Chapter 45
Lu Chenyuan stepped forward and took control without saying a word. The masked man became more and more restrained and was tied up like a dumpling without any power to resist.
Jiang Zihan took a few steps back exhausted, leaning against the table and panting: "What's the situation outside?"
Lu Chenyuan glanced at her sideways, his expression a little tense, and suddenly asked, "Do you think that with those war beasts around, you can go on adventures everywhere?"
Jiang Zihan was stunned, and keenly felt that the other party was in a bad mood. He tilted his head in confusion.
"You knew there was danger, but you still brought such a small group of people here. Aren't you afraid that everyone will die here?"
Lu Chenyuan looked at her steadily, with fire in his eyes. Yes, war beasts are very powerful, but they are not omnipotent!
He didn't mean to get angry, but when he saw her covered in blood and still looking so excited, he couldn't control his emotions. But when he saw her staring at him in a daze, he couldn't help but feel deeply reproachful towards himself.
Lu Chenyuan lowered his eyes: "Sorry, I shouldn't have said that..."
If only he had returned faster, if only he had understood her urgency sooner, he wouldn't have chosen to find someone first and leave her without protection while he took the risk himself. If only he had been stronger...
"sorry."
Lu Chenyuan looked up and saw Jiang Zihan scratching his head. "I didn't explain my thoughts clearly at the beginning. I was really careless and thought there weren't that many people in Area D. That's why I fell into the trap."
She knew there might be a trap, but she fell into it without checking carefully. It was indeed her problem.
She had relied too much on her mental power during this period, thinking that she could act with peace of mind as long as no problems were detected. However, she did not expect that her mental power would sometimes be less sensitive.
The system suddenly spoke: [I also reflect that I should assist you.]
Jiang Zihan was delighted, as this had become a reflection meeting.
But why did so many people suddenly appear? Where were they hiding before? Underground?
Lu Chenyuan took a deep breath and said, "Whether you want to build a base or expand your territory, I'll take care of the fighting. You just sit back and command."
Jiang Zihan raised an eyebrow: "As long as I want?"
"If you want."
Jiang Zihan looked at him intently for a few seconds, then suddenly raised her hand to touch his forehead and asked suspiciously, "Are you suffering from any sequelae after being mentally manipulated? Why do I feel like your brain is a little off?"
Suddenly he started mumbling something.
Is that a normal person who would say something like this? Especially a soldier who has experienced such a serious battlefield.
Lu Chenyuan's head, which was still a little heated, seemed to have been poured with a basin of cold water. He calmed down for a few seconds and inexplicably began to doubt himself. "It seems a little bit."
Jiang Zihan seemed to be thinking: "Then I'll check you out after we get out and see if I can reduce the effect a little."
The masked man behind him kept looking around, groping inconspicuously towards a piece of glass, and suddenly felt a shadow cast in front of his eyes.
Lu Chenyuan looked down at him, then suddenly leaned over and took off his mask. His eyes fixed, "It's you."
Jiang Zihan: "Do you know him?"
Lu Chenyuan glanced around, a look of realization in his eyes: "His name is Qi Feng, one of the original managers of the research institute on the island. He suddenly disappeared before the blockade order was issued. It turns out he has been hiding here."
Qi Feng shuddered. He didn't expect that he could see through his identity at a glance. He became furious and wanted to ram his head into the corner of the table.
Jiang Zihan, who had been prepared, kicked the man to the other side and sneered, "You don't think this way of seeking death will work, do you? I'm a doctor. I can save dying war beasts. How can a collision with you be more serious than theirs?"
Qi Feng's face suddenly turned pale.
This made Jiang Zihan feel a little curious. He wasn't afraid of death, so why was he afraid of leaking his secrets? Could it be that he was hiding some shocking secret, the consequences of leaking it would be worse than death?
But no matter how I asked, the other party remained silent.
Jiang Zihan felt her muscles begin to ache; the system's fitness-boosting gift package had expired. Her figure gradually shrank, but the chill in her eyes remained undimmed. "Did you think we wouldn't be able to find you if you didn't tell us?"
She scoffed, "What's under the ground?"
[Found it! Underground! ...Huh?]
The system froze for a moment: [How come you scan faster than me?]
Seeing the other party's face full of shock, his original suspicions were immediately confirmed. He thought to himself, "I'll teach you a trick. All is fair in war."
Jiang Zihan stood up and said, "Let's go out and meet up with everyone else first and find out where the entrance is. I guess the drainage device is hidden underground."
She walked to the other side, took off her coat, and wrapped it around the snow leopard cub. The other aberrant beasts still had some strength left, but this little one had just knocked himself unconscious trying to help her. She brushed her hand over its fur and slowly channeled her mental energy, hoping to make it feel better.
Lu Chenyuan glanced over and saw that Jiang Zihan was wearing a cotton suspender underneath, but due to the expansion of her muscles just now, it was a little stretched and now it was a little loose, revealing a large area of fair skin that was dazzlingly bright.
His ears felt a little hot and he couldn't help but look away.
Just as Jiang Zihan was about to call other war beasts, she suddenly felt a warmth on her shoulders. A thick coat was draped over her shoulders, and the owner of the coat was pulling Qi Feng's rope and walking out.
As the two approached the door, they heard chaotic footsteps outside, mixed with loud shouts of "Found it!"
Jiang Zihan recovered some of his mental strength and asked Ye Sheng and others to come in and take the experimental subjects out. Because of his plant-based abilities, he could naturally reduce the war beasts' vigilance against him.
Upon seeing Lu Chenyuan emerge, some unfamiliar people immediately stood up and saluted. Jiang Zihan looked at these well-trained yet unfamiliar individuals and realized they must be the "acquaintances" he had recruited in the Central District.
Lu Chenyuan escorted the people and warned: "Be careful, the number of people here is not right, someone may be hiding."
"You go stay somewhere safe, I'll take people down to take a look." He glanced at her sideways, left a word and hurried away.
There's a mine beneath the lab, but after going down a certain distance, there's no way out. Someone's blocked it off. Apparently, someone took advantage of the chaos and blew up the road.
The instrument detected a strong distortion reaction underground, and everyone's faces looked unhappy.
If they really store all the sewage underground and set up a timed discharge device to discharge it all when the time comes, the surrounding water resources will be completely destroyed.
It takes a long time for the ecology to heal itself to purify water, but only a few minutes to destroy it. This is really unfair.
At this time, there are 6:25:21 left in the countdown.
Jiang Zihan didn't give up. Instead, he ran into the laboratory and said, "System, quickly look for a machine that can drill holes, or a handy digging tool."
Since there's a mine, there must be machinery involved; it can't have been dug purely by hand. The system resigned itself to its fate and began scanning, finding some basic electric drills in an abandoned warehouse.
Everyone grabbed their stuff and started working. The war beasts gathered in a circle, curiously watching the busy crowd below. Shunying popped his head out of the crowd, then suddenly turned and ran out.
Time passed minute by minute, it was almost dark, and only half of the collapsed area had been dug out.
After the drill bit touched a solid rock, the instrument that had been silent for a long time finally rang.
The man's eyes lit up. "There's a strong distortion reaction here! Let's dig in this direction!"
Just as everyone rolled up their sleeves and prepared to fight, Shunying returned. The big black panther leaped down from the height with a few light leaps.
Zhao Ming wiped his sweat and said, "Ancestor, please don't come down. It's dirty down there!"
Jiang Zihan looked at the figure on its back with sharp eyes. The shiny scales... Her eyes lit up, "It's the Cliff Pangolin!"
This is like bringing back a "professional"!
The people nearby were stunned and immediately cheered: "Great! We are saved!"
"Shun Ying is awesome! Give a shout out to Master Shun Ying!"
The big black panther put down his "reinforcements" and gradually lost himself in the cheers. He held his head high and walked with an elegant cat-like gait, swaying back and forth in front of Zhuifeng as if showing off.
Zhuifeng turned his head away from it, and it followed it around to the other side. The big white tiger closed its eyes tightly, and its beard shook violently. Finally, it couldn't help it, and raised its claws to give it a big fight.
The two big cats soon started fighting again, with fur flying everywhere.
The phantom cat on the other side was trying hard to lick the fur of the hawksbill cat. Seeing this, he couldn't help but push his partner away and avoid the two big cats with disgust to avoid being swept by the dust.
The hawksbill cat lay on the ground, panting. It was exhausted after besieging the masked man with Jiang Zihan indoors. After all, it had been locked up for so long and this was the first time it had done such strenuous exercise.
However, after continuing to connect with her mental power, it was a blessing in disguise that reduced a lot of distortion values. Apart from fatigue, the uncontrollable pain in the bone joints was also reduced.
Before it got completely dark, the supporting Cliff Pangolin finally dug through the collapsed area again. Suddenly, there was a slight vibration at the entrance of the cave, and a stream of air slowly gushed out.
Lu Chenyuan's face changed and he yelled, "Get down!"
He instinctively protected Jiang Zihan under him. At this time, a group of black bats crawled out of the cave, broke free from the thick black air, and flew out madly.
Jiang Zihan's face changed. The distortion concentration underground was too high. This group of bats must have been highly distorted a long time ago. They would have to be dealt with later, otherwise they would become a source of pollution for other war beasts.
"Boss, I can't see clearly. It's too dark down there." A newcomer nearby gave him a questioning look. "Do you want to keep digging?"
Lu Chenyuan lay at the entrance of the cave and looked down. He couldn't see the discharge device clearly from here. If he easily lowered the machine to expand the entrance of the cave, the gravel might accidentally hit the device and all his efforts would be wasted.
The situation below is unknown, so someone has to go and explore the way first.
Lu Chenyuan: "I'll go."
Jiang Zihan frowned: "It's safer for me to go."
The others still had some degree of distortion, and if it worsened, it would be too late to save them. She was more resistant to distortion, so the damage she would suffer would be less.
Lu Chenyuan immediately refused: "No, you are their target anyway, so you can't take any risks. If there's an ambush down there, you won't have time to react."
Jiang Zihan was about to argue when her ears suddenly trembled. She seemed to hear a strange sound, hissing - hissing -
"What's that noise?"
Zhao Ming lay at the entrance of the cave, desperately shining a flashlight inside: "Is there a gas leak?"
He brought in new instruments to try to analyze it, but Jiang Zihan's expression changed when he saw those familiar sounds.
Lu Chenyuan instantly understood what she meant when he saw her pale face. He immediately stood in front of her and said with a smile, "Looks like I'm the only one left. Trust me, I have experience."
Jiang Zihan swallowed his saliva, and the words he wanted to use to stop him sounded dry. Even if it was an evil beast, how could it be a snake?
Lu Chenyuan quickly tied the leash around himself and suddenly smiled, "If you're really worried, use your mental power to control me. I know you can do it."
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