36: The final obstacle: the underground laboratory!

"It's open! The door is open!"

"I knew it! I knew Comrade Su Yuan's judgment was correct!"

"Quick! Have the Assault Squad enter immediately! The t-virus serum is down there!"

The generals and staff officers were all flushed with excitement,

as if they could already see the dawn of victory.

However, Su Yuan frowned deeply. Instead of relaxing, a strong sense of unease rose in his heart.

It was too smooth.

From solving the puzzle to opening the passage, everything had been too smooth.

Although that mayor had been taken out,

could the final boss of this dungeon really be that simple?

"General Lin, Major General Li, I suggest we don't let the squad rush in just yet," Su Yuan said in a heavy voice.

"Why?"

Li Guodong asked, puzzled,

"Shouldn't we strike while the iron is hot and secure the serum?"

"I just have a bad feeling."

Su Yuan pointed at the deep stairs leading underground on the screen.

"Don't you think it's... too quiet down there?"

With his reminder, everyone noticed it.

Indeed, from the moment the passage opened until now,

aside from the hum of machinery, no other sound had come from below.

No growls from zombies, no roars from monsters—

it was as quiet as a truly abandoned laboratory.

But the quieter it was, the more eerie it felt.

General Lin Zhan's brow also furrowed. His battle-hardened intuition told him Su Yuan's concern was right, and he immediately had him begin the notification.

On the other side, after Wang Yi received the mission alert,

he immediately took out the small reconnaissance drone Su Yuan had given him earlier from his backpack.

This drone was only the size of a palm.

It made almost no sound upon activation,

like a black dragonfly,

silently flying into the descending stairs.

The drone's first-person perspective footage

was transmitted in real-time to the large screen in the command center.

Everyone held their breath, staring fixedly at the screen.

The stairs were long, spiraling downward, with walls made of smooth metal, full of a futuristic technological feel.

After descending about fifty meters, the drone reached the bottom.

Below was a massive circular corridor. On both sides of the corridor

were sealed doors made of heavy alloy,

labeled with things like 'Experimental Zone No. 1' and 'Experimental Zone No. 2'.

The entire space was brightly lit and spotless, with the air purification system still functioning normally.

It was like a completely different dimension compared to the wasteland world above.

"This place... is preserved too well, isn't it?" Li Guodong muttered to himself.

"Continue forward to the central area."

Wang Yi controlled the drone, flying along the circular corridor toward the center of the laboratory.

Passing through the corridor, the view suddenly opened up.

It was a massive circular space the size of several football fields.

The dome of the space was transparent glass, through which the bottom structure of the City Hall above could be seen.

In the center of this vast space, on an altar-like high platform,

stood a massive cryogenic storage tank forged from an unknown metal.

The surface of the storage tank was covered in a layer of frost, with wisps of white cold air constantly rising from within.

Directly in front of the storage tank, on a virtual screen, a line of striking red characters flashed.

【t-virus original serum】

The t-virus original serum!

Found it!

It's right there!

"My god! We finally found it!"

"Quick! Go get it!"

Cheers erupted in the command center once more as everyone stood up in excitement.

Even Su Yuan's heart couldn't help but skip a beat when he saw those words.

However, Wang Yi still maintained absolute calm.

He didn't let the team members go down immediately.

Instead, he controlled the drone to fly a circle around the central platform.

And it was during this circle that he discovered a fatal danger.

Surrounding the platform was a ring of massive cylindrical glass containers.

The containers were filled with green nutrient solution.

And inside each container was immersed a massive, uniquely shaped, terrifying monster!

Some had giant mantis-like scythes and were covered in carapace.

Some had numerous octopus-like tentacles covered in suckers.

And some were like the one Michael had encountered before—massive, with knotted muscles, like a stone giant... Tyrants!

There were a total of eight glass containers!

Immersed within were eight uniquely shaped but uniformly terrifying perfect-form bio-weapons!

They were like loyal guards, protecting the t-virus serum at the center.

Seeing this scene, the previously boisterous atmosphere in the command center instantly dropped to the freezing point.

Everyone gasped, a chill running from the soles of their feet straight to the crowns of their heads.

"What... what the hell is this..."

Li Guodong's voice was trembling.

"The final guards..."

General Lin Zhan's expression was grave to the extreme.

"It seems this Dr. Osborn was no pushover. He prepared the strongest line of defense for his greatest masterpiece long ago."

Su Yuan's heart also sank to the bottom.

He finally understood now

why that mayor had transformed himself into an Intelligent Infected

and gone to such lengths to set up so many puzzles.

Because he couldn't defeat these monsters below at all!

He could only prevent outsiders from entering by controlling the zombies of the entire city.

And now, Wang Yi and the others

were about to face these eight meticulously cultivated, top-tier killing machines!

"...A bit troublesome."

For the first time, Wang Yi's voice carried a hint of gravity.

"There are eight Special Infected being cultivated around the platform; they all look extremely strong. Once we get close, they'll likely be activated."

"Eight..."

This number made everyone feel a wave of despair.

As strong as Wang Yi and his team were, they were still flesh and blood.

Facing eight top-tier bosses at once?

This wouldn't be a battle; it would be a massacre!

"What do we do? What do we do now?"

Everyone's gaze turned to Su Yuan once again.

He was the only one who could break the deadlock.

Su Yuan stared fixedly at the screen, his brain working like a supercomputer, frantically analyzing all possibilities.

Forcing their way in meant certain death.

Giving up? Even more impossible!

The only way was to use the rules, to use his Administrator authority to create an opportunity to defeat these eight monsters!

His gaze fell upon the mall list again.

After killing the mayor, his national fortune points had surged again,

and the total had now surpassed the twenty thousand mark!

With such a solid foundation, he had more room for maneuver.

Expensive items he hadn't even dared to look at before flashed through his mind.

Individual Power Armor? Too expensive, couldn't afford it.

Orbital Strike Support? The range was too large; it would destroy the serum.

Genetic Modification? Not enough time.

Just what... what method could he use?

Suddenly, his gaze locked onto a special item with an astronomical price of twenty thousand points.

【Special Item: Dungeon Scene Restructuring Card (One-time Use)】

【Effect: Allows for a small-scale rule restructuring of a designated scene within the current dungeon (area not exceeding one square kilometer). You can customize the addition or removal of certain non-living elements within the scene, or change the scene's physical rules (such as gravity, temperature, etc.).】

Scene... Restructuring?!

Seeing those three words, Su Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted!

An incredibly crazy, incredibly bold,

one might even say whimsical plan instantly formed in his mind!