Chapter 40 Encountering Danger

"There's something wrong with this Zhong Ling."

When Dang Hongyuan appeared, Sui Cheng and Lü Zhi instinctively stepped back. After hearing Zhong Ling's speech, Lü Zhi felt that there was something wrong with this person.

He leaned down and whispered in his companion's ear, reminding him, "You need to watch out for this brother and sister."

Sui Cheng glanced in Zhong Qi's direction. If looks could kill, he and Lu Zhi would probably have been torn to pieces by his gaze long ago.

"You're the one who should be careful," the attendant whispered. "That Zhong Qi must hate you to death."

"Would I be worried?" Lu Zhi asked seriously. "Do you think I'd be afraid of him?"

The passenger consciously shut his mouth. Yes, how could a law enforcement officer be afraid? He's not even human. It's Zhong Qi who should be afraid.

As soon as it was light, they packed their things and prepared to set off.

The current situation of the main force is that only the Zero Hour Squad, led by Zhong Ling and Zhong Qi, has arrived from Base One. There are fifteen people in total. Apart from Zhong Qi, the strongest one is probably the man next to Zhong Ling, named Zhuang Zhong. As for Zhong Ling, she is the most unfathomable.

There are five teams with forty people at the Qinglong base. The main leader of the teams is Qian Kaikang, a confidant of Bai Xuefeng.

The Huaxia base has the most people, with fifteen special operations teams and five reconnaissance teams.

Judging from the sheer number of people, the power of discourse rests with the Huaxia base. Moreover, the leader of their base is Dang Hongyuan, the captain of the special forces, who was a true major general before the apocalypse.

The group's next stop was Crescent Lake, which used to be a very famous scenic spot and became a tourist destination every summer. To get to Crescent Lake, you have to go through a tunnel.

The Keshan Tunnel is 15 kilometers long, and the closest city to it is Kunming. Here, the climate is like spring all year round, with flowers, trees, mountains and valleys, rivers and lakes.

This place is undoubtedly a dangerous area.

They drove smoothly ahead without encountering anything particularly serious, but when they reached the Keshan Tunnel, the probe carrying them started blaring alarms.

I turned on the explorer's screen and saw many red dots ahead, similar in color but very dense.

Dang Hongyuan immediately ordered the car to stop and then sent several teams ahead to scout.

The other two bases couldn't stay out of it either. Zhong Qi volunteered to go, his attitude extremely arrogant, as if he didn't take those alien species seriously at all.

Zhong Ling didn't say anything, and then let the other three go with Zhong Qi.

The tunnel was dark, and they searched around with their headlamps, but found nothing unusual.

One of them carried a probe, but instead of frantically sounding alarms like they would outside, they remained remarkably calm.

Experienced mission takers know that the calmer the situation, the more suspicious it is, and they plan to send someone back to report.

Zhong Qi crossed his arms and said with a disdainful look, "So what if it's a mutant? What's there to be afraid of!"

One of the special operations team members said with a hint of displeasure, "You're so young, how many missions have you been on?"

Zhong Qi sneered, "Once, but the first time I carried out a mission, I took down a high-level species all by myself."

His pride was overflowing, which only made others more disdainful.

As expected of a young person, thinking he's incredibly capable after only dealing with one mutant. This shows he hasn't experienced the harsh realities of life.

"Beep beep." The explorer emitted a sound, instantly transforming from a few small red dots into a dense cluster.

The sound of flapping wings came from the air. The special operations team quickly shone their lights in the direction of the sound and found that the tunnel ceiling was covered with a dense swarm of bats, each with bloodshot eyes staring at them as if they were prey.

"Too many. Retreat quickly. Qiangzi, prepare fire and be ready to attack at any time. We'll slowly kick them back." The special operations team leader quickly calmed down, made a swift decision, and issued a concise order.

But there are always some people who don't understand what's being said in this situation.

Zhong Qi, self-righteous and arrogant, said sternly, "Why are you running? There's only so little stuff. Just kill it and we're done."

After saying that, he started to act, and a strong wind swept through, startling all the bats.

"Puff puff puff." The tunnel was filled with the sound of flapping wings. Among them, a slightly larger bat hung upside down from the ceiling, its mouth opening and closing and emitting sound waves, commanding all the bats to launch an attack.

"Qiangzi, fire!"

A huge wall of fire blocked the way for the big guy. The bat was afraid of fire and didn't dare to get close, but a sudden gust of wind blew the wall of fire away.

The instigator not only didn't know he was wrong, but also stood there smugly saying, "Your fire wall is too weak, come and see my lightning wall!"

"Captain, what should we do?" Qiangzi asked, his face covered in sweat.

"They retreated one after another. Dahe, you run fast, go and tell the Party and the team the news."

"good."

"This kid is asking for it."

Zhong Qi and his three teammates confronted the swarm of bats head-on. At first, they didn't think it was a big deal, but as time went on, the number of bats not only didn't decrease but increased, making it increasingly difficult for him.

"Qiangzi, let's go, help him." The squad leader immediately gave the order, and then he and Qiangzi worked together to rescue Zhong Qi, whose superpowers were almost exhausted.

Just then, the large bat that had been watching flapped its wings and swooped down.

"Captain, watch out!" Qiangzi shouted, and hurriedly used the fire net to block the bats, but it was too late. He tried to block them with his body and was bitten on the shoulder by a bat.

"Qiangzi, bang!" The captain's hands turned into iron hands, directly prying open the bat's head, and he quickly left with Qiangzi.

The smell of blood made the bats even more aggressive.

With a look of terror on his face, Zhong Qi abandoned everyone and ran outside.

They had been inside the tunnel for at least two or three kilometers, being chased by bats along the way. Meanwhile, on the other side of the river, he had reached the tunnel entrance and shouted to Dang Hongyuan, "Team Leader Dang, there are a lot of mutated bats inside. The captain and the others are holding them off."

"Teams Three and Four, proceed to provide support immediately."

The third and fourth teams arranged by Dang Hongyuan immediately entered the tunnel and soon encountered Zhong Qi.

After Zhong Qi's blatant provocation of the accompanying passengers, the superhumans at the Huaxia base didn't like him very much. Whenever they saw him, they would ask with a stern face, "Where are Captain Lin and the others?"

Seeing Zhong Qi in such a disheveled state, he felt extremely ashamed and ran away without uttering a word when they asked him questions.

"Something must have happened, let's go." The captains of the third and fourth teams were no pushovers either, and they immediately realized that something was wrong.

When people outside saw Zhong Qi come out looking disheveled, they knew something was definitely wrong inside. But when they asked him, he had a dark expression and couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

This further diminished many people's positive feelings towards him.

A useless person with only strength and temper, but no brains.