Chapter 2 Abnormal "Give me a band-aid"
The hum of the loader finally faded from their ears. The A061 team members grabbed their prepared guns and ammunition and landed the truck in a neat and orderly manner. The Falcons were divided into groups, some lingering in the air and circling, while others flew off into the distance, disappearing into the dense forest.
"Team Three, maintain alert all around. Team Two, inventory the supplies and gravity bodies and be ready to provide support. Team One, remain on standby."
As soon as Feng Lan's voice fell from the headset, the team members quickly took their positions, awaiting the start signal. Xu An was no exception, leaning casually against the gravity body cleaner, pressing the cleaning button boredly.
In the gap between her third yawn, Xu An half-closed her eyes and saw Feng Lan greet someone nearby and say something. The person then glanced at her mysteriously. Presumably, the words weren't good, so Xu An didn't bother to care, still counting the remaining amount of cleaning fluid in a bored manner.
Soon, Falcon's response rang out through his headset: "An abandoned building was found ten miles southeast. It has eight floors above ground and two underground. The second floor is a garage. There are no supplies."
"Bromine mist concentration is 162, predicting a high-level alien species, with a risk level of III. No alien species activity has been detected."
The activities of alien species often carry bromine mist. The higher the bromine mist concentration, the greater the number of alien species, their activity level, and their danger level. Humans can only move freely in areas with bromine mist concentrations below 50. Above 50, protective clothing is required.
The base's current protective clothing is expected to protect the human body from harm for 24 hours when the bromine mist concentration is within 400.
The danger level of alien species ranges from IV to III, with advanced alien species capable of using supernatural powers. Their presence also causes the bromine mist to surge to over 150. Currently, alien species of danger levels I and II are no longer a threat to A061, and a single Class III alien is within control.
"Roger that. Falcon, stay put." Feng Lan's voice quickly followed up, "Team one, put on your protective gear and set off!"
Soon the huge crowd disappeared into the dense forest, leaving behind only the quiet rustling of leaves and the sound of guns being cleaned.
It was only at this time that he could have some quiet time. Xu An poured the cleaning agent skillfully, chose a good place, sat on the ground and put on his hood, ready to welcome the delicious food in his dream, when he felt a shadow covering him.
"Xu An, 23 years old, with a 32% awakening ability. He was admitted to Tartarus Mental Hospital in the year 213 of the New Era and was released three years later. He was recruited by A061 that same year." The person swiped the genetic profile on the screen and looked at Xu An against the light in his black high heels. "With a rich resume, strong skills, and good luck, why don't you try to become a vice-captain?"
The man had long hair and was wearing a short leather jacket. He pushed his glasses and stopped two meters away from Xu An.
Xu An glanced at her impatiently. Yin Xiangrong, a doctor of biology, was a famous bad-tempered crazy scientist who was once famous for his human experiments.
She naturally knew that this person was not really here to persuade her to become captain or vice-captain. She raised her eyelids and looked at her: "Dr. Yin, what new discoveries have you made?"
Yin Xiangrong squatted down with a smile, put his index finger on Xu An's chin, and lifted her chin slightly: "Feng Lan came to see me and asked about your test results."
At the beginning of the base's establishment, everyone underwent varying degrees of testing, primarily focusing on physical fitness and supernatural awakening values. This divided people into three levels: ordinary people, brain-level people, and martial-air people.
The most basic requirement for becoming a member of the A061 team was to be a Wuhangren and have a supernatural awakening score of at least 20%. Unfortunately, Xu An received a passing score on the test for Wuhangren, but due to having the highest supernatural awakening score in the entire base, he was assigned to A061 by the commander, which incurred much dissatisfaction.
However, these are just the news on the surface.
Xu An chuckled softly. She stared fearlessly into Yin Xiangrong's eyes, a strange light flickering in them. "So, Doctor, you're going to be honest?"
"You know I won't do that." Looking at those dimly glowing eyes, Yin Xiangrong's eyes were burning with heat, "After all, these eyes are mine..."
With a "click", something cold and heavy hit Yin Xiangrong's forehead.
Xu An half-closed his eyes and slowly fiddled with the gun in his hand. "What did he ask?"
Yin Xiangrong looked calm, as if she had anticipated Xu An's actions. She released her fingertips from Xu An's chin, closed the distance between them, and whispered in Xu An's ear, "He suspects your genetic profile is fake and plans to contact the base to retest you."
Xu An silently withdrew his hand, put the gun on his leg bag, put on his hood and stood up.
"A frontline captain wouldn't have that kind of authority. Besides, Dr. Yin doesn't want this to succeed, does he?" She took a bag of candy from her pocket and held it in her mouth. "Tell me, what do you want this time?"
"Did you see the skulls of the gnat that Feng Lan cut open just now? New things have grown in their brains. I want two living ones." When saying this, Yin Xiangrong's eyes were shining with excitement.
Xu An glanced at her, turned off the cleaning machine, pulled out a dagger from the side, and walked into the dense forest without looking back.
"As usual, contact me at 24Hz. Send me the location later."
-
Soon, the bromine fog in the depths of the dense forest became increasingly thick. The team members who had sneaked in quietly held their breath and immediately adjusted the protection level of their protective clothing to the maximum level.
"Everyone, find cover nearby." Feng Lan was the first to duck behind a boulder, holding his gun in one hand and adjusting his headset with the other. "Yang Gui, check the bromine mist concentration."
"Roger that." A black "Falcon" in the sky suddenly folded its wings and plummeted. Nearing the ground, its wings instantly spread open and it soared into the air. The bromine mist detector in the driver's seat flickered red. Yang Gui frowned and glanced at it. "Captain, the concentration has reached 186, detecting aliens hiding in the building."
Feng Lan nodded. This level of alien wasn't too difficult for A061 to deal with.
"Baili Yunle, go up to the fourth floor. Yang Gui and I will go down to the fifth floor. Our mission objective is to collect as many supplies as possible while searching for radiation protection chips. Be careful and report any alien species immediately."
"Yes, Captain!"
The members evacuated from the mecha quickly and orderly and gathered in front of the building.
The rotten door creaked dully, and a light bar fell gently to the ground. The dust in the air had nowhere to hide in the light, lingering hazily around the light source and flying everywhere with the waving of the arm.
Yang Gui held the lighting strip in one hand, the other tightly gripping the pistol in his leg bag. The heavy breathing within his protective suit lingered in his ears, and the goggles obscured his vision. Add to that the dimness, and Yang Gui's every step felt like dancing before a ferocious beast.
The footsteps of a small team came from behind, echoing in the empty hall.
"The bromine mist index is normal and is not on this level." Soon, Yang Gui turned around and signed to Feng Lan.
After receiving the confirmation data, Feng Lan immediately ordered to disperse and search for supplies.
With the help of lighting strips all over the floor, the floor finally became clear.
The interior wasn't damaged much, and the vegetation wasn't dense, just a few patches of moss and some unidentified green flowers. Besides the plants, the walls were covered in old red and green billboards. Feng Lan glanced at them and saw they were all promotional images for beauty products. His initial guess was that the place had been abandoned for twenty years.
He pressed the microphone: "Attention everyone, go to the second floor..."
Before he could finish his words, there was a slight noise from the jewelry counter in front of him.
Feng Lan fell silent immediately. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, he silently took out the dagger from his body and slowly approached with the help of the light from the gun tip.
The remaining gold and jewelry on the counter sparkled brightly under the light, and the glass reflected the blood on the ground and the vague black shadow beside it.
Judging by the size of the bloodstain, it must be an adult-sized creature. The bromine mist test just now showed no abnormalities, so if this is indeed an alien species, it must be a very high-level one.
Thinking about this, Feng Lan became extremely alert. Just as he was about to make a move, Yang Gui's voice suddenly came from his headset: "Captain, we found a chip on the second floor."
"It's over!"
At such a close distance, this alien must be able to hear the sound.
Feng Lan immediately pounced over, holding down the alien's head with one hand, and stabbed it with a dagger in the other hand!
"etc!"
Feng Lan's movements came to an abrupt halt, and he looked at the woman in his arms in surprise.
Xu An stared horrifiedly at the dagger that was only a centimeter away from his neck. He slowly pushed Feng Lan's hand away and turned stiffly, "Captain Feng Lan, I just accidentally got lost. Although I left the team, there's no need to kill me, right?"
"Lost?" Feng Lan's grip on her increased instead of decreasing. "How can I be sure you're not just an illusion caused by the thick bromine mist?"
Xu An felt distressed after hearing this. She tentatively pushed the dagger on her neck, but Feng Lan mercilessly cut her finger.
"Captain, the smell of blood can easily attract alien species' attention." Xu An said with a smile, "You can interrogate me if you want, but can you give me a band-aid first?"
Feng Lan naturally knew about this matter, but after glancing at the bloodstains on the ground, he realized that it was no longer important to pursue the matter further.
If the alien didn't notice this amount of bleeding, he would be not an alien but a fool.
"Everyone on alert, prepare the gravity body, Baili Yunle takes the commanding heights, and retreat immediately after Yang Gui obtains the chip."
The bloody smell seemed to gradually spread and dissipate in the air. The instrument for detecting bromine mist slowly became hot, the data on it fluctuated, and the flashing red light almost drowned Feng Lan.
Xu An looked at his nervous expression calmly. Just when she found it interesting, she saw a box flying towards her.
Xu An subconsciously caught it and found that it was a box of Band-Aids.
Then, Feng Lan's words came from the front: "Follow closely, or you will deserve to die."
After he finished speaking, Feng Lan took two steps at a time and slid to the center of the team.
The counters around made faint noises, and a few cries like babies were heard. After hearing the cries, the green flowers growing from the cracks spread out their branches and leaves, and as they waved, the branches and leaves flashed with green light, gradually rising from the roots to the middle of the flowers.
Suddenly, within sight, a green shadow quickly flew towards the crowd!
The sharp sound of weapons colliding was heard, and when everyone came to their senses, they saw Xu An playing with a green sharp thorn as long as his forearm in his hand - it was exactly the same one that was fired by the flower just now!
"Captain, the concentration of bromine mist has risen sharply and has now reached 218!" Yang Gui's voice hit Feng Lan's heart heavily. He looked at the thing in Xu An's hand silently, his eyes gradually becoming deep.
Soon, the howling of the alien species echoed throughout the entire building. A member of Team A061 watched with their own eyes as the alien species crawled out from under the roots of the green flowers, first with its strange limbs, and then with its head growing under the limbs.
"It's Spider Shadow!"
This alien species looks like a spider, has extremely soft bones, and can roll its entire body into the size of a head. It is very good at hiding and is dangerous at level II.
"No wonder the bromine mist detector and the Falcon didn't detect it. It turned out to be these bastards."
Soon, the sound of gunfire mixed with the howling of alien species, and the smell of blood filled the tip of Xu An's nose. She paused slightly, hiding in the corner with a hood on, her eyes flashing a terrifying red light. She stared at the alien species and the crowd fighting outside like a poisonous snake in the dark.
Her fingertips holding the gun kept shaking, and just as she was about to take a step forward, a green thorn flew towards her!
Just as Xu An was about to raise his hand, a gunshot was heard from a distance, crushing the green thorn in half.
Xu An looked in the direction of the gunshot and saw a man with yellow curly hair looking up from the sniper scope on a window sill on the fourth floor. Then, he raised his hand and threw the dagger behind him, picked up the sniper, grabbed the railing with one hand, kicked his legs, and swung to the corridor on the third floor opposite.
And suddenly, a large number of spider shadows swarmed out from where he had just been, densely packed together, and crushed the windowsill into a bloody meat patty.
Xu An's eyes flashed, but he quickly remembered the curly-haired guy, so he lowered his eyes and silently pinched his arm with enough force to make blood drip down his arm.
After the calm came, Xu An staggered among the crowd, gun in hand.
"Captain, the chip is in our hands. We can retreat now."
Feng Lan immediately gave the order through the headset: "Attention everyone, retreat in an orderly manner, and take the supplies first!"
Following the order, the porters carrying the heavy boxes of supplies ran towards the door at full speed. Just as they stepped over the threshold, a strange sound was heard, the door suddenly closed, and the room was filled with the man's screams.
Of the first two people who stepped over the threshold, one was squeezed in half and the other had his right leg broken.
Blood splattered over, the smell spread, and the alien behind him slowly began to become restless, emitting a dull growl.
"Captain! The bromine mist concentration... has reached 270! It's a high-level alien species! This is a superpower!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com