Wu Qi and Mao Jiarui put on gas masks, adjusted their weapons to the position most easily accessible to their hands, and then entered the iron gate.
For a time, the dark second underground floor lost light, shadow and sound, and returned to its previous silent appearance.
However, the silence did not last long. Soon, a sudden creaking sound came from the corner, and a small door panel quietly opened. Its size was only one-third of the normal door. It looked like a child playing house. Alternative props for home time.
The small dark hole on the door handle proved the door's identity. It was the small iron door that Yin Ji had pulled off the spherical door handle earlier.
At this moment, as the iron door continued to open, a strange-looking fat insect was crawling out of the inside. It sniffed the air, as if it had caught something, and then retracted violently. Inside the door...
Although Mao Jiarui and Wu Qi did not run as fast as Yin Ji, it was not known whether Yin Ji deliberately waited for their relationship or was unfamiliar with the road conditions, so they quickly caught up with Yin Ji.
"Boss!"
"Brother Yin!"
The shouts of Mao Jiarui and Wu Qi were carried through the gas masks in the cramped passage.
"Well, it's time to put on the gas mask."
Yin Ji felt the white light coming from behind him, looked back, said something, but did not stop walking.
"Boss, don't worry, Sister Yang is so strong, she will be fine."
Then with the flashlight beam in Mao Jiarui's hand, Wu Qi saw the expression on Yin Ji's face clearly and subconsciously comforted him.
"Yes, Sister Yang is so strong, she will be fine. Brother Yin, don't worry too much."
Mao Jiarui agreed casually.
After hearing the comfort from the two of them, Yin Ji didn't say anything and continued to move forward in silence.
Instead, Wang Jue on his back sneered, which sounded like he was mocking Wu Qi and Mao Jiarui behind him.
"You may not know how scary she is, and I don't know about other places, but in Yunlong Town, as long as she is targeting someone, even if they have the ability to reach the sky, they will not be able to escape from her hands."
"What do you mean?"
As soon as Yin Ji heard Wang Jue's response, the already solemn look on his face became even more gloomy.
From Wang Jue's tone, Yang Xiu was probably in serious danger. Even if they could arrive in time, they would probably see Yang Xiu's body.
"What does it mean? It's literal."
There was not much strangeness on Wang Jue's face, and he shrugged.
"Now I can only pray that your team members are in the breeding area. If they are in the breeding area, they can still save one life..."
"Master Wang Jue, what kind of place is this breeding area?"
Although they were extremely worried, except for Yin Ji, the curiosity of the other two people in the Dark Assassination Team was piqued by Wang Jue's words.
After all, they are only D-level personnel, and what they can learn is really limited. Therefore, when they encounter information that they do not understand, whether it is for the purpose of the mission or for their own reasons, they will subconsciously want to know it.
After all, sometimes knowing certain information can save a life at a critical moment.
"The brood area, as the name suggests, is the area where the eggs are hatched. After becoming a hybrid, the shield claws have amazing reproductive capabilities. Well... somewhat similar to the queen ants."
Since there was only one passage with no forks, and Wang Jue stayed on Yin Ji's back, in a state of idleness, when he heard the two people asking, he actually explained it carefully.
"Is it similar to a queen ant laying eggs that hatch into worker ants and soldier ants to build a nest and protect themselves?"
Wu Qi respectfully inquires
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ask.
"It's almost the same, but there's a big difference in behavior patterns."
Wang Jue paused, as if he was organizing his words, and after a moment, he opened his mouth to explain.
"Queen ants in nature will start to lay a large number of eggs after selecting a nesting location, and hatch out a large number of worker ants and soldier ants for nest building and defense against foreign invasion."
"The hybrid shield claw Digu also has similar abilities, but 90% of the eggs she lays are failures. Even if the remaining 10% can be hatched, they will come out as incomplete creatures with no life energy level. The threat level is not even high enough.”
"The life energy level is not even up to the non-threat level..."
Wu Qi and Mao Jiarui keenly captured the key point while chewing the word in their mouths.
According to the information known to their D-level personnel, the life energy levels of mutant creatures are divided into five levels.
The weakest among them is the non-threat level.
This type of creature is just like the animals before the cataclysm and can be easily injured and killed by human weapons.
"In that case, the breeding area doesn't sound very dangerous. Ninety percent of the failed products and only 10% of the successful ones are still non-threatening creatures..."
Mao Jiarui's face showed a touch of relief, but his face was blocked by a gas mask at the moment, and he could only hear the sound of muffled voices.
"Do you think that failed products are dead eggs?"
When Wang Jue heard Mao Jiarui's comment, his already joking face became even more disdainful.
"Isn't it? They are all failures... Could it be..."
"Although the life energy level of those failed products is also non-threatening, they have a very significant feature, that is, they have a special ability - pollution."
"pollute?"
When Wu Qi and Mao Jiarui heard this word, they couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Even Yin Ji, who was carrying Wang Jue and kept moving forward, also reacted, and the rhythm of his running was slightly disturbed.
"We are almost there, you will know clearly when you see it..."
Wang Jue had a wicked smile on his face and gave the three members of the assassination team a big pass.
The narrow passage becomes narrower as you continue to move forward, and the road is no longer as flat as before, but presents a twisting and twisting state. If you are not careful, you may get hit by it while running. The wall on the side.
As a last resort, Yin Ji could only slow down his progress.
Fortunately, this winding state did not last long, and a few people in the passage ushered in an open space.
Stepping into this open underground space, the sour smell in the air becomes even stronger.
Wu Qi and Mao Jiarui were okay. They had put on gas masks in advance, so they didn't feel much discomfort.
But this was a pain for Yin Ji, who was walking at the front. In order to rush for time, he did not choose to wear a gas mask.
It took a lot of effort to get used to the sour smell in the passage. It was so good now that I almost fainted from the richness in the air.
"Well, this smell is really strong..."
Putting Wang Jue down, Yin Ji quickly took off the gas mask from his waist and put it on his head.
The strong smell in the current environment made him feel as if someone had thrown a pot of feces and urine that had been fermenting for several days in front of his face. He suppressed the churning in his stomach and did not vomit it out on the spot.
While putting on the gas mask, Yin Ji thought of Yang Xiu worriedly.
Although he asked Wu Qi to give the other party a gas mask when performing the 1158 investigation mission, considering that Yang Xiu was restrained by a sand belt and dragged underneath, it was very likely that he did not have time to wear the corresponding equipment.
"Protein denaturation
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And the smell of various kinds of excrement, not poisonous, just a bit disgusting..."
Although Wang Jue, who got off Yin Ji's back, was not as rude as Yin Ji, there was still a trace of disgust on her face. She lightly covered her mouth and nose with her left palm, as if she wanted to resist the richness in the air.
"Huh, it feels better after putting on the gas mask. Where is the sheep and scorpion?"
Yin Ji took a breath in the mask and asked quickly. What he was most concerned about now was Yang Xiu's safety. As long as other things did not threaten the lives of himself and his team members, he would put them at the end of his consideration.
"Well... let's look for it. If it's in the breeding area, it should be in this space..."
There was a hint of uncertainty in Wang Jue's tone, and she had no intention of waiting for anyone. The woman with short gray hair took a step forward and walked straight into the darkness.
The spatial layout of the brood area is similar to that of the three underground floors. It is also shaped like a gourd mouth. The entrance is extremely narrow. After entering, the walls on both sides quickly recede, revealing a huge space.
And the further you go, the more obvious the space becomes.
Due to the grafting of foreign genes, Yin Ji's visual ability would not be greatly affected in a dark environment, so when he saw Wang Jue walking into the darkness, he followed him without hesitation.
As soon as he followed, he was slightly shocked by the sight in front of him.
Wherever he could see, whether on the ground or on the walls, there were olive-shaped eggs of various sizes.
The smallest of these eggs is only the size of an adult's fist, while the largest is comparable to a child's head. Each one is like a fruit hanging on the treetops, emitting a faint white light in the dark space.
If you look closely, you can still see the life inside through the almost transparent egg shell.
"This...so many eggs..."
The first person to sigh was not Yin Ji, but Wu Qi and Mao Jiarui from behind.
You must know that the two of them do not have Yin Ji's visual ability, so they can only use the flashlight beam to see clearly what the space looks like.
And with the flashlight beam shining on them, the two members of the Dark Assassination Team had goosebumps all over their bodies.
Too much! There are just too many!
Although they had known in advance that there might be a large number of insect eggs here, when the picture of the flashlight beam was actually revealed, their original psychological construction completely collapsed.
Because wherever the white light reaches, there is almost no free space, and everything is crowded with dense insect eggs.
"Can I shout?"
Yin Ji looked around and found no trace of Yang Xiu, so he spoke to Wang Jue in front of him.
"Okay, you are all sprayed with insulating agent. The sound may attract them, but they should not attack."
Wang Jue spoke calmly. After she stepped into this space, she did not scan around for Yang Xiu like Yin Ji did. Instead, she squatted down and carefully inspected the insect eggs at her feet.
The slender fingertips gently scratched the translucent egg shell, and the unformed life inside seemed to sense it, trembling rhythmically under the touch.
"Sheep and Scorpion! Sheep and Scorpion, where are you?"
Yin Ji got Wang Jue's permission and immediately put aside all the concerns in his heart. Regardless of whether his voice would be blocked by the gas mask, he shouted with all his strength.
"Sister Yang! Sister Yang, where are you? Please tell me!"
Seeing the captain shouting, Wu Qi and Mao Jiarui from behind immediately joined in. The current environment was too creepy, and shouting hard could dispel the fear in the body for a short time.
However, the shouts of several people did not receive a response from Yang Xiu. Instead, there was a rustling sound in the darkness in the distance...
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