Chapter 235: Black Shadow

"Da Lou, Kiki, you two go together to Floor 7 and bring that full-effect life surgical medical cabin back to the train first, and then call more people down by the way."

Lin Xian looked at the empty research hall outside the window and quite a few remaining research equipment, and said directly: "While the water hasn't flooded up yet, let's search this research institute well. I see there are many staff rest areas and offices here. Even if it's just some living supplies, don't let them go. It won't be easy to find such an opportunity in the future."

"Hmm." Shu Qin nodded: "You're right. Now the Star Abyss of No. 5 and No. 7 is beginning to spread and diffuse, and no matter which line we take later, we are moving toward the direction of the Star Abyss. The faster we go, the faster it gets dark. In the afternoon, quite a few survivors have sent messages on the radio that the east, the north line, and the Parma Grassland are now all covered in blizzards, and there are multiple extreme cold vortices approaching us, and the No. 3 Star Abyss is not far from us either."

Ding Junyi was busy searching for useful information from the papers on the ground in Hua Xiaoling's office. She didn't look up and said: "The extreme cold vortex is because the moist water vapor of the Yunjiang Plain Shijiu Lake and the Southeast Sea is carried by the tides of the No. 8 Star Abyss and the No. 4 Star Abyss. The blizzard brought will be unprecedented. On this point, the Federation has made a natural disaster assessment before, and it seems very accurate at present."

Lin Xian's face darkened upon hearing this: "Yes, the temperature at Hengshan Pass is constantly decreasing. From this station out, we must rush through the encirclement of the No. 5 and No. 7 Star Abyss in one breath, so it is difficult to have a chance to search for supplies or replenish supplies on the road. Now that there is a chance, grasp it quickly."

Kiki shrugged and looked at him with big eyes inexplicably: "I can lift that thing out by myself, why are you calling the big guy?"

Lin Xian looked at her speechlessly: "That thing is precious. If you encounter any trouble on the road, someone needs to take care of it. Otherwise, you will just throw it out as a sandbag for me to smash zombies. Where can I get another one?"

Kiki stuck out her tongue, thinking that this seemed to be something she could do.

"Got it, Brother Xian, then we'll go first." Da Lou nodded and never questioned Lin Xian's arrangements.

"Then you be careful too~" Kiki said, and followed Da Lou back to Floor 7 first.

Lin Xian looked at Director Ding who was still busy searching for data, and then said to Shu Qin: "Let's go, I estimate that this floor will be flooded soon. Let's search a circle first, see what is suitable, and then search up floor by floor from the stairs. I estimate that there should be things that can be used in the military equipment depot on the 5th floor."

"Hmm." Shu Qin nodded, took out the Remington M96, and the three walked down to the research hall on the lower floor from the stairs at the end of the office.

Before walking down the stairs, they already heard a sound of splashing water, and quite a few lights began to dim due to short circuits.

Lin Xian and the three walked down and found that the water had begun to flood the corridor on the lower floor, enough to submerge the soles of their feet, and a cold, bone-chilling feeling hit them instantly.

*Empty, empty, empty*, the dull sound of wind surging constantly whistled in their ears from the depths of the passage.

"The water has risen to this floor." Shu Qin said seeing this situation.

Lin Xian frowned and immediately dismissed the idea of continuing to search this floor, saying directly: "Forget it, go up to Floor 8."

He decided to prioritize safety. Although there were quite a few devices in that research hall that could be used for devouring, they all required quite a bit of time. Now the entire research institute was seeping water, so he could only give up.

Lin Xian had also thought about arranging for people to move if they could, but under such circumstances, the priority was to move useful supplies, not consumables for him to devour.

Anyway, after he went out, he could still take advantage of the night to devour that "Night Star No. 2" nuclear-powered turbine processor on that Dragon-class transport ship. Lin Xian had a scale in his heart as to which one was safer.

"Wait a minute." Ding Junyi pointed to a floor layout sign on the wall and said: "The information archive room is ahead. I think it is necessary to take a look. This research institute has many things that are difficult to explain. If we can obtain more useful information, it will definitely be helpful to us."

Lin Xian looked at Ding Junyi, pondered for a moment, and then nodded: "Good, it shouldn't be far."

Walking as soon as they said, the three walked directly into the water-filled passage and moved forward toward the direction of the information archive room.

Along the way, Lin Xian noticed quite a few traces of vehicles and even aircraft parked on the ground, as well as a large number of empty equipment boxes, discarded documents, etc., scattered all over the ground.

*Splash, splash, splash~*

There was only the sound of three people stepping on water in the passage, echoing constantly, which sounded somewhat eerie.

Soon, the three walked through the passage to another area on the 9th floor. Walking up the stairs, what appeared in their sight was a corridor that looked like it had been tightly sealed before.

It had not been flooded here yet. In front of a straight corridor was a yellow gate, and outside it were also set up access control and security systems.

"It seems this is the information archive room."

In fact, Lin Xian didn't hold much hope, because the internal network system had all been transferred, and confidential data would certainly not be left in any paper form. However, since he brought Director Ding here, he also hoped to have some discoveries.

He already highly suspected that the bait mark in the afternoon was the handiwork of this Foundation, which was consistent with the Foundation's leadership in many research fields over the Federation and the Phoenix Society. The only thing he couldn't understand was why he had to deliberately leave a Phoenix Society logo when doing this move.

Shu Qin studied the terrain and said: "There is a staircase in this area. We can go directly up to Floor 8 from the stairs here later, without returning the same way."

Lin Xian nodded, walked over, and activated the Mechanical Heart on the door of the archive room. The tightly constructed gate was soon opened by him.

*Creak~*

The gate opened, and the lights in the information archive room lit up one by one. The storage server system, which was originally filled with storage media in the neatly arranged information cabinets, had been completely moved away at this time, leaving only one terminal server that was still supporting the base's basic service facilities.

Lin Xian walked in and looked, sighed and said: "Sure enough, but it looks like their evacuation time was still very sufficient, not like they encountered any monsters and fled in a panic."

Shu Qin nodded: "The key things were not missing, and they were not attacked. It should be an orderly evacuation. I estimate that only the flooded area on the lower floor might have encountered something."

"And their test site." Lin Xian said.

At this time, Ding Junyi walked over but didn't say a word. She came to the computer on the console and started operating something with her fingers *pop, pop, pop* without saying a word.

"Large organizations will be very strict in emergency control. For example, measures such as fire, anthrax, air raids, etc., that require full-territory evacuation must be covered with information saturation to ensure that personnel in various special positions and special working areas are notified. So, this kind of evacuation action, besides internal communication, internal network emails, regional broadcasts, light alarms, also includes personnel transmission chains. Except for the internal network system, the basic system will also receive this information, and in order to evacuate, the basic system will not go offline, because this is the control circuit, access control, air, and other basic life-sustaining systems, so..."

"This terminal will also receive evacuation notices."

*Pop, pop, pop. *

Ding Junyi finished typing the last one, and a red log message appeared on the computer on the console. As she said, this was indeed an evacuation notice for the entire pipeline!

Lin Xian's face changed. He didn't expect Director Ding to be an expert in computers. At this time, he hurriedly walked over with Shu Qin and saw the display screen showing:

【Emergency Evacuation (Level 5)】 【16:15】

"16:15??"

"What's wrong, Team Leader Lin?" Shu Qin asked.

Lin Xian's pupils tightened, and he said directly: "At this time, Kiki and I should have just left the research institute!!"

Ding Junyi looked at Lin Xian in confusion: "Did something happen to you here?"

Lin Xian's eyes darkened: "I'll tell you in detail later, let's go first."

At this time, Lin Xian felt somewhat inexplicable in his heart. Was this a coincidence or deliberate?

*Crack, crack~*

Suddenly, a slight sound came from the machine room in the distance. Lin Xian and Shu Qin immediately raised their weapons and scanned their eyes in the same direction.

"Team Leader Lin, I'll go and see."

Shu Qin said and prepared to move. Lin Xian reached out to stop her, then made a gesture, asking her to stand behind Director Ding, and the two formed a guard formation to protect Ding Junyi in the middle.

Lin Xian pulled out his black gun, grabbed the void with his left hand, and quickly manufactured an automatic rifle. He walked in front, moved along the narrow server corridor toward the rear of the information archive room, and gradually approached the place where the sound was made.

!

*Crack~*

The sound came again, clearer this time. Lin Xian frowned, slowed his pace even more, walked out from the corner, and found that the rear was a passage to the machine room power distribution room.

So Lin Xian walked in slowly, and then pushed open the dust-proof door that was slightly covered.

Just as Lin Xian's vision swept in, his pupils shrank, because at this time he saw an eerie black shadow standing in the dim corner of the machine room. The black shadow had two long horns like sheep horns on its head, and its whole body was covered with black whiskers, looking like a human but not a human.

Seeing this scene, Lin Xian didn't even hesitate, and the automatic rifle fired and swept over directly.

*Bang, bang, bang!! *

The bullet stream sprayed out and hit the black shadow, instantly bringing out some waste residue like firewood. And at this time, the black shadow seemed to be disturbed, stretched out several hands with long black claws, and ran toward the corridor on the right.

A trace of surprise flashed in Lin Xian's eyes. This was the first time he had encountered an Eerie Entity that would run after being beaten. Didn't they usually pounce on him directly in the past?

The thought flashed through his mind, but Lin Xian didn't have any hesitation. The power armor transmitted surging power. He rushed out in one step, picked up the black gun, and prepared to kill this weird thing.

If you can't beat it, you have to run. If you can beat it, you must kill it. Now Lin Xian knew about the Dark Mark and would not easily let these things mark him and his teammates, otherwise, who knew what trouble would be attracted next time at night.

*Whoosh! *

Lin Xian rushed out violently. Because the speed was too fast, he stepped on the wall at the corner and chased after it with the momentum. But just as he turned around, he saw an even more eerie scene.

The corner in front was a dead end of the machine room, and there was no road at all. And the black shadow was actually clinging to the wall at this time, its whole body shrinking, as if it was shrinking into some hole.

Lin Xian was quick-witted, directly picked up the black gun, exploded the torque, and threw it violently!

*Hum! *

The power armor's microcomputer controlled the black gun's flight control engine to perform secondary acceleration in the air. The black gun carried the whistling wind of piercing and shot out, instantly piercing the remaining side torso of the black shadow!

*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! * The black gun inserted obliquely into the wall along the wall, bringing out a large amount of wood chips and fragments.

*Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle~*

Only heard the black shadow emit a sound like a toad humming, and then quickly drilled into a narrow ventilation pipe. The black sharp claws scraped on the metal wall of the passage, making a harsh sound, and soon disappeared without a trace.

"Damn it!"

Lin Xian rushed over in one step, raised his hand to take back the black gun, and only then did he see some black debris picked up from the tip of the gun, and his brow frowned instantly.

Wet?

"Be careful, it might be something in the water."

Lin Xian raised his head, but saw Ding Junyi, who followed in, with a tide of excitement, her chest heaving and panting, her eyes shining, and she couldn't help but ask her: "What's wrong with you."

"Nothing, you don't have to worry about me, it is indeed... very dangerous here."

Lin Xian couldn't help but support his forehead. This woman said it was very dangerous, but why did she have such a dark and orgasmic expression?

Shu Qin on the side was inexplicable. Lin Xian hurriedly said: "Let's go, let's go up to Floor 8 and see. We should avoid places with water as much as possible."

"Hmm."

Then the three came out of the information archive room, walked along the corridor passage to the area exit. When they came out of the passage, they found that outside was a large machine assembly workshop, high-top mechanical fences, and the workshop was facing a hangar elevator. At this time, the entire hangar had been submerged in water, and the stairs were at the end of a straight long corridor.

"Team Leader Lin, look!!" Shu Qin suddenly shouted to Lin Xian.

Lin Xian looked at the direction Shu Qin was shouting at this time, and his expression changed instantly, because in the deep water of the submerged hangar, the upper body of a giant dark green mecha was exposed to the water surface, the power core had been extinguished, and the combat arm was hanging into the water surface.

"T8-Z Vulcan military assault type!!" Lin Xian exclaimed upon seeing it.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 236 =====

"T8-Z Vulcan military assault type!!" Lin Xian exclaimed as soon as he saw it.

(End of chapter)