The entrance to the underground labratory turned out to be a sizable hole in the ground. Big enough to fit a whole car inside and widening even further as the stone from the edges broke off and fell into darkness. After a few seconds of holding their breath they heard the tell tale sound of it hitting the floor beneath.
"That seems to be quite the distance. Will we even be able to jump that far without breaking our legs?"
A young female curiously peered into the abyss but quickly pulled herself back again when the ground beneeth her feet gave way and she almost tumbled head first inside. Nian Zhei had just reached out his arms to help stabilize her when she was already back at their side.
"We don't need to jump. Wait."
Shu Ning slowly made his way towards the hole but stopped where it was still safe to stand. Then he lifted his hands with his palms up and a small flimmer of light seemed to float right above them. It slowly spread outwards untill it became a thin transparent plate at which point he bend down to place it right before his feet.
With wide eyes Hu Jin stepped closer and watched as the almost invisible barrier stretched itself towards the hole and then dissapeared inside. The rest of the group followed the prossedings with rapt attention as well as most of them had never seen Shu Ning use his abillities before.
"Now who want's to go first?"
"Why don't you go first? Who knows if this thing can even hold us?"
Xu Dan leisurely pointed towards the barrier and then raised his eyebrows at Shu Ning in challenge. Before the latter could respond to the provocation though, Zhao Yang pushed aside Nian Zhei, who had the missfortune of standing infront of him, and jumped legs first into the darkness. After a startled moment Shu Ning followed suit and threw himself forward.
With a whoosh of air he glided over the slippery barrier, not even able to see his own hands and slid right into another body. They both crashed onto the floor in a tangle of limbs and after all movements seized, Shu Ning found himself lying chest first ontop of Zhao Yang's back.
"I'm sorry. Are you alright?"
Hurriedly Shu Ning got up from the other man, startling when a small light from his back illuminated the space. A small fire ball was dancing in the palm of Nian Zhei as he seriously surveyed their surroundings. The rest of the people were gathered behind him with Xu Dan at their front.
"Good job, brother. Your ability truly is remarkable."
Shu Ning nodded at the boy in thanks and then turned around to look at Zhao Yang only to notice the man quickly swivel his head away and making his way through the dimmly lit corridor. The rest of the group followed a few paces behind.
The first couple rooms they passed on their way through the hall were sparsely furnished and all of the equipment had long been destroyed. It was only after they rounded a few corners that they arrived at a proper lab room.
Long rows of tables were placed in the center of the room with glass tubes, electronic containers, gloves, strangely colored liquids and tools you would rather expect to see in a hospital chaotically strewn on top of them. The walls were mostly covered by huge cabinets with glass fronts and the rest of the space was overlaid by a multitude of pictures. Some of them showing different anatomic components of humans and others being plants and herbs seemingly randomly grouped together.
Shu Ning walked across the room to stand next to Hu Jin who was intensely studying a yellow fluid inside of a test tube.
"What do you think? Is it usefull?"
"This liquid is fascinating. It actually contains parts of the zombie virus on top of other things."
"Why is it yellow?"
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System, are you messing with me?
AbenteuerA shameless and sometimes even sadistic beauty. That's how the people would describe Shu Ning. He was very popular with men and woman equally but of course there were also those who were jealous of the attention he received. That's how he found hims...
