Chapter 107 A Two-Way Race Towards Belonging
The four-person team sensed the Bluetooth signal, and with the hope that Qi An might still be alive, everyone's spirits lifted!
But right in front of you in this alleyway is a priest in yellow robes!
The brief surge in morale could not overturn the reality, which was that the yellow-robed priest was blocking the entrance to the alleyway between the side room where Qin Tianshuo sensed the signal, and there was still a long distance in between!
This long distance, coupled with the screams that felt like knives scraping against one's brain, and the three incredibly long tentacles that attacked them simultaneously, instantly extinguished the spark of hope!
Lin Jiaran's own pollution level exceeded 55% for the first time in her life. Her determination to hold on finally collapsed, and her resonance with the three people was instantly interrupted!
The pollution levels of all three people spiked simultaneously!
As the tentacles attacked, Chen Xi had already drawn his sword, but due to a sharp decline in his judgment, he was unable to keep up with the speed of the tentacles, and a huge bloody hole was stabbed in a very critical area of his waist and abdomen!
This dealt another heavy blow to the already fragile confidence of the others, and despair spread.
This even made the yellow-robed priest hesitate to launch his next attack.
It can sing as it watches these four people struggle in the pain of the mutation.
Chen Xi, Zhao Bohan, and Lin Jiaran—these three people all possess extremely high potential for mutation. It doesn't even know which one it should look forward to the most!
The yellow-robed priest spun excitedly through the alley, but an eye on one of his tentacles suddenly saw that the iron door of the control room where the prisoners were held had been slammed shut!
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The door was slammed open, catching the two fallen insects guarding it off guard. The door was forced open a crack.
A pale white figure squeezed out of the narrow gap and slammed into the fallen insect on the left again!
The force was immense; the enormous fallen insect was knocked to the ground, and then the figure with sharp bone spurs on its fingertips plunged them fiercely into the cyst!
The cyst burst open, and the fallen insect guard's scream was abruptly cut short!
The guard on the other side reacted. It was equipped with a pistol. As one tentacle lashed out at the figure, the other tentacle curled up the pistol, ready to pull the trigger.
But the figure's long, slender arms snatched the pistol before it could react, and with a backhand shot, ruptured its cyst!
The double kill happened in less than a minute, leaving the Yellow-Clad Priest stunned.
Qi An stood up and looked at them, who were hundreds of meters away.
Lin Jiaran was there? She was shocked.
Lin Jiaran looked at Qi An with even greater shock.
Qi An's mutation level doesn't seem as high as she imagined? How come it doesn't seem to have reached level 4 mutation yet? He still seems to retain his rationality?
But the next moment, Qi An squatted down, hugged his head with his hands that had become soft and boneless, and banged his head against the wall repeatedly, as if he was struggling in extreme pain!
Chen Xi and Zhao Bohan's expressions changed, and they tried to push themselves forward, but they were no match for the yellow-robed priest.
The yellow-robed priest practically leaped up, whistling and rushing towards Qi An!
Qi An's unusual characteristics suggest that he is destined to become a White Priest!
Although it is unknown why this person was never corrupted before, but suddenly changed again, Qi An is destined to become the White Priest!
The priest in yellow robes circled around Qi An, somewhat bewildered, then crouched down and approached her.
It held her in high regard and eagerly anticipated her transformation, but hesitated to give her a push because of the somewhat strange speed of the transformation.
But just as its semi-transparent back was less than half a meter away from Qi An, the muzzle of the pistol that Qi An had not dropped turned upside down.
Bang! A shot!
At extremely close range, with the same back as another yellow-robed priest and the same location of the cyst, being hit by a bullet at such close range, it exploded without any suspense!
The priest in yellow robes froze, then fell to the ground in disbelief.
The four people at one end of the alley were stunned by this unexpected turn of events.
Although Qi An immediately fell into a state of painful struggle again, and his steps were unsteady as he ran over, Chen Xi and Zhao Bohan were overjoyed!
The unexpected surprise and the tangible hope caused Chen Xi's rapidly rising pollution levels to pause slightly, and he rushed towards Qi An.
At the same time, the two guards behind them who were guarding the gate to the coal mining area were also stunned for a moment. But when they came to their senses, one of the "captains" fired his gun and the other rushed towards them!
Seeing this, Chen Xi gritted his teeth and fired a shot, slowing down the charging captain!
Zhao Bohan's hands trembled, but he snatched the grenade launcher from Qin Tianshuo, which was about to fall to the ground, and fired a shell towards the gate!
The burst of flames engulfed the two captains, along with the door!
Qi An quickened his pace and collided with Chen Xi. He seemed to fall, but in fact he tackled Chen Xi to the ground!
Chen Xi opened her eyes wide and saw Qi An so close, his face close to hers, breathing against hers.
He realized that Qi An was still very rational; he was too close! But that wasn't what Chen Xi cared about at the moment.
Qi An rationally used his back to shield him from the shock of the airflow and the scorching heat!
The flames burned fiercely, and the entire stratum seemed to tremble, with rocks and soil falling from above.
Chen Xi closed her eyes and hugged Qi An.
He has no regrets about coming to save her.
That universe in his mind, destroyed by pollution, is just like the reality at this moment, collapsing in turmoil. But on that small, lonely island where the boy sat alone, Qi An's figure has long been there forever.
Chen Xi was not afraid; in fact, she even smiled innocently.
Seeing that smile, Qi An couldn't describe her feelings at that moment. She finally touched Chen Xi's soft black hair to comfort him.
Just as her reason crumbled, she trembled as she reached for the back pocket of Chen Xi's tactical belt, pulled out a blocking agent, and injected it into Chen Xi's body.
The newest and best blocking agent at the newborn base has an immediate effect in blocking pollution.
Zhao Bohan, who was further away, also gave himself an injection. Lin Jiaran finally realized what was happening and quickly injected herself and Qin Tianshuo, who was almost incapacitated, with injections.
At this moment, Lady Luck smiled upon them, and Lin Jiaran discovered that there was a wind door right in front of them!
She grasped Qin Tianshuo's hand, and through a brief resonance, at the cost of her own Level 3 mutation, she pulled Qin Tianshuo's corruption value back to around 60%.
"Go in and get help!" Lin Jiaran shouted at Qin Tianshuo!
By a twist of fate, her earlier decision to sever the remote resonance with the three people out of self-preservation now seems to have been the right one! Otherwise, how could she possibly purify others now?
Qin Tianshuo regained his senses briefly, paused for a second before reacting, rushed into the ventilation door, and used his gun as a stick to forcefully strike the metal pipes of the ventilation room!
Three light and three heavy, then light again and heavy again, completely presenting a man-made regular oscillation transmitted upwards from the pipe, this is the code for calling for help!
The technicians on the ground, so tense they barely dared to blink, spotted a shockwave curve on a split screen and immediately shouted excitedly:
"There's a signal! They've sent a distress signal from ventilation shaft number 12 in the northeast direction!"
Any means of communication would be blocked by the thick rock layers, but the reconnaissance team had deployed seismic detectors all over the area above the mother nest.
This is to prevent the Fallen Insects from using large excavating equipment to dig temporary holes when existing entrances are blocked.
But at this time, this instrument can serve as an efficient means of transmitting messages between the surface and underground!
The signal was received, but Qi An glanced back and saw the figure of the White Priest appear behind the firelight.
Its facial expression showed extreme anger and extreme frustration!
Qi An heard screams coming from all directions in the coal mining area and realized that the grenade must have hit the iron gate that was being supported. Although the vibrations in the main tunnel had temporarily stopped, the collapses in the smaller tunnels in the relatively softer coal mining area must be more serious!
This threatened the safety of the mother insect and larvae inside, delaying the White Priest by a minute.
Otherwise, it would have come up long ago and strung them all together!
Judging from the White Priest's strategy all along, it seems to prefer to play it safe and hide, and is not very decisive. But now is not the time for it to be indecisive. A blade-like tentacle appeared at its fingertips, exactly like the Captain's.
However, the difference is that the captain's tentacle is original, while the white priest's tentacle is newly grown!
Thicker, sharper, and faster, it sprouts and takes shape in an instant, and the next moment the blade pierces through the flames and slashes towards Qi An and the other two!
Besides administering the blocking agent, Qi An also resonated with Chen Xi for several tens of seconds. Chen Xi recovered some of his combat power and was about to slap the ground to help Qi An get up and retreat quickly.
However, several people had already jumped down from the ventilation duct connected to that air door. Among them, Chen Yuezhou moved like a gust of wind, rushing towards the end of the alley, grabbing Qi An and Chen Xi, and carrying them towards the air door!
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