Chapter 8 The End of the World 8
Although his body has fallen into a deep sleep, Jun Zhaoliu can still see the actions of the group of people with the help of the system's third-person perspective.
As early as when he went to explore the way as captain Qin Ling, Jun Zhaoliu noticed that something was wrong in S City.
Seeing that everything was going so smoothly along the way, he thought that the problem would be with the protagonist, but he didn't expect that it was waiting for them on the way back.
After the outbreak of the doomsday, human officials have established large and small bases, but there are still many places where some underground organizations are hidden
. After all, in the end of the world, the so-called law has long lost its original deterrent effect. In a society under the rule of law, there are still some illegal actions in invisible places, not to mention in the current doomsday.
S City is such a large first-tier city with complex underground passages. It is undoubtedly a good place to build an underground world.
While manipulating the Tang Ji alias, Jun Zhaoliu deliberately did not struggle, just wanting to experience this underground world and act out a script. After all, how can you build a bond without going through difficulties?
Watching this group of people drive to a place similar to the entrance of a subway, driving them around, and then stopping in front of a large iron gate.
When they arrived at the destination, Jun Zhaoliu reconnected his consciousness to the alias and felt his body being lifted by two people into a cold and damp place with a concrete floor. He could also feel the hard texture of small stones and sand on his skin.
"Brother Liu, this is a batch of good goods," a voice rang out in the darkness, with uncontrollable joy in the tone, "They are all in very good condition. Except for one boy, the rest are all superpowers... Didn't you say that the arena is out of stock recently? This batch is just right for you to replenish."
"Please check the goods."
The footsteps came from far away and got closer and closer.
Jun Zhaoliu felt a gaze scanning Tang Ji from top to bottom as if looking at the goods, and then turned to Qin Ling, probably "checking the goods".
"It's pretty good."
"Then what do you think... this price?"
"Register it," the male voice said lightly, "Go over there to check out."
"Send these two to the arena first." The man pointed at Qin Ling and Tang Ji who were lying on the ground and ordered.
"Yes."
...
Qin Ling was awakened by the deafening and noisy shouting.
With one hand supporting his aching head, the slender young man stood up in the huge iron cage, and the heavy iron chain on his wrist creaked with his movements.
This is a huge, grooved, abandoned open-air gymnasium. The walls are covered with hideous bloodstains, some of which are still fresh, and some have solidified and turned black. There are even traces of strong impacts on the solid cement walls. Compared with a gymnasium, it is more like a traditional ancient Greek arena.
The upper floor was filled with neat rows of seats, filled with people wearing masks. All of them were excited, their faces flushed, and they stared intently at the scene at the moment.
Qin Ling followed their line of sight and saw a man surrounded by dozens of zombies, thrown to the ground, his fragile neck bitten tightly, and streams of blood gushed out. The man kicked his legs violently, his eyes wide open with unwillingness and fear, and then his hands fell down powerlessly.
The crowd of onlookers made dissatisfied hisses and whispered to each other. Qin Ling vaguely heard a few cold words such as "Why did he die so quickly?" and "I thought this one would last longer."
Qin Ling clenched his fists and gritted his teeth to turn his eyes away from the bloody corpse.
At this time, in addition to the cage that held him, there were three other cages on the field. Two of them were empty, with their doors wide open. It was estimated that they had met with accidents.
According to this order, it would be his turn soon.
"The next one is the superpower we just got," a mechanical electronic voice sounded on the wide field, "Why don't you guess how long he can last?"
As the electronic voice introduced, Qin Ling felt the eyes of the audience on the field fell on him.
"Oh, by the way," the electronic voice paused, "In order to make this game more interesting, we have arranged a little prize. Bring it up."
Two big men carried a cage covered with black cloth and walked into everyone's sight.
The iron cage fell heavily to the ground, and the big man pulled away the black cloth, and a thin boy was lying on the cold iron cage.
——It was Tang Ji.
Qin Ling's expression became even gloomier, and his eyes were filled with dark ink that could not be dissolved. His hands tightly grasped the iron railings, his veins bulged, and his eyes stared at the figure lying on the ground, fearing that the big man would do something harmful to him.
"Look, what a weak and helpless child!" The electronic voice interrupted at an inopportune time, "I wonder if our knight can protect Her Royal Highness the Princess? Let's wait and see."
"Click, click, click--"
As the voice fell, the heavy friction sound of the iron gates rang out, and the two iron gates slowly opened.
At this time, the zombies that had finished eating raised their heads, turned their ugly faces to the two of them, and let out a low roar.
As the iron gates opened, the iron chains that handcuffed his hands were automatically untied. With his hands freed, Qin Ling came in front of the young man, took a defensive posture, and greeted the zombies that were running towards him.
The zombies that were just approaching Qin Ling's attack range were frozen from the feet by the hard and cold ice layer, which quickly spread to the top of the head, like an ice sculpture.
Within a minute, more than a dozen zombies on the field were frozen in place. The ice layer was shining under the sunlight, emitting a wisp of cold air, but there was no sign of melting.
"-Wow, it seems that this one is still quite powerful," the electronic voice exclaimed exaggeratedly, "but these are just some appetizers, and our exciting things are still to come."
As soon as the voice fell, the iron door hidden in the darkness opened with a swish, and a sharper roar sounded in the dust, and several extremely fast black shadows rushed out.
"These are the speed-type zombies we specially capture. Let's test this player's strength~"
Qin Ling dodged the claws of the first zombie that rushed out, and tried to freeze these zombies in the same way.
Obviously, these zombies are stronger than the previous batch of zombies in terms of strength, speed, and even reaction ability, especially in terms of speed. In the moment of being frozen, several zombies escaped with extremely fast speed.
In this case, then try this one?
Qin Ling opened his hands, and countless sharp ice spikes condensed in front of him at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a net covering the sky and the earth, stabbing at the zombies in front of him.
Ice spikes shot out like arrows, and the breeze they brought blew up a few strands of black hair around Qin Ling's ears.
No matter how fast the zombies dodged, they could not escape the huge net that covered the sky and the earth. They were stabbed through one after another and then fell to the ground.
"Oh? It was solved so quickly? So the next thing is..."
...
Ruan Heyu opened his eyes in the darkness.
After his pupils adjusted to the darkness, he looked around and found that this was a huge warehouse. He was lying in a huge iron cage. Such iron cages were arranged in a row, and people were locked in each cage.
Ruan Heyu moved to the side of the iron cage, squinted his eyes, and tried his best to see the face of the person next to him.
He picked up a small stone from the ground and threw it at the figure lying on the left.
"Rong Xinze! Don't sleep anymore, wake up!"
"Ah--who dares to hit me?!" Rong Xinze covered his head and got up from the ground with a bang. He looked for the person who "plotted" against him angrily. Seeing the expressionless face of Ruan Heyu on the right, he clenched his fists and approached.
"You kid want to hit me to death, so that you can step on me to get to the top, right?"
"Can a small stone really kill you? Don't be stupid, wake up Sister Baiying next to you quickly. I'll go call Zhizhi on the right."
The two of them quickly woke up Liang Baiying and Li Zhizhi. They tried to get closer together and discussed the next action in a low voice.
"I can't use my superpowers now. I think I was given a superpower relaxant," Ruan Heyu frowned, "What about you guys?"
"Me too." ×3
"Let's find a way to get out first," Liang Baiying said worriedly, "I wonder where Xiao Tang and the captain are? The captain is fine. At least he can still protect himself even though he lost his superpowers. It's Xiao Tang..."
"It's estimated that it's been about two hours since we lost contact," Rong Xinze sat cross-legged beside the cage, "Brother Yixu will definitely find something wrong if he can't contact us, but how to find us is also a problem."
"I know!" Li Zhizhi's eyes lit up, "Before leaving, I heard Captain Lin tell the captain that he put a locator on our captain to make it easy for him to find us at any time."
"Great!" Ruan Heyu said excitedly, "Now the question is how do we get out."
"Let's find the antidote for the sedative first, and then go find the captain and the others. It would be great if we can join forces with Captain Lin and the others."
"Well," Rong Xinze raised his hand silently and whispered, "I can pick locks."
"?" Liang Baiying was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but smile, "You are a hidden talent."
"Haha," Rong Xinze scratched his head embarrassedly, "I learned this from Brother Yixu when I was bored at the base. It's always good to have more skills."
"After all, this is what Brother Yixu learned from stealing the captain's car. When he taught me, he also encouraged me to follow him to steal the captain's car hahahaha..."
Oops!
I spoke too quickly and betrayed Brother Yixu.
Seeing the expressions of several people changed instantly, Rong Xinze quickly shut up and explained with the most innocent expression:
"... But how could a good and upright boy like me do such a thing! I refused righteously and said: I will never do anything to let down the captain!" - Because that is another price.
"I will teach you a lesson later." Liang Baiying glared at Rong Xinze, "Now hurry up and do it."
"Zhizhi, please throw the hairpin on your head to me."
Rong Xinze caught the metal hairpin on Li Zhizhi's head, straightened it under the distressed eyes of the little girl, put it into the hole of the big lock on the cage, put his ear tightly against the iron fence, and listened carefully to the subtle sound inside.
With a slight "click" sound, the heavy lock fell to the ground, and Rong Xinze quickly reached out and caught it without making a louder sound.
Then Rong Xinze followed the same method and opened the iron cages of several people one by one.
...
"Don't hurt my Xiao Tang!! Ta-me-ta-me!"
"I'm so clenched in anger watching
this, do these people who sit there watching the show really have no humanity?" "The more difficult the situation is, the more human nature is revealed. It can only be said that some people will become more rampant without the constraints of the law, while some people will be contaminated by the black mud and even completely assimilated, becoming perpetrators."
"Why should I put it? I actually think this is quite "normal". It's rare to find people like Captain Qin who are so positive and kind to others."
"Maybe those people think that life is already so hard, why not enjoy themselves to the fullest? Morality and kindness, which benefit others but not oneself, are not needed at all."
"Ah, why did the topic gradually turn to philosophy, I just want to say: my brother Qin is so handsome!!! (waving flags and shouting.jpg)"
"So Rong Xinze must be a comedian, how could he sell out our Captain Lin?"
"Hahaha, stealing Captain Qin's car, Lin Yixu, don't be so funny, and even instigated other team members to commit a crime together, hahaha..."
"So Captain Lin, weren't you a playboy before? How did you learn the skill of picking locks?"
"Young Master Lin: It's nothing, it's just practice that makes perfect. (dog head holding a rose.jpg)"
"Hahaha, this joke is not going to work, right? God, it's just practice that makes perfect."
"Captain Qin: So has anyone ever cared about my car..."
"Hahaha, I'm sorry Captain Qin, I want to laugh when I think of the scene of Captain Lin prying the car, and I forgot to feel sorry for Captain Qin's car."