Chapter 130 Escape
But all this is indeed deserved. The place for receiving outsiders should have been completely separated from the main body of the base long ago.
However, in the past, people with special abilities in the outside world were extremely rare, and even if there were any, most of them were very weak, so the base ignored the possibility of this situation and was unwilling to spend any more manpower and resources to create another observation point.
The man in black was secretly angry, and then said, "Apply to activate the 083 protocol."
When the other base personnel heard this, they were all stunned.
Ban Yan asked: "Are you sure?"
Protocol 083 is a project still under study. Its core is based on a past field mission where a team member accidentally discovered an energy field that could temporarily shield anomalies.
They have previously used this discovery to develop a "hood" to store anomalous objects, and are now researching technology to amplify this effect.
One day in the future, when the base faces a fatal crisis due to some abnormal things, this energy field can be released to the entire base to delay the retreat time. This is Protocol 083.
Now they have created pulses that can theoretically cover an entire floor accurately, but because it is still in the research and development stage and has never been actually used before, the specific effects and side effects are unclear, and everything is still just theory.
The man in black had a hint of enthusiasm in his eyes: "Since you have it, why are you hesitating to use it? Take this opportunity to take it out and try it out. 083 is also the most effective way to deal with this kind of person."
It didn't seem surprising that he would make such a request.
Ban Yan blinked, then nodded: "Okay. But this application needs to be signed by four personnel with level three or above."
The man in black had already started to prepare the application on his tablet and began to sign it. "I know. They'll agree to it."
He signed quickly and handed the tablet to Ban Yan.
On this level, only the two people in charge of field affairs and clerical work have authority above level three, so if this application is to be approved, it needs to be submitted to the other two senior executives of the base for review.
After Ban Yan signed the application, he submitted it to the higher authorities.
The man in black did not stay where he was, but took his teammates to chase in the direction where Lu Jiamu fled.
Minutes after the application was submitted, someone called over the intercom system.
The man in black pressed the answer button, and a voice with a changed voice came from the other end: "Your application has been approved. Protocol 083 will be implemented in two minutes. According to predictions, the effect will last for about ten minutes, and the power system may be affected during this period. You must prepare in advance."
The man in black responded as he walked away: "Understood."
The other party said, "For this operation, I hope you will focus on capturing and controlling the unknown psychic, but the psychic psychic must lose his ability to fight back."
The other side paused for a moment, and then added: "If these two people are very resistant, or if it is difficult to capture them peacefully for other reasons, they can be shot if necessary. Everything should be prioritized to keep them and the overall interests of the base. At that time, I will immediately arrange for a specialist to deal with the bodies."
The black-clothed man twitched his lips: "Okay, got it."
After ending the call, the man in black immediately relayed the caller's wishes to the other teammates and asked everyone to be prepared.
Time was urgent and everyone started running.
More than a minute later, accompanied by the prompt that the protocol was being executed and a strange buzzing sound, the corridor behind them fell into darkness section by section.
The faint sounds from the operation of the electronic devices on the original floor also disappeared, and the entire space soon became dead silent.
The man in black immediately took out his flashlight, but found that it didn't light up at all. He pressed the tablet several times, but the tablet didn't respond in the dark.
The team members next to them also made rustling sounds, but there was still no light.
Apparently, the use of 083 will not only cause temporary power supply problems, but will affect all electrical equipment within the range, and it is not clear whether it is reversible.
The man in black cursed under his breath and threw the flashlight away.
Fortunately, they were well prepared this time and had night vision goggles in advance.
But now the terminal is unusable, they can no longer check the surveillance within the base, and cannot grasp Lu Jiamu's precise movements.
However, the opponent now has nothing on him and can only run around in the dark in this huge base. He is obviously even more miserable and there is no way he can outrun them.
The negative effects brought about by the activation of 083 were greater than they expected, and it is unclear whether the impact on the anomaly is different from what they predicted.
It is currently impossible to contact researchers on other floors, so they can only assume that the validity period is the ten minutes mentioned in the last phone call.
We must hurry up and find them, otherwise once the time limit is up, these two people will be out of our reach. The man in black was thinking about where Lu Jiamu might have gone as he ran.
Considering that in case of a sudden power outage, the other party might lose his way and start running around, the man in black signaled everyone to search separately as soon as they approached the location where Lu Jiamu was last seen.
The team members had a tacit understanding with each other. After making a hand gesture, they sneaked silently in different directions.
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The base suddenly lost power and fell into complete darkness. Lu Jiamu, who was not very familiar with the environment, lost his way.
But this is not the most important thing. In the darkness, he vaguely heard a few "clicks", similar to the sound of a door lock turning.
Before it got dark around him, the last thing that caught Lu Jiamu's eye was a number of large containers on both sides of the corridor, which were used to hold unknown objects.
Now that the power in the base has suddenly been cut off, the contents of those containers may be about to come out.
Lu Jiamu wanted to change his state to avoid danger, but soon found that he seemed to have lost this ability. He had no choice but to retreat into the corner carefully.
With a slight "squeaky" sound, a giant fluorescent caterpillar pushed open the door with its head and crawled out of one of the containers. I don't know what kind of abnormal thing this is.
It turned its head left and right, then gave up the container and crawled quickly in one direction with determination.
As the only source of light in the darkness, its every movement becomes particularly conspicuous.
With the help of its light, I could vaguely see something coming out of the container. I couldn't see clearly what it was, but I could guess that it must be a monster.
Since the caterpillar crawled very slowly, it took a long time for it to crawl a few steps and would be thrown away in an instant. Therefore, within the limited range of its illumination, it could not see where those things went. It could only see that they did not come to attack the caterpillar.
It seems that these things that escaped from the container are not very dangerous now, they just simply want to escape.
Combining his own situation, Lu Jiamu guessed that there might be something in the base that could erase abnormal abilities, and the lighting might have been cut off because of this.
Lu Jiamu secretly observed the caterpillar for a while, and seeing that it seemed to be just crawling around aimlessly, he took off his coat, took two steps forward, wrapped it up and picked it up, preparing to use it as a lighting tool to find a way out.
Suddenly, the caterpillar felt someone picking it up, and it immediately struggled, twisting its body and trying to prick Lu Jiamu with the hairs on its body.
Lu Jiamu saw a pair of ugly and ferocious insect beaks wide open in a field of glowing hair, and the whole insect twisted and raised its head to bite him.
Seeing this, Lu Jiamu threw the caterpillar out.
The caterpillar was frightened and twisted its huge beak to bite the hairs at the end of its body, then rolled itself into a ball and rolled to cushion the force of landing.
When Lu Jiamu saw it like this, he suddenly had an inspiration and immediately kicked the caterpillar hard.
The caterpillar, which had never stopped, rolled even faster. In order to avoid getting hurt, it simply bit the hair at the end of its body tighter to prevent it from suddenly falling apart while rolling.
There are so many good things in this base.
Lu Jiamu thought about it and started running while kicking the caterpillar to roll forward.
The light ball provided him with a light so that he wouldn't fall in complete darkness.
After Lu Jiamu kicked the caterpillar and ran for a while, he heard the faint sound of a child crying between the tall containers.
He stopped and asked, "Who's there?"
The crying sound in the gap immediately became smaller.
Soon, amidst a rustling sound, a gloomy little boy in a hospital gown emerged from nowhere. After taking a look at the glowing caterpillar, he immediately looked at Lu Jiamu: “Uncle?”
After he finished speaking, before Lu Jiamu could ask anything, he immediately changed his words in horror, as if he had just made a serious mistake: "Brother!"
Anyone still wandering around the base at this time must not be an ordinary child, but may be some kind of dangerous monster.
But now it is very likely that all abnormal capabilities nearby have become ineffective, and everyone is at the same starting point.
So after Lu Jiamu took a brief look at him, he did not run away immediately, but asked: "What are you doing here?"
The little boy still kept a little distance from him. He looked him up and down and then looked away. He said nervously and shyly: "Stop, the power is out, I came out to see. Brother, do you know what happened?"
Lu Jiamu shook his head.
"Brother, you are not from here, right? Everyone here wears white or black clothes. Are you from outside?"
The little boy seemed to have identified him as someone from outside by his clothes, and without waiting for his answer, he continued excitedly: "I want to leave here. Can you take me away from here?"
Lu Jiamu stood there without saying anything, seemingly thinking about something.
The little boy was obviously afraid that he would just abandon him here, and immediately added: "I, I know the way!"
"Do you know the way?"
"Yes!" The little boy nodded firmly, and then narrated haltingly, "Sometimes, they would let me out for a walk. I've seen them practice, so I know the way. ... They don't look at me, and I can even walk out by myself. It's just too dark now, I can't walk alone."
Hearing him say that he knew the way, Lu Jiamu didn't want to waste time judging whether it was true or not, so he walked over and picked up the little boy: "Okay, I'll take you out."
Until this strange effect of the base disappears, Lu Jiamu doesn't have to be afraid of the little boy no matter what his abnormality is.
Seeing Lu Jiamu walking towards him, the little boy couldn't help but shrink back a little, but he quickly held back and let the other party pick him up.
The glowing caterpillar had loosened its beak that was biting the hair, stopped curling up, and continued to run away. But because it crawled too slowly, it still didn't crawl very far.
Lu Jiamu picked up the caterpillar through his coat, and then threw it away before it curled up and bit him.
The caterpillar subconsciously tried to resist the impact by curling up into a ball.
Lu Jiamu kicked it and continued running forward.
The little boy grabbed Lu Jiamu's collar, and after a pause, he began to describe some of the things he had done when he was released from the base, as if he wanted to make himself more valuable. But apart from the fact that he could take a walk nearby, he did not provide any more useful information.
Lu Jiamu ran and listened at the same time. In the little boy's narration, he seemed to be just an ordinary child. But it was possible that he was lying.
If he was really just an ordinary child, why would he be locked up?
Lu Jiamu asked: "Then why did you come here?"
The little boy's eyes wandered, and he was obviously hiding something: "One day they suddenly brought me here, and then they wouldn't let me leave."
Lu Jiamu asked in a different way: "Did you see anything unusual happen? Or did something happen because of you?"
The little boy immediately denied it: "I, I didn't see anything."
Lu Jiamu had no intention of getting to the bottom of the matter.
The words of ghosts were not to be trusted, nor were those of monsters. No matter what it said, he had never intended to take the monsters out of the base from the beginning.
The base's ability to eliminate anomalies must have a time limit, so we just need to throw him away before the little boy recovers.
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