Chapter 17

Groups A and B of the guards rushed to the second floor, staring in horror at Balota's disfigured corpse.

"Vice Director Balota was actually killed?!"

"What happened here?"

"Where did the enemy go?"

"Why is there no response from the surveillance room!"

"Go and ask Dr. Lin Weixian immediately."

"Group C found Dr. Lin Weixian's body!"

"Oh my god..."

All the guards gasped, their faces filled with horror. Was all this done by Subject Zero, who they thought was completely incapable of fighting?! The entire base was thrown into chaos by Subject Zero alone. Important leaders were either gone or dead, and the guards were stunned to find that no one was giving orders.

Wasn't the test subject brainwashed? Could it be that he harbored hostility all along, waiting for an opportunity to strike?

Thinking of this possibility, the guards were shocked to realize that Han Xiao had been hiding in plain sight, like a sharp knife hanging over their heads, ready to take their lives at any moment, like a killer lurking in the shadows, while they had been completely unaware, even ignoring Han Xiao's existence.

Everyone was immediately filled with fear and broke out in a cold sweat.

"Don't panic, there's only one enemy. Conduct a carpet search and you have permission to fire freely. Group A go to the armory, Group B check the surveillance room, Group C go to the laboratory to protect the experimental data, and Group D guard the gate. No matter what Subject Zero wants to do, if he wants to escape, he will go to the gate. Move out!"

At the critical moment, the leader of Group A took over command, his mind clear, and gave orders loudly.

The instructions were clear, and the guards immediately acted. The base had sixty armed personnel, divided into four groups, A, B, C, and D. They usually held different positions, but would quickly assemble in case of an emergency.

However, Han Xiao had multiple plans to deal with various situations.

"Boom!"

A muffled sound suddenly came from below, and every guard felt the ground shake. The leader of Group A was shocked and hurriedly asked, "What's going on?!"

Fierce gunfire mixed with hurried shouts came from the intercom, "Group C encountered the enemy in the laboratory. I repeat, Group C encountered the enemy in the laboratory. Damn it, Subject Zero detonated a grenade. The laboratory is on fire!"

"Where did he get the grenade?!" The leader of Group A was furious. He and his team were guarding the armory door, and no one had come at all.

"Reinforcements, send reinforcements immediately! Which group is the closest?"

"We in Group B are also on the third underground level. The surveillance room is out of order. We are rushing to the location of the firefight!"

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On the third underground level, Han Xiao hid around a corner in the corridor. The laboratory ten meters away was billowing with black smoke and raging flames. He had bombed it with three grenades tied together, incinerating the Valkyrie experiment data. More than ten guards from Group C were firing at the corner where he was hiding.

After killing Balota, Han Xiao did not go directly to the gate, but instead returned to the third underground level in the opposite direction. He knew that the guards would have set up an inescapable net, starting a carpet search from the upper levels, and rushing up rashly would inevitably lead to an ambush.

Since the plan to escape secretly was not feasible, Han Xiao could only change his plan. The laboratory was on the third underground level, where all the experimental data was stored. It could be said to be the core area of the entire base. Blowing it up would disrupt the enemy's deployment to some extent.

What, you want to ask where his grenades came from?

He had basically assembled and researched all the equipment in the armory. In the process, it wasn't difficult to steal some gunpowder and steel balls from the grenades and secretly make new grenades to hide.

Shoddy workmanship and counterfeiting, soul talent, you know.

"There are still 77 pistol bullets and five homemade grenades."

Han Xiao checked his equipment. His firepower was limited. He quickly peeked out from the corner of the wall, then immediately retreated. Bullets swept over immediately. If he had been 0.5 seconds slower, he would have been hit by two or three bullets.

"Twelve guards, three Lyt n9 submachine guns, nine Type 73 Wasp pistols, more firepower than me."

Han Xiao's eyes turned. A minute had passed since the attack on the laboratory, and Group B would arrive within three minutes. He shouldn't have known this information, but Han Xiao picked up a walkie-talkie from the guards' corpses, thereby learning of the enemy's deployment.

The guards didn't realize for a while that the walkie-talkie had leaked their actions due to the suddenness of the incident.

Han Xiao activated a grenade, threw it out, and a loud explosion rang out. The guards from Group C hurriedly found cover to hide, and the gunfire stopped for a moment.

That was the opportunity he wanted. Han Xiao's face was stern, his mechanical arm in front of him, and he rushed out in big strides, quickly closing the distance between the two sides.

Before the smoke cleared, Han Xiao broke through the smoke and rushed to a guard. His mechanical iron fist hit the opponent's abdomen, and the guard vomited a mouthful of blood with fragments of internal organs. This punch took away more than half of the target's health, directly disintegrating the enemy's combat effectiveness.

"Shoot! Shoot!"

Gunfire erupted. Han Xiao grabbed the guard's body and pushed forward. The other enemies did not hesitate to fire, shooting the guard's back with spewing blood, turning him into a pile of rotten flesh.

Relying on the meat shield for cover, Han Xiao successfully closed the distance, like a tiger in a flock of sheep. His mechanical arm roared, and a punch and a kick could break the guards' bones and tendons, and he fiercely killed three people.

The guards from Group C hurriedly dispersed and opened the distance. Han Xiao rolled while raising his mechanical arm to block. The bullets dinged and clanged as they were deflected by the metal, and the durability value dropped like water. He drew his pistol and counterattacked, emptying a magazine, instantly killing three guards.

At this moment, Han Xiao's arm and thigh suddenly felt a pain.

[You were hit in the right arm by a Type 73 Wasp pistol! Received 17 points of damage!]

[You were hit in the left leg by a Lyt n9 submachine gun! Received 21 points of damage!]

[You have been shot! In a state of minor bleeding, losing 1 health point per second, lasting 15 seconds, please bandage as soon as possible!] x2

Gunshot damage has a high probability of causing a bleeding effect, which is very troublesome in the early stages.

Han Xiao's eyes narrowed slightly. He had been mentally prepared for this. At this time, he was a little grateful for Balota's torture, which had made him used to the pain, and the injury did not affect his actions. Han Xiao didn't have time to find cover and waste time shooting at others. He gritted his teeth and directly pulled out a grenade and threw it out. The agents hurriedly lay down, and the gunfire stopped again.

"Boom!" The explosion of the grenade made Han Xiao's eardrums ache. He roared and pounced out again.

A minute later, all the guards from Group C died under his light power armor arm, at the cost of being shot five times. After the battle, he hurriedly bandaged his wounds, losing a total of 110 health points, more than a third.

After leaving the combat state, health would recover at an extremely slow rate.

"Fighting head-on is too costly. It would be great if I had active skills. Basic Fighting and Basic Shooting only provide passive bonuses."

Han Xiao shook his head and took out the walkie-talkie.

"Group C, Group C, respond quickly, what's the situation?"

Han Xiao pinched his throat and said, "Cough, cough, Group C suffered heavy casualties and has blocked the target in the laboratory. The target has been shot, come and reinforce quickly!" As he spoke, he picked up the submachine gun on the ground and swept around at random, creating the illusion of fierce gunfire.

"Okay, hold on, Group B is on the way!" The other party did not doubt him. Han Xiao's silent and taciturn image was deeply rooted in other people's hearts, and they did not expect Han Xiao to play this kind of strategy.

Han Xiao tied the remaining three grenades together and hung them on the door of the laboratory. A thin line hung from the pull ring, making a simple booby trap. As long as the door was opened, it would explode. Then he placed a table horizontally as cover, quickly searched the corpses around for a large number of magazines, reloaded the three submachine guns, placed them by his side, took the pistol and fired randomly to create the illusion of a firefight, and waited behind the cover for the enemy to break in.

Noisy footsteps came from far to near, and with a bang, the door was kicked open.

"Boom!"

The violent explosion arrived as expected, the flames expanded, and the shock wave blew away broken glass, bullet casings, and gravel, mixed with several screams!

Without saying a word, Han Xiao picked up a submachine gun in each hand, took advantage of the dust cover to rush to the door, stretched the muzzle out of the door, and swept back and forth on the walls on both sides. The smoke filled the air and cut off the line of sight. The muffled sound of bullets hitting flesh continued to ring out until the magazines were empty, and the surroundings became quiet.

The standard way to break in is usually one person kicks the door open, and the others hide next to the door. Although Group B was lucky enough to avoid the first round of grenades, they could not avoid the subsequent sweep.

The kill information on the panel brushed more than a dozen.

Group B was almost completely annihilated, leaving only three guards who had not yet died. They fell in a pool of blood, their eyes wide open, filled with shock and astonishment as they saw Han Xiao walking out of the smoke.

He even knew how to use booby traps. Was this still the low-key and dull Subject Zero test subject?!

Han Xiao fired three shots in a row, sending the three back to their hometown.

"What's going on with the explosion? What's the situation?!" The leader of Group A shouted loudly.

Han Xiao randomly picked up a few guns and fired wildly, pretending to be flustered and said, "Group B was ambushed and is fighting the enemy in the laboratory, requesting support, requesting support!"

"Group A will reinforce immediately." The leader of Group A was taken aback and led his team all the way down to the third floor laboratory. The leader of Group A was always uneasy, feeling that he had missed some key point.

It wasn't until he arrived on the third floor that the leader of Group A suddenly realized something and hurriedly said, "Everyone pay attention, Subject Zero may have invaded our communication network. From now on, everything will be based on my instructions!"

The team members' faces changed drastically, and they realized the possibility that Subject Zero had obtained the walkie-talkie.

It was really because Han Xiao's previous image was too silent, that they had overlooked the loophole.

If Subject Zero had obtained the walkie-talkie, then the request for help from Group B just now might also be fake, and none of the other members of Group B had spoken from beginning to end.

An incredible guess emerged in the mind of the leader of Group A. Could it be that Groups B and C were all wiped out by Subject Zero?

He shuddered.

If this was the case, wouldn't Subject Zero have single-handedly killed half of the base's defense force? He didn't want to believe this guess, but all the clues told him that no matter how incredible it was, this was the truth!

He could almost conclude that the "Group B member" just now was definitely an imposter of Subject Zero, with the purpose of luring Group A into a trap?

Or did Subject Zero just want to divert Group A so that he could go to the gate and escape the base?

The leader of Group A hurriedly said, "Group D, report back, is there anything unusual at the gate?"

"Not for the time being."

The leader of Group A breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't be led by the nose by Subject Zero. More than half of the guards had been killed and the situation was out of control. It was no longer realistic to hope that the remaining manpower could eliminate Subject Zero. He had to notify Ms. Hella immediately!

"Group A, listen to the order, return to the gate immediately!"

The leader of Group A made a decision. He decided to gather everyone to guard the gate and wait for the organization's reinforcements. This was the most prudent and foolproof method.

No matter what Subject Zero wanted to do, as long as he couldn't escape, it would be a deadly trap!