Chapter 20: Underground Laboratory I

Zhao Yuxin and Ling Xi conversed for over ten minutes before returning to the Tricycle with Zhu Zhiquan.

Zhao Yuxin first replaced all the tires with Primary High-Speed Tires, then took out a notebook and began flipping through it; when Zhao Yuxin turned to the last page, she was drawn to a paragraph.

"Damn it! Those people from the government have come knocking again! But forget it, the boss has already established a new laboratory anyway; I just need to handle the evacuation on my end. The new laboratory seems to be underneath Red Tomato Hospital, and the method is..."

Zhao Yuxin was just about to read the entry method, but the information transmitted by the surrounding sound waves made her alert. "Ajiu, stop the vehicle!"

Zhu Zhiquan immediately braked and turned his head to look at Zhao Yuxin; Zhao Yuxin first shouted, then listened carefully to the information transmitted by the surrounding sound waves.

Zhao Yuxin analyzed: "There are eight people in total lying in ambush in the building by the bridge, and there are no monsters in the vicinity; it is very likely they have been cleared out by them."

Zhu Zhiquan opened the panel to craft eight Dagger Spears and asked at the same time: "Is the distribution dense?"

Zhao Yuxin let out a cry and then closed her eyes, feeling the sound waves more intently, "The distribution is relatively scattered, but I can roughly determine their positions."

"Alright then, we'll pretend to search for supplies first, then find an opportunity to—crack!" Zhu Zhiquan handed four Dagger Spears to Zhao Yuxin while making a throat-slitting gesture.

"Mm!" Zhao Yuxin bundled the four Dagger Spears together with Buli, then strapped them to the middle of her backpack shoulder straps. Although it was a bit bumpy, it could fix the position of the spears well; Zhu Zhiquan followed suit and bundled the Dagger Spears onto his backpack.

(Because the backpack lacked structures like adjustment straps, they could only be bundled at the shoulder strap position.)

After being ready, the two killed all the people in ambush according to the plan. Afterward, while cleaning up the spoils, the two discovered a map of Corrupted Maze City.

"Great! Now we can go to Red Tomato Hospital." Zhao Yuxin first found the location of Red Tomato Hospital, "Ajiu, shall we call some helpers to go?"

Zhu Zhiquan: "Let Luo Jincheng help with a Divination first; if there is danger in us going alone, we'll pull people in."

"Okay." Zhao Yuxin found Luo Jincheng on the Friend Channel and asked him to help with the Divination for this matter.

After receiving the message, Luo Jincheng immediately performed the Divination; seeing his older brother Divining again, Luo Jinrui immediately stopped pedaling the Tricycle, watching the result of his brother's Divination with eyes full of anticipation.

"Medium-bad luck!" Soon Luo Jincheng opened his eyes and spat out these two words, which made Luo Jinrui very nervous, thinking there would be danger on their side.

Luo Jincheng reassured: "It's not that there is danger on our side, it's that Zhao Yuxin and the others will be in danger going to Red Tomato Hospital." Luo Jinrui then breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Yuxin replied in the channel: "Okay, then are you willing to go with us?"

Luo Jincheng: "Is it just the four of us?"

Zhao Yuxin: "We plan to pull another vehicle of players, so please help Divine the possibility of them agreeing, as well as the success rate this time."

"Okay." Luo Jincheng Divined again, "That couple you pull will definitely agree, and according to the hexagram, we will reap some benefits."

"Alright, we'll meet at the entrance of Corrupted Erosion City." After sending this message, Zhao Yuxin told Zhu Zhiquan to head toward the entrance, then sent an invitation to Ling Xi.

Just as Luo Jincheng expected, the couple Ling Xi agreed to the invitation. Soon, three Tricycles met at the entrance.

"Hey! Little girl, what you said... ouch~" Before Sun Zi could finish his sentence, he was pinched by Ling Xi, "Little sister, when are we setting off?"

Zhao Yuxin: "No rush, let's talk about our talents and the supplies we can provide first. Let's start with us; my talent is Bat Wing Ear, my ears can use sound waves like a bat to determine information."

Zhu Zhiquan: "Boiling Blood, can increase all attributes by 50%, but cannot be used for a long time. The two of us can provide backpacks, Dagger Spears, Fish Scale Armor, and Bangdai."

Luo Jincheng: "I am Luo Jincheng, talent Divination, this is my younger brother Luo Jinrui, talent Light Shield, can summon a light shield to block frontal attacks; we can provide Molotov Cocktail incendiary bottles."

Sun Zi: "Sun Zi, talent Phantom Divine Weapon, can transform any part of the body; this is my wife Ling Xi, her talent is Space Teleportation, can summon a Space Gate to continuously teleport for 15 seconds.

We can provide Fire Tinder and Crossbows here, with 15 Crossbow Bolts per vehicle."

"Alright, let's set off now." The group followed Zhu Zhiquan's Tricycle and successfully arrived at Red Tomato Hospital.

After the group supported each other with equipment and supplies, they entered the hospital gate; once inside, the ground, full of large bumps and a fleshy texture, made people feel nauseated.

"Let's clear these large bumps first."

"I'll do it." Sun Zi's arm turned into a Gatling and began to rotate slowly.

Da-da-da-da~

The firepower of the Gatling shattered all the large bumps; after the Gatling stopped rotating, Sun Zi felt dizzy, and if Ling Xi hadn't been supporting his back early on, he would have already collapsed by then.

"Are you okay?" Luo Jinrui took the initiative to support him, and the others gathered around as well.

"I'm fine, small problem, I'll be better soon." Sun Zi waved his hand to indicate he was fine.

Seeing that Sun Zi was fine, the group continued to walk toward the interior of the hospital; under the lead of Zhao Yuxin, the group arrived next to a trash can.

Following the records in the notebook, Zhao Yuxin tapped rhythmically on the trash can, and subsequently, a passage appeared on the ground to the left of the trash can.

"Everyone be careful, there are many monsters below." Zhao Yuxin drew her Crossbow and pointed it at the passage.

Luo Jinrui: "This passage can only allow three people to pass; my brother, Zhu Zhiquan, and I will be in front, and you three follow behind."

The six people entered the passage together according to Luo Jinrui's arrangement; after passing through the long passage, the group arrived at a basement. At the same time, hissing sounds came one after another, and the six people became alert immediately.

"Throw incendiary bottles at the surroundings!" Under Zhao Yuxin's command, everyone threw incendiary bottles at the surroundings simultaneously.

Padda!!!

Following the shattering of the incendiary bottles, the large fire illuminated the room, and the group also saw the monsters around them clearly.

Zhao Yuxin: "Everyone be careful, this is a Snake Wrist Palm, it's very fast."

The Snake Wrist Palms issued warnings from somewhere and slowly approached them; Luo Jincheng directly threw a large batch of Molotov Cocktails to form a fan-shaped fire wall in the surroundings; the Snake Wrist Palms felt their territory being violated and launched an attack regardless of everything.

The scorching flames burned a large number of Snake Wrist Palms, and the ones behind stepped on the corpses of their companions, attempting to extinguish the fire, but as soon as Zhu Zhiquan and the others saw the fire weakening, they immediately threw Molotov Cocktails to increase the fire's intensity.

Soon, after the large fire had burned through, all the Snake Wrist Palms were burned to death; Zhao Yuxin found the power switch according to the information transmitted by the sound waves and turned it on.

The lights in the basement flickered on and off, and various data and laboratory tables and chairs were scattered around; as the six people went deeper, they also discovered various traces of fighting and various broken culture tanks.