Ye Jing's words reminded everyone.
If this thing was deliberately placed here by people in the laboratory to protect the submarine and prevent outsiders from entering, then how do the people inside get out?
After observing for a while, Qiao An'an pointed to the submarine entrance surrounded by these underwater objects and said, "Those small submarines that attacked us before were probably several meters long. These submarines don't seem to be able to enter or exit through the circular entrance, right? Is it possible that there are other entrances or exits?"
After being reminded by Qiao An'an, the group searched in the opposite direction of the submarine and finally found an entrance at the stern.
The entrance is password protected.
Chi Xiaoyu gestured to Qiao An'an, indicating that she could decipher the code, and then walked towards the coded door.
While Chi Xiaoyu was deciphering the code, Ye Jing raised another question: "Can't the people inside see us?"
Chen Zhou: "They should be able to see it."
Ye Jing: "Then why don't they send people out to hunt us down?"
Li Jianguo: "Didn't they send several submarines before? Maybe they saw how powerful we are and didn't dare to come out."
It's estimated that only Li Jianguo believes what he himself said.
Everyone else shared Ye Jing's confusion; the people inside the submarine certainly couldn't be afraid of them.
Fang Yuyang spoke first: "The people in the lab threatened the capital and the surrounding safe zone before, saying they were going to release the third-generation zombie virus. Is it possible that they are at a critical moment in developing the third-generation virus and don't have time to deal with us?"
Shen Zhou didn't quite agree: "If they're afraid we'll interrupt their research, shouldn't they be constantly sending people to stop us?"
Qiao An'an: "Yes, but they haven't sent anyone over. We've been too relaxed since we entered the water. It feels like those small submarines that were targeting us were their last obstacle."
Li Jianguo recalled the gunfight movies he had watched before and said in a serious tone, "I remember Chen Zhou saying that there are many gates inside the submarine. Is it possible that they think the underwater targets are too big and are planning to wait until we enter the submarine before wiping us out?"
Li Jianguo reminded him of this.
Immediately, images of enemies sweeping through elevators from various gunfight movies flashed through everyone's minds. They weren't protagonists with a halo in the movies; if they were actually cornered in a small space and subjected to a barrage of fire, they wouldn't be able to escape unscathed while simultaneously wiping out the enemy.
At this moment, Chi Xiaoyu had already cracked the submarine's code, and the submarine's first gate to the outside was opened, revealing a water-filled compartment, just as Chen Zhou had said before.
Seeing that the password was cracked so quickly, Qiao An'an gave Chi Xiaoyu a thumbs up: "Amazing!"
Chi Xiaoyu stared blankly at the open door: "This kind of code is not easy to decipher, nor can it be done so quickly. This time, the feeling I got from the deciphering was that the people inside deliberately wanted me to decipher it."
Everyone already felt there was something wrong with the people inside not coming out to attack them.
Now that I've heard what Chi Xiaoyu said...
I felt there was something wrong.
Li Jianguo asked Qiao An'an, "Since Chi Xiaoyu has said so, should we still go in?"
She was willing to go into dangerous territory to save Ya Ya.
Qiao An'an replied to Li Jianguo, "Go in, of course we should go in."
After everyone entered the first sluice gate, the gate closed and the water in the cabin began to be discharged outside.
While waiting for the water to drain, everyone gripped their weapons tightly and stared intently at the second sluice gate, fearing that when it opened, countless people with machine guns would open fire on them.
Fortunately, these were all just their fantasies.
After the second gate opened, the scene they had imagined did not appear; instead, there was only a path leading to the depths of the submarine.
The crowd could even hear the big black dog barking wildly.
Li Jianguo: "Something is definitely amiss. Is it possible that this is a big trap they've set for us?"
Hearing Dahei's voice, Qiao An'an became even more worried about Ya Ya. She no longer cared whether it was a big trap or not. She took off her diving helmet and rushed towards the direction of the sound.
Seeing this, Chi Xiaoyu and Ye Jing followed.
The others had no choice but to follow.
The submarine was large and spacious, and the routes inside were easy to find.
Following Dahei's voice, Qiao An'an and the others quickly found Ya Ya and Dahei's location, which was a very spacious laboratory. There was a row of cribs in the laboratory, and each crib had a child who was about one year old. These children should be the babies that Shen Zhou mentioned before, created at the beginning of the apocalypse.
Qiao An'an just felt that there was something wrong with these children.
These children, without adult supervision, were able to sit quietly in their cribs without crying or fussing.
These are babies who are only one year old!
However, she had no time to examine the babies' abnormalities, because beyond the cribs lay a testing table, on which lay the unconscious Ya Ya. Beside the table stood a person; only his back was visible, but Ye Jing recognized him from his overweight figure and receding hairline: "It's Tian Mingbo!!!"
Upon hearing Ye Jing say that the person standing there was Tian Mingbo, Qiao An'an immediately became alert: "Is he going to do something to Ya Ya?"
Chi Xiaoyu immediately drew her bow and arrow.
But unexpectedly, Tian Mingbo collapsed.
After everyone rushed forward to check, they discovered that Tian Mingbo was dead, and it seemed that he had been dead for some time.
This surprised everyone: "No wounds, how did he die? And what about the others here?"
Qiao An'an didn't care how Tian Mingbo died. Instead, she tenderly picked up Ya Ya from the lab table. Upon closer inspection, she noticed that Ya Ya's face was extremely pale, and the needle marks on her arms were bluish-purple, clearly indicating that a lot of blood had been drawn. Fortunately, Ya Ya was still breathing, and she woke up shortly after being held by Qiao An'an: "Mommy..."
Seeing that Ya Ya was awake, Qiao An'an finally felt relieved: "Ya Ya, are you alright?"
Ya Ya shook her head to indicate that she was fine, then pointed to the already stiff Tian Mingbo and said, "I'm fine, it's just that their numbers are decreasing every day."
The laboratory was located in a large glass skylight, but the bottom of the lake was too dark to see outside. However, the moment Ya Ya spoke, Qiao An'an seemed to see a human face pressed against the glass. It wasn't the kind of waxy face covered with seaweed and shells, but a normal human face that looked like it had just died.
The face flashed by so quickly that it seemed like an illusion.
After asking others if they had seen it and receiving negative answers from everyone, Qiao An'an could only conclude that she had seen it wrong.
She continued, "Can you tell Mommy why you said their population is decreasing every day?"
Ya Ya answered truthfully: "They brought me to this lab and there were so many people. Every time they drew my blood, there were a few fewer people."
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