svetikya Chapter 269
Chapter 269
Soon, a group of people in guard uniforms appeared in their field of vision. These guards looked alert, holding weapons in their hands, looking around, obviously searching for their traces.
From the language they communicated, it was not difficult to hear that these guards were basically islanders.
Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui pressed tightly against the wall, trying to blend their bodies into the darkness. The two tried to adjust their breathing to be extremely light, for fear of making a little noise to attract the attention of the guards.
However, even so, an experienced guard seemed to have noticed something and slowly walked towards the corner where Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui were hiding.
While Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui's heartbeats accelerated, Geng Jianhui made a gesture to Zhang Xing, and the two communicated with gestures and determined the plan.
The next second, just as the guard leaned towards the corner and was about to shine the flashlight over, Zhang Xing reacted quickly, flew up, and pounced on the guard.
Geng Jianhui also reacted immediately and acted together with Zhang Xing. Zhang Xing's movements were swift and accurate. He covered the guard's mouth to prevent him from making any sound.
Geng Jianhui quickly snatched the weapon from the guard's hand and pressed it against the guard's neck. The guard widened his eyes in horror and tried to struggle, but under the joint control of Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui, he could not move at all.
At the same time, another guard heard the movement and turned to walk over here. Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui looked at each other and decided to fight quickly.
Geng Jianhui smashed the weapon in his hand hard on the head of the guard who was approaching. The guard groaned and fell to the ground.
Zhang Xing also took the opportunity to knock out the guard in his hand. After successfully dealing with the two guards, Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui quickly dragged the two guards to the corner, then took off their guard clothes and put on their guard clothes.
After changing into guard uniforms, the two tried their best to make their behavior and expressions look like real guards, avoiding other searchers while reaching the outer position of the experimental hall through the passage.
After walking a distance further, Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui hid in a corner not far from the experimental hall.
Zhang Xing narrowed his eyes slightly, trying to recall the geographical context of the entire underground base in his mind. The intricate passages and areas were like a huge net, appearing one by one in Zhang Xing's mind.
In the past, when he had the function of mutant eyes, he often relied more on the function of mutant eyes, which resulted in him not having to remember too much, and Zhang Xing's memory ability had degenerated for a period of time.
But now the function of the mutant eyes has failed, causing him to rely more on his memory ability. Frequent memory activation has made Zhang Xing's memory ability seem to be getting better and better in recent days.
After sorting out the general map of the underground base in his mind, Zhang Xing said to the team leader Geng Jianhui with a serious expression:
"Team leader, starting from the experimental hall, there are a total of three roads that lead to the southeast exit. The first road needs to cross the entire experimental hall. The advantages of this road are obvious. It is the shortest distance and can reach the destination at the fastest speed. However, its disadvantages are also prominent. The experimental hall is densely populated, and various researchers and guards shuttle through it. The chance of us being searched will greatly increase."
At this point, Zhang Xing paused and observed Geng Jianhui's reaction. Geng Jianhui nodded slightly, indicating that he should continue.
Zhang Xing continued, "The second route is to go from the experimental hall to the dissection room, then come out of the dissection room, and then go east from the back of the living area, so that we can also reach the southeast exit. The advantage of this route is that the personnel are relatively loose and the defense is relatively lax, so we may move more smoothly. However, its disadvantages cannot be ignored. The detour is serious, which will undoubtedly increase the risk of us being captured on the way."
He suddenly stopped here. Seeing this, Geng Jianhui asked in confusion, "What about the third way?"
Zhang Xing took a deep breath and said slowly, "The third way is to bypass the experimental hall, pass through the living area, go east from the storage area, and go around to the south of the cafeteria of the underground base, where you can also go directly to the southeast exit. However, compared with the previous two routes, this route has no advantage in distance and no advantage of loose personnel. It can be regarded as the worst choice among the three routes."
After listening, Geng Jianhui did not respond immediately, but frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.
After a while, Geng Jianhui raised his head and asked Zhang Xing: "Which of these three paths do you prefer?"
Zhang Xing did not hesitate at all and answered decisively: "I choose the third path."
After hearing Zhang Xing's choice, Geng Jianhui was not surprised, but praisedHe looked at Zhang Xing with appreciation and said:
"I knew you would choose the third way. Although the third way has no advantages, it not only needs to go through multiple rounds of guards, but also takes many detours. But the people who are searching for us will also predict that we will not choose this worst way. On the contrary, they will put more search forces into the first and second ways, so you are doing the opposite."
"Why, you paused just now, are you trying to test whether I agree with you?"
Zhang Xing smiled awkwardly and shook his hand: "No, don't think too much, team leader."
Although Zhang Xing denied it, he actually wanted to test whether team leader Geng Jianhui would choose the other two ways, but he didn't expect that he would also choose the third way at first sight. Zhang Xing could also see that compared with his own analysis and judgment ability, team leader Geng Jianhui's ability in enemy experience and situation prediction was obviously more outstanding.
After Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui determined the action plan, they walked around the experimental hall with cautious steps. The two figures were looming in the dim passage, and they took every step very carefully.
Walking along the corridor leading to the living area, the atmosphere here was relatively quiet, but the two were still nervous.
Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui straightened their backs and tried to make their behavior look no different from that of real guards. They glanced around from time to time, paying attention to any possible abnormalities.
Although the entire underground base had been under full martial law after the alarm sounded, the work did not stop. Only some idle personnel were gathered together. Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui, disguised as guard uniforms, crossed several corridors in the living area, and could see the images of guards conducting identity checks everywhere.
Obviously, they also suspected that outsiders might mix in with the base staff through clothing.
Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui were lucky. The guards had their IDs in their clothes. When they passed the inspection intersection, they showed their IDs and passed smoothly. Not long after, they entered the storage area. Not far ahead, another guard inspection team appeared. Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui still handed over their IDs voluntarily. They thought they could pass the inspection smoothly, but they didn't expect that the guard leader frowned slightly after looking at the IDs, staring at Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui closely, with a puzzled look on his face.
The next second, the island guard suddenly stared at Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui and asked questions in the island language.
The moment the other party spoke the island language, Geng Jianhui's heart suddenly tightened, and nervous emotions instantly surged in his heart. He knew very well that the other party was using language to identify their identities. Geng Jianhui immediately put his hands on his waist vigilantly.
At this critical moment, Zhang Xing suddenly spoke, and a string of fluent island language came out of his mouth. Zhang Xing's voice was steady and confident, explaining their mission and identity to the guard leader.
Zhang Xing made up a reasonable excuse, claiming that they were guards temporarily sent to perform special tasks, and Zhang Xing also deliberately brought up the name of Mikami-kun. Zhang Xing had heard this name from the conversation between Sakurai and Nishikawa Jiro before. Zhang Xing expected that this Mikami-kun should be a person at the management level of the underground base.
After the guard leader heard the name Mikami-kun, the expression on his face obviously changed a little. It was almost the same as Zhang Xing expected. This Mikami-kun had a high status in the eyes of the island guards. After that, Zhang Xing explained a few more words with a pleasant face, and the doubts on the guard leader's face gradually faded.
Just when Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui were slightly relieved, the guard leader suddenly fixed his eyes on Geng Jianhui again and asked him questions in the island language. When Zhang Xing tried to explain, he was stopped by the guard leader.
Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui looked at each other and felt that they could not escape. However, at the moment of preparing for the battle, the intercom in the hand of the guard leader suddenly rang. He picked up the intercom and listened to the content inside. His face gradually became serious. It seemed that an urgent order came from the intercom.
After a while, the guard leader gave Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui a word in the island language, and then led the other guards to quickly gather to the other side of the corridor.
Watching a group of guards leave, Geng Jianhui and Zhang Xing couldn't help wiping the sweat on their foreheads, thinking it was really thrilling.
Geng Jianhui and Zhang Xing did not dare to stop for a moment and continued to walk quickly towards the cafeteria. Although they did not hear the specific content from the intercom just now, they roughly guessed that it was very likely that the two island guards who were knocked unconscious by Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui in the corner outside the experimental hall were discovered.
And once the two knocked unconscious island guards were discovered, the guard team would definitely know that someoneIf someone changes the guard uniform and blends into the guard team, Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui will be in even greater danger, so they must race against time.
A few minutes later, Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui quickly arrived at the cafeteria, and then took a long and narrow passage from the south of the cafeteria, the end of which was connected to the exit to the ground behind the mountain.
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