Chapter 141
Is that a person? No!
The monster in front of him had completely lost its human form, and at first glance it looked like a wriggling brown-red mountain of flesh.
Its skin had completely melted, turning into a muddy slurry that lay beneath its feet. Its body was bloated and gigantic, its head could have directly touched the ceiling, but its two arms were, contrary to their normal appearance, skinny and extremely long. With a "bang", they pulled out and smashed the ground to pieces!
If the face had not remained unchanged, a normal person would not have recognized it as Anqi!
This is the main control room. Directly in front of it is the regional control console and the large monitoring screen. In addition to the guards, there are also researchers in white coats on site, but they have no time to pay attention to Wen Xin and his companions who suddenly appeared.
"Why is Dr. Anzi here? Who is the person in charge of guarding?!"
"The guards were killed by it, and the general ordered us not to attack the doctor!"
"It opened all the gates holding the out-of-control subjects. Why don't we stop it?"
An electric grid was laid overhead, covering Dr. Anzi's body. Dozens of fully armed guards crowded around this "mountain of flesh" and pulled in the ropes. The bright light of the incandescent lamps shone directly on their faces, with expressions of either shock or anger.
A researcher took the opportunity to rush to the main control panel, and after seeing the situation clearly, his eyes were bloodshot.
"All the test subjects have escaped! I repeat, all the test subjects have escaped! Among them, the third-generation test subjects No. 42 and No. 78 are carrying the latest MN-type mutant strain. The virus has not been tested for safety and is highly infectious and lethal. Immediate measures must be taken!"
"Without any measures, the progress of the experiment depends entirely on Dr. Anzi to follow up. We can't do anything at all!"
"There is another way. Let's try to wake up Dr. Anzi. It can find the location of the main control room, which means it at least still has human consciousness!"
"It can't be awakened. It's now a complete monster! The First Base is destroyed. We are all finished! It's over!"
The whole scene could only be described as chaos. Everyone was shouting that Dr. Anzi had gone crazy. Despair was on everyone's face, and the roars were heartbreaking.
Anqi is crazy?
Wen Xin heard what happened from the chaotic noise, his heart skipped a beat, and he turned his head sharply to look at the surveillance screen.
The screen was showing the entire secret laboratory in real time. Several area gates were wide open, the room was empty, and the floor was covered with stains of what was not sure whether it was blood or food residue. There were messy footprints stacked up one after another, leading to a dim and dark exit.
Wen Xin's heart seemed to rise to his throat in an instant.
He realized that if all the experimental subjects ran out, the possibility of facing Xiao Hei and the others head-on would be 100%!
Wen Jinfeng was also shocked for a moment by An Qi's terrifying appearance. After all, An Qi a few days ago at least had some human appearance.
Seeing the monster once again stretching out its claws towards the console, he shouted without caring, "Stop it!"
It was this roar that made Anqi turn his head and look over.
Those eyes were not cloudy, but rather they were smiling, mocking and sarcastic.
A thought suddenly popped up in Wen Xin's mind: Dr. Anqi is not crazy, he has a clear consciousness!
Swoosh——
The sharp claws lashed out like a bolt of lightning, making a sharp buzzing sound as it cut through the air.
Wen Jinfeng was unable to react and was about to be hit by the sharp claws. Wen Xin, realizing something was wrong, rushed over and pinned him to the ground.
The sharp claws scratched the scalps of the two people and pierced into the floor, leaving five long cuts. The researcher finally realized that there were two intruders in the laboratory and shouted angrily: "Who are you..."
Phew.
The sharp claws pierced through his chest, and blood spilled all over the ground.
The researcher lowered his head tremblingly, looking at the bloody hole in his chest, and looked at An Qi behind him with lifeless eyes: "Doctor, you are awake, but, but, why..."
Everyone present was stunned by the sudden change, except Anqi, who remained calm. He grabbed the paralyzed body of the researcher, opened his mouth, and devoured it.
Biting and swallowing are done in an instant. If you encounter bones, you just chew them a few more times. Crunch, crunch...
When it raised its head again, its wrinkled face was covered in blood. It sighed in satisfaction, and the scars from the burns from the electric grid began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Eating humans can help it restore its strength!
The faces of the guards and researchers present all turned extremely pale.
Someone was trembling, as if a string of reason in his brain suddenly broke, and he shouted in a mental breakdown: "Shoot! Everyone shoot!"
"Kill this monster!!"
Dr. Anzi did not slow down his eating speed, but his other arm moved. The next second, the arm turned into a swift whip and cut the speaking researcher in half!
Bang! Bang! Bang! …
Intensive gunfire rang out, and all bullets were fired at Dr. Anqi, exploding with crackling sounds and splashing blood.
But the monster in front of him didn't seem to care about the pain at all. It gasped, swallowed, and never stopped chewing. Blood flowed from its teeth onto the ground. It seemed that it could never eat enough.
The damage caused by the gun is not as fast as the speed at which it recovers from eating a person.
Wen Xin was not expecting Anqi's transformation into a monster and how powerful he became after that. If he was the only one there, he could still give it a try.
Now, considering Wen Jinfeng's physical condition, they must evacuate as soon as possible before making any plans.
The latter grabbed his arm.
"You can't run." Wen Jinfeng lowered his voice and gritted his teeth. "This laboratory has taken into account various hidden dangers that may lead to the leakage of secrets since its establishment. All entrances and exits have been 'insured'."
"The main control console is here. It can seal off the entire laboratory at any time, including the ventilation ducts!"
Wen Xin also responded quickly: "Then is there any equipment or weapon here that can deal with this kind of monster?"
"How should I know? I haven't been here for almost 20 years!"
"..." Wen Xin looked at the irritable Wen Jinfeng, and no matter how good his temper was, he couldn't help it, "Then you dare to say that you can deal with An Qi alone, what's the difference between that and committing suicide!"
"Aren't you coming here to die?!"
"So you haven't thought about how to deal with Anqi?!"
"I've thought about it!" Wen Jinfeng looked down, staring at the place where Wen Xin placed the test tube, moving his lips as if he wanted to say something, but the next moment he bit his back teeth hard and swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
He took a deep breath.
"Listen to me, Wenxin."
Wen Xin turned around and met Wen Jinfeng's resolute gaze.
"Look at the main control panel, press the fourth button on the third row on the left twice in succession, then pull down the first lever on the left hand side, and at the same time turn up all three handle switches on the right hand side, and a red button will pop up below."
Wen Jinfeng said, "This design is very complicated, and they probably won't change it easily. Now find a chance to rush over and press the red button."
Wen Xin was very cautious: "What will happen if I press it?"
Before he finished speaking, a huge shadow descended from above, covering the two brothers, and a sinister voice was heard.
"That's a lot of bugs to deal with, kids. Sorry to have kept you waiting."
The air seemed to freeze in an instant, and Anqi's huge head appeared between the two brothers, and a strange hissing sound came out of his mouth.
Its head was blown to pieces, new limbs were regenerating, and countless mutilated corpses lay on the ground behind it.
"You guys were having such a lively conversation, it made me want to chat with you guys too. I heard you mention some button, um... I ate too much and my stomach was so full, I can't remember it."
The cold gaze became hazy, moving across the faces of the two brothers, and finally locked onto Wen Xin. As if being bewitched, he moved his head closer with salivating eyes: "Strange, you have a particularly pleasant smell, I didn't have it before, could it be that..."
In a flash, Wen Jinfeng took out the thing he had been hiding behind his back. It was a smoke bomb!
It turned out that the two brothers had noticed Anqi approaching them just now, and their angry quarrel was all a false act to make Anqi relax.
"Hurry up and do not hesitate!"
The smoke bomb exploded, and thick white mist instantly enveloped the entire control room. Wen Xin flew out like a swift bolt of lightning.
At that moment, his speed was extremely fast, and the enhanced power exploded completely. Monster Anqi had no time to react. In shock, he only heard a few sounds of switches being turned, followed by a loud bang -
Wen Xin punched the red button!
It was so quiet that even Anqi held his breath.
The next moment, the earth shook.
The smoke had not yet completely dissipated. Wen Xin climbed onto the main control console and discovered that it was not the ground that was shaking, but the entire laboratory.
He heard the sound of a machine starting up beside him, and looking to the left, he saw a door suddenly opened on the flat wall, and inside was a small elevator!
Wen Xin's pupils constricted.
What kind of situation will automatically activate the emergency escape device? It must be when the situation is irreversible.
Could it be that the button Wen Jinfeng asked him to press was the laboratory's self-destruct device! ?
"Ugh!"
Wen Jinfeng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the elevator open in front of Wen Xin. The next second, he was picked up by the furious An Qi, and the huge claws almost penetrated into his neck.
Wen Jinfeng squinted his eyes in pain, looking at An Qi's ugly face with a pleased expression: "Let's go to hell together, old man."
Boom——!
A shocking explosion came from the ceiling. Wen Xin rushed over without hesitation. At the critical moment, he used a laser to cut off An Qi's claws. He dragged Wen Jinfeng, who was about to faint, and squeezed into the narrow elevator together.
再然後，研究室持續搖晃，同時還伴随着強烈的失重感，仿佛他們正在墜落。
灼熱的火光急速蕩開，滾滾熱浪剎那間淹沒了整個研究室。
……
夢中有漫長的黑暗，還有女人溫婉愛憐的嘆息。
【我知道，将這承重的擔子放在一個未出生的孩子身上，未免有些太苛刻了，但誰讓這是未來孩子自己的願望呢？我這個做媽媽的，當然會全力支持他。】
【沒關系，反正未來既定，我活不長久，早兩個月和晚兩個月又有什麽區別？】
【如果将來有機會的話，麻煩你幫我告訴他，我為他感到由衷的自豪。所以，想做什麽的話，就放手去做吧，媽媽會在天上一直看着他的。】
【小寶寶，快睡覺，藍藍的天空靜悄悄，小小的船兒輕輕搖……】
溫辛艱難地睜開了眼睛，泛紅的眼眶帶着濕意。
他還來不及去細細品味夢中的話語，劇烈的疼痛就随之将他淹沒。
痛，難以忍受的痛，渾身上下都仿佛散架了一樣，幾乎感受不到身體的存在。
直到好一會兒後，溫辛才大汗淋漓地緩了過來。
他心有餘悸地往自己身上一摸，頓時松了口大氣。
還好，沒有斷胳膊斷腿。
一般位于地下的升降機都會往上走，溫辛怎麽也沒想到，他們進的升降梯居然會往下墜。
往頭頂一看，好家夥，升降機的頂部都被炸了個窟窿。
最上空有一抹亮光，應該就是地面出口的位置，但溫辛估摸了一下高度，只能說深不可測。
他不由得有些慶幸。
升降機裏大概有什麽緩沖設計，不然這個高度摔下來，變異體都得變成肉泥。
他低下頭來，看到溫勁風雙眼緊閉地倒在旁邊，一時半會大概醒不過來。
溫辛進升降機後的第一時間，就仗着自己身體得到過強化，墊在了他哥底下，所以人身上沒受什麽傷，呼吸也還算平穩。
現在問題來了，他們要怎麽出去？
“啊！呼哧、呼哧……啊啊啊！”
宛如破風箱一樣的嘶吼平地響起，溫辛的心瞬間就是一顫。
難道安齊這麽折騰也沒死？簡直是陰魂不散！
頭頂破了洞，升降機不再安全，留下來是坐以待斃。
溫辛的眼神再度變得淩厲起來。
他摸向自己的腰間，武器匣還在。于是他掏出槍，快速上膛，轉過身一腳踹開爆炸中損壞過度的門！
啪嚓！
門應聲而開，溫辛貓着腰鑽了出去。地面是濕的，鞋子踩在上面，能聽到清脆的拍擊聲。
很突兀的，他動作一僵，望着眼前的景象，緩緩睜大了眼睛。
幾分鐘之後。
“咳咳咳……”
溫勁風被溫辛給搖醒了。
他沒有溫辛那樣被強化後堪稱變/态的體質，鼻前一股濃煙味揮之不去，直感覺胸口憋悶無比，不由得捂住喉嚨一陣悶咳。
溫辛給他拍背。
“有一個好消息和一個壞消息，你想先聽哪一個？”
“咳咳，什，什麽消息？”
溫勁風的意識逐漸清晰，反應過來最後是溫辛及時拉了自己一把，既感動又生氣：“你傻不傻！還跑回來救我，萬一你趕不上怎麽辦？！”
溫辛瞅他一眼，無可奈何地說道：“就算趕上了，不也是現在這個局面嗎？”
溫勁風聽他的語氣，直感不妙：“你剛才說有一個壞消息，是什麽？”
“別急，還有一個好消息，可以先聽聽看。”
溫辛讓開視野，示意溫勁風往前看：“好消息是安齊死了，喏，就在那兒，就是死狀有點凄慘。”
溫勁風迫不及待地看了過去。
安齊死了。
這個曾經聲名赫赫帶給無數人絕望的老人，此時就僵硬地躺在濕潤的岩石上，膨脹巨大的軀體幹癟下去，枯瘦的四肢歪歪扭扭，像一具被榨幹的空殼。
它掙紮爬行過的地方，全是猙獰的抓痕和血沫，顯然它死的時候并不安生。
溫勁風茫然喃喃：“爆炸後它還活着，但接着它死了，發生了什麽？”
溫辛提醒他：“看一看周圍。”
溫勁風環顧四周，如之前的溫辛一樣，瞳孔急劇放大。
呈現在兩兄弟眼前的，是一個藏在地底深處的天然溶洞，濕氣十足，內部有着縱橫交錯的裂隙，石柱石筍嶙峋怪異。
旁邊波光粼粼，是個小型地下湖，應該是溫辛把他搬了過來。再遠點，溫勁風竟然看到了祭壇的影子。
可他沒功夫去探究情況，因為空氣中彌漫的滾滾黑煙，和逐漸拔高的溫度，無時無刻不在刺激他的感官。
看着那冒着濃煙的艙體，溫辛輕嘆：“這就是我要說的壞消息了。”
“研究室的自毀裝置不知道是建築師偷工減料，還是年久失修，又或者有別的因素影響，它沒有炸完，并且和我們一起掉了下來，接下來的時間極有可能引起二次爆炸。”
溫辛看向遠處：“我大概探索了一下這裏的情況，就說簡單點吧，地方不大，躲不開。”
“這裏離地面不知道幾千米，石壁陡峭，在爆炸之前爬上去的可能性極低。”
“幸運的是，這裏有充裕的氧氣，所以我們沒有在第一時間憋死。不幸的也是這裏有氧氣，給那些引/爆裝置提供了絕佳的自燃環境。”
溫勁風的太陽穴隐隐作痛：“那你還這麽淡定？！”
溫辛平靜地說：“橫豎都是死，淡定點還能省一些力氣。”
溫勁風頓時一哽。
他快速地掃了一圈溶洞內部，确實沒有可以稱得上是出口的地方。再看旁邊的地下湖，湖面不寬，卻深不見底，水性不好的人想要借此游出這個溶洞，明顯不現實。
而且，萬一下面是條死路，不就等同于親手把自己送上了絕路嗎！
“研究室把逃生出口設計在這兒，肯定有地方可以逃走。而且這裏還有氧氣和光線……對了，光線是從哪兒來的？”
溫辛也不是要潑他冷水，只是很冷靜地陳述一個事實：“我不知道設計師是怎麽想的，但他把出口設計在幾千米的地下，明顯就很有問題。”
不等溫勁風出口反駁，他遞過來一個東西：“至于光線和氧氣的來源，應該是它。”
溫勁風接在掌心，發現是一小塊銀白色的晶石。
“這種質地從未看到過……是一種玉石？等一下，你之前是不是提到過什麽晶石？可以克制變異體！”
溫辛簡單撥弄了兩下：“嗯，我曾經見安齊拿出過這種晶石，可以肯定它們是同一種東西。”
“你剛才問安齊是怎麽死的，它就是在接觸這種晶石後突然開始吐血，然後死不瞑目。”
“變成怪物的人類，說是變異體也沒錯。”
說到這裏，溫辛忍不住嘲了一句安齊的高高在上：“畢竟從生物學的角度來看，人類就是動物的一種。”
“以及，雖然知道這種晶石應該還有，但來到這裏之前，也沒想到會有這麽多。”
順着溫辛的感慨，溫勁風再一次驚愕擡頭。
銀白的光亮在光滑的石壁上交相輝映，那些剛才被他一眼忽略了的嶙峋怪石，細看之下，竟然全都嵌滿了銀白色的晶體。
當初僅是拇指大小的一塊，就害得暴龍幾乎瀕死的銀白色晶石，現在滿溶洞都是！
他呼吸急促，用力拽緊溫辛将銀白晶石拿起來的手，激動到聲音都在顫抖：“既然這樣，我們必須把這裏控制起來！安齊之前能讓其他勢力唯命是從，全是因為他能驅使變異體充當助力！只要有了這些晶石，那我們也——”
“溫勁風！”
溫辛擲地有聲地打斷了他，視線與男人相對，一字一頓地強調道：“你難道想成為第二個安齊嗎？”
宛如一盆涼水兜頭淋下，溫勁風的興奮霎時冷卻了下來。
“而且我們的當務之急，是如何活下去。”
如果說前一句話只是給了溫勁風當頭一棒，那麽後一個問題，便如同瞬間抽空溫勁風胸腔裏的氧氣，讓他憋悶不已。
他從地上撐起身，先去看了看艙體的情況。
溫度很高，沒敢走近。溫辛說它快要二次爆炸，一點都沒說錯。
接着溫勁風順着石壁快速丈量，也是沒找到出口。
情況根本不容樂觀。
就這樣折騰來、折騰去，幾分鐘過去了，濃煙幾乎蓋過整個溶洞。
溫勁風在湖邊站定，咬牙吸氣，來回踱步，最後狠狠地往地上踹了一腳，怆然道：“你根本就不該來救我！”
他這個人，說話留七分，剩下的三分有兩分謊，剩下一分才是真。
如果不是真的被逼到了絕境，溫勁風不會這麽幹脆地袒明自己對親弟弟的愛意和愧疚。
“事到如今，說這些也沒用了。”
溫辛看着他懊悔萬分的模樣，頓了頓，将那管疑似藥劑的東西拿出：“就當讓我做個明白鬼吧，現在，你總該告訴我這東西是什麽，有什麽作用。”
“以及當年發生在爸媽和我身上的真相。”
地下溶洞無風，卻好似有呼嘯聲一掠而過。
The flames gradually burned through the outer shell of the machinery and equipment, and crackling sounds continued to enter his ears, piercing Wen Jinfeng's nerves like a death warrant.
After a long time, he finally gave up the battle, held his forehead with his hand, and talked about the past in a depressed tone.
"Everything I know started when my mother accidentally discovered an abnormal bio-wave at home."
【Author’s words】
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