Five minutes later, Luke arrived outside the nursing home and sighed, "Okay, something really happened."
The sanatorium, which was supposed to save electricity at night, was brightly lit, and more than fifty guards were patrolling the hospital.
Luke took a quick look and saw that not only were all the guards carrying pistols, but almost two out of ten of them were carrying rifles or submachine guns. This was definitely a problem.
A place with this kind of reaction intensity could not be a mental hospital, but a military base.
Looking at the way these people move, they are all veterans who have received formal military training, and their combat effectiveness is no worse than that of ordinary SWAT troops.
There were also several small drones hovering in the air, monitoring all four sides of the sanatorium.
Luke turned his head and looked towards the seaside, and found that there were also guards with search dogs walking back and forth near several sewers.
There was no doubt that the guards were searching for something.
Luke stopped moving forward and released a medium-sized drone to monitor the entire sanatorium from higher in the air.
Then a large number of ant micro drones began to break in from various hidden corners.
Compared to a living person like him sneaking in, of course, a micro drone is more comprehensive and efficient.
The two ant drones at the head are also the smallest drones.
They are only five millimeters long and look like big ants at first glance, but they are actually a new experimental model with "nuclear power" + vibranium as the main material.
Because it can attract the energy of Skye's shock wave ability, Luke named that special metal "Vibranium".
Most of the time, vibranium has extremely strong physical properties.
The minimalist internal structure, strong and sturdy body, and almost unlimited power relative to their size make these two vibranium experimental machines veritable "pioneers".
As long as the protective layer is not super thick and super strong, it will be a piece of cake for these two mountain-opening monsters to deal with it in minutes.
Not only that, they also serve as accompanying "charging stations" for other ordinary micro drones. When necessary, they can charge their "subordinates" nearby and extend the activity time of the ant drone swarm.
On the other hand, the two mountain monsters also have the ability to become super invisible killers.
For a vibranium body, digging cement is not much more difficult than digging mud, and digging the hardest skull in the human body is just as easy.
If you want to kill an ordinary person, you don't need to dig out his bones.
But for Luke, there is little point in turning into a monster killer.
After all, if he doesn't like someone, he has a hundred ways to deal with him, and there is no need to use drones.
Luke would of course try out such a useful experimental product.
Because the two monsters have the mentality of ants, and the power source of the monsters is made of the second-generation Ark reactor miniaturized by Pym particles, the matching ordinary drones are also made into an ant-like shape.
The long shape allows them to maintain sufficient volume to accommodate various functional modules and pass through the narrow holes dug by the excavators.
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In less than five minutes, two excavators led a large force into the gap, opened up passages at certain key locations, and entered the sanatorium from the underground from the north and south sides.
Hundreds of ant drones quietly move to every place where people gather, collecting videos and voice messages of these people.
Most of the guards have very little dialogue, but that doesn't mean it's useless.
Just like when Frank was commanding a battle, the less you use, the more concise the language should be and the key points should be highlighted.
Soon Luke realized the reason for their search: two people had escaped from the sanatorium.
To be precise, a "patient" named "Zero" took a doctor hostage and escaped.
Luke had a bad feeling in his heart, and it was soon confirmed: Harley was not in the nursing home, but her cell phone signal was in the office.
With the current level of development of the Internet and communications, there are very few people who do not carry a mobile phone with them.
Even though the situation at this nursing home was special, it was unlikely that Hallie would go home without her cell phone.
Once the drone entered Harley's office and saw Harley's shoulder bag inside, everything was basically confirmed.
Harley should be the doctor who was kidnapped and escaped by Patient Zero.
What's more troublesome is that from the fragmentary information, it can be inferred that this Zero may have escaped into the sea through the sewer.
This made Luke's keen sense of smell useless.
He even patrolled the coast near the sanatorium in stealth, but did not find any scent or suspicious traces of Harley.
There wasn't much he could do about it.
Even if a keen sense of smell only finds a tiny clue, it is equivalent to narrowing the search range from an unknown "surface" to a predictable "line".
Without this clue, Luke would have to search for a needle in a haystack like everyone else.
After confirming this situation, he could only let the deity tell Elena to try to be Margaret's good friend and stay with her at her house tonight.
The disappearance of a loved one is a huge blow to anyone.
The young widow had no other relatives in New York, so she could only ask her good friend Elena to do her part.
Otherwise, it would be terrible if something happened to Margaret again.
While Elena was comforting the young widow, Luke pulled Elsa aside and explained the situation in a low voice.
Elsa didn't doubt where he got the information.
She and Dustin were just someone's "information channels", and Elizabeth was in the network information department.
Luke’s private channels must be more than just these few official old friends.
She just glanced at Margaret worriedly and whispered, "What can I do?"
Luke: "Calm her down. After all, you are her most trusted friend."
Elsa: "Of course. But do you want me to help you investigate?"
Luke shook his head slightly: "There must be something behind this. If you investigate, it is likely to be noticed by someone with ulterior motives. It is most convenient for me to intervene secretly."
Elsa was a little surprised: "Secret intervention?"
Luke: "This matter can only be discussed between us. There is something fishy about the Kings Park Sanatorium. The background is definitely not simple."
Elsa looked worried: "Then if you check, will you..."
She felt very sympathetic towards her friend Margaret, but she couldn't let another old friend take such a huge risk for the sake of one friend.
Luke waved his hand, indicating that it was okay: "As long as you don't know anything, I'll be safe. So just treat Margaret's commission as if I didn't accept it. You have to go and appease her."
"This... I understand." Elsa was stunned for a moment, then she figured out the key points.
Even an old policewoman like her had to pretend to be unaware of anything. Even someone as simple as Margaret couldn't let her know that Luke had contributed.
Otherwise, if Harley was rescued, anyone who was interested would know that he was the "great hero" if they asked the young widow.
She looked at Luke, feeling a little helpless: "But, I'm afraid Margaret will be very sad..."
"It's better for her to be sad than for her to be used by others." Luke chuckled: "Besides, it's more appropriate for her to hate me than to like me."
Elsa stared at him speechlessly for a moment, and finally couldn't help but said: "Where do so many women like you?"
Luke touched his face dimly: "Do you need me to give you an answer?"
Elsa: "... I'd better go take care of Margaret."