Chapter 1000

Lin Dui, you say, is there still that ghost thing in this base?

Standing beside Lin An, Xiong Hanzi's eyes kept scanning the distant launch pad, his eyeballs unmoving, obviously very curious.

Before the Apocalypse, he had also seen this on TV.

Looking at these few most mysterious places on the Huaxia land, to say his heart wasn't excited and nervous would be false.

The ghost thing he mentioned is naturally the Meme. To be honest, he hates such troublesome and terrifying events, and he can't help much.

"Uncertain."

After a brief observation, Lin An replied indifferently.

He really isn't sure whether there is one; he can only say it's probably not. The two areas are only a dozen kilometers apart; if another Meme came, in his Past Life it could have become a forbidden zone.

Before coming to the satellite base, he and Zhang Tie went at high speed to another military base to search, to see if there were any Survivors.

However, it was different from what he imagined.

At the military base, there were neither meteorite fragments nor any abnormalities.

The entire base was empty; not a person in sight, let alone corpses.

Relying on his strong observational skills and details on the ground, Lin An could only reach a puzzling conclusion.

Before the Apocalypse, the military base had already been emptied, and the timing was right after the fragments caused abnormal phenomena, and after the base reported the situation, it withdrew.

Moreover, its destination was strange: not the Space City nor the satellite launch base, but rather due north, all the way to the Longjiang War Zone.

Based on the details of the departure, Lin An could be certain that the situation was extremely urgent at the time, to the extent that the entire military base, aside from activating its self-defense system, had no personnel left behind.

The military base, left with a large amount of supplies and equipment, appeared utterly abandoned.

Inside the entire base, only a few corpses initially affected by the Meme remained; of course, after Lin An dispelled the Meme, these corpses were like Human-Insects, dead beyond death.

Such abnormal performances would be unimaginable in the Huaxia Military.

After a simple inquiry with Chu An, Colonel Chu also said he didn't know about the withdrawal; at that time he had only obtained information to conduct research.

And when Lin An tried to violently break into the remaining electronic equipment and data, he unfortunately discovered that the suddenly vanished military had left no clues.

Obviously, the military that left in advance must have received orders from the highest level, with extreme secrecy, leaving no written documents.

If it weren't for the importance of the satellite base matter, he would even have the urge to track down what could be so important.

To the extent that it could make the military abandon guarding Satellite City, letting the abnormal event run rampant in the base.

Suppressing the thought, Lin An cautiously stood and observed the entire base.

His position was relatively high; beneath his feet lay a flat satellite base, visible in full view.

Thanks to his excellent eyesight, even without using mental power detection, the distant rocket launch pad was clearly visible, and even the tables and chairs inside the nearby command tower came into view.

Under the dawn's pale gold light, the towering rocket, white as a tower, bore the imprint of Long March 33; at a glance it looked like a sword eager to soar, using the earth as a bow. Under the protection of aviation paint, its placement for nearly a year left no trace on this national heavyweight.

Entirely milky white, the bullet-shaped payload compartment, if nothing unexpected, should be the latest round of sun-synchronous detector.

Everything was spotless as new; in a daze, it seemed as if nothing had changed since yesterday.

After a moment, Lin An withdrew his gaze and directly waved, signaling Zhang Tie to follow.

In terms of speed, he intentionally kept it under control.

Without mental power detection, he now can only obtain information through the five senses.

Relying solely on the naked eye, he saw no signs of activity inside the base.

At the huge aerospace building and supply warehouse, there were about thirty zombie corpses, all with gunshot wounds.

Obviously, here when the Apocalypse broke out, the Survivors and zombies inside the satellite base had engaged in battle.

"Lin Dui, it seems there are living people here..."

His nostrils twitched like a bellows; Xiong Hanzi looked around while his nose kept sniffing the surrounding air.

Besides a faint rotten smell, at the supply warehouse where they were, there was also a scent of military canned food.

He was very familiar with that smell.

They searched the aerospace building, command tower, and ground dormitories thoroughly.

Aside from a few zombie corpses dead inside the building, they saw nothing else; moreover, judging by the gunfire, it was obviously not fired by professionals.

Among them, several corpses in the command building had so many bullet holes they resembled a sieve.

They had thought no one was here, but judging by this scent, people must be hiding here.

Lin An nodded; he also smelled that scent. Based on how lingering the odor was, it was probably from not long ago, at most no more than a week.

It looks like someone is here, and underground! Otherwise, with his hearing, he wouldn't be able to hear breathing within a hundred meters!

With a sudden thought, Lin An silently stomped his foot downward.

"Bang!"

As his right foot exerted slight force and stomped the ground, instantly a precise force spread downward like a seismic wave.

After a moment, the vibration returned, and he focused his perception.

"Lin Dui, what are you doing?"

Zhang Tie, who had intended to rush straight in, curiously looked at Lin An stomping his foot; in his puzzlement, Lin An slowly opened his eyes and raised his brow.

"Nothing, let's get ready to go down."

"People are probably about sixty meters ahead to the left, thirty meters underground; whether there are zombies inside is uncertain."

Lin An didn't explain anything.

This method of using vibration to sense the situation is something he just thought of not long ago; moreover, in his memory fragments, the Second Will also likes to use this method.

By applying strong vibrations to touch an object, then judging its density from the object's reflected natural frequency.

Although it's not as convenient as mental power detection, it can still yield a lot of information.

On the other side.

Zhang Tie heard the voice and froze; he knew Lin Dui had lost mental power detection, but he didn't expect Lin Dui to come up with this ability.

Clicking his tongue in wonder, he didn't ask more and directly followed Lin An.

Walking in front, after kicking apart the zombie corpses on the ground, Lin An casually glanced at the password lock on the tightly shut metal door.

As a supply warehouse and also a military strategic base, the door's thickness was enough to withstand small-caliber artillery.

All-metal with a bolt-twist structure, probably couldn't be opened even by ramming with a tank. The password is complex, with dual electronic and mechanical verification.

If it were other Awakened Ones, they'd probably suffer a headache.

However, in his...

Without hesitation, Lin An also couldn't be bothered to look for a key; as he slightly gathered strength, his right fist, drawn back like a bow, instantly exploded forth like a cannonball.

Boom!!!

The air surge rolled; at the moment the fist hit the steel, terrifying force burst out, and in an instant the hard alloy steel plate trembled like a wave.

In the blink of an eye.

The door dented, its silver-white metal surface bulging inward like dented dough, torn open into a huge hollow.

Covering over a thousand square meters, the whole warehouse trembled from what seemed like a light punch.

Wall dust fluttered down.

Looking at the huge hole blasted before him, Lin An slowly lowered his arm, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.

Using about 0.3 points of spiritual energy boost, this effect was produced.

A casual punch of his could probably flatten a tank into a patty.

Thanks to will compression, his tenfold-enhanced control made each strike like a focused-energy blast—precise and efficient, with no wasted force.

Squeak

After Lin An tore open the steel plate with his bare hands, the two of them plunged headfirst into the warehouse interior.

The instant after they entered, several distant zombie howls suddenly sounded:

Roar!!

In the dim warehouse, several zombies, as if roused by the loud noise, charged straight over from afar.

"You... did you just hear any sound?!"

Underground 30 meters, inside a special civil-defense survival structure, a middle-aged person leaning against the wall suddenly stood up and whispered a question to everyone.

Brushing her hair, which was like weeds, a female engineer somewhat blankly lifted her head:

"It... seems like an earthquake?"

Nonsense.

Hiding in the sunless underground, they were like prisoners, already somewhat numb.

If it weren't for the woman just combing her hair, plus a slight sound, probably no one would have noticed that faint vibration.

Nearby, several engineers reeking of odor listened to the woman's reply and couldn't help but chuckle.

"How could it be an earthquake? We're not in an earthquake zone.."

In the boring days, the woman's earlier words were like a joke, giving everyone a bit of desire to talk.

"Yeah..."

"Before we built the satellite launch base, we conducted countless on-site inspections—let alone an earthquake, the surrounding thousands of kilometers aren't in an active zone; the fear is just that the rocket launch might cause shaking."

Hunched in his chair, a stooped middle-aged person rubbed the dirt clumps on his body, responding numbly as if reciting a lesson.

However, in the very next second.

Thud... thud...

Thud!

Boom!!! Boom!!!

One blast followed another, waves of huge impact turned into vibrations, as if a colossal beast stamped overhead, and the massive booms rang out densely.

Wall dust fluttered down. In the astonishing commotion, everyone jumped up in panic.

And the middle-aged person who had wanted to say something stared, his eyes widening to an oval.

"Holy shit!?"

"It's really an earthquake?! How can this place even have an earthquake?!"