Chapter 23 Chapter 23 (1/2)

Ouroboros

Chapter 23

Everyone went in the direction pointed out by Team B’s Ji Yushi. Their destination was clear.

It seems that the friendship between Team B’s Song Qinglan and Ji Yushi had somehow progressed by leaps and bounds after they separated from the original Team 4 members at Runjun Building.

Duan Wen who walked at the front said, “Cap Song, come to think of it, it really is such a coincidence that both you and Advisor Ji in Team 3 and 4 separated from the group. It really must be fate.”

Li Chun who was at the back blew away several zombies and rubbed his shoulders that was sore from the recoil, “Yeah, I wouldn’t have noticed it if Brother Wen didn’t mention that. On both sides, Cap Song and Advisor Ji just happened to be together. It seems that even in a parallel timeline, it is very likely for the same choice to be made!”

No matter when it was, the people in this squad are always ready to talk nonsense.

Even after personally witnessing their own deaths and then fighting a giant spider, and even with unknown danger waiting for them ahead, they were able to quickly talk about other matters.

—–This may be Tianqiong seventh squad’s way to divert attention.

Only by adjusting their mood and adjusting their condition such that they are ready to deal with the next wave that may appear at any point in time can they be regarded as a squad that advances like a sharp arrow.

Ji Yushi felt that he understood this seventh squad a little better.

The surroundings were empty. Ever since that gate closed, they only encountered a couple of zombies along the way and there weren’t any other threats. They were able to solve it with just the use of a knife and didn’t need to use their guns.

Tang Le said, “Then what happened after the separation would also be very similar?”

“Probably not.” Tang Qi said, “Did you forget? When we found Cap Song and Advisor Ji, they were trapped in that small green kiosk.”

Zhou Mingxuan’s small eyes carried a hint of teasing, “Oh, that kind of green kiosk. I also saw a few on the way with Old Duan. The people in this area are very open-minded! Did Cap Song reach an enlightenment after being in there? Maybe after going back, we can retire and devote ourselves to this field to earn a living.”

Ji Yushi: “…….”

What was this? Openly ridiculing your boss or trying to matchmake?

Did this group of people forget that they have a deep homophobic setting?

Song Qinglan carried Shen Mian and didn’t relax for a single moment.

His pupils constricted, and he looked around at their surroundings vigilantly. At the same time, he spoke nonsense, “I did reach an enlightenment. It’s better than inflatable dolls. Once we’re back, I’ll give each of you one.”

Zhou Mingxuan chuckled.

And then he was kicked in the ass by Song Qinglan. It was just like the scene in the training room before they left.

Song Qinglan, “How about giving you the whole teams?!”

Zhou Mingxuan smiled and moved a few steps away, “That’s not necessary. It’s too much. My body can’t take it.”

“Cap Song.”

Tang Qi spoke up. He was seeking his opinion.

Everyone had reached the “first gate on the left” mentioned by Team B’s Ji Yushi. They saw a password panel on the side indicating that it was a secret passageway.

Behind them was an open field and before them was a gate leading to the unknown. In view of Team B’s Song Qinglan’s “filled with mutations of SSS-level difficulty”, everyone at this moment was a little reluctant to leave the safe zone.

Who knew what they would encounter inside there?

Song Qinglan looked through the glass on the gate and saw that it was another clean and tidy corridor. There wasn’t even a single zombie.

Song Qinglan made a hand gesture.

Everyone raised their guns and aimed them at the corridor on the other side of the gate.

Duan Wen took out a password cracking device and connected it to the panel. With high-speed processing, the password lock should’ve been cracked in ten seconds, but the panel still showed a red light.

This era was far more advanced than the era they came from and it couldn’t be cracked. Duan Wen got ready to try something else.

“Try fingerprint.”

Ji Yushi on the side suddenly said this and handed over a bloody hand.

Everyone looked over, “……..”

Duan Wen received the severed hand, “Advisor Ji, when did you——”

“When you were talking about inflatable dolls.” Ji Yushi spoke calmly, “There was a zombie nearby so I cut it off along the way.”

Everyone: “!!!”

So cruel!

If he didn’t see Ji Yushi quietly wipe his hand that held the severed hand on his black combat pants, Song Qinglan would’ve actually thought that Ji Yushi was really that calm.

In the end, for someone who liked cleanliness, just wiping it on his pants was enough to consider it as clean?

Song Qinglan found it a little funny.

“Beep.”

After a short beep, the door quietly opened.

Everyone kept silent.

Song Qinglan took out a small object from his pocket, knelt down, and threw it into the centre of the empty corridor.

That small object that emitted red light fell onto the ground and let out a small explosion which echoed down the deep corridor. The shockwave was enough to be felt by those giant spiders.

One second, two seconds. No spiders appeared.

There were also no other giant mutated insects.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Suddenly, noisy footsteps and growls came from the depths of the corridor. Countless zombies in white coats appeared to gush out from several underground floors at the same time like ants rushing out of their nests. An unimaginable number of them rushed towards them at an incredible speed.

There were no giant spiders, but they were met with the largest group of zombies they had ever seen!

“Fuck, fuck, fuck!”

“Kill them all!”

“Bang, bang, bang!”

With firepower at the maximum, they shot at the large wave of zombies.

They had made sufficient preparations this time. The bombs Tang Qi and Zhou Mingxuan had brought along had not been brought in vain. Just throwing a few of them got rid of a large number of the zombies.

With the additional fact that they were standing at the entrance to the corridor, no one thought about running when faced with this scene before them. Those zombies are just flesh and blood. This time, they had enough ability to beat them all down!

Blood and flesh flew everywhere. The walls, floors and ceilings were all splattered with blood.

Waves of zombies followed one after another, but within a few minutes, the corridor was piled up with zombies. This continued until no more of them appeared.

Having been besieged and chased by zombies the entire time, everyone felt some thrill after crushing this group of zombies with an overwhelming force.

“Awesome!”

“Damned awesome!”

“Go!”

Song Qinglan checked the remaining bullets for Shen Mian and took out a new glowing blue magazine from his pocket. 1024 rounds were used up in an instant.

The seven of them went into formation and advanced ahead.

Ji Yushi was in the centre. This was an excellent safety zone for a scout. He also changed his magazine.

The smell of something rotting filled the nose. Walking through the floor covered in blood and filth and stepping on the innocent mutated corpses that were once the same as them, they successfully reached the core of the building on the second floor.

This floor was the control room. There were countless densely packed control panels. From afar, it looked like there were thousands of them. Those mutant zombies just now were probably staff who had worked day and night here to maintain the operation of PU-31.

“The number isn’t right.” Song Qinglan frowned.

“What numbe——–”

Duan Wen’s words were interrupted by a loud shout.