Game: Civilization Paradise

Chapter 218: Chapter 218: Underground Laboratory

Just then, Long Ming asked Luoxue curiously.

"I don’t quite get it. How were you so sure this lab had a hidden area?"

"You want to know?"

Luoxue replied, looking at Long Ming with a smile.

"I’m pretty curious."

"It’s actually quite simple. For a lab this important, my sister found almost nothing of value. That in itself is highly unusual."

"There must be more to it than that, right?"

"Correct. The main reason is that the city’s primary structure is the mountain itself. Under normal circumstances, this kind of formation is perfect for building secret facilities inward. And that’s exactly what Mountain City Mountain did."

"Ahem, pretend I didn’t hear that."

Long Ming gave an awkward smile upon hearing the end of her explanation.

Just then, Jing Chuan shouted excitedly.

"It’s open!"

Hearing this, Luoxue and Long Ming immediately walked over. A downward staircase had been revealed in the floor.

"Let’s go!"

Luoxue led Long Ming and the others carefully inside.

They followed the stairs all the way down, soon arriving in a large, dimly lit corridor.

Although the main lights on the ceiling were out, the emergency lights along the walls were still working.

"It really is an underground lab."

"We’re going to be rich!"

...

Jing Chuan and the others couldn’t suppress their smiles.

Long Ming took a deep breath, suppressing his own excitement.

"Everyone, be careful. This place might not be safe."

Luoxue calmly reminded the group.

"Understood!"

Hearing Luoxue’s words, Jing Chuan and the others all nodded in agreement.

Luoxue led them deeper inside, moving cautiously.

The path ahead was a complete mess. The walls were riddled with bullet holes, the ground was stained with blood, and gnawed bone fragments could occasionally be seen in the corners.

All signs indicated that this place was far from safe.

Soon, Long Ming’s group reached the end of the corridor and entered a massive, dimly lit transit hall.

Huge metal support pillars stood throughout the hall. Along its perimeter were nine tunnel entrances, each six meters high and four meters wide.

These nine tunnels each led to different areas of the underground laboratory.

It was clear from this alone that the underground lab was even larger than the facility above.

"Hiss, it’s huge!"

"Which tunnel do we take?"

...

Jing Chuan and his men marveled as they advanced, gripping their weapons.

As they reached the middle of the hall...

SQUEAK~

Long Ming suddenly heard a faint noise. His nerves fired instantly. He raised a hand and said sharply,

"Hold on!"

"What’s wrong?"

Jing Chuan and the others were startled. They all stopped, raising their guns and whipping their heads around to scan their surroundings.

But they didn’t see any enemies.

"Something’s not right," Long Ming said in a low voice.

"But... I don’t see any enemies."

Jing Chuan and the others scanned the area warily.

"If we can’t see them, that means they’re above us!"

As he finished speaking, Long Ming snapped his Striker up, aiming it at the pitch-black ceiling.

Luoxue and the others followed suit, raising their weapons toward the ceiling. On the virtual screens inside their helmets, countless small red dots instantly appeared.

"Holy shit, what is that?"

"Why are there so many?"

...

Jing Chuan and the others spoke, their scalps tingling with fear.

"They’re small spiders! Don’t open fire and startle them!"

Luoxue immediately warned everyone.

Hearing this, Jing Chuan and the others fought the urge to shoot and asked nervously,

"What do we do now?"

"Head for the tunnel up ahead. Get out of here."

Luoxue led Jing Chuan and the others, breaking into a run toward the forward tunnel.

Just then, the dense swarm of Blood Breath Spiders on the ceiling poured down like quicksand.

In an instant, soldiers were tackled to the ground by the spiders.

The Blood Breath Spiders frantically devoured the soldiers who weren’t wearing exoskeleton mechanical armor. Some even burrowed directly into their ears and mouths.

"AHH!"

A series of agonizing screams rang out.

Soldiers were covered by the Blood Breath Spiders, with only their struggling arms visible.

Then they were completely submerged and consumed.

Although Long Ming had found a large number of exoskeleton mechanical armors, only three thousand of the five thousand soldiers had been equipped with them.

"Bastards."

"Save them!"

...

Jing Chuan and the others roared as they pulled their triggers, spraying wildly at the falling Blood Breath Spiders.

Jiang Heng grabbed his welding torch, turned it to maximum, and blasted a few soldiers in exoskeletons who had been pinned down, burning the Blood Breath Spiders off them. But the number of falling spiders was simply too great; he couldn’t save everyone.

"We can’t save them! Run!"

Long Ming glanced around and roared at everyone.

"Follow the order! Run!"

Luoxue also issued the command.

"Damn it!"

With bloodshot eyes, Jing Chuan and the others charged forward.

More and more Blood Breath Spiders dropped from the center of the ceiling, swarming after Long Ming’s group.

Long Ming and the others ran for their lives. Just as they were about to reach the tunnel entrance,

a bloodcurdling roar echoed through the hall.

A five-meter-tall, general-grade Blood Breath Spider, its body covered in hideous red pustules, crawled out of the second tunnel ahead.

"Damn it, a general-grade."

Fu Fuqing’s expression changed drastically.

"Fuck, which tunnel do we run to? If we run into the monster’s nest, we’re dead for sure."

Jing Chuan’s face turned green.

Hearing Jing Chuan’s words, Luoxue’s brow furrowed tightly.

Just then, Long Ming scanned all the tunnel entrances. He suddenly noticed one of them had a lower temperature. A thought struck him, and he immediately shouted,

"Quick! Run for tunnel number six!"

"Listen to Long Ming!"

Luoxue shouted to everyone without a moment’s hesitation.

"Yes!"

Jing Chuan and the others went for broke, charging toward the sixth tunnel.

At that moment, the general-grade Blood Breath Spider charged straight for Jing Chuan and his men.

They all raised their weapons and fired furiously at it.

BANG BANG~

The dense barrage of bullets struck its body, only breaking a little bit of its skin. Not only was it ineffective, but it also completely enraged the creature.

It leaped forward, pouncing on two soldiers. Its sharp Tactile Blades pierced through their bodies.

Seeing this, Long Ming grabbed a frag grenade, cooked it for a second, and threw it.

BOOM~

A huge explosion erupted.

"ROAR!"

The general-grade Blood Breath Spider let out an enraged roar, its crimson eyes locking onto Long Ming, who had attacked it.

Long Ming raised his Striker and fired at the Blood Breath Spider while running backward and to the right, breaking away from the main group.

The Blood Breath Spider furiously chased after Long Ming.

"Long Ming, get back here!"

Seeing Long Ming being pursued by the general-grade Blood Breath Spider, Luoxue immediately raised her weapon, fired at the creature, and shouted.

"You guys go! I’ll hold it off!"

Long Ming continued to lead the Blood Breath Spider backward, about to run straight into the pursuing swarm.

Seeing this, Luoxue had no choice but to shout.

"Quick, everyone into the tunnel!"

"Yes!"

Jiang Heng and the others charged into the sixth tunnel.

Meanwhile, the general-grade Blood Breath Spider madly pursued Long Ming, the distance between them shrinking rapidly.

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