The "Schroeder Pharmaceuticals" building, with its strange "eye" icon, looks uncomfortable during the day, and it adds a bit of weirdness at night.
There are no entertainment venues in this area, it is not a bustling area, nor is it a residential area.
The building density is very low, and factories and companies are separated by a long distance.
Surface parking spaces and a green belt separate Schroders from other surrounding buildings.
Normally there are several guards walking around here, and some of the room lights are always on. But today it was announced that maintenance was required, and the guards were asked to leave. Most of the lights on each floor were turned off, and it was extremely quiet. There were only gusts of wind blowing the leaves, or
The sound of other hanging objects and decorations.
Inside the building.
Schroeder was hiding in his office.
After being unable to contact the security guard, he turned on his computer and used administrative rights to access the monitoring system.
But it was discovered that all monitoring was ineffective!
It's not like a hacker attack, it's more like direct destruction! There's something wrong in the control room!
For tonight's operation, he stopped monitoring some areas, but in order to control the real-time dynamics of the entire evacuation operation, he still kept some monitors working.
But now, all monitoring is abolished!
However, from his management terminal, you can also view the images before the monitoring failed, and these have not been eliminated.
Quickly retrieve surveillance video.
Schroeder stared at the computer screen.
In the picture, two guards were standing at the door of his office. One of them was smoking, but he was still alert.
Nothing seems abnormal.
Until the monitoring suddenly disconnected.
Can't see anything, don't know anything.
Schroeder did not stay in the office. He retreated again and retreated to the secret room.
Is the office door too fragile, or is the secret room door stronger?
Closing the door to the secret room, Schroeder allowed himself to calm down.
Who is it?
Who wants to attack me at this time?!
The two people who disappeared were his personal security guards and could be trusted. They would not betray him without warning at this time.
Laboratory people?
No, when he was paying people in the laboratory just now, he had already counted and confirmed that everyone was in there and no one was missed.
Those people in the laboratory may have been immersed in joy before they lost consciousness. In such a short period of time, it was impossible to check whether there were any problems with the identity documents and accounts.
Of course his money will not be spent on these abandoned people!
Excluding the security guards and the people in the laboratory, who else is there?
Could it be the investor behind it?
There are many investors behind him, each with their own ideas. As the investigation team approaches, there are also some who want Schroeder to disappear from this world.
But if you look at it in detail, those who can come here to do this at this time have already chosen to help him block the investigation team and delay time.
Moreover, even if those members of the investigation team investigated, it would be difficult to trace those investors from Schroeder.
Given the shrewdness of those investors, there would be no evidence of a threat left behind.
Schroeder also has some information in his hand, but he will not leave it in the company, let alone carry it with him. Anyone who wants to take action will not threaten him in this way.
Therefore, it is unlikely that the person who made the move tonight is an investor.
So, are those "maintenance workers"?
Schroeder took out his cell phone and dialed.
They answered quickly.
"Mr. Schroeder?" It was a familiar voice on the other end of the phone, and he didn't hear anything unusual.
Schroeder felt relieved, took a breath, and said in a calm tone:
"Bacchus, are you still in the building?"
"Yes, we are waiting at the door of the freight channel. When will you come? You need a password to open the door." Bacchus, disguised as a maintenance worker, urged.
"I encountered something here. Send a few people to pick me up. After a pause, "Send a few more people and bring weapons!"
Bacchus heard something.
"It's not a big problem, but it's different from what I said before, Mr. Schroeder."
"Double the reward!"
“Happy to oblige!”
After the phone call, Schroeder hid in the secret room and waited restlessly, but no one came.
Make another call.
The previous scene was repeated.
The phone belonging to Backus was answered, but no one answered.
Inexplicably, Schroeder felt that there was someone on the other side of the phone...or something else.
"Who are you?!" Schroeder growled.
However, there was no answer and the call was hung up directly.
Schroeder felt even more uneasy as he listened to the busy tone on the phone.
Who is playing tricks on me?
still……
Or is it the "unknown existence" that he has been worried about?
Schroeder wants to hide in this secret room all the time, but he has already started the countdown to destruction. The place will explode soon. He can't stay here forever!
There are two sets of cleaning devices, one is electrically driven by the intelligent program control of the central management system, and the other is non-electrically driven.
Even if no one is here, even if the power is completely cut off, it will still start when the time comes.
Schroeder picked up his phone and pulled out the number to contact his ally, Congressman Eli.
Unexpectedly, it can't be opened.
If you want to get in touch again, you have to at least wait until this storm has passed.
Schroeder dialed a few more numbers, but was surprised to find that his cell phone had no signal.
Not only that, the lights that were on were instantly extinguished.
The electrical system also seems to be out of order.
After power is disconnected, some vents will close and others will open.
At this moment, here, I can feel the wind blowing in from outside the secret room, carrying heavy moisture.
No light coming from outside is visible.
The building's backup emergency power supply system also failed after holding on for a while.
The bright light from several electronic devices equipped with batteries seemed to be rapidly being eroded by moisture and was teetering on the edge of failure.
Intense darkness gradually invades this place.
The darkness and the increasingly humid air caused a wonderful catalytic reaction and became thicker, making people almost faint and suffocate.
Counting the time, Schroeder hesitated for a moment, with a fierce look in his eyes.
Even though there was no light, he was already very familiar with this place and could feel the place with his eyes closed.
Remove the rechargeable emergency light from a cabinet.
Open the black suitcase you brought with you.
There is a potion inside. It is a medicine developed based on the fragments of the "god genes" he obtained.
Without stabilizers, there will still be strong side effects. But at this moment, this is the best choice.
He needs to escape from here as soon as possible, but he is already old. Although he has relied on drugs over the years to make him healthier and stronger than his peers, his skills are certainly not as good as those of young people, let alone those who are well-trained.
This medicine has been improved from generation to generation, and now, this is the one I have.
During the experiment, it was not successfully used on experimental subjects, so Schroeder never tried it on himself. He just kept a latest potion with him, just in case. He would not use it unless necessary.
.
But now, it is a necessary situation.
Take out the medicine and install the injection head.
From a tube of medicine, he only injected one-third into himself.
If all of them were injected, he would be as certain to die as those experimental subjects. All the previous experimental subjects failed to survive.
With one third of the dose, the survival rate is still relatively high, and at the same time it can strengthen his physique in a short period of time.
The effects of the medicine begin to take effect quickly.
Ben's rapid breathing due to nervousness and anxiety calmed down.
Tired muscles are rapidly recharging their energy.
He could hear the strong beating of his heart.
Every breath injects new energy into this aging body.
It's like the dry trunk has sprouted new buds, and the new buds have grown into branches and leaves.
Intoxicating vitality!
Schroeder opened his eyes.
The rechargeable emergency light next to it cannot illuminate the entire room, and the light in those corners is very dim.
He can't see clearly, but he "sees" it more clearly.
The senses are in a very wonderful state.
What you see, hear, smell, and touch are based on the past and are better than past perceptions. It seems that you have touched a deeper level of the material world.
In addition, he seemed to feel that there were some invisible substances in the air, which made him fearful!
Schroeder calmed down.
No matter what it was that was teasing him or threatening him, he couldn't be anxious now.
Grab the gun, take out the night vision goggles and put them on.
Then took it off again.
After injecting the drug, the five senses are enhanced, and wearing night vision goggles actually causes interference.
In addition to leading to the office, this secret room also has another passage leading to the laboratory.
But he intuitively felt that it was more dangerous over there.
That "unknown existence" is there right now!
Schroeder decisively came to the office from the secret room and walked out of the office door.
The wind is blowing.
The cigarette butt fell to the ground, and the red flame flickered.
Inexplicably, he felt an elusive gaze.
It seems very close, but also seems extremely far away.
It seems to be within reach, and it seems to exist in the void of another dimension.
[At that moment, I felt God’s gaze]
The sentence the teacher once wrote flashed through Schroeder's mind.
Schroeder trembled his lips.
god?
I do not believe!
Although anxious and anxious, Schroeder has experienced a lot after all. His temperament is extraordinary and he is still able to deal with it rationally.
Until he turned a corner and saw the big cargo box.
A familiar cargo box.
He personally packed the most precious research material, the core of the entire research project—the mutated Welwitschia tree into this cargo box.
This cargo box should have been carried to the exit of the passage by the "maintenance workers".
But at this moment, it appeared inside the building, still a long way from the freight channel, and located in the key clearance area!
Schroeder's mentality almost collapsed!
That means he can't get it out of the building tonight!
Calculate the time in your mind and make a decision quickly.
He stopped looking at the cargo box and ran faster towards the nearest freight exit.
At this time, his greatly enhanced perception told him that there was no one there.
There are no "maintenance workers", no guards, and no "unknown beings".
The self-destruction system of the underground research base will not stop due to power interruption.
The time to escape is still shortening.
Schroeder had already seen the freight exit door.
It no longer mattered whether he could take away the Welwitschia orchid. He just wanted to escape by himself now!
As long as you escape, there will be plenty of opportunities to come back!
Without this precious experimental material, he can still look for the next one. For example, that suspicious bodyguard, such as Feng Yi who may have used drugs from the Ancestor Factory...
He can also gather more power to unearth the secrets behind the Ancestor Factory...
The premise of all this is to escape and survive!
The freight channel has no windows large enough for people to pass through, only a gate.
Even if the power to the door is turned off, there is a door controlled by a mechanical password lock next to it. There is a safety switch inside. After pressing it, the door will remain open when the power is cut off.
Schroeder rushed over and immediately opened the door and flipped the switch.
But, the door cannot be opened!
Someone forcibly destroyed the device of the passage door, and the door just moved and got stuck!
If he had followed the original plan, he would have already left the city by this time!
This building, along with the unknown laboratories beneath the ground, will soon be destroyed in an explosion and fire!
Even if the heavy rain puts out the fire, everything that should be destroyed has been destroyed. Those experiments that cannot be disclosed, various equipment and "consumables", and those experimenters with questionable identities will also disappear here!
but!
All plans didn't include him getting stuck here too!
Schroeder's face was ferocious and twisted, and he was in an embarrassing posture that he had never seen before.
Dense beads of sweat appear on the forehead.
The side effects of the medicine began to appear.
My eyes were congested, blood was oozing out of my ears, nostrils, and mouth, and my breathing began to become rapid.
He has always known that the human body cannot bear the genes of "gods".
But he didn't expect that the side effects would come so quickly and so violently!
The muscles began to twitch uncontrollably, the blood seemed to be being swallowed, the perception became dull, and the vision became blurred.
Like being bitten by a poisonous snake, he was rapidly losing control of his body!
Schroeder listened to the time ticking on the mechanical watch.
"ah--"
He let out a long howl filled with unwillingness, resentment, and fear.
boom!
The sound of explosions sounded in the night.
The building then collapsed.
Fires broke out in many places in the factory area, quickly connecting and burning on top of the ruins.
The place where Schroeder was was lucky enough not to suffer the strongest explosion, nor did it completely collapse.
He was seriously injured, perhaps because the stimulating effect of the medicine was still there. He was still conscious at this moment, but he knew very clearly that the self-destruction program did not only involve explosions. These flames would soon come here and burn everything here.
Including himself.
When he designed the destruction device, he never thought that it would be repaid to him!
After being injected with the medicine, Schroeder's perception became confused and seemed extremely dull. It seemed that at a certain moment, his consciousness passed through the ruins and saw the figure standing in the firelight.
Tall, looking very strong, wearing a robe with a stand-up collar and a mask covering his face...
At the same time, there were two cars on the way to Schroeder Pharmaceuticals.
Team Leader Yuan was also in one of the cars.
Although they were feinted, the investigation team quickly realized that something was wrong, and at the same time they were unable to contact the person responsible for monitoring this area.
"Have you contacted the people who are following Schroeder Pharmaceuticals?"
"Just got in touch, they were transferred by a phone call!"
"This must be it!"
Although Schroeder Pharmaceuticals has been investigated before and no evidence or effective clues were found, the suspicion has not been completely ruled out.
They had people keeping an eye on all the suspected targets, and there had been no problems until tonight.
Two cars were driving past quickly.
Soon!
Coming soon!
Suddenly, the location of Schroeder Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. exploded with a bang and fire.
The people in the two cars were shocked and angry, which meant that the target probably gave up and escaped!
The car continued to go that way.
Even if it explodes, maybe there are still some clues left behind? You have to rush over as soon as possible. A quick step can leave more clues!
We haven't arrived yet, but it's very conspicuous. The investigation team has already seen the Schroeder Pharmaceuticals Company, which is in disgraceful shape and covered with flames.
I don't know when the wind around me started to change.
The air rushes in like crazy.
The thick smoke caused by explosion and combustion rotates with the air flow.
Things on the ground seemed to be pulled upward by an invisible force.
The area covered by the flame formed a large flame that elongated upward.
The flames "grew" rapidly and twisted into a fire funnel.
Then, a fire dragon roared into the sky.
The people in the investigation team were forced to stop.