Chapter 451: Deep Sea Explosion
Dr. Deng was a smart man. He knew Xu Huo was already tempted, just weighing whether he was worth the risk.
He brought over the suitcase he had with him. This suitcase had been left here last night; he hadn't taken it when he crossed the corpse storage with the Kong siblings.
From inside, he took out a low-temperature glass tube containing a dead blue spider. Pinching the metal handle at the top, he held it up and said, "This highly venomous spider can kill an adult within three seconds."
"It's dead," Chu Yuan said, leaning in for a closer look.
Dr. Deng pushed his face away. "This is a spider particularly sensitive to temperature. It has its own temperature regulation system. Below a certain value, it enters a state of suspended animation. When the temperature rises, it comes back to life. Since individuals vary, specific experiments are needed to determine the exact threshold, but human body temperature is enough to revive it. So you have to be careful when handling it."
Xu Huo and Chu Yuan both took a step back.
"Can it bite through protective gear?" Chu Yuan asked as he watched.
"No matter how venomous, it's still just a spider. A slightly thicker piece of cardboard would stop it." Dr. Deng put the glass tube down and picked up two others. "These are leaves from a plant that releases a paralytic toxin. Whether ingested or entering through a wound, they can stiffen a person's limbs within three minutes, and it takes at least half an hour to slowly recover."
"You came well prepared." Xu Huo looked at him with a half-smile. "You really don't have a ticket?"
Dr. Deng replied, "Even if I did have a ticket, I wouldn't dare ride the player train alone."
Xu Huo took the spider and also smeared the leaf juice onto his blade. But relying on these alone wouldn't be enough to deal with the Kong siblings; there were too many uncontrollable factors.
Just then, Wu Xiaonan came over from the corridor, holding her stomach. "What are you still doing here? Are you really not looking for the potion anymore?"
"Can't find it, don't want to waste the effort." Xu Huo said directly. "You should save your energy and rest more."
Wu Xiaonan leaned against the wall and sat down, resting for a while before standing up again. "Forget it, this is pointless. I'll go get them."
"I'll go with you," Xu Huo offered, standing up.
He stood, and Chu Yuan and Dr. Deng followed suit. The four of them walked together towards the corpse storage.
Gan Qing and Qiu Xiangdong were resting. When they saw Dr. Deng, Qiu Xiangdong asked, "Doctor, do you really think the potion is here?"
Dr. Deng said helplessly, "I'm just guessing, not sure. This lab has been searched over and over; it might not be here."
Gan Qing looked disappointed at this and was about to say something when the Kong siblings suddenly appeared in front of the elevator door, which was some distance away from them.
"What's going on?!" He shot to his feet, but his legs gave way, and he fell to his knees.
Before the group could even process the shock of the Kong siblings' sudden appearance, Gan Qing's fall drew everyone's attention.
With one incident after another, Qiu Xiangdong and Wu Xiaonan retreated towards Xu Huo. Xu Huo signaled Chu Yuan to pull Gan Qing up and slowly move towards the corridor, while he himself took out "Plant's Lament" and the Crimson Sword. Amidst the piercing noise, he swung the blade at the two people ahead!
The moment the sword was swung, the two who had been facing away from him suddenly fled in opposite directions. Qiu Xiangdong raised a shield to block the sword's cutting plane, while Wu Xiaonan reached out towards him: "Health exercise..."
Before she could finish, the strings had already tightened around her neck. Xu Huo then used the small note launcher to fire the spider at her.
The third underground floor was now filled with dust, impairing both sight and sound. Although Wu Xiaonan had dodged the sword strike, she was injured and couldn't move as fast as Qiu Xiangdong. So Xu Huo chose her as his target, launching a continuous assault to kill her as quickly as possible.
Wu Xiaonan couldn't see and was also disturbed by the noise. Out of self-preservation, she shifted from her original position the moment the strings caught her. But Xu Huo had already predicted where she would dodge; he aimed for her escape route, and she ran right into the spider.
After being bitten, Wu Xiaonan shook her hand frantically, but she only managed to tear off the strings before collapsing to her knees. However, before she fell, she released a gymnastics ball. The object rolled rapidly across the floor towards Xu Huo, and when it was three meters away, it suddenly bounced up!
Xu Huo swung his sword to knock the gymnastics ball away, but was met with a water belt. He barely managed to grab the retrieved strings to leap into the air, when he heard Chu Yuan shout "Watch out!" from behind. Looking up, he was pulled forward by an unseen force!
This was Kong Cheng's "Random Grab!"
He slid forward uncontrollably. The strings couldn't counteract this force. Although Chu Yuan behind him grabbed him in time, he too was dragged forward.
At that moment, Qiu Xiangdong closed in from the side, while Kong Hui charged from the front. Xu Huo blocked the front, using his sword to stop Qiu Xiangdong. But as they were locked in a stalemate, Kong Hui was already upon him!
Unsure if the Crimson Sword could withstand two attacks, especially since Kong Hui's item level was not low, he pulled out a white cube and held it up in front of him:
"Clang! Clang!"
The moment Kong Hui's twin swords struck the white cube, they shattered into two pieces. This impressive result surprised not only Kong Hui and the others, but also Xu Huo. Seizing the opportunity, Chu Yuan first teleported Qiu Xiangdong away, then threw something at Kong Hui.
Unable to see what he threw, Kong Hui retreated. Xu Huo successfully made it into the corridor. He took out a short cabinet he had previously stored in the luggage compartment, stuffed Dr. Deng inside, gave him a ticket for Zone 011, and then covered the cabinet with an automatic raft. At the same time, he put on a leather suit himself, pulled the zipper on his chest all the way up to his head, and flicked a lighter towards the end of the corridor.
"Holy shit!" Chu Yuan and Gan Qing shouted in unison, but their voices were swallowed by the successive explosions that followed!
The third underground floor, filled with dust, was a perfect breeding ground for explosions. Xu Huo had placed flammable materials here in advance. The moment the flame ignited, a chain of explosions erupted.
Even Xu Huo, standing in the corridor, was caught in the blast within moments. The suit he was wearing was an item he had taken from the Black Shirt player. Although it sealed him off from breathing, it had defensive capabilities. Without this item, he wouldn't have dared to detonate the third underground floor so recklessly.
As he was swept away by the explosion, he turned and hugged the cabinet where Dr. Deng was hiding.
The laboratory was sturdier than he had imagined. The force of the blast only cracked part of the outer shell's seams on the third underground floor. The gas, with nowhere to escape, surged back into the elevator and the adjacent corridor, carrying people into the western half of the lab and shattering all the observation glass!
Xu Huo felt himself being thrown into the water, but was immediately pushed back into the lab by the intense pressure of the incoming seawater. The two forces converged inside and outside the lab, forming a powerful vortex that sent him crashing around in all directions.
(Chapter End)