Returning from the abyss

Chapter 809 Spiritual Religion
Ren Bingjun's words were a bit exaggerated. The minister did not bring back any protection orders after he came back, but the value of Lu Ning's map is worthy of recognition.

"Lu Ning, there is something we want to discuss with you now."

The minister sat down with a smile on his face, but Lu Ning seemed to have a bit of bitterness in this smile.

"Looks like a useful place to get me?"

"Yes, you haven't confirmed that you are registered with us, it is against the rules to give you a direct order, but now this matter is very important... Do you know Kunzhou Research Institute?"

Lu Ning shook her head.

"Before the doomsday began, the Kunzhou Research Institute was the center of the nearby research institute, and there were a few people who escaped from there in our base. But the main researchers did not evacuate at that time, and now we are not sure about the security situation there. , but the research results there must be recovered... related to this doomsday."

The minister also seemed to have a hard time choosing his words. It seemed that there were some confidentiality regulations.

"That is to say, I need to investigate?"

"We will send an elite team, but we don't have such a convenient invisible ability user like you. Once you encounter a large number of monsters blocking the passage, you may need to act on your own... This will be very dangerous, because of the research institute's project problems, The monsters that exist there can be even more dangerous."

"It doesn't matter, I agree." Lu Ning nodded, she will never let go of any possible mission clues.

The minister was obviously also relieved: "Thank you, no matter whether I succeed or fail this time, I will report the mission points for you at the base, and then you can exchange some useful supplies from the warehouse. Now the base implements a rationing system, and the points are still... Rather precious."

"You're too polite. Since it's for the end, it's only right for me to do my best within my power." Lu Ning said with a smile.

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The elite team is actually composed of four people, the vehicle is a large off-road vehicle, and all four of them are superpowers.The driver Lao Liu’s ability is mechanical assembly. Among the remaining three, 35-year-old Basso has night vision ability, 27-year-old Hong Shoushan has storage ability, and 26-year-old Yi Ziyan has the ability to eliminate sound.None of these four people's abilities are biased towards fighting, but with their own professional fighting qualities, they can easily defeat ordinary people with fighting superpowers.

The captain this time is Basso, but the task is to cooperate with Lu Ning's actions, and everyone knows Lu Ning's identity, and they are more polite to her.We chatted on the road and gradually became acquainted.With Yi Ziyan's ability, it's easy to cover up the sound of vehicles, without disturbing the monsters along the way.Basso took on the main scouting duties, and he also did the mapping and obviously had some other responsibilities as well.

Lu Ning didn't need to bother much along the way, as the four soldiers could arrange everything.But one day later, after getting close to the goal, Lao Liu drove a lot slower.When approaching the outer fence where the research institute is located five or six miles away, the car even stopped directly.

"Miss Lu Ning, there are some monsters ahead." Basso said, "Do you want to take a look? I have a telescope here."

"Yeah." Lu Ning took it over and looked at the road ahead.

The location of the research institute is on the outskirts of a city, and there is only a two-lane road nearby. It doesn't look very conspicuous, but now the road is blocked by a puddle of mud.There are also some monsters crawling on the mud, which look like lizards, but with snail-like eyes.

This section of mud-covered road is very long, and vehicles can't get through it anyway. In fact, if you get into a battle with a large number of monsters, you will quickly fall into a disadvantage. Generally, there is no fire support and heavy fire suppression. swarm of monsters hands-on.

"It's feasible to go around on foot." Lu Ning looked down the road and said to Basuo, "The danger ahead is unknown, and I will act on my own. You wait here, how about a day? No matter what the result is, I will come back first to give you a message."

"Yes. We will find a place nearby to wait for you. If we don't contact you after a day, we will think that something happened to you. Please take this thing away." Basso took out three coins from his bag Stone.They are about the size of billiard balls, and each has words written in ink on them, namely [Person], [Information] and [Strong Monster].

"this is……"

"We have another stone in our hand. If you find something like that in it, split the stone in two, your weapon is capable of that, and we shall know what you saw in it. And if you If there is an accident inside, or something unexpected happens, we will smash a stone. In short, if we find that the stone is broken, we will leave directly and return to the base to ask for rescue. If the stone is split, we will wait here for an extended period of time depending on the situation. Your time." Basso handed the stone to Lu Ning, "It sounds a little unreasonable, but this is the best way we can find at the moment. Thanks for your hard work."

Lu Ning nodded and took the stone, knowing in her heart that this might be Zhang Enhua's ability.But if the stones on both sides have the same changes, wouldn't it be better to use lettering or the like?Perhaps his ability has not yet grown up.

After choosing some light luggage, Lu Ning walked towards the research institute incognito.

The tall courtyard wall is no longer an obstacle to her. After climbing over the courtyard wall, it is actually some ordinary-looking houses.According to the pre-doomsday map provided by the base, except for some necessary items placed on the ground, a large part of the research institute is an underground laboratory, and the biochemical protection to be carried out here is also very strict.Of course, Lu Ning didn't care about these things. According to the map, she quickly found the office building—it was actually a row of unremarkable small white rooms.

She didn't enter rashly, because the situation in the institute was somewhat different from what she expected.

In the beginning of the doomsday, the human mutation caused by Hongyuxue is basically random, and the overall probability is not high, but in areas where people gather densely, there will always be a few monsters generated, and then take advantage of the fact that humans do not react. When a massacre was launched, no matter how clean the place Lu Ning had been to before, some traces could still be seen.However, no killings can be seen here at the research institute, not even traces of battles can be seen.

Before coming here, Lu Ning knew that although the number of people in the institute is not particularly large, there are still about 200 people. How low is the probability that there will be no abnormal changes among this number of people?And how low is the probability that the research institute will not be attacked?Most importantly—she didn't see these people, nor did the entire institute area show any signs of life-like activity.

The combination lock of the main building is still working, and the electromagnetic lock with independent power supply can't stop it now.Lu Ning reached out and used the lightning of Judgment Day to disable the function, and then walked into the main building.According to the map, a warehouse on the right side of the main building is one of the passages leading to the underground research institute, and it is also an emergency escape passage.She quickly found the entrance hidden under the carpet, but there was no sign of anyone coming in or out here either.

Lu Ning uncovered the entrance and walked down the stairs.

As soon as she went in, she smelled a somewhat rancid smell.However, it is different from the smell of corpses. Instead, it resembles the rotten smell of household garbage.This shows that there should be people living here.She continued to walk in, there are three floors underground, and the experimental functions are different. The things the base wants are usually stored in the central information room on the second floor underground, but there is a need for permission - Lu Ning has to figure it out by herself. solve.

However, she turned two corners on the basement floor and quickly found the source of the stench. There were obviously some stains under the door at the end of a corridor.She looked at the map. That room was a basement library, not a laboratory room, which seemed a bit strange.

"Is anyone in there?" she called out, raising her voice.

"Help! Help!" Suddenly there was a violent knock on the door, Lu Ning pulled out the rotten weeds to make fireflies, and shouted: "Stand back, stay away from the door!"

After about ten seconds, she swung her sword and stabbed into the door. The moment the blade sank, she felt a strong resistance, but she still forcibly cut it off, and the door was split open. Immediately after Lu Ning slashed out with several swords, the door was completely destroyed.

The stench in the room finally came out. Lu Ning covered her nose and took a look inside. There were more than 30 people crowded together, all of them looked haggard, but at least they were normal.

"Thank God! Someone is finally here!" One of the most energetic people quickly got out of the hole Lu Ning made, and then looked behind her: "Where are your teammates?"

"Outside. Come out first, what's going on inside?"

"This one……"

Fortunately, these researchers were only locked up for a few days. There were enough canned food in the room. They couldn't starve to death.The highest position among these people is an old professor in his 50s, but his body is relatively weak because of the past few days, and the rest are young people who can endure this kind of environment.

According to what this group of people told, Lu Ning could piece together the whole story of what happened in the institute.

The director of the research institute had the foresight to activate the emergency evacuation before Hong Yuxue arrived, and all the staff moved underground.This is also the reason why Lu Ning did not see any traces of the battle on the ground.The prerequisite for virus infection is to contact the virus outdoors, and the underground is a safe area.

After the communication was cut off, under the leadership of the director, everyone started the research through the shared information received from some other research institutes.During this period, two death squads were organized to go to the ground to fetch things, and the director himself set an example, so there were not many conflicts.And after the appearance of superpowers, the research direction immediately added the connection between viruses and superpowers... This process did not take a few days.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner, but suddenly one day, two groups of members started a fight, and they fought bloody, but the reason in their mouths was some academic dispute.Most of the people didn't understand, so the director called several leading people over to ask them separately.Then the director called more and more people, including the old professor who was locked up this time, and many key research personnel were called to talk.Immediately afterwards, there was a vote, and those who were willing to leave the research institute to go to the ground were separated from those who stayed here.The people here are all people who chose the latter, and when they woke up, they were already locked in that room, even the door was welded to death, and there was no tool to break the door in the room. The quality of the iron door of the institute is not good Let them hit a lot of injuries.

"So you don't know what happened to the director at that time?" Lu Ning asked.

"This... At that time, the director found about twenty people to talk to, and our status is not that high..."

"He's crazy!"

The old professor suddenly yelled, and at this moment he was helped out of the cave.

"Professor, slow down and explain in detail. The communication is not smooth now. All of us need to know what's going on. The materials in the research institute must also be recovered."

The old professor sighed: "He said he discovered the mystery of superpowers, and also knew the connection between superpowers and viruses. He thinks that we don't need to think about curing viruses and ending the doomsday, because this is the development of the world, and those are also It's not a 'virus', it's just the way the world is... something like that."

There was an uproar when these words came out.

"To be honest, I was a little confused at the time, but I don't know why I felt that what he said was indeed right. It's just that I was busy with my research after I came out, and I quickly forgot." The old professor beat his chest, "How do I know that he really entered by mistake? We have gone astray, we are researchers, we don't study well, believe in those things that are talked about, and I don't know which guy instilled him..."

"Did he mention what he plans to do after going out?" Lu Ning asked.

"He said he wanted to go back to the ground, let people know the truth about superpowers, and let people really understand themselves clearly." The old professor said.

"Do all these people believe in the director?"

The old professor froze for a moment, but was speechless.

The director—he also went out, so he should have his own superpowers, and the seductive force that the old professor felt at that time is probably the effect of his superpowers.

"How many days have passed?" Lu Ning asked immediately.

"Two days..."

Two days, now there is basically no way to catch up.

"Back to the base, please report this matter to the base manager. The most important thing now is to bring everyone and the information back to the base, which is also my task this time." Lu Ning took out the piece in his pocket and wrote " The stone with the character "人" was split open with a sword to inform the people outside, and then he took everyone to check the remaining materials in the research institute.

The authority of the old professor is still retained. Fortunately, the director, probably because he really believed in his own rhetoric, basically discarded the researched materials and kept them in the database.

(End of this chapter)