When everyone returned to the safe house, it was around six o'clock in the morning, and the sky was still dark. As soon as everyone entered the room, they immediately asked Bilis, who was left behind, if Chu Hao had returned.
But unfortunately, no one returned. Except for them, Chu Hao did not return before them.
Everyone was speechless, silent, and anxious. As time passed, this emotion became more and more obvious. Even the foodie Nian Xikong didn't eat anything more. He just ate some bread, ham sausage, and the remaining barbecue. , fruits, canned things, etc.
As the time slowly reached eight o'clock in the morning, the sunlight outside was already very obvious. It was impossible for those mutants to appear under such circumstances. Zhang Heng finally couldn't help it. He stood up and said: "We can't keep waiting like this." It's not a solution. Now the sun has appeared outside. Let's go out and look for it. How about that
Compared to Zhang Heng's impulsiveness, Nian Xikong's indifferent attitude towards eating, and Tom's enthusiasm as if he were Zhang Heng's little follower, Aoqi was much calmer. He said: "Go there to find you. You know the captain led them there at that time." It's as big as the entire New York City, and even the area around the institute is so big. The range of my mental power scan is simply insignificant. I can't find it there. Besides, the captain's order is for us to wait here instead of running out to find him. , what if we are not here when he comes back and he is seriously injured and needs us to bandage it
It is precisely because of this that Zhang Heng almost roared and said: "What if he finally survives after a bloody night of fighting, but ends up in a coma due to excessive blood loss? If we don't save him, who will save him?"
Aoqi nodded, then looked at the others and said: Well, let's leave some people here to continue to guard, while the rest go out to search, so that both sides can take care of them.
At this time, Billis raised her hands carefully and said: "Then I will stay behind. I have learned some simple bandages. If the captain comes back, I can bandage him."
Zhang Heng nodded, and he said to Tom: So Tom, Colonel Robert Neff, you two should also stay behind, because we don’t know the specific circumstances of the captain’s return. Although it is impossible for mutants to appear during the day, in order to prevent other situations from happening. , you also stay behind, and Steri, you go out with us to search.
Steri frowned after hearing this, but sat there without moving.
Zhang Heng's meaning is actually very simple. Pull Sterry out so that he and Nian Xikong can take care of him. At least he can't do anything else. Otherwise, he will be left here to stay together, let alone Tom and Robert Neff. Whether he can be controlled or not, what if Chu Hao is really seriously injured and returns, who knows what Sterry's abilities are. If there is any evil hand, it will be too late to regret it.
Zhang Heng saw Sterry's attitude. He chuckled, walked to Sterry's side, put a hand on his shoulder seemingly affectionately, and then said in a voice that only two people could hear: "You want me, too?" Say it again? If you go out searching with us, you will die.
The last four words were unclear, but Sterry understood what Zhang Heng meant. The veins on his hands popped out. Although it only lasted for a moment, he immediately relaxed his body and felt slightly He smiled humbly and said: "How could it be? I was tired and didn't sleep all day, so I didn't react for a while. The captain didn't come back, so I was very anxious."
Zhang Heng suddenly laughed meaningfully and said: "Is that so? That's good. Then go out and search with us."
At this moment, footsteps suddenly came from outside the door, followed by a knock on the door. Everyone was slightly stunned at first, and then they all hurried to the door, opened the door, and sure enough they saw Chu Hao there.
Chu Hao did look a little embarrassed. He was covered in mud, and there was black mud on his hands. There were also some scratches on his body and face, but other than that, there were no other injuries on his body, as expected. The situation after the bloody night was completely different. It could be said that he was almost uninjured.
Everyone hurriedly welcomed Chu Hao into the hall. Except for Robert Neff, who went out with disinfectant to remove the smell, the others were curious and asked what Chu Hao had done. Not to mention such a messy situation, what on earth was he doing? Somewhere to hide those mutants.
After Chu Hao drank some water, he simply said a few words about randomly finding a building and hiding in a hidden place all night. Naturally, everyone didn't believe it. They had seen it with their own eyes through mental scanning. Hundreds of mutants chased Chu Hao from the streets above the research institute. Such a number of mutants were not just hiding if they wanted to. Those mutants were powerful, fast, and had a strong sense of smell. If they found any clues, they would really They will demolish the building directly, let alone hiding in the dark.
But after Chu Hao said this, regardless of whether everyone believed it or not, he said directly: Everyone has worked hard all night, and they are probably very tired now. Let's eat something small and go to bed to rest. Get up in the afternoon and go to the research institute before dusk. If our design is successful, we will live in the research institute tonight.
No way
Several people sighed. Let’s not mention the safety and unsafe issues within the institute. The smell and filth alone made people not want to stay there, let alone live in it. It would probably stink to death. .
Chu Hao said: No, many rooms with discontinuous equipment in the research institute are sealed, locked by alloy doors, with internal ventilation ducts directly connected to the outside world. We only need to open those sealed rooms. If the room is closed after entering, the smell from the outside cannot be transmitted inside, and the interior has its own living area and bathroom. Although it is not big, it is enough for us people to live in. The only thing to worry about is the source of electricity. This problem requires engines, and not just one or two. We will be busy in the next few days, and we still have enough oil, etc. Moreover, we have to find a way to solve the problem of engine noise masking, but time has passed. It was imminent and I didn't have the right to choose. I would move into the institute this afternoon. That was it.
Now that Chu Hao has said so, everyone can only agree reluctantly, and they are indeed very tired. Before, it was because Chu Hao had not returned, and everyone was thinking about it, so they could keep going. Now, once they relax, , almost everyone was yawning non-stop and didn’t say much at the moment. Everyone went back to their rooms to sleep and rest, but what they didn’t know
In the institute, the liquid antidote flowed out of the broken bottle, and then began to volatilize naturally, forming a colorless gas with a light smell. These gases were extremely volatile, and soon began to evaporate from the broken bottle. It spread outside and soon spread throughout the entire institute. At this time, there were thousands of mutants in the entire institute. The mutants who first breathed this gas were twitching all over and howling crazily. Falling to the ground, if you look at it from a microscopic perspective, the viruses in their bodies are rapidly being reduced and killed. Soon, these mutants froze to death in the research institute. Although they did not die all at once, the death was just Sooner or later.
This is true for ordinary mutants, as well as for women and small mutants. Even the leader of the mutants, a strong mutant whose figure has outgrown human beings, is also the same. The mutants in the entire institute have begun to die one after another. Of course, it is not No mutants tried to escape outside the institute, but it was broad daylight at the moment. The few mutants who rushed out of the institute had their skin smoking directly in the sun, as if they were legendary vampires, and soon fell into the sun. Their bodies were burned until they were scorched. Although they did not turn into fly ash, the viruses in their bodies also died. These mutants could not escape the fate of death.
But this is not the end
In the microscopic world invisible to the human eye, in the research institute, viruses are being rapidly decomposed on these mutants, in their excrement, on the food bitten by them, or in some of their liquids. They are killed by the medicine, and while they are being killed, a strange, radio-wave-like frequency is being emitted into the space more and more intensely. In the end, after all the viruses have been killed, this The frequency finally reached the extreme. Although the frequency disappeared because of the disappearance of the virus, the traces of its previous existence were so obvious.
With New York as the center, this frequency is rapidly spreading to surrounding areas. In these areas, any mutants who have evolved to a certain level of power will open their eyes even during the day when they are sleeping. Opening my eyes, I looked in the darkness towards the direction of the frequency emitted by New York. Their eyes were red, their breathing became violent, and some even roared.
All this is not known to humans
At this moment, everyone in the Arctic Team and Colonel Robert Neff are still asleep.
At the same time, in New York City, a vehicle carried a woman and a child, who were still wandering around New York City looking for