Chapter 362 Keys and Photos. (Please Subscribe! Please Vote!)

Tongfu City, Barren Mountain.

The mountainside is flat and deserted, with only rugged landscapes made of rocks.

The sky in the high-risk city is as dark as ever, and there are barren lands far and near, with layers of dust blown up by the wind from time to time.

Five people No. 001 instantly appeared on a small piece of flat land among the rocks.

They quickly observed their surroundings and quickly located the hidden entrance to the "Ash Order" Tongfu City branch base.

The next moment, the leader of the Starry Sky Law Enforcement Corps immediately raised an arm and pointed like a knife, drawing a very standard circle in the mid-air in front of him.

At the moment when the circle he drew was completely closed, the originally invisible circle turned into a three-dimensional channel.

Looking into the passage, I saw a spacious and bright corridor, with primitive mountain walls on both sides, and spotlights crossed on the ground... This scene was very weird, as if another scene was forcibly photoshopped in a funny Photoshop. It was as if it was in mid-air above this pile of rocks.

The five people watched this scene calmly, but without any hesitation. After the passage appeared, they immediately maintained a vigilant formation and rushed in.

In an instant, they had entered the passage, and the wind carrying some water vapor blew from the depths. The mountain walls on both sides stood quietly and were moss-dappled.

To the naked eye, these mountain walls are formed naturally, without any trace of processing, and it is impossible to tell what is behind them.

But on the screen of the visual sensor, countless reminders about energy, monitoring, circuits, traps... are falling like a waterfall.

The leader of the Starry Sky Law Enforcement Corps said in a deep voice: "This is the branch base of the 'Ash Order' in Tongfu City."

"Be careful."

“The energy of ‘Runaway Numbers’ is very obvious here!”

"We may encounter one soon!"

The other four people had quickly adjusted their formation, nodding their heads as they covered each other.

Soon, the visual sensor showed that the scan was completed. Although there were some hidden spaces nearby, there were no clues as to the main purpose of their trip.

The group of people advanced in a shuttle formation, heading deeper into the base.

Step, step, step...

Neat and subtle footsteps echoed gently in the corridor.

The rooms hidden behind the mountain walls were forcibly opened by official technological means, and other equipment continued to scan the situation behind the doors.

The five people cooperated tacitly and searched the entire base in just ten seconds, but found nothing.

Although the portals on both sides of the mountain wall are well disguised, this base is surprisingly small, with only a few rooms!

Moreover, the layout of each room is also extremely simple.

The most important thing is that there are no traces of abandonment here. However, after their search, they found no one.

After the search was over, the five people immediately realized something was wrong.

The head of the Deep Sea Patrol immediately said: "It is the experimental subject of the 'Ash Order'."

"In addition, those four [Pioneers] should also have done something here!"

"Otherwise, we would have discovered the problem as soon as we came in."

No. 001's eyes moved slowly, looking around constantly. He nodded and said briefly: "Just one person can take action."

"Everyone else, save your energy!"

The leader of the Starry Sky Law Enforcement Corps took a step forward and said, "I'll do it."

Before he finished speaking, the energy in his body surged rapidly, like a calm sea that suddenly stirred up turbulent waves.

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The shadowless lamp shines quietly, and in the bright light, "Digital Rain", dressed as a doctor, stands beside the operating bed with a straight back, holding various sharp instruments in his hands, and is concentrating on the operation.

Click...

boom……

Buzz…

Hiss...

The occasional collision of metal instruments with each other, as well as the sound of flesh and blood being cut, intertwined.

On the operating bed, "Jiyu" was still lying motionless, but there was an extra head on each side of his neck.

The head on the left is that of a middle-aged man, and his outline is subtly similar to "Jiyu", as if he is a father and son; the head on the right is that of a middle-aged woman, and her face is the same. We can find some traces of people who have a deep blood relationship with "Jiyu".

"You unfilial son!"

"Damn thing, I shouldn't have given birth to you if I had known..."

After the two heads appeared, they didn't hesitate at all. They immediately cursed at "Jiyu" in the middle. It seemed that they hated "Jiyu" very much. It was not like they were treating their sons, but more like they were treating their enemies.

"Digital Rain" lowered his head and continued the operation, as if he had not heard what the middle-aged man and woman said at all.

Not far away, Zhou Zhen slowly slid to the ground with his back against the wall. He felt that his head would explode from the physical level at any time!

The severe pain was like the tide washing over and over again, impacting his willpower and body.

All the items around suddenly became windless and automatic.

The energy in Zhou Zhen's body was increasing rapidly, becoming more and more terrifying in terms of scale and intensity.

In the blink of an eye, he felt that his strength suddenly went up a step and entered the "eighth step"!

And this majestic energy continues to pour into his body.

Just like after defeating a world-class BOSS in the game and pouring a huge amount of experience into the character, Zhou Zhen's energy keeps growing at a high speed and moves towards the "ninth ladder".

He could feel that the realm that "Doctor Ashes" reached during his lifetime was not far ahead...

In the extreme pain, Zhou Zhen tried his best to stay awake.

This is the energy left to him by "Doctor Ashes"!

He had a very clear hunch in his heart at this moment that as long as he completely received all this energy, his energy intensity would be directly upgraded to the "ninth step"!

"The ninth ladder", plus four drops of "digital rain"...

He should be barely qualified to compete with those four [Pioneers]...

If official reinforcements can arrive in time, the crisis should be resolved...

Just as he was thinking about it, the door to the operating room was suddenly pushed open.

Subtle footsteps came from behind the medical screen, and four figures constructed purely from numbers walked in very simply.

The visitor had a clear goal and walked straight towards Zhou Zhen.

Under the shadowless lamp, "Digital Rain" dressed as a doctor was still immersed in the operation, not paying any attention to the scene in front of him.

Ta, tap, tap...

Zhou Zhen looked at the four figures and felt their approach, as if they were carrying the whisper of death.

At this critical juncture of life and death crisis, Zhou Zhen's consciousness, which was already a little blurry, suddenly woke up!

The four [Pioneers] are chasing after me!

Not even close!

He has not yet finished receiving all the energy of "Doctor Ashes"!

With his mind racing, Zhou Zhen immediately ran with all his strength towards a small door on the other side of the operating room.

However, before he even got close to the small door, all the entrances and exits around him, including the vents above his head, were instantly filled with countless numbers.

These digital creatures squirmed like living creatures and quickly completed their reorganization.

Gates, small doors, vents, sewers... all entrances and exits disappeared without a trace!

The entire operating room instantly turned into a completely enclosed secret room!

Zhou Zhen's expression changed, and he immediately gritted his teeth, resisting the severe pain that kept coming from his head, and focused his attention on a certain set of equations.

The next moment, thousands of black and red cubes suddenly appeared in the air in front of him.

The moment these cubes appeared, they immediately turned into a mighty shock wave, blasting towards the four [Pioneers] headed by "Dr. An".

The terrifying energy fluctuations slightly deformed the entire space.

However, as soon as the shock wave of [Fusion Cube] approached the four [Pioneers], it immediately decomposed into countless numbers, formulas, theorems, and graphics... They were scattered all over the sky, just like bubbles shot out by a bubble machine. After floating for a moment, they quickly collapsed. , disappeared immediately without leaving any trace.

At the same time, the leading female silhouette with shawl hair stopped not far from Zhou Zhen, and the other three digital figures also stopped.

"Dr. An", who has a feminine silhouette with shawl hair, "looks" at Zhou Zhen quietly, and emits an undulating sound wave from his head: "0000418, control him!"

The next moment, the [Pioneer], who resembled the outline of a white man from Earth, appeared in front of Zhou Zhen in an instant, raised his digital arm, and pressed Zhou Zhen's shoulders.

Zhou Zhen felt as if there were two specially made alloy arms, tightly holding him in place, holding him in place, unable to move at all.

At the same time, the energy in his body was also greatly restricted and could not be mobilized at all.

The head that was originally so painful that it was almost rolling on the ground began to recover strangely, and the pain was rapidly weakening.

Zhou Zhen was immediately shocked. Although he had only absorbed part of the energy of "Doctor Ashes", he had already reached the "Eighth Step"!

But now, the energy intensity of the "Eighth Step" is so powerful that it is unable to fight back in front of the [Pioneer], and it cannot even support a face-to-face encounter? !

At this moment, the "Digital Rain" who was dressed as a doctor and had been performing surgery suddenly stopped, and also made a harsh sound wave from his head: "Next patient!"

In an instant, Zhou Zhen's vision blurred for a while. When he could see his surroundings clearly again, he saw that he was already lying on a brand-new operating bed.

The "Digital Rain" dressed as a doctor was still covering his head tightly, holding a scalpel in his hand and standing nearby.

Where Zhou Zhen was standing just now, the [Pioneer] with the outline of a white man in his prime, that is, 0000418, was pressing a figure with more than a dozen heads with both hands. The figure looked like an ordinary human male, but the neck Like the fruits of a rich harvest, carrying a dozen heads is none other than "Jiyu"!

Zhou Zhen realized instantly that it was Doctor Ash's "Digital Rain" who came to help him!

At the same moment, 0000418 also reacted. His digital head slowly turned and "looked" at Zhou Zhen again.

Zhou Zhen frowned and immediately got up from the operating bed.

At this time, the "Digital Rain" dressed as a doctor once again sent out a sound wave: "You are not sick and should be discharged!"

The next moment, Zhou Zhen's figure disappeared directly from this airtight operating room.

The four [Pioneers] in the operating room immediately looked at the "digital rain" dressed as a doctor.

The doctor dressed as "Digital Rain" seemed oblivious. He picked up the information on the trolley next to him and took a look. Just like a real doctor rushing to perform an operation, he called the next patient's name very calmly: "Ready to begin."

At this time, 0000418 suddenly made a particularly sharp sound wave: "What a pig teammate!"

The [Pioneer], who resembled a black male in outline, also made a sound wave: "No way, we can't wake him up now."

"The same goes for those three!"

"Dr. An" ignored the two [Pioneers], but turned to look at the hazy [Pioneer] who seemed to have a foggy scene, and asked: "How is it?"

The [Pioneer], who had a female silhouette but was as mysterious as a cloud and a mountain of mist, nodded calmly.

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Some old red crosses hang high on the side of the building beside me, and a faint smell of disinfectant floats in the air.

In the flower bed not far away, there is an overhead view in the shape of a tray.

The aerial view is clearly marked: outpatient department, inpatient department, logistics department...internal medicine, surgery, orthopedics...

This is a hospital!

Zhou Zhen stood at the door of the hospital and took a look at his surroundings. He immediately understood that it was the "digital rain" of "Doctor Ash" that had just sent him out of the operating room!

He has only absorbed part of the "digital energy" left by "Doctor Ash".

But now our lives are at stake and we can no longer stay in this "digital forest"!

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhen immediately raised his feet and walked outside the hospital.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he was slightly startled.

At this moment, he appeared on a bus stop without any warning.

The holographic projection screen senses the presence of human beings and is still tirelessly explaining the route, taboos and the special meaning of the last number of this site.

On the pillars of the awning behind him, there were a few small advertisements that had not been cleaned in time.

The road in front of us is spacious and clean, the greening is very good, the branches and leaves are flourishing, and there are many types of trees, creating a very beautiful scene.

However, no one could be seen within sight, and there were obvious dark red stains in the middle of the road a little further away. Judging from the local situation, it seemed that they were scattered from high altitude, and there was also a vague fishy-sweet smell.

Zhou Zhen looked around and quickly judged that this was Binhai City!

He returned to Binhai City from Tongfu City!

At this moment, a very familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind him: "Zhou Zhen."

Zhou Zhen quickly turned his head and saw that the platform was empty just now. At some point, a familiar figure appeared. He was a middle-aged man in casual clothes, with a short haircut, brown eyes, a tall figure, and his right hand. There was a burn scar on his cheek, and the outline was subtly similar to Zhou Zhen's face.

It's Zhou Jianqiang!

Zhou Zhen was shocked. Isn't Zhou Jianqiang dead?

He also signed the other party's death notice at that time!

Thinking like this, Zhou Zhen suddenly felt that his memory was a little fuzzy. After thinking about it seriously, he quickly remembered the specific incident at that time...

After he came out of the underground morgue of the former Jinsheng Machinery Factory, he was taken back to Yaxinyuan by Zhou Jianqiang.

Without saying a few words, Zhou Jianqiang took a call and went out. Early the next morning... Zhou Jianqiang was injured and hospitalized!

As a family member, what he signed was not a death notice, but a hospitalization notice.

Next…

Zhou Jianqiang has been hospitalized all the time!

Today happens to be the day Zhou Jianqiang is discharged from the hospital!

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and shouted to Zhou Jianqiang who was walking over: "Dad!"

Zhou Jianqiang nodded towards Zhou Zhen and said in a familiar tone: "Dad will take you home."

With that said, he strode to Zhou Zhen's side, stretched out his palm, and patted Zhou Zhen's shoulder hard.

The next moment, an old-looking white speed car drove up from nowhere and stopped steadily on the ground next to the platform.

Zhou Jianqiang stretched out his hand to open the cab door, sat in simply, and raised his head to signal Zhou Zhen to get in.

Zhou Zhen looked at this scene and felt something was wrong, but at Zhou Jianqiang's urging, he quickly got into the passenger seat.

Soon, the flying car started, quickly lifted into the air, and flew in one direction.

The speed of the flying car was extremely fast. Along the way, traces of damage and destruction by some infected people were seen from time to time, but no infected person came close to the white flying car.

The scene outside the window keeps regressing, and the clear scene drags into blurred blocks of color.

Finally, the flying car began to lower its height, drove into the community with the three characters "Yaxin Garden" hanging on it, and stopped at the door of Building 51.

Due to the "digital" disaster that broke out in Binhai City, the survivors of the entire Yaxinyuan, seven or eighty-eight who have now evacuated, looked at the originally old but neat and orderly community, deserted, with many scattered on the ground that had no time to clean up. The luggage, the walls and the flying car parked in the three-dimensional garage all had varying degrees of damage, which seemed to be caused by the infected.

It was completely empty, with not a single soul in sight.

Zhou Jianqiang got off the car and took Zhou Zhen into Building 51.

They soon returned to their home, opened the door, and felt the smell of dust that had been unoccupied for a long time.

Zhou Jianqiang did not change his shoes, but took Zhou Zhen directly through the entrance hall and living room and into the second bedroom.

He found a kraft paper envelope from Zhou Zhen's computer desk with familiarity.

Seeing this old-fashioned envelope, Zhou Zhen immediately remembered that this was one of the two relics left to him by Zhou Jianqiang!

The two relics left by Zhou Jianqiang, one is a photo that seems to be a family portrait; the other is the envelope with the key in front of him.

While he was thinking about it, Zhou Jianqiang had already opened the envelope, took out the key, and handed it to Zhou Zhen. At the same time, he said, "Take out the photo."

Zhou Zhen came to his senses after hearing this. He took the key and subconsciously took out the photo that seemed to be a family portrait.

In the photo, little Zhou Zhen, who is seven or eight years old, is sitting on the railing beside the mountain road, holding a balloon. Zhou Jianqiang, who has no scar on his face, is standing next to him, with an arm protecting his son's waist and smiling brightly.

As for the woman in the light purple dress, she had a hole burned in her head by a cigarette butt, and her appearance, emotions, and emotions were invisible.

Zhou Jianqiang’s familiar voice sounded again: “Open it!”