48 Hours a Day

Chapter 1056: The Game of Cat and Mouse

Zhang Heng lowered his body and sped as fast as he could through the corridor in front of him.

Just as he dodged around the corner of the stairs, a string of bullets followed his body and hit the wall on his right, leaving behind a row of holes.

The wallpaper that had been torn to tatters by the bullets flew all over the floor. The dense bullet holes almost turned the wall into a hornet’s nest.

In less than three seconds, the culprit, a robot with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a spider, jumped from the opposite building and hooked onto the railing of the corridor with its four legs. It then climbed in easily and aimed the heavy machine gun in its left hand at the stairs.

However, there was no sign of Zhang Heng.

The latter had just reached a house downstairs. The front door was wide open, and the hostess was about to leave the house with her headphones on. The next moment, however, a stranger rushed into her house and was about to scream. Zhang Heng beat her to it and knocked her out.

He tossed the unconscious hostess onto the sofa before crossing the living room and jumping out the kitchen window. Finally, he landed on the balcony on the third floor. Without stopping, he slid down the drainage pipe to the ground.

Of course, he wasn’t naive enough to think that he would be able to shake off the hunter robot. In reality, Zhang Heng only wanted to use this time to get through the most dangerous part of the journey.

The road in front of him led to a relatively empty area. About 100 meters away from the next intersection, the entire journey would take about 10 seconds. Normally, it wouldn’t be a big deal, but now, those 10 seconds could prove fatal.

However, Zhang Heng knew that the longer he waited, the more dangerous it would become for him. Therefore, as soon as he landed, he immediately started running forward.

On the other side, after the Type-VI Hunting Robot lost sight of Zhang Heng, it didn’t follow the steps of the stairs. Instead, it spread its eight legs and climbed up the roof along the outer wall. It did not take long before it rediscovered Zhang Heng running down the stairs. However, at the same time, Zhang Heng also noticed the movement on the roof and was about to bend down to avoid it.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, the bullet from the sniper rifle had already hit the heavy machine gun on the robot’s left arm. Although the bullet failed to destroy the heavy machine gun, the powerful kinetic energy it generated shifted the machine gun’s muzzle, causing the shots to immediately land behind Zhang Heng.

Zhang Heng used this opportunity to run another ten meters forward. Finally, he successfully reached the next intersection and hid in another building. At this time, Qiu Ming’s voice sounded again. “There is a substation 1.2 kilometers away from you. We might be able to use the high voltage electricity there to deal with it.”

“1.2 kilometers is too far.” Zhang Heng shook his head.

“Then what’s your plan?” Qiu Ming had no other choice but to scratch his head and ask.

Zhang Heng did not answer. Instead, he looked at the other red dot on the electronic map. That was Miss F’s location. The two of them were only about 400 meters away from each other.

Furthermore, the latter had started to approach him without hesitation. It looked like he had given the sniper rifle to someone else. Zhang Heng could only look at the map for a short while before the robot had already landed on the ground from the top of the building.

It used the fastest method of descent known to man—free-falling from the top of the building!

There was a loud bang when it landed. With nothing to cushion its fall, the machine’s eight legs plunged deep into the road, leaving eight over 10 cm deep holes in the ground. The powerful impact seemed to have no effect on its metallic body at all—it only needed to adjust its body slightly before rushing out of the building where Zhang Heng was.

The two sides started another intense cat-and-mouse game.

Zhang Heng basically maintained his high-speed movement state and rarely fought back. The main reason was that the rifle in his hand was not very effective on the Type-VI Hunting Robots. Thus, he ran to the back to reduce his weight, even going as far as to throw the gun away.

Even so, it was still difficult to make up for the gap between the two sides.

There were a few times when a bullet almost brushed past Zhang Heng’s ear. If he was one step later, he would end up with the same fate as the pockmarked wall behind him.

At the same time, because most of the fighting between the two sides took place inside the building, the sniper not far away wasn’t of much use at the moment. So perhaps the only good news was that Miss F was already very close to him.

Qiu Ming, on the other hand, came over after some hesitation. However, he did not dare to get too close. He raised the gun in his hand a few times but put it down again. Then, before he could raise it again, he saw Zhang Heng escape from a shop on the first floor that faced the street. The latter directly smashed the glass of the shop, and he looked rather disheveled.

The robot was now less than ten meters away from him. Fortunately, however, the bullets in its heavy machine gun had finally run out. It had lost its fellow policemen, and there was no one to carry its ammunition anymore. Nevertheless, it still had the giant sword in its right hand and its eight scythe-like legs.

Qiu Ming was actually quite impressed with Zhang Heng. Put up against the brutal killing machine before him, an average person might not even survive the first round of attacks. Zhang Heng, on the other hand, was actually able to deal with it until now. And he was barely injured. Qiu Ming really couldn’t think of anyone else who could do this.

Unfortunately, it was useless to continue hiding. This battle had been unfair from the start. Every weapon used to kill the Type-VI was fatal to Zhang Heng. He, on the other hand, didn’t have a weapon that could harm the robot.

Therefore, Qiu Ming wasn’t optimistic about the outcome of this battle. He had already planned to escape. Although he was grateful to Zhang Heng for saving him, he knew his own strength very well. If he stayed, he would only be buried with Zhang Heng.

However, just as Qiu Ming was about to turn around, he saw a figure at the other end of the street.

It was a woman. She appeared particularly delicate in front of the Type-VI robot, but written on her face was rock-like determination. When she saw the killing machine in front of her, not only did it not run away, it even charged forward, at the same time, the mechanical prosthesis on her left arm was pressed on the alloy sword at her waist.

Draw the sword!!!

The alloy sword flashed with a cold gleam, and without hesitation, slashed one of the Type-VI’s legs. Although it was unable to cut off the leg in the end, it offset the robot’s center of gravity, causing it to lose its balance slightly. It staggered two steps.

Then, Miss F threw the thing on her shoulder to Zhang Heng.