Volume II, Chapter 18, Protozoan Side Effects (III), May 2117
As we walked on, the light in the lab room dimmed, moving from the bright office area to the dimly lit mechanical function area.
The place where Zhang Xiaozhu walked was not a bright corridor, but a cold iron bridge, iron staircase and iron gate.
It felt like all of a sudden, from an upscale office building to an abandoned mine.
From the ubiquitous painting and English signs, Zhang Xiaozhu deduced that this may have been an abandoned underground nuclear facility.
Zhang Xiaozhu followed the polar bears from a distance, he couldn't get too close, and if he got too close, he might be discovered by the people in front.
But Zhang Xiaozhu thought about it again, in fact, as long as he knew what was going on in their heads, he was not afraid of being discovered by them.
Let's keep some distance for now.
From the experimental facility, at this time, Zhang Xiaozhu had already learned the name of this experimental facility from the polar bear's mind: anthill.
From the first layer of the anthill, to the surface, you have to take a train, this mode of transportation is very similar to the way of entering and exiting a coal mine, using a train, which is convenient for transporting people and goods. Zhang Xiaozhu read their memories, and they came in by train, and now they have to take the train back the same way.
Now Zhang Xiaozhu's plan to escape is to get on the train before these people start the train.
In fact, Zhang Xiaozhu learned that before boarding the train, he had to pass through a disinfection facility for inspection and quarantine, which was the only way to enter and exit the anthill.
Therefore, Zhang Xiaozhu knew that he needed to blend in with the crowd and pass through the disinfection facility so that he could catch the train. If he falls too far behind the "big army" and everyone has passed through the disinfection facilities, the door of the facility is closed, in this case, Zhang Xiaozhu will be miserable, and he may be locked in the anthill forever and unable to get out.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaozhu couldn't help but speed up his pace. He didn't dare to fall too far behind, but he didn't dare to get too close, (if I was too close, someone asked me a question, how would I answer?) Zhang Xiaozhu was thinking as he walked, full of doubts, (in case they break through, they give me a shot, won't I finish the game?) )
But at this moment, there was no other way, Zhang Xiaozhu could only follow their footprints forward.
If Zhang Xiaozhu and the person in front of him are too close, there will be conscious contact between the two sides, so Zhang Xiaozhu has always maintained a safe distance, just not to produce a distance of conscious contact.
"What the hell," Zhang Xiaozhu kept hearing people in front of me complain, "I always feel like someone is watching us from behind." "Forget those hallucinations, there's still 15 minutes, quick."
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2 minutes later, something strange happened.
Zhang Xiaozhu sensed that the people in front of him had stopped advancing, and everyone seemed to have fallen into a coma, and their dreams were similar to Xiong A's dreams before, either in the desert or in the crater...... In one word, hot.
(Are they all infected?) Are you all starting to have a fever now? Zhang Xiaozhu cautiously quickened his pace and quickly followed. Soon, he found that the polar bears were lying on the ground just as he had thought. After confirming that these people were obediently lying on the ground and unable to move, Zhang Xiaozhu was finally relieved.
(It turns out that the protozoa have such great power,) Zhang Xiaozhu thought, (protective clothing is useless at all...... It won't be long before these people will have to change their JS. )
(There's no time to ignore them.) Zhang Xiaozhu looked at his watch, there were still 8 minutes left until 18:00, and he had to hurry. He took off his bulky, "polar bear" suit, strode forward, passed through the disinfection facility, and came to the train platform.
There were 5 minutes left, and at this time, Zhang Xiaozhu suddenly remembered that the laptop had not been taken yet, that is, the laptop that was packed and taken away by the polar bears. (MD, it's too late to go back and get it now.) Zhang Xiaozhu scolded in his heart.
There were 4 minutes left, and Zhang Xiaozhu stepped onto the train, which was an ordinary electric train, and there was no need to enter any password. Zhang Xiaozhu has been exposed to the memories of many "polar bears" and has long learned how to start the train.
Turn on the power, push the accelerator lever, and with a roar, the train goes straight upward. Diagonally above the train tunnel, in the darkness, a white point of light is getting bigger, that is the exit of the tunnel, (I'm free, I'm free.) )
Zhang Xiaozhu's heart shouted.
I don't know if it's due to the lack of electricity, the train is moving very slowly, at 17:50, when there are only ten minutes left, the tunnel exit is still very far away.
At 17:55, it hasn't arrived yet...... At 17:59, it hasn't arrived yet...... The exit is just around the corner, but the train is slower and slower as a snail, and it's getting slower and slower.
Zhang Xiaozhu was so anxious that he didn't find an answer to what would happen at 18:00 in the minds of all polar bears who had lived since he was a child. So he could only deduce that at eighteen o'clock, the anthill would activate the self-destruct mechanism, and then a blazing fireball would rush out of the tunnel and scorch himself and the train.
At 18:00, the train was still struggling to move forward, but it seemed to be getting slower and slower.
Zhang Xiaozhu's heart was horizontal, he pulled down the brakes, picked up an M25 assault rifle he had just picked up, jumped from the cab of the train to the ground, and ran towards the exit of the tunnel quickly.
When Zhang Xiaozhu came to the exit of the tunnel, it was already 18:21, and the world inside was already dusk, however, nothing seemed to have happened.
Not far from the exit of the tunnel, Zhang Xiaozhu found circular traces left by helicopter take-off and landing.
Zhang Xiaozhu looked at the sky, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, he could faintly see a black dot in the sky, and the black dot was moving towards the sky—(it should be the helicopter.) Zhang Xiaozhu thought that this helicopter was the same helicopter that the polar bears were riding.
"The mission has failed, and we have evacuated...... Repeated, the mission failed, we have evacuated. In Zhang Xiaozhu's hand, there was such a voice from the walkie-talkie used by the polar bears.
The entrance of the tunnel is a wilderness, the weeds grow so deep that they can reach people's knees, and in the evening breeze, the grass waves roll, peaceful and quiet, and make people sleep.
Zhang Xiaozhu suddenly felt very tired, but he knew that he couldn't sleep now, so he was just dazed, dragging his tired steps towards the end of the wilderness......
(Hopefully there's a highway there, and I can hitchhike or something...... He was full of anticipation.