Last Totem Novel - Chapter 12

Chapter 12 Mutation
The metal door was pitch-black, in stark contrast to the glow of the corridor.

Tie Zha took out his flashlight and shone it in. This was a circular laboratory, about five to six hundred square meters. There were several large-scale test benches in the middle, on which there were all kinds of instruments, glassware, and documents. There was a large-scale instrument in the corner. It looked like it hadn’t moved for a long time. Many open storage cabinets, file cabinets against the wall. The ground was sprinkled with all sorts of papers, and there was a chaotic scene everywhere.

After confirming that there was no one inside, the two of them entered the laboratory. The metal door shut automatically with a “brush”. The laboratory immediately sank into darkness, leaving behind only the dazzling beam of light from the flashlight. Tie Zha turned the flashlight into a faint light and whispered in Youge’s ear, “Don’t make any noise. There are others in the research facility.”

You Ge nods and leans over to hug Tie Zha’s arm, whispering, “It’s so dark ~ Sister can’t see it.”

With the light of the flashlight, they spun around the lab and found nothing worth paying attention to. You Ge just wanted to turn on the computer on the test bed to check the information, but was stopped by Tie Zha. He pointed the flashlight at the floor and analyzed the footprints on a piece of paper. “The people in front of him have searched this place. They must have taken away the most valuable things.” This is the only way out of the research facility. Let’s find a place to hide first. If they find something good in their hands, snatch it. If they don’t, wait for them to leave before searching. ”

“What if they don’t leave?” You Ge asks.

“What else can we do?” Although Tie Zha was asking her back, the meaning was very clear-‘kill ‘.

“You’re so cruel ~” You Ge sighed.

“It was you who caused this conflict, okay?” Tie Zha rolled his eyes.

“But I like it ~” You Ge blinks at him, his sparkling and translucent eyes shining with lightning.

Tie Zha didn’t dare to look into her eyes as he turned around and continued searching.

Not long after, they emptied a large file cabinet in the corner and drilled into it. After closing the cabinet door, the two of them squeezed into a small space, and their bodies were close to each other. Feeling uncomfortable, Tie Zha shifted his body and said, “Don’t lean too close.”

“No ~ This place is too small.” You Ge pressed her chest against his arm, giving him a shocking elasticity and a gentle touch.

“One day, you will pay the price.” Tie Zha threatened.

“Sister, wait.” You Ge replied with a smile.

At this time, the sound of footsteps came from outside the file cabinet. The two of them immediately quieted down and listened carefully. From far to near, it was the sound of their footsteps. After a while, the lights in the laboratory lit up. Tie Zha looked out through the labels on the file cabinet and saw a man and a woman standing in the middle of the lab. The two of them were two of the six travelers they met at the Black Fire Bar last night.

“Sister Lingling, I think we can have a good chat.” The man stared at the round butt of the woman in front of him and salivated. The sound of swallowing saliva was very vulgar.

“Third son! What do you mean?” Sister Lingling frowned and said. She turned around, hugging her chest and glaring at the man.

“When you entered the door … you secretly left a signal transmitter at the door. Don’t think that no one saw you.” Third Son grinned, his smile dark and deep.

Sister Lingling had a surprised expression at first, then she smiled charmingly. She stared at Third Son’s eyes as if they were about to drip water. In a sticky voice, she said, “Third Brother, what do you want? As long as Xin Ling can do it, Third Brother can say it ~”

The third son laughed and hugged Xin Ling’s slender waist. He whispered in her ear, “Don’t worry, I didn’t tell anyone else.”

Xin Ling gently pushed him away, “Don’t be here ~ I’m really anxious ~ Come back and find me, I promise you …”

“Young Master Tian, they are opening the safe inside. It will take at least half an hour to remove the password. There is enough time.”

“No ~ If Young Master Tian comes out, we won’t be able to tell.”

“Then I’ll go in and tell them now, you bastard!” Third Son’s expression changed as he threatened in a deep voice.

“Don’t ~ don’t ~ Alright ~ Just promise Third Brother …”

Then the lights in the entire laboratory went out, and Tie Zha stared out of the crack. A rustling sound came from the darkness …

“Ah … Ah … Third … Third Brother, it’s not here …” “I’ve never tried this place before? Haha, let Third Brother teach you today.” “No!”

Suddenly, in the darkness, a bug’s cry sounded, “Chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp”. Immediately after, a woman’s frightened voice sounded, “You! You! You are …”

“Only now do you realize that it’s already too late!” The man chuckled.

“Mm” The woman’s voice became a little strange, as if she was gritting her teeth and enduring some kind of intense pain.

Tie Zha listened attentively to the voice outside. You Ge pulled at the corner of his clothes and said faintly, “Is she beautiful? She listens so seriously …”

“That man is a mutant.” Before Tie Zha could finish speaking, a woman’s loud cry of pain came from the darkness!

You Ge inhales a breath of cold air and recalls the knowledge in the textbook. “Mutant”, also known as “Bug Mutant”, is one of the new humans that have appeared in the past 200 years.

Along with the aggravation of the environmental pollution of the earth, the land began to desertification, and a small number of humans also evolved or mutated. Some of them gained tougher life force, greater strength, faster speed, or other physical strengthening abilities. Tie Zha, for example, is one of these new humans, collectively known as the traditional evolutionaries.

Other humans have acquired the ability of insects to adapt to the planet’s increasingly harsh ecological environment. They are collectively known as bug mutants. As the name implies, they are not like human evolved forms, but human variants. Their abilities were varied, but none of them were not disgusting and frightening. Most people believe that mutants are no longer part of the human category, and many places have banned mutants from living. Therefore, they always hid their identity as mutants and mingled with the crowd.

Just as You Ge was thinking, a scream interrupted her thoughts.

“Ah! You … what did you … bring in?”

“Sister Lingling, I think your people will come soon. I have to leave a path for myself.” Third Son threatened with a sinister smile, “I injected thousands of parasite eggs into your body. If I die, these eggs will hatch and devour your flesh and blood from within.”

‘”Ah” Xin Ling muttered in pain.

“Don’t worry, we are allies now. As long as you don’t harm me, nothing will happen to us.” “But I advise you not to play tricks, and do not think that you can get it out of the hospital, otherwise you will definitely die in extreme pain.” The third son muttered to himself, “But I advise you not to play tricks, and do not think that you can get it out of the hospital.”

“Third Brother ~ I won’t harm you, please rest assured.” “As long as you are obedient, nothing will happen.” “Third Brother, Lingling will definitely be obedient …”

The two of them seemed to have reached an agreement in the darkness, and their breathing sounds began to intensify again. The chirping of insects sounded once again …

After a period of time, noisy footsteps suddenly sounded in the corridor. They hurriedly parted, tidied up their clothes, and turned on the laboratory lights.

Dozens of fully armed mercenaries armed with submachine guns rushed into the laboratory. They quickly occupied various places in the main hall, and a few of them raised their guns to aim at the third son beside Xin Ling.

“Captain, he’s one of us.” Xin Ling said to one of the older mercenaries as she stood in front of the third son.

“We don’t have any of our own.” The captain raised his gun and pointed it at the third son behind her. “Are you being coerced?”

“If it weren’t for his cooperation, you wouldn’t have been able to trace him here.”

The captain glanced at Xin Ling, put down his gun and waved his hand. The mercenaries who were aiming at the third son immediately turned their guns and aimed at a metal door in the laboratory.

“Lin Tianhua is inside deciphering the password of the safe. There are three of them. One of them is a reformer. Be careful.” Xin Ling said to the mercenary captain.

“Secretary Ye, it’s been hard on you.” With that, the captain stretched out his right hand and waved his eyebrows, saluting Xin Ling as a mercenary.

Ye Xinling nodded in response. The captain waved his hand and the mercenaries immediately moved closer to the metal doors leading to the interior of the research facility. Looking at the situation, they were prepared to launch a surprise attack on Lin Tianhua and the others inside the research facility.

You Ge looks outside through the crack in the cabinet door and silently counts the number of mercenaries. “There are eleven of them, all with submachine guns and grenades hanging on their bodies.” She turned around and whispered, “There are many of them and they have all the equipment. What should we do?”

“We shouldn’t have come.” Iron slag scratched his head and said.

You Ge is about to refute him, but suddenly there is a gunshot outside, she hurriedly looks out. The mercenaries retreated as they shot into the metal door.

“There are reformers. Everyone, be careful!”

Before the captain could finish his words, a tall and sturdy man with a dark body rushed out from the metal door! His hands were covering his head, and his entire body was sparked by the bullets. His dark skin was torn apart by the bullets, exposing the machinery and pipelines inside. He quickly approached the two mercenaries and punched one of them in the face, causing blood to splatter everywhere. The black strong man’s iron fist directly smashed the mercenary’s head away. The other mercenary next to him immediately turned around and ran away. The black robust man attacked like lightning, grabbing the collar of the escaping mercenary and pulling it back. He grabbed him by the neck and twisted it forcefully, instantly killing another person! Immediately after, the strong black man bent down and hid under the test bench.

The mercenaries lost their target and immediately stopped firing and retreated.

“Third son! Ye Xinling! You two traitors!”

The black man’s roar was deafening, as if the entire hall was trembling.

“Brother Black Tiger, please surrender in front of our comrades.” Ye Xinling gently persuaded, “You and I are both their masters. We will not make things difficult for you.”

“Don’t even think about it!” Black Tiger roared and jumped onto the test bench. He suddenly pounced towards Ye Xinling! In an instant, ten submachine guns aimed at him, and bullets poured out.

“Da da da da da da da …” The dense bullets hit the black tiger’s body, pushing him back in mid-air. The heavy body smashed into the test bench, shattering countless glassware and instruments.

At the same time, the metal door of the laboratory suddenly opened with a “brush” sound. A group of heavily armed red-clothed men poked their heads out and opened fire on the people in the laboratory!

“Dada … Dada … Dada … Dada …”

“Red Scorpion! It’s Red Scorpion.” A mercenary cried out in alarm. Before he could turn the gun, he was shot into a hornet’s nest. The rest of the mercenaries quickly found shelter and began to fight back at the captain’s organization. The two sides engaged in a fierce battle. In the blink of an eye, smoke filled the laboratory, and bullets flew everywhere …