Chapter 107: The Fourth Floor Underground
(with 75,000 nutrient solution extras)
One day later, the first batch of scientific researchers arrived and settled in. There were about 30 people in the group, only six or seven of them were real scientific researchers, and the rest were members of the troops who escorted them.
This was just one of the scientific research teams from several shelters, and it was also the representative of the shelter that had contacted Lin Wu before.
The laboratory space is limited, and the power has not been fully restored at present. It is impossible to accommodate and load the scientific research teams of all shelters at the same time.
After Lin Wu raised this issue, the other party said that they would hold a meeting with several other official shelters to negotiate and decide the order of the scientific research teams' settlement.
Unsurprisingly, the researchers of this shelter were given the first priority to enter, because it had an advantage that no other shelter had: Feng Xu's parents were sent there to live temporarily.
At that time, because the laboratory's condition was not certain, and it was not certain whether it could become a stable shelter, Lin Wu temporarily sent Feng Xu's parents to the official shelter.
This time, the researchers wanted to come over, and the safety of the car was guaranteed, so he asked the other party to escort his parents as well.
Compared to Lin Wu's agreement to let them stay in the laboratory, this was just a small request, and the shelter would naturally not refuse it. At the same time, his parents were also allocated a lot of water and protective supplies.
The leader of the team was a man in his forties with a cold expression. Not long after arriving, he asked Lin Wu to help repair the other electrical systems and clean up the remaining areas of the laboratory.
At first glance, it sounded like he wanted to help, but in fact, You Xi and Lin Wu knew that this was a disguised attempt by the other party to gain control. The two of them were very tacit, and neither of them said much. They directly asked their people to take them to the power room.
After Lin Wu watched the captain and his group leave, he went to the room where Feng Xu's parents were accommodated.
The room was on the third floor underground. There were two corridors here, and both sides were the same five or six square meters of rooms. There were nearly thirty rooms in total. Each room had no other exits or windows except for a door with a round window facing the corridor.
This used to be the room where the experimenters were imprisoned. There were beds, simple washbasins and toilets inside, somewhat similar to the single cells in prison. It took them a lot of time to clean up this area, but it was indeed more convenient to live in it.
Youxi also followed Lin Wu. It was not known whether Feng Xu's parents were tired from the long journey, but they looked in a bad mental state. They were not very excited to see Lin Wu, and their eyes were a little absent-minded the whole time.
Feng's mother even asked Lin Wu about many things from his childhood, and she told him one by one in detail. After she finished talking about some things, she asked him to talk again. Lin Wu chatted with her for a while.
Youxi stood aside and watched quietly. She found that after Lin Wu finished talking to them, Feng's mother's condition was obviously much better. She even took out some food to treat them and asked them if they planned to get married.
Lin Wu: ...
You Xi: ...
This question was unexpected. The two did not stay for too long. After leaving, Lin Wu apologized to her with slightly red ears.
You Xi did not care about these things. She asked Lin Wu if he noticed that Feng Xu's parents were not quite right.
"A little bit indeed." In fact, he had all kinds of speculations in his mind, not only about Feng Xu's parents, but also about the scientific research team and even the official shelter.
The official shelter suddenly contacted them this time. On the surface, it seemed logical, but in fact, it was a bit weird.
Everyone who participated in the meeting at the villa that day knew that he and You Xi led the team to the laboratory, but the problem was that at the time, even they themselves were not sure about the specific situation of the laboratory, and did not know whether it could become a long-term shelter.
But in the end, they had just finished cleaning up and had just started using it normally when the official shelter found out.
How did they know?
Or rather, who told (informed) them?
This person was undoubtedly beside them, so did he tell the other party the details of how he and Youxi defeated the mutants in the villa area?
Thinking more deeply, if the official knew the details of how he and Youxi defeated the other party, would they also have some ideas at the same time? Did they really come here just to borrow the place for scientific research this time?
Youxi could roughly guess what Lin Wu was suspicious about. She patted him on the shoulder and said four words: "Watch and see."
Finally, there were only ten days left, and they had to finish it.
**
The next few days were calm, and the scientific researchers and military personnel each performed their duties.
The military personnel worked faster than the people on Youxi Linwu's side, and there were more professional people in the team. Not only did they repair the remaining power generation equipment, improve the water purification system and air filtration system, but they also cleaned up, repaired and restored the abandoned control room.
They even planned to open up an area for hydroponic vegetable crops in the laboratory and planned to expand the entire underground laboratory. This was also to prepare for the scientific research teams from several other official shelters to move in later.
For this reason, the other party specifically talked to Linwu and Youxi twice.
Although the other party is vying for the top spot, Lin Wu and You Xi have no obsession with being a leader. As long as what they do is truly for the survival of mankind, they don't care who makes the decisions and manages.
The scientific researchers are busy almost 24 hours a day in several laboratories equipped with various professional instruments. They seem to be working day and night. I don't know if it is because of this rare research opportunity that they want to be one step ahead of other shelters and make a breakthrough in antacids.
You Xi and Lin Wu are not particularly clear about the relationship between the official shelters. Although they are all official, the original social order has collapsed, and everything is in a chaotic period. No matter
how harmonious the surface is, as long as it is a place managed by people, there will always be selfishness and competition behind the scenes.
With only two days left before Youxi's three-month survival deadline, the leader of the shelter finally couldn't wait any longer and came to see Lin Wu and Youxi again. They first discussed the preliminary plan for expanding the laboratory. There was a lot of content in this part and it took a long time to talk about it.
After finishing the expansion, the topic turned to the core laboratory behind several sealed doors at the bottom of the laboratory.
But this time Lin Wu was not so easy to talk to and directly said that he didn't want the other party to break the door for the time being.
"What's wrong? Do you know something we don't?" The other party's eyes were stern, and his gaze swept over You Xi who was sitting next to him without saying anything, and finally looked at Lin Wu, saying with a double meaning, "So, you didn't mention this hidden space to us before, and even changed the identification code to the sealed door leading to the fourth underground floor, right?"
You Xi heard this and sneered softly. The meaning of the other party's words was already very obvious.
"I don't know." Lin Wu looked straight at the other party without avoiding or dodging, "But now there are not many places for everyone to stay. Before we are completely sure, we don't want to cause any more trouble."
"But now the research has reached a bottleneck, we need more research data and samples. You should know in your heart that what we need is very likely there!"
"Who told you that it is very likely?" Lin Wu looked at the other party and turned the tables, "Also, how did you know about the core laboratory?"
The computer that found this part of the data and the door lock password had been put away by him, and the door was very hidden. If someone hadn't told them, it would be impossible to know it so clearly.
Captain Zhou looked at Lin Wu and said, "This is not the point. Now this matter is not something you two can decide. This is the future of the entire human race! I admit that there are people around you who have been officially recruited by us... If not, this important news would have been ignored. I understand your concerns about unexpected changes, but you should believe in our strength. Our team members have the most professional equipment and skills, have undergone various trainings, and have saved many people in acid rains..."
This time, the other party did not hold back like before, but put everything on the table with a frank attitude.
This approach was actually acceptable to Lin Wu and You Xi, so Lin Wu spoke again and asked the other party to wait for two days. After two days, they would completely transfer all management rights of the laboratory to them.
"Thank you very much for your willingness to hand over all management rights, but I'm sorry, we don't want to wait another two days."
Lin Wu was about to speak, but You Xi gently pulled him back. He turned his head and saw her slightly tilting her head as if listening to something. Then she frowned and looked at him: "Too late."
"What?" "
The door is already open." You Xi glanced at Captain Zhou. It was their negligence. Since he had a way to recruit their people without their knowledge, he naturally had a way to open the hidden door leading to the fourth underground floor.
Lin Wu reset the password, but if they had professional equipment, they would still be able to open the door after spending some time. Captain Zhou came to them today, not for discussion at all.
"You came here today to delay time, right?" You Xi understood.
Captain Zhou looked at her for a moment, a little surprised.
Before today, he had not paid much attention to You Xi because Lin Wu was the one who spoke in most cases. It was not until this moment when she stopped Lin Wu and pointed out the truth herself that he realized that You Xi was the one who made the decision between the two.
In this situation where force is important, if she is the one who has the final say, it means that her strength should be higher than Lin Wu.
According to the information he had received before, Lin Wu has abilities beyond normal people. If You Xi's strength is higher than his, then wouldn't it be...
Captain Zhou was still thinking, but You Xi suddenly moved. He subconsciously tried to grab her, but she dodged behind him at a speed beyond his cognition. Then his neck was pinched, and he fainted without even making a sound.
Youxi took out the stun gun and gave Captain Zhou some help, then said to Lin Wu, "Go to the negative fourth floor."
**
The whole thing was carefully planned. In the early stage, they lowered their vigilance quietly and secretly planned the way to break the door. Today, Captain Zhou even delayed them for a long time.
Not only was the hidden sealed door leading to the negative fourth floor opened, but also soundproofing equipment was arranged between the floors below to ensure that the sound of the sealed door of the core laboratory below would not be noticed by Lin Wu and Youxi.
The only omission of the other party was that they underestimated Youxi's ability, but Youxi realized it a little too late.
On the fourth underground floor, the team had pushed to the end of the L corridor. Several layers of sealed doors were opened, and the laboratory hidden behind was revealed. A dark blue light shone from inside. The team members were no longer visible. They were probably inside.
Youxi and Lin Wu stood outside the laboratory door vigilantly. From their perspective, it was a circular metal space with blue light. They couldn't see the whole picture at a glance. It didn't look like a laboratory, but rather a transitional space. Youxi
grabbed his hand and rushed out. He and Lin Wu walked a few steps inside. The circular space with blue light looked a bit like a snail shell. As they went deeper, the space gradually shrank. There was a surveillance camera every one meter on the ceiling. Finally, a huge metal cylinder appeared in front of them with a sliding door on it, which was now open.
Inside the cylinder, there is a metal staircase leading downwards. It looks very deep. The team that entered earlier should have already gone down.
The two listened carefully, but did not hear any movement from the team. They did not know whether it was because the other team had already advanced to a very low position, or because the wall of the cylinder itself had extremely high sound insulation.
"Go in?" You Xi glanced at Lin Wu.
Lin Wu thought about it, then shook his head: "Go back. I'll go in by myself in two days."
He said this because he had death immunity in this SS-level world, but the premise was that You Xi completed the mission in two days, and the two of them would be considered to have completed their mission in this apocalyptic world.
You Xi did not have immunity. After that, whether she stayed or continued to explore, as long as she died in the apocalyptic world, it would be considered real death.
Therefore, it was best for him to act alone in two days.
The two decided to leave, and at this moment, the blue lights on the surrounding walls suddenly changed to flashing red, as if they had gone from a peaceful state to an alert state.
As expected, mechanical sounds rang out from everywhere: "Warning, Sample No. 1 is leaving! Warning, Sample No. 1 is leaving!"
Youxi and Lin Wu looked at each other and immediately turned around and ran out.
The incident happened in an instant, and the two had no idea what had happened, but at this time they had to evacuate first.
However, when they were only halfway through the circular space, there was a loud bang at the entrance in front, as if something heavy was falling from above.
Youxi had a bad feeling, so she sped up again, immediately passed Lin Wu, and checked the situation first.
The entrance to the laboratory that was originally opened by the team members has been completely blocked by a silver metal door, like a gate that was lowered to prevent something from escaping.
You Xi did not hesitate, and smashed the two cameras on the nearby ceiling, took out the [High Temperature Perfume], and sprayed it directly at the metal door.
It was unknown what the metal door was made of, and the third and fourth gears were ineffective. It was not until she turned to the fifth gear that the metal door showed signs of melting.
Lin Wu quickly rushed over. There were human movements coming from the end of the circular space. It should be that one of the team members who went down earlier came up. Their footsteps and breathing were panicked, as if they had encountered something dangerous.
The perfume in Youxi's hand was originally the leftover, and it was soon used up. She heard the sound of the plane being seized at the end and the screams of the team members, as well as the sound of someone using a communication tool to report to the people on the upper floor, mixed with a low roar of an inhuman that she had never heard before.
Youxi bought several bottles of high-temperature perfume again, and threw two bottles to Lin Wu. He turned around and walked back, ready to fight, while Youxi opened two bottles at the same time and continued to concentrate on breaking through the metal door.
But a few seconds later, the flames that were originally at level five suddenly shrank. You Xi's heart trembled, and she felt an unprecedented sense of crisis. The roar was getting closer. She heard the sound of Lin Wu being knocked away and hitting the wall, as well as his suppressed cry of pain. She could even feel that the "No. 1 Template" was not far away from her.
How terrible it would be if even [High Temperature Perfume] couldn't deal with it.
But this terrible feeling was not as terrible as another terrible feeling coming from her body.
She couldn't breathe, or rather, the air in the entire circular space around her was disappearing - as if it was being sucked dry.
No! Not as if! The air in this entire space was indeed being sucked out at a very fast speed. Youxi immediately took out the oxygen cylinder and oxygen mask and rushed towards Lin Wu.
But it was useless. The surroundings were turning into a vacuum state. Aerobic breathing could only delay it, but the normal human body could not withstand the vacuum environment. She felt that the liquid in her body was evaporating little by little, and her fingers were already swollen.
Not far in front of her, a tall black shadow appeared, which did not look like a human body. The opponent rushed towards her quickly. Youxi endured the discomfort of her body and tried to dodge with difficulty, but was still knocked out.
Her back hit the metal wall and then fell to the ground. She felt that all her internal organs seemed to have moved.
A mouthful of blood spurted out of her mouth and sprayed onto the oxygen mask. Everything around her was shrouded in blood and became blurred.
She struggled to get up. The black shadow came again, but it roared and fell to the ground after running a few steps. A large amount of black liquid flowed out of it. It was also restricted by the vacuum, its internal organs ruptured, its body swelled, and it was about to die...
Youxi didn't crawl far before she fell down again. Before she lost consciousness, she vaguely understood that the mechanism of this circular space was probably the last line of defense to prevent this thing from escaping...
**
Several other metal doors automatically fell down in the corridor between the fourth underground floor and the third underground floor.
Captain Zhou, who had just been awakened by his men, stood outside the metal door with the remaining team members with an ugly face, commanding them to break the door.
However, this door was completely different from the previous sealed door, and there was no way to blast it. He thought of the cries for help and screams of other team members in the communication facility just now, and punched the door hard.
Twenty-five team members, fifteen of them went down!
Lin Wu and You Xi were also down there!
What happened down there! Why didn't they even have the ability to resist? Why did such a metal door suddenly appear to isolate them! ?
"Captain Zhou! Monitor!" A team member reminded him.
Captain Zhou reacted immediately and strode towards the monitoring room.
At the same moment, in the circular space closed by many metal doors, Lin Wu, who was originally lying on the ground bleeding and breathless, suddenly moved, and then slowly opened his eyes.
He noticed the many cameras on the ceiling, frowned slightly, and the moment he closed his eyes and opened them again, more than 20 cameras exploded automatically.
As his senses recovered, he felt the damage to his body.
"It's useless..." He seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to be talking to someone.
A light golden halo appeared around him, as if a barrier was opened. In this halo, the escape of the liquid in the body finally stopped.
He quickly stood up and quickly went to where Youxi was.
When he passed by a motionless black unidentified body on the ground, he kicked it hard. It was kicked onto the wall and bounced back to the ground. More black liquid gushed out, and the body of the thing was torn apart, deader than dead.
He kicked and left without stopping, and quickly came to the dying Youxi.
Her body had been transformed three times, and she had breathed oxygen at the beginning, so she lasted a few more seconds.
He helped her up, and the halo around her body enveloped her. The moment her body left the vacuum, the evaporation of the liquid stopped quickly, but the dying body could not heal itself.
However, at least she would not die.
He raised his hand to check the phone on his wrist. There were still thirty-seven hours, twenty-five minutes and six seconds left before the mission was completed.
He took off the oxygen mask on Youxi's face, helped her, sat down against the metal wall, and carefully checked to ensure that every part of her body was safe in the light golden halo. Then he closed his eyes and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
This body was already dead, and now every minute and every second he stayed here would make him experience the feeling before death.
And this experience had to last for a full thirty-seven hours and twenty-five minutes.
He had to save energy as much as possible and could not make the barrier too large, otherwise it would not last the remaining time.
**
Youxi felt as if she had fallen into darkness. It was the first time she experienced the feeling of being on the verge of death, and this kind of dying in a vacuum. Every cell in her body seemed to split apart.
The water in her body automatically escaped from her skin, including her blood.
Her hands, feet, and body all seemed to be stretched to the limit, and there was a feeling that they were about to crack.
Suddenly, all the uncomfortable feelings disappeared, and she seemed to fall into a soft place. Someone helped her up and put her back in a comfortable place.
She tried again and again to open her eyes, and finally saw a blurry picture.
There was a red light all around, and she seemed to be still in the circular space, but in this red, there was a faint golden light shrouding her and the person who supported her.
She tried to look at the other person. It was a familiar face. It was called Feng Xu before, and then Lin Wu...
The pain in her body suddenly hit her, and she lost consciousness again.
After an unknown amount of time, she vaguely heard a familiar voice.
[World Mission 1: Survival for three months has been completed, the host has obtained 60 star coins. Number of star coins: 640. ]
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