SEC Chapter 133 Unexpected Event (2)
Chapter 133 Unexpected Event (2)
Nie Jiyang, who rushed out of the room, quickly followed Pei Simin. They arrived at the door of the observation room where the researcher was located. Four snipers were already standing there, their guns loaded. If they couldn't wait for Team Leader Liu to return, they would have no choice but to shoot him down immediately.
"What's going on?" Pei Simin was the commander in charge of the research institute. With his arrival, everyone felt reassured, and even though Team Leader Liu hadn't arrived yet, they all relaxed a little.
“I don’t know what happened. He was fine just now. After absorbing the crystal, all his data were normal. Then his physique started to change gradually. Team Leader Liu also told us when he was studying Captain Ji that absorbing crystals would enhance one’s physique. These are all normal phenomena, but…” The researcher in charge of following up on this experimental subject immediately moved closer to Pei Simin, flipping through his records as he spoke, “But when Xiao Ruan’s physical data doubled from the original data, he suddenly started crying out in pain, and then his skin quickly tore apart. We don’t know what to do. Fortunately, he was alone in the observation room.”
"Is this beyond his own capacity?" Pei Simin took the experimental record from the researcher's hand. It recorded the changes in the researcher's physical values after absorbing the crystal. These changes were not only significant, but they also occurred almost entirely within just a few minutes. A normal person would definitely not be able to withstand it.
"Stop all experiments and immediately take all the crystals in the observation room back to the research lab." Pei Simin was unsure whether these changes were normal, after all, Ji Lang was a special case, and according to Team Leader Liu's previous report, Ji Lang absorbed a level four crystal, which was completely different from the level one crystal they were trying to absorb.
"Okay." After saying that, the researcher led the other researchers to all the other observation rooms to collect the crystals.
At the same time, another violent sound came from the observation room where Xiao Ruan was staying. He kept banging on the door of the observation room, and Nie Jiyang finally saw the situation inside through the observation window on the door.
The researcher named Xiao Ruan had no intact skin left on his body, just like the zombies that Nie Jiyang had seen during his missions. Moreover, flames surrounded him, and the burnt smell that Nie Jiyang had just smelled was from these flames burning the iron gate.
"Everyone, listen to my command!" The sounds of banging in the room grew louder and louder. Nie Jiyang saw that the researchers had collected all the crystals and were running back to the laboratory with several in each of them. Their companions who had participated in the experiment in the other rooms were also released. As soon as they ran up to Pei Simin, he spoke up, "Now all soldiers and researchers below the rank of regimental commander must leave the laboratory immediately. At the same time, evacuate everyone in the research institute."
Pei Simin gave the order and most of the people on site left, leaving only Pei Simin, the two regimental commanders who had passed the test, and the four snipers who had originally come to provide support.
Nie Jiyang obeyed the commander's orders and ran out of the research institute with the researchers. Because the protective shield at the gathering place had been opened, Nie Jiyang did not feel the temperature drop. Instead, he felt a bit hot after running out.
His comrades who came out with him did not leave. After evacuating the ordinary researchers, they guarded the entrance of the research institute. Soon, Nie Jiyang saw Team Leader Liu running towards them. Team Leader Liu was, after all, an older man, and even though he was running very hard, he was not that fast.
"What's going on! What's going on!" Team Leader Liu shouted to the people at the door as he ran.
"Team Leader Liu, one of the researchers inside absorbed the crystal, but mutated a few minutes later." Nie Jiyang was one of the first to come out of the observation room. He and Pei Simin listened to the report from the responsible researcher, so he was more aware of what had happened than the others.
"I was just away for a moment, how could this happen..." Team Leader Liu didn't have time to regret it. He took Nie Jiyang back to the research institute, quickly grabbed two sets of protective suits for himself and Nie Jiyang, and ran towards the laboratory.
Nie Jiyang glanced at the protective suit that Team Leader Liu had given him, quickly put it on, and then picked up two more sets and followed Team Leader Liu. Nie Jiyang didn't even have time to react when he picked them up. He was able to wear one set of such heavy protective suits and then pick up two more. The small wooden box he was originally holding was casually placed in the changing room.
The moment Team Leader Liu rushed into the laboratory, the small door of the observation room finally gave way to the zombie-like Xiao Ruan, and he smashed a large hole in it.
"Why did you come in?" Pei Simin was at a loss for words when he saw Team Leader Liu enter. Fortunately, Pei Simin had made arrangements beforehand, and the four snipers brought shields with them, so they were not knocked down by the zombie Xiao Ruan who had been knocked out.
The zombified Xiao Ruan lacks human thought and moves very slowly. Apart from the fire-based superpowers surrounding her, she is essentially a first-generation zombie.
The two regimental commanders following Pei Simin quickly took the protective suits that Nie Jiyang brought and put them on. Originally, according to Pei Simin's initial idea, if Team Leader Liu could not arrive in time, they would decisively kill the zombie. However, now that Team Leader Liu had arrived, he refused to kill it. This was a "living" zombie, and it had mutated after absorbing crystals, which would be very useful for their research on absorbing crystals.
"Stop talking, we must kill them, it's for the safety of the base." Pei Simin pulled Team Leader Liu behind him, determined not to let him get close to the zombies.
"No, no, you have to stay. I've made all the preparations." When it comes to research, a scientist always has his own principles. In front of Pei Simin, he took out a remote control from his pocket, pressed it twice, and a gate made of some unknown material appeared between the zombie Xiao Ruan and the sniper with the shield, separating the two sides.
"Team Leader Liu, why didn't you say so earlier that you were prepared?" The snipers were assigned to the research institute, but none of them knew about Team Leader Liu's equipment. Seeing the gate that separated them from the zombies, everyone relaxed a little.
“I told you I had a plan.” Team Leader Liu looked at Xiao Ruan, the zombie who was separated on the other side. His two gates were made of the latest high-end tempered glass, which not only separated them from the zombies, but also did not affect his observation of the zombies.
The snipers observed for a while, and the zombies inside the gate tried to break the tempered glass for a long time but failed. They finally relaxed and put their shields away.
However, just as everyone relaxed a little, Nie Jiyang smelled a pungent odor...