Chapter 141 Deep Underground
Before she even walked into the corridor, she already knew something was wrong.
"System, quickly turn off the detection function!!"
Lin Chuchu didn't care what was said in the headset. The huge sense of crisis had already caused her adrenaline level to rise sharply.
The thumping of the heartbeat in the chest was like the rapid beats of a drum, vibrating even the eardrums.
Wang Xun, who was leading the way, took several steps forward and did not hear Lin Chuchu's reply on the communicator. Then he realized that she did not follow him and stood there stupidly.
How dare you be so timid?
Wang Xun's eyebrows immediately wrinkled into a "川" shape, and he urged, "The deputy base commander is talking to you, hurry up and catch up!"
Not to mention that you can't see anything behind these glasses, even if there is something, it wouldn't be so scary, right?
There are probes around the observation window. If there are mutants within a kilometer, the indicator light will flash red. Now it is pitch black there.
Because I had investigated Lin Chuchu, I naturally assumed that she was afraid.
…
He Jiuran in the monitoring room stared at the screen because the girl's expression changed. She took a few swift steps, grabbed Wang Xun's clothes, and retreated to the elevator door.
Wang Xun was not paying attention and was pulled and stumbled.
The conversation between the two came out from the communicator.
"Are you sick? Why are you pulling me?"
“Go up first!”
“What’s going on? Why are you so timid? There’s no danger here…” Before Wang Xun finished his words, the girl smashed the emergency closure system on the wall with one punch and pressed open the elevator door.
The originally dark corridor suddenly flashed red lights and alarms sounded.
He Jiuran immediately turned around and asked, "What happened?"
"Too many... coming... they're surrounding us!"
Wang Chenxu, who was monitoring the data, pointed at the screen and was so shocked that he couldn't utter a complete sentence.
The red dots moving all over the screen...
"What's going on?"
The man took a few quick steps, turned the monitor to check, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
Turning back to look at the monitors, pairs of strange red eyes appeared behind the glass, gradually filling the entire area...
"Evacuate the crowd and urgently close the gates on the 7th and 8th floors!"
"Researchers, evacuate to the periphery first!"
"Everyone, prepare for battle!"
Orders were issued one by one in an orderly manner.
The densely packed red pupils and the blinking at varying frequencies and speeds make one's scalp tingle.
Wang Chenxu woke up as if from a dream, muttering to himself, "What attracted them here?"
This observation gallery was built by the S&U, and later the state carried out a second round of defensive reinforcement.
It has been nearly five years since the project was completed, and the variants detected are not as many as those caught outside. Now...
How is that possible?
He Jiuran strode out of the monitoring room. It was obvious that the girl named Lin Chuchu had discovered the abnormality first, so he wanted to go and find out the situation in person.
…
In the elevator.
Wang Xun had never felt so aggrieved before. He was held against the waist by the pistol of a young lady who should have been delicate and weak.
"Fuck! Let me go right now!"
Just now he just wanted to open the closed elevator door, but he was pulled back by the arm. Wang Xun used to be a member of the combat team, but he switched to a civilian position following He Jiuran.
He subconsciously tried to break free, but considering his heavy hands he was afraid of hurting someone, he didn't use too much strength. Unexpectedly, the man pulled out the pistol from his holster as if he was provoked.
"Don't move!"
Lin Chuchu was really afraid that this guy would cause trouble. If the two of them didn't have time to go upstairs before the lockdown, they would have to deal with a group of mutants.
She added with a grim look on her face, "There's danger, go up first."
"What danger could there be? I'm telling you, Lin Chuchu, if you pull a gun on your own people, you're breaking discipline!"
Can discipline be more important than life?
As for why he looks so ferocious, it’s because he’s heartbroken!
The moment she sensed the danger, she activated her combat skills, paying the price of -30 energy points.
I worked so hard to save up, but now I am back to the time before liberation. It hurts so much that I can’t breathe! My eyes are bloodshot!
There was a lot of hostility between her brows, and she was even extreme enough to want to kick the man who tried to struggle.
"bite!"
The elevator stopped on the fourth floor and the doors slowly opened to both sides.
He Jiuran and Lu Feng were waiting outside the door.
The tense atmosphere gradually faded, revealing a hint of embarrassment. The two men shouted in unison: "Captain!"
Lin Chuchu took the gun and returned it to Wang Xun, "I'm sorry, this is just a temporary solution!"
Wang Xun: “…”
Suddenly he felt like he had embarrassed his captain. He wanted to report it to He Jiuran, but he felt that this would not only be embarrassing but also very ungentlemanly, so he had to remain silent with a red face.
"Chu Chu, come here." Lu Feng stretched out his hand towards her, his intention to protect her was self-evident.
Lin Chuchu readily held his dry hand and explained, "Captain, it's because there are too many things down there."
He Jiuran and Lu Feng looked at each other and motioned for them to follow.
In the monitoring room, half of the heterochromatic pupils on the glass window have been reduced, and they are not as annoying as before. At this time, three people are standing in front of the screen observing the situation.
Seeing them come in, they all saluted, "Deputy Base Commander."
He Jiuran nodded, "Did you find anything unusual?"
"At present, we can only confirm that there are many species, but we can't see exactly how many there are." Zhao Hesheng, who was standing in the middle, hesitated and asked, "Deputy Base Commander, can I lead the team to observe it?"
He is the director of the research center, so he really wants to find out the cause of this unusual riot. Even if he can't, at least some clues would be good.
Lin Chuchu tightened her grip on Lu Feng's hand. Going down would mean shutting down the protection system. Then those deep underground...
"The situation is unclear. It's too dangerous to go down now. Let's wait a little longer."
The leader frowned and rejected his request. He said coldly, "Notify all combat teams to guard the entrance of the negative sixth floor and stand by!"
"receive!"
Lin Chuchu's attention has been attracted by the surveillance screens around the corridor on the ninth floor. No wonder she felt such a strong sense of crisis just now. There are so many mutants hiding.
After arranging the various tasks, He Jiuran came over and asked, "Did you sense the beast tide in advance?"
This was the first time he looked Lin Chuchu in the eye, and he suddenly felt that this girl was no ordinary girl. If this kind of powerful perception ability was added to the team heading to Guanxi Mountain Canyon, the chances of success would be much greater.
"Yes." Lin Chuchu replied: "Deputy Base Commander, my sense of crisis does not come from these." Her slender index finger pointed at the red pupil on the screen, then turned sharply downward and pointed vertically to the ground with a serious expression, "It's underground! But I don't know what that is..."
She shut down the system urgently before it could even figure out the situation, but even so it still caused so many variants.
If she hadn't left early, Lin Chuchu would have doubted the hardness of the glass...
"underground?"
He Jiuran's eyebrows and heart twitched slightly. That place had been closed three years ago. Could something have gone wrong?
His eyes swept across the two people's clasped hands, "You wait for me in the conference room for a while." He was going to report to his superiors.
Wang Xun hurriedly followed his captain's pace, and whispered a thank you to Lin Chuchu when he passed by her.
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