Chapter 292 Deep Virtual Reality 119
"bite--"
"Buzz... Receiving... Buzz... Reception complete."
Kno's voice rang in her ears, and it seemed the signal wasn't very good. Xie Ning took off her dirty gloves and put them in an empty abandoned box next to her, then put on a new pair of gloves.
Cleaning the server room was much more difficult than she had imagined, since many of the devices and wires inside were quite old. They not only had to clean them, but also repair them.
In this respect, Dr. Ji was clearly more professional, while Xie Ning was learning as he repaired the equipment.
It's not that she doesn't understand, it's just that she's not quite sure about some of the details, but with Dr. Ji around, she can learn more about the details.
Dr. Ji went outside, while she stayed inside to finish up. Xie Ning closed the covers of the last two pieces of equipment before coming down the ladder.
Her mid-heeled leather boots clicked on the tiled floor. After Dr. Ji left, she was all alone, and the place was unusually quiet.
"Tick-tock—"
A very faint sound of dripping water came from the air, followed by a rustling sound. Xie Ning paused, glanced around, and reached for the pistol at his waist.
She had only made a very slight sound, and after she tiptoed, the server room was now completely silent.
Xie Ning's gaze fell on the abandoned box in the corner, and he slowly approached. Perhaps sensing Xie Ning's presence, the rustling sound from the abandoned box grew louder.
Xie Ning picked up a long iron rod, flicked it slightly, and the thing inside instantly shot out. She was quick too, and then slammed the rod down.
The metal struck the floor with a clang, which echoed faintly in the excessively quiet and empty space.
The thing flattened instantly upon impact, and the viscous liquid burst out, forming a dirty puddle on the ground.
Seeing that it was just a spider the size of a palm, Xie Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the spider looked quite large, it was still normal. There was an exhaust vent here, and with so much dust accumulating, it was normal to find a spider. They had just cleaned up a lot of spider silk.
Just after Xie Ning left, a reddish-brown spider, about the size of a palm, emitted two points of scarlet light and slowly disappeared from the ventilation opening.
"How about it?"
Xie Ning walked to Dr. Ji's side, his gaze falling on the screen above. Except for some black screens in areas where the surveillance cameras were damaged, every corner of the experimental base could be seen from here.
On the largest screen were the figures of Professor Lillian and her team, who were now in a deeper part of the laboratory, all wearing white protective suits.
However, their protective suits were stained with blood. Xie Ning sat down at another empty control panel and switched her screen to the one on Professor Lillian's side.
Upon closer inspection, the bloodstains were bright red, indicating that they had been there recently.
Although the other test subjects remained quiet and silent, Xie Ning noticed that they were more restless than the two test subjects on his side.
Perhaps it's because of the battle; battles accelerate the depletion of the medicine in their bodies.
Switching to the other side, there's a striking red exclamation mark, a clear warning of danger.
Xie Ning clicked on one of the monitors and found that the monitor showed alien creatures slowly wandering around. There was more than one such scene, which meant that there were many alien creatures in the experimental base.
They were truly lucky to have arrived at the central control room without encountering a single alien creature.
“Kono has marked all the danger zones. Please take note,” Annika said to Xie Ning.
"good."
With AI planning the route, Professor Lillian and her team's journey went much smoother, at least they no longer had to be as cautious as they were at the beginning.
"Where is that?" Xie Ning asked, pointing to the dark passage.
“The underwater tunnel,” Krono replied, “is the only way to Sector S.”
Unexpectedly, they had dug the laboratory to the bottom of the sea. Xie Ning adjusted his headset and answered Professor Lillian's voice.
“There’s a separate power switch here. Once you turn it on, the light strips in the corridor will light up,” Professor Lillian said.
The environment here was too dark, making people feel inexplicably depressed while walking. Several crew members and staff said they would not continue following them. Their job was to sail the ship, not to help Professor Lillian and her team find experimental subjects.
People die for money, just as birds die for food. Even if they are unwilling, they cannot resist the temptation of money, not to mention the threat to their lives.
After all, the experimental subjects beside them were not friendly in their eyes, and on another level, they were protected by the experimental subjects. Professor Lillian would not leave even one of those powerful things to them.
If they stay put and encounter monsters, aren't they just waiting to die? Even with guns, they can't win.
They knew all too well the ferocity of the alien creatures.
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