People were awakened and stared in terror out of their windows, feeling the fury of the storm.
The rain poured down, the dense raindrops pounding against the ground and buildings, forming a white curtain of rain. The streets were quickly flooded, with water splashing everywhere.
The security personnel on duty at the Academy of Sciences immediately sprang into action.
Wearing raincoats, they rushed into the heavy rain. The security captain knew that there would be a heavy downpour today, so he had already brought sandbags from the warehouse and used them to block the water outside the main corridors and halls to prevent the floodwater from flowing back in.
However, the current was too strong, and there simply weren't enough people.
The intelligent research group's laboratory is located in the basement.
Because the basement is spacious, it allows the research team to conduct experiments while also ensuring tight security; only authorized personnel are allowed to enter.
In the past two days, all departments of the Academy of Sciences have believed that the research group has developed a robot, because the robot serving breakfast has caused a sensation. The denial by the intelligent research group has led everyone in the Academy to believe that they are hiding something and do not want to reveal it.
Only the top leaders knew that they hadn't developed such a powerful robot, but the gossip made the professors, senior engineers, and technical researchers in the intelligent research group feel resentful.
Moreover, they are very dedicated. For them, there are no Sundays or holidays, and they are still working overtime tonight, even though it's the weekend.
They were unaware that danger was imminent.
The underground intelligence research group's laboratory was flooded and descended into chaos due to the torrential rain.
Rainwater poured down like a waterfall, quickly flooding the laboratory floor, submerging equipment and instruments, causing short circuits in electrical wires, and the water level continued to rise.
Documents and small experimental samples floated on the water's surface, drifting with the current.
That clumsy, intelligent robot model has been submerged and eroded by rainwater.
The professors, senior engineers, and researchers panicked as they tried to protect critical equipment and data, but the water was too turbulent, and everything became uncontrollable.
Worse still, the water gradually submerged the work surface, and some smaller pieces of equipment were washed away, tumbling along with the water flow.
As the emergency alarm sounded, they could only frantically search for an escape route.
The resistance of the water made their movements difficult, requiring them to be extra careful with every step. In this chaotic scene, time became extremely tight, and everyone realized that they had to evacuate as soon as possible to ensure their safety.
However, by the time they started trying to salvage the equipment, the optimal escape time had passed, and they could not escape—not a single one of them could escape, and several of them were injured.
More than ten people found the highest point in the basement, with the ceiling above their heads, feeling utterly hopeless.
Professor Lu, in particular, burst into tears.
This Professor Lu is the one who had soy milk splashed on him by the cafeteria lady a few days ago in the early morning; his right leg was just crushed by equipment.
He endured the pain, watching helplessly as years of hard work were destroyed in the flood. He knew that not only he, but also his colleagues would perish here.
In the factory on the other side, Ye Lingfeng, Xiao Nai, and Mu Hao, knowing that there would be bad weather tonight, did not go to sleep peacefully.
Instead, they kept a close eye on the weather.
Ye Lingfeng placed the probe into the sky, which emitted a piercing alarm. He quickly tried to retrieve the probe and found that two of the three steel cables had broken, and one of them was also about to break.
The factory buildings creaked and groaned in the strong wind, and the surrounding trees had already been snapped in two.
Although the strong winds couldn't get in, the heavy rain poured down outside the barrier, making it seem like a glass wall, and the torrential water blurred the view outside.
Apart from the flood control measures implemented by Blue Star 123, the water level rose rapidly outside the flood control measures, and boats could now sail on the water outside.
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