"A few years ago, while investigating Xu Kuang, I accidentally discovered that people from Mech City were also exploring the Red Shore ruins,"
"At that time, two people happened to be rummaging around near the lab where I got the Tyrannosaurus Rex enhancement serum. From what they said... this thing is the Spark Record... or part of the Spark Record..."
"When those two saw me, they tried to kill me, but I killed them back... I also found valuable information from the Tyrannosaurus Rex base's previous exploration of the Red Shore ruins on them..."
"The information was provided by Xu Kuang. If I'm not mistaken, Xu Kuang must have reached some kind of deal with the people from Mech City..."
Han Xianxing narrowed his eyes, a sharp glint flashing within them.
"Father, you..."
Upon hearing her father's words, Han Qiuli felt a pang in her heart.
Han Xianxing's lengthy explanation made her feel as if he were making his final arrangements...
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, the sound of massive wings flapping echoed from nearby above them.
"It's Uncle Xu returning!"
...
Meanwhile,
In an underground complex within the Red Shore ruins,
"Cluck cluck cluck!"
"Zzzt~ Zzzt~"
The sound of roosters crowing filled the passageway, punctuated by occasional arcs of electricity.
"Big brother, this Volt Rooster is so interesting!"
Xiao Xiao carried an iron cage, with a rubber handle on top.
Inside the cage was a rooster, entirely silver-white, its body covered in cloud-like patterns, with sparks occasionally jumping from it. This was the Volt Rooster that Xu Xun had asked Wen Jie Jie to kill just now.
Xiao Xiao was currently gazing at the Volt Rooster in the cage with great interest, occasionally extending her palm with some corn kernels towards it. The Volt Rooster, being quite intelligent, ate the corn kernels without electrocuting Xiao Xiao.
Ye Feng was initially worried but eventually let Xiao Xiao have her way.
After their exploration, Ye Feng discovered that the energy source of this underground complex was a massive battery array, and it seemed to have been powering the place for a long time, with less than 10% remaining charge.
"So many batteries were stored... there were also diesel generators and the like... but they don't seem to have been used..."
Ye Feng mused as he walked.
"Big brother, there's a big hole ahead!"
Suddenly, Xiao Xiao pointed in a direction.
Ye Feng turned his head, his expression growing serious. It was a wall similar to the blast-proof door they had encountered earlier, but now it was buckled outwards from the inside...
"Did something break through the wall and come out?!"
Ye Feng frowned slightly, gripped his fire axe, and cautiously approached, with Xiao Xiao close behind.
"Xiao Xiao, step back and put on your gas mask!"
Upon reaching the opening, Ye Feng's face changed drastically, and he shouted, retreating sharply.
As he finished speaking, he and Xiao Xiao had almost put on their gas masks. Xiao Xiao was now tilting her head, looking at Ye Feng with a hint of confusion.
Ye Feng didn't answer but quickly retrieved a Geiger counter from his spatial storage. It was slightly battered from their exploration in the sand dunes, but still functional. He operated it.
"Phew~!"
After adjusting it for a while, Ye Feng let out a sigh of relief. He had been incredibly tense.
Because within the large hole was a nuclear reactor, and its core seemed to have exploded. Large lead blocks were scattered everywhere... Fortunately, the Geiger counter didn't alarm...
"Xiao Xiao, do you still have that voice changer? Get it out~"
Ye Feng didn't remove his gas mask yet, opting for further confirmation.
"Oh, okay~"
Although she didn't quite understand the situation, Xiao Xiao quickly retrieved the voice changer from her spatial fragment ring.
"Ah~ Ugh~ Ah..."
"Hello, hello~..."
Ye Feng pressed the voice changer against his throat and began to test it.
"Big brother, what are you doing?"
Watching Ye Feng make various strange sounds, Xiao Xiao looked worried. "Is big brother suddenly having an episode?"
"It's fine, it seems there's really no radiation here!~"
After testing with the voice changer for a while longer, Ye Feng finally relaxed.
Since he and Xiao Xiao were standing almost in front of the breached nuclear reactor, if there were any radiation, the electronic voice changer would have been destroyed within seconds. Yet, after a considerable amount of time, it was still working.
"What the heck? A nuclear reactor exploded, and there's no nuclear radiation on-site? This stuff should have residual effects for hundreds of thousands of years..."
Muttering to himself, Ye Feng removed his gas mask. "Let's go, Xiao Xiao, let's continue exploring~!"
"Oh, okay~"
Xiao Xiao, though puzzled, didn't ask further questions. After removing her gas mask, she carried the Volt Rooster and walked alongside Ye Feng.
...
About half an hour later,
"Hee hee hee, come and play~!"
As Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao were walking down a dimly lit passageway, a strange female voice suddenly rang out.
"Hmm?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly at the sound.
Xiao Xiao, on the other hand, gripped her Glock 17 tightly, looking somewhat scared.
"Hee hee hee, come and play~!"
"Hee hee hee, come and play~!"
"Hee hee hee..."
The strange female voice echoed through the passageway, growing closer to Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao.
"Hee hee hee, come and play~!"
"Bang~ Bang~!"
Before the eerie voice had finished, Ye Feng saw a dark figure dart out from the passageway opening, leap to the ceiling, and then rush towards them.
"Bang bang bang!~"
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao immediately fired several shots at the dark figure, but it dodged all of them.
"Holy crap, what is that? A zombie?"
As the dark figure drew closer, Ye Feng abruptly pulled out his flashlight and shone it on it. He saw a bald zombie.
The bald zombie's face was covered in sticky blood, its mouth agape, almost split open, with white maggots wriggling inside. It looked utterly disgusting.
This zombie was different from any Ye Feng had seen before. Its entire face, including the back of its head, was covered in numerous eyes, giving it a very strange appearance...
Moreover, a zombie's head was tucked into the bald, multi-eyed zombie's waist. The strange female voice had originated from there.
"Ding~ Alert: Detected Tier Three mutated zombie, the Phantasm Weaver!"
"Tier Three mutated zombie—Phantasm Weaver: Its eyes can launch mental attacks on living beings, causing them to lose consciousness instantly or fall into hallucinations, thereby enabling it to hunt!"
As the system's prompt sounded, Ye Feng felt a wave of intense dizziness wash over his mind.
However, Ye Feng then felt a cool sensation in his mind, and in the next second, he regained his senses.
"Roar~ Awooo~"
Almost simultaneously, the Phantasm Weaver lunged at Ye Feng.
"Bang~!!~"
"Crack~ Pfft!~"
Ye Feng's fire axe instantly flew out, decapitating the Phantasm Weaver.
Immediately after, Ye Feng looked at Xiao Xiao, his expression filled with concern. "Xiao Xiao, how are you? Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, big brother. That zombie's target seemed to be you!? It didn't attack me or anything!"
Xiao Xiao looked at Ye Feng with a puzzled expression, not understanding why he asked that.
...