Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 391: In The Darkness (1)

"Ah, how boring. Didn't you say you had a biological weapon? It would be good if you let me see one or two of them?"

Regis' grumbling voice sounded in the long and profound corridor. The youth held his sword and yawned, looking as if he couldn't lift it up.

"It's better not to encounter that kind of thing. But when it comes to the era of biological weapons, it should be before the proposal for the transformation of the Mo Longmen." Lucy said as she walked, "It was because the development of biological weapons was stalled that we turned to the Demon Weapon Soldiers. And it turned out that it was much easier to control the transformation of soldiers than biological weapons."

"So this base exists to develop weapons?" Alan stopped. A passage in front of him had collapsed. The rubble and twisted metal that blocked the path formed a small hill, so everyone could only change directions.

"I always feel like this place has become a maze," sighed Belmond.

"In that case, it won't be fun." Said Regis.

Lucy sighed, "The base's energy system hasn't been completely cut off, so if we had developed biological weapons, they might still be active. I don't think it would be a pleasant thing to hit them in a labyrinth-like place."

"In short, I need to find the control center first. Only when I reach the control center can I understand the functions of this base. After that, it will be easier to find the Empress or deal with communications with Earth."

"But that's what I said, but now" Allen stopped. Not only did the corridor disappear, but the walls and rooms on both sides also disappeared. There was a huge gap in front of them. Judging from the traces on the edge, it seemed like a terrifying explosion had occurred, causing this place to explode. Alan shook his head and said, "In this situation, it doesn't seem surprising that the control center was destroyed."

"No, if the control center is destroyed, then all the systems related to it, including the energy supply, will be stopped. However, the energy supply is clearly still faintly ongoing, so the control center must still be there!" Lucy was confident.

"Then we can only find another path." Allen said as he faced the dim and empty space in front of him.

"Wait." Belmond stopped them and pointed down the gap. "I think I saw something."

"Nothing. Your eyes are so dark that you can see things?" Regis leaned over and looked at Belmond suspiciously.

"I have received special training, especially in the dark," he said, pointing to himself. "I can see the surroundings with a little bit of dim light."

"Then what did you see?" Alan asked.

"It seems to be a very large pillar, about ten meters in diameter. There are many metal sticks of different thicknesses at the top, and most of them are invisible." Faced with darkness, Belmond described it as above.

Lucy looked at him in surprise and said, "You seem to be talking about the Magic Cube energy furnace. In other words, we are right above the energy furnace."

"There was an explosion here, but it didn't affect the energy furnace. It's really not ordinary luck. Do you want to go down and take a look?" Alan squatted down. If he looked carefully, there would be regular lights in the darkness. Even though it was very weak, it did reflect the outline of a giant metal pillar. It was just that Ellen couldn't see as clearly as Belmond could.

"The energy furnace is located in the power room. As one of the most important areas of the base, I believe that there will be a plan of the base in the power room. That way, it will be much easier to find the control center." Lucy waved her fist, looking very energetic.

"In that case, let's see if the rope is long enough. Belmond, can you predict the distance between us and the energy furnace?" Edward took off his backpack and began to pull out a rope.

Belmond observed for a moment and said, "There is a vertical distance of less than twenty meters, but we are not above the furnace. The big pillar is about four or five meters ahead of us on the left."

"In that case, let's fix it here with a rope and swing it over." "Belmond has the best eyesight in the dark," Edward said. "You go first. When you arrive safely, give us a bright location."

Alan took out Qianjun, tied the rope to the knife, and stabbed it into the ground beside him to fix it. Belmond pulled the rope, tied it tightly around his hand, and made an "OK" gesture. Then, he took a few steps back, determined his position, and ran forward. He jumped hard at the edge of the gap and stretched his arms and legs. Like a big bat, he slanted forward to the left and disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.

In the darkness, only the sound of air breaking could be heard. A moment later, there was a slight sound of collision. Not long after, a dark red Origin Energy flame rose from Belmond's body, allowing the crowd above the gap to see his location clearly. Next, they swung over with ropes one by one. Allen was the last one. When he landed on the top of the energy furnace, he pulled the rope hard and lifted Qianjun up. He then landed on his hand along with the rope.

At this moment, a few red lights shone in the darkness above the gap. Alan yelled, and the red light disappeared into the darkness again, as if it was just an illusion.

"What's the matter?" Lucy asked.

"Nothing much. There seemed to be an audience passing by just now."

"Audience? It can't be those biological weapons, right?"

"I don't know, but even those things can't jump over from such a long distance. Let's move and ignore them."

On one side of the furnace, there was a well staircase that stretched all the way down. This was the location of the power room. The power room was abnormally spacious, and the surrounding light was dim. Everyone stood on the energy furnace, feeling as if they were in the void. Not long after, they found the well staircase. Belmore was the first to climb down, and everyone followed behind him. It was still Allen who had broken off the back of the staircase.

When Alan and the others found the power room, Garner and the others were still shuttling through the labyrinth-like corridor. In the end, they accidentally crashed into a material transfer platform. The space here was spacious. Garner made a gesture and the team was temporarily resting here.

Buzz took off his backpack and poured out a pile of things. It was jerky, but after soaking in the lake when the exhaust pipe came down, the food didn't seem to be delicious. He sighed and said, "I can only make do with it."

Fatty Drew took a piece and chewed it heavily. "I want to eat roasted turkey when I get out!" He said.

Garner smiled faintly and ate the dried food that had been soaked in water. Red Leaf circled around and said, "There's an exit over there. We can get out of there later. But boss Garner, I always find this ruin very strange. I've never seen a ruin made of metal, and it looks very big, almost the size of a Earl's Castle. I wonder what's hidden in such a big place?"

"What do you mean?" Garner looked at her and asked.

Red Leaf smiled, his smile somewhat forced, "I was thinking that there might not be anything valuable in this ruin." As you can see, we've spun around so much, and what we've seen the most is metal, and it's rusty metal. "This is a little different from what we expected. Didn't ancient ruins usually have to be associated with gems, gold, or precious works of art?"

"But there are only monsters and iron plates here." josei

"So, should we retreat?"

Garner frowned and looked at the others, "What did you say?"

"Red Leaf's intuition has always been accurate. If she wanted to retreat, would she feel something dangerous?" Buzz didn't answer.

Red Leaf nodded, "Ever since I was separated from those people, I always felt like I was being watched. This feeling made my hair stand on end. This place is too strange. Boss Garner …"

Suddenly, a strange sound came from the darkness. It was like a fingernail scratching metal, and the sound came from the darkness in front of them. Red Leaf immediately retreated and stood with the crowd. She took out the two short blades behind her and lowered her center of gravity, assuming a fighting posture.

Garner also threw away the jerky, picked up his huge sword and stood at the front of the crowd, and whispered, "Light!"

Buzz's fingertips immediately flickered, and a few bolts of lightning shot out above everyone's heads, condensing and not dissipating. Through the lightning, Garner saw a pair of feet. Then the owner of the foot appeared in the lightning. It was a woman. Or rather, it was a woman who had her abdomen bulging like a pregnant woman, but her head was hanging softly on the side of her neck, looking lifeless.

This was clearly a corpse!

The corpse suddenly fell on its back. No one knew how it moved just now. At this time, the clothes on the back of the corpse suddenly split open and a few sharp knuckles poked out from under the gray skin. The blade-like knuckles moved to both sides, tearing apart the muscles on the back of the corpse. In the next moment, an alien creature crawled out. It had a dragon-like head, no eyes or ears, and was covered in an exoskeleton.

Garner frowned and shouted softly, "Be careful, this must be the monster Alan mentioned."

The alien creature hissed at Garner and the others, and suddenly opened its mouth to spit out a stream of green water. Garner and Red Leaf immediately parted ways, then the two of them circled around each other and headed towards the monster in a roundabout manner. The Garner Sword pierced through the air, bringing with it a muffled thunderous howl. A ball of bloody light twisted around the sword, condensing into a sword light that charged straight at him. The abnormal reaction was quite nimble, and with a flick of his knee, he slid away.

However, the red leaves were silently stuck to each other, and the two blades swung together, pulling out a complicated blade light. Then, he retreated, but the alien suddenly disintegrated, turning into a fine corpse on the ground.

Everyone heaved a sigh of relief. At this moment, a series of "Chi Chi Chi" sounds sounded from the darkness. It sounded like many alien creatures were breaking out from the parasitic corpses!