Chapter 1128: Rats in the Sewer
After dinner, Li Luo leaned lazily in the chair, closed his eyes gently, with a satisfied smile on his lips.
She enjoyed this moment of tranquility to the fullest, feeling the gentle breeze brushing against her cheeks and listening to the natural sounds of waves and seagulls.
The sunlight shone on her through the window, outlining a layer of warm golden edge for her, as if time had stopped at this moment, and the whole world was left with only her and this beautiful world that belonged to her alone.
She knows that there will be more unknown challenges waiting for her in the future, but when she thinks of having this space as her backing, she has more courage and confidence to face everything.
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The north city development zone of Jinling Base.
In this area, it is pitch dark and the cold seems to penetrate the bone marrow.
The wind blew quietly, and the weeds rustled, like the whispers of ghosts in the darkness.
The temperature seemed to be frozen forever, the cold was pervasive, and everything around seemed to be frozen in this moment of cold and darkness.
The roar of the large machinery and equipment of the past has disappeared without a trace, leaving only the deep gullies left by the bulldozers hidden in the darkness.
The huge earth pit dug by the excavator with its iron arm also fell into the embrace of darkness.
On the construction site, steel bars and cement are piled up like mountains, but they look cold and lonely in the night.
The crane's once majestic arms lay motionless, as if frozen in place by an eternal night spell.
The transport vehicles also stopped silently, with no more busy figures shuttling back and forth. The raised dust had long since settled, leaving only coldness and silence.
The entire development zone is extremely desolate and dark, which is terrifying.
In this boundless darkness that seems to be able to swallow everything, a faint light occasionally flickers in the distance.
They were the security team responsible for patrolling this area. The lights in their hands flickered and trembled in the inky darkness, like candles in the wind, as if they would be swallowed up by the darkness at any time.
At the same time, not far from their feet, in an abandoned sewer pipe buried deep underground.
Two blurry black shadows were groping forward in the darkness, one after the other.
"Gavin, are you sure this is the direction?" A rough voice sounded in the darkness.
Although the person who spoke tried to lower the volume, it still caused a slight echo in this cramped and narrow passage.
Just as the man finished speaking, a clear sound of footsteps suddenly came from above his head.
The man called Gavin's heart suddenly tightened, and he quickly reached out and covered his companion's mouth.
In an instant, the breathing of both of them became extremely weak, as if even the air had stopped flowing for fear of being disturbed.
They stood there motionless like sculptures, their eyes fixed upwards, their intense gazes seeming to be able to penetrate the soil above their heads.
The heartbeat sounded particularly clear and loud in the deathly silent underground, and every beat seemed to be a declaration of fear of unknown danger.
Time seemed to freeze until the frightening footsteps above their heads gradually faded away, and then Gavin slowly released his hand that was covering his companion's mouth.
At the same time, he lowered his voice and lectured harshly with uncontrollable anger:
"Can you please keep your voice down? We have finally managed to escape here. If those guys patrolling up there hear us, all our efforts will be wasted!"
The man called Jack didn't care at all. He also lowered his voice and retorted with a hint of disdain:
"Humph, you are making a fuss out of nothing! We are now so deep underground, and I didn't speak loudly just now. How could the people above hear me?"
Gavin was so angry that his eyes bulged out, his chest rose and fell sharply, and he lowered his voice and shouted again:
"You haven't been locked up enough, have you? If you don't care and want to be caught so much, just rush to them directly, but don't implicate me! I don't want to go back to that dark cell again!"
When Jack heard this, he curled his lips and a look of dissatisfaction appeared on his face.
Although he still felt that Gavin was too cautious, he knew better than to say anything.
Seeing that he no longer refuted, Gavin took a deep breath, slowed down his tone, and said in a low voice:
"Okay, don't worry, this is it, there's no mistake."
"Okay, then walk faster!"
"understood!"
The two said no more and continued to move forward in silence in the thick darkness, cautiously groping as if walking on thin ice.
These two people are Gavin Miller and Jack Brown, the remnants of the "Destruction" forces among the four fugitives.
Neither of them is a good person, both are high-level 5 psychics.
Gavin is a power user, and his strong muscles contain amazing explosive power.
Jack is an earth-type mutant, and manipulating earth and rocks is a piece of cake for him.
In recent days, they have been relying on their powerful supernatural powers to successfully hide from place to place, evading rounds of pursuit by search teams.
During the days of fleeing everywhere, they had already figured out the general situation of the Jinling base.
They learned that the Jinling base had a total of four entrances and exits. However, at this moment, due to the special circumstances of the Eternal Night period, the base had been completely closed and no one was allowed to enter or exit.
Trying to escape from these four city gates is simply a pipe dream and is tantamount to walking into a trap.
So they decided to find another way out.
And this way out is underground!
You know, what the [Destruction] force is best at is digging holes in the ground!
After all, their previous base was several hundred meters underground.
As a member who had participated in the construction of the "Destruction" underground base, Jack Brown was always confident about digging tunnels and thought he could do it easily.
With the help of his earth-related abilities, digging a tunnel for them to escape to the outside world should be an easy task in his opinion.
However, ideals are always full, but reality is always skinny.
When Jack Brown tried to dig a tunnel near the city wall area, he encountered unprecedented difficulties.
He used all his strength, sweated profusely, and dug desperately. He dug at least dozens of meters deep, but there was still a thick city wall blocking it, as solid as a rock, and he could not dig through it no matter how hard he tried.
All this is thanks to Li Luo's foresight when the city wall was built.
Li Luo knew very well that as time went by, the zombies would become more powerful and more cunning.
It is not enough to just build the city walls high; defenses must also be taken underground.
She had seen zombies that could dig holes with her own eyes.
The Jinling base suffered a great loss in this regard in the previous life.
It was a zombie siege of huge scale and extremely brutal.
At that time, everyone thought that they had successfully resisted the zombies' attack. Everyone cheered, their tired faces filled with joy of surviving the disaster, and they began to clean up the battlefield.
However, just when everyone let down their guard, a large number of zombies suddenly emerged from the ground in several different areas at the same time.
They were like evil spirits crawling out of hell, pouncing on the unsuspecting people in an instant.
That scene is still horrifying when I think back on it.
People screamed in terror, their voices echoing through the sky, but they were unable to stop the zombies' crazy attack.
The people who were fleeing were in a panic and looked terrified.
But many people still didn't have time to react and were knocked to the ground by the zombies.
The zombies' extremely sharp claws were like cold blades, flashing a terrifying cold light.
The sharp teeth are like ferocious fangs, which are scary.
They pounced on people madly and ruthlessly, cruelly tearing their fragile bodies with their sharp claws.
In an instant, blood splattered everywhere, like shocking flowers of death blooming in hell.
Those who were bitten didn't even have time to go through the process of transformation before they were swarmed by the almost crazy zombies who were starving to death and devoured them crazily.
The miserable wails rose one after another, each one shrill and intertwined to form a creepy and desperate death melody.
In just that fleeting moment, hundreds of people died horribly in the bloody mouths of zombies.
The base, which was once filled with the light of hope, was shrouded in the haze of blood and despair in the blink of an eye, as if it had fallen into an endless abyss of darkness.
This sudden incident dealt a heavy blow to the Jinling base.
It was precisely because of this failure that Li Luo took great pains in the construction of the city wall.
Not only did she request that the height and thickness of the city walls be increased, she also placed special emphasis on underground fortifications.
She personally supervised the construction, with a keen eye, not missing any detail.
She strictly supervises the laying of every brick and stone and the compaction of every inch of land.
Make sure every inch of the foundation is solid enough to withstand any threats that might come from underground.
Perhaps she herself could not have imagined that this carefully built wall could not only stop the ferocious zombies, but also stop the fugitives who attempted to escape.
Having said that, Jack Brown did not give up after failing in digging the tunnel.
He racked his brains and thought hard, and finally came up with another idea.
Since the city wall is so thick, there should be space under the city gate, right?
With this idea in mind, he came here with his companion Gavin.
Based on his observations and judgment over the past few days, he concluded that the end of this abandoned sewer passage was right below the city gate!
As long as they can find a way out from there, they will have a chance to escape from the Jinling base!
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The passage was filled with a damp and foul smell, water droplets kept dripping from the walls, and there was puddles and mud of varying depths underfoot.
Gavin and Jack walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow, tripping over debris under their feet from time to time and uttering dull curses.
"Damn it, why does this damn place seem to have no end?" Gavin complained in a low voice, his voice full of anger and helplessness.
"Stop talking and get going!" Jack urged.
Their footsteps echoed in the passage, sounding particularly eerie and terrifying.
Suddenly, a huge mutant rat scurried past their feet.
This mutated giant rat was as big as a cat, with hair standing on end, eyes glowing a strange red, and sharp teeth flashing coldly in the dark.
Gavin was so frightened by this sudden change that he almost jumped up, and his heart seemed to rise to his throat in an instant.
"Ah! Damn rat!" Gavin roared, his voice echoing in the narrow passage.
The mutant rat seemed to be angered by Gavin's roar. It turned around and pounced on Gavin who was walking behind it, opening its bloody mouth and biting him.
Gavin was a veteran after all, and he reacted quickly after a brief panic.
His eyes widened in anger, he raised his right foot and stomped down hard with all his strength.
There was only a muffled "puff" sound, and the mutant rat was instantly stomped into a bloody mess.
Broken internal organs and blood splattered everywhere, splashing on the walls of the passage and on Gavin and Jack.
"Keep your voice down, do you want to attract the enemy?" Jack turned around and glared at Gavin fiercely, his eyes full of blame and vigilance.
Gavin then realized his own mistake. He gasped, suppressed the fear and anger in his heart, and had to shut his mouth and stop saying anything.
The passage was filled with a sickening smell of blood, and it seemed as if countless pairs of eyes were watching them in the darkness.
Gavin and Jack did not dare to slack off at all and continued to grope forward in the pitch-dark underground passage.
As we walked, a fork appeared ahead.
"Which way?" Gavin asked.
Jack frowned and thought for a moment, "Go left!"
They turned left into the passage and continued on their way.
The passage became narrower and narrower, and they had to pass sideways.
At this moment, the water droplets above their heads dripped onto their necks, making them bone-chilled.
"How long will this last?" Gavin couldn't help but complain again.
"It's almost there, don't worry!" said Jack.
Just then, they heard a faint sound of flowing water.
"Oh no, there may be water ahead!" Jack's heart tightened.
Sure enough, when they walked to the front, they found that the passage was flooded by a large area of water.
"What should we do?" Gavin looked at the puddle of water with a hesitant look on his face.
Jack gritted his teeth and said, "Swim over!"
After saying that, he jumped into the water first.
Gavin had no choice but to jump down as well.
The cold water instantly surrounded them, making them shiver uncontrollably.
They swam forward with all their might, with only one thought in their minds, which was to find a way out as soon as possible.
After swimming for an unknown amount of time, they finally swam across the water.
At this time, the two were exhausted, but they did not dare to stop for even a moment.
"We should be there soon, right?" Gavin said, panting.
"Hold on a little longer!" said Jack.
Finally, they saw a faint light ahead.
"It's the exit!" Gavin shouted excitedly.
They quickened their pace and walked towards the light.
However, when they reached the end, they found that what stood in front of them was a wall made of thick metal of the same material as the city wall.
"How could this happen?" Jack widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief.
"Did we take the wrong path?" Gavin said in despair, his voice full of dejection.
