Chapter XVIII Break-in
With the former director of the base, Sue already has a general understanding of the layout of the scientific research base. The base originally had a well-developed security system, but after all these years, the system should have been damaged long ago. However, alien organisms that infect parasites in the form of special viruses and seize the right to survive obviously belong to the category of biochemistry, and it should be difficult to master human technology.
Sue was still wearing the Dark Dragoon's lightweight field combat suit, and at least so far, its lightweight and superior defense far surpassed that of other alternative combat suits. In addition to that, it is also very much in line with Sue's aesthetic sensibility. Su had a scabbard tied to each of her legs, and a composite saber from the Dark Dragoon was stuck in it. And in the armed harness under the right armpit, a dragoon pistol was inserted. This new-age pistol has the power of an old-time 20-caliber heavy machine gun at close range, but the disadvantage is that the large recoil makes it impossible for people without Tier 3 or Tier 5 weapon handling to use it. Another disadvantage is that it is very expensive ammunition, which Su's original financial resources simply cannot afford, and this pistol is still collected from the body of the Bloody Speaker of the Council, so it only has fifty rounds of ammunition as standard.
Other than that, Su had no other weapons on him. Fighting with strange and unknown alien creatures in the enclosed base space, it is difficult for gunpowder weapons to play much effect, and with his current way of fighting, it is more concise and effective to have double short knives. Medirri, on the other hand, had Cornier improvise an alloy square-bladed heavy sword. Because of the rush, the epee workmanship was rather rough, but Medirli didn't care, and the index she asked for was only a hundred kilograms.
Su walked through the chaotic barracks to a rather obtrusive three-story storehouse. If the large warehouse was empty and dusty, there was no place for it, and there was no one to guard it, but there was an old iron door on the opposite wall. Su put his hands on the iron door, and sensed that behind the iron door was a deep staircase that curved downward. The iron door is an old-fashioned electromagnetic suction door lock, because of the long time, the door lock has long lost its effect, but it has been rusted to death with the iron door.
Sue took a step back and beckoned to Medirli. Medirri walked over and pressed her hands flat on the iron door. Without seeing her make any movement, the iron door suddenly let out a low humming sound, and the old ash and rust on top and below continued to crumble. Medirri's hands were actually vibrating at a very high frequency, causing the entire iron door to vibrate at the same frequency. After about ten seconds, the sound of metal cracking began to be heard on the four frames of the iron door, and Medirli pushed it with both hands, and the heavy iron door fell inward. She stepped on the half-fallen iron door, leaped into the passage like a dancing elf, and then put her toe under the iron door, and the iron door, which had been falling with a bang, came to a steady stop on her toes, making only a small sound.
Su shook his head secretly. Medirri's ability to induce overclocking concussions can be described as extraordinary, whether it's physical combat or epee swings, and the addition of overclocking concussions is greatly powerful. Sue has been trying to emulate and learn this ability, but so far, the frequency of the induced oscillations is only one-third that of Medirli.
Sue also entered the passage. It took him only one step to cross a distance of several meters and stand beside Medirri. It seems that he has only taken a very simple step, but the whole process is clearly divided into two stages. Su raised his legs and walked in place, and his figure suddenly disappeared in place halfway through his steps. Almost at the same time, he appeared beside Medirri, and with a faint afterimage, he walked the step unharmed.
Su has always had his own way of fighting, and after successfully generating a rush of speed, the unpredictable fighting style of speed and power has begun to take shape.
Medirli lifted her toes, and the hundred-kilogram iron door flew back into its place with a thud, reinserting it into the door frame.
"Let's go." Sue looked at the bottomless staircase and walked down first.
It's a maintenance tunnel, and it's covered in a thick layer of dust, the paint on the walls is peeling, and the metal stair treads feel a little erratic and floppy when stepped on. A single indication indicates that the passage has been abandoned for many years. The passage is filled with turbid air, a deadly environment for the average person. Sue didn't care about the amount of oxygen in the air, but Medirli couldn't. However, as long as she walks slower and keeps her body at a low consumption level, she can move permanently in a hypoxic environment.
Su was very patient, no one knew how many alien creatures there were in the huge real yàn base now, and no one knew what they had become.
According to Cornier, the maintenance corridor leads directly to the first level of the research base, which leads to the evacuation area and also doubles as an escape in case of an emergency. This passage is not very convenient, at least the core area is in the bottom three floors, and choosing this passage means passing through the entire real yàn base. But Sue still decided to go here, and the most important reason was that it was a primitive staircase. In many cases, elevators have the potential to become a prison for life.
After walking in silence for a few minutes, the stairs finally came to an end, and another iron door appeared in front of Sue. There is also a surveillance camera above the iron door, but the shell is covered with rust, and the lens is also blurry, apparently out of function.
Medirri stood in front of the iron door again, guiding the iron door to begin to vibrate, and as the frequency of the shock increased, the electromagnetic lock and connecting iron, which had been in disrepair for a long time, broke one after another, and the iron door fell inward, just like the entrance.
As soon as the iron door opened, a cloud of cold and damp immediately hit the face. The air was filled with a thick fishy smell and an indescribable pungent smell, like the smell of a large pile of rotting sea fish.
The evacuation area, which can accommodate hundreds of people, is a mess, with more than a dozen supply crates piled up in one corner. As far as the eye could see, the floor was littered with broken metal components, collapsed cabinets, and several dark mounds of earth that I couldn't tell what they were. The evacuation area was dark and dreary, with only two dark red emergency lights on the walls adding a little light to the place. But in terms of ordinary people's eyesight, there is no difference at all between the brightness of this kind of Cheng dù and the absence of it.
Sue and Medirri stood side by side, inspecting the entire evacuation area. It seems that there are no enemies in this area, not even living creatures, but it is involuntarily depressing. Medirri's gaze suddenly fell on the ground a few meters away, where there was a large area of deep black, which looked very thick. The girl, who had spent several years in the Inquisition, immediately recognized that the black patch was actually a dry bloodstain, and that it had been a long time.
But how much blood did it take to leave this bloodstain that covered almost half of the evacuation area?
The floors and walls are made of alloy and covered with a composite liner, which is very strong. But there are still several deep scratches on the floor, walls, and even one on the ceiling. Some of these claw marks are as deep as ten centimeters, which means that although the creatures that left these claw marks cannot deal with the main combat vehicle, it is not a problem to grasp the thin-skinned armored personnel carrier.
On the opposite side of Sue is the gate that leads to the interior of the base. A beam of light shines through the gap in the gate, shining through the dark evacuation zone. Along with the glare of light came a faint howl of beasts.
Separating the evacuation area from the rest of the area are two translational gates, which have been somewhat deformed, but are not too heavy and can be easily broken through. In the old days, there was a clear division of labor among the various layers of the research base. The first floor is a warehouse, a material transit base, and a security facility area. The second floor is the high-rise office area and residential area of the base. The third basement level is the real yàn area. The fourth, fifth, and sixth floors are used to cultivate, detain, and preserve various developed biological samples. Among these samples were a wide variety of animals, a large number of humans, and even many insects. Of course, there are more organisms developed using genes spliced in an irregular way, and most of them are not living organisms at all, just moving pieces of meat. The state of technology in the pre-war era was completely incapable of deciphering the genetic locks in mysterious organs, so researchers resorted to the most stupid methods to try their luck. However, Cornell's luck was obviously not ordinarily good, and he actually asked him to decipher a complete gene fragment.
At the lowest level of the base, there is also a backup miniature nuclear power plant, which alone can maintain the minimum energy needs of the base for 100 years.
Sue is not very interested in the past history of the base, and his target is the mysterious organ of unknown origin. Originally, Su was not determined to win, but what he didn't expect was that after setting foot in this closed country, Medirri's reaction was even stronger than him. Although the girl was very calm and well hidden, Su, who raised her since childhood, still saw through her strong desire from instinct. This is the strongest demand for evolution of any life.
It's safe to say that this base has what Medirli needs.
Sue and Medirli stood on either side and pulled the gate at the same time. The light alloy door struggled on the dry rails, creaking and moaning, revealing the world behind the door.
Behind the door was a wide, long hallway, with a strange fleshy trail growing on the ceiling, extending from the gate at the other end to the doorway on this side. It was only a dozen centimeters in diameter, but it was constantly expanding and contracting rhythmically, as if it were beating with some huge heart. On the pillar of flesh that grew close to the ceiling, there were also two large clusters of bubbles made up of a dozen vesicles, which were also rhythmically vibrating and emitting a dark red light, illuminating the entire passage.
At the other end of the corridor, you can see several thick meat tubes winding on the ground, connecting two fleshy cocoons more than a meter high. Some of these cocoons resemble round organs, or they resemble horrible sculptures made of flesh and blood, with only a thin skin on the outside. And in the middle of the two cocoon bubbles, there was a creature like a Tyrannosaurus rex, which had shrunk dozens of times, was turning its head and staring at Su with eight small eyes that glowed red!