In Night City, I was picked up by a female V

Did that damn monster find them?

Three seconds finally passed.

The radar refreshed again.

And the white dot representing "Shadow Walker" moved.

As if confirming that there was no one in this direction, Bai Dian continued to wander forward and did not enter the corridor on Bai Rui's side.

Successful.

The monster didn't notice them.

Bai Rui let out a breath cautiously at this time, and V was not much better. The view from inside V's helmet shown at the side corner of the visor showed that the other party was biting his lower lip and staring blankly.

Just like that, they hid and dodged all the way, relying on the radar that refreshed every three seconds, and finally sneaked into the center of the base, in front of the underground transportation passage.

"Oh my god, it's so fucking spectacular!"

When they reached the center of the base, the sight before them shocked them both.

A circular pit with a diameter of dozens of meters was dug out on the ground, extending all the way underground, and could reach the edges of the layers of floors below, until the boundaries became blurred and fell into a dark and gloomy fog. A cold wind blew up from the ground, like the unconscious breath of some giant beast.

In the center of the huge cavity is a circular central elevator connected by a suspended aisle, like a vertical spine, leading straight to the underground.

They are about to take this elevator and head to the dark underground.

Chapter 344: Ye Dad is Unreliable!

"Central Elevator Restarting..."

"The system is back online, progress 25%, 50%, 80%, 99%..."

"Alert, alert, exception code: 74392, startup failed!"

V tried to use the authority he had obtained to command the artificial intelligence "father" to restart the elevator, but failed.

"grass!"

V cursed under his breath.

Why is it just like downloading a movie, stuck at 99% failure.

"Abnormal detection result: The elevator power system failed, the damage level of the node on the 86rd floor was %, and it cannot be started."

"Father" sent a hologram of the elevator, with the 23rd floor circled in red.

"Perhaps after the riot at the base got out of control, the security personnel blew up the node on the 23rd floor of the elevator in the hope of preventing the 'Shadow Walker' from attacking upwards."

Bai Rui gave his own guess.

But unfortunately, the security personnel's strategy failed. The "Shadow Walker" rushed up through the ventilation ducts and killed all the base personnel they could see.

"It's a pity, we can only go down via the stairs on each floor."

Leaning on the railing and taking a look at the bottomless pit, Bai Rui said regretfully.

She also wanted to directly operate the mecha to fly down, but that would inevitably require the cancellation of the silent mode, and the "Shadow Walker" would attack them like a mad dog.

"Then let's hurry up."

V said with a grin when he heard that they had a long way to go.

Not to mention the "Shadow Walkers" wandering around in this base, the way down for them is not easy.

"'Father', rule out the central elevator option and plan a route to the underground."

But they have come this far, there is no way they are going to give up.

Just go, as long as you are careful you will be fine...

Right?

......

To their surprise, as they went down the fire escape, they did not encounter a single Shadow Walker along the way. The radar was empty, without a single white dot.

The "Shadow Walker" in the base disappeared out of thin air?

how is this possible.

Bai Rui rejected his slightly naive fantasy.

As he went deeper into the underground floors, Bai Rui's heart became heavier.

Nope, still nothing.

There is no "Shadow Walker".

Where did they all go?

This question made Bai Rui more and more uneasy.

Thinking back to the Shadow Walker's behavior of collecting corpses, Bai Rui had a bad guess.

"This is it, the forty-second floor."

They went deeper and deeper in silence, with only the slightly heavy breathing of the two people along the way, and finally, V spoke the first sentence.

The forty-second floor is the storage point for active metals.

But I don't know how much is left in it now.

In front of the storage room with the door sealed, they unlocked the door through the authority of artificial intelligence, and walked into the low-temperature storage room where cold air like clouds was coming out.

The storage room was very small, with only a few storage shelves in the middle, and there were no signs of fighting, as if no one was here when the riot occurred.

And on the shelves are the active metals that Bai Rui and others want to recycle.

There are more than a dozen vacuum-sealed test tubes on the shelf that store active metals. Through the glass, silver active metals flow inside. Under the base that holds the test tubes, there are serial numbers marked.

However, many more pedestals marked with serial numbers were empty.

"I knew it......"

Seeing those empty pedestals, Bai Rui shook his head helplessly.

Sure enough, biotechnology has already utilized most of the active metals, leaving only this little, less than 10 percent based on the size of the storage room base.

As for the others, I'm afraid they are all in the bodies of those lively "Shadow Walkers".

"Damn, these things..."

The blue eyes reflected the active metal suspended in the test tube, flowing like water, and V's eyes revealed a hint of jealousy.

This is the thing, inside Bai Rui's body.

His eyes were dark and unclear, and V clenched his teeth unconsciously, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Well, at least we can't let these things stay here."

Bai Rui shook his head and reached for the reagent on the pedestal.

"No, let me do it."

When his fingertips touched the test tube, V grabbed Bai Rui's hand.

"Ok."

Bai Rui shrugged and withdrew his hand.

She knew what V was worried about.

This active metal will change itself, turning itself into an emotionless and cold AI.

But this thing is in the test tube and won’t jump out. Is V a little too worried?

Bai Rui felt disgusted for a moment, but thought sweetly in his heart.

Alas, it’s all because of possessiveness.

What a possessive sister, there's really nothing we can do about her.

Bai Rui thought hypocritically.

V had just inserted the tube of reagent into the belt behind his back when he turned around to see Bai Rui standing with his hands on his hips, looking daydreaming. He didn't know what he was thinking about, but he was laughing.

Weird.

It can’t be the active metal that’s causing the problem.

V frowned and guessed seriously.

......

After successfully recovering the remaining active metals, they had only one task left in the base, which was to go to the 50th floor and activate the base's self-destruction program.

The biological weapon group "Shadow Walker" must not flow out to the ground.

No matter what form it takes, it will cause great damage.

V thought firmly.

But she would never have imagined that Bai Rui beside her was the heavyweight.

Forty-three, forty-four, forty-five...

The two went down in an orderly manner and still did not find any "stalkers" along the way.

This dark underground base seemed to have swallowed up the two of them, plunging them into complete silence, making it impossible for them to escape.

This extremely silent atmosphere, where one didn't know where a twisted monster was hiding, made both of them feel equally heavy in their hearts.

Everything seemed to be far away from them.

There was only similar darkness and half-hidden facilities in front of them, as well as unknown bloodstains that appeared from time to time on the ground. By the end, they could not tell whether they were going down or up.

But fortunately, they reached the 49th floor.

There was only one more floor left to reach the destination, and this thought made both of them feel relieved, as if a huge stone had finally fallen to the ground.

Until they entered the security passage about ten steps away on the way to the fiftieth floor.

"Huh, after passing this passage, we are not far from the stairs leading to the 50th floor."

V breathed a sigh of relief, but the sudden change that followed made her tense instantly.

The gate a few steps ahead slammed shut and was locked completely.

"what happened!?"

The two of them were instantly terrified, and the sound of the gate closing from behind them made them feel even more uneasy.

Looking back, the gate at the back was also completely locked.

"'Father', unlock the gate."

V urgently called the base's artificial intelligence, but this time there was no response.

"Intruder detected, elimination procedure initiated."

A cold electronic voice sounded, and both of them felt a chill in their hearts.

Right in front of them, interface arrays popped up on the walls above, below, left and right. Dense laser beams shot out from them, crossing into a shining laser net, and quickly advanced towards them under the horrified gaze of the two.

"Worthy!"

Bai Rui screamed.

Chapter 345: The life created will not die willingly

The sudden change came so suddenly, and the thick laser beams made a buzzing sound, leaving no doubt about their power.

If this stuff gets on your body, you'll probably be turned into freshly cut human flesh immediately.

Even athletes can’t handle it.

"Damn it, this AI isn't responding!"

Looking at the approaching complex laser network, V shouted anxiously and angrily.

"Don't worry about that thing, retreat, it's coming!"

Without even trying to see if his armor was strong enough, Bai Rui turned around and was about to run.