Restricted Doomsday Syndrome Chapter 357: In the pipeline

The entrance of the metal pipe under the foot is sealed by a net-like lid, and there are four layers in total, and the meshes are smaller than one. Although the reason is not clear, there is a light source in the pipe. The red light comes out from the bottom mesh, which makes people feel like needles. Omi’s chainsaw can’t cut the thick surface of the metal pipe, but it’s okay to deal with these seemingly thinner net covers.

The diameter of these covers is four meters in size, and we just cut a cave in the center that can accommodate one person close by. Father Xi Sen jumped down first, and then assisted ordinary people like Gregya and Tritty from below. Omi and I stayed at the end and watched the surrounding movement, but until everyone got down, there was no danger.

After I went down, I found that the light in the pipe was spreading far from the front. I didn't know whether the light source was in front of or behind me, and I couldn't tell how far it was from us. There is no shadow on the inside of the pipe covered by these red lights. These lights are not as penetrating as they are seen from the outside. Instead, they seem to be immersed in a pool of red water, which seems to be able to penetrate even the size of a hairline. Gap. In the event of a disaster, finding the source of light is the first thought that arises. If you are outside, you may encounter strangers and be rescued, but you may also encounter unpredictable encounters. The danger must be considered on the outside, so in this ruling bureau full of foreign risks, we need to be more vigilant.

The place where the light is emitted may be a nest guarded by some security guards. But, on the other hand, is it possible to find something from the lair?

"However, we don't know which direction the light source is in." Gregya said.

"Toss a coin. Luck is needed at this time." Omi said in a calm tone, like an "adventurer", if the fire, Jung, and the file were here, they would definitely agree with her.

But I don’t like this behavior that seems to be determined by luck. Since childhood. When faced with ambiguous choices, I never hesitate, and this time it is the same. I would rather bear the calamity for my choice than to shift the responsibility to "luck" afterwards. It’s definitely not my style to say “I’m really bad luck.” When I die.

When I tossed the coin in Omi, I caught the coin in my hand. "The 33rd area we are going to is further down, at least where we can see, only this direction is downward." I mean the direction when walking outside the pipeline. Although. It is also possible that after a long distance, this direction will turn upwards, but if it is erratic because of this, it is very ridiculous to me. I don't know what other people think. But I used a firm tone to remind them not to think about the light source anymore. No matter what there is, it has nothing to do with us. We have a very clear goal from the beginning, and we should not confuse the priority relationship with each other because of temporary impulse.

"For us, apart from finding a way to reach the 33rd district as soon as possible. Any extra thoughts and actions are stupid." With that said, I continued to move forward.

The air in the duct seems to be better than outside, but it is still full of peculiar smells. At the beginning, Gregya and Tritty were still curiously sighing for the strange sights created by the light in the pipeline. But soon because of the monotony of the scenery, I lost my interest in speaking. We walked in silence and didn't know how far we were or how far we had to go. Only when you encounter a fork, will you talk about which way to choose. Actually. This is not a problem at all, we just need to keep going down. However, if you keep silent, your depressed mood will continue to accumulate, and your discomfort will make you crazy. I really can't imagine what I would become if I walked alone on this seemingly endless path.

So, even if it’s some boring nonsense, we searched our stomachs to find some topics, although these topics will soon be cold again-we can’t count time with our feelings, and we can’t help but look at the phone. , Watch or terminal time, but we soon discovered that the difference between the sense of time and standard timekeeping is getting bigger and bigger, and it's getting more and more irritating. Sometimes I feel like I've walked a long way, but in fact less than five minutes have passed.

Six hours later, I couldn’t tell how many side roads I took. I took a short break during that time, but I quickly started on the road again. It is impossible to lock the position of the 33rd zone in the terminal, nor to connect to the secure network. It seems that the signal is blocked in this pipe. However, our direction should still be correct. At this time, the red light covering everything in the pipeline like water fluctuates slightly. In the numb nerves, the environment that had long been accustomed to it suddenly changed, which immediately made everyone's spirits tense.

The team seems to be alive again.

"Anything to eat?" Gregya said suddenly: "I'm starving to death."

It's okay if she doesn't say anything, as soon as I said that my hungry stomach began to release excess acid. I didn't have such obvious feeling before, probably because the long mechanical action paralyzed the body. I flipped through my backpack, Bajing prepared compressed dry food for Omi and me for a week, but the water problem was not easy to solve. There were only two bottles of 500ml of purified water left in the backpack. Father Xi Sen didn't plan to eat anything at all. He didn't seem to have encountered it before, and never thought that he would encounter the current situation, or how could he get these survival supplies?

While asking my doubts, I gave everyone enough compressed food and a bottle of water.

"Under normal circumstances, compressed food can be found in the ruling bureau." Father Xi Sen said: "It is an energy bar, shaped like a table leg, which can provide more energy than compressed food outside. It can also replenish moisture at the same time."

"Is it normal now?" Tritty rolled her eyes upward.

"But, we don't lack food and water for the time being, don't we?" Father Xi Sen smiled gently.

"This little food and water will be used up soon, especially the water... Will it support us until we enter the 33rd area?" Gregya carefully touched the edge of the paper cup filled with water with her lips. Although physical fitness is replenished. But her mood is not pleasant.

"Before it runs out, we will definitely be able to reach the 33rd district or find new living resources." Father Xi Sen just said so, without any worry on his face. But everyone else in the team felt that this was simply blind optimism. "Luck is the most important thing. I believe our luck is good, at least Ms. Omi's luck is good." Father Xi Sen cast his gaze on Omi, who was quietly gnawing on compressed dry food. He said to me: "Maybe we should have let it She finished tossing that coin."

I didn't speak, so I didn't take his opinion to heart at all. Whether I am stubborn or unrepentant, in short, I don't want to surrender my destiny in any sense. Just as everyone, everything, every prophecy, and every research is telling me that the end may be the world and the fate of everyone in this world, but I won’t just stop there. certainly. Anyone can laugh at me with "this stubbornness is destiny in itself", but I still insist on doing this, even if it is emotional and a form of falsehood.

So, when both Gregya and Tritty looked at me with a "why don't you flip a coin again?" I still haven't wavered.

"It's really boring." Gregya sighed in an exaggerated tone: "It's hard to believe that my future boss will be such a stubborn guy."

"You haven't joined the Whisperer." I said blankly: "It's not even the expedition period yet."

"If I die here because I don't flip a coin, let the investigation go to hell!" she muttered.

"Who decides that not tossing a coin will make you die here?" I stared at her seriously, and the girl immediately staggered her eyes. Grumblingly blowing the remaining water in the paper cup.

"What if?" Tritty interrupted, meeting my gaze. He immediately added: "It's okay to try anyway."

"Really stupid." I said to her unceremoniously in the same calm tone as I felt: "Who can be sure. The road determined by a coin toss is not a dead end? I think tossing a coin determines my future. , It’s a dead end."

Tritty showed a dumb and embarrassed face. She said, "Not all other adventurers...", but before she finished her words, she lowered her head in my eyes.

Maybe they all thought I was a good gentleman. Indeed, I never reprimand anyone in a harsh tone, nor express my opinions in a strong manner, but this does not mean that I will not exclude other people's ideas at any time. Gregya is the same age as I am a college student, but she obviously has not experienced this kind of harsh competition.

In the place where I study, students will unexpectedly have considerable rights, financial resources, and connections. If they have such a weak character as mentioned above, they will not be able to work in such a student union. In that place, everyone tried to dominate the behemoth that is in charge of tens of thousands of students and even influences teachers with their own thoughts and methods.

The next trip may be more difficult. I have realized at a very early stage that I must let my will be implemented in this team, otherwise it is likely to collapse.

"My choice is not wrong, Father Xi Sen, what do you think?" I stared at Father Xi Sen.

"Yes, I can't deny it." Father Xi Sen immediately agreed.

I didn’t release my thoughts too much, but if he said different opinions at this time, I would immediately act violently. Even if he is really strong, I believe that with the assistance of Omi, It is not difficult to teach him a profound lesson. In this ruling bureau, as the most experienced veteran adventurer in this team, his words will greatly interfere with other people's ideas. As he said before, "Omi had good luck", Gregya and Tritty had extra thoughts. I can't help but assume that he did it on purpose. It was a kind of temptation against me.

What does he want to do? I don't understand, and I can't guess for the time being. We are not like-minded partners, but temporary allies, and then, one day may become enemies. Therefore, in any case, his position, sense of presence and prestige cannot be allowed to exceed the whisperer.

"Very good." I relaxed and said to Omi, "How far did we descend?"

"More than 3,000 kilometers vertically." Omi said.

"I plan to go out and receive signals from the secure network again." I said to others.

"The chances of attracting security guards are great." Father Xi Sen said.

"Even so, we must re-determine the direction and coordinates." I said: "It's not a way to keep going like this..."

My words were interrupted by a movement. A strange echo echoed in the pipe. For a while it seemed to be coming from a long distance, and for a while it seemed to ring in the ears again.

Dick—tap, tack, tack—tick—

At first I thought the noise was messy. But after repeating it several times, I can feel that there is a certain pattern in it. It's like...

"Morse code?" Tritty said with a frown. Gregya looked around at a loss. There were no signs of living creatures in the roads before and after. This voice is definitely not coming from nearby.

"It's not a Morse code." Omi said affirmatively: "But another voice code."

I looked at Father Xi Sen and asked if some adventurers were in contact. Father Xi Sen shook his head. He judged that this was not an adventurer's action, nor was it a security guard. But. In the Bureau of Domination, besides humans and secure networks, the living creatures that can issue such codes are some new types of demons? This problem exists in everyone's mind. Suddenly, I had a wonderful idea, could it be the aboriginal people of the ruling bureau? Although I haven't heard of anyone meeting them yet, maybe they still survived in a corner of this huge and complex site, living a closed but relatively safe life.

Because no one has reached all areas of the Domination Bureau, this guess is not without the possibility of being established.

"You must get out of here." I cleaned up my thoughts. Say to others: "This voice is likely to cause us trouble."

Although the regular voice made people see the intelligent Mars, everyone passed my decision almost without thinking. We packed up quickly and accelerated our way forward. But the voice did not go far, but it did not strengthen. Like the light source, I don't know where it came from.

As I thought. The mysterious voice soon brought trouble. Some heavy object stepped on the outside of the metal pipe, and the huge force shook the inside of the pipe. That big guy is constantly coming to us from behind. The first time I sketched the packaging of the construction machine in my mind, it is the largest machine I have seen here. I looked at the others, except for Omi, including Father Xi Sen, with a look of uncertainty on their faces. We can't tell whether this big guy who may be a construction machine is chasing us, or is chasing the direction of the code signal, but we are walking in the same direction.

According to common sense, construction machinery does not have active offensiveness, but anyone who witnesses that huge body and a construction tool that can be used as a weapon on the body will subconsciously put it on the danger list.

We had to stop because we couldn't run the big guy behind us. The vibration caused by the heavy footsteps from the outer wall of the metal tube became stronger and stronger, and when it came above us, it suddenly stopped. The sudden disappearance of the shock made everyone's hearts sink to the bottom.

We stared at the top of our head, stepped lightly, gestured with our eyes, and divided into two teams, spreading towards the front and the rear. If it doesn't stay anymore, it's best to move on, but if its target is us, then a separate team can ensure that we won't be dumped all at once.

As for the idea of ​​destroying the construction machine-its size is too large, and the thick armor probably cannot give it a deadly attack even if it is a boundary weapon. Father Xi Sen has never heard of anyone who has successfully destroyed a construction machine, and there is not only one construction machine here.

Suddenly, there was a piercing sound from the top of the pipe. A kind of red light penetrated the metal inner wall within three seconds and slid along the edge of the rectangle at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Run!" I yelled to Father Sisson, Gregya, and Tritty on the other side. The opponent is obviously cutting a metal tube. The guy with this terrifying power and huge size has a 90% chance of building a machine, and it is indeed coming for us. What the **** is that **** password signal?

I pulled Omi and ran forward a few steps, and the huge metal plate that was cut apart fell from above~IndoMTL.com~ The violent impact sounded the tympanic membrane of my ears. However, it should have leaked behind the sky, but it still looked gloomy. I looked back towards the gap and saw a huge dark gray structure buried from above, completely blocking the gap. The red light waves rippled on the structure, reflecting a metallic luster. The scorching steam shot straight down, there were about six beams, and the field of vision was immediately obscured by a mist of mist.

The white steam mist flows heavily in the red light. Something came out of it.

I don't think I can run away, and Omi thinks so too, so we turned around and prepared to fight together. The only good news is that this behemoth has set the target on our side, and Father Xisen, who left from the other side, has time to put Gregya and Tritty in a slightly safer place.

When the fog dissipated a little, I found that it was a huge eyeball-like metal creation, and then countless fine wires were connected to the upper structure like an optic nerve.

Up to this point, we still haven't seen the overall shape of this monster, nor can we tell if it is a construction machine.

The metal case like eyelids opened and closed several times, and a sound similar to the previous mysterious signal ticked. (To be continued...)