Chapter 955 Finale (Part 3)
Xi Jiu, who is disguised as Hermann, must not make a phone call, otherwise he will be exposed.
He pretended to take out his phone and glanced at it, then yelled impatiently, "Damn it! Why is my phone dead? I clearly just charged it yesterday!"
The man in the driver's seat couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
"Herman, why are you in so much trouble this time? You're not driving for me, and your phone's battery is dead. Could it be that you're..."
Ruan Qi, who was lying in the back, felt her heart suddenly hang in the air.
Xi Jiu's right hand silently touched the short blade at his waist, and all the muscles in his body were tensed, ready to strike.
"Are you deliberately slacking off?" the man in the driver's seat took a breath and finished his sentence. "Didn't I just let you drive for two days last time? Why are you so petty?"
“…”
Ruan Qi's heart instantly settled down.
Xi Jiu lowered his hand from his waist and said to the man, imitating Herman's tone, "God is my witness, I really didn't mean it! My phone is really out of battery. If you don't believe me, just look!"
Xi Jiu took out his cell phone and put it in front of the man in a pretentious manner.
The man drove all night and was so tired that he just wanted to go back to sleep. He didn't have the patience to check whether his phone was really out of battery or not.
He pushed Xi Jiu's hand away impatiently and took out his cell phone: "I'm going to call inside, don't bother me!"
The man quickly dialed the number and the call was connected immediately.
"The fisherman is back from fishing, open the door quickly."
As the man finished speaking, the chassis of the van began to vibrate slightly.
Rumble——
On the wasteland covered with yellow sand, a dull roar emerged from the ground.
Then, an incredible scene appeared——
Amidst the rocky wasteland, a crack suddenly appeared in the ground. With a dull rumble, the crack widened, like the gaping maw of a monster, revealing its dark, deep gullet.
The entrance to Organization X is actually here!
No wonder no one has found it in all these years. Such a sophisticated mechanism and secret passage would be difficult to find in the vast desert unless a large detector was used.
Xi Jiu suppressed the fear in his heart and glanced back inconspicuously.
Ruan Qi, who had been lying in the back of the car, sat up at some point. She leaned against the window and, using the seat in front of her to cover her, secretly pulled down a corner of the blindfold.
【The entrance to Organization X has been found.】
Ruan Qi looked at the dark underground passage outside the car window and typed these words on the small metal piece behind his ear.
Bai Yuchen's voice immediately rang out from the metal sheet: "Got it. Sister-in-law, we have marked your location based on the locator on you."
Ruan Qi: [The entrance is a little hard to find. I'll try to leave a mark here later.]
"Okay." Bai Yuchen replied, "You and Brother Jiu should also be careful. We will be there soon."
Ruan Qi knocked on the metal piece and ended the conversation with Bai Yuchen.
The roar of the underground passage opening lasted for nearly a minute.
After the roar died down, two rows of wall lamps lit up on both sides of the deep and dark passage.
The light from the wall lamps was dim, barely maintaining minimal visibility. On both sides of the passageway walls, countless surveillance cameras stared down at you coldly like countless eyes.
Ruan Qi glanced at the angle between the camera and the van, then quietly took out a green crystal ball the size of a marble from his sweatpants pocket.
She carefully moved her body and leaned her back against the rear door of the car. Then, she stuffed the green crystal ball into the gap of the door and crushed it with her fingertips.
The surface of the green crystal ball cracked and the liquid inside immediately flowed out.
The liquid is bright green and mixed with a little gold powder, which is eye-catching and bright in the sun.
Bright green liquid flowed out silently through the crack of the rear door, dripping drop by drop onto the wasteland of yellow sand.
The van started up again.
As the car moved forward, a bright green liquid dripped in a straight line across the wasteland. After a few seconds, the liquid quickly solidified and mixed with the sand to form a hard solid.
And no one saw all this, including the camera in the blind spot behind the van door.
…
The van drove into the underground passage at a steady speed.
The mechanism on the ground was activated, the entrance slowly closed, and was finally completely buried by yellow sand.
Once the entrance door closed, the passageway became even darker. Due to the dark privacy film on the car windows, Ruan Qi could only vaguely see that the slope of the passageway was very steep and long, with no end in sight.
After driving for about ten minutes, the van stopped again.
The man in the driver's seat opened the door: "Hermann, get out of the car and check your fingerprints."
Xi Jiu's eyes flashed, and he pushed the door and got out of the car calmly.
Five meters in front of the van stood a large door at least four meters wide and high. Made entirely of a hard, rare metal, its smooth surface shone coldly under the wall lamps.
The man driving the car walked straight to the right side of the gate and held up his finger to the fingerprint verification device.
“Ding—fingerprint verification successful!”
The man withdrew his hand and turned his face towards the instrument again.
"Ding—iris verification successful!"
It's just an entrance door, but it requires dual authentication of fingerprint and iris. I have to say that Organization X is really cautious.
After verifying it, the man took a few steps back and said, "Hermann, it's your turn."
Xi Jiu stared at the verification device for a second, raised his foot, and walked over slowly.
He first stretched out his hand and slowly placed his index finger on the fingerprint verification device.
The instrument beeped for half a second, and then—
“Ding—fingerprint verification successful!”
Xi Jiu's eyes flashed, he withdrew his hand, raised his head, and faced the iris verification device with his face.
The verification device started working, and a beam of light shone on Xi Jiu's iris.
Drip-drip-drip-drip——
The instrument began to beep rapidly.
The companion standing nearby heard the voice and immediately stood up: "What's going on? Did the verification fail?"
He turned to look at Hermann, a look of caution on his face.
Hermann put on a puzzled expression and moved his face closer to the verification device.
The verification device that emitted a rapid sound suddenly paused, and then a blue light flashed.
"Ding—iris verification successful!"
Hermann breathed a sigh of relief without showing any emotion.
The tense expression of his companion standing beside him also relaxed.
"I've been using this broken instrument for years. Isn't it time to replace it? I was shocked to see it become a false alarm."
"You scared me to death, too," Herman said with a terrified expression. "Luckily the verification was successful, otherwise how would I have proved I was myself?"
When his companions heard this, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Okay, it was a false alarm, let's get in the car!"
The two got back into the car.
At the same time, the heavy metal door slowly opened.
The van started up again and slowly drove into the first gate of Organization X's headquarters.
Ruan Qi, who was sitting in the back car, breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh my god, I was so scared just now. I thought my spiritual power had lost its effect." Bai Li's frightened voice came from the system, "Seventh girl, I am old and can't help being scared. Don't come to me if something like this happens again!"
Ruan Qi: "Who else should I turn to if not you? Time is running out, and I can't crack the iris verification device. Physical methods don't work, so I can only use magic. With the spiritual power you've accumulated now, Uncle Baili, cracking an iris verification device is just a piece of cake. There will probably be a few more levels to come, Uncle Baili, it's all up to you!"
Bai Li: “…”
He had worked so hard to accumulate this little spiritual power, but it was all wasted on this matter.
The little girl is so cunning.
Bai Li cursed furiously in his heart. However, when he reached the next door, he still cooperated by using his spiritual power to modify the iris verification device's sensing system.
In this way, Xi Jiu passed four levels safely with the help of Bai Li.
The van finally drove into Organization X.
As the last door opened, everything in the X Organization headquarters slowly unfolded before Xi Jiu and Ruan Qi.
A high-tech decoration style, snow-white walls, glass doors and windows made of special materials, room after room with tightly closed doors, ubiquitous surveillance cameras, and experimenters in white coats... The legendary and mysterious Organization X has finally revealed its tip of the iceberg.
[Entering the headquarters.]
Ruan Qi typed these words on the metal plate behind her ear.
Bai Yuchen's voice rang out immediately: "Got it. We're almost there, about an hour away. Sister-in-law, you and Brother Nine must pay attention to safety. The mission is secondary, your safety is the most important."
Ruan Qi responded with a knock, then put down her hand and looked out the window from the blind spot of the car seat.
After entering the headquarters, the van traveled for a distance, turned right and entered an elevator.
The elevator went all the way down, and after less than two seconds, the elevator door opened.
——The fourth underground floor.
The van drove out of the elevator, and Ruan Qi saw the situation on the fourth underground floor.
Unlike the bright and clean basement level, this level was very dimly lit. Furthermore, the space was filled with the smell of disinfectant. The scent was so strong that Ruan Qi could clearly smell it even through the van window.
Besides the smell of disinfectant, there seemed to be something in the air...
The smell of blood and decay.
The combination of disinfectant, blood, and rotten smell always reminds people of the hospital morgue.
There definitely isn't a morgue in Organization X, so this floor should be—
A place for human experiments!
Ruan Qi's heart suddenly trembled.
She stared out the car window intently, trying hard to memorize the wiring layout of this floor in her mind.
Soon, the van turned a few corners and finally stopped.
"We're here, unloading!" The man in the driver's seat pushed open the car door.
Xi Jiu also got out of the car.
Ruan Qi immediately put on the blindfold and lay back on the mat.
The trunk door slowly opened.
Hermann's companion reached out and grabbed the arm of a hostage, pulling him out of the car as roughly as if he were a dead object.
"Laurie! Come out and collect the goods!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a heavy metal door on the side of the corridor slowly opened.
The sound of rolling wheels was heard.
Immediately afterwards, a metal cage cart was slowly pushed out.
"Here we are." The fat man pushing the cage cart yawned lazily, his narrowed eyes scanning the trunk of the van, a hint of surprise in his eyes, "This is a good harvest, we caught so many fish. Eddie, you and Herman are going to collect the bonus again."
Eddie's companion smiled proudly: "We're lucky to catch eight fish in one night. If we could catch this many every Friday, Herman and I would be rich soon!"
"You catch this much every week? You're dreaming," the fat man scoffed. "Those poor people in City C are getting smarter and smarter. They never leave the house after sunset, except for a few homeless people wandering around. The groups of fishermen before you only caught two or three fish per trip. One group even caught just one. Mr. X was so angry he used two of that group as his experimental subjects."
Eddie didn't expect that such a thing would happen in the headquarters. His face changed and he shuddered violently.
"Have you made it into an experiment?"
"Yeah." The fat man glanced at his pale face and said jokingly, "Why? Are you scared?"
Eddie glared: "Of course I'm scared! If it were you, wouldn't you be scared?"
"What's the point of being afraid?" The fat man shook the fat off his face and snorted. "Joining this organization is like selling your soul to the devil. As long as you capture enough sacrifices and offer them to the devil, you can keep your life and wealth. You and Herman have been here too short. You'll understand after you stay longer."
The fat man's comfort didn't have much effect, but instead made Eddie's face even paler.
He tried to calm himself down and said in a trembling voice, "Don't talk about this anymore, just take the goods."
The fat man said no more, walked to the back of the van, grabbed a sleeping hostage, and started checking it like he was checking cargo.
"He's in good shape, with strong bones. He should be able to withstand any abuse. He's barely a first-rate specimen." He pulled a seal from his coat pocket and pressed it firmly against the back of the hostage's right hand.
【first class】
First-class product.
The two words printed on the seal were bright red and eye-catching. It seemed as if the person stamped with the seal was not a living person, but a pig, a cow, an animal to be slaughtered.
After the fat man stamped the hostage, he threw him into the cage truck.
Then he checked several other hostages and classified them into second-class and third-class categories.
After checking all seven hostages, the fat man reached out to Ruan Qi, who was lying in the innermost part of the rear compartment.
However, before his hand could touch her, the person lying on the mat suddenly jumped up and let out a scream.
“Don’t touch me!!!”
The voice of a top singer is naturally powerful.
The fat man closest to her was shocked so much that his head almost flew off, and all the fat on his body trembled several times at the same time.
"Damn it! How come there's still someone awake? Eddie, Herman, why didn't you knock her out?!"
When Eddie heard Ruan Qi's cry, he knew something was wrong. He rushed over and helped the fat man subdue Ruan Qi.
"This woman is allergic to ether. I used a lot of ether, but she only fainted for less than two hours."
Fat man: "Then you can't knock her out?"
"Something happened. She had diarrhea. It stinks. I don't want to touch her." Remembering that stench, Eddie's stomach churned again. He reached out and grabbed Ruan Qi's arm, trying to pin her down on the mat. Hermann, standing nearby, suddenly stepped forward and took over his task.
"Let me do it. You must be tired after driving for so long. I'll hold her down."
Eddie was indeed a little tired, and since Herman was willing to help, he immediately let go.
'Hermann' reached out and grabbed Ruan Qi's wrist, 'forcefully' pressing her onto the floor mat in the back of the car.
"Behave! If you move again, I'll kill you!"
It can be said to be extremely fierce.
It was so ferocious that Ruan Qi didn't feel any pain at all.
But it doesn't matter, she has acting skills.
Ruan Qi fully demonstrated her acting skills and cooperated by falling onto the mat, giving a vivid cry of pain and pretending to be scared.
Hermann secretly stroked the skin of her arm with his fingertips to soothe her.
The fat man standing nearby came over with a seal in his hand: "Herman, move aside. I want to check her body."
'Hermann' did not move aside, but directly lifted up Ruan Qi's trouser legs.
The scars carefully drawn by the disguise artist appeared on the dark calves.
The fat man suddenly exclaimed, "Oh my God! Why does this woman have so many scars? On her face and legs. And elsewhere? On her upper body?"
As the fat man spoke, he was about to reach out to take off Ruan Qi's clothes.
'Hermann' was one step ahead of him again, and with quick hands and eyes, he slightly opened the collar of Ruan Qi's sportswear, revealing a small part of her shoulder.
Suddenly, several more disgusting scars appeared.
The fat man looked at the scars and couldn't help but frowning, with a look of disgust on his face.
"With so many scars on his body, what did you do with this defective product?"
Eddie was worried that this woman wouldn't be counted towards his performance, so he quickly explained, "Although she has scars, she's in good health. You can tell by the way she screams, right? She's full of energy. The organization captured these people for human experiments, so as long as they're healthy, scars won't affect the experiments, right?"
What Eddie said made sense, and the fat man's expression looked a little better.
He took the seal, grabbed Ruan Qi's right hand, and printed the word "inferior product" on the back of her hand.
"Okay, send it to the cage."
There was no need for the fat man to do it himself. 'Hermann' took the initiative to grab Ruan Qi and put her in the cage car.
The iron door of the cage car was closed with a bang.
The fat man locked the door, hung the key at his waist, and waved to Eddie and Herman.
"I'll take them in. You guys go back and rest."
After saying that, he pushed the cage cart and disappeared through the metal door.
The metal gate slowly closed, and the cage car finally disappeared from Hermann's sight.
His eyes were dark, with worry and anger flashing in them.
"It's finally over." Eddie, his companion standing nearby, stretched and yawned lazily, "Let's go back to sleep."
'Hermann' forced himself to look away from the metal door, and silently got into the van with Eddie and went back to the third underground floor.
The third underground floor was the living quarters for the outer members of Organization X. Those who ran errands, made deliveries, arrested people, and did the shopping all lived on this floor.
The elevator door opened with a ding.
'Hermann' followed Eddie out of the elevator and looked at the layout of this floor calmly.
"Shall we go straight back to the room?" he suddenly asked.
Eddie yawned again and asked, "Where are you going if not back to your room?"
'Hermann': "Aren't you hungry?"
"Hungry?" Eddie was stunned. He touched his stomach and belatedly realized he was hungry. "I've been busy all night, so I'm a little hungry. How about we go eat first?"
Herman naturally had no objection and followed Eddie in another direction.
The two of them walked all the way to the cafeteria.
It was breakfast time, and the cafeteria was packed. As Hermann entered, several people greeted him.
"Hey, Herman! Are you back from your mission?"
"I heard you and Eddie caught eight fish. You're rich, Herman!"
"Damn Hermann! The team leader told you to go find him on the sixth underground floor later!"
Herman's heart moved, and he immediately stopped the man who brought him the message and asked, "What do you want from me, Team Leader?"
"How should I know?" The man rolled his eyes in annoyance. "You're the team leader's lackey, but I'm not. Only you two know the secrets between you two!"
After saying that, the man slapped Herman's hand away and walked away cursing.
Hermann watched him walk away, secretly analyzing the information revealed in his words.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Eddie thought he was angry, so he advised: "Don't pay attention to him. He's just jealous of your good relationship with the team leader."
Herman's eyes flickered, and he turned and asked, "I have a good relationship with the team leader?"
Eddie's eyes widened when he heard this. "Hey, Herman! Are you showing off to me? Don't think I won't beat you up just because you're the team leader's cousin!"
Eddie accidentally revealed some information.
The real Hermann turned out to be the cousin of that team leader!
This relationship could be used to some extent... Herman's mind moved slightly, but a greasy smile belonging to the real Herman appeared on his face.
"Hahaha, I was just joking. Don't be angry, Eddie. I'll treat you to breakfast today!"
Eddie finally stopped yelling and went to get his meal with a satisfied look on his face.
…
After dinner, Herman and Eddie separated at the cafeteria door and went to the sixth underground floor alone.
Just now during the meal, he had gotten a lot of information out of Eddie, intentionally or unintentionally, and had a general understanding of the headquarters of Organization X.
The X Organization headquarters is divided into six floors.
Among them, the underground floor is a public office area, and some unimportant work is carried out on this floor.
The second underground floor is the training area. All the organization's operatives, including those who have been injected with the drug, will undergo physical training on this floor.
The third underground floor is where Eddie, Herman and their friends live, and the fourth floor is where hostages are held and human experiments are conducted.
The fifth and sixth underground floors are the core of the entire headquarters - all pharmaceutical laboratories, offices and residences of core senior executives, and top-secret materials are located on these two floors.
'Hermann' took the elevator directly to the sixth underground floor.
Because this floor was a core area, ordinary staff members of the organization were not authorized to enter or exit freely. Herman verified his fingerprint and iris at the gate. After confirming his identity, the system immediately sent a notification to the area that someone was visiting.
Soon, a young woman in a white suit walked out from the central area and entered the password to open the door.
"Hermann, come with me. Team Leader Gore is waiting for you in the office."
Hermann's eyes swept from the password pad on the wall, then turned to the young woman, and looked her up and down quickly.
He is dressed smartly and has a gentle temperament. He does not look like a leader with a strong aura, but rather like an assistant to the leader.
'Hermann' analyzed secretly in his mind, and the young woman quickly took him to an office.
"Team Leader Gore, Hermann is here." The woman knocked on the door, and after receiving a response, she opened the door and led 'Hermann' in.
'Hermann' walked into the office and took a quick look around.
Perhaps because the position of team leader wasn't high-ranking, the office wasn't very large, and the furnishings were simple. White walls, high-tech desks and chairs, and... a middle-aged man sitting in a spacious chair.
'Hermann' looked towards the man.
The man also spoke at this time: "Hermann, come and sit down. Heidi, you go out."
The young woman named Heidi respectfully left the room.
The office suddenly became quiet.
Team Leader Gore took a sip of coffee, glanced up at Herman, and asked, "I heard you caught eight fish this time?"
Hermann reflected on his own character and looked smug.
"Yeah, eight fish. I caught five and Eddie caught three. What do you think, cousin? Am I awesome?"
Team Leader Gao Er frowned upon hearing this. "How many times have I told you to call me Team Leader Gao Er at headquarters? Why can't you change it?"
Hermann snorted, looking unhappy: "Yes! Captain Gore!"
Team leader Gore heard his dissatisfaction and frowned again.
"I let you join the organization because of my aunt. You must work hard and don't give others any reason to talk. You completed this mission well. Keep up the good work in the future."
Herman rolled his eyes impatiently.
The veins on Team Leader Gao Er's forehead twitched. He suppressed his anger and said, "I've considered what you said last time. You've only been in the organization for less than a year, and your experience is too shallow. If I rashly transfer you to the sixth underground floor, others will gossip. So let's put this matter aside for now."
The real Hermann actually wanted to be transferred to the sixth underground floor?
Hermann was startled and immediately pretended to be angry and stood up from his chair.
"Let me go for now? Why? I've been in the organization for almost a year. With the power in your hands, transferring me here is just a matter of a word! You just don't want me to come! I'm going to tell your aunt! I'm going to complain!"
'Hermann' fully learned Ruan Qi's acting skills and portrayed the unreasonableness to the fullest.
Team leader Gao Er's head hurt from the noise, but he had to consider the relationship between the elders and comfort them: "Your mother is old, don't bother her all the time. She's so old, why are you complaining?"
'Hermann': "Will you transfer me over here?"
Team Leader Gore didn't want to talk.
When Hermann saw this, he immediately glared at me and started to quarrel.
Seeing that he was about to make trouble again, Team Leader Gao Er felt a chill on his back and quickly nodded in agreement: "Transfer, transfer! I'll transfer you over this afternoon!"
"What kind of job will I be transferred to?"
Team Leader Gao Er thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "You are too inexperienced. You are definitely not qualified to take on important tasks as a new transfer. How about... going to the database to organize the information first?"
Organization X's database contained all the important confidential documents within the headquarters. Given Hermann's qualifications, he certainly wouldn't have access to confidential documents, but he could still sort through some general information.
Hermann weighed the options in his mind and a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.
"Okay, that's a good job. I'll come over this afternoon then?"
Team Leader Gao Er: "Okay. I'll report to the higher-ups later and have your information entered. Remember to come to work on time at 1 pm."
'Hermann' waved his hand and left contentedly.
The office door slowly closed behind him.
The smug smile on Hermann's face vanished instantly. He glanced up into the air, his lips moving as he said, "Senior Bai Li, did you hear what I just said? I need to go to the database this afternoon. The security there is very tight, and I need your help."
"Okay, okay." Bai Li's ethereal voice floated through the air, "Leave the identity verification to me. With me here, no detector in this organization will be able to get it."
Xi Jiu: "How's Xiao Qi doing? Is she okay?"
"She's fine, staying in the cage. The lab doesn't seem to be short of test subjects for now, and the seven people who were captured with her are all safe for now. But she told me to find the place where the nightmare poison is being developed as soon as possible. I'll take a look around these two floors for a while, and I'll leave the database to you."
Xi Jiu responded and quickly left this floor with Bai Li.
On the other side, in the room where all the experimental subjects were imprisoned, Ruan Qi and seven others were huddled quietly in a cage.
The room was very large, with countless iron cages placed around it, all filled with people.
Various breathing and groaning sounds could be heard from time to time in the quiet room, and occasionally someone could be heard crying.
Suddenly, the door of the holding room opened.
Two big men came in dragging a woman.
With the dim light, Ruan Qi saw the woman's appearance - her body was covered in blood, her skin was ulcerated in many places, her facial features were in a mess, and only her left leg was left.
The big man dragged the woman over, opened an iron cage and threw her in.
A strong smell of blood emanated from the woman, and the other hostages in the cell began to cry in fear.
When the big man heard the crying, he kicked the iron cage roughly.
"Shut up! If you keep crying, I'll send you to be experimented on!"
The crying stopped abruptly.
The two big men snorted, turned around and walked away in a swagger.
The door of the holding cell closed again.
This room had no windows, and once the door was closed, it became an enclosed space. Because the air flowed slowly in the enclosed space, the bloody smell emanating from the woman became even stronger.
Everyone was silent in the smell of blood.
After an unknown amount of time, a cry was heard.
"Wuwuwu...I don't want to die..."
This sentence seemed to turn on a switch, and the sobbing of several people was heard in the room again.
Ruan Qi squatted in a corner of the cage. Everyone's emotions infected her, and she felt a little depressed at the moment.
"How long have you been captured?" she suddenly asked.
The crying in the room paused for a moment, and a young man in the iron cage next door replied with sobs: "It should be, it should be half a month..."
Ruan Qi: "Are you all from City C?"
"No," said another relatively calm middle-aged man, "most of them are from City C, and a small number are from the surrounding towns and villages."
Ruan Qi looked around at everyone and asked the man, "Do they come here every day to capture people for experiments?"
"Not necessarily. If the experiment goes well, they'll come less frequently. But if it doesn't go well, they'll come and arrest people more often."
Ruan Qi: "What about the people who were taken away? Will they be sent back again?"
"Some do, some don't. If the person is still alive after the experiment, they'll send him back. If he can't bear it and dies in the middle of the experiment, those devils will just dispose of the body. In the week I was captured, they've disposed of seven or eight bodies, and very few people can come back alive. And even if they survive, they're like that woman just now, living a life worse than death."
Ruan Qi couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
The methods of Organization X were even more brutal than she had imagined. In this era of rule of law, such disregard for human life was truly appalling.
In the dim room, the smell of blood became stronger and stronger, and Ruan Qi's anger grew stronger and stronger.
She asked the man some more questions, and after she had a clear understanding of the situation here, Ruan Qi tapped the small metal plate behind her ear.
Bai Yuchen's voice immediately rang out through the metal sheet: "Sister-in-law, we are almost at our destination. How are you and Brother Nine?"
Jiujiu and I are both fine. I'm currently at the hostage detention center, where there are at least a hundred people.
Bai Yuchen exclaimed in shock.
"This is completely heartless! This idiotic organization actually captured so many people?! How are they now? Are they still alive?"
[They're all alive. To destroy Organization X, these hostages must be rescued first. We're short on manpower. Bai Yuchen, use my phone to contact Old Alfat. He'll provide you with weapons and manpower.]
Bai Yuchen agreed repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I'll call him right away. Sister-in-law, how is the progress on the nightmare poison? Can you get its information?"
Ruan Qi was about to reply when a light breeze suddenly blew through the air.
Bai Li is back.
"Damn! Why is the smell of blood so strong in this room? It's suffocating the old man." Bai Li covered his mouth and nose in pain, and his body turned into a shadow and crawled into the cage. "Seventh girl, are you okay?"
Ruan Qi replied to Bai Yuchen with a "wait a moment", then turned to look at Bai Li.
"I'm fine. Uncle Bai Li, how's Jiujiu doing?"
"Your fiancé is fine too." Bai Li chuckled. "This kid is lucky. The Herman he's disguising himself as is a relative of a team leader in the organization. That team leader used his connections to get him transferred to the database on the sixth underground floor. He'll start work this afternoon."
Ruan Qi's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Database? Doesn't that mean I can see information related to Nightmare Poison?"
Bai Li shook her head. "That's tough. Hermann is too inexperienced. He can only help with organizing the general files. He can't touch the confidential files."
But that's enough.
As long as he could access the database, with Xi Jiu's skills, he would definitely be able to find a way to obtain those confidential documents. As long as he could obtain those documents, perhaps he could find a way to destroy Organization X.
Ruan Qi has great confidence in Xi Jiu.
She changed her sitting position and asked Bai Li again, "Uncle Bai Li, how did you complete the task I assigned you? Did you find the laboratory that developed the nightmare poison?"
"I didn't find any." Bai Li shook her head in frustration. "The labs on the fifth and sixth underground floors all look the same, filled with test tubes and instruments. I can't understand them, and I can't tell what each lab is researching. But I think I saw Xu Qingya!"
Xu Qingya?
This name has not appeared in Ruan Qi's world for a long time.
She was stunned for a moment, then she straightened her back immediately after realizing what was happening. "Where is Xu Qingya?"
"In the innermost room on the sixth underground floor. With her was a foreigner, a man who spoke a foreign language. He looked older than Cheng Qi, with black eyes and white hair. He looked... a bit like Cheng Bosong."
Bai Li is an old antique from China. He has always been face-blind to people from other countries and can only identify others by their hair color, body shape and eye color.
The man who was with Xu Qingya left the deepest impression on him. He had white hair and a face that looked somewhat similar to Cheng Bosong at first glance.
When Ruan Qi heard his description, her eyebrows slowly raised.
How could a foreigner who speaks a foreign language look like Cheng Bosong?
unless……
That person is Cheng Bosong’s biological father!
"What did that man and Xu Qingya say?"
"I'm not sure." Bai Li scratched his head, looking embarrassed. "My foreign language isn't very good. They spoke too fast and I couldn't understand them. But I heard someone calling that man 'boss'."
boss?
Isn’t that the boss?
In a place like Organization X, not everyone is worthy of this title.
And the person who is most qualified to be called boss is... the leader of this organization, Mr. X.
So, Xu Qingya’s adulterer turned out to be the leader of Organization X?
No wonder she was able to escape from China successfully, it turns out she has such a powerful backer behind her.
"Besides the boss, Uncle Bai Li, what else did you hear? Tell me what you can understand."
This puts Bai Li in a difficult position.
He grabbed his hair and thought hard for a long time before hesitantly saying, "They seemed to have mentioned a general meeting tonight... or something. The only words I could understand were 'tonight' and 'meeting'. I really couldn't understand anything else."
For the first time, Bai Li regretted not learning foreign languages well.
Ruan Qi raised her hand to the air, patted him gently, and said comfortingly: "Uncle Bai Li has helped me a lot, leave the rest to me and Jiujiu."
Bai Li: "What do you want to do?"
Ruan Qi pondered for a moment and said slowly, "If Xu Qingya and the others really have a meeting tonight, then wouldn't the fifth and sixth floors underground be empty? I could take this opportunity to sneak in and take a look."
"What about the holding cell? There are surveillance cameras everywhere. You'll definitely be discovered if you go out."
Ruan Qi heard this and smiled softly: "Surveillance is not a problem. Uncle Bai Li, have you forgotten my old skills?"
Bai Li was stunned, then realized that Ruan Qi was the world-famous top hacker 'your father'.
It was not difficult for her to hack into the surveillance system of Organization X.
But now there is a problem——
"You don't have a computer, not even a cell phone, how can you hack into the surveillance system?" Bai Li scratched his head, "How about I steal one for you?"
Ruan Qi laughed out loud: "No need to go to so much trouble. Isn't there something ready in this holding room?"
Bai Li was startled for a moment, then realized: "You mean the fat guy in charge..."
"Yes, that's him." Ruan Qi and Bai Li were referring to the fat man who had pushed the cage cart earlier. "I observed him when he pushed me in. He had a computer in his lounge."
Bai Li: "But he's been guarding inside, how did you get in?"
"Isn't this easy to handle?" Ruan Qi curled her lips, smiling like a little fox, "Don't we... have an insider?"
…
That night, after the fat man Laurie finished his dinner, he returned to the lounge of the detention room while picking his teeth.
He had just sat down in the chair when someone suddenly knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Laurie asked impatiently.
A familiar voice came from outside the door: "It's me."
"Herman?" Laurie raised his eyebrows in surprise, stood up and opened the door. "Why are you here? Come in and sit down?"
'Hermann' didn't move.
He glanced at the lounge without leaving any trace, raised his chin slightly, and put on an arrogant look: "You should know that I got a promotion, right?"
Laurie: “…”
It's just a move from an outer-level staff member to a data clerk on the sixth underground floor. Can this be considered a promotion?
Laurie despised Herman's smug demeanor. But Herman had relatives in the leadership, and Laurie didn't dare offend him. He could only say with a forced smile, "I heard about it. Congratulations! You've finally been transferred to the central region."
"No need to congratulate me, this is all the result of my hard work." Herman's tone was very annoying. "To celebrate your promotion, I set up a few tables in the cafeteria. Laurie, you can come and join in the fun."
Laurie, who had just finished his meal, didn't want to go and shook his head, trying to find a reason to refuse.
Herman seemed to have guessed what he was thinking and spoke before him: "If you don't go, you're not giving face to me and my cousin!"
Even Team Leader Gore was brought up, and Laurie could no longer say no.
He had no choice but to agree reluctantly: "Okay, I'll rest for a while and then come over."
"Why do you want to rest? You haven't done any work, so what's there to rest for? Come with me now, the food in the cafeteria is ready!" Hermann urged bluntly.
Laurie had no choice but to change into outdoor shoes, close the door and leave the lounge.
The lounge emptied out.
The door closed loudly when Laurie left, and could be heard clearly in the holding room connected to the lounge.
Laurie's footsteps grew farther and farther away.
Bai Li, who was in charge of standing guard, floated back silently.
"Seventh girl, the person is gone."
Ruan Qi in the cage moved his legs that had been curled up for too long, and pulled out a small piece of incense stick from the wristband on his wrist.
Bai Li came over curiously: "What is this?"
"Hypnotic incense can make people sleep for a short time."
Although the hostages in the detention room were all victims, for the sake of caution, it would be better not to let them see Ruan Qi escape from the detention room.
This hypnotic incense is harmless to the human body and will not cause them to fall into a deep sleep. Although they appear to be in a coma, in fact, they can wake up immediately with just a little noise.
In this way, Ruan Qi could escape from the detention room smoothly, and the hostages would not be in danger due to coma.
A two-pronged approach.
The hypnotic incense was lit by a lighter, and the light smoke slowly spread in the enclosed space.
In less than five minutes, the cell was filled with the sound of snoring. The hostages, who had been frightened for many days, all fell into a deep sleep with the help of the sleeping incense.
Ruan Qi waited for a while, and after making sure that everyone was asleep, she took out a silver needle and poked it into the keyhole of the iron cage a few times.
Click.
The lock opened with a click.
"Uncle Bai Li, I'm going to the lounge. Please block the surveillance camera in the detention room for me."
Since Ruan Qi's popularity grew, Bai Li's accumulated spiritual energy gradually became abundant. After deducting the large amount of energy consumed to maintain the system on a daily basis, Bai Li still had a small amount of spiritual energy left for her own use.
However, due to the limited amount of spiritual power left, Bai Li could not perform large spells. She could only cast some small spells, such as helping Xi Jiu block the iris verification device, or helping Ruan Qi block the monitor for a short time.
"I can only hold on for ten seconds, girl, hurry up."
Bai Li waved his sleeves in the air, and the surveillance cameras in the detention room were completely controlled.
Ruan Qi immediately opened the iron door and crawled out of the cage.
She locked the cage door again, then tiptoed and ran towards the lounge at a very fast speed like a gust of wind.
The lounge was the staff living area, and there were no surveillance cameras. Ruan Qi rushed in openly and headed straight for the computer next to the bed.
The computer was on, and the wallpaper on the screen was a poster of a naked woman.
Ruan Qi frowned in disgust, tapping rapidly on the keyboard with his fingertips, and lines of complex and incomprehensible codes appeared on the computer screen.
【Calling the Heavenly Road】
[Tianlu received, please give instructions]
The hacker organization 'Tianlu', which had been waiting for Ruan Qi's order, responded immediately after connecting to Ruan Qi's signal.
Ruan Qi quickly tapped on the keyboard, sending out commands one by one.
【Try to control the X organization's network system.】
[Surveillance cameras on the fifth and sixth underground floors are blocked.]
[Draw a topographical map of the organization's interior and send it to Bai Yuchen.]
Ruan Qi gave orders in an orderly manner, and all members of "Tianlu" began to move.
Organization X's network system was extremely well-prepared, and it couldn't be completely controlled in a short period of time. However, blocking the surveillance cameras on the fifth or sixth underground floor was a piece of cake for the experts at "Heavenly Road."
In just five minutes, 'Tianlu' sent a message.
[The monitoring system has been shielded and will remain shielded for one hour.]
Ruan Qi immediately cleared the traces of herself on the computer, stood up and left the lounge.
"Girl, are you done?"
"Done." Ruan Qi pushed open the door at the exit of the lounge and looked outside.
It was already past seven in the evening, and most of the staff had already gone back to their rooms to rest. The corridor was empty, with only a few security guards on patrol walking back and forth.
We have to find a way to avoid those security guards.
Ruan Qi's eyes rolled around, and his gaze suddenly fell on a door diagonally opposite the detention room.
There was a sign on the door that read—
【storehouse】
storehouse.
Since it’s a warehouse, there should be a lot of tools in it, right?
Ruan Qi thought for a moment, and taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the corridor, he rushed out in a flash.
She quickly rushed to the warehouse door and twisted the handle hard.
Great, the door is unlocked.
Ruan Qi was delighted, opened the door and quickly slipped in.
Five minutes later, the warehouse door opened again.
A "fat woman" came out, holding a mop, wearing a cleaning uniform and a mask on her face.
She stood at the door of the warehouse, raised her hand to press the brim of her baseball cap, turned around and walked towards the elevator with the mop in hand.
A security guard on patrol saw her and raised an eyebrow in surprise: "Didn't they just finish cleaning during dinner? Why are you here again?"
Ruan Qi calmly pulled down her mask and changed her voice to that of a middle-aged woman: "Someone spilled coffee in the elevator. It's sticky. I'll go take care of it."
This floor was full of peripheral employees, whose quality varied greatly. It was common for them to litter and soil the common areas. The security guard didn't take it seriously and just waved her off.
"Hurry up, clean up and go back to your room. Things are tense lately, and the higher-ups have set a curfew. No one is allowed to stay outside after 9 p.m. Otherwise, you will be punished."
Ruan Qi hadn't expected to hear such important news from the security guard. Her eyes flickered as she thanked him and quickly left.
The elevator entrance on this floor was empty at this moment.
Ruan Qi trotted over and was about to find a place to drop the mop when the elevator door suddenly opened with a ding. A large hand stretched out like lightning and pulled her in.
Ruan Qi was startled and was about to fight back when a familiar voice rang in her ears: "Baby, it's me."
"Jiujiu?" Ruan Qi turned to look at the man standing behind her.
The man still had Hermann's mask on his face, but his eyes held a warmth that was familiar to her.
It’s really Xi Jiu.
Ruan Qi immediately withdrew her hand, feeling surprised and delighted: "Jiujiu, aren't you having a promotion banquet in the cafeteria? How did you find time to come over?"
"I slipped out under the pretext of going to the restroom." Xi Jiu spoke faster than usual, looking at Ruan Qi. "Baby, time is running out, so I'll be brief. This afternoon, Team Leader Gore recorded Herman's identity information into the system on the fifth and sixth underground floors. Now, with my ID card, I can freely enter and exit these two floors. I'll go back to the cafeteria to continue holding Laurie back. You take my ID card and go to the fifth and sixth floors to check."
Xi Jiu said as he stuffed his ID card into Ruan Qi's hand.
Ruan Qi immediately put the card away: "Then I'll go over first, Jiujiu, be careful."
"Okay, be careful too." Xi Jiu kissed her forehead gently, helped her press the button for the fifth floor underground, then opened the elevator door and walked out.
After Xi Jiu left, the elevator slowly descended.
Ding—we’ve arrived at the fifth underground floor.
The elevator door slowly opened, and Ruan Qi walked out of the elevator, only to be greeted by a chilling white light.
Unlike the bustling floors above, this floor is extremely quiet. The ubiquitous instruments, the glass glowing with cold light, and the pale walls... every place exudes the coldness of a deserted place.
Ruan Qi walked to the first metal door of this area.
Ruan Qi, having long been involved in weapons manufacturing, had a deep understanding of various metals. With just a glance, she recognized the door as being made of a very hard, rare metal.
The density of this rare metal is very high, and ordinary guns and ammunition cannot destroy it at all, unless a bomb with extremely strong explosive power is used to directly blow it up.
But in that case, the extremely strong explosive force would not only shatter the door, but would also destroy the entire area on this floor, and even cause the entire underground to collapse.
Therefore, it is not feasible to break down this door with firepower.
"The door to the fifth underground floor can be cut with a super-powerful laser." Ruan Qi tapped the metal plate behind his ear and instructed Bai Yuchen on the other end, "The watch I gave you has a laser gun function. Once you sneak into the headquarters, you don't need to use force to break down the door. Use the laser gun on the watch to break it down."
Bai Yuchen immediately responded from the other end.
At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that his sister-in-law was really amazing. She had prepared such advanced weapons for them in advance, which not only saved firepower, but also greatly reduced the degree of danger they faced.
Ruan Qi used the ID card given by Xi Jiu to swipe open the metal door.
After walking through the metal door, the central area of the fifth underground floor was finally revealed to her.
In the very center of the area was a massive round glass sphere. Within it shimmered a cold blue light, and within that light, countless things like electric currents crackled and flickered.
This glass sphere was enormous, with two pillars at each end reaching the ground and the roof. Nine passages crisscrossed its perimeter, extending directly to all directions of the central area. All the laboratories were located within these passages.
Ruan Qi stared at the ball for a while and sneered.
"Nine passages, a broken glass ball, and you really think you're the supreme ruler."
Bai Li had felt that the glass ball was a little strange just now, and now after hearing what Ruan Qi said, he immediately reacted.
yes!
Doesn’t this big sphere plus the nine channels around it look like the pattern of the sun!
Especially the light emitted from the glass ball, it is exactly the same as the sun!
Bai Li: "Nine passages... nine... The number nine doesn't have much special meaning in the West, but in the East, nine represents supreme value. So, the boss of this X organization is still a fan of the East?"
Ruan Qi shook her head upon hearing this. "It might not have been Mr. X. Perhaps it was designed by Xu Qingya. But no matter who designed it, it's enough to expose Organization X's ambitions."
Do you want to rule the whole world by thinking of yourself as the sun, the supreme ruler?
Organization X's ambitions are truly huge.
Ruan Qi suppressed the urge to destroy the glass ball and walked towards one of the passages.
Tonight, an all-hands meeting was held on the fifth and sixth underground floors. From the big boss to the scientific researchers, everyone went to the conference room on the sixth underground floor.
This provided Ruan Qi with great convenience in his movements.
Ruan Qi checked each laboratory one by one.
Organization X is involved in many industries, not just Nightmare Poison, they have also developed many other drugs specifically used to harm people. These laboratories are used to research these drugs.
Ruan Qi used the miniature scanner he carried with him to scan in all the relevant information about these drugs and saved it as evidence of the X organization's crimes.
This central area of the floor had nine corridors and over thirty laboratories. By the time Ruan Qi had finished searching all the labs, an hour had already passed.
There was less than an hour left until the 9pm curfew.
Ruan Qi quickened his pace, trotted into the elevator, and headed straight for the sixth underground floor.
This floor was even more heavily guarded than the fifth underground floor. There were three gates at the entrance, requiring not only triple verification via ID card, fingerprint, and iris scan, but also a full-body thermal scan.
Fortunately, Ruan Qi had Bai Li as a cheat, otherwise she might have been exposed.
The surveillance on the sixth underground floor had been blocked by the "Sky Road". Ruan Qi passed through three gates and officially entered the central area.
The central area of this floor is relatively small, with only ten laboratories, and the rest are all offices for core senior management.
Ruan Qi sneaked into the laboratory first.
Since everyone was in a meeting, the lights in the lab were not on, only a few computers were on.
Ruan Qi closed the door gently and was about to walk in when Bai Li, who was floating beside her, suddenly screamed.
"What the hell! What is that?!"
Ruan Qi subconsciously turned her head to look over.
In the corner of the laboratory, there stands a rectangular glass vessel that looks like a coffin.
In the vessel, a naked man stood in the center with his eyes closed, and countless tubes were inserted into his limbs and torso.
This scene was truly horrifying, especially the circle of small white lights around the glassware, which made the man's face look extremely eerie and pale. Coupled with his tubes and crystal coffin-like vessels, it was like a horror movie.
Bai Li was so scared that his beard stood up.
Ruan Qi was very brave and actually walked over there.
"Seventh girl, wait a minute, don't go over there!" Bai Li gave a timid dissuasion.
But Ruan Qi quickly walked to the glassware and looked down at the label on it.
Nightmare Subject 1008
This man is the experimental subject of the poison Nightmare!
Ruan Qi's face instantly became solemn, and he looked up at the man in the vessel.
Only then did she realize that the man was not standing in the vessel, but his hands and feet were tied with several chains and he was forced to "stand" there.
"Nightmare Experiment Subject No. 1008..." Bai Li timidly approached, took a deep breath, and whispered, "Is this person an experimental subject? Is he the same as Jiang Chunian before?"
Ruan Qi: "Probably. His height is estimated to be around 1.75 meters, but look at his limbs. They don't match his height at all. This experimental subject must have undergone evolution."
Cheng Qi had previously mentioned that there were many versions of Nightmare Poison. The primary version of Nightmare could manipulate a person's consciousness, turning them into a puppet unable to think independently.
As for the advanced version of Nightmare, those who have been injected with it can normally think independently, just like normal people. Only when the controller issues an order will they transform into an indestructible fighting demon.
For example, Jiang Chunian.
After becoming a test subject, Jiang Chunian developed self-awareness. He 'evolved' twice during his final battle with Ruan Qi. During his first, primary evolution, he was still capable of independent thought. However, after his second, ultimate evolution, his mental state spiraled out of control.
His arms are also thicker and more powerful than during his first primary evolution.
The thickness of the limbs of the experimental subject No. 1008 in front of him should be the result of completing the ultimate evolution.
"This arm is almost thicker than my thigh. How many of these perverts has this rubbish organization developed? Seventh girl, your action team only has 20 people. Can you really beat them?"
Bai Li was extremely worried and strongly suggested that Ruan Qi make a phone call.
Ruan Qi shook her head. "Too many people will easily attract the attention of Organization X. Let me first understand the situation here. If we really can't defeat them... I'll call Simon and have him ship me some heavy weapons."
Solomon has a branch in Country M. As long as Ruan Qi makes a phone call, not only heavy weapons but even the tank Simon Austin can be delivered.
But these are not things to consider now.
The focus now is on number 1008 in front of us.
The people who experimented with the nightmare poison were here, so does that mean the laboratory where the nightmare was developed was also here?
Thinking of this, Ruan Qi immediately began a thorough search of the laboratory.
However, the search results disappointed her.
This lab only contained information about the subjects and some information about the Nightmare poison. These alone were not enough to develop an antidote for Nightmare.
I have to look for it in other labs.
Ruan Qi scanned the information into a micro scanner and then headed to the next laboratory.
There were ten laboratories on the sixth underground floor, filled with all sorts of experimental subjects. These subjects included both men and women, young and old, the youngest of whom was only fourteen years old!
Looking at the fourteen-year-old girl with an innocent face, Ruan Qi's anger was like collapsing volcanic magma, burning her heart and causing her chest to ache.
"Fuck, this idiotic organization is so inhumane! A fourteen-year-old girl has been transformed into an experimental subject! Seventh girl, can this child be saved?"
"She can't be saved." Ruan Qi pursed her lips tightly, her face tense. "She was injected with a primary nightmare. In order to completely control a person's consciousness, the primary nightmare will first erode her sea of consciousness. The erosion of the sea of consciousness is equivalent to the soul being devoured. Even if an antidote is developed, it can only save her body, but not her sea of consciousness. By then, she will be left with only a soulless shell."
Although a vegetative person is dormant, he or she has self-awareness. As long as he or she has self-awareness, he or she is a person.
But people whose sea of consciousness has been completely eroded have no self-awareness and are left with only a breathing shell, and will never wake up.
Is a body without self-awareness still considered a human being?
Not counted.
How can you be considered a human being if you have lost your soul?
The girl was pronounced dead the moment she was injected with the poison.
Ruan Qi's eyes were a little dim.
She raised her hand, and the tip of her index finger gently touched the girl's right index finger through the glass.
"I will avenge you." Ruan Qi said softly.
The girl, whose sea of consciousness was already dead, did not respond.
Only the instrument inserted into her body made a cold dripping sound.
…
Ruan Qi searched all ten laboratories.
A lot of other information was found, but no information related to the serial number of the nightmare poison was found.
Furthermore, these laboratories did not have finished samples of the nightmare agent.
"We've searched the entire lab. Where did these people hide the poison samples and related information?" Bai Li pulled her hair in distress, looking very angry.
Ruan Qi didn't feel too disappointed.
The Nightmare poison was so important to Organization X, how could she have found it so easily? She had prepared herself mentally before coming here and calmly said to Bai Li, "Now that we've found the lab, let's go to the office."
There are more than a dozen offices on the sixth underground floor. Their layout and equipment are not as complicated as those of the laboratories, and they are much easier to search.
Ruan Qi quickly searched through all eight offices. He did find some information related to the Nightmare poison, but it was incomplete and insufficient to help Ruan Qi develop an antidote.
Now we can only pin our hopes on the last two offices.
The last two offices probably belonged to the core executives with high positions in the organization, as they were located at the deepest part of the central area and separated from the other offices by a glass door.
Ruan Qi walked to the glass door and was about to study the code on it when a very faint sound of footsteps suddenly came.
Someone is coming!
Ruan Qi's heart trembled, and she immediately hid behind a decorative screen.
She curled up into a ball and just squatted down when a crack suddenly appeared on the snow-white wall opposite the decorative screen.
Ruan Qi: ???
There's an invisible door here?!
Ruan Qi squinted and looked through the hollows on the decorative screen.
The invisible door on the wall slowly opened, and a secretary-like man in a black suit walked out with a stack of documents.
As he walked out, the sound of talking inside the door could be heard faintly.
"I don't agree with you! This is too dangerous!"
"That's right. This plan is too dangerous. Why should we take such a risk?"
At this moment, a female voice that Ruan Qi was very familiar with was heard.
"We Chinese have a saying that wealth and honor are sought through risk. Mr. Mel, there's no such thing as high returns without risk."
Ruan Qi's heart suddenly trembled.
This voice...
It’s Xu Qingya!
But wasn't Xu Qingya supposed to be at a meeting tonight? Why was she here?
Could it be that the room behind this invisible door is Organization X's meeting room?!
Ruan Qi hadn't expected to stumble upon the invisible conference room. She quickly leaned forward, trying to hear the conversation between Xu Qingya and the others more clearly.
However, as the male secretary left, the invisible door slowly closed.
The conference room should be soundproofed. Once the door is closed, no sound can be heard.
Ruan Qi looked around and after making sure that there was no one around, he bent over and ran out from behind the screen.
She ran to the invisible door and pressed her ear against it, trying to get any words from inside.
But nothing was found.
"The people in this room are holding a meeting with their minds, right? Why is there no movement?" Bai Li complained while sticking his butt out and eavesdropping with Ruan Qi.
But even though he had spiritual power, the sound insulation inside was too strong and he couldn't hear any sound at all.
"Girl, how about I float in and take a look?"
"Float in?" Ruan Qi glanced at him sideways, "Can you understand English?"
“…”
Bai Li finally realized the importance of learning a foreign language well.
Ruan Qi listened outside the door for a while, and then the footsteps sounded again.
She immediately hid behind the screen. As soon as she hid herself, she saw the male secretary coming back with a stack of documents.
Ruan Qi stared at the male secretary's back, his gaze sliding from the top of his head all the way down to his black leather shoes, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.
"I have an idea."
Ruan Qi whispered and pulled out a metal piece the size of a fingernail from the wristband on her left wrist.
This piece of metal is very similar to the one Ruan Qi wears behind her ear, except that the metal piece Ruan Qi wears is used for positioning and communication, while this one is used for monitoring.
Ruan Qi tore off the sticker behind the metal piece, knelt down, put her face parallel to the ground, and looked at the sole of the male secretary's shoe.
As the male secretary walked, the soles of his left and right feet would appear and disappear. Ruan Qi observed his walking rhythm, and then when the male secretary raised his right heel, he suddenly ejected the metal piece in his hand.
pia!
The metal sheet flew past one centimeter above the ground, and the side with the sticker hit the sole of the male secretary's shoe accurately.
The male secretary took another step forward.
clatter!
The leather shoe on the right foot landed on the ground, and the metal sticker stuck tightly to the sole under the action of gravity.
Done!
Ruan Qi swung his fist slightly, feeling proud of his extremely accurate hit rate.
Bai Li couldn't help but sigh: "Ruan Xiaoqi, your usual gaming is not in vain. With this hit rate, you are the peerless chicken king."
Ruan Qi frowned and retreated behind the screen again.
There was a sound of footsteps echoing through the metal plate behind her ear. Ruan Qi knew it was the sound of the male secretary walking.
The sound lasted for two seconds and soon disappeared, replaced by the voice of the male secretary.
"Sir, I brought the information."
"OK." A low and somewhat old male voice came from the monitor.
Ruan Qi frowned, feeling a little strange.
Cheng Qi had said before that in Organization X, the only person who could be called "Mr." was Mr. X.
Therefore, the "Mr." mentioned by the male secretary should be Mr. X.
The slightly older male voice just now also matched Mr. X in terms of age. But... why was the tone of his "ok" so strange?
It doesn't sound like the tone people from European and American countries use when speaking English.
It's a bit like...
Ruan Qi suddenly remembered something.
Counting back three generations, starting from Cheng Qi, the men of the Cheng family all married authentic Chinese women. In other words, there was no possibility of mixed-race descendants of the Cheng family.
The three children born to Xu Qingya, Cheng Bosong, also have the same oriental features, with black hair and black eyes. This is why the Cheng family has never doubted the bloodline of Cheng Bosong and the other three for more than 20 years.
But now comes the problem.
If Xu Qingya's adulterer was a foreigner, how come the child they had had no mixed-race features at all?
Unless... this adulterer is not a white Westerner, but... an Asian who looks somewhat similar to a Chinese.
In Asia, there is only one country with black hair, black eyes, yellow skin, and speaking English with this accent - Country J.
This Mr. X is most likely from country J.
"Uncle Bai Li," Ruan Qi asked Bai Li in a low voice, "What are the characteristics of the foreigner you saw next to Xu Qingya this morning?"
"Features?"
Bai Li thought for a moment and hesitated before saying, "The biggest feature is his white hair, which is a bit long and tied in a small bun at the back of his head. Besides that... oh, by the way, his clothes are a little different from others!"
"What's the difference?"
Bai Li: "The leaders of this organization all wear suits and ties, or white coats. Only that man is wearing a bathrobe, which looks a bit like the clothing of our Han and Tang dynasties. It's just not very authentic, and looks out of place."
When Bai Li was born, this world hadn't yet formed a nation. He had been bouncing around in his own land for hundreds of years, but he got bored and fled to another dimension.
Over the past tens of thousands of years, except for occasionally returning to his hometown to learn about the situation in China, he basically spent the rest of his time traveling through various dimensions.
Therefore, Bai Li doesn't know much about countries outside of China.
Or perhaps, he had lived too long and had an outsider's attitude towards everything. No country, no person, and no matter what happened in this world could attract his attention.
Therefore, Bai Li did not know what Mr. X was wearing.
But Ruan Qi understood it immediately - what Mr. X was wearing should be the kind of bathrobe unique to Country J.
That kind of bathrobe was modified from the clothing system of the Tang and Han dynasties in China, which is why Bai Li said it was out of place.
The bathrobe Mr. X was wearing allowed Ruan Qi to basically determine his race.
He is from country J.
Very good.
As a Chinese, the new and old grudges added together brought Ruan Qi's hatred to the highest level.
She wished she could rush into the meeting room right now and shoot that damn foreigner to death.
But, no.
She hadn't gotten the information on Toxic Nightmare yet, so she couldn't be so impulsive.
Ruan Qi suppressed the hatred in his heart, gritted his teeth, and tried to focus on the monitor.
In the conference room, a male secretary seemed to be distributing documents. The rustling sound of pages turning came through the monitor, and after a moment, a familiar female voice rang out.
"I think everyone has finished reading the document?"
It’s Xu Qingya.
Her voice was as arrogant as ever, and she spoke slowly, "The documents all mention how many people China has and how many abundant resources it has. It's such a big piece of fat meat, don't you want to try it?"
Xu Qingya actually mentioned China.
Ruan Qi's heart immediately became alarmed and she held her breath and continued to listen.
The meeting room was quiet for a while, and then others spoke up one after another.
"Of course we know that China is a piece of fat meat, but it is also a tough bone to chew. Not to mention those amazing ancient warriors, we may not be able to deal with China's powerful military alone."
"That's right. China is too scary. I suggest not to act rashly. Wouldn't it be better to control the Western countries first? There are fewer people in the West, so it's easier to control them."
"I also agree that we should control the Western countries first. The ancient warriors in China are too terrifying, especially the Xi family. I heard that they can't even be killed by guns."
"Our experimental subjects are also invincible!" Xu Qingya said angrily. "China is so big, how many ancient warriors are there? Even the Xi family, which is ranked first, only has two grandmasters, Old Man Xi and Xi Jiu. The other ancient warriors are also difficult to deal with, but our experimental subjects are not bad either. If they really faced off, the victory is still unknown. Why do you have to encourage others to lose your own prestige?"
What Xu Qingya said made some sense, and everyone's hearts began to waver.
"But... even without the ancient warriors, we can't defeat China's military might. This country is so united that one person's spit can overwhelm the entire X organization."
"We don't need to confront the Chinese authorities head-on." Xu Qingya's tone was filled with confidence. "As long as we use poison to control Jiang Yan and his group, that piece of land and its resources will be ours."
"This... is a bit difficult, right?"
"Those Jiang Yan guys are not easy to deal with. The guards around them are not vegetarians."
"Mrs. Xu, as a Chinese, why are you so eager to destroy your own country? Aren't your children there?"
This question made Xu Qingya's tone instantly ferocious.
"It's because my children are there that I want to destroy that place. Only by destroying the enemies there can my children return to me. They have been tortured so terribly by my enemies!"
Nonsense! Who tortured your child?
Your eldest son is hiding under the overpass as a homeless person to avoid debt, not because of me!
Ruan Qi secretly complained in her heart, while Xu Qingya was still madly expressing her hatred in the conference room.
However, she wanted to speak, but no one wanted to listen. Someone interrupted her and turned to question the organization's top leader.
"Sir, what do you think of this plan? Do you also agree to invade China?"
The conference room was silent for a few seconds.
Mr. X's old and strange English accent slowly sounded.
"You should know that the children trapped in China were conceived by Xu Qingya and I. I owe it to myself to save them because of blood ties."
Everyone in the organization knows the relationship between Xu Qingya and Mr. X.
However, it is a bit too hasty to attack China so rashly just for a few children that they have never raised.
"Sir, I know you're worried about your bloodline. However, China is a tough nut to crack. I hope you can give it more consideration and take responsibility for the entire organization."
"Of course I will take responsibility for all of you."
"X! You——" Xu Qingya was a little exasperated.
But Mr. X interrupted her coldly.
"Ya, I am the leader of Organization X."
Mr. X's tone was extremely calm, but Xu Qingya was like an old hen with its neck strangled, unable to utter a single sound.
Mr. X seemed pleased with her tact and softened his tone. "Today's meeting is just to make this proposal clear. We still need to think more about how to implement it. Well, it's getting late, everyone should go back and rest."
Mr. X's attitude was so gentle that he seemed like the kindest elder.
But the atmosphere in the conference room did not relax at all, but became more solemn.
Following his words of "adjournment", everyone left the meeting room in silence and in an orderly manner.
Ruan Qi shrank into the corner and watched the top leaders of the organization leave one after another.
Xu Qingya was one of the last few to leave.
After almost everyone had left, she walked out of the meeting room angrily.
Behind her, a man followed. He had silver-white, semi-long hair and wore a black bathrobe embroidered with golden dragons. His appearance wasn't particularly outstanding, but his long eyes were bright and intimidating, giving people a chilling feeling.
Hey guys, I have about 30,000 words left for the finale. I was supposed to finish it and upload it today, but my dog is in the hospital with pancreatitis. I've been taking him to several hospitals these past two days, and I'm exhausted, and I still haven't finished the finale. Here's a big, fat chapter of 20,000 words. I still have 30,000 words left. Give me three days to finish it all. The next update will be September 16th, with the last picture of the finale.
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