"Do you know how many guards there are?" Sun Han asked.
"I only saw two teams on the veranda, four men in each team, taking turns patrolling. My initial observation was that they were equipped with stun guns." In other words, the two teams of guards almost never met, which was their opportunity.
Separating the shrubs from the office area is a row of straight, large trees, each about the width of two people's embrace, with sparse leaves, giving them a somewhat malnourished appearance. Their height is similar to the shrubs, with their upper branches pointing upwards, allowing them to be planted so densely.
There is a tree almost every meter.
It's not surprising that such unconventional planting methods are used here.
They couldn't identify the tree species, but they could smell a faint sandalwood scent in the air.
They hid behind the tree. Cheng Shuang was closest to the trunk. She leaned in and smelled it. The scent wasn't on the trunk, so it must be coming from the lonely leaves on the branches.
"Do you think this fragrance might be preventing 'small animals' from entering the staff's office and living areas?" the little girl asked curiously. Otherwise, the people at the Academy of Sciences would have to live a life of constant anxiety and caution, exhausting themselves to death. But if there are things that counteract each other to protect them, they naturally don't need to live in constant fear like 'outsiders,' who risk stepping into a deadly situation if they're not careful.
"It's possible," Du Jun said. "When we come back, we can pick a few leaves to try."
As they were talking, footsteps sounded not far away, the steps were uniform and could not have come from a single person.
The guards are approaching.
Although Han Meimei was anxious to find her boyfriend, she knew that she was no match for anyone in terms of fighting skills, so it was the most reasonable thing for her to lure the guards away.
"Be careful!" Han Meimei turned her head and instructed, her long, slightly cool palm touching the top of the girl's head, revealing a hint of pleading, "Regardless of whether he lives or dies, I hope you can help me bring him back."
After saying that, as if afraid of being rejected, she walked to the garden entrance without looking back.
"Hello!" The woman's gentle, delicate voice carried a hint of trepidation. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I think I'm lost!"
Compared to Zhou Ting, Han Meimei, in her disguise, was even better. Even Cheng Shuang, a child, couldn't help but feel her heart soften upon hearing such a harmless and helpless voice.
The voices faded into the distance, and it was unclear what the other person had said. Soft sobs followed, and the words 'missing,' 'fear,' 'boyfriend,' and 'lost' could be heard intermittently.
Because behind the tree is a garden, planted with many flowers and plants, as well as tree species that can bloom but do not grow tall.
Compared to the natural growing environment around the path, the small garden has a more planned and landscaped beauty. It is very well maintained and beautiful. At the same time, it also means that once you step into it, the guards will definitely notice the footprints that have trampled on the flowers and plants, thus knowing that someone has broken in through the normal entrance.
So they could only wait for Han Meimei to lure the guards away, and they had to pay close attention to the covered walkway diagonally above them. Although it wasn't directly facing them, the area behind the tree wasn't a blind spot. After all, the leaves were too sparse, and if a staff member suddenly decided to look around from above, the chances of them seeing them were quite high.
Fortunately, Han Meimei didn't make them wait too long. She managed to take two guards away at once, but the remaining two guarded the small entrance to the garden.
Sun Han silently gestured to Cheng Shuang, and the little girl immediately put the teddy bear on the ground.
The brown bear suddenly grew larger, and the two men and the bear split into two groups, skillfully and in perfect coordination, launching a sneak attack from behind and delivering a blow to the two guards loitering at the entrance.
After they knocked the man down, the little girl deftly tore off the tape and helped the two men tie the guards back to back, hiding them in the grass at the foot of the ridge.
Of course, to prevent them from waking up early and causing noise and chaos that could harm themselves and others, Cheng Shuang considerately fed each of them half a 'sleep aid tablet' before applying the tape.
One milk tablet can help you sleep soundly for ten hours. Dividing it in half reduces its effectiveness, but it should be enough to get you to sleep for four hours without any problem.
The three of them then quickly entered the garden and chased after Han Meimei.
Those two guards had no good intentions. They took the opportunity to lead Han Meimei into a small alley between the office areas, and no one could predict what they might do next.
The worst part is that Han Meimei was treated as a lone "outsider" and treated the same as those who were unconscious.
Before leaving in the protective suit, Cheng Shuang hid the zombie under the stretcher while looting the corpses. Now it has roughly figured out the underground structure of the office area, including the morgue that the leader casually mentioned.
It should be said that most of the underground area is a morgue.
The zombie didn't linger. It followed the shadow of the protective suit and left the underground area, now wandering around the cluttered office area. From the outside, the building appears independent, but in reality, this two-story detached house has a back door leading directly to other buildings.
They are interconnected and completely irregular, probably to prevent intruders.
Once the guards give chase, the enemy can easily get lost in a blind spot surrounded by three walls.
When Cheng Shuang had a spare moment to communicate with the sangsang monster, she could clearly 'see' different experimental projects in each two-story building, most of which combined plants, animals, and technology.
Even those who fly in the sky on swords aren't actually riding on any magical flying swords; it's just that their clothing and the design of their flying vehicles have misled people.
The so-called flying swords are nearly transparent birds.
Only one of the bird's vertebrae is visible, so from a distance it looks like a sharp blade gleaming with white light... If the freak hadn't glanced at their user manual, an ordinary 'outsider' would probably have been unable to discover such a secret, and would always have a certain sense of awe for the people and things of Eternal City.
Cheng Shuang guessed that, in addition to the morgue on the first basement level, there might be a second basement level or something similar, and those unconscious people were not sent to the morgue or a two-story building.
The three hurried along. Based on the footage that the monster had reported, the little girl strongly suspected that the two guards had actually led Han Meimei into a dead end. If they were late in providing assistance and something irreversible happened, she would probably feel guilty for the rest of her life.
Han Meimei relied on her beauty as a weapon, which carried a seductive connotation, but she never expected that the guards of the Academy of Sciences would be so unscrupulous as to take her to a dark corner and then commit indecent acts in broad daylight.
Fortunately, Han Meimei wasn't stubborn. After venturing into countless dungeons, she always encountered all sorts of bizarre situations. With tears in her eyes and a forced smile, half-accepting and half-dodging, she finally waited for her teammates before suffering any real harm.
Cheng Shuang was furious. After Sun Han and Du Jun covered the mouths of the two guards who were trying to do evil from behind, the little girl kicked one of them swiftly.
From her height, she couldn't even kick them in the chest. One can imagine the kind of retaliation those two endured; their stunned expressions immediately contorted into grotesque grimaces. Even Han Meimei, who had just straightened her clothes, couldn't help but stare in disbelief, let alone her two male teammates.
Although I felt relieved, I also felt a deep sense of empathy and my legs trembled, and I almost let go.
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