A child's voice suddenly rang out.
The group looked at each other, then cautiously took a few steps forward.
Sizzle.
A faint hissing sound rang out, and the chandelier in the corridor flickered briefly before going out instantly.
The metal door behind me had closed silently at some point, plunging the entire corridor into darkness.
Everyone present tensed up instantly.
Dongyang quickly drew his gun and growled nervously into the darkness, "Who's there?"
"You're so fierce."
The only response she received was a slightly angry child's voice.
"ah!"
Lu Sheng had just taken out his fog lights when he heard Dong Yang's scream from not far away.
The fog lights came on, and everyone immediately began searching anxiously for Dongyang.
Only then did I notice a figure lying on the ground ahead.
"Dongyang?" Ma Dongmei rushed over immediately and found that Dongyang had already fainted.
"Damn it, Dongyang's gun is gone." Lin Xiaobao noticed the anomaly immediately.
In just a few seconds, without them even sensing any disturbance, a team member was attacked right before their eyes.
Are you looking for this?
A child's innocent voice rang out again from the other side of the corridor.
Lu Sheng cautiously looked in the direction of the sound and saw a little boy of about five or six years old standing at the end of the corridor, smiling at them and playing with Dongyang's pistol in his hand.
"Hello, I'm number 01. Are you new here?" The little boy's eyes looked clear and innocent as he tilted his head and extended his hand to Lu Sheng in a friendly manner.
Sun Tiantian nervously grabbed Lu Sheng, "Is there something wrong with this child? Normal people have names, who is called 01?"
Before Lu Sheng could speak, the little boy spoke first, "I have a name, number 01 is my name, what are your names?"
As he spoke, he introduced his younger siblings to Lu Sheng and the others as if they were old friends, saying, "I have many younger brothers and sisters, they are called 02, 03, etc., and our names are all similar."
A chilling thought suddenly flashed through Lu Sheng's mind.
These children are all numbered. Could they be human babies taken from a greenhouse?
But the Oasis Group has only existed for a short time, and this child looks to be only five or six years old. What's going on?
"Little boy, how old are you?" Lu Sheng asked calmly, looking at the boy.
"Me? I've been here for fifty or sixty days!" the little boy replied excitedly.
But that innocent voice sent a chill down the spines of everyone present.
Fifty-six days? It's already grown so much?!
“Lying isn’t good for a child. Tell your uncle how old you are this year, okay?” Zhang Xiaojuan squatted down and used her Northeastern charm to strike up a conversation with the little boy.
The little boy looked a little aggrieved. "I'm not lying, I really have been here for fifty-six days! If you don't believe me, I'll show you!"
As he spoke, he waved to Lu Sheng and the others, then quickly ran towards a brightly lit room at the end of the corridor.
Pointing excitedly to the two neat rows of children lying inside, she exclaimed, "These are all my younger brothers and sisters!"
Lu Sheng and the others followed the little boy into the room and found dozens of single beds neatly arranged inside, with a child lying on each bed.
Each child's name and date of birth are displayed on a card at the head of the bed.
The names are all uniformly labeled with numbers, numbered from 01 to 34. Most of the birth dates are within one month of the birth date.
The children ranged in age from a few months old to two or three years old, or even four or five years old, with only number 01 appearing to be the oldest.
"And you? How old are you? Are you 100 days old yet?"
The little boy's innocent voice sounded particularly terrifying to everyone else.
"Little friend, who are your parents?" Zhang Xiaojuan squatted down and asked patiently.
The little boy tilted his head and said, "I don't have a mother. We only know that we are our father's children."
"Then who is your father?"
Wu Hainan, who had been silent the whole way, suddenly asked in a gruff voice.
Everyone turned their attention to Wu Hainan.
In my memory, Wu Hainan always maintained a cynical smile and was always very friendly to people. He had never lost his composure like this before.
"I can't tell you unless you tell me first!" The little boy still had that innocent and adorable smile.
Everyone looked at each other, feeling a slight sense of resistance towards the child in front of them.
"Don't you guys think this kid looks a little familiar?"
Sun Tiantian suddenly grabbed Lu Sheng's arm and whispered in his ear, "Have we seen this child somewhere before?"
Lu Sheng coldly surveyed the children of all ages in the room.
Whether boys or girls, everyone has an exceptionally similar face.
Aside from their hairstyles and genders, these children look like they were made from the same mold.
Number 01's eyebrows and facial features do indeed look somewhat similar to someone she remembers.
"Tell me! Who is your father?!" Wu Hainan suddenly rushed over like a madman, grabbed the little boy by the collar, and tightly gripped Number 01's neck with both hands. "Tell me now, or I'll kill you right now!"
The image of that person in Lu Sheng's mind was originally very vague, but Wu Hainan's impulsive actions suddenly triggered a switch in Lu Sheng's brain.
Number 01's eyebrows and facial features are at least 70% similar to the deceased Jiang Qichen!
"Doesn't he look a bit like Jiang Qichen from the Yunshan Base?"
Even the usually oblivious Han Rui finally noticed something was wrong.
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone present was struck dumb.
The children in this room are clearly products of technology; they don't even have names, and can only be represented by numerical codes.
But all these children are exactly like Jiang Qichen?
Su Zheng initially had some doubts about these things, but seeing Wu Hainan's near-collapse, everyone had to accept this cruel reality.
The infamous Oasis Group is very likely owned by Yunshan Base...
“No wonder Oasis can get its hands on uncirculated aerospace materials and even use the national treasury’s gold reserves…” Ma Dongmei murmured in shock.
Welcome to Oasis Group.
Just as everyone was completely confused, a deep voice suddenly came from behind.
Everyone turned around and saw a tall, imposing middle-aged man slowly walking out from the end of the corridor.
"Uncle Jiang..."
Wu Hainan stood there, dazed and bewildered.
"Hainan, release No. 01. This is my most satisfactory child," Jiang Shuguang commanded.
Lu Sheng silently gripped the hilt of his knife, coldly scrutinizing the middle-aged man in front of him who had long held a high position.
“Don’t be nervous. If I wanted to kill you, I would have done it already.” Jiang Shuguang had amazing observation skills and noticed Lu Sheng’s actions at a glance. “I just want you to understand and accept the Oasis Group’s grand plan.”
"What plan?" Su Zheng asked instinctively.
"Human Rejuvenation Project".
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
