The hospital under the ecological organization has hardly changed since Xie Xuan last came. There are still dried mycelium everywhere, and the air is filled with a faint stench of decay. It seems like two different worlds compared to the clean streets and fresh air outside.
It's not dark yet, but the light inside is very dim.
Xie Xuan remembered that she saw a homeless man here the last time she came here. When she followed her memory to look for him, she couldn't find any trace of life.
"What are you looking for?" Yu Wu asked.
"I saw a homeless man here the last time I came here," Xie Xuan said. "But it's been over a month now, so he might have moved somewhere else."
Chongming walked over and took a look, "It doesn't necessarily mean he moved to a new place."
He turned around and said, "There's a rumor that ecological organizations lure homeless people into becoming free experimental materials. And your people even walked in here on their own. If there really is a laboratory here, you might see him again later."
Xie Xuan felt that if this was the way it was, it would be better not to meet him.
"Last time I came here, I looked for the administrative office area in the back, but found nothing. Should we try looking underground this time?" Xie Xuan asked. "After all, laboratories are usually built underground."
"That makes sense." Chongming agreed.
But going underground is the secondary issue here. The first issue is whether there is an underground floor.
Ordinary elevators certainly cannot reach the underground, and it would take too much time for them to find a special internal elevator.
The simplest and most brutal way is to break the ground directly.
"Generally speaking, underground laboratories use materials that isolate superpowers. Firstly, this is to prevent the superpowers within the laboratory from leaking out, and secondly, it is to prevent external perceptive superpower users from sensing them."
Chongming said, "Look underground for an area that's imperceptible or noticeably different from the surrounding area."
Xie Xuan carefully sensed it according to Chongming's instructions, and actually felt something vaguely.
But this place is about ten meters deep from the ground, which means that the laboratory is at least four floors underground.
The question now becomes how to get to the fourth underground floor.
Although it is possible to use super powers to attack, their mission has not officially begun yet, and it is unwise to waste so much super powers here.
"It's probably below four floors underground. What should we do now?" Xie Xuan asked.
Chongming's thoughts were similar to Xie Xuan's. Just when they were hesitating whether to give up the investigation, Yu Wu suddenly said, "There's someone there."
Xie Xuan and Chongming immediately became alert and followed Yu Wu's gaze. They saw a vague shadow on the ground behind the corner of the wall in front of them, which quickly disappeared.
"Catch up." Xie Xuan said.
Although Xie Xuan also knew that this might be a trap, they didn't have much time left.
Xie Xuan and the other three quickly chased after it and found that the place where the black shadow disappeared was a corridor.
The corridor was very long and dark, with the end of the corridor completely hidden in darkness.
Xie Xuan turned on the light on his helmet and walked in first. Chongming followed behind him and let Yu Wu walk in the middle.
There were no windows on either side of the corridor. One side was a wall, and the other was probably the clinic, as it was also covered with dried mycelium everywhere, so Xie Xuan couldn't make an accurate judgment.
The mycelium on the ground had completely dried up and been crushed into powder. It seemed that many people had passed by here some time after the infection occurred.
Xie Xuan calmly held the dagger in his hand. They were already very close to the end of the corridor.
The light shone to the end of the corridor. It was a dead end with no other roads on either side. However, there was an elevator at the end of the corridor. The elevator door was either broken or removed by someone, revealing the elevator shaft inside.
Xie Xuan looked inside. The elevator car was at the top, but looking down, she could see bottomless darkness. It didn't look like it only went to the parking lot on the first and second basement floors.
Can the ordinary elevator here reach the laboratory on the fourth floor below ground?
After Xie Xuan shared this discovery with Yu Wu and Chongming, Yu Wu said, "This looks like a trap."
"I noticed that too," said Xie Xuan.
Yu Wu was silent. Chongming said, "The situation underground is unknown. Otherwise, Xie Xuan and I will go down, and you stay up there."
Yu Wu frowned, "I'm not that weak."
"That's not our intention," Xie Xuan said. "But there might be signal blocking devices underground. If we all lose contact, we won't even have a chance to call for help if we get into danger."
Zhongming nodded. "Find a safe place to wait for us. No matter what we find, we will come back within two hours. If you don't see us after two hours, please contact Xie Ji."
Yu Wu could only say, "Okay, be careful."
"You too." After Xie Xuan said that, she grabbed the cable on the elevator and slid down by supporting herself on the wall of the elevator shaft.
Not only was the elevator shaft dark, but there was also a cold and gloomy aura rising upwards.
After sliding down for a distance, Xie Xuan discovered that there were no signs of mycelium infection on the walls here.
But it's unlikely that this place was built in just two months. Xie Xuan asked Chongming, "Is this elevator shaft made of anti-infection materials?"
"Yes," Chongming said, "It's the best anti-infection material on the market right now."
This actually proved that there was something important under the elevator shaft. Xie Xuan's hand was holding the cable and sliding down at a relatively fast speed, but she still slid for more than ten minutes before finally seeing an open elevator door.
This is already the fourth floor below ground level. Walking in from the open elevator entrance, the corridor here seems to be no different from the corridor on the first floor. It is all pitch black and there is no end in sight.
Xie Xuan walked in and Chongming followed quickly. The lights on their helmets only illuminated a very limited part.
After walking in, the lingering feeling of coldness that had been there since entering the elevator shaft became more obvious. This feeling of coldness was different from the feeling brought by Xie Xuan's special ability. It was a damp and sticky feeling of coldness, just like being in a place with high humidity and no sunlight all year round.
And such places are most suitable for mushroom growth.
Xie Xuan looked at both sides of the corridor. There were doors on both sides. There were no signs on the doors, only a house number.
All the doors were closed, but the door at the end of the corridor was open.
There was no other sound in the corridor except their footsteps, and it was eerily quiet.
The darkness and silence gave people a strong sense of oppression, but because there were two of them now, Xie Xuan was not very nervous or afraid.
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