Chapter 237: Cover Deployment

"Lin Xian!"

Kiki's little face turned white upon hearing this. She looked at Lin Xian with fire in her eyes. If there weren't so many people at the scene, she would have definitely rushed up and strangled him.

Lin Xian pointed to the mecha under his feet: "After it's repaired later, let you drive it first?"

Who knew that Kiki's eyes became much clearer upon hearing this, looking at him with both anger and anticipation, and hurriedly said: "This is what you said."

"Lin Xian, how to arrange it now?"

Chen Sixuan saw the ancient monster in the water and hurriedly asked.

Lin Xian said solemnly at this time: "Originally I wanted to arrange for the whole team to explore, but it looks like the situation below is much more complicated. Everyone should not be scattered. Let's wait for me to repair this mecha, and then go out together."

"Ah?" Kiki said with some regret: "Such a big research institute, why not look for it? What if there are more good things?"

Lin Xian pointed to the eerie human head in the water: "The threat of monsters that can make people hallucinate is not small, and just now we also encountered monsters that can drill through ventilation pipes. I estimate that the isolation wall of the test site over there has broken, and quite a few weird things have entered this research institute. In this case, don't be greedy."

In horror movies, knowing that the area is experiencing weird situations, insisting on acting separately is simply stupid.

The supplies were not at the point of life and death for the *Infinite*. If it weren't for the heavy mecha under Lin Xian at this time, he would have taken people to evacuate immediately. Anyway, his goal of finding the medical cabin had been achieved, which already exceeded expectations.

Plus it was night now, and there might be other risks on the *Infinite* side, so Lin Xian didn't want to stay for too long.

"How about this, let's search on this floor with so many people, and we can cover you by the way. After you finish, everyone will go out together?" Kiki suggested directly.

Kiki looked at such an empty research institute in front of her, and felt a loss if she didn't scavenge some useful things.

However, she also knew that Lin Xian's decision was very reasonable, so she made a relatively compromise suggestion.

Lin Xian thought about it upon hearing this, and then said: "Fine, but with so many of us now in the underground of this research institute, plus it is still flooding, in order to prevent accidents, we'd better make two-handed preparations."

"Kiki." Lin Xian looked at Kiki: "Where is the exit of the mecha lift elevator dedicated to this hangar."

Kiki picked up the mobile terminal and searched quickly: "F exit, but this F exit is in the No. 3 test site, which is the periphery of the Qingshui Town test site we entered before. That is the exit for large machinery."

Lin Xian frowned upon hearing this, and then said: "I know."

Then he looked at Da Lou: "Da Lou, you take people to guard the elevator passage, which is convenient for personnel to evacuate later."

"Shu Qin, Lv Chang, you go to the atrium. The lake water here might have problems or it might be because of some Eerie Objects, causing our communication transmission distance to be interfered with. You have good skills, so you are responsible for relaying information and searching for supplies by the way."

"Then there is Kiki. You are responsible for protecting Director Ding. Take her to a few important areas to see if there is any useful information, preferably about abilities or Eerie Entities. This Foundation research institute seems to have deeper research in this area than the Phoenix Society, which might be helpful to us."

"Chen Laoshi, you and Miao Lu are responsible for covering me here. I expect it to take about 40 minutes to an hour."

"Hmm." Chen Sixuan nodded upon hearing this.

Then Lin Xian added: "Everyone pay attention that the team's march should not be too scattered. Any room exploration must be done by three or more people. Keep lighting. The floor power may be interrupted at any time. There are Human-Ghosts, Eerie Entities, and some unknown experimental bodies in this research institute. If you encounter them, you must kill them with all your strength and clear the marks. If you are not an enemy, you can retreat to the atrium elevator and here, and the other two teams will provide support!"

"Understood!" everyone shouted in unison.

Except for Lu Xingchen, Shasha, and a few fleet team members who stayed behind to guard the *Infinite*, 24 members of the *Infinite* with combat power were all here. Lin Xian's deployment ensured that each small team had heavy-firepower male team members who could carry the Roarer K23 electric rotary machine gun. Besides that, Lin Xian equipped everyone in the small team with standard tactical flashlights, explosives, grenade launchers, gas masks, and cutting devices.

"Good, everyone pay attention to safety, start acting!"

Hearing Lin Xian's deployment, everyone's morale was high, and they immediately started to act.

Now the firepower of the *Infinite* fleet members was very strong, and the combined physical fitness after evolution was an impressive force. Hearing Lin Xian's deployment was very clear and there was support from various small teams, everyone tightened their hearts for the first time and started to divide into teams and set off.

"Chen Laoshi..."

"I know." Chen Sixuan didn't wait for Lin Xian to finish, and said to him: "You rest assured to do your work, I will watch this area for you."

Lin Xian opened his mouth, and seeing Chen Sixuan's serious expression, he swallowed the words he wanted to say and nodded to her: "Good, pay attention to safety."

Chen Sixuan nodded, breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and then arranged for Miao Lu and several team members: "We will observe nearby. Now that the water is rising, everyone pay attention to the things in the water."

"Got it!"

Lin Xian looked at the speed of the rising water. Because this 9th floor had the largest space, it would take some time to be completely submerged, but this moment had already almost submerged the mecha's cockpit, and his heart began to feel urgent.

【Scanning progress 60%】

Da Lou took people and Shu Qin all the way to the atrium. The underground structure here was very much like a honeycomb. The sinking passage was in the middle, and each floor was divided into six different research areas in a hexagonal structure.

"Test, communication distance." Shu Qin pressed the earphone communicator.

"Sister Qin, received, but I can already feel the interference."

"You two, stay here." Shu Qin looked at the nodes along the way and began to deploy relay information personnel: "Two people in a group, call once every 3 minutes, keep communication."

Da Lou looked at Shu Qin's neatness and couldn't help but ask: "Were you in the army before?"

"Interstellar 71st Group Army, Dingzhou 552nd Vanguard Ranger Regiment, reconnaissance company sergeant." Shu Qin looked at him: "Already retired, what about you?" "West Wind Brigade, engineer." Da Lou said lightly.

"General Wei's soldier?" Shu Qin was surprised upon hearing this.

Da Lou nodded: "Yes."

"I heard that after the Apocalypse Day, the Federation disintegrated, and the remaining interstellar army was able to overcome public opinion and carry out internal reorganization to join the Phoenix Society's sequence, among which was your West Wind Brigade."

"I'm not very clear." Da Lou scratched his head: "Like you, I retired long ago and opened a car repair shop at home."

The small team marched all the way and soon arrived at the atrium. This was an extremely wide hall, like an airport terminal, and there was also a guidance area.

"I'm responsible for guarding here." Da Lou carried the Gatling gun on his shoulder, and stepped onto a flower bed with one foot.

"There are two emergency stairwells here. Lv Chang and I will search and patrol on both sides, and keep in touch with you in the middle." Shu Qin didn't say a word, and took Lv Chang to start checking the area.

"Good." Da Lou nodded, watching from all directions. He knew this was the passage for evacuation, so he didn't dare to be careless at this time and focused on guarding here.

On the other side, Kiki and Ding Junyi rushed toward several research areas quickly. Ding Junyi walked with fast steps, while Kiki was flying in the air.

Ding Junyi glanced at Kiki and said while walking: "Your ability has increased quite a bit since you came out of Jiazhou City."

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"Really?" Kiki crossed her arms and looked back while flying backward: "I don't feel anything. The evolution levels mentioned in the Angel Project before don't seem to be used as a reference for the spirit-swinging value."

"The concept of spirit-swinging value is more inclined to the strong energy fluctuation of living organisms to be accurate. If it must be defined, it can only be accurately measured by 【the total energy of biological near-death explosion】, otherwise, no accurate assessment can be given."

Ding Junyi adjusted her glasses: "I am constantly paying attention to the Phoenix Society's research progress on abilities. Of course, I will also collect useful information from other survivor teams. Judging from the information that can be collected at present, people who stay in the dark night longer have stronger abilities and gene evolution compared to other areas less affected by the extreme night. The only problem is the survival rate."

"Staying in the dark night and facing those monsters all the time, it would be strange if the survival rate could be high." Kiki waved her hands.

"No, besides this, there is also dark invasion. Lin Xian mentioned this point last time. I combined some research results of the Phoenix Society and found that after entering dawn, the power of dark night invasion can be effectively suppressed. So I have a guess, that is, humans need a certain buffer to digest after absorbing the power of the dark night, and this buffer... is dawn."

Kiki frowned slightly upon hearing this: "You mean, need to maintain a kind of balance?"

"For us humans, yes. The evolution of body functions requires the participation of sunlight. You can understand it as plants, carrying out photosynthesis during the day, but they will also die if they are exposed to the sun all the time. At night, they breathe to release energy. On this point, the Phoenix Society should have already verified it, perhaps they haven't carried out targeted experiments to obtain the demonstration results, so they haven't announced it to the outside world."

"So cautious?" Kiki sneered: "If they have obtained the results, they shouldn't notify everyone quickly. This is the end of the world, and they are still playing the program set."

Ding Junyi smiled lightly upon hearing this and said solemnly: "Science is rigorous, and precisely because they are the Phoenix Society, representing the only remaining credibility of survivors around the world, they must be more cautious about this kind of information. Moreover, their current advocacy is to follow dawn. Objectively speaking, they don't need to deliberately throw out such a thing that is consistent with the advocacy results, not to mention that it hasn't been fully demonstrated?"

"Oh~" Kiki said: "I understand. If they really announced this discovery, it might lead some people to deliberately stay in the dark in order to evolve quickly, thereby causing greater casualties?"

"Not bad."

Ding Junyi said in a deep voice: "Including the discovery of the 【Dark Mark】, this point is even more serious than dark invasion, because this directly affects the fate of all mankind. Even if I hand over our research data, they need to conduct experiments, otherwise, letting survivors take the initiative to counterattack Eerie Entities, the loss of life caused by this decision will be immeasurable."

"But... but we have all demonstrated and experienced it ourselves. The Dark Mark does exist. Look, didn't we just encounter a bait mark at the station this afternoon?" Kiki looked puzzled.

"It's not that simple."

"First of all, from a scientific point of view, our discovery is also more inference than demonstration, and we have the Hell Black Chrysanthemum. Even so, there is no exact experimental

Kiki rolled her eyes: "I don't get it, it's really a headache. That is to say, even if we find the Phoenix Society, they won't necessarily believe us, right?"

"Yes." Ding Junyi nodded.

"How hateful!" Kiki's face darkened upon hearing this, but she suddenly changed the subject: "Hmm? Did you mean just now that you think this foundation is the organization that dropped the marker bait at the station this afternoon?"

Ding Junyi looked at Kiki: "No, I just judged from some of the research directions they are currently conducting that, theoretically, they should be able to obtain more research results in certain fields than the Federation and the Phoenix Society. Besides, didn't you and Lin Xian go in to communicate with them this afternoon? Can you tell me what kind of organization this foundation is?"

"A crazy organization." Kiki pouted, and then she briefly described to Ding Junyi what happened when they entered the SIID foundation organization in the afternoon.

"How about that? Not only do they use living people for experiments, but they also use living people to play games. Such an organization actually claims to be neutral. I spit on that!" Kiki said indignantly.

Who knew that after Ding Junyi heard her finish, she would show a meaningful look.

"It sounds like the concept of herd immunity, but if that were all, their research results should be open to the public, even if it's from the perspective of interest exchange. The Federation's experimental team did have cooperation with the Lofi Consortium before, but later we completely cut off contact with them. I didn't know this SIID organization would operate with such a tenet."

"Herd immunity? What does that mean?" Kiki asked upon hearing this.

Ding Junyi explained: "It means viewing the Star Abyss and dark invasion as a world-ending virus. Human survival depends entirely on the survival of the fittest through natural selection. After the Apocalypse, tens of billions of people died worldwide. Now that we who have survived have gained abilities or genetic evolution, we are the lucky ones in this theory."

"Pfft~" Kiki said: "Doesn't that still mean we have to rely on ourselves to defeat the darkness?"

Pad-da.

Ding Junyi suddenly stopped walking. She looked at Kiki and said with a serious expression.

"But the problem is, humanity has never truly defeated a virus."

(End of chapter)