"You're right. It's probably a plague species with the ability to "burrow into the earth." And its body has mutated like this... The extent of the virus's rampage is quite surprising."
After Wang Sheng finished replying to Wu Qi's words, he suddenly remembered why he had to reply to Wu Qi's words so seriously. He clearly did nothing, or he only analyzed something that he agreed with. Moreover, he had contradicted himself before and was almost killed by his subordinates.
Wang Sheng felt silently annoyed by his strange reaction. He said, "Boy, listen to your tone. Do you have enhanced hearing ability?"
"There is a level of hearing enhancement." Wu Qi responded without refuting. In fact, he had never come into contact with any gene-enhancing drugs, and only learned the relevant background knowledge from Ruorong. His keen hearing was completely acquired through training. With the level of ability classification unclear, Wu Qi chose to speak in a way that Wang Sheng could accept.
Wang Sheng nodded gently. It seemed that this boy was not useless.
"Having said that, since a plague species can burrow through the soil, then the same type of individual can also do it. Until now, I have always had the feeling that the entire tunnel is exposed to the moist and ventilated soil layer. Now it seems that maybe This high-speed rail tunnel has long been a nest completely run by the plague species."
Wu Qi slowly revealed his deep feelings. I say this so that Wang Sheng will not be limited to the surface that has been discovered, but to raise a higher level of vigilance. Because Wang Sheng generously helped An Yi, Wu Qi's negative feelings towards him disappeared a lot, and he even had a good impression of him.
But these words made Wang Sheng shiver, and a cold feeling that penetrated his bones rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
Wu Qi glanced at the bottomless tunnel. The other end of the tunnel was thousands of meters away. He didn't know what the environment was like in the dark depths, but he had a strange feeling. This feeling is like seeing a bottomless black fog floating in front of you. Many ice-blue cold tentacles have been drilled out of the fog. If you get close, you will be frozen and hurt. But he had to continue deeper into the black mist.
The really wise choice is to give up from here and exit the tunnel.
This is also a type of danger perception that hunters who survive countless hunts gradually master this ability. Wu Qi did not have the "dark perception world" formed by the genetic enhancement potion like Zhou Qing, but the hunter's instinct has always convinced the hunter himself, and he has never missed it.
"No matter what, the exploration mission will continue. Just go deep 800 meters and obtain a sample, but you will not get a bounty." Wang Sheng will not be afraid of this.
He immediately climbed into the co-pilot of the armored vehicle, and then greeted everyone: "Gather, we are going to explore deeper. Everyone get in the vehicle and set up your guns."
"Yes, Captain."
Black Gun's mercenaries got on the truck one after another, and the mercenary team helped An Yi slowly get into the back of the armored truck, as did Wu Qi. This time he chose a corner to lean against, so that he could ensure that his vision was clear enough and that he had enough space to use his long knife on the monster.
Lao Hu had already taken a stance in front of the anti-aircraft machine gun, ready to respond to sudden attacks by a large number of monsters at any time. The other mercenaries also held their guns in all directions, holding them steady.
At this time, there was some restlessness in the luggage behind Wu Qi. It was Qi Qi who was uneasy. Wu Qi patted the left side of the bag and said in a very soft and soft tone: "It's okay, don't be nervous."
The armored truck started again and drove deeper into the deep tunnel. When passing by the three-meter hole on the right side of the tunnel, Wu Qi took a special look inside. However, except for a circle of damaged inner sections of the concrete wall and an earthen wall that was closed due to soil collapse behind the hole, he could not see anything else useful.
Withdrawing his eyes, Wu Qi gradually raised his spirit to an extremely sensitive state while paying close attention to Zhou Qing's movements. Zhou Qing panicked during the attack just now, and now just looking at his uncertain eyes and trembling shoulders, you can tell that he has panicked. Moreover, Zhou Qing would look at An Yi from time to time, and Wu Qi could clearly feel his self-blame.
The most important outpost is Zhou Qing.
So Wu Qi took the initiative to pat Zhou Qing's shoulder for the first time. Zhou Qing's shoulders were very thin. As soon as Wu Qi patted his palm, he knew that he didn't have much flesh on his body. Wu Qi turned his head and met Zhou Qing's gaze with a pair of bright and calm eyes.
"Your ability is very important."
There is no need for comfort, what is important is affirmation from the heart. This is the most direct and effective way to cheer up a man.
"Yeah." Zhou Qing's lips moved and he gave a slight response.
While everyone was on high alert, the armored trucks continued to penetrate deeper. About 1,200 meters deep, everyone also saw a large hole with a diameter of more than three meters on the left side of the tunnel. When the distance reached between 1,200 meters and 2,000 meters, large-scale leaks began to appear around the entire tunnel. The concrete cave walls are full of dug holes. Unlike natural caves, at least the surface of the rock walls of the caves is relatively neat. At most, they are traces left by water erosion or weathering. But the surface of the tunnel in front of me was completely broken, and the dark brown soil underneath was exposed. It was as if countless plague species were constantly passing through the cave walls and behind them.
The ground is also uneven, with numerous holes, and mound-like soil piled up everywhere, as if it has mistakenly entered a construction site where excavation work has opened up the road. Four high-speed rail tracks also suffered serious fractures and distortions. The shark lizard he encountered at the beginning obviously did not possess such terrifying power.
"It seems that the plague species' nest is already deep here." Wang Sheng thought to himself, and he was about to warn everyone to be more vigilant about possible attacks at any time. Suddenly, Zhou Qing's throat-tightening roar came from the back warehouse.
"coming!"
On the tunnel floor ten meters ahead, the dark brown soil layer that was originally exposed to the air suddenly cracked and bulged. An emerald green ellipsoid "popped" out from under the soil, and the flying soil sprayed in all directions. , then two flesh-colored hands stretched out from the soil and lifted the entire body out of the ground.
It was a humanoid creature standing on two legs, about one meter six tall, with flesh-colored skin all over its body. The two arms hang to the waist, with only three fingers and a weird shape. Its feet are slender and curved, resembling a cheetah's hind legs. The muscles on the surface of its thighs are swollen and bulging, as if they are as powerful as a cheetah's thighs.
Finally, there is its head, an emerald green oval head in the center wrapped in flesh-colored skin. Its face looks like an inlaid gem, and underneath its face is a mouth with fine, sharp teeth that can still be seen when it is closed tightly.