Embers Ad Infinitum

"Okay." Shang Jianyao took the lead, holding the "Berserker" assault rifle, past Qiao Chu, and walked towards the stairs leading to the underground computer room.

At this time, an arm stretched out in front of him.

"I'll go to the front." Jiang Baimian said in a deep voice.

Of course, no matter how hard she suppressed her voice, the volume was still not low enough without control.

"I am the Awakened One." Shang Jianyao insisted, his expression serious and serious.

"What? Saving all mankind starts with us?" Jiang Baimian chuckled, "Can you sense the attacker in advance?"

Shang Jianyao nodded:

"able."

"..." Jiang Baimian never thought he would get such an answer, and his subsequent words suddenly got stuck in his throat.

After a few seconds, she choked out a sentence:

"What's the range?"

"Ten meters." Shang Jianyao answered calmly.

Jiang Baimian breathed a sigh of relief:

"Then the range I can sense is larger than yours.

“In this environment, the sooner the attacker is discovered, the better.

"So, I'll go ahead."

Having said this, she smiled:

“This does not mean that you are not allowed to take responsibility, but that there are specializations in the industry, and professional matters are left to the most professional people.

"If one day, our team encounters a more dangerous situation, and your ability is the most suitable to break the situation, then I will send you out without hesitation."

Shang Jianyao stopped talking, nodded, took a step back and moved away.

Jiang Baimian adjusted the gun belt, slung the grenade gun on his shoulder, and then changed his hand to holding the "ice moss", leaving the other hand free.

The interior of the stairs is a very narrow environment with limited space to escape, so you must not make mistakes.

Based on this consideration, Jiang Baimian temporarily gave up the "United 202" pistol that was relatively easy to jam and the grenade gun that could easily affect himself.

——Although her "United 202" is regularly maintained and calibrated, and she asks herself that it is unlikely to cause problems, but in the current environment, she is not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case. She is really unlucky. If she encounters a jam, she can't dodge it. The place was dodged.

Of course, her grenade gun was also slung in the most accessible position. As long as those "careless people" dared to gather under the stairs, she would dare to choose the trajectory and kill them in one fell swoop.

As for his side, he will definitely issue a crawling order in advance.

The free hand is for holding the flashlight.

Jiang Baimian can sense the enemy's electrical signals, but cannot see the stairs in the dark environment.

There is not even a faint moonlight or starlight here.

Holding a flashlight, Jiang Baimian crouched slightly, looked at the yellowish light in front of him, and walked down the stairs step by step.

She didn't dare to walk too fast for fear of not being able to react in time if she was attacked.

When Shang Jianyao, Bai Chen, and Long Yuehong entered the elevator one after another, she turned around and reminded:

"As soon as I say lie down, you will lie down immediately."

She was worried that "unintentional people" would launch grenades and throw a grenade from a distance.

Although Qiao Chu behind him had a good chance of detonating the grenade in advance with the help of the "Comprehensive Early Warning System" and the "Precision Aiming System", he still had to be prepared for the splash of shrapnel.

If the opponent's grenades and grenades are of poisonous gas type, Jiang Baimian has no other choice but to let everyone hold their breath and rush back to the first floor. By then, everyone except Bai Chen can rely on the physique of the genetically improved person , until he uses the "universal biological antidote" produced by the company that he carries with him - Qiao Chu's exoskeleton device comes with its own "anti-virus filtering system" and is not considered.

And she was not sure whether this would have any effect in the end.

If those "careless people" even had thermobaric bombs, Jiang Baimian could only admit that his fate was not good.

However, she is not too worried about the latter two situations, because she feels that "careless people" cannot maintain firearms and ammunition well, and since the destruction of the old world, almost no one has entered here, only a few groups of people came here this time , not that much equipment.

Thinking of the weirdness of the "Advanced Heartless" and the various weapons they could use, Jiang Baimian felt a toothache.

After hearing Jiang Baimian's instructions, Long Yuehong responded subconsciously:

"Yes, team leader!"

This powerful sound immediately echoed in the stairwell, buzzing as it went down.

Only then did Long Yuehong wake up and found that she had made another mistake.

"good."

"very good."

"energetic."

Jiang Baimian, Bai Chen, and Shang Jianyao praised almost at the same time.

Qiao Chu watched indifferently, turned on the flashlight that came with the exoskeleton device, and used the light beam to signal the four people in front not to waste time.

Jiang Baimian thought for a while and determined that there was nothing that needed special reminder or emphasis, so he turned on the flashlight, took the ice moss, and stepped down the stairs step by step.

The wind here is a bit cold, the wall on the right is peeled off, the handrail on the left is black and mottled, and the metal railing is rusty.

Under the yellowish light beam, the stairs went deep into the dark underground in circles, as if they were entering the mouth of some giant beast.

This made Long Yuehong's nervousness and fear uncontrollably deepen. Various thoughts rolled through her mind, and she once again doubted the necessity of this action.

As they descended one level at a time, the stairwell was extremely quiet, as if the whole world had died.

If it weren't for the slight footsteps of herself and others that could still be heard, Long Yuehong felt that she might have suffered a nervous breakdown from such an environment and atmosphere.

And even so, he felt that time passed extremely slowly.

After an unknown amount of time, Qiao Chu, who was hanging at the back of the team, suddenly said:

"right here."

"Huh..." Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief.

It was great not to be attacked while walking up the stairs!

Once you are out of this narrow and enclosed environment, you will at least have room to run, roll, and jump, and you can effectively dodge.

"They didn't take this opportunity to attack us..." Bai Chen said to himself.

Jiang Baimian responded subconsciously:

"The 'unintentional ones' shouldn't be preventing us from entering the underground computer room. They don't have the motive and intelligence, unless this is their lair.

“As a hunter, when you find that your prey is too powerful and difficult to deal with, the best option is to observe in secret, wait for opportunities, and call your companions to help.

"These are all 'careless people' from who knows how many generations. They will not lack similar instincts or wisdom when it comes to hunting."

Long Yuehong heard what she was most concerned about and looked around worriedly:

"In other words, they hide in the darkness around them?"

"Yes, yes." Shang Jianyao agreed with a smile, "Once someone acts nervous, cowardly, or not vigilant enough, they will target him."

Long Yuehong was shocked.

Doesn’t this refer to me?

He instantly overcame his fear and tensed up to prevent himself from showing any flaws.

"Okay, there is definitely no electrical signal in the area behind the door." Jiang Baimian stopped here, not just to talk, "However, we still follow the process and be careful."

They immediately took cover and prepared fire suppression, and never let up.

Then, Jiang Baimian made a controlled slam, knocking open the safety passage door leading to the underground machine room.

And she used the force of the rebound to turn around and hide to the side.

After confirming that no one was attacking, they resumed their battle formation, rushed out of the stairwell, and entered a certain underground level.

As the flashlight beam swayed, they could clearly see the layout here:

The current location is at a crossroads. There are often corridors to the right and left, and there are many rooms on both sides of the corridor.

"Where is the underground computer room?" Jiang Baimian asked Qiao Chu.

Qiao Chu looked around and said:

"I am also not certain."

Then, he added:

“You go straight ahead and explore the road.

"If there is, tell me directly. If not, come back and change the direction."

He hardly thought about it, as if he had already decided this way.

Jiang Baimian and others didn't think there was any problem with this, and entered the vertical corridor according to the formation just now.

At this time, Qiao Chu took two steps forward and emphasized:

"When you reach the end, don't rush to another place, pay back first."

"No problem." Shang Jianyao seemed to be answering on behalf of Jiang Baimian.

He even smiled and waved.

"Okay." Jiang Baimian focused on the front again.

A group of four people, under the illumination of flashlights, walked deeper and deeper into this floor along the corridor.

On both sides of them, some rooms were open, some were closed, and some doors were made of wood or made of gray-blue metal. Square tables, long tables, chairs, and various machines could sometimes be seen inside.

But none of them look like a power supply room in size or appearance.

While walking, Jiang Baimian suddenly raised his hand and fired a shot into a side room.

With a banging sound, a figure staggered from another door into the opposite corridor.

As the flashlight beam swept away, Shang Jianyao and others saw a figure wearing a white shirt from behind.

The right arm of the back figure is located near the shoulder, and the bright red color rapidly expands. It is obvious that he has been shot.

However, his speed did not slow down at all, and he jumped out of Jiang Baimian and others' sight before they fired the second shot.

"There's something wrong with his injury." Bai Chen retracted his gaze and said.

"What's wrong?" Long Yuehong asked hurriedly.

Bai Chen glanced at Jiang Baimian:

"Although the power of 'Ice Moss' is not comparable to that of 'United 202', it is not too small. If it hits a person, it shouldn't only cause such a small amount of damage."

Jiang Baimian nodded gently:

"Could it be that the muscles of the 'Heartless' after many generations have evolved to such an extent that they can effectively reduce the rolling or tearing of bullets?"

"I'm not sure this is the reason, but I have to be careful in the future and not misjudge their injuries." Bai Chen reminded with a serious expression.

"I hope their heads are hard enough." Shang Jianyao replied with a smile.

Long Yuehong silently wrote down this key point.

The "Old Tune Group" continued to move forward without encountering any more "unintentional persons" on the way.

Soon, they reached the end of the corridor.

Jiang Baimian used a flashlight to shine on the open room on the right, wanting to confirm what was inside.

And the first thing that caught their eyes was a person!

An old woman with a stooped body, wearing a dark thread hat, a black woolen skirt, and a wrinkled face.

The old woman's hair was completely white outside her hat, and she was holding a swaddling bag made of red and blue cloth in her hands.

She raised her head, looked at Jiang Baimian and others with cloudy eyes, and said one word after another:

"You... made a noise... Xiao Chong..."

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