Chapter 33 (1/2)

Qin Hao looked back at Palmer again. Palmer was inexpressive, his eyes hollow.

“What’s wrong with you guys?” Qin Hao asked aloud. But neither Palmer nor Lucia answered.

The two of them ignored Qin Hao and turned to walk toward the exit. Palmer then reached to unlock the door.

“Stop it!” Qin Hao rushed up and pushed Palmer away, then locked the door back.

Lucia came beside him, pushing him away without saying a word. She wanted to open the door too.

“What is going on with you two?” Qin Hao shouted. But the two seemed to have not heard him. They ignored him and just wanted to open the door.

“What the hell?” Qin Hao had no idea what was going on. But it surely was not a good idea to let the two go out at this time.

Qin Hao made his move by throwing Palmer to the ground, then tied him up. Palmer tried to resist, but being just a researcher, he was no match for Qin Hao’s insectoid-enhanced physical strength.

After tying up Palmer, he saw that Lucia had unlatched the door and was about to open it.

“Stop!” Qin Hao shouted as he lunged up from behind to pull her back. Closing the door and putting the latch back on, he then tied Lucia up.

Lucia and Palmer were still struggling to get away, but they said nothing. Seeing their hideous expressions gave Qin Hao the heebie-jeebies.

Just then, a loud noise rose on the outside. Qin Hao looked through the window and saw Blackie had come out of the room and was banging against the outer wall of the base with its giant jaw.

“Damn it! What is going on? Even Blackie has been affected?” Qin Hao frowned. His intuition told him not to go out as it was extremely dangerous outside.

Qin Hao sighed. He found a few more wires to bind Palmer and Lucia tighter for good measure.

After this, he came in front of the communication equipment. He had seen how Palmer operated it in the day and roughly remembered how to use it. Using this equipment, he sent out SOS signal to the fleet.

There was only static noise. The darkness outside seemed to have blocked the signal. He lost contact with the fleet again.

Qin Hao sighed again.

Right at that moment, a violent sound rose on the outside. Qin Hao looked out through the window again. Blackie had pierced open a gap in the metal wall with its sharp giant jaw.

“Blackie!” Qin Hao let Blackie loose just now because it was still inside the relatively safe base. Blackie was in a state of frenzy, but all it did was bang against the wall.