Chapter 268: Unhealthy
"What do we do now?" Huangfu Miaomiao asked. "The rain's so heavy. Are we supposed to walk out?"
"We have no choice," Xu Yiming said. "The tires on our truck were too badly damaged to drive. It's probably two or three kilometers to the edge of the cordon, so we can only see if there's a suitable vehicle along the way and borrow it."
Feng Ling sighed and dragged the Cat Spider forward like she was hauling an enormous cocoon.
"Seriously, it had to spin a web at a time like this. Ordinary vehicles can't even fit it," she complained.
Xu Yiming was troubled too. Most of the vehicles parked by the roadside were small cars, useless to them.
Then Ye Zheng spoke. "Inspectors must keep their phones on them and remain reachable twenty-four hours a day. It's very unusual for Han Xu not to answer. Something may have happened outside the cordon."
Feng Ling stopped walking and thought for a moment. "The only thing that could keep Han Xu too busy to answer his phone is a Xenomorph. Strange. Why would a Xenomorph appear at this time and place?"
Ye Zheng looked up at the sky and uttered two words. "Torrential rain."
—Before Feng Ling obtained the Hive Card, twenty-six of the 122 Mazes had already been breached by Xenomorphs. The Xenomorphs definitely knew that the weather changed abruptly once a Maze was breached.
"Looks like they came for us," Feng Ling remarked.
Li Qing opened his mouth and quietly corrected her. "...Mostly for you."
Feng Ling looked behind her, waved at the distant black shadow, and called out, "Third Child! Go check outside!"
At the rear of the group, about twenty meters away, was a huge black shadow—
It was as large as the biggest