Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 268 - 233 Shadow_2

Shu Qin studied the terrain and said, "This area has a staircase. Later, we can go up to the 8th floor directly from this staircase without returning the way we came."

Lin Xian nodded, walked over to the door of the archive room, and operated the Mechanical Heart. The tightly constructed door was quickly opened by him.

Creak~

The door opened, and the lights in the information archive room lit up piece by piece. The neatly arranged information cabinets were originally filled with storage media servers, but now they were completely emptied, leaving only one terminal server to support the basic service facilities of the base.

Lin Xian went inside, took a look, sighed, and said, "As expected, but it seems they had plenty of time to evacuate, not like they fled in panic due to some monster."

Shu Qin nodded, "Not a single crucial item is missing and there was no attack, so it must have been an orderly evacuation. I estimate that only the flooded lower area might have had some issues."

"And their testing grounds," Lin Xian added.

At this moment, Ding Junyi walked over but remained silent, heading straight to the computer at the control panel, and began typing without a word.

"Large organizations usually have very strict emergency control measures. For example, emergency evacuations due to fire, anthrax, or air raids require comprehensive information coverage to ensure that all personnel in special positions and work areas are notified. So for this type of evacuation, aside from internal communications, intranet emails, regional broadcasts, and alarm lights, the personnel transmission chain also counts. The foundational systems receive this information too, and for the sake of the evacuation, these systems won’t go offline because they control fundamental life-supporting systems like circuits, access control, and air, so..."

"This terminal would have received the evacuation notice as well."

Tap tap tap.

Ding Junyi deftly tapped the final keystrokes, and immediately a red log message appeared on the computer at the control panel. As she said, it was indeed a full-pipeline evacuation notice!

Lin Xian’s expression changed. He didn’t expect that Director Ding was also an expert with computers. He quickly walked over with Shu Qin, and they were shocked to see the display showing

[Emergency Evacuation (Level 5)]

[16:15]

"16:15??"

"What’s wrong, Captain Lin?" Shu Qin asked.

Lin Xian’s pupils contracted, and he said immediately, "At this time, KIKI and I should have just left the research institute!!"

Ding Junyi looked at Lin Xian puzzled: "Did something happen here with you guys?"

Lin Xian’s eyes darkened slightly: "I’ll tell you in detail later, let’s leave for now."

At this moment, there was an indescribable feeling in Lin Xian’s heart—is this a coincidence or deliberate?

Clack clack~

Suddenly, a faint sound came from a distant machine room. Lin Xian and Shu Qin immediately raised their weapons, their gazes swept in the same direction.

"Captain Lin, I’ll take a look."

As Shu Qin was about to move, Lin Xian stretched out his hand to stop her, made a gesture for her to stand behind Director Ding, and together they formed a protective formation, shielding Ding Junyi in the center.

Lin Xian drew out the Black Gun, and with a virtual grip of his left hand, a fully automatic rifle was swiftly crafted. He moved ahead, along the narrow server aisles, heading towards the rear of the information archive where the sound originated.

Click~

The sound came again, clearer this time. Lin Xian furrowed his brow further and slowed his steps, emerging from the corner to find an aisle leading to a machine room’s power distribution room.

Lin Xian walked in slowly and then pushed open the slightly ajar dust-proof door.

Just as Lin Xian’s gaze turned inward, his pupils suddenly contracted because at that corner of the dimly lit machine room stood a bizarre black shadow, with two horn-like protuberances on its head resembling sheep’s horns, covered with black bristles all over its body, resembling human yet inhuman.

Upon seeing this, Lin Xian did not hesitate a bit, and the automatic rifle immediately opened fire in rapid succession.

Bam bam bam!!

The stream of bullets shot out, hitting the black shadow, promptly scattering some debris like dry wood and at this moment, the shadow seemed alarmed, reaching out several hands with long black claws and darted towards the right corridor.

Lin Xian’s eyes flashed with a trace of surprise. This was the first time he encountered an Abnormal Body that runs when attacked; usually, they come right for him?

The thought flashed by, but Lin Xian had no hesitation. The power armor thrummed with energy, and he lunged forward, intending to finish off this eerie entity.

If it can’t win, it will flee. If it can win, it must be destroyed, as Lin Xian had learned of the dark marks and wouldn’t let these things mark him and his teammates lightly, not knowing what trouble might ensue in the night.

Swish!

Lin Xian charged forth, moving so fast that he kicked off the corner wall, propelling after it, but as he turned the corner, he saw something even stranger.

Previously, in front of the corner was a dead end in the machine room, with no path to go, and yet the black shadow clung to the wall, its entire body shrinking as if retreating into a hole.

With quick reflexes, Lin Xian immediately grabbed the Black Gun, with the power of momentum, heaved it out!

Buzz!

The power armor’s micro-computer controlled the Black Gun’s flight engine, accelerating it a second time mid-air. The Black Gun, with piercing Wind Whistling, shot out directly, piercing through what remained of the black shadow’s side torso!

Swish swish swish! The Black Gun slanted into the wall along an angle, dragging out a lot of wood chips. freewebnøvel.coɱ

Gurgling~

Only to hear that black shadow emitting a croaking sound akin to a toad, then quickly squeezed into a narrow ventilation duct, the black claws scraping the duct’s metal wall, causing a grating sound, soon disappearing.

"Damn!"

Lin Xian rushed forward, lifting to retrieve the Black Gun, seeing only that the vent opening was barely the size of a palm, the strange creature indeed squeezed in like an octopus.

"Captain Lin." Shu Qin came in with Ding Junyi, guarding him: "Did it get away?"

Lin Xian nodded, weighing the Black Gun in his hand, then took some black debris from the gun’s tip, and immediately frowned.

Wet?

"Be careful, it might be something from the water."

Lin Xian looked up, only to see Ding Junyi who had followed in, with a flushed face of excitement, chest heaving quickly, eyes glowing, Lin Xian couldn’t help but ask, "What’s wrong with you?"

"Nothing, don’t worry about me, this place is indeed... very dangerous."

Lin Xian couldn’t help but rub his forehead, why does this woman say it’s dangerous but looks so thrilled and euphoric?

Shu Qin beside him was puzzled, Lin Xian quickly said, "Let’s go, we’ll check the 8th floor, let’s avoid the watery areas as much as possible."

"Okay."

The three of them left the information archive room, walked along the corridor to the area exit, and when they came out of the passage, they realized the outside was a large machine assembly workshop, high-ceilinged mechanical racks, the workshop facing a hangar elevator, now the entire hangar was submerged underwater, and the staircase was at the far end of a straight corridor.

"Captain Lin, look quickly!!" Shu Qin suddenly shouted to Lin Xian.

Lin Xian looked in the direction Shu Qin pointed, his expression changed suddenly because, in the deep water of the submerged hangar, the upper half of a massive dark green Mecha was exposed above the water, its Power Core shut down, its combat arm dangling into the water.

"T8-Z Fire God military assault model!!" Lin Xian exclaimed the moment he saw it.