The iron door of the warehouse slammed shut behind Mou Xuan, making a muffled sound, as if announcing some kind of end.
The air was filled with the smell of blood, which could not be completely dispelled even with the whirring fan.
The pool of blood on the ground, like a strange black mandala, silently told the story of the fierce fight that had just taken place.
Mou Xuan took a deep breath and suppressed his confused thoughts.
The clue is broken, but the game has just begun.
He walked quickly towards the alliance's analysis room, where analyst Ju was staring at a wall full of charts and data, his brows furrowed so sharply that they could kill a fly.
"Old Ju, what's the situation?" Mou Xuan asked.
Analyst Ju looked up with a worried look on his face. "Boss, I feel like I've fallen into a rabbit hole! These men in black are well-trained and well-equipped, but their backgrounds are like a fog, and I can't find any useful information. And there's Xue, the traitor. This guy is as hard as a rock and refuses to say anything."
Mou Xuan walked to the wall, his eyes sweeping over the densely packed lines and words. The resolute look of the man in black before his death and Xue Neiying's evasive attitude flashed through his mind.
He picked up a pen and circled a vague pattern on the chart: "Have you ever thought that we might have been interpreting this information in the wrong way?"
Analyst Ju pushed up his glasses, looking confused: "The wrong way? What do you mean?"
"Look," Mou Xuan pointed at the pattern on the chart, "these patterns are meaningless individually, but what if we connect them together?" He connected several seemingly unrelated patterns, and a brand new pattern emerged.
Analyst Ju's eyes widened suddenly: "This... this... could this be..."
"That's right," Mou Xuan raised a confident smile, "This is the logo of an almost forgotten technology company before the end of the world! The field they are researching is very special, involving..." Mou Xuan lowered his voice and said an unbelievable word, "Time manipulation."
Analyst Ju gasped: "Time manipulation?! How...how is this possible?"
"Nothing is impossible," Mou Xuan's eyes became deep, "It seems that we have found an important clue." He paused and continued, "The purpose of 'Shadow Stealth' is probably to find the technology left behind by this company."
This discovery made Mou Xuan realize that the seriousness of the matter was far beyond his imagination.
If "Shadow Stealth" really masters the time manipulation technology, then the situation of the end of the world will undergo earth-shaking changes, and even... he didn't dare to think about it anymore.
"Old Ju," Mou Xuan said in a serious tone, "Mobilize all resources immediately and investigate this company and all the information related to it. Remember, be quick!"
"Understood!" Analyst Ju took action immediately, and the room was filled with a tense atmosphere.
Based on the existing clues, Mou Xuan locked onto a stronghold of "Shadow Stealth" - an abandoned factory on the edge of the city.
He knew that there must be more secrets hidden there.
As night fell, Mou Xuan sneaked into the factory alone and quietly.
The inside of the factory was pitch black, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of chemicals.
Mou Xuan moved forward cautiously, taking every step with extreme caution.
Suddenly, an infrared ray shot in front of his feet, and the alarm sounded throughout the factory in an instant.
"Damn it!" Mou Xuan cursed softly, and his time ability was activated. He instantly went back to a few seconds ago, avoiding the infrared rays.
The alarm stopped abruptly, as if nothing had happened.
However, this is just the beginning.
Next, he encountered laser fences, pressure-sensitive mines, gas traps...all kinds of traps appeared one after another, like an elaborately designed death maze.
But none of these could stump Mou Xuan.
With his cool head and time-travel ability, he escapes danger time and time again, moving through the shadows of the factory like a ghost.
Laser fence?
Go back in time and bypass it easily; pressure-sensitive mines?
Time paused, precise dismantling; poison gas trap?
Time speeds up, rushing out in an instant...
He is like a master playing "real-life Minesweeper", and every time he escapes danger, his adrenaline rushes.
Finally, he arrived at the core area of the factory - a heavy steel gate.
The door was closed. There was no keyhole or button on it, only a screen flashing a faint blue light.
A line of complex symbols appeared on the screen, like some kind of code.
Mou Xuan stared at the screen, his brain working rapidly.
He knew that behind this door, there must be the core secret of "Shadow Stealth" hidden...
Suddenly, the symbols on the screen began to change, and finally stopped at an unfamiliar pattern.
A deep voice came from behind the door: "Welcome, you came faster than I thought..."
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"Welcome? Faster?" Mou Xuan raised his eyebrows. This voice, even through the door, revealed a sense of superiority that deserved a beating.
He curled his lips and thought: If I didn't have the ability to time, I would have been turned into a meat paste by your lousy factory!
He calmed himself down and said to the screen, "Don't play tricks. I know you are in there. Open the door, let's talk about life and ideals, and by the way... hand over your 'time control' technology."
The voice was silent for a moment, as if choked by Mou Xuan's straightforwardness.
Then, the door slowly opened, revealing a deep passage.
"Interesting." Mou Xuan sneered and walked in without hesitation.
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