Chapter 137: 134. Access to the lab
"Ah, a new recruit." A scientist walked forward other than the one before.
He has wrinkled skin down his neck and face and in front of his brown eyes were a pair of glasses that probably enhanced his sight. He had short white hair and he smiled as he came towards Dexter.
"Yes. I got to the camp a few days days ago " Dexter said and the man nodded.
"A few days and already made a super soldier, you must be strong. Welcome to the lab. My name is Usher." The scientist stretched forth his hand which was in a glove and he looked at the man with dull eyes.
"Glad to be here." Dexter ignored the handshake and looked back at what he recognized to be one of the damned asteroids that caused the apocalypse in the first place.
"Hmm..." The doctor looked at his hands to see if something was wrong with them and then he saw that his gloves were still on.
He turned to Dexter to see him staring at the rock in danger and then he walked to Dexter's side.
"Ah. You seem to know what that is." The doctor said with a smile.
"I know what it has done. Let's destroy it." Dexter said and the scientist put an arm in front of Dexter.
'I will bite this arm oh, look at this man...' Dexter gritted his teeth.
"Calm down. The asteroids released a gas when they fell. However, now that they have finished propagating their glasses, were studying it and our research has proven to be quite fruitful. Come with me." Usher said before taking Dexter deeper into the lab, into a hallway with doors...
"We found out that the asteroids are not ordinary and are actually stronger than all the metal on earth. With it, we can create even better technology and reinforce our equipments." Usher seemed excited as he told Dexter all what they've discovered.
They soon reached a large underground door and they entered to see a whole layer under the lab and there Dexter's eyes widened as he saw... large ships, and smaller sized ones too.
Their exterior metal was being removed and replaced with a strange, greyish metal that Dexter guessed was made from the asteroid.
"Woah." Dexter couldn't help but say as he saw them removing all normal metal from the ships.u
"I thought the ships were destroyed as I didn't see them on the docks where the monsters roam." Dexter said and then Usher chuckled.
"Yeah, we kept the ships in case of a last minute emergency." Usher explained.
'Smart. So this is where all the ships are.' Dexter looked around and didn't find any security cameras there.
'We won't be staying in the camp for long too. I really want to see mom. The only reasonable thing now is to steal one away from the base.' He put a finger on his chin.
'My worldwide rank is quite high. But there might be unexpected turns of situations.' Dexter thought as he gazed at each boat here in the underground dock.
They left that area to another secret room.
"And this... This is the most recent development." Usher said as he opened another door in the hallway and then Dexter saw a man who seemed to be wrapped in skeletal version of a skeleton without a head.
The man punched through a thick brick and he punched through and Dexter looked at his fist.
'I can do that with a flick of my finger.' He thought as he walked forward and looked around.
"They improve the speed and strength of a person." Usher explained.
He took Dexter around the lab and they looked at the newly manufactured bullets and guns out of the asteroid that seems to hurt the creatures.
"The thing is that there are limited number of asteroids, we don't know where they came from, nor do we know how they came to be." Usher explained.
"Even the creatures, if they attack the camp ferociously, from all sides, then we have to fight back." This statement that the white haired scientist said quite put him out of place.
"What do you mean? What about the ships and the boats?" Dexter asked in confusion.
Usher clicked his tongue four times as he shook his head before looking back at Dexter.
"Okay, let's reason this. Creatures and humans mutated to become monsters and titans because of the glasses..."
"...and since the asteroids fell everywhere, where do you think most fell?" Usher asked and Dexter pondered about it.
All of a sudden, Dexter's eyes widened as he suddenly realized something.
"Most of the asteroids fell into the ocean...." He said in disbelief.
'Fuck, why didn't I think of this? Most of the earth's surface is water so the asteroids fell mostly in the water.' He cursed himself inwardly for being dumb.
"And since water propagates things automatically...." Usher said and looked at Dexter.
"...the gasses freely circulated all over the world in the water. This means that, most creatures in the sea are titans already." Dexter mumbled and then he found a chair at a corner and went to sit down to rest his mind as he processed the information he just received.
'So I guess there goes the idea to leave camp with the others.' Dexter sighed.
"So, is that all the lab is about?" Dexter asked Usher and the scientist was about to talk when his watch suddenly beeped.
He wore one exactly the same one Dexter had on his wrist.
As Usher left Dexter finally decided to head back a while later.
"I think I'll sleep and think about this." Dexter mumbled as he began making his way back to the entrance.
'All the communication towers are down, how do I know she's okay? I can't assume the worst... I just can't...' Dexter thought and he then stopped walking as he frowned and looked around.
"I'm not sure I came from here." He mumbled as he found another door which he never noticed.
The handle of the door looked strong but Dexter held it and he pulled it down, opening it from outside.
'Its really strong, only those strong people would be able to open this.' He thought as he stepped into the room and then he was open to a whole new segment.
His eyes widened as he looked around at the horror of this section and he felt scared.