Chapter 18: Annihilation
"No. 2236, has reached the Negative Level 1 Hub, and there is currently no anomalous condition."
"Received, the garage on the negative floor has been cleared, and the entrance to the second floor has been found, and there is no life reaction from the herd, pay attention to safety."
Qiu Xiang put away the walkie-talkie in his hand, handed the clean towel to Zhou Qi who was bathed in a pool of blood, and it had been two days since he entered the underground area, and Zhou Qi, who had planned to stand by and watch, couldn't help but act under the temptation of the generous subsidy. Participating in the killing of a D-grade hardware coin, C-grade ten gold coins, and B-grade is as high as fifty gold coins, where has Zhou Qi seen this battle before, he has no money and doesn't make a bastard, and in the past two days, he has expanded his small vault by one-third.
Zhou Qi carefully wiped the beast blood off his body, he didn't like the smell. But after devouring the flesh and blood of the red-maned tiger, his body seems to have some strange changes, and after coming into contact with the flesh and blood of the mutant beast, he will absorb some of the energy in it, and seeing the gushing blood in his heart will produce unspeakable tyranny, his fighting style in the past two days has become more and more inclined to directly tear apart the opponent, but it is difficult for Qiu Xiang, and he must always prepare a clean towel to scrub his body.
"Let's go!" Zhou Qi looked at the dark corridor not far away, the underground area was indeed amazingly large, and two days of exploration were only able to empty the first floor.
Qiu Xiang walked out of the shadows, took the towel in Zhou Qi's hand with a little disgust, and pouted dissatisfiedly:
"Hey, hey, can you pay attention to it, it's so dirty every time."
Zhou Qi smiled a little embarrassedly, every time he touched the devouring energy, he imperceptibly improved his physical fitness, and even the cultivation of the furnace ding method was also very beneficial, he could already reluctantly try the operation of the furnace ding, this process of becoming stronger made him want to stop, and he could only verbally assure:
"I'll try my best, what did your captain say?"
Qiu Xiang didn't know where to take out a bottle of spray, gently sprayed and washed the blood-stained towel in his hand, nodded with satisfaction, pointed to a certain path on the right and said:
"Over there, I've found the entrance to go down, and the captain said that there is no danger for the time being, let's go, let's meet."
Several large mutant beast communities on the basement floor have all been cleared, so Zhou Qi inevitably relaxed, chatting casually with Qiu Xiang while hurrying, and after a few days of getting along day and night, the two are already quite familiar.
"By the way, aren't you the daughter of the Minister of Finance of Yiqing City, why did you join the Federation's special operations team?"
Qiu Xiang blinked her big smart eyes, as if thinking about the answer, and after a long time, she responded:
"Probably because of the excitement, let me tell you, my previous days were very boring, every day, socializing, dancing, learning some useless etiquette, and maintaining a tiring smirk, although I was a little tired and dangerous in the wasteland, but at least I could feel that I was alive."
Zhou Qi nodded, he actually couldn't imagine the life Qiu Xiang said, since he had a memory, even if his parents were still alive, his rare entertainment was just tinkering with the dirt outside the door and looking through the books at home. But after a few days of getting along, he could feel Qiu Xiang's pure and kind heart, and she regarded herself as a friend.
The underground garage was not far from their location, and the two of them arrived at their destination in less than five minutes, and there was no one in front of the dark hole, Qiu Xiang frowned.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Qi noticed Qiu Xiang's ugly face.
"Captain, the two of them are gone." Qiu Xiang took out the walkie-talkie and quickly connected to the captain's communication channel.
Zhou Qi didn't feel anything, and comforted her:
"Maybe I went down first, and I shouldn't have been born like this."
Qiu Xiang shook his head: "Our system is very strict, and you can't act privately without advance communication." ”
The other end of the walkie-talkie made a hoarse electric sound, and even Zhou Qi felt that something was wrong.
"Damn, the communication was jammed by something." Qiu Xiang was still frowning, and quickly transferred to the camp on the ground.
"No. 2236, communication with 2234 is interrupted, request for relevant information."
A low boy sounded on the other end, "Roger, this is the pioneer camp, received the 2234 signal three minutes ago, the self-carried radar signal shows that the environment of the target is stable, there is no excessive radiation reaction, no high-energy bodies appear, there is a small amount of infrared for detection, it is presumed that the police self-regulatory machine is connected, and the vital signs of 2234 and 2235 are normal." ”
The news from the ground center made Qiu Xiang's face look a little better, and she said to Zhou Qi uncertainly:
"It should be a strong signal source interference, maybe some mutant beast rushed out and they had to go down, let's go in too, pay attention to safety."
Zhou Qi nodded, the reward given by the suicide team was indeed generous, and he was fortunate to see Hua Ye make a move before, and he was indeed powerful, so he didn't worry much.
The two walked into the downstairs one after the other, and suddenly, Zhou Qi noticed a trace of abnormality, the originally clear blood flower in his left eye actually became blurred a little bit, and he couldn't help but activate his ability. An indescribable feeling filled my heart, "Damn, why am I so bold this time?" "Two people disappeared inexplicably, according to the previous rules, he should have carefully investigated, but somehow he relaxed his vigilance.
At some point, an unknown mist filled his surroundings. He looked back, and the girl who had been following him had disappeared. Zhou Qi activated the Blood Flower and carefully explored forward.
This fog seemed to be able to shield people's perception, and thinking back to his reckless actions before, a cold sweat broke out on Zhou Qi's face.
Suddenly, a heavy landing sound sounded on his right side, and Zhou Qi had been maintaining a high degree of vigilance, and flashed to the right at the moment.
After a few minutes, he expressed his judgment, "At present, we have two choices, one is to leave directly, but the information we have collected about this building is not comprehensive enough, and the failure to complete the task will have an impact on our various lives in the future, but the impact should not be too great when we have money later, and the other is to continue the mission, although there are risks, but for now, the risk is not large, and I personally prefer to continue the mission." ”
"I'm in favor of continuing the mission." Xu Yao, who had not spoken for a long time, expressed his attitude, although the windfall also made him happy, but as a half-mercenary, his not very bright mind was more inclined to the contract that had been concluded, even if this task was risky, he would rush to the forefront.
Qiu Xiang hesitated slightly, she was already sure that she was wealthy and didn't want to continue the adventure, but thinking of the risks she might encounter on the way back to the camp alone with her teammates, she felt that it was better to follow the big army. "Then let's move on, after all, this is the last time."
Zhou Kang nodded, the choice of his teammates was expected by him, he knew Xu Yao and Qiu Xiang well enough, and he also had a certain confidence to judge their thoughts.
Qiu Xiang stepped forward, slowly dismantled the remaining infrared detection, and after confirming that there was no danger, the three of them broke the gate at the end of the road, and as expected, inside was the main body of the research institute.
The interior of the institute is not dim, although it is underground, but it is clear that the self-operating solar power facilities are still not completely out of service, but they are in disrepair, and only the dim backup lights shroud all kinds of equipment, making it possible to imagine how busy it used to be.
"This seems to be a biological research institute." After reviewing some of the information, Zhou Kang made a general judgment, but the lack of knowledge made him unable to understand the specific content of the information. "Let's search separately and communicate in a timely manner when there is a situation." He basically judged that there would be no danger within the institute, and on the eve of the disaster, it seemed that the researchers here had been evacuated en masse for unknown reasons.