Chapter 4 Beyond the Passage
"Oops. ”
One of the mercenaries said, "To get to the Flame Empress, these rooms are the passages that must be passed, and now that they are all flooded, I don't think we can still get in." ”
Matthew nodded and said, "Wren, J-D, you guys go and see if there's any way to drain the water." ”
The long-haired mercenary was named Wren, a masculine name, and she and J-D, the other mercenary, grabbed their guns and walked deeper into the aisle.
Matthew looked at the water-filled institute and said, "Kaplan, Zhang Jie, you go find another way to the Flame Empress." ”
Kaplan raised his gun and followed behind the two of Rennes, but Zhang Jie waved his hand at Zheng Zha and the others, and he seemed to walk towards that side easily.
After everyone walked away, Alice suddenly asked, "How is this done, first nerve gas, then water, how does it look like a massacre?"
Matthew hesitated for a moment before deciding to answer: "About five hours ago, the Flame Empress manipulated the entire hive to seal off, and then used the internal defense system to start killing, releasing poison gas, cutting off elevators, closing the research room, and just like these, it killed everyone in this real yàn area. ”
Hearing the mercenary captain's answer, Alice gritted her teeth and worried, "Why did it do this? Isn't it an intellectual computer system?"
Matthew shook his head and said, "We don't know, it may be due to external influences, such as computer viruses...... It is also possible that the insiders manipulated and destroyed it, and this is all ......" When he said the insider, his gaze swept towards Wang Zongchao, Alice and the others.
Wang Zongchao also frowned on the side with a thoughtful look, and muttered, "How can there be such a thing...... Regardless of why the artificial intelligence was abnormal, judging from the fact that no one in the real room escaped, and no one contacted the outside world, this massacre should be a planned and rational massacre.
Other words. We can't think of it as an ordinary intelligent system that gets out of control due to program confusion. If this real room is still under her control. We are afraid of a sane and cunning enemy. What kind of gifts will she prepare for our arrival?"
Listened to Wang Zongchao's words. Matthew's face suddenly became solemn. Turning to the mercenary Kaplan, he asked, "You're a computer expert." You say this computer is going to kill us. What means will be used?"
Kaplan replied affirmatively, "The means are limited. It is nothing more than the release of poisonous gas, which makes people dizzy. And activate the fire system to release water and drown people. If the time is relatively long. Turning off the ventilation system is also okay to suffocate. However, judging from the information provided by the company. The poison gas has been consumed after such a large-scale release. And as soon as we enter the ground and break the gate at the same time, the automatic closing system will be broken. There is also no question of zài being blocked and drowning. ”
Then he shrugged again. "After all, it's just a research center," he added. Not a military institution. Nor is it a tomb in the land of the pharaohs. We were walking along the road when we suddenly stretched out an automatic machine gun and swept us down, or suddenly there was a trap full of steel thorns and collapsed. Even if the computer closes the door. With our ground weapons, we can completely break through. ”
Listened to Kaplan. Matthew was visibly relieved. It's just that other people who are familiar with the plot of the laser channel movie showed a disapproving look.
"If the company is asking them to do something. Even if you want to kill people and kill people. It should also be after they have completed their mission and gone out. How could they deliberately conceal the laser channel to save zài to kill them?......" Because I had just heard the synopsis of Zhan Landi. Wang Zongchao is also aware of this plot. I can't help but wonder in my heart.
Thinking of an answer for a while, Wang Zongchao sighed secretly, and looked up just in time to see Li Xiaoyi, who was vomiting weakly, leaning weakly against the glass window, and a figure gradually appeared behind him, and couldn't help but remind kindly: "There seems to be someone behind you?"
Li Xiaoyi looked back carefully when he heard this, only to find that a female corpse in the glass window behind him should be plump and beautiful before his death, and there is no sexiness at all, and the face full of stiffness and death is facing him, and he suddenly let out a terrible scream, and his hands and feet, which were originally soft, suddenly burst out with huge strength, and jumped backwards like an electric shock, if Zheng Zhe didn't block it, he was afraid that the back of his head would hit the other tempered glass and faint.
"Suit, no wonder there is so much commission this time, it turns out that Ambrera still wants us to be a babysitter. Matthew looked at it all in his eyes and couldn't help but let out a curse.
Wang Zongchao was carefully observing these corpses and assessing their combat effectiveness.
"Judging from the muscles and bones of these corpses, they are completely ordinary people's physique...... Well, as researchers, their muscles are much looser than the average person, which should also mean that their bones are also looser......"
"There was no sign of struggle, he was knocked unconscious and drowned. Well, her colleague must be kind. ”
This is someone who said such a sentence behind him, Wang Zongchao looked back, but saw that it was the handcuffed young man Matt who was also observing the corpse, and he had no consciousness as a prisoner.
Suddenly remembered Zhan Lan's plot introduction, Wang Zongchao had a plan in his heart, so he put his hand on the glass window and was shocked.
The tremor didn't break the tempered glass, and it didn't even make any sound, as if it was just a gentle hand pressed on, but the force passed through the glass and the water behind it hit the woman's face.
And then...... The eyes of the female corpse opened suddenly, revealing a pair of eyes full of death and terror with blurred boundaries between pupils and whites of the eyes, staring straight ahead.
"Fuck, shit!" was a scene much more terrifying than the sudden appearance of a female corpse, Matt could be unaffected by a normal corpse, but it scared him back a few steps. And although Zhan Lan and Li Xiaoyi have watched the movie and have a certain psychological preparation, they still screamed.
Wang Zongchao's appearance seemed to be even more unbearable than them, and in the process of retreating, the iron rod in his hand hit a mirror used for decoration behind him, and the glass shattered to the ground with a bang, and he himself could not control his balance and sat on the ground.
"It's nothing, there are still some living cells in the fresh corpse, and sometimes there may be some small muscle activity under the action of bioelectricity. Seeing this, Matthew also stepped forward to take a closer look, but he didn't see any follow-up movements after the female corpse opened her eyes, so he came to a conclusion.
Wang Zongchao, who stood up from the ground, shook his head helplessly, just now he tried to remind Matthew that there was something wrong with the body, but he couldn't say anything when the words came to his mouth, it seemed that he should be restrained by the 'main god'. And the corpse did not show any other major movements, and it seemed that the corpse in the water in a state of lack of oxygen had not yet recovered the zombie's ability to move.
At this time, Zhang Jie and another mercenary walked back, and when he walked past Zhan Lan, he deliberately slapped the girl's buttocks, and he couldn't catch off guard, Zhan Lan only had time to scream, and Zhang Jie had already walked towards Matthew.
"Sir, we've found another way, but it's estimated that it will take a little longer to get there, let's get back here first, and then pass through Cafeteria B, and from here to our destination, this road may take twice as long. The mercenary next to Zhang Jie said.
At this time, the other two pathfinders had also returned, and the long-haired mercenary woman named Wren said, "Sir, there is no way to go over there, this floor has been completely submerged. ”
Matthew nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go the second way, there is not much time left, everyone hurry up." ”
In desperation, Wang Zongchao and others had to follow the large army to the road again, fortunately this time the mercenaries did not run again, and then they didn't know how far they went, everyone finally stopped outside an iron gate, one of the mercenaries used a computer to open the iron door, and then a few people in the front row carefully walked in with guns.
This is a vast hall with countless small containers, these containers are about a few meters square, and the cold atmosphere from the containers is still exuding, Wang Zongchao found that the expressions of those mercenaries are just doubts, and the people around him who are familiar with the plot are obviously wary and afraid when they look at the containers. Wang Zongchao immediately understood that it was definitely a dangerous creature, and it was very likely that it was the creeper written on the watch. According to Zhan Lan, once the main computer is shut down, these creepers will become the most terrifying alien creatures, and their terrifying power is more than a hundred times stronger than that of zombies.
One of the mercenaries looked at the computer and said, "This is Restaurant B...... That's what it says on the map. ”
Matt, the handcuffed young man, still didn't have the consciousness of being a prisoner, and said, "There must be some secrets here that the company doesn't want the outside world to know......"
Matthew only gave him a strange look when he heard what the young man said, probably even more suspicious of his identity. But at the same time, he agreed with what the other party said. Turning back and commanding his subordinates: "J.D., Wren, Zhang Jie, you watch the prisoners here, and then guard the exit." Watch out for survivors!"
The three of them all nodded, only Zhang Jie sneered and took out a cigarette from his arms, anyone who has watched the movie should know, survivors? No, there are no survivors, there are many zombies.
At this moment, Matthew had already said, "Okay, let's get moving, and the rest of the people will come with me." ”
Zhang Jie was also very natural at the moment, he had been following behind the large army, looking at his appearance, it seemed that he was constantly searching for something to the left and right, and the mercenaries didn't say much when they saw it, only Wang Zongchao understood in their hearts that this was because Zhang Jie couldn't stay a hundred meters away from Matthew Addison, so he had to follow behind the big army.
After passing through a few more steel gates on the way, everyone came to a central computer control room, of course, now that the central computer flame queen is out of control, it is impossible to directly control the entire real yàn room here.
Kaplan, the most computer-savvy of the mercenaries, opened the three laptops and began to press them with great skill, but the minutes passed, and the door to the central computer was still tightly closed.
Another female mercenary couldn't help but ask, "Why does it take so much time?"
Kaplan said without looking back: "The Flame Empress is an intelligent computer, its defense system is very complete, if you can easily break through its firewall, then you will not use it as the main computer of the real yàn room......"
As he spoke, there was a soft sound, and the tightly closed door finally opened slowly, and Matthew nodded and said, "Put things up!" After speaking, he turned around and looked at Zheng Zhe and the others.
"You stay here. ”
Behind the gate is a passage more than ten meters long, but the two sides of the passage are full of glass walls, if it is not for the excessive coldness and hardness revealed by the high technology, it is like leading to the magnificent crystal palace, which is completely different from the steel walls outside the gate.
After Matthew finished speaking, he walked inward, he walked very carefully, every step was careful enough, even so, when he reached the middle of the passage, he was still shocked, because the glass walls around him lit up violently, this abrupt feeling was enough to scare an ordinary person into weakness.
Kaplan's voice came out of the interlocutor and said, "Don't worry, it's just an automatic sensor light, nothing to worry about." ”
Matthew carefully inspected the passage again, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he found that the tempered glass on the walls around the entire passage was completely sealed, and every piece of glass could not be moved, which meant that he ruled out the possibility that a machine gun would suddenly reach out from somewhere.
There was a soft sound, and the door to the host on the other side of the passage was opened by the mercenary.
After so much time finally coming to the Flame Empress, the mission was about to be completed, Matthew couldn't help but exhale. He beckoned to the mercenaries outside: "Okay, bring the things over." He also didn't have a good impression of this real room, and the life and death experience of mercenaries for many years also gave him an animal-like intuition, which made him feel irritated here, and something terrible was likely to appear. He decided to hurry up and finish his mission and get out of this hellish place.
The same Wang Zongchao also felt a little strange, although he had already estimated that it might be a dangerous place inside, but he didn't expect the sense of crisis to be so strong, as if there was a fierce beast lurking there, and the gorgeous crystal passage was like the esophagus of a fierce beast, which made him feel a big alarm in his heart.
The mercenaries were transporting the equipment to shut down the system inside, when Zheng Zhe suddenly interjected and said loudly: "Wait, wait, don't you think it's a little weird? ”
The mercenaries stopped, but Zhan Lan sighed, silently retreated, and approached the heroine's side. Wang Zongchao noticed that the girl kept pulling Zheng Zhe and reminded him not to talk nonsense.
"The purpose of the mercenary is in front of you, and the captain Matthew is also the first to probe in, and no trap is found. Now at this time, stopping is simply the enemy of the mercenaries. This guy seems to have been in the city for a long time, and he always thought that he had been corrupted by this rotten city. I didn't expect to maintain this naïve thought. Wang Zongchao sighed amusefully in his heart.
All the mercenaries looked at him strangely, and Matthew walked out of the passage and came to Zheng Zhe, looking at him quietly. His tall body put a lot of pressure on him. However, Zheng Zha is not an ordinary person, and he is also a capable white-collar worker in reality. Although the atmosphere was a little awkward, it was calm on the surface.
"Have you recovered your memory?" said there was something wrong with this passage?" Matthew asked suddenly.
"Uh...... No, not yet...... Actually, I don't know. Zheng Zhe was suddenly embarrassed, due to the restrictions of the main god, he was now unable to say the storage of the laser channel.
Matthew looked at him meaningfully, and said, "Well, if you can't say anything wrong, you and you will come in with us." Saying that, he nodded at Zheng Zha and the middle-aged man named Mu Gang.
Both of them suddenly turned white with fright, and Mu Gang suddenly hugged his head and shouted, "No, I don't want to, I don't want to go in!"
Seeing his actions, Matthew's eyes flashed sharply, and he waved his hand vigorously, and the mercenary named J.D pulled out his pistol in less than a second, and pulled the trigger on the back of Mu Gang's head without hesitation.
"Bang", a huge gunshot echoed in the not spacious space, the ordinary people who witnessed this scene turned pale, they never thought that the mercenaries would kill them if they wanted, Li Xiaoyi was even more trembling with his legs, almost collapsed.
In fact, there is nothing strange about this qiē, any unit can be directly killed on the spot in the face of deserters in a combat state, this is the iron-blooded style of a soldier, not to mention the mercenaries who are even more cruel and unscrupulous than regular troops.
However, the cruel scene of blood and brains splashing did not appear in front of everyone's eyes, and the bullet just grazed Mu Gang's scalp and flew over, because he fell down the moment J.D opened fire, and he tripped when he ran past Wang Zongchao's side.
Seeing that he fell, J.D did not continue to shoot at him, but turned the muzzle of the gun to aim at Wang Zongchao, and even Matthew pointed the submachine gun in his hand at Wang Zongchao.
"You're amazing!" Matthew's tone was cold and hard.
"I'm just trying to stop him from escaping. Wang Zongchao cooperatively raised his hands high, holding the iron rod horizontally, looking like a good citizen.
"But I'll say you're very good! I know my marksmanship so well that not even a fly can escape his gun at this distance.
And you let him miss, you grabbed the moment he just pulled the trigger and couldn't adjust the direction of the shot again, and let the guy fall down at the right time. I'm sure that with your skills, even if two people shoot at you at the same time with their pistols, you can accurately grasp the direction of their shots and avoid them without much difficulty, right?"
"You also know that my identity is a security guard's martial arts instructor, isn't it surprising that I have such skills?" Wang Zongchao kept his hand on his head and smiled, but he knew in his heart that he had indeed done a superfluous thing, and some of his strength had been exposed.
And he didn't think too much about it when he saved Mu Gang, he just felt that this honest middle-aged man didn't deserve to die, just like he saved the little fat man Zeng Rong before.
"You should also know that our mercenaries can execute some people who get in the way when they are on a mission, and if you try to stop it again, my men will definitely shoot!" Matthew finished coldly, then grabbed Mu Gang, who was dazed on the ground, put the gun on his forehead, and asked coldly: "Why are you running? If I think you're lying, or someone is talking for you, I'll shoot!"
"I ...... I ......" Mu Gang opened his mouth several times to speak, but when the words arrived, he couldn't say anything, and it seemed that he was also restricted by the 'main god', anyway, he couldn't reveal the existence of the laser channel.
Seeing that Matthew's eyes were getting colder and colder, and when he was about to pull the trigger, Mu Gang finally spoke, only to hear him gasp and stammer: "I, I'm just an ordinary driver......"
Zhang Jie's eyes were cold, he knew very well that although the 'main god' restricted them from saying the T virus and the laser channel, it was still okay to tell his origin, although he would be deducted points, and it didn't matter if he was deducted points, the important thing was that it would affect other people.
"It's been a pig-like newcomer again, I knew that I should have let them die a few more times before......" Zhang Jie was resentful in his heart, and his eyes were also full of anger when he looked at Wang Zongchao.
But Mu Gang continued to speak.