Xu Qian turned her head to see a door descending.
Her expression tensed, and she exerted all her strength to rush towards the door, but it was still too late.
The door, indeed, closed.
The distance was too great, leaving no time.
She knew that old man had no good intentions!
"Bang, bang, bang—"
The ground trembled. Xu Qian glanced sideways and saw a giant gorilla approaching her.
Its height almost reached the ceiling. It hunched over, its face covered in long, black fur.
Its body was like that of an ordinary gorilla, only magnified by tens of times.
It bared its teeth and lunged, the ground shaking.
Xu Qian's thoughts stirred, and she gripped her Buster knife, meeting it head-on.
Though the gorilla was large, it was not agile. Xu Qian weaved beneath its legs, occasionally slashing at its legs.
It roared in pain and lifted its foot, attempting to stomp her flat.
Xu Qian frowned and dodged instantly.
This gorilla's hide was thick and tough. Killing it with her knife alone seemed difficult. It was a mutant, unaffected by psionic abilities.
The things the X Group researched were becoming increasingly problematic.
She patted Xiao Dai's head. Xiao Dai blinked hazily, its eyes widening in fear at the colossal creature before it.
Then... it spat out a large mouthful of white saliva.
With a "sizzling" sound, the gorilla's skin and flesh were slightly damaged, but it had little effect.
Xu Qian frowned. Even Xiao Dai couldn't deal with it?
[Ding, Xiao Dai was developed by the X Group.]
Xu Qian instantly understood. How could something from the same factory attack each other?
[System, do you have a solution?]
[Ding, the Host can store it in the space, and the System will handle it.]
Xu Qian: [...] Is that even possible?
She extended her mental power to cover the gorilla and, with a thought, stored it in her space.
The gorilla vanished the moment it was in the space.
Xu Qian didn't pay it much mind, as long as it was resolved.
Xu Qian continued deeper inside. On both sides, many mutants were confined in glass cases.
The largest glass case was empty, likely where the gorilla had been held.
Most of the mutants were a combination of animal and human. Some had human torsos and snake lower bodies, while others had large rabbit ears on their heads and human bodies below.
Water-type mutants were kept in a giant fish tank.
There was every kind imaginable: human-turtles, human-sharks, human-lions, and so on. They were mating in the water, causing even the experienced Xu Qian to look away.
She sighed softly.
[System, what should we do?]
They couldn't possibly be blown up, and killing them one by one would be too tedious.
[Ding, Host, store them all in the space. The System will handle them.]
Xu Qian couldn't help but ask, [Why do you need so many?]
[Ding, the System needs to research the genes on them. Currently, Country Z does not possess this technology.]
[You mean the people of Country D?]
The System did not reply. Xu Qian stored them one by one, and they each disappeared.
When Xu Qian successfully exited, the outside was already a scene of carnage. Not a single small green dot remained.
Xiao Ping stood motionless atop the pile of corpses.
Xu Qian frowned and called out, "Xiao Ping."
Xiao Ping suddenly came to his senses and turned around.
His deep green eyes seemed to be stained with blood red, but then they returned to normal in an instant.
Xiao Ping's lips curved slightly, and he said softly, "Qian, I'm tired. I want to go back and rest."
Xu Qian found it strange. Xiao Ping had never told her he was tired before. However, Xu Lu had. Xu Lu would say he was tired, and the next to replace him would be Xiao Ping.
She didn't question it further. Everyone gets tired, even zombies, right?
"No rush, get some good rest."
Xiao Ping's eyes flickered. Suddenly, he stepped forward and embraced her tightly, whispering,
"Qian, goodbye."