Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 966 - 23 Lightning Hall

Chapter 966: Chapter 23 Lightning Hall

No newbie wanted to be treated as cannon fodder, so this time they all collectively chose to support Tang Zheng and silently moved to stand beside him. At least Xu Biyun and Lin Weiguo didn’t use the newbies as meat shields.

"Hey, what do you think you’re doing? If it weren’t for our quick reactions and losing a few newbies, you all would have died in the laser corridor," Lin He was furious, striding forward in two steps to a newbie, grabbing the collar of his shirt, and slapping him twice across the face.

"Stop it, the Group Leader hasn’t spoken yet, what are you ranting about?" Teng Yuangxiang, having just recovered from her shock, immediately firmly supported Tang Zheng, pointing her gun muzzle at Lin He.

"Bitch." Lin He wanted to deal with this female newbie, but as soon as she stepped forward, Xu Biyun’s muzzle was aimed at her.

"Split up, everyone goes their own way." Lin Chen didn’t want to walk with the Warhammer Team, it was too frustrating.

"Everyone shut up." Tang Zheng, expressionless, swept his gaze over these people, "Is now the time to be fixated on these things? The priority should be to get the insect tribe gene samples out of the laboratory."

Tang Zheng wouldn’t let the Conquerors of the Ramen Squad leave; after all, in a crisis, they could let the newbies be cannon fodder and take the scapegoat role for them.

"Tang Zheng is right, I propose we change routes. Otherwise, following the Trojan’s map, we’ll all eventually die," Zeng Fanghai lost his composure, playing peacemaker.

"Judging by the height of the laboratory from the outside, the entire building should have fifteen floors. We’ve covered one third of the way, there’s still time to change routes," Zhou Xiang had been trying to maintain a presence, but unfortunately had been ignored, as the newbies’ attention was all on Tang Zheng, waiting for him to make a decision.

"There’s no fork here, we at least have to finish this floor. Mr. Qian, please lead the way."

"Why me again? What happened to human rights?" Qian Xue, who had narrowly escaped death, bulged veins on his forehead when he heard Tang Zheng calling him out, complaining indignantly.

Zuo Yi ignored him, grabbed his collar, and threw him into the passage.

"What do you guys think?" Qian Xue turned to look at the newbies, only to find that they had all looked away. At this moment, no one would offend the Conquerors for him, and someone had to explore the way; if not him, then it would be another newbie.

"Hmph, wait until I’m dead, it’ll be your turn to be scouts next; this is the result of not resisting," Qian Xue had just finished speaking when Lin Chen rushed up, grabbed his hair, and thrashed him violently, puffing up his entire cheek, and the bandage sticking to it fell off, causing the wound to burst open.

"Stop hitting him, let him go quickly." Tang Zheng frowned slightly, finding the newbie too bothersome; it was better for him to quickly die off. At that moment, it wasn’t just him who had sentenced Qian Xue to death.

Entering the passage again, every newbie’s muscles were tensed up, ready to sprint and escape at any moment. Tang Zheng also attempted to blast through the ceiling above them, but the materials were clearly some kind of alloy, very hard, so even the heavy cannons could not break through.

In the fifth-floor lobby, facing three passages, everyone was once again in a dilemma.

"Men left, women right, take the left passage," Lin Chen’s judgment had completely deteriorated, becoming nonsensical.

Tang Zheng hadn’t answered yet, surveying the two-hundred-meter edge of the lobby, searching for a way out.

"No matter what we choose, we all support you," Lin Weiguo had barely finished speaking when there was a thunderous noise. The floor, like a column, rose up, placing the survivors amidst tall pillars, and the worst part was that the pillars sprouted blue electric arcs, crackling loudly.

"Run, take the middle route!" In the end, Tang Zheng still chose the route given by Trojan, sprinting all the way.

Zap, a pillar shot out an electric current that hit a pillar three meters away, spreading from one to another, and after five times, disappearing. The entire Lightning Hall was activated.

Xu Biyun was rushing past a pillar when she suddenly saw an electric arc appear on it, wandering erratically. Immediately, she activated her shield, and sure enough, the next moment, the electric arc surged and shot out, striking the shield, making a sizzling sound.

The generation of electric current was random, but the number was increasing. Three seconds later, the entire hall was filled with sizzling sounds.

Due to the crisscrossing metal pillars, even the Conquerors couldn’t fully sprint, constantly having to change direction and angle, which also affected their speed. Zhou Xiang tried to destroy the pillars, to no avail.

"Ah, save me!" A newbie lagging at the back saw an electric arc wandering on the pillar in front of him, immediately changed direction to run, but was still a half-step too slow, getting hit by the electric current, which arced over his body. The voltage of over one million volts directly charred him to a crisp.

A charred corpse, emitting a burnt stench, lay on the ground.

"After a pillar bursts with electric current, the surrounding five are safe and won’t discharge for three seconds. Don’t panic, stay calm, and you can get through alive," even with Tang Zheng’s physique, he wasn’t able to escape the ’Lightning Hall’ in time. The room was filled with discharging sounds, but he was very calm, having spotted a certain pattern.

The Conquerors of the Ramen Squad were still hesitating, relying on defense to endure the hits, unable to trust their lives to someone they didn’t know. Xu Biyun and the other two, however, trusted him completely and immediately moved according to this information.

"Group Leader, help me," Teng Yuangxiang, who was seven meters behind Tang Zheng, would have lost him long ago if not for the protective clothing that doubled her physical abilities. Shi Jing was next to her, having completely lost her ability to judge, staring at the ceaselessly emerging blue electric arcs, not daring to move a step.

Qian Xue had no better solution and could only follow Tang Zheng’s instruction to make a desperate attempt, and then he found this inference to be correct.

Tang Zheng activated the shield, charged forward with a burst of speed, and rolled out holding Teng Yuangxiang and Shi Jing. Behind them, the stimulated electric currents ran wild; had he been a moment slower, the two women would have undoubtedly died.

Zhou Xiang’s protective clothing was Firefly, and he also had the Light Defense Shield, so he didn’t care about Tang Zheng’s warning and tried to force his way through. However, as he passed the last electric pillar, the Defense Shield was shattered, and he was struck by the electric current. If it weren’t for Firefly’s effectiveness, he would have certainly been electrocuted to death. Even so, he was still electrically shocked to the point of numbness and fell to the ground, vomiting a few mouthfuls of white foam. His ability was to assist in mechanization and absolutely couldn’t withstand this kind of area of effect attack.

Lin Chen’s trio, seeing Zhou Xiang’s miserable state, shuddered and subconsciously followed Tang Zheng’s method. Their protective clothing was Unicorn, and once the shield broke, they would definitely be electrocuted to death.

"Follow me," Tang Zheng reminded the two women, then began moving quickly, caring for the team at the same time. Lin Weiguo, after unleashing his ability, was the safest member of the team. Bi Yun seemed to have played a lot of video games, so she had a good understanding of such traps, especially after a reminder from Tang Zheng; she also spotted the flaw and was proceeding methodically.

Zuo Yi ran into some trouble as his rhythm was disrupted, and he began to panic. Besides, soldiers didn’t have a Light Defense Shield; a single misstep would be fatal.

"Zuo Yi, catch." Tang Zheng took out the Light Defense Shield and tossed it to the soldier.

Seeing this, Lin Chen’s trio were moved; they had never seen a Group Leader who was so considerate of his Group Members.

Crack, Zuo Yi raised his hand, caught the Shield, and activated it instantly. Fizz, Snap, the electric current blasted out, hitting it, and exploding with a loud pop.

"Move forward, quickly." After reminding Zuo Yi, Tang Zheng saw Shi Jing’s legs weaken with fear and held her in his arms. It had to be said that Teng Yuangxiang’s nerves were tough, as she gritted her teeth and followed right behind.

Fizz, Snap, a Newbie was too tense and got electrocuted to death. The electric current destroyed their muscles, and the person was totally burnt to a crisp.

"Everyone, stay calm or you’ll die for sure." Zhou Xiang, recovering, sat at the Channel entrance, trying to exhibit some leadership, but he was spouting nonsense and adding pressure to the Newbies.

"Idiot." Even Xu Biyun felt that this guy was hopeless. What they should do now was to pick a Newbie with potential and tell them what to do, and words like ’death’ should never be mentioned.

The more nervous they were, the more mistakes they made. Without a calm mind, every movement could become deformed. These minor issues could accumulate and become fatal. A female university student slipped while running, twisted her ankle, and by the time she got up and ran again, it was already too late.

Amidst the screams, the female university student died, and the sight of the girl’s wrinkled, charred skin was exceedingly disgusting to witness.

A male white-collar worker was unlucky, made a judgment error, missed a step, and surrendered his life to the Reaper.

Tang Zheng watched as Xu Biyun’s trio entered the passage one by one and left the Lightning Hall; he sighed in relief and then focused on moving and dodging, advancing effortlessly.

Witnessing the Electric Arcs blasting next to Tang Zheng and wildly running around him, almost hitting him, but not doing so, even Zhou Xiang had to admit that this man’s judgment was impressively precise and he was quite confident.

"I really don’t want to be an enemy of someone like him," Lin Chen muttered to himself, starting to reassess his own attitude.

"If only one person in this team could survive, I’d choose Tang Zheng," Zeng Fanghai sighed. His Group Leader was also strong, but seemed to lack something.

"Stealing the show. He could’ve just activated the Shield and run over here. Didn’t you all see? He’s wearing an SS-level Tyrannosaurus." Tang Zheng’s clothes were torn, revealing the protective clothing underneath. With a glance, one could tell such equipment was exceedingly rare.

In the last seven meters, Tang Zheng rushed over. Shi Jing was almost completely clinging to him, paralyzed with fear from the electric shocks. As soon as she was released, she sat down on the ground, gasping for breath, then cried looking at the charred corpses in the lobby.

"Group Leader, you’re awesome!" Teng Yuangxiang, now safe, immediately hugged Tang Zheng and stood on tiptoes to kiss him on the lips.

The surviving Han Ze was so furious he felt like his lungs were going to explode. The chest he hadn’t touched was now tightly squeezed against Tang Zheng’s chest, which was extremely uncomfortable.

"Stinky bitch." Qian Xue, sitting in front, glared at them with a ferocious expression but quickly restrained it. In his mind, he violated Teng Yuangxiang over and over; that was the only way he could vent his dissatisfaction.

"Let’s keep moving!" Tang Zheng pushed Teng Yuangxiang away and glanced around, discovering only twenty-one people were left—a tragic loss.

"Here, take this." Zuo Yi returned the Light Defense Shield.

"You keep it, to increase your chances of survival." Tang Zheng didn’t take it.

Teng Yuangxiang’s heart skipped a beat, worried that Tang Zheng would ask her for the shield back. But seeing that the Group Leader had no such intention, she felt somewhat ashamed for thinking so ill of him. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with a recommendation ticket or monthly ticket on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)