My Ability Pool is Superior-Chapter 62 - 61: Come Out, Duan Jianhui

Administrative building, first floor lobby.

Liu Yue squeezed through the safety door with Xiao Xueyin on her back.

She looked at the scene in the lobby, somewhat puzzled: "Where is everyone? Why are they all dead?"

In fact, when Zhou Zongming led the team upstairs, he also left a small group of soldiers guarding the first-floor lobby.

But now, this group of soldiers had all become corpses.

The duo carrying Zhou Zongming naturally wasn’t under much pressure; Yaro in front could even spare a hand to scratch the bat tattoo on his neck.

"We... the Investigation Corps didn’t allocate any personnel to clear out the soldiers below, that I’m sure."

It’s worth mentioning that "Hulk" was still entangled with the rubber-ability Er Bao, and even when passing through the second-floor corridor, you could hear "Hulk’s" furious roar.

To prevent any mishaps, Lv Bai took the responsibility of covering the rear; thus, he was the last to come out of the safety door.

He looked around and said, "Duan Jianhui’s doing?"

Though it was a question, the tone seemed fairly certain.

After all, the first-floor lobby was unobstructed, completely open to view.

But the dozen or so corpses in the lobby were lying in different positions, clearly killed successively.

Such a method of killing, in Lv Bai’s memory, among the surviving Death Fighters, only Duan Jianhui could have done it.

"I’ve never seen this Duan Jianhui you speak of, but since he can go invisible, why would he kill these people?"

Liu Yue, carrying Xiao Xueyin, wandered around the lobby, suddenly exclaiming: "Whoa! You all come look, there’s C4 here."

Hearing this, Lv Bai immediately said: "You guys go out first."

After seeing them leave the administrative building, Lv Bai quickly searched around.

Sure enough, the entire first-floor lobby had more than one place with bombs.

Especially the main load-bearing walls and columns of this administrative building were all planted with plastic explosives, except for the area near the elevator shaft.

Lv Bai’s eyelids twitched: "No wonder they took out the squad guarding the lobby." This was to prevent the installed bombs from being discovered.

He imagined that guy giving him harsh words, rushing to the ammo storage to steal explosives, and then eagerly coming here to plant them.

A bit abstract, isn’t it?

Glancing at the countdown on the C4 explosives, he suddenly realized a possibility.

Was it possible that Duan Jianhui was right by him at that moment?

In reality, from the moment Lv Bai got the USB drive from Duan Jianhui until he pushed through, even though he eliminated quite a few Death Fighters, it didn’t actually take too much time.

In such a short time, with Duan Jianhui’s normal human physique, he shouldn’t have been able to do so many things.

So when Lv Bai and the others went downstairs, they might have just interrupted Duan Jianhui’s actions, forcing him to stop.

This would explain why one area wasn’t bombed.

"You really are here."

Lv Bai sighed, raised his head, and said with a slightly sentimental tone: "Alright, come out."

The entire first-floor lobby was deathly silent.

Except for the occasional sound of fighting from above, there was no extra movement that reached Lv Bai’s ears.

He stood in the center of the lobby, silently waiting for about a minute.

No one?

"Did I guess wrong?"

Lv Bai didn’t feel embarrassed at all and turned to leave through the main door.

A moment later, he suddenly turned back, scanned the lobby again, still with no change.

Really not there?

Lv Bai rubbed his chin, helplessly deciding to leave first.

He waited silently for several more minutes.

As soon as Lv Bai was confirmed to have left, Duan Jianhui placed the pile of plastic explosives in his arms on the ground, exhaling a deep breath.

When Lv Bai turned back earlier, Duan Jianhui was instantly drenched in cold sweat.

Just a close call.

Fortunately, he habitually waited a little longer and didn’t put down the plastic explosives; otherwise, if Lv Bai noticed the sudden appearance of explosives on the ground, he would have been exposed.

Ultimately, it’s because his physical condition is just that of a normal person.

If Lv Bai blocked the entrance, it would be much harder to sneak out again.

Who knew these guys would come down so quickly; wasn’t the fight upstairs still intense?

Duan Jianhui glanced at the countdown timer on the plastic explosives, with over three minutes left, feeling a bit emotional.

"No one can find me."

Not disappointed for long, Duan Jianhui quickly regained his confidence and encouraged himself: "Just a little hardship."

...

Over the ruins of the research center, an armored vehicle sped by, kicking up clouds of dust.

"What the hell happened in the building? How did the major end up like this?"

The lieutenant vigorously stepped on the gas, anxiously observing the situation in the back row through the vehicle’s rearview mirror.

"I told you, it was battered by some monster," Liu Yue rolled her eyes.

In fact, ever since she came out of the administrative building with Zhou Zongming on her back, this lieutenant had been displaying this anxious demeanor, repeatedly asking the same question.

"Are you serious? Do you really expect me to believe in some green-skinned rock monster?"

The lieutenant was only worried, not hostile to Liu Yue, after all, they did rescue Zhou Zongming.

Lv Bai watched the scenery racing backward out the window and corrected casually.

"Hulk, not Stone Man, but..."

He paused for two seconds, then asked, "Are you sure this is how you can find medical personnel?"

The adjutant, though worried about Zhou Zongming’s situation, still answered without hesitation.

"There should be no issue. The medical personnel rescued from the city have all been placed close to the military camp. With such a big commotion, those doctors wouldn’t run around recklessly."

The adjutant spoke with convincing confidence, putting people at ease.

BOOM!!!

Just as the adjutant finished speaking, a thunderous explosion suddenly erupted.

It clearly came from the direction they left.

Everyone turned back, seeing a huge mushroom cloud rising from the administrative building’s location.

The blast wave from the explosion even made a hairline crack appear in the armored vehicle’s rearview mirror.

The debris and rubble cascading down pounded on the vehicle densely, as if it were a rainstorm.

"What the hell! Why is there another explosion?" The adjutant blurted out anxiously.

Lv Bai said, "This is probably the last one."

...

As they crossed a security line, the armored vehicle had to slow down.

This was because a large crowd had gathered on the edge, all curiously peering inside.

In fact, the explosions at the administrative building and research center were so loud that the entire military base could hear them, and many had witnessed the whole process personally.

If soldiers hadn’t quickly cordoned off the perimeter, many daring citizens would likely have rushed to take a closer look.

But even with entry prohibited, the scene outside the security line was still crowded.

The adjutant understood the curiosity of these onlookers, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t anxious. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

He honked the horn furiously to disperse the crowd, but it was barely effective and only made the situation noisier.

BANG! CRACK~ BANG! BANG!

After a few gunshots, the noisy scene instantly quieted down.

It turned out that Lv Bai had taken out a pair of Desert Eagles, reached out the window, and fired several shots into the air.

Hearing the gunshots, the adjutant turned his head abruptly.

Lv Bai gave him a gentle smile, "In urgent situations, you need to adapt. Now you can get them to clear a path."

The adjutant’s expression froze, and he swallowed back the words he wanted to say.

Pressing the gas pedal, he swiftly drove the armored vehicle through the crowd.

The armored vehicle stopped in front of a line of corrugated metal barricades.

District Three Resettlement Point, they had arrived.

Opening the car door, Lv Bai glanced at the entrance.

Fully-armed soldiers stood on both sides, and a gleaming heavy machine gun was mounted on the sandbag-stacked barricade.

Even with such a shortage of manpower, a squad of soldiers was allocated to ensure the safety of this area.

Just from this, one could see the importance of this area.

Because at the District Three resettlement point, not only medical personnel lived there, but also administrative and research personnel.

Even an old man fetching water might be a professor or director.

"Follow me."

The adjutant greeted a soldier and swiftly led the group through the passageway.

Even with a zombie outbreak, there’s a difference among people.

This could be seen from the rows of army-green tents in their view.

Unlike other crowded resettlement areas, the tents in District Three were generally two-person, at most four-person.

Even while under wartime conditions, the area maintained a neat and orderly state.

"Lieutenant Liu? Are you here to evacuate us?" A middle-aged woman with glasses noticed Lv Bai’s group and looked slightly anxious.

It was then that Lv Bai learned the adjutant’s last name was Liu.

"No, we’re not. Outside is under control now."

Lieutenant Liu urgently asked, "Ms. Sha, do you know where Dr. Yang and the others are?"

Ms. Sha noticed two wounded individuals in the group and didn’t dwell on unnecessary conversation: "They should all be with Professor Jiang, you know where that is, right?"

"Thanks, Ms. Sha, follow me."

The latter half of Lieutenant Liu’s words were clearly directed at Lv Bai’s team.

Trailblazer Lieutenant Liu was in a hurry; he wished he could immediately get Zhou Zongming to an emergency room.

The group frantically followed Lieutenant Liu in a rush, fortunately, they were all Death Fighters; otherwise, carrying the wounded, it would’ve been difficult to keep up.

The tents in the District Three resettlement point were all neatly arranged and had conspicuous number labels, making the search quicker if there was a goal.

It was worth mentioning that Lv Bai recognized Professor Jiang mentioned by Ms. Sha; he had heard Ah Gu mention him while in the lab.

Following at the back of the group, Lv Bai instinctively gripped the "Node" in his pocket.

If he remembered correctly, the contents of this USB stick seemed to be Professor Jiang’s experimental logs.

It truly was an unexpected delight.

Handing over the experimental logs to Professor Jiang should fulfill the goal of restoring order, shouldn’t it?

After all, the Deathmatch System mainly existed for the Death Fighters to compete, not for them to come here and farm.