"You go down the mountain and wait."
Upon learning that Cui Xinghua might have an accident, Xia Xu did not dare to delay any longer. He asked about the situation inside Gardner, reported to Zhao Ming, and then called Grant and Atto to go up the mountain.
Twelve spider-like predators guarded on both sides, and they were rustling and flowing in all directions. Under Xia Xu's unconscious anxiety, they moved very fast, like a mechanical army surging forward, which made people's scalp tingle.
"Who is the villain in this situation?"
Grant twitched his lips.
This domineering and arrogant attitude, this feeling of parading through the city surrounded by his younger brothers, was something he had never seen before in all his years of traveling.
“Someone!”
As they went up, they soon encountered the mountain search team from Gardner Mental Hospital.
"Do it."
Without any hesitation, Grant shot an arrow and nailed the searchers who discovered them to the tree trunk.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
The spider-like predators scattered around Xia Xu also jumped out from corners and tree canopies. Their sharp spider legs and chelicerae were still deadly weapons, and the silent attacks took the lives of three people in an instant.
Both of them moved very quickly.
They have to be quick, after all, if these people start shouting, all the surrounding mountain searchers will surely gather here, and then they will be in trouble.
Don't forget that these people all have guns. The tranquilizer gun is only slightly less lethal, but its threat to living creatures is even greater, as can be seen from the fact that these people use it to hunt down the "giants".
"I can't believe you're so decisive."
Grant was a little surprised to see Xia Xu calmly continue moving forward after dealing with the three people.
He was a little worried that Xia Xu might not dare to take ruthless action.
He has been traveling around hunting werewolves for many years and has long been accustomed to life and death. Of course, this is just a small scene for him at the moment, but Xia Xu was just an ordinary student who was still in high school a few months ago.
These are all living people, fundamentally different from the werewolves from last time. They are not "monsters", and the scenes of their death and their corpses are also bloody.
He killed someone with his own hands, but his reaction was still so calm. Either his mental strength was abnormal, or this was not the first time. He felt that perhaps he should carefully examine his impression of Xia Xu.
"Since these people were able to take up guns and participate in the pursuit, they are definitely insiders and participants. There is no need to show mercy to them."
Xia Xu thought Grant was surprised at how ruthless he was, so he kept walking and gave a casual explanation.
Whether it is a tranquilizer gun or a live ammunition gun, there is actually no difference in their meanings. They are both weapons for carrying out violence.
If they were hit and fell into Gardner's hands, death would probably be the best outcome.
Since this group of people work for Gardner and are able to hunt down Zhao Ming and other giant experimental subjects with guns, they must be aware of Gardner's use of patients and these teenagers to conduct giant gland experiments.
For this reason alone, Xia Xu had no psychological burden when he took action to kill.
"Speed up a bit."
Worried that Cui Xinghua might really have an accident, Xia Xu quickened his pace again.
They killed all the searchers they encountered along the way, and took advantage of the time difference while they were not noticed. The two men and the dog successfully tore a hole in the searchers' blockade, and the dim lights of the mental hospital on the top of the mountain were already in sight.
But along the way, apart from the mountain searchers, they did not find any trace of Cui Xinghua or other giant experimental subjects.
"Has he escaped successfully? Or has he been caught and brought back?"
Xia Xu frowned and thought silently.
"Now that we're here, let's go in and take a look. I still have to investigate the werewolf matter."
Compared to Xia Xu, who is always thoughtful about everything, Grant is very straightforward.
"Yeah, now that I'm here."
Xia Xu chuckled and drove the spider-like predator to sneak into the mental hospital quietly for a preliminary investigation.
The spider-like predator was only the size of a basketball, could crawl on the ground, and was inanimate, so its movements were relatively stealthy, and it quickly sent back a lot of images.
Although I came here during the day last time, the scene I saw now when I peeked in the dark was completely different.
There are dense surveillance cameras everywhere, and there are many patrol personnel and secret sentries, which makes the place look like it is heavily guarded.
In the wilderness, the mental hospital was deserted and lonely in the dark night. The surrounding darkness seemed to be filled with an inexplicable chill.
After figuring out the deployment of some patrols and secret sentries, Xia Xu and Grant successfully sneaked into the Gardner Psychiatric Hospital by bypassing gaps and blind spots.
"Where to go now?"
Grant asked Xia Xu in a low voice.
The interior of the mental hospital was vast, with a large number of buildings, which reduced the possibility of them being discovered, but also made their exploration difficult.
"Go over there first."
Xia Xu has a clear goal.
The last time he came to visit Cui Xinghua, he had memorized most of the terrain along the way by virtue of his photographic memory, and his smart glasses also contained some map information that Gardner had made public.
Combined with some scattered words from Zhao Ming, he easily located the entrance through which they escaped.
Gardner could do some tricks on the patients, but it was impossible to put a real giant experimental subject like Zhao Ming in the open. For the sake of concealment, underground facilities were naturally used.
There is a huge experimental base underground in the entire mental hospital, and some entrances and pipes are connected to the patient wards. Zhao Ming and others rushed out from the ward building where Cui Xinghua was.
Although he has not yet seen the plot of the whole incident, through Zhao Ming's description and some speculations, he has actually grasped it almost completely.
Zhao Ming and the people he mentioned, Hong Yan, Xu Zhaoxin and others were all giant experimental subjects kidnapped from Gardner Mental Hospital, or in other words, they were the few who survived and were the most successful in the experiment.
Cui Xinghua's role in this is an explorer and helper, and his previous hospitalization was obviously just a disguise.
The abnormal and fatal brain tumor surgery must have made Cui Xinghua aware of something. He learned about the Gardner Psychiatric Hospital and just happened to be hit by a medical dispute. Unwilling to accept this, he simply came here to investigate the truth.
Here, Cui Xinghua pretended to be crazy and stupid on the surface, but secretly he was investigating the mental hospital. Finally, he accidentally discovered the underground experimental base and Zhao Ming and others through the ventilation duct.
And despite the extremely crude equipment and the damage to his own hands, Cui Xinghua still miraculously took out the special device that Gardner used to control these giant experimental subjects for Zhao Ming and others.
According to the description of Zhao Ming and others, the device implanted in their bodies is very similar to a mechanical centipede spine. It can forcibly control their actions and execute various punishments, and its control power is very strong.
But because of this, Gardner was much more lax in his guard against these experimental subjects. After the control device was taken out by Cui Xinghua, they were caught off guard and had the advantage in physical strength, which allowed them to force their way out of the experimental base.
One of the key points is Cui Xinghua, and the other key point is Hong Yan mentioned by Zhao Ming. According to him, Hong Yan is the latest giant experimental subject and the strongest one among them, with physical performance far beyond ordinary people.
From Xia Xu's perspective, this giant named Hong Yan is probably the protagonist of the "Giant" plot. He gains strength and escapes successfully with his friends.
Cui Xinghua is the helper encountered along the way. To put it nicely, he is an unsung hero, to put it bluntly, he is a stepping stone.
The protagonist will naturally escape successfully, but it is unknown what the consequences of this stepping stone will be.