The four of them walked forward vigilantly, and the ground along the way was covered with broken ceramics and smelly black mud.

In some places, there were originally a large amount of furniture piled up, but after being corroded, it turned into a large ball of black mud that looked like a hill.

The smell smelled like the baby vomiting residue overnight. Everyone couldn't help but cover their mouths and noses with their hands when passing by. Such behavior was an instinctive reaction, but what no one expected was that such an inadvertent action caused extremely serious consequences-

When the four of them walked over between two large balls of black mud, they suddenly heard some commotion. The four of them immediately subconsciously touched their guns, but they were still a little late in time!

With a "puff" sound, a spider-like arthropod suddenly jumped out of the black hill on the right. The guy's skin was very bright, red and white, looking like a child who had just emerged from a cocoon.

But its aggressiveness is not as weak as a toddler. After jumping out, the serrated teeth of its forelimbs stabbed towards the neck of the one behind the four. Fortunately, the guard's reaction ability was not bad, but the clothes were scratched by this slash, and the skin was not torn open, so it would not have much impact when exposed to radiation for the time being.

The others had already responded at this time. The guard closest to the victim immediately pulled out the dagger on his side and fought back. The tip of the dagger easily scratched the outer skin of the spider creature, and the flesh under it rolled out, making people feel pain when they looked.

The creature was obviously seriously injured by this knife. After screaming like a snake, it turned over and landed, trying to climb back into its nest, but how could the sharp-eyed Qu Xiao give it such a chance? It is said that "the grass is to be eradicated." He stepped forward and trampled the creature to death on the ground with one kick!

I thought the danger would be lifted, but I didn't expect that the second spider flew out immediately, and the third and fourth ones followed closely. The black mud hills on both sides were secretly hidden, and there were obviously many such monsters hidden inside.

Seeing this, Qu Xiao waved his knife to resist and shouted and reminded: "Go! Go quickly! Get out of here quickly!"

After hearing this, the other three immediately took steps and quickly evacuated. Qu Xiao, who was left behind, also quickly escaped a long distance while dancing the blade defense.

These spider-shaped creatures are obviously in groups. After everyone escaped, they turned around and saw that there were still many spiders gushing out of the black mud. Although they moved at a speed, they were the number of them. Moreover, from their nesting behavior, they were the residents of this mall for many years.

The parasitic human figures gathered below are like the bright stars in the sky. Although they shine for a moment, there is no subsequent supply and they will soon withdraw from the stage. These creatures in spider form are different. They rely on the black mud turned into by material decay. Even in another hundred years, these guys may not be peerless.

No wonder parasitic human figures cannot be seen entering this floor. Qu Xiao now understands the reason.

The relationship between these monsters seems disorderly and chaotic, but in fact, they have extremely clear divisions of territory.

This layer is filled with a large amount of black mud resources, so it is very suitable for the habitat of this type of spider creature. Parasite humanoids may have come up before, but for the purpose of protecting their own territory, they were eventually driven away from this area by spiders.

After speculating on this, Qu Xiao's heart calmed down.

Although spiders are huge in number and good at sneak attacks, as long as they are not close to places where there are a lot of black mud, they are easier to deal with than the parasitic human figures below.

There is no place where black mud can be seen at a glance, so as long as you pay attention to choosing a way during the journey, there will be no danger when you move on this level.

This is indeed the case.

After deliberately avoiding the black mud area, everyone encountered no danger along the way. They arrived safely at the door of the dispatch center to prevent the guardrail doors of non-staff members from still alive, which gave Qu Xiao the confidence to succeed in the plan.

Even the door has not been completely corroded, so I guess the equipment inside shouldn't be much worse...

Using the butt stock, Qu Xiao kicked open the dusty metal door.

Then a smell of mold swept over with dust. In an instant, the windows of the isolation suits were blocked into turbidity. Fortunately, there was no moisture in the air, and the dust was very dry. You could remove it by rubbing it with a few fingers.

The overall layout of the dispatching center is very similar to the TV broadcasting room in Qu Xiao’s impression, but the display screen hanging on the wall is broken at this time. The operating station below seems to be OK. He tried to press a few buttons, but Qu Xiao did not get any feedback.

It seems that the power supply has not been restored yet.

Because radiation will interfere with the operation of electronic signals, the communication channel in the team will be unable to be used after more than a short distance. Qu Xiao can only wait quietly now, looking at the indicator monitor on his wrist, the food column and water column have disappeared more than half.

It's time to add to the status.

Qu Xiao then remembered that he had not eaten a single bite of food so far, so he took off the small bag that was slanted on his back, which was the food ration provided by the company to these "employees" for three days.

Food is a very tight biscuit that is put into the mouth through the feeding mouth of the isolation suit. Qu Xiao needs to use a lot of force to bite it off. He can barely swallow it by eating it with water, but its taste can only reach the level of "can be swallowed".

The water has no taste, and it tastes like a very ordinary white water. However, this type of water can be considered very luxurious in this world. Heretics who live on the surface may not be able to drink even a sip of such clean water for the rest of their lives.

Qu Xiao did not pursue the quality of life very much, and in such a harsh environment, he felt very satisfied with having a bite of food and drink.

Xiaolan and the other two guards on the side also began to rest and eat. Like Qu Xiao, they showed difficulty, but they still saved the food and water and put them into their mouths without any loss.

After eating for about a minute or two, the red light on the top of the regulation center suddenly lit up, and the spirits of the four people were instantly excited. It seemed that Qu Xiao’s guess was correct. The power system of this mall really had the possibility of being restored!

I don’t know how long the restored power will last, so the four of them can only complete the next steps as quickly as possible.

The alarm system in the mall is divided into very fine divisions, and because the signs are rotten and cannot be seen clearly, everyone can only control the operation of the entire alarm system based on their feelings.

This is undoubtedly a very bad situation.

Once the alarm is wrong, it is likely to drag the team's situation into a dangerous situation, but now the few people don't have much time to worry about it. After thinking for a while, the last few people pressed the four buttons on the upper side under Xiaolan's analysis.

"If the position of the button is related to the area it controls, then the row of buttons above should control the north side of the mall."

Xiao Lan analyzed, but this sounded more like gambling, but the few people couldn't think of a better way at the moment, so they could only do it first and then adapt to the situation later.

After pressing the button, the alarm on the east side of the mall exploded!

Oh no!

Everyone's heart was sank.

On the east side is the direction everyone wants to evacuate. The alarm sounded at this time will attract all the monsters in the entire mall!

If you steal a chicken, you will lose some rice. This time, you will be completely defeated!

"Change the alarm now! Quick!"

Qu Xiao ordered anxiously, but the two guards in front of the operating table looked embarrassed and were in a hurry and could not stop the alarm from exploding. Qu Xiao could only go forward to check it in person, and then he realized that the button was actually stuck!

He quickly pulled out his pistol, and Qu Xiao swung the gun and smashed the stuck button with one stroke. The latter was quickly cracked, and the hidden line below was exposed to the air and was cut by Qu Xiao with a knife!

The alarm outside finally stopped.

However, the sound of the moment just now attracted a large number of monsters to gather. In order to make up for the loss, Qu Xiao immediately pressed the buttons in the second row, and the alarm on the south side began to sound, changing the direction of the monsters gathering in the mall.

"It's time for us to leave!"

After confirming that the alarm continued to sound, Qu Xiao yelled and asked the three of them to leave quickly. At this time, a large number of black mud spiders had appeared outside the door. If they didn't leave quickly, the few people would sleep here forever.

The last part of the plan was to gather outside the east door of the mall. This was a big challenge for the current location of the four people. The main reason was that the number of black mud spiders on this floor was too large. Several people finally broke out of the dispatch center, but found that they were not really out of the encircled range.

Groups of spiders crawled out of the black mud hills in all directions. Stimulated by the alarm, these dormant creatures had to leave their cold nests. They began to search for the source of sound maniacs, and then saw the four people running away.

The priority of predation for the living has caused the spiders to change their direction. More and more spiders rushed towards the moving four people. At this time, the few people could no longer use cold weapons to protect themselves. In order to clean up the target more effectively, they took turns firing and alternately covered the last bullet in the gun.
Chapter completed!