hsac headquarters, subterranean levels, basement 12.
The once high-tech corridors were now splattered with blood. Corpses lay to one side, their heads either crushed or bodies torn apart in gruesome fashion.
Lin Yuan and his companions had ascended from basement 22, and only now did they witness the extent of Edgar's destruction.
"We've reached basement 12 and haven't seen anyone. Where did everyone else go?" Lin Yuan asked, not bothering to look at the terrifyingly shaped corpses.
Carola Anna checked her locator, her voice uncertain. "I don't know. Anderson lost contact with me two minutes ago. They released poison gas and tranquilizers, but it was no use. Edgar's undead legion has already begun to take full control of this island."
"Bang bang bang!"
As she finished speaking, several figures in black and white combat uniforms appeared around a corner, opening fire without a word.
Fortunately, Lin Yuan and Carola Anna were no ordinary individuals. The moment they spotted them, they dove behind cover.
The bullets missed them.
"It's the undead legion! Lin..." Carola Anna was about to discuss countermeasures with Lin Yuan when she saw him charge forward, holding a relatively intact corpse with one hand.
The corpse was clad in HSAC's custom bulletproof vest, designed to effectively withstand their firearms.
"Boo
They reached the sixth floor. The moment the safety passage door opened, Lin Yuan was hit by several shots, sending him tumbling down the stairs.
Carola Anna also hastily dodged aside. She didn't possess Lin Yuan's regenerative abilities; being hit would mean death.
They chose the safety passage over the elevator precisely to avoid such ambushes, yet they still encountered one.
From the bottom of the stairs, already in combat mode, Lin Yuan felt little pain, only a significant impact.
The injuries he sustained were rapidly healing thanks to his self-healing ability, which was operating at maximum efficiency.
"I'm no longer a player who relies on desperation, but a player who relies on money!"
With a push of his legs, Lin Yuan rocketed from the bottom of the stairs to the door they had just passed. The concrete floor where he had stood now bore circular cracks from his immense weight and the recoil.
Before the undead legion soldiers at the door, who were still holding their guns, could react, Lin Yuan was upon them, his fist rapidly expanding in their vision.
With one punch, he spun a soldier's head 720 degrees. As the soldier fell, Lin Yuan snatched a alloy dagger from his person, then used it to fend off a soldier attempting to engage him in close combat. With his left hand, he plunged the dagger into another soldier's neck, followed by another punch.
A severed carotid artery, combined with a heavy blow, snapped the man's neck. Blood erupted like a fountain from the further torn wound.
After breaking out of the encirclement, the remaining soldiers posed no challenge for Lin Yuan. They didn't even get a chance to fire before Lin Yuan dispatched them with his fists and the dagger.
Having finished the fight, Lin Yuan disarmed them, loaded the guns, lifted his mask, and fired two shots to the head and one to the chest, completely ending their lives.
"Clap clap clap."
Before Lin Yuan and Carola Anna could breathe a sigh of relief, a round of applause echoed from the corridor not far away.
A person wearing no armor or combat suit walked over unhurriedly, clapping.
"I didn't expect you, this Yel—"
Before he could finish, Lin Yuan had already rushed forward and landed a punch. While the man was reeling from the blow to his body and unable to react,
Fortunately, both of them were wearing combat suits and helmets, so they had no idea who the other was.
"I'm not sure, but even Edgar in his current state wouldn't survive being hit like this."
"Let's go, we continue."
Even if it wasn't to save lives, Lin Yuan would complete the organization's mission and take away most of HSAC's confidential files. This would serve as an explanation to his superiors and also secure a spot in a safe zone for Carola Anna's personnel.
HSAC's subterranean levels housed two main servers. One was in basement 22, where Carola Anna had already backed up all the files. The other was in basement 1, containing a significant portion of data that still needed backing up.
Ascending to the fifth basement level, the military presence here was noticeably greater.