Chapter 15 Arrival at the City Ruins
An extended armored electric off-road vehicle was speeding in the wild, and sitting on it were the members of the Liuguang team.
The armored electric off-road vehicles of the new era are more powerful and have a longer range than the gasoline off-road vehicles of the old era. This is one of the benefits of entering the era of electricity.
"Pengfei! How far are we from our destination now?" asked Lin Bao, who was sitting in the back row with his eyes closed.
"Captain! Less than twenty kilometers to go!" Zhang Pengfei who was driving replied.
"Hmm!" Lin Bao nodded slightly, then opened his eyes and said, "Come on! Cheer up! We are about to reach our destination, bring your weapons! Be ready to fight at any time!"
"Yes! Captain!"
"Yes! Captain!"
"Yes! Captain!"
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"Weiyi, you have just joined the team. Although you often went out alone to hunt ferocious beasts before, it is a group action now. You don't have the freedom you had before. What matters is the cooperation with your teammates. So, you have to adapt as soon as possible, otherwise, you can only leave the Liuguang team." Lin Bao turned his head and said to Li Weiyi.
"Don't worry, Captain. I will adapt as soon as possible!" Li Weiyi said seriously.
"Yeah!" Lin Bao nodded.
Ten minutes later, the off-road vehicle arrived at the edge of the city ruins and stopped.
All the roads inside the city ruins have been destroyed, so the members of the Liuguang team can only get out of the car and walk inside.
"Brother Hu and I will lead the way, the He brothers will cover the rear, and the rest of you should pay attention to the movements on both sides!" Lin Bao assigned everyone's positions.
"yes!"
"yes!"
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After being assigned positions, Team Liuguang headed deep into the city ruins.
While observing the movements around them, the Liuguang team quickly moved deeper into the city ruins.
On the way, they encountered a few single ferocious beasts, which were immediately killed by the members of Liuguang Team.
As they continued to go deeper into the city ruins, everyone's expressions became more solemn.
"The city ruins are a paradise for these ferocious beasts. We have already gone deep into the city ruins, but we have only encountered a few low-level ferocious beasts occasionally. This is very abnormal. Something must have happened to attract these ferocious beasts. Everyone must be careful and pay attention to the traces of the ferocious beasts' movement around!" Lin Bao, who was walking in front, frowned and reminded the team members.
"Captain! Could the current situation be related to the scientific researchers from the Chamber of Commerce we rescued?" Zhang Pengfei raised his eyebrows and guessed.
"This situation is obviously abnormal, and human factors account for most of it. It is very likely that it was done by the scientific researchers of the Chamber of Commerce!" Wang Qi also guessed.
"What weird things are these scientific researchers from the Chamber of Commerce researching? If all the ferocious beasts in the ruins are attracted there, with the strength of our team, even with the small army of the Alliance Government, I'm afraid it won't be of any use!" Zhao Wenbo stepped forward and said.
After hearing what Zhao Wenbo said, the already frowned brows of the people in the Liuguang team became even more furrowed.
For a moment, everyone felt heavy in their hearts.
" Okay! Don't think too much! We still don't know where the scientific researchers of the Chamber of Commerce are. Maybe the situation is not as bad as we thought. Our primary goal now is to find the scientific research team of the Chamber of Commerce and bring them back to the survival base safely!" Lin Bao's words broke the silence of the crowd.
"Speed up! Look for traces left by the research team of the Chamber of Commerce!"
"yes!"
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Nearly half an hour passed, and Li Weiyi's eyes, as he looked around, were suddenly attracted by a figure curled up in the corner of the ruins.
"Captain! There's something going on over there!" Li Weiyi called out, raising his hand and pointing to the corner of the ruins about a hundred meters to the right of the team.
Then, everyone's eyes turned to where Li Weiyi's finger was pointing.
There, there was a figure curled up.
"past!"
Following Lin Bao's order, the members of the Liuguang team quickly rushed to the corner of the ruins.
The figure was covered in blood and his body was shaking constantly, indicating that he must have encountered something terrible before.
"Hey! Who are you? Why are you here alone?" Zhang Pengfei asked.
Hearing the voice, the trembling figure slowly turned his head.
Judging from his appearance, this is a middle-aged man, who is looking at the people of the Liuguang team with fear.
On the chest of this middle-aged man, there is a plaque with the words "Shangmeng Research Institute" written on it.
"Are you from the Chamber of Commerce Research Institute? Where are the other members of your team? Where are they?" Lin Bao asked with a frown.
"You...you...who are you?" The middle-aged man did not answer Lin Bao's question. He paused for a moment before asking. Obviously, what happened before made him very frightened.
"We are the Liuguang team from the Practitioners Association. We are sent to rescue you. Where are the other members of your team? Are they nearby?" Lin Bao asked again.
The middle-aged man heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Lin Bao say he was here to rescue them. After a moment's pause, he said in shock, "My name is Qian Feng, and I work for the Research Institute of the Chamber of Commerce. This time, we came to the ruins of this city to do research. We were unlucky and ran into a group of ferocious beasts. They killed many of us, and I got separated from the team. I didn't expect to get out alive, but I met you here."
At this point, Qian Feng seemed to recall something terrifying, and his originally calmed emotions became excited again: "Since you are here to save us, let's go now! Return to the survival base! Hurry! Let's go! Don't let those ferocious beasts find us! Otherwise, we're all done!"
"We are here to rescue you, not only you, we want to save others too! With our Liuguang team here, you are safe, just stay with us without worry!" Zhang Pengfei said comfortingly.
"No! You don't understand! Those ferocious beasts! Those ferocious beasts! They are so scary! They have that thing in their hands, those ferocious beasts will not let them go! Let's leave here quickly! I don't want to die here! Woo woo!..." As he spoke, Qian Feng suddenly broke down and burst into tears.
"woo woo woo woo!……"
The members of the Liuguang team looked at each other. From Qian Feng's words just now, they all realized that this rescue operation was not simple. They were afraid that the people of the Chamber of Commerce were hiding something from them.
After Qian Feng cried for a while and calmed down, Lin Bao asked again: "Are you hiding something from us? What is the 'thing' you just mentioned? And why won't those beasts let them go?"
Hearing Lin Bao's question, Qian Feng closed his eyes, and "struggled" for a moment. Then he opened his eyes, took a long breath, and said weakly: "Well! It's already this time, it doesn't matter if I tell you!"
Then, Qian Feng explained the reasons behind this scientific research.
It turned out that the people of the Merchant Alliance accidentally discovered that there was a passage leading deep underground in the ruins of this city. Moreover, in this passage leading to an unknown place deep underground, "rare treasures" appeared frequently.
Therefore, the top leaders of the Chamber of Commerce made a decision and secretly sent a scientific research team to study the "rare treasures" in the passage and the surrounding environment.
When the researchers followed the passage into the underground space, they discovered a strange plant.
It is one meter tall and as thick as a baby's arm, with only two leaves on the top, setting off a strange fruit in the middle.
This fruit exudes a peculiar fragrance, and one smack of it will make you feel intoxicated.
So the researchers picked this strange fruit and prepared to take it back for research.
However, when the research team came out of the underground space, they were attacked by ferocious beasts everywhere, and the number of ferocious beasts that attacked was increasing.
At this point, the researchers discovered something was wrong.
Afterwards, they confirmed that it was the ferocious beast attracted by the strange fruit. However, they did not care.
Just like that, more and more ferocious beasts attacked, and finally, a herd of beasts comparable to a beast tide broke out.
The scientific research team suffered heavy casualties, and Qian Feng was separated from the team.
