Chapter 2: Deep into the Hive

  As she approached the entrance of the hive, Muxin Xing arrived at the top hall of the institute. At this moment, all the lights in the hall had been turned on by the special task force that had entered earlier.

  On one wall, the windows were displaying some scenes of the city above the institute, and those images were extremely realistic, even the sounds of cars passing by were played out in real-time. Walking to the side and looking at everything outside the window, if it weren't for knowing clearly that he was currently deep underground in the Wolong City Institute, Muxin Xing would have thought he had arrived at an ordinary office building.

  Just as Mudan Xing was marveling at the advanced working environment of the Umbrella Corporation, the accelerated armor's detection system transmitted a data report indicating that there were no toxic gases in the air. Upon hearing this news, Mudan Xing slightly let out a breath, after all, the T-virus existing in the air was really too dangerous.

  It seems that the T-virus that had previously existed in the air was completely eradicated during the thorough disinfection of the Umbrella Corporation's research facility, along with over 500 unfortunate employees who worked there.

  The doors of an elevator in the hall had been forcibly opened by the Ambrella Special Forces who entered earlier! Mochizuki came to the edge of the already open elevator door, looked down at the dark and bottomless elevator shaft, and found through the night vision device on his helmet that an elevator was stuck between floors and couldn't move. Moreover, the winch equipment used for lifting the elevator had been clearly destroyed.

  The entire room hasn't lost power yet, which means Alice and her group haven't reached the Flame Queen's main server room to shut it down. Most of the zombies should still be locked in individual rooms without coming out.

  It's time to take action now, anyway, I've already been discovered by the Flame Queen. Muxin Xing stretched out his hand and grabbed the cable of the elevator motor, and at the same time, he slid down through the elevator shaft towards the top of the damaged elevator, which would save more time this way.

  After a loud noise, Mochuan Xing had already landed steadily on the top of the elevator. At this time, the surroundings were still pitch black, and he discovered through the instruments on his accelerated armor that there were seven zombies squeezed inside the damaged elevator at this moment.

  It seems that these people were riding in this elevator at the time, but unfortunately, Flame Queen stopped the elevator suddenly to eliminate T-virus from air circulation system, and as a result, they all died inside the elevator.

  In order to take a look at what these zombies looked like with his own eyes, Muxu Xing lightly opened the maintenance exit located on top of the elevator.

  When the small maintenance exit at the top of the elevator was slowly opened, the zombies inside heard the sound from above and immediately lifted their heads to look up. They saw that this group of pale-faced guys were staring at the ceiling with low growls coming out of their mouths. Although Mo Dust Star had mentally prepared himself beforehand, he was still slightly startled by the scene of the zombies roaring in front of him. After all, this was his first time seeing these terrifying corpses up close and still moving.

  After calming himself down quickly, Mochizuki was about to head down to the elevator. However, it was clear that the small maintenance exit on top of the elevator wouldn't be able to accommodate his Acceleration Armor-clad body. But he immediately thought of a convenient solution.

  The accelerator armor on the left arm suddenly extended, and Edman's blade cut through the air. Mu Chen Xing looked at the sharp blade and smiled. Then he cut down towards the top of the elevator, and with a loud screeching sound, a large metal plate was completely cut off from the top of the elevator.

  At this time, the gap at the top of the elevator was completely passable for Mo Dust in his acceleration armor, but next came another troublesome thing - those few zombies standing on the elevator and staring up at Mo Dust. They looked like they were waiting for Mo Dust to jump down and feed himself to them.

  While Mo Xun's method of dealing with them was also very simple, after putting away Edmanli's blade, he took the metal plate cut from the top of the elevator and stretched it into the elevator, then started a fierce strike on the heads of those few zombies.

  The weight of the metal plate plus the accelerating armor's power unleashed a destructive force that was truly terrifying. The zombies' heads would burst open like broken eggs as soon as they were hit, and their brains and polluted blood splattered everywhere around the elevator.

  After shooting those few zombies dead, Mu Chen Xing jumped down from the top of the elevator. When he stepped on a zombie's body, seeing the elevator full of zombies with exploded heads and the bloodstains on the surrounding walls still made him feel somewhat nauseous.

  After forcibly opening the elevator door with his hands, Mo Dun Xing walked out of the elevator and looked up at the floor display above the door. He found himself currently located on the third underground floor, it seemed that his luck was still not bad, this was already very close to the location of Huo Yan Huang. He took another look around, at this time the entire area was filled with the corpses of hive workers.

  It was as if they had heard the footsteps of Muxu Star, and these originally quiet lying zombies slowly crawled up from the ground one by one. Dragging their slow footsteps, their mouths constantly emitting low roars with unclear meaning, they slowly gathered towards Muxu Star, the living person who dared to enter their territory.

  In some rooms sealed with glass, at this moment, the zombies inside can be seen through the glass, and they all stand up, slowly approaching the glass, and hitting it straight on, as if they are eager to join the zombie army of Xingchen.

  There's no time to waste here, Mochizuki knew that in a short while Alice and the others would shut down the Flame Queen's power source, at which point the sealed zombies inside the room would be released. Things would get messy then!

  After taking a look at the current situation in the corridor, Muxin Xing found that it was not yet time to use the pulse gun. The power was too great and if used here would destroy the glass in the room, releasing the zombies inside which would be counterproductive. Moreover, using it to deal with the dozens of zombies on this floor seemed a bit excessive.

  The two Edelmann blades installed on the left forearm suddenly extended again, looking at the surrounding zombies slowly closing in. Wearing the Acceleration Armor, Muxin Xing showed a murderous smile through his helmet and said: "Kill!"

  Then swiftly moved towards the nearest zombie to itself.

  The slow-moving zombie didn't even have time to react, and the somewhat rotten head was instantly cut off by Edman's unstoppable blade. The body, now without a head to control it, still took a few steps forward out of inertia before finally falling down.

  However, the other zombies around them slowly began to close in. At this time, Mochizuki started a big killing spree. It was seen that wherever Edomani's blade passed, the zombies were either beheaded or cut in half.

  There were several more zombies that were directly kicked to the wall by Mo Dust Star, thanks to the acceleration armor. The force of Mo Dust Star's kick combined with the weight and speed of the armor was as deadly as a battering ram. The fate of the kicked zombies was extremely miserable, their entire body was blown open by the massive force, and their internal organs and dark red blood stained the wall red.

  After the last zombie in the corridor of Mucen Star was eliminated, the corridor had become no different from a slaughterhouse. The entire corridor was littered with zombies' hands and feet, as well as their mutilated bodies and heads. The internal organs and polluted blood had dyed the entire area a dark red color.

  After gazing at his own masterpiece, Mochizuki found himself facing such a bloody scene, yet he no longer felt any discomfort. If it were an ordinary person, they would have felt extremely nauseous by now, but instead, he slowly calmed down. However, the killing intent within him surged out of control.

  Just as Mù Chén Xīng was about to step on the zombie remains and head towards the stairs, all the lights in the corridor suddenly went out. The corridor was plunged into darkness, and then the emergency lighting system installed everywhere began to start up, and the emergency lights lit up one by one.

  It seems that the special task force has successfully shut down the Flame Queen, and the doors of each room that were previously locked suddenly opened simultaneously. It looks like there's no time to waste, taking advantage of the fact that the zombies in the rooms haven't come out yet, Muxin Xing quickly starts heading towards the next floor's room.

  When Muxu Xing arrived at this floor, what appeared in front of him was a flooded floor. And some zombies were also wet and stood up from the water. Seeing the current situation, Muxu Xing knew that if he wanted to reach the room where Huoyan Huanghou was as soon as possible, the fastest way would be to directly pass through the experimental labs in front of him with zombies.

  In the movie, Amberella's task force initially wanted to take this shortcut, but at that time, the doors of each laboratory room were still locked, and they were also filled with a large amount of water, making it impossible to pass through. They had no choice but to choose another route, detouring through the cafeteria to reach Flame Queen's location.

  The situation the special task force encountered at that time is no longer necessary for the current Mucen Star, because the special task force just shut down the Flame Queen. All the laboratory doors that were previously locked and filled with water are now fully open. The entire floor is completely submerged in knee-deep water.

  This knee-deep water is very inconvenient for ordinary people to move around. After all, water has resistance. But for Mochou Xing, who was wearing the Acceleration Armor, it was not a problem at all. On the contrary, due to this knee-deep water, the originally slow-moving zombies became even slower.

  This is convenient for Mo Xing, who is currently passing through the laboratory. Most of the zombies can't even keep up with his footsteps in the water. Even if there are one or two zombies blocking his way occasionally, they will be beheaded by Edman's blade.

  He finally managed to easily pass through all the laboratories filled with water and arrived at a room closest to the Flame Queen. Just then, a sudden gunshot was heard from the front. After confirming the location, he immediately rushed towards the direction of the gunshot.