Chapter 139 Madness

Zhang Dingshan's reaction surprised Lu Ming slightly. He subconsciously looked at Lu Qingliang in the video screen, and saw that Lu Qingliang had no intention of blocking him.

But……

Do you really have to be so flippant?

No matter how you look at this matter, the risks are immeasurable. In such an environment, under the background of such events, with the intelligence we have at the moment, we will dispatch personnel to have direct contact with it at this stage...

Lu Ming could hardly control the worry and anxiety in his heart.

He stood up and shouted: "He Wei!"

He Wei turned to look at him, as if she had already understood what he was thinking.

"The duty lies."

He Wei only said these four words, and then left directly to do the preparations.

Lu Ming was startled for a moment, then slowly sat down. Zhang Dingshan glanced at him and patted his shoulder gently.

"Everyone has to shoulder their own responsibilities. Now, it's time for He Wei to take action."

Lu Ming sighed silently in his heart.

What is the significance of the establishment of the Operations Division of the Planetary Security Agency? What is the significance of the existence of Action Team 2? Why can we receive so much resource support and enjoy such superior treatment?

From a practical perspective, you have to pay as much as you get. Ideally, as long as it is conducive to completing the task, you should not hesitate to do it.

At this moment, other than He Wei taking action and making the trip in person, is there any other better way?

No.

Then don’t talk too much, don’t think too much, just do it. As for what kind of risks this will bring, this is not and should not be considered.

Facing Zhang Dingshan's gaze, Lu Ming nodded solemnly: "I understand. If one day, I am needed like He Wei to face danger alone, I will do the same."

Zhang Dingshan patted Lu Ming's shoulder again, looked away, and looked at the surveillance screen again.

At this moment, in the underground garage of Binhai Building, He Wei and three specially selected elite soldiers had gathered.

The terrain in the underground cave is complex and the space is small, making it unsuitable for too many people to move together. Sending an elite small force in is the most appropriate choice. At this moment, there are only these four people going to carry out this task.

Four complete sets of clothing prepared according to each person's body type have been prepared. The four of them entered the preparation room respectively.

This set of clothing includes soft and sweat-absorbent underwear, the outer layer is a biochemical protective suit, and on top of that, it is a stab-proof bulletproof suit.

It is strong and wear-resistant and can provide sufficient protection for the more fragile protective clothing inside and the human body. There is no need to worry about it being damaged when it rubs against the rock wall.

They each put on their clothes, carried oxygen tanks on their backs, carried various equipment and weapons, and pressed the switch. Immediately, the picture captured by the camera on He Wei's helmet appeared in front of Zhang Dingshan and Lu Ming. At the same time, body data and equipment data such as remaining oxygen content, heartbeat, and blood pressure are also displayed.

That's true for each of the four people in total.

After making an OK gesture to the staff stationed in the isolation room, He Wei took the lead and entered the underground passage first.

Climb the ladder to the bottom and the passage becomes level ground. Then they passed the isolation room in the middle and reached the end of the passage. The four people simultaneously pulled out the interface from the communication cable drum around their waists and connected it to the communication interface on the wall at the end of the passage. They fixed it to prevent it from falling off. Then they fell down and did their best. Be prepared to enter the crack.

The communication cable drum is only about one decimeter in diameter and only a few centimeters thick. It is covered with extremely thin but extremely tough communication lines that can even be used as cables at critical moments. Its length is more than a thousand meters.

Zhang Dingshan looked at the data path and replied: "The communication is normal."

After receiving this instruction, the four of them began to climb along the crack at the same time.

From this moment on, this underground cave, which had been sealed underground for an unknown number of years, welcomed humans for the first time.

Here at the temporary headquarters, the narrow cracks and wet rocks that had been seen many times before in the robot dog's detection were once again presented to Lu Ming.

I don't know why, but compared to the last time the robot dog detected it, Lu Ming felt a little weirder in his heart at this moment. It felt like the air pressure suddenly increased, making him feel a little labored to breathe. At the same time, I felt an inexplicable panic in my heart, as if a stone was pressing down on me.

He looked out the window subconsciously. It wasn't until the blue sky and a few white clouds came into view outside the window that the feeling slowly dissipated.

He realized that the feeling he felt before was probably due to claustrophobia.

Most people have a little bit of claustrophobia. Imagine that you are imprisoned in a coffin, or trapped in a small underground cave, and the sky and the earth are not working. That kind of creepy feeling is what Lu Ming feels at this moment.

The fear of this situation comes from the biological survival instinct.

At this moment, just by watching the footage captured by He Wei's helmet camera, Lu Ming felt this fear deeply.

I didn’t feel this way when I watched the scenes shot by the robot dog before. Perhaps the scene captured by He Wei at this moment can give me, a fellow human being, a sense of... immersion? That's why you feel the same way?

No matter what the reason is, at this moment, if even she can feel such deep fear, then, being in that claustrophobic and narrow space, and facing many unknown risks, He Wei herself will bear it again. How much pressure and fear?

Lu Ming couldn't imagine it.

"He Wei is the most elite warrior. She has weathered many storms and waves. This is a small scene. Even if it is drizzling, she will not be afraid. She will be fine. I am just here to worry about it."

After barely calming down his thoughts, Lu Ming tried his best not to think about what was and was not, and focused on the task.

Then he saw that He Wei's heartbeat was almost stable at around 70 beats per minute.

Considering the current state of exercise, the heartbeat of 70 beats per minute is considered quite slow. This means that He Wei is hardly disturbed by the external environment at this moment.

Lu Ming secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The four of them advanced slowly through the narrow and tortuous crack according to the passage that had been explored by the robot dog before. It took them almost an hour to reach the edge of the huge underground cave.

Underfoot, there are underground cracks that are unknown how deep they are, as if they are connected to hell.

Here, the four of them could finally straighten up and relax a little.

But at this moment, an observer suddenly whispered: "Sign No. 3 is abnormal."

Um?

Lu Ming immediately turned his head and saw the physical data of Soldier No. 3 on the other screen.

The blood pressure climbed to 170, and the heart rate was 106 beats per minute. This is in sharp contrast to the blood pressure and heartbeat data of He Wei, numbered No. 1, and Soldiers No. 2 and 4, which are always stable at around 120 and 70.

"It was normal a minute ago."

The observer said with concern: "I thought it was a normal fluctuation, but the data keeps rising..."

Zhang Dingshan's tone became more solemn: "No. 3, report the status."

"Report...report to the headquarters, No. 3, yes, normal."

He was slightly panting as he spoke, as if he was struggling to maintain his composure.

Zhang Dingshan ordered in a tone that left no doubt: "No. 1, No. 2, No. 4, observe the status of No. 3."

In the picture, He Wei and the other two people immediately came to the No. 3 soldier. After looking at it for a moment, He Wei said in a deep voice: "There was a 0.7 cm long tear in the protective suit, which was suspected to have been cut by a rock."

A word immediately flashed in Lu Ming's mind.

Terror toxin!

The protective suit was accidentally damaged, and the toxin invaded the body of soldier No. 3 through the breach, triggering a fear reaction in him!

"I, I'm fine."

Soldier No. 3's voice was still steady. But everyone could feel that it was becoming increasingly difficult for him to maintain such a calm tone.

At this moment, Soldier No. 2 had taken out the tape and taped the hole in Soldier No. 3's protective suit. But this is obviously not safe.

"This mission is over, everyone evacuates! Immediately!"

"Walk!"

He Wei waved her hand vigorously and crawled back first. Soldier No. 3 followed her slightly tremblingly, while Soldiers No. 2 and 4 broke off at the end.

During the return journey, Soldier No. 3 clearly showed extreme fear. His hands and feet became uncoordinated, and his judgment significantly deteriorated. If he hadn't been escorted by the other three people, he might not have been able to climb out by himself.

As they approached the exit, Warrior Three showed some signs of insanity. Through the cameras of the other people, Lu Ming clearly saw that Soldier No. 3 was no longer moving forward at this moment, but was howling and struggling there, and even violently hitting the rocks with his helmet. The other people wanted to subdue him, but because the terrain was too narrow, they couldn't do it.

The dark and damp underground, the narrow and twisting cracks, the shrill screams like howling ghosts and wolves, and the human body twisting like crazy, this scene is full of weirdness and horror.

For an elite soldier, it may be a great shame to be frightened to such an extent that he is unable to act independently and falls into madness. But Lu Ming knew in his heart that even Master Zhiguang, whose state of mind had reached the level of "Gujing Wubo", had been frightened by this fear and had a nervous breakdown.

There is really no shame in feeling fear in the presence of toxins.

Just when Lu Ming was worried, He Wei took out a syringe from her waist, flicked the needle cap away with one hand, and stabbed the No. 3 soldier's arm with a single needle. In just a few seconds, Soldier No. 3 lost consciousness.

The next thing is how to transport the unconscious soldier No. 3 out. This is difficult because the terrain is too complex and narrow. But there is no insurmountable obstacle, it just requires more effort and time.

After several dozen minutes, Soldier No. 3 was finally pulled out of the crack. One of the soldiers picked him up and rushed towards the outside world quickly. Disinfection personnel were already on standby, and after quickly conducting systematic disinfection, they handed him over to medical staff.

His life was saved.

After a setback in the first battle, He Wei had to withdraw from Binhai Building for repairs.

"Too few personnel is not conducive to the operation. I will dispatch a few more elite soldiers to cooperate with you. For the second operation, the number of personnel will be increased to six."

Zhang Dingshan made suggestions. After thinking for a moment, He Wei shook her head.

"No, don't increase the number, but reduce it. The damage to Soldier No. 3's protective suit is certainly due to bad luck, but there are too many people to squeeze through and inconvenience of movement is also a reason. This time, I will only take one person with me."

"There are only two of you?"

"enough."

Zhang Dingshan was silent for a moment and finally nodded.

He believed that He Wei, who was on the front line of the operation, had enough rational judgment on this matter.

Lu Ming said: "What I noticed is that when the robot dog was used for detection before, the relevant equipment did not detect the presence of terrorist toxins."

"really."

"There was no robot dog before, but now there is one for humans. What does this mean?"

Facing Lu Ming's inquiry, He Wei was silent for a moment and said word by word: "That guy from the Tower God knows that we are coming. Moreover, our detection operation has posed a threat to it."

Lu Ming nodded: "The next detection operation may involve a direct confrontation with unknown life forms. It's better to bring a few more people with you."

He Wei shook her head again: "We can't bring in heavy weapons anyway. If we only rely on light weapons, if it doesn't work for two people, then it won't work for a few more people. Instead, it will be easy to cause accidental injuries."

Besides, this detection is still mainly about detection. If the situation is not good, I will evacuate immediately and come back to formulate a targeted plan before going back. If there are many people, evacuation will be inconvenient. "

After resting for a few hours, He Wei and Soldier No. 2 set out again.

This time, the two not only put on double-layer protective clothing, but also paid more attention to its protection and were more careful in their actions.

Just like last time, it took the two of them nearly an hour to reach the edge of the cave and then started rappelling.

The slope here is a bit difficult for a robot dog, but it is still possible for humans to climb if they are careful. But just to be safe, the two still adopted the abseil method to ensure that nothing went wrong.

As the altitude continues to decrease, more scenery that has never been seen before gradually appears in front of people under the night vision goggles. But no one paid much attention to these views. The two people's goal is very clear, that is the place where the "King of Fungi" was photographed before.

After rappelling for about twenty meters, the two of them came to a relatively gentle slope. After walking for a while, a steep cliff appeared in front of us again.

The cliff is so deep that you can't see the bottom and don't know how deep it is. It is extremely steep and impossible to climb with bare hands.

"You stay here and watch the rope. I'll go down."

He Wei gave the order to the second soldier.