Chapter 75 Hatching Little Zombies 17 Breaking the Shell!

075 Hatching Little Zombie 17

Jin Lan and his group soon met up with Lao Yu who was waiting outside.

Lao Yu drove an RV and more than a dozen people got in, making the car suddenly very crowded.

Lao Yu turned the car around and drove onto the main road.

While driving, he asked, "What happened to you? Why were you detained?"

After Jin Lan broke the handcuffs, she briefly explained the whole story. Lao Yu was shocked: "There are actually people alive in the adventurer team? No wonder we didn't find their information when we went to check the scene afterwards. It turns out that their captain was not eaten by zombies, but escaped with the information..."

Jin Lan interrupted him: "He Lin and his team left the base a few days ago. Did you notice where they went?"

"Yes, I've been keeping an eye on you guys every day. When they set out, I specifically used a bird to follow them, but when they flew outside the ruins, it died for some reason. Maybe the chip wasn't stable enough..."

"The ruins area?" Jin Lan was stunned. "They have been in the ruins area these days?"

"I don't know if they have always been there. I didn't dare to go closer to see. I'm alone now, so how dare I be so brave..."

The rest of the people were sitting or standing in the car, talking a lot.

"What are they doing in the ruins area?"

"Looking for that Indominus Rex?"

"Have they developed a cure?"

"Or have you decided to formally capture the Indominus Rex and bring it back to the base for research?"

"If they wanted to conduct research, they should have returned long ago. Do they still have to stay in the ruins to conduct research?"

Jin Lan's eyes kept changing as he was thinking quickly.

After a moment, he said, "Let's go to the ruins area."

Old Yu shuddered when he heard that and drove the car out of an S curve: "Now???"

"Yes, right now," Jin Lan said, "We can't wait any longer. If we wait any longer, our bodies will start to rot, and then no antidote will be able to save us!"

"I have a feeling that He Lin and his team are hiding some secret, and that secret is related to the adventurer team..."

Late at night, the RV drove all the way to the ruins area in the wind and snow.

The RV stopped half a kilometer away from the gate of the ruins area.

Jin Lan and four other people got off the car, while the rest stayed in the car.

The former turned on the flashlight, wrapped himself in a coat, and headed towards the ruins area against the wind.

…

Jin Lan took the lead.

When he arrived at the entrance of the ruins area, he turned off the flashlight, stopped, stuck his head out and looked inside the ruins area.

With the addition of wind and snow, everything in the night becomes more difficult to identify with the naked eye.

Jin Lan could hardly see anything. She could only see a few scattered halos in the distance. They were obviously not natural light, but lights lit by people...

There are people living in the ruins area!

He Lin and the others have indeed been living here all along!

Jin Lan didn't even turn his head, waved behind him, signaling the other four people to follow, and crouched down to enter the ruins area.

…There was no one on the wide main road.

It seemed that all the people from Base 1 had gone into the buildings along the street to avoid the snow and wind tonight.

They infiltrated smoothly.

For a moment, Jin Lan even had a hint of doubt in her heart - were they going too smoothly? Was there a trick?

But when he thought about how they had been trapped in Base No. 1 for so many days, how they had endured in that dirty pig sty for so long, and how they had finally escaped, he felt that the success at this moment was all God's compensation.

It's time for them to change their luck.

…

He Lin and Lu Jiu didn't know which building they were in at the moment.

They can only search by intuition.

They ran and ran.

Suddenly, a tall figure appeared behind a translucent curtain on the side of the third floor of a building in front.

Jin Lan reflexively stopped and squatted, and the other four followed him!

They stared at the window in confusion.

"...a bit like He Lin." someone said.

Jin Lan felt the same way.

Lu Jiu is He Lin’s lover, and the two of them must have slept together. It’s like they made a nest in the ruins area, but why?

What about the zombies in the ruins area? Have they been cleared out?

Where was the Indominus Rex taken?

Does Base 1 want to occupy the ruins area and expand it into a branch? But if that is the case, why did He Lin and his team travel so secretly, as if they were covering up something?

Jin Lan's heart was pounding.

He felt that the answer seemed to be there, there was only a layer of paper between him and it, and he could break it with just a slight poke.

A click sounded behind them.

Jin Lan suddenly froze.

When the person next to him heard the voice, he turned his head subconsciously. When he saw the black muzzle of the gun, he screamed in fear. Before he could get up, he was kicked to the ground and stepped on the back.

The other three people were also thrown into chaos, but they all had guns pointed at their heads, so they could only raise their hands and kneel down, trembling in fear, not daring to move.

Jin Lan didn't dare to look back.

His heart sank.

——This is a trap, a trap from beginning to end!

——They have been under surveillance since they stepped out of Base No. 1. He Lin wants to lure Lao Yu out!

——He even let them run all the way to the ruins area, making them fools who walked into his own trap! !

"Have the car and the people been detained?" A very cold voice came from behind Jin Lan.

He recognized the voice as that of the young man named Zhang Mu.

"..." Zhang Mu listened to the phone and laughed in disbelief.

Jin Lan felt the cold hole pressing heavily against the back of his head.

"--You mean, they edited a chronic infection strain," Zhang Mu said slowly, "and wanted to use it to set traps for major bases, but they accidentally made an experimental mistake and they were collectively infected?"

Jin Lan began to shake violently.

Upstairs, the curtains that let in light were drawn aside.

Behind the curtain, a man in a black robe looked down at them.

Jin Lan couldn't recognize the expression on this face, or maybe there was no expression on this face at all.

He felt that Zhang Mu behind him raised his head and looked at the man, probably asking for his opinion.

The moment the man let go of the curtains and they closed automatically, Zhang Mu hung up the phone.

Jin Lan blurted out: "Please, I can explain, we are not——"

The silencer muffled the sound.

Blood mixed with brain matter splattered onto the wall just inches away.

Five bodies fell down at the same time.

*

The little episode on the snowy night did not cause much ripples.

The next morning, the snow stopped and the sun came out.

The snow slowly melts in the sun, the icy water carries away the dirt and slowly evaporates.

Lu Jiu fell into a deep sleep.

During that joyful night, he regained his human form and consciousness, but after it was over he fell into a deep sleep and never woke up again.

He Ying came up and examined his body, but couldn't tell what was going on.

Lu Jiu was neither injured nor sick. He just seemed to be asleep.

He Lin stayed by the bed until the afternoon.

He stood up and went to the windowsill to light a cigarette.

Halfway through smoking a cigarette, He Ying picked up the dinosaur egg and placed it next to Lu Jiu.

The big dinosaur egg seemed to have wilted a lot. It stretched out its tentacles and softly stuck to Lu Jiu, then remained motionless.

He Ying turned around and sat down on a chair in the corner of the room. He put the thermos on the table, folded his arms across his chest, looked at Lu Jiu, and stopped moving.

Time passes by every second.

He Lin leaned against the window from afternoon to evening, with cigarette butts all over the floor under his feet.

He Ying also sat from the afternoon to the evening, drank a large bottle of tea, and went to the toilet several times.

Late at night, Jiang Wen came up to take a look. Seeing that the situation had not changed at all, he sighed and said, "You guys go to sleep. I'll stay here for you. I slept for a while during the day, so I can hold on."

He Ying immediately raised his head which was tilted downwards, opened his bloodshot eyes and refused: "No, I can handle it!"

"Lao He, you are already so old, your health is the most important thing!"

"I'm younger than you, what nonsense are you talking about! These dinosaur eggs will definitely hatch soon, I have to guard them!"

Jiang Wen stopped persuading him.

He looked at He Lin again.

The man never took his eyes off Lu Jiu from beginning to end. Jiang Wen opened his mouth but then closed it.

Forget it, let’s just hang in there together.

At one o'clock in the middle of the night, Zhao Lushan, who had just been relieved from the duty team, came up to take a look. He was shocked to see so many people here.

"Aren't you guys sleeping?" - He swallowed the question back as he was about to ask it.

He stood outside the door for a long time, scratched his head, and decided not to go to sleep. He sat down outside the door leaning against the wall.

…

At three o'clock, Zhang Mu, who had just woken up from a nap, also came.

…

At five o'clock, another group on duty was replaced and came here, guarding outside with Zhao Lushan and Zhang Mu.

There were more and more people in this room, inside and outside.

Their eyes and thoughts were all focused on the sleeping Lu Jiu and the huge egg.

…

Twelve o'clock noon.

Lu Jiu and Dan were still sleeping.

He Lin put his finger into the cigarette box, felt nothing, and paused.

He put down the cigarette box, was quiet for a while, and said, "You all go eat."

The people inside and outside the room were drowsy and were suddenly awakened by his voice.

“Boss…”

"After dinner, those who need to catch up on sleep should go and get some. Don't gather here," He Lin said calmly, "Let's go."

Everyone looked at each other.

Zhang Mu stood up first.

He kicked Zhao Lushan.

Zhao Lushan had no choice but to stand up.

"Let's go, listen to the boss," Zhang Mu said to the other brothers, "Don't wait until you have to be on duty again, you can't handle it."

Everyone had no choice but to get up and go downstairs one after another.

He Lin leaned against the windowsill, his eyes turned, and glanced at Jiang Wen and He Ying in the room: "You go too."

He Ying said irritably: "We need to eat, but you don't? Are you an iron man or a superman?"

Jiang Wen patted his shoulder to calm him down, then turned to He Lin and said, "We will come to take over your shift after we finish our meal. You should also go eat something and take a rest. Don't overwork yourself. Xiao Lu will be distressed when he wakes up and finds out."

He Lin did not answer, and Jiang Wen and He Ying left.

Soon, He Lin was the only one left in the room except for the sleeping Lu Jiu and the big dinosaur egg.

A breeze blew in from the window.

In the slanting sunlight, He Lin stared at the figure on the bed.

He heard He Ying's cursing voice appear downstairs.

The two men gradually walked away.

The air grew quiet.

His thoughts soon immersed in this tranquility, and scenes that had appeared in his dream began to emerge involuntarily.

In those inexplicably familiar scenes, whose origins were unknown, the young man smiled at him, glared at him, panted seductively under him, and rode on him arrogantly and provocatively.

It's so vivid as if it all happened yesterday.

He Lin tilted his head, still staring at Lu Jiu.

The young man's long eyelashes were motionless, but if you stare at them for a long time, you will always have a feeling that they are about to move, they must be about to move.

Either this second or the next second.

...A strange vibration appeared in the air.

He Lin paused and glanced at the chair in the corner where He Ying had been sitting.

The chair was shaking slightly.

Soon, the shaking became noticeable.

The whole building began to shake.

He Lin's pupils shrank.

"There's an earthquake!" A tearing cry suddenly came from below, "Everyone, come out quickly, there's an earthquake!"

The accident came suddenly.

The moment the concrete ceiling above the bed cracked and fell, He Lin rushed to the bed and picked up Lu Jiu and Dan!

He fell to the ground with his balls, and rolled over due to inertia. The cement stones hit the bed, and the steel bars hung down and pierced the bed surface!

He Lin quickly propped himself up and was about to pick up Lu Jiu and Dan again when he suddenly felt something and looked up - the concrete ceiling above them had cracked and was falling down!

It’s too late!

He Lin turned around and covered Lu Jiu and Dan under him.

At the critical moment, a pair of arms wrapped around his waist.

Almost in the blink of an eye, he was pressed to the ground, and the next second he flew up and then fell rapidly!

With a loud bang, the whole building collapsed and dust rose up.

When He Lin came to his senses, the person was already downstairs.

He lay on the ground, looking in astonishment at Lu Jiu who was half-kneeling beside him.

Lu Jiu's eyes were already clear.

He reached out his hand, gently placed it on his cheek, and murmured, "...Why has your beard grown to this size?"

The heavens and the earth are shaking.

The earth cracked.

Everyone was knocked to the ground, unable to stand up. They could only shout loudly to check each other's situation.

The old buildings in the ruins area collapsed one after another, and the "walls" surrounding this former base began to break down.

Amid the chaos, He Lin clearly heard a crisp "click".

…

The earthquake lasted for dozens of seconds.

After the violent shaking stopped, the rest of the people immediately got up and stumbled towards the center of the main road.

He Ying was full of anxiety, but as he was running he noticed that Lu Jiu was half-kneeling in front of He Lin!

Lu Jiu is awake!

He was overjoyed and quickened his pace to run over. Before he could even say the word "jiujiu", he was frightened to death by the scene in front of him!

The others also ran over.

"Boss, are you all right?"

"Sister-in-law is awake!!"

"Lu Jiu is fine!"

"Is everyone okay? Is anyone missing?"

“Fuck, fuck, wait—”

When they came closer, they all stopped and their faces changed drastically.

They stared in the same direction.

"This dinosaur egg——cracked?!!!"

The big dinosaur egg lay quietly on the ground.

A crack ran across the center of the eggshell, splitting the egg into two halves.

The crack was about one centimeter wide, and it was pitch black inside, so nothing could be seen clearly.

For a moment, everyone's mind went blank.

...Did it get cracked in the earthquake? Did it get cracked by hitting the ground? Did it crack by itself?

…Which one?

...Is the kid okay? No injuries or concussions?

They were all panicked.

Theoretically, the egg should have hatched, but it happened after the earthquake.

What they fear most is that after guarding the eggs carefully for so long, the hatching plan will fail at the last moment.

During this, Lu Jiu remained calm.

He called out, "Lu Chenxi?"

Egg:"……"

It swung back and forth a bit.

The others were so frightened that they immediately held their breath.

"..." Lu Jiu narrowed his eyes, "Come out, stop acting."

In dead silence.

A thin, tiny bony arm suddenly stretched out from the crack in the eggshell, bent its elbow, and pressed down on the eggshell with a snap.

Everyone: “……?”

The little white bone claw pushed the eggshell hard, making the crack a little wider.

Then, a small skull emerged from the crack.

Everyone: “…………???”

They were in a stagnation.

No, appearing like this...?!

"..." He Lin was silent for a few seconds as he watched this scene. He then opened his mouth and said, "Lu Chenxi."

The little skull just showed an innocent smile, but was frightened by the deep voice and quickly transformed.

The white and tender flesh quickly wrapped around him, and in the blink of an eye, the little skeleton was turned into a white and chubby boy.

The boy's eyes were open and his mouth was smiling. He slapped the eggshell, making "Aba Aba" sounds and opened his arms, asking his dad to hold him.