Chapter 102
The magnetically controlled retractable armor was ready to be activated . Han Xiao was either going to fight or escape .
However, the monster was merely staring in the direction of the door . It was as if the monster had not noticed the existence of Han Xiao . It was standing there without moving .
Night-blindness?
Han Xiao felt a tinge of elation in his heart . Luckily, he did not switch on his torch, else he would have suffered the fate of the pilgrims before him .
Standing three meters tall, the monster had a human shape, and layers of muscles could be seen on his body . The muscles stacked together like little hills . However, the muscular body did not look aesthetically pleasing . Instead, the elongated muscles turned people off . The muscles were also rotting . There were even holes at certain areas, and plump maggots could be seen crawling around the rotting meat .
Compared its massive body, the head and neck of the creature were especially small . The skin of the monster was stretched tight by the muscles . The face of the creature also looked disproportionate . Looking at his face, one would automatically think of other abnormal individuals, like the Deformed Devil and the Sun Knight .
Han Xiao scanned the layout of the room . There was a bunch of medical equipment and four pods that were probably used for experiments . Two of the pods had been crushed . One of them was closed . There was only one free pod available for use .
There were liquid-delivery tubes on the pods . They were attached to a transparent container that only had stains of the neon-like liquid left .
Han Xiao moved backwards carefully . When he realized that the monster was still not moving, he heaved a sigh of relief . He walked down the corridor and quickly reached the second and third metal gates . The rusty gates were all locked up tight by another metallic barrier . The card-reader was so rusty that it could no longer be used .
Han Xiao did not give up because of that . He took the card-reader apart to check out its model .
Hmmm… I can't tell .
That's not important!
This place was a secret military facility decades ago . However, the facility was abandoned a couple of years back, and it was probably a site used for biochemical experiments . The experiments probably failed… or could they have succeeded? The muscular creature really doesn't look like a normal biological organism . Wait, the corridor can't be so long . How big is this base exactly?
There was silence throughout the dark corridor . The deeper one ventured into the corridor, the darker it got . Even the night-vision visor only had a visibility radius of five meters . The surrounding environment beyond that was a mystery to Han Xiao . Fortunately, he was lucky to not have claustrophobia or a phobia of darkness .
Han Xiao felt like he was walking on the edge of a knife; danger seemed imminent . Although Han Xiao was no chicken, he could feel cold sweat breaking out from all areas of his body . That was the innate reaction of any living being that was going to face an upcoming, unknown danger . Han Xiao knew that being too nervous would affect his ability to make good decisions quickly at stressful moments . He started chanting something under his breath to keep his nerves at bay .
"Stay calm even when the sky collapses . The breeze is so soothing . The waves are not choppy . The height of the mountain does not matter . There will be a fairy . A horse may be old, but it is still ambitious…"
In actual fact, Han Xiao was also unsure of what he was mumbling . However, after his chants, he no longer felt so nervous .
Along the way, he saw more than ten gates, but only the one leading to the room housing the beast was opened . The rest of the gates were all shut tightly . Eventually, he reached the end of the corridor, and a larger gate stood before his eyes . That was probably the main room . The metallic barrier was lower by a third of the distance, and he was able to enter the room .
That was the second room that one could enter . Based on the logic behind the Instance Dungeon, there was probably some useful information there .
The room seemed to be a gigantic lab . There were rusty machines everywhere, and experiment pods were sitting in the center of the room .
It seems like there is no danger .
The dust in the room choked him, and the pungent rotting smell filled his nose . There was a corpse on the table, and it was shriveled up . There were torn fragments of fabric on the body, and Han Xiao could faintly tell that the pieces of cloth belonged to a white lab coat .
Han Xiao found a book at the table near the body . He wiped the dust from the cover of the book in an attempt to find out some useful information . After taking a closer look at it, he realized it was a diary .
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