Well, they were all zombies. Lin Qing originally wanted to smash the glass and start farming reward points, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do it.
Lin Qing remembered that reward points could be traded, so he came up with a way to quickly obtain them.
Before long, the group passed the place where the Lickers were imprisoned, and Lin Qing looked at the bases.
Was that a Licker? It was clearly a walking reward point. To confirm that idea, Lin Qing didn't rush to hunt down the Licker.
The two mercenaries and Matt, who had been captured, remained there. A dozen minutes later, they were once again blocked by an alloy door.
The technicians immediately took out their computers and began cracking the password to the gate, while Lin Qing also knew that there was a laser tunnel behind the gate.
Lin Qing silently walked to Zheng Zha's side and whispered, "Zheng Zha, I have an opportunity for you to earn reward points. Do you want it?"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha's expression changed slightly. At first, he didn't believe it, but thinking of Lin Qing's previous performance, he replied in a low voice, "Why did you tell me about the chance to get reward points?"
Lin Qing didn't answer, but instead asked, "So, do you want this opportunity?"
Without hesitation, Zheng Zha said, "I want it." Then, Lin Qing whispered to Zheng Zha, whose expression changed slightly, and then he gritted his teeth as if he had made up his mind.
In fact, Lin Qing told Zheng Zha that changing the plot would earn a lot of reward points, and that Lin Qing would ensure Zheng Zha's safety afterwards, but the reward points would be split in half.
Suddenly, with a soft sound, the tightly closed door slowly opened. Captain James nodded and said, "Pack the things up." After saying that, he turned to look at Zheng Zha and the others.
"You stay here."
Captain James walked into the laser tunnel on his own, proceeding very cautiously, each step revealing his utmost care.
When he reached the middle of the passage, he was startled because the glass walls around him suddenly lit up. This abrupt change was enough to frighten an ordinary person into trembling.
Kaplan's voice came through the intercom: "Don't worry, it's just an automatic sensor light, nothing to be concerned about."
Zheng Zha looked at Captain James, gritted his teeth, and was about to speak when a small hand grabbed him. Zheng Zha saw the girl with glasses gently shaking her head, stopping him.
At that moment, James took out something that looked like a Nokia phone and placed it on the opposite door: "Decoder in place."
Capra's voice came through the walkie-talkie: "Received, execute the cracking program."
Seeing this, Zheng Zha shouted, "Wait, don't you guys think something's strange?" He knew it would be too late if they waited any longer.
"In an AI-controlled hive, is it so easy for him to crack the door and restart it? I don't think it's that simple; this passage might be dangerous."
The mercenaries stopped abruptly, all looking at him strangely. The girl with glasses sighed, released his hand, and walked away to stand next to Alice.
At this moment, the gate opposite had also been breached. Captain James walked out of the passage, silently looking at Zheng Zha. After a long while, he finally spoke:
"Alright, you, and you too, come in with us." He pointed to Zheng Zha and the middle-aged man, Mou Gang.
Zheng Zha and Mou Gang felt a chill run down their spines. That was a laser tunnel; anyone who went in would definitely be torn to pieces.
Leaving aside the other mercenaries, James, in particular, was directly cut into countless small pieces of flesh by the laser.
However, Lin Qing's words immediately echoed in his mind: to gain reward points, one must make an equal contribution.
Just as Mu Gang was about to collapse, Lin Qing stepped forward and said, "I'll go in in his place."
Upon hearing this, Mu Gang's face lit up with joy, and he said, "Great, great, great, thank you. Your name is Lin Qing, right? Thank you."
Lin Qing had previously told the chubby boy and the older woman her name, and it wasn't surprising that Mu Gang, who was also present, called out her name.
Captain James shifted his gaze to Lin Qing, and after a long pause, said, "In that case, all three of you come in!"
"What an idiot." Zhang Jie looked at Lin Qing as if he were a moron, and the others also looked at Lin Qing with strange expressions.
Zheng Zha is alright. He has Lin Qing's assurance and knows the plot well. In the final moments, the laser channel was shut down by Capra, so he is relatively fortunate.
Mu Gang, who had been beaming with joy, was suddenly struck by another bolt from the blue. He immediately clutched his head and cried out, "Why? I don't want to! Didn't he go in for me?"
As they spoke, they ran back the way they came. Lin Qing shook his head and ignored them. The next second, the mercenaries drew their guns and opened fire.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Gunshots rang out, and Mu Gang collapsed to the ground, his blood staining the floor red, before he lost his life.
Zheng Zha and Li Xiaoyi suddenly vomited. A living person had died. Zheng Zha felt especially bad because this person had basically died because of his meddling.
Captain James looked at him coldly and said, "I suspected you from the beginning, even though your identities are registered in the company's records."
But you don't seem like company security guards at all. Are you really planning to stop us from reactivating the Flame Queen? Alright, Zheng Zha, Lin Qing, come in with us.
Lin Qing didn't care at all. He grabbed Zheng Zha and walked inside with James and the others.
As soon as they entered the passage, the doors on both sides closed simultaneously. At that moment, Captain James could no longer care about Lin Qing and the other person.
He quickly and cautiously alerted his men, while simultaneously opening the communicator and asking, "Kaplan? What's going on?"
Capra was also very anxious, saying, "It should be some kind of dormant defense mechanism that will activate once too many people pass through the gate."
Captain James said, "Then let it remain dormant!"
Kaplan was sweating profusely with anxiety, his hands frantically typing on the keyboard as he replied, "I'm trying!"
Captain James helplessly told his teammate, "Stay where you are and don't move."
Suddenly, the light on both sides of the wall dimmed abruptly, and a laser beam instantly formed, slashing towards them as it appeared.
"Get down, the laser is coming. If you don't want to die, get down." Lin Qing pulled Zheng Zha down to the ground.
James reacted quickly, tackling his two henchmen to the ground. This time, thanks to Lin Qing's reminder, James reacted even faster than in the movies.
He tackled his subordinates even faster, and the guy with the severed hand from the movie was now lying on the ground unharmed.
Chapter 367 The Hunt Begins (Please subscribe, vote for monthly tickets, and recommend!)
Only the female mercenary was still in a daze, staring blankly in another direction.
Lin Qing kicked the female mercenary directly in the ankle, causing her to lose her balance and fall face down onto Zheng Zha.
Just then, the laser beam swept across, and a strand of hair drifted down. Before it could even hit the ground, it was instantly burned away by the high temperature.
"Cheer up, the second one is coming." Lin Qing immediately pulled Zheng Zha and the female mercenary on his back up.
"Captain!" another mercenary said anxiously.
James hurriedly waved his hand, signaling everyone to step back. The laser beam swept across at the height of everyone's calves, and it moved at an unusually fast speed.
In addition, the passage was narrow, and one of the mercenaries, seeing that he could not avoid it, hurriedly leaped over the laser beam.
At the same time, the laser suddenly rose, and at the critical moment, Lin Qing suddenly reached out and grabbed the mercenary's clothes, pulling him towards him.
Lin Qing remembered that the second laser beam disappeared shortly after it rose, so Lin Qing shouted again, "Everyone, lie down!"
However, seeing that the others hadn't reacted yet, Lin Qing had no choice but to sweep his leg, instantly knocking everyone present to the ground.
Immediately afterward, the second laser disappeared after traveling a certain distance, but a third laser, which cut across the waist, followed closely behind.
"Shit, the third one is coming." James didn't even have time to thank Lin Qing before he suddenly stood up, wondering whether to jump over it or lie down.
"Everyone back up, get closer to the gate!" Lin Qing shouted again.
The people next to Lin Qing were pulled up by Lin Qing and then their arms were spread out and pressed against the door.
Upon hearing this, James's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately jumped back, pressing himself tightly against the door.
Then, to James's horrified gaze, the laser transformed into a grid-like laser beam, and then disappeared in the next second.
At the same time, "Alright!" Capra then turned off the laser system.
James, who had just regained his senses, felt a pain in his nose. When he reached out and touched it, he felt a burning mark. It turned out that his nose had been scratched by the laser.
Zheng Zha was completely different from before, because when the laser struck earlier, he thought he was going to die.
[Mental threshold broken! Reward points: 500, Mental Strength increased by 20, Nerve Reaction Speed increased by 30!]
This was a hint from the main god, and subsequently, Zheng Zha was rescued by Lin Qing.
"What's this?"
Zheng Zha suddenly noticed that Matthew and the others had small orbs of light on them. Since they were all huddled together, Zheng Zha quickly took the orbs of light into his hands.
[B-level horror side quest completed, reward: 10,000 points!]
These rewards shocked Zheng Zha so much that he trembled. He then looked at Lin Qing and realized that everything Lin Qing said was true; changing the plot could yield a large number of rewards.
"I'm afraid Lin Qing will get even more!" Zheng Zha thought to himself.
“That’s amazing, you guys actually survived that situation.”
"Especially Lin Qing, you are really amazing. You actually managed to save them all."
Li Xiaoyi and the others rushed over, making a lot of noise, but Zhang Jie had a gloomy look on his face.
Zhang Jie thought to himself, "Could this guy be..."
Captain James gave everyone a cold look, offering no thanks, but instead coldly said:
"Let's continue." His expression only improved when he looked at Lin Qing.
"Continue?" Ryan, one of the male protagonists, shouted, "Continue what? You're kidding! I'm not going into that passage!"
James looked at Kaplan, the computer-savvy mercenary, who was sweating profusely, and said, "Yes, yes, I've shut down all the defense systems, all of them..."
The other mercenaries rescued by Lin Qing broke out in a cold sweat, but they were still prepared to obey their captain's orders.
At this moment, Lin Qing pushed through the crowd and re-entered the laser tunnel, swaggering past it and standing at the opposite gate, saying:
"Hurry up, I still have a hunt to do."
"Uh." Zheng Zha and the others were speechless. Wasn't Lin Qing afraid that the characters in the plot would notice something?
Then, James nodded amicably to Lin Qing, went inside, picked up the equipment, and entered the central computer control room.
Shortly afterward, the lights in the room suddenly dimmed, indicating that James and his team had shut down the central computer.
Its closure means that the isolated zombies and crawlers will be released, and the entire laboratory will become their world.
In the darkness, Zheng Zha felt Li Xiaoyi trembling incessantly beside him, and even Zhan Lan was trembling slightly. He couldn't help but whisper, "Are you scared?"
Li Xiaoyi replied, "Yes, I'm very scared."
Zhan Lan said, "I'm just too excited..."
Zheng Zha suddenly felt that this woman was terrifying, so he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He just looked up at the light source and silently waited for what would happen next.
A few dozen seconds later, the room lit up again, and Zheng Zha knew that everything had begun!
"Don't worry, you can wait to return to the Main God Space. My hunt has begun." After saying that, Lin Qing began to walk towards the location where the Lickers were imprisoned.