13. Underground waterways
After checking the map, Zhou Chu and Gao Ming decided that choosing the most dangerous, but perhaps the safest route, diving into the interior of the institute from the underground drainage system.
After personally going out to check and confirm that the underground drainage system pipelines could indeed allow people to walk inside, the two people's opinions were determined. Although it seemed that the dark and gloomy night was the earliest way to spread and outbreak of the virus, and it had more unknown risk factors, compared with the ground, the difference was also obvious - although there were possible unknown risks, it was not as many zombies on the ground, and the sewer system could not be installed. The biggest possibility was at most that there were more lickers. However, in this world that was obviously based on Resident Evil 2 and 3, no matter how many lickers there were, there were not much more. Compared with a licker with limited underground channels, Zhou Chu and Gao Ming were more reluctant to face groups of zombies. Although the latter was weaker, they had an absolute advantage. At the same time, Gao Ming and Zhou Chu must also consider how many ammunition and guns they could carry.
So after all the considerations, the most feasible way is to underground waterways.
The two discussed again and determined that Gao Ming would carry a rocket launcher, three rockets, an AK47, two desert eagles, and a row of magazines. Zhou Chu would carry two timed blasting devices modified by Gao Ming, five grenades, MP5 submachine guns and five corresponding magazines, as well as Gao Ming's modified large-caliber pistols and two corresponding magazines. The other two also carried military daggers and multi-function knifes, flashlights, emergency treatment sprays and bandages, as well as night vision goggles and other small equipment.
No matter how many you are, you can't carry it. Although it's a bit heavy, it doesn't affect your actions. Of course, if Zhou Chu carried these things two weeks ago, he would find it difficult to walk, let alone run and make other routine attacks and avoidance actions.
After preparing, the two of them slipped out of the back door of the building.
The streets are extremely quiet and pitch black. The fires that have been burning in the past few days have already gone out now, and the power system has also experienced great problems. Every time every 1,000 meters, it is not necessarily enough to see a lonely street light.
After bypassing the apparently alert area of the institute, the two came to a street far away from the institute. After solving two or three wandering zombies on the road, the two arrived at the manhole cover entrance of the underground waterway.
Since he had confirmed that Gao Ming had been going down before, he looked at Zhou Chu with a smile when he opened the sewer manhole cover.
"Are you really going to go through the sewer? It's not just a game."
"What's the meaning?"
"You will know if you go down." Gao Ming smiled brightly and harmlessly.
It was not until he stepped into the sewer that Zhou Chu understood what Gao Ming meant. Although the sewer in the game was indeed the same, games and movies were always games and movies, and could only be visual renderings, but now it is the most realistic experience in all aspects - if you step on it, you will not have the cold water over your ankles, the viscous and soft mud, and the air emits the stench of various wastes. Compared with ordinary sewers, the sewers in this city, due to the outbreak and infection of viruses, the stench and blood of corpses were filled with the air, which almost made Zhou Chu vomit out.
Gao Ming first took out a gas mask and brought it with him, then took out one and handed it to Zhou Chu before saying that.
"Do you know what I mean?"
Zhou Chu nodded. Even though he had already put on a gas mask, the stench of countless rotten auras just now made him unwilling to speak for the time being.
"Let's go." Gao Ming smiled, picked up his gun and walked forward.
Only the sound of two people trekking through the water in the quiet sewer was heard. The night vision goggles were also green and faint, looking weird and cunning. It seemed that in order to break this silence, Gao Ming took the lead in speaking.
"Are you familiar with Resident Evil?"
"That's right." Zhou Chu replied. He is a fan of Resident Evil, but if you really want to talk about proficiency and familiarity with everything, it may not be necessary. You can only say that you know a little more than ordinary people and understand a little.
"Then tell me, what is the most likely cause of the virus leak and outbreak, and who is behind the institute?"
Zhou Chu pondered that in the original Resident Evil 2, there were many different opinions on the causes of the virus leak and outbreak in the Raccoon City, but there were only three possibilities: 1. The mutated William killed the agents sent by the Umbrella Company, and then stomped the T virus and caused the virus to leak; 2. Director Marcus's revenge first caused the Akurey Mountains to become a virus leak, and then gradually spread to Raccoon City; 3. The Umbrella Company's own reasons were unable to deal with biochemical waste in time, causing workers to be infected, which worsened the situation.
The T virus on zombies and the G virus on William’s are not the same virus. The reason for the zombie outbreak is the T virus, not the G virus. However, these are the plots in the game. To explain it, you need to make a long statement. This is not necessary, so Zhou Chu just shook his head and answered brilliantly.
"It's hard to say why the virus leaks and outbreaks are because I don't know if it's the same as in the game... Even if it's the same, I can only look for reports and guess what really caused it, and it may not be clear."
"Then talk about William, or the mastermind behind the institute."
"William..." Zhou Chu smiled bitterly. The feeling of connecting the game characters to reality, no, to this nightmare world is really weird. "William is an employee of the Umbrella Company, a genius..."
William Birkin, a talented but somewhat tragic genius researcher, the developer of the G virus ("G-Virus"), for various reasons, William's research results were taken away by the Umbrella company. On his deathbed, William injected the G virus into his body and became a parasite of the G virus. Although he had almost immortal vitality, extremely strong destructive power and amazing recovery, the G virus was also gradually devouring his consciousness. In the end, this genius biological scientist turned into a ferocious, cruel, violent, completely unreasonable monster.
After Zhou Chu introduced William, Gao Ming nodded, thought for a while, and then suddenly talked to Zhou Chu.
"Remember I told you that the Nightmare World will intersect with reality."
"Yes." Zhou Chu nodded, but didn't understand why Gao Ming suddenly mentioned this.
"Someone once had a bold, even terrifying guess..." Gao Ming's voice lowered, as if he was saying something about the taboo, "What if it wasn't the real world that reflected the nightmare world, but the nightmare world that reflected the reality?"
"Ah? What does it mean?" Zhou Chu was a little confused.
"That is, if we experience all this, whether it is Resident Evil, or any game or movie, it is not that the real world has these, the nightmare world will project a world with similar backgrounds. Instead, having such a world in the nightmare space will lead to inspiration in the real world, and those games and movies will appear. What if the so-called truth is such an assumption?"
If you first have everything in the nightmare world, then you will have those movies and games in the real world...
Zhou Chu shivered in an instant, and without even hesitation, he directly interrupted his guess, because if he followed this idea, everything would become terrifying.
Zhou Chu was about to end such a topic, but Gao Ming suddenly stopped and made a stop gesture to him.
"Can you hear it?" Gao Ming asked.
Hearing Gao Ming say this, Zhou Chu held his breath and listened carefully. He could only be in the quiet of the sewer channel and the extremely distant sound of flowing water, but when he listened carefully, there was an extremely rhythmic rustling sound among these flowing water sounds.
So Zhou Chu nodded.
"It sounds like an arthropod..."
Arthropod? Something flashed through Zhou Chu's mind, and the strong light flashlight in his hand suddenly shone towards the far side of the passage.
In the darkness where the bright flashlight flashed, six or seven pairs of scarlet compound eyes appeared with the light sweeping through, and then disappeared into the darkness, while the rustling sound continued, and was more clearly and audible than just now.
"Gao Ming, back!" Zhou Chu greeted Gao Ming, then while running, he took out a grenade, pulled open the fuse, and threw it behind him.
boom!
The explosion of the grenade caused a vibration in the narrow space, splashing water, and dust and debris shook off from the top of his head. Gao Ming looked at Zhou Chu in amazement.
"What are you doing?"
"There's no time." Zhou Chu pulled the bolt, "Let's pass this level first."
Gao Ming turned around and looked forward - the scarlet row of eyes that had originally flashed by were now clearly visible, and their figures were also vaguely seen in the night vision goggles, furry and full, but they were still not very real.
"What the hell?"
"Big Spider..." Zhou Chu smiled bitterly, and the MP5 in his hand spitted out a long tongue of flames in the dark.
Chapter completed!