Chapter 106 – The Lunatic
Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)
Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)
*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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After the two searched a building, they continued to search the next one. The movie city was soon all checked out by them but still, no one fired a shot to signal that Tang Jingzhi has been found.
There must be some kind of secret passageway in this movie city. It is impossible for Tang Jingzhi, Shen Yao, and the big group of Dragon Blood people to disappear into thin air.
At this time, there was a sudden noise from the radio earphones that had been hanging on their ears. Tang Tingzhi’s urgent voice came from it. He spoke: “Huang Ying found the communication jammer. It has been destroyed. You should rush to the southeast exit immediately.”
All those who heard the instructions ran to the southeast exit immediately. Shen Changze asked while running, “Report the situation.”
“Huang Ying planted M18A1 anti-personnel landmines at several exits of the movie city. After the communication interference was destroyed, he checked the surroundings through satellite images. Just now, a mine at the southeast exit was triggered. The mine was buried under the sand. It was very deep. They were in a hurry so they got caught in it. An armoured Hummer was blown up. No one came out of it including Shen Yao and Tang Jingzhi. But it was Shen Yao’s car. Another car also stopped by. They might want to evacuate from there. But… something felt wrong.”
Huang Ying interjected: “Because the tire marks on the ground show that the two cars are not showing any deep impression. If there is heavy experimental equipment in the car, the tire marks will not be so shallow. Is it possible for Tang Jingzhi to just leave without taking anything?”
Shan Ming frowned and said, “Saving his life is the most important thing at this time. What else does he need to bring with him?”
Tang Tingzhi said lightly: “Some things are much more important than life itself.”
Shen Changze said, “No matter what, we’re going to go and have a look.”
“No. I suggest that you divide into two teams. One team goes to the southeast exit to check and the other team goes to the grocery store in the southwest.”
“Grocery store?” Shen Changze and Shan Ming glanced at each other, “We just searched that place and found nothing.”
Huangying interface, “After I found the communication jammer, I found the branch of the movie city’s power supply system by accident. Most of the buildings in the movie city have no electricity. Only a few buildings are still powered. But none of the electrical appliances are connected. So it can’t be seen from the surface and it is impossible to dig three feet to find the electrical line. So I tested the electric wave in sections and there is a power supply branch for almost every 100 metres away and the main direction of that power transmission is the grocery store. I suggest you go back and take a look. Maybe that’s where their generator is. But it is more likely that Tang Jingzhi’s laboratory is there.”
Shen Changze said: “Yang Guan, you take the third team to the southeast exit to check the two off-road vehicles. The others, withdraw. Let’s go to the grocery store.”
Yang Guan said: “Got it. We are already close to the gate.”
Tang Tingzhi said: “Be careful. There might be a trap there.”
Shen Changze re-entered the grocery store with Shan Ming and two other special forces. One was human and the other was a Dragon Blood Man, “Search separately and report any suspicious places immediately.”
“Okay.”
The four of them dispersed and re-examined this ordinary-looking grocery store. The items displayed inside were covered with a thick layer of dust. The floor seemed like it was about to be broken in the next second.
Since this place was the focus of suspicion this time, they looked very carefully. Finally, Shan Ming noticed that there was something weird about the antelope relief mural on the wall. The eyes of that antelope were obviously brighter than the dusty goods here. It is not odd if there is no dust on the whole mural but if you look carefully in the dim light, you can find that there is no dust at all on the top of this eye.
Such a small detail could not have been found without special observation.
Shan Ming moved closer to the mural, observing the eye from a distance of one metre.
Suddenly the pupil of one of the eyes seemed to move. Through that eye, Shan Ming saw a slowly rotating mechanical rifling in the black hole barrel!
Shan Ming slammed to the right as a row of bullets smashed the shelf where he was standing just now.
Shan Ming rolled aside in embarrassment. The machine gun almost pierced through the entire wall. Other people rushed in when they heard the sound. Shen Changze went up and dragged Shan Ming over. Everyone covered their heads and hid under the machine gun fire blind spot as they waited for it to sweep another round of bullets.
It seems that this machine gun is embedded in the wall. They have no idea which action triggered the mechanism. The shooting speed of 400 rounds per minute quickly destroyed the grocery store. It took less than two minutes. Finally, when all the machine gun bullets were fired, they crawled out from the blind spot corner…
A special soldier asked Shan Ming, “What did you do just now?”
Shan Ming spat out the ashes in his mouth in embarrassment, showing a disgusted expression, “I didn’t do anything. Damn it, I just walked over.”
Several people groped towards the direction where Shan Ming was standing just now. They moved away the scattered debris around the ground and took out universal tools from their vests. They pried off the rotten floors one by one. Suddenly, a trigger switch appeared under the floor.
Shan Ming looked at it, “It’s not a bomb. It’s a switch that needs to be pressed for at least five seconds to be opened.”
“What if there was another machine gun?”
“Let it shoot then.” Shan Ming grabbed the two of them and got up from the ground. They retreated to a safe corner. The three of them looked at Shen Changze eagerly.
Shen Changze patted the ashes on his hands and stood up from the ground. He stepped on it without hesitation.
Three seconds, four seconds, five seconds…
The two outermost rows of shelves were suddenly separated from one side to the other while the shelves in the middle sank, revealing a three-metre-square hole on the ground. There were stairs in the middle and hollows on both sides. It was so dark that it was impossible for them to see to the bottom.
The four reacted quickly and all jumped to a safe position without falling.
Shen Changze squatted down to take a look. He used the radio to report to Tang Tingzhi, “We may have discovered the laboratory. Yang Guan, how is the situation on your side?”
Yang Guan said very briefly, “We came face to face with a Dragon Blood Man.”
Guessing that war has already started over there, Shen Changze said: “Let’s go down and have a look.”
Tang Tingzhi said: “Be careful.”
The four of them walked towards the underground base step by step with their guns in their hands. Because it was too dark below, they could hardly see anything when they walked two metres down. Some of them turned on the lighting equipment but the light was swallowed by the darkness when it was shot more than ten metres away. The space was so quiet that only the sound of each other’s breathing could be heard.
After walking down for four or five minutes, they were all a little flustered. Since it was difficult to discern their direction in the dark, they were not sure if they had gone all the way down. That was until Shen Changze felt his feet hit the ground. At the same time, the surrounding light suddenly brightened like daytime. All four of them closed their eyes in discomfort.
A familiar voice could be heard from behind them, “You have finally found this place.”
The four of them opened their eyes. There was a hall in the underground laboratory. Its shape is somewhat similar to the one they destroyed in Western Sahara, except that this one is bigger. Tang Jingzhi is standing forty to fifty metres away from them. He was all alone. No one was around him at all.
They all looked at him in surprise.
Tang Jingzhi held a silver pistol in his hand. There was a calm expression on his face. He said to Shen Changze, “I want to say a few words to him first.”
He didn’t say who the ‘he’ he was referring to. But everyone understood that he was talking about Tang Tingzhi.
Shen Changze stared at him fiercely, “What tricks are you trying to play again?”
“Nothing. Just let me talk to him.”
Shen Changze turned on the loudspeaker function of his radio. Tang Tingzhi’s calm voice could be heard from it, “What do you want to tell me?”
“I want to tell you that you must not think that you have won. I will not go back to China with you and your troubles are far from over.”
“I can’t understand what you’re trying to say.”
“Shen Yao has already left. He took away the Dragon Blood people made by me and important experimental data. Those Dragon Blood people regard him as a leader. We have great differences in opinion and can no longer cooperate. So, I had failed. But this doesn’t mean that you have succeeded.”
Tang Tingzhi’s voice echoed in the hall, “I can’t understand your definition of the so-called failure and success. You always only want to defeat me but I never regard you as an enemy. We should be scientific researchers who equally contribute to the country. Not as an opponent to fight against.”
Tang Jingzhi gritted his teeth, “Only you think that way. That was because you never put me in your eyes at all. In your mind, I’m not even worthy of being your opponent.”
Tang Tingzhi said in a deep voice: “Jingzhi, I can’t understand you. But you are so wrong about that.”
“That’s right. Only you are always right. Now, no one can stop Shen Yao. I really want to see how much trouble he will bring you. Haha, I really want to see what kind of expression will show on your expressionless face. How wonderful it would be if I could see it.”
“Jingzhi, are you crazy?”
The expression on Tang Jingzhi’s face was very abnormal. He said viciously, “Yes. Living in a world with you, I will always be second place. I will always be the lunatic. Your existence makes me sick.” His eyes became crazier, “Now, I’m going to take away your most important subject. I’m going to let you experience a complete failure.”
Tang Tingzhi hurriedly said: “Jingzhi, what do you want to do? As long as you return to China with me, I can guarantee that you will be alive. Don’t make the same mistake again and again!”
“I won’t go back with you! I won’t pray like a dog for them to give me a way out!” Tang Jingzhi stretched out his left hand, which had been kept behind his back. He was holding a metal remote control in his hand. He pointed at Shen Changze and the rest of them ferociously as he laughed, “Come to hell with me!”
It was impossible to stop it in time. Tang Jingzhi pressed the button of the remote control in his hand. A series of explosions made everyone’s ears numb. The earth began to vibrate violently and the whole space began to crumble. Concretes rained down on them, burying everyone alive!
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Next update: 2023.–.–(*TBA)
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