"Lu Ming, you are on duty here, He Wei, go!"

Zhang Dingshan and He Wei left in a hurry. Lu Ming was stunned for a moment, and then reacted.

At this moment, you already know the direction of the wind, so if the monsters' plan is really to release poisonous gas, then they will inevitably be upwind of the base. If you want them not to release poison gas, just go over and attack them themselves.

Lu Ming breathed a sigh of relief, then lifted his spirit again, and was engrossed in guarding the No. 1 test subject who was still kneeling on the ground, constantly howling loudly and what seemed to be spells and scriptures.

At this moment, in the open space in the center of the base, which was still relatively dark, a helicopter roared and took off. He Wei, Zhang Dingshan, and four or five heavily armed warriors closely observed the outside, carefully looking for traces of the monsters.

The helicopter flew straight upwind, and in a matter of moments it crossed the base's tall steel fence. Under the searchlight, the road and trees are clearly visible.

After a while, He Wei suddenly saw that something seemed wrong in the center of a forest in front of her. The searchlight immediately shone there, He Wei took out the binoculars and took a look, and immediately saw that there were many messy footprints there.

The shape of the footprints matches that of Subject 1!

"Found it!"

The fighters' bodies were tense again, ready to pull the trigger at any moment. After He Wei gave the order, a team of soldiers who had already changed their clothes, put on isolation suits, and put on gas masks rushed out of the base and quickly arrived here.

After a few moments of investigation, the report arrived: "The footprints were just left. The formation of the latest footprint should take no more than ten minutes! Judging by the direction of the footprints, the monster horde should have run to the west! ”

"Continue to survey the scene. We chase! ”

Zhang Dingshan gave an order, and the helicopter chased after the west again. But this time, He Wei did not continue to find footprints, and the infrared equipment failed to scan the traces of the monsters.

The helicopter flew for about half an hour, and was about to go deep into the mountains before it had to return in vain.

Clearly, the monsters have escaped.

"!"

He Wei scolded fiercely.

The helicopter returned to the base, and after landing, Lu Ming hurriedly stepped forward and told the two of them a piece of news that had just happened.

At this point, the power supply to the base has been restored. Under the night sky, the base is no longer dark, but brightly lit, and heavily armed warriors can be seen everywhere.

"Upwind, seven of the fighters on duty at the edge of the base reported feeling paralysis at the ends of their limbs and pain in their heads. I have arranged for them to be rushed to the hospital, and in the process, four of them have fallen unconscious. Initial examination by the military doctor suggested that it was caused by inhalation of a nerve agent. ”

"Sure enough, it's poison gas!"

At this moment, even He Wei couldn't help but feel a coldness from the heart.

The poisoning of the seven warriors undoubtedly proved the correctness of their previous speculation.

It turned out that the power outage before the base was really just a camouflage. It is highly likely that Subject 1's sudden outburst is simply a means of attracting his own attention. Not only that, but when you searched for the monster group in the early stage, the clues that you found that the monster group was moving in the direction of the deep mountain were probably all smoke bombs.

On the surface, they are moving deep into the mountains, but in fact, they are quietly lurking near the base.

If it weren't for Lu Ming's guess at the critical moment, Zhang Dingshan made a quick decision and immediately drove a helicopter to attack, so that the monsters found out that the plan failed and had to evacuate urgently, then at this moment, it might not be just the seven soldiers who were poisoned.

It is possible that the entire base will be shrouded in poison gas, and everyone will probably die.

Thinking of this terrifying scene, Lu Ming couldn't help but shudder.

"The IQ of these monsters ......"

He Wei muttered.

In the past, although "these monsters are definitely not low in IQ" has been recognized, in the confrontation with this group of monsters, they still always subconsciously despise them.

After all, looking at the monster like this, it is difficult for people not to subconsciously treat it as a beast.

But now, reality has taught us a hard lesson.

Withholding for so long, planning for so long, and suddenly launching at the last moment, this is not even something that ordinary human criminals can do. If you don't suddenly turn the tables at the last moment, then your situation at this moment is unimaginable.

"Let's go see the scene first."

The three of them then arrived at the scene of the monster gathering that was heavily guarded.

At this moment, the perimeter of this place has been surrounded, and no one has entered the interior except for some professional surveyors, so as to ensure that the clues are not destroyed as much as possible. The three of them followed the footprints of the previous explorers and saw the footprints of the monsters left here.

"Preliminary measurements, based on size, depth, and some subtle features, we have identified twenty-three different types of footprints, which means that there were at least twenty-three monsters here before."

The number of twenty-three is not much different from the total number of Zhou Tianyang's team, twenty-eight. The slight error may be due to the fact that some of the footprints are too similar to be distinguished.

This suggests that it is highly likely that the monsters came out en masse and all came here.

"And this altar."

In front of the many chaotic footprints, there is a stone pillar. About 10 centimeters of ground is inserted under the stone pillar, so that it is fixed to the ground. The upper part is extended to form a rectangular table top shape of about 90 centimeters by 70 centimeters.

At the top of the table was a pile of sticky lake granular things, and next to it were the internal organs of some unknown animals. The entrails were covered with flowers and plants of unknown names.

"After preliminary identification, those granular things were eyeballs, among which were wild boar eyeballs, fox eyeballs, hares, voles, crows, a total of five animal eyeballs. The entrails were all the spleens of foxes, thirty-five in all. The plants are wild flowers and grasses, the kind that can be found everywhere in the Minami Kururi Mountains. ”

"Altar, sacrifice...... Worship? ”

This altar shows that the purpose of the monsters gathered here seems to be more than just attacking the base and killing their own personnel.

They should serve some other purpose.

This purpose is what they really plan for.

Until now, although we have effectively thwarted their actions, we still do not know what their true purpose is.

"Seal these clues for now."

Zhang Dingshan made arrangements, and the three of them left temporarily and retreated to the base.

At this moment, Subject 1 was once again secured to the hospital bed.

After it got out of trouble before, it first gouged out its eyeballs inexplicably, and then worshipped. After that, Lu Ming assigned several soldiers to enter the room again and control it.

In this process, Lu Ming was already mentally prepared for casualties on his side. After all, at this moment, Subject 1 is showing more powerful combat power than before. Those soldiers were also like a great enemy, and even left a suicide note before carrying out the mission.

Unexpectedly, this time, Subject 1 did not put up any resistance. It didn't even move, allowing the warriors to cover themselves with metal mesh again, and then secured to the bed with thicker, tougher ropes.

At this moment, it is still lying honestly on the hospital bed, without any movement.

The cause of the power supply to the base has also been identified. A total of four external power lines were cut off for unknown reasons, which led to this situation. This is clearly the work of the monsters, too.

At this moment, the incident has subsided for the time being. In the conference room, all three fell silent.

"We're too passive."

Finally, He Wei couldn't help but complain: "We always respond passively, and we can't take the initiative at all." ”

Here's the reality. For He Wei's words, several people are all related.

"The main thing is to find out what the monsters are really up to. If we don't understand this core thing, we can't take the initiative. ”

Then the problem is back to square one.

How can we get to the bottom of this core question?

Lu Ming was silent for a moment before he said, "Interrogate the No. 1 test subject." ”

"Interrogation?"

He Wei looked at Lu Ming with some hesitation.

Lu Ming gritted his teeth and said, "They have such a high IQ, they must have the ability to communicate with us humans." Find a way to pry open Subject 1's mouth and get it to confess. ”

Zhang Dingshan said in a low voice: "Yes." However, this matter still needs the cooperation of experts. ”

The body structure of this monster is completely different from that of humans. Until now, there are still many things that experts have not figured out about its body structure.

Since the anatomy is different, the method of interrogation must be different. Like, waterboarding of human beings can easily break the spirit and will of the vast majority of people. But when waterboarding fish, the fish will only think that it is enjoyment.

How to make this monster suffer the most physical pain without harming life, so as not to accidentally kill it, is also a highly technical work, which requires experts to develop a scientific plan.

"That's it."

A number of experts were immediately summoned to discuss the "torture of Subject 1" plan.

Three days later.

Zhang Dingshan, He Wei, and Lu Ming stood outside the double-layer tempered glass again. Beside the three of them, there were five heavily armed warriors who were closely protected.

Since the monster showed greater combat effectiveness, its captivity has been strengthened once again. In addition to the original tempered glass, people have added a new layer of toughened glass with thicker and stronger impact resistance.

People don't expect these two layers of tempered glass to completely trap Subject 1, they just hope that these two layers of glass can delay for a little time. In this way, people can quickly exit the room, close the steel door, and use steel walls to stop it from rushing out.

Zhang Dingshan took a step forward and picked up the communicator.

"Luo Yang, I know you can understand my words. I don't care what form you are in now, what you think, you have to cooperate with us honestly and explain everything you know. ”

After saying that, Zhang Dingshan waited for a moment. Subject 1 was still lying quietly on the hospital bed, not moving at all.

Clearly, it would not cooperate.

Zhang Dingshan beckoned. In a nearby control room, two operators immediately activated the robotic arm and touched two wires to two parts of Subject 1's body.

After special research by experts, it is believed that the electric current that can cause the greatest amount of pain and does not cause irreversible damage to its body is released instantly.

Lu Ming clearly saw that the body of Subject No. 1 arched abnormally at the moment of power-on, and then slammed heavily on the bed under the restraint of the rope. At the same time, it let out a terrible howl.

All this indicates that it has endured unbearable suffering.

The shock stopped for a moment.

"Luo Yang, although you are no longer human, if you are willing to cooperate with us, we can still create as comfortable living conditions as possible for you. After completing the scientific research task, it is not impossible to create a unique space for you according to your mind, so that you can live freely. If you still refuse to cooperate and explain what the consequences are, you know in your own heart. ”

Zhang Dingshan's words stopped, and He Wei gritted his teeth and said: "You also know how important your affairs are to our human world. You should know that we cannot give up on the investigation. ”

Subject 1 remains motionless.

Zhang Dingshan beckoned, and the electric shock began again.

And so it was repeated seven or eight times in a row. When Zhang Dingshan ordered the electric shock again, an expert said to Ai Ai: "Sheriff Zhang, you can't do it anymore, you can do it again...... It's cooked. ”

Zhang Dingshan was silent for a moment, and said decisively: "Give the room high-purity oxygen." Electricity will continue tomorrow. ”

Studies have shown that under the presence of a high oxygen environment, the surface of the monster's body will be slightly oxidized. This will make the monsters feel extreme itching, but will not cause irreversible damage to the body.

"Yes."

As a result, the oxygen level in the ward gradually increased after the double glazing. Lu Ming saw that the body of Subject No. 1 began to writhe unconsciously, and his mouth began to whimper, as if he was howling, and he seemed to be crying.

In this regard, Lu Ming did not have the slightest sympathy in his heart.

The three evacuated and began to prepare for the next day's interrogation.

By the next day, Subject 1 appeared to be much weaker, but still showed no signs of cooperation. Zhang Dingshan did not relent, and continued to impose various punishments on it, supplemented by psychological offensives.

It was not until the evening that the day's interrogation ended. After continuing to apply high-purity oxygen, the trio evacuated.

The day's regular meeting was held on time.

The four of them discussed some follow-up interrogation plans, and after it was over, Lu Qingliang said with some hesitation: "There is one thing, I don't know if it has anything to do with us. ”

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