Chapter 223 Deep Virtual 50
Xie Ning arrived exceptionally early today; there were only a few patrolling and scanning robots in the lobby.
"Welcome back, Clerk Xie Ning. Please place your umbrella on the public umbrella stand," Kno's cold, mechanical voice rang out.
Xie Ning bent down and wiped the water off her calves and shoes with a tissue. She was wearing a skirt uniform today, but she usually wore pants for convenience. She had three uniforms in total, but only two of them were pants. One was still in the office, and the other was already broken.
After get off work today, she still has to pick up the newly applied uniform. Normally, reapplying for a uniform within a year would cost extra, but Xie Ning's uniform was damaged in an accident, and many others have had theirs damaged, so this time the application doesn't require an extra fee.
However, you can only apply for one set.
After placing the umbrella on the umbrella stand, Xie Ning did not immediately return to the office, but instead went to another area to pick up 034.
A few days ago, she handed 034 over to the logistics staff and then the experimental base was closed. She doesn't know how 034 is doing now.
"Kno, I need to go pick up 034. Please mark the route."
"Okay, Clerk Xie Ning, the route has been marked, please check."
As soon as he finished speaking, a directional route with arrows appeared before his eyes, emitting a faint green light. It was invisible to ordinary people, but because it was Xie Ning's request, only Xie Ning, who wore a monocle, could see it.
This was an area she had never set foot in before. She came out of the elevator, walked through a long corridor, and then through a tunnel with transparent bulletproof glass. Except for the bottom, the other three sides were transparent.
Through the glass window, one could see the enormous laboratory below, where many researchers in silver uniforms were busy working. Those uniforms... were somewhat similar to those of Director Crete and Professor Lillian.
On one side was a transparent tank containing hairless human bodies—no, they should be called androids. After all, she had handled quite a few, and she could still recognize each one.
This should be a bionic human laboratory.
On the other side, on the experimental table in the middle, there was a black tentacle, which was the alien creature that had attacked her in the experimental base earlier.
Although she was filled with curiosity, Xie Ning did not linger and went straight to the laboratory where 034 was housed.
"Please show me your identification," the researcher sitting at the front desk said without looking up.
Xie Ning frequently went to collect materials and knew the procedure, so he simply took off the ID tag hanging around his neck and placed it in the identification plate.
"Beep—Identity confirmed, Administrator No. 034, Clerk Xie Ning."
Administrator? Not researcher? Xie Ning raised an eyebrow. It seems that different titles are used depending on the situation.
Next came the scan confirmation. After the procedure was completed, one of the researchers got up and led Xie Ning inside.
"So you're the administrator of 034. He's a bit unruly, so we gave him some sedatives. He's probably a little weak now. You can push him back in his wheelchair later."
"What's wrong with 034?" Xie Ning frowned slightly. In her memory, 034 had always been quite obedient. Whether it was drinking nutritional supplements or receiving various medications, it had never resisted. It would only shed silent tears when it was in unbearable pain.
"When he was brought in, he was wearing a coat, which made it inconvenient for us to clean him and re-energize him. But he absolutely refused to let us take off that coat, and several researchers were injured in the process..." the man grumbled on, but finally praised him.
"However, your modifications to 034 were very successful; its attack power is extremely strong." It is also very aesthetically pleasing.
Xie Ning pursed her lips and looked up at the boy in the transparent cabin. He still had many bruises and red marks on his body, and his mouth was slightly cracked. This was not as simple as just having a few sedatives.
“I will report your actions of abusing experimental subjects without authorization,” Xie Ning said coldly.
The man snorted coldly, his face full of mockery, and said, "We were acting in self-defense, Clerk Xie, you've misunderstood."
The boy was indeed good-looking, especially with the combination of his appearance and his mechanical features, which created a strange and captivating beauty. He was just an android; they did something, so what?
Xie Ning glanced at him coldly, said nothing more, got up and carried the curled-up boy to the wheelchair, then took off her own coat and covered him with it.
"So that coat was yours?" The man's gaze swept back and forth between the two of them, his meaning ambiguous.
Looking at Xie Ning's aloof face, he said in a low voice, "I didn't expect you to like... what's so good about androids? Perhaps..."
Xie Ning's expression grew even colder. She turned her head to meet the man's gaze, but instead of looking at him, she looked at the female android in the cabin behind him.
She had no wounds, but her eyes, which were as dark as ink, were fixed on the man. Xie Ning blinked at her gently, and the female android was stunned for a moment. Then she quickly made a motion as if she were smashing a glass plate, and the transparent glass plate shattered with a crash.
The shards of glass flying in the air reflected the man's terrified expression, while Xie Ning, already feigning nervousness and fear, pushed 034 and ran away as fast as he could.
There was more than one shattered hull; hopefully he can withstand it.
"I'm a little tired." Luo's weary voice echoed in her mind. Such long-distance communication was very mentally taxing, and even though she was born with immense mental strength, she was finding it hard to keep up.
"Well done!" Without waiting for Xie Ning's reply, Luo severed the connection and went into hibernation to recover his mental energy.
Xie Ning bumped into the guards who had run over after receiving the Kono alarm, and pointed inside, saying, "The experimental subjects have suddenly rioted."
After the guard ran inside, Xie Ning put 034 down, told him to stay put, and then ran back inside.
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