Chapter 347: Buried Deep in Hell
Buried alive?
Su Xia thought subconsciously.
Thousands of these metal coffins are buried deep beneath the fetid landfill.
Some are buried very deep, while others are buried shallowly, layer after layer, with quite a few in each layer.
The shallower the area, the more living creatures there are in the coffins, as if they were buried recently.
And in the metal coffins deep inside, perhaps because they had been buried for too long, there was almost no sign of life.
Moreover, Su Xia also sensed dense metal wires, like layers of large nets, connecting these metal .
"Something's wrong..."
Su Xia frowned. He never expected that this last mission would encounter such a thorny problem.
He thought that all he needed to do was find the target of the mission and give some money and supplies.
Now it seems that it is far from that simple.
He hovered high in the air, observing carefully.
Below him was a huge oval landfill, similar to many huge open-air mines, surrounded by circles of roads to accommodate large trucks.
At the same time, there are also many bulldozers, excavators, compactors, sprinkler trucks, lightning arresters and other mechanical equipment needed for various landfills.
Many of the equipment are old and their metal surfaces are covered with rust.
“Buzz——”
The equipment made a lot of noise when in operation, and its parts were constantly vibrating. Some of them were still emitting black smoke, billowing smoke, and debris falling, as if it had been in use for many years.
On the surface, this looks like a functioning landfill.
More than a dozen employees in security uniforms can be seen patrolling the edge of the landfill.
"Not an ordinary security guard." Su Xia saw it clearly.
Those security guards are tall, armed with guns, with eyes as sharp as hawks. They never relax at all when patrolling. Many professional bodyguards of wealthy and powerful people are no more than this.
Normally, the security guards hired by landfills are either middle-aged men with big bellies or old men with almost no teeth, just to deal with inspections from above.
Moreover, there are unimaginable number of cameras around this landfill.
Countless cameras surround the entire landfill, rotating over time like a pair of eyes scanning, leaving no blind spots.
This terrifying number is comparable to the military strongholds of some cities.
Su Xia's eyes swept over the security guards, and after looking at them several times, she finally got a description of one of them.
[Landfill security: member of Left Eye Security Group]
There is only this one description, without even basic information such as name, age, birthplace, etc. It's like an artificial person that does not exist in real life.
Su Xia looked at the other dozen people again, and looked at them carefully many times.
But in the end, the information obtained is exactly the same.
[Landfill security: member of Left Eye Security Group]
What kind of person is so simple that even the information about his life cannot be read?
Doubts flashed through Su Xia's mind, but he didn't have time to dwell on them now. Saving people was his top priority.
There are still hundreds of living creatures under this landfill, and it is very difficult to rescue them all.
During this period, it was even more difficult not to alert the security personnel.
The deepest one is buried hundreds of meters underground, and even the shallowest one is about five meters underground.
[The target's life force is weak, please rescue him as soon as possible]
A prompt suddenly popped up for the task.
The location of the mission target is at the edge of the landfill, about ten meters underground.
"If it's just to save her, maybe it's okay."
Su Xia thought seriously.
The biggest problem was that he didn't understand the specific conditions underground.
There are too many concerns if he takes action here, otherwise he could just wave his hand and use his own abilities to pull all the metal coffins out of the ground.
In Su Xia's perception, the densely packed wires under the landfill all had no end, spreading in all directions outside the landfill, and no one knew where they would eventually connect to.
He tried to follow one of the routes, but gave up after flying more than ten kilometers and had to fly back over the landfill.
In the end, Su Xia could only take the risk and try to rescue the target first.
"Let's try it first."
He descended slowly, landing in an area outside the landfill.
Then he took out a pile of metal fragments from the space.
Under his control, the fragments began to spin rapidly, like sharp cutting knives, cutting the soil layer on the ground.
At the same time, countless tiny nanorobots combined with each other to form a bowl-shaped semicircular lid, which was turned upside down on the area where Su Xia was working, and the environmental simulation function was activated.
From the outside, the area is still full of weeds, no different from before.
And Su Xia continued to work inside the lid, digging a hole diligently.
As the metal fragments were cut, countless pieces of black soil were thrown behind, and a large pit that could accommodate two people appeared in its place.
“Swish, swish, swish…”
The cutting speed began to increase, and the pit became deeper and deeper.
When the digging reached a depth of about two meters, Su Xia changed direction and began to dig downward at an angle, gradually approaching the location of the landfill.
At this time, the bounty hunters moving around in Kaiba City would never have imagined that the masked monster they had been looking for so hard was actually digging a hole outside a garbage dump.
Su Xia kept digging until about 4:30 in the afternoon, when he finally reached the outermost part of the landfill.
As soon as the hole was dug through, a foul smell hit us in the face.
“Squeak—”
Su Xia sprayed some homemade perfume on her nose and then continued digging.
During the excavation process, he deliberately avoided the underground lines, trying not to alarm anyone.
Pieces of metal were attached around the tunnel he dug to ensure its stability and to prevent collapse from above.
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Su Xia approached the target.
He stopped digging, took a short break, drank two replenishing potions, and then continued working, intending to rescue the target in one go.
In such a small, dark and cold underground place, patients with claustrophobia would most likely panic and collapse. Fortunately, Su Xia did not have any serious illness and had strong adaptability.
More than ten minutes later, with the last piece of garbage cleared away, he finally dug out the metal coffin where the target of the mission was located.
“We’re finally here.”
Su Xia let out a long sigh and began to clean up the garbage around the coffin.
This metal coffin is iron-gray in appearance, extremely hard, and has strong pressure resistance. It is connected to several metal wires.
When Su Xia looked at it carefully several times, a description appeared in his eyes.
[Alloy breeding chamber: a simple metal cabin used to maintain life, with fixed devices inside, connected to various lines and pipes for transmitting nutrient solution, processing excrement, and realizing air circulation...]
Feeding barn?
Judging from the name, it sounds like something for raising animals.
Through the description, Su Xia learned that the wires connecting the outside of these gray metal coffins were actually some tiny transmission pipes.
He put his hand on one of the pipes and carefully sensed it, but he did not feel a hollow structure. He could only feel thin metal wires extending out. He thought that these metal wires should be the outer protective layer. The internal pipe was not metal, but some special plastic similar to an infusion tube.
After a few minutes, Su Xia cleaned up all the garbage around the breeding barn.
He observed carefully and found an opening mechanism on its surface.
“Crack!”
Su Xia pressed the metal mechanism hard and then pulled it violently.
The entire breeding shed shook, and a gap appeared on the upper layer, making it no longer so tight.
Then, Su Xia waved his hand lightly, and the metal hatch above slowly moved back, revealing the interior.
[Mission target "Su Qi" has been discovered]
Task outgoing prompt.
This mission is very special, there have never been so many prompts before.
The interior of the breeding cellar was also iron-gray, and a pale-faced woman was lying inside.
What Su Xia couldn't have imagined was that the woman's belly was not flat, but had some contours.
With the help of life-sensing glasses, Su Xia saw that there was another life in her belly - she was pregnant.
"What kind of experiment is this?" Su Xia's heart was shocked because one of the thin tubes was connected to the woman's abdomen, as if trying to extract some substance from her stomach.
“Hmm…Hmm…”
The woman looked terrified and kept trying to make a sound after seeing him, but her mouth was sealed and she couldn't speak at all.
Her head, limbs and torso were all firmly locked by metal shackles in the breeding cell. She was like a prisoner waiting to die, unable to even move.
In her bloodshot eyes, one could see deep fear and despair.
Su Xia made a gesture to keep quiet and whispered, "Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you. I know your husband Zeng Gong."
When the woman heard her husband's name, her body trembled.
A trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, and tears flowed down the corners of her eyes and rolled into the cold breeding barn.
For safety reasons, Su Xia did not tear off the tape covering the woman's mouth for the time being, but began to observe the remaining pipes in the breeding chamber.
"These two tubes are... a nasogastric feeding tube and a gastric feeding tube... and this one, is it for ensuring breathing and expectoration?"
Su Xia didn't know much about this, so he could only look at it a few more times to see the item descriptions provided by the system, and then find a way to remove these pipes.
During the dismantling process, he was very careful, trying his best to ensure that he would not cause too much harm to the woman.
At the same time, he also prepared healing potions for quick healing.
Before long, there was only one thin tube left in the entire breeding chamber that had not been removed - the tube connected to the woman's abdomen.
In the iron-gray breeding barn, the remaining hoses are connected to the outside pipes.
There is only this tube, the end of which is connected to an oval container made of alloy, as if waiting for someone to take it.
It can be seen that the other end of the thin hose has been buried in the abdomen.
Su Xia could even sense that the long metal needle at the end of the hose was inside the woman's vagina.
[Extraction hose: connected to the umbilical cord, extracts a substance temporarily called "fetal hormone"... Some Blue Star scientists believe that this substance exists and cannot be synthesized artificially, and has anti-aging effects]
Seeing this description, Su Xia frowned even more tightly.
It’s actually this kind of thing!
Back when I was studying potions in Coral City, someone came to my house with a living fetus and asked my father if he could use the fetus to make a potion of eternal youth.
The man was scolded by the old man and then kicked out of the store and never came back.
If you stay with your dad for a long time, you will see all kinds of weird things.
At the time, that incident was just an everyday episode, but there are some even more bizarre things.
Su Xia had forgotten about that incident, but she didn't expect to see something similar today.
[You have obtained the task "Buried in Hell", which has been automatically accepted for you]
Another prompt popped up, and Su Xia actually got an automatic task.
[Mission: Buried Deep in Hell]
[Task Description: Some scientists believe that when faced with fear, the human instinct for survival will be constantly stimulated, and the human body will secrete certain special substances. Whether it is children, young people or pregnant women, they will secrete corresponding substances to ensure the continuation of life...]
[And the substances that sustain life are exactly what the elderly need most]
[For this reason, some people who long for eternal life came together and hid in the dark side of the world, like vampires, sucking the lives of young people...]
[Current stage mission requirements: Save the mission target "Su Qi" and learn more information from her]
【……】
Unexpectedly, a small mission objective of the long-term mission [Bury the Bones in a Foreign Land] actually involved another big mission.
It can be seen from Su Xia's description that this task is not easy to accomplish.
The system actually answered the call automatically for him.
"Can absorbing the vital energy of young people really make the elderly regain their youth?"
Su Xia couldn't help but think.
On Earth, there are indeed studies showing that the cerebrospinal fluid of young mice can improve the brain function of old mice.
However, these studies have not yet been conducted on humans.
At least, no human experiments have been exposed.
If it really works for the elderly, the consequences are unimaginable - how many young people will disappear every year?
"Save people first."
Su Xia threw away the strange thoughts in her mind and focused her attention on the last hose.
Fortunately, he has life-sensing glasses and can sense the presence of metal needles, which is almost equivalent to having X-ray vision and can avoid many dangers.
With his careful operation, the tube was slowly removed without harming the fetus in the belly.
Afterwards, Su Xia immediately injected Su Qi with a healing potion to help her repair her wounds.
"Can you get up?"
Su Xia put a piece of clothing on her and tried to pull her up.
But he soon discovered that perhaps because she had been lying down for too long, Su Qi's limbs were a little weak and her body was a little stiff.
Fortunately, her muscles did not atrophy, and she quickly adapted to the current situation. She reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, nodded, and looked at Su Xia with red eyes.
"Come with me, and try not to make too much noise."
Su Xia supported her, helped her out of the breeding cellar, and took her into the passage.
Then, he waved his hand lightly, and countless iron pieces, carrying the garbage, gravel, soil, etc. that had been dug out before, flew past them and filled the dug passage again.
Around 6pm, the two returned to the ground.
The task prompts that the current stage of [Bury the Bones in a Foreign Land] has been completed, and the two rewards are automatically issued and can be collected at any time.
But Su Xia didn't have time to look at the reward now. He took Su Qi away from this area and found an abandoned house in the south of the city to settle her down.
Su Qi, who saw the light of day again, was in tears. After tearing off the tape at the corner of her mouth, she cried and thanked Su Xia repeatedly: "Thank you, thank you, I thought I was going to die there..."
"You're welcome. It's my honor."
Su Xia injected her with two more healing potions and also injected her with a recuperation potion to ensure that her vital signs returned to normal.
Next, he had many more questions to ask.
