"I understand." Lin Xian hears this, his heart tightening.
He looks tensely towards the small town ahead, wisps of light fog swirling on the streets, the main street eerily quiet.
The motorcycle slowly moves towards the town, surrounded by emptiness and silence, the engine’s hum echoing, the orange glow of two bikes penetrating part of the darkness.
As they get closer, Lin Xian and Kiki become more certain that the town they see is indeed real!
On both sides of the road, various shops and storefronts are identical to those outside in Qingshui Town. Lin Xian paid special attention to some places he remembered, finding that everything matched perfectly - tables and chairs inside, signs, even the positions of manhole covers.
Suddenly, a strange oppressive and fractured feeling surged from deep within.
The one who shares the same feeling is Shu Qin, as they had come during the day once, and seeing such an eerie scene now seemed incredibly strange.
"Captain Lin, how can there be a town that’s exactly the same?" Shu Qin frowned, looking around, her gaze exceedingly astonished.
"It should be artificially replicated."
Lin Xian gradually feels an unusual aura, his expression becoming heavy: "Everyone be careful."
Kiki sits on the back seat of Lin Xian, a sinister and terrifying aura creeping into her neck, making her shiver involuntarily, she whispers: "Everywhere I look, it seems empty of people."
Lin Xian feels a bit uneasy, he did not expect such a hidden research institute, and does not know how Hu Lushou managed to get inside. Thinking back, he truly regrets not leaving contact information or an address for Hua Xiaoling, perhaps avoiding all this trouble.
Kiki pressed the communicator, and the previously set program sent out a warning signal once again.
"The communicator you installed must be nearby, but without a positioning system, it’s uncertain in which direction."
"Hu Lushou said without an invitation there’s no way to enter." Lin Xian takes out the card, speaking solemnly: "I don’t know if this counts as being invited."
"How strange that a research institute would hide so well."
Lin Xian is also a bit surprised. He recalls the dome seen during the day, a sensation of fright still lingering within.
It appears to be an exterior structure simulating light all day long, on a scale not inferior to the constructions of the Underground City, even harder to believe than those built after the Apocalypse Day, as there are no signs of construction around Qingshui Town.
Thinking this, Lin Xian suddenly feels he far underestimated this SIID Foundation Organization.
The motorcycle and off-road vehicle move one after another, slowly advancing along the main street, the riders cautiously observing all around.
"Lin Xian!" Kiki suddenly speaks up at this moment.
"Have you noticed it’s not raining here?"
Lin Xian’s face changes upon hearing that, having completely overlooked this detail while passing through the woods, now his expression sharpens, realizing all streets in the town are dry, even though it was just pouring rain with thunderclouds a moment ago, and even if the rain stopped, the streets should be muddy.
Beep~ Buzz! Beep~ Buzz!
Suddenly, a deafening alarm sounds in the town, shattering the eerie silence.
Lin Xian and his companions stop their vehicles, their expressions grave, looking around: "What’s going on?"
"It sounds like some kind of alarm!" Kiki says seriously: "It sounds so weird!"
The alarm reverberates through the town’s streets and alleys, in the dim alleys, closed shop corners, deep dark streets.
At this moment, a robotic female voice suddenly rings out.
"Qingshui Town Test Site No. 3, 92nd biochemical experiment simulation begins."
As soon as the voice falls, more fog erupts from every corner of the town!
"Test site?!" Lin Xian’s expression changes.
"Are we now inside that research institute?" Kiki says in surprise.
"No wonder it isn’t raining."
Perhaps responding to his words, the next second, a thunderbolt suddenly cracks in the sky.
Lightning flashes, the clouds roll.
Underneath the town, a mounting sense of impending doom gradually rises!
Lin Xian listens and observes all around, suddenly hearing a sound in the darkness ahead.
"There’s something ahead," Lin Xian says.
Kiki feels tense upon hearing this, she turns her head to look stonily ahead.
In the darkness, there indeed seems to be something slowly moving towards the motorcycle’s lights.
In the darkness comes faint strange noises, like a rotten vocal cord, twisting continually.
"Someone is walking over."
Lin Xian slowly reaches for the Black Gun, gazing, it appears someone is staggering into the motorcycle’s light boundary, and in the next instant, everyone’s eyes change.
What approaches is unbelievably a conjoined figure with displaced limbs connected together, entirely pale, both heads are a blood-red void, showing no features.
Lin Xian furrows his brow, is this thing a Zombie or an Abnormal Body? Or perhaps a human anomaly?
"How disgusting, what is this thing?!"
Kiki feels her scalp itch, her brow furrowing.
"Captain Lin, look behind!"
At this moment, Shu Qin’s voice resounds through the communicator.