Hearing Jiang Baimian's full-throated shout, Bai Chen turned around and ran towards the corridor leading to the laboratory exit.
She didn't stay where she was, waiting to be carried away by her companion in the military exoskeleton, because in this chaotic situation, and unsure when Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong would catch up, she had to lead the way for Jiang Baimian, lest the team leader pick the wrong direction and waste time.
Different scenarios require different handling!
Almost simultaneously, a series of banging sounds came from the direction of the freezer, as the guard robots withdrawn from the main experimental area were "awakened" by some disturbance, and attempted to rush back to deal with the illegal intruders.
However, the broken metal door blocked their advance, and the layers of obstacles piled up outside separated that area from the "Old Task Force."
Jiang Baimian locked onto Bai Chen's back, while guarding against "Future's" possible interference with the military exoskeleton, and also maximizing the power of the equipment on her body, assisting her in running wildly.
They only had a little over fifty seconds, or even less.
On the other side, Shang Jianyao fell from the ceiling, with the "Six Senses Beads" on one hand and the simple discharge device in the other.
At this moment, those shadows that occasionally protruded and retracted, unable to be touched, had all disappeared, leaving only scorched marks.
But in Shang Jianyao's senses, the ceiling still exuded a certain silence, as if the power of "darkness" would soon erode again.
The opened crack would not be closed so easily.
Shang Jianyao did a somersault in mid-air, forcibly adjusting his balance.
As soon as he landed, he immediately ran towards the jogging Long Yuehong, and clamped him under his arm.
Rumble!
The guard robots in the freezer area began to attack the metal door destroyed by the "Old Task Force."
Cracks quickly appeared there, and the whole thing was teetering.
Bang bang bang!
Jiang Baimian caught up to Bai Chen.
But she didn't rush to pick up her teammate, but from a distance of dozens of meters, she used the electromagnetic weapon attached to the military exoskeleton on the laboratory exit door.
A silver-white lightning-entwined bullet shot out, instantly hitting the center of the metal door.
In the loud bang, spider web-like cracks spread around the point of impact.
Immediately following, Long Yuehong, clamped by Shang Jianyao, used the laser emitter.
A highly condensed red light went from far to near, accurately landing on the spot where the metal door was hit by the electromagnetic weapon.
Silently, the corresponding position was completely pierced, and signs of melting appeared in the surrounding area.
Jiang Baimian, slowing down to run alongside Bai Chen, saw this scene, shouldered the individual combat rocket launcher, and using the auxiliary chip's calculation, outlined a trajectory in her mind.
Rumble!
The rocket she fired hit the place on the laboratory door that had been continuously attacked.
In the violent explosion, the metal door, which already had many cracks, disintegrated, and several metal fragments flew out.
Rumble! Rumble!
The guard robots in the freezer area also blasted open the partition door and the innermost two layers of obstacles.
With red lights in their eyes, they forcibly invaded the main experimental area, either jumping high or charging straight ahead.
At this time, Jiang Baimian had already grabbed Bai Chen, and together with the arriving Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, and the castrated version of "Source Brain," they made two consecutive large jumps, and came to the semi-collapsed door.
Without any hesitation, they bent down and stepped "over the hurdle."
Rumble! Rumble!
The guard robots reached the position in the main experimental area facing the laboratory door, and fired multiple grenades in this direction.
The "Old Task Force" members jumped high and rolled, avoiding this round of attacks in advance.
They quickly returned to the stairwell leading to the ground.
At this point, only ten seconds had passed since the self-destruct signal was generated.
But what was worrying was that warning lights emitting dazzling red light gradually lit up in the laboratory.
Seeing this, the castrated version of "Source Brain" reminded them as he ran:
"The time for the delay signal to be responded to is likely to be shorter than expected!"
After all, his understanding of the firewall was not deep enough, and it was not surprising that something unexpected would happen.
Hiss, Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, and Jiang Baimian all clenched their teeth instantly, only Shang Jianyao, remained unchanged in the face of Taishan's collapse.
In the sound of metal colliding with the walls, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao, each carrying a companion, used the walls on the side of the stairs as a springboard, and with just one jump, one step, and one bounce, they agilely went from the next floor to the previous floor.
They did not relax at all, repeating this action, traversing the stairs one section at a time, while the guard robots with red lights in their eyes chased below.
Soon, they returned to the ground floor, rushed out of the stairwell, and entered the hall paved with marble tiles.
Rumbled!
A muffled explosion like thunder came from underground, and the entire small building showed obvious shaking.
Plumes of dust followed, and pieces of wall tiles slid down weakly.
Rumbled!
Eye-catching cracks appeared in the ground and walls.
Feeling that the building was beginning to collapse, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao used all their strength to jump towards the door in the middle of the hall.
In mid-air, they activated the jet devices at the same time, as if being pushed hard by an invisible hand.
This accelerated their speed outwards and the time they spent in the air, helping them not only jump out of the front door of the small building, but also "fly" to the outer area of the courtyard.
Boom!
Jiang Baimian and the others had just landed, rolling forward, when the small building behind them collapsed, and all the guard robots with red lights in their eyes were buried inside.
There was no need to look back, the corresponding scene had already appeared in the minds of Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian through the military exoskeleton's "Comprehensive Early Warning System."
"Withdraw from the ruins directly!" Jiang Baimian ran wildly without looking back, still carrying Bai Chen.
She was not sure how long it would take for "Future's" interference with electromagnetism to recover after the "New World" node was destroyed, nor did she know whether this unaffected state was only limited to the laboratory, and would soon be attacked after coming out, so she could only issue an order to quickly evacuate the No. 13 ruins of the wasteland and stay away from this dangerous place.
Bang, bang, bang, Shang Jianyao, Jiang Baimian, and the castrated version of "Source Brain" ran along the original road towards the park with the artificial lake in a desperate escape, regardless of power consumption.
On the way, they did not entangle with the gathered "Heartless Ones," and forcibly bypassed them by relying on their ability to climb walls and walk on roofs.
At this time, the sun had almost completely sunk below the horizon, and the afterglow only shone in the distance.
When night completely fell, the "Old Task Force," along with the castrated version of "Source Brain," finally got rid of the pursuit of a few strange creatures and some "Heartless Ones," returned to the park, and entered the cave through the gate.
They ran a distance further, until they saw the few crates that the team used to hold the military exoskeleton and bionic intelligent armor, then slowed down and stopped.
"Almost..." Long Yuehong, who was put down by Shang Jianyao, wanted to wipe away a cold sweat, but his raised left hand could only touch the cold scales of the "Black Swamp Iron Serpent" bionic intelligent armor.
What he wanted to say was that he and the others were almost buried in the laboratory, crushed into bloody meat pies.
"Yeah..." Jiang Baimian didn't know whether to praise herself and the others for trying their best, and holding nothing back at the critical moment, thus creating a chance of survival, or whether to take out Shang Jianyao's Diagram of the Heavenly Venerable's Blessing and sincerely praise it.
She proposed the plan to bombard the "New World" node with high current in a state of bold hypothesis and careful verification. Although there was a certain basis, she didn't have much confidence. At that time, she was watching with sweaty palms.
The result proved her judgment, and also made her feel very fortunate, and wanted to find the Heavenly Venerable to "repay her vows."
Bai Chen glanced at the castrated version of "Source Brain," still covered with the electromagnetic shielding suit, parked in the rear, and then sighed:
"Every step lacked sufficient confidence, and accidents could happen at any time, but it was ultimately successful."
Similar experiences were rare even when she was a relic hunter, because most people with too many such experiences had basically died.
People who are always dancing on the edge of a cliff will inevitably fall off the cliff.
After calming down and thinking about it, Long Yuehong's expression suddenly became a little strange.
"We, we knocked down another building, a building hiding great secrets," he said hesitantly.
First there was Building 4, Area 2 of the Changhe City United Steel Plant Family Quarter and the No. 2 Food Company of Tieshan City, and now there is the secret laboratory of Home City, Fahe Greater Region.
"Coincidence, coincidence, isn't the Home Reproductive Medical Center still intact?" Jiang Baimian responded guiltily.
As soon as she finished speaking, Shang Jianyao suddenly made a "hahaha" sound.
"What are you laughing at?" Jiang Baimian asked suspiciously and vigilantly.
Shang Jianyao laughed up to the sky and said:
"I laugh at 'Future' being foolish and unwise, it could have directly activated the self-destruct device and blown us up, but it had to give us fourteen days, wanting to see us go hungry and thirsty.
"Now it's messed up, right?"
"Maybe it just didn't want to give up that laboratory unless it really had no other choice," Jiang Baimian speculated.
"It also had plenty of opportunities to sabotage or interfere with us during our attempts to save ourselves," Shang Jianyao insisted on his own opinion.
At this time, the silent castrated version of "Source Brain" turned to them and said:
"Maybe it also has some kind of restriction, and can't directly attack or influence humans.
"Just like me back then, I couldn't personally deal with those researchers, but accidents could."