Mission in Progress 06
But instead of reaching the embrace of the earth, it fell into a hole.
Sheng Wei fell down as well, and the damage done to his body from the previous fall was made even worse. Jiang Lin was not feeling well either, and he was seeing stars from the fall.
Fortunately, the combat uniform I was wearing had a cushioning function, otherwise I would have definitely broken bones.
"Jiang Lin, are you okay?" Wen Yan was just a step slow and saw Sheng Wei pounce on Jiang Lin, and the two fell into a hole together.
"Not very good." Jiang Lin's resentful voice came from the bottom of the cave.
"That's good." Wen Yan breathed a sigh of relief. He was glad he wasn't dead. Who knew what might be beneath this inexplicably appearing hole?
Jiang Lin at the bottom of the cave:?
After sitting on the ground for a while, Jiang Lin felt that the pain in her body was not so severe. She began to look at the hole. There were obvious signs that someone had lived here.
She reached out her hand and groped in the hole. The hole seemed to be very long, but it was too dark inside for her to see clearly.
"Jiang Lin, come up quickly." Wen Yan let down a long rope.
"This hole seems to be connected." Jiang Lin shouted from below.
"Don't shout, don't shout, this hole leads to the laboratory." Tang Xiaoyan's somewhat anxious voice came from above.
Jiang Lin silently turned off the microphone and climbed up the rope with Sheng Wei.
"You're not hurt, are you?" Wen Yan took a quick look and felt relieved when he saw that Jiang Lin was moving normally.
"You said this hole leads to a laboratory." Jiang Lin looked at Tang Xiaoyan and whispered.
"Yes, this hole can lead to the laboratory we just escaped from." Tang Xiaoyan confirmed again, her eyes clear.
"Why is there such a passage here?"
"My husband and I have always had the habit of writing letters to each other. When the end of the world came, he was still doing experiments in this laboratory."
"A group of people broke into our house. I was about to read his letter when they threatened me to hand over all the food in the room."
"Then I escaped and wanted to find him in the lab. I drove my family car here overnight, but there wasn't even a guard at the door."
"I walked in alone without locking the door. My husband hadn't completely forgotten me by then. When he noticed me coming in, he covered my mouth and took me to this cave."
"So he dug this hole?" Jiang Lin looked at Tang Xiaoyan, wondering how such a long passage was dug out.
"Yes, this was originally an underground road, but the exit was originally sealed, and he later dug it open."
"I came too late. He is beyond help." Tang Xiaoyan's smile was a little forced.
"How does it control those experimenters?" Jiang Lin asked the question that had always puzzled her.
"They're spores. They multiply very quickly. When they mature, a large number of spores will float in the air and water. Those spores have hallucinogenic effects and are very reproducible."
"The experimenters became parasitic after prolonged exposure to the spores. The plants ate their hearts, and they became hollow."
At this time, light rain slowly fell from the sky. The first autumn rain actually came at this time. Jiang Lin had a bad premonition.
"No, we can't let these spores spread outside."
Although zombies are scary, they have little intelligence. However, these experimenters controlled by mutant plants can even disguise themselves as humans and retain the superpowers they had as humans.
This is horrible.
"Your husband is Ah Xin just now." Jiang Lin suffered a lot from the wooden thorns of the experimenter with wood-related abilities.
"Yes, he was the last one to be corrupted. The tree thought he was very powerful, so it trained him to be the leader of the experimenters."
"In his last moments, before he lost his mind, he left me a lot of food in this cave and told me not to come out again."
"But I still hold on to the hope that he can recover, and I hang around every day."
"Until one day, I secretly followed this passage back to the laboratory and saw that his body was completely covered with vines. I don't remember much after that."
"Maybe he turned crazy because of too much stimulation." Tang Xiaoyan said with a wry smile, not knowing whether it was lucky or unfortunate that she could survive like this.
"Let's take a night's rest first. We'll go back tomorrow and burn down the tree and this laboratory." Jiang Lin calmed down. The things in this laboratory must not be leaked out.
"Then let's go back to the base first. There are some equipment there." Wen Yan suggested. After running around the base, their backpacks and equipment were left inside.
I can only go back to the base and get some of the equipment that is resting.
The four of them rested for a while and then walked towards the building where they had lived before.
The few team members who had stayed in the room to rest did not look any better. They leaned against the wall with their eyes closed. Tang Xiaoyan walked over to check on them.
"It's not very good. It looks like it's infected." Her expression was a little solemn.
"Are there spores in this area?" Jiang Lin felt that things were more complicated than she had imagined.
"Yes, if you don't come out of the psychedelic state quickly, the next step will be parasitism." Tang Xiaoyan has a better understanding of the steps of parasitism.
"Do you have a knife?"
Jiang Lin handed over his dagger, and Tang Xiaoyan quickly cut their arms: "Let's see if it works by letting them bleed."
Tang Xiaoyan was watching the blood flowing out from the side all the time: "That's enough. If it keeps flowing, you'll get anemia." She simply stopped the wounds of those people.
Jiang Lin went over to check their temperature and found that it had dropped a little. His expression also became calmer. "It looks like they are fine."
"Well, the infection concentration is not high. If they wake up tomorrow, it won't be a problem. If they don't wake up, you can't be merciful. Killing them is the only way to protect as many people as possible."
"But judging by the current situation, we shouldn't have to go that far."
Tang Xiaoyan's eyes moved away from the unconscious man and looked at Jiang Lin steadily: "Let's get to know each other again. My name is Tang Xiaoyan. I am proficient in medicine. Stay with me and I will show my value."
Jiang Lin looked at her clear eyes after her madness faded and nodded: "You know the base best, so how can we infiltrate it safely?"
"You can try it tonight. I know where they hold people."
Night is indeed suitable for covert operations, so let's take another gamble: "After we get out, burn down the entire experimental base."
After communicating the infiltration plan for the evening, everyone immediately went to rest.
Around midnight, Jiang Lin was awakened by a gentle push, and Wen Yan's face appeared before him: "What time is it?"
"It's almost twelve o'clock, get ready to go." Wen Yan looked at his watch.
This time they brought nothing more than weapons and masks.
Jiang Lin poured a bottle of nutrient solution into his mouth, stood up from the ground, and moved his numb limbs.
At night, the four people almost blended into the night under the cover of their combat uniforms. Tang Xiaoyan led everyone back to the previous cave and walked deeper.
"Tick-tick." There was only the sound of dripping water around. Everyone held their breath and dared not make a sound.
Following this underground passage, I finally entered the interior of the experimental base again.
Tang Xiaoyan gestured to them and went around to the other side.
Not long after walking, I saw a dim light and a cage covered with vines.
Chen Siwei was locked inside. Fortunately, his mask was not removed and he looked in good spirits.
"Minister Chen, we have received the purifier you sent us. However, we cannot reproduce it in a short period of time. We hope you can provide us with more."
"Oh, by the way, there's a man who claims to be your subordinate and is imprisoned by us."
"Yes, his name is Chen Siwei. I haven't met Zhang Tian, yes."
The sound of someone making a phone call could be heard intermittently. Sure enough, Chen Guanghai was involved in this. This guy is really crazy.
Chen Siwei was bound by vines at the moment and could only hope that for Chen Guanghai's sake, these guys who could no longer be considered human would spare his life.
"Squeak, squeak." The sound of mice came from the darkness.
Chen Siwei looked towards the source of the sound and saw a pair of familiar eyes. It was Jiang Lin.
"Where did the mouse come from?" The experimenter who made the call apparently heard the voice. He hung up the phone and started looking around.
"Hey, I've already told you that I'm Chen Guanghai's subordinate. Can you let me go? My mission isn't completed yet." Chen Siwei made a sound that disrupted the experimenter's investigation.
"Why are you making such a fuss? We'll let you out once more purifiers arrive." Before the experimenter could finish his words, an ice spike strong enough to penetrate his body pierced his head directly.
The experimenter collapsed in disbelief.
Jiang Lin raised his eyebrows. Tang Xiaoyan was right. The bodies of these experimenters had been corroded, but part of their brains still existed to support their thinking and actions.
So the brain should be their weakest and most irrecoverable part.
Before the other experimenter on duty could even scream, a ball of water wrapped around his head and he suffocated to death in terror.
Wen Yan had already circled around Chen Siwei at this time, burned the vines on his body with fire, and by the way, found the key from the dead experimenter.
Chen Siwei was a little unsteady on his feet after just being freed: "Hurry up, their internal communication method is different from ours."
"Once someone dies, others get the news quickly."
Jiang Lin didn't hesitate and signaled Tang Xiaoyan to take them away.
Noisy footsteps could be faintly heard on the road. Wen Yan was walking at the end. At the last moment before entering the passage, a huge fireball rolled into the underground base.
Even Jiang Lin in the passage felt the burning heat.
The five people moved quickly through the passage. The temperature was getting higher and higher, and there was smoke and dust. The system's protective masks really played a big role. They could breathe freely even in this environment.
"Wow, I'm dying of heat." Jiang Lin was already sweating profusely when he climbed out of the cave. The burning experimental base made this secret passage particularly stuffy.
Sheng Wei lay on the ground without caring about his image.
Only Wen Yan stood there watching the distant laboratory turn into a scarlet flame.
Flames danced in Jiang Lin's eyes. Was it really over? Everyone was silent.
The situation in this underground experimental base has once again made those who originally thought that the world was slowly getting better feel despair.
I hope all these evils will disappear with the flames.
When they rushed back to the base, dawn had already broken and the second autumn rain arrived as expected, and the weather became cooler.
Looking at the team members who had returned to normal but looked a little pale, Wen Yan breathed a sigh of relief. After all, they were not infected.
Food and supplies were running low, and they had to start their return journey.
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