Global Shelter Game

Chapter 209: Chapter 193: Mission Complete

He discovered that the container’s lid didn’t seem to be completely sealed; it had some fine cracks.

A thought struck Bena. He guessed the container might have been damaged before the Cataclysm.

Perhaps this monster had died before the Cataclysm, its body simply preserved in the container, preventing it from decaying.

Bena had the others stand back while he carefully opened the container’s lid himself.

A pungent odor surged from the container, making everyone wrinkle their brows involuntarily.

Bena fought back the acrid smell and carefully examined the corpse inside the container.

He found no obvious wounds on the body. ’It must have died before the Cataclysm.’

Bena breathed a sigh of relief. He beckoned the others over to look at the container together.

Everyone crowded around, curiously sizing up the monster.

"This thing’s power must be absolutely terrifying. If it were ever let out, the consequences would be unthinkable," a team member said.

Bena nodded. He told the others to continue searching the shelter, while he himself carefully replaced the container’s lid.

He decided to take the container back for Ye Yun to study.

’Perhaps this monster holds some important secrets.’

At Bena’s command, the group continued searching the laboratory.

The lab wasn’t large, and in moments, they had turned it upside down.

There wasn’t much of use. Aside from some equipment of questionable functionality, the only thing that caught Bena’s eye was a small, locked safe.

The safe’s lock was heavily rusted. With a gentle twist of his power armor’s mechanical arm, the lock snapped right off.

The next moment, a glass test tube came into view inside the safe.

The glass test tube didn’t contain liquid, but rather several small, black stones.

The stones looked very ordinary, like common pebbles you might find by a river.

But Bena knew that anything found in a place like this could not possibly be ordinary.

He gingerly picked up the test tube and carefully observed the black stones inside.

The surfaces of the stones were smooth and had no luster, making them look like ordinary rocks.

But Bena could feel a peculiar energy contained within the stones.

"Captain, what are these stones?" a team member asked curiously.

Bena shook his head. "I don’t know, but they’re definitely not ordinary."

Zhou Mei also leaned in for a look and said,

"The energy contained in these stones is very strange. I’ve never felt anything like it."

"Maybe they’re some kind of radioactive energy stone."

"Of course, they could also be related to the research."

As she spoke, Zhou Mei pointed to the specimen in the center of the lab, which had been there for who knows how long.

Bena nodded, agreeing with Zhou Mei’s speculation.

"It’s very likely these stones are related to the monster,"

Bena said in a low voice,

"We need to take them back and study them."

Zhou Mei nodded. She also felt there was more to these stones than met the eye.

"Alright, let’s secure these stones first,"

Bena ordered. The team members immediately secured the test tube carefully, taking care to avoid any accidents.

Bena, meanwhile, continued searching the lab, hoping to find more useful clues.

However, aside from the safe and the stones inside it, there was nothing else of value in the laboratory.

"Everyone, pick up the pace. Let’s get out of here as soon as possible," Bena said.

Everyone nodded, gathered the items from the lab, and quickly left the shelter.

Before leaving, Bena had Carlos completely seal the shelter’s entrance with a flamethrower to prevent anyone—or any mutated creatures—from getting in.

As the flamethrower sealed the entrance, the team immediately piled garbage in front of it, concealing it completely. It was now almost impossible to find without getting up close. They then quickly left the ruins and returned to the edge of Heishui Lake.

By now, the sky was growing dark. The group decided to rest for the night near Heishui Town and return to October Town the next day.

They found a relatively dry spot by the lakeshore, lit a bonfire, and began to eat dinner.

After dinner, they began to take turns standing watch to ensure their safety.

Bena, meanwhile, took out the test tube with the black stones to study it more closely.

He could feel that the energy contained within the stones was incredibly strange, unlike any power source he knew.

"What in the world are these stones?" Bena murmured to himself.

He resolved to take the stones back for Ye Yun to study.

’Perhaps these stones hide some important secrets.’

The night passed uneventfully. Early the next morning, the group packed up and began the journey back to October Town.

On the way back, they steered clear of the mutated plants’ attack range and encountered no further trouble.

After a day of trekking, they finally arrived back at the teleportation point in October Town.

Seeing Bena and his team return safely, Ye Yun also breathed a sigh of relief.

He immediately had Bena bring him the container and the test tube containing the black stones.

Bena nodded, handed the container and test tube to Ye Yun, and then gave him a detailed report on the expedition.

After hearing Bena’s report, Ye Yun expressed his satisfaction with the outcome of the mission.

Although they hadn’t found many useful supplies in the abandoned shelter, discovering the container and the black stones was already an excellent haul.

Upon taking the test tube, information about the black stones appeared before Ye Yun’s eyes.

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