Chapter 9 Whereabouts "There are alien species under our feet"

The consequence of leaving the flying team without permission is that you must stay in physical training for three hours.

The students finished their training early, and the only sounds in the quiet training room were Xu An and Jie Shuqin's boxing.

The sandbag was thrown around with punches one after another. Only after the training index reached the standard did Xu An stop. He held the boxing bandage in his mouth and wiped the sweat off his face with a towel.

His hair was wet and stuck to his face and waist. Xu An took a sip of water and casually put his hair up. Just as he was about to upload the indicators to the chip, he heard Jie Shuqin's wailing coming from not far away.

"This is killing me. I would rather drive a mecha for ten hours than fight here." Xie Shuqin was exhausted and leaned against the wall, gasping for breath. She squinted her eyes and looked at Xu An standing there as if nothing had happened. The resentment in her heart began to rise again.

"Ah Xu An, please help me fight."

Xu An paused as he swiped the screen. "Everyone is responsible for their own actions."

Xie Shuqin curled her lips. "What? If I hadn't seen you standing on the roof in a daze, I wouldn't have driven my Falcon up here. Besides, who knew I'd run into a patrolman today... huh?"

She was just about to say something else when she saw Xu An holding a glass of water in one hand and handing her a candy in the other.

"If you keep yelling, the food will be gone." Seeing that Shuqin was stunned, Xu An simply stuffed the candy into her palm, then hugged her hands and leaned against the wall, raising his chin towards her, "Hurry up, I'm still waiting to take a shower."

When Xie Shuqin heard Xu An wanted to wait for her, her eyes lit up immediately. She pinched her forearm and walked to the sandbag with full motivation, "Okay, okay."

As soon as the punch landed, a sound suddenly came from the chips of both of them. Xu An looked down and saw big red characters flashing on the screen.

"It's time to come, gather immediately."

"Ah?" Xie Shuqin held the sandbag and turned around. Xu An had already picked up the hoodie and put it on, and then threw her coat and water over.

Soon, people gathered in the hall in front of the conference room. Xu An took a look and saw that there were four people in total including her, namely Jie Shuqin, Feng Lan and Juanmao Baili Yunle.

Feng Lan's face didn't look very good. Seeing that everyone had arrived, he silently handed over something that looked like an iron rod.

"The latest weapon transformation, when you press the button, it will change weapons according to different swings. It can change up to ten types. I have sent you the specific operation method on the chip."

"I was given new weapons right away. This must be a big task." Xu An carefully examined the thing in his hand and thought silently.

Feng Lan then quickly opened his chip screen and unfolded it in front of the three people. "The base has tracked the whereabouts of the 'Eye' and the final destination is a biological research institute."

Aliens generally like places where old creatures gather. Places like biological research institutes are definitely the first choice for powerful aliens.

According to the topographical analysis map of the Biology on a Chip Research Institute, with a 300,000 square meter area and ten-story buildings, the base couldn't imagine how many high-level alien species were hiding within. The Eye's choice of this location meant it was either the king of this area or on par with the other alien species.

"The base doesn't dare let A061 take any risks, so we'll have to go ahead and test the waters this time." Feng Lan put away the chip with some embarrassment. "I know this mission is difficult, but you're all A061's top fighters, so I can only ask for your help."

His complexion was very bad, with heavy dark circles under his eyes. His eyes were evasive when he said this, and he could only keep his eyes lowered and bowed.

Xie Shuqin took the lead and ruffled Feng Lan's fluffy hair. "Okay, okay, even if I have to skip the boxing practice this time, that's fine!"

Feng Lan stumbled forward a few steps, nearly falling to the ground. Baili Yunle took the opportunity to stand in front of him and said quickly, "Hey, don't kneel, don't kneel. There's no red envelope."

Feng Lan raised his head with resentment, and his eyes suddenly swept across Xu An who was taking off his bun.

Xu An noticed his gaze, tied her ponytail, put on her hat silently, and looked at him puzzledly: "Aren't you leaving?"

The base stopped diagonally above the research institute. After equipping themselves with their new flying gravity bodies, the four men leaped from the sky. The powerful air resistance rubbed against the mecha's exterior, sending sparks flying. A blinding red light flashed above the control room, signaling "Excessive Speed."

Bromine mist gradually enveloped the area, turning everything in sight dark yellow. The air in the operating room was stuffy, and a strange feeling of dizziness came over me again.

Xu An covered his eyes, red light flickered in his eyes, his consciousness gradually separated, the dazzling red light flickered, and the noise blowing in his ears seemed to be transmitted from far away.

Suddenly, a hand pressed a button right in front of her.

The mecha suddenly twisted, and a force lifted the man upwards. Xu An's body shook, and he suddenly came back to his senses. The dark yellow mist in front of him had long dissipated, replaced by the quiet ticking sound of the machinery and the gasps of Jie Shuqin who had survived the disaster.

"Xu An, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that she came to her senses, Xie Shuqin quickly turned on the automatic driving and looked at her.

Xu An was about to shake her head, but her eyes suddenly caught a smear of blood on Jie Shuqin's wrist. She immediately grabbed her hand and asked, "How did this happen?"

The smell of blood wafted through the room. Xu An suppressed the desire in his heart and looked at her with a frown.

Seeing her expression, Xie Shuqin sighed helplessly, "The transmitter button for the double-pilot seat is too far for me. You should have pressed it, but the situation was urgent, so I had to unbuckle my seatbelt, and then I got hit."

Xu An hesitantly let go of her hand. She lowered her eyes, blinked, and said softly, "I'm sorry. I don't know why, but in the past few years, whenever I come to the ground, I feel dizzy. I..."

Before she could finish her words, Feng Lan's voice came from the headset: "Are you okay?"

Xie Shuqin quickly replied: "It's okay, we'll land soon."

After saying that, she quickly operated on the screen with one hand and reached out to Xu An with the other.

Xu An looked at her with an unclear expression.

"It hurts so much. If you don't bandage it for me, I'm not going to leave you."

The dull dust was shaken up by the mecha, and the two men put on their protective suits and jumped out of the mecha. As soon as they landed, a mechanic took the mecha to be adjusted.

A detailed map of the institute popped up on the chip. Besides the maze-like structure, there were no fewer than ten secret research rooms. This meant that if they wanted to explore more information about the ground, they would need to bring a mechanic with them. However, an untrained mechanic would have a hard time surviving in an uncertain environment.

Feng Lan looked at the map with a heavy expression, then turned off the chip. "Let's go in first to investigate the situation and extract biological samples, then we'll decide whether to go to the ten secret research rooms. Also, the 'eye' moving straight to this place is definitely not accidental, so proceed with caution."

"Captain, bromine mist concentration 253, alien species danger level III, predicted five advanced alien species, action time four hours."

Several people's faces darkened.

The bromine mist has reached this concentration without the alien being provoked, and I'm afraid that it is full of aliens like the "eyes".

If aliens of this level were to be collectively provoked, the consequences would be disastrous. Since the establishment of the base, A061 had never faced such a large and immediate collective attack by a group of dangerous level three aliens.

"Inform the mechanics to stand by at the Falcon. 'Dawnbreak 13' is ready at all times. If anything happens, lower the gravity body and evacuate immediately."

"Captain?!" The mechanics were stunned.

"This is an order." Feng Lan said this and swung the weapon in his hand, turning it into a pistol. "Enter through the window."

Several people quickly followed. Xu An took the time to look back. The iron gate not far away was shining a dazzling white light under the natural light, and the remaining mottled trees outside the gate seemed to be moving faintly.

Xu An lowered his eyes and followed.

The boots made a "dong dong" sound as they stepped on the iron plate covered with moss and dust. The four people wearing night vision goggles climbed in through the window. After they landed steadily, they were immediately shocked by the scene in front of them.

This should be the main hall of the research institute. The walls and floor are made entirely of steel, and the iron pillars are covered in dark yellow rust. The air is filled with the smell of rust, and it's hard to tell whether it's the smell of blood or iron. But besides this, the hall is also neatly lined with human corpses.

The bodies were wrapped in thick white cloth, covered with densely packed, almost blood-red thorns. Judging from their body shapes, they were both men and women, young and old.

Baili Yunle's hand holding the gun paused for a moment, and he immediately signed: "Something's wrong, there's no corpse smell."

So, either these white cloths have been treated with special drugs that can slow down the decay of the corpse and block the stench, or these people have just died.

Everyone thought of this and fell into a strange silence.

Xie Shuqin took out the sampling tool from her leg bag and was about to squat down to collect the sample when Xu An quickly grabbed her wrist.

In the dim room, the dust shone with a strange color. Xu An's eyes were dull, and he gestured quickly with his fingers: "It's alive."

Alive?!

Several people widened their eyes.

Turning his head to take a closer look, he saw that blood seemed to be dripping from the roots of the blood-colored thorns, but the difference was that this blood had no smell at all.

The three of them took a deep breath, then quickly called up the chip to take pictures and transmit the information to the base. Then, they used night vision glasses to carefully determine the direction and walked out of the hall along the locked edge.

Half of the gate had rotted away, and the remaining half was covered with wriggling white insects and faintly glowing green flowers.

Xie Shuqin quickly thought of the green thorn in the last mission, and passed by quickly. As soon as he turned around, his heart skipped a beat.

In front of her was a bottomless pit with various physiological organs hanging on the edge, dangling from the edge into the pit, and facing her face was a huge floating eye.

The eyes were wide open, and the bloodshot veins were as big as the blue veins on her hands, staring at her intently.

She immediately raised her gun, but soon discovered something was wrong. The alien seemed to be asleep.

If I feel carefully, the ground beneath my feet seems to be shaking slightly. Because the shaking is not large, I didn't notice it at all when I first came in.

She hurried out, her eyes almost filled with disbelief, "This research institute is on a giant alien, and there are aliens under our feet!"

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