jdhmnovel Chapter 280 Transformation into Corpse
Chapter 280 Transformation into Corpse
When they reached the pit, all the people who were going in had already gathered there.
There are seven teleportation ability users, four of whom are girls and three are boys.
The person with the ability to carry people is named He An, who is also the girl in the lead.
Fang Ce stood next to them, trying on a gas mask.
The soldiers handed the equipment to Miao Yin and Tu Hao.
Miao Yin held the somewhat dull set of equipment in her hand and weighed it in her hand.
This set of equipment includes not only gas masks, but also firearms and ammunition, military daggers, compasses, radiation detectors, and more.
Fang Ce said, "Among the teams that came here before, some people died due to an unknown toxin, so this time we are using the most advanced anti-toxic equipment. We have to put it on before going in to prevent the same situation from happening again."
Tu Hao was quite familiar with this set of equipment, and after saying that it was fairly complete, he put it on.
The soldier reached out to help Miao Yin put it on, but she shook her head: "No need, I can do it myself."
She put on all the equipment, touched it casually, and memorized the location of each item.
Suddenly, a hand grabbed her arm.
Ling stood beside her, somewhat worried, and said, "Ayin, be careful. I'll wait for you outside."
"Don't worry, guard the passage for me and wait for me to come back." Miao Yin patted her hand to signal her to let go.
"Mm." Ling let go of his hand.
"Is everything ready?" Fang Ce asked.
Everyone nodded.
"Alright, everyone follow me down the tunnel."
They slowly climbed down the ladder into the pit. Miao Yin and Tu Hao exchanged a glance, then jumped down together and landed steadily on the ground.
Once everyone had come down, they walked together toward the end of the passage.
Compared to the last time they came down, the passage has now been ravaged by the foxes, with bare walls everywhere. Even though it has been cleared once, there are still many pebbles blocking the way on the ground.
The place where the fox had been sleeping was right behind the gate.
After the soldiers cleared away the pile of branches and leaves, they could see the white door frame behind it.
This door is a security door of a higher standard than that of a bank deposit box. It is completely circular and needs to be rotated in a specific direction to see the keyhole that actually opens the door.
Before this, multiple administrator privileges must be verified. Even if the first part is opened, the key held by the national leader is still needed to truly open the door.
During this process, any mistake will result in an additional lock being placed, and the internal defenses will be even more stringent. A forceful attack would also trigger attacks from the weapons inside, making it difficult to break through.
The so-called gate being locked was actually caused by someone inside pouring mud in and then randomly opening the lock several times.
This caused the entire defense mechanism of the gate to malfunction, and the dried mud further destroyed the delicate internal parts, preventing the gears from turning properly.
Therefore, even if all the operations are done correctly, the door cannot be opened and may even trigger a weapon attack, turning everyone into sieves.
It's easy to imagine the desperate situation under which that administrator made such a decision.
Fang Ce gestured to the soldiers behind him, then said to the ability users, "Everyone put on your gas masks and get ready. Remember, no matter what happens behind us, stay calm and don't panic."
"Yes!"
Everyone took a deep breath and put on their masks.
He An reached out his hand to the three of them: "Grab my arm, and I'll take you inside with me."
Miao Yin glanced at the hand that was placed in front of her and grabbed it.
Once everyone was ready, Fang Ce began to count down from three.
"Three, two, one."
When the last number was reached, all seven people activated their superpowers simultaneously and disappeared from the spot.
There was no light beyond the passage, and in the instant the positions changed, everyone's senses were stretched to the limit.
They listened intently at first, and only after finding no movement did they quietly move their bodies.
With the gas mask on, there seemed to be no strange smell.
Tu Hao was the first to speak, saying, "There's nothing nearby, you can turn on the lights now."
After saying that, he turned on the headlamp, and indeed there was nothing in the area illuminated by the light.
Seeing this, the others breathed a sigh of relief and turned on their lights.
Behind the main gate was another empty room, designed specifically for intruders. Although it looked empty, it was actually fraught with danger and could shoot them all at any moment.
"Everyone be careful and don't touch anything around you. We didn't force open the door, so it shouldn't trigger an attack, but we still need to be cautious," Fang Ce reminded.
The empty room was large. Miao Yin didn't like the heavy overhead lights, so she used a flashlight. She walked at the front and could see the fine sand and gravel on the ground, as well as the mud that sealed the lock.
The flashlight beam flashed across the wall, suddenly revealing a mark on it.
As she approached, she saw lines of dried blood, written with someone's fingers, etched vividly onto the wall.
“I am one of the armory administrators, Lin Bochong, and I locked the passage.”
As Miao Yin read out the first line, it attracted everyone's attention, and they all crowded around to take a look.
The writing on the wall was crooked and irregular, and many characters were illegible due to excessive bleeding, but fortunately, it was still legible.
[An unknown entity attacked the armory. I witnessed my former friends turn into monsters, merging with the surrounding objects, and we were utterly powerless to fight back.]
[■■ An extremely terrifying being. It is enormous and entirely black. All the monsters combined might not be as large as it. I cannot describe it to you in detail.■ It has fused with the following■. We must never let it out.■]
Because of it, we immediately sealed off the weapons depot.
[All communications were cut off. We hid inside for [number] days, hoping to get out through this passage and send a message, but it was too late.]
[■The toxin is contagious, everyone will die, and I won't live much longer either, I can't■■]
[I can only block the passage and warn the outside world not to open it.]
The last word of the sentence was not yet written; the last stroke was a downward bloodstain.
The man wrote this far with his last breath, but eventually breathed his last, and his fingers slid off the wall.
Fang Ce's eyes, hidden behind his mask, instantly sharpened: "Stay away from the wall, his blood has a virus."
Except for Miao Yin and Tu Hao, everyone else stayed away from the wall and tried to stand in the center as much as possible.
"But where is the body?" a man asked, puzzled.
The administrator clearly died here, so why didn't they see the body?
Then look at the large blood-written characters on the wall. You couldn't write such large characters by just cutting a few fingers.
How did he manage to bleed so much?
Miao Yin moved her flashlight to the wall, the pale light illuminating a large pool of black blood on the floor.
She said calmly, "The body is right here, isn't it?"
A cold sweat immediately broke out on everyone's back.
...The corpse turned into water.