【Qijie】The Kingdom of Eternal Life

Xiaojie walked forward.

He solved the man guarding the entrance, extracted his irises and fingerprints, and entered the dilapidated small house. He found an empty floor tile in this dilapidated and dark small house. The dark corridor.

He jumped in, there was no light, and it was terribly dark. Fortunately, Xiaojie's night vision was good enough for him to see in such a harsh environment.He took a few steps and saw a door.A very high-tech door, the kind of door that is completely incompatible with the small, dusty tile-roofed building above, and shouldn't appear in the same space.

There is surveillance in front of the door, and the camera emits a slight red light.Fortunately, Xiaojie is now standing in a place where the surveillance cannot take in.

Xiaojie took a few steps back, took a run-up, stepped up the wall, and took a light photo of the "electronic eye liar" on the mirror of the camera.

The thing works great, and for the next two hours, the surveillance continues as usual, but it's actually a plucked old footage that's empty of people.Young-jae opens the door with the guard's iris and fingerprints.

It's the tunnel again.Concrete was poured around it, stainless steel...or other unknown alloys were seamlessly built into a lengthy cage, the lights were dim, and the ceiling, floor, and walls all stood still like blurred mirrors, condensing his small, distorted self.

But for some reason, he didn't find the camera.

Xiaojie walked forward blankly.

The alloy walls are lined with long rectangular glass windows at intervals, revealing the pale whitewashed room inside.White can give a visual sense of emptiness, but these rooms clearly don't.They are all filled with nutrition compartments one after another. This underground maze is like an ant nest built densely by ants, and these small rooms are the small warehouses where the larvae are hidden.

Xiaojie occasionally stopped to observe, and could see naked humans sleeping deep in the light green nutrient solution. Their bodies were covered with electrodes, and long pipelines were pulled out to connect to the display screen outside the nutrition cabin.He had seen this scene before. A few months ago, those two sentries were still alive and went on this mission with him. As a result, he and Strange were captured by mistake, and the two innocent sentries disappeared. , was easily concealed by a lie, and stuffed into the grave of the dead.

What happened to them before they died?

Where is Kate's ashes, or body...?

These nutrition cabins are almost exactly the same as the ones Xiaojie saw a few months ago, except that the floor is made of alloy, there are no gaps, and there is no moss that has grown over time. This is almost a miniature of the original base.Xiaojie was almost certain that the behind-the-scenes organization moved the site here after that operation.But what was inconsistent with the previous bases and what made Xiaojie feel a little strange was that he didn't find guards or experimenters in these nest rooms, nor did he meet any patrols in the steel maze extending in all directions.

When he first went on a mission with Strange and the others, the security level in the base was not like that at all.It's not so much laxity, it's better to say that there is no need to be on guard at all.Although the gatekeepers were carefully arranged at the entrance, after the formal entry, the security force was not at the same level as it should be.

also……

What about the team that came in before him?

Except for the neatly arranged experimental subjects, there is no living person in these laboratories.Xiaojie glanced at the combination lock on the door. He couldn't confirm it for the time being, but he had some doubts that the floating human bodies in the nutrition cabins might not all be living bodies.

He sniffled, even though it was underground, even if the reinforced iron plates were tightly wrapped around the moldy and rotten darkness, he could still smell a hint of salty sea breeze.

and a little rosin.

The corridor is dimly lit, but thanks to the materials of the ceiling, walls, and floor, a little light source is enough to illuminate the space with reflections and blooming.There were small square depressions in the walls, with lights in them.The light was very unstable, flowing and jumping, as if it was not firmly embedded in the wall like a rock, but a wind lantern swaying in the rain.

But this does not affect their priceless value.

Xiaojie gently touched the rosin lamp with the back of his gloved hand. It was not hot, but the temperature was soft. The flame flowed inside the carved resin, floating faintly with a faint fragrance.The amber lamp, which is equivalent to gold, is incompatible with the rigorous and cruel human experiments, but the taste of the mastermind behind the scenes is obviously luxurious enough, and even in this kind of place, spiritual enjoyment is not forgotten.

Xiaojie continued to walk forward.The light rosin wrapped his whole body, almost diluting the bitter smell of various unknown medicines mixed with blood.

Maybe it was the smell that jolted his memory. For a moment, Xiaojie had the illusion that he was not alone, but that Qiya was walking side by side with him on this treacherous road with only reflections.

He suddenly remembered that he and Kiya were in the speakeasy in Hiteneta.Qi Ya cupped his hands to warm him.The narrow underground stairs were also lit with a few pine lamps as bright as amber, and Qi Ya's whole body was painted with a layer of dim warm pine light. In the drooping eyelashes, the glass-like pupil light was a lamp, It seemed as if several patches of dawn and night had been brightened, almost revealing a bit of snow-like gentleness.

He recalled the last time he smelled the pine smell on Qiya's body.They stood by the graves of the dead, and he looked into those eyes.This pair of silver eyes, facing the enemy indifferently, even the eyelashes seem to be covered with frost and snow, but every time Xiaojie looks at him, these eyes are reluctant to leave even a scum of ice, and they all melt into the milk In the ordinary eyes, everything melted.

Except that time.Except for that time when they stood at Kate's grave.

……Yes.Kate's grave.

He closed his eyes and pushed the image of the bloody, hideous "tomb" out of his mind.The warmth that Qi Ya brought to his heart was easily and briefly swallowed by the scene of two corpses without arms and legs lying in the cemetery. The word "Qi Ya" was frozen stiff, and then sank to the bottom of the sea.

Now.Can't think of him for now.

While most of the time, just thinking about him made him feel stronger—but that didn't apply now.

He couldn't let his heart soften even for a moment.

Xiaojie stopped in his tracks.

He glanced at his watch, it had been twenty or ten minutes since he came in, and he really didn't meet a single living person.

Here, the words "I have a conspiracy" and "danger" are almost blatantly written on the face. If it were someone else, if they chose not to retreat, they would probably have to hesitate for a while whether to seek backup.

But Xiaojie didn't want to wait any longer.

He put his hand on the reinforced concrete gate with a blank expression.This door is located in the deepest part of this underground labyrinth. There is a combination lock on the door, and he tried to touch it.

Several stray bright laser beams swept over from the side, and Xiaojie jumped back suddenly. The laser beams swept on the opposite wall, reflected back by the wall of unknown material, and swept towards the sentinel's calf and waist.The Sentinel shuttled through this dangerous dense laser net that was no less dangerous than any bullet rain and was becoming more and more serious. Thanks to his flexibility and explosive power, his movements were nimble and agile enough, and not a single hair was swept away. Lose.

After 1 minute, the sudden laser fire stopped.

But to Xiaojie's surprise, he thought that after going out like this, even if there were no guards or patrols running out, at least there should be a siren going off.But no: the place was still dead, with pale figures heaving slightly in the pale green liquid.Even the door was silent.

Xiaojie watched the door, and the door watched him.The unknown metal reflected the young man's expressionless and slightly distorted face, and everything behind him.There is an isolated room behind him, which is densely packed with nutrition cabins.With Xiaojie's eyesight, he could even clearly see the long hair floating in the light green liquid.

Do not touch the combination lock.

Then...

Slam the door.

He retracted his elbow, raised his wrist... and made a fist.

Xiaojie confirmed that he was already very irritable.This anxiety, irritability, and burning anger were mixed together, and it was more difficult to suppress than imagined.He took a deep breath, swallowing the air that smelled of sea, blood, medicine, gunpowder, and pines into his stomach.

What will be in the door?

Xiaojie actually didn't think much about this problem before he smashed the door.Although this room has the meaning of "final dungeon" compared to other rooms, there is a high probability that it will be filled with nutrition cabins or other experimental equipment; Going around a brain or something.It might also be the experimenter who is in the battle. After all, in addition to the nutrition cabin, the human experiment also needs to conduct various tests on the human body that has experienced the experiment...

He didn't know what was in the door.But he knows one thing.

No matter what is behind the door, no matter who is behind it.None of this matters.He went to the meeting alone tonight, with only one purpose from beginning to end:

Kate-

Boom!

The door was smashed into a huge crater, Xiaojie quickly collected his remaining strength and lowered his waist at this moment, flashing the laser beam swept from behind, this time the laser beam was not reflected by the special material door, but swept straight into the He stepped into the big hole in the door that was suddenly opened by him.Xiaojie braced himself on the ground, got up and clenched his fist, and punched the half-smashed door again.

The impenetrable dungeon gave off humming echoes, and the blazing laser beams swept across the intricate metal space, weaving into a light net of sparks splashing everywhere.This time the laser net lasted more than 1 minute. There is probably something very important hidden behind this door. The crazy laser shooting has no intention of stopping at all. If someone else stays here, he will undoubtedly be crushed by the laser. into powder.Xiaojie dodged and survived in the dense rain of bullets like a tropical rainforest, stepped on the light shards and ran towards the mechanism wall not far away that was sweeping out laser beams.Another punch.

The moment the laser mechanism was destroyed, it spit out a row of sharp sword blades.But the laser stopped anyway, and Xiaojie turned around and walked towards the half-broken door. The blade cut through his glove, and the bone was visible deep, and the gurgling blood flowed from the phalanx, falling to the ground drop by drop.The metal material on the ground was not enough to retain the scarlet liquid, and the latter rolled down into blood beads, rolling everywhere.The torn glove was full of blood, Xiaojie bit the edge of the glove, tore it off, and threw it on the ground at will.

Xiaojie walked to the door.

He did have such a glimmer of expectation, longing to see Kate.Even though he knew that there was a great possibility that he would see the corpse, or the ashes.But just like most immature children in the world, he can't help but shrink back when he comes to the front of the battle.Even most of the time, the word flinch has nothing to do with Jack-Jack at all.

But people are always close to home and timid.

At least when this scene actually appeared in front of him, Xiaojie was still belatedly aware that after a minute had elapsed, he was swallowed up by him first with an aura of collapse and destruction. Yes, it is anger.

He was breathless with rage.

He seemed to be completely submerged in an empty, borderless can, pillowed on the seabed, the strait cracked a huge black smile, there was no light at all, only the complete silence of the midnight area.The whole body seems to be condensed into frost and snow, frozen into a glacier for thousands of miles, freezing every crack.

But there is a volcano burning in the depths.

The magma burned violently under the seabed of ten thousand Renren, red and golden.He seemed to be wrapped in ice, but his heart was so hot that it was about to explode.

The back of the silver hair turned around.It revealed a face of a young man that he was very familiar with, yet very strange.

The young Xiaojie once saw this face in the hot and humid tropical rainforest.He held the small trembling fox bear in his arms, and stared blankly at the man in front of him. Behind the latter was the huge corpse of the female fox bear lying on his back. The midsummer cicadas were tremblingly singing in the green forest leaves. The sun was baked into salt by the waves and tides around the island, half of the leaves were cut, and half of them were sprinkled on his chest, back and silver long hair.

The stabbing wound was very painful.

This room is huge.But there is no nutrition cabin as Xiaojie expected, no experimental equipment, no staff.only one person.There was only a man with bruises all over his face and body, no right arm, and a deep scar on his neck.

A hero who should have died long ago.

Xiaojie seems to be standing under a cliff.The boulder rolled down on top of his head, jammed his throat, making it impossible to utter half a syllable.

How could he call out the name stuck in his heart?

Kate looked at him, lunged, bent slightly, and rushed in front of Xiaojie with a snap of her fingers.

A violent fist waved over.When the punch was on the verge of sight, Xiaojie saw his teacher's eyes.

There is no light, no color, no temperature.Only empty.

A pair of empty eyes.There are no whites of the eyes.Only black, only silence.

Like an undead.

No one doubts that Tower's former chief, Kate, was a hero.He was a warrior who sacrificed his life for the war.

But no one knew that the devil had retained his soul, causing him to remain in the world in pain, becoming the most terrifying evil ghost in this absurd world.

TBC.