Stirring Things Up in the Wasteland 195

Chapter 195

Song Xun returned to the base and replaced the little ball of light as the coordinate. Taking advantage of the fact that the group was not paying attention, and under the cover of Song Ye and Ji Chao, it slipped into Song Ye’s hair.

But before Song Ye could even ask it what was going on, the pursuit of the corpses came as if it were a shadow.

Damn it—

Without a word, they could only continue to flee.

The off-road vehicle’s tires had burst. In the end, when the group had finally shaken off the surrounding corpses, they found that they had run to an empty, dilapidated ruin.

“Sister Song, look ahead…”

With Song Xun gone, Song Ye was the leader.

Sang Mu gestured to the person next to her, and Song Ye followed her gaze. In the darkness of the eternal night, a small path was faintly visible under the night vision goggles. It was quite hidden, and it wound its way through the empty and quiet landscape, who knows where it led.

“Sister Song…”

Song Ye pondered for a moment. “We’ll go over.”

They had no other choice now. If they continued to wait, it was likely that the corpse swarm that had been shaken off would soon catch up again.

“Then what about Boss Song…”

“It’s fine. I left a mark. She’ll be able to find us.”

Although Sang Mu and the others didn’t know when Song Ye had left a mark, they didn’t say any more. They thought that the two sisters must have a way.

With a decision made, the group headed towards the hidden path, running and carefully paying attention to the surrounding movements.

From a distance, this small path was very hidden, the kind you couldn’t see if you didn’t look at the right angle. And it was small and narrow. But once you stepped onto this path, you found that it was actually quite spacious.

The bluestones were scattered, but you could still see where they extended. The whole path was about two meters wide, but it was five or six hundred meters long. The bluestones were extremely smooth compared to other places, almost like…

“Someone has been here, and more than once?”

There was no light in the eternal night, but the feeling under their feet was different.

Just like a road that had been walked on often and one that had never been walked on, the feeling was definitely different.

But the group stopped, and in front of them was still a darkness, and they couldn’t see anything clearly.

A wind rose, and a faint, indistinct smell came with it.

It was an illusion, but this possibility could not be ruled out.

Song Ye no longer hesitated. “Go!”

At the end of the road was a square entrance building about two meters high. This was what they could see with their night vision goggles. The more specific details were not clear, and their current position was about 150 meters from the building, a little higher than the visibility of the night vision goggles.

They had not gotten too close, but even so, they had still alerted the dozens of corpses guarding the entrance.

As if they had discovered something, their originally quiet bodies suddenly jumped up as if they had been scalded, their mouths letting out a rapid, chaotic “ho ho” sound, and they all became agitated.

“Not good, let’s go!”

But Song Ye then discovered that although they were howling with gusto, and had indeed become agitated, they…

…had not chased after them?!

This was clearly not logical.

The group looked at each other. Ji Chao was surprised. “This… are they not chasing us?”

“Did they not receive the order to hunt us?” Sang Mu looked back in surprise.

But in comparison, Song Ye was more inclined to believe that they couldn’t come out!

“What is this place? It seems very important to them.”

If it weren’t important, it wouldn’t be so hidden, let alone have corpses guarding the entrance.

Ji Chao leaned closer to Song Ye’s ear and said in a low voice, “Should we take them out and go in to see?”

But there were only a few dozen corpses. For them, it was still very easy to do.

“No.”

But Song Ye vetoed it with one word. “On the surface, there are these, but we don’t know if there are any in the dark. We need to plan this carefully. And our marks have not been removed yet. The ones who are chasing us will come soon. To go in at this time is just to expose ourselves. At that time, not only will we not be able to get in, but we will also cause unnecessary trouble.”

It was precisely because she had sensed that this place was too important that she had to think twice before acting.

“In any case, let’s leave here first. Don’t expose this place. We’ll talk about it when A’Xun comes back.”

The group nodded and cautiously retreated.

The entire building was once again hidden in this small path, little known, dark and mysterious.

When Song Xun came back, it was about three hours later. But unfortunately, this time, the little ball of light couldn’t go back to Ning Mountain.

Its secondary coordinate could only be used once.

But this time when she came back, she had brought something good.

In the darkness of the eternal night, the group had gathered in a dilapidated pile of rocks, taking a long-awaited breath of fresh air and a drink of water. Their eyes, with their night vision goggles, were all fixed on the small pills Song Xun had distributed to them.

They were pitch black, and they also emitted an unpleasant, bitter smell.

You could tell at a glance that they had been made in a hurry, and even the outer appearance had not been polished. The whole thing felt uneven in the hand.

“Can you really eat this?”

Ji Chao’s face was full of disgust. Looking at Song Xun’s unkind gaze, he quickly changed his words. “No, I mean, if you eat this medicine, can it really temporarily seal the location mark?”

Not to mention he didn’t believe it, in reality, the others, including Song Ye, also didn’t quite believe it. “Didn’t you say this mark is a kind of spiritual energy? What does spiritual energy have to do with this medicine?”

But she asked Song Xun, and she didn’t know either.

“It’s probably the same principle as taking medicine to cure a disease.”

She spread her hands. “Anyway, that’s what Wang Li said. Isn’t a mental illness also a kind of disease?”

This was a good argument. For a moment, it was really hard to refute.

The feeling of eating this medicine was… very bitter and with a certain sourness. In short, two words: sour and refreshing.

An unusual kind of sour and refreshing.

But how to put it? It was still effective. In just half an hour, the small red dot on their fingers had visibly darkened.

“Is this enough?”

Song Ye didn’t quite believe it. “It doesn’t feel very reliable.”

Song Xun couldn’t refute this, because she also felt it was a bit unreliable.

“Why don’t we give it a try?”

Sang Mu interjected, “Then, try and die?”

Song Xun glared at her with disgust. “If you can’t speak, you can shut up.”

Sang Mu giggled, but they still had to try.

And so, after running for who knows how long, they actually took the initiative to go back and provoke the corpse swarm. They would fight and then run, a series of clashes, and in the end, they found…

It was actually quite effective!

They were immediately shocked. At last, they could find a place to sit down and eat.

With their worries resolved, Song Ye’s mind was also active.

And so, an hour later, the group, following the marks they had left, and after getting lost in two places, finally found the building again in the darkness of the eternal night.

And this time, they approached cautiously, but they did not alert the group of corpses.

In front of the building, not far away, was a large rock half a person’s height, and there was definitely more than just this one. The entire entrance of the building was surrounded by them, forming a circle.

On them were densely written a lot of messy characters.

Alright, they looked like characters, but probably no one could recognize what these things were, or were they patterns?

About ten meters from the entrance of the building, about thirty or so corpses were wandering back and forth, aimlessly.

“Split up, in groups of two. Let’s check the surroundings for any other ambushes first.”

“Yes!”

After the group had complied, they immediately split up, and in groups of two, they ran into the darkness.

Thirteen people, and Song Xun was in a group by herself. But she didn’t move and stayed behind as the origin point.

Soon, after more than ten minutes, the fast ones, like Song Ye, had already returned one after another.

“Nothing on my side.”

“Boss Song, we don’t have anything on our side either…”

“…”

Six groups, twelve people, and the answer was almost the same.

Although it was a bit unbelievable, Song Xun pondered for a moment and finally made a decision. “Let’s break in.”

The group immediately became excited.

Kill the corpses, enter the entrance.

“Shh!”

Song Xun stood at the entrance, raised her finger, and made a shushing gesture to everyone, then took the lead and entered.

The eternal night was very dark, but this not-so-high entrance passage was even darker, so dark it was sinister and cold.

They had thought it would lead directly inside, but it was only when they went in that they knew, at about the ten-meter mark, a stone door was blocking it tightly.

The touch was icy and smooth.

Song Xun took out a high-intensity flashlight from her space and, with a shine, she discovered that it wasn’t a stone door at all.

It was a stone wall.

It had practically merged with the surrounding walls.

“How do we open this…”

The group was troubled.

But no matter what they did, whether it was burning, electrocuting, flooding, or direct force, the stone wall did not move an inch.

“How did they do all this?”

The group was shocked. “Damn, this is amazing.”

What do we do if we can’t open it?

Then of course, we’ll keep hitting it. They came one after another, and soon, they had all given up.

Then if brute force doesn’t work…

Song Xun shone her high-intensity flashlight everywhere, not missing a single detail. In the end, under the bright light, she could finally clearly see the petal-shaped pattern on the dark black glazed tiles.

Woo woo!

An unknown cold wind would blow from time to time, occasionally making a low, sharp whistle, which added a certain terrifying atmosphere to this dark night.

But Song Xun and her group didn’t care at all.

They were just each holding a high-intensity flashlight, scattered, some on guard, some looking for clues.

They worked together.

Finally, after who knows how long, Song Xun finally discovered something different.

And that was a small, inconspicuous indentation in the entire stone wall.

Or rather, at a glance, the first feeling was that it was not in harmony with the style of the entire stone wall. The group slowly walked over and carefully paid attention to it.

This small indentation was not much larger than an adult’s palm, and its position was on the left side of the entire stone wall, not in the center.

According to normal human logic, no matter what it was, for the sake of aesthetics and symmetry, it should also be in the middle. It was different, so there should be a problem.

Alright, Song Xun’s OCD was acting up.

But the good thing was, in reality, it really was like this. She slowly raised her hand and tried to press the indented area, pushing it into the wall.

Her movements were very light, and the others who had gathered around also didn’t disturb her. No one made a sound.

In the process of pushing, Song Xun suddenly discovered that this indentation was not solid. It actually loosened with her added force.

It really works!

For a moment, the group’s blood was all rushing up.

The speed of the indentation’s movement was a bit sluggish, and the more you pushed, the heavier it got. But it was indeed moving, little by little—