Chapter 426 Haiyan Prison
At 16:12 in the afternoon, the temperature on Haiyan Island dropped sharply, and the sky was a little gloomy after the storm.
In the city, violent and strange creatures kept emerging from various sewers and buildings, rushing towards Lin Xian and his team.
The tall humanoid form of Gu Zheng that had undergone the transformation was smashed to pieces by Lin Xian with a punch from the remaining body of the Black Tortoise. The huge impact force caused a loud bang on the ground, smoke and dust rose up, and ruins flew everywhere.
The three teams gathered around and all of them had experienced a fierce battle. Not only was the Holy City Organization's people quite powerful, but Monica and Ning Jing were also attacked by the mutated crystallized mutants, which was really tricky.
On Lin Xian's side, the strength of this mutated tall human ghost was terrifying. Even KIKI and Brother Huo, the two powerful Infinity Warriors, could not suppress it. If Lin Xian had not regained his reconnaissance awareness at the critical moment, this guy would have escaped.
"How is it? Did you get any useful information?" KIKI asked at this time.
Ning Jing shook her head and looked at the ghost below who was blasted into blood foam. She said solemnly, "I don't know what kind of training these people have undergone. They can actually trigger mutations on their own. They are more difficult to deal with than ordinary psychics!"
"It doesn't look like an ordinary survivor organization, but more like a religious organization." Qian Dele said at this time: "They are really cruel to their own people."
"Could it be some side effect of the crystallization?" Shu Qin asked.
"We detected some unusual movements while retreating," Monica, who had initially sparked the fight, said to Lin Xian. "They were coming from the direction of the orbital station. I felt something was amiss, so I wanted to stop them before dark."
"Where did these guys come from?" Brother Huo crossed his arms and said, "They approached the west side of the city without making any noise."
"The storm just now was probably caused by them."
Luo Yang held up his mobile device and projected a holographic image. It was the strange device from before. "This thing is radioactive. I captured the energy fluctuations of the attractant Vanessa and the others used on it. But what I find strange is that if they want to attack us, shouldn't they do it after dark..."
At this time, KIKI looked at Lin Xian. Lin Xian's face looked better after Shizhi's ability was restored. He took a deep breath and interrupted the discussion.
"Because they can't completely block this thing, we need to release them during the day so they can evacuate. If a chain reaction is formed, the marks on us will be difficult to remove even at night." Lin Xian looked at everyone who had been marked with the second-level mark by the strange entity and said solemnly, "The Holy City Organization is coming for us, but judging by the situation, their plan has some flaws."
"Lin Xian." Kiki asked him, "What did you gain?"
Lin Xian took a breath. This way of using brain-computer was simply crazy. If Chu Yan was there, the problem would be much simpler. Without psychic abilities, Lin Xian could only risk using mycelium connection, which was quite unstable. What's more, Gu Zheng was still on the verge of mutation. If he wasn't careful, he would be assimilated by the mutation. Fortunately, Shizhi was there to help.
"Not good."
Lin Xian looked at the strange entities swarming below and said in a deep voice, "Those strange entities in the surrounding waters were indeed created by them. Now I'm worried that the Garlan Volcano and that forbidden object are also related to the Holy City Organization. We are now trapped on this island and the situation is very unfavorable."
"Are you saying that the anomalies on this island were all planned in advance to target you?" Monica frowned. "The Order of Phoenix probably didn't even know when we were leaving. How did they know?"
Lin Xian shook his head. "I don't know. This guy keeps talking about the Lord. I suspect they may have had long-term contact with the dark civilization. My mind has been intimidated by darkness, so I always feel that the big guy just now may be aware of my existence."
"Do you think the Dark Civilization ordered the Adventists to assassinate you?!" Kiki's face darkened. "But...but why did they resort to baiting? Also, why did that giant ocean god suddenly run away?"
“I didn’t run away…”
Lin Xian looked up at the gloomy sky and said, "I feel like that thing is either in the surrounding sea or in the atmosphere above the clouds, but for some reason, it suddenly stopped."
"That's troublesome."
Qian Dele took off his mask and couldn't help but spit, "The orbit around the star is broken. Neither the air nor the waterway can be used. Aren't we trapped here to death?"
"Sleepy?" Monica replied calmly, "You're worrying too much. The coming darkness is an unknown for us."
"We've spotted quite a few giant, strange flying creatures along the eastern coast. From a cursory glance, they appear to be at least exceptional-level." Ning Jing relayed her findings to Lin Xian. "And they're all in large groups. If they were to surround the island, we'd be hard-pressed to deal with them."
"Ah! We saw quite a few too, all huge monsters!" Sasha groaned, "Why are they all gathered here? What the hell did those guys do?!"
"Captain Lin." Shuqin spoke to Lin Xian.
At this moment, everyone looked at him.
"There are still secrets on this island." Lin Xian took off the power armor mask, pressed his hand between his eyebrows, and tried hard to capture the chaotic fragments of consciousness just now.
In Gu Zheng's consciousness, there were endless thoughts of submission of the Adventists and the madness after the collapse of the human worldview. He tried his best to capture something, but could only hear a roar of alienation.
The only useful thing he managed to capture in those clips was an ambient scene, seemingly set in some dark underground tunnel, filled with dead bodies and wastewater.
In a bright hall, hundreds of people stood devoutly in several solemn formations. A vague figure on a high platform seemed to be saying something, while the people below kept raising their fists and cheering...
Then came the rumble of thunder like muffled drums, gunshots, the claustrophobic sounds of deep water, and the faces of countless strange monsters.
The most profound image Lin Xian captured was of a room filled with people. In the foreground stood a blue ball of light, like a hologram or some physical object, emitting a faint blue glow. Gazing into this light, he suddenly took in numerous three-dimensional images: someone expressing a certain stance, a certain philosophy, a certain history...
How to solve poverty and hunger with synthetic food, how to abolish the five senses, gender, and pain, and break the biological reproductive isolation, so that life can be free from disease, consciousness can be integrated, and advance to a higher form of life.
"Without disagreement, lies, or suffering, when all living things lose their awareness, humans will become perfect creatures without wisdom, pain, or individual differences. The Blue Planet will become a mindless 'eternal paradise,' where people will 'share happiness' by preying on each other and fusing their ganglia. When they grow too large, they will split and reproduce."
“The evolution of civilization requires the iteration of life and the awakening of consciousness. A civilization without social structure or conflict can achieve a higher form of social life, where all desires can be shared and all suffering can be eliminated…”
The soft music kept echoing in Lin Xian's ears like a huge bell. The information conveyed by the blue light ball was more terrifying than the steel stamp of thought. All the fragments of neuronal consciousness captured by Lin Xian were not so clear that he could hear those sounds as if he was there in person.
What eternal paradise, what fusion nerves?
This doesn't sound like the will of the Adventists, but more like the will instilled from another civilization...
Wow!
More and more strange creatures emerged from the streets below. Some of them gathered around them, while many rushed towards the Infinity. They seemed to be affected by the residual attractant released by the Holy City Organization. Shu Qin couldn't help but change color when watching this scene.
"Oh no! They're starting to gather towards the Infinity. There's danger over there!"
"Captain Lin!"
Lin Xian regained consciousness from his chaotic fragments, his entire body covered in cold sweat. He constantly dismissed the lewd music and began to focus on the scene in the underground pipeline. He immediately said to everyone, "Qian Dele, Queen Mo, quickly lead the team back to the Infinity Train and move the train to the underground track of Binhai University. Find a position to set up defenses and make sure to clear the mark before dark."
"Okay." Qian Dele nodded in agreement.
Monica looked at Lin Xian: "What about you?"
"There are still quite a few people on the island. The one who escaped used some kind of forbidden item. It might be related to the item Ryan and the others said could control the Garan Volcano. Sister Ning, Xiaoqing and Brother Baihuo, come with me. I think they might be in some sewage system. We have to find them."
Ning Jing frowned: "Are you worried that they are going to detonate Mount Garan?"
Lin Xian shook his head: "It's not that simple, but they must have a hiding place, and if something happens here, how can they leave?"
"Oh, that's right. If the people from the Holy City were still on the island, there should still be a chance to stop them." KIKI understood.
Brother Huo clasped his hands together and said, "Alright, these ignorant rats dared to plot against us. We must burn them all to ashes!"
Seeing the sky gradually darkening and the monsters starting to rush on the streets, Lin Xian knew that the situation was becoming dangerous. He immediately asked Monica and Qian Dele's team to rush back. At the same time, he found several vehicles that the Holy City Organization had just used. Sure enough, he found a path navigation on one of the individual aircraft, which actually pointed directly to a sea prison on an island southeast of Haiyan Island.
"It's right here, hurry up!"
Lin Xian always felt that the middle-aged man who possessed the forbidden object might be a big trouble. Now it was about to get dark, and he couldn't just stay where he was and wait for others to "give him a big gift", so he had to take the initiative. He thought to himself that this group of people attracted so many strange creatures. If they could keep themselves out of trouble, it meant that they probably had some way to avoid danger.
"Okay, let's go!"
Lin Xian and Ning Jing led their men to fly directly towards the southeast, increasing their speed to the fastest. According to the time it got dark yesterday, they only had about an hour left.
Haiyan Prison is not on the main island of Haiyan. Because it is a tourist city, the prison is built on a small island about 30 nautical miles southeast of Haiyan. In the southeast waters of Haiyan Island, a gray-black concrete building is isolated on the island, shaped like a rotten skeleton of a giant beast. The barbed wire outside the prison has long been rusted and broken, and it is twisted and drooping as if it was torn by some huge force. The entire prison is surrounded by high walls, shaped like a huge reinforced concrete fortress.
As soon as Lin Xian, KIKI, Ning Jing and others approached, they immediately discovered something was wrong.
"Why are there still zombies in this place?"
"Looks like a survivor who just mutated." Lin Xian stood on the high wall and looked at the entire prison. He found that there were many tents and sheds here. Many defensive weapons were also deployed on the high walls. The area inside the high walls was like a natural shelter, and many green plants were planted. It seemed that the survivors from Haiyan Island had gathered here and built a solid shelter.
However, at this moment, there were only countless wandering zombies in the prison shelter. It was dead silent everywhere, and there was a lot of dark red blood everywhere, as if telling everyone that the tragedy here had not lasted long.
Ning Jing said solemnly, "What a pity! I wonder what happened to them. This looks like a really good safe zone."
"Be careful, those members of the Holy City Organization might be here." Lin Xian activated the mechanical scanner: "Search for any entrance to the underground fortifications. They can't have so many vehicles parked outside."
"Over there!" Abai pointed directly to a square deep in the prison, which was surrounded by barbed wire. There was a row of large gates on one side of the building.
"There was a strong fluctuation in the spiritual value there."
"Let's go." Lin Xian set off immediately and turned back to signal KIKI and Xiaoqing: "Protect Abai Shizhi."
"Um."
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Lin Xian and his men descended from the sky at this time. Hundreds of Thunder Falcon drones were summoned by him. Silent pulse rays were quickly fired, harvesting large swathes of zombies, directly clearing the open space, and then quickly rushed towards the gate.
At this time, Lin Xian scanned over and found that the gate had been reinforced. After raising his hand to swallow, the metal door of the prison inside had collapsed, revealing a deep corridor inside. This was a storage area of the prison. Entering from the corridor, it was damp and dark everywhere, and the ground was full of stench. Further down, a big hole collapsed in the basement used to store miscellaneous items, and the sound of dripping water echoed in the empty space. Lin Xian operated the drone, turned on the light, and looked down. He immediately found that there was a large pipe underneath, but unlike expected, this was not just a sewage pipe. Judging from its scale, it was more like a pipe used for tsunami flood discharge.
"There is only one prison on this island, why would they build such a large flood discharge pipe?" Ning Jing noticed something was wrong and spoke up.
Shu Qin, who was standing by, said, "It might be some kind of military facility. It looks quite old."
"Lin Xian, are we going down here?" KIKI asked.
Before Lin Xian could say anything, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from the pipe below, like the sound of leather shoes stepping on the floor, which seemed extremely strange in this dilapidated environment.
Just when Lin Xian thought someone was coming out, what appeared in his sight was a pair of strange severed feet!
(End of this chapter)
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