Roger led the team to load the energy crystals.
On the other side, Fang Tianhe and Wu Yan were occupied with their tasks in the energy room.
They took out items that resembled timers and placed them in every corner of the energy room according to a certain pattern.
Then, they took out the bullets for a hand cannon and connected them with these “timers.”
Seeing this, Lin Xinghai probably understood that they were likely making bombs.
Lin Xinghai was shocked after realizing 100 hand cannon bullets were installed in the energy room.
Despite their small size, these hand cannon bullets had a power comparable to 20th-century howitzer shells. If 100 shells were to detonate at the same time, their destructive power would definitely be comparable to that of a medium-sized missile.
In the end, Fang Tianhe solemnly took out an oval metal ball from his backpack.
After pressing the start button, these metal balls rapidly extended mechanical limbs and then stood up, resembling metallic spiders.
The abdomen of this metallic spider was flashing with a red light. As the red light flashed, the timers distributed in the energy room also began to flash in red.
Soon, all the red lights flashed at the same frequency.
“Tuning is complete! One Type I Spider Bomb, combined with so many hand cannon bullets, is enough to give that mutant zombie a hard time.” Fang Tianhe finally breathed a sigh of relief at that moment.
“If its alertness isn’t high and it doesn’t escape the energy room immediately, perhaps it could be blown to death.” Wu Yan added.
In the mercenary group, Roger also took on the role of the hacker, while Wu Yan took on the role of demolition expert too.
“Let’s go quickly! I have a bad feeling about this.” Xu Haishui also spoke up. He used his werewolf ability to pick up two collapsible cases and started heading out.
Roger also quickly packed up his tools into his combat backpack and likewise picked up two collapsible cases.
Lin Xinghai originally wanted to help carry a collapsible case, but he found out that it was not light at all.
In fact, a simple calculation would have revealed the answer. The weight of the entire energy crystal was 1.5348 tons, which was equivalent to 1534.8 kilograms. Once it was cut into eight pieces, the weight of each piece would be 191.85 kilograms.
With Lin Xinghai’s 21 points in strength, it would be laborious to carry it. Plus, it would significantly lower his speed.
Of course, Fang Tianhe didn’t ask him to carry the suitcase, so in the end, Lin Xinghai didn’t need to carry it. The other person who didn’t carry the suitcase was Fang Tianhe himself.
The former was because of insufficient strength, and the latter was because of the need to maintain optimal combat effectiveness.
After the team left the energy room, they immediately jogged back the way they came.
Of course, what they call trotting, to ordinary people, meant sprinting at full speed.
At their speed, plus the zombies on the way back were cleared, they could get out in two minutes at most.
Sometimes two minutes was so short that it was not enough for a brief chat. However, at other times, it was exceptionally long, long enough to determine life or death.
Less than 20 seconds before they left the energy room, Wu Yan heard the piercing alarm sound in his combat backpack.
In his backpack, there was a small zombie detector rendered completely useless due to the interference from the energy crystal stone.
But now, the energy crystal stone had stabilized and was no longer emitting an energy field, so the zombie detector was able to function properly.
Upon hearing the alarm, the complexion of everyone in the room changed. Different alarms sounded from the zombie detector, indicating the emergence of different types of zombies.
Even a newbie like Lin Xinghai, who was performing his first mission, remembered the alarm.
It was the alarm that only sounded when a mutant zombie appeared!
“The detection range of this small zombie detector is only 300 meters.” Wu Yan said with a slight tremble in his voice.
300 meters was such a close distance at the formidable speed of the mutant zombie.
If the team didn’t have a backup plan, they most probably would face their doom here.
Everyone sprinted at full speed without needing a command.
Boom!
They had only just run a few dozen meters when a deafening roar came from behind them. The ground shook violently.
Lin Xinghai glanced back and his pupils suddenly shrank. The corridor showed signs of collapse. A violent shock wave mixed with flames swept toward them along the corridor at high speed.
“Hurry, hurry, the stairs are right in front.” Fang Tianhe shouted. At the same time, he turned around to help the two members at the back of the team carrying the collapsible case.
On the other hand, Lin Xinghai immediately activated his speed ability.
He didn’t have the strength to help others carry their collapsible case, so he could run to the front of the team, kick open the fire door, and save the team a little time in opening the door.
Fortunately, they were not far from the stairs. Before the shock wave reached them, they barely managed to reach the second basement floor.
“It seems like we had installed too many explosives.” Wu Yan laughed sheepishly.
Things would turn out bad if they were a little slower in their escape.
Moreover, with vibrations continually coming from beneath their feet and the collapse still ongoing, if they didn’t run out in time, they might end up buried.
“Not much. The mutant zombie is not dead yet.” Fang Tianhe said, continuing to lead the team forward. The alarm of the zombie detector in Wu Yan’s combat backpack was still going off!
At this moment, many zombies on the second basement floor were disturbed and began to wander out. Fang Tianhe had already returned the collapsible case to the two team members and was clearing the path ahead with his saber.
At the same time, he was also using the wrist computer in his hand to call for assistance from Shen Han, who was standing by above.
At this moment, Lin Xinghai’s marksmanship finally came into play. He continuously fired his gun in coordination with Fang Tianhe, killing the wandering zombies and allowing the team to maintain a high speed as they moved forward.
But there was not a trace of relief on anyone’s face because they all had the feeling of a chilling threat looming over them.
The stronger the perception, the more obvious this feeling became.
“Why does it seem to be completely uninjured? Its speed has not dropped at all. 200 meters, 180 meters, 150 meters, 130 meters…”
Lin Xinghai turned around and looked back. At some point, Wu Yan took out a small zombie detector from the combat backpack. Every data he reported was like a calling from hell.
When they ran to the stairs on the second floor of the basement, the mutant zombie was only 110 meters away from them.
At this moment, a hint of despair rose in Lin Xinghai’s eyes. Given the speed of the mutant zombies, it was uncertain whether they could even make it back to the first basement floor, let alone escape back to the shelter.
However, what filled Lin Xinghai in greater despair was that when they reached the first basement floor through the staircase, the remaining zombies in the assembly workshop had gathered at the stairway above.
It made the situation much worse!
“Follow me and jump up. There’s still time!” Fang Tianhe said, leaping directly onto the fixture next to him that connected to the spacecraft, then pushing off again to jump upward, heading straight for the alloy ceiling above.
At first, Lin Xinghai was stunned, but soon he saw Fang Tianhe’s entire body enveloped in a black glow.
He triggered his ability: Sky Fracture!
With a hissing sound, like a hot knife slicing through butter, the hard alloy ceiling immediately turned to dust upon contact with the black glow.
In this way, Fang Tianhe used his ability to create a path and jumped to the 1st basement floor.
This also opened up a path to survival for the members following behind.