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 were 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.
Then, the laboratory continued to shake, accompanied by a strong sense of weightlessness, as if they were falling.
The scorching flames spread rapidly, and the rolling heat waves instantly engulfed the entire laboratory.
…
There was a long darkness in the dream, as well as a woman's gentle and compassionate sigh.
[I know that it is a bit too harsh to put this heavy burden on an unborn child, but who can say that this is the wish of the future child? As a mother, I will of course fully support him.]
[It doesn't matter. The future is set anyway. I won't live long. What difference does it make if it's two months earlier or later?]
[If there is a chance in the future, please tell him that I am really proud of him. So, if you want to do something, just go for it. Mom will always be watching over him in heaven.]
[Little baby, go to sleep quickly, the blue sky is quiet, the little boat is rocking gently...]
Wen Xin opened his eyes with great difficulty, his red eye sockets were moist.
Before he could savor the words in his dream, the intense pain overwhelmed him.
Pain, unbearable pain, as if my whole body was falling apart, I could hardly feel the existence of my body.
It was not until a long time later that Wen Xin recovered, sweating profusely.
He touched himself with a lingering fear and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, no arms or legs were broken.
Generally, elevators in underground locations go upwards, and Wen Xin never imagined that the elevator they entered would actually fall downwards.
I looked up and saw that there was a hole in the top of the elevator.
There was a bright light at the top of the sky, which should be the location of the ground exit, but Wen Xin estimated the height and could only say that it was unfathomable.
He couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
There must be some kind of buffer design in the elevator, otherwise the mutants would be turned into meat paste if they fell from this height.
He lowered his head and saw Wen Jinfeng lying beside him with his eyes closed. He probably wouldn't wake up for a while.
The first thing Wen Xin did after entering the elevator was to rely on his strengthened body to cushion himself under his brother, so he did not suffer any injuries and his breathing was relatively steady.
Now the question is, how are they going to get out?
“Ah! Huff, huff…Ahhhh!”
A roar like a broken bellows came out of nowhere, and Wen Xin's heart trembled instantly.
Could it be that An Qi didn't die despite all the suffering? It's as if his ghost is still lingering around!
There was a hole in the roof and the elevator was no longer safe. Staying here would mean waiting for death.
Wen Xin's eyes became fierce again.
He reached for his waist and found the weapon box was still there. So he pulled out his gun, quickly loaded it, turned around and kicked open the door that was severely damaged in the explosion!
Snap!
The door opened, and Wen Xin bent over and went out. The ground was wet, and when she stepped on it, she could hear the crisp sound of her shoes tapping.
Suddenly, he froze, looked at the scene in front of him, and slowly widened his eyes.
A few minutes later.
“Cough cough cough…”
Wen Jinfeng was awakened by Wen Xin.
He did not have Wen Xin's physique that had been strengthened to be abnormal. A strong smell of smoke lingered in front of his nose, and he felt an extreme stuffiness in his chest. He couldn't help but cover his throat and cough.
Wen Xin patted him on the back.
"There is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
"Ahem, w-what news?"
Wen Jinfeng gradually regained consciousness and realized that it was Wen Xin who helped him in time. He was touched and angry at the same time: "Are you stupid? You ran back to save me. What if you can't catch up?!"
Wen Xin glanced at him and said helplessly: "Even if we caught up, wouldn't we still be in this situation now?"
Wen Jinfeng heard his tone and felt something was wrong: "You just said there was some bad news, what was it?"
"Don't worry, there is another good news. You can listen to it first."
Wen Xin made way for Wen Jinfeng to look forward. "The good news is that Anqi is dead. Here he is, right there. But his death was a bit tragic."
Wen Jinfeng couldn't wait to look over.
Anzi is dead.
This old man, who was once famous and had brought despair to countless people, now lay stiffly on the wet rocks. His huge bloated body was drooping and his skinny limbs were twisted and twisted, like a squeezed empty shell.
The places where it struggled and crawled were covered with fierce scratches and blood foam, and it was obvious that it did not die peacefully.
Wen Jinfeng murmured in confusion: "It was still alive after the explosion, but then it died. What happened?"
Wen Xin reminded him: "Look around."
Wen Jinfeng looked around, and like Wen Xin before, his pupils dilated rapidly.
What appeared before the two brothers was a natural karst cave hidden deep underground. It was full of humidity, with crisscrossing cracks inside, and strange and rugged stone pillars and bamboo shoots.
There was a small underground lake sparkling next to it. Wen Xin must have moved it here. Further away, Wen Jinfeng actually saw the shadow of an altar.
But he had no time to explore the situation, because the rolling black smoke in the air and the gradually rising temperature stimulated his senses all the time.
Looking at the cabin filled with thick smoke, Wen Xin sighed: "This is the bad news I want to tell you."
"I don't know if the architect cut corners, or it's been in disrepair for a long time, or some other factor, but the self-destruct device in the laboratory did not explode completely and fell down with us. It is very likely to cause a second explosion in the future."
Wen Xin looked into the distance and said, "I roughly explored the situation here. Let's put it simply. The place is not big and there is no way to hide."
"It's unknown how many kilometers from the ground here, and the rock walls are steep. The possibility of climbing up before the explosion is extremely low."
"Luckily, there is plenty of oxygen here, so we didn't suffocate to death the first time. Unfortunately, the oxygen here also provides an excellent environment for the detonators to self-ignite."
Wen Jinfeng's temples ached slightly: "Why are you so calm?!"
Wen Xin said calmly: "It's death anyway, so staying calm can save some energy."
Wen Jinfeng choked suddenly.
He quickly scanned the interior of the cave and indeed found no exit. Looking at the underground lake next to it, the lake was not wide but deep and bottomless. It was obviously unrealistic for someone who was not good at swimming to swim out of the cave.
Moreover, what if there is a dead end below, wouldn’t it be equivalent to sending yourself to a dead end!
"The laboratory designed the escape exit here, so there must be a place to escape. And there is oxygen and light here... Oh, where does the light come from?"
Wen Xin didn't mean to pour cold water on him, but just calmly stated a fact: "I don't know what the designer was thinking, but he designed the exit several kilometers underground, which is obviously a problem."
The unequal temperature wind outlet retorted, and he handed over something: "As for the source of light and oxygen, it should be this."
Wen Jinfeng took it in his palm and found it was a small piece of silver-white crystal.
"I've never seen this kind of texture before... Is it a kind of jade? Wait, did you mention some crystal before? It can restrain mutants!"
Wen Xin fiddled with it briefly and said, "Well, I've seen An Qi take out this kind of crystal before, so I'm sure they are the same thing."
"You just asked how Anqi died. It was after coming into contact with this crystal that it suddenly started vomiting blood and died with its eyes open."
"A human who has turned into a monster. You could also call it a mutant."
At this point, Wen Xin couldn't help but mock An Qi's arrogance: "After all, from a biological point of view, humans are a kind of animal."
"Also, although I knew there should be more crystals like this, I didn't expect there would be so many before I came here."
Following Wen Xin's sigh, Wen Jinfeng once again looked up in surprise.
The silvery-white light shone on the smooth stone wall. Those rugged rocks that he had just overlooked were actually all embedded with silvery-white crystals upon closer inspection.
The silver-white crystal that almost killed the Tyrannosaurus Rex was only a thumb-sized piece at first, and now it is all over the cave!
He breathed rapidly, and tightly pulled Wen Xin's hand that had picked up the silver-white crystal. His voice was trembling with excitement: "In this case, we must control this place! An Qi was able to make other forces obey his orders before, all because he could drive mutants to act as a helper! As long as we have these crystals, then we can also--"
"Warm and powerful!"
Wen Xin interrupted him loudly, locked eyes with the man, and emphasized each word: "Do you want to be the second Anqi?"
It was like a basin of cool water poured over his head, and Wen Jinfeng's excitement instantly cooled down.
"And our top priority is how to survive."
If the first sentence was just a blow to Wen Jinfeng, then the second question was like instantly draining all the oxygen from his chest, making him feel suffocated.
He stood up from the ground and went to check the condition of the cabin first.
The temperature was very high, so I didn't dare to go near it. Wen Xin said it was about to explode again, and he was absolutely right.
Then Wen Jinfeng quickly measured along the stone wall, but still couldn't find the exit.
The situation is not optimistic at all.
After a few minutes of tossing and turning like this, the thick smoke almost covered the entire cave.
Wen Jinfeng stood by the lake, gritted his teeth and took a deep breath, paced back and forth, and finally kicked the ground hard, saying sadly: "You shouldn't have come to save me!"
He is a man who keeps seven points of what he says. Of the remaining three points, two are lies, and the remaining one is the truth.
If Wen Jinfeng had not been forced into a desperate situation, he would not have so straightforwardly revealed his love and guilt for his younger brother.
"It's useless to say this now."
Wen Xin looked at his regretful expression, paused, and took out the tube of suspected medicine: "Just let me be a ghost who knows, now, you should at least tell me what this thing is and what it does."
"And the truth about what happened to my parents and me."
There was no wind in the underground cave, but there seemed to be a whistling sound passing by.
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】
Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated me with nutrient solution during 2023-10-15 23:13:11~2023-10-17 04:41:09~
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