Chapter 54 Underground Space

The galaxy with thousands of stars glowed dimly in the dark night. Gusts of cold wind blew up the dust on the ground. A black shadow passed by quickly. The electronic bee hanging high in the sky only caught a trace of the shadow.

At midnight, the laboratory was still brightly lit, and the assistant robot was on duty.

The blue and white lights flashed suddenly.

The next moment, the laboratory fell into darkness.

[Detection... System failure... Request detection]

The electronic screen of the robot that was still patrolling was lit with snowflakes, and the electronic sound box stopped operating after a few seconds.

The young man was dressed in black, wearing a mask on his face, and his short linen hair was lifted up, revealing only a pair of black eyes.

In the lonely huge laboratory, there was only the sound of his light breathing.

Xie Er's destination was only one place - Long Wensong's office.

Through the observations of the past two days, he not only found that a large amount of data in the experimental report was abnormal, but also that there were always a few people patrolling in the west of the city, which was the back door of the laboratory.

With his keen senses, he immediately realized that these people were mercenaries who were on the edge of a knife.

The empire does not allow mercenaries to stay for a long time, let alone these dangerous elements to gather illegally.

But if someone specifically told him to...

Xie Er's eyes sank, he had an inexplicable intuition.

Perhaps there are clues about Ayun and Alan here.

So, there was tonight's action.

The dean's office is at the corner of the corridor. In the entire laboratory, only Long Wensong's office is located on the first floor, occupying a large space.

Xie Er entered the room and took in the layout.

Common office furniture, a set of reception sofas, and a whole wall of bookcases

Bookcases?

Could there be a mechanism?

He took a few steps forward and took a closer look.

The bookcases were full of detachable books and materials, and there were no mechanisms.

Did I guess wrong?

Xie Er leaned against the cabinet door and his elbow hit a sharp object. Before he could lower his head to check, a very shallow "click" sounded so clear in the silent night.

Then came the sound of footsteps and conversations.

"Power outage? Why is it so dark?" "Are

you crazy? How could there be a power outage? It must be a machine failure. I'll go check it out."

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Xie Er quickly hid behind the reception sofa.

The office is too big, with too few furnitures, and only this sofa can barely accommodate people.

"You go and have a look, I'll take a break."

Someone walked towards the sofa, and Xie Er held his breath.

"I don't know when this experiment will end. Looking at those disgusting ugly things every day, let alone delicious food, I have no appetite even for nutritional supplements." The person who spoke stretched his waist and turned his hands backwards, just a little bit away from hitting Xie Er's head.

The person who answered the phone was another one: "Talk less, there are still three days left. If we don't complete the task given by the superiors, we will lose several heads."

"Huh? The lights are on, and that guy is very skillful."

"Okay, go back, finish the work early and go home early."

The lights in the laboratory were on, and Xie Er huddled up and waited for a long time, and only stood up from behind the sofa after making sure that there was no one around.

A pair of black eyes stared at the carpet next to the desk.

If I am not mistaken, an entrance appeared at this location just now.

Listening to the conversation between the two people, this underground space is doing some experiments that cannot be seen by others.

This experiment involves a certain prince from the past two days.

Moreover, this underground space is connected to the facilities of the above-ground laboratory. If the power is cut off above, the below will also be affected.

This trip is not without gains.

Xie Er went forward and carefully observed the underground entrance. There were many procedures for entering, and he was unable to pass the iris test alone.

In the huge office with dazzling white light, Xie Er sighed helplessly.

The clues were cut off here... It was really frustrating.

Before leaving, he disrupted the monitoring system again.

Even though Xie Er was very cautious in this action, he was still discovered.

On the last day of the five-day deadline, Long Wensong called him into the office.

Perhaps because the experiment was really not progressing, the already elderly Long Wensong looked even more depressed.

He frowned, staring at Xie Er with cloudy eyes, like a cold and poisonous snake: "I know it's you."

Xie Er's eyebrows jumped, and he asked coldly: "What do you mean, Dean Long?"

"Don't pretend, I know you've been to my place."

"Dean, you're joking. I come to your office every day to report my work." Xie Er started to do Tai Chi.

It was not clear whether he was angry, Long Wensong coughed violently twice, then panted, and opened the blue screen with his withered hands. It was the surveillance video of Xie Er sneaking into the office that night.

He stared with his eyes: "As long as you promise me one thing, I will spare you once."

The gentle smile on Xie Er's face faded, and his cold eyes scanned Long Wensong up and down, his eyes full of inquiry.

Long Wensong didn't say much. He walked slowly into the underground space, and his rough voice said something that Xie Er couldn't refuse.

"Follow me, you will definitely be interested in the truth of the two explosions."

Xie Er's expression changed when he heard this. He clenched his hands and his handsome face was gloomy.

The stairs in the underground space were long and dark. The echo of footsteps surrounded his ears. He lowered his head and his eyes were gloomy.

"What two explosions?" Tang Yichao suddenly spoke up, breaking the somewhat stagnant atmosphere.

Xie Er lowered his eyes, rubbed the water droplets on the glass with his fingers, and remained silent.

Long Yilan came out and laughed: "It's okay, it's just a small matter, the point is not here."

Is it really just a small matter?

Gu Bingchen thought of the two explosions six months ago.

Chu Wanyue was thoughtful and said softly, "If it is a secret, don't force yourself to tell it all."

Jiang Yunqi pursed his lips. He knew the pain in Xie Er's heart.

Behind those two explosions was his and Alan's "death".

"Have a piece of chocolate. It's very sweet." Tang Yichao took out a piece of chocolate from his snack treasure box, unwrapped it, handed it to Xie Er, and smiled brightly. "My mother said that if a person eats a very sweet candy when he is unhappy, when he thinks of it later, the only thing he can recall is the sweetness of the candy."

"Try it. I call this chocolate 'the sweetest chocolate in the world'. One bite and I guarantee you will never forget it!"

The tip of Xie Er's nose was filled with the sweetness of chocolate. He raised his eyes and saw Tang Yichao bathing in the dazzling sunlight. His almond-shaped eyes were clear and lively, flashing with expectation.

Xie Er's heart moved, he took the chocolate and took a bite, the silky and dense chocolate melted on the tip of his tongue, the sweet taste lingered on his taste buds like silk.

It was indeed very sweet, so sweet that he temporarily forgot those dark memories, and for a moment he just wanted to drink a lot of water to relieve the lingering sweetness in his mouth.

"I said it was very sweet." Tang Yichao said proudly.

Chu Wanyue tapped his forehead with her slender fingertips and smiled: "You, eat less sugar, don't get cavities at such an adult."

In response to her, there was the light sound of Tang Yichao biting hard candy and muttering vaguely: "I won't get cavities."

This joke completely broke the stagnant and depressing atmosphere.

Xie Er frowned, looked at the half chocolate in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and decided to finish it.

Never mind, just drink a few more sips of tea.

"The underground space is really big, and it has built-in shielding facilities..." Xie Er reorganized his words.

He smiled bitterly: "It's a pity that I didn't see it all."

Gu Bingchen: "You were caught?"

Xie Er: "That's not the case."

However, compared to being caught, his next situation is not much better.

Long Wensong seems to be the main person in charge, but in fact, the one who controls everything is the prince whose identity is still unknown.

Before Xie Er could see the entire appearance of the underground space, Long Wensong, who was standing in front of him, suddenly died.

The body fragments scattered, bright blood and broken flesh sprayed on the blue and white walls, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of blood.

Xie Er was slightly startled, raised his hand to wipe his glasses, and his vision was blurred.

He saw a tall figure standing not far away against the light, and heard clear applause in his ears.

The man opened his thin lips slightly, and his deliberately low voice sounded a little ethereal: "Tsk, what a waste."

"Come here, catch the intruder for me."

Several high-level psychic Alphas suddenly appeared in the empty corridor. They were lingering with the smell of rust, and their hands should be stained with human blood.

Xie Er had a hard time dealing with it, and escaped from the underground space at the cost of a broken right arm.

Before the entrance to the underground space closed, he vaguely heard the man sigh.

"He is also a loyal dog."

Since then, he has been wanted by the whole planet.

The crime is treason.

"Psychopath." Long Yilan cursed, her tone full of resentment, "Anyone can betray the country, but Old Xie will never do it."

No, no one who follows the admiral will betray the country.

Until now, Jiang Yunqi's emotions have changed significantly.

Treason.

It is really a false crime.

He skipped over the twists and turns and hardships that Xie Er encountered during his escape, but the few people present could glimpse the hardships and difficulties behind it from just a few words.

"Is the appearance of zombies a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?"

The sunlight outside gradually became sparse. A few swallows stood on the electric poles and quickly spread their wings and flew away. Xie Er still felt unbelievable when he recalled the day he first arrived at Blue Star.

He was not surprised that he traveled through a wormhole to Blue Star two thousand years ago.

He was shocked by those zombies that looked like humans but not humans.

Tang Yichao was stunned, his mouth opened into an O shape, and he sat on the sofa like a wooden man, and the potato chips he was holding fell to the ground.

"The floor is dirty, remember to clean it later."

The low voice broke the suffocating silence, and Gu Bingchen stood up and turned on the chandelier in the living room, illuminating the dim room.

He put one hand in his pocket, one hand on the switch, his back to the crowd, his tone calm, making it hard to tell what he was feeling at the moment: "Didn't we have a guess long before?"

No one could give an accurate answer to this rhetorical question.