Chapter 31 House "A house made of alien species..."
Footsteps echoed in the glass building. Outside, it was still daytime with dense clouds. Time on the chip gradually passed, and slowly, it was really morning.
Xie Shuqin rubbed her swollen eyes. The blood on her wrist had stopped, but unfortunately the chip was damaged due to the forced removal, and it could not be put back. She could only ask Baili Yunle "What time is it" from time to time.
Because they asked so many times, the communication between the two developed into an understanding that Shuqin would cough and Baili Yunle would immediately tell the time. Sometimes, Baili Yunle felt like he had become a time-telling machine.
"It's already early morning." Xie Shuqin looked at the white clouds outside and murmured, "Brother, we've been wandering around in this damn place all night."
"I've scanned the surroundings with my chip, but I haven't found any unusual mechanisms." Baili Yunle felt something was amiss. He couldn't help but laugh as he spoke. "Could it be that I've run into a mysterious wall?"
"That's all pre-century feudal thinking." Xie Shuqin rolled her eyes. "This place uses one-way glass and mirrors to disrupt vision, making everyone lost and scattered, but we've never been stuck in circles. There must be some kind of mechanism installed around here that operates without our knowledge, affecting our judgment."
Baili Yunle retracted the chip screen. "Furthermore, its power supply method will also be very advanced."
After his reminder, Xie Shuqin also realized: "Yes, from the outside, this is a completely one-way glass structure. Sunlight cannot penetrate, so there is no possibility of using solar energy. And the alien crystal core energy commonly used by humans on the ground is also unlikely. After all, this place has been abandoned for a long time. Even if there is a backup energy system, it should have been used up long ago."
"Furthermore, this place blurs our sense of space and time, and it's trapped us right here. It must be hiding something very important." Baili Yunle lowered his eyes. "The captain should have noticed something's wrong, but we're just trapped in a different place. We need to reunite with them as soon as possible to discuss our next strategy."
Xie Shuqin nodded. She glanced at the glass cabinet in front of her, then suddenly had an idea and kicked the door open. Dust immediately flew up, choking Baili Yunle and causing him to cough.
"It suddenly occurred to me that since we always don't know where we are because of the one-way glass, why not just put these solid wooden cabinets out? That way, we can see everything clearly." Xie Shuqin immediately took action, taking out a dagger and prying open the other cabinet doors one by one. "Before, due to professional ethics, I would always restore the scene to its original state after each collection mission. Now I can't worry about that anymore."
Baili Yunle coughed and nodded: "I support... cough cough... but next time before you have an idea... please inform me, a mortal fool... cough cough cough..."
Xie Shuqin patted his chest a little embarrassedly to help him calm down, but Baili Yunle stopped him and took a moment to calm down before saying in a hoarse voice, "It's nothing, just an old problem. Let's go and take a look."
Seeing that he was really fine, Xie Shuqin felt relieved.
The two of them adjusted quickly, replicating their previous routes and movements, and even recreating their jokes one by one, fearing that the mechanism was voice-controlled. Every time they finished speaking, they would pause for a few seconds and repeat themselves again, making sure it wasn't the case before continuing with the next sentence. This also caused Baili Yunle to be called "crazy" five times and received ten eye rolls.
"Will this method work?" Baili Yunle was really desensitized by the scolding. He was about to say something else when he suddenly saw the cabinet door in front of him rotate slightly.
The magnitude is so subtle, no wonder they hadn't noticed it before.
Thinking about it, Baili Yunle motioned Jie Shuqin to look over.
Jie Shuqin understood, and the two of them tentatively repeated what they had just said, but neither of them saw anything else move around them.
"Isn't it because of the voice?" Jie Shuqin lowered her eyes and thought. She looked at the cabinet in front of her, suddenly grabbed Baili Yunle, and walked a few steps forward.
A very tiny clicking sound came from under the feet, and then another piece of glass began to rotate.
"It's thermal sensing." Baili Yunle muttered softly, "No wonder it can operate so stealthily. It turns out it's sensing the human body's temperature."
"These traps are deliberately trying to keep us in this place, so there must be a key nearby, perhaps related to the androids or the humans on the ground." Xie Shuqin looked around. "We've mostly been traveling together to prevent getting separated again, but the more we do this, the more we fall into this trap."
She thought for a moment, then slung her gun over her shoulder. "Well, you stay where you are, and I'll follow the same route. I'll use you as a guide and see where the mechanism will lead us."
"No!" Baili Yunle grabbed her hand. "What if we separate and fall into illusion again? We don't know where the captain and the others are yet. We're not familiar with this place. Your chip isn't working right now. How are we going to contact each other if something happens?"
"We can't just keep spinning in circles. Besides, since this trap will send us back to where we started, if we just stay where we are, won't that mean we're right where we need to hide?" Xie Shuqin patted him. "My skills are much better than yours. I can jump over when the time comes, and my success rate will be much higher than yours. Even if we're really trapped inside, I'll just blast it away. After all, with our physical fitness, this impact won't kill anyone."
Baili Yunle suddenly felt pain all over his body and stood there obediently holding the gun.
Xie Shuqin smiled sweetly, turned around and began to review the previous journey.
As the heat energy gradually approached, the mechanism turned rapidly under Baili Yunle's control. Jie Shuqin had only taken five steps when Baili Yunle had already deviated to her right by ten steps.
The two men looked at each other, and Xie Shuqin silently gripped the gun tightly, carefully taking two steps forward. The position in the corner suddenly turned upside down violently, and the entire cabinet actually rolled up and down. Even the tables and chairs that were originally on the ground seemed to be nailed to the ground, rotating with the overturning of the ground!
Seeing this, Baili Yunle grabbed the cabinet next to him and slid down almost at the moment the flip began, landing on the ground when the ceiling and floor were completely reversed.
Then, a one-way glass appeared out of thin air between the two of them, slowly closing together from top to bottom.
Xie Shuqin's brows jumped, and he immediately loaded the bullet and fired at the direction behind him, then ran with all his strength towards the one-way glass that was about to close.
The bullet tore through the air, creating friction and producing hot air that blew over the heat-sensing device. The glass closed faster, and a creaking sound could be heard inside the room as the mechanism ran too fast.
Just as the glass was about to close, a rope was thrown out from inside. Xie Shuqin grabbed it without thinking, wrapped it around her hands twice, and then stepped back, using the two forces to get through the glass the moment it closed.
Before he could say anything, the ground suddenly shook, followed by a series of cracking sounds.
The two looked at each other, and Xie Shuqin subconsciously threw the rope in her hand away, and the rope was tightly wrapped around the table leg hanging upside down from the ceiling. Baili Yunle grabbed the other side of the rope with one hand and pulled Xie Shuqin's wrist with the other.
The glass under their feet shattered, and the fragments fell into the bottomless black hole. A pungent stench rushed up. The two of them were hanging above the black hole, blown around by the underground wind.
Xie Shuqin also grasped Baili Yunle's wrist and looked at the dark hole below with some shock: "There really is something hidden down there. Brother, do you have a light bar?"
"Yes, I do, but I have no hands. I'll help you up. See if you can reach my bag?" Baili Yunle said, and began to shake his arms, while keeping the rope steady to prevent it from flying around, while swinging Jie Shuqin in the air. "Get ready, I'm letting go!"
After he finished speaking, his arm swung to the highest point and suddenly loosened. Xie Shuqin used the force to grab Baili Yunle's shoulders, then lifted him up and turned him over. He quickly wrapped one leg around the rope several times and hung upside down from it.
Baili Yunle was just about to admire her skills when he was hit in the eye by a bun.
"Ah! You hit me with your hair!"
"You deserve it." Xie Shuqin quickly opened his bag, took out a lighting strip from the compartment, opened it, and threw it down.
The small light quickly sank into the bottomless cave, illuminating a blood-red building. Before it even touched the ground, I suddenly felt a cool breeze from below. Then, the light strip instantly went out, leaving only the soft sound of a crash to the ground.
The two were silent for a moment.
"Did you see it clearly?" Baili Yunle raised his head.
Xie Shuqin frowned and remained silent for more than ten seconds before speaking: "Are those red buildings... all blood?"
“…It could also be a different species…” Baili Yunle murmured.
Although the lighting only lasted a few seconds, those things that were still bleeding and even slightly moving were definitely alive, even though they were all in the shape of houses...
Xie Shuqin was a little bit unbelievable: "Stripping the alien's body to make a house... Ugh——"
"Hey hey hey—don't spit on me!!"
The two of them spent a long time mentally preparing themselves before slowly letting go of the rope.
As soon as I entered the cave, the stench of various excrement and the smell of blood hit my nose. Even though I was wrapped in a tightly wrapped protective suit, I was almost fainted by the smell.
As the rope continued to fall, the figures of those alien species gradually appeared.
The sound of blood dripping onto the ground echoed endlessly, like a bloody rain. The stomachs of many giant aliens had been ripped open, revealing a gaping "door." Giant needles were inserted into the crystal cores on their necks, and their limbs were pierced by gleaming chains, one end nailed to the ground and the other suspended in mid-air.
Xie Shuqin looked over and found that these chains were entangled with the chains tied to other alien species, like a big net.
Because the chains were very thin, and the lighting bar had fallen to the ground very quickly, the two of them hadn't been able to see clearly. Now standing on the ground and looking up, they found that this place really looked like the legendary hell.
The sticky blood made a slurping sound as it moved, and it merged with the alien's unbearable breathing, making the two men feel a chill on their backs.
Xie Shuqin, gun in hand, slowly approached the alien creature nearby, using the night vision goggles on her protective suit. The creature looked frail, its eyes unable to open. Despite appearing to be four meters tall, its breathing was eerily muffled. A syringe attached to its neck seemed to be continuously pumping fluids into it. This must be the thing that was trapping the alien creatures here.
"I've seen it. These chains nailed to the alien's feet have the effect of suppressing superpowers. Inside the alien's body..." Baili Yunle paused, "their internal organs have been hollowed out, and the inner walls have been brushed with some powder and smoothed. There are many furniture inside, and some even have food on the table..."
Although this place is very weird, except for the alien species, many things are arranged according to human habits, and it is obvious that it was done by humans on the ground.
"Why do they use alien species as houses? And why do they have to build them so deep underground?" Baili Yunle was puzzled.
"And there's no light either. Are the people on the ground all that mean?" Xie Shuqin pinched her fingertips and suddenly asked, "Brother, do you remember the time we were trapped in the snow?"
Speaking of this, Baili Yunle was speechless: "How could I not remember? I just told you that Xu An had a problem, and then we kissed. Although Xu An is good-looking, you can't just judge by appearance... Wait, in the snow? Last time we were buried in the underground garage covered with snow, I remember the bromine mist concentration dropped to over 50?"
He immediately swiped the chip screen and said, "There are so many alien species here, and the bromine mist concentration is only 34. It's unbelievable!"
"The number of alien species, their danger level, and their activity frequency all affect the concentration of bromine mist. I used to think numbers were paramount, but now it seems their activity frequency is the decisive factor." Xie Shuqin glanced at the alien species lying on the ground in exhaustion. "If building the habitat underground is to reduce the concentration of bromine mist, then why use so many alien species as homes? Is it purely out of mischief? Aren't they afraid that the alien species will suddenly break free and slaughter them all?"
Having said this, Xie Shuqin suddenly paused.
Baili Yunle looked over with some horror, his voice lowering a bit: "By the way, where are the humans here?"
In the silent air, only the sound of blood could be heard.
A strange wind blew up the loose hair on the foreheads of the two people. Xie Shuqin suddenly felt a chill on her back, and then something pulled her braid.
She stared at Baili Yunle who was facing her, but Baili Yunle turned his head slightly.
He couldn't see anything in the air or on the ground, but there was a shadow on the blood.
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