However, the result that was presented completely stunned everyone.
Absolutely.
No vital signs!
Five large, glaring red characters appeared before my eyes.
Everyone present was stunned, their minds completely blank.
I had absolutely no idea how to deal with this sudden situation.
"Could it be a test error? Let's try again!"
The team leader, breathing rapidly, frowned and asked a question.
"But such sophisticated equipment has a failure rate of less than one in ten thousand... Never mind, I'll try again."
"Yes, try again!"
Even though the leading researcher knew in his heart that the possibility of making a mistake was extremely small, he still hoped that it was that one in ten thousand probability.
Because if there are no vital signs.
That would extinguish all hope.
Even the head of the defense team, who didn't understand how to operate it, came over and nervously watched the researchers repeat the operation step by step.
Despite being extremely nervous, his hands remained remarkably steady.
The test was completed with almost no mistakes.
still……
It was still that same line of glaring words.
There were no signs of life in the basement.
Jiangcheng may have stopped beating, becoming a stiff corpse.
The researchers took two steps back in disbelief, swallowing hard.
I felt somewhat disoriented, as if I were in a dream, not in reality.
Everything was normal during the day, so why did it change like this in just a few hours?
A wordless silence.
A basement so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
The machine's humming continued, but it had become the backdrop for the pale faces.
"Immediately notify the higher-ups!! Quickly!"
"This is not something we have the right to handle!"
"Right now, we can only ask those above to make the decision; we have absolutely no authority."
"Yes, yes, yes!"
The group chattered excitedly, seemingly regaining some color in their faces. The leader of the defense team, his face ashen, rushed toward the elevator; he felt he was going to suffocate if he stayed there any longer.
The researchers looked at the sturdy door with panicked eyes.
The departing footsteps resonated in their hearts.
...
...
"What??? Say that again!!!"
In the high-level offices of the Lanjing Mecha Preparatory Experiment Base, a deafening roar resounded!
However, due to the good sound insulation, no one outside could hear it.
A somewhat thin middle-aged man, his cheeks were sunken from his tireless work, and his eyes had become sharper over the past two years of rapid advancement. He exuded the air of a leader.
His hair was meticulously styled, and his clothes were spotless.
Yu Lixuan, who usually wears his tie impeccably, is now gruffly pulling at one side of his clothes, his cheeks flushed.
His eyes were practically glaring at you.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!! Test me again!"
"How could there be no vital signs?"
Yu Lixuan kept repeating the words "impossible".
He, who is usually calm and collected, hadn't been so panicked in years.
In the past two years, without Jiang Cheng as the core figure to lead, countless heavy burdens have fallen on the team that Jiang Cheng had assembled.
When Wan Xingyan and his group met in Kyoto, they would sigh and complain: "With Jiang Cheng gone, it feels like we've lost many years of our lives just trying to keep this behemoth, which is like an empire, running."
That is indeed the case.
With so many things to do, they feel like they're burning their lives to work.
They all held onto the hope that when Jiang Cheng returned, they could proudly say, "Group Jiang, none of us deserted our posts. Although life has been incredibly difficult, we have never considered abandoning your torch, even if it is hot enough to burn us all."
Now we hear the news that Jiang Cheng has no vital signs in the basement.
Yu Lixuan's vision went black, and he suddenly felt as if the sky had collapsed.
He helplessly put down the communication device, slumped onto the sofa, and stared blankly at the ceiling.
The lips visibly lost their color.
"How...is this possible?"
But just when he was in despair...
"Knock knock knock..."
There was a knock on the door.
Then a very rude guy somehow got through all the access control privileges; perhaps he was the one with the highest authority.
Push the door open and enter.
"Excuse me, is this Commander You Lixuan's office?"
His voice contained a hint of humor and liveliness, no longer the awkwardness of his younger days, but a touch of maturity.
The light in his eyes was still there, only now it was calmer and more profound. He seemed to have grown taller, and his demeanor was even more extraordinary than when he was younger.
He suddenly burst into this world and appeared before You Lixuan.
In an instant, the eyes that had been dead were rekindled with light.
"River……"
"Jiangcheng!!!"
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