302: Chapter 302 Three Doors, Blocking It for Three Minutes

Chapter 302: Three Doors, Trapping It for Three Minutes

When the seventh horizontal bar of the outer iron fence was erased, the mechanical alarm in the second-floor medical area rang first.

Hum——

The pointer of the ventilation pressure gauge jerked toward the red zone.

The mechanical counter of the underground maintenance tunnel turned half a circle and stopped with a click.

The paper tape machine spat out a line of text.

[Internal channel: Moving target without heat source detected.]

The second paper tape slid out closely behind.

[Internal channel: Moving target without heat source detected.]

Liu Qing hugged the offline map and ran to the main control console, her thick lenses almost sliding down the bridge of her nose.

She used a pencil to draw three arcs along the old pipeline.

"Master, they stopped slamming into the outer wall."

"The ventilation ducts, underground maintenance tunnels, and old drainage pipes are all converging on the second-floor medical area."

Lin Yuan took the paper tape.

"Leave the outer wall to Lu Yan."

"All personnel in the medical area, evacuate into B1."

Su Xiaonuan immediately grabbed the steel seal.

"The medical area is entering Level 1 evacuation."

"Cut off the crystal core equipment."

"Shut down all spatial interfaces."

"Enable solid gates and hand-cranked lifting tracks."

Snap!

The first steel seal fell.

...

Medical area corridor.

Qin Yumo stood with her blade horizontal in front of the first mechanical gate.

Lin Naer spread her four wings, her feather bones jamming the ventilation opening in the ceiling.

A screw dropped down from the maintenance cover first.

Then, a grayish-black palm hung down from the gap.

No nails.

No skin texture.

After the palm hit the ground, a Zero Entity slid down from the maintenance port.

Without waiting for it to stand firm, Qin Yumo crossed her dual blades.

The blade cut open its chest.

Black ash dispersed from both sides of its torso, falling to the ground.

Qin Yumo raised her foot and kicked away the remains, pointing her blade forward.

Three seconds later.

The black ash on the ground gathered back together.

The Zero Entity with its chest cut open stood straight up again.

Lin Naer lowered her wings.

The Holy Light remaining between her feather bones stretched into a thin line, piercing through the Zero Entity's head.

The grayish-black figure did not stop.

The first mechanical gate crashed down with a roar.

The Zero Entity raised its palm and pressed it against the alloy door panel.

The metal edges disappeared bit by bit.

No sparks.

No debris.

On the twenty-centimeter-thick door panel, a palm-sized hollow appeared.

In the corridor, several nurses gripped the stretcher handrails tightly at the same time.

Qin Yumo withdrew her blade and stepped back.

"It cannot be killed."

"Then don't kill it." Lin Yuan's voice came through the wired telephone, "Jam the door gap and clear the way for the evacuation team."

...

In front of the general dispatch console.

Su Xiaonuan spread out the first batch of evacuation lists after the new rules took effect.

The first line.

Su Xiaonuan.

Next to the name was the red steel seal she had personally stamped three days ago.

Yet the medical area list had not been cleared.

Jiang Xiaowan.

The newborn in the incubator.

Su Muxue.

Xia Qingqiu.

Medical staff.

Instrument technician.

Blood bank transport team.

Su Xiaonuan held her fountain pen, the nib pressing a shallow indent into the paper surface.

Yu Qingyi pushed the evacuation form in front of her.

Her finger paused on the first line of names.

"Housekeeper Su, you signed the new rules with your own hands."

Su Xiaonuan did not raise her head.

The paper tape machine was still spitting out alarms.

The remaining thickness of the first door was seventeen centimeters.

She finished reading the list and closed the seal box.

"My evacuation authority is retained."

"I won't enter the high-risk zone."

Yu Qingyi looked at her.

Su Xiaonuan raised her face.

"I am responsible for the hand-cranked console behind the safety line."

"After all medical staff pass through, I will enter B1 according to the first-batch evacuation rules."

Yu Qingyi nodded and pulled away the three-region dispatch master table.

"B1 material reception, personnel placement, and postoperative observation, I'll take over."

"You just need to send the people down."

Su Xiaonuan picked up the wired telephone.

"The medical area evacuation route is rewritten."

"Abandon the original passage directly leading to B1."

"Enable three solid gates, two sections of prefabricated partition walls, and one hand-cranked lifting track."

"Qin Yumo will guard the door gap."

"Lin Naer will seal the ventilation openings."

"Dr. Su, take Jiang Xiaowan and the incubator across the track first."

...

Tang Qiqi rushed into the corridor holding a clockwork camera.

A candy stick was clenched in her mouth, and she held a dozen photos and a stack of calculation papers in her hand.

"I've found the pattern!"

She spread the photos out on the ground.

Iron bars.

Gun rack.

Alloy door.

Prefabricated wall.

On every photo, there was the process of black ash devouring entities.

"If they touch people, they delete them directly."

"If they touch pure physical isolation, they will first eat away the contact surface, and then gather the black ash back."

Tang Qiqi circled several time points with a pencil.

"Iron bars: three seconds."

"Brackets: two seconds."

"Twenty-centimeter alloy door: nearly six seconds."

"It's not invincible; it has to wait in line to delete things!"

Qin Yumo turned her head to glance at the first door.

Half of the door panel was already missing.

Tang Qiqi raised her head.

"Stacking three doors together."

"Plus two sections of prefabricated walls."

"Can trap them for three minutes."

Su Xiaonuan snatched the route map.

"Three minutes is enough."

"From now on, no one is allowed to turn back to get things."

"If you can't carry the medicine box, throw it away."

"If the stretcher breaks, switch to the track."

"Whoever dares to stop for supplies will be dealt with directly for hindering evacuation."

...

Jiang Xiaowan was secured on the transfer bed.

The postoperative monitor was replaced with a mechanical dial.

She turned her head sideways to look at the incubator.

The baby girl lay inside with her small hands curled up, and a layer of white mist formed on the edge of her oxygen mask.

"Don't shake her up too much."

Jiang Xiaowan's voice was dry.

Xia Qingqiu pushed the incubator.

"The track has been shock-absorbed."

Su Muxue stood on the other side, clutching the postoperative records in her hand.

"Jiang Xiaowan comes first."

"The child comes second."

"Plasma and emergency equipment follow behind."

Qin Yumo slashed and cut off the ventilation duct bracket hanging above the corridor with one stroke.

Just as a grayish-black palm poked out from the pipe opening, she kicked the entire section of iron pipe back into the wall.

Lin Naer's four wings pressed down on the gap.

Her feather tips were brushed by the grayish-black palm.

A piece of feather bone lost a corner.

She did not let go.

"Elder sister, go first."

"I've got this here."

The first gate was finally eaten through.

Black ash poured in from the hollow.

The second gate crashed down with a roar.

The prefabricated walls advanced from both sides.

The hand-cranked lifting track began to rotate.

Click.

Click.

Click.

The stretcher slid across first.

The incubator followed closely behind.

Su Xiaonuan stood in front of the hand-cranked console behind the safety line, turning the gears while checking the paper booklet.

"Jiang Xiaowan has passed through."

"The newborn has passed through."

"Su Muxue has passed through."

"Xia Qingqiu has passed through."

"The blood bank group has passed through."

Every time she confirmed someone, she crossed out a serial number.

Lin Yuan's paper tape order was delivered to her side.

[All personnel in the medical area evacuate to the B1 refuge level.]

[Su Xiaonuan, you go too.]

Su Xiaonuan stared at the paper tape.

She did not cross out her own name.

The hand-crank handle was still spinning in her palm.

She picked up her pen to reply.

[Evacuate after three minutes.]

[Confirm the last medical staff has passed through.]

A moment later.

The paper tape machine spat out a new command.

[Granted.]

[When the three minutes are up, hand it over to Yu Qingyi.]

Su Xiaonuan pressed the slip of paper into the ledger.

"Received."

...

Behind the third gate.

The Zero Entity were already close to the door panel.

They did not ram the door.

They merely raised their hands and erased the alloy bit by bit.

The edges of the door panel shrank inward.

Ten centimeters.

Eight centimeters.

Five centimeters.

The last nurse pushed the instrument cart and rushed toward the isolation door.

The wheels got stuck on the track joint.

She bent down to lift it.

Qin Yumo stepped across in one stride, grabbed the cart frame, and yanked it forward.

The instrument cart crossed the threshold.

The nurse staggered two steps and was steadied by Xia Qingqiu.

Just at this moment.

The incubator passed in front of the third gate.

The dozen Zero Entity behind the door raised their heads simultaneously.

Their faceless faces turned toward the incubator in unison.

They stopped.

The clockwork timer only skipped one short tick.

Tang Qiqi stared at the dial.

"Zero point three seconds..."

Qin Yumo didn't ask.

She raised her foot and pushed the last nurse through the isolation door.

Lin Naer folded her four wings and pressed down the locking lever.

Bang!

The third door closed completely.

The black ash slammed against the door panel.

This time, it didn't chase after them anymore.

...

B1 refuge level.

The solid door locked.

Jiang Xiaowan and the baby girl were sent into an independent observation room.

Su Muxue took the postoperative monitoring chart.

Xia Qingqiu began to check the remaining plasma volume.

Yu Qingyi stood in front of the reception desk, confirming personnel one by one.

Su Xiaonuan crossed the safety line last.

She stamped the medical area clearance confirmation form with the steel seal.

[Medical area evacuation completed.]

She closed the paper booklet.

On the first batch evacuation list, her name was still on the first line.

The next second.

Tang Qiqi's scream suddenly came through the mechanical communication line of the B2 observation cabin.