Apocalypse Awakening

Chapter 41: The Underground Laboratory

This mining base is very large, with only two floors in total, but it is the size of a football field.

After Master Wang parked the car, he followed Ning Qiu into the base.

"Only you?" The person who spoke was a middle-aged fat man with a string of gold necklaces around his fleshy neck. He could tell at a glance that he was the boss of these people.

"What's wrong with one person? If you got in the car quickly just now, you can definitely leave." Ning Qiu glanced at everyone present, thinking that these people could play tricks on him again. Don't want to go?
An awakened person on the side was about to speak, but the middle-aged fat man said first: "We still have some unfinished goods, so we have to wait a day or two."

"Yes, but I'm only responsible for bringing you back. I don't care about other things. Also, you have to pay for my driver's expenses these days." Ning Qiu said.

"No problem." The middle-aged fat man said.

Since they don't want to leave now, Ning Qiu can't force them, so they have to wait for a few days.

There are also two awakened people in the caravan, they are members of a certain mercenary group.

But to Ning Qiu's surprise, the badges on the chests of the two awakened ones were the same as the badges he had picked up in the pile of corpses.

From this point of view, the two Awakened were members of the same mercenary group as the Awakened who died in the pile of corpses.

Ning Qiu handed the badges to them, and saw sadness and sadness on their faces.

"We are mercenaries from the Spike Mercenary Group. Boss Xiao privately hired us to join his caravan." One of the awakened people said.

"If that's the case, then why did you issue a rescue mission?" Ning Qiu was puzzled.

The middle-aged fat man's name is Xiao Zu'an, and he is obviously a rich and powerful boss. When he went to Tai County, he had already hired a small mercenary team.

"We thought it was just a simple task of escorting, but we didn't expect that there were far more zombies in Taixian County than we thought. When we entered Taixian County, two of our teammates had already been killed. When we arrived at the mining base, we found that There are large groups of zombies attacking here every day."

"Ordinary zombies are unconscious, why do they attack here every day?" Ning Qiu was a little surprised.

"We also found it strange, but as time passed, we found that things were not as simple as we imagined. The captain saw that this was not good, so he planned to give up and leave Tai County. But when he left, he encountered a large group of zombies, and finally Only the two of us survived."

From the dead bodies that Ning Qiu saw on the road last night, one can imagine that the scene at that time must have been very tragic.

"Then how long have you been in Tai County?" Ning Qiu asked.

"The rescue from the Mercenary Association was sent out a month ago, but we have been here for almost two months."

Ning Qiu frowned, and said, "Then what about the mercenary team that took on this mission before?"

The two looked at each other, and then said: "Before you, there was no team to rescue us."

Ning Qiu was a little stunned, thinking to himself, how could there be no one to take up the task released a month ago?
Or, when those people entered Tai County, their entire army was wiped out?

Thinking of this, Ning Qiu suddenly felt a little appalled.

"I advise you to give up this mission. The three of us leave Tai County together, and there may be a chance of survival." An awakened person said.

If it was just because of the large number of zombies, Ning Qiu didn't think it was scary, because he only found ordinary zombies along the way, not even a single low-level advanced zombie.

He is different from ordinary awakened ones, the horcrux allows him to fight zombies in close quarters, and does not need to consume soul power, as long as there are no advanced zombies, this county can't trap him.

Ning Qiu has already spent [-] yuan for this task. If the task is not completed, he will lose money. He will not do this kind of business.

Besides, once he gave up this mission, it would be equivalent to breaking the [-]% mission completion record of the Civilized Mercenary Corps.

Lin Song is a junior Fire Awakener. With his good talent, he joined the Sirius Mercenary Corps. This time he came to Tai County to perform a mission for the first time, but he did not expect that the first time It's such a misfortune to go out.

Originally thought that he might die here, but Ning Qiu's appearance gave him a ray of hope, because he saw Ning Qiu's ability to kill zombies like cutting tofu, so he hoped that Ning Qiu could take him out of here .

"To tell you the truth, there is a very large underground laboratory under this mining base. Boss Xiao seems to be going down there to find something. We went down twice before, and the result was heavy casualties. Those zombies were not us at all. It can be dealt with." Lin Song wanted Ning Qiu to retreat in spite of the difficulties, because he didn't want to go down to that underground laboratory for the rest of his life.

"Is it an advanced zombie?" Ning Qiu asked.

"It should be said that it is a zombie that we have never seen before. When we first encountered it, we thought it was just an ordinary zombie, but in the end we found that the zombie would spontaneously combust."

"Spontaneous combustion?" Ning Qiu was stunned.

He still learned the subject of Zombie Experience quite well, but he had never heard of any kind of zombie that would spontaneously combust.

"Not only spontaneous combustion, but also a zombie's arm can turn into a strange vine, which can directly pierce our body." Li Su, another awakened person, said.

At this time, Boss Xiao and the others suddenly let out an inspiring cry. Seeing their formation, they seemed to be going to the underground laboratory.

Some held fire extinguishers in their hands, and some held explosion-proof shields, as if they were going to fight to the death with the zombies below.

"I'm going to die again." Lin Song sighed, and then said to Ning Qiu, "Do you know how many people we had when we first set off from Nandu? More than 100 people, now there are less than 20 people."

"Warriors are paid for a lot of money. Boss Xiao's price is too attractive." Li Su said.

Afterwards, Xiao Zuan came over again and discussed with Lin Song and Li Su.

He knew in his heart that these miners were cannon fodder, and the key to getting that thing lay with the awakened ones.

Lin Song was frightened the last time he went down. No matter what price Xiao Zuan offered, he would not go again, but Li Su agreed. As he said, the price offered by Boss Xiao was too tempting. Well worth the risk.

Xiao Zuan glanced at Ning Qiu again, knowing that Lin Song and Li Su must have told him the situation, so he said, "I have seen your strength, if you are willing to protect us and let me get that thing, I will In addition to the commission for this mission, I can give you a private reward of 1000 million."

1000 million rewards!

To be honest, Ning Qiu was moved, how many tasks would it take to earn 1000 million?

But this made Ning Qiu even more curious. Xiao Zu'an actually wanted to get what was in the laboratory at all costs.

"I can go down with you, but if there is any danger, I will evacuate immediately." Ning Qiu thought for a while, and felt that he could give it a try.After all, they had gone down several times before, and although there were heavy casualties, some of them could come back alive.

He thought to himself that even these ordinary miners could escape, so his risk factor as an awakened person should not be great. For 1000 million, it is indeed worth the risk.

In the end, Xiao Zu'an also talked to Master Wang who came with Ning Qiu, but Master Wang obviously didn't understand the situation, and Ning Qiu felt that he was too old to take this risk.

"It's okay, I'll follow you to see if there's any danger, I'll run right away." Master Wang didn't listen to Ning Qiu's dissuasion because Xiao Zu'an said that he would be rewarded with 100 million.

"Then you try to stay by my side." Seeing that Master Wang had made up his mind, Ning Qiu could only say helplessly.

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This mining base is indeed very large and has sound facilities, but Ning Qiu guessed that its existence is only for the purpose of deception.

No scientist would build a laboratory under a mining base. The reason why they built it like this must be a deliberate effort by a certain scientist or an organization.

"I heard that this Xiao Zu'an is the biggest mining boss in Southern Metropolis. He has cooperated with the military and is worth over [-] million. He is a remarkable person." Master Wang followed Ning Qiu, and they walked at the end of the team.

There were more than 20 people in the team, a dozen of them walked in the front carrying explosion-proof shields, and the rest held fire extinguishers in their hands.

The intersection of the basement is in a place that looks like an office on the outside, but when you walk in, you can see an underground stair passage inside.Obviously, when the mining base was built, someone deliberately wanted to conceal the existence of the underground laboratory.

It is even conceivable that most of the staff at the mining base did not know that there was such an underground laboratory.

The stairway is very long, without a trace of light.

The miners turned on the flashlight helmets on their heads, and began to walk down according to the formation they had negotiated before.

Li Su walked up to Ning Qiu and said in a low voice, "I'm an awakened earth element, what about you?"

"Item soul system."

"Item and soul system? What kind of system is this?" Li Su looked puzzled.

There are many people who don't know the soul system, including some awakened ones. After all, the probability of awakening this kind of supernatural system is less than one in ten thousand.

Ning Qiu didn't want to explain so much, he was always vigilant, and if he found danger, he would immediately drag Xiao Zuan away, because if this guy died, it would mean that his mission had failed.

The structure of the underground laboratory is complicated, and Xiao Zuan got such a map from nowhere. It seems that he has made a lot of preparations for this operation.

There is a small red dot marked on the map, which is where they are going. From the map, it is located in the center of the entire laboratory.

"Apart from the two strange zombies you saw earlier, are there any other zombies?" Ning Qiu asked Li Su.

"Yes, but they are all ordinary zombies, and there are not many of them, but the most terrifying ones are those two that can spontaneously combust and release strange vines." Li Su said.

"That is to say, if we can get rid of those two zombies, there will be no danger in this underground laboratory," Ning Qiu said.

"It should be. We don't know, because this underground laboratory is too big, and the area we have set foot in is less than one-tenth of here."

According to Li Su, they were almost able to reach the location marked on the map before, and it was because of the appearance of those two zombies that the team suffered heavy casualties.

Ordinary zombies are not scary, as long as there are not a large group of them rushing towards them at the same time, even ordinary people can kill them with weapons.

Due to the light of the flashlight helmet, three zombies were attracted at once, but they were all ordinary zombies, and they could be eliminated without Li Su and Ning Qiu's actions.

The more you go to the central area, the more frequently the zombies appear, but they are all scattered one or two, and they can't pose any threat.

Passing through a long corridor, suddenly, a burst of flames lit up, suddenly illuminating the long corridor.

"Yes...it's the flame zombie!" Someone exclaimed.

"Run, run!"

The originally negotiated formation was completely messed up when they encountered this zombie.

The horror of the flame zombie left a huge psychological shadow on everyone, almost an irresistible existence.

"Don't panic! Use a fire extinguisher, quickly use a fire extinguisher to destroy it." Xiao Zu'an said loudly when he saw everyone fleeing.

"Yes, yes, use a fire extinguisher." The miners with fire extinguishers responded.

Ning Qiu was surprised at first, what these guys were doing with the fire extinguisher was to deal with this flame zombie.

The appearance of the flame zombie is exactly the same as that of ordinary zombies, but for some reason, a raging flame suddenly ignited on it.

"Is it a new type of zombie?"

The fire extinguisher sprayed out white mist, and the person carrying the explosion-proof shield walked in front, standing one shield after another on the ground to form a shield wall.

"Roar!"

In the white mist, the flame zombie let out a roar. It hated this carbon dioxide substance, which made the flames on it go out little by little.

"It's effective, it's really effective!" said a miner overjoyed.

"call!"

Just as everyone was beaming with joy, suddenly, a huge flame spewed out.

The impact of the flames almost broke the shield wall, but the high-temperature flame immediately burned the explosion-proof shield red.

"Ah! I'm scalded to death." A miner yelled, but he didn't dare to put down the shield now, because if the shield wall was vacant, the flames would spray directly on them.

"Can you still breathe fire?" Ning Qiu looked at Li Su in surprise.

Apparently, Li Su didn't expect that the zombie still had skills, so he quickly cast his abilities, and a tall rock shield appeared, which relieved a lot of pressure from those people.

Ning Qiu's Horcrux appeared in his hand, and the puppet-type soul power combined with the weapon-type soul power in an instant, and the great sword immediately became a slender sword with soul strings.

"String!" While the flame zombie was attacking Li Su's rock shield, Ning Qiu pointed with his long sword, the blade suddenly extended, and a sharp shot pierced the flame zombie's head.

The accuracy was well grasped, and the flame zombie then fell to the ground, and the flames on its body gradually extinguished.

"Amazing!" Li Su was dumbfounded, he never thought that this awakened who looked younger than him actually had the strength to instantly kill flame zombies.

Is this the weapon soul system?
Xiao Zu'an wiped the cold sweat off his brow, and couldn't help but glance at this young man named Ning Qiu. It seemed that his 1000 million flowers were worth it.

"The flame zombie is dead, so only the strange vine zombie is left."

After a short break, the team moved on again.

Because of Ning Qiu's astonishing performance in instantly killing the flame zombies, everyone was very excited.

You know, when they met the flame zombies for the first time, more than 30 people died at once, and then the strange vine zombies appeared immediately, causing them to suffer heavy casualties.

"Young man, don't be a mercenary when you return to Nandu, how about being my bodyguard?" Xiao Zu'an was in a good mood, thinking that he would be able to get that thing this time.

The flame zombies are more lethal than the strange vine zombies. Since the flame zombie Ning Qiu can be killed instantly, the strange vine zombies are even more lethal.

As he walked, he was almost approaching the location marked on the map. Master Wang followed Ning Qiu, full of admiration for this young man.

Suddenly, a miner who was walking in front tripped over something. At first, everyone thought he just accidentally stepped on something, but it turned out that there were many strange vines growing under his feet and around him.

"Everyone be careful!" Li Su shouted in a low voice.

"Ah! Help me!"

Suddenly, a miner flew upside down, something seemed to be wrapped around his waist, and he was dragged out abruptly.

"Don't panic, stand in line." Xiao Zu'an knew that they had arrived at the territory of the strange vine zombies, so he said immediately.

At this time, everyone immediately gathered together, and the person carrying the explosion-proof shield set up the shield in a ring shape.

The miner who was dragged out by the strange vine let out heart-piercing screams, in which the sound of being eaten by zombies could be faintly heard.

Not long after, the screams stopped abruptly.

Everyone shuddered, and many people's legs became weak from fright.

I don't know if the zombie finished eating the food or not, the surrounding immediately became terribly silent, only the sound of everyone's heavy breathing.

"call!"

A ball of fire lit up, illuminating the surroundings.

A flame zombie appeared not far away, rushing towards everyone.

"Why is there another one?"

Ning Qiu felt a chill in his heart, didn't it mean that there was only one flame zombie and one strange vine zombie?Why is there another one now?
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(End of this chapter)