Game: Civilization Paradise

Chapter 279: Chapter 279: Investigation

"Report your position!"

Qian Luobing’s ice-cold voice rang out.

"I’m on the mountain peak at the five o’clock position relative to the Famons Secret Base!"

Dr. Song Ru shouted in terror.

"I’m nearby. Fire a distress flare into the sky."

Luoxue immediately advised.

"Yes!"

Dr. Song Ru replied in a panic.

WHOOSH!

A red flare soon shot into the sky.

"There!"

Jing Chuan pointed immediately.

"Hurry!"

Luoxue led Long Ming and the others, rushing over at full speed.

At that moment, an old man in a personal exoskeleton was running, panting heavily.

If not for the power assistance, he would have run out of steam long ago.

"ROAR!"

Just then, a bleeding elite-class Blood Corpse Beast caught up from behind.

Song Ru glanced over his shoulder, his expression growing even more terrified.

The Blood Corpse Beast accelerated, charging toward Song Ru.

’It’s over!’

Song Ru’s face instantly went ashen.

BANG! BANG!

At that moment, a series of gunshots rang out.

Bullet after bullet whizzed precisely past Song Ru, striking the attacking Blood Corpse Beast head-on.

Its body was riddled with holes, and it came to a sudden halt.

Song Ru turned around and saw Luoxue, Long Ming, and the others rushing over.

Overjoyed, he sped up to meet them.

"ROAR!"

Another elite-class Blood Corpse Beast, enraged, gave chase.

Luoxue immediately maxed out the power assistance of her armor. She shot forward at incredible speed, swinging the sharp blade in her hand in a horizontal slash.

CRACK!

The elite-class Blood Corpse Beast was sent flying by the single strike.

BANG! BANG!

Long Ming and the others opened fire, riddling it with bullets until it was dead beyond a doubt.

"Dr. Song Ru, are you all right?"

Luoxue turned to Song Ru, her voice full of concern.

"I’m fine. Thank goodness you came in time."

Dr. Song Ru said, deeply relieved.

"Good. Let’s get going, then."

Luoxue said to Dr. Song Ru.

"Can we slow down a bit? I can’t really run anymore."

Song Ru replied, gasping for breath.

"Sorry, these are desperate times. Jing Chuan, you carry him."

Luoxue said to Jing Chuan.

"No problem."

Jing Chuan immediately stepped forward and carried Dr. Song Ru on his back.

Luoxue led the group, continuing toward the Famons Secret Base inside the valley.

This Famons Secret Base was actually the massive circular disk at the bottom of the climate control device.

「Over half an hour later.」

Long Ming and his team successfully descended into the valley and ran toward the base’s main gate.

"ROAR!"

Along the way, scattered Blood Breath Beasts charged at them, but they were quickly shot and killed.

"It seems like there aren’t that many Blood Breath Beasts gathered here."

Jiang Heng said with a hint of joy.

"Don’t let your guard down."

Luoxue reminded him calmly.

"Understood!"

Jiang Heng and the others quickly replied.

Before long, Long Ming’s group followed Luoxue to the main gate of the base, where they saw that Rein, Qiansha, and Qian Luobing had already arrived.

However, they hadn’t rushed inside, but were waiting for everyone to gather.

"Qiansha, we’re here."

Luoxue said to Qiansha.

"Mm. We’ll go in after waiting a little longer."

Qiansha said in a low voice.

Luoxue nodded and stood waiting with Long Ming and the others.

Soon, Qian Wei, Qian Hai, and the rest had all gathered.

Qiansha scanned the assembled personnel; there were still about 4,100 people left.

Although they had suffered considerable losses, it was still within an acceptable range.

"We’re going in."

Qiansha raised his hand and gave the order with a wave.

"Yes, sir!"

Qian Hai and the others responded in low voices.

Long Ming turned to look at the base’s main gate behind him.

It was a massive metal gate, ten meters high, but the entire thing had been smashed inward, leaving a depression large enough to walk through.

This alone showed what kind of terrifying monster had forced its way through the gate.

Qiansha then led everyone cautiously inside, entering a long metal corridor.

The entire corridor was very spacious but extremely dim. The overhead lights and emergency lights were all out.

The metal floor was covered in dried bloodstains and the remains of corpses.

"This is a bit troublesome. The base’s power system doesn’t seem to be running."

Qian Hai said, his brow furrowed after a quick glance around.

"That doesn’t mean anything. We won’t know how much progress was made on the climate control device until we reach the central control room!"

Qian Luobing said coldly.

"Correct. Everyone, activate night-vision mode!"

Qiansha ordered in a low voice.

"Yes, sir!"

Everyone activated their night vision.

Qiansha led the group onward. They soon reached the end of the corridor and entered a large, circular hall.

"ROAR!"

A series of roars echoed through the hall.

Long Ming and the others raised their guns and aimed. They saw a four-meter-tall, ten-meter-long, crocodile-shaped Lord Level Blood Breath Beast—Tafur—covered in red, fleshy tumors, emerge along with hundreds of Blood Corpse Beasts.

"You’re courting death!"

Qiansha raised the greatsword in his hands and led the charge toward Tafur.

Qian Luobing, Qian Hai, Qian Wei, and Luoxue followed without hesitation.

As for Rein and the others, they stayed by Dr. Xu Rui’s side to protect him and did not join the battle.

Enraged, Tafur met Qiansha’s charge, opening its cavernous mouth to bite down.

Qiansha brutally raised his greatsword to block.

The two collided.

BOOM—

The very air seemed to shudder.

Qiansha had forcefully intercepted Tafur.

Qian Luobing and the others swung their weapons, striking Tafur from the sides and cutting into its body.

Tafur cried out in pain and swung its tail in a mad sweep.

With great agility, Qian Luobing and the others dodged out of the way.

At this point, the smaller Blood Corpse Beasts also charged, but before they could get close...

Long Ming and the others raised their firearms and opened fire.

BANG! BANG!

One Blood Corpse Beast after another fell, wailing in agony.

Before long, Long Ming’s group had killed all of these scattered Blood Corpse Beasts.

They turned their heads to look at the Lord Level Tafur.

Tafur was covered in gashes. It angrily spewed a red mist, forcing Qiansha and the others back.

Seeing this, Long Ming and the others raised their guns and focused their fire from a distance.

BANG! BANG!

A dense barrage of bullets slammed into Tafur, punching holes all over its body.

It cried out in pain, continuously backing away.

Seizing the opportunity, Qiansha surged forward and brought his blade down hard on Tafur’s head.

A hole was cleaved into Tafur’s head, and it collapsed with a painful shriek.

Qian Luobing took the chance to rush in. She stabbed her blade into its side, forced an opening, and then activated a special red Explosive Bullet and threw it inside.

"Get back!"

Qian Luobing turned and ran.

The expressions on Qiansha and the others also changed slightly as they immediately turned and retreated.

BOOM!

A terrifying explosion swept through the area.

A third of Tafur’s massive body was blown away. It let out a final, deathly cry before collapsing, completely dead.

"Whew, that’s settled."

Qian Wei said with a sigh of relief.

"Let’s go!"

Qiansha led the group forward.

They came upon five branching corridors. All five were labeled with their destinations, and the one in the very center was marked "Central Control Room."

"Let’s go!"

Qiansha glanced at the signs and led the group into the central corridor.

They proceeded inward, encountering a few scattered Blood Breath Beasts along the way, but Qiansha and his team dealt with them easily.

They soon reached the end and saw a damaged door.

Qiansha led them through it into a huge, circular control room.

The control room was a complete mess, with broken chairs and scattered documents everywhere. In the center sat a massive, circular central console.

"The control console!"

Dr. Xu Rui said, his expression lighting up with joy.

"Let’s go take a look!"

Qiansha led the group to the central console.

As it turned out, they found the entire central console was powered down.

"Dr. Xu Rui, it’s up to you now."

Qiansha said to Xu Rui.

"Right!"

Dr. Xu Rui immediately stepped forward to investigate.

They quickly found the power switch and tried to start the central console, but it wouldn’t turn on.

"Now we’re in trouble."

Dr. Xu Rui said.

"What’s wrong?"

Qiansha and the others asked, their expressions suddenly tensing.

"There’s no power. Either the base’s power core has a problem, or the wiring is damaged somewhere."

Dr. Xu Rui explained to Qiansha and the others.

"So what do we do now?"

Qiansha asked, his face dark.

"All we can do now is manually check the systems, but that will take some time."

Dr. Xu Rui told Qiansha.

"Fine. Be as quick as you can."

Qiansha nodded in acknowledgment.

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