After catching the mutated rust-eating bug, Fang Linyan was stunned for a moment, and found that Lancott had collapsed to the ground crookedly, and his pupils were actually scattered.
He was shocked, and immediately went over to check Lancott, and found that his vital signs were rapidly dissipating. He hurriedly gave first aid, but found that it was of no use, and he died completely after two minutes. Watermark Advertising Test Watermark Advertising Test
Such changes really surprised Fang Linyan.
The goat took off Lancott's clothes and inspected it, only to find that there was a burnt-brown blood mark on his back and cervical vertebra, and then there were seven or eight deep hole scars around the mark.
Obviously, this mutated rust-eating bug had been parasitic on his back and paralyzed his nerves, leaving him ignorant of it.
Not only that, the monster's six long steel legs also penetrated deeply into Lancott's body, controlling its life and even driving its behavior subtly, just like the iron worm driving the behavior of a mantis.
After being sprayed with a special insecticide, the mutant popped out and escaped. It must have severely damaged many of Lancott's internal organs, causing him to die of exhaustion in an instant.
To be honest, Fang Linyan and Goat really never thought about letting Lancott die. In their previous assumptions, the mutated rust-eating bug should be hidden in Lancott's soles, pockets, boxes, etc.
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I never expected that this guy would be so cruel and parasitic on his body, killing Lancott as soon as he escaped.
In this case, the only two researchers, Lancott and Mochi, would be killed at the same time, one after the other, which would cause a very embarrassing thing.
The materials and information Fang Linyan and the others obtained during their exploration are all in the hands of the researchers!
Those image materials and files were all placed in a thumb drive the size of a fingernail. Fang Linyan and the others belonged to the Armed Department of Daklan Company, which was completely cross-border with the research department.
According to regulations, people from the armed forces are not allowed to inquire about information from any research department, otherwise it will be an illegal operation.
So to put it bluntly, what their group gained after entering the underground Veronica base--or to be more precise, almost all the gains that were useful to Daklan Company were gone.
The goat searched Lancott's body and sighed regretfully:
"I don't know where they put the USB drive. It's such a shame."
Fang Linyan shook his head and said:
"Before we came back, they were being besieged by people from Gumball Company. They must have been panicked at that time, so they must have hidden the USB flash drive that recorded important information."
"Then the two of them had a conflict again, and there was no chance to get the USB flash drive. In this case, it would be very difficult for us to find the USB flash drive that was deliberately hidden."
"Let's go. It would be good if we could catch the mutated rust-eating bug. I just lost a survey and it showed that it was an unknown strange object. As for the lack of results, what does it matter? Didn't Delto make it very clear? He immediately said it before
It’s enough for me to get a promotion.”
***
A few minutes later, the two people left the underground nuclear power plant again and headed back.
Yes, it was the same road they took to the underground lake for the first time.
This road was rebuilt by the Blood Umbrella Company by using the underground rift valley. Fang Linyan still remembered clearly that the two of them actually encountered a ghost train running underground, and the driver of the train turned out to be a dead man.
Although Fang Linyan pretended to be calm at that time, he actually felt his scalp was numb and his heart was a little chilly. However, he knew that he could not mess up. If he did, it would be even more troublesome for the goat without a backbone.
At this time, the two returned to the old place, but they stopped halfway and climbed directly to the top of a large rock next to them. The hanging rail at the top of the cave was also within easy reach.
The purpose of their coming here at this time is actually to wait for this ghost train.
After about ten minutes, a rumbling sound was heard, and the somewhat terrifying ghost train appeared from the darkness again and drove directly over.
Fang Linyan Goat looked at each other and immediately stood up to prepare. Then when the ghost train drove to the side, the two of them jumped over at the same time, grabbed the handle next to it, and then jumped directly into the car.
As you can see, the carriage is empty. There are no seats or anything like that, or it has been directly dismantled. The carriage is very dirty, and there are leftover gravel, mud and other things everywhere.
, and all the carriages are opened up like a subway, only a baffle is welded behind the cab.
Not only that, after they got in the car, something like a siren with a red light floating in the sky from a distance actually floated over, saying in a weird synthesized voice:
"Warning, warning again, please identify yourself, otherwise procedures will be initiated to deal with intruders."
Fang Linyan immediately said loudly:
"Don't be nervous, baby, long live Seboten!"
After hearing Fang Linyan's words, the red light in the siren slowly switched to yellow light, and then continued to use a mechanically synthesized voice:
"Who are you?"
The goat immediately said:
"We are loyal servants of the Master of Quintessa!"
After hearing this answer, the siren stopped flashing, stopped talking, and flew away, apparently acquiescing to their existence.
At this time, the goat and Fang Linyan looked at each other and walked towards the front of the car.
To be honest, when they saw the skeleton driver driving this mysterious train out of the darkness, the two of them were really shocked. Now that they came to this thing, of course they had to get to the bottom of it.
When the two arrived at the cab, they indeed saw a skeleton driver sitting in the driver's seat.
However, he just sat here without moving. Perhaps the special protective clothing on his body kept his bones intact and prevented the skeleton from cracking and collapsing. However, in the final analysis, it was just a simple skeleton, nothing to do with driving.
Not related to anything.
This train is completely controlled by artificial intelligence!
After driving for about ten minutes, the ghost train slowly stopped, and a strange and huge machine could be seen roaring in the distance below. This thing looked like a mix of a mixer, a pulverizer, and an excavator.
When the ghost train approached, a thick and long leather pipe was pulled up from below with a whooshing sound, and was roughly pushed into the rear of the carriage for several meters.
Immediately afterwards, the thick and long leather pipe with a diameter of more than two meters began to squirm and began to spray a large amount of finely crushed soil and gravel into the car. Fortunately, there was a baffle behind the cab, otherwise both of them would definitely have to spray it after a while.
Was made to look like a mud monkey.
After most of the carriages were filled with finely crushed soil and gravel, the ghost train started again, this time heading back.
After driving for almost half an hour, the ghost train slowly began to stop, and then began to unload the sediment from the carriage.
Its unloading method is also very special. The baffle behind the cab is slightly tilted, and then slowly pushed toward the rear like a bulldozer's bucket.
Because most of the carriage is filled with moist mud, and the carriage body is still in a position where the front of the carriage is high and the rear is low, it is quite convenient to unload the cargo.
After Fang Linyan and Goat saw this scene, they jumped off the ghost train directly, because this was the "terminal station" and the good days of hitchhiking were gone forever.
The goat took out the map from his arms, carefully identified the direction, and then said to Fang Linyan:
"Go this way."
The two quickly disappeared into the darkness.
***
What's going on?
This starts from something that Fang Linyan discovered before,
That is, he discovered that the water level of the underground lake had dropped a lot compared to more than six years ago. The underwater dock originally built by the Bloody Umbrella Organization base about fifteen meters deep in the underground lake was now three meters higher than the water surface.
The mastermind behind all this is none other than Nimbus, who is loyal to Pumas.
In the beginning, Nimbus must have known everything the people of the Blood Umbrella Company did, but the sense of superiority of advanced intelligent life made it not take it seriously.
Just like an explorer who discovers that there are several birds flying in and out of his camp, his reaction may not be to chase them away, but maybe even throw some scraps for them to eat.
What's more, in Nimbus's heart, the humans in the Blood Umbrella Company are out-and-out low-class beings, and their weight may not be as important as the birds in human hearts...
However, when the group of people from the Blood Umbrella Company broke in without authorization and even opened the Quintessence Box, Nimbus felt a sense of crisis. After all, the meaning of its existence was to eliminate dangerous factors as much as possible and ensure that its owner
of safety.
Under such circumstances, Nimbus designed multiple defense plans, and the one finally selected was so powerful that it was confident that it would be able to withstand the sonic attack for half an hour.
However, the biggest problem in implementing this plan is this wide and deep underground lake!!
Water is actually a very rare resource on other planets, so all the equipment and weapons used in the defense plan deployed by Nimbus are not waterproof!
Or it can be said that this aspect was not considered at all when these things were designed.
In this case, Nimbus could only find a way to drain the water from the underground lake first.
However, after exploration, it was found that this underground lake is the lowest point with a radius of dozens of square kilometers, which is equivalent to the bottom of the basin. The geological structure is also quite stable, and it is almost impossible to drain the water directly.
In desperation, Nimbus had no choice but to think of another way, that is, if drainage cannot be done, it can be done by not letting you continue to collect water! This is a strategy to draw out the bottom of the cauldron.
