When digging out the corridor hidden under the concrete blocks, a musty smell hit my nostrils.
"Excavate that side as well, ventilate it first, and go down again tomorrow." Chen Xing said.
The big cat trotted over and dug in shovel by shovel. By nine o'clock in the evening, the two dug out several vents. The air below began to flow, emitting the smell of stale decay. Then the two found a higher location to eat and rest.
The musty smell gradually subsided the next afternoon. The two of them followed the gravel-strewn stairs and entered the underground city.
The beams of two flashlights swayed back and forth, and rows of vending machines came into view. The Ying people are a member of the yellow race and have customs and habits that are different from those of the Eastern Continent. Their cities have extremely high population density, with the average living area per person being less than eight square meters, and they are used to living in small spaces. Therefore, they also love to be clean. In order to make rational use of space, things are placed in an orderly manner even in public places.
Even today, the dungeon remains neat and clean.
"Bang bang bang!"
Big Cat pushed the vending machine a few times, and an aluminum can of drink rolled out. It's covered in mold spots, but the packaging is still intact.
"After so many years, I don't know if I can drink it." The big cat said to himself, wiped it with his clothes, and pulled the tab of the jar. Only a "chi" sound was heard, and a faint fruity smell filled the air.
"Gudong..." The big cat took a sip, "Yeah!" He said with surprise on his face, "The taste is okay. Do you want a can?"
Chen Xing shook his head. He really didn't dare to enter things from hundreds of years ago.
Looking around, it looks like a temporary lounge, with stainless steel benches in the corner, stained with rust. Because there was no ventilation, nothing was completely rotten.
At the end of the lounge is an iron door. Looking out the window, there is a long walkway outside. Most underground buildings are hollow, and it's the same here, with shops on one side and a patio on the other.
In the darkness, a solid beam of light shot down from above. The patio had been covered by the collapsed building, and that was the vent they dug out. It's midday now and there's still sunshine up there.
"Crunch..."
The two of them pushed the door open together. Perhaps affected by the noise, a large number of living corpses immediately poured out of the store next to the aisle, rushing towards them. They took advantage of the location, blocked the door and shot, clearing away the living corpses.
Walking along the passage, there are sushi restaurants, ramen shops, cake shops, snack shops, clothing shops...
It seems to be an underground commercial street. The decoration of the store is in line with the usual Ying people's style, exquisite, compact, neat and orderly.
Da Mao went into every store and rummaged around, but he always came back empty-handed and didn't find anything valuable. However, he found a rolling pin over one meter long in a ramen shop and waved it twice, which seemed to be very handy.
Chen Xing's flashlight swayed back and forth, trying to find a store with valuable items.
While walking, the beam of the flashlight suddenly stopped at a shop opposite the building. Although the signboard was old and black, Chen Xing still recognized the Yingren characters on it.
Gold dealer's house!
According to the literal meaning, it is a place where jewelry is sold. Chen Xing immediately looked around, looking for the way to the past. Underground buildings are usually in the shape of a "back", with a lighted patio in the middle, surrounded by houses, and a corridor on each floor.
Standing by the guardrail and looking down, the patio was pitch black, the light couldn't reach the bottom, and I didn't know how deep it was.
The gold store is located two floors below, so you have to find the stairs to go down. After walking forward for a while, a section of the corridor collapsed, making it impossible to pass. The two had no choice but to go back and go around from the other side. But when I got there, I found that the stairs collapsed again, so I had to jump down.
"How about I go find materials and make a ladder?" Big Cat asked. Just make a long ladder and you can go up and down.
"It's too troublesome." Chen Xing said, jumping directly to the next level at the landslide.
"How are you going to come up later?" The big cat asked worriedly, not daring to go down. He is fatter and not as flexible as Chen Xing. He cannot get up when he goes down.
"Just push a drink machine over here." Chen Xing said, pointing to the vending machines that can be seen everywhere.
The big cat jumped down and made a "dong" sound when it landed, which was heard far away. He weighed over one hundred and fifty, and the noise he made was beyond what ordinary people could compare to, so all the living corpses in the store were lured out.
Another battle between humans and corpses. The sound of gunfire attracted more living corpses. The two of them fired through more than a dozen boxes of bullets and finally killed all the corpses.
"You should save some time, the bullets are almost half used." The big cat said.
The two stopped and took stock. There were still 22 boxes of 5.56mm rifle ammunition, 91 rounds of 7.62mm rifle ammunition, 136 rounds of 9mm pistol ammunition, and a 12.7mm Silver Star pistol. 67 rounds of ammunition.
"Use cold weapons." Chen Xing put away the gun and put the sheathed knife on his waist. The big cat has a rolling pin in one hand and a Mitsubishi thorn in the other.
However, most of the living corpses were lured here, leaving only a few scattered ones, whose heads were blown off by the big cat with a stick.
After a while, the two finally arrived at the door of the gold store and broke in. A living corpse rushed up from behind the door. Chen Xing raised his knife and dropped it, and his head flew out.
When I shined the flashlight, the cabinet was shining with gold. Even after many years, gold still exudes an attractive luster.
"Good guy!" The big cat swung the rolling pin and cracked it a few times, breaking the glass of the cabinet. Then like a robber, he grabbed a lot of gold jewelry and stuffed it into the package.
Chen Xing walked directly into the back room, rummaged through the cabinets, and found the safe behind the chest of drawers. All gold stores have these, and the most valuable ones are in them.
After Da Mao finished packing the gold jewelry outside, Chen Xing took out the C4 explosive and loaded it.
"Is there too much movement?" the big cat asked.
Chen Xing thought for a while and said, "You go up first and be ready to run at any time." It is very empty here, and the sound of the explosion will spread far, and God knows what monsters will be attracted. It's better to be prepared to evacuate first. The big cat's agility was low and it ran slowly, but it didn't matter to him. He could still run after getting the things.
Not long after, the big cat returned to the upper level and signaled him with a flashlight.
Chen Xing turned his head and pressed the detonator. There was a "boom", the doors and windows shattered, and a large plume of smoke rushed out of the store. The huge sound echoed in the ears and spread towards the bottom of the patio. Chen Xing covered his nose, rushed into the store, and walked to the back room in the dark. The room was filled with smoke and dust, making it impossible to see. Chen Xing was about to go outside and wait for the smoke to clear before coming back in, but at this moment, a beast roar came from below.
The roar was like thunder, shaking the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys. Chen Xing's expression changed suddenly and he quickly touched the edge of the safe. The safe that had just been blown open was extremely hot. If someone else had come in, they would have been burned. Chen Xing was not afraid of the high temperature. He put his hands into the safe and stuffed it into his backpack without caring about what it was.
After stuffing the things, Chen Xing picked up the package and touched it outside. There was a crackling sound from below, like a generous hand slapping against the wall. Something seemed to be climbing up. Chen Xing was so nervous that he ran towards the way he came.
The flashlight on the opposite side flashed on and off, alternating between light and dark, signaling danger to him. Chen Xing's feet were like the wind. He ran up to the second floor in less than ten seconds and ran towards the cave entrance. The big cat has pushed the drink machine down and can climb directly to the first floor.
But halfway through the rush, his eyes suddenly flashed, and a huge black shadow jumped up from below. The forelimbs pulled at the floor, and the bricks and glass fell down with a splash.
Looking closely, a humanoid creature was climbing on the floor. The limbs are thick, the back is arched, and the claws are large and sharp, sinking deeply into the floor.
crawler!
Chen Xing was shocked.
Over the long years, some living corpses have undergone "secondary mutations." They began to feel hungry for their own kind and devoured them in large numbers. Scholars called them "hungry corpses".
In the process of devouring the same kind, the hungry corpse will become larger and larger, and then evolve into a copper-skinned and iron-bone "Xuan Zhi", or a fat and bloated "Poison King", or an agile and flexible "Crawler" ".
Even the lowest level of giant living zombies has quasi-guardian strength.
The crawler twisted its thick neck and made a "clucking" sound. The two eyes were like big red lanterns in the dark night, emitting a dim red light. The moment their eyes met, Chen Xing's scalp exploded and he turned around and ran away.
A strong wind rose behind him, and Chen Xing looked back subconsciously. The crawler kicked off his legs and threw himself onto the floor in front of him, with bricks and glass sliding down like a waterfall.
Seeing that there was no way forward and no way to retreat, Chen Xing took heart, picked up the "Night Owl", pulled the bolt, loaded the bullet, and gathered the stars and sand. The lines inside the barrel light up one by one. The crawler seemed to sense something and raised its claws to swoop over. Chen Xing rolled back and stood firmly. The corridor ahead collapsed like a block of tofu, falling into bottomless darkness. But he remained motionless, aiming at the huge living corpse.
The living corpse raised its claws again, but Chen Xing's energy storage had not yet been completed.
"Silly man, here!"
At the critical moment, the big cat's voice suddenly sounded from above.
The crawler is attracted by the sound, and a volley of bullets is fired at its head. The crawler roared furiously in pain, changed its direction with its claws, and swung upwards.
At this time, Chen Xing's energy storage also entered the final stage. The crawler seemed to sense something, turned its ferocious head, and stared at the human below.
Trio, charged shot!
The blue flame from the muzzle flashed, and the lantern-like eyes exploded.
"Ouch!"
The crawler let out a deafening wail, loosened its limbs, and fell down the patio. Chen Xing succeeded in the attack, immediately put his gun on his back, rushed to the beverage machine in a few steps, jumped up again, grabbed the floor, and climbed up.
Halfway through the climb, his body suddenly felt light, and a strong hand pulled him up. Just like fighting side by side countless times in the previous life, even when faced with the overwhelming demon of the abyss, knowing that it was a certain death situation, the big cat would stand by his side and stay with him until the last moment.
"quick!"
One after another, the two rushed into the lounge and ran up the stairs.
As soon as he got out of the ground, before he could get used to the dazzling sunlight, there was a "boom" behind him, sand and gravel flew away, and soil poured down.
"Roar!"
The crawler's head burst out of the ground, opened its bloody mouth that was split to the gills, and roared at the two people. The long and slender tongue was as scarlet as blood, and the teeth were sharp and sharp, like saw teeth, shining coldly in the sun.
Chen Xing made a quick decision. Before the crawler's body could come out, he pulled out the grenade's ring and threw it into its mouth.
"Gudong!"
The crawler swallowed, and then with a muffled sound, his throat exploded and blood spurted out. The severely injured crawler struggled even harder, twisting its body wildly and squeezing out of the ground.
"kill him!"
Chen Xing yelled, pulled out his pistol, and blasted it into the creeper's one eye. The big cat also yelled and rushed forward, shooting desperately. The lantern-like one eye was beaten to pieces with blood splattering everywhere. When the crawler climbed completely out of the ground, its eyes were blind.
The two ran away separately, shooting here and there, and finally killed the seriously injured crawler alive.
"I'm getting rich this time!"
After a while, Chen Xing held a fist-sized crystal core and said happily.
"Let's see how much gold there is." Big Cat wiped the black blood on his hand and took out a big cloth bag.
"I still have some more." Chen Xing poured out the contents of his backpack.
"This is..." "No way..."
Looking at the things on the ground, the two of them widened their eyes at the same time, as if they didn't believe what they saw.
It was a small cloth bag, and a few blue beads rolled out of the bag.
The surface is round and smooth, and the color is mysterious, dark and profound, as if it has a strange magic power that can absorb the surrounding light.
