48 Hours a Day

Chapter 1054: Support

Zhang Heng had made the necessary preparations before he made his move. He knew that if he fell out with Miss F, and even if he successfully dealt with the robot, he would still have to face the attacks of the other police officers around him. Hence, Zhang Heng sent their coordinates and bearings to Miss F and agreed on the location of their meeting.

This wasn’t an easy location to choose because once the two drifted apart, Miss F wouldn’t be able to support Zhang Heng and Qiu Ming in time. However, if they were close enough and entered the alert area of the two Type-VI Hunting Robots, Miss F and the people she brought would be in grave danger again.

Therefore, they had to accurately gauge the distance between them.

Twenty minutes later, the police squad arrived at a relatively dense residential area. Because several large factories were nearby, many workers had settled in the area for easy commute. Conservatively, at least 20,000 to 30,000 people were crammed into such a small area. With the buildings of different heights, the entire area looked like a reinforced concrete jungle.

The police unit entered the place and perked up. After walking around 50 meters, Zhang Heng shot Qiu Ming a look. The latter sighed and walked toward the team.

The team leader heard footsteps behind him and turned to look. “What’s the matter?”

“Captain, I have something to report,” Qiu Ming said. “Luo Hao and I saw some suspicious guys on the road behind us.”

“Suspicious guys? Where are they?” The squad leader became nervous when he heard that. He then looked at the robot beside him, but the latter remained motionless.

“They’re unarmed. They’re just following us quietly,” Qiu Ming lied without even blinking. “Luo Hao is watching those guys now.”

“I’ll go take a look. Stay sharp!” the squad leader instructed the other officers. As soon as he left, Qiu Ming moved toward the robot in front of the squad and quietly took out the shield bracelet Zhang Heng had given him.

Qiu Ming knew the power of the killing machine in front of him, so he tried to slow his movements and showed no signs of aggression. Due to his current police status, the robot was obviously not very vigilant when it came to him. Thus, in the end, Qiu Ming managed to successfully approach the target.

However, he still faced a very serious problem.

The signal transceiver of the Type-VI Hunting Robot was located around its left chest. Although it was a humanoid android, its left and right hands were full of weapons, and it couldn’t wear a shield ring. Then, at almost twice the size of an ordinary person, the ring couldn’t be worn on its legs either, something that might cause it to exceed the range of the shield. Therefore, Qiu Ming only had one choice left.

He was to target the robot’s neck. This was also why Qiu Ming felt like he was putting a collar on a tiger. He was already 230cm tall, but the robot’s neck was a good 280cm above the ground, hence he needed to figure out a way to cover the 50cm gap.

Qiu Ming thought about finding a chair to cushion himself, but the police officers around him wouldn’t give him the chance. Besides, he didn’t have much time left before the squad leader reached the end of the line. Zhang Heng would put the shield ring on the robot at the end of the line, and if Qiu Ming hadn’t finished his work by then, he might never actually complete it.

Thus, Qiu Ming gritted his teeth and took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to him. He jumped onto the calf of the Type-VI Hunting Robot in front of him and stepped on the back of the two knives. Now although he wasn’t as good as Zhang Heng or the emergency response team, he was still much better than the average person.

Qiu Ming clipped the shield bracelet on the robot’s neck as fast as he could. Then, without even checking if it was fastened, he jumped down again. Just as his body was about to fall to the ground, a huge metal sword brushed past his head. If he had moved half a second later, Qiu Ming would have been cut in two.

But the good news was that the shield bracelet automatically latched itself after coming into contact with the robot’s neck.

Qiu Ming rolled again after he landed on the ground. Until then, most of the police officers didn’t know what had happened. Just as he turned his head to this side, Qiu Ming didn’t stand on ceremony. He stood up and raised the rifle in his hand, directly pulling the trigger on the closest officer.

Oodles of blood spurted out from the latter’s forehead, and his body fell backward.

When the other officers saw this, they felt a chill in their hearts. They couldn’t understand why their teammates would suddenly kill their colleagues in anger. Moreover, it was done in such a cold-blooded fashion. In order to avoid a precedent, however, they too raised their guns and fired back at Qiu Ming.

Qiu Ming, on the other hand, took no credit for the shot he fired. Immediately, he took a large stride and ran to a car by the roadside. When the remaining officers reacted, they opened fire, but he had already disappeared behind the car.

Although Qiu Ming wasn’t killed, his situation wasn’t any good either. He had trapped himself into a dead-end by jumping behind the car. Five police officers had already surrounded him. He could hear this from the approaching footsteps and the sound of bullets.

This caused a rare nervousness to appear on his face. Fortunately, in the next moment, the police officer who was running at the front started swaying and stumbled forward, limp.

Sniper!!!

His four companions were shocked when they saw this, not expecting a sniper ambush to be nesting up nearby. They immediately stopped in their tracks. Having no time to deal with Qiu Ming anymore, they started to look for cover.

Qiu Ming finally let out a sigh of relief. He knew that the people that Zhang Heng had contacted had finally made their move. At the same time, the Type-VI Hunting Robot on the other side also stopped in its tracks. It was likely that Zhang Heng had also succeeded. If that were the case, then they would only have to deal with the few remaining officers. Additionally, with the help of Mr. G’s men, the whole process should be elementary.

The situation was indeed as he imagined. The last order the two robots received was to follow the police officers. Meanwhile, the police officers had stopped and were scattered all over the place, while the two Type-VI Hunting Robots had also stopped moving. With the loss of police officers, victory seemed to creep ever closer.

However, Qiu Ming did not expect that one of the robots would suddenly move without warning. Shocked, he risked it and poked his head out to take a look. In the end, he found that the robot was not coming for him, but was charging towards the police captain instead.

No one knew what was wrong with the latter. He suddenly attacked the Type-VI Hunting Robot, activating the latter’s self-defense system. Qiu Ming’s expression, however, immediately changed. “Hurry up and kill these officers!” he yelled.