Buzz—Beep beep beep beep beep—! ! !
The next second, a piercing alarm, sharp enough to tear eardrums, suddenly and without warning blared from all the testing instruments!
Under the watchful eyes of the inspector, the values on the screen soared like an out-of-control rocket, instantly breaking through the preset safety threshold.
The scarlet warning bar flashed wildly, finally settling on a desperate, constantly fluctuating maximum value!
"Impossible!" a technician screamed, his voice distorted with extreme horror: "The concentration of poison gas has exceeded the limit! It's three times higher than the previous peak!"
No, five times! The instrument can no longer measure it!
"How could this be? Didn't the fog clear up? Has our world not returned to normal?" someone cried out in despair. The hope that had just been ignited was instantly extinguished by these cold numbers, leaving only a chilling cold.
"Is it because the fog just cleared and the residual poison gas hasn't dissipated yet?" A soldier asked, his voice hoarse, clinging to the last shred of hope.
"Then the concentration of the poison gas should be reduced!" The technician's voice trembled with tears as he stared intently at the glaring crimson on the screen. "Why is it stronger?! This...this completely defies common sense!"
After a moment of silence, a commotion erupted around them!
As if a bucket of ice water had been poured over their heads, all the cheering people at the platform entrance froze instantly, their faces drained of color, leaving only ashen fear and bewilderment.
The huge drop even made many people's legs go weak, and they collapsed to the ground.
At this moment, Xiao Jin's figure was no longer among the crowd.
The moment the detector sounded its first piercing alarm, she was like a black lightning bolt, leaping to the top of the highest defensive tower on the outer perimeter of the base in a few bounds.
The cold metal spire gleamed in the stark daylight, and the wind whipped the hem of her coat, making it flutter loudly.
She gazed into the distance, her icy gaze sweeping across the horizon like that of a hawk. At the edge of her vision, revealed by the receding mist, lay a desolate land that should have been scorched earth and ruins…
No!
That's not a "world of exposure" at all!
The moment Xiao Jin saw the truth, her pupils contracted to their limit! An unprecedented chill pierced her spine like an ice pick!
The horizon is not empty!
Instead, it was a deeper, thicker, and darker wave, like a massive, swarming mass of rotting crows, silently devouring everything in the distance at a terrifying speed that seemed slow but was actually unstoppable!
The sky, the earth, the ruins... everything it touched was instantly erased, returning to a pure, deathly, suffocating darkness!
That wasn't the fog dissipating, but... something even more terrifying was coming!
It devours the existing poisonous fog, leaving behind only death where the concentration soars to its extreme!
"Get back to base immediately!" Xiao Jin's voice boomed like thunder, instantly drowning out the chaos below and the ear-piercing buzzing of the instruments!
She suddenly turned around and leaped from the top of the tower, which was dozens of meters high. Her figure strangely used the momentum to dissipate several times in mid-air, and she landed with only a dull thud.
Without pausing for a moment, it shot off like an arrow towards the base entrance!
It moved so fast that it left a blurry afterimage behind it!
"Those who don't want to die, get out of here now! A large amount of black mist is coming!"
Her voice was cold and urgent, clearly piercing through the chaotic air and striking the hearts of everyone still in a state of confusion and fear!
The NPCs were stunned by the sudden warning and Xiao Jin's inhuman speed, their minds going blank.
But the other players had already moved the moment Xiao Jin jumped off the tower!
"Damn it, I knew the game was all bullshit!" The scarred, burly man roared, his massive body unleashing a terrifying speed disproportionate to his size, smashing through those blocking his path and chasing after Xiao Jin.
The fox woman's face turned deathly pale, and her figure flickered like smoke, disappearing from the spot in an instant.
The shadow mouse seemed to melt into the shadows, leaving no trace.
Yu Liu was unwilling to give up and tried to persuade the monk to go up and take a look, but was turned away.
"Go ahead and go, do you think I'm stupid!"
The man in black armor frowned, looking in the direction where Xiao Jin had disappeared. He then transformed into a wisp of white mist and swept past the crowd, vanishing without a trace.
The players' collective action slapped the still-dazed base commander awake.
An extremely strong sense of foreboding, like a cold, venomous snake, instantly coiled around her heart!
She didn't even have time to think about the meaning behind Xiao Jin's words. Her survival instinct and long-standing fear of these "outsiders" made the base leader make a decision instantly!
"Everyone! Retreat to the base! Immediately! Right now!" The base commander's roar was filled with unprecedented urgency and authority.
However, despite listening, she still wanted to verify the truthfulness of Xiao Jin's words.
The base commander also had someone connect to the satellite system to see if the satellite was still operational, while monitoring distant images.
Upon receiving the order, the logistics personnel quickly connected to the system and opened the monitoring.
To everyone's surprise, they actually noticed something was wrong.
The logistics personnel quickly reported to the base commander: "Sir, the surveillance system is intact, but the camera lens is covered by a black fog. We cannot penetrate it with our previous equipment!"
Upon hearing this, the base commander's face turned grave.
You should know that the research institute had previously developed a periscope that could penetrate red fog and observe the inside of the fog.
Whether it's routine patrols and guard duties or out collecting supplies, the periscope has played an indispensable role.
Now their most relied-upon thing has failed!
"Close all external gates! Activate the highest level of filtration and protection systems! Quickly! Execute the order!" The base commander understood the current situation and decisively gave the order.
The soldiers snapped out of their daze, fear overwhelming their doubts, and began to roughly drive the chaotic survivors at the platform entrance back in.
Meanwhile, logistics personnel who received the order within the channel also began activating the base's defense system.
In the midst of this chaotic retreat—
"Oh my god! What is that?!"
A distorted scream filled with extreme terror, like the final death knell, rang out in the crowd!
Whether they were soldiers or ordinary survivors, everyone instinctively turned around and looked into the distance.
Then, despair, like an icy tide, instantly engulfed everyone.
On the horizon, the all-consuming black wave that Xiao Jin had seen was already close enough to be clearly visible to the naked eye!
It is no longer a blurry background, but a massive entity that blots out the sky!
Thick as ink that cannot be dissolved, it churned and boiled, carrying a terrifying aura that could annihilate everything, and was crushing towards the small base with overwhelming force!
Wherever it passed, the sky was completely blackened, and the earth was plunged into eternal darkness!
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