Chapter 576: Black Mist Arrives
Buzz——beep beep beep——!!!
The next second, a sharp alarm sounded, piercing enough to tear the eardrum, and without any warning, it blasted wildly from all the detection instruments!
Under the inspector's gaze, the values on the screen were like a rocket out of control, instantly breaking through the preset safety threshold.
The scarlet warning bar flashed wildly, and finally stopped at a desperate, constantly jumping maximum value!
"Impossible!" A technician screamed, his voice distorted by extreme fear: "The concentration of poison gas has exceeded the limit! It is three times higher than the previous peak!
No, five times! The instruments can no longer measure it!"
"How could this happen? Didn't the fog recede? Hasn't our world returned to normal?" Someone shouted in collapse. The hope that had just been ignited was instantly extinguished by these cold numbers, leaving only a bone-chilling chill.
"Is it because the fog has just receded and the residual poison gas has not yet dissipated?" A soldier held on to the last glimmer of hope and said in a dry voice.
"The concentration of the poison gas should also be reduced!" The technician's voice was tearful, staring at the glaring scarlet on the screen: "Why is it stronger?! This... This is completely against common sense!"
After a moment of silence, there was an uproar all around!
As if a basin of ice water was poured over their heads, all the cheering people at the platform froze instantly, the blood color on their faces drained completely, leaving only dead fear and confusion.
The huge drop even made many people's legs go weak and they collapsed to the ground.
At this time, Xiao Jin's figure was no longer in the crowd.
The moment the detector issued the first shrill alarm, she was like a flash of black lightning, and in a few leaps and bounds she leaped to the top of the tallest defense tower outside the base.
The cold metal spire gleamed chilly in the bleak daylight, and the strong wind blew the hem of her coat, making a rustling sound.
She looked far into the distance, her cold eyes sweeping across the horizon like an eagle. At the end of her vision, the barren land that should have been scorched earth and ruins was revealed by the "dispersed" fog...
Do not!
That is not a "world of exposure" at all!
Xiao Jin's pupils suddenly shrank to the extreme the moment she saw the truth! An unprecedented chill pierced her spine like an ice cone!
The end of the vision is not empty!
Instead, it was a dark wave that was deeper and more viscous, covering the sky and the sun, like a gathering of billions of rotten crows. It was silently swallowing up everything in the distance at a terrifying speed that seemed slow but was actually unstoppable!
The sky, the earth, the ruins...all the scenery touched by it was instantly wiped out, returning to pure, dead, and suffocating darkness!
It wasn't that the fog was dissipating, but... something even more terrifying was coming!
It was devouring the original poisonous fog, and wherever it passed, it left behind death whose concentration had soared to the extreme!
"Go back to base quickly!" Xiao Jin's voice was like thunder, instantly overwhelming the chaos below and the harsh beeping of instruments!
She turned around suddenly and jumped down from the top of the tower which was dozens of meters high. Her figure strangely used force to reduce the momentum several times in mid-air, and only made a dull sound when she landed.
Then, without any pause, he rushed towards the entrance of the base like an arrow!
The speed was so fast that it almost left a blurry afterimage behind!
"If you don't want to die, leave quickly. A lot of black fog is coming!"
Her voice was cold and rapid, clearly penetrating the chaotic air and striking the hearts of everyone who was still in confusion and fear!
The NPCs were stunned by the sudden warning and Xiao Jin's inhuman speed, and their minds went blank.
But the other players had already moved the moment Xiao Jin jumped off the tower!
"Damn it, I knew this game was up to no good!" The scarred burly man growled, and his huge body burst out with a terrifying speed that was inconsistent with his size. He knocked away the people blocking his way and followed Xiao Jin.
The fox girl's face turned pale and her figure floated like smoke, disappearing from the spot in an instant.
The shadow mouse seemed to have melted into the shadows, leaving no trace.
Yu Liu was not giving up and urged the mage to go up and take a look, but was pushed back.
"Go ahead if you want to, do you think I'm a fool?"
The man in black armor frowned, looked at the direction where Xiao Jin disappeared, then turned into a ball of white mist and passed through the crowd and disappeared.
The collective action of the players woke up the dazed base commander.
An extremely strong ominous premonition, like a cold poisonous snake, instantly wrapped around her heart!
She didn't even have time to think about the meaning of Xiao Jin's words. Her instinct for survival and her long-standing fear of this group of "aliens" made the base commander make a decision instantly!
"Everyone! Retreat to the base! Now! Immediately!" The base commander's roar was filled with unprecedented urgency and majesty.
But despite what she heard, she still wanted to verify the truthfulness of Xiao Jin's words.
The base commander also asked someone to connect to the satellite system to see if the satellite was still operating and monitor the images in the distance.
Upon hearing the order, the logistics personnel quickly connected to the system and turned on the monitoring.
Who knew that he actually noticed something unusual.
The logistics personnel quickly reported to the base commander: "Sir, the surveillance is intact, but the camera is covered by a black fog. We can't use the previous instruments to penetrate and observe!"
Hearing this, the base commander's face became solemn.
You know, the research institute has previously developed a periscope that can penetrate the red fog and observe the inside of the fog.
Whether it is routine patrols and guarding, or going out to collect supplies, the periscope plays an indispensable role.
Now the thing they relied on most has failed!
"Close all external gates! Activate the highest level filtering and protection system! Quick! Execute the order!" The base commander understood the current situation and gave the order decisively.
The soldiers woke up as if from a dream, fear overwhelmed their doubts, and they began to violently drive the survivors who were in chaos at the platform entrance to retreat inward.
At the same time, the logistics personnel who received the order in the channel also began to activate the base's defense system.
In this chaotic retreat—
"Oh…Oh my god! What is that?!"
A distorted scream filled with extreme fear, like the final death knell, exploded among the crowd!
Whether they were soldiers or ordinary survivors, everyone subconsciously turned around and looked into the distance.
Then, despair, like an icy tide, instantly drowned everyone.
On the horizon, the dark wave that Xiao Jin saw, which swallowed everything, had approached to a distance that could be clearly seen by the naked eye!
It is no longer a blurry background, but a solid entity that blocks out the sun!
It was as thick as insoluble ink, tumbling and boiling, carrying with it a terrifying aura that could annihilate everything, and was crushing towards the small base with an overwhelming force!
Wherever it passed, the sky was completely blackened and the earth fell into eternal darkness!