Chapter 031 Door

Black fog rolled in front of the dormitory building.

The students swung their claws and dug deep into the cliff, then gritted their teeth and climbed quickly against the wind pressure.

Their legs pushed hard on various media, and through superpowers, props and will, they condensed a practical path in the abyss.

Crackling——

Some protective suits were damaged.

It wasn't physical damage, but the surging energy that penetrated the protective membrane, exposing the spirit body to the abyssal radiation.

The damage happened too early; we've only just reached Depth 1. Damage now would significantly reduce safety, and even if we complete the mission within 24 hours, it would be difficult to avoid deep erosion.

No one complained. People just tightened their muscles and continued to climb by kicking the hard material in a posture similar to standing on one leg.

Click.

Lin Lang was the first to climb up the cliff. She retracted her sharp wolf claws and walked towards the building that looked very regular and was basically a rectangular block.

"Classmate, wait a moment!"

A boy came over pushing an automatic wheelchair, followed by other students in cradles.

Xing Shuyao pushed up his glasses and explained quickly, "This building has been out of control for too long, and the [management rules] within it have likely been infiltrated by an anomaly. It's now harboring great hostility towards us, so everyone should try not to spread out too thinly."

"No matter how malicious you are, you still have to go in. The excavation ceremony lasts too short."

A little risk is more acceptable than completely missing out on a precious base.

Zheng Xiuli walked to the front door of the building. She raised her hand and carefully touched the metal door with her plastic gloves.

Buzz——

The invisible energy waves made the students frown, and the tinnitus was so strong that it felt like a needle was piercing their heads!

"We've tried everything, even using Xiaoyu's prediction..."

As soon as Xing Shuyao finished speaking, he heard a loud bang.

"who?!"

Lin Lang kicked aside a piece of broken glass and gestured to everyone, "Borderlands experience: if you can't open a door, just go around it."

…

Lin Lang climbed in through the window nimbly. The dormitory building was dark, with no lights that symbolized civilization and stability.

She crouched low, even trying to keep her breathing quiet: there were very few anomalies that relied on sound to identify directions, but if she encountered a rule of "die if you make noise" right after entering, she would be too unlucky to die.

As for extreme rules such as "Speak and you die" and "Make a sound and you die", they only occur in areas that are seriously out of control.

The dormitory building was once human territory after all. As long as you are not unlucky enough to hit the lord of the current area with your face, it is basically impossible to encounter him.

Tick, tick, tick.

There was a sound of dripping water coming from not far away, and it felt like there was a leaking water pipe next to my ear.

Leaking or counting down? There's no such thing as a "faucet left open centuries ago" here.

Tick.

A drop of dark liquid brushed against the bridge of the nose and rolled to the side of the feet.

Rustle——

The liquid jumped up from the spot the moment it landed, turned into a sharp spear, and flew towards Lin Lang's eyes!

Ding ding!

The spear hit an invisible barrier and bounced back with a ding.

Lin Lang tensed his muscles and looked back. A boy passed by, chewing gum and slurring his words: "Next time you go on a reconnaissance, remember to form a zigzag formation with your companions. This is not a no-man's land. We need to coordinate our abilities."

"…Okay, thank you." Lin Lang shrugged. She could have easily dodged that attack. But he was right. Since she had joined Taoli Academy's exploration team, she would have to get used to teamwork sooner or later.

With her wolf-like mutant identity and physical psychic abilities, she's truly the perfect fit for the role of a scout... eh?

For some reason, Lin Lang suddenly thought of the scene where he and Xiao'e were killing everyone in the carriage, and the glorious moment when they suppressed the believers with all their strength.

If we could block out those weird superpowers and anomalies at all times, how powerful I...humans would be.

The innocent thought disappeared in an instant, she suppressed her smile, and walked along the zigzag corridor, interweaving with other students from the physical fitness department.

Their exploration speed is not fast.

The corridor is only a few dozen meters long, but the environment is basically dark.

There are also many doors on both sides, some open and some closed. The investigators need to use their superpowers to sense when passing through open doors, remember the approximate energy fluctuations in their minds and feed them back to other companions.

There was a fork in the road ahead, and the corridor split into a T shape in front of them.

"Come back."

Xing Shuyao whispered instructions, and the students in charge of reconnaissance immediately retreated to the vicinity of his wheelchair and waited for the next instructions from the temporary captain.

After carefully listening to everyone's reports, he drew a rough outline of the corridor in his notebook. He then circled three doors and outlined their energy ranges with wavy lines next to them.

"Light rain."

Xing Shuyao moved his wheelchair a little to the side and gently asked a blind girl, "I'm going to have everyone start exploring from the second door on the left. Can you use your superpowers to predict it?"

Ye Xiaoyu nodded.

Her eyes could not be opened, but instead she gained powerful prophetic abilities.

Unfortunately, the ability to predict in this era is subject to many limitations and often fails at long distances. Otherwise, a rare talent like her would not have to take the risk herself.

Half a minute later, a few beads of sweat formed on Ye Xiaoyu's temples. She bit her lip dryly. "It's OK. It should be safer there... But I can sense a very... very dangerous energy chasing us."

"It's okay. It's good that you can choose a relatively safe path. If you feel that danger is very close, remember to warn everyone."

Xing Shuyao looked around the crowd for a while and picked out several students with the strongest reaction abilities, including Lin Lang.

They dispersed in twos and threes, the first and second people to enter the room holding hands.

The girl in front of Lin Lang leaped into the room, standing on one leg, her movements like a game of stride. Lin Lang, now in wolf form, gripped the girl's wrist tightly with his claws, while his other hand touched the ground with his palm.

Click, the light comes on.

A light was on in the room, and the khaki light spread to the front of the corridor, seeping out more than ten centimeters.

It was a small, blank room, its wallpaper and the only table a snow-white, stained only by the light, which cast a burnt yellow hue.

Everyone, including Lin Lang, looked at the furnishings inside nervously, even trying to memorize the small patterns on the floor.

Three, two, one.

Three seconds passed and the lights went out.

Tick, tick, tick.

The sound of water rang in my ears again.

"Be careful!" Lin Lang immediately thought of what had just happened and pulled the girl in front of him.

Her companion was not stunned either. She pressed the bulge on the side of her thigh as quickly as possible. With a click, an arc of azure light immediately spread to her waist.

But it's still a little slow.

Suddenly, a hole appeared on the girl's left shoulder. There was not a drop of blood outside, only the cross-section of muscles and mucus wriggling.

"Woo," she clenched her teeth and refused to scream.

one two three.

The lights turned on again, and a hint of dark brown appeared in the empty room.

The dark brown spot looked like a blood clot for one second, but in just two breaths it quickly grew into a gnarled tumor, trembling under the light.

"What is that thing?"

The bloody hole on the girl's shoulder had been temporarily solidified by the gel thrown by her companions, but when she turned her head, she saw a disgusting thing that seemed to have separated from her body.

Three seconds later, the lights went out again.

Rustle, rustle.

The suggestive sound approached quickly, growing louder and louder...

"Get out of my way!"

She couldn't help but shake off Lin Lang's hand, took out a fluorescent dagger from her waist, and poured her superpowers into the blade.

"Go to hell—"

Using her [Cut] ability to its fullest, she slashed thirty-six times in a flash, each one fierce and deadly. She even cut the same thread-sized wound three or five times in a row, completely disintegrating it.

Wow, wow, wow.

The sticky liquid sprayed onto the floor, and with a plop, something fell down along with the "monster".

The lights came on and a headless body slumped to the floor.

The flesh and blood separated from the corpse bit by bit, forming a larger and uglier teratoma, with hair and undeveloped bone fragments clearly visible.

It grinned, revealing its teeth.

"Don't move! Don't move."

Xing Shuyao sat at the door and raised her voice, "Lin Lang...you go in first. Zheng Xiuli, who's behind, hold Lin Lang's hand. Zhao Zhenyi, get ready."

His voice was relatively steady, but his fingers on the armrests were tightly gripping the chair.

Blood dripped down the corner of her bitten mouth. Countless thoughts stirred in Xing Shuyao's mind at the same time: Zheng Xiuli's superpower could make objects explode, allowing her to get close to Lin Lang. In the most extreme cases, perhaps -

Wait a minute, then Lin Lang will definitely not survive.

I'm just using her as bait. The survival of more people is more important!

No, there must, must be a better way.

Xing Shuyao can feel the good and evil, the good and the bad of everything.

The innate "gift" is more vague than a prophecy and is filled with idealistic existence. Even the boiled water you drink and the words spoken casually by passers-by will have a humanized color.

He must sift through the overly redundant and noisy feelings to find the right information and lead everyone to the best and only way out...!

If it were you, you would definitely be able to think it through.

Since Xing Shuyao said so, I'll give it a try...

Can you do it?

Countless gazes floated in his mind, and the flicker in his eyes gradually stopped and gathered into a strong point of light.

Yes, I can do it.

The moment the light came on, Xing Shuyao raised his hand and pointed at the monster flying towards him: "Shine the light on it! Turn on the backup light source of the protective helmet!!"

The companions he chose never let him down. Before the sound of water drops fell to the ground, three or four beams of light shot into the room at the same time.

Sizzle——

The light landed on the monster, holding it in place like a nail.

Guessed it right!

Xing Shuyao slowly relaxed her nails. This monster had something to do with the light in the room. It would only attack in a dark environment!

Click, and the lights in the room went out.

Everyone stared nervously at the teratoma that was half a person's height.

"Squeak, squeak."

The teeth in its mouth moved back and forth with its tongue, and the speed of its movement became faster and faster.

A huge sense of crisis suddenly descended upon Xing Shuyao, and he shuddered: Isn't that enough? It really didn't attack. Everyone pointed all the light sources at the room, so -

So the lights outside are off.

Oh no!

"Everyone, turn on the lights quickly, turn half of them, boys, move the lights towards——"

Where to move?

The corridor is so wide and long, and there are so many people.

How many can you protect?

Can you guarantee that you will survive?

The best answer is of course to move towards the door so that the monster cannot get out.

Sacrifice two people here, maybe three. And then what? There are many more rooms behind, each one more dangerous.

The organization needs us to purify this place as much as possible, finally seize control of the treasure, and re-establish the ownership of this dormitory building.

I still have 103 companions around me... Is that enough? No, how could I think so.

From the moment I opened the door, I made the wrong decision.

How long can a loser like me last?

A huge fear rose in my heart, which was despair about the unknown future.

If only...if only someone could turn on all the lights.

Tick, tick, tick.

So that's how it is. Malice is so close, and it chose me.

It's really an honor to be considered the most valuable guy.

To die for others is truly... an honor.

"Everyone, turn on the light—"

The strong light source stung his eyes, and he tilted his head back, tears streaming down his face.