

"It's okay, you just smoke, I'll help you open the window a little slit."

With that, Xia Feng stretched out his finger and began to buckle the window.

Vina couldn't stand it anymore, and yelled at Xia Feng when she couldn't bear it anymore.

"Xia Feng, can you be honest for a while!"

"Hehe, aren't I happy?"

"You've been pestering people like this, Brother ACE is also very troubled, you're going to Mandel City at night, can you let the family rest quietly for a while."

ACE smiled indifferently.

"It's okay, this little brother is very interesting, my body is very hard, I don't need to rest."

When Vina said this, Xia Feng also felt that he was a little too excited, he breathed a long sigh of relief, leaned on the backrest and stopped talking.

He knew that three years later, during the Checheng riots, where Brother Ace and his group had almost all died, he saved the life of one of his companions at the cost of an arm at the last moment, and then reduced himself to ashes in the flames.

And that team should be the [Reaper] mercenary team he is leading now.

Xia Feng didn't know what prompted ACE to lead [Death] to join Rhode Island in the future, abandoning his identity as a mercenary, perhaps, ACE who has experienced countless cruel wars, understands that only Amiya can end the endless despair in this world.

Forget it, I can't figure out those things, anyway, now that I see the living big brother ACE, it makes him happier than anything else.

After resting for a while, Xia Feng couldn't help but poke the ace next to him.

"Brother Ace, do you usually like to drink?"

"Well, I like to have a drink with my companions when I'm not on a mission, but I can't drink alcohol now, it will affect the next action."

Xia Feng laughed.

"Haha, you don't want to drink it now, the wine I brought was all drunk by Vina yesterday, so let's do it, next time, next time I'll find a way to get you a bottle of Wuliangye."

Although he didn't know what Wuliangye was, ACE nodded honestly to express his gratitude.

"Thank you for your kindness, but we're going to be separated after this mission."

"You leave an address, and I can mail it to you."

"Oh, okay, if we have a chance to meet in the future, I'll invite you to a drink at my friend's bar."

Xia Feng nodded.

"It's a deal."

With that, Xia Feng raised his fist and collided lightly with ACE in the air.

Xia Feng smiled happily, but now he didn't know that this Mandel City operation would completely change his life.

............

Afternoon.

After a brief meal in the car, the group continued to march north without stopping.

The strategic significance of time is more important than anything else, and if you can arrive a minute earlier than your opponent, you will be able to seize a slight advantage.

It is also important to survey the scene, find out the terrain, and if there is an inevitable conflict, find a suitable ambush site and a safe retreat route.

Victoria's headquarters sent a map of Mandel City through a communication device, but this map was from 27 years ago, and although it may have completely changed now, something is better than nothing.

Vena Indra and Ace put the map on their seats and seriously discussed the battle plan.

Xia Feng was a little bored sitting alone by the window, reached out and took out a can of Wangzi milk, thought about it, took out another can, and threw it to Kate, who was sitting in the co-pilot.

As the saying goes, you are prosperous, I am prosperous, it is not as good as everyone is prosperous, everyone is really prosperous.

..........

Pulling the pull tab, Xia Feng just brought Wangzai's milk to his mouth.

I only heard a sudden "pop" sound from the bottom of the car, and the whole car instantly fell into a violent bump, and the Wangzi milk on the side of his mouth splashed directly on Xia Feng's face.

Suddenly, the gang members in charge of driving quickly stepped on the brakes, and the car drifted directly across the roadside, and the huge inertia almost caused the car to roll over on its side.

Fortunately, the vehicles behind did not follow too closely to avoid rear-end collisions.

After the car stopped, Xia Feng only felt a dizziness in his brain, and then he wiped a handful of milk from his face.

"Damn, what's the situation!"

Kate poked her head out of the window and looked behind her.

"Looks like there's something on the chassis."

It stands to reason that there should be no obstacles on the road for this kind of trade and transportation, and it is likely that someone deliberately set a trap when this situation arises.

Vina picked up the hammer from the back of the car.

"Let's go, come down with me."

"Yes."

Everyone grabbed their weapons and got out of the car with Vina, and Xia Feng also followed with only half a can of Wangzi milk left.

The road was covered with a thin layer of white snow, and nothing obvious was noticeable.

Everyone followed the traces of the wheel, and soon found a raised semi-circular object more than 30 meters behind, because it had just been scraped by the chassis of the car, and the snow on this semi-circular object had fallen off, revealing a light gray surface.

"What is this?"

"It's like a rock."

"Who is so shitty and put the stone in the middle of the road!"

Vina looked upset.

"Kate, smash this rock for me, everyone get in the car, and we'll continue to set off right away, it's really unlucky."

Kett nodded, then raised the tomahawk in his hand and slammed it into the semi-circular object.

"Dang!"

There was a muffled sound, and Kate felt a thrill all over her body, and felt that her arm was shaken and hurt.

The semi-circular object was still lying quietly on the pavement, untouched.

"Damn, it's so hard, my hands are so damn numb."

Originally, Vina had already walked away, and when she saw that Kate hadn't even smashed a stone with an axe, she immediately folded it back.

Now, in addition to the members of the Glasgow Gang, there are also people from the [Grim Reaper] team watching next to them, and Kate can't even smash a stone, isn't it a shame.

Vina carried the hammer of contract victory and pushed Kate away.

"Shame on people, you can't even smash a stone, let me come, I'll show you what it means to open the world!"

I saw a glimmer of light in Vina's eyes, and the whole person jumped up, picked up the hammer and drew a graceful arc in the air, and the wind blew away all the surrounding snowflakes.

ACE showed an admiring expression, just talking about the strength of Vina's hammer, he was not confident that he would be able to take it head-on unharmed.

The summer breeze whistled beside him.

"Come on Vina, show them a hand."

"Bang!"

In the next second, the hammer hit the round object, and a sound was heard that was several times duller than just now.

.........

Vina withdrew her hammer and walked over to Summer Wind with her head down.

"You can get it for me."

"Oh."

I saw Vina hand over the hammer to Xia Feng to support, gritting her teeth and shaking her fingers.

"Damn, it's so hard, the old lady's hands are so numb."

At this point, everyone was not calm, and no one dared to doubt the power of Vina's hammer, but the semi-circular object in the middle of the road still did not move, not even a small crack.

Just when everyone's minds were opening their minds to speculate about what this thing was, the round object suddenly shook.

Then, under the surprised gaze of everyone, a little girl pushed open the round object like a pot lid and came out from underneath rubbing her eyes.

"Wow, it's dawning, who was knocking on the door just now?"

The next second, when she saw the group of people surrounding her, she immediately got back into the "pot lid".

A somewhat timid voice came from within.

"Who are you, why are so many people surrounding me, I.... I haven't washed my face yet. ”

Although the little girl's appearance was only fleeting, Xia Feng had already instantly recognized who she was.

Xia Feng held up half a can of Wangzi milk and made a breathtaking sound.

"Tortoise!"