Chapter 22: Clones
Yang Lilong and the others waited outside, watching Han Qiang disappear into the cave, with a little nervousness on their faces. If this is not an authentic entrance, then it is a big blow to them.
Fortunately, after about half a minute, the flashlight in the cave flashed, and then Han Qiang's voice sounded with surprise: "It's here, that's right." Come on in! ”
"Let's go!"
They didn't hesitate anymore, Dong Hongfeng took the lead in getting in, followed by Wang Shun and Wen Mengmeng, and Yang Lilong waited until everyone got in, and after carefully observing the surroundings, they finally got in.
After climbing a distance of about ten meters, everyone only felt that their eyes were bright, and Han Qiang stood there, turning on the flashlight for everyone.
"Here...... Over here...... It's not easy! ”
After Yang Lilong got out, he looked around and couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
Judging from the small hole just now, they thought that this tunnel was rough and simple, but they didn't expect it to look so neat at this time.
The inside of the tunnel is about two meters high and one meter wide, and although it is not very spacious, it is enough for people to pass through.
The walls of the cave and the roof of the cave are neat and tidy, and it seems that they have been smoothed out little by little by by sharp objects, and some shallow traces can be seen.
After walking some distance, they even saw some handwriting marking the progress of one day and the plan for the next day, as well as a number of signs carved to encourage people.
Judging from the dates above, it is only possible to dig a few meters away on a daily basis.
You can imagine how much manpower and time it took to complete this tunnel.
Thinking of the dog-like cave that he had just entered, Yang Lilong was silent. Even if they had found it according to their map, they still wondered if it was the entrance.
In this way, the original designer of this authentic design must have deliberately designed it this way.
Ordinary tunnels, no matter how well they are hidden, can be discovered. Then it is better to be like now, the entrance of the cave is not hidden, but anyone who sees it in a unclear situation will think that it is a small hole dug by an animal, and no one can imagine that there is a hole in it.
This design certainly enhances the secrecy, but the consideration is that the excavators have to carry the excavated earth and rock out from there every day through such a small entrance...... The amount and difficulty of the project can be imagined.
And Yang Lilong found that the air here is fresh and humid, and there should be some hidden vents. It further increases the amount of excavation work.
This hill is about a dozen kilometers away from Dr. Z's base camp, in a relatively hidden and unobtrusive place. The length of the excavated tunnel is probably more than twenty kilometers, which shows how long the rebels and Dr. Z have to fight to dig such a tunnel.
At this time, the beneficiaries of this authenticity are tourists.
Except for some water traces on the ground about 100 meters from the entrance of the tunnel, the depths have become quite dry.
It's just such a long tunnel, although the air is quite smooth, but it also makes people feel stuffy.
Finally, after everyone was in a daze, their eyes were empty, and a hall-like place appeared before them.
The hall is much more spacious, hundreds of square meters, and looks like it can accommodate hundreds of people.
It seems that this is supposed to be designed as a place for the rebels to meet and recuperate, so Dr. Z's home base should be there soon.
The spirits of the crowd were lifted.
"Someone's coming!"
Dong Hongfeng, who was walking in the front, suddenly lowered his voice and shouted.
The surprise of the crowd was not trivial, and they infiltrated through the tunnels just to avoid being discovered, if anyone at all......
Just when everyone was a little nervous and apprehensive, a clone came from the front.
When he saw the heavily armed tourists, he didn't feel any surprise, but said calmly: "You guys are here! Ben has been waiting for a long time, come with me! ”
After saying that, he didn't wait for the tourists to respond, turned around and left.
It turned out to be a rebel!
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and it was just a false alarm!
"Why is Ben here too?" Wang Shun asked.
"I think I'm going to deal with Dr. Z while the clones are gone." Yang Lilong replied casually.
Then Yang Lilong looked at Dong Hongfeng, and the other party looked at the back of the rebel and gradually moved away, and stomped his feet and said, "Let's follow!" ”
At this moment, there seems to be no other way not to follow.
Under the leadership of Dong Hongfeng, several people chased after him with a little nervousness.
After walking for a while, the group cautiously went out of a cave, and found that it was all light, and the wind and rain seemed to be gone.
They had appeared in a large room, where the light was bright and unblinding, and the surroundings were white.
It's just strange that there are many cabinet-like lattices on the walls, and the lattices are about forty or fifty centimeters square, densely packed on the surrounding walls.
And there are quite a few large barrels several meters high around, and the barrels are rumbling inside.
The smell of formalin-like preservatives came to my nose, and I felt like I wanted to vomit for a while.
The rebels who had just brought them to the side stood expressionless, looking like they were waiting for them.
"Where is this?"
Yang Lilong looked around and couldn't help but ask, he looked around, and suddenly had a feeling that it was not very good.
"Come with me!"
The rebel's voice was a little cold, and when everyone had come out, he turned and walked on.
He comes across as an emotionless robot, ignoring the reactions of the tourists and the dust stains he has just touched.
However, Yang Lilong and the others didn't care about his attitude, they all looked around with surprise.
Dong Hongfeng stepped aside, pulled out a lattice on the wall, and suddenly slammed back two steps, with an expression on his face as if he had seen a ghost.
"What's wrong?"
Han Qiang walked over, glanced at it, and his face immediately changed.
The movement of the two of them caught the attention of the other three, and they all looked over as well.
"Huh, Lu Yanxia?" Wang Shun exclaimed.
There was a corpse lying in that grid, which was clearly Lu Yanxia's appearance.
"No, it's a clone!"
Yang Lilong glanced at it and gave an affirmative answer.
The corpse was eight or nine percent similar to Lu Yanxia, but without clothes, she could see the mutilated and atrophied limbs that seemed to be deformed, a blood hole in the navel, and the bright red blood had almost coagulated.
Dong Hongfeng went crazy and opened a grid again, and after a glance, he opened another ......
Han Qiang did the same.
And after they almost pulled out a dozen squares, they looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes!
The ones lying in these lattices turned out to be all clones of Lu Yanxia!
Some of them have not yet developed and are physically deformed, and the other part has been developed, almost exactly the same as Lu Yanxia, but they are much weaker and paler.
These clones are obviously dead!
"What's going on?"
Yang Lilong also saw those clones of Lu Yanxia, and couldn't help but ask. But the rebels who had brought them there had left and were nowhere to be seen.
In this white hall, countless clones of their former companions, a strange feeling welled up in my heart.
Han Qiang seemed to think of something, looked at the big barrels that made a rumbling sound around him, and climbed up quickly with his hands and feet like a monkey.
Lifting a lid, from the top of the vat, Han Qiang looked down.
"Gow, grate!"
Han Qiang vomited violently, pale and frightened.
"What's wrong?"
Dong Hongfeng was surprised in his heart, and climbed up, and after just taking a look at the bucket, Dong Hongfeng couldn't help but scold: "Damn!" ”
Yang Lilong also looked over, there was a machine in the bucket that was constantly stirring, and the object of the stirring was ...... It's a clone corpse!
Some of the heads and limbs were even relatively intact, and they could be seen from the face of Lu Yanxia, but they gradually became pulp under the action of the machine.
On the other side of the vat, intact clone corpses were constantly filling in, and after being minted, they were passed on somewhere.
If it weren't for the strong smell of formalin around it, and the lid to cover it up, I'm afraid the smell of blood would have completely covered this place.
"Don't look!"
Yang Lilong quickly turned his head away, and warned Wang Shun and Wen Mengmeng, who were a little curious.
Wang Shun and Wen Mengmeng hesitated, knowing that Yang Lilong was good for them, they suppressed the curiosity in their hearts and stopped watching.
"Here...... It's so weird, let's go! Get out of here! ”
Yang Lilong shouted, and immediately got the approval of Dong Hongfeng and Han Qiang.
Anyone in the presence of so many corpses will probably not feel good.
They rushed out the door as if they were fleeing.
Walking out of the door, everyone was surprised to find that the rebel just now had not left and had been waiting at the door.
Seeing the crowd, the rebel turned and walked on.
"Wait, what is this place? What was going on just now? ”
Dong Hongfeng rushed over, grabbed the rebel by the collar, and lifted him up.
If it weren't for the fear that this might be Dr. Z's base camp here, and he was afraid of attracting attention, I'm afraid he couldn't help but yell.
The rebel was carried by him, without speaking, without even the slightest struggle, and if it weren't for the fact that his eyes were still blinking, one would even think that he was a corpse.
"You speak! Speak! ”
Dong Hongfeng's hand was so strong that the rebel couldn't breathe, revealing an uncomfortable look.
He finally struggled a few times, but his strength was very small, and he couldn't compete with Dong Hongfeng at all.
"Be careful, be careful......"
Yang Lilong's heart jumped when he saw it, afraid that Dong Hongfeng would kill the other party too hard. He still remembered the clones of Lu Yanxia and Jia Yanliang before, and he hadn't used much force to kill two people. At this time, seeing Dong Hongfeng so excited, he was afraid that history would repeat itself.
Dong Hongfeng threw the rebel to the ground a little irritably, his face was very ugly.
Stomp, stomp!
The crisp sound of footsteps on the floor was heard, becoming clearer and clearer, attracting everyone's attention, and they turned their heads at the same time.
The same face that they had seen so many times was in front of their eyes again.
- PS: This week, there will be one chapter per day at noon. On weekends, if you can, there will be two shifts, and if you can do so, you will say it in advance.