Chapter 99

Lin Chen held the Purple Lightning Purification Gun, his eyes vigilantly staring at the interior of the building,

and shouted inside: "

Come out!

Walk out slowly,

don't play any tricks!

" The footsteps inside approached slowly,

an old man with gray hair walked out leaning on a cane, wearing a tattered cotton-padded jacket,

his face covered in wrinkles, and he was holding a shriveled piece of bread in his hand.

"Young man,

don't be nervous,

I really am just a survivor.

" The old man stopped, raised his hands to show he had no malice,

"My name is Old Zhou,

I've been hiding here since the beginning of the doomsday. This used to be my workplace, and I'm familiar with the situation inside.

" Lin Chen and Xia Nuan looked at each other, Xia Nuan slowly walked to Lin Chen's side,

and whispered: "He doesn't look like a bad person, should we let him come in and chat?"

Lin Chen nodded and said to Old Zhou: "You can go in, we also need to find a place to rest.

But if you dare to lie to us, you know the consequences." Old Zhou nodded repeatedly, turned, and walked into the building,

Lin Chen and Xia Nuan followed behind. The first floor of the building was a large hall,

with several tattered tables and chairs scattered inside, some sundries piled in the corner,

and a stove for burning fire in the middle, with unextinguished charcoal inside.

Old Zhou walked to the stove, added a few pieces of wood, and said: "This used to be the base's command room,

the soundproofing is good, and you can't hear the sounds from outside. If you don't mind,

you can rest here first, I'll go pour you some hot water." Lin Chen put down his backpack,

sat on a chair, watching Old Zhou walk into the small room next door, his vigilance still not relaxed.

Xia Nuan checked the hall, walked to Lin Chen's side, and said: "There is no one else inside,

it looks like he is the only one. However, we still have to be careful, don't easily believe his words." Lin Chen said "um", took out the fused Extreme Cold Core, placed it on the table, and covered it with a cloth—this core was too important to let anyone see.

Old Zhou came out with two cups of hot water and handed them to Lin Chen and Xia Nuan: "Drink some hot water to warm up,

it's too cold outside." Lin Chen took the water cup, didn't drink it, placed it on the table, and asked: "You've been here for so long, have you seen anyone else?

For example, people wearing black combat uniforms or holding special weapons?"

Old Zhou sat on the chair opposite, took a sip of hot water, thought for a while, and said: "About half a month ago,

a group of people dressed in black came here, they searched the base,

it seemed they were looking for something, and they left when they didn't find it. Their clothes had a black skull logo, and they looked very fierce."

Lin Chen and Xia Nuan looked at each other—the black skull logo was the same as the one on the helicopter earlier,

it must be "X"'s people. "Did they say what they were looking for?" Lin Chen asked.

Old Zhou shook his head: "I didn't hear clearly, they spoke in very low voices, and they were very vigilant,

I hid in the room and didn't dare to come out, I only saw them rummaging through documents and equipment."

Lin Chen frowned, guessing in his heart—"X"'s people were looking for things in the military base,

could it be that there was equipment related to the Extreme Cold Core here? He said to Old Zhou: "Is there any place in this base that stores special equipment?

For example, a laboratory that can store energy or has researched extreme cold technology?"

Old Zhou's eyes lit up and he said: "Yes! There is a secret laboratory on the first basement level,

it used to research new energy, and it was sealed after the doomsday. That group of men in black seemed to be looking for that laboratory, but they didn't know where the entrance was,

and they left when they didn't find it." Lin Chen was happy and said to Xia Nuan: "Let's go take a look, perhaps there is something we need inside."

Xia Nuan nodded,

Old Zhou stood up and said: "I'll take you there, the entrance to that laboratory is in the storage room on the second floor,

and it needs a password to open. I used to be the administrator here and know the password.

" The three walked toward the second floor, the storage room on the second floor was piled with cardboard boxes, Old Zhou walked to the corner, moved a cardboard box, revealing a metal door, with a password lock on the door.

Old Zhou entered a string of numbers, the password lock made a "beep" sound, and the metal door slowly opened,

inside was a staircase leading to the basement. Lin Chen turned on his phone's flashlight and led the way down,

Xia Nuan and Old Zhou followed behind. At the end of the stairs was the laboratory gate, there was no lock on the door, and it opened with a gentle push.

The laboratory was covered in dust, with many instruments inside, although they had all been deactivated, they looked well-preserved. A computer was placed on the table in the middle,

and there were several transparent containers next to it, filled with some blue liquid, very similar in color to the Extreme Cold Core.

Lin Chen walked to the computer and tried to turn it on, not expecting the computer to actually start; the screen displayed some data, all about research records on extreme cold energy.

"Extreme cold energy was really researched here!" Lin Chen said excitedly, quickly browsing the files on the computer.

Xia Nuan walked to the container, carefully observed the liquid inside, and said: "The energy fluctuations of these liquids are very similar to the Extreme Cold Core, perhaps they can be used to enhance the core's energy.

" Old Zhou stood at the entrance and said: "I heard colleagues say before that the energy researched here could resist extreme cold,

and could also store huge amounts of energy, but I don't know if it can still be used now."

Lin Chen found an important document on the computer, which stated—extreme cold energy requires a special device to activate,

and there is an activation device on the second basement level of the base, but it requires the Extreme Cold Core as a key.

He immediately said to Xia Nuan and Old Zhou: "Let's go to the second basement level, there is an activation device there,

perhaps we can find clues about 'X' through this device."

The three walked toward the second basement level, the gate to the second basement level was a thick metal door,

requiring dual verification of fingerprint and password. Old Zhou tried to enter the password,

but it prompted an incorrect password. "What's going on? The password was correct before." Old Zhou said in confusion.

Lin Chen frowned and asked the system: "Can you crack the verification for this door?" 【Cracking fingerprint and password, expected to take five minutes】 the system replied.

Five minutes later, the system prompted that the cracking was successful, and the metal door slowly opened.

The second basement level was larger than the laboratory, with a huge device in the middle, looking like an energy emitter, surrounded by many consoles. Lin Chen walked to the device,

and saw a slot on it, the size just right to hold the Extreme Cold Core.

He took out the Extreme Cold Core and placed it into the slot. As soon as the core was put in, the device suddenly lit up with blue light,

and the console screen also lit up, displaying energy activation in progress.

Lin Chen and Xia Nuan watched the screen nervously, Old Zhou stood to the side, also very excited.

Just when the energy activation reached 50%, the laboratory gate was suddenly kicked open,

more than a dozen people in black combat uniforms rushed in, holding weapons, and fired at them.

Lin Chen immediately mobilized his Absolute Zero ability, condensed an ice shield to block the bullets, and shouted to Xia Nuan: "You cover me, I'll continue to activate the device!"

Xia Nuan nodded, took out her sniper rifle, and fired at the men in black. Old Zhou was so scared that he hid behind the console,

not daring to come out. Lin Chen focused on the screen, the energy activation progress was getting faster and faster, 70%, 80%, 90%... Just when the activation was about to succeed,

a person wearing silver armor rushed in, it was the person who had fought with Lin Chen earlier, and the ice sword in his hand swung toward Lin Chen's back.

"Be careful!

" Xia Nuan shouted,

firing at that person. The person dodged to the side, but the ice sword did not stop, and it looked like it was about to cut Lin Chen.

Lin Chen turned around abruptly, mobilized all his ability, and swung a huge ice blade at that person.

The ice blade hit the person's armor, making a "crack" sound, and a crack appeared on the armor. The person retreated a few steps, staring fiercely at Lin Chen.

Lin Chen took the opportunity to look at the screen, the energy activation had reached 99% and was about to be completed.

The men in black were still rushing over, Xia Nuan had already knocked down several, but it was still a bit difficult.

Lin Chen said to Xia Nuan: "Hold on a little longer, the activation is about to succeed!"

Just then, the screen suddenly displayed activation successful, and the device emitted a strong blue light, shooting straight to the ceiling.

The entire base began to vibrate, and the men in black were all shaken and unable to stand steadily. Lin Chen took the opportunity to swing an ice spike at the person in silver armor, hitting his chest, and the person fell to the ground,

and stopped moving. The remaining men in black saw this and were so scared that they fled.

After the vibration stopped, a paragraph of text appeared on the device's screen—extreme cold energy has been activated, an external unknown energy source has been detected, and the coordinates have been sent to the console.

Lin Chen walked to the console and saw a coordinate displayed on it, which was an abandoned factory in the south of the city.

"This must be 'X''s location!" Lin Chen said excitedly, and said to Xia Nuan and Old Zhou: "We'll go there now, find 'X', and end all of this!"

Old Zhou shook his head and said: "I'm old, so I won't go, you guys be careful. This base will be left to you from now on, if you can come back,

I'll cook hot meals for you." Lin Chen nodded and said to Old Zhou: "Thank you,

we will come back." The three walked out of the laboratory, Lin Chen and Xia Nuan walked toward the first basement level, preparing to leave the base and head to the abandoned factory in the south of the city.

Just as they walked to the stairs, Lin Chen's communicator suddenly rang, and a message from "X" appeared on the screen: "I know you will come, I am waiting for you in the factory, don't be late."