Chapter 207 Leaving the Laboratory
"3, 2, 1, 0! Lab 2 is activated, test begins."
With the countdown drawing ever closer, Lin Xi didn't refuse the protective suit. After quickly putting it on, she said to Song Heng:
"Get out of here right now! Take those two vials of medicine and the necessary samples with you!"
Song Heng, with his old legs, walked towards the entrance of the secret laboratory, picked up Peng Xinghong who was lying at the door, scanned his face, but could not open the door.
Peng Xinghong made intermittent, low growls, his eyes blinking frantically as he tried to struggle, but he couldn't control his body, and the door remained locked.
For safety, two layers of protection were installed inside and outside the laboratory when it was first designed.
Once dangerous testing begins inside, this secret laboratory will enter alert mode to protect the external laboratory and the entire base, requiring internal facial recognition and external authorization to open the door.
Lin Xi felt a chill run down her spine; the first door to Laboratory No. 2 had already been opened.
If it really is a radiation-infected zombie, then Song Heng and Peng Xinghong here would be irradiated the moment the zombie appears, and their fate would be as tragic as Lu Wei's.
The protective suit she was wearing wasn't very thick; it could block radiation for a short time, but the thin protective suit would become ineffective over a long period.
As the second door was about to open, Lin Xixin also lifted up.
Just then, Xiang Xin's voice came through the miniature earpiece: "San San, are you in there?!"
It was a timely and reassuring rain.
Lin Xi responded softly, "I'm here!"
To avoid White Shield Base suspecting their motives, they did not bring these communication tools and some high-end precision instruments. However, the relevant departments had arranged for an inside agent to be stationed at White Shield Base in advance, and Lu Wei gradually obtained equipment support after contacting them.
Xiang Xin seemed relieved: "I'm at the entrance of the research institute. I'll input the command to your lab first, and you can quickly enter the password from inside."
Xiang Xin was outside the first line of defense at the research institute, while Lin Xi was inside the secret laboratory, the second line of defense.
She seemed to know what kind of danger was inside and was the first to grant Lin Xi access control.
Lin Xi, inside the door, picked up Peng Xinghong, who had just been thrown to the ground by Song Heng, and aimed him at the facial recognition system.
Peng Xinghong's terrified face appeared on the screen. As a researcher, he knew what was about to happen here, and he was even more aware of the horror of the laboratory than Lin Xi and others.
Lin Xi, seeing Peng Xinghong's exaggerated expression on the screen, also froze for a moment—
All the doors to Laboratory 2, which was not far away, were open.
A thick cloud of white mist poured out from the crack in the door, appearing particularly murky under the red light, and within it were two dark shadows, their outlines indistinct.
As the door swung open and the fog dissipated, two tall, human-shaped silhouettes gradually appeared. They were backlit by a red light, making it impossible to discern their exact features, but they were exceptionally eerie and instilled fear in people.
Lin Xi suddenly felt a ringing in her ears.
That was the sound of the radiation meter reading soaring.
Song Heng stared in disbelief at the scene behind him, while Peng Xinghong's expression, which had been one of fear and anxiety, suddenly turned dejected, and he even began to cry intermittently.
"Radiation...radiation..."
Lin Xi was momentarily stunned.
The facial recognition display screen caught the two figures perfectly, like infants seeing the light of day for the first time, awkwardly looking up at the world around them before slowly moving.
"San San! What's going on over there?" Xiang Xin's voice came through the earpiece.
The anesthesia hadn't worn off yet, but he seemed to have resigned himself to his fate, and thus gradually calmed down, his expression no longer so ferocious.
"Facial recognition successful!" the speaker announced.
Xiang Xin reacted faster than Lin Xi through the earpiece: "Quickly find someone to decipher the gate's password, and we'll input the outer layer command immediately."
The door to the secret laboratory slowly opened, and Lin Xi saw the familiar studio and the people there—
They were greeted at the door by Zhao Jing and others. Song Heng's team had drugged Lin Xi before and were very familiar with this kind of drug, so they were all vigilant and did not drink it. Now they can move around freely.
The white-clad workers lying crookedly on the ground were staff members of the White Shield Base and Guo Yanlin and others.
Lin Xi glanced back at Laboratory No. 2. The zombies inside had already recognized the world through their senses, and their instincts kicked in—they pounced on the living.
"San San? What's going on over there?! Open the door now!" Xiang Xin's voice urged again through the earpiece.
Lin Xi quickly realized—
Xiang Xin was still outside the door. The walls and doors of the research institute were made of special materials that were fireproof, theft-proof, and radiation-proof.
Xiang Xin is in a safe place.
As the door to the secret laboratory opened, radiation was instantly released.
Her original plan was to infiltrate the secret laboratory to find out the truth and destroy their biochemical test subjects. The radiation zombies were the most terrifying zombies they knew, and it was essential to nip the source in the bud.
However, the incident happened suddenly, and she and Song Heng had to escape quickly. The best-case scenario was that Xiang Xin and she worked together to open the door to the inner laboratory, allowing the living to escape safely, and then locking the radiation zombies inside the laboratory.
There are excellent radiation protection measures there. As long as the zombies don't come out, the safety of everyone in the research institute and even everyone outside will not be threatened.
But it's too late now. Peng Xinghong's ferocious expression made him unable to match the facial recognition, which delayed him a bit. And the door to Lab 2 opened too quickly, releasing the zombies.
Song Heng and Peng Xinghong inside the door were both exposed to radiation, and those outside were likely not spared the moment the door opened.
The zombies are moving rapidly toward the door. If this gets out, not only will the people outside not survive, but it will also create a lot of chaos and affect Lin Xi and Lu Wei's plans.
Lin Xi subconsciously made a hasty decision—
She pushed Song Heng out of the room, then closed the door to the inner laboratory again. Peng Xinghong was too weak to be saved, and there was no need to save him.
The door slowly closed, and the zombies pounced.
Lin Xi turned around and kicked out, briefly repelling the zombie.
"Bang!" The door was already closed.
"San San?!" Xiang Xin asked anxiously into the earpiece.
Lin Xi had no time to respond, focusing on the two zombies in front of her.
She felt the hardness of the zombie when she kicked it; this level of hardness indicated that it was a special type of zombie with its bones and body surface completely hardened.
In this unfamiliar laboratory, she faces a battle all by herself.
Lin Xi turned off the laboratory light switch, and her vision disappeared instantly. However, she was wearing special night vision glasses and could see the scene clearly. She saw two zombies in her field of vision, who were briefly confused. But they seemed to have been in the dark for a long time and had adapted to the dark environment. They gradually groped around looking for their prey.
It was an extremely difficult fight. Even though the two zombies had no fighting skills, Lin Xi was not faring well under their pursuit and interception. He narrowly managed to puncture the eyes of both zombies.
Lin Xi dragged them back to Laboratory No. 2, pressed the control button to close the door of Laboratory No. 2, and the zombies, still covered in radiation, were locked inside.
Then she quickly went to the buffer zone by the entrance to clean up the contamination, took off the protective suit that had been stained with the zombie's body, and after thoroughly cleaning it, she said to Xiang Xin:
"Issue the command again."
Through her gloves, Lin Xi picked up Peng Xinghong from the ground once again.
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