Chapter 322: Preliminary Exploration

POSTED ON FEBRUARY 9, 2023 BY KEN

First of all, what Fang Linyan noticed was that the domes above were very high, at least more than 10 meters high. It didn’t have the narrow feeling of underground buildings at all. Secondly, the air was not as dirty as imagined.

Obviously, either the underground space here was unexpectedly spacious or the ventilation facility was very good.

Probably because no one came for several years, the originally smooth and flat floor tiles were covered with a thick layer of dust.

What surprised Fang Linyan the most was that the light was not too dim. Every 10 meters away, there was an emergency light emitting a faint light. Some of these emergency lights were broken while others were still brightly lit.

Fang Linyan saw the switch next to him and reached out to press it, only to find that the light could still be used.

After simple exploration, Fang Linyan found that the space inside was much larger than he imagined, so he hesitated and said,

“Well, Duckland Company still has a group of researchers here. Now they are hiding in the outer power supply room according to my order. I will just let them come here.”

Goat frowned,

“Researchers? What’s the use of that? They don’t have much fighting power.”

Fang Linyan said meaningfully,

“No, they are still very useful. If the danger below comes from biochemical out of control, then… if something happens, we just need to run faster than them. They can buy us a lot of time, and it’s pretty good for these people to explore the way.”

Goat was stunned when he heard the words, then he let out a sigh of relief,

“Okay, just do as you say. Boss, what about my identity?”

Fang Linyan said,

“I will just say that you are a mercenary who is separated from your squad. Because you suffered an indiscriminate attack from the biological weapon of the Gumball Company, you joined hands with me to kill the enemy. Now I am paying to hire you. Of course, you can’t control the mutated rattlesnake for a while. Just let them hide.”

After the 2 discussed, Fang Linyan took Goat back into the elevator, then he went directly to the outer power supply room to find people.

Among the people staying behind, there were about 6 armed men with combat effectiveness, led by Kaur. The researchers were led by Lanket who was rescued by Fang Linyan before.

After hearing from Fang Linyan that they had repelled the incoming enemies and found a way to open the underground core areas, they were quite excited and followed to explore.

What also made Fang Linyan feel relieved was that the Duckland Company had already come up with a detailed exploration plan before. Lanket just had to search it on the offline browser on the computer.

Kaur even took 2 people to search the temporary camp that had been attacked before, then he brought back some undamaged survey equipment and returned underground through the elevator again.

There is a saying that there is strength in numbers. They still routinely used the “Kadings” holographic floatation detector to explore first.

Soon, they soon discovered one thing. The underground core area of the Veronica Laboratory was probably a small part built by the Blood Umbrella organization at that time!

The remaining underground area was probably a mysterious relic that was left over many years ago!

After using the “Kadings” holographic floatation detector to roughly survey and map the terrain within a radius of 1km, the controller in Kaur’s hand flashed a red light, indicating a malfunction. It could be due to the geomagnetic anomaly here or quality problems.

It was really an unlucky day. The group of people had no choice but to start planning the route, then they formally entered the ruins to explore.

At this time, the monster “Purger” who was the first to walk in the front gave people a great sense of security. After walking more than a hundred meters away, they found that the seemingly technological passage changed into a rough and huge underground tunnel, only the ground had been simply paved.

On the other hand, the tunnel wall was full of traces carved out by axes as if a giant was holding the legendary mountain axe and digging out the tunnel.

And one could also see many mysterious patterns drawn on the tunnel walls. Among them, there were square-shaped things worshiping very ferocious creatures. It was full of the primitive sense of worship.

On the top of the tunnel, there were even huge black protrusions that looked like bones and blood vessels continuously extending, which looked mysterious and frightening.

Not only that, in this underground tunnel, there was actually strange moss-like plants growing, which could emit shimmering light in the dark, illuminating the path.

Fang Linyan leaned forward and blew, and he immediately saw the spores of this mutated moss flying up one after another like countless sparks scattered in the darkness or like embers that were about to be extinguished by the wind, resolutely and unwilling fighting back. It was beautiful.

At this time, it was not difficult to guess that this Veronica Laboratory was built on the basis of this ancient ruin. The Blood Umbrella Company somehow got the news here, then they excavated it and established an experimental base on the spot. Once they found something, they researched it immediately!

Obviously, the Blood Umbrella Company had gained a lot of benefits from this. Otherwise, they would not have done this regardless of the cost.

They continued to walk in this ancient underground tunnel, then they came to a spacious hall. This hall was obviously carefully explored by the Blood Umbrella Company, and there were traces of mining and destruction everywhere.

There were also 3 tunnels here that led deeper into the ruins.

Fortunately, this place had been powered on all the time, so there were emergency lights after every certain distance. They could have light sources when they were adventuring in the dark underground.

Fang Linyan looked closer. He found that there should have been something of research value on the wall in the hall, but it was shoveled off the wall, leaving only the base below.

The most eye-catching thing in the hall was a few old-fashioned electric forklifts lying around. After Fang Linyan jumped on it and charged the forklifts, he found that it could still start, which showed that the quality of these things was really good.

Not only that, but he also practiced the forklift to unload goods, then he charged the rest of the electric forklifts. This was to leave a way of retreat for himself.

In case his legs were injured later or some monsters came out, he could just drive the forklift and run away. Don’t underestimate this thing. Its fastest speed was 60km/h. A human running at full speed could never reach such speed.

During the test drive, Fang Linyan found a wallet that was almost covered in dust beside the driver’s seat. When he opened it, he found that there were banknotes and documents inside. The documents belonged to a person named Chinov. There was also a family photo at the top.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of personal belongings would definitely be taken away. This further validated Fang Linyan’s judgment that something must have happened in the underground base, and everyone was forced to evacuate hastily. It was an emergency on top of an emergency.

For example, Chinov was probably taking a nap at the time, so he took out his wallet and reminisced his family photo happily. But at this moment, a drastic change occurred. Chinov was in such a hurry that he didn’t even have the chance to take these things with him.

Immediately afterward, Goat also discovered ——– what were these suspension forklifts parked here? Of course, they were used to move goods. Therefore, he soon found out that several boxes on the fork seemed to be full.

The boxes containing the goods were naturally locked and required a password to unlock, and the boxes were made of metal. The box could only be moved by a few people. The valuables were marked on the box.

Fortunately, with the help of Purger, it smashed the lock of the box. After opening it, they found that there were some weird metal parts inside.

The material of these parts was unknown, and the material was also very strange. They only had the weight of wood, but their strength was not inferior to that of steel. Even Fang Linyan didn’t know what they were used for.

Because he was very interested in mechanical things, he specifically stayed here for a while. Of course, the rest of the people would not stay here to accompany him, but they went to explore other areas.

After all, although there were many crises here, it could also be regarded as an unknown treasure house. Once there were any major discoveries, the company would never be stingy with the rewards.

After a while, an exclamation suddenly came from the call channel of the walkie-talkie. The voice was a guard named Damot. It seemed that he and his companion had encountered something indescribably terrible.

“Wow! Here, this…! You better come and see.”

“Don’t get nervous, it’s just a rotting corpse? Do you need to be scared witless?”

“Listen to me, I’ve seen a lot of biological weapons developed by humans, but I feel something from it. It’s like a evil spirit in hell. Its eyes are full of greed and curses! Yes, the same eyes like my mother-in-law when she was asking for dowry.”

“What? How is it possible? You haven’t got Alzheimer’s yet, what nonsense are you talking about?”

“Hiss… its eyeballs are moving.”

“Shit! Really, don’t bother about it. Get out of here first.”

As soon as their conversation spread, it immediately infected the rest of the people. After a few minutes, the 2 guys in charge of scouting ran hastily from a tunnel. The rest had already taken cover.