Infinite Horror: The Strongest Zhongzhou Team

"As for the rest of you, go back."

It was that voice again, and Li Xiao still couldn't find its source.

But as this sound rang out, the cyborgs who were originally holding cold weapons turned around and left unwillingly.

The object that had been thrown out immediately came into view.

A gun with legs?

"This is someone from the company, you should already know that, but he's already run away."

"So the message was also taken back."

Li Xiao looked at the empty space in front of him and said:
"That cyborg with a withered brain must be one of yours, otherwise he wouldn't know so much."

"Looks like we were lucky."

An unidentified voice replied:

"No, actually everyone in this underground city is mine, including this cyborg who fired the shot."

"Of course, that's no longer the case."

"That one shot he fired was enough to elevate him to the ranks of the intelligent race."

Before Li Xiao could say anything, Wells had already realized what was going on.

The mercenary shouted with an exaggerated expression:

"So we've been put on a bounty by that G.C. company?"

A strange voice echoed through the empty, metallic street:

“You can understand it that way.”

"However, you are indeed lucky. I still have a certain degree of prestige in this underground city."

"If it were the underground cities in the south, they would probably be..."

A voice, tinged with laughter, interrupted, stating with absolute certainty:
"If it were the underground city in the south, I would have destroyed it by now!"

"Looking" at the man who said those words with a smile.

The owner of the mysterious voice remained silent for a while before realizing that what he said might be true.

Because he already possesses all the information about Li Xiao and Zhao Yingkong from their appearance on Earth to the present.

"Because of your existence, the company's people are now panicking. They think you are the latest research achievement of the federal government."

"They've come to completely destroy the Earth."

"But I know you are not... right... General!"

Li Xiao felt he had nothing to hide, so he directly admitted:

"Of course, it's because of you!"

"Follow us!"

"I think the person who created you, or someone else, must have told you something."

"Is that right, Wendy!"

Faced with Li Xiao's exact same question.

The mysterious voice remained silent for a long while.

Although Ripley and his companions were completely confused.

But the other party's silence made Li Xiao realize that he had guessed correctly.

Since Chu Xuan was able to think of suppressing the development of Earth's technological weapons.

How could they not leave some kind of information on this key "person"?

"Come find me, if you can."

For some reason, this person started addressing Li Xiao as "you" (formal).

Li Xiaogang wanted to ask how to find you.

Questions like "Where are you?"

Suddenly, the entire underground city was illuminated.

Projections shot into the air, weaving together to form a rudimentary map.

A dense array of red dots surrounded the center of a sphere.

Among these red dots, there are also some scattered blue dots.

One of the blue dots was particularly bright.

The problem is that this point of light is surrounded by a group of blindingly red points of light.

Or rather, they are imprisoned!

The mysterious voice sounded again:

"This is a map of the underground cities. The passages between these 10,000 underground cities have been destroyed and are no longer connected except by the Intelligence Clan."

"If you can penetrate the Grim Reaper's defenses and come before me, then I will accept my fate and follow you."

After confirming that Moss had finished recording, Li Xiao nodded in response.

"Don't worry, Wendy, I think we'll be able to meet soon."

After he finished speaking, the projection covering the entire underground city disappeared.

The voice disappeared along with it.

It's as if it has completely disappeared.

And that's about it.

Under the tense gazes of Wells and the others, a cyborg with exposed wires and chips walked over.

He rattled off a bunch of things.

Li Xiao was taken aback.

Because the other person was speaking in Chinese!
The implication is that you are not welcome here and should leave.

Li Xiao could clearly sense the other person's fear, so much so that he used honorifics in these few sentences.

Li Xiao thought for a moment and decided not to make things difficult for these poor people. He then took out the Green Devil skateboard.

He and Moss each had one.

He then took Wells and the others into the air and disappeared without looking back.

Upon seeing this, the noisy sounds from the underground city finally ceased.

A deathly silence returned.

Wells, on his skateboard, asked, "What's going on?"

Cole: "I think it's because our existence might attract the company's attention, but I don't understand what Wendy said."

"The passages between the underground cities have been destroyed. What company allows entry and exit? And how did that gun with legs move?"

"What's so difficult about that? Transforming into intelligent life means that as long as you have a network, you can communicate with each other and upload your own information."

"This is the only method I can think of."

Li Xiao, after all, is someone who has lived through the world of The Matrix.

My first thought was of the current conflict between the company and Wendy.

In Li Xiao's eyes, the Zhizu life form is actually a kind of virtual program.

Regardless of what the precursor to this program was, in the end there are only two possible outcomes.

To be or not to be.

On the Green Goblin skateboard.

John finally had a moment to wipe the cold sweat from his brow:

"It's probably for the best that they left. I don't want to experience being sniped again."

"Anyway, I don't want to have any contact with them anymore."

"Just like the first humans who colonized the planet Hillar, it's only been two hundred years."

It's ridiculous that they think they're superior to other humans and even have a separate stage for them.

John said this with a disdainful expression.

It's obvious there must be a story behind this.

"No. Wait, what about the mechanical dogs?"

Christie spoke last.

Only then did the group realize that Li Xiao and Mo Si were there.

However, the hundreds of mechanical dogs and drones that were released earlier have not been retrieved.

Li Xiao shrugged.

"Of course, it's for gathering information."

"Since someone can betray Wendy and join the Grimaldi, they can probably be used by us too."

"I just learned that everything needs to be verified against each other, and we still have time."

The edge of the underground city.

On a junkyard piled with metal rubble.

Compared to the garbage dumps in the human world, this place doesn't contain the most food scraps, but rather countless kinds of metal waste.

While the group was waiting idly, they were feeling rather bored.

Compared to Li Xiao, who was sitting still and adjusting his breathing.

Wells and John were both quite restless.

In this unattended scrap yard, Taobao began.

What Li Xiao didn't know was that these notorious interstellar mercenaries were no different from beggars in the eyes of the military and businessmen.

One of the reasons is that he enjoys collecting recyclables.

"A hybrid auxiliary armor powered by the body's bioelectricity, oh."

"Look at this ancient relic!"

“I remember Reeves saying that you can’t come up with this idea without having a stroke in ten years.”

"Mechs are meant to be weapons that serve the armed body; this guy has put the cart before the horse."

Compared to Wells, who was prone to overreacting, John and Christie were much more professional.

I don't know where he pulled out a pair of magnetic torque gloves, and he started picking them up and taking them apart at the same time.

However, the three of them soon lost interest and changed their search direction.

The reason is simple: the technology used in this landfill is too low.

It was so low that they almost looked down on it.

However, there are advantages to being low-priced, such as being able to find some antiques to sell.

And then there's the label of being from Earth's origin.

The three of them felt that they would definitely be able to become rich in the future.

With this mindset, the three mercenaries displayed a spirit and attitude that even Li Xiao took notice of.

A money-oriented value system that is not afraid of hardship or dirt.

The three of them went straight into the mountain of garbage.

And with Cole's prompting.

When there were still 10,000 such garbage mountains, the three of them almost fainted from the overwhelming sense of happiness.

So much so that half an hour later, each of the three of them had an extra small bundle on their backs.

This behavior reminded Li Xiao of a greedy friend.

Whoosh!
A soft sound.

Wells and his men, who were resting on the spot, immediately raised their guns.

But after seeing that, they all sat down again.

Li Xiao also opened his eyes.

"Moss, what's going on?"

Cole was the first to stand up and ask.

The person who came was Moss, who had returned to the underground city earlier.

Then a third version of the story appeared before them.

The turning point came at the choice of the final plan.

In addition to the records on the space station, there is also an introduction to the cyborgs.

This time, humanity has chosen Plan Three: the Underground City Project.

The development of aviation technology cannot be achieved in a short period of time.

Therefore, humanity mobilized all its personnel and technology.

It took decades to build 10,000 underground cities to support human habitation.

However, even this maximum of 10,000 can only accommodate 5 billion people.

So the federal government started the number selection process.

Half of the population was selected to enter the underground city, while the other half awaited death.

As a result, new terrorist attacks and conflicts have emerged.

It was during this time of collective turmoil and unrest in humanity.

Wendy, who had been hiding in the shadows, suddenly appeared, leading a group of immortal hybrid robots.

They claimed that the federal government had actually chosen to carry out a second population extermination plan.

Reducing the global population to below one billion could slow the deterioration of the Earth's environment by a hundredfold.

Therefore, powerful weapons of mass destruction were placed in every dungeon.

This weapon was used again when there were only five billion people left in the world.

To carry out the final cleanup plan.

Next, Earth, which had just ended the war, once again entered a period of chaos and disorder.

Protests, terrorist attacks, armed coups—the federal government, which had been unified by war, now faces the possibility of disintegration among supporters of various plans.

Listen to Moss's summary.

Ripley, sitting on the trash, looked up and said:

"So... the crisis response plan itself has now become the new crisis?"

"Is this what the sentence is about?"

Moss nodded.

Li laughed and said, "Three information channels, three versions."

"Regardless of the version, the final result proves this statement true."

As he spoke, he suddenly chuckled, seemingly lost in thought.

He shook his head and said:

"Forget it, none of this matters."

"What exactly happened back then, and what dirty secrets were involved, has nothing to do with us."

"Moss, is there a problem with the location of Wendy on the dungeon map?"

After receiving confirmation from Moss.

Li Xiaoke and the others were very surprised because there was no problem.

Due to the age of the dungeon map, Moss directly found the map recorded on paper, and by comparing the traces, he was able to prove that there was no problem.

As for the fact that Wendy was imprisoned, according to Moss, it was common knowledge.

As for why the Ghibli didn't just capture Wendy or kill him, that remains unknown.

Looking at Moss, who had stopped to speak.

Cole continued to ask:

"and then?"

What's this about the underground city?

"Humans three hundred years ago could not have failed to complete Plan One. Otherwise, there would be no you and me today."

"There's absolutely no information about interstellar colonization in this underground city?"

Moss shook his head:

That's it!

The records for this underground city end here.

"Some of them don't even know the words 'interstellar colony'."

Ripley suddenly spoke up:
"Perhaps I know why?"

Looking at the puzzled crowd.

Ripley explained, "Remember the selection process in interstellar colonization?"

"When I first signed up, I didn't know that it would allow me to leave Earth. It wasn't until after layers of screening that I joined the Federation Army and then left Earth to board a mining ship."

"I think those who knew about interstellar colonization have probably all left."

As for the remaining people, they were all high-level or mid-level managers, even though they were forced to stay on Earth.

According to Wendy, they also joined the company and became part of G.C.

"So fewer and fewer people know the truth, which has led to the situation we are in now."

Upon hearing this, Cole suddenly became excited:

"Impossible, they must know something else."

"Official records of the federal government..."

As Cole was speaking, he tried to turn back, but before he had gone far, he heard a beeping sound coming from Moss.

Li Xiao stood up and said.

"Let's go. Didn't they say there were ten thousand underground cities? Cole, you don't need to worry about this one."

"And most importantly, your Betty has arrived!"

"Whether we go to other dungeons or find Wendy, let's get back to the spaceship first."

Upon hearing this, Cole nodded silently.

Li Xiao was also decisive.

He finished speaking one second and took action the next.

When the yellow talisman reappeared and was pasted on the people.

Moss and Cole also have a great chemistry.

Then, the silvery-white metal separated into mechanical claws that reached out to grab Wells and his companions.

Then Li Xiao grabbed Cole and rushed into the top of Fluorescent's head.

"Damn it, bro, give me a precise time..."

Compared to Wells, John, and Christie... (End of Chapter)