CHAPTER 651: CHAPTER 648: WEAPONS DISTRIBUTION

"It’s actually Mr. Yang..."

Seeing Airen walking into the office with Ronald and Yani.

The woman named Ai Wei first softly uttered Ronald’s name, then her gaze swept prominently over Yani, before finally adjusting her attention back to Airen, asking the question that urgently needed to be understood:

"Airen, how did things look outside when you went out?"

"The situation? The situation is just terribly bad!" Airen first evaluated the current terrible state of affairs. Then she gestured towards Yani, who had already seated herself by the office desk during this time, "I remember Miss Yani has a degree in biology, right? She might be able to offer some unique insights."

Yani’s eyes were dim, and her mood was obviously not good.

However, she also knew that this was not the time to vent her emotions, so she adjusted her breathing while shaking her head to explain,

"I can’t give an accurate answer to this question."

"Those blue-skinned creatures from before do not match any species on Earth that I’m aware of. Of course, if you’re saying that they are the product of gene engineering or some special pollution, I wouldn’t disagree — honestly, are you sure what you’ve found is a relic and not a chemical factory left over from World War II?"

Upon hearing Yani’s scope,

Another man named Grady raised his hand:

"This is simply impossible!"

"Even if some troop from World War II could make it to the polar circle, and they wanted to conduct some outrageous chemical or biological experiments, they couldn’t possibly dig out an underground base without a single piece of modern equipment, could they?"

Underground bases in the polar circle...

As the conversation progressed between a few people, Ronald was getting more and more information.

Quietly following the conversation and summarizing this information, he caught a gap in their dialogue, then took the initiative to ask,

"So, what exactly did you discover in this relic? It shouldn’t be causing such a reaction from the company, given the usual condition of relics."

"And what about the other people at the base? As a vanguard team, there should be more than just a few of you, right?"

The first question was Ronald wishing to get more precise information.

This kind of standard question asking for information, naturally, was beyond reproach in the eyes of others.

As for the second question...

Counting Airen, Grady, and Ai Wei, these three people, plus the languid voice he had heard through the speakers upon entering the camp. Ronald had encountered only four persons since entering this base altogether.

According to his understanding of exploration work,

The number of people was not sufficient to support a team.

Then, still the one who had saved them, Airen replied to Ronald,

"About the other teammates, you should have heard that guy Rez’s voice at the entrance just now; he holes up in here all day, responsible for managing the base’s equipment. Then, besides us, there are Anger and Drat among this trip’s companions."

"However, those two guys have been working on the front lines all this time and haven’t come back from the relic site yet."

"This is too dangerous!" Yani, who had been listening to the conversation, immediately spoke up, "Facing some previously unseen unknown species, having just two people remaining in the underground relic — this is not just a disregard for the work, but an absolute disrespect for their own lives!"

Yani’s mood now had clearly plummeted.

However, facing such a Yani, Airen replied with an indifferent tone,

"Don’t worry, I’ve made ample safety preparations on their side. Even if a T-Rex were hiding in that underground relic, those two would definitely have time to get out alive."

"There can’t possibly be a T-Rex in this place!" Yani glared at Airen.

"I know, it was just a figure of speech," Airen said, waving her hand dismissively, or perhaps even arrogantly, then continued, "Anyhow, you are professional scholars, and it’s your job to inspect the relics, I have no objections to that."

"But at the same time, I also hope that you trust my ability to work. At least until I die, none of you will be bitten to death by those blue lizards outside!"

As his words fell, Airen briskly turned toward the corner of the conference room.

A few seconds later, he found a briefcase and returned to the table.

Then, in front of everyone, he took out the corresponding items and placed them on the desk:

"Yang, I remember you’re not very good at shooting guns, so this is for you. Just pull the pin and throw it hard, it’s that simple."

"As for Yani... take this!"

"..."

Airen distributed the weapons one by one.

He handed Ronald a smaller briefcase, which, upon opening, revealed an array of different types of grenades lined up inside. They were even considerately marked with a marker indicating their purposes, like incendiary, concussion, smoke, or fragmentation.

On the other hand, Yani received an exquisite compound crossbow.

Ronald could clearly see Yani expertly stowing away the crossbow, then securing it to the hooks on the back of her clothing. Her skilled movements and posture revealed that this was not her first time handling such a weapon.

Boom—

Suddenly, the people in the conference room heard a loud noise in the distance.

At the same time, the ground beneath their feet began to shake.

However, this disturbance was as brief as it was intense, lasting only two or three seconds before everything calmed down, and not a single person in the room was injured.

"..."

"Was that an earthquake?"

The air in the conference room was silent for a few seconds before Ai Wei, sitting to one side, first looked over at Ronald. In light of the situation, this girl in charge of medical care clearly trusted Ronald’s judgment.

Following Ai Wei’s query, the other few people also turned their gazes toward Ronald, as in this trial of the original scriptures, Ronald’s judgment was evidently trusted.

Ronald scanned the group.

Then he shook his head decisively:

"It doesn’t seem like an earthquake, the intensity is too high, the duration too short, I think..."

Snap—

The room suddenly went dark.

Ronald hadn’t finished speaking when the bulb overhead made a crisp sound and immediately went out.

Airen, sitting at the desk, reacted swiftly.

He immediately pressed a button on his helmet, turning on the helmet’s mounted light, and then he shouted out loud:

"Leiz, what the hell are you doing?"

"..."

A few seconds after Airen’s shout,

a young man with a slack expression slowly emerged from the rear passage of the conference room.

Holding a copper wire in his hand, he innocently explained:

"I was just adjusting some equipment—"

"It seems a very strong magnetic field appeared nearby, and then... Well, to put it simply: our generator is destroyed, and the backup power didn’t survive either."

"Just like that."