Chapter 658 - Lab (1/2)
Under the setting sun's illumination, the entire city ruin gave off a magnificent, quiet, and sad vibe.
Long Yuehong wasn't intoxicated by such a beautiful scene as he looked around, wanting to ask how they could find the secret laboratory.
The Old Task Force didn't obtain the specific location from Avia as she had never been to Wasteland Ruin 13 and didn't know anything about this place. She could only mechanically repeat what her grandfather Oray had said.
Jiang Baimian and the others—who similarly lacked overall confidence while in this city—were at a loss. They had some idea after finding a city map in a bookstore during the afternoon, but due to a lack of time, they didn't manage to analyze and infer at a deeper level.
From Long Yuehong's point of view, searching for the 'footprints' left behind by Genava might be the most pragmatic and effective method. He believed that when the smart bot was left alone in First City, he might've secretly gathered the city map of Wasteland Ruin 13 and figured out where the dangerous, secret laboratory was.
Of course, the Source Brain—which stored much of the Old World's information—might've long obtained the corresponding city map; all it was lacking was further information.
Just as Long Yuehong opened his mouth and made a sound, a loud boom suddenly sounded from somewhere in the city ruin.
The ground trembled slightly as many birds soared from the top of different buildings.
”North.” Jiang Baimian—who was wearing a military exoskeleton—quickly locked onto the general area where the explosion happened. ”That secret laboratory seems to be in that area.”
Bai Chen instantly made the connection. ”Old Ge did it?”
”Very likely.” Jiang Baimian nodded solemnly.
”There's no need to waste time finding the target location now.” Shang Jianyao didn't hide his satisfaction.
He heaved an exaggerated sigh of relief. He then turned his head and asked Long Yuehong, ”Did you secretly complain about how we acted rashly without even knowing the target's location?”
”No!” Long Yuehong replied stubbornly despite the guilt. He looked in the direction of the explosion and happily said, ”It doesn't overlap with the Dao and Electrical Appliance Repairs radio station. There's a certain deviation…”
In other words, the secret laboratory wasn't the place where Wu Meng was sealed.
”Shh.” Shang Jianyao raised his index finger and placed it in front of his mouth, indicating for Long Yuehong not to continue.
Long Yuehong rationally chose to shut his mouth.
After examining the various traces around the cave entrance, Jiang Baimian looked up. ”Old Ge did indeed head in that direction. Let's go.”
As the team leader, she wanted to take the lead and lead the way. However, she gradually slowed down after running a few steps. She only started running again when Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong overtook her.
Even with the help of the GPS and navigation system attached to the military exoskeleton, she didn't dare to be careless.
The well-equipped Old Task Force quickly circled around the artificial lake and entered a block before running toward their target area.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
They didn't deliberately control their footsteps.
As he ran, Shang Jianyao suddenly raised his Berserker assault rifle and pulled the trigger, aiming it somewhere to the side.
Bang!
A glass window shattered, and a figure fell to the ground from the fourth floor.
He wore several different clothes. His limbs were bare, and his nails were tough and sharp. He looked like a Heartless.
Shang Jianyao didn't stop advancing. With the help of the military exoskeleton, he suddenly jumped up.
He estimated that the place he was about to pass through would be covered in bullets.
At this moment, a rocket flew to the third floor of another building and drilled into a room.
Rumble!
Several pieces of glass shattered, and flames engulfed several figures.
Shang Jianyao—who was no longer attacked—landed steadily. He then turned around and looked back at his team members.
Jiang Baimian held the rocket launcher and ran in a straight line without slowing down. She said in a deep voice, ”Don't stop. Rush over! Don't waste time on these Heartless!”
Clang! Clang! Clang!
As Shang Jianyao patted the Berserker assault rifle's side, he firmly executed the order. Long Yuehong and Bai Chen followed closely behind.
After a burst of speed, they traversed two blocks in a row and finally shook off the ordinary Heartless.
Long Yuehong panted slightly and said, ”Phew, I thought there weren't any Heartless here.”
As he spoke, he continued running.
The bionic artificial intelligence armor was different from the military exoskeleton—it didn't boost one's running or strength significantly. It could only compare with the latter when its main feature was in that aspect. Therefore, Long Yuehong inevitably panted a little after running such a long distance in the Blackmarsh Iron Snake bionic artificial intelligence armor.
”That's right, that's right,” said the Shang Jianyao that habitually echoed.
The Old Task Force had entered this place a few times without encountering any Heartless, so they thought that Wasteland Ruin 13 was relatively special because of monsters like Wu Meng. This resulted in the Heartless not being able to reproduce and live to this day.