Chapter 268: Bloodthirsty Beast (Medium)
The interior of the base is not as large as it appears from the outside, with only three floors in total, each of which is divided into hundreds of rooms, large and small, with sturdy prefabricated panels.
It's more like a prison!
It's just that it's not just people who are locked up here.
On the lower floor, wolves, brown bears, Siberian tigers, leopards and other wild beasts are imprisoned, and they seem to have been starved for a long time. More "cells" were empty, but they contained the feces of the beast and paw prints on the walls, indicating that the beast had been imprisoned.
The middle floor is a real prison, where two or four civilians are housed in each cell, mostly adult women, but also some young girls. There are not many men, and they are held in solitary confinement, both young and old. Everyone was dying, and it looked like they hadn't eaten in a long time.
Coming to the upper layer, Chu Tianjiang slowed down.
Most of the rooms are airborne, and a few have beds and bedding. Just searched all the rooms, and Chu Tianjiang didn't find a single person.
What's going on?
Chu Tianjiang's heart was suddenly full of suspicions.
After carefully inspecting a room with a bed, Chu Tianjiang found a suspicious point, that is, the bedding was not very wet. Other than that, there are traces of tidying up in the room and the floor is very clean. On the stone platform next to the sink there are several circular marks of cups pressed out, while the wooden shelves where towels are hung are smooth and free of dust. These are indicative of the fact that not so long ago, someone lived in this room.
In an empty room, Chu Tianjiang found traces left by carrying large equipment.
This is certainly not a prison, but a scientific research base, where there are many scientific researchers, and there are some large scientific research equipment.
It's just that all the scientific researchers are gone, and even the scientific research equipment has been moved.
Could it be that this base has been abandoned?
Chu Tianjiang was a little puzzled. The base is very well hidden, if it weren't for those five special forces, Chu Tianjiang would definitely not have found here, and no one would have been able to find here. In addition, there are hydropower stations that provide electricity, so you don't need to get electricity from the outside world, at most you only need to bring some food over.
Clearly, there is no reason to abandon this base.
Thinking of this, Chu Tianjiang was suddenly startled, and immediately pulled out his legs and ran away.
If this was Major General Julian's lair, there was only one reason for him to give up: the base had already been discovered by outsiders.
In other words, Julian knew that Chu Tianjiang and others had come here.
What's more, Julian must have discovered them before Chu Tianjiang infiltrated the base, and then made the decision to abandon this base.
Perhaps, Julian didn't intend to abandon the base, but hid it for the time being.
The point is, if he didn't plan to abandon this base, he would definitely try to kill Chu Tianjiang and them, and return to the base after confirming that it was safe.
Chu Tianjiang thought of Nicol and them, and Julian was very likely to have already done it!
Could it be that when he was tracking, he was discovered by five special forces? Chu Tianjiang felt that it was unlikely, because he had been keeping a long enough distance from the five special forces. Even if the five special forces were modified X-Warriors, with a sense of hearing and smell as sharp as wolves, it would be impossible to spot an enemy from a distance of several kilometers. The only reasonable explanation is that there was an eyeliner arranged by Julian near the reservoir, and it was not discovered by Chu Tianjiang.
If this was the case, Chu Tianjiang had already been discovered by Julian when they came to the vicinity of the reservoir.
If Julian had been monitoring Chu Tianjiang, he could at least conclude that Chu Tianjiang was a superpowered warrior, so he might not be able to deal with Chu Tianjiang. The problem is that Nicol and the others have been in poor shape due to the severe cold, so there is a good chance that Julian thinks they are ordinary people.
If Chu Tianjiang was Julian, he would have dealt with Nicol and them at this time.
From Julian's point of view, after catching them, they can be used to blackmail Chu Tianjiang. Even if you kill them, you can turn around and deal with Chu Tianjiang.
Rushing out of the hydropower station, Chu Tianjiang heard the roar of the beast.
The sound came from the south bank of the reservoir, where Nicol and the others were hiding. There was the roar of wolves, the roar of bears, and the howling of tigers.
Chu Tianjiang dared to hesitate, and immediately rushed at full speed.
The forest is densely packed with wild beasts, at least a thousand wolves, hundreds of brown bears and Siberian tigers, and hundreds of leopards.
Where did so many beasts come from!?
As with the information provided by the receiving agents, the wolves, bears, tigers, and leopards were all fifty percent larger than normal, with a few brown bears looking to be at least a ton, and the largest Siberian tigers were more than six meters long and must have weighed more than 500 kilograms. Even the smaller leopards weigh more than 150 kilograms, while the wolves all weigh around 100 kilograms.
What surprised Chu Tianjiang even more was that these beasts did not attack each other!
Under normal circumstances, these large carnivores are mortal enemies, and it is absolutely impossible for them to coexist peacefully, let alone attack their prey together.
Nichol and the others are surrounded by wild beasts, and Kelly is wounded and surrounded by six other people.
It's all so abnormal!
It's just that Chu Tianjiang didn't have time to think about it.
"Howl-"
As Chu Tianjiang raised his head to the sky and roared, the fierce beasts that were besieging Nicol and them were suddenly frightened and retreated, and Chu Tianjiang also took this opportunity to rush over.
However, in the blink of an eye, the beast surrounded again and continued to attack desperately.
"Form a ring of defense and don't let the beasts get close!"
Under Chu Tianjiang's orders, Nicol and the other six people quickly surrounded him and Kelly, and used twelve short knives to kill the fierce beasts that rushed up.
These short knives are made by Zhang Xiaogang according to Nichol's preferences, the blade is made of high-toughness alloy steel, the blade is made of high-hardness titanium alloy, and the surface is coated with a layer of carbon-based ceramic film with a hardness comparable to diamond.
For killing ferocious beasts, this short knife couldn't be more suitable.
"Kelly, hold on!" Chu Tianjiang picked up the injured Kelly.
The wound was on the left shoulder, it was bitten by a wolf, and the wound was very deep. Chu Tianjiang quickly checked it, although Kelly's shoulder blade was not bitten, there was a lot of wolf saliva in the wound, and there was a deadly virus in it, or a rabies virus with mutated DNA!
Sadly, the rabies virus has spread through the bloodstream throughout Kelly's body.
Chu Tianjiang dared to hesitate, and immediately used the energy body to force out the rabies virus in Kelly's body, and simultaneously modified the cells that had been infected.
At this time, Chu Tianjiang had already realized that these beasts were under control.
If the beasts have been infected with the DNA virus and have mutated as a result, then it is likely that the rabies virus in them has also mutated. Although Chu Tianjiang felt that it was unlikely, he could not rule out this possibility. That is, DNA virus antibodies are ineffective against mutated rabies viruses, and people who have been bitten by these beasts will be infected by the mutated rabies virus and become mutants.
"Hurry up, we won't last much longer!" Rachel shouted at Chu Tianjiang.
Although they are all superpowered warriors, their physical strength is not unlimited, and the beasts around them are not afraid of death at all, and they are still attacking one after another.
After forcing out all the rabies virus in Kelly's body and modifying the infected cells, Chu Tianjiang did not delay any longer.
"Follow me!" Chu Tianjiang picked up Kelly and ran towards the reservoir.
Coming to the edge of the reservoir, Chu Tianjiang handed Kelly to Rachel and told them to immediately go to the other side of the reservoir from the ice, while he stayed behind.
Behind, the herd had already caught up.
Chu Tianjiang resisted left and right, rushing to kill on the bank of the reservoir at the fastest speed. Not a single beast could step onto the ice under his block.
In a short time, the shore was filled with the carcasses of wild beasts.
It's just that there are too many beasts, and some of the beasts have avoided Chu Tianjiang and bypassed from the west.
Apparently, these beasts were indeed under control.
Chu Tianjiang didn't delay too long, and when Nicol and the others reached the middle of the reservoir, he also turned around and retreated, and quickly caught up with Nicol and them.
Coming to the other side of the reservoir, Chu Tianjiang asked Nicol and the others to retreat into the woods.
Without Chu Tianjiang blocking it, hundreds of beasts had already rushed onto the ice.
"die!"
Chu Tianjiang let out a violent roar, suddenly jumped up, and smashed his fist on the ice when he fell. Cobweb-like cracks spread across the ice at lightning speed. In the blink of an eye, all the ice within a radius of more than a kilometer shattered, and all the beasts that had run to the center of the reservoir fell into the water. Although wolves, bears, tigers, and leopards can all swim, the water is full of broken ice, and the water below is so cold that no beast can escape.
In the distance, there was a strange whistling sound.
Chu Tianjiang was secretly surprised, because it was not the roar of some kind of beast, but it contained the roar of various beasts. Chu Tianjiang looked in the direction where the voice came from, and on the top of a mountain a few kilometers away, there was a person standing, a man wearing animal skins, and a few beasts beside him!
Clearly, he was controlling the beasts.
"Tianjiang ......"
Hearing Nichol call him, Chu Tianjiang turned around and returned to the woods.
Kelly had woken up, just a little weak.
"What now?" Rachel didn't panic, just a little anxious.
"These beasts are controlled by someone, and I don't know exactly what is going on." Chu Tianjiang gritted his teeth, "I'll deal with that guy and lead away the beasts." You take Kelly to the west, to catch up with Zhang Xiaogang and them, and try not to stop on the way. ”
"No, we won't leave you." Nichole was in a hurry.
"Do you want Kelly to die here?" Chu Tianjiang gritted his teeth and said, "Kelly is very weak, it is impossible for me to take her to fight the enemy. Find Zhang Xiaogang, tell him these things, and ask him to strengthen his precautions. Kill that guy and I'll catch up with you as soon as I can. ”
Rachel gritted her teeth, then nodded.
"There's no time, you guys hurry up." Chu Tianjiang saw that a large group of beasts had already passed through the reservoir from the upstream and were rushing towards them.
"No, I'm going to follow you." Nichol remained unrelenting.
"Nicol ......"
"Nichol is the most powerful of us, just let her follow you, and we'll take Kelly to find Zhang Xiaogang." Rachel is sane. "No matter what, you must not be fine. Husband, if you have three long and two short, we will bury you with us! ”
Chu Tianjiang was stunned, he didn't expect Rachel to call him "husband" at this time.
It's just that there is no time to delay.