"How are you guys doing? Did you encounter anything strange?" Lin Xian asked.
"No." Shu Qin shook her head, "Aside from sealing the doors and windows, we’ve been keeping silent."
"Several convoys experienced issues, spores invaded the vehicles, and so got infected. Brother Shi has already inford us in advance. In such cases, we can only abandon the vehicle and seal the compartnt," Chen Sixuan said.
"How many people?"
"About... over a hundred people." Chen Sixuan’s tone was slightly heavy.
Lin Xian nodded, "It’s good that the situation hasn’t spread."
"Captain Lin."
At this ti, Monica and her group of subordinates were also walking along the passage beside the tracks, along with Qian Deli’s group, the Sunshine Team’s Luo Yang, and Li Yi wearing a large anti-toxic mask, followed at the back, while Shi Deyuan, with a bandage, also joined Ning Jing as they led people to gather at the Zero Elent Center platform.
"What’s the situation now, are we all staying underground?" Monica wasn’t wearing her mink velvet coat, but a set of red full-cover battle armor. It was a lightweight battle armor, resembling so kind of leather combat suit at first glance. Her tall figure was astonishingly revealed by this armor, and the full-cover helt completely blocked the spore mists. It was obviously an expensive private design.
"I don’t like staying underground, it’s musty and damp here, and it’s not maintained. If there was a collapse, we would all be buried alive," Qian Deli said, his voice muffled by his anti-toxic mask.
"Having a place to stay is already good," Shi Deyuan ca from behind, his voice loud, "Staying here is better than letting those plant-like creatures, which are more dangerous than dynamite, surround us!"
"Captain Lin," Ning Jing asked Lin Xian at this ti, "Are we sure we have to wait for the next mycelium active cycle here?"
Lin Xian nodded and glanced at the crowd.
"The plan has changed; we need to rest here underground for 30 hours. So other situations also need to be communicated quickly."
After saying that, Lin Xian led the crowd into the monitoring hall of the Zero Elent Center and recounted the previous situation and the information about the corpse chaser to everyone.
"To be honest, I’m not completely sure about this information, but currently, underground, we should be safe. As long as the roads are clear, we can relocate imdiately if problems arise."
"Corpse chaser?" Qian Deli crossed his arms upon hearing this, "Every ti I hear that na, it’s never a good on."
Ning Jing looked at him, "Have you seen one?"
Qian Deli shrugged, "I haven’t really seen one, but when I escaped from Star Abyss No. 4, I encountered a huge monster tide. Of the dozen or so convoys I knew, I was the only one who escaped. It’s really a bringer of disaster."
"I’ve heard the corpse chaser is the guardian of an Extre Night tide," Monica chid in at this ti, "Every Star Abyss has one, and now we’re on the northwest edge of Star Abyss No. 5, so it’s not a surprise this thing showed up."
"Indeed!" Shi Deyuan nodded as well, looking at Lin Xian, "Brother Lin, we’ll go along with your plan. We’ve only got one life, better to be overly cautious than dismissive. Finding a way out is better than fixing rails, even if it ans staying underground for a day, impatience won’t kill anyone."
"I agree too," Luo Yang said at this ti, "We’ll follow Captain Lin’s arrangents for everything."
Li Yi stood by, her face peculiar as she said, "So, Captain Lin, shouldn’t we all stay in the car?"
Lin Xian nodded and said, "This Deep Red World has a few secret permanent warehouses set up along the underground tracks of Yijin. There are plenty of supplies, and since everyone’s traveled from Xilan City, we should use them to resupply. Today we’ll rest in this tunnel, but to be safe, each convoy needs rotating personnel. The areas not so deep already have mycelium penetration; avoid lighting where possible, and keep all compartnts as quiet as possible. We might depart at any ti!"
"Alright! Let’s do that. Inform those dozen or so convoys right away. Too many people make scheduling difficult; it’s hard for a big ship to change course. Everyone needs to be a little more cautious," Shi Deyuan said.
After that, Lin Xian’s plan was quickly communicated, and each convoy began to take action.
In the monitoring hall, Qian Deli, Monica, and others ca to the glass wall and looked at the honeycomb pit below, showing expressions of surprise.
"Uploading consciousness, eternal illusion? Isn’t that the digital life plan, which was clearly prohibited long ago?" Qian Deli crossed his arms, "Uploading your consciousness into those disgusting mushroom mycelia, just thinking about it is sickening."
"What a bunch of fools. Once infected by mycelium, even if you’re still alive, you’re like neither human nor ghost. What’s the point of living like that?"
"I heard that after connecting with mycelium, it maintains a dopamine level more than 10 tis the happiest state of humans," Luo Yang leaned over and said, "These people are really daring. I wouldn’t dare let those strange mycelia enter my brain."
"Perhaps it’s to escape the reality of the apocalypse. Extre Night is unavoidable, and this might be a gamble to avoid the darkness," Li Yi said as she walked over with her big belly. Along the way, she had witnessed all kinds of human tragedies and seen many who, even without being invaded by darkness, chose to end their lives after their inner beliefs collapsed, as a way to escape reality.
In the battle at Xilan Airport, many people she knew died, her husband Liang Lei is still in a coma, and if it wasn’t for Uncle Wu’s apparent charge, she would have beco a widowed pregnant woman in the apocalypse. Compared to others, Li Yi’s situation was much more challenging, so after rging with Luo Yang’s group, the two of them developed thoughts of joining Infinity together.
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