Rubbing the dark brown powder that had just been buckled off the wall, Yuan Sui let out a series of loud sneezes, and then crossed his waist with one hand as if nothing happened, and nodded and commented: "Oh, the atmosphere is really good." ”

The white light of the flashlight was swallowed up by the darkness that could not be dissolved in front of him, and it sloped down the long ramp with no end in sight. On the barely lit walls, dark mold dots and burnt patches spread like an abstract painting sketched by an ink pen. On the load-bearing pillar that collapsed in one corner, the bare wires were dense like cobwebs. The uneven footsteps stepped on the gravel-strewn ground, and the dust raised floated in the damp air like microorganisms.

"It can be used as a location for horror movies without any modifications." Yuan Sui commented, "Or a doomsday escape movie can also be, the last few humans in the world are guarding the door to fight against biochemical monsters or something." ”

It's clear that others aren't buying her sense of humor at this point. The muscular man who had taken the lead bent over and glared back at her, continuing to whisper to the rest of the group.

"It's been a lot of buzz here." Noticing several strings of wet footprints with dirt on the ground, Yuan Sui simply squatted down to observe, "I guess this is your man." It's pretty fresh. ”

"Tell me something we don't know." Chen Ning still looked like everyone owed her money.

"Okay." Yuan Sui didn't bother to get angry with this group of guys, and moved a few steps forward in a half-squatting position, and then picked up a small piece of withered leaves, "I guess this shouldn't be something that you brought in these two days - you guys come every three months, right?" ”

"Yes." Tong Siyuan took a step closer and squatted directly beside Yuan Sui.

"That's right. Three months ago, this new leaf certainly hadn't grown. Yuan Sui handed him the things in his hand, "If this group of people from Jinru here hasn't left during your inspection, then it will be lively at this time." ”

"Anything else to discover?" Tong Siyuan put the leaf in the palm of his hand and twisted it, his expression was serious and a little terrifying.

"Even today, before we arrived, there were two groups of people here in Jinru." Yuan Sui briefly explained, "There was a heavy rain last night. When we first passed, the soil in the forest was not completely dry. The muddy footprints on the ground are obviously not the same degree of dryness. ”

"More specifically?"

"The first batch was three people, one of whom had a foot about the size of me, and was supposed to be a woman. There was only one in the second batch, and he hadn't been here for too long, only an hour at most, and his footprints were still moving. Yuan Sui cleared out a small piece of ground, flexed his fingers and tapped hard, "The common alloy material, judging from the corrosion, is something that has only been completely built in the last ten years. The cost of this whole pouring technology is very high, generally few people will use such a large area, and it is easy to deform or even crack when heated, so the follow-up needs to be very careful maintenance, the advantage is very strong, even a small-scale explosion can only destroy the surface, and the sound insulation effect is very good. ”

"It's Lao Qi, the last one to go in...... I guessed who it was. Tong Siyuan nodded as he listened, "Your guess and what I learned here are basically correct. ”

"Even if you are willing to spend money, it is not easy to build such a place." Yuan Sui folded his fingers and calculated, "From the intersection halfway up the mountain to the present place, we have walked about 1,000 steps, that is, we have advanced about five hundred meters in the direction of a downward forty-five degree angle, and according to the direction, we are already very close to the edge of the city at the foot of the mountain." It is impossible for the residents of the city to be unaware of such a large project when it is being built. The amount of earth and stone excavated alone is already astronomical, so they can't just find a place to pile it. ”

"In fact, there's a large area under this city that is completely hollow, and we're just on the back door path of the Jinru Underworld right now." Tong Siyuan patted the slag on his hands, "During the period of large-scale construction here, at least half of the work of city residents was related to this place. Or, in other words, the buildings above ground level are essentially a cover for the head of this underground core. Since you were born in a floating city, you must have heard of the theory of three major city construction proposed by humans in order to preserve the survival of the race in the past few decades. ”

"I guess I've taken a class in this area...... "Yuan Sui squinted his eyes and recalled, "All in all, these designs were originally designed to better play the defensive function of the city, so that one day we would really have to fight to the death with the 'Six Fingers'...... What kind of city can float on the water like a big ship, what kind of underground structure can be buried deep underground like an ant nest, and the idea of making a long-term home on a giant flying machine? I thought it was only the first one that made it happen. ”

"Human trials are not something that can be put on the surface for the public to know, so the 'dungeon' that serves everyone has become their best front." Tong Siyuan's voice was a little hoarse, "Of course, the residents here were finally driven away one after another under the pretext of not waiting for the safe day of living underground. Six or seven years ago, the city on the ground had already existed in name only, and all that was left was children who had been trapped underground, suffering inhumane for years. ”

"It's okay, anyway, the experimental objects inside eventually ran out, otherwise if the residents knew that they had actually been helping and abusing, and sleeping in such a disgusting place every day, it would probably leave a huge psychological shadow." Yuan Sui stood up, "If there are any other things that affect your appetite, you can just strike while the iron is hot." For example......" she turned to look at Chen Ning, who was silent with her face covered, "how you escaped death in the past can be ignored for the time being." I wonder if there's something really big in it right now, lest I'll have to fight the enemy for a while, and I don't know anything about it. ”

Chen Ning, who had not spoken for a long time, had just raised his head with a look of desire to speak, and his shoulder was held down by a large hand with well-defined muscles.

"I'll tell you." The big man, whose arms were much thicker than Yuan Sui's thighs, sighed heavily, his voice was unexpectedly very young, "Chen Ning and I should be the oldest group of survivors. Six years ago, we were all children who had just awakened our talents, and most of the people who stayed in the town today may not remember much about the past. ”

"That's right. You people in your early twenties are okay, but I think there are a few seven or eight-year-old kids in the town, and I guess when you blow up this place, they'll just be lying in swaddling clothes and crying. ”

"The smallest of us, probably just now, I don't know why." The twenty-two-year-old young man who looked anxious, the muscular man who was called 'Ah Nian' by his companions, looked abrupt, "Because of many things, it is really difficult for us to say them in front of them, so we only vaguely describe them." It's enough for us to know everything......"

"Okay, okay, I understand all of this." Do these people know what a "top priority" is? Yuan Sui interrupted in his mouth while silently relentlessly reciting in his heart.

He is just a layman, and it was not easy to live in the first twenty years, and now he can only wander outside. Yuan Sui asked herself if she didn't have enough sympathy to listen to the strong man's painful memories of the past - after all, she had seen a lot of worse ones.

"Getting to the point." She held up a finger and emphasized, "Think more about your companion who is still uncertain, now is not the time for you to explain the ins and outs." ”

Tong Siyuan carefully observed this young girl who looked very young, but her tone was extremely cold, and stood quietly aside.

"Anyway...... Merely training us awakened children does not seem to be enough to satisfy the ambitions of those researchers. ”

"The so-called 'animal experiments'?" Yuan Sui touched his chin, "Okay, it's important to save people, we'll talk about more tragic memories later." Can you give me an overview of how far those people have done their research in the past? I'm not going to be able to see a jellyfish that can automatically release tentacles to poison humans, or a big dog with steel claws that can slit human arteries, right? Isn't this really a science fiction plot? I'm going to feel a little deranged. ”

"We've probably read the same science fiction book," Tong Siyuan suddenly interjected, "but the reality shouldn't have reached that point yet." I have read a lot of scientific reports on both humans and non-humans, and attempts to use radiation to alter animal genes are still largely theoretical. Aside from creating a bunch of dogs with three heads, or giant insects that have gone back to the past, I haven't heard of anyone who can apply this technique to the battlefield......"

"Wait, I actually think the two things you brought up are a little scary." Yuan Sui made a pause gesture, "Don't tell me there's something like this down there." ”

"No, because this deformed creature is not what they want." "They want more weapons with superpowers, simple to breed, and easy to control." Such a thing that has only undergone a certain change in appearance will not meet their needs. ”

These words suddenly made people have strange associations, and Ling Shucheng's face, which had always been expressionless, flashed from Yuan Sui's mind. She licked her dry lips, and suppressed anger gradually welled up in her tone: "Do you want to create a more versatile and obedient weapon?" It's really interesting. They are not afraid to actually create any powerful monsters, after all, animals are not like humans who can be controlled by emotions. ”

"Thankfully, at least none of their attempts on non-mammals have been successful. Or, in fact, they have only found results on a very small number of animals. Chen Ning leaned against the wall, his always stubborn face turned out to be a little weak, "If I had known that this was the case, we should have completely destroyed this place six years ago, I-"

"Okay, if you regret it, let's save it for later, after all, I can understand how you feel that you don't want to touch here because of some kind of psychological shadow." Yuan Sui interrupted the other party's rambling again without giving face, "Let's talk about what it is first." ”

"'Gifts' cannot be gifts for human beings alone...... That's what they said. Chen Ning's voice trembled a little, "Even if other animals can't do it, there is no reason why species that are closer to us can't ......"

The slow-moving air currents brought fragments of bad news from deep underground, and Tong Bi'an retracted his habitual hand against the wall, and leaned closer to smell the rusty palm of his hand.

It must not be peaceful in this neighborhood. The brain fed back to him truthfully with a conclusion that amounted to nonsense.

Tong Bi'an exerted his hands with strength, trying to break the deformed door wider, tightening his abdomen as much as possible, and finally barely squeezed in.

Headless flies spun around for a while, Tong Bi'an pulled up a ball of blackened cotton wool, subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and aimed the dim light of the flashlight at the scratched metal bedpost.

It shouldn't be a human nail. Tong Bi'an flicked the button, gathered the pale light, and carefully observed the object in front of him that seemed to be a hospital bed.

It can only be 'suspected'. He stuck most of his body into the gap between the beds and measured the length from the head of the bed to the end of the bed with visual inspection.

It's only about one meter. It is difficult to lie down for a normally developing seven-year-old child. Tong Bi'an raised the light source in his hand and barely saw the whole room.

Beds of the same size are densely arranged in the rooms with low ceilings, neatly and evenly like a beehive. The miniature furniture only left enough space between the rows, and the columns were cramped and difficult for him to get off his feet.

It's weird. Tong Bi'an thought.

He thought it was supposed to be a room for sick toddlers. But if you think about it carefully, with such a layout, it is too inconvenient for medical staff to take care of them one by one.

Trying to turn his body sideways so as not to be completely stuck, Tong Bi'an suddenly lost his balance on the way to move, and fell on the strange-smelling bed.

Very hard. A thin layer of cotton wool does not play any cushioning role at all, not to mention that the bottom is still supported by a layer of rusty steel skeleton. The movement he accidentally made produced a penetrating echo in the empty space, and at the same time, the creaking sound of mechanical movement made him instantly alert, Tong Bi'an stood up in horror, and watched in horror as a square iron cage suddenly folded up from under the hospital bed, firmly clamping the quilt that he had messed up.

No, it's not a hospital by all.

An indescribable animal smell in the air is getting stronger. Tong Bi Anxin was struggling to pull his leg out of the gap, but he inadvertently caught a glimpse of something unusual.

A pair of slightly glowing eyes, for some reason, have been hanging quietly above his head.