Chapter 102 Look at this pot, it's round and shiny, now it's yours...
Fast forward half an hour, when Chu Xiuyan and the system were secretly immersed in digging underground tunnels, his nominal teacher, Bo Qu, was discussing the reconstruction of the laboratory and the guard alert outside the house with Captain Bear of the Knights.
After friendly negotiations between the two sides, Captain Xiong promised to send people to help Bo Qu rebuild the laboratory and take on the task of guarding it.
But when he patted his chest and showed his sincerity, Bai Qu still did not leave.
Captain Xiong's heart sank slightly, and he had a feeling that something was wrong.
The good thing about him is that he is generous and enthusiastic, but the bad thing is that he doesn't think quickly and is easily trapped. Apart from knowing a little bit about how to make subordinates obey orders, he is not good at getting along with those smart people who like to hide multiple meanings in one sentence.
Bai Qugeng is one of them. I heard that even Cardinal Claude of the Red Church failed to get any benefits from him, and even gave him a terrible evaluation: "As slippery as a loach, and as cunning and cruel as a fox. Once the relationship deepens, I am afraid that he will be eaten without leaving any bones."
Captain Xiong was fully alert, ready for battle, his eyes wide open like bells, staring at the mouth of the young man in front of him, ready to hear something shocking in the next second.
But contrary to his expectations, Bai Qu only said one sentence.
"There should be a lot of people in this base. Most of them are your subordinates, right?"
Captain Xiong didn't know if there was any other meaning behind Bo Qu's words, so he said vaguely: "Ah, I think so, maybe, but I'm not really sure."
Bai Qu seemed not to have heard this reply that ruined the atmosphere. He remained calm and continued to speak at his own pace: "That would be great."
After saying that, he stood up and said with a smile: "Captain Xiong, I am very happy to chat with you today, but my students are still waiting for me, so I have to leave for the time being... If I have time, I still want to chat with you more."
Captain Xiong still stared with doubtful eyes, watching Bo Qu turn around and walk to the door, looking like he really intended to leave.
So it's over?
Captain Xiong carefully reviewed the previous conversation and confirmed that he had only promised to help rebuild the laboratory and send guards. He did not make any other guarantees and did not disclose any information.
This time, he finally let out a breath and felt visibly relieved.
But the next second, Bo Qu, who had already opened the door, suddenly turned around, with a smile still on his lips, and his glasses flashing white light, covering the eyes that had opened at some point.
He looked at the tall and strong Captain Xiong in the room and said gently, "Captain Xiong, excuse me, did you really not notice anything?"
Captain Xiong: “Ah?”
As soon as he uttered the word of doubt, his vision suddenly darkened, as if the world was turning upside down and twisted before his eyes, and the feeling of confusion made him want to vomit.
And? He also managed to vomit it out.
The ground was instantly covered with scarlet blood.
Captain Xiong looked at the blood on his palm, anger and shock surged in his heart. He raised his head suddenly, staring at the green figure at the door through his blurred vision. His mouth was bleeding and he couldn't make a sound. However, the murderous intent rising from his body stabbed at Bo Qu, who poisoned him, like a blade.
"So, you really didn't notice anything."
Bo Qu pushed his glasses, feeling a little disappointed. He stopped looking at Captain Xiong's miserable state and turned around to leave. He even kindly closed the door.
And? The leader of the Xiong group, who was trapped in the darkness, was stiff for a few seconds before he fell into a pool of blood.
…
Bai Qu was walking towards the base square. He was going to find his students and then take the next action.
The news of the Knights' leader's death will probably be suppressed by the Red Cult, but the two S-level psychics in the ruined city might be able to discover something... maybe they can be used to get rid of the Red Cult.
Bai Qu lowered his eyes in thought.
The fingers gathered in the wide sleeves kept stroking a few tiny hollow beads, and the light gray liquid slowly flowed through the beads, and then fell silently into the cracks in the corners of the wall.
It is highly toxic, colorless, odorless, and extremely volatile. It can cause people to faint and die within a few seconds of inhaling the poison gas.
Captain Xiong lived up to his name as “Bear”. He actually used up all five of his poison pills and managed to hold out for nearly half an hour.
Originally, he planned to attack the Red Dress Cult first. Their territory was in the stone pillars on the surface. Once the bomb was dropped, most of the members would not be able to escape. However, that was interrupted by the sudden appearance of the young alien. And this time, the opportunity to meet with Captain Xiong alone under the pretext of rebuilding the laboratory was perfect, so it didn't matter if he changed the plan a little.
Bo Qu, who was thinking deeply, had just turned the corner when a strange figure suddenly appeared in his sight.
The other party leaned against the wall, folded his arms and lowered his eyes, his expression was cold and a little gloomy, as if he was thinking about something, and he was wearing... the captain's uniform of the ruined city.
——Captain of Guiyi Team, Wan Mingxu.
It is said that he often pesters Captain Xiong to spar with him in the base, and it seems that the two have a good relationship.
Rumors are indeed unreliable. Captain Wan's face is full of the word "murder".
Bai Qu paused for a moment and said with a natural smile, "Are you going to look for Captain Xiong? I just came out of his place. He may be in a hurry and not in the room right now."
Wan Mingxu glanced at him and responded indifferently.
Bai Qu passed by him without making any unnecessary moves. He walked a short distance before quickening his pace.
And? Behind him, Wan Mingxu, who was leaning against the wall, stared at his back in silence for a moment, then suddenly turned around and walked towards Captain Xiong's room.
Bai Qu's expression quickly darkened.
We have to move faster.
The balance between the Knights, the Red Church, and the Ruined City lasted too long, and he could not find a chance to go deep into the research area of the base where important "information" was hidden.
Bai Qu rarely felt regretful. As a researcher who was powerless, he should have brought a few guards with him to avoid wasting so much time designing traps bit by bit to avoid any impact on himself.
He had to bring the boy who was nominally his student back to the surface as soon as possible. The underground base would soon be covered by poisonous gas. That thing? Was it effective against aliens as well... Even if he took the antidote, he would not be able to resist the high concentration of poisonous gas.
At present, the boy is still useful and cannot die like this.
However, when Bai Qu walked to the square, thinking carefully about every move he would make, he suddenly felt uneasy.
"You said...the person is missing?"
After waiting for so long, Bo Qu's confidant still didn't know that his superior had been killed, and was getting anxious? Lan'e said: "Yes, your student disappeared directly after entering the toilet. I searched the entire square but couldn't find him!"
The curve of Bai Qu's lips dropped slightly, "Could he disappear from the face of the earth?"
The sudden words with strong irony startled the confidant. When he looked up and met Bo Qu's eyes, his breath was choked, and the feeling of dying as if a poisonous snake was wrapped around his neck made his mind go blank for a moment.
"Sorry, I'm a little worried. My student doesn't usually move around... maybe he has returned to the ground. I'll go look for him."
After saying this, Bai Qu no longer looked at the frozen confidant, and quickened his pace towards the tunnel leading to the surface.
But slowly, his pace slowed down, step by step, and finally stopped, and the ominous premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger.
On his way to escape, there was a man wearing the captain's uniform of the ruined city standing there.
"Morning, have you eaten?"
Zai Zhe pushed up his glasses with a smile, his other hand casually resting on the hilt of the knife.
And the sharp long knife pierced deeply into the floor tiles under his feet and sank into the deeper sand layer.
Bai Qu's gaze shifted from the blade flashing with cold light to Zai Zhe's face little by little.
"I felt I could find someone here, so I came here... Sir, would you like to buy a coffin? A big one? It's on sale."
Bai Quxin? I wondered what went wrong that made the other party discover the abnormality so quickly?
Or...
His gaze returned once again to the tip of the knife that pierced deeply into the ground.
——The captain of the Tianxu Squad in the ruined city, Zai Zhe, a domain-type supernatural being?
...Has this person been using the field to monitor the situation of the entire base?
It took nearly five days to set up such a large area...
The smile on Bai Qu's face had completely disappeared, and he said to Zai Zhe word by word: "Mad man."
"I'll take that as a compliment. There's nothing I can do about it. It's really annoying to have an unstable companion around. It's painful."
Zai Zhe drew out his long sword, spun it around, and smiled at Bai Qu, "Do you need to say a few more words?"
Bai Qu stared at the person opposite him for a long time, then suddenly sighed, as if ready to give up something, and shook his head? He said, "No, my plan has failed, and it would be embarrassing to struggle to the death. But... I suggest you better not kill me, I am much more valuable alive than dead."
Zai Zhe: “…If you don’t struggle like this, it will be very difficult for me to handle.”
Although they were enemies who feared each other, Zai Zhe and Bai Qu actually started chatting one sentence after another, causing the people around them to look at each other in confusion, not knowing how to react.
But at this moment, the ground suddenly shook violently, followed by one loud scream of terror after another.
"The Red Cult's people have gone crazy! Everyone, retreat! Get back to the ground!"
"Blast! Blast here! Blow up everything here!"
“Damn thief! How dare you, ahhhhhh—”
A group of people ran noisily through the confrontation area between Zai Zhe and Bai Qu, and hurriedly squeezed into the tunnel leading to the surface, as if they were being chased by some terrible monster.
And? Behind them were members of the Red Cult who were far more terrifying than the monsters.
The group of fanatics who usually put on a cold and arrogant look had lost their original arrogance at this time. They were holding a large handful of bombs with ferocious faces and throwing them crazily into the open space in the square.
In the blink of an eye, the surface covered with hard material was shattered, exposing the sand layer underneath and a thin layer of scarlet blood crystal partition.
Bai Qu and Zai Zhe's eyelids twitched at the same time.
The next second, Bai Qu saw the group of people in red walking towards him angrily.
His eyelids twitched even more.
If the death of Captain Bear was discovered, then the ones rushing over should be the members of the Knights, right?
Why are these people from the Red Sect... so angry?
At this time, back to the Red Dress Cult's main base, which is the special research area hidden in the base.
There were researchers running around screaming like crazy everywhere, densely packed materials recording various important information flying everywhere, sophisticated instruments, catheters everywhere, devices filled with mysterious solutions, and isolation rooms that took up most of the space - they called them incubators.
A huge glass connecting the floor and the ceiling showed the researchers everything in the incubator.
However? Just five minutes ago, when everyone was pleasantly surprised to find that the research target had strong life fluctuations and was preparing to conduct specific tests, the egg that was firmly protected in the incubator disappeared right under their noses.
With a whoosh, they fell into a pit that suddenly appeared below, and then the dark hole was filled with sand again right under their noses.
The scene was dead silent for a long time.
The slightly raised sand dune seemed to be mocking their defense.
This group of researchers exploded on the spot, snatched the bombs from the armory and started bombing the ground crazily.
The underground tunnels one after another made their scalps tingle, which in turn generated even more intense anger.
"He actually! He actually dug so many tunnels! Damn it! How idle is that thief?"
"Blood crystal, this is blood crystal...the alien in the base..."
"Damn Boqu!!!"
…
"A-choo——"
Chu Xiuyan, who was running forward in the underground tunnel with a monster egg rolling around, sneezed. The top of the tunnel behind him continued to shake violently, dropping rustling blood crystal fragments and some sand.
"Wow, those guys in red are so crazy. They actually use bombs to destroy everything. Aren't they afraid that the base will collapse? Damn it! Run, run..."
The system also shouted in a mess: [I give? You point the direction, go to the crawler outside the base? Over there, retreat quickly! ]
Chu Xiuyan rolled the monster egg excitedly: "I'm already running! Run, run, run--"
Then there was a snap? Suddenly, there was a snap.
Chu Xiuyan paused for a moment, "System, did you hear any strange sounds?"
System: [Ignore the strange noises first, run! The man in red above your head is throwing bombs!]
Chu Xiuyan immediately set off and continued to roll the monster egg forward!
[Effort - Run -]
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