Bright Sword: This unit is really ruthless

"Captain, calm down! The most urgent thing now is to find a way to survive so that we can have a chance of revenge!" Lao Hu advised. He took out a dirty cloth from his arms and carefully wiped the spilled tea.

"Survive? How? Hide like a rat?" Zhang Ling roared, his voice hoarse and filled with deep despair and unwillingness.

Old Hu remained silent. He knew that Zhang Ling was right. They were now like lost dogs, running around and not knowing what would happen next.

"Captain, I remember you once said, 'Only when you are at risk of death can you survive'. Although we are in a desperate situation now, we may still have a chance." Old Hu raised his head and looked at Zhang Ling with burning eyes.

Zhang Ling was stunned for a moment, then he gave a bitter smile: "Put yourself in a desperate situation and then survive? Now we are already in a desperate situation, how can we 'survive'?"

"Captain, do you still remember how our 772nd Regiment got its number?" Old Hu approached Zhang Ling mysteriously and said in a low voice.

Zhang Ling frowned. Of course he remembered the number of the 772nd Regiment. This number was not chosen randomly, but came from an ancient legend, a legend about an immortal warrior.

"Could it be..." A gleam of light flashed in Zhang Ling's eyes, and he seemed to have thought of something.

"Yes, that's the legend!" Lao Hu nodded excitedly. "According to the legend, 772 soldiers rose from the ashes, gained immortality, and finally defeated the powerful enemy! Our 772nd Regiment was established to inherit this spirit!"

Zhang Ling's heart began to beat violently, and he felt a surge of blood rushing to his heart. Could it be that he also had the chance to be reborn from the ashes like the legendary warrior?

"But, legends are just legends after all..." Zhang Ling was still a little hesitant. He didn't dare to believe that immortality really existed in this world.

"Captain, let's give it our all! We have no other choice now!" Lao Hu said firmly, "Instead of hiding like a rat, we might as well give it a try!"

Zhang Ling took a deep breath, his eyes gradually became firm. "Okay! Lao Hu, let's take a gamble! We bet that this legend is true!"

They began to plan their next move. Lao Hu remembered a Japanese map he had seized on the battlefield, which had a secret military base marked on it.

"Captain, look here, 'Unit 731'..." Lao Hu said, pointing to a location on the map.

"Unit 731?" Zhang Ling was shocked. He had heard rumors about this unit before. It was said that this was a demonic unit that specialized in conducting human experiments.

"Yes, it's the infamous Unit 731!" Old Hu gritted his teeth and said, "I heard that they are researching a drug that can give people superpowers. Maybe this is our chance to 'rise from the ashes'!"

Zhang Ling's eyes lit up. If they could really obtain super powers, then they would have a chance to take revenge on the people on the island!

"Okay! Let's go to Unit 731!" Zhang Ling slammed the table and made the decision.

They simply packed up their luggage, left the mountain village under the cover of night, and headed towards the direction of Unit 731.

Along the way, they carefully avoided Japanese patrols, slept in the open air, and experienced many hardships.

On a dark night, they finally arrived near Unit 731.

The base was heavily guarded, with electric fences covering the high walls and searchlights constantly scanning the surrounding area.

"How do we get in?" Old Hu frowned as he looked at the heavily guarded base.

Zhang Ling didn't say anything. He carefully observed the surrounding environment, looking for a breakthrough.

Suddenly, he discovered that there was a dense forest on one side of the base. There was a drainage ditch at the edge of the forest, and the end of the drainage ditch seemed to be connected to the interior of the base.

"Old Hu, look over there!" Zhang Ling pointed at the drainage ditch and said, "We'll go in from there!"

Old Hu looked in the direction of Zhang Ling's finger, his eyes lit up: "Good idea! This drainage ditch might lead to the inside of the base!"

The two quietly sneaked into the woods and came to the entrance of the drainage ditch. The drainage ditch exuded a foul odor and was full of sewage and garbage.

"It's so damn stinky!" Lao Hu complained, covering his nose.

"Hold on!" Zhang Ling whispered, "Those who achieve great things don't mind the small details!"

They bent over and crawled carefully along the gutter.

After crawling for a distance, they found that the end of the drainage ditch was indeed connected to a basement inside the base. There was an iron door at the entrance of the basement with a rusty lock on it.

"How do I open this lock?" asked Lao Hu.

Zhang Ling took out a dagger from his arms and pried the lock open with a few pries.

They pushed open the iron door and entered the basement. It was pitch black in the basement, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of medicine.

"What is this place?" asked Lao Hu.

Zhang Ling did not answer, he took out a lighter and lit a match. With the weak light of the fire, they saw many experimental equipment and glass containers in the basement, and some strange biological specimens were placed in the containers.

Suddenly, they heard footsteps coming from a distance...

The rusty iron door made a teeth-grinding creaking sound, and Zhang Ling and Lao Hu slipped into the basement. A pungent smell of medicine hit them in the face, choking them and making them cough repeatedly. It was pitch dark in the basement, and the damp air was filled with a disgusting smell of corruption.

"What the hell is this place?" Old Hu covered his nose and cursed under his breath.

Zhang Ling did not answer. He took out a lighter, and the trembling flame licked the match head. The weak light struggled in the darkness, illuminating a small area around. The basement was filled with various experimental equipment, test tubes, beakers, scalpels... In the dim light, it looked particularly eerie and terrifying.

By the light of the fire, they saw huge glass containers placed against the wall, with some bizarre biological specimens soaked in them. Some specimens could be vaguely identified as human organs, while others were completely distorted and deformed, like monsters from hell.

Old Hu took a deep breath, his stomach churning. "Damn, this little Japanese is really perverted!"

Zhang Ling suppressed his nausea and continued to observe the surrounding environment. He noticed that there seemed to be another door deep in the basement, and a faint light shone through the crack of the door.

"Let's go and take a look over there." Zhang Ling said in a low voice.

The two men bent their bodies and walked towards the door cautiously. At this moment, a sound of footsteps came from a distance, getting closer and closer, becoming clearer and clearer.

"Someone is coming!" Old Hu grabbed Zhang Ling's arm and said nervously.

Zhang Ling quickly extinguished the match, and the basement fell into darkness again. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and seemed to be just outside the door.

The two held their breath, not daring to move, like two sculptures, standing quietly in the darkness.

With a "click", the door of the basement was opened, and a beam of strong light shone in, making it impossible for the two to open their eyes.

"Who is it?" a rough voice asked in Japanese.

Zhang Ling and Lao Hu looked at each other and realized that they were exposed.

"Baga! Who are you?" the man asked again in a stern voice, while raising the flashlight in his hand and shining it at Zhang Ling and Lao Hu.

Under the strong light, the figures of two island soldiers were clearly visible. They were both wearing military uniforms and holding guns in their hands.

"Run!" Zhang Ling shouted and rushed out first.

Lao Hu followed closely behind, and the two of them ran towards the door deep in the basement.

"Stop! Don't run!" the island soldier shouted and shot at them.

The bullet whizzed past the two men's ears. Zhang Ling felt something scratch his back and a burning pain came.

"Captain, you are injured!" Lao Hu shouted anxiously.

"Don't worry about me, run!" Zhang Ling said gritting his teeth.

The two finally ran to the door. Zhang Ling pushed the door open with force. The two slipped in and quickly closed the door.

Behind the door was a narrow corridor with rooms on either side.

"Find a place to hide quickly!" Zhang Ling said.

The two of them found a random room and hid in. There were some documents and books in the room, which looked like an office.

"Bang, bang, bang!" The sound of the island soldiers knocking on the door soon rang out.

"Open the door! Open the door quickly!"

Zhang Ling and Lao Hu hid under the table, not daring to make a sound.

"Baga! Do you think you're safe hiding in there?" the soldier shouted angrily, "We'll blow this door open right now!"

Hearing this, Zhang Ling and Lao Hu's faces changed.

At this critical moment, Zhang Ling suddenly noticed a vent under the table.

"Old Hu, look there!" Zhang Ling said, pointing at the vent.

Old Hu looked in the direction Zhang Ling pointed, his eyes lit up. "Good idea! Let's escape from the vent!"

The two quickly crawled into the ventilation duct and crawled forward along the narrow pipe. The ventilation duct was full of dust and dirt, and the air was foul and difficult to breathe.

After crawling for some distance, they found that the vent was connected to a larger space.

The two climbed out of the vent and found themselves in a huge laboratory. The laboratory was filled with all kinds of strange instruments and equipment, and the air was filled with a more pungent smell of medicine.

In the center of the laboratory, in a huge glass container, there is a humanoid creature immersed!

This creature had the outline of a human, but its skin was a strange gray-green color and was covered with dense stitches, making it look like it had been pieced together from fragments.

What was even more shocking was that the creature’s eyes were open. It stared at Zhang Ling and Lao Hu, its eyes filled with... hatred?

Zhang Ling pushed the iron door open with force, and a harsh "creaking" sound echoed in the silent basement, like the howling of ghosts and wolves. A strong musty smell mixed with the pungent smell of formalin hit Lao Hu in the face, making him almost vomit the overnight meal.

"Cough cough cough... What a damn place! The smell is stronger than my socks that I haven't washed for three days!" Old Hu complained, covering his nose, his weather-beaten face full of disgust.

Zhang Ling ignored Lao Hu's complaints and took out a lighter. With a "click", a weak flame jumped up, illuminating the cramped space in front of him. With the dim light, they saw all kinds of strange experimental equipment placed in the basement, rusty scalpels, test tubes stained with unknown liquids, and dusty microscopes... Everything exuded a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere.

The most horrifying thing is that the basement is filled with huge glass containers filled with various biological specimens. Some specimens have already decayed, with floccules floating in the turbid liquid, vaguely recognizable as human organs; some specimens are well preserved, with deformed and twisted limbs and empty eye sockets, silently telling of the inhuman torture they have suffered.

Lao Hu felt his stomach churning. He resisted the urge to vomit and asked in a trembling voice, "What...what is this place? Damn it, are the islanders raising monsters here?"

Zhang Ling did not speak. He looked over the disgusting specimens, and an indescribable anger surged in his heart. He knew that this was the place where Unit 731 conducted human experiments, and those specimens were once living people!

"Da da da…"

Suddenly, a slight sound of footsteps came from deep in the basement, breaking the suffocating silence. Zhang Ling and Lao Hu immediately became alert. They quickly extinguished the match, and the basement fell into darkness again.