Apocalypse: The Stronghold System

Chapter 179: Failed

Fan Chen entered the underground door and almost lost his balance. He entered suddenly, not realizing that the stairs inside were not stairs down like a hill, but rather iron stairs attached to the wall.

Fortunately he was wearing the HK Armor which had Magnet Levitation technology, so even if the Ion Pushing Machine was not activated, the armor could still function properly. The use of Magnet Levitation in the HK Armor itself is just another step, not the main driver because it takes up too much energy.

Fan Chen turned his head to look at Katerina beside him, nodding his head in response and rushing down without making a sound.

Although it did not make a sound, perhaps the members of the Black Eagle Group deep underground already realized something was wrong with the minimarket on the surface.

Sure enough, he had just rushed down, suddenly a warning came from Xiaochu:

“Master, human lives locked in the basement disappear and they turn into zombies!”

“In 10 minutes, the basement will explode. It is expected that Master will leave this place right now!”

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—10 Minutes Before—

—Underground Space—

"Master, where we've been found, we need to get out of here as soon as possible."

The scientist who was one of the executives of the Black Eagle Group, looked up to see the experiment inside the cultivation pod. "It's a pity only one works, but this is enough."

The scientist turned around to leave the room with the secretary. "Are those Mingyue Defense Groups circulating like rumors?"

"I don't know what they are, but from the sight taken by the pigeons controlled in the sky, the ones who came here were humans with metal protectors. According to the contained technology and rumors, they should be the Mingyue Defense Group."

"Have you managed to find their base?"

"No." The woman in office lady clothes shook her head while correcting the position of the glasses she was wearing. "But seeing from the current changes of the Imperial City, they should have been there or at least had a reserve headquarters there."

Scientists nod their heads. "Quick get out of here, by the way what else has gathered?"

"Already, the others had gathered and were waiting on the escape route. Ten minutes after the escape, the bomb will activate automatically and detonate this base."

The scientist shook his head. "Change the rules, once we get out of here, let go of all the experiments that exist. If this experiment can't hold, then activate the bomb."

The woman gave a small nod, but still said her opinion, "But, doesn't that mean we are connected to the network? Even if we only connect for a little while, we can't break it."

"No problem, destroying one found base is better than letting them get the research data." The scientist himself is not too concerned with the destruction of data, even though the data in physical form is also destroyed, but he has other storage embedded directly in his brain.

He had a method to store the data in his brain directly, and a way to store it using the Energy Crystals embedded in his forehead. But there was a side effect, he would have to replace the Energy Crystals from time to time to replenish the energy present, as well as he would lose his sense of taste.

"Good." The woman nodded and no longer asked, she was simply carrying out the task, as for the destruction of the Black Eagle Group, she did not care much.

Although he was saved by the Black Eagle Group a few years ago, but he had no sense of ownership towards this group. Because after all, he himself was one of the successful human experiments of thousands of people captured under the guise of rescue.

The scientist sighed and said, "It's a pity that thousands of experimental materials cannot be brought, but let it be, they've been injected with an attenuated zombie virus. They're no longer valuable."

The zombie virus here is not weakened from its effects. The effect remained the same, still turning humans into zombies completely, the one weakened here was only the time of its deployment.

The two rushed to the hidden area, where there were already dozens of people of various ages and important people from the Black Eagle Group who were in this place.

They all boarded the prepared bus, then left this place through a hidden path.

The woman, who was with the scientist earlier, opened the tablet to connect with the network, controlling all the devices at the base.

The humans in it that had originally experienced a slow change in speed, such as blue veins all over the body with half red eyes, as well as dry skin with pineapples, were, suddenly the change happened faster, especially when the arrival of zombies that appeared, as if triggering the acceleration of the change.

Humans who turned into zombies, standing straight as if they had consumed energy food, was very different from slowly developing zombies, unlike in this room who jumped several levels.

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Back to the underground...

Fan Chen who got the warning from Xiaochu, did not hesitate and turned straight up. He also took out another rocket-shaped weapon used to destroy the door above, including opening an escape path for him from the zombie encirclement on the surface.

With the help of inertial force, the metal-shaped rocket shot up first from Fan Chen, then with Xiaochu's eyes after ensuring a safe distance, the rocket ignites the Ion Propulsion Engine below it to increase its thrust.

The iron door above it was smashed, then it saw zombies scattering in all directions due to the effect of its shockwave, but there were still some that fell into the hole.

Fan Chen rushed away at full speed with Katerina coming first.

The two made it out of the hole, but one of the zombies grabbed Fan Chen's leg. Fortunately the strength of the zombies was unable to withstand the thrust strength of the HK Armor.

The two of them passed through the second floor above it, past the blown up roof.

Fan Chen looked down at the zombie clasping its legs. He drained the power from the Lightning Element around the protective leg without damaging the protector.

The zombies had no pain, but under Fan Chen's lightning strike, the hand that tightly gripped Fan Chen's leg was broken and turned into burning charcoal.

Fan Chen ignored the fallen zombies and looked around, then saw some birds that perched on the power poles or perched on the roof of the house. He waved his hand, unleashing a Lightning Element attack that spread like a spider web, hitting every bird and blowing it up.

"I'm careless." The helmet protecting Fan Chen's head was open. He observed the minimarket below. "I don't expect them to have made this kind of preparation. Going forward, it's very hard to catch them."

Although he knew that he had failed to catch the Black Eagle Group down there, but he was not angry even a little disappointed. Not disappointed in their departure, but disappointed in their sudden decision.

"Yes, there are always successes and failures. No way, right, all the Black Eagle Groups are stupid like Iron Skin's."

Fan Chen moved away from the minimarket area, then he released a large number of drones with high technology capable of moving 500 meters in the depth of the ground from the surface.

"Xiaochu, monitor the surrounding area. If you find it, release the laser shot directly at the driver."

“Good, Master. Xiaochu had already scanned, many roads branched deep underground. But according to geographical data and changes during the disaster, most likely they will go to the northeast and appear at the police station within 8 kilometers of this place.”

Fan Chen pondered, he looked at the map created by Xiaochu through the monitoring of the Scanning Drone as well as the SkyNet Satellite up there.

"It's hard to second-guess, but rather than nothing."

Fan Chen turned his head in the direction marked on the map, then looked back at the minimarket below. Then he looked up, looking at the rocket that was falling towards the minimarket slowly because there was a parasite on it.

"Xiaochu, after we leave here, cut the parachute, make sure it falls in the middle of the minimarket and activate the explosive power inside."

“Good, Master.”

After giving the order, Fan Chen went towards the northeast along with Katerina. But he also took out more HK Armor which contained the Robot Basel, he asked Xiaochu to control them to go to another branching path.

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