Chapter 279 Deep Virtual Reality 106
"Hey? Moss?" Shening called out.
However, Moss's voice stopped. There was a message from Dr. Ji on the communicator, sent a minute ago, telling them to stay in a safe room as much as possible, and if the room was no longer safe, to pick up weapons and eliminate the alien creatures.
She also had another task: to rush to the central office to repair the damaged system. Dr. Ji and Jiang Teng had already gone there as well.
"Ah... Help... Help me..."
A painful groan came from Xiaoli. The cabin to her left was Xiaoli's room, and the one to her right was Jiang Teng's. Jiang Teng was on duty tonight, so he shouldn't be in his room.
Xie Ning put on a mask and gloves, which were standard equipment in the lab. In addition to the ones provided in the lab, she had also ordered many sets online. Originally, they were for her own convenience when conducting experiments in her study, but now they could be used to protect herself from the alien creature's liquid.
She couldn't bring out many weapons. Although the federal government didn't explicitly prohibit citizens from using weapons—as long as they had a gun license and other licenses for controlled knives—most powerful weapons were still prohibited.
She doesn't want to use those more powerful weapons unless it's a critical situation.
Xie Ning deliberated for three seconds before choosing between a pistol and a Tang sword. In the current situation, she thought the sword would be more effective against the mutated bats because it could both block and attack. As for the pistol, she wasn't sure what the fatal weaknesses of other alien creatures were besides the mutated bats. The area damage caused by the bullets was somewhat small, and the bullets were limited. She could only wait and try them one by one.
Although she heard the cries for help, Xie Ning would not risk her life to save others. She was not that noble; for her, her own safety and interests were the most important.
On this basis, she will only offer help if it is within her power.
The main reason for choosing to leave was that the room was no longer safe. Although the door was very sturdy and did not loosen at all despite being repeatedly bumped, the glass joints of the bathroom window facing the sea were a bit loose and probably wouldn't last much longer.
None of these are the most important things. Xie Ning raised his pistol and blew the bat's head off. He looked in the direction the mutated bat had fallen and saw a very small ventilation opening, about twenty centimeters deep. It was sealed inside and out by a dense mesh-like circular plate, and inside was a small electric fan that circulated the air.
At this moment, the netting that had been sealing the opening had loosened and fallen off, and a mutated bat crawled in. Once there was an opening, the mutated bats frantically rushed to squeeze in.
Her bullets couldn't stop so many alien creatures. Xie Ning raised her hand, changed the muzzle of the bullet, and then threw a bottle filled with flammable liquid. Immediately afterwards, the flames from the pistol engulfed a clump of mutated bats.
The hoarse, shrill voice was extremely piercing. A few more ran over, only to be cut down by Xie Ning with a single stroke, their splattered blood landing on the transparent mask.
Although these mutated bats are extremely numerous, their individual defense and attack capabilities are not strong, making them manageable.
But just the sheer number is enough to make one's scalp tingle.
Xie Ning ignored the mutated bats crawling in through the ventilation duct, gripped her gun tightly, and pressed the fingerprint lock. As soon as the metal door opened, the alien creature that had been ramming into the door rushed in; it was a soft-bodied creature about waist-high to hers.
He fired a shot directly, repeating the previous action. Flames swept upwards, and Xie Ning quickly slipped out of the door, closing it behind him. A series of thumping sounds and sharp screams came from inside.
Several mutated bats rushed out with her, but they were swallowed whole by the soft-bodied creatures outside.
"hiss--"
Xie Ning gasped, pinching a mutated bat at her waist. Even through the gloves, she could feel the flesh being squeezed and crushed.
Fortunately, she was wearing a close-fitting protective suit underneath, otherwise the bat would have bitten her through her clothes, and she would definitely have been injured, not to mention the possibility of infection. Besides, it didn't even fly out of her room.
The corridor was filled with all sorts of creatures, and the ground was covered with trails of water, indicating that there was indeed more than one type of alien creature.
Some doors were still tightly closed, while others were open, leaving the people inside wondering whether they had escaped or... Xie Ning felt a chill run down her spine as she looked at the blood mixed with chunks of flesh on the ground. Perhaps they had been eaten...
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