Chapter 151 Infected Group

"Don't touch it!" Su Wanqing shouted.

The girl ignored her and continued to stroke the pendant gently, mumbling something to herself.

Her voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible, but Su Wanqing keenly noticed that there was no nervous expression on her face, but instead a strange calmness.

"What... is she doing?" Xiao Ran's voice came from behind. He was trying his best to resist the zombies' attack, and the wounds on his body were increasing.

"I don't know." Su Wanqing frowned, and she felt a sense of uneasiness spreading in her heart.

Suddenly, there was a more violent roar outside the warehouse. The zombies' attack frequency increased, and they rushed towards the warehouse more frantically, as if driven by some kind of command.

"Defensive formation! We must hold on!" Su Wanqing shouted loudly.

Lin Che's water wall completely collapsed, and cracks began to appear on Xiao Ran's body.

Lu Zhao's communication equipment completely failed and they lost contact with the outside world.

"Damn it! What's going on with this pendant?" Lu Zhao said angrily.

The vibration of the pendant became more and more violent, like an out-of-control engine, releasing energy madly.

Su Wanqing felt her mind was in a mess and she couldn't concentrate on thinking.

"Keep your voice down!" Xiao Ran roared, his voice already becoming hoarse, "Stop making noise! ​​I can't hold on any longer!"

At this moment, the girl suddenly raised her head and said to the air: "They... are back."

Su Wanqing's body shook violently, and she felt a chill rising up her spine.

She didn't know what the "they" the girl was talking about were, but she knew that the situation had become very bad.

"Lu Zhao, check the identity of this girl!" Su Wanqing shouted to Lu Zhao.

"Trying!" Lu Zhao replied, "But... the signal is too interfered, I can't access any database!"

“Lin Che, seal the pendant with a lead box!” Su Wanqing said again.

"Okay!" Lin Che replied.

Just as Lin Che was about to take action, Lu Zhao suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no! The virus data code on the RV...is also starting to become abnormal!"

"Save the data! Analyze the data!" Su Wanqing said, "We must know what happened!"

"Su Wanqing..." Xiao Ran's voice sounded in his ears, his tone weak, "We...can't hold on any longer!"

"Hold on!" Su Wanqing said, "We still have a chance!"

Several zombies broke through Xiao Ran's defense and pounced towards Su Wanqing.

She quickly pulled out her gun and fired at the zombies, her bullets hitting their heads accurately and knocking them to the ground.

"Ye, cover!" Su Wanqing shouted at Lin Che, her heart filled with anxiety.

She knew that they were facing a powerful enemy and a conspiracy hidden in the darkness.

Lin Che immediately activated his water ability, forming a water shield to block the zombies' attack.

But there were too many zombies, and the water shield was quickly broken.

"Retreat!" Su Wanqing shouted, "We must leave here!"

Just as they were about to retreat, the girl suddenly stretched out her hand and pointed to the corner of the warehouse.

Her eyes were empty and cold, like an ancient statue.

"There..." she whispered, "is...the entrance."

Su Wanqing looked in the direction the girl pointed and found a hidden door in the corner with some strange symbols engraved on it.

"Entrance?" Lu Zhao asked puzzledly.

"Let's go!" Su Wanqing said, "We must find out the truth of everything here!"

"This frequency... points over there." Lu Zhao pointed at the fluctuating curve on the communication device screen. He slid his finger across the screen and finally locked onto a direction. "Area 13, deep inside the laboratory. The attack path of the zombie tide is highly similar to the frequency band of a room there."

Su Wanqing frowned slightly, and she stared at Lu Zhao's screen. "Area 13? Isn't that the control area of ​​the core laboratory? It has been blocked all the time."

"The blockade may only be relative." Xiao Ran said in a low voice, "The scale and movement of the zombie tide are by no means a natural surge. Someone is controlling them, and Area 13 is likely the source of their control."

Lin Che did not speak. He just pressed the pendant lightly with his hand, feeling the increasingly strong vibration.

He could feel that the pendant seemed to be guiding them in that direction.

"Let's go." Su Wanqing said decisively, "We must find the source of the zombie tide and stop this crisis."

The group walked cautiously towards the depths of the laboratory. The atmosphere in the corridor was oppressive and heavy, and the air was filled with a foul smell.

The walls were covered with dried blood, and various experimental equipment and broken glass bottles were scattered on the ground.

Soon, they arrived at the entrance to Area 13. There was a huge metal door with complex electronic locks and security devices.

Su Wanqing walked to the door and tried to enter the password, but it was obvious that the door had been completely blocked.

"Looks like I have no choice but to force my way in." Xiao Ran clenched his fists, and his muscles began to swell, as if they would burst out with powerful force at any time.

“Wait.” Lin Che raised her hand to stop Xiao Ran’s actions.

"Try it with water."

Lin Che took a deep breath, concentrated his energy, and injected his water-based abilities into the gap in the door lock.

Under his control, the water slowly seeped into the door lock, trying to destroy its structure.

However, the door lock's defense system was much more powerful than they thought.

The water flow cannot penetrate the layers of protection and can only form a thin water film around the door lock.

“No, the defense level of this door lock is too high, and water-based abilities cannot break it.” Lin Che shook his head.

"Then we can only use brute force." Xiao Ran clenched his fists again and punched the metal door hard.

“Bang!”

There was a loud bang and the metal door vibrated dully, but there was no sign of damage.

"This door is too strong." Xiao Ran frowned, "It may be difficult to break it open with brute force."

At this moment, Su Wanqing suddenly discovered that there was an area corroded by the virus on the wall on one side of the metal door.

The walls there had become loose and even cracked.

"Over there." Su Wanqing pointed to the wall corroded by the virus and said, "Maybe we can break through from there."

Xiao Ran rushed towards the wall without hesitation. He raised his fist again and smashed it hard.

This time, the wall finally couldn't withstand his strength and made a collapsing sound.

"boom!"

Pieces of concrete fell from the wall, and a gap soon appeared in front of everyone.

"Be careful." Su Wanqing reminded.

The group carefully passed through the gap and entered the interior of Area 13.

This is a huge space filled with various experimental equipment and instruments.

Despite the long period of abandonment, the equipment here is still in operation with backup power.

"This... this is simply an underground laboratory." Lu Zhao exclaimed.

Su Wanqing looked around and her eyes fell on piles of experimental recording chips.

"If we find these, we may find some clues."

Everyone began to search for experimental recording chips in the laboratory. Soon, they found some broken chips and connected them to Lu Zhao's equipment.

"The contents recorded by these chips... point to the internal control operating system for the spread of the virus?" Lu Zhao's voice trembled a little.

"Internal control operating system?" Su Wanqing asked.

"That's right." Lu Zhao explained, "These data show that the spread of the virus is not completely random, but is controlled by a certain system.

And this system is likely hidden in this laboratory."

At this moment, the girl suddenly screamed, she clutched the corner of her clothes tightly with both hands, and her body shook violently.

"What's wrong?" Su Wanqing walked to the girl and asked with concern.

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The girl's eyes were in confusion. She pointed to the depths of the laboratory and said in a trembling voice, "No... don't go there... I... I'm scared..."

Su Wanqing looked at the girl in confusion. She tried to comfort her and said, "It's okay. We are just here to investigate. There will be no danger."

However, the girl did not calm down. Instead, her expression became more frightened, and there was even a flash of hostility in her eyes.

She bit her lips tightly and stood stiffly, as if she would collapse at any moment.

“She…what’s wrong with her?” Lin Che frowned. He could sense the strange aura coming from the girl.

Su Wanqing also noticed the girl's abnormality. She knew that this girl was hiding some secret.

"I need to check." Su Wanqing said, "Lu Zhao, continue to crack the chip, Lin Che, strengthen the vigilance, Xiao Ran, be ready to deal with any emergency at any time."

"Understood." Everyone responded.

As time passed, Lu Zhao continued to tap on the keyboard of the device, trying to crack more chip data.

Su Wanqing has been paying attention to the girl's movements.

Suddenly, Lu Zhao exclaimed: "Found it! The data recorded by these chips show that there is a main control area in the laboratory, where all the core data about the virus control system is stored!"

"Main control area? Where is it?" Su Wanqing asked.

"Right at the deepest part of the laboratory, there is a sealed room."

Lu Zhao replied, "The defense level of that room is very high, and it requires a special password to open it."

"Let's go." Su Wanqing gave the order, "We must find the main control area and find out the truth."

Lu Zhao's fingers slid rapidly across the holographic projection, and the densely packed characters on the screen kept changing.

His brows were furrowed, and his fingers were tapping the keyboard faster and faster, muttering to himself: "The encryption method is very old-fashioned, but the amount of data is huge... The main difficulty is that this thing does not use a standard protocol, it seems to be customized."

Su Wanqing stood beside him, looking at the codes jumping on the screen, feeling anxious.

Deep in the laboratory, the oppressive feeling of that sealed room still lingers.

"How's it going, Lu Zhao? How much can you decode?"

"Preliminary results are out." Lu Zhao's voice was a little excited. He magnified the content on the screen. "The document records the 'Beacon' plan and the 'Guidance' protocol. The core content is about a signal generator that can control the actions of the infected body, and... the theoretical use of a device called 'Medium'."

Su Wanqing's heart skipped a beat. "Medium? What are you talking about?"

Lu Zhao's fingertips slid across the screen, pointing to a drawing with a complex structure.

"According to the document, this medium can receive and amplify the instructions of the signal generator, thereby affecting the nervous system of the infected body and controlling their actions. In the blueprint, the core component of the medium...is very similar to the structure of the pendant."

Su Wanqing's eyes immediately fell on the pendant in Lin Che's hand.

The pendant hangs quietly, its surface smooth and warm, as if it is out of place in this gloomy laboratory.

A thought flashed through her mind: Could it be that the pendant was the tool developed by the research team to control the virus?

"This...how is this possible?" she murmured to herself, with a hint of disbelief in her voice.

Lin Che seemed to sense her gaze and subconsciously clenched his fists.

He could feel the vibrations coming from the pendant becoming stronger and stronger, and a feeling of uneasiness surged in his heart.

He pursed his lips slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but hesitated.

Xiao Ran stood in the corner, his arms folded across his chest, his face gloomy. He heard the conversation between Lu Zhao and Su Wanqing, and couldn't help but say, "If this is true, then this pendant is a time bomb. It must be destroyed immediately, otherwise we will all be in danger."

Su Wanqing looked at him firmly. "No, we can't destroy it now. We must first find more evidence to figure out what this pendant is and what it can do. If we destroy it hastily, we may lose our only chance to solve this mystery."

"Solve the mystery? Su Wanqing, you're taking too much risk!" Xiao Ran's voice rose eight degrees. "We are now facing a group of zombies and enemies hiding in the dark! We don't have time to study any mysterious things!"

"But destroying the pendants means we give up the opportunity to control this crisis."

Su Wanqing's rebuttal was calm, but her tone was unusually firm. "Lu Zhao, continue decoding. I need to know more about the 'Beacon' project."

Lu Zhao nodded and immersed himself in the world of code again.

Lin Che looked at the pendant in his hand, his heart filled with confusion. He keenly noticed that there seemed to be some special matching mechanism between the pendant and the signal generator mentioned in the document.

Every vibration of the pendant resonates with a certain frequency point on the file's structural diagram.

At this moment, the girl with a childish voice in the corner suddenly moved.

She just stood there blankly, staring ahead with empty eyes.

But now, she suddenly walked to a wall deep in the laboratory and gently touched a strange mark on the wall with her fingers.

"I found my switch." The girl's voice was weak and hoarse, but it was clearly heard by Su Wanqing.

Su Wanqing's pupils shrank suddenly. She immediately remembered the mark that the girl touched. It was a complex pattern composed of several geometric figures, which had appeared several times in the chip recorded in the experiment.

"Everyone, be alert!" Su Wanqing gave the order quickly, her voice full of vigilance.

She knew that the appearance of this girl was by no means accidental. She was probably hiding secrets about this laboratory, about the virus, and even about the pendant.

Xiao Ran immediately tightened his grip on the weapon in his hand and looked around vigilantly.

Lin Che's eyes were also fixed on the girl, and his water-based abilities had begun to quietly gather.

Lu Zhao was still cracking the data, but his fingers were trembling slightly.

"Who... who is she?" Su Wanqing's mind was full of questions.

The girl ignored Su Wanqing's gaze. She still stood in front of the wall, gently stroking the strange sign with her fingers, as if she was admiring a precious work of art.

There was no expression on her face, and her eyes were empty and confused.

Su Wanqing suppressed her uneasiness and said to Lu Zhao, "Continue decoding. I need to know more about this symbol."

Lu Zhao nodded and sped up the speed of cracking the data. After a few minutes, he finally found some relevant records.

"This symbol... is the logo of the 'Eden' Project." Lu Zhao's voice trembled a little. "According to the document, the 'Eden' Project is a highly confidential bioengineering project. Its purpose is to... create a super biological weapon that can control humans and infected bodies."

Su Wanqing's face turned pale. She finally realized that she and her team were involved in a conspiracy that was more dangerous than she had imagined.

"It seems that we must find out the truth as soon as possible." Su Wanqing's voice was low and firm.