Chapter 127. Underground Shelter
Arc 5 : Wasteland World Movie Nightmare.
TN-: 5 chapters today!!!!!
Du Yan and Shen Heng stayed on the cliff opposite the activity center until about midnight.
At this time, there was indeed movement at the door of the activity center. There was almost no light in the camp, and with Du Yan’s poor eyesight, it was naturally pitch black, and he couldn’t see anything.
Shen Heng quickly discovered the identity of the figure and whispered: “It’s Old Bao.”
Shen Heng knew that Du Yan couldn’t see clearly what was going on below, so he quietly told Old Bao’s actions one by one.
After making sure that no one was around, Old Bao walked directly into the activity center and came out carrying a box. The box in his hand had a silvery appearance, and Shen Heng knew at a glance that it was a box specifically used to hold anti-radiation medicines.
The box was made of special materials to prevent the medicine inside from being contaminated. The number was written on the lower right corner of the box. Shen Heng took a closer look and found that it was the anti-radiation medicines he had exchanged from Homeeand No. 1 not long ago.
From the serial number, one can know that the box of medicine in Old Bao’s hand is of high purity and worth a lot of money. Among the batch of medicines that Shen Heng brought back this time, there was only this box of high-purity anti-radiation medicine.
In the middle of the night, what exactly was Old Bao planning to do with this box of high-purity anti-radiation medicines? When Du Yan heard Shen Heng’s description, he remembered what Old A had said before.
“It seems that it’s not that Old A made a mistake, but that Old Bao changed the inventory record.” Du Yan said.
“Well, but what does Old Bao do with such a large amount of anti-radiation medicines?” Shen Heng also thought that Old Bao’s behavior was too strange.
Although anti-radiation medicines were precious, they were not used very frequently. If they were not exposed to high-risk radiation sources, one pill a week was enough to remove radiation from their body caused by diet.
“Follow and see.”
Having said that, Du Yan directly lay on Shen Heng’s back, and the two followed him quietly.
Perhaps because Shen Heng, who could pose a threat to him, had already left the camp, Old Bao’s vigilance was not too high. In addition, Shen Heng’s strength was far greater than Old Bao’s, so the other party naturally could not find out that he was being followed.
He turned around and walked towards the small forest.
Shen Heng followed Old Bao from a distance, still able to observe the surrounding environment. The more he looked, the more he felt something was strange, and his brows slightly wrinkled.
Du Yan was lying on his back, and he immediately noticed Shen Heng’s kookiness. Shen Heng had a good grasp of the distance, and he would not lose the target and would not let Old Bao hear what was happening behind him.
So Du Yan asked softly: “What’s wrong?”
Shen Heng knew that he was very curious, so he explained: “Along the route that Old Bao walked, there is the blood of that mutant creature.”
Shen Heng was extremely sensitive to radiation. The blood of mutant creatures could be considered a small source of radiation. Therefore, this road formed by blood was as clear as light in Shen Heng’s eyes.
“Normal. I guess he is going to the mutant’s lair.” Du Yan said.
The two followed Old Bao all the way, and after walking about more than thirty kilometers, Old Bao finally stopped.
However, the place where he stopped did not seem like a lair that mutants would choose. Most mutants prefer dark and humid places and are active at night. They naturally prefer to build nests in city sewers or mountain caves.
In front of them was a flat ground at the top of a small hill, with wild grass and scattered stones. It didn’t look like a place where mutants would build a nest.
Old Bao stopped there, looked around, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual around, he moved the large stones away. He then fumbled on the ground for a while. It turned out that all those grass were just illusions to cover it up. They were lifted up by Old Bao and piled aside like turf.
Shen Heng took Du Yan to a higher place, and only then could they see clearly the truth hidden under the grass. It was a round metal device, which was extremely mottled after being destroyed by the years.
Every Infected is very familiar with this device.
Du Yan naturally didn’t understand, so he asked directly: “What is that?”
Shen Heng said: “Underground shelter.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Old Bao pressed a button next to him, and the round metal device slowly sank into the ground.
Shen Heng added: “To be precise, it is the elevator leading to the underground shelter.”
Du Yan looked at the smoothly functioning shelter, smiled, and said: “After so many years, the elevator still operates smoothly. The energy source is nuclear power. It’s really ironic to think about it. It’s obviously a shelter to avoid nuclear weapons, but the power source is also a nuclear reaction.”
Shen Heng nodded: “It’s quite ironic.”
The two waited for a long time, and when it was almost dawn, Old Bao came out of the shelter. When he appeared on the ground again, the silver box in his hand had disappeared.
After Old Bao left for a while, Shen Heng and Du Yan came to the elevator of the shelter. Shen Heng cleaned up the debris used to cover it and quickly found the switch of the elevator.
The elevator switch of this underground shelter did not have a password, and there was a detection device outside the switch. When the radiation level of the external environment decreases and can allow humans to survive, the switch will be connected to the power supply, and anyone can start it from the outside.
After most humans took refuge in the shelter, they considered that the cryopod needed to be accessible from the outside. If a password was set, it might make the underground shelter inaccessible. After weighing the pros and cons, they made this design.
As an Infected who walked out of the shelter, Shen Heng had awakened countless compatriots during the first period of time after waking up, so he was naturally very skilled in operating the elevator switch.
There was a slight vibration from the ground, and then the elevator slowly sank into the ground.
As soon as the elevator stopped, Shen Heng saw the words written on the opposite wall: Shelter TC-2458.
Du Yan glanced at the numbers and said: “This place is an undiscovered shelter.”
Shen Heng looked at him in surprise: “How do you know?”
Du Yan pointed to his head and said: “Of course it’s in there. My life was so boring before, so I just spent my days flipping through those boring materials.”
Walking along the passage, passing the equipment room and storage room, they arrived at the central area of the shelter, the hibernation room. The shelter was not too big. Du Yan roughly counted and found that there were about 300 cryopods.
The two walked around the hibernation room and found that the cryopods inside were full of corpses that had turned into bones. Perhaps some kind of accident occurred in this shelter, causing the cryopod to stop working, and the people inside died in hibernation.
Why did Old Bao run to this shelter with no survivors? To guard the corpses in the cryopod? Du Yan was wondering when he saw that Shen Heng seemed to have discovered something.
“There’s an empty cryopod over there.”
Du Yan heard this and walked over with Shen Heng. As expected, the cryopod near the corner was empty. There was nothing in it.
“Was there no one here originally?” Du Yan asked.
Shen Heng shook his head and pointed to the nameplate outside the cryopod: “It has the name, gender, age, and photo printed on it, which means there was someone in the cryopod and it was successfully hibernated.”
Shen Heng squatted down and pressed a screen below. Now, the power supply of the hibernation room has returned to normal, and the screen soon lit up.
“This cryopod was thawed just a few months ago…”
Just as the two were concentrating on studying the cryopod, a strong wind suddenly hit them from above. It turned out that the mutant had been hiding in the ventilation duct above their heads. Seeing that Du Yan and the other person seemed to have lowered their guard, he launched a sneak attack.
Fortunately, Shen Heng never relaxed his vigilance since entering this strange shelter. He threw himself directly at Du Yan and then kicked the black shadow that pounces from above.
The shadow was kicked and flew more than ten meters away, and then hit the corner of the wall heavily. Fortunately, the underground shelter was made of mixed metal, so even with such a strong force, the wall did not move at all.
Du Yan took a look and found that the creature lying in the corner was covered with black hair, but its body shape was indeed similar to that of a human. However, its height was a little too short. Du Yan was still a teenager and was not too tall. But, the mutant creature lying in the corner seemed to be much shorter than Du Yan.
No wonder when Old Bao said it was a mutant chimpanzee, Old A, who had seen this creature, did not suspect anything but believed it completely.
Du Yan was studying the mutant here, but Shen Heng turned around, and after confirming that Du Yan was not in serious trouble, he kicked his feet and rushed towards the mutant.
The fight lasted only a short while before the mutant was kicked away by Shen Heng. However, he did not expect that this was actually a false move by the mutant.
Perhaps it was the events of the previous night that made the mutant fully aware of Shen Heng’s strength. It used the force of the kick to twist its body in the air, stepped directly on the top of the cryopod, jumped onto the ventilation duct, and disappeared without a trace.
Seeing this, Shen Heng did not chase after it anymore but returned to Du Yan’s side: “I have memorized its smell. It will definitely not be able to escape in this underground shelter.”
Du Yan understood and lay directly on Shen Heng’s back, and the two of them followed the direction of the mutant’s escape.
Sure enough, this mutant creature had intelligence. It knew it was difficult to escape in this narrow space and would be easily caught by Shen Heng, so it fled towards the elevator.
As soon as Shen Heng arrived at the elevator, he saw the mutant fiddling with the elevator control button, trying to escape.
Du Yan jumped off Shen Heng’s back, and Shen Heng immediately rushed forward like an arrow to stop the mutants. The two fought for a while, and the battlefield gradually moved to the equipment room on the side.
Du Yan stood at the door, frowning and staring at the battle inside. At this time, he was completely sure that the mutant creature inside was definitely not a mutant chimpanzee but a human.
To be precise, they should be considered mutants. They are the same species as the strange mutants Du Yan had seen in the research institute, but the mutant in front of him looked quite healthy.
At least it was much healthier than the experimental subjects in the laboratory. Du Yan lowered his eyes and wondered what happened to this mutant in front of him. Did he escape from a research institute or come from some other source?
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