"Let him out." Li Feng pointed at Xing Bi, who was still locked in the hood.
"It's against the rules, Director Li." Director Zhang crossed his arms.
"It's against the law that Li Datou can still be imprisoned in the dungeon without being killed," Li Feng said.
The muscles on Director Zhang's face twitched twice: "Are you not even pretending now?"
"There's no time, just half an hour. Mr. Long's assistant will be here in half an hour, tick-tock-tock-tock," Li Feng said. "If it ticks one thousand eight hundred more times, we can't give the general and Mr. Long a rough guess. You can see each other as father and son."
"I'll call a control team to come in." Director Wu would stand by Li Feng in most cases.
"Hurry up then." Director Zhang waved his hand.
The control team entered, and Xing Bi walked out of the glass cover and sat on a special chair.
Director Wu pointed to the whiteboard in the laboratory, where the code name for the second-level submarine sent back this time was already written, A, infected with the symbiote.
Other than that, it's blank.
Xing Bi looked at the whiteboard and was silent for a long time before speaking: "You are... so efficient."
"In extraordinary times, no one wants to take responsibility, so no one dares to say anything casually," Li Feng said very bluntly, "Start by asking what your judgment is on this A."
"He is different from ordinary second-level potential guards." Xing Bi said.
"For example?" Director Zhang asked.
"Offensive stance." Xing Bi said.
"This A's attack is the same as yours," Director Zhang said, "This posture shouldn't be special, right?"
"This was originally a sneak attack from behind, so that it can directly break the back of the neck," Xing Bi said. "I occasionally use it in frontal attacks."
"In other words, he is imitating you?" Director Wu said.
"No," Director Zhang denied Director Wu's guess, his face became a little solemn, "I've seen it many times, and the two people's movements were almost at the same time."
"Well, he's not imitating me," Xing Bi said. "Escaping and changing his offensive moves are not what a second-level latent guard would do. To be precise, he is better than a second-level latent guard."
"Are you sure A is a second-level latent guard?" Li Feng asked.
"Sure." Someone from the control team replied. These people have been working in isolation here for a long time and have a much deeper understanding of biochemical bodies than Li Feng and the others.
"What do you think about this phenomenon?" Curator Wu asked.
"I think it has something to do with symbiosis." Li Feng said.
Director Zhang glanced at him.
"Yeah." Xing Bi agreed with him.
Director Zhang glanced at Li Feng again.
This glance was too obvious to Li Feng. He was afraid of taking responsibility before and let Xing Bi say everything. Now he has almost come to a conclusion and he has taken it.
Li Feng didn't care about the look in Director Zhang's eyes. Director Zhang was a martial artist and didn't have much heart. Most of his emotions were on his face. Besides, his precious son was still in the dungeon and he needed someone from the Security Department to go in and jail him.
"Is there any chance to do some investigation on this in tomorrow's mission?" Director Wu asked Xing Bi.
"How to check?" Xing Biye asked.
"Waiting for the reply from the general and Mr. Long." Director Zhang said.
"I still have a question," Director Wu said. "We have never really discussed it, which is the sudden increase in biochemical bodies...why?"
None of them spoke.
"Theoretically, there is no large-scale biochemical body gathering point near Yuncheng," Director Wu continued. "Their energy supply system cannot support this number of biochemical bodies from the base to Cloud City."
"Unless there is a large movable energy device?" Li Feng said.
"Nothing with such high energy has been detected," Director Zhang denied his idea. "This is unrealistic. If such a thing really existed, it would be no problem to blow up Yuncheng directly."
"Thank you," Director Wu looked at Xing Bi, "I will tell you about the specific tasks when Qiu Shi comes tomorrow."
"Remember to give him a weapon," Xing Bi stood up, "otherwise he will drag me to jump off the cliff."
"...The Security Department will make arrangements." Director Zhang glanced at Li Feng.
"I'm afraid the Security Bureau can't give him the weapons he wants," Li Feng said. "Please ask the City Defense Bureau or the general to approve it."
Director Zhang frowned tightly: "Not only is Xing Bi controllable, Qiu Shi had better ensure that there are no accidents. He is much more unstable than Xing Bi."
"Don't worry," Li Feng sighed, "There needs to be one good person in the entire Yuncheng, and that's Qiu Shi. Just hide the shameful things in your heart and don't let him find out."
"Is there still no news about Zhang Sihai?" a voice asked.
"No, our relationship cannot go as far as the inside of the dungeon. That is the most heavily guarded place of the City Defense Department." Deng Yeye squatted down and looked at the dark place in the deepest part of the mine. The voice came from there, "Don't go there yet. We sent people from the inner city, and the Level 2 guard who wanted to enter the Inner City yesterday was taken away. Now the defense is tighter, and with the Level 1 hidden guard, he is basically going to die."
"Lair No. 1 is aging," said the man in the darkness, "and the number of people they have to build the wall is decreasing."
"Recently, the military has also deployed defenses on the outside. The refugees can only be taken to lair No. 2," Deng Yeye said. "If it is faster and No. 2 overlaps with No. 1, it will be fine."
"We need a new 'jungle'." The man in the darkness sighed.
"It's better not to expect random events," Deng Yeye said, "I'll find a way to find the body collector tonight..."
"No," the voice in the darkness said urgently, "Don't go. There are ambushes in that area. I'm afraid you won't be able to come back. You have to find a way to get him out of the bunker."
"Leave the bunker?" Deng Yeye lowered her head and thought for a long time, "That person can't come out even once a month. This may not be easy."
"Does he have a good relationship with the body collectors?"
"Understood," Deng Yeye frowned, "But we can only wait until they go to a tavern or somewhere in the outer city. At this time, I don't know how long it will take."
"It doesn't matter," the voice in the darkness said with emotion, "it's been so many years, so much time."
This mission looks extraordinary.
From a distance, Qiu Shi could see two black cars parked at the foot of the slope on the other side of the tunnel, with a circle of soldiers standing guard around the cars.
It was not Li Feng or the city defense department who came to pick him up, but the army.
And the car did not stop at the entrance of the tunnel, but at the foot of the mountain.
What does this mean?
"Brother Shi is really going to die." Hu Xiaoling was almost in tears.
"...Remember to make a specimen for me and put it on Zhao Lu's bedside." Qiu Shi said.
This battle was indeed a bit scary, and Zhao Lu insisted on hugging him again without struggling. When he got on his motorcycle, he looked back and glanced at the people standing inside and outside the bunker.
"Pay attention to safety," he said. "Our people should not do the work that can be done by those soldiers. Remember, we are not under the control of Yuncheng."
"Got it." Zhao Lu patted him on the back.
When he turned around to leave, he saw Xiao Lei looking at him from the side.
This time Xiao Lei didn't say anything. He went over and patted Xiao Lei's arm: "Take care of them."
"...Okay!" Xiao Lei was stunned for a moment before roaring.
"Ouch." Hu Xiaoling shocked him.
There was no one Qiu Shi knew in the car that came to pick them up, and everyone had serious faces. Qiu Shi sat among these people without saying a word.
The car has no windows, and once the door is closed, there is only the light from the overhead light in the compartment.
He was so depressed that he couldn't breathe. He could only close his eyes and feel the bumpy rhythm of the vehicle.
After a while he opened his eyes and asked, "Where are you going?"
None of the soldiers in the carriage responded, and no one even looked at him. They all sat upright and stared ahead.
"Thank you." Qiu Shi closed his eyes again.
The car was not going to the historical exhibition hall, nor was it going to the tunnel that day. He had never walked on this road before. There were two big potholes in a row on the road. This road probably didn't go through the center of the inner city, so he walked along the edge.
When Qiu Shi was about to fall asleep, the car stopped and the compartment door was opened.
Qiu Shi got out of the car and glanced around before he could stand firmly.
He was a little surprised. This was a huge space that he had never seen before. He didn't know where it was exactly, but it was so big that half of the mountain was hollowed out.
In the empty space, there were only a dozen people standing in the middle, a large table and a few boxes.
Qiu Shi raised his eyebrows when he got closer and saw clearly what was placed on the table. There were a row of weapons lined up, and there were probably some in the box next to them.
At first glance, these are not ordinary weapons from the Security Department and the City Defense Department. At first glance, these are awesome weapons that can make Hu Xiaoling cry and lick them.
"The mission will begin in twenty minutes." A woman's voice sounded.
Qiu Shi glanced in the direction of the sound with some surprise. A woman in combat uniform was looking at him.
"This is Colonel Xu," Director Zhang introduced. "Assigned by the general, he is fully responsible for all matters related to the mission."
"Oh." Qiu Shi responded.
Except for Director Zhang, Director Wu and Li Feng, whom he had met, all of them were strangers. Probably to keep confidentiality, Director Zhang did not introduce anyone else.
Although he hated Li Feng, among the group of people staring at him expressionlessly, Li Feng, who was smiling at him with his arms folded, was actually the most kindest.
"These weapons can be carried on this mission," Director Zhang said. "It's up to you to choose. You must consider mobility and not affect the ability to move."
"Yeah." Qiu Shi responded.
"Let the potential guards enter." Colonel Xu said.
There was an engine sound behind him, and Qiu Shi turned around. A trailer drove in from the entrance there. On the trailer were four black boxes, all with locks.
Qiu Shi glanced at Colonel Xu, who was also looking at him. There was no emotion in his eyes, but it was not very comfortable.
Qiu Shi looked away expressionlessly, watching several boxes being placed on the ground and then opened one after another.
Xing Bi walked out without making eye contact with anyone, just looking at the ground in front of him.
In the other three boxes are the second-level sneak guards mentioned before who cooperate with the mission. They look similar to Xing Bi, and they are in the same state when they walk out of the box.
During the short period of contact, Qiu Shi always felt that Xing Bi was special, with his freely retractable murderous aura and his freely retractable mouth... But now when he put away everything that belonged to him, he was like a body that had been smoked. An empty shell that has lost its soul.
Inexplicably unsettling.
Director Zhang began to assign tasks, based on the principle of ensuring his own safety, to explore the internal situation of the nest, find the source of infection, and try to find relevant clues about the connection between the symbiote and the source of infection... It could be seen that he was a little nervous, and his voice was dry. Son, after all, these people at the scene are senior officials from the military and the company, and maybe his immediate superiors.
"We will arrive at the headquarters in a moment," Director Wu walked up to Qiu Shi, "You and the team members should still act according to the previous mission relationship. Ensuring the safety of you and your partners is the first priority."
"Yeah." Qiu Shi responded.
A few minutes later, only Qiu Shi and Xing Bi were left in this huge hole, as well as three second-level biochemical bodies that should be nameless.
"Morning." Xing Bi walked to the table where the weapons were placed.
This slightly hoarse and relaxed greeting made Qiu Shi feel relieved: "Morning."
"No need to jump off the cliff today." Xing Bi took a gun from the table and put it into the holster on his waist.
"Remember to thank all the adults for saving your life." Qiu Shi also picked a handful and put it away. There was still room on his lap, so he took another handful, and then picked up the third handful.
Xing Bi glanced at him.
"What are you looking at," Qiu Shi said, "If I couldn't pull them, I would drag the two boxes together."
"It's time to restock." Xing Bi said.
Qiu Shi weighed the gun in his hand: "If anything happens, leave some worthy inheritance for my brothers."
"Don't shoot if you can," Xing Bi said. "It's easy to expose your position."
"Yeah." Qiu Shi responded.
"System on." A strange man's voice came from the earphones.
Qiu Shi paused for a moment: "Let's use a familiar voice. This one sounds awkward."
There was silence on the other end for a few seconds, and then Li Feng's voice sounded: "What does this sound like?"
"Okay," Qiu Shi said, "It can stimulate my desire to live."
"Let's go, I wish the mission goes well." Li Feng said.
When Qiu Shi was about to ask where he was starting from, a crack appeared in the cave wall opposite them. As the door slowly opened, the lights around them suddenly went out.
Qiu Shi glanced at the three second-level submarines still standing behind him, and walked toward the door over there with Xing Bi. After adapting to the light outside, he could clearly see where he was.
Just below the tunnel where Li Feng took him to see the nest that day, after exiting this door, about two hundred meters ahead was the high wall that was penetrated with the lives of refugees.
It was still a busy scene now. When they walked towards the passage on the wall according to Li Feng's instructions, many people looked towards them.
This mission did not clear the area, nor did they hide into the mission range. Anyone who saw them would not be able to leave here in the end.
Qiu Shi's eyes swept over the faces of those he could see clearly, just like his habit when collecting corpses.
Once through the passage, there is no time to think about anything else.
The black woodland that appeared before us was even more shocking than when viewed from above.
Black tree trunks, black branches, black leaves, the wind blows, and the field of vision is filled with blackness that is gently swaying. Life and death are strangely intertwined.
Qiu Shi stood silently for two seconds. Based on the map provided by the system in front of him, he found the direction of the suspected center of the nest and reported the coordinates.
Xing Bi walked into the black forest, and then three second-level sneak guards followed him in. Qiu Shi found that this time the map showed small bright spots of the four teammates in front.
Xing Bi is red, the other three are green, and the green dots are arranged in a fan shape followed by the red dots.
Qiu Shi didn't stay too far away from them. After all, no one had explored this area, and no one knew anything about it. Even the display on the map was being revised in detail as they progressed.
"Second-level potential guards," Qiu Shi said, "Do you have names?"
No one answered him.
"From left to right," Qiu Shi said, "Xiao A, Xiao B, Xiao C. Let's call them this for now, just in case anything happens."
The sunlight above was bit by bit blocked by the dense forest, and the surrounding area became a little dim. It was so quiet that I could only hear the sound of the soles of my boots falling on the broken rock ground.
"Did you see anything?" Li Feng asked.
"No," Qiu Shi replied, "They are all black trees, and the plants on the ground are also black."
"Touch it," Li Feng said, "Feedback touch."
"When I touch your ancestor," Qiu Shi said, "it feels almost like your nose."
"The source of infection is fungus, and it takes about five minutes from contact to infection," Li Feng said. "If you are fine after five minutes, just touch it."
Qiu Shi didn't say anything, and of course he didn't wait five minutes. He reached out and touched a tree nearby, and then quickly retracted his hand: "Fuck! The outside layer is soft."
"That's really similar to a nose." Xing Bi said.
"Remember to take samples when you go to the central location." Li Feng said.
A yellow dot appears on the upper right side of the map.
"Infected person." Qiu Shi gave the coordinates. This was the first cleanup item of this mission. For some reason, he was more nervous than before.
Xiao C, the green dot on the far right, accelerated and rushed over. Then the yellow dot disappeared, and Xiao C quickly returned to his previous position and continued to move forward.
When looking at Nest No. 1 from above, one cannot appreciate its size. Only when you are inside can you intuitively feel the enormity of this black forest.
As they walked deeper into the forest little by little, even the wind disappeared, and the surroundings became even deadlier, but because of this, every small sound seemed to be amplified.
"What's the sound?" Qiu Shi stopped, "Xing Bi, did you hear it?"
The sound was not the sound of footsteps, it was like the squeezing sound of something sticky and moist. It did not come from any direction, but from all directions.
Creepy.
"The sound of fungus growing." Xing Bi's answer was calm.
Qiu Shi was stunned, and approached a tree nearby. He saw layers of black spreading slightly on the trunk, like thick water stains that were constantly soaking around.
"...Is this what I just touched?" Qiu Shi frowned and looked at his hand.
"The one you touched should be dead," Xing Bi said. "The source of infection here is alive. We may be close..."
Two bright spots suddenly appeared on the map.
"Two of them are three hundred meters ahead." Qiu Shi raised the gun in his hand and reported the coordinates, "biochemical body."
Xing Bi and A, Yi, and B immediately rushed over there. When they were still 200 meters away, a third point appeared on the map, followed by a fourth point.
"Four," Qiu Shi stared at the movement of the points in front of him. When the fifth point appeared on the map, he spoke decisively in a suppressed voice, "Five, don't rush!"
Xing Bi and A, Yi and B both stopped, and Xing Bi simply asked: "Status?"
"Five together, two in front and three in back, like a patrol." Qiu Shi gave the coordinates. He didn't know how he understood what Xing Bi meant. He could only say that when people are nervous, their IQ is suppressed. Concentrated.
"Disperse and surround." Xing Bi gave the order to A, B and C.
The red and green dots on the picture quickly retreated.
"Qiu Shi stayed within fifty meters behind me," Xing Bi said.
"There are too many people on the other side, so don't have a head-on conflict." Li Feng's voice sounded.
Although three secondary submersibles were arranged to die, it was still more cost-effective to send them as close to the core target as possible.
The opponent's five targets continued to approach. It looked like they were on patrol. Their speed was always walking, not in a hurry or slow.
"Try to get around it," Li Feng said again, "Xing Bi you..."
But Qiu Shi didn't hear clearly what he said in the second half, and noise came from the earphones.
"There is interference." Xing Bi said, "Go back first."
Qiu Shi followed Xing Bi's retreat and slowly retreated. Xiao A, Xiao B and Xiao B split into two sides and slowly began to retreat.
"Li Feng repeats." Qiu Shi whispered.
"Xing Bi will make sure if the other party has a..." Li Feng's words turned into noise again in the middle of his words.
"Man-made interference," Xing Bi said, "comes for us."
Although Xing Bi spoke calmly, Qiu Shi's heart suddenly sank. Even if all five of the opponents were not level one, it would be quite dangerous for them to collide head-on. What's more, they had no backup, and the other party might still have some. More……
"Xing Bi!" Li Feng's voice was anxious, "You..."
Qiu Shi had no time to listen to what Li Feng was saying in the noise. After Xing Bi finished speaking, five biochemical bodies suddenly accelerated and rushed into the middle of them.
Xing Bi didn't say anything. He could only see A, B, and C moving towards the middle at the same time. Then gunshots rang out and a bright spot disappeared.
Head-on conflict is inevitable.
Xing Bi, who asked him not to shoot easily, fired first. The situation was probably not easy to deal with.
Qiu Shi could see figures shaking in the dim forest. Xing Bi didn't have any moves at all, which meant that at least the person Xing Bi was facing now was probably at the first level.
The noise in the headphones suddenly increased, and it was so loud that Qiu Shi could hardly distinguish other sounds around him.
A bright spot rushed out from between Xiao A and Xiao B, very fast, and headed straight in the direction of Qiu Shi.
There was no time for Xing Bi to turn around and save him. Qiu Shi hid half of his body behind a tree and raised his gun to aim at the figure rushing towards him. However, it was not easy to hit the target accurately in this dense forest. The matter is as stable as Xing Bi's only shot.
Before the communication was completely interrupted, Qiu Shi only heard half of Li Feng's words: "...make sure you come back alive..."
How the hell do you ensure this?
