The setting sun illuminated the entire city ruins, creating a magnificent, serene, yet desolate and tragic feeling.

Long Yuehong wasn't captivated by such beauty. He glanced left and right, wanting to ask how to find that secret laboratory.

The "Old Task Force" hadn't obtained specific location information from Aviya earlier because Aviya had never been to the No. 13 Ruins of the Wasteland. She had no understanding of this place and could only mechanically repeat the words of her grandfather, Olei, which left Jiang Baimian and the others, who also lacked a holistic grasp of the city, completely bewildered.

After finding a city map in the bookstore that afternoon, they did have some judgment, but due to time constraints, they didn't have time to conduct in-depth analysis and speculation.

In Long Yuehong's view, following the "footprints" left by Genava might be the most practical and effective method.

He believed that this intelligent robot, when left alone in the initial city, likely quietly collected the city layout map of the No. 13 Ruins of the Wasteland and figured out where that dangerous and secret laboratory was located.

Of course, the "Source Brain," which stores a lot of information from the Old World, might have already mastered the corresponding city map, but without further intelligence.

Just as Long Yuehong opened his mouth to speak, a rumble suddenly echoed from somewhere in the city ruins.

The earth trembled slightly, and many birds soared from the tops of different buildings.

"Northeast direction." Jiang Baimian, wearing a military exoskeleton device, quickly locked onto the approximate area where the explosion occurred. "That secret laboratory seems to be in that area as well."

Bai Chen instantly had an association:

"Did Old Ge cause it?"

"Very likely." Jiang Baimian nodded solemnly.

"Now we don't have to waste time looking for the target location." Shang Jianyao didn't hide his satisfaction.

He exaggeratedly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he tilted his head and asked Long Yuehong:

"Did you secretly complain about rashly acting without even knowing where the target location is?"

"No!" Long Yuehong answered with a guilty conscience and a stubborn mouth.

He glanced at the direction of the explosion and said with considerable joy:

"It doesn't overlap with the 'Dao and Electrical Appliance Repair' radio station, there's a certain deviation..."

In other words, that secret laboratory wasn't the place where Wu Meng was sealed.

"Shhh." Shang Jianyao raised his index finger to his lips, signaling Long Yuehong not to say anything more.

Long Yuehong rationally chose to shut up.

Jiang Baimian, who had observed the various traces around the cave exit, raised her head:

"Old Ge is indeed heading in that direction. Let's go."

As the team leader, she was about to take the lead, but after running a few steps, she gradually slowed down and waited for Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong to overtake her before running again.

Even with the help of the positioning and navigation system attached to the military exoskeleton device, she didn't dare to be careless.

The well-equipped "Old Task Force" quickly bypassed the artificial lake, entered a block, and strode towards the target area.

Clang, clang, clang, they didn't deliberately control their footsteps.

Running, running, Shang Jianyao suddenly raised the "Berserker" assault rifle and pulled the trigger towards a certain place on the side.

Bang!

A glass window shattered, and a figure fell from the fourth floor to the ground.

He was wearing several different layers of clothing, with his hands and feet exposed, and his nails were tough and sharp, appearing to be a "Heartless."

Shang Jianyao didn't stop moving forward and jumped up abruptly with the help of the military exoskeleton device.

He predicted that the place he was originally going to pass through would be covered by a hail of bullets.

At this moment, a rocket flew towards the third floor of another building and entered a room.

Boom!

Several pieces of glass were shattered, and flames engulfed several figures.

Shang Jianyao, no longer under attack, landed safely, turned his body, and looked back at his teammates.

Jiang Baimian was carrying a man-portable rocket launcher and running in a straight line without reducing her speed.

She said in a deep voice:

"Don't stop, charge through!

"Don't waste time on these 'Heartless'!"

Clang, clang, clang, Shang Jianyao patted the side of the "Berserker" assault rifle while resolutely executing the order. Long Yuehong and Bai Chen followed closely behind.

After a round of突进, they passed two blocks in succession, finally shaking off those ordinary "Heartless."

"Huff, I thought there weren't any 'Heartless' here." Long Yuehong said, slightly out of breath.

At the same time, he was still running.

——Bionic intelligent armor and military exoskeleton devices are different. Their ability to assist running and increase strength is not strong. Unless the main function is in this direction, they can be compared with the latter. Therefore, Long Yuehong inevitably panted a little after running such a long distance in the "Black Marsh Iron Serpent" bionic intelligent armor.

"Yeah, yeah." This time it was Shang Jianyao, habitually echoing.

The "Old Task Force" hadn't encountered any "Heartless" the previous few times they entered here, and they thought that the No. 13 Ruins of the Wasteland were special, because the existence of monsters like Wu Meng caused the "Heartless" to fail to reproduce and survive to the present.

"Huff, it seems that the 'Heartless' here mainly operate in this area and rarely go elsewhere." Bai Chen, who had undergone genetic modification, was also panting, but relatively better.

Jiang Baimian thought for a moment and said:

"Perhaps they were attracted by the explosion."

In a brief exchange, the "Old Task Force" sometimes jumped up and moved forward on top of cars blocking the road, and sometimes used the shops on the street to turn bends into straight lines and shorten the distance.

In just twenty minutes or so, Jiang Baimian and others arrived at the preliminarily estimated target location.

Here, there were buildings one after another, some high and some low, dazzling.

Recalling Olei's words relayed by Aviya, Jiang Baimian carried the man-portable rocket launcher and ran to the left.

At the same time, she amplified her voice through the sound amplifier of the military exoskeleton device:

"Go to the right, after bypassing that area of buildings, look for a white building that is only three stories high and has a courtyard."

Long Yuehong and Bai Chen slowed down. The honest Shang Jianyao asked if he didn't understand:

"Is it left or right?"

Jiang Baimian stopped abruptly, recalling and judging again.

"Go to the right!" She sullenly adjusted her direction.

However, she didn't take this matter to heart at all and followed Shang Jianyao and the others around a block with towering buildings in good condition.

Before long, the white building described by Jiang Baimian appeared in the eyes of several members of the "Old Task Force."

It wasn't high, but it occupied a large area, with a park-like courtyard. There was no sign at the entrance that could locate its specific information.

Rushing into the gate, passing through the courtyard, Shang Jianyao and others saw that the gate of the white building was completely open.

"Slow down." Jiang Baimian issued the order again, "Confirm the surrounding situation."

This was a necessary step in any action!

After completing the preliminary reconnaissance, the "Old Task Force" entered the small building to look for traces of Genava's visit.

Here, smooth, mirror-like black marble floor tiles were laid, which were very hard and did not show any dents, but perhaps because no one had come for a long time, a lot of dust had accumulated on the ground, leaving a series of footprints.

This clearly belonged to a robot.

"Old Ge really came here." Shang Jianyao said with relief, "He went to the stairwell."

He moved forward along the footprints as he spoke.

Jiang Baimian didn't stop him, but guarded against any enemies that might rush out of the stairwell shrouded in darkness.

The flashlight beam shone in, dispelling the "fog."

Seeing that there were indeed no dangerous creatures lurking, Jiang Baimian signaled Long Yuehong and Bai Chen to follow.

——Originally, the task of exploring ahead has now been handed over to the "Shield of the Team" Long Yuehong, but Jiang Baimian considered that this laboratory was very dangerous, and Shang Jianyao was wearing a military exoskeleton device, which had a certain degree of defensive ability and sufficient evasion ability. He could also sense a large area, so she thought he was more suitable than Long Yuehong.

All the way down, the Old Task Force arrived at the second basement floor.

Here, heavy metal walls constructed a silver hall, with fluorescent lights mounted above in a semi-concealed manner.

At this time, all the fluorescent lights were on, making the hall like daylight.

"Where did the electricity come from?" Long Yuehong blurted out.

The "Old World" had been destroyed for sixty or seventy years!

Shang Jianyao patted the side of the "Berserker" assault rifle with his right palm and guessed quite excitedly:

"Did they tie up a Wu Meng here to generate electricity?"

As expected of you... Jiang Baimian turned her gaze to the depths of the hall.

There, there was a pair of silver-black metal doors. It had been opened, and a statue-like robot was standing next to it.

The robot was a full size smaller than Genava, and its appearance was closer to those left over from the Old World.

It seemed to have run out of electricity, lowering its head, looking like it was sealed in dust.

Jiang Baimian said with deliberation:

"Old Ge seems to have opened the door to the laboratory and闯了进去."

She paused and added:

"The No. 1 Ruins of the Swamp, which also has a secret laboratory, is equipped with a hydroelectric power station, and electricity is supplied every night."

What she meant was that there was probably a similar power station here, which could be used for a long time with a little maintenance to maintain the operation of the laboratory.

And those in charge of maintenance were probably those robots from the Old World.

As soon as Jiang Baimian finished speaking, Shang Jianyao rushed towards the entrance of the secret laboratory.

In the blink of an eye, he stopped at the door and politely asked the motionless silver robot:

"Have you seen an intelligent man who is so much taller than you?"

As Shang Jianyao spoke, he gestured to Genava's height.

It would be terrifying if it could open its mouth to answer you... Long Yuehong muttered to himself when he saw this.

Just then, the robot suddenly raised its head, and red lights appeared in its eyes.

It then made a cold voice:

"Illegal intrusion!

"Illegal intrusion!"