I Was Once a Legend

Thick smoke slowly rose from the valley where Allen fell. Dong Zheng was the first to notice this scene. He stopped and looked in the distance. The rising smoke was skewed by the wind and flowed against the snow.

Something seemed to be burning.

Cui Zuojing waited for him quietly, Dong Zheng took a deep breath, looked at the young man, and said in a low voice, "Let's go."

After walking along the path for about an hour and a half, they came to the end. They stood on the mountainside and saw a unique building standing in the valley below.

The entire Institute of Biochemistry should be built underground like an armament base. Before the Ice Age came, this was just an entrance on top, but after 3000 years of wind and snow, the building with a low entrance had already formed a thick layer. The ice sheet directly raised it by 50 meters.

The heavy pressure of the ice and snow also caused the entire entrance to sink half a meter. The building materials in 2472 were very strong and had not deformed, but the foundation could no longer bear it.

They went down to the valley and cleared the snow in front of the gate of the institute to make room for them to pass through.

The explosion-proof door is completely sealed, and it is difficult to crack it with external force. Fortunately, Dong Zheng obtained the relevant authority when he was in the military base, directly eliminating the cumbersome identity verification, and the door can be opened with the chip on the wristband and the dynamic key. .

Wang Que was in the middle of the team without saying a word. When Dong Zheng opened the door, she noticed the familiar pulse waves coming from the underground, frowned, and said softly: "There are bugs inside, and there are quite a few of them. "

Dong Zheng hummed: "So many giant worms are probably the result of biochemical infection, and this research institute is probably the most difficult part of the whole box."

He turned his head, glanced at everyone's faces, and asked, "Are you ready?"

Dong Linhai picked up the flamethrower and responded with actions.

They checked each other and confirmed that there was no problem with the protective clothing. Dong Zheng entered the dynamic key, and only heard a beep, and the door that had been sealed by ice and snow for 3000 years slowly opened.

Many black beetles as big as thumbnails came out of the crack in the door and merged into two black streams, which soon disappeared under the white snow.

There was an unbearable stench in the air. Fortunately, everyone was wearing helmets and masks, and the oxygen supply was still sufficient, so the nose didn't have to suffer.

Turning on the lights above their heads, they each carried their weapons and walked in cautiously.

Cui Zuojing glanced at the data on the gas detection instrument, and the oxygen content dropped rapidly after entering, approaching 1%.

There must be a lot of oxygen-consuming organisms inside, otherwise, even if the institute has been closed for 3000 years, the oxygen content would not be as high as it is now.

The light from the headlamp illuminates the floor and walls. There are many corpses of insects on them, which are stuck by some kind of substance, forming a shell made of insect corpses. Many of them are trampled to pieces with each step, accompanied by the sound of snapping. The crisp sound of jumping.

However, there are not many live insects, and the above-ground part of the research institute is not large, and everyone explored it quickly. This place is mainly similar to a hub, connecting the underground part.

They stood still in front of the elevator, waiting for Wang Que's perception results.

In a pitch-black world, there are dots of light shining, each point of light represents a life that can be sensed by her, every place under their feet has dim or bright light spots, only directly below the elevator, It was total darkness.

"It seems to be a safe house below." After confirming again and again, Wang Que said, "It's about 10x10 in size, and it's quite far from the ground, but I can only confirm the situation of the bugs, and I don't know if there are other things inside."

"Enough." Dong Zheng carried a submachine gun with a laser magazine, and made a tactical gesture to move forward, and the five entered the elevator.

Cui Zuojing followed behind him, still using his favorite cold weapon. Tang Dao Zhanyue's blade was cut off when he wanted to cut off the spider thread that trapped Alan.

The number on the screen representing the depth of the underground is getting bigger and bigger, Dong Zheng closed his eyes, and waited for the moment when the elevator stopped, it was also a kind of rest.

Cui Zuojing was looking at the instructions posted in the elevator. He was quite curious about the technology of 2472, but unfortunately, he didn't see much except for these weapons on his body along the way.

The elevator stopped at 97 meters underground.

The indicator light at the top glowed green, and everyone raised their weapons and aimed at the door.

The elevator door slowly opened, and the headlight illuminated a disinfection room.

Everyone, no matter who they are, must go through strict multi-layer disinfection before entering the main structure of the real biochemical research institute.

At this moment, the disinfection room had already stopped working, everyone dispersed tacitly, checked the room of more than 100 square meters, and found that it was indeed a safe house.

Everyone relaxed at once.

At this time, there are still nearly 48 hours before the box is closed, two full days, and they have already arrived at the final destination. During this time, as long as they can find a place to transmit the signal, the mission can be ended.

Time is no longer the most important issue, now, they can take a good rest.

The number representing the oxygen level on the dashboard returned to normal, and everyone took off their helmets.

Dong Zheng sat on the ground leaning against the wall, heaved a long sigh of relief, and suddenly relaxed. The exhaustion accumulated in the previous 26 hours poured out, making him a little hard to resist.

He hasn't rested for too long, and he has experienced so many thrills, his spirit is like a string, already tense and about to break.

It wasn't too cold in the research institute. Victor came out of the summoned beast space to take care of the exhausted two children Dong Linhai and Wang Que. Seeing Lin Hangzhi rubbing his calf without saying a word, it seemed like Cramped, and ran over to cleanse him again.

Cui Zuojing unpacked a pack of self-heating hot pot—this was the only thing he brought out from the military base that could be eaten hot. He just unpacked it and cooked it for a while, and the aroma wafted away, attracting everyone .

The hot pot was not big, only a pair of chopsticks. After Cui Zuojing finished cooking, he gave the chopsticks to Wang Que. Wang Que took a mouthful of noodles, chewed slowly, and gave the chopsticks to Dong Linhai.

Dong Linhai took a bite of the ham, and gave the chopsticks to Dong Zheng, Dong Zheng gave it to Cui Zuojing, Cui Zuojing gave it to Lin Hangzhi, and Lin Hangzhi gave the chopsticks to Wang Que.

Victor didn't have to worry about eating and drinking in the summoned beast space, so he squatted aside and watched quietly. Everyone took turns to eat up the hot pot one by one. Even the hot soup was overwhelmed by his appetite Dong Linhai drank it, and he wanted to share it with Wang Que, but Wang Que thought it was too salty, so he only took a sip.

Eat something warm to warm your stomach and feel comfortable.

After that, everyone ate some compressed biscuits, and the sleepiness became more obvious after the stomach was full.

Dong Zheng leaned against the wall and closed his eyes. Because of the existence of the helmet, his neck was always uncomfortable. Cui Zuojing was next to him, but when he saw this, he moved closer. He leaned against Dong Zheng and patted himself on the shoulder. , "Go to sleep, let me lean on you for a while."

Dong Zheng didn't refuse. It seems that Cui Zuojing's attitude towards him has become extraordinarily kind since the beginning of Dusk Island. This kind of kindness sometimes makes Dong Zheng feel frightened-he knows that these things are very important to Cui Zuojing. An ordinary word or action will make him sink even deeper.

He leaned on the young man's shoulders. After the time seal was lifted for a while, Cui Zuojing grew up a bit, and his shoulders became wider. Leaning on it made Dong Zheng feel much less guilty.

He closed his eyes, and before falling into a deep sleep, something suddenly occurred to him.

"The power that Chang Hui left in my body reappeared." Dong Zheng said softly, "When I was about to collapse emotionally, it helped me restrain my emotions and impulses, otherwise I would not be able to rationally control Linhai and Wang Que dragged it away."

"She helped you?" Cui Zuojing frowned. He remembered that when Victor Fu and Victor checked Dong Zheng's body, he did not feel the malice of that force.

Why did Chang Hui help Dong Zheng?

Dong Zheng also realized the abnormality: "You said that the girl named Chang Hui is one of the five successors. Since both J and Kether want my life, why did she save me?"

"I don't know." Cui Zuojing replied honestly, "She...has always given me a strange feeling. Although she is the queen's heir, she does things more for herself."

"For myself." Dong Zheng murmured and repeated, "Is it good for her to save me?"

Cui Zuojing also didn't know that Dong Zheng's mother had a deal with Chang Hui, would Chang Hui help Dong Zheng because of this?

But she has already handed over the black gold card to Dong Zheng, and it stands to reason that the transaction has been completed, and Chang Hui got what she wanted, so she won't spend any extra effort.

Dong Zheng didn't expect to get an answer, and Cui Zuojing was also very tired. He rested his head on Dong Zheng's head, and the two of them leaned against each other with pillows, just enough to sleep comfortably.

"I'm so uncomfortable." Dong Zheng murmured such a sentence suddenly, he didn't know if he was talking about his extreme exhaustion, or the lingering sadness in his heart because of Alan's departure.

Or both.

Cui Zuojing hummed, he stretched out his hand and gently pressed Dong Zheng's head on his shoulder, closed his eyes and said softly: "I know, go to sleep."

This time Cui Zuojing slept very deeply. He didn’t need to worry about anything in the safe house. To be precise, the setting of the box was determined by the world rules of the pure white world. Even Kether, the creator of the dungeon, couldn’t Play tricks in the house.

The law cannot be violated by anyone, even the queen.

So he didn't know when the posture of the two changed to Dong Zheng leaning against the wall alone, he was lying on Dong Zheng's lap, when Cui Zuojing opened his eyes, everyone else was still sleeping, and Victor was snuggling up against the wall. On Wang Que's right hand, comforting the girl who has never recovered from her grief and self-blame with her warm, fluffy body.

Dong Linhai and Lin Hangzhi were lying together, also sleeping unconsciously.

Cui Zuojing got up and took a sip of ice water, looked at Dong Zheng's seemingly unawareness, hesitated for a while, and still didn't continue to lie on him.

Estimating that the time has not passed, Cui Zuojing yawned, seeing that Dong Zheng seemed to have dreamed of something bothering him, his eyebrows gathered together, and there was a Chinese character between his eyebrows, and he kindly stretched out his hand to help him smooth it out.

Dong Linhai babbled vaguely in his sleep, as if he was arguing with an invisible person, Cui Zuojing glanced at him, ignored him, leaned against Dong Zheng, and fell asleep again.

In the frozen world, people lean on each other to draw warmth from each other.