The Fallen Merman - Chapter 231

The two drove away from Aphid City, switched drivers, and drove on the highway for nearly 20 hours. The last city they passed was Tongkou City. They passed by Zhengyuan Restaurant at the intersection of Fengcheng South Road and Hongya Road, and stopped by for a meal. Start again.

Due to its confidential nature, the 109 Research Institute’s specific location is prohibited from being displayed on ordinary navigation software, but Instructor K gave them the satellite coordinates in advance.

And Bai Chunian also made some predictions about the specific location of that place. In the triangular pyramid hut, Wuxiang Stalker copied 28 rooms, and the clock time of each room represented the time when he arrived at that room. Therefore, it can be roughly calculated that after leaving Tongkou City, it takes about an hour’s drive to reach the headquarters of the research institute.

The headquarters of the 109 Research Institute is located on an uncontrolled border and is surrounded by the sea on three sides. The discharge of industrial waste is very convenient, and some equipment uses tidal energy to generate electricity, which saves energy to the greatest extent. In some people’s shrewd minds, this It’s an excellent location.

They stayed in Tongkou City for three hours longer than expected, because Bai Chunian had an impromptu intention and planned to go to Ailian’s private house to investigate. If there was any excess synesthesia, it would be hidden in her safe or under her pillow. , they don’t have to spend any more time.

But the truth is not so simple. Ellen’s private house looks uninhabited for a long time, only the gardener is still pruning the lush pine branches in the garden.

Rimbaud secretly avoided the nanny and the housekeeper and climbed into the villa to rummage, while Bai Chunian dressed up as a humble job seeker, holding a fake resume to inquire about the whereabouts of the gardener Ai Lian.

As for the owner’s whereabouts, the gardener only said that he should go to work or to go on a business trip. Bai Chunian asked in detail. The gardener said that a month ago, Professor Xiao Yang, who was living in the villa, dragged his luggage and drove away. She wanted to go out for a long trip, and after watching Xiao Yang leave on the second floor, Ai Lian hurried back to the research institute. There should be something wrong with her work. She rushed back to deal with it. villa.

Ai Lian is a workaholic. She lives directly in the research institute most of the time. It is not uncommon for her to not go home for several weeks, so the nanny and the housekeeper at home also work as usual, so I don’t think it’s strange .

After investigating to no avail, Bai Chunian and Lan Bo drove directly to their destination.

After leaving Tongkou City, there is no flat and spacious asphalt road to go, and the surrounding scenery has changed from neatly trimmed street trees to barren weeds, and the road is getting more and more bumpy. As for being knocked to pieces.

After waiting for a silver building with a 22nd century sense of technology to appear in sight, Bai Chunian parked the car on a reverse **** and covered the body with weeds. Han Xingqian’s M2 ability “wind eye” has been applied to the entire body, so that the signal of this car will not be interfered by any instruments, cannot be tracked by cruise missiles, cannot be detected by radar, and cannot be detected by the military high-precision enemy radar of the institute. .

This season is hot and humid, and the weeds are full of mosquitoes. Bai Chunian opened the car window, looked down at the map, and patted the tail of Rimbaud’s fish. The tail of the fish lit up with lightning blue light, and swarms of mosquitoes were buzzing and flying. When he got into the car, he was electrocuted and corpses fell on the ground.

“It’s here. It seems that there are no security guards at the doors that are open to the outside world.” Bai Chunian stuffed the map back into his backpack, “Did you find anything like an ID card in Ailian’s room?”

“No.” Rimbaud spread his hands, “The room is very clean, I found a weapons room, but the weapons were all taken out, and this key was thrown on the ground.”

Bai Chunian took the copper key and looked at it. The shape of the key is relatively retro and elegant, and there is nothing special about it.

“The gardener said, except for Ai Lian and Xiao Yang, no one has been in or out of the villa this month. Ai Lian walked alone, Xiao Yang was dragging a suitcase, and the weapon was taken away by Xiao Yang, it sounds like they I didn’t go all the way.” Bai Chunian tucked the key into the zipper pocket and glanced at the time on the watch: “It’s seven o’clock in the evening.”

He checked the equipment and glanced at Rimbaud who was sitting in the passenger seat.

Rimbaud lowered his head and counted the bullets in the gun one by one.

“What are you thinking.” Bai Chunian leaned over to Lan Bo’s side, leaning on the seat.

“This is where I escaped. In my nearly three hundred years of life, the experience of these three years cannot be erased from my memory. It is very ridiculous that a group of self-proclaimed great humans gathered to dissect and study me.” Rimbaud raised his head, the fire clouds in the evening darkened a little bit, the technology building in the distance was still dark, the windows were closed, and no one came in or out.

He was betrayed and expelled by the tribe, and was salvaged into the laboratory for transformation. Those sharp scalpels cut his body. He didn’t blink, he just felt bored.

Looking at Lan Bo’s gradually gloomy face, Bai Chu Nian was afraid that he would remember the day when Pearl was forced to be separated from his body, but Lan Bo did not mean to hurt the Spring and Autumn. He raised his hand and placed it on Bai Chu Nian’s head. On: “randi, I actually care about how you look at me when I unscrew a human head.”

He rubbed Bai Chunian’s black hair: “Would you prefer me who is compassionate and compassionate?”

“I only like your real appearance.” Bai Chunian took Lan Bo’s head, kissed him wetly, and whispered, “Cry if you want to cry, laugh if you want to laugh, when you are majestic, you are reliable, when you are wronged It’s cute. Pretending is a disgraceful trick, don’t learn it.”

Rimbaud’s lips curled into a faint smile: “goon. (Let’s go

According to Professor Lin Deng’s recollection, the testing room is located on the fifteenth basement floor in the westernmost part of the institute. If you want to go down, you must take the public elevator or walk down the walking stairs. The public elevator needs to swipe your ID card to reach the desired floor, then you can only walk from the elevator. Go down the stairs.

When they got out of the car, Bai Chunian gathered up the weeds and completely hid the car in the back-slope pit, which was about a thousand meters away from the research institute. He touched the silver building under the cover of the night.

“It’s a quarter past seven, and the security guards at the stairs will change their shifts immediately. We only have five minutes.”

They climbed along the sea cliff against the back of the research institute building, and went around to the westernmost side of the research institute. Bai Chunian cut a steel protective outer window with his skeletonized fingers, and then opened the window and jumped in silently. .

Rimbaud followed and climbed in, moved the steel protective window back to its original position, touched the interface with both hands, a string of electric sparks flashed, and the steel window was welded back as it was.

The protective window they got in was about ten meters away from the ground. Bai Chunian’s inherent ability to walk silently, no matter how high he fell, he could land on his limbs silently. Lan Bo then jumped down with a dagger in his mouth and landed on Bai Chunian’s shoulder. Let the alpha pad for a bit as a cushion, and then be gently placed on the ground without making a sound.

Rimbaud maintained his fish tail, with a moisturizing bandage on his body and a small equipment bag on his back.

When Bai Chunian landed, he pulled out the tactical dagger on the outside of his thigh with his left hand. He was ready to slaughter the security guard in the air, and then put on the security uniform to sneak in, but he didn’t expect to throw it in the air.

Actually no one.

Not only was there no one, but there were no lights inside the building. At 7:15 in the evening, the sky should not be completely dark, but the walls of the entire first floor hall were completely sealed and opaque, and it was dark and terrifyingly quiet. .

This is a bit different than expected.

“The situation is unclear, don’t be careless.” Bai Chunian held the tactical dagger in his left hand, raised his hand to signal for Lan Bo to follow, and moved slowly against the wall.

Bai Chunian’s hearing is the most sensitive, but at this time he can’t hear any footsteps or breathing. It cannot be ruled out that the sound insulation effect of the walls of the institute’s buildings is good, but Bai Chunian can at least be sure that the large flat space on the first floor where they are located There are no signs of life.

Rimbaud climbed to the wall, and the gecko was attached to the metal structure on the wall.

The first floor of the institute’s headquarters is basically used for display and reception of partners. Various special medicines and artificial intelligence products are displayed on the luxurious glass display stand. The IOA has obtained strong evidence one after another to disclose the evil deeds of the institute. Many ordinary people are still in the dark, thinking that the institute is just a technology company with strength and technology, but there are also many people who are obsessed with it, as long as their investment is rewarded and profitable , they don’t care about the truth.

After confirming that there was indeed no one on this floor, Bai Chunian turned on the flashlight and checked every corner.

The hall is quite spacious, and the distance between the various furnishings is wide. Bai Chunian found a July issue of a technology magazine and a cup of fruit tea on the rest table beside the display stand. At the bottom of the glass, white mucor mold covered it, and there were some tiny flying insect carcasses scattered inside and outside the glass.

In addition to the darkness, the hall also had a sultry feeling. When the reptile pulled the construction drawings, he said that the outer wall of this science and technology building is made of thermal insulation material, the inner layer is made of waterproof vapor barrier film, and the gaps are also sealed with good sealing materials. The thermal insulation performance is very good. The central air conditioner is used to control the temperature in the hall. The fresh air system is also designed to be extremely complete. Some independent exhibition rooms use independent fans to control the indoor air.

That said, even in the sweltering heat, a brief power outage will never make the interior feel stuffy.

Bai Chunian touched the elevator entrance and pressed every elevator, but none of them lighted up. Obviously, the backup power supply had also been exhausted.

At this time, Rimbaud also climbed back from the wall and said, “The riot tool cabinet in the corner was broken, and everything inside was taken out.”

“Come on, let’s find the stairs.”

Bai Chunian has already memorized the map of the entire institute in his mind. He has a strong sense of direction and rarely loses his way in the dark. Of course, this is also the basic quality of IOA agents.

The hydraulic steel door at the top of the stairs was locked, and a cipher was mounted on the wall beside it. But due to the power outage, the screen of the cipher device was dark, even if they had the decoder given by Instructor K, it would not help.

Bai Chunian used the J1 ability to temper his bones, and his tempered left hand broke through the heavy steel hydraulic door, reached into the door, and groped inside to find a manual latch. Rimbaud climbed over the door and lay down on the wall waiting for the door to open.

Suddenly, Bai Chunian’s body froze.

It seemed that something cold and stiff was touching the fingertips of his left hand inside the door. He clearly felt the movement and temptation of the hard object.

is a living thing.

Bai Chunian only felt the hairs on his back stand upright, and a chill exploded from his scalp. He wanted to withdraw his hand, but that icy hand grabbed him and clasped him one finger after another.

The powerful force made Bai Chunian unable to easily withdraw his hand, and a chill began to spread along his fingers.

He calmly pulled out a tactical dagger with his right hand, and cut off his left hand from his wrist without hesitation. Extensive floors and walls.

Bai Chunian pulled out his pistol from his leg and aimed coldly at the door. Lan Bo narrowed his eyes and squinted at the monster behind the door.

A soft sound of a manual latch being pulled came from behind the steel hydraulic door.

With a creak, the door slowly opened. Two shadows suddenly appeared behind the door.

Bai Chunian raised his flashlight and pointed it forward. What appeared in the strong light was a pale face with a black and red cross.

Eris stood behind the door, his right hand was interlocking with the fingers of Bai Chunian’s severed left hand, and his originally puzzled expression became wonderful the moment he saw Bai Chunian.

“Oh! Brother, this is your hand.”

“…” Bai Chunian gritted his teeth, flicked his left wrist, and his new left hand quickly regenerated.

Rimbaud’s fishtail rolled up the door frame and hung upside down, knocking Eris down with one punch.

“unlucky.”