Chapter 214 The Secret Deep in the Maze

Following the last two shadows of the signs in the darkness, Su Wanqing and Lu Zhao took a shortcut, step by step.

The noise around me became increasingly distant, and the stickers and numbers on the walls became increasingly sparse.

Su Wanqing felt the temperature of her skin under the jade bracelet suddenly change, and there was a slight tingling sensation on the inside of her wrist.

She lowered her head, and the jade bracelet emitted a faint blue light, with a tiny pulsation in the center.

A line of words suddenly popped up on the screen: Please move forward 17 meters, the fake wall on the left has been unlocked.

Lu Zhao noticed her pause and asked, "What?"

"The jade bracelet has instructions." Su Wanqing gritted her teeth and pulled him to continue.

They walked down an even narrower slope, and at the thirteenth step they saw a flat cement slab in the corner of the wall, with unnatural marks on the edges.

"Sweep it with the jade bracelet." Lu Zhao narrowed his eyes and leaned against the wall, panting.

Su Wanqing did as she was told, and the next moment the sensor embedded in the fake wall lit up.

With a click, a metal door appeared behind the cement slab, and a message flashed on the access control screen: "Welcome back, Dr. Su Muan."

Su Wanqing was stunned and took a step back subconsciously. She closed her eyes and her throat was dry.

Su Muan? She thought about it carefully. She had never used this name before, but she felt an inexplicable discomfort and her scalp was tight.

Lu Zhao stared at the welcome message, his movements frozen for a moment: "Your identity is not 'Su Wanqing'?"

"I don't know." Su Wanqing held the box tightly, and the access control was automatically unlocked.

She pushed the door open hesitantly. The temperature inside the room suddenly rose, and a faint stale and disinfected smell hit her in the face.

This research room is completely different from the cold steel structure outside. There is a light wooden floor next to the door, a compact sofa and a simple small table are randomly matched, a few metal-framed photos are nailed to the wall, and a dozen stacks of labeled files are squeezed on the bookshelf.

On the other side of the sofa stands a humidifier and smart speaker.

Lu Zhao stumbled in and got closer to the photo. He pulled out a half-worn group photo, the edges of the photo paper yellowing.

Standing in the center of the photo is Nicholas Wayne, wearing a white coat, and next to him is a female researcher with shoulder-length hair.

Su Wanqing paused as she looked more closely. The female researcher's facial features were very similar to hers.

Not only that, the nameplate below the photo directly reads: "N&S Best Partner, 2041-2047."

Su Wanqing stared at the photo, her face pale. There were three other photos on the table, the images were blurry, but she could make out a few features of the woman from the side and front, and her outline was no different from her own.

She brushed the back of her hand lightly across the edge of the table, forcing herself not to think about the deeper meaning.

"Who are you?" Lu Zhao's lips cracked, and he simply sat down and put his hands on his knees.

He avoided the photos and changed the subject, "We need to find the terminal and see what else we can find out here."

Su Wanqing turned her attention back to the main area. There were several portable power banks stuffed at the bottom of the bookshelf, and a terminal in the corner was connected to an independent wire network, with the power light still on.

Lu Zhao sat down, pulled out the terminal disk and the old input key, and plugged in the line.

He tapped a few times, the interface lit up, and a column of data streams popped up automatically.

He pointed to Su Wanqing: "Wayne's personal notes. And the encrypted folder."

The first page of the interface contained a short paragraph of text: [“The seven cores can work together on the main sequence through quantum entanglement.

Each time the 'loom' is activated, the cores are randomly distributed in different nodes of the world.

The master controller must be paired with the human neural sequence to activate the authority. The time reset test has been conducted 12 times. After each reset, the damage to the world line structure deepens, and some cracks breed abnormal individuals.

Operator number S-7 neural anchor test subject, after reset, lost memory and emotional connection, and side effects worsened.

Continuous resets cannot stabilize the system and may no longer be able to prevent a true catastrophe. ”】

Lu Zhao pronounced every word aloud, and his voice became increasingly hoarse as he read further.

He clicked on the next folder and found that it was full of curve comparisons of the experimental subjects' neural data and emotional index loss, and each note was specific to "S-7".

Su Wanqing flipped through the pages one by one, cold sweat soaking her back. She frowned and forced herself to read. Her fingers lightly touched the data of the neural anchor point, and suddenly she saw the last column - the operator's vital signs map and her own highly overlapped.

She leaned on the edge of the table and said, "Wayne knew this would happen, but still went ahead?"

Lu Zhao couldn't see her expression, so he just said "hmm". He slowly moved to the side and took out a video encryption device.

The terminal popped up a prompt requiring jade bracelet identity verification. "Try your bracelet."

Su Wanqing aligned the jade bracelet with the interface, the recognition screen flashed for two seconds, and a new video popped up on the screen.

In the picture, "Night" looks nervous, and there are noisy instrument sounds in the background.

"Su Wanqing, through encrypted network tracking - I confirm that you have found this place. Listen, the truth is more complicated than you think." Ye paused for a few seconds, as if weighing the pros and cons.

"You are not the first 'Su Wanqing', nor will you be the last. The Time Loom has been activated more than twelve times, and each reset produces a new world line and a new 'you'.

The jade bracelet is a control device, Lin Che is the protector, and I…” At this moment, the screen suddenly froze, and the signal became intermittent.

“… Once you have gathered all the cores, bring them to the signal tower and I will explain everything.

Be careful of those who claim to be companions, not everyone remembers the original timeline..."

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Su Wanqing bit her lower lip tightly and said nothing. The screen automatically closed, leaving only a bunch of silent terminal codes.

Lu Zhao lowered his head to sort out the wires and was about to speak when he suddenly felt dizzy and his body shook.

Su Wanqing saw that his condition was getting worse, and hurried to support him. Lu Zhao held his breath, his lips turned blue, and his Adam's apple slid a few times before he spoke: "There is a medicine box in the lab report, check the contents."

When Su Wanqing was looking through the files, she indeed saw the research records interspersed with the formula of the "antiviral reagent prototype" with a note: specially designed for infection of N series experimental subjects.

There was preparation equipment at hand, so she immediately put on gloves and started working, quickly synthesizing a dose.

She injected the needle into Lu Zhao's shoulder. Lu Zhao clenched his fingers and took a few deep breaths. The heat in his skin finally subsided a lot, as if his body had suddenly cooled down.

His voice was hoarse: "Much better."

Su Wanqing re-tightened his shoulder straps and took out the emergency escape information from the cabinet.

There was an electronic lock embedded in the cabinet door. After she confirmed it with her jade bracelet, the door slowly opened.

The escape pod has the following note on it: "The exit leads directly to the southern section of the underground railway. In an emergency, all data and external channels can be blocked at once."

A confirmation interface pops up on the hatch console screen: Warning: This channel will cause the Orion facility to be permanently blocked and all remaining data will be automatically destroyed. Do you confirm?

Lu Zhao fell on the chair, raised his hand to hold his left arm, and said weakly: "Choose this, we can't expose this information."

Su Wanqing lowered her head and clicked confirm on the screen without hesitation.

The alarm in the cabin sounded, the red light on the outer wall kept flashing, and the overhead broadcast read: "Self-destruction program activated, countdown ten minutes."

The air in the laboratory became somewhat dry. Su Wanqing did not dare to look back, and grabbed Lu Zhao's arm and sent him into the escape pod.

She took a last look at the photo on the sofa. The woman in the photo had her head down the whole time, with a smile on her face, as silent as ever.

Lu Zhao slowly got into the escape pod, still holding Wayne's handwritten notes in his hands.

Su Wanqing carefully held the energy core, and the jade bracelet now emitted a new layer of blue and purple halo.

She stuffed the medicine box, backup data, and terminal motherboard into the storage compartment, making sure she had all the important items with her.

There were only eight minutes left in the countdown. Su Wanqing activated the escape hatch program and the soundproof door closed automatically.

The warehouse walls are completely isolated from the outside.

Su Wanqing sat next to Lu Zhao, her head swelling, and the jade bracelet was still flashing data.

The purple crystal in the container beat slowly and vibrated regularly. There was a mechanical sound all around, and the gravity of the escape pod suddenly changed. It roared like a train and retreated rapidly along the inclined track.

Su Wanqing looked forward. She didn't say anything. The knuckles of her hands holding the lid of the core box turned white.

There were only six minutes left on the countdown, and they were pushed deep into the dark passage.