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 Zhengyuan Restaurant at the intersection of Fengcheng South Road and Hongya Road, and stopped in for a meal. Start again.
Due to its confidential nature, the 109 Institute's specific location is forbidden to be displayed on ordinary navigation software, but Instructor K gave them the satellite coordinates in advance.
And Bai Chunian also had some predictions about the specific location of that place. Back then, in the triangular pyramid hut, the Wuxiang stalker duplicated 28 rooms, and the clock time in 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 in an unoccupied 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 decided to go to Ailian's private house to investigate, and in case there was any extra synotropin, they would hide it in her safe or under her pillow. , they don't have to spend any more effort.
But the truth is not that simple. Ailian's private house seems to have been unoccupied for a long time, only the gardener is still trimming the lush pine branches in the garden.
Rimbaud secretly avoids the nanny and housekeeper and climbs into the villa to search, while Bai Chunian dresses up as a humble job seeker and asks the gardener Ailian's whereabouts with a forged resume.
Regarding the owner's whereabouts, the gardener only said that he should have gone to work or on a business trip. Bai Chunian asked further, and the gardener said that a month ago, Professor Xiao Yang, who was renting the villa, drove away with his luggage. It was going to take a long trip, and Ailian herself hurried back to the research institute after watching Xiao Yang leave on the second floor. It must be that there was something wrong with her work, and she hurried back to deal with it. No one else had entered or left during this period. villa.
Ai Lian is a workaholic. She usually lives directly in the research institute, and it is not uncommon for her not to go home for several weeks. Therefore, the nannies, housekeepers and gardeners at home also work as usual. I don’t think it’s strange. .
After a fruitless investigation, Bai Chunian and Rimbaud drove directly to their destination.
After leaving Tongkou City, there was no flat and spacious asphalt road to go on, and the surrounding scenery changed from neatly trimmed street trees to barren weeds, and the road became more and more bumpy. Fortunately, they were driving an off-road vehicle. As for being knocked to pieces.
After a silver building with a 22nd century sense of technology appeared in sight, Bai Chunian parked the car on a reverse slope and covered the car 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 equipment, cannot be tracked by cruise missiles, can not be detected by radar, and will not be detected by the research institute's military high-precision enemy radar .
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 Rimbaud's fish tail. The fish tail lit up with lightning blue light, and swarms of mosquitoes buzzed and flew. When he got into the car, he was shocked to the point where corpses fell all over the ground.
"Here it is. It seems that there are no security guards at the gates that are open to the public." Bai Chunian stuffed the map back into his backpack, "Didn't you find anything like an ID card in Ailian's room?"
"No." Rimbaud spread his hands, "The room is very clean. I found a secret weapon room, but all the weapons have been taken out, and this key is lying on the ground."
Bai Chunian took the copper key and looked it over. The shape of the key is more retro and elegant, but there is nothing special about it.
"The gardener said that except for Ai Lian and Xiao Yang, no one has entered or left the villa this month. Ai Lian walked alone, and Xiao Yang dragged a suitcase. The weapon was taken away by Xiao Yang. It sounds like they Didn't go all the way." Bai Chunian stuffed the keys into the zipper pocket casually, and glanced at the time on his watch: "It's seven o'clock in the evening."
He checked his equipment and glanced at Rimbaud who was sitting in the co-pilot.
Rimbaud lowered his head and counted the bullets in the gun one by one.
"What are you thinking?" Bai Chunian propped up the seat and leaned over to Rimbaud.
"This is where I escaped. In my nearly three hundred years of life, these three years of experience cannot be erased from my memory. A group of self-proclaimed great humans gathered to dissect and study me, which is very ridiculous." Rimbaud raised his head, the burning clouds in the evening gradually dimmed, the science and 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 his clansmen, and was salvaged into a laboratory for reformation. Those sharp scalpels cut his body, but he didn't blink, he just felt bored.
Looking at Lan Bo's gradually gloomy face, Bai Chunian was afraid from the bottom of his heart that he would remember the day when Pearl was forced to dissect his body, but Lan Bo didn't mean to hurt the spring and autumn, he raised his hand and placed it on Bai Chunian's forehead. Top: "Randi, I really care about the way you look at me when I unscrew a human head."
He rubbed Bai Chunian's black hair: "Would you like me more who is compassionate?"
"I only like your real appearance." Bai Chunian took Rimbaud's head, kissed him wetly, and whispered, "Cry when you want to cry, laugh when you want to laugh, you are reliable when you are dignified, and you are reliable when you are wronged." It's cute. Disguise is a dishonorable trick, don't learn it."
Rimbaud smiled faintly: "goon. (Let's go)"
According to Professor Lin Deng’s recollection, the testing room is located on the 15th basement floor in the westernmost part of the research institute. If you want to go down, you have to take the public elevator or go down the walking stairs on foot. The public elevator needs to swipe your ID card to reach the desired floor, so you can only go down by walking. down the stairs.
When they got out of the car, Bai Chunian gathered up the weeds and completely hid the car in the reverse slope pit, which is still about a thousand meters away from the research institute. Under the cover of darkness, he moved towards the silver building.
"It's a quarter past seven, and the security at the stairway will change immediately. We only have five minutes."
They climbed along the sea cliff on the back of the research institute building, and went around to the westernmost side of the institute. Bai Chunian cut open a steel protective outer window with his fingers after tempering his bones, and then opened the window and jumped in silently. .
Rimbaud followed and climbed in, moved the steel protective window back to its original position, stroked the joint with both hands, a series of electric sparks flashed, and the steel window was welded back as it was.
The protective window they drilled in was about ten meters above the ground. Bai Chunian has the inherent ability to walk silently, no matter how high he falls from, he can land on all fours without a sound. Rimbau then jumped down with a dagger in his mouth and landed on Bai Chunian's shoulder. The alpha was cushioned for a while, and then it was gently placed on the ground without making a sound.
Rimbaud maintained a fishtail state, with moisturizing bandages on his body, and a small equipment bag on his back.
When Bai Chunian landed on the ground, he drew out the tactical dagger on the outside of his thigh with his left hand. He was ready to kill the security guards in the air, and then put on the security uniforms to sneak in, but he missed it.
There was no one.
Not only was there no one there, but the lights inside the building were not turned on. The sky should not be completely dark at 7:15 in the evening, but the walls of the entire lobby on the first floor were completely sealed and opaque, and it was pitch black inside, and it was eerily quiet. .
This is a bit different from the expected situation.
"The situation is unknown, don't be careless." Bai Chunian held the tactical dagger in his left hand, raised his hand to signal Rimbaud to follow, and slowly moved against the wall.
Bai Chunian's hearing is the most sensitive, but at this time he can't hear any sound of footsteps or breathing. It can't be ruled out that the reason for the good sound insulation effect of the building walls of the institute, but Bai Chunian can at least be sure that the large flat space on the first floor where they are located Neither showed any signs of life.
Rimbaud climbed onto the wall, and was attached to the metal structure of the wall like a gecko. He flicked the tip of his tail, and the fish bones flickered and lit up with blue light, lying on the wall for illumination.
The first floor of the headquarters of the research institute is basically used for displaying and receiving partners. The luxurious glass display stands display all kinds of special medicines and artificial intelligence products. This is also the industry of the 109 Research Institute. The IOA has obtained strong evidence one after another to disclose the evil deeds of the research institute. Many ordinary people are still kept in the dark, thinking that the research institute is just a technology company with strength and technology, but there are also many people who are obsessed with it. , they don't care about the truth.
After confirming that there was no one on this floor, Bai Chunian turned on the flashlight and checked every corner.
The hall is fairly spacious, and the distance between various furnishings is wide. Bai Chunian found a July issue of technology magazine and a cup of fruit tea on the rest round table beside the display shelf—the dried, severely moldy and rotten sticky fruit. At the bottom of the glass, white mold mold covered it, and there were some tiny dead flying insects scattered inside and outside the glass.
In addition to the darkness in the hall, there is also a stuffy feeling. The crawler said when pulling the construction drawings that the outer wall of this science and technology building is made of insulation material, the inner layer is made of waterproof and vapor barrier film, and the gaps are also sealed with good airtight materials. The thermal insulation performance is very good. The central air conditioner is used to control the temperature in the hall, and the fresh air system is also designed to be extremely complete. Some independent exhibition rooms use independent fans to control the indoor air.
That is to say, even in the sweltering summer season, a brief power outage will never make the room feel stuffy.
Bai Chunian touched the elevator entrance and pressed every elevator, but none of them turned on. Obviously, the backup power supply had also been exhausted.
At this time, Rimbaud also climbed back from the wall and said, "The anti-riot tool cabinet in the corner has been broken, and everything inside has been taken out."
"Come on, let's go find the stairs."
Bai Chunian has already memorized the map of the entire research institute in his mind. He has a strong sense of direction and rarely gets lost in the dark. Of course, this is also the basic quality of an IOA agent.
The hydraulic steel door at the stairway was locked tightly, and a code device was embedded on the wall next to it. But due to the power outage, the cipher screen was dark, even if they had the cipher given by Instructor K, it would not help.
Bai Chunian used his J1 ability to temper his bones. With his tempered left hand, he broke through the heavy steel hydraulic door, reached into the door, and groped inside to find the manual latch. Rimbaud climbed over the door and lay down on the wall, waiting for the door to open.
Suddenly, Bai Chunian froze.
There seemed to be something cold and stiff 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 standing on end, and a chill exploded from his scalp. He wanted to withdraw his hand, but the cold hand caught him, and locked him tightly one finger after another.
The powerful force made it impossible for Bai Chunian to withdraw his hand easily, and a chill began to spread along his fingers.
He calmly drew out the tactical dagger with his right hand, cut off his left hand from the wrist without hesitation, blood spattered, Bai Chunian quickly backed away, silently leaned against the side of the wall, the blood spattered from the severed hand was stained red Large expanses of floors and walls.
Bai Chunian drew the pistol from the side of his leg, and aimed at the door coldly. Rimbaud narrowed his eyes, and stared viciously at the monster behind the door.
There was a soft sound of the manual latch being pulled open from behind the steel hydraulic door.
With a creak, the door slowly opened. Suddenly two shadows appeared behind the door.
Bai Chunian raised the flashlight and pointed it forward. What appeared in the strong light was a pale face with black and red cross lines drawn on it.
Eris was standing behind the door, his right hand was interlocking with the fingers of Bai Chunian's severed left hand, his originally puzzled expression became exciting the moment he saw Bai Chunian.
"Oh! Brother, this is your hand."
"..." Bai Chunian gritted his teeth, flicked his left wrist, and a brand new left hand quickly regenerated.
Rimbaud hung upside down with his fish tail wrapped around the door frame, and knocked Eris down with one punch.
"unlucky."