Chapter 95: Asking for help
Chapter 95: Asking for help (9 more monthly tickets!!)
Chen Sixuan covered her mouth in surprise. "So there's someone down there."
"Let's listen first." Lin Xian raised his hand to signal, then continued to press the answering machine and responded, "I can hear it."
"I'm Ding Junyi, deputy director of the biological research department of Underground City No. 9. A large number of zombies and nocturnal organisms have erupted inside the underground city. Currently, I and several other colleagues are trapped on the negative 52nd floor of the research floor. Can you provide us with assistance? If you are willing to provide help, we can provide conditions in exchange."
The voice on the answering machine sounded a little anxious, and the faces of the people on the "Infinity" side changed slightly.
"You mean, there are only a few of you in such a big dungeon?"
Hearing the other party's words, Lin Xian's first reaction was to express doubt. He had been fooled by many fishing schemes, and it was not easy for him to believe such a thing.
"It is still uncertain whether there are survivors in other areas. Two weeks ago, the excavation section under the underground city encountered some unknown underground creatures, which caused the project to be interrupted. Core No. 1 melted and the people inside were mutated and infected, resulting in the death of at least 37 citizens in the underground city, more than 6% of the total population. The Underground City Federal Management Committee was forced to launch a migration plan, mobilizing 95 intercontinental and 8 eternal trains as well as a large number of airships, helicopters, and flying devices to send core citizens out. However, almost all air transport equipment lost contact after entering the Daluo Mountains. The initial suspicion is that they encountered a large nocturnal body in the air."
"The mutation caused a large-scale turmoil in the dungeon. The main structure of the dungeon was damaged, and zombies broke out inside. A large number of nocturnal bodies appeared. My three colleagues and I didn't have time to escape, so we were forced to flee into a biological laboratory. There shouldn't be many survivors in the entire dungeon No. 9 now. Our laboratory has high-level system permissions for the dungeon. We saw your arrival through the surveillance of the GF2 train platform, so we asked you for help."
Although it sounded like she was trapped and asking for help, the woman who spoke seemed very calm in her voice and emotions.
As soon as he finished speaking, KIKI immediately looked out the window and saw several cameras facing their cockpit.
"Hey, it turns out there are not only people in the underground city, but also electricity..."
Lin Xian nodded, and his eyes swept across the faces of the other people. He knew that the nocturnal body they were talking about should be the same thing as the strange body they thought of. Then he said to the answering machine
"How do you think we should rescue you?"
They had no idea what was going on inside the dungeon. From the information the other party had just conveyed, there were unknown creatures underground and the entire dungeon was occupied by zombies and nocturnal creatures. The other party was on the 52nd floor underground. In this case, even if Lin Xian wanted to help, he wouldn't know where to start. So he was not eager to consider it. Instead, he let the other party talk about the plan first, and he would first distinguish the truth from the false and then identify the risks.
After hearing Lin Xian's words, the woman opposite responded directly
"At present, elevators 1, 2, and 5 in the underground city are all damaged. Elevators 7 and 8 can only go directly to the floors below 80, and the rest are in the occupied floors and freight areas. Only elevator 3 is currently online, and it is also the closest to us, but elevator 3 is a freight elevator used for equipment transportation. It goes directly to the underground fifth-level freight track terminal platform on the 95th floor. Due to the damage to the main structure, it can only go to the 89th floor. I can open the protective gate of the GF2 track to enter the underground track. Because we only have one backup energy source as a power supplement, the power is not enough to support your use of rail train elevators, so your train can go directly through the direct tunnel to the underground fourth-level freight track terminal platform on the 65th floor, and then take elevator 3 to the 52nd floor. Although there are many zombies outside, your weapons are very strong, and there is also a telekinetic psychic, so it should not be a big threat to you."
Lin Xian frowned slightly when he heard this. From the other party's statement, it was very likely that the identity of this deputy director of the biological research department named Ding Junyi was real. Ordinary citizens of the underground city, even some powerful people, might not understand the underground city system as clearly as she did. The logic was clear and the planning was clear. The tone of her voice was obviously that of a scientific researcher.
“It’s easy for you to say, why don’t you ask the federal government for help?”
KIKI came up at this time and said bluntly. Hearing KIKI's question, another slightly younger female voice on the other side of the answering machine said anxiously, "Because the satellite communication facilities of the underground city have been taken away, the conventional communication equipment is affected by the magnetic waves of the night and cannot transmit. You should be aware of this. Therefore, the authority we can control at present is only part of the subsystem of the underground city. We will send you a message for help through the platform answering system."
Lin Xian frowned when he heard this, "Then no one came to rescue you when you evacuated?"
There was a moment of silence on the answering machine, and then Director Ding took over again.
"When the upper floors were evacuated, they received our call for help, but given the situation, we should... already be considered an abandoned asset."
In underground city No. 9, in a certain scientific research area, the isolation door was locked, and the corridor outside was completely shrouded in darkness. Countless zombies were wandering around. Inside the room, four men and women in scientific research uniforms had anxious faces. They had been trapped here for more than a week. Although the scientific research area had a very strong protection level and life support system, there was not much food and supplies. If they didn't go out, they would probably starve to death inside.
The deputy director of the Biological Research Department, Ding Junyi, is about 30 years old. She wears glasses and has a cold look. Trapped here with her are her former colleagues Zhao Yan, Xu Wen and microbiology expert Han Qiming.
The oldest among them is Zhao Yan, who looks the worst in health. Several people have already used some of the green plant materials used in the experiment as food to replenish their body energy. Fortunately, the laboratory area is still well lit and ventilated, so they are not suffocated.
After the great evacuation, the entire underground city had turned into a hellish scene with desolation everywhere. As the roads were blocked and the polar night approached, the hopes of the few people being rescued had gradually faded.
Almost all the useful materials had been taken away, and this doomsday project, which was less than 1/5 completed, had become a desperate ruin.
"Director Ding, they don't seem to believe us..."
Xu Wen was the most timid one. She was the one who rushed to speak. When she saw that there was no response on the answering machine, she immediately became anxious and asked, "What should I do?"
"Don't worry." Han Qiming had a messy head of hair. He was originally thin, and after two weeks of experience, he had become a little unrecognizable. "They drove the train here, so they must have some purpose. Moreover, they can open the protective door and have advanced supernatural properties. I think they may want to enter the underground city. In this case, perhaps we can find a point of interest."
"Yes." Zhao Yan was the oldest. She looked at Ding Junyi and said, "Director Ding, why don't we just ask directly?"
Meanwhile, Ding Junyi was calmly replaying the surveillance footage. Among the four people, she was the calmest. While everyone was anxiously waiting for the answering machine to respond, she was watching the scene of Lin Xian and others entering the platform from the outside, and kept taking notes on the mobile screen.
"There are five people in total in the current footage. We are not sure if there are other people on the train. The leader should be the man who talked to us. He is between 5 and 25 years old. He has a clear purpose in communication and strong logic. He has received higher education. He was the one who opened the gate of platform GF30 just now. I checked the system records and found that he did not obtain authorization, so he must have some kind of supernatural talent and forced it open."
The new book is on the shelves, begging for monthly tickets, infinite train, rushing into the sky!
Thank you so much!
(End of this chapter)