A group of people ran frantically along the broken corridor and finally got into the safe house before the tremors became stronger.

After locking the door, Gu Qiongsheng finally felt a little relieved.

She turned around and looked at the person left behind.

Zhou Qing stood beside her with a worried look on her face. Apart from them, they were all soldiers under Zhou Feng or Zheng Hun, plus Gu Qiongsheng himself, a total of 6 people.

Fortunately, there weren't many people.

The water and food prepared in the safe house were enough for more than a dozen researchers to eat for more than a week. Now that there are fewer of them, they can last longer.

Moreover, they are not helpless researchers. Every one of them is at least at the peak of C-level combat power.

"When the earthquake is over, we'll go out and find a way out."

Gu Qiongsheng grabbed Zhou Qing's hand and whispered soothingly, "This kind of tremor usually doesn't last long. Even if the ventilation duct is blocked, there are other ways out of the institute. At worst, we can just go back the way we came and fight our way out—"

Before he could finish his words, the room suddenly shook violently.

The strongest shock wave of the earthquake has finally arrived!

An invisible shock wave burst out from deep within the earth's veins, sweeping like a violent wind, spreading across the entire crust in an instant.

At that moment, the house collapsed, the ground shook, and the walls and facilities inside the house began to tremble violently. Gu Qiongsheng felt as if he was stuffed into a washing machine, spinning, swinging, and shaking wildly among the sand and soil.

“Crack—”

The earth-shattering roar passed through the layers of defensive walls and reached everyone's ears from afar. It was as deafening as thunder.

It seemed as if a huge hole had been torn open deep underground in the research institute.

"Bang!"

Gu Qiongsheng held onto the wall, but before he could stand up straight, the whole room suddenly fell down rapidly.

A strong sense of weightlessness came over them, and the feeling of suffocation as their lungs were tightened enveloped everyone in an instant. The soldiers barely clung to the corner of the safe house, their blood boiling. Fear was like a giant hand, suddenly gripping everyone's heart!

“Boom!”

"Gudong, gudong!"

In order to enhance its earthquake resistance, the overall structure of the safe house is separated from the research institute and is surrounded by an elastic layer.

It was like a cube hanging at the bottom of the research institute, and at this moment, in the unprecedented strong shock, it somehow gradually separated from the main body and fell into the abyss.

The safe house bounced in the cracks in the ground, like a glass bead dropped down a slope, gulp, gulp.

Gulp, gulp!

The faster it rolls, the deeper it rolls!

It was as if two hammers were mercilessly hammering at their temples, and the group of people's faces were flushed red with frustration. The safe house's energy system emitted a dangerous "crackling" sound under the violent impact, and the door was also pressed by the huge force, gradually caving inwards.

“Bang!!”

There was an exceptionally loud bang.

The safe house hit a sharp stone spike, the door was pushed inward, and the front wall bulged out into a huge, sharp, and twisted shape!

"hiss……"

Someone in the room gasped in pain.

The searchlight came on again, and Gu Qiongsheng saw that several soldiers were covering their mouths in pain, with thin traces of blood flowing from the corners of their mouths.

The tremor just now was too violent, and the fall of the safe house was unexpected. They accidentally bit their tongues and gasped in pain.

Gu Qiongsheng looked at the blue bar on the system panel and muttered in a low voice: "Holy Light."

The purifying energy burst out and bounced back and forth on several people, quickly pulling everyone out of the terror of the earthquake.

Although the healing light array is more suitable for the size of the safe house and saves more mana, Gu Qiongsheng is really scared by the parasitic researcher.

This kind of parasite is too difficult to identify. Even in the gifted vision, the other party is still in the state of a normal human soul, and it is impossible to tell that there are spider worms hidden in the body.

Gu Qiongsheng was extremely grateful that she had chosen the "Purification" branch when upgrading her second skill.

But the situation remains serious.

After the tremors subsided, the safe house was found stuck on a rock somewhere at a 45-degree tilt. The walls were uneven, especially the door, which had been severely deformed after experiencing hundreds of collisions and squeezes in just a few minutes.

Zhou Qing pulled the door hard a few times and shook her head at Gu Qiongsheng.

The other warriors also stepped forward, but after trying, they all failed in disappointment.

"No, it can't be opened."

A soldier said helplessly: "This safe house is built completely according to the optimal defense mode. It perfectly matches the force balance state, so it can achieve the best disaster prevention effect."

"But before that... I don't know if it was when we rushed in to rescue people, or when we just entered the door, we rushed in too hastily and a piece of the wall was broken."

As he spoke, the soldier pointed the gap to Gu Qiongsheng.

Gu Qiongsheng looked at the long, narrow crack and took a deep breath. "...No, it's not our fault. The parasite destroyed it on purpose."

The broken edge was distinctly elongated, matching the size of the spider sting on the opponent's back. It was obvious that the opponent was pretending to be a researcher, and when he was evacuating from the safe house, he took advantage of the darkness to quietly destroy the wall.

Although the gap is small, it breaks the force balance in the safe zone.

This is the real reason why the safe house broke away from the main wall and fell into the deep crevice with them!

“…Damn Zerg!”

Someone was grinding his teeth behind me.

"What should we do now?" Gu Qiongsheng asked seriously, "How do we get out?"

She tried to repair it with her skills, but the hard stone spikes on the outside of the door that had severely deformed it would not disappear out of thin air. Even if her skills repaired the gap, it would never be restored to a state where it could be opened normally.

The soldier hesitated and shook his head: "Opening the door is impossible. If we want to get out, we have to break through the wall of the safe house, but..."

Gu Qiongsheng asked, "But what?"

The soldier spread his hands helplessly: "It's a federal A-level research institute, and the safe house also has A-level defense. In other words, if you want to penetrate it, you must have a mental power above A-level."

As he spoke, he raised his head and glanced at the crowd, his expression becoming increasingly dejected. "But the only A-level members of our team are Lieutenant Colonel Zhou and Lieutenant Colonel Zheng. Now that they're both gone, the highest among us is only B-level."

There was silence in the safe house for a moment.

A faint breeze flowed through the narrow room, passing around everyone's hair, bringing with it a heart-wrenching restlessness.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Qiongsheng suppressed his anxiety and said calmly, "No matter what, let's give it a try."

"Although there are no A-level ones, we have a lot of people."

…

The ground was also in a mess at this moment.

The tremor just now was stronger than the previous one. Now the snow-white dome of the institute has sunk deeply into the ground. Not only it, but also several large areas of ruins around it have collapsed to varying degrees. The most serious part has completely disappeared, and a huge pit has appeared in its original place.

There are cracks in the pit, deep, dark and unfathomable.

...It is exactly the same as the cracks that crisscross the surface of the planet Weilun.

Today, Xiling Star has shown the same collapse trend as Weilun Star. It is foreseeable that under the subsequent earthquakes in the future, this once prosperous and habitable planet will eventually become a waste star with cracks all over the ground and white ash flying everywhere.

Zhou Feng half-knelt in the middle of the pit, supporting himself with a long stick in his right hand, with the tip of the stick deeply inserted into the ground.

There was blood on her right arm, and her sleeve had been cut off, revealing several scars of varying depths.

The deepest layer of flesh was torn open, revealing the faint white bones.

Zhou Feng's face looked extremely ugly.

Her eyes were red, her teeth were tightly biting her lower lip, and bloodshot was faintly spreading from the corners of her eyes.

Just now, something strange happened. She jumped down the ventilation duct and had a brief but fierce fight with the parasite - this parasite was much stronger than Lao Liu on Yalan Star. The scar on Zhou Feng's arm was left by the spider thorn.

Zhou Feng was caught off guard by a powerful opponent, and the terrain was unfavorable, so his long stick could not be used at all in the ventilation duct. Not only did he fail to capture the parasite, he was also seriously injured.

The expressions of the other people around him were also very ugly.

A moment later, Zhou Feng suddenly stood up, stepped on the ground with his long legs, and leaped into the depths of the pit.

She used the long stick as a shovel, and with each blow, dust flew everywhere.

He actually wanted to dig out the fallen research institute and carve a path out of the dust!

The soldiers next to them looked at each other, said nothing, and jumped down in silence.

All manner of weapons—long swords, long halberds, even rifles—became digging tools. The girl's bright smile flashed before the soldiers' eyes. They gritted their teeth, their eyes reddened as they dug, again and again.

Someone beside Zheng Hun whispered, "Captain, we're running out of time."

"The order says we must return to base before midnight, otherwise we won't have time to board the last evacuation ship. We..."

Before he could finish his words, Zheng Hun glared at him fiercely.

His eyes were deep and dark, making the person who was speaking feel cold.

"Stop the fucking nonsense and come here."

Zheng Hun spat twice on his hands, rubbed his hands vigorously, and jumped straight into the pit.

He condensed a long axe in his hand and chopped hard at the exposed rocks and the walls of the institute. Every blow brought up a large amount of sand and gravel.

The warriors of Fanxing looked at each other and jumped into the pit one after another.

Under the hazy moonlight, in the fallen territory where the Zerg may appear at any time, a group of people sweated and expended their mental energy without reservation, just to dig a way to escape in the shortest time possible.

I just hope that Gu Qiongsheng and others can return safely.

…

“Boom!”

Deep underground, rumbling sounds continued to be heard.

Inside the safe house, a group of people frowned as they looked at the "ravaged" walls.

"Fuck," someone cursed anxiously, "What kind of bullshit safe house is this solidly built?"

Someone nearby rolled their eyes at him: "Nonsense, how can it be called a safe house if it's not sturdy?"

"This house was designed with A-level defenses from the moment it was built. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for not being A-level."

“…”

In the darkness, Gu Qiongsheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, his brows furrowed with worry.

The door was deformed and could not be opened, and the wall of the safe house could not be broken through - even the parasite had probably not anticipated this situation. Now, they were completely trapped like animals in a cage, and they were afraid that they would be trapped underground for the rest of their lives.

The key point is that they don’t know how far they have fallen, and they don’t know what the situation is on the ground. Gu Qiongsheng still remembers that the Federation requires them to return before dawn - even if Zhou Feng and the others use all their strength, can they really rescue themselves before dawn?

...It’s difficult, too difficult.

The anxiety grew stronger and stronger, forming a burning torrent in my chest.

Gu Qiongsheng thought desperately but couldn't come up with any good ideas. Just then, a cool hand grabbed her.

It’s Zhou Qing.

Along the way, Zhou Qing silently protected her. Although her fighting ability was not as strong as Zhou Feng and others, her eyes never left Gu Qiongsheng.

Even though she had just emerged from the ground, Zhou Qing subconsciously fell behind to make sure Gu Qiongsheng left earlier than her.

At this moment, she was holding Gu Qiongsheng's hand. Her thin fingers were slightly cold, but her palms were warm.

"If there's no A-level, just make one."

In the darkness, the girl smiled at Gu Qiongsheng: "Sister Qiongsheng, didn't you bring the awakening potion you took from the laboratory?"