The purple light grew increasingly arrogant, like a bucket of fluorescent agent splashed on a dirty rag, so bright it hurt people's eyes.
The ground shook even more violently, and Lu Zhaoming felt as if he were standing in an old-fashioned washing machine, about to be thrown out at any moment.
Damn it, this isn't Godzilla, this is going to be a disaster!
He turned around abruptly and was met with Qin Wan'er's face, which was covered in cheap lipstick. At this moment, there was no elegance on her face, but instead a kind of morbid excitement, like a drug addict who was high.
"It seems someone got here before us." Qin Wan'er's voice was as cold as a can of cola frozen in an ice cellar for three years, giving Lu Zhaoming goosebumps.
When Lu Zhaoming rushed back to the safe house, Qin Wan'er and her group were already swarming around the entrance like flies, fiddling with the rusty door.
Qin Wan'er, like a sorceress, muttered incantations while her fingers flew across the control panel, seemingly trying to enter some bizarre password.
"Hey, beautiful, are you entering your password? Want me to take a look for you?" Lu Zhaoming walked over with a grin, but in his mind he was plotting how to do something sneaky.
Qin Wan'er glared at him fiercely, her eyes looking as if she wanted to devour him alive.
"Stop getting in my way! Is this any of your business?"
Lu Zhaoming shrugged, feigning innocence.
While Qin Wan'er wasn't paying attention, he secretly activated the system and simulated a fake password input sound effect. The sound was so realistic that Qin Wan'er was stunned and thought she was about to succeed.
Just as Qin Wan'er was being deceived by this illusion, Lu Zhaoming quietly circled around behind them and began his "assassination" operation.
He first used a rock to accurately knock out one of the guards, and then used a piece of wire he picked up from the garbage dump to quickly take down the other two.
He acted swiftly and accurately, like a seasoned hunter, clean and efficient, leaving no trace.
Qin Wan'er finally noticed something was wrong and turned around abruptly, just in time to see Lu Zhaoming standing behind her like a ghost, with that smug grin on his face.
She flew into a rage and, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, screamed and pounced on Lu Zhaoming.
Qin Wan'er, as expected of a genetically modified being, possessed speed and strength far exceeding that of ordinary people. The force of her punch made Lu Zhaoming feel suffocated.
Lu Zhaoming dared not take the attack head-on and could only dodge awkwardly.
The two exchanged blows, fighting fiercely.
Qin Wan'er's attacks were like a storm, wave after wave, giving Lu Zhaoming no chance to catch his breath.
However, Lu Zhaoming was no pushover either. He used the system's ability to suppress supernatural powers to continuously weaken the effects of Qin Wan'er's genetic modification, gradually turning the tide of the battle.
Just then, the Ark appeared.
He looked like a savior, holding a tattered laptop in his hand and muttering some code that Lu Zhaoming couldn't understand.
A few minutes later, with a "click," the door to the safe house opened.
"Go in!" Fang Zhou shouted, then plunged into the safe house.
Lu Zhaoming, no longer able to deal with Qin Wan'er, followed Fang Zhou into the safe house.
Inside the safe house, a huge device was emitting a blinding purple light and a buzzing sound; it was this thing that was causing the strange phenomena outside.
A huge countdown display hangs above the device, with red numbers constantly jumping, indicating that less than ten minutes remain.
"Damn it, the psionic amplifier is still running!" Lu Zhaoming cursed and quickly activated the system's new module to try to stabilize the device's energy.
Just as he was about to finish his operation, Zhou Hu barged in with a motley crew.
They were all carrying various weapons, with greedy expressions on their faces, clearly aiming for control of the safe house.
"Kid, if you know what's good for you, hand over control, or else..." Before Zhou Hu could finish speaking, he was struck by a sudden laser beam and forced to run away with his head in his hands.
This was a defensive mechanism that Lu Zhaoming had set up in advance. It was incredibly powerful and instantly forced Zhou Hu and his group into a desperate situation.
Seeing that all was lost, Qin Wan'er's face turned crazed. She rushed to the control panel and tried to activate the self-destruct program to take everyone down with her.
"Dream on!" Lu Zhaoming had anticipated her move and used the system to analyze the program's vulnerability beforehand, completely disabling the self-destruct mechanism.
In the end, Qin Wan'er was subdued, and the safe house fell completely under Lu Zhaoming's control.
He let out a long sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and felt as if he had fought a tough battle.
However, when Lu Zhaoming stood in the center of the safe house, striking a pose that seemed to say "applause is due," the system's cold electronic voice was like a bucket of cold water poured over his head: "The psionic amplifier has not completely stopped; unknown variables are being activated." Lu Zhaoming's smile froze. It felt like he had just eaten a big bite of ice cream and suddenly discovered it was expired—cool to the bone, exhilarating, but not exactly healthy.
He looked down at his feet, where the once smooth and flat ground now resembled an old man's face, covered with cracks.
A dark blue light, like a monster that has been lurking for a long time, slowly seeped out from the crack, carrying a strange chill.
A strange smell filled the air, like a mixture of rotten eggs and burnt plastic, so strong that Lu Zhaoming almost died on the spot.
He subconsciously took a step back, swallowed hard, and muttered to himself, "This thing... could it be about to hatch some kind of monster?" He felt a strange vibration under his feet, as if something was about to break through the ground.
Suddenly, a cold voice rang in his mind: "High-energy reaction detected. Host is advised to evacuate immediately..." Before Lu Zhaoming could react, he heard Fang Zhou exclaim: "Holy crap, what the hell is this?!"
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