The unfamiliar middle-aged men at the K3 base all had pale faces and were huddled close to the door, their bodies tense.

One of them, who was slightly overweight, rushed out the door the moment it opened, and knelt in the corridor, vomiting so badly he felt like he was going to vomit bile.

In the shadows at the far end of the room, Lin Xiaobao stood with his back to the door, tightly hugging a severed arm, his whole body curled up.

Not far in front of her, a black tide of countless mutated ants had piled up into a small mountain, swaying and teetering on the verge of collapse.

Sticky blood spread along the floor all the way to Lu Sheng and the others' feet, a shocking expanse of red.

A few seconds later, the ant hill suddenly collapsed, scattering into a pile of white bones buried under the black tide.

The ants slowly crawled a few steps, then collapsed to the ground and remained motionless.

"Did Sister Mei use that skill again?"

Lu Sheng quickly walked behind Lin Xiaobao and took out a women's windbreaker from his spatial storage.

When going through security at Dongsheng Group, everyone is not allowed to carry backpacks or luggage, so Lin Xiaobao and the others did not have any spare clothes for Ma Dongmei.

Lin Xiaobao looked up when he heard this, his eyes red. "Yeah, Lu Song and the others had been using fire magic to deal with those ants, but these insects were too fast and they just couldn't handle them."

"Isn't Sister Mei's poison bait ability only effective against low-level zombies? It works on mutated insects too, right?"

Sensing the rapid changes in the severed limb in Lin Xiaobao's arms, Han Rui and Sun Tiantian took off their coats to block out the light and surrounded Lin Xiaobao on the inside.

Five minutes have passed exactly.

"Anything lower than me is acceptable, even people."

Ma Dongmei wriggled out of Lin Xiaobao's arms and casually flicked her nose, saying, "I'm not dead yet, why are you crying already?"

"You were eaten alive by so many ants, how painful must it have been for you..."

Lin Xiaobao burst into tears and clung to Ma Dongmei, refusing to let go.

Thinking of the teeth-grinding chewing sound just now, Han Rui couldn't help but shudder.

The thought of being devoured by sharp mouthparts is enough to send shivers down your spine.

"Alright, stop crying. I've used up my only superpower, and I'll be a cripple for the next 24 hours. You have to protect me."

Ma Dongmei pushed Lin Xiaobao away, quickly changed into her windbreaker, and, in her signature move, picked up a Xuanhemen cigarette, then beckoned to Lu Sheng with her finger.

Lu Sheng: "..."

So you've got your eye on her pig, haven't you? You always use the spray bottle as a lighter.

"Who knows what kind of trouble they'll cause next? You guys take these things for now."

Lu Sheng snapped his fingers and lit a cigarette for Ma Dongmei. He then took out some compressed biscuits and a tourniquet from his spatial storage and handed them to her.

This first test shows that Chen Dongsheng is a pervert. Just in case, she gave Ma Dongmei and the others some spare items.

"No need for formalities, I'll treat you to mutated bullfrogs when we get back to the base." Ma Dongmei wasn't one to stand on ceremony, and after accepting the gift, she nodded her thanks to Lu Sheng.

In just a few minutes, the people from Dongsheng Group had cleaned up the ants outside.

Each rest room was badly damaged, with many squads completely wiped out. When the doors were opened, only a few white skeletons remained in the rooms.

"That's fucking perverted. Does this guy have some kind of twisted sense of humor?"

As the corpses, mangled beyond recognition by ants, were carried away one after another, Zhang Xiaojuan frowned and cursed.

The man, who had just vomited all over the floor, was so frightened when he saw Ma Dongmei standing alive next to Lin Xiaobao that he cried out and hid behind Lü Song.

"Wang Hao, Sister Mei is doing this for us, is it really necessary for you to go this far?"

The bespectacled guy glanced at the man and muttered something under his breath.

Ma Dongmei took a drag of her cigarette with a half-smile, "Coward."

Under the gaze of everyone, Wang Hao reluctantly crawled out from behind Lü Song.

"He's a careerist who just wants to come here, make a quick buck, and get promoted when he gets back. Don't pay any attention to him," Lin Xiaobao whispered to Lu Sheng and the others.

As soon as she finished speaking, the previous guide reappeared in front of everyone with a smile.

After the first round, only eight teams remain.

Only Lu Sheng's team was at full health, K3 lost Mei Jie's important superpower, and the remaining six teams all had people injured to varying degrees.

The guide led the eight teams out of the lounge and pointed to the ten elevators lined up in parallel in front of them.

"You have five minutes to choose, but once the elevator departs, you can't change your choice."

She smiled, revealing eight pearly white teeth. "You can continue with your previous teamwork, or you can choose new teammates now. Of course, if you're confident enough, you can also act alone. From now on, there are no restrictions."

"Each elevator has a different destination."

"Luck is also a part of strength."

Ma Dongmei had just finished smoking her cigarette and threw it on the ground, stomping on it a few times. "She's getting more and more perverted."

"Which one should we choose?" Sun Tiantian asked Lu Sheng.

"This one will do."

Lu Sheng casually pointed to the elevator closest to the group.

"See? Strong people never complain about luck or circumstances." Zhang Xiaojuan, with a fanboy's expression, followed Lu Sheng into the elevator.

The people at K3 base looked at each other, hesitating whether to squeeze into the elevator with Lu Sheng and the others.

"Shall we follow them? There's strength in numbers," Wang Hao suggested cautiously to Lü Song, avoiding Ma Dongmei's gaze.

"no."

Ma Dongmei interrupted Wang Hao, "Didn't you hear what I just said? Every elevator has a different destination; it all depends on luck."

"What if we squeeze into one elevator from both sides, and then encounter a difficult person, and the whole group is wiped out?"

"Splitting into two teams will give us at least one more chance."

After saying that, Ma Dongmei took the lead and went into an elevator.

The rest of the group agreed with Ma Dongmei's words and followed suit. Although Wang Hao was reluctant, he had no choice but to go with the crowd.

Beep beep beep.

An announcement sounded, and the elevator plummeted downwards.

A dozen seconds later, it stopped on the fifth basement level.

The moment the elevator stopped, all the lights went out, and the only sound was the elevator door opening.

A chill suddenly crept in through the open door, making Han Rui sneeze involuntarily.

Lu Sheng and Sun Tiantian, who seemed to have built-in frost resistance, were the first to step out of the elevator.

"Can you smell it? It smells fishy."

As soon as she stepped out of the elevator, Sun Tiantian covered her nose.

Lu Sheng took out several headlamp-style miner's lamps from his spatial storage and distributed them to the people behind him, using them in conjunction with flashlights to illuminate the situation ahead.

Exiting the elevator shaft, there is a narrow, cramped path, eerily gloomy and strange.

The cramped and secluded environment naturally creates a great sense of oppression, making people involuntarily tense and depressed.

Coupled with the complete darkness, the group's hearts instinctively tightened.

"Should we go inside?" Sun Tiantian touched Lu Sheng's hungry fingers.

"Wait."

Lu Sheng stopped and released Zhuangzhuang from the space.