Chapter 618 A Glimmer of Hope
Tao Haohao's eyes instantly reddened. He wiped his face abruptly and roared, "Bullshit! I haven't even settled the points with you yet! You think you can just run away without paying? No way!"
Qi Ling murmured, unable to speak.
Duan Xi was so anxious that he stamped his feet. Suddenly, he thought of something, turned around, and rushed to the skylight. "That's it! The inhibitor! Professor Qi's improved inhibitor must be useful!"
The monster that was howling and chasing after the car was no longer being taken care of.
Wang Jiayu hurriedly appeared at the skylight with the inhibitor, almost bumping into Duan Xi who was about to come down.
She shoved Duan Xi aside, jumped onto the car roof, and approached Qi Ling with the inhibitor, intending to inject her.
"Don't be afraid, you'll be alright... you'll be alright..."
His voice was trembling, and it was unclear whether he was comforting Qi Ling or himself.
Qi Ling obediently extended her hand, "Okay."
The roars of monsters from the outside world and the jolting of armored vehicles seemed distant and unreal, as if separated by a thick layer of murky water.
The anxious shouts from his teammates, filled with tense reassurance, inexplicably calmed Qi Ling's panicked heart.
Compared to other lives that have disappeared into the long river of history, he saw the world two hundred years later and gained a different kind of warmth.
In some ways, he was actually quite lucky.
One should not ask for too much.
Isn't that right?
Seeing that Wang Jiayu couldn't get the injection in after a long time, Duan Xi simply snatched the needle and stuck it directly into Qi Ling's neck.
His movements were swift and precise; the cold needle plunged into the skin on Qi Ling's neck.
Qi Ling's body suddenly tensed, and a suppressed groan escaped his throat.
The modified inhibitor carried a peculiar chill, instantly surging into his almost boiling blood vessels.
Wherever it passed, the wildly churning dark matter seemed to be forcibly paused, its surging speed visibly slowing down.
But it was only a tiny bit.
After the injection was completed, Duan Xi quickly pulled out the needle and nervously watched Qi Ling's reaction.
Wang Jiayu held her breath.
Tao Haohao also clung to the skylight, his eyes fixed on it.
Qi Ling was breathing heavily, his eyes were tightly closed, and the veins on his forehead were bulging, as if he was using all his willpower to fight against the still enormous dark power within him.
The sticky substance that had been seeping from his body no longer gushed out like before.
But it continues to slowly and stubbornly seep outwards.
Inhibitors are like a stone thrown into a raging torrent; they can only create a brief splash, but cannot change the direction of the river's flow.
The power within him, the same one that originated from the collapsed and contaminated area, was still calling out, still trying to break free from its constraints.
Seeing that it wasn't working well, Tao Haohao was anxious and didn't know what to do. "Should we give it another injection?"
Song Liang was in charge of driving and couldn't go up to check. He listened to the sounds coming from the roof of the car and then took out his computer again to try logging into the system.
This anomaly appears to be widespread.
Qi Ling had already merged with the dark matter; the problem wasn't with him, but with the dark matter itself.
Did the captain and his team discover the source?
So what should they do to save Qi Ling's life?
Song Liang was thinking frantically.
At this point, the signal was finally established, and the computer logged into the system.
His fingers almost left afterimages on the keyboard.
Finally, the screen managed to connect to the intelligence group's encrypted channel, with fragmented text and information continuously appearing.
"Duan Xi! Come and drive!" Song Liang couldn't operate the car at the same time, so he quickly called for help.
The signal is unstable; I don't know how long it will last!
Duan Xi immediately pulled back out of the sunroof and quickly handed over the reins to Song Liang in the driver's seat.
The armored vehicle roared again, steadied itself, and left the pursuing monster behind.
"The data has been updated. According to the calculations of the research team, at the current rate of spread, if the spread does not stop, darkness will return to the world in at most thirty hours..."
The car was deathly silent.
Everyone understands the weight of those words.
Only twenty years have passed since the light returned, and many people haven't even fully adapted to life under the sun before the nightmare is about to begin again.
"Latest intelligence report confirms that all the collapsed and leaked areas are contaminated zones below level five! All level five contaminated zones are currently in an abnormal state, exhibiting... an abnormally high concentration of dark matter, which is spreading, but the structure is temporarily stable and no collapse has occurred!"
Song Liang read out the key information at an extremely fast pace, his heart pounding.
The five-star contamination zone is spreading, but it hasn't collapsed!
What is the reason?
A crazy idea struck him instantly.
Song Liang, through writing the mission report, vaguely learned some things.
He suddenly looked up at Qi Ling, who was struggling to fight off the out-of-control man on the roof of the car, and then quickly scanned all his teammates in the car.
"Turn around!"
Song Liang's voice trembled slightly with excitement and determination, "We're not going back to the base!"
"What?!"
Wang Jiayu's hand trembled as she was injecting Qi Ling with the second dose of inhibitor.
"It will take at least four days to return to the base. The message made it very clear. If you cannot return, head to the nearest base as soon as possible to prepare for battle."
Song Liang said, "This area is under the jurisdiction of the Dawn Base, and it takes about ten hours to get there, but Qi Ling can't wait!"
"And even if it's over, without Yun Zhao, who has the ability to handle a dark matter riot of this scale?"
Duan Xi, driving, asked, "So, where are we going?"
It's impossible to go to Yun Zhao; that place is too far away.
Song Liang's thinking was clearer and faster than ever before: "The five-star contamination zone hasn't collapsed, let's go to contamination zone 320!"
“Number 320?” Wang Jiayu was taken aback.
Han Da Dao...
Song Liang typed on the keyboard without looking up: "That's right! The high concentration of dark matter inside might not be poison for Qi Ling, who is currently out of control, but rather... a buffer! Or even a supply!"
Han Dadao is a five-star gatekeeper, and his domain is now the 'safest' place.
At least it can save Qi Ling's life for the time being.
At the very least, we must hold out until Yun Zhao comes out.
Perhaps she has a way to save Qi Ling.
There was a moment of deathly silence inside the car, with only the roar of the engine and the howls of the monster outside.
This decision is too bold and too risky.
This means they are deliberately heading towards a rapidly spreading, highly polluted area, entrusting their fate to a powerful mutant that is both friend and foe.
"Oh shit!"
Tao Haohao was the first to react, slamming his fist on the car wall while yelling at the driver, "Listen to Lao Song! Turn around!"
"Wait five minutes."
Song Liang interrupted, "Let the convoy ahead head to the Dawn Base to stand by, and also give us a few more inhibitors."
Sentinels have no ability to resist dark matter.
There were no supplies inside last time we went in, so we need to ask the convoy to leave a truckload of things for them.
Taking advantage of this last bit of signal time, Song Liang quickly sent their coordinates and a brief message of the temporary plan to the command center, and then notified the convoy ahead.
Tao Haohao received a transport vehicle in the past.
Everything is ready.
"Go!" Duan Xi didn't hesitate at all and suddenly turned the steering wheel.
The armored vehicle emitted a screeching sound of tires screeching as it spun out of the way, crushing several pursuing monsters in a drift, and then turned its back on the direction of returning to base without hesitation.
The two vehicles sped toward the more dangerous, yet also the only chance of survival, contaminated zone number 320.
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