Hong Kong, City of Bauhinia.
Outside the high-rise buildings.
In the slums, dilapidated self-built houses are haphazardly crammed together, and illegally installed power lines run through both sides of the streets. Weathered plastic bags, which have been hanging there for who knows how long, have faded and become brittle, breaking apart in the wind and scattering like dandelions.
On the narrow, greasy streets, people dressed in all sorts of clothes hurried by, and on both sides were all kinds of small shops: hardware stores, pharmacies, beauty salons, snack shops, traditional Chinese medicine shops...
Zhang Tianyuan led three people out through the narrow gap between the two self-built houses, vigorously brushing the dust off his shoulders.
"What bad luck..."
Mie Juan behind her sneezed and turned to look around, asking, "President, is this the new dimension?"
Are we currently in China?
She saw many signs with both traditional Chinese characters and English text.
Beside her was a soldier from another Wandering Spacetime who had removed his exoskeleton armor and come over to act as her bodyguard.
Another person was a machine gunner who had been to the Legend Spacetime. He also looked around at his surroundings. "There are quite a few foreigners around. Are we in Hong Kong now?"
"You guessed right, but there's no reward. Let's go and see what's going on in this new timeline."
As Zhang Tianyuan spoke, he randomly chose a direction and walked ahead.
This is the world of Pacific Ocean Rim.
He originally intended to make a grand entrance in a fighter jet, as he always had.
To everyone's surprise, his suggestion to mobilize fighter jets was met with strong opposition from Elder Zhou, and even Sun Deyi Wandering Spacetime, disagreed with his risky move.
The consensus across all three timelines is that he must not be put in danger.
Therefore, Zhang Tianyuan, who couldn't travel by plane, declined Elder Zhou's suggestion to bring a large team and instead brought three people with him on foot to this time and space.
Considering that there was no license plate for this timeline, Mie Juan didn't even drive her car over.
However, this won't have much of an impact.
Because they were randomly assigned a good position.
Zhang Tianyuan looked up at the road sign in front of him.
Fang Road is on the left, and Yuan Street is on the right.
If he remembered correctly, Hannibal Chow's pharmacy should be nearby.
The other party is the largest dealer in the Asia monster black market, through connections with the Pacific Rim Defense Corps, specifically the PPDC organization responsible for mech warfare.
Through this collaboration, he acquired legal monster mining rights throughout Asia.
In other words, all the monster corpses killed across Asia belong to this person.
Zhang Tianyuan narrowed his eyes and looked around.
This Hannibal Chow is someone who has access to Pentecost, the black general in the movie.
Good.
It's quite convenient.
"Let's look around here. There's a pharmacy that seems interesting."
Unlike Newton in the movie, who painstakingly followed the visible mark around with a spotlight.
Zhang Tianyuan simply asked a middle-aged woman where he could buy monster parts, and quickly obtained the exact location of the pharmacy.
In this kind of market, your neighbors sometimes know more about what you're selling than you do.
Hannibal Chow's pharmacy was not large.
It doesn't look big from the outside; like most Hong Kong shops, its narrowness is the first impression.
This feeling reminded Zhang Tianyuan of the underground city in the Wandering Earth.
Only there can such extreme utilization of space be achieved.
"Are you here to buy bone meal?" As soon as you pushed open the wooden door and entered, two bald men sitting in front of the counter immediately asked in a mysterious, low voice.
Zhang Tianyuan glanced behind him and saw that the door they had just pushed open had been closed by a man in sunglasses.
He shook his head and said, "We're not here to buy monster bone meal; I have some questions."
The bald man's face immediately turned cold. He didn't intend to speak, but simply gave the man in sunglasses a look, and the man immediately approached...
Bang!
The machine gunner closest to him turned around and kicked him directly in the stomach, causing the man in sunglasses to kneel down on the spot.
Seeing that things were going badly, the bald man immediately reached under the counter, but before they could take out their guns, some men wearing strange devices suddenly appeared beside them.
The devices these people wore made mechanical noises, and their fists, like those of a large truck, slammed into them at a speed they couldn't react to.
Click!
A clear sound of bones breaking.
The two bald men collapsed to the ground screaming in pain, their bodies riddled with broken bones.
Only then did they realize that these people were wearing exoskeletons and were also carrying firearms.
But...
Their pharmacy has remained closed since it was shut down.
Where did these extra people come from?
Before their questions could be answered, a soldier carried the man in sunglasses to Zhang Tianyuan like a chick.
He was the person with the least injuries at the scene.
Please answer a few questions for me.
Zhang Tianyuan held up one finger. "First, what time is it now? Please be precise to the year, month, and day, but no need for anything more specific."
As he spoke, he glanced at the clock on the wall; it was two in the afternoon.
"August 13, 2024!" the man in sunglasses answered in a panic.
"Has anything major happened recently? About mechs or monsters?"
"There's a monster... a new monster!"
Zhang Tianyuan became interested. "Tell me more details."
The man in sunglasses readily explained the situation.
Just half an hour earlier, the wormhole rift had reopened, and a new monster had appeared, codenamed Scunner.
This new monster probably wants to dance around Taipei 101, or rather, it wants to "cross Taipei 101" and witness the legendary ideal landmark, so its direction is very clear.
Meanwhile, the only mech currently in the Shatterdome Base to the Hong Kong — Crimson Typhoon— has already flown northeast, preparing for battle.
at the same time.
The storm is red, inside the cockpit of the mecha.ノ②З
The headquarters is informing the Wei Brothers about the monster's situation:
"At the current speed, the monster is expected to land twenty-five minutes ahead of you..."
" Tendo, can't we go any faster?" Wei Chang eldest of the three brothers, urged.
"This is already the fastest deployment speed. Evacuation operations have begun in the surface cities. You should encounter the monster near Taipei 101..."
Although the Wei Brothers were anxious, they all remained silent at this moment.
Because they knew that urging them any further would be futile.
Even though they can use mechs to fight monsters, there are times when they are still out of reach.
They can only do their best in the battles to come.
The three brothers clenched their fists together.
Outside, the Crimson Typhoon, suspended by the helicopter array, moved in sync with the action.
Suddenly, Tendo cried out in surprise from inside the command post:
"NONONO!"
"The monster suddenly changed its course!"
"It turned around and charged southwest, which is our direction!"