Since the beginning of human civilization, there has never been a physical experiment that has been terminated simply because of the risk after it has been started, and it is normal people to recognize the risk and prevent it and carefully verify it.

These include the hadron collider experiments, which have been controversial since the beginning of construction in the old era, and the extremely dangerous fission nuclear power reactor, among others.

The reason why the scientific expedition team set up the No. 7 Research Institute near Vault 404, which is far away from the city, and took great pains to set up the laboratory underground and do a good job of nuclear explosion-level protection, is precisely to make countermeasures to possible risks.

In the most extreme case, the alliance can also blow up the laboratory and completely bury the possible unstable "anomalies" with 10,000 tons of structural materials.

And these possible risks, every staff member is well aware.

If you don't want to take any risks, then carry a hoe and farm the land, which is the least risky work in the wasteland.

Of course, the most extreme scenario is not very likely, as is the case with the rumor that the Hadron Collider could create a black hole and engulf the solar system.

After all, this is not a device made by the pioneer civilization itself, but with the help of an Homo erectus ape named Qiu Shiye, and no matter how exaggerated the effect is, it has a degree.

To make a simple analogy, it is entirely possible for a Dorman to scare others with black powder under the guidance of human civilization, but it would be nonsense to blow up the entire planet Gaia with a few kilograms of black powder.

The outrageous thing of pinching up a planet cannot be done by human beings themselves.

However, the results of this experiment were beyond the expectations of all researchers.

Since the beginning of recorded human civilization, no physics experiment has ever been born from the very center of the laboratory from a monster that does not belong to this world......

And now, that record has been broken.

"Roaring ——!"

A deafening sound wave and something unknown crashed into the glass curtain wall, which was stronger than concrete.

The huge impact not only broke the sound of the speaker in the operation room, but also made the glass curtain wall climb up a dense layer of cobwebs.

But fortunately, Yin Fang's "withdraw" made all the researchers present react, and quickly rushed to the door of the operation room, activated the manual mode, and opened the alloy door that was powered off.

With the combined efforts of everyone, the alloy door quickly opened, and a group of mermaids rushed out.

The situation is critical.

The monster hidden in the darkness slammed again and again, trying to break free from the confinement that bound itself, and the glass curtain wall had already emitted an overwhelmed scream!

However, not a single person in the entire operation room panicked, and everyone behaved calmly.

The whole evacuation process was carried out in an orderly manner, and no one rushed to escape for their lives, just like during the safety drill.

People consciously lined up according to their rank - the lowest rank was in the front, the highest rank was in the last, and they left the exercise room as fast as they could, and quickly ran to the nearest safe passage!

Director Dai wanted to let Yin Fang line up in front of him at first, but was pushed back by the latter.

Looking at Dai Huai'an, who was stunned, Yin Fang glared at him fiercely and said.

"What is written in the safety manual?"

Dai Huai'an's face turned slightly pale, and he said hurriedly.

"But you're not a researcher at the Seven-Institute—"

Yin Fang interrupted him without hesitation.

"I'm a Vault 404 resident, the Alliance's Chief Scientist! Stand in your place, it's an order!"

If Vault 404 residents are present, Vault 404 residents will always be the last to evacuate!

This is his own rule.

And from the beginning of the establishment of the scientific expedition team, it was written in the safety manual, and it was also written in the first chapter of the manual!

In the scientific research group, rank means responsibility, the higher the level, the greater the responsibility, there is no such thing as climbing to the top of everyone's head, but pushing the responsibility to do two

Net case!

This was the case when I was at the academy before.

The lowest level of explorers do the most dangerous work, and ultimately have to bear the risk of mission failure for the sake of the researcher's career, and there is no compensation after being eaten and wiped clean.

He had already tasted this pain, and he must not bring this dross to the Alliance again!

If he didn't have a choice at that time, he was like this in the academy all his life, but now he is on almost the same position as the "chief technology officer of the academy".

He wants everyone in the scientific expedition team to remember that since he said "I am responsible", he must take responsibility to the end!

You must not wait until the time is really responsible to treat what you have said as a fart!

As for what he died of the loss of the Alliance, that's real.

People are not wine, where does the saying come from that lasts for a long time?

He himself had climbed up from an E-class prospector, and he had no doubt that another E-class researcher would be able to climb to his current position!

He also firmly believes that even if he defends the rules with his life today, there will be younger and more far-sighted researchers than him who will stand on his shoulders, see what he has not had the opportunity to see, and continue to defend the rules he defended like him!

The deafening roar continued, and the solid glass curtain wall finally collapsed in an instant, and the shattered glass slag blasted into the other wall of the operation room like shrapnel!

It all happened in the midst of lightning!

The explosion occurred less than half a minute after the start of the third group of experiments, and Yin Fang even felt the surging air wave behind him.

Luckily, he wasn't caught by the monster hiding in the dark.

At the moment when the glass curtain wall was about to shatter, he managed to break out of the operation room and staggered into the hallway.

"Quick! Over here!"

Dai Huai'an, who was running in front, pulled him, and the two of them, who had stabilized their figures, quickly rushed to the entrance of the safe passage.

At this moment, the surface crew manually activated the backup generator, and the power supply to the underground passage was immediately restored.

With the sudden light on, Lin Dong, who was running in front, couldn't help but glance back, and was suddenly shocked by the scene in front of him.

"I blanch ......"

It was a gigantic lizard, with eyes as small as soybeans growing densely on both sides of the bloody mouth, like ruptured pustules.

The pitch-black scales exuded the smell of death, and under the light of the incandescent lamp, it could not reflect the slightest luster.

It was as if all wavelengths of light were absorbed by the blackest-darkest scales!

Is that......

Deathclaws?!

Nope-

In front of this kind of monster, I'm afraid that even "Niko" can only be used as a snack, perhaps it is more appropriate to call it "death monitor lizard" or "death mouth".

At the same time that he met his eyes the size of soybeans, the bloody mouth slowly opened.

And at the same time, a hand grabbed the collar of Lin Dong's neck, and dragged him into the safe passage who couldn't help but hold his breath.

The raging air blasted through the corridor with a deafening roar, and the mere aftermath of the safe passage made him tremble, barely relieving himself.

Pulling the former prospector in front of him, Alek yelled at him.

"You're dead! Run!!"

Lin Dong didn't have time to answer, let alone hear what Alek said, but his feet still moved.

With a bulky and frantic pace, the writhing Death Lizard chased it to the entrance of the safe passage at incredible speed.

Luckily, the narrow entrance stuck it in the doorway, and only half of the mouth could get in.

Looking at that ugly giant mouth, Lin Dong felt his heart beating wildly, almost jumping out of his throat.

"What the hell......

The other researchers had the same expression.

Seeing that the lizard's wide mouth seemed to be about to roar again, Yin Fangyan quickly smashed open the dust cover of the fire alarm button embedded in the wall with a quick punch, and lowered the fire isolation door of the safe passage.

Alloy folding doors descend from the sky, cutting off the lower half of the staircase of the safe passage.

The Death Lizard let out a deafening roar that made the alloy folding door tremble, but it seemed to be the end of it.

"Saved......" Dai Huai'an leaned against the wall, gasping for breath of relief.

Their mission is over.

Next, it's time for the combatants......

Just when a group of researchers ran from the laboratory on the third basement floor to the second basement floor, the second basement floor of the research institute was a completely different painting style.

At the moment when the power went off in the laboratory earlier, the twenty-seven players who were originally sitting on the chairs bored and shaking their legs instantly stood up as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

The players present are all level 30 or above, although they are not the top powerhouses of the T0 and T1 levels, but they can be regarded as the backbone of the server.

An hour ago, they received the task of the Guards Regiment and stationed in the Seventh Research Institute, and received the "Xiaguang" III power armor and the latest K-12 heavy exoskeleton from the officers of the Guards Regiment, as well as the improved explosive rifle of the Boulder Military Industry, and squatted on the upper floor of the research institute to stand by.

According to the experience of those who have participated in the mission of the "Seven Institutes", they only need to hang up in the research institute until the mission is completed, and they do not need to actually fight.

Although the task process is a bit jailed, the advantage is that the rewards are rich, and it can also brush up the professional experience of the scientific expedition team and the favorability of key NPCs, so there have always been many people who have taken the task, and even need to be grabbed.

In addition, a certain big guy who got up several times a night said that these researchers practiced the treasure he brought back from Nanmen 2 with such a high intensity every day, and sooner or later they would have to refine dLc.

Therefore, there has been a rumor circulating on the forum that there is actually a "hidden mission" in the "Security Level Upgrade" mission of the Seventh Research Institute!

As we all know, "hidden missions" are the key to becoming the son of the Wasteland oL version.

If you can open an expansion pack, it will be a "chance" to advance to T1!

It is precisely for this reason that, in addition to a group of mid-level players who have just passed level 30, some veteran players of level forty or fifty will occasionally come here to try their luck and see if they can find a way to open hidden quests.

"Brothers! Now is the time!"

"Whoa!"

"Prepare for battle!"

There was no need to even be reminded by the officers of the Guards Regiment, four level 50 bigwigs wearing power armor had already rushed forward and entered the elevator for security personnel first.

Hearing a crisp click, the landing module instantly passed through the elevator shaft leading to the laboratory on the third basement floor, "Bang!" landed directly at the end of the shaft.

If it is an ordinary person, I am afraid that if I am beaten like this, I will have to lose half a tube of blood before the fight starts.

But after all, there are three forty-five-level power animals and one intelligence brain!

Level forty-five!

Before Lao Bai was at this level, he was already able to single-brush the brood on the B6 floor of the refuge.

The four veterans of their super murderous regiment are here, so they won't be able to be brushed by boSS!

The [Omen of Great Evil] in front of him did not panic at all, he was as steady as an old dog, and he also picked at the butt next to him while being good at the blaster, and took a white phosphorus bomb and held it in his left hand.

"Mission Refresh! Target: 'Death Monitor Lizard'! Look at the name should be a garbage type xeno, incendiary bomb ready!"

"Attention! You don't need to pay attention to the lab facilities, but don't destroy the relics!"

"Roger!" [Turning Evil into Luck] responded, stuffed an incendiary bomb into the explosive gun in his hand, and sealed the corridor with the "Brother Zhao" next to him.

[Fierce and auspicious] and [Turbulent] followed, one carrying a bazooka, and one holding a remote control terminal,

A half-meter-high autonomous unmanned vehicle and a quadcopter combat drone were released.

The entire four-person team was like a chariot crushed in the corridor, and it was fierce towards the mission target.

At this moment, the giant lizard that had broken through the wall was sticking its head into the entrance of the escape passage, trying to catch the little mice hiding in the passage.

But at this moment, the sound that echoed in the laboratory attracted its attention.

The threat of death is looming!

Sensing the threat that could not be ignored, it subconsciously pulled its head out, twisted its body and took two steps back, its soybean-like eyes locked straight on the end of the corridor.

Heavy footsteps echoed in the corridors, like the drums of war!

"Shhh

The death monitor lizard let out a heavy snort, its amber pupils narrowing dangerously.

On the other hand, the players with the blaster are looking at it with impunity, judging the distorted appearance.

"Damn...... It's so ugly."

"It's a bit like Scp-682, but it's bald...... It's a little bigger."

"The question is, how did these physicists get this thing out?"

"Maybe it's from the Institute of Biology and out of the set—"

"Roaring ——!"

A furious roar interrupted the conversation.

The diffuse sound wave instantly shook the entire corridor, and the four iron bumps shook at the same time!

Perhaps enraged by the group's rash reaction, the giant lizard, with its scales as deep as a black hole, instantly turned into a running truck, writhing its massive body and running over the corridor strewn with debris and wreckage!

Realizing the threat of the "alien" in front of him, [Turning Evil into Luck] no longer held it up, and quickly threw the white phosphorus bullet in his hand towards it, and at the same time pulled the trigger of the blaster with his right hand, and responded to its battle cry with the sound of gunfire!

"Bang Bang ——!"

The muzzle of the 19mm gun burst out with a scorching tongue of fire, and a rain of iron spread across the wide corridor!

Not to mention a lizard that looks like a garbage king, even a super mutant standing here will have to be crushed into pulp!

However, at this moment, something unexpected happened.

I saw that the death monitor lizard hit by the explosive arrow bullet was like a normal person, and only let out a roar of pain, and rushed up against the sparks that were fired.

As for the little phosphorus fire that exploded the white phosphorus bomb, it was simply ignored by it, and it rushed over in three and two steps!

The eyes of the [Evil Turning Auspicious] standing on the right widened, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "!"

Charging with armor-piercing metal jets?!

"Is this a carbon-based creature?!"

"What the hell knows—" The bazooka pulled the trigger, and a cloud of white smoke whizzed towards the giant lizard that writhed forward.

Almost stuck on the edge of a safe distance, the high-explosive rocket hit the lizard in the shoulder!

The blast swept across the corridor, whistling shrapnel whizzing across the walls, scraping against the alloy walls and hanging on the power armor's breastplate.

The rocket did something, blasting a palm-sized hole in the monitor lizard's shoulder!

Red to black blood dripped on the floor, making a gurgling sound, like a strongly corrosive inorganic acid.

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his eyes staring at the lizard with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Fake......

What his buddy just shot out was a barrel of a metal hydrogen warhead!

Even if the armor-piercing effect of the high-explosive bomb is average, the terrifying explosion power is enough to overturn the Chimera armored car!

But the dead lizard looked like it was all right! Only the skin has been lost!

And even more than that-

That palm-sized wound is healing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Expansion...... Opened?"

Looking at the terrifying scene in front of him, [Fierce and Lucky] struggled to squeeze a sentence out of his mouth, until the [Turbulent Waves] on the side woke him up with a loud shout.

"Change the armor-piercing bullet! What are you doing standing stupid?!"

Unmanned vehicles on the ground suddenly poured strafing firepower, and the grenade launchers hanging from the barrels of guns were scattered one after another at the dead monitor lizards in front of them.

The death monitor lizard seemed to have adapted to the rhythm of their attack, twisted its neck and slammed it into the face, then threw off its arms and quickly crawled forward!

Half of its face was broken, and it turned to the other side, alternately opening its eyes to see ahead.

And when the other side of the face is also broken, the face that was originally beaten back to its original shape.

[Fierce and Lucky] has finished reloading, and quickly fired a second rocket!

But this time, as if prepared, the death monitor lizard pecked forward with its long narrow mouth at an incredible speed, and then struck upward, actually pushing the high-speed flying armor-piercing bullet to the ceiling!

"Boom ——!"

The armor-piercing shells that pierced the side armor of the tank exploded instantly, and the burning metal fragments filled half of the corridor like brilliant fireworks.

So far, the four players facing the battle have shown all their strength, and none of them dare to rely on the advantage of equipment and level to take it lightly.

And yet—

In the face of that overwhelming force, it seems that mere seriousness is no longer enough to solve the problem.

Seeing that the beast was just a big mouth, a bite, and a twist,...... His leader, the Great Omen, tore his armor in half, and half of it was thrown to the other side of the hallway.

"Brother Zhao!!" His eyes turned red instantly, and he threw away the blaster in his hand and pulled out the pottery steel combat knife tied to his arm.

Explosive bullets have a safe distance limit, and they have lost their effect when they are close to the face!

At this time, the knife is better!

"Roaring ——!"

Bathed in hot blood, the Death Lizard let out a hearty roar, and then slapped its paw on the tin can next to it.

Just listen to "Mussels!" With a crisp sound, the [Evil Turning Auspicious] wearing power armor was like an oyster that had been knocked open, and its eyeballs instantly exploded and splashed onto the helmet's tactical eyepiece.

It's not just speed –

In the face of this super-standard combat power, the power he was most proud of was also ruthlessly crushed!

Two teammates died one after another, and [Fierce and Auspicious] suddenly felt sadness in his heart.

"Master fought with you!"

It's impossible to run, and you can't run this distance.

Without saying a word, he directly activated the power armor's self-destruct program, and then pulled out his combat knife and pounced.

Seeing the prey rushing up to death, the dead monitor lizard grinned and bit forward with its huge mouth open!

Under the squeeze of the biting force that tore through the space, [Fierce and Lucky] only felt like he was caught by the door, and was instantly squeezed into ketchup by the fractured steel, and squirted out from the broken shoulder armor!

But this time it miscalculated, I didn't expect the prey in its mouth to explode, and half of his head was blown up with a "boom", and the unmanned vehicle and drone next to it were swept away, and fell into the corner like weightlessness.

And yet—

It seemed like a fatal blow, and it still didn't kill it!

The strange lizard seemed to not die, and its half-drooping head gushed out large blood clots, which had grown back in just a few breaths.

Including the amber eyes.

It's a pity.

Although power armor is nuclear-powered, it is still different from nuclear weapons, and the conventional explosives that detonate the reactor are not enough to trigger a tactical-level nuclear explosion.

The [Turbulent Waves] who was shocked by the shock wave and flew out and hit the wall, the whole person was scared stupid.

He sat on the ground, forgetting to get up, and watched the monster leaning on it

Recently, for a time lost speech.

This Nima ...... it?!

The recovery ability is stronger than that of the Mother of Dead Claws, and the combat power is even stronger than that of the drug-addicted garbage king.

Nope-

When the garbage gentleman comes, it has to be used as a snack.

Perhaps, the only thing left to deal with it is to blow up the institute.

The bloodied giant lizard grinned at him as if it were playing with its prey, glaring at the dying man with its amber eyes, but not in a hurry.

It seemed to him that the little mouse was dead.

The only thing that puzzled it was where that strong harbinger of death had come from.

Could it be—

Is there a stronger creature in this world?

Either way, it's clear that these four little mice are no match for it......

Just as the death monitor lizard was looking at its prey, the sound of footsteps suddenly came into its ears, and the direction was still the end of the corridor.

It slowly turned its face sideways to look over there, only to see a blue power armor and a boxy hammer, already reflected in the soybean-sized pupils.

Its eyes narrowed dangerously in an instant, and a low roar welled up in its throat.

However, before it could open its mouth to test it, the wind was already blowing towards its face.

That's also anti-armor level power -

And it's even more ferocious than a bazooka!

Like a watermelon hit by a truck, the huge head flew out with countless pieces of minced flesh and dark red blood clots, sticking a whole wall.

"Roar—"

Shaking its bulky body backwards, the death monitor lizard finally roared, but there was a clear panic in the voice, as if it was being targeted by a larger giant.

The crumbled half of the head sprouted new flesh buds, which were stitched together at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But—

If you look closely, you'll see that it's reborn a full second slower than it was just now!

"I see...... It seems that even monsters that emerge from the void are not invincible, and their ability to repair themselves will continue to diminish with the number of regenerations."

"But I'm curious about what provides this self-healing energy. Organic matter? Still is...... Like your existence itself, from the outer side of the cosmic membrane?"

The calm voice drifted into the ears of [Turbulence], who lifted his stunned face to see the figure that had come out of the smoke, and his whole mouth opened into an O-shape.

"Damn—"

Intendant!?

If he's not mistaken, the last time this big guy made a move, it seems to be during the Battle of the Torch?!

He wasn't there at the time, he just listened to the players on the forum blowing more and more outrageous, saying that the hammer even tore the space and wiped out the avenue......

Obviously, that's.

Not paying attention to the expression on the face of the player sitting by the wall, Chu Guang tightened the nitrogen power hammer in his hand, and took an unhurried step forward under the terrifying gaze of the death monitor lizard.

"Boom—"

As if frightened, the Death Lizard swayed backwards and let out a hoarse roar at him.

"Roaring ——!"

The deafening roar blasted towards Chu Guang with a weakened sound wave, but the moment it was about to touch his steel breastplate, it was blocked by an invisible wall of qi.

The compressed nitrogen was as strong as steel, like a ripple of folds around it.

But—

That wasn't what Chu Guang was most proud of.

His sequence level increases as the player levels up.

And with the continuous expansion of the number of players in the server and the continuous iterative evolution of each sequence branch, he is now so strong that even he feels that he is a monster.

Perhaps, only

There is this existence that seems to come from the void, and it is worth his own action.

With the hammer across his chest, he took a step forward in the terrified eyes of the Death Lizard.

"Just let me see—"

"You'll have to be killed a few times before you die."