Chapter 14 Doubts "Why don't you wait until we die before coming back"...
Thick blood covered the front of the car, blurring his vision. Baili Yunle could only grit his teeth and rush forward. The wheels made the gravel and flesh crunch as they crushed, and the sound of Jie Shuqin constantly changing bullets could be heard from the back seat.
A high-frequency mental wave hit him, and Jie Shuqin used her special powers to resist it while quickly peeling off the crystal core to accelerate the car.
The buzzing sound caused the snow to fall from high above. The rustling sound and the screams of alien species reached Jie Shuqin's ears at the same time, making her dizzy.
Before the dizziness wore off, a fierce red light suddenly flashed inside the car. "Warning! Cliff ahead! Warning! Emergency stop function about to activate!"
"Emergency stop, damn it!" Baili Yunle stepped on the accelerator and was about to rush down the cliff when he turned the steering wheel sharply and the car body instantly flipped over and flew upside down. The car body was still sliding towards the cliff due to inertia. The friction sound of the wheels and the snow rang in his ears. When the rear wheel was halfway down, he suddenly exerted force and rushed out from the edge of the cliff!
The car's sharp turn nearly flung Xie Shuqin from the back seat to the front. She clung to Xu An tightly, her back banging against the handlebars and wincing in pain. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Xu An spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"Xu An!"
The alien species outside the window that had no time to stop crashed into the cliff one after another, and the remaining ones that were far away had already waited in the path that the car must pass, opening their mouths that could swallow half of the car!
Xie Shuqin clenched her fists, her consciousness dazed for a moment as she was shaken free from the swirling waves. The next second, high-frequency waves erupted from her entire body, ricocheting off the car and the falling snow! The waves struck the alien crystal core directly, exploding into multicolored fragments that scattered in the wind and snow.
"Jie Shuqin, save your powers!" Baili Yunle shouted as he stepped on the accelerator, "It's over 100 degrees Celsius outside now. Without your powers, you'll die!"
"No need to talk nonsense!" Xie Shuqin held the back seat, patted his chest, suppressed the dizziness and nausea, and hurriedly helped Xu An up.
Xu An slept very uneasily, with his brows furrowed and a strange light blue light flashing on the side of his neck.
Just as Xie Shuqin was about to check, she suddenly heard Baili Yunle's voice: "There's something in the blood."
She turned around: "What blood?"
Baili Yunle pointed at the rearview mirror. In the pool of blood that Xu An had just vomited, there was a piece of iron lump that was shining red.
Xie Shuqin looked solemn. She put on gloves and picked up the thing carefully.
The object was entirely black and appeared to be made of iron. It was approximately two centimeters in diameter, round in shape, and perfectly smooth around the edges, save for a red dot in the center that flickered frequently. Xie Shuqin activated the chip scan, and a machine voice quickly relayed the message: "This sensor is capable of real-time monitoring of body temperature, heart rate, respiration, muscle movement, mood changes, and environmental changes."
Xie Shuqin felt more and more depressed as she listened. "Someone has installed a sensor on her. The last time this level of sensor was used was on a Class III dangerous alien."
Aliens with a danger level of III are far superior to humans in both physical fitness and supernatural powers. The previous "Eyes" and "Worms" are typical Level III aliens. It is okay to deal with non-intelligent aliens like "Worms". Experienced A061 team members can still deal with them. If it is an intelligent alien like "Eyes", the base has not yet found a way to kill them.
And the somatosensory device used on such a terrifying alien species was used on Xu An...
What on earth do you want to do! What on earth do you want to do!
"Those damn researchers put an on-body sensor on Xu An!" Xie Shuqin forced herself to relax so as not to crush it. "This stuff is swallowed. They must have added something else when they forced Xu An to swallow it."
As she spoke, she suddenly remembered that Xu An had mentioned that he would feel inexplicably dizzy once he landed on the ground.
Her eyes suddenly widened. Could it be that this matter was related to those researchers?
"Jie Shuqin, calm down first. Perhaps there's something about Xu An that's making the researchers so obsessed." Baili Yunle glanced in the rearview mirror to make sure Xu An wasn't awake, then added, "Don't you think there are too many questions about her?"
"First, there was Tartarus's three years of treatment, and then there was the classified nature of her movements. The only things that were visible in her genetic profile were her ability awakening value and her age. Even putting that aside, the fact that she knew more about xenomorphs than most people in the base was already something very wrong."
"Jie Shuqin, I know you have a good relationship and you feel sorry for her, but there are some things you still need to figure out. You can't get too obsessed with it."
"I know." Xie Shuqin pressed her forehead with a headache, "but she is the only one who is willing to ride on the same Falcon with me now."
Baili Yunle was silent for a moment.
The aliens behind them quickly caught up with them. The two men had no time to argue and immediately raised their guns to break out of the alien group.
There was a crackling sound of the crystal core breaking. After flying for more than an hour, a tall building finally came into view.
The building was covered with snow for seven floors, and it looked like five floors were buried. Baili Yunle didn't hesitate and rushed in through the floor-to-ceiling glass window.
Jie Shuqin cleared the way behind him, and his supernatural power exploded at his hands, instantly blasting the Level I aliens on the floor to pieces.
After parking the car, the two got out quickly. The blizzard swept in, blurring their vision.
Jie Shuqin released her special powers to attract the alien species, quickly picked out a big one from among them and knocked it down with one blow, then piled them at the entrance of the cave. Baili Yunle immediately ignited a fire. Driven by the special powers and crystal cores, the flames instantly ignited, burning the alien species that kept crashing into her from behind. In addition to the cold air, the air was also accompanied by a pungent smell of burnt meat.
The two men turned calmly, and under the firelight, slowly walked into the car, and then rubbed the backs of their hands desperately.
"Freeze, freeze, freeze... I'm freezing to death..."
But fortunately, because the storm was isolated and the alien species outside were frantically filling the gaps, the fire burned extremely fiercely and the temperature in the room quickly rose to only minus thirty degrees Celsius.
Seeing that the aliens showed no sign of rushing in, Xie Shuqin bandaged Xu An's wound again and got out of the car with Baili Yunle.
As soon as they came in, they found that there were a lot of papers scattered on the floor, and the electronic screen in the hall was flashing red, green and yellow lights from time to time.
Xie Shuqin crouched down with a flashlight and looked at the flyers. They were all advertising for various things. They were about new AI technology development, beauty and facial care, the launch of home robots...
Jie Shuqin took a quick glance and thought the photos on the home robot flyer were a bit strange. There were neither photos of the robot nor instructions for charging and using it. Instead, there were many pictures of handsome men and beautiful women and some strange sizes.
Just as she was about to look down, someone suddenly grabbed her collar from behind. Baili Yunle, holding several brown paper bags in one hand and pinching her collar with the other, said sternly, "Little one, don't look at these messy things."
"Huh?" Xie Shuqin was a little confused. "What do you mean by child? I'm not a child. And isn't this a promotional picture of a robot? Why would this company fake a photo of a human?"
Baili Yunle silently picked up the flyer as she listened. Xie Shuqin curiously examined the densely packed words on the back, muttering, "Appearance, height, and size can be customized. Suitable for both home and outdoor use. Numerous services provided: laundry, cooking, cleaning, bed warming, sex..."
Her voice suddenly stopped.
Xie Shuqin widened her eyes and looked at Baili Yunle for a long time before she let out an "ah".
"This... the research on androids by humans on Earth is quite thorough... Haha..."
She smiled awkwardly when she said this, but when she saw that Baili Yunle's expression was not right, she became serious and asked, "What did you see?"
Baili Yunle turned the flyer over and pointed at the female bionic man in the corner of the picture.
This shot is very blurry, with only half of the female bionic man's face showing, and the words 0302 are vaguely displayed on her clothes.
"Isn't this Xu An's face?!" Xie Shuqin recognized it immediately. She quickly checked the release date, "New Era 198..."
21 years ago...
The two of them met eyes, looking towards Xu An's position in the car with some disbelief. Baili Yunle swallowed his saliva and whispered, "Could it be that among the four of us, we are the only two who are not experimental subjects?"
Over twenty years ago, humans on Earth began releasing experimental subjects, now known as bionic humans. Using advanced AI technology, they customize bionic humans with varying appearances and functions, like the home-use model pictured on the flyer.
And now, Feng Lan and Xu An's faces have appeared on the face of the bionic man 21 years ago, proving that they were once one of the experimental subjects. Although it cannot be confirmed whether they are bionic men, it is almost the same.
The two people's expressions are different, which is extremely interesting.
Baili Yunle frowned and silently stuffed the flyer into his bag. "Forget about Xu An, we don't know him very well, but is the captain also a bionic person?"
"He's usually full of energy, gets along well with us, and even loves to drink soda. Ever since soda was deemed nutritionally worthless by the base, few places produce it. Not only is it expensive, but it also rarely meets our nutritional standards. I don't think androids would like to drink that kind of stuff, would they?"
Xie Shuqin also thought seriously: "Besides, Xu An and the captain have absolutely no similarities at all."
Indeed, the two are completely different in terms of personality and preferences. Even in the Wuhang people's assessment, Feng Lan is an outstanding student in both theory and physical fitness, while Xu An is seriously deviated from the theory and has ridiculously high physical fitness. The only thing they have in common is that their supernatural awakening values are both above 30%.
The two of them suddenly paused.
Xie Shuqin stared stiffly at the scattered flyers on the ground. "Could it be that all androids possess advanced supernatural powers?"
Otherwise, why would humans on Earth devote their energy to developing bionic humans when alien species are rampant? Just for the so-called comfort of life?
The two of them quickly squatted on the ground and flipped through the flyers.
But the ground was littered with flyers, including flyers for bionic humans, as well as various beauty, hairdressing, and eyelash extensions. Jie Shuqin really couldn't understand why humans on the ground were still thinking about beauty and hairdressing when alien species were running around everywhere, hugging and biting people.
Flipping through the various messy flyers, there was only a flyer on the price standard of the bionic man. There was not a single piece of useful information in the pile of papers.
Xie Shuqin felt a little discouraged. When she looked up again, she saw crackling electricity flashing on several computer screens under the dim light in the room.
The chip's voice rang out: "A slight fluctuation of supernatural power has been detected, please pay attention."
The chips of the A061 frontline members have all been specially modified. The chip of each team member has recorded the frequency of the other party's superpower fluctuations, so that they can detect the superpower fluctuations of alien species more quickly during frontline battles.
But now, the alien species are blocked outside, and the fluctuations are coming from inside.
Xie Shuqin raised his gun: "Could there be other alien species inside?"
Baili Yunle looked at the chip while holding the gun. "Not really. The fluctuation is very slight, like it's left over."
The two men decisively turned around and placed the car body and Xu An in a safe place, then headed inside.
The mechanical ticking sound was a bit harsh. When I looked closer, I found that among the hundreds of computers, there was actually one with a light on.
Xie Shuqin ran over quickly.
The computer's battery was critically low, and it would shut down in about three minutes. Xie Shuqin immediately slid open the chip and transferred the computer's resources.
After doing all this, she looked up at Baili Yunle not far away.
"How's your data collection going?"
"There's very little information on paper. People on Earth have always preferred electronic storage," he sighed heavily. "But these electronic devices have been abandoned for years and can't be repaired. Really, electronic storage is so wasteful. If we had more paper, maybe there wouldn't be so little information about the base."
Xie Shuqin replied as she sorted things out: "Any storage has drawbacks in the event of a major change. The best-case scenario is never encountering an alien species."
She raised her head, and the thick dust became denser under the light, and mist and some tiny fragments of light slowly spread in front of her eyes.
As Xie Shuqin raised her hand, she suddenly felt dizzy, and then her supernatural powers spread out uncontrollably, as if they were forcibly taken away by something.
"Baili Yunle!" Xie Shuqin immediately moved away from the fog. "This fog will absorb supernatural powers!"
Gradually, the fog became thicker and thicker, and the two men fled quickly. As soon as they got into the car, they were wrapped in a wave of hot air, which made them sweat profusely.
Xie Shuqin touched Xu An, but found that her body was extremely hot. Scarlet mist spread from her body, making the temperature in the room higher and higher.
"She has a fever!"
Baili Yunle paused in his attempt to open the window. "What?"
People with their level of physical fitness rarely experience fever symptoms. Moreover, in this situation, if they become sick and dizzy, they will easily be invaded by alien energy and turned into nutrients!
"Wake her up!"
The sound of alien creatures colliding outside was getting louder and louder. In the firelight, something that looked like an octopus tentacle slammed towards them violently!
Xie Shuqin quickly fired back. The suction cups on the tentacles contracted amidst the gunpowder in the bullet, unexpectedly deflecting the bullet back!
Baili Yunle widened his eyes, stepped on the accelerator and flew up. Behind him, he was bombarded by gunfire and large areas of land collapsed.
"Auntie, please use some light flicks!"
"Drive your car!"
Xie Shuqin wiped the blood off her face, held Xu An's shoulders and began to shake him, "Xu An! Wake up!"
The red glow from her body was still radiating outwards, and the temperature in the car suddenly rose. Xie Shuqin was really unbearable in the heat. She clasped her hands together and apologized sincerely: "I'm sorry."
The next second, a crisp slap sound stood out from the alien screams.
Baili Yunle felt a pain in his back when he heard this, and in the rearview mirror, he saw a big slap mark on Xu An's face.
Xu An was a little confused.
My head feels dizzy.
She opened her eyes blankly and saw Baili Yunle's very wonderful expression, and Jie Shuqin's vague gaze towards her with her hands covered.
She moved her sore arms and covered her dizzy head. The car was still shaking, and the wind blew in through the window, making Xu An's face even hotter.
Suddenly, Xu An turned his head.
"Jie Shuqin, are you hot?"
"Ah? Ah?" Xie Shuqin's eyes wandered, "It's okay... Haha."
Xu An felt a little strange. "I've already opened the window, why does my face feel so hot?"
"It must be the air conditioner!" Xie Shuqin said this and silently turned up the temperature. "Haha, I'll turn it down a little bit..."
Xu An silently watched the air conditioner temperature go from 25 to 28.
“…”
Suddenly, a chill came from behind me.
Xu An's eyes widened, and there seemed to be a "ding" sound in her mind. The blood mist dissipated from her body, and a tentacle full of suction cups and missiles was cut off out of thin air. It fell to the ground and bounced a few times before exploding with the sound of a cannonball.
The car was so close that it was blown more than ten meters away in an instant. Its face was covered with stones and dust, and the room was filled with violent coughing sounds.
Xu An held onto the chair, a fishy smell rising from his throat, and the residual light from his supernatural power was still in his palm.
"Is everything alright?"
Baili Yunle lifted the flattened car body upwards. It was surrounded by rubble and the car body was almost completely damaged, but fortunately, no one was hurt.
Xie Shuqin shook his head in despair, and when he looked at his hands, they were all covered in Xu An's blood.
"Xu An, how are you?"
As soon as she stretched out her hand, she was shocked by an electric current.
"What is this?"
Xu An coughed a few times, holding her body up with difficulty. She wiped the blood and chuckled softly: "Those people really want me dead."
Xie Shuqin was confused: "Which group of people?"
Suddenly, the chip started beeping, and Baili Yunle's overjoyed voice was heard.
"There's a signal! Oh my god, there's a signal!"
"This is the control room, please reply!"
Baili Yunle laughed so hard that his mouth couldn't stop. "I heard it! We are trapped in the rubble. The alien species outside is unknown, but there is a mutant octopus that is estimated to be ten meters tall."
A voice quickly came from the chip: "Received, Captain Feng Lan has set off and is expected to arrive at the target point in thirty minutes."
Baili Yunle's face froze instantly.
"Thirty minutes?! Why don't you wait until we're dead?!"
"..." Xie Shuqin was calmly reloading her beloved machine gun. "I've already waited this long, so it doesn't matter if I wait a little longer..."
The howling of the octopus mutant was heard, and an eye suddenly appeared in the rubble.
“…”
"Why don't you wait until we die before coming back?!"
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