While shocked, Chen Xing also felt a little relieved. Finally, he was able to explain the matter about the steam silkworm clearly without having to be secretive. As long as you tell the third uncle, the other party will notify other people, thus avoiding the disaster.
However, after a brief thought, he decided to suppress the matter first. Because if the report goes up, Leandre Ralph, the elder of the principality in charge of the exploration operation, will order a stop and re-evaluate the safety. In this way, he would not be able to seize the opportunity and obtain the "antiquities" in the diary.
Two days later, Chen Xing led the team into a new area. The rooms here are all hexagonal and arranged in a honeycomb pattern. There are a large number of electronic equipment and various types of glassware inside, including biology, chemistry, and physics. It is not difficult to determine that this is the research area of No. 65 Underground Survival Center.
"Check carefully and don't miss any detail!" Chen Xing ordered. No one knew what happened back then and what dangers lurked in the darkness. After entering the research institute, he became increasingly cautious.
The speed of exploration slowed down, and it took the group most of the day to explore two rooms. Of course, a lot of valuable things were also found. In addition to commemorative things, there were also some rare ores or equipment made of rare metals. There are all kinds of them, worth thousands of gold coins.
Chen Xing removed a ruby as big as an egg from an old laser transmitter.
[Ruby, made by pre-catastrophic craftsmanship, about 196 grams, purity unknown]
[Market price estimate: 856~921 gold coins (Orchid Town), 877~962 gold coins (Dragonstone Town)]
He glanced left and right to make sure no one was paying attention, then quietly stuffed it into his pocket.
At the same time, a soldier from the Ye Yang family pressed his face against the iron door of the next room. These iron doors are twenty to thirty centimeters thick and can withstand great impact.
"I seem to hear something." After listening for a while, the soldier turned around and said.
"What's the sound?" the teammate next to him asked.
The soldier frowned and thought for a while, then said, "I don't know, it's rustling like leaves blown by the wind, or like flowing water."
"Are there any leaves here?" said his teammate, "Did you hear wrongly?"
"Maybe." The soldier listened close to the door for a while and found nothing unusual, so he turned the wheel on the door and opened the iron door.
"Kekeke..."
Along with the harsh friction sound, dust continued to fall from the cracks in the door.
"Help, this thing is rusty." "Okay." "One, two, three, hard!" The two soldiers worked together and finally turned the wheel to the end. With a "click", the iron door opened inward.
And the moment the door was opened, a black tide spurted out, and a large number of black dots splashed around. Taking a closer look, it turned out to be densely packed black beetles! They are only about the size of a fingernail, with sharp teeth on their mouthparts. The elytra on their backs open to both sides, beating their membrane wings at a high frequency, making a dense buzzing sound.
A swarm of beetles flew towards them. The two soldiers were unable to avoid them and were covered in them in an instant.
"ah!"
The two screamed in horror and scratched with their hands, but in vain.
"Chi-chi-chi!" The beetles let out a high-pitched chirp as they tore open their skin and burrowed under the cortex.
The expressions of the two soldiers became extremely distorted, and small bumps bulged on their faces, as if they had boils, and they kept moving around, making people's hair stand on end. Others found out and stepped back, not daring to step forward to help.
[Corpse (normal)*? ? ? ? ? ? ? ]
[Vitality: 1/1]
[Innate ability: Heart-eating]
[Viruses that may be carried: zombie disease]
"withdraw!"
Chen Xing glanced at the information on the black watch and immediately retreated with his men.
In the blink of an eye, the two soldiers disappeared. More corpse crickets poured out from the door, like black water pouring on the ground, rushing towards the crowd.
"Whoever has an incendiary bomb, throw it away!" Chen Xing shouted, tearing off the incendiary bomb from his belt, biting open the tab, and throwing it toward the back.
The can-shaped object fell into the group of corpse crickets in an arc, and then with a "bang" sound, a ball of fire rose into the air. The zombies seemed to be very afraid of fire. They separated into two parts like water flow, and then merged together after bypassing the flames.
Seeing that it was useful, the soldiers pulled off the incendiary grenades one after another and threw them over. The fire and light temporarily blocked the corpse's path.
"Pyro, here are some Pyros!"
After a while, Chen Xing rushed out of the tunnel and ran towards the high ground where his third uncle was, while shouting at the Ye Yang family soldiers standing guard outside.
Soon three tall fire-breathing soldiers arrived. They wore plastic armor and welding masks, carried liquefied fuel bottles on their backs, and held flamethrowers in their hands. Their total equipment weighed seventy or eighty kilograms. They walked into the tunnel one after another with heavy steps.
Fire-breathing soldiers are generally served by combat soldiers. They are strong, with solid muscles and are accustomed to close combat.
"tumultuous!"
Pillars of high-temperature fire spit out, and wherever they went, the corpses retreated one after another.
"Burn them to death!" the soldiers following behind couldn't help shouting. They were all frightened just now.
The corpse cricket made a sharp insect sound and kept retreating back, like a tide. The hot air spread in all directions through the ventilation ducts, gradually attracting attention from other parties.
On the other side of the underground research institute, a group of soldiers were squatting and walking slowly in the wide passage.
"It's so hot." "What's going on?" "It seems to be in that direction." The soldiers quickly found the direction of the heat source and walked towards the research institute.
About half an hour later, Chen Xing's team encountered another expedition team.
I don't know whether it was due to excessive fright or intentional action. As soon as the two sides met, the other side opened fire without any hesitation. Bullets came like raindrops, and the fire-breathing soldier's oil bottle at the front was hit and exploded into a ball of fire.
Chen Xing had no choice but to order a counterattack. The passageway of the research institute is very wide and can accommodate a large eight-wheel truck, but there are no obstacles. The soldiers can only lie on the ground and fight hard.
In one encounter, Chen Xing lost more than ten soldiers. However, the opponent's firepower did not weaken at all. Our bullets seemed to hit an invisible barrier and fell to the ground with a thin clatter.
Chen Xing quickly thought of Roy Moore from Crow City, whose "Ice Shield Technique" had such an effect.
"***!" Chen Xing gritted his teeth and cursed, climbed to the back, removed the "Hunting Elephant" sniper rifle from Xiao Yang, set it up, concentrated his energy, launched psychic shooting, then stacked the trio, and fired out with one shot!
"boom!"
With a deep roar, the barrier shattered into pieces like glass, turning into tiny bits of star sand. Immediately afterwards, bullets swarmed in, beating the soldiers in the rear until they howled incessantly.
"Cease fire quickly, we are all our own people!"
Unable to take advantage, the other side shouted. In order to avoid further casualties, Chen Xing ordered to stop shooting. In such terrain, fighting would only result in losses for both sides. There is no need to increase the death toll just to fight for a breath.
