Chapter 914 Greenhouse

Current time is 16:06 pm on November 27, 2112.

Location: The secret border of the overhead floor of the Command Bureau - Tundra Warren.

Border Blockade Administration Branch β01.

In the eternal storm, pale snow powder blows in the face. In the distance, only huge buildings appear faintly. The dark buildings support the majestic outline, creating a warm and spring-like paradise amidst the eternal low temperature and severe cold.

Outside the paradise, there is only the terrifying low temperature like the polar regions, and the never-ending wind and snowfall.

"B4 is in position."

"There is something wrong with A1. It can be solved in five minutes."

"B6 is in position."

At this moment, in the pale snowfield outside the administration branch, dancing spots appeared one after another, skillfully bypassing all cameras and detection devices.

Barriered by white cloaks and heat, they crawled in the snow, hidden in the darkness where no one could see them.

Following the command from afar, he slowly moved closer to the central building.

At the very back, in the temporary tent under the snow cave, the commander breathed on his fingers, picked up the kettle that had just boiled, and poured it into a cup.

"The conditions are limited, I hope Secretary Ai you don't mind."

"At least we're staying in the tent, we don't have to lie down in the snow, and we just have hot water to drink." Ai Qing held the tea cup, white heat rising from her mouth and nose: "It's not like we are going camping, there are so many things to pay attention to. .”

Her whole body was wrapped in thick winter clothing, and her exposed face and fingers turned white from the cold. Only her lips were still a little bloody.

The former commander of the Dark Army sighed, looked at the building that was slowly zooming in on the surveillance screen, and couldn't help but cursed: "Those idiots can still turn on the air conditioner, I'm so envious."

"Normal." Ai Qing took a sip of hot water that was rapidly losing temperature. "The treatment provided by the Blockade Administration has always been the best among units at the same level."

"I know this very well."

At the mention of this, the commander suddenly became excited: "I originally planned to work for the Blockade Administration for two years after retiring. I would not have to do anything all day long, stay away from the rain of bullets, make a cup of tea at work, and fight a dozen or so times. I could fight for a whole day...but in the end, after staying for a while, I still couldn't stand it anymore, so I found an opportunity and ran back."

Ai Qing raised her head and glanced at the old man in front of the screen, "Are you unwilling to be lonely?"

The commander smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No, it's not to that extent, but...it's also a little too lonely."

He sighed, took out his cigarette case and asked Ai Qing for permission.

Seeing Ai Qing waving her hand and not minding it, she pulled out one with trembling hands, moved it to the oil stove, took a deep breath, and then sighed.

"I want to live a peaceful life, but there is nothing there except tranquility. It is no different from a prison. Some people go in in their twenties and die there in their nineties and never leave."

The commander sighed helplessly: "If nothing goes wrong, their lives will be unknown. If something goes wrong, their lives will become meaningless... It will be like hell."

As a subordinate agency of the overhead floor and a secret unit of the original Dark Army, the Blockade Administration's duty is to guard or deal with some serious hidden dangers in order to reduce the containment pressure of the Survival Institute.

Therefore, from the first day of employment, you have disappeared from the situation.

There is no talk of retirement or resignation. Even if the working years are up, they are just transferred to other confidential units. After death, there is only a tombstone, and some people are not even allowed to write their names on it.

Even if the rewards are generous, internal marriages are allowed, and there are huge subsidies for family members, there are still very few applicants.

"You deserve better treatment."

The commander held a cigarette that was about to go out and said slowly: "If the treatment is any worse, I'm afraid I won't be able to continue working."

As he said this, his mood was not very good.

Rather bad.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have talked so much with other people in the short gap before the mission started.

After all, once the original dark army is about to be dispatched, it means that... the situation within the Blockade Administration has deteriorated to the extreme and needs to be purged.

"Sorry, I'm verbose." He shrugged and smiled, "It's so unprofessional."

"This has nothing to do with professionalism."

Ai Qing did not comfort her, nor did she say anything else - for the killing machines of the Original Dark Legion, such sympathy and pity were too ridiculous.

She just changed the topic calmly: "What is blocked in β01?"

"A 'lie'."

The commander began to brief the representatives from the decision-making room: "Before this, it was a dangerous item discovered by the Stone Cauldron Society and notified to the Astronomical Society, the work of the self-destruction element Piper.

It looked like a note torn from a legal pad, but reading the contents and trying to find out were taboo. "

"Which link went wrong?" Ai Qing asked.

"It may be the innermost storage facility - when it was originally transferred to the Blockade Administration, Grand Master Garland personally imposed a secret seal on it.

According to speculation, it may be that the death of the Grand Master has caused the mystery blockade to become unstable, and the middle and outer blockade facilities have also been leaked. "

The commander sighed: "When the overhead floor received the message and started investigating one by one, there was no response from β01."

On the intercom, a hoarse voice came: "C6 is approaching the maintenance shaft, the road is clear, and the internal signal has been obtained. Do you want to connect?"

"Take it."

So, in an instant, a hell-like scene appeared on the screen.

All he saw was a blur of flesh and blood, and countless scarlet colors spread on the wall, beating like a pulse.

The originally warm and spring-like paradise has turned into a strange world that makes people feel numb.

Countless strange symbols squirmed on the wall, and shadows ignored the physical rules and spread under the light, but strange bubbles kept appearing in the light.

Wriggling objects whose humanoid outlines are almost indistinguishable dance under the camera, stumbling in the former office.

"The deepening is over and a hellish cycle has formed."

The commander was silent for a moment, because everything was irreversible.

He picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered: "Start setting up the 'Purification Spring'."

"Wait a moment--"

Ai Qing suddenly said: "Switch back to the camera at that point just now."

The picture she was referring to was the inner garden.

Now the vicious flower has grown the teeth of a beast and has begun to gnaw. In the corner of the garden, two bloody aberrations are leaning against the wall.

There was a vague sound coming.

"...Snoring...I'm so annoyed...Change...Is there any way..."

"Be patient...don't you..."

In the silence, the conversation with high-pitched noise gradually came to an end. The two aberrations turned around and left separately. There was a dead silence in the tent.

"It seems they still have sense." Ai Qing said.

"No, it's worse than this."

The commander rubbed the bridge of his nose and chuckled mockingly: "They don't even know that they are deformed. Maybe, in their eyes, everything is business as usual."

They have already fallen into hell with their own world.

"At least it's possible to communicate, right?"

Ai Qing pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "I was equipped with passwords and all permissions instructions before I came. Maybe, I can try it."

"Not very likely."

The commander shook his head: "With all due respect, the distortion is irreversible."

"The attack by the Purification Spring may cause worse consequences. This is for the purpose of blocking the items." Ai Qing said: "We must ensure the absolute stability of the blockade, but whenever possible, we must give it a try."

The commander thought for a moment and said bluntly: "This is your mission, Secretary Ai. If you want to do it, we will not stop you, but you must understand that we also have a mission. If you fail, we will not rescue you. "

"Well, then just join me and blow the target into ashes."

Ai Qing nodded in agreement, picked up the briefcase beside her, stood up with a cane, and turned back to express her thanks before saying goodbye.

"Thanks a lot."

"Secretary Ai——"

The commander couldn't help calling her and reminded her seriously: "They can't be saved. What you did is completely meaningless."

"I know." Ai Qing looked back calmly, "Just think that I want to earn more points during the promotion review."

"Is it just because of this?" the commander was confused.

"Otherwise?" Ai Qing was puzzled, "Apart from this, is there any noble reason for the political beings in the bureau?"

The commander shook his head, just smiled, and stood up slowly: "Then, let me take care of the rescue duties. I will protect your safety when necessary."

"No need."

Ai Qing raised her cane.

At that moment, outside the narrow tent, in the ice and snow, a ferocious silhouette suddenly appeared, fleeting, but terrifying.

It was like there was an invisible monster hiding in her shadow.

The evil intention is ferocious.

"The Technology Department's 'Autonomous Machine Cerberus'?" The commander was dumbfounded: "It's a style I've never seen before. Is it the latest model?"

"No, the ordinary version just has a troublesome guy living in it."

Ai Qing smiled slightly and disappeared into the wind and snow under the protection of the beast.

There was only a line of burn marks on the ground that lingered for a long time.

Fifteen minutes later, in front of the huge fortress building.

After going through the iris verification and the key verification on the elevated floor, the heavy door slowly opened in front of her, and a warm wind blew in her face with a stench.

Immediately afterwards, from behind the gate, there was a bloody object slowly squirming, like the corpse of a giant after being decapitated. There were several squirming tentacles on the swollen body, making waves of vague sounds.

"Welcome... welcome... I am... the security director... Pajero..." The strange aberration asked: "Why... are there people from the command bureau... coming?"

"Unannounced inspection."

Ai Qing ignored the squirming tentacles in front of her and showed the voucher in her hand, "I am here on behalf of the decision-making room to inspect the blocked items."

"Wait a minute, let me see... where is it? Where is it?"

The squirming body seemed to be groping for something. Finally, in the tattered pocket, he found a validator that had been parasitized by tentacles and swiped it from Ai Qing's voucher.

Behind the verifier, the mouth suddenly let out a sharp scream.

Perhaps, that was the beep sound that verified success.

Ai Qing waited calmly.

Until a tentacle stopped in front of her, hanging in the air, dripping sticky, waiting.

The swollen man opened his mouth and said hoarsely: "Welcome... your... arrival..."

Ai Qing reached out and held it, shook it slightly, and let go.

The thing that once belonged to the security director turned around and squirmed in front to lead the way, "Lunch...time...is here...we need to..."

"After checking the blocked items." Ai Qing said.

"No...it doesn't matter..."

The 'Security Director' gave a vague reply, leading her through the door and corridor, and into the hall where countless huge rotting internal organs were hung.

All the way down.

In the shadows of those aberrations, countless sticky bubbles rose up, as if something amorphous was crawling among them. But when Ai Qing's shadow swept across, a fleeting light of fire appeared faintly, and a faint tragic scream came from the void.

At her feet, an angry burning bull cast a ferocious silhouette.

"...Huh?" The squirming 'Security Director' paused for a moment: "What...the sound...is strange...it's really strange...ever since the past few days...it's...just...it's always been strange..."

"Nothing surprising."

Ai Qing followed calmly, stepped across the floor covered with mold and eyeballs, and told him: "Everything is normal."

"Normal...normal..."

Soon, the slight confusion dissipated in the gradually chaotic thinking after the distortion, and only the last responsibility remained.

One-step verification, two-step verification, three-step verification.

The key from the overhead floor traveled smoothly through the underground facility, passing through the demonic realm that had long been changed beyond recognition, all the way to the core.

Until the end, the security chief stayed outside the slowly rising gate.

"I will...wait here..."

It said vaguely, "The duties and responsibilities are limited... Please... forgive me..."

"OK."

Ai Qing raised her hand, adjusted the flat glasses in front of her eyes, crossed the swelling beside her, and walked into the darkness that couldn't even illuminate the light.

Endless phantoms emerged from the darkness, carrying calls that were difficult to hear.

The hallucinations that even the glasses from the technical department could not shield gradually seeped into the soul and invaded the brain.

But Ai Qing silently counted her steps, compared with the map in her memory, and moved forward step by step.

Beyond Huai Shi's smile, his own body, and countless more illusions, he passed by his mother.

The high heat caused by the overloaded operation of her glasses maintained her remaining sanity.

She finally saw the silhouette behind the vision.

That huge cage was beating slowly like a heart, and every tentacle was waving angrily, trying to penetrate into her spinal cord and tear out her soul.

However, it could not stop her progress. More protection emerged from her body and soul, which was difficult to break through and erode in a short period of time.

She could only let her open her vitals step by step according to the operating rules.

It's like surgery.

Cruelly peeling the core out of it.

Finally, the ancient copper box was accurately placed inside the briefcase. When the briefcase was closed, the three buckles engraved with a complicated matrix were closed.

Inside and outside, isolated again!

In the trance, there was a sound like a neighing sound.

But if you listen carefully, you can't hear it anymore.

Until this moment, Ai Qing remained unmoved. She just stared down at her watch and silently counted the time. It was not until five minutes later that she was conscious again through the probe and test strips that she finally grew a baby. Breathing, sweating.

He didn't even have the strength to lift the briefcase.

"The containment of sealed items has been completed——"

Almost on the edge of the countdown to the scheduled detonation, a message was sent out.

"Received, please prepare to evacuate."

The reply from the commander was still concise, "Something is wrong. You need to be careful."

When the support of that lie is lost, all the pain hidden under the illusion will collapse.

But, does she have enough time to evacuate before collapse?

The commander picked up the walkie-talkie and whispered the order: "B3, be ready to rush in for rescue at any time——"

In the distance, amid the snowstorm, the fortress remained silent.

So quiet.