Chapter 65 - 65 65 Foundation
Chapter 65 - 65 65 Foundation
?65: Chapter 65: Foundation 65: Chapter 65: Foundation Zinuo’s expression underwent a series of changes, and soon she also made a decision, ready to make a stand.
Thus, she picked up the communicator and spoke to her subordinates behind her.
“Brothers and sisters, it’s Lin Zinuo here.
I have some very bad news to inform everyone.
The Gray Stone Base we are heading towards has been attacked by monsters.
We now have no way back and can only proceed to our destination to provide support.
From this moment on, whether you are a lifestyle player or a combat player, everyone, enter the state of combat.”
“Understood!”
“Understood…”
…
Voice after voice responded through the communicator.
The members of a formal and large guild like Dawn Guild had an advantage over looser groups: they had exceptionally good discipline and rarely retreated when facing the enemy.
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By evening, under Lin Zinuo’s command, Su Mo drove deep into the mountains and finally arrived at the destination.
Su Mo and the others jumped out of the vehicle, with Zhou Qian and others lifting their automatic pistols, on the alert for their surroundings, which were unexpectedly silent.
And there, right in front of them, was the Gray Stone Base they were searching for.
The whole base was embedded into a mountain, with a twelve-meter-tall steel gate wide open.
In the entry area of the base, some weapon wreckage and scorch marks could be seen, but not a single body, be it player or monster.
The silence around them was eerie, so quiet it gave one goosebumps.
The sky grew dimmer and the wind started to pick up, with the nearby forests constantly shaking, making everyone present extremely nervous, feeling unsettled inside.
“Sister Zinuo, I have a bad feeling about this.
This base…
it feels strange.
The main gate is wide open, and not only is there no one around, but there’s not even a single body.”
A sister beside her said with nerves taut.
“I know.”
Lin Zinuo replied very calmly, then she took out a wireless communication device, set it to full channel, and said in a lowered voice.
“This is Lin Zinuo, deputy team leader of the Tenth Legion’s twelfth group of Dawn Guild.
If there are any Dawn Guild players receiving this, please respond immediately.”
Regrettably, there was no response, as if the communicator was broken.
Lin Zinuo kept repeating the call.
Everyone looked at the wireless communicator with expectation, hoping to get a response.
Unfortunately, as time went by, no miracles happened.
Lin Zinuo gave up any hope and put away the communicator.
“What do we do now?”
Zhou Qian asked Zinuo anxiously.
“Enter the base.”
Lin Zinuo said through gritted teeth.
They definitely couldn’t stay outside; monsters could emerge from the surrounding woods at any moment.
Moreover, she could tell that there was definitely something wrong with this base.
Of course, that wasn’t the most important thing.
The main point was that their mission was this very base; all their equipment and weapons were inside.
No matter the danger, they ultimately had to go in.
With uneasy hearts, everyone slowly walked towards the gate.
Soon they entered the base and first came upon a passage with very low visibility.
Although there were some emergency lights still on, on the steel walls around, their effect was limited.
At this moment, Lin Zinuo stopped in her tracks.
Suddenly, all those present felt their hearts leap into their throats, nervously gripping their guns and scanning the surroundings.
“What’s wrong, Sister Zinuo?”
Zinuo turned to Luo Jia and Zhao Yang and said.
“You two guard the gate.
If anything happens, notify us immediately.”
“Yes, Sister Zinuo.”
The two immediately responded.
“Zhou Qian, give them your communicator,”
Zinuo added with a bit of concern.
“Okay.”
Zhou Qian handed her waist-mounted wireless communicator over to the two of them.
At this moment, in the mountainous forests outside the base, an Elite Level Bai Ze with two tails, the Type I mutant creature, had long since arrived.
Behind it followed a large number of its kin; they did not launch an attack when Su Mo and the others reached the entrance of the base.
Instead, they quietly watched as Su Mo and his group entered the base, only then did they begin to slowly stir.
They resembled patient hunters, waiting for their prey to walk into a trap before leisurely making their move.
Meanwhile, inside the base, Su Mo and the others were walking in the dim and cold corridors.
Everyone treaded carefully, fearing that any noise might startle the monsters within.
The deeper they went, the lower the visibility became, with the air reeking of a musty odor.
The atmosphere also grew increasingly eerie and tense.
Suddenly, a cute girl from the lifestyle department in the middle felt that she had stepped on something soft and mushy, and incredibly sticky.
She immediately got goosebumps all over and couldn’t help but let out a scream.
“Ah!”
Su Mo was startled, and on impulse, turned around, aiming his weapon at the girl.
The others were no better off, as their highly strained nerves almost snapped.
They all instantly turned their gun barrels toward the girl.
Lin Zinuo almost pulled the trigger without thinking, but finding nothing, she turned around with a dark expression to look at the girl.
“Xiao Ju, what happened?”
“I, I think I stepped on something.”
The cute girl was nearly in tears.
Lin Zinuo looked carefully and saw that Xiao Ju seemed to have stepped on some remnants of internal organs.
She let out a sigh of resignation and said to everyone, “Be more cautious.
Don’t get startled so easily.
Don’t make any more noise if it’s not dangerous.”
“Yes,”
everyone responded in hushed voices.
After that, Lin Zinuo led the group cautiously forward.
Soon, they exited the corridor.
The scene opened up before them as they entered the interior of a steel base.
The spacious area had some crates in the central zone and individual rooms lining the walls on both sides.
After entering the base, the combatants immediately split into three teams, wielding their weapons and staying vigilant in different directions.
Their eyes quickly scoured for suspicious enemies!
However, the interior of the base was eerily silent.
There wasn’t a hint of noise, nor any sign of the so-called monsters.
But this did not make them let their guard down; on the contrary, they became even more uneasy.
This base once housed personnel of the Dawn Guild, so it shouldn’t be this quiet.
Su Mo observed carefully and saw fresh bloodstains on the floor, not just in one spot but in several places.
It was clear that a bloody fray had taken place not long before.
But the base seemed unusually empty, providing a decent field of view without any traces of monsters.
Su Mo did not become complacent; instead, he grew more cautious.
Bai Ze creatures were not comparable to brainless zombies.
Whether in terms of combat strength or intelligence, they were completely overwhelming.
The most disgusting part was their similarity to wolf packs, moving in groups, and the larger their numbers, the more likely it was that extremely high-level existences would emerge among them.