ebookland Chapter 152 The Escape and Lin Yeming's Still on His Way
Chapter 152 The Escape and Lin Yeming's Still on His Way
Horii waited anxiously, but his previous questions went unanswered.
The surroundings were eerily quiet, with only the sound of villagers' footsteps.
Just as he was getting anxious, the villagers gradually approached.
He looked up, and in an instant, terror overwhelmed him like a tidal wave as he saw an incredibly bizarre scene.
Without exception, all the villagers had a strangely shaped fleshy growth on their necks. The growth was dark in color, with an uneven surface and faint traces of blood spreading from it.
Looking at their walking posture, their legs moved stiffly, their arms hung limply at their sides, their movements were dull and mechanical, like puppets whose souls had been taken away, which looked extremely eerie.
Horii realized something was wrong and rushed back into the house to tell Daigo to close the door quickly.
Hearing the shouts, Daigo walked out of the house in confusion and bumped into a flustered Horii.
"What's wrong…"
Before he could finish asking, he saw the villagers outside raising their farm tools, and he even saw some scissors.
He didn't have time to say anything, and hurriedly pushed the heavy wooden door together.
The door hinges made a grating, creaking sound.
With a bang, the door finally closed. The two leaned against the door, panting heavily, their hearts still pounding in their chests.
Before they could even catch their breath, the sharp sound of fingernails scratching at the door came from outside, one after another, piercing their eardrums, as if countless vengeful spirits were crying and scratching outside, trying to break into this last remaining sanctuary.
Horii said in a trembling voice, "What's going on? Those villagers... they don't seem human!" Daigo frowned, his eyes scanning the room, trying to find something that could help them withstand the crisis. "Don't panic. This village must be hiding some secret. We have to find a way to find out."
Just then, Jiang Qiqianhe exclaimed from inside the house, "That's what I encountered on their necks!"
"Be careful, this thing can fly!"
Just then, the scratching sounds outside the door stopped abruptly, replaced by a deathly silence, a silence even more chilling than the previous commotion.
They had absolutely no idea what the other was going to do.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The wooden door made several loud noises.
The two men trembled with fear. Daigo quickly grabbed a thick wooden stick, and Horii gripped the shovel beside him, staring intently at the shaking door, bracing themselves for the unknown impact. Jiang Qiqian hid behind them, covering her mouth with her hands, afraid to make a sound, her body shaking uncontrollably.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Several more violent impacts rang out, and dust fell from the door, which looked like it was about to give way under such pressure.
In a moment of inspiration, Daigo shouted, "Quick, move the table over here to block the door!" Horii quickly put down his Victory Hyper gun and, together with Daigo, did their best to move the heavy wooden table inside the room.
Just as the table touched the door, a chilling burst of maniacal laughter erupted from outside. The sound was shrill and piercing, unlike any human voice, and it echoed in the silent night, lingering for a long time.
Immediately afterwards, they heard the sound of heavy objects being dragged, as if the villagers were slowly leaving, but the rustling sound was like sandpaper grinding against their nerves.
Daigo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said in a low voice, "We can't just sit here and wait to die. We have to find a chance to go out and scout out the situation."
Horii's eyes widened: "Go out? Those things outside are too scary!" Jiang Qiqianhe echoed with a sob: "No way, we'll definitely die if we go out."
Daigo frowned and pointed to a tightly closed window inside the house: "Let's climb out from there and look around the rest of the village. Maybe we can find the source of this strange phenomenon. It's better than waiting to die here." Horii hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement. The three of them moved quietly toward the window, just as Daigo reached out to push the window open...
The door made a loud crash, and they instinctively looked up to find that the wooden door had been cleaved open with an axe.
Now they have to leave this area.
After all, they couldn't shoot these people, so they could only look for a solution.
Or we could simply leave and let ground troops investigate.
It's still better than being weak and isolated now.
Daigo: "Let's leave here first!"
The three of them climbed out the window and escaped for a while. Daigo suggested that they should be safe once they left this place.
However, Chizuru Eizaki said that he was going to the abandoned space development center, where she needed something.
Horii's eyes widened, and he said anxiously, "What time is it? Why are we going to the space development center? Those monsters could catch up with us at any moment!"
Jiang Qiqianhe bit her lip, her eyes filled with determination: "No, I came here to find that thing. It's of great importance, and we're already very close. I can't give up."
Daigo frowned, glanced at the dark night behind him, and then at Jiang Qiqianhe's resolute expression. After weighing his options for a moment, he said, "Then we'll go with you, but we need to finish this quickly. If there's any danger, we must evacuate immediately." Horii was reluctant, but he knew he couldn't abandon his companions at this moment, so he could only nod helplessly.
The three cautiously made their way towards the abandoned space development center. Somehow, fog began to rise behind them, and the surroundings were eerily quiet, with only the sound of their hurried footsteps and heavy breathing.
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew by, and Horii shuddered. He seemed to see several dark figures flash by in the distance, resembling those mutated villagers, but when he looked closely, there was nothing there.
As they approached the space development center, they discovered something strange.
The door was ajar, as if the people inside had left in a hurry.
Jiang Qiqianhe said with doubt, "Although this space development center is abandoned, there are still some staff members working there, and a lot of experimental equipment has not been taken away."
Horii said somewhat heavily, "I know that. I'm afraid it's the same as the villagers."
Daigo: "So, was that strange tumor caused by the meteorite? Or was it developed by the Space Development Center?"
Jiang Qiqianhe: "Let's not talk about that anymore, they're coming after us."
Chizuru Eizaki rushed in first, followed closely by Daigo and Horii.
In the dim light, they saw that the room was in a mess, with scattered equipment lying on the ground and no one helping to pick it up.
As if she had a purpose, Jiang Qiqianhe kept walking until she found a locked room.
To their surprise, the other party's attempt to enter the password resulted in successful unlocking.
The Space Development Center has a very high level of secrecy, so how was Jiang Qiqian able to open it? How did she get the password...?