The feeling of virtuality and reality was like floating in space. Endless darkness shrouded his limbs and bones. Waves of cold air eroded continuously, making Ma Tao feel very cold. In the dark, a familiar voice came, as if coming. To the distant depths of the universe, it seems to come to my own sleeping heart.
"Ma Tao..."
"Ma Tao"
Suddenly, Ma Tao opened his eyes fiercely. There was still darkness all around. But as his eyes gradually adapted to the light, the light became very dim, which made everything look gray. Ma Tao could see vaguely. What comes into view is the cement ceiling and broken lamps.
Turning his eyes, he could still see some unknown equipment and scattered shredded paper and documents around him.
What is this place!
With such questions in his mind, Ma Tao tried to move his body and stand up, but as soon as he moved, his whole body felt sore. After lying on the ground for a long time, the cold air from the ground entered his body, plus the sequelae caused by the teleportation, The blood circulation in the whole body is not smooth, so that Ma Tao now has difficulty even standing up, even moving, and has completely lost control of his body.
After lying there for a long time, Ma Tao noticed that his body was gradually recovering and his blood was gradually flowing smoothly. Ma Tao first started by moving his fingers, and then struggled to get up from the ground.
As Ma Tao slowly stood up from the ground while supporting the surrounding objects, he shook his head that was still a little dizzy, and looked at the place where he had been lying for a long time. Good guy, the dust and shredded paper around it were even... A mechanical equipment cabinet was deformed by myself. This shows how powerful I was when I teleported over. Fortunately, I was wearing a steel-clad mecha. If this was still the old equipment from before, with this strength and destructive power, I'm afraid it could be done in one go. If he takes his own life, he will be smashed into a puddle of flesh.
He lowered his head and checked his body and weapons and equipment. Fortunately, there was no damage and everything was there. Then Ma Tao began to look for lighting equipment in his backpack to check where this place was.
As soon as he turned on the lighting, Ma Tao saw at a glance that there was a person lying about five or six meters away from him, and this person was wearing a silver mecha.
Recalling that someone pulled on him when he was sucked into the teleportation device, Ma Tao quickly moved his still heavy body and walked towards the person with stiff steps.
There is no doubt that this person should have been teleported with him. He can wear a silver-clad mecha. There are only two people in his team, except Gao Han and Su Lanyu, so this person must be one of her two.
"Hello……"
After being idle for a long time, Ma Tao came to the man's side, then squatted down while holding on to a nearby machine cabinet, and stretched out his hand to turn the man over.
It's Su Lanyu.
At this moment, the frost beauty's eyes were closed, her brows were tightened, and her hands were clenched, as if she was in a nightmare. Her forehead was dripping with sweat, and she looked like she was suffering from some kind of pain.
Ma Tao quickly stretched out his hand to check her breathing. Fortunately, although it was rapid, it was not weak. In addition, he did not see any obvious injuries on her body, so he knew that she was probably in an unconscious coma, and No big deal.
"Wake up? Su Lanyu? Wake up..."
Shaking Su Lanyu gently, the latter struggled for a while, then opened his eyes suddenly, and then sat up all of a sudden. Su Lanyu, who was covered in sweat, gasped for air. He glanced at Ma Tao first, and then at Ma Tao. Looking at the surrounding environment, he then asked with a puzzled look: "Where is this?"
"I don't know either"
Ma Tao looked at her, and then asked curiously: "What did you dream about?"
"It's nothing, it's just pitch black and I can't get out no matter how I run."
Gao Han glanced at him and then replied.
People will feel fear in the boundless darkness, because people are born with fear of unknown things in their hearts. Ignorance is the root of fear. Loneliness is the infinite amplifier of fear. Living in such a place , over time, it will drive a person crazy.
Ma Tao was surprised, because he had just woken up in such a state. It was very possible that both of them had the same dream, but Ma Tao did not choose to tell Su Lanyu about this, because he did This is not the first time I have had a strange dream, this one is somewhat normal.
You could see Su Lanyu's beautiful eyes blinking in the darkness, and then she tried to stand up from the ground with a slight effort, but the next second she sat down again as if she had lost her strength.
"Slow down for a while, your body's blood has not circulated yet."
Ma Tao reminded.
Su Lanyu also knew that what Ma Tao said was true, so he didn't say anything and sat there quietly to slowly regain his strength.
By this time, Ma Tao had almost recovered, so he stood up and used the lighting equipment in his hand to look around.
Under the illumination of the light source, the surrounding environment came into view of the two people.
At this time, the place the two of them were in was also a large room with teleportation equipment. However, it was extremely messy and there were many equipment that had been destroyed by violence, including the teleportation device that teleported them here. It was a mess, and there were even electric sparks popping up from time to time in some places, which showed that there was still power supply here.
Although he was mentally prepared and expected, Ma Tao was still a little disappointed when he came to the transmission device controller.
The equipment was broken. Not to mention whether he could start the transmission device again, even the screen of the controller was cracked. In a place like this, he didn't know any electronic skills, so trying to repair it was almost impossible. It's a fool's errand. His only hope is that he can get a good screen somewhere else for him to put on, and he can connect the device himself.
He bent down and picked up a scrap of paper on the ground. My dear, it was full of patterns that looked like ghost drawings to Ma Tao. He couldn't understand it at all. The only thing he could understand were letters. As for infinity Complex engineering formulas and password-like text are all nonsense. If you want to understand what is written on it, you should study hard in the next life.
After picking up several sheets in a row, all of which were filled with things like this, Ma Tao gave up and put the papers he had just picked up on the ground again, and then went to check if there was anything else that could be of use to them now. Things, it turns out, are few and far between.
"Did you find anything?"
Su Lanyu had most likely recovered by this time. He stood up from the ground, moved for a while, then looked at Ma Tao and said.
“Nothing found”
While talking, Ma Tao casually
He took a piece of paper from the destroyed equipment and found the drawing formula that he still couldn't understand. Then he threw it on the ground and said: "They know me, I don't know these things. It can be said that they don't have any information at all." Provided, the only thing that can be known is that this place should have been attacked by some kind of powerful electromagnetic field. These devices and these torn papers are the result of this electromagnetic field explosion."
“There are stairs over there”
Gao Han nodded, then noticed that there was an upward staircase on one side of the room and said to Ma Tao.
"How are you recovering?"
Ma Tao was a little worried about her health. After all, he had recovered for a long time, and he had not fully recovered until now.
“It’s okay”
Su Lanyu moved her arms and smiled back at Ma Tao.
Ma Tao first stared at the face that was exactly the same as Su Lanxi's, especially the inadvertent smile. It was so similar to Su Lanxi that Ma Tao paused for a while before he realized what he said. Then let’s go”
The smile of Su Lanyu, who was not good at talking or smiling, only lasted for less than two seconds before she returned to her face that was like ice for thousands of years. She checked the weapons in her hands, and then the two of them walked towards the stairs.
The silent stairs were littered with countless pieces of paper, covered with a thick layer of dust. Every time the two stepped on a staircase, they would leave their footprints on the stairs, one big and one small, so coordinated and so beautiful. So conspicuous.
Ma Tao and Su Lanyu both held their weapons carefully until they reached the top. They did not encounter any danger.
After coming up, what they saw in front of them was a huge laboratory, with an area of at least several thousand square meters. Looking around, they could see dozens of computer equipment and several rows of library cabinets, neatly arranged. There are complete specimen models, an office separated by transparent floor-to-ceiling glass, and a variety of machines and equipment that cannot be named at all. This is definitely a serious secret laboratory, but what is strange is that a laboratory of such a huge scale can actually There was not a single person in sight, not even a single figure, not even a corpse. Except for the bright red alarm light in the laboratory, which was flashing and shining brightly and dimly throughout the laboratory. The red light flashed, and most of the computers and equipment here were almost destroyed, and they seemed to explode from the inside, especially the equipment with screens, which directly exploded.
"What is this place?"
Gao Han was completely shocked, because he saw not only humans but also many monsters from those huge specimen containers. There were many monsters that she had never seen before, but she could tell from the appearance of those monsters. It can be seen that the fighting power of these monsters is definitely not weak. Among the many monster specimens, the specimen of the water ghost is placed in the last row, which can be said to be the most inconspicuous place. What this means is self-evident. However, the most specimens here are from humans. There are all kinds of specimens, including men, women, old and young. They are complete, incomplete, cut into pieces, and dissected. They are all soaked in containers and jars, and they are all soaked until they turn white. They look disgusting and terrifying, and they are numerous and neatly arranged. There are specimens inside, both male and female, all of them are handsome and beautiful, with standard height and weight, old men and women, old people and children, with well-proportioned figures, all of them are excellent. Compared with the garbage specimens seen in Wudi Hospital, the humans here are all top-grade.
"It looks like a monster manufacturing factory."
Passing by a jar containing an unknown monster, looking at the monster's sharp claws and ugly face inside, Su Lanyu stared at the electronic devices that were still connected to the monster's nerves and said.
"I think it's more like renovating a factory."
Ma Tao said to a combination of human and monster that was soaked in preservatives.
"Strange? Why is there no one here, not even a body??"
After looking at the monsters in these huge containers for a while, Su Lanyu immediately discovered that there was not even a single human corpse in this huge laboratory, except of course those in jars filled with preservatives.
"Maybe everyone here evacuated safely at the beginning."
Ma Tao glanced around, but found nothing, and then shouted into the void: "Is there anyone there!!!" The sound was so loud that Su Lanyu was startled.
"What are you doing?"
The latter looked at him with those bright eyes and said.
"I just want to see if there is really no one there, even if there is a monster."
After waiting for three or four seconds, the entire laboratory was still quiet and there was no response. Ma Tao gave up completely. It seemed that there were really only two of them in this place.
"Come and see, there are some devices here that are still working."
Su Lanyu discovered that there were several surviving computer equipment in the corner that seemed to be still running, because the screens above were still on.
Ma Tao hurried over, but soon he was disappointed. Although the display on the screen was on, he fiddled with it for a long time and finally found that it was of no use at all. He couldn't understand the running program on it. , after trying them all randomly, they gave up when they saw no change. When Su Lanyu, who had been standing next to Ma Tao, saw this, a hint of disappointment flashed across his face, but he quickly regained his composure. That expression looks like it has been frozen for thousands of years.
It took more than an hour for the two of them to search the entire laboratory and have a preliminary understanding of the environment here.
The entire laboratory is divided into two areas. They are in a large area, and there is a small area inside, which is blocked by an electronic alloy door. You can't get in. You don't know what is going on inside. The entire laboratory is fully enclosed. There are no windows, and the lighting equipment relies entirely on light. I don’t know how the power facilities here have been able to maintain operation for so long. As for the respiratory system, judging from the sophistication of the entire laboratory, there must be an independent circulation system. of.
If you want to get out, you can only go through another alloy sealed door, but it is also a pity that this door is actually an electronic door that requires a password or a swipe card to open. The door seam is tightly sealed, and the password lock is embedded in the alloy wall. There is no password. Or an access card. In other words, this is a two-way safe door. People from the outside can't get in at all, and people from the inside can't get out.
Ma Tao and Su Lanyu immediately searched for all the cabinets and drawers that could be opened in the laboratory. They tested all the cabinets and drawers that looked like access cards. Unfortunately, none of them were the same. In the end, the two The people leaned on both sides of the door in a somewhat dejected manner, looking helplessly at the thirty or forty cards at their feet.
There is no doubt about the situation in front of them. The two of them are trapped here. There are only three ways in front of them. One is to pass through
Go back through the empty tunnel and think about the extent of damage to the equipment down there. The possibility is almost zero. The second step is to find a way to open the encrypted electronic door. As for the third step, it is to open the door to the small laboratory. Door, let's see if we can make any new discoveries there, but thinking of these two doors, which are made of almost the same material, this method is almost the same as the second one, where the boards are bundled together.
During this period, Ma Tao had not thought about opening a passage from other places, but when he randomly found a place to tear open the sound insulation cotton and wooden boards on the wall, he found that it was actually a wall made of alloy steel blocks tightly welded. I gave up. The material of this kind of alloy steel was not very hard at first glance, and Ma Tao tapped it twice with his hand. The sound was very weak, which meant that it was thick.
Su Lanyu unbelievingly pulled out his alloy knife and slashed at the exposed steel wall. As a result, not even a white mark was left, let alone a knife mark.
"Try your weapons?"
Su Lanyu, who was still a little unwilling to give up, glanced at the neutron cannon on Ma Tao's back and said.
Although he could guess the result, Ma Tao still took two steps back, then raised his neutron cannon and fired one at the wall.
The blue neutron beam condensed at the muzzle hit the wall and was absorbed instantly like a stone sinking into the ocean. This made Ma Tao stunned.
What kind of metal is this? Can it actually absorb energy forms?
Seeing a slight trace of white smoke rising from the surface of the steel wall, Ma Tao knew that it was the heat generated by the high-temperature burning air. But to rely on a neutron cannon to melt the wall, let alone how much energy is needed, his own weapons It’s hard to say whether you can stand this kind of continuous output. After all, even if Ma Tao uses his own weapon to blow it up, even if he succeeds in breaking this metal wall, you won’t naively think that Can you go out later? Regarding the defensive capabilities that can be seen inside this laboratory, Ma Tao has no doubt that there is at least two meters of reinforced concrete layer and even a layer of soil behind the steel wall. Is it possible that these two people have to work together? Can't you dig it out bit by bit with your hands? That's just nonsense.
"It seems that we can't get out for the time being."
Ma Tao glanced at Su Lanyu and then lowered his head at the communication watch, which had no signal at all.
At this time, the communication watch seemed to have stopped working completely. Not to mention that he was in contact with the outside world. Even when the two of them faced each other, the watch did not respond at all. The only use left was to check the time.
Su Lanyu's beautiful lady said nothing. She turned around and walked to the office chair aside, then sat directly on it, staring at the piece in front of her, wondering what she was thinking.
Ma Tao had no choice but to take a deep breath, then squatted down and began to check the contents of his backpack.
It's a pity that because he was suddenly teleported in a town, he didn't have much in his bag. Apart from two bottles of water, not much food left, and some random things, these were all leftover from before.
Oops……
Looking at the pitiful small pile of food and water in front of him, Ma Tao could only place his hope in Su Lanyu's backpack, but his hope was not great. This woman usually didn't bring anything.
It turned out to be true. Except for a bottle of water, Su Lanyu's backpack contained some personal changes of clothing and no food at all. Su Lanyu, who was sitting on the chair, did not care about Ma Tao checking her backpack, nor did she care whether he would look at it. Let him take care of the things in the bag.
It's over...
Ma Tao knew very well that with just such a small amount of food, they would probably die of hunger and thirst here in just a few days. He couldn't help but look at the corpses of monsters and humans packed in preservatives. This crazy idea He was soon strangled in the cradle. Not to mention whether it was disgusting to eat those things, just talking about the amount of formaldehyde in these human monster corpses that had been soaked in preservatives for who knows how many years, maybe even before taking two bites. Well, people are dead due to formaldehyde poisoning.
Just when Ma Tao was worried about these, the flashing red warning lights in the entire laboratory suddenly stopped. Then, the entire laboratory suddenly turned dark and all the lights went out.
This sudden change made the two people feel at a loss. They subconsciously picked up their weapons and became vigilant. However, the darkness only lasted for more than ten seconds. The red alarm light came on again, and the lights in the entire laboratory also turned on. It lit up again.
what's the situation?
Su Lanyu held the titanium alloy knife in his hand and frowned slightly as the light returned to normal.
After waiting for a while, Ma Tao saw that there was no change in the surroundings, so he could only classify it as caused by unstable voltage.
After everything returned to normal, Su Lanyu returned to his previous appearance, put the knife into the scabbard, and sat back on the chair again.
"I'll go look for it and see if there's anything useful."
Ma Tao glanced at her, then at the few supplies on the ground, planning to search the laboratory again to see if there was anything available.
Su Lanyu made no sound or spoke, so Ma Tao had no choice but to search by himself.
In about an hour, Ma Tao searched basically every place in the laboratory that could be searched. Unfortunately, except for piles of books and documents, Ma Tao found nothing. However, he did find a single bed. The bedding on the bed was all there and looked very clean. However, as soon as Ma Tao lay on it and turned his head, he saw various corpse parts in jars and stared at the corpses with their eyes open. Soon, Ma Tao moved the bed directly to the wall where these things could not be seen.
After everything was done, Ma Tao looked at the watch on his wrist. It had been almost six hours since they were teleported here. There were two rumbling sounds in his stomach. Ma Tao turned around and saw Su Lanyu looking at He stared at the exit door without saying a word, still holding some papers in his hand.
"What did you find?"
Coming to her side, Ma Tao noticed that there were many papers scattered under her feet.
"I'm trying the numbers on this"
As he spoke, Su Lanyu handed the paper in his hand to Ma Tao, who took it and took a look. It turned out that there were some messy numbers on these papers that Su Lanyu had circled with a pen he found somewhere.
"These are the numbers that come up again and again. I want to give it a try. This is the only information I have."
Su Lanyu said.
Her beautiful face lost a bit of its former aloofness and had a bit more hesitation and worry, which added a bit of earthly air to her usually unworldly look.
"Let's take a rest first."
Ma Tao knew that this possibility was equivalent to finding a needle in a haystack, but what could they do? If there were other ways, who would use this most troublesome method.
