Underground city.

On the empty ground, stands the upper part of the artificial magnetic pole. On a piece of yellow sand-colored land, it looks like a magnificent tombstone.

This place has an excellent geographical location, with tall mountains on all sides blocking storms and cold currents, and a vast plain in the middle. The geological structure is stable and solid enough to support the construction of incredible underground fortifications. The area and capacity of this underground city can rival that of humans.

A metropolis at its peak.

When the four human bases began to take shape, some people predicted that if there was ever a day when human beings could not withstand it, then the underground city base would be the last one to fall.

But now, this open plain is covered with bloodstains. Monsters, aliens, and humans. On the bloodstains are stumps, severed hands, and the remains of heavy weapons.

A black fighter plane flew past the ground quickly, dropping several large-yield bombs. A dull explosion sounded, and the monster's howl was deafening, but it was quickly drowned in the billowing smoke.

The fighter plane climbed high and circled steadily in the sky. Lu Feng held a walkie-talkie in his hand and said: "The ground has been cleared."

Next to him was Hubbard, the legendary mercenary captain from the outer city, looking at the entrance to the underground city not far away and said: "It's difficult to do it inside."

Lu Feng also looked there. He didn't say anything, acquiescing to Hubbard's point of view. In the past few days, he and the captain had established a sufficient tacit understanding in coordinating air operations - not to mention that they were originally the front line deepest into the abyss.

that kind of people.

The structure of the dungeon is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but once it is breached by alien species, the inside is destined to be a mess.

And now it has been breached.

"What they lack most is firepower. The birth rate cannot keep up and there are not enough soldiers. They can only increase the consumption of armaments. They overdraw too much in advance and cannot effectively defend now." Hubbard's hawk-like eyes narrowed slightly: "We

If you bring enough, you still have a chance of winning."

Just then, a voice came from the intercom.

"Underground City thanks you for your generous support," the operator's voice trembled, "However, out of humanitarian principles, we must inform our compatriots in the northern base: At present, no contact infection has been observed within the base, and there will be unpredictable situations anytime and anywhere.

The infection occurred..."

"Northern Base received it," Lu Feng interrupted the operator directly, "Please prepare for ground response."

Hubbard frowned.

Lu Feng said: "The flight formation is temporarily suspended, I will take people down."

"I'll go." Hubbard said, "Listen to what he said, it's more dangerous than we think. I have nothing to worry about."

Lu Feng said in a calm tone: "Me neither."

Hubbard smiled and asked, "Don't you?"

Lu Feng looked at him, his cold green eyes showing no emotion, but this time he didn't speak.

"Sometimes you look out the porthole for a long time," Hubbard said.

"I left a man at the base," Lu Feng said, leaning against the porthole with his arms folded. "He had a bullet casing I used to kill hanging around his neck."

"Who did you kill?"

Lu Feng didn't answer.

"So, he has a grudge against you." Hubbard said, but seemed to remember something: "I once met a boy who took one of your bullet casings and asked me if I knew its origin."

Lu Feng curled his lips.

Hubbard said: "Then your relationship is very complicated."

"Maybe." Lu Feng walked out: "My relationship with everyone is very complicated."

With a cold voice, he said to the navigator: "Get ready to taxi."

Hubbard didn't stop him this time.

——Under the huge, blood-red sunset in the western sky, the flight formation landed, the hatch opened, and Lu Feng stepped off PL1109, heading towards the city that stretched underground and was covered in blood.

Northern base.

The moment he was about to put the ID card on the sensor, Anzhe heard footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw soldiers on routine patrol, led by a familiar-looking inquisitor.

The judge saw him and said, "Why are you here?"

An Zhe lowered his eyes slightly: "Help Dr. Ji get something."

"Is the doctor still doing research?" the judge asked.

An Zhe said softly "Hmm" and said nothing more. The judge did not ask anything else, but said: "Go back early, the military has something to do today."

An Zhe said: "Thank you."

They walked over. An Zhe took a deep breath and put the ID card on the sensor. Fortunately, the access control system was not closed yet. There was a click and the door lock opened.

An Zhe pushed the door in, and the door shaft squeaked due to friction. He immediately closed the door after walking in. In the dim light, huge instruments were dark, and in the center of the room, the cylindrical glass box was silent.

It stood there. A ray of dim light from under the glass box illuminated it, and a cluster of small bubbles was emerging from the ground and floating to the top.

Anzhe held his breath. Before opening the door, he was prepared for the worst. He would be caught, the spores had been transferred, there were others in the laboratory... At this moment, his heart stopped completely.

——Until his eyes passed through the glass water tank, through the light green culture fluid, and saw a small white ball floating alone in the center.

An Zhe's breathing trembled, his lips curled up, and his heart beat heavily. He wanted to rush over immediately, but due to excessive emotional fluctuations, he could hardly move.

That little snow-white thing seemed to be wandering in the deep seabed in the liquid under the dim light. An Zhe looked at it without blinking.

At this moment, he saw the spores paused in their silently suspended posture, and then the mycelium suddenly expanded, or it would be more appropriate to describe it as exploding.

Then - it floated towards itself at a speed that was definitely not slow, and then suddenly stopped on the side of the glass wall, as if it had hit it.

An Zhe took three steps and two steps to arrive in front of the glass water tank. He put his palms against it and his whole body.

His spores were also clinging to the glass wall, and the hyphae were restlessly touching him through a layer of glass, obviously trying to get closer to him.

An Zhe couldn't help but smile. When Lu Feng was around, the spores seemed not to see him, but now, they recognized him. He couldn't bear to blink, watching the spores turn the delicate and fragile bacteria into

The silk stretched out towards him, but due to the obstruction of the glass, he could only stick it over harder, almost forming a small white cake on the inside of the water tank.

An Zhe leaned against it, and a long-lost comfort surrounded him, but it was separated by a layer of membrane.

He had to rescue it from the water tank. Anzhe tore himself off the water tank with difficulty and came to the side, where there was an operation console. According to the universal rules of human machines, he tried to press the largest round button.

, the screen on the console lit up as expected, and the indicator light on the card slot on the side lit up. He swiped Lu Feng's card again, and the indicator light turned green. This person's authority was unimpeded in the entire base.

But then, An Zhe fell into confusion when faced with those buttons that had exactly the same shape and were only marked with some complex symbols.

How can I open the water tank?

His fingers wandered around the console, and finally he made up his mind and pressed the button in the center.

Three seconds later, the water in the water tank rippled, and the spores were helplessly washed here and there by the water flow, and finally swirled in the center of the water tank. Looking at the small group spinning helplessly, An Zhe felt

His head was spinning, and he pressed the first button with heartache.

The next moment, a red laser lit up at the top of the water tank. Even An Zhe, who was standing next to him, felt the heat. The hyphae of the spores exploded, and then hung down feebly, as if they were about to be baked dry in the next second.

After a while, fry it again.

An Zhe suspected that it was screaming silently. He frowned in sadness - was this the kind of torture that spores suffered every day in human laboratories? But he had no time to think about anything else and pressed another button.

The red light turned into pulses of light one after another, and the spores exploded helplessly again and again.

An Zhe quickly pressed a button in the distance. This time the red light disappeared, and he breathed a sigh of relief. However, the next moment, a buzzing sound of "Zi——" sounded, and blue ion sparks suddenly lit up in the water tank.

, then, the water surface began to tremble slightly - the spores were also trembling in the water like crazy.

An Zhe: "!"

He put electricity in the water.

He hurriedly pressed one button after another. Finally, there was a buzzing sound, and the light green culture medium was slowly discharged from the container. Anzhe pressed a button next to it, and with a click, the top lid of the water tank opened.

The water tank was too high, so he moved a chair, stood on it, and finally reached his hand into the top of the water tank.

However, at this time, more than half of the culture fluid has been drained out, and the spores cannot float to this height.

Then An Zhe saw the spores clinging to the glass wall, slowly crawling up the glass, sliding down as they climbed, sliding for a while, and then continued to go up.

This little thing has not yet fully matured, but has inherited its ability to move freely. An Zhe stretched out his hand, and his arms and fingers turned into curling snow-white mycelium, which went down along the inner wall of the container and came into contact with the spores.

At that moment, it was like an electric current passed through his whole body and he was completely reborn. He took back a part of himself. There must have been a strange wave surrounding him.

Holding the ball, he carefully fished it out. All the scattered hyphae of the spores were neatly collected and rolled among his hyphae.

An Zhe bent his eyes and looked at it with a smile. His hyphae connected it and carefully incorporated it into his body. The spore's body also completely expanded and integrated into his body. A joyful emotion.

After being passed to An Zhe's mind, it finally returned to where it should be. Human culture fluid was of no help. Only with the nutrition of an adult would it continue to grow until it matured.

This time there was no bad thing to dig it away, although I don't know why the spores would take the initiative to get close to that guy.

The hole in Anzhe's body was finally filled again, and all the uneasy things fell to the ground at that moment. It was an indescribable feeling, like being reborn. He walked to the window, pressed the button, and raised

Metal plate.

The dazzling light shone in and he squinted his eyes.

Outside, at the end of the windy sand, a brilliant red sun burst out in the golden morning light.

An Zhe slowly turned his head and looked back at this silver-white laboratory. Machines were placed side by side, wires were clearly visible, and the test tube racks on the storage cabinets were arranged very neatly. From this laboratory, he could imagine the entire base.

appearance.
To be continued...