Pipeline Gates

"Hurry up!"

If the death of the American could be attributed to his negligence, the death of the Korean was absolutely chilling.

He doesn't shoot when someone touches a red bag or searches a backpack; he waits until the person lowers their guard before striking them dead!

At other times, a sniper's shot might be dodged or even countered, but now the sniper in the shadows is like a hunter watching his prey.

The platform where Li Hao's team was located was completely within the line of sight of those snipers, yet not a single shot was fired.

The NPC actually waits for the fatal moment that will kill in one hit, and only uses that fatal blow!

Li Hao and his two companions immediately made their escape. Before the snipers could target them, they sprinted towards an opening on the platform until they were sure they were out of the elevator shaft's vicinity.

"What's going on with them?" Tiger Girl's heart was pounding, and even through her Level 4 armor, she could see her chest bobbing up and down with her breath.

"The NPCs in this area are terrifying. They seem to have their own tactics, waiting for their prey to be most relaxed before attacking! Every strike is a guaranteed kill!"

"Luckily, we didn't gorge ourselves and remained vigilant, otherwise, bullets might have whizzed out of our heads!"

The three men recalled that they had been looking around the platform, analyzing the terrain, and hacking into the computers. If they had relaxed even a little bit, they might have already been taken out by Sanqiang.

"Let's keep going... stay alert!"

"Where are we now?"

Looking around, they found themselves in a corridor made of gray-black metal, with rows of protrusions covering the walls.

"I don't know, but I have a bad feeling about this place. Let's get out of here and come this way!" Old Bao instinctively felt uncomfortable with the scene and immediately led the way out of the corridor.

What they didn't know was that this place should have been covered with laser networks, but because Han Che had just arrived and hadn't upgraded or activated them, they were able to slip through the loophole and get through directly.

Having just experienced a sniper attack, the group was extremely wary, cautiously advancing step by step. Three rifles were aimed in three different directions, their entire focus on observation.

Unfortunately, just like before, there wasn't a single NPC soldier. In the past, the maps they explored were all places where they were extremely reluctant to encounter NPCs.

And today, in this place, they really hoped that the soldier could appear on the road and shout as usual.

This enormous prison was eerily quiet.

Upon entering a straight corridor, to the left is a separate room area with green squares and white crosses drawn on the walls, clearly indicating a medical-related area.

The three of them tacitly avoided exchanging words, but after exchanging glances, Li Hao, as usual, guided them through the room using sign language.

Contrary to expectations, the room was filled with office desks and chairs, as well as a considerable number of supply points.

The small house immediately gave them a great sense of security, at least they didn't have to worry about being shot dead by random gunfire from who-knows-where.

After a quick search of the area, the three relaxed a bit and began scavenging for supplies.

The harvest was still good; they earned several small gold coins from this small supply, which boosted their morale, which had been low.

"Fortunately, although we didn't find Big Red, we were still pretty lucky! This mission was so dangerous, as long as we can get back safely, it will be a great achievement."

"Who says otherwise!" Tiger Girl chimed in.

Then Lao Bao noticed a row of computer-like devices on the second floor. After deciphering and hacking them, he found a circuit file inside one of the computers.

"Friends, come and see what this is!"

Li Hao and Hu Mei's attention was then drawn to the file. Li Hao, who was more knowledgeable about information, instantly analyzed its contents: "This should be a device access cracking program. Based on the parameters inside, I think it might be related to our evacuation!"

"Great!" Tiger Girl jumped up excitedly. She was already satisfied with today's gains, and now she just wanted to get back safely. "Then let's start it up quickly!"

Old Bao nodded slightly and started the program.

Then a loud announcement echoed throughout the prison: "The pipeline control system has been hacked. You may now open the pipeline gates!"

"Just as I thought! Great, let's open the gates and evacuate!"

As they made their way out of the medical experimental zone, the three encountered a large number of supply points of all sizes along the way, more than they had ever seen before.

And surprisingly, purple items were the most common among them! Their prices of ten or twenty thousand, or even twenty or thirty thousand, fueled their growing joy.

Even so, they still maintained the practice of one person looting while two others held the guns, taking turns to carry out the task.

"Look down!" Looking down from the corridor, there is an office area in a very open space.

With his sharp eyes, Li Hao scanned the room and immediately spotted a white USB drive on one of the desks!

"Let's go! Let's go downstairs!" Li Hao took the lead, rushed downstairs, and quickly grabbed it!

"Quantum storage!" Tiger Girl exclaimed in surprise. There was another red one, placed on the open-air table!

This area will spawn high-level supplies!

The group immediately began to search the area carefully. Even if there were no red-quality supplies, gold-quality items would do!

Meanwhile, in a small hut unnoticed by them, a prison guard peeked out and locked onto the target of the looting operation. Remembering the warden's instructions, he lowered the muzzle of his gun, which was originally aimed at the chest, to the leg.

"Da da da da da!"

The sudden burst of fire caught Old Bao off guard. He instinctively lowered his center of gravity to avoid being shot in the head.

Unexpectedly, the bullets flew almost entirely close to the ground. Even though he had made the best possible decision, the bullets still pierced his left leg, causing him to bleed profusely.

Upon seeing this, Li Hao immediately retaliated, but only saw the prison guard's back as he retreated back into the room.

He opened fire fiercely with his Tenglong assault rifle, but all his shots hit the wall.

Despite the excruciating pain, Lao Bao lay prone in a tactical position, aiming his AKM at the direction where enemies might appear, but things didn't go as they expected.

The prison fell silent once again.

Large beads of sweat rolled down their foreheads; the pressure had reached its peak.

It's happening again!

"Tiger Girl, you stay here and watch over Old Bao! I'm going to kill him!"

Before Tiger Sister could speak, Li Hao immediately rushed towards the room where the soldier had disappeared.

He leaped inside just before entering!

As expected of a seasoned expert in assault positions, Li Hao had already pre-aimed his gun at the possible locations of people inside the house while his body was airborne.

He immediately opened fire, unleashing a torrent of bullets, a testament to both his determination to kill with a single blow and a release of his pent-up anger and repression.

The soldier in that small room, unable to resist, was killed and turned into a box...

Looking down at the few small dents in his chest armor, it was clear that the soldier had used up all the bullets in his gun before he died, but none of them could penetrate his level 4 armor!

Li Hao rolled to his feet, panting as he opened the NPC supply box. He had assumed that such powerful prison guards must have high-level equipment and weapons to have beaten them so badly.

But after a lot of searching...

Armor, none

Helmet, none

The weapon was equipped with a Bison submachine gun but without any remaining ammunition.

I have 13 rounds of Level 1 9x19mm ammunition remaining in my pocket.

This was the poorest soldier he had ever seen!

"Damn it!" Li Hao angrily slammed his fist on the wall. He felt an unprecedented humiliation, being beaten like this by an NPC soldier with such poor equipment!

Looking up at the wall where the fist had smashed, it turned out to be a power switch!

"Someone has activated the power switch for the pipeline gate; the escape window is open. Confirm the location of the rendezvous point!"