Calamity Island: Endless Trials

Chapter 183 The person in charge

"It's not right, this is high-quality steel." Liu Ziyun rested his fingertips on the surface of the valve, "But look, it's rusted."

Hearing this, Tang Jiumin raised his eyebrows and looked over.

He had sensed something was wrong before, but Liu Ziyun's emphasis on it so deliberately meant that he had discovered something different.

"I'm not absolutely sure. I can't tell how long it's been here, but this is obviously abnormal. Even if the red liquid is corrosive, it won't be so fast."

"According to what you said, this is a valve, a poisoned valve. If it is used frequently, how can it rust so easily?"

"Is that so..."

Tang Jiumin stroked his chin and suddenly smiled, "Then this is another proof that my guess is correct."

"What do you mean?"

"You'll find out later."

Tang Jiumin didn't tell Liu Ziyun the answer, but took everyone out of here and started moving in the opposite direction of the tunnel.

Soon, a gate appeared in front of him, a pure steel gate seven meters high and ten meters wide.

Seeing this scene, Tang Jiumin raised his eyebrows slightly, and nodded to Yefim next to him.

"Yefim, take out the cannon, the remaining ammunition is useful."

"it is good."

After a while, the cannon was taken out by Yefim and held in his hand, aimed at the gate in front of him, and pulled the trigger.

After a period of time, the burning smell continued in the air, and the energy bomb blasted the gate that was standing there, a hole more than two meters high appeared in the middle, and a few half-melted iron pieces hung beside it, revealing another world.

Liu Ziyun looked inside in astonishment, "This is..."

Beside him, Tang Jiumin took the lead and crossed the gate.

"My guess is indeed correct. This is the experimental base. Corresponding to our current trial scene, the answer to the mystery of City No. [-] is here."

The rest of the people watched Tang Jiumin go in, and followed him one after another. After entering, a musty smell rushed into their nostrils, making them wrinkle their faces.

"What smells so bad..."

"On the ground, look at your feet."

"What the hell..."

Zhang Tiandao pinched his nose, and he couldn't help but look at his feet when he heard Cheng Zhi's words.

The base was very dark. At this time, Zhang Tiandao observed it carefully, and then he almost jumped up in fright.

There were bloodstains everywhere on the ground, blood that had completely dried up and even mold.

No wonder the whole base is filled with an unpleasant smell, so it is!
"Blood, blood, blood... why is it all blood?"

"Everyone keep quiet first, I'll go find the switch, there should be a light here."

Among the somewhat turbulent crowd, Liu Ziyun's steady voice quickly reached everyone's ears, calming them down.

But after a while, Liu Ziyun did not find the light switch. In desperation, he had to take out an essential household appliance: a flashlight.

A dark space, a little brighter
The entire base was in a mess, tables and chairs were overturned on the ground, arms and legs were missing, and documents were everywhere... There were all kinds of marks of being smashed, and there were even scorched marks.

It was evident that some disaster had befell the place.

"Let's be careful." Liu Ziyun walked around the edge and said in a deep voice, "The blood has already dried up."

Explain that the time leading to the laboratory disaster is not in the near future.

Everyone was nervous and confused, not knowing what had happened here.

At this time, Liu Ziyun subconsciously turned around, looked in Tang Jiumin's direction, and said to the latter, "Tang Jiumin, what should we do next..."

However, he was only halfway through speaking when suddenly, lights on the surrounding ceiling and walls suddenly lit up.

Just now Liu Ziyun just turned on the flashlight for lighting, but now the lights in the whole space are on, shining farther away, making everyone realize that they are in a square where various goods are placed.

There are a lot of goods waiting to be shipped here, and among them is the sealed red liquid.

It seems that they are sent to the waterworks through the tunnel, and then the virus is released.

In the center of the square, Tang Jiumin figured it out immediately, but compared to his calmness, the others seemed very nervous and kept looking around.

A silent stalemate, maybe, maybe not.

In short, after a while, the whole square seemed to be peaceful except for the dried blood on the ground.

……yes?
The question is, if there is nothing unusual, why did the lights in the square turn on suddenly?

While everyone was puzzled, they suddenly heard a sound of electricity coming from there, and under their nervous eyes looking for it, they heard a very kind voice.

"finally come……"

"Welcome everyone, you are the new faces of the base, come from Experimental City No. [-]?"

There was a hint of surprise in the other party's voice, as if someone had broken into the base unexpectedly.

When Tang Jiumin heard the words, his eyes flickered slightly, and he looked up at the square, "Who are you?"

The voice continued to answer, "I am Neville, the person in charge of this base, and one of the main persons in charge of this experiment."

His words did not relax Tang Jiumin and the others.

This base is full of weirdness, a person in charge of the base suddenly appeared, and no one knew the position of the other party.

You know, in the trial, most of these existences are not good people.

Especially...they came from City Six.

"It seems that your experiment should have failed?" Tang Jiumin asked again.

"Yes, it's no different from failure."

The other party's voice was full of helplessness.

"There was a problem with the base a long time ago. Due to the virus leak, our personnel were infected on a large scale. Many people died, and the base has become what it is today."

"However, I have something to ask you, because you came in time."

"The few of us left have been trapped in the main control room of the base. The gate here has lost its power control, and its security system cannot be opened, so I implore you to help and reopen it."

It's not tit for tat, but a request?

Liu Ziyun was a little surprised, and couldn't help but look at Tang Jiumin next to him.

It happened that Tang Jiumin asked, "I have a few questions for you."

"Please say."

"You said that the entire base suffered a virus leak, but I didn't see the dead researchers at all."

"Indeed." The other party replied immediately, "The people who have been infected have turned into monsters, and the people who have not been infected have been eaten by monsters, and there will be no corpses left behind."

Tang Jiumin asked again, "In other words, there are many monsters in this base?"

"Yes, that's right. There are many monsters wandering around in this base, but we are in the main control room and have all the monitoring. We can help you check the distribution of these monsters and let you avoid them."

Tang Jiumin and Liu Ziyun looked at each other.

"How about...try?" Liu Ziyun hesitated and muttered, he thought he could do it, anyway, he came here to reveal the truth, since he can avoid zombies, the danger is much less.

"Tang Jiumin, do you think there is any danger? Could it be a trap?"

However, Liu Ziyun still asked Tang Jiumin for his opinion, and he believed in Tang Jiumin's judgment more than his own.

Tang Jiumin shook his head, "I can't tell at the moment."

Liu Ziyun frowned, "Then shall we go?"

"Go, of course." Tang Jiumin gave an affirmative reply, "Of course we have to go, after all, this is the only clue we know so far."

Hearing this, Liu Ziyun nodded in agreement, and at the same time, he heard Tang Jiumin ask again.

"The person in charge, we can agree, but you should be very clear that we are people who ran out of the experimental area, and I'm afraid we are not real people in your eyes."

"We help you, but this is not free."

The other party is silent.

After a while, there was an answer.

"I can help you get out of this cage and obtain official human status. In this way, you will never become clones at the mercy of others again."

At this moment, Tang Jiumin and the others finally confirmed their identities.

Good guy, it's the same as the last trial, they are still clones.

"Is there anything to prove what you said? It's impossible for me to work my life after listening to a few words from you, don't you think?"

Facing Tang Jiumin's inquiry, the voice was silent for a long time, and finally the voice became low.

"I have no way to give you a guarantee for the time being, nor any way to prove it. After all, we are all trapped in the main control room now and can't do much."

"But I understand you. You came out of City No. [-] and experienced a virus disaster. Only those in charge like us know this!"

"Okay, I'll do this for you, and I hope it's as you said." After listening to Tang Jiumin, he pondered for a moment, "But I want to go to the main control room to have a look first, it's okay."

"No problem, then please move according to my instructions."

Under the instruction of this voice, Tang Jiumin and others first approached the direction of the main control room. They bypassed the square and entered a spacious passage, surrounded by walls made of metal materials.

Everyone walked carefully along the passage, but after about ten minutes, the quiet voice suddenly sounded.

"Everyone, please be careful! In your direction at 4 o'clock, there are mutated monsters coming from the passage! Please be careful"

Tang Jiumin and Liu Ziyun immediately looked in the direction of 4 o'clock.The rest of the people also took out their weapons and pointed them there.

About ten seconds later, the door at the entrance of the passage was smashed open, and with several deafening roars, a few mutated zombies with gray scales and human lizards rushed out from inside!
"Roar!!!"

The leader of the mutated zombies grinned their sharp teeth at the crowd and charged forward!
For a while, bullets flew.

The defense of this mutated zombie is good, higher than that of ordinary zombies, but not as good as that of muscular zombies.

So in the face of the bullets, it was still seriously injured. Under the firepower of several automatic rifles, it was quickly forced back from the passage.

And not only that, several other mutated zombies also disappeared from under the noses of Tang Jiumin and others when they fought back!

"Damn! Where did those go?!"

"Be careful, they may hide! Everyone be careful!"

Liu Ziyun reminded the panic-stricken group of people that this time, instead of shooting at the target, they increased their firepower and shot around, trying to force out the mutated zombies.

This approach is very useful.

Perhaps these new mutated zombies developed wisdom. When they discovered that Tang Jiumin and others had exploded with powerful attack power, they revealed their figures and retreated towards the passage behind them.

After a while, several mutated zombies completely disappeared from everyone's sight.

"gone?"

"Withdrawn."

Liu Ziyun and Tang Jiumin spoke in unison.

Although there was a question and a statement, the two of them looked at each other, and they both saw the doubt in each other's eyes.

Judging from the experience of the two, these new mutant zombies are very strong!Strength and speed can be called the combination of muscular zombies and agile zombies, and they are good at hiding and full of explosive power, which can be called the second evolution.

Is it just such a mutated zombie, when they were fully fired, they didn't get too entangled and retreated decisively?
At this time, Chen Min suddenly spoke:

"It seems that the zombies here have been exposed to the most viruses, and their evolution is obvious. Even their IQ is much higher than those outside."

His point of view caused the rest to agree.

Liu Ziyun frowned slightly, looked at Tang Jiumin, and found that the other party had turned around and continued to move forward.

"Let's go, what are you doing?"

Next, everyone went all the way to the vicinity of the main control room without encountering mutant zombies, but only encountered some sporadic ordinary zombies.

"Hiss... really..."

Looking at the bronze-colored solid gate with no gaps in front, Liu Ziyun and the others couldn't help but take a deep breath.

It seemed that, as the voice said, the main control room was completely sealed.

"This door is not so easy to open." Liu Ziyun saw the doorway at a glance, walked to the door, turned on the energy of the mechanical arm, and tried to push it.

Not moving.

His power is like a stone sinking into the ocean, unable to stir up any waves at all.

"Can't push it? Why don't you try shooting it?" Chen Min suggested.

Just do what you say, Yefim still has some cannon ammunition, just try it.

It's a pity that the bullet didn't even leave any dents on the surface of the gate, and even the effect of the machine gun was not much better.

"How? Did you push it away?" The voice from the person in charge of the base sounded again after a while, and people could hear the eagerness in his tone.

"No, the door doesn't move at all, and there's nothing we can do about it." Tang Jiumin answered after looking up at the ceiling.

"normal……"

"The closed gate needs power control. It seems that you can only bypass the main control room and go to the power supply center first."

Listening to the other party's answer, Tang Jiumin answered the question and asked, "How can I get to the power supply center?"

"Cross the passage from your six o'clock direction, wait for the next intersection and turn right..."

With previous experience, everyone followed the instructions of the voice, and after passing through a few passages that were neither long nor short, their speed also slowed down.

It wasn't because of lack of energy, but because they found that there were gradually more zombies wandering around.

In this case, it seems difficult to completely avoid these monsters.

At the same time, the voice also reminded them that there was no monitoring near the power supply center ahead.

Without the guidance of the person in charge, Tang Jiumin and the others were cautious.

But when they arrived at the power distribution center, they were still attacked by monsters, and they were still the new type of mutated zombies, monsters that looked like humans and lizards.

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