Chapter 386: Damn it

^Long'an Base, core fortress.

At the vast core fortress, hundreds of staff in black uniforms nervously watched the electronic screen.

After repeated expansions, a fortress layer that was once only 300 square meters was expanded into a command center covering nearly ten thousand square meters.

Under the blessing of the Land of Rules, the construction speed of the entire base surpassed everyone's imagination.

Behind the electronic screen, the huge chassis was filled with tangled circuits covering the entire wall.

To avoid spiritual interference, all existing electronic equipment was replaced with a vacuum tube architecture.

Speaking of which, it's ironic.

The vacuum tube architecture was a technology developed by the former Soviet Union during the Cold War to resist nuclear warfare interference.

Compared to the commonly used transistor architecture today, vacuum tubes are not only bulky in size and cumbersome in structure, but also inefficient.

However, this architecture is rugged and durable; compared to modern computers that crash easily under spiritual interference, integrated vacuum tube computers became the only option.

On the screen, the staff member responsible for summarizing the zombie routes nervously reported the news.

"Lord Chu An!"

"The scout-drawn zombie route has deviated; it is projected to break through the defense line in 57 hours."

The speaking staff member looked somewhat immature; before the apocalypse broke out, he was merely a sophomore in the mathematics department.

Next to him, a male staff member in charge of mutants had a grim look; seeing the six mutant types listed, he couldn't help but worry.

The dispatched reconnaissance unit recently sent back information about mutants within the zombie horde.

Six mutant types, totaling 31 individuals.

This does not include the undiscovered, hidden ones.

He felt heavy-hearted.

The massive appearance of zombies and mutants made everyone realize the severity of the problem.

They had always thought only ordinary zombies would attack the city, after all, Lin An had not announced the saviors' city-defense mission.

Although the walls and firepower facilities of Long'an Base were basically completed, and under intense training almost everyone became a soldier.

But the threat posed by the large number of mutants was still too great.

At least half of the mutants are second-level.

The information reported to Chu An was not concealed from others.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the command center grew even heavier.

There's not much time left...

Many people looked anxiously at an alloy room marked with 【Space Transfer】, their hearts filled with worry.

As carefully selected core members, they were qualified to know of the existence of the Ghost Infant.

To prevent panic among the people.

Chu An and Wen Ya only told them that Lord Lin An had gone on a mission with Brother Zhang, without saying they had entered a high-difficulty punishment dungeon.

"Lord Lin An... hasn't returned yet?"

Without Lin An, the entire Long'an Base felt like it had lost its backbone.

High-end combat power is lacking.

Now the strongest Awakened Ones in the base are An Jing Tian and Huang Haitao.

Entrance to the command hall.

Wen Ya led people in wearing a specially made combat uniform; she instinctively glanced back at the room where Lin An had disappeared when entering the dungeon, a deep unease flashing in her heart.

Her eyes were sad, but she could only feign calm.

As the person in charge of the base's logistics and personnel, she dared not show any abnormality.

"Sister Wen Ya."

"Lady Wen Ya, hello.."

Passing staff members warmly came forward to greet her, but faintly noticed that Wen Ya's complexion was somewhat pale.

Is... what happened?

After a brief reply, Wen Ya hurriedly rushed to Chu An's office.

"Bang!"

After entering, the door was shut tight.

"Chu An!"

"Has something happened to Lin An?"

After entering the room, Wen Ya could no longer restrain her emotions, her whole body trembling slightly.

One minute ago, the system transmitted the alert tone she feared most.

"Savior squad member Zhang Tie has disconnected."

Like a bolt from the blue.

If not for the avatar of Zhang Tie on the squad panel turning gray, she could not have believed this fact.

Zhang Tie died, that sly-looking bald strongman died, and Xiong Hanzi, who loved eating canned yellow peaches, died.

She felt grief-stricken.

Zhang Tie and she were the first to follow Lin An; all along, the three could be said to be companions who shared life and death.

Thinking of Xiong Hanzi, that indestructible little strongling, dying without any omen, Wen Ya only felt a strong sense of unreality.

Even Zhang Tie, the strongest in defense, died.

What about Lin An?

What exactly did they encounter inside the dungeon?

She was afraid, afraid that in the next second the system would transmit news of Lin An's death.

Unable to accept, unable to imagine.

This unknown fear and worry made her almost unable to stay rational.

Therefore.

Upon receiving the news, she immediately dropped everything and rushed over.

Behind the screen, Chu An, looking exhausted, slowly lifted his head, his face showing no expression.

He glanced at Wen Ya, whose eyes were red, but could only remain silent.

For a moment.

Chu Colonel lightly lifted his glasses frame, gesturing for Wen Ya to sit down.

"Why are you asking that?"

"Are you worried about why Lin An hasn't come back yet?"

Wen Ya refused to sit, she spoke her guess in an urgent voice, then couldn't help but gasp heavily.

"Zhang Tie... is dead!"

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid Lin An met with an accident over there!"

"Too long! They've been in there for too long..."

At a loss, she didn't know what to do if Lin An died, nor what to do with Long'an Base.

The Capital Military Region had successfully established a safe zone over a week ago, and a new announcement had been issued.

As if throwing off all restraint, this announcement targeting Long'an Base amounted to a declaration of war.

Many forces jumped on the bandwagon to attack Long'an in the channel, and public opinion was almost entirely one-sided.

Many members of Long'an Base, after viewing the chat channel each time, were so angry they wanted to fight those people to the death.

Under a torrent of slander and defamation, Long'an Base became like a rat crossing the street.

Moreover, when An Jing Tian led the team out for drills, he discovered that many soldiers from the Linjiang Military Region had appeared.

These soldiers were equipped with rangefinders, appearing as if they wanted to lock onto a target.

Therefore, after several careful scouting missions, An Jing Tian's conclusion was.

The position of Long'an Base may have been exposed!

Even if the exact coordinates weren't leaked, the military must have known Long'an Base's approximate direction.

Those soldiers holding rangefinders and laser aiming devices were likely scouting Long'an Base's exact coordinates.

Once accurate coordinates were obtained, the military region could launch laser-guided tactical missiles to bombard Long'an from afar.

The threat of the corpse tide, the threat from the human side, and people's unease.

Wen Ya only felt she bore a heavy burden.

She dared not think, what if Lin An met with misfortune...

"Zhang Tie is dead?"

Behind the screen, a large amount of information scrolled down, reflected on Chu An's lenses.

He stood up, let out a light sigh, and forced a stiff smile.

"If Zhang Tie died."

"That would mean the situation is good."

"He deserved to die the most..."