Chapter 27: (one more)

Chapter 27: (one more)

    "Oh, where do I come from?" Tang Xiao tilted his head with great interest.

    What bug has happened in the system, did this NPC perceive the truth of the world?

    As soon as the idea flashed, Dr. Zhang replied with a cold face, "It doesn't matter anywhere!"

    Tang Xiao: "…"

    The room was silent for a while, and at this moment, a thin voice came from behind the glass door of the "lounge", "Auntie, I'm hungry."

    The voice was a little girl, about the same age as Xiaohua, she stretched out her hand from a group of children, blinked clear black eyes, and opened her mouth slightly.

    Dr. Zhang's complexion instantly softened, she stepped forward and carried the little girl out, first sterilized and disinfected, and then took out biscuits and water for her, with skilled movements.

    Watching this scene, Tang Xiao felt the corner of his clothes being pulled, looked down, Xiaohua rubbed her stomach, quietly raised her head and said, "Sister, Xiaohua is also hungry."

    It's been a long time since the last time I ate, I can even hear the baby's stomach growling. Tang Xiao rubbed Xiao Hua's head, and was about to take out the biscuits, when he heard the sound of leather shoes stepping on the ground. When he looked up, Dr. Zhang walked forward quite quickly and picked Xiao Hua up.

    Tang Xiao: "???"

    However, the serious-looking Dr. Zhang did not do anything bad. Instead, he checked Xiaohua for injuries, and then placed Xiaohua in the same position as the little girl just now. Open biscuits and water. In the middle, her expression was very natural and unchanged, as if Xiaohua was also a child behind the glass door, the object of her care for a long time.

    Tang Xiao frowned slightly.

    At this moment, Dr. Zhang seems to have returned to the appearance of an NPC. Like Dr. Liu and Dr. Guan on the first two floors, he stubbornly repeats in his own time, ignorant and ignorant of all the outside world. I felt that even Xiaohua and the children who were originally in the laboratory would admit their mistakes.

    Tang Xiao thought for a moment, and decided to return to the original method first, and moved out of the laboratory building, the awe-inspiring team leader Chu Chenchu, to see if Dr. Zhang could communicate with her:

     "My name is Tang Xiao, and Team Leader Chu asked me to get your research data,"

    Dr. Zhang turned around and went to fetch water for another thirsty child.

    It seems that it is not easy to sacrifice Chu Chen. The roar of the zombies outside came from time to time, indicating the danger of breaking through the defense line at some point, Tang Xiao simply said: "Then let me help you fight the zombies."

    "No!" Dr. Zhang's eyebrows suddenly sharpened, "If you don't want to die, leave as soon as possible. As I said, no support is needed!"

    Not only did she immediately notice Tang Xiao, but her whole body became energetic, staring at her with burning eyes.

    Looking at the excited Dr. Zhang, Tang Xiao suddenly raised a guess: "Is there anything unusual about the zombies outside?"

    From the beginning of the dungeon, Dr. Zhang has been emphasizing the danger here, and from the current situation, the biggest source of danger is the zombies in the corridor separated by the power grid.

    This question worked, Dr. Zhang was silent for two seconds, her eyes gradually became clear, she turned to look at Tang Xiao for a few seconds, and shook her head firmly, perhaps because of Xiaohua's face, she was not so violent, But still showed 12 points of resistance:

    "Perhaps you are very powerful, but here is different from what you imagined, something happened... No matter who comes, you will die, before it's too late."

    Although it is still not completely clear, it has greatly verified what she just thought. Remove the more unreasonable guesses, and the rest is the right direction.

    Tang Xiao overturned his thoughts when he first entered the dungeon. She just thought it was a bug in the NPC that caused the accident on this floor, but now it seems likely that this is not the case.

    Perhaps, it was because of some accidents that happened here that the NPCs were affected. Although they didn't know the specifics, they instinctively and strongly rejected outsiders.

    This is not to make things difficult, but a warning to the player by the NPC.

    What does "something happened here" mean? Does it have something to do with the zombies outside?

    Tang Xiao exited the room alone and looked at the tide of corpses blocked by the power grid twenty meters away.

    From the outside, they are indeed different from the previous zombies. They are more fat and swollen. It seems that the infection degree should be higher, and it also represents stronger strength.

    But there are robots equipped with laser cannons on the second floor. It is normal for the zombies on the third floor to be stronger than ordinary zombies, and it is not the reason for the bug.

    The information bar, which has always been very active in recommending recharge packages, was as quiet as a quail at this time, no matter how much Tang Xiao knocked, he would not speak.

    Seeing that the system was pretending to be dead, Tang Xiao directly opened the customer service complaint interface. Although he didn't know what this thing was for, before he pressed it, a prompt appeared in front of him:

    [Due to...dungeon...error...customer service loading...slow...please temporarily...explore by yourself...don't give bad reviews...thank you. — "Infinite Doomsday" customer service online...service. 】

    “…”

    "Clappapapa." Tang Xiao sincerely applauded the game development team who didn't know which dimension they came from. What kind of fairy system and genius plan is this? She has played games for more than 20 years, and she has never experienced such an excellent gaming experience.

    Relentlessly complained about the bad reviews and refocused on the scene in front of her. I don't know if the power grid affected her sight, but she couldn't tell how many zombies there were behind her for a while. At first glance it appears to be half a hallway, but upon closer inspection it appears to be more.

    Snapped his fingers, and a trace of current was released from his fingertips, which jumped into the back of the grid along the air, and continued to drill inward along the gap between the zombies.

    This is also a small skill she realized after entering the third level of power, she can use a trace of electric current to judge things beyond her sight. As the current deepened, she was also judging the number of zombies.

    Five, ten, twenty, fifty...and more!

    Tang Xiao frowned, just as the electric current walked ten meters away and just reached the blurred vision, it disappeared like a flame in water, losing all sense.

    What's there?

    Tang Xiao cast the current several times, and the result is still the same. The corpse looked even more manic, shaking the power grid.

    It seems that the mystery is inseparable from the mysterious area behind the corpse.

    To be cautious, she did not rashly attack the corpse, but returned to the room where Dr. Zhang used to take refuge. Looking at Xiaohua with a blank face, she took Li An's briefcase out of her carry-on space and put it in Xiaohua's hand.

    "In the event of an uncontrollable accident, hold this bag tightly and run out, don't look back for me."

    Since Xiaohua is also a plot character, then maybe the system will keep her safe.

    Xiaohua knows this bag, the one that her father often carries. Therefore, I am not afraid to hold it in my arms, and my eyes are full of trust: "Sister will not be a problem!"

    As soon as Tang Xiao was about to rub Xiaohua's head, the kitten jumped on the chair, bit Tang Xiao's fingers dissatisfied, and dragged her in one direction.

    Tang Xiao was led to the door of the room and stopped in front of an old locker. The kitten meowed twice and pawed the locker door, as if to signal her to open it.

      On the outermost side is a thick brown notebook, on which the kitten jumped lightly into the cabinet and scratched.

    "You want me to close the door for you?" Tang Xiao joked, picked up the book while the kitten's eyes turned fierce, and it jumped back into his pocket with satisfaction.

    The notebook is full of dense formulas, and it is impossible to read. Turning directly to the latest page, she found something different.

    Half of the page is filled with the word "Arsenal" in messy handwriting, and half is the formula for calculation.

    She turned and asked Dr. Zhang, "Where is the arsenal?"

    Dr. Zhang was stunned for a moment before answering, "The weapons warehouse is on the third floor, and there are weapons that can be used to defend against zombies, but you need permission to open it."

    Speaking of this, she was a little sad: "I originally brought the children to the third floor because there is a weapons store here. But I didn't expect that my permission could not be opened, so I could only temporarily use the power grid to defend against zombies. But the grid won't last long," he said.

    She looked at the time on her watch, her lips trembling unnoticeably: "In half an hour at most, the power grid will be destroyed. Zombies will flood here."

    By then, she and her children, the only remaining lives on the third floor will also die from the virus.

    Dr. Zhang's voice did not fall, the message bar trembled suddenly.

    [Ding, start the mission "Waiting for Rescue". 】

    [Due to the destruction of the third-layer copy by foreign invading forces, causing a lot of unstable factors, the system is being urgently processed. Players are requested to cooperate with the development of the dungeon to resist the invasion. After the dungeon is over, the player will receive a large amount of points for compensation. 】

    [Special reminder: The invasion force exceeds the highest level in this world, please act with caution, the resurrection point in the copy may temporarily become invalid. 】

    The system is finally here!

    Because he was familiar with the system's pitiful properties, Tang Xiao extracted several key information from it just after reading the notice.

    First, the situation is very dangerous, as can be seen from the sentence "The invading force exceeds the highest level in this world".

    Secondly, without the support of materials and armed forces, it all depends on the player's self-consciousness.

    Third, there is no substantial compensation, not even a single gold bar. Point compensation? Can the points be used for meals?

    Fourth and most important point, no specific time is given. If this "foreign force" can only be corrected by the system itself, then you can wait until the bug is cleaned up before letting her go Enter the copy. Since this is not the case in reality, plus the words "cooperating with dungeon development", it is very likely that the system can intervene after she starts a certain plot. And before that...see Article 1.

    Translate the notice, that is, there is a terrifying force that is unmatched in this world to invade this copy, probably thirty meters away in front of her. After more than six hours of meticulous calculations, the system decided to let the players and NPCs act as vanguard cannon fodder to explore the way, and it would then take action to clean up.

    Well, that's what people say?

    Tang Xiao, who has already analyzed the intention of the system, was not fooled by this prompt, nor did he feel any joy.

    She was silent for two seconds, and then asked, "May I ask whether this copy of the laboratory building is a single-player map or a multi-player map?"

    [Single player map. 】

    "Does this happen to all players' maps, or is it just me?"

    [Only...a map of the player's current location. 】

    "Then can I trouble you to temporarily merge the multiplayer maps and let the players who are clearing the customs work together to prevent players in the map who have not yet reached the highest level in the world from being killed by your bug? You will be surprised, yes, that player is me."

    The last sentence almost came out of Tang Xiao's teeth.

    The system was silent for two seconds before replying.

    [Because there is no second player eligible to enter the dungeon in the map of Zhanxing City, theoretically, there is only one player in this dungeon. 】

    Tang Xiao, who is number one in the points ranking: "…"

    What are those players doing? With so many zombies in Star City, is it difficult to get hundreds of headshots in one go?

    Only she can see the communication between her and the system, so in the eyes of a third person, her eyes are looking at the air without focus, her complexion is complex and changeable, and there is a faint air killing intent.

    Dr. Zhang: “…”

     After eating the biscuits, Xiaohua hiccupped, "My sister is amazing!"

    Dr. Zhang: “…”

    "Dr. Zhang," Tang Xiao finally returned to reality and forced a smile, "Let's discuss the arsenal."

    But I don't know if it's her illusion, I feel like Dr. Zhang doesn't trust her more than before.

    After a brief communication, through Dr. Zhang's reluctant brief explanation, Tang Xiao understood the authority structure in this building.

    Everyone has their own authority, which is generally used through fingerprints or special access cards. Ordinary assistants, security guards and receptionists have the lowest authority, researcher authority is higher, and researcher involved in specific research projects is one level higher.

    In the entire base, a small number of people have the highest authority, and the leader of the special research group, Chu Chen, is one of them.

    Dr. Zhang thought that his authority was enough to open the arsenal, but he didn't think that the authority of the arsenal had just been upgraded. We are stuck here together.

    "Why not go to a higher floor?" Tang Xiao asked.

    "A higher floor?" Dr. Zhang frowned with serious eyebrows, "In order to prevent the leakage of lethal research substances, the third floor and above will be blocked, and the self-destruction program will be activated once it falls. Go there now. , I am afraid that apart from the ruins, there are only zombies."

    Although Dr. Zhang thinks so, Tang Xiao always feels that it is not that simple above the third floor. However, this is not the time to think about this, she already has a method, and immediately gets up, "Take care of the child I brought, I will be back soon."

    The twelfth floor, the core laboratory. In the design of the experimental building, the windows here can see the whole base and the world outside the base.

    But at this time, all the windows are gray, as if the whole world has been rubbed into this chaos, and there is not a trace of sight left.

    A tall man stood in front of the window, his indifferent face reflected on the glass. Those warm eyes looked out the window, not knowing what they were looking at.

    The sound of swiping a card suddenly sounded at the door, the man's eyelashes drooped slightly, and he looked behind him from the corner of his eye.

    Tang Xiao flashed into the room almost as soon as the door opened, his voice was clear, "Chu Chen, I need something!"

    Although she only met once before, she is not polite now. Seeing that Chu Chen was still standing in the room, he finished in one breath, "Although I don't know if you can understand it, I'll keep it short, one of your subordinates is trapped on the third floor and the situation is urgent, so we need you to open the third floor. Access to the arsenal so I can get the research data you want back, do you understand?"

    Chu Chen glanced at her, "I don't understand what you are saying."

    Tang Xiao: "I need the permission of the weapons warehouse on the third floor."

    From Dr. Zhang's remarks, she knew that Chu Chen had the highest authority in the entire base, Chu Chen was on the 12th floor, and she just happened to be able to go up to the 12th floor to find him.

    Round up, and the authority of the arsenal is in hand!

    Of course, the premise is that this NPC can understand human language.

    Tang Xiao stretched out his hand and shook it in front of him, "Brother, you can understand me, right?"

     

    After taking a look, he opened his thin lips slightly, and his voice revealed indifference, "The authority can be given to you, provided you can prove yourself."

    Tang Xiao: "???"

    Brother, you asked me to help you get the research data, and now you want me to prove myself?

    Give it to you, can you take it yourself?

    [Hint: To compensate players, the relative difficulty of other areas of the dungeon will be reduced before cleaning up bugs. 】

    It seems that it is not difficult to pass this level, Tang Xiao thought about it, opened his backpack, took out the first two research data and Li An's ID card, "Is this enough proof?"

    Chu Chen didn't lift his eyelids, "Yes."

    … It’s really not obvious that this water is put in.

    As soon as she asked for permission again, she felt something moving in her pocket, and when she looked down, the kitten popped out of her head at some point, all the hair on her body was blown up, she looked very badly In the direction of Chu Chen, there was a threatening sound in his throat.

    Chu Chen also raised his eyes to look at it, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and then suddenly sank, "Why do you have such a thing?"

    Tang Xiao asked, "What?"

    Chu Chen gave her a deep look, then walked over, "Give me this cat."

    "Meow." The kitten suddenly jumped out and jumped directly to the experimental table next to it, avoiding Chu Chen's direction.

    Chu Chen picked up a remote control, pressed it twice, immediately stretched out a robotic arm from the ceiling, and grabbed it in the direction of the kitten.

    The speed of the robotic arm is very fast, but the speed of the cat is even faster, jumping to the other corner of the laboratory, and by the way, knocking down the model on the shelf.

    Chu Chen's expression didn't change, he seemed to be more concerned about whether he could catch the cat. Directly ordered the robotic arm, "Catch it."

    The kitten nimbly dodged the robotic arm, smashed a row of documents and jumped to another cabinet, grabbed the handle and hoisted the whole cat in the air, and the cabinet was opened and placed inside holding a stack of keys and cards. It picked up a card and jumped in the direction of Chu Chen.

    The man took a step back, his right hand was in front of him, obviously there was no movement, but Tang Xiao suddenly had a dangerous premonition in his heart, she subconsciously took a step forward and hit Chu Chen's kitten suddenly body As soon as he twisted it, he turned the angle in an incredible way and jumped towards Tang Xiao, just right into his pocket.

    "Meow." The kitten raised its head, and the card in its mouth showed the words "Arsenal" under the light of the laboratory.

    Tang Xiao pulled the pocket zipper knowingly, and waved at Chu Chen, "I'll leave first."

    Before she finished speaking, she had already flashed out the door and disappeared into the corridor with the divine operation that she had just done.

    Chu Chen: "…"

    In the laboratory, the robotic arm stopped half a meter near her original position, and then slowly retracted. The man stood there and looked at the door with an unpredictable expression. After a while, he withdrew his gaze and raised his hand to touch his eyelashes.

    In the elevator, Tang Xiao picked up the card that Kitten gave her. It was indeed a pass card for the arsenal. She rubbed the kitten's head and picked it up again, "What on earth are you from, and why are you not dealing with Chu Chen so much?"

    The kitten stares innocently with blue eyes, as if it wasn't the guy who just made a mess in the lab.

    "I'll ask you after the copy is over." Tang Xiao stuffed it back into his pocket. At this time, the elevator dinged, and the third floor arrived.

    As soon as the door opened, a stern female voice was heard, "I have already said that I don't need the support of others!"

    With the sound of sonorous footsteps, the tall and serious Dr. Zhang came out of the room with a firm tone, "Whatever your purpose is, leave here quickly..."

    The moment she met Tang Xiao's eyes, she was strangely silent for a moment, and then asked, "Have I seen you somewhere?"

    Tang Xiao: "Hmm..."

    Before Tang Xiao could answer, she added imposingly: "It doesn't matter where you meet! If you don't want to die, just leave, I already said..."

    Tang Xiao took out the card, "I got the pass card to enter the arsenal."

    "I remember you, Tang Xiao." Dr. Zhang's expression changed for a second, and he took the card neatly, "Follow me."