Chapter 727: You scared me to death!
The experimental area was still bustling with activity in the early hours of the morning.
Director Fang was looking at the data Gu Yin had sent over that evening. After looking at it all night, his eyes were starting to hurt, so he took off his glasses and wiped them. Then he reached for his teacup, wanting to take a sip, but found the tea was gone. He got up, looked at it, and frowned, asking, "Where did Xiao Jie go?"
Director Wang shook his head upon hearing this: "I don't know, it was here just now. You should call and ask."
Director Fang nodded upon hearing this, but the result showed that the phone was switched off.
"What's going on? Why is the phone off!" Just then, Director Liang's assistant came in, so he asked, "Xiao Chen, have you seen Xiao Jie?"
Xiao Chen nodded upon hearing this: "I saw him go to the logistics department earlier, probably to arrange for Comrade Zhou's local specialties. Is there anything you need me to do? I happen to be free now."
Just as Director Fang was about to speak, a short and urgent alarm sounded throughout the entire experimental area!
Director Fang's expression changed drastically, and he began to inspect the central control area.
"It's an alarm from Comrade Zhou's lab! Raise the alert immediately! Activate the protection plan!" After saying that, Director Fang immediately ran out and sprinted towards Gu Yin's lab.
Director Wang also made urgent arrangements. Zhang Ge was already in the experimental area, not far from Director Fang's place. Upon hearing Director Fang's words, he immediately ran over.
Zhou Ansheng also heard it, but since he already knew about Gu Yin's plan, he wasn't nervous. However, he couldn't sleep now, so he got up to check the situation.
When Xiao Jie heard the alarm, he had just come out of the primeval forest base and was heading to the factory on the mountainside.
Hearing that familiar alarm, Xiao Jie immediately tensed up! He was the only mountain bike on the road at that moment, and with the alarm sounding, the mountaintop would definitely be on high alert! His departure hadn't been discovered yet, but it would be sooner or later. There were also military units stationed nearby; if he didn't seize this opportunity, he definitely wouldn't be able to leave safely!
Thinking of this, Xiao Jie floored the accelerator, and the mountain bike immediately sped off on the mountain road!
Once he gets to the factory, he'll be far away from the emperor's reach, and nobody can catch him! Hurry! Faster! Xiao Jie's bloodshot eyes were fixed on the mountain road ahead!
As they rounded the bend, Xiao Jie's pupils suddenly contracted, the car slowed down, his eyes returned to normal, and he stared intently ahead with a tense expression.
There were two mountain bikes there, their taillights flashing. They must have heard the noise from behind and turned on all their headlights.
Even though the car wasn't in the middle of the road, Xiao Jie dared to drive recklessly straight through! If anything unusual happened to him, the soldiers in the woods would definitely notice!
As Xiao Jie approached the car in front, his mountain bike slowly came to a stop.
"Brother! Let's go down the mountain! Do you have any extra gas?! Our car is out of gas!" A loud voice rang out from the darkness ahead, and Xiao Jie immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"I don't have much oil left. It can only last until we get to the factory. Why don't you wait a little longer? It's almost dawn, someone should be coming up soon!"
The flowers had just fallen when the person who had spoken emerged from the darkness and stood in the light. Xiao Jie carefully examined the person; it was an unfamiliar face, and the tension in his heart eased once more.
"The sirens just went off, the roads up and down the mountain are definitely blocked. We'll have to wait for a car, and who knows when. So, there aren't many of us, just four people. Can we hitch a ride with you? We need to go to the city, and if we waste time, we might get fired! How about it, brother?!"
Xiao Jie didn't want to waste any more time; the longer it dragged on, the more dangerous it would be for him. So he nodded and said, "Let's get on!"
The man waved happily: "Get in the car! Thanks, brother!"
Three more people emerged from the darkness. Xiao Jie still didn't recognize them, but all four of them were tall and burly, so Xiao Jie became secretly on guard.
"Which department are you from? Why are you coming down the mountain at this hour?!" Xiao Jie asked with a smile as he started the car.
It was the same person again: "He was brought by Mr. Zhou, mainly responsible for liaising with external companies. He issued another task a few days ago, so we have to go and notify and make arrangements! Brother, which department are you from? I've never seen you at the base before?"
Upon hearing that he was one of Zhou Wansheng's men, Xiao Jie lowered his guard a little. Zhou Wansheng had only been there a short time, and the people he brought couldn't even get into the experimental area. These people couldn't even get close to the lake, so they probably wouldn't recognize him!
“I’m from the medical department. We’re running low on emergency medicines on the mountain, so I’ll go to the factory and get some.”
The man's tone immediately became respectful: "Oh, it's a colleague from the medical department! You're out before dawn, that must be hard work! By the way, what was that alarm just now? Do you know anything about it?"
Xiao Jie nodded upon hearing this: "Something must have happened, but there's no need to worry. There are so many capable people up there, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
"You're right!"
When Director Fang rushed over to Gu Yin's lab, he was stunned to see Gu Yin and the team leader sitting there unharmed: "We have to sound the alarm? What happened? Are you alright?"
Gu Yin stood up and shook her head: "We're fine, but the documents on my desk are missing."
Director Fang suspected he was hallucinating due to oxygen deprivation from running too fast: "What did you say?"
"I said, the documents and experimental data on my desk are missing."
Director Fang was stunned: "Lost?! How could it be lost? What kind of experimental data is missing?!" This kind of thing has never happened here before. After all, the people selected here have all gone through layers of screening. He would believe you if you said the data was accidentally deleted, but he didn't believe you that the data was lost!
He couldn't believe it! If that were really the case, it meant even the mountains weren't safe anymore. Gu Yin's experimental data was lost, so what if the data from other experimental areas was also lost?! That would be the end of it! He couldn't bear such a huge responsibility!
Gu Yin pointed to the clean desktop: "The documents on the desktop are all gone. Fortunately, what's missing are the draft papers I used for experiments, the actual original data. I've kept them safe."
Director Fang collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath: "I was terrified! Comrade Zhou, don't just say half a sentence! My old life can't take this!" Cold sweat poured down his back! He'd even decided which nursing home he'd be sent to!
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