Chapter 131 Why does this floor smell like formaldehyde?

The first to twentieth floors of Genji Heavy Industries are ordinary office buildings, while the floors above the twentieth are the office areas used by the Sheqi Eight Families, which is also the inner area.

An access card is required to enter and exit the inner area. There are armed guards patrolling each floor, and any abnormality will result in interrogation.

But Lu Mingfei already knew the floor his wife was on, so there was no need to risk taking the elevator. He could just go up one floor at a time from the survival passage.

The elevator continued to climb higher and higher. Lu Mingfei adjusted his hair in front of the mirror. After making sure that every hair was in good shape, the elevator door slowly opened.

There was no welcome opening ceremony, and the lobby on the 20th floor was silent. Most of the office staff had already left work, and only two girls on duty at the front desk were chatting.

"Mayumi recently got a new boyfriend, and he seems to be a policeman."

"I remember she seemed to have joined a gang, often racing on the streets of Tokyo late at night. Isn't she afraid that her boyfriend, a policeman, will see her one day?"

"No, she and her boyfriend met at the car accident scene."

"What do you mean?"

"The day they met, her boyfriend had just finished working overtime. On the way home, he was driving tired and accidentally hit Mayumi."

"Oh, how romantic."

"I don't know if it was romantic or not, but it must have hurt a lot. She limped when she went to work those few days, and when I asked her about it, she insisted that she had accidentally fallen."

"Haha, Mayumi-chan is so adorable..." The short-haired female receptionist giggled and suddenly heard the sound of the elevator door opening, and then two men in law enforcement uniforms appeared in their sight.

The two receptionists who were chatting immediately exclaimed slightly and bowed hastily.

The twentieth floor is a watershed. Above are people you cannot afford to offend, and below are people who are trying hard to live.

Law enforcement officers are among the most difficult to deal with.

Especially the guards patrolling the building, they all look at people fiercely, as if their vision has X-ray powers.

Lu Mingfei nodded slightly and walked forward without looking around. At this moment, he was wearing a black uniform with Ukiyo-e Yakshas and fierce demons embroidered on the lining, his trousers were straight and he wore a pair of genuine leather pointed shoes.

He had short hair pulled back, a pair of plain glasses on his face, and a very realistic mustache on his mouth. He didn't look that young, and he didn't look as gentle and refined as Crow, but a complete scoundrel.

Old Tang beside him had taken off his eye-catching sunglasses and was now wearing the same military cap as Jotaro Kujo. His scowl-shaped eyebrows were taped upwards, and his face was solemn like an angry door god.

The two men wore access cards for the internal passage of the Eight Snake Families on their chests. This thing did not require high-tech elements. Jiude Mai had stolen one when she sneaked in before, and after cracking it, she directly copied it into four copies.

Although the specifications and permissions are just the access cards of ordinary members, it is enough for pretending. Anyway, they have no intention of bravely breaking into the secret passage.

As for Jude Mai and Zero, they had already hidden themselves in the dark realm again when they walked out of the elevator.

There's no way around it. The two girls' figures and heights are so recognizable that it's hard to forget them once you've seen them.

Fortunately, the guards patrolling the Genji Heavy Industries Building were not fixed. From time to time, members of the Eight Snake Families who made mistakes were punished to do hard work. In addition, Lu Mingfei and Lao Tang deliberately disguised themselves as more ordinary people, so they did not arouse the vigilance of the two front desk staff.

Jiude Mai had already thoroughly explored all the floors within the 20th floor yesterday, so they had no chance of making an error.

Soon, Lu Mingfei, Lao Tang, and the two girls hiding in the shadows pushed open the survival passage and walked in. The footsteps gradually disappeared in the corridor.

"Is it that simple?"

In the slightly dim survival passage, Old Tang walked up the stairs, his eyes full of disbelief.

In his impression, infiltration either requires the use of various sophisticated techniques and disguises, or the use of unparalleled speed to kill anyone and slash their necks. There is no such thing as walking in openly like this.

"What else do you want?" Lu Mingfei glanced at him. "Do you really have to climb up the outer wall of Genji Heavy Industries with your hands and feet like Tom Cruise, holding a vacuum wall-climbing suction cup, on a cold night?"

"No, I just feel that it's a bit unreal." Old Tang touched his chin. He wanted to say that it was more difficult for him to go into the tomb than this.

But if you think about it carefully, apart from occasionally losing your sense of direction in the tomb, his mission is actually quite simple. He just needs to stand there like a mascot, and the monsters will automatically leave.

"How about I pack two gigolos for you when I go back later?" Lu Mingfei said casually.

"That's not necessary."

The two men bickered quietly, their ears moving slightly, listening for the footsteps and voices of the guards upstairs.

Fortunately, no.

Passing the 22nd floor, Jude Mai suddenly asked to leave the team temporarily: "The supercomputer Kaguya-hime of the Snake Eight Clan is on this floor. I'm going to install some computer parts for her."

She didn't know when a black USB flash drive appeared in her hand, which looked like a virus carrier that would show the words "You Die" on the screen once inserted into the host.

"Kaguya-sama was independently developed by Ganryu Research Institute. Our organization was not able to intervene, so Potato Chips cannot provide any support in this building."

"You want to dig a hole in Kaguya's firewall?" Lu Mingfei was surprised. Could it be that Aze also has a super artificial intelligence under his command that can go head-on with Kaguya?

"Almost." Jude Mai nodded without comment, then lit up her golden eyes and lowered her head slightly to look at Zero.

After about ten seconds, she looked away: "Did you remember it?"

"Okay." Zero nodded.

"What do you mean it's okay? Do the four of us still need to use eye contact to encrypt our conversations?" Old Tang was puzzled. He always felt that he was out of place in this small group.

However, Jiude Mai did not answer his doubts. She took out a strange instrument from her pocket, connected it to the mechanical lock of the 22nd floor security passage, and began to tinker with it: "Sanwu will accompany you on the rest of the way. She will be responsible for covering you."

Without waiting for Lu Mingfei and Lao Tang to react, Ling had already quietly chanted a spell belonging to the Word Spirit·Underworld, and in an instant the figures of the three were shrouded by another invisible field.

Old Tang used the weak light from the stairs to look for possible shadows on the ground, but he couldn't see anything. He said speechlessly, "Why is it that once we get to Japan, stealth skills are so prevalent?"

“Stop talking nonsense and let’s go.” Lu Mingfei vaguely guessed something, but did not say out loud this ability that was comparable to that of a novel protagonist. He just urged Old Tang to keep moving forward.

"Following the young master, there is really no time to relax."

On the 28th floor, the door to the survival passage was pushed open. After it was closed again, the voice of Yaksha echoed in the stairwell, mixed with the "clicking" sound of lighters.

"Huh..." Crow blew out a smoke ring and sighed while holding the cigarette, "Didn't you complain before that the young master was taking on too much and didn't give you room to show your talents? Now you are not happy when I ask you to investigate Oyama Ryuzo's affairs?"

"What I want is a chance to show my skills, literally. I want to find someone to have a good fight with." Yaksha took a puff of his cigarette, lightly expressing his inner depression.

"Then just ask the young master to transfer you to the Kanto branch. I guarantee you'll have endless fights all day long."

"I just want to vent my violence, not be used as a punching bag. Only a fool would mess with those lunatics from the Kanto branch."

"Alright, alright, finish your cigarettes quickly, or else the young master will whip us if he finds out."

Soon, the two guys who took a break from their busy schedule to have a cigarette left the survival passage and returned to the liaison department. A moment later, Lu Mingfei and the other two passed through the room which was still filled with smoke.

"It turns out that being able to follow the leader's lead from behind is a necessary skill for every worker." Lu Mingfei laughed with some emotion.

In their previous life, these two guys often complained about their brother-in-law behind his back, saying that they had originally planned to follow the prince of the underworld so that they could expand their business and create greater glory. However, in just two years, the gang was disbanded on the spot by the young master.

Although it gave them a stable life and a job that could automatically increase their bank account balance, it also made their lives boring.

On the 30th floor, the survival route became tortuous, and Lu Mingfei almost ran into the encirclement of the guards of the Eight Clans of Sheqi with Lao Tang and Ling.

Fortunately, they were protected by the Dark Illumination Field, and they walked quietly the whole time, so they did not attract any attention.

Continuing to walk upwards, there were not many unexpected things happening, but the "ξ" representing the random number did not appear either.

From the 30th floor upwards, patrolling guards appeared more and more frequently. After dodging three waves of patrols with bated breath, Lu Mingfei discovered a silver-white door without any markings.

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"There's no markings, could this be it?"

Looking at this unique door and the card reader embedded in it, Lu Mingfei's palms suddenly began to sweat. He turned around and looked at Ling:

"Well, do you have a lock pick?"

When I separated from Jude Mai just now, I forgot to ask if there were any spare door opening equipment. Now I finally found the suspected target floor, but was stopped outside the door because of this small negligence.

If things were really as he thought, Eri should be very well "protected". Trying to use the access card that can only be used in ordinary office areas to open the security door would probably only set off the alarm of the entire building.

Ling looked at the card reader that was integrated into the security door and shook her head slightly. If the designer was here, she could still think of some solution, but now it's a bit like a cook without ingredients to cook.

Seeing this, Old Tang reached into his pocket and touched the steel wire he had prepared for infiltration. He thought that this thing would not be useful, so he took out the revolver on his back:

"Try this?"

"Thank you. I'll definitely do it next time." Lu Mingfei politely declined Lao Tang's kindness. The only difference between using this thing and using an ordinary access card is that it can trigger the alarm for the entire building faster.

He took out his cell phone and was about to ask Jiude Mai if it was done. If the door was open, he could borrow the door opener first. However, before he could type, a new text message arrived.

It was still the sender that showed unknown: "Brother, do you remember the cheats in StarCraft?"

Seeing this message, Lu Mingfei's mind seemed to be enlightened, and he almost subconsciously said a word: "Lockdown!"

Lockdown, a special skill of the Terran agent in StarCraft! When this skill is used, the mechanized units within the five-square range of the target will suffer a short circuit fault, and then fall into a state of being unable to move, and this state will last for a full sixty seconds! Within sixty seconds, even if the target is attacked and annihilated by the enemy, it will not be able to make any counterattacks, move, or respond to any other commands! The moment he finished speaking, the breathing light of the card reader embedded in the silver-white security door suddenly stopped flashing, and a muffled click came from the door, as if something was automatically bounced open.

Lu Mingfei looked at the gate that seemed to be in a short-circuit state, and felt as if ten thousand alpacas were driving dump trucks and ramming madly towards the nerve called reason.

He gently pressed the silver-white door and pushed it open a crack effortlessly.

At this moment, he felt as if a boomerang had pierced his vest.

"...If you are new, practice more. If you can't beat them, don't play. If you want to cheat, I suggest you die first..."

The arrogant words of the past were deafening. Lu Mingfei never expected that he would become the kind of person he once looked down upon.

but……

What does cheating in the game have to do with me in real life? And strictly speaking, what my buddy used was the technology code, which added special skills, not cheating! If you must be serious, he followed the rules and never cheated in his previous life, but his mother still left him.

So if he does the opposite now, wouldn't it be possible for his mother to be safe?

I don’t know why others cheat, but for me, Lu Mingfei, I study science and technology to support my family!

Putting aside all distracting thoughts, Lu Mingfei used all his strength to prop the silver door open to create a gap for people to pass through. After the stunned Old Tang and Ling went in, he let go of the door and walked in himself.

Unexpectedly, even though there was a door closing button, the door remained half open. Lu Mingfei still had to close it.

"Damn, how did you do that?" Lao Tang is also a StarCraft player. Although he specializes in Protoss, he will occasionally change his taste and have a human-Zerg battle.

Naturally, he knew that Lockdown was Ghost's special skill, but he never expected that it could be used in this way.

"I don't know either. It must be a coincidence. Jiude said that she went to cause trouble. Maybe she controlled Kaguya to open the door for us." To be on the safe side, Lu Mingfei decided to play it safe and not be too sure.

"Really?"

Old Tang looked at his watch and found that only more than three minutes had passed since the two sides separated. No matter how powerful that female ninja was, it was impossible for her to determine the location of the host and eliminate the guards in such a short time, circumvent the protective measures, break through Kaguya's firewall, and draw the word "正" on its thigh, right?

But you never know, maybe they are just that fast.

Sixty seconds passed in a flash. After the lockdown ceased to take effect, the silver door closed again, and no shrill alarm sounded in the building.

With a long sigh of relief, Lu Mingfei turned around and looked at the empty spacious corridor. Suddenly, he realized something was wrong and shrugged his nose: "Why does it smell like formalin?"

Old Tang also took a deep breath and looked around the empty and deep corridor. Suddenly his professional instincts were awakened and he felt like he was back at home:

"Have we arrived at the morgue of the Sheqi Eight Clan?"

“Whose morgue is located on a high floor?!” Lu Mingfei elbowed Old Tang.

But he had to admit that this place was indeed a bit eerie.

The time here seems to be under a spell of stillness, trapped in a vortex of stagnation and no longer flowing.

Every inch of space, every object, and even every breath of air seemed to be under some kind of restrictive seal.

They were trapped in this strange and oppressive stillness, unable to move, leaving only a dead silence and inexplicable desolation.

(End of this chapter)