The staircase to the ground floor is not hard to find, it is not closed at all, it is only blocked by an unlocked door, hidden behind a pile of debris.

The hole into the forbidden area was also not blocked, and it was just wide open.

More than 10 meters away from the entrance of the cave, a circle of barbed wire was enclosed, and a formal checkpoint was set up in the meantime. Inside, there are decorations such as disinfection rooms, and various facilities are covered with mottled marks, and they have not been used for many years.

Only a few nearby fire sprinklers are maintained, and they regularly sprinkle the zombies' configured solvents to remove the spores that drift into the air.

"Anyway, it looks like it's far from the forbidden area." Xuanzang teased.

"We destroyed the road signs just to prevent the uninfected people who had entered the shelter from entering the shelter by mistake. This level of occlusion is sufficient. ”

"It's your theory of going with the flow again."

"There is no way, we used to block this place with a steel gate, and a wall was built around the entrance to seal the top. But heavily infected people always find their way, and they will do everything they can to break through the obstacles in their way. Ever since the walls were destroyed with bombs, they were simply removed just to be safe. Those people don't stop there. ”

Wukong asked him, "Didn't you say before that you used to control the infected and use them for research?" ”

Li replied, "That's right. It's not hard to stop someone, but we can't always stay here and stop everyone who wants to go in. Unfortunately, stopping the spread of spores on a large scale is already the best we can do. ”

Judging from the checkpoints and barbed wire, it is estimated that they have also made efforts to control them, but in the end they have failed.

In terms of the existing conditions of the shelter, such a performance is understandable. With no reactor power, it is not easy for the zombies to ensure that they can do their own research while taking care of this strange burrow.

Without the assistance of electricity, it is remarkable that the fire protection system can be transformed into an automatic sprinkler system with water pressure and mechanical transmission, and the spores in the shelter can be controlled below dangerous levels. As for the spores that still escape to the outside world, there is really no way to eliminate them, after all, the conditions are limited.

"Did the cave exist before you returned?" Xuanzang suddenly asked.

Li Ji hesitated for a moment and replied, "Yes, you have already asked before." ”

Xuanzang nodded casually: "Oh, I forgot." Alright, that's it, it's up to the three of us to do the rest of the matter. ”

The zombies stopped in front of the barbed wire, and watched Xuanzang and them cross the gap and walk towards the black hole.

Xuanzang behaved resolutely and said that no matter what happened, the zombies would not be responsible. So they didn't continue to dissuade, and only provided Xuanzang and his party with the necessary equipment, including a few bottles of special solvents, a tool kit, and a tube of oxygen of the same model as Xuanzang's mask.

The edge of the cavern is made up of several metal plates turned outward, which appear to have been cut and then forcibly broken. It was like the mouth of a monster that opened slightly, waiting for their arrival.

Goku jumped down first, pulled out the crowbar on his waist, and the invisible fire jumped in his eyes, using the active infrared reflection to take in the surrounding environment.

"Safe for now." He looked up and said, "It's about four meters down, and you need to use a rope." ”

Xuanzang set up the rope at the entrance of the cave, brought the toolbox, and quickly slid down. Jingliuli was the last to jump down and fell to the ground almost silently.

The flashlight was turned on, illuminating this underground space. They found themselves in a passageway, the walls covered with thick pipes that stretched diagonally down into the distance. The road behind him was blocked by a pile of debris, and he could only move forward.

Xuanzang shone on his head, revealing a flat inner wall, and as soon as the light was moved away, he could see the top of the passage that was not too high. It seems that the entire cave was dug at a later stage, using a section of pipe, which went straight down.

"It's like a tomb robber." He commented, "This isn't supposed to be a hole made by zombies. ”

Goku agreed, "It's true that they should have sealed the entire bottom layer, but they still didn't have time to stop the spread of the spores. It looks like the infected made it. ”

They shone their flashlights into the distance, and sure enough, they found a second entrance, but it was blocked. It seems that this is the last entrance that the zombies deliberately left, in order to block it, and it is also a helpless move.

"But even if you can't assign people to be on guard here at all times, it won't be that you haven't discovered the whereabouts of the Nine-Tails at all." Goku said, "Looks like she's probably not here." ”

"We didn't just come in to find her."

Xuanzang said as he checked his gas mask, and after confirming that it was correct, he and his two companions lined up in a straight line and walked slowly along the passage.

Wukong cautiously observed the environment in front of him, and said softly: "Xuanzang, in fact, you don't need to come down in person, and so does Jingliuli." I'm not the same as your brain composition, I'm not afraid of that thing, no matter how well you protect it, I'm afraid of what happens. This is close to the source of the spores, which is where they haven't cleaned up. According to zombies, once the spores have completed a long period of preparation and successfully released neurotoxins, subsequent episodes will be very fast. ”

Xuanzang said: "Stay on it, I'm afraid of being wiped out by zombies." It's better for three people to take care of each other than to be broken by each other. ”

"Why, if they really wanted to harm you, they would have been doing things in the solvent a long time ago. They didn't know in advance that Jingliuli could test for drugs, and she couldn't detect all the toxic ingredients. ”

"Of course they don't poison in solvents, who happens to have poison with them when they're fine. Solvents they do use, and they're also afraid of what's in the restricted area. ”

Wukong was puzzled: "Then what do you mean ......"

Xuanzang prompted: "Do you remember what Li Jiji said? When I said we could do it ourselves, he said he was worried about their safety. ”

"Why did we endanger their safety when we entered the restricted area?"

"Because this thing below doesn't appear casually." Xuanzang smiled lightly and continued, "Li Organic's words are inconsistent. He didn't mention the spores at first, and only after he found out that the claims we got from the keel didn't match what he knew. ”

"He initially thought we were here because of the rumors...... Goku thought, "which means that there will be other people besides the infected who want to enter here." Most of them have listened to the hallucinations described by the infected and have come here spontaneously to seek the way to eternal life. ”

"That's right, with so many people coming, aren't they bothered? You know, they've always been the kind of escapist researchers, bent on healing themselves and finding a solution to the rampaging zombies. If there is such a dangerous thing here, and there is always a steady stream of outsiders being drawn to it, why don't they just leave the shelter? Is it just because of the equipment here? But now, conditions here are not much better than elsewhere.

"On another point, I asked him twice if the cave was there before they returned, and he insisted. But if it's really what he says, how are they going to reclaim this shelter? Since he admitted that the spores were also effective for them, was it possible to take such a big risk to move back here? Under normal circumstances, they would have abandoned their intention to return after the death of an infected person. ”

Wukong nodded silently: "And this cave, and the nearby blockades that are not reliable at all...... They're simply letting outsiders in. ”

"But he stopped us." Xuanzang said.

Wukong said, "Because we are not infected, nor are we seekers. We are sober enough to discover their secrets! ”

"Yes. An evil god hidden deep underground and needs to be appeased with sacrifices. ”

Xuanzang raised the flashlight and shone it on the ground in the distance.