Chapter 286, Trapped Beast
Jiang Ran asked him to follow Pei Xiao to the Dongchao base to investigate a woman named Si Nian. After he arrived at the Dongchao base, he began to inquire and investigate, but found nothing.
No one, whether management or ordinary researchers, had any impression of the name Si Nian.
When there was no progress, he remembered what Jiang Ran said - this Si Nian might have used a code name, such as "S" or "N".
He changed the direction of his investigation and actually found some clues.
"Speaking of the S logo, I remember I seemed to have seen it somewhere before..." The person who answered him was a retired researcher who used to work at the Dongchao Municipal Research Institute. He and Jiang Yize had attended the Dongchao Research Institute's monthly seminars together. "Oh, I remember that at a seminar before, someone sent a letter to Professor Jiang, and the pattern printed on the envelope was the letter S. Because Professor Jiang would receive a letter every time he came here, I was deeply impressed.
"You mean the person who delivered the letter? I don't know... Professor Jiang always tears up the letters after reading them. I don't know what's in them.
"Oh, there was one time when my colleagues and I went out for dinner and saw Professor Jiang with a woman in Area C. I paid a little more attention. My friend, who's familiar with that area, told me that the woman seemed mentally unstable and locked herself in her room all day long...
"That woman's address? Of course I remember it, but it's the end of the world now, and I don't know if it's still there. I'll give you the address, and you can go check it out.
“It’s not inside the Dongchao base. That place is quite remote and doesn’t have any useful resources. It was not included when the base was built.
"Yes, it's right here, at the outermost edge of Area C. Go take a look. Good luck."
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"The house looked like an ordinary residence from the outside, but I didn't expect it to be like this inside."
Thinking of the shock he and Pei Xiao felt after knocking down the wall, Chu Yuan touched the tip of his nose and said awkwardly, "Pei Xiao and I were both dumbfounded at the time."
This laboratory was built underground, using the large residential area of Area C as a cover, and the entrance and exit were set up in Si Nian's house.
No, I’m afraid this house doesn’t belong to Si Nian either, but is a smokescreen released by some people to cover up their tracks.
The laboratory's power supply system is damaged, and the light becomes dimmer the further you go inside.
Si Xu took out two flashlights from the space and handed one to Chu Yuan.
The pale light of the flashlight swept across one side of the corridor, and Si Xu stopped.
Chu Yuan already knew what was inside this laboratory. He pursed his lips and said in a bitter voice, "Seventh Brother, this is probably where the virus experiments were actually conducted in Dongchao City in the past."
Like Xiling City, the research institutes established in the sun are smokescreens disguised as scientific research to deceive the public. The actual laboratories conducting virus experiments are located in this shameful dark underground.
Wherever the flashlight reached, the hard and cold walls turned into transparent glass, through which everything in the laboratory could be seen at a glance.
In addition to various equipment that he was very familiar with, there was also a huge petri dish in the corner, with a tiny baby curled up in the green liquid.
Various tubes spiraled and extended in the petri dish, one end connected to the baby and the other to external instruments.
This laboratory has been abandoned for a long time, and the experimental subjects in the culture dishes have naturally lost their life characteristics long ago.
After just one look, Si Xu moved the flashlight away and continued walking forward.
The roar became clearer and clearer.
"In the entire lab, that thing is the only one still alive." Chu Yuan said, "My ability is the same as mine, it's metal-related."
"Metal system?" A hint of surprise flashed in Si Xu's eyes.
Since he is a metal expert, this underground laboratory is his best battlefield. How could he be trapped here for so long?
Chu Yuan knew his doubts, and he also didn't understand: "That guy doesn't seem to be in a very good state of mind. He might be a failed experiment, so he didn't think of escaping from here."
Fortunately, he did not escape, otherwise, with the special ability of that thing, no one in the entire Dongchao base would be his match.
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At the Yancheng base, Qin Huai arrived at the gate of the courtyard where the woman was recuperating and happened to run into the woman dragging her unflexible body out of the house.
"Tsk tsk, S, you look half dead, where are you going?"
The woman wasn't as calm and composed as usual. A strange fire burned in her eyes. "Someone has broken into the Dongchao laboratory. I need to go there now. Please arrange a flight for me."
Qin Huai raised his eyebrows and said nonchalantly, "Isn't that laboratory already abandoned? Could it be that you left some treasure there that makes you so anxious..."
"Arrange a plane for me!" Si Nian suddenly raised his voice, his face contorted, "Right now! Immediately!"
Seeing her like this, Qin Huai shrugged and said lazily: "Wait, I'll go prepare it."
After the man left, Si Nian punched the wall.
Damn it! If she had known Si Xu and Jiang Ranran would go to the Dongchao base, she should have brought that person out earlier!
She only regretted that the man's abilities had evolved too much. She didn't have the confidence to completely control him. Otherwise, why would she have left him all alone in that abandoned underground laboratory...
hateful!
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In the garden, Jiang Ran finished his last sip of tea and stood up to say goodbye: "Mrs. Pei, I already know what you want to say. Thank you for telling me this."
Huo Zhijue stood up and asked, "Are you leaving?"
"Well, I'll go find Si Xu."
Hearing her answer, Huo Zhigui smiled. Then, remembering something, she suppressed her smile and asked hesitantly, "Ranran, when your father passed away, I didn't attend his funeral. I heard that he was buried in Jiangning, the Jiang family's former residence. I..."
"It's a good thing you didn't go," Jiang Ran said. "I later heard from my grandfather that the explosion happened so suddenly that my father didn't have time to leave. He was blown to pieces beyond recognition. My mother fainted after seeing the body... If you had seen it, I'm afraid you would have been sad for a long time too."
Since we know that it will be sad, it is always a blessing to avoid it.
Huo Zhiju looked in the direction of Jiangning City and murmured, "I wronged him. I'll go apologize to him in person when I get the chance."
Jiang Ran was silent.
She bent down and prepared to leave.
I happened to run into Huo Lingyin who was coming back from delivering snacks, and Pei Xiao who was coming back with her.
"Hey? Are you leaving?" Huo Lingyin put her hand on her shoulder in a familiar manner. "Going home? Why don't you stay for a while?"
"I'm going to find Si Xu." Jiang Ran dodged her hand. "Oh, that's perfect. You can come with me."
"Looking for Si Xu? Why would I go? Eat dog food?" Huo Lingyin declined politely. "Besides, do you know where Si Xu is?"
"I don't know, that's why I asked you to go with me to look for it." Jiang Ran said confidently.
Huo Lingyin: “…”
"Si Xu... maybe he went to that place." Impressed by the underground laboratory, Pei Xiao said, "I'll take you there."
(End of this chapter)
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