Chapter 472 Lin Shuang, don't be angry, you made your own choice!
Jin Xiao squinted as he watched Lu Nange and her group turn and leave. He immediately panicked and shouted again, "Brother Yan! Brother Qi!...It's us! It's me and Asheng..."
Seeing that the other person wasn't stopping, he quickly turned to his companions and said, "Ah Sheng, Ah Shuang, you guys shout too! Yan Ge and the others probably didn't hear us!"
Lin Shuang couldn't stand it anymore and took a deep breath: [Calm down! It was my choice, my choice... Even if my cerebellum isn't fully developed, I can't get angry...]
She grabbed Jin Xiao, who was still yelling at the top of his lungs, and pulled him so hard that he stumbled.
Pepper, standing next to him, rubbed his temples. "Brother Jin Xiao, this is a bit embarrassing... Can we... be a little more reserved?"
Lin Shuang gave Si Sheng and the other members of Xingmang a polite but awkward smile.
"Um... Commander, everyone, please excuse my poor appearance... Could you please wait here for a moment? I need to speak with Jin Xiao for a few minutes."
Si Sheng remained expressionless, nodding slightly in agreement.
Having received approval, Lin Shuang immediately pulled Jin Xiao aside: "Brother Jin, do you really not understand?"
Jin Xiao looked bewildered and blinked...
Lin Shuang: "When we approached just now, Miss Lu and the others thought we were the enemy and lined up to fight!"
As a result, the moment they heard your voice, they turned and left without saying a word. Why do you think that is? Huh?
Jin Xiao: "They definitely didn't hear us clearly! Or...or they thought we were imposters?"
Lin Shuang rolled her eyes in exasperation at his peculiar thought process.
Seeing her expression, Jin Xiao belatedly probed, "Ah Shuang...you mean...Yan Ge and the others...dislike us?"
Isn't that obvious?
"Impossible, we're brothers!"
"...Brother Jin, I'm begging you, when we get there, please ask fewer questions, speak less, and offer fewer opinions."
Can I learn to lower my profile like the base commander?
Jin Xiao: "But..."
"No buts! If you don't want Miss Lu and the others to just take action later and swat us away like annoying flies, then listen to me!"
Si Sheng glanced over indifferently: "Listen to Lin Shuang."
Jin Xiao completely deflated, drooping his head like a wilted eggplant, and reluctantly replied, "...I understand."
As the group from Starlight Base approached the location of the Flameheart Ability User again, Xiao Jin, whose body was riddled with holes by Yu Wei's dagger and should have been dead, began to twitch!
Then, he suddenly opened his eyes—but his pupils had turned green!
Its mouth opened unconsciously, emitting a "hoarse" roar as it struggled to get up!
"Watch out!" Luo Xingyou reacted quickly, pulling Yu Wei, who was standing next to the corpse, away.
At the same time, she flipped her wrist, and a golden light flashed. A small but sharp golden dart, accompanied by the sound of air being cut, pierced directly into Xiao Jin's brow!
The body, which had just begun to turn into a zombie, suddenly stiffened and then became completely still.
Chi Yi stepped forward and manipulated the vines to loosen their bindings on the corpse. At the same time, a sharper vine pierced Xiao Jin's skull, from which a level-five crystal core was extracted...
When Si Sheng led his men to the cordon set up by the Flame Heart team, Lu Nange and the others were intently surrounding the heavy door of the Pan Shi underground laboratory.
They were whispering and discussing something, seemingly completely unaware of their arrival, or rather, they didn't care at all.
Si Sheng and the people from the Starlight Base instinctively wanted to move closer.
Sang Che and Chi Qi stepped forward simultaneously, their faces expressionless, and stretched out their arms to block their path.
Sang Che: "Our captain said, please leave! Keep your distance!"
Jin Xiao was about to speak instinctively when a sharp pain shot through his arm...
Lin Shuang pinched him hard, making him wince in pain. He swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and could only rub his arm pitifully.
Lin Shuang: "We're from the Starlight Base. We'd like to see if there's anything we can do to help?"
Xie Linlin stepped out from behind Sang Che. Her tone was still polite, but her refusal was decisive and straightforward.
"Ms. Lin, thank you for rushing over... but we really don't need any help, please leave."
"Then can we wait here for you to leave together?" Lin Shuang asked as a compromise.
"We'll wait there and absolutely won't bother you!"
Xie Linlin glanced back at Lu Nange and the others, and seeing that they didn't react, nodded: "Suit yourselves."
Si Sheng turned around and walked towards the open space opposite the Flame Heart ability user.
This spot has a good angle; you can see Chi Yanzhou and his group, as well as the situation at the gate.
Lin Shuang quickly pulled Jin Xiao, who was still trying to peek out, and led the rest of the Starlight Base to follow.
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The underground laboratory at the Panshi Base.
When the first violent explosion came from overhead, the Rock Labs' intelligent defense system was instantly triggered, red lights flashed, and piercing alarms echoed through the corridors.
The heavy alloy gate slammed down, its gears locking, completely sealing off all entrances and exits, utterly isolating the area from the ground...
Liang Xin, the team leader in charge of security inside the laboratory tonight, immediately gathered dozens of his superhuman subordinates and tried to contact the other team leaders and base chief of Pan Shi.
But the walkie-talkie in my hand only emitted static; there was no response whatsoever...
Liang Xin immediately instructed the other ability users to find other emergency exits or ventilation ducts.
However, after wandering around the passage for a long time, knocking on every wall and checking every vent, they still couldn't find any other exit.
"Captain Liang, the entire area is sealed off!" a subordinate reported breathlessly as he ran in.
Another technician wearing glasses added, "This is the highest level of security lockdown mode, with access locked in the hands of the base commander alone."
Unless he unlocks the door from the outside using a unique password and iris verification, we have no way to get out!
The system backend was locked; we didn't even have a chance to try and crack it.
"Damn it... this means if anything happens to the base commander, we'll all be trapped here and die as collateral damage!"
The explosions overhead were intermittent, sometimes muffled, sometimes violent, causing dust to fall from the ceiling.
Each loud bang sent shivers down the spines of those trapped underground.
"Why isn't the bombing going on? What's the situation outside?"
"Captain Liang... what if... what if the base commander... doesn't come back?"
Liang Xin's face turned pale. Instead of answering the question directly, he forced himself to remain calm.
"It's too early to talk about that now! Let's first take stock of the remaining food and drinking water in the lab!"
Also, check how long the backup generator's fuel will last! Quickly!
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