Chapter 21: Underground Laboratory II

"Everyone, what do you think this Underground Laboratory is actually researching?" Zhao Yuxin walked backward at the very front of the group.

Luo Jinrui: "Who knows? By the way, what exactly is recorded in that notebook of yours?"

"Here, take it and read it yourself." Zhao Yuxin handed the notebook to Luo Jinrui, then turned her head to ask Luo Jincheng, "Prophet, can you observe the past of this Underground Laboratory?"

Luo Jincheng shook his head, "I can only predict the future; I cannot observe past events."

Sun Zi forced a smile and said, "Little sister, do you know how many levels there are here?"

As they chatted, the six of them arrived in front of a room door. Zhu Zhiquan looked at Zhao Yuxin and Luo Jincheng, waiting for them to provide an answer.

Zhao Yuxin pressed against the door and said, "There is only one monster inside. How about it, Prophet?"

Luo Jincheng opened his eyes, "The divination shows great misfortune. This means we are very likely to suffer heavy casualties, and when I was calculating, I didn't see one monster, but three."

"Three!?" Everyone was shocked. Zhao Yuxin asked in confusion, "But according to the information transmitted by the sound waves, besides one monster in this room, there is only one Material Box. Where did the other two monsters come from?"

Ling Xi: "Could it be that the traces of our fighting disturbed the other two monsters, so the divination shows there are three?"

"I don't care what kind of monster is in there; as long as there is a risk of my wife getting hurt, we will abandon the exploration immediately!" Saying this, Sun Zi pulled Ling Xi and prepared to leave.

Ling Xi: "Don't be hasty. Why don't we let the Diviner divine how to ensure we kill these three monsters?"

"I will try my best." After saying this, Luo Jincheng sat cross-legged and began the Divination. Soon, Luo Jincheng's face turned deathly pale. "There are many ways to defeat them; let's choose the most reliable one."

"Brother, are you okay?" Luo Jinrui gently stroked Luo Jincheng's back. Luo Jincheng stood up and waved his hand to indicate he was fine, then told everyone the results of the divination in detail.

Sun Zi: "I see. But in your current state, can you still fight?"

Luo Jincheng nodded solemnly, then said to Ling Xi, "Ms. Ling Xi, could I trouble you to use your talent?"

Ling Xi summoned a Space Channel without a word. Luo Jincheng entered for a moment and returned with a large number of Molotov Cocktails, which he distributed to everyone.

Afterward, under Luo Jincheng's lead, the group encountered a spherical monster covered in human hands. As soon as the monster saw the group, it attacked like a madman.

"Scatter!"

Pfft, pfft, pfft~

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle~

The spherical monster sprayed green liquid from its palms, and the liquid made a sizzling sound as it landed on the ground.

Zhu Zhiquan lit the cloth strip of a Molotov Cocktail and prepared to throw it, but was stopped by Luo Jincheng.

"Fire attacks are useless against this thing." Hearing Luo Jincheng's explanation, Zhu Zhiquan silently cut the cloth strip with his Dagger Spear, then maneuvered around the monster, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Whoosh, whoosh~

Pfft~

Zhao Yuxin and Ling Xi used Crossbows to attack the spherical monster. The Crossbow Bolts shot deep into the monster's body, yet this bit of damage was merely a scratch to the monster.

Subsequently, it fired its own arms at the two of them. These arms flew straight toward them like long spears.

"Ajiu~"

"Husband~"

Bang! Bang! Bang!!!

Tat! Tat! Tat!!!

At the critical moment, Zhu Zhiquan arrived in front of Zhao Yuxin and rapidly spun his Dagger Spear to block the attacks, while Sun Zi turned one of his hands into a high-speed machine gun and shot down all the arms that were about to hit Ling Xi.

After blocking all the arms, Zhu Zhiquan activated Boiling Blood. Instantly, Zhu Zhiquan turned bright red all over and steam rose around him. Then, in the blink of an eye, Zhu Zhiquan arrived in front of the monster and chopped off ten of its arms.

The monster wanted to roar but was pinned to the wall by the continuous barrage of bullets. After the shooting ended, Sun Zi knelt on the ground, gasping for air.

Unfortunately, the monster did not suffer serious damage; not a single bullet had even penetrated its body. Luo Jinrui shot a Crossbow Bolt at the monster and taunted, "Brother, the firearm you transformed with your talent is a bit weak!"

Sun Zi retorted indignantly, "A bit weak? Hmph! I tell you, once my strength increases, even if I just transform a small pistol, I can flatten Sakura Country!"

Luo Jinrui gave a light huff, "Forget it, let's just finish off this monster first." Having said that, he fired three more Crossbow Bolts at the monster.

Sun Zi couldn't be bothered to argue and sat in place to recover his stamina. Three minutes later, the monster let out a wail and died.

Zhu Zhiquan used the Skinning Knife to dismantle the monster, leaving behind a pile of arms and a puddle of rotten flesh.

Sun Zi looked at this trash with dissatisfaction and scolded, "What is this! Hey kid, did you hide something good?"

Zhao Yuxin: "Hey! Don't you go making false accusations! How could Ajiu hide anything! If you don't believe it, you can search!"

Seeing that the situation was not right, Ling Xi hurried out to mediate, "Alright husband, we didn't come here to argue. There are still two monsters that need to be dealt with."

Luo Jincheng: "Don't forget there is still a Material Box that hasn't been opened. The sooner we finish fighting, the sooner we can open the Material Box."

The group set off again toward the location of the next monster. This time, the monster they encountered had a body like a kangaroo, a human head, and some Spikes on its tail.

"Hoo~ ah!!!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!!!

The monster roared and pounded its chest, which piqued Zhu Zhiquan's interest. He gave his weapons and backpack to Zhao Yuxin and prepared to go up and fight it while wearing only his Fish Scale Armor.

Zhao Yuxin pulled on Zhu Zhiquan and pouted, "What are you doing? Isn't it better to gang up on it?"

Zhu Zhiquan gently patted Zhao Yuxin's hand, but she stared at him fixedly, her fingernails digging into the hand she was holding until it was almost bleeding. With no other choice, Zhu Zhiquan had to honestly choose a team fight.

Luo Jincheng: "This time we must finish the battle quickly. The two monsters are very close; if we wake the other one and can't finish this one, we will be attacked from both sides."

Everyone agreed with Luo Jincheng's words. Luo Jinrui took the lead, picked up the Crossbow, and shot a Crossbow Bolt at the monster.

The monster dodged sideways and sprinted toward the group. It swung its tail with force, and the sharp tail Spikes stabbed toward Luo Jinrui and Luo Jincheng.

Thud!

Pfft~

Just as the tail Spikes were about to hit the two Luo brothers, Luo Jinrui released his light shield talent to block the monster's attack, and Luo Jincheng took the opportunity to stab his Dagger Spear into the monster's lower back.

But the monster seemed to have no sense of pain; it turned around and punched Luo Jincheng, then used its tail to sweep at Luo Jinrui's light shield.

Zhu Zhiquan flew over and stabbed the monster down, then used his Dagger Spear to pin the monster's tail. Luo Jincheng and Sun Zi stepped forward quickly to pin the monster's hands, and finally, Ling Xi lit a Molotov Cocktail and threw it.

Plop~

"Ah!!!"

The monster let out a human-like shriek, the raging fire mercilessly engulfing it, and the shrill shriek traveled to the room next door, where a massive creature suddenly opened its eyes...

"ROAR!!!"

Zhao Yuxin remade three Dagger Spears for Zhu Zhiquan and the other two, while the other two watched the room next door with full concentration.