Chapter 473 The Underground Laboratory.

After a thorough inventory and calculation, the person in charge of statistics returned to report.

"Captain Liang, if the rationing is strictly controlled, the food and drinking water should be enough to sustain all of us here for about ten to twelve days."

The backup generator's fuel, if used only to maintain minimal lighting and life support systems, can last approximately fifteen days.

After listening to the report, Liang Xin remained silent for a moment, then took a deep breath and spoke to the crowd that had gathered around him.

"You heard that? The situation isn't at its worst yet. Just wait! The base commander will definitely come looking for us!"

"But Captain Liang, the explosion lasted for more than ten minutes before it stopped. There must be something going on outside..." Someone was still worried.

Liang Xin interrupted him: "We have enough food and electricity to last us for many days."

So, we'll set a two-day limit! If the base commander hasn't returned or there's no news within two days, we'll concentrate all our resources and try to save ourselves!

Now, everyone stay calm! Conserve your energy!

Thus, the researchers and security personnel trapped underground could only suppress their unease and fear, gathering behind the main gate of the laboratory, either sitting or standing.

......

At this very moment, Shi Xu was half-squatting by the door, his fingertips lightly touching the identification device that was flashing a faint red light, his brows furrowing more and more tightly.

"This is the highest level of iris recognition encryption system, with built-in anti-brute-force cracking program, so it probably won't be able to be opened for a while."

And this material..." He felt the recoil from his fingertips: "It should be an alloy mixed with special elements, with extremely high hardness and toughness, making it difficult to work with conventional methods..."

Before he could finish his analysis, Lu Nange's eyes sharpened.

With a wave of his hand, a sharp wind blade, avoiding Shi Xu's direction, struck the upper middle part of the silver gate!

Almost simultaneously, Lu Beiye, who had been watching her sister's movements closely, raised her hand and manipulated her metal-type ability to instantly condense a huge golden sword at the point where the wind blades attacked.

Overlapping with the wind blade, and enhanced by the dual supernatural abilities, a series of dazzling sparks erupted from the spot where the metal door was struck...

Upon seeing this, Luo Xingyou immediately understood. Her body surged with metal energy, and a highly compressed metal longsword took shape. She then slashed down fiercely at the same point where Lu Nange and Lu Beiye were attacking!

"boom..."

"Clang..."

"Sizzle..."

The three of them were hacking away at the same area with tremendous force...

The violent energy radiated outwards from the gate, causing everyone's clothes to flutter...

The specially made alloy door was cleaved open with a hideous crack by the combined forces of these three forces!

Through the crack, you can even see the lit stairwell inside!

Shi Xu's unfinished analysis, "It's not easy to drive," simply drifted away into the air...

Lu Xici: "Faced with absolute power, all fancy defenses are superfluous!"

Lu Nange and her two companions launched another attack!

Wind blades, golden swords, and heavy metal hammers... unleashing a furious barrage of attacks towards the edge of the rift!

After several ferocious attacks, a loud "boom" was heard, and a square metal block was finally cut off and smashed straight into the stairwell below!

"ah--!"

"What is that?!"

"careful!"

From below the stairs came panicked screams and muffled thuds of heavy objects hitting flesh; clearly, the Rock's superhuman had been hit squarely by the falling "door".

Lu Nange stopped and stood still: "Get ready, there are quite a few superhumans below, and the aura of zombies is mixed in."

She suddenly remembered something and turned to Yu Wei, saying, "Yu Wei, go downstairs and pick up that piece of door that fell down... It's made of good material; keep it for when you need to throw it at someone."

"Okay, Miss Lu!" Yu Wei nodded quickly.

"Xu-ge and I will lead the way, Yan-ge, you guys follow..." Lu Nange quickly deployed the troops, her gaze sweeping over the group behind her: "Those in the back, stay alert and maintain formation."

Chi Yanzhou: "Ci-ge, A-Qi, Ji Xian, Chi Yi... you take Sang Che and the others to cover the rear..."

Lu Xici, Gu Qi, and the other three nodded in unison and walked towards the back of the group...

Lu Nange tucked the branch from her shoulder into Lu Beiye's arms: "You must stay close to me."

Lu Beiye: "Okay, sister."

She looked up at the macaw circling in the air and instructed, "Gangzi, come down and protect Sister Wenqing."

"Caw!" Gangzi let out a short cry, its body shrank, its wings fluttered gently, and it hovered on Wen Qing's shoulder.

After making the arrangements, Lu Nange and Shi Xu exchanged a glance and stepped onto the stairs leading underground.

The moment their feet touched the ground, their spiritual energy rapidly spread downwards along the deep staircase.

At this moment, inside the underground laboratory, Liang Xin, who had escaped the "door panel" disaster, was leading the surviving superhumans in a panic toward the stairwell.

"Hurry up! We have to get out of here!"

However, before they even got close to the stairwell, a terrifying mental pressure descended upon them like a mountain crashing down on them!

"Ugh!"

Liang Xin and several other level-five ability users felt as if their heads had been hit by a heavy hammer. With a "thud," they uncontrollably knelt on the ground, veins bulging on their foreheads, clutching their heads in pain.

Those lower-level ability users, at levels three and four, fared even worse, dying instantly from headshots, their bodies splattering red and white matter everywhere...

Fresh blood slowly flowed down the cold ground...

Lu Nange and her group swaggered down the stairs and stood in front of Liang Xin and the others who were struggling in pain.

Despite the excruciating pain in his head, Liang Xin struggled to lift his head and look at the uninvited guests before him: "Who...who are you people?"

Lu Nange looked down at him: "Lead the way, or die?"

Almost simultaneously, the survivors, propping their heads up, shouted in unison...

"I'll lead the way!"

"I know the way!"

"We'll lead the way!"

Shi Xu: "No, there are too many of you. We only need... one."

Liang Xin quickly interjected, "Me! I know it best! I'm familiar with the entire layout of the lab!"

A man in a white lab coat wearing glasses suddenly spoke up: "I know everything he knows, but only I know the experimental data here!"

He's just a guard; he doesn't know anything about research!

Liang Xin whirled around, his eyes blazing with fury as he glared at the speaker: "Cai Xun, you bastard!"

Cai Xun: "Liang Xin, what's wrong with wanting to live?"

Gu Wan: "What a good dog-eat-dog show!"

Shi Xu whispered, "Brother Yan, Nan Nan... I want to learn how to do that experiment."

Lu Nange's gaze swept over the people kneeling on the ground: "Hmm... Brother Yan, A Ye, Brother Xu, one for each of you directly opposite?"

As the four attacked simultaneously, Liang Xin and the others stared wide-eyed as they fell straight to the ground...

Just then, all the team members from the Flameheart Base had entered the laboratory in an orderly manner and lined up in the corridor.

Shi Xu looked at Cai Xun, the only survivor: "What, aren't you getting up yet? Want to stay with them?"

Cai Xun trembled, scrambling to his feet, his face pale: "N-no, I wouldn't dare..."