Chapter 259 Taking You Home
The night was as dark as ink, dark clouds covered the moon, cold wind was howling, and the mountains and valleys were crisscrossed like giant dragons crawling on the earth.
The cold after nightfall is pervasive, like cold needles piercing the skin and bones.
“Crack…”
The heavy mechanical legs stepped into the humus, crushing the fallen leaves and leaving a deep footprint. Some tiny bones could be vaguely seen in the footprint.
This land is fertile, but of course this fertility is built on countless deaths.
It's already three o'clock in the morning.
Sun Lang and Chang Rufeng drank two bottles of refreshing potions and said that they didn't need to rest tonight and wanted to find the members of the Longcheng team in one go.
During this time, the three of them came across the corpses of several members of the Zero Point Tavern and looted some valuable items. They agreed to go back and divide them up slowly.
While searching for one of the bodies, Hal suddenly said, "Give me some of the money when you go back."
"Why do you, a robot, want money?" Sun Lang laughed and asked him.
"After this is over, I want to travel around this planet. I need money to travel." Hal replied, "It's not convenient to sell the things in the spaceship."
"Okay, you're still a robot with an exploratory spirit."
In the vast forest, time always passes quickly, and a few hours slip away quietly through your fingers like fine sand.
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In the distant Coral City, the whole city is still in a quiet sleep.
The street lights on both sides of the road were dim, and the patrolling soldiers walked by listlessly. Occasionally, a few of them yawned and calculated when they could take over.
In the dark alley, the sign of the Zero Point Tavern is not very bright.
Underground, with Yi Yi's comfort, the members of the North Wind Story Club temporarily gave up the idea of leaving.
Su Xia doesn't need to pay attention here for the time being.
Throughout the night, he focused most of his energy on his father.
After leaving the pharmacy, my father walked slowly towards the south of the city under the cover of night, like an old man taking a walk after a meal, with his hands behind his back and a hunched back, and walked into a very old factory.
The old man did not act rashly.
In order to rescue his eldest disciple, he made a lot of preparations over the years in Coral City.
The interior of the factory was extremely dark. The glass on all sides had been smashed long ago, and all the valuables had been moved away. Spider webs had formed in the corners, and the surrounding area was covered with half-human-high weeds.
After Dad walked in, he entered a room with "General Manager's Office" written on it and closed the door gently.
“Bang!”
He pressed the switch at the entrance to the room, as if he wanted to turn on the overhead light.
However, after the switch was pressed, nothing happened and the room remained dark.
Dad turned around again and pressed his rough palm against the door. A red light suddenly flashed where his palm touched the door. The whole office trembled, and cracks appeared on the floor and the surrounding walls. It actually began to slowly descend like an extra-large elevator.
In the past few years, Dad has never told his apprentices about this.
He actually has a secret base under an abandoned warehouse in the south of the city, like a superhero in a comic book.
“Buzz…Buzz…”
The room slowly descended and continued to tremble. The sound of mechanical parts clacking could be heard all around, and long cold lights lit up on the cold walls all around.
After descending to the deepest point, the tremors stopped and a huge and dark underground world appeared.
At the top of the base, the lights lit up from front to back, presenting this stunning underground base before Su Xia's eyes.
There were screens, hundreds and thousands of them as far as the eye could see, and each screen was playing real-time monitoring content, including surveillance footage from inside the mechanical clan’s base.
Is there an undercover agent within the mechanical clan?
This thought suddenly appeared in Su Xia's mind.
Dad walked forward, his skinny body like a tiny ant in front of the huge screen composed of countless screens, but his expression was indifferent and calm, making him seem like a god who controlled everything.
He stood in front of the console, called up a small screen and enlarged it. On the screen was the experimental subject marked with "19".
Seeing his eldest disciple Gu An who had been transformed into a monster, a trace of fluctuation flashed in the old man's turbid eyes, but he did not act immediately, just watched quietly.
In this way, time slowly came to five o'clock in the morning.
According to calculations, Mercer had left Coral City long ago, had been walking for more than seven hours, and was now traveling through the wilderness.
Even if he knew that there were changes in Coral City, he would not be able to rush back immediately.
"What does Dad want to do?"
Through the perspective of the nanorobot, Su Xia observed silently.
In front of the console, Dad looked at the time and finally took action.
He called up a surveillance feed showing a human researcher in a white lab coat and pressed a blue button.
In the screen, the researcher was extracting a biological sample from an insect, but his hand holding the experimental equipment suddenly trembled, as if he had received some kind of instruction.
Then he raised his head and exchanged glances with another researcher beside him, as if confirming something.
Then, he gently put down the experimental equipment in his hand and walked towards the area where the twenty-seven mature experimental subjects were imprisoned.
Inside the underground base, mechanical creatures and human researchers were walking around, the various experimental areas were intricately intertwined, and strings of data flashed on the light blue screen. The researcher's solo actions attracted little attention.
"bite--"
He swiped his ID card and successfully entered the area where Subject No. 19, Gu An, was imprisoned.
From the surveillance footage, we can clearly see that the position on his ID card is [Project Leader], and it seems that his status in the underground base is not low.
In this experimental area, several human researchers who were responsible for monitoring the life data of Subject No. 19 said nothing, but just nodded slightly to him, as if everything had been notified in advance.
"Let's get started."
One of the researchers operated the instrument and injected a sleeping drug into No. 19's body to ensure that the transfer could proceed smoothly.
Another researcher controlled the robotic arms, and several robotic arms slowly moved forward, grabbing his limbs and torso respectively, slowly taking him out of the mechanical container and placing him in a transfer container.
The whole process went smoothly, unexpectedly smooth, as if it had been rehearsed in advance.
Soon, the unconscious No. 19 was sent to the transfer vehicle.
Around, researchers in several other areas seemed not to have noticed and did not ask a single question.
At this time, a patrolling mechanical creature passed by, with a blue light flashing on his face. He walked over and asked, "What are you doing? Where are you sending Subject 19?"
"Take a test."
The researcher with the ID card of the person in charge stepped forward to deal with it. His tone was steady and he did not show any abnormality.
He pointed at No. 19 and said to the mechanical creature, "I suspect he may still have some residual consciousness, and something may go wrong at a critical moment, so I am going to conduct a new test on him."
"How to test it?"
"In Coral City Prison, there are several members of the resistance organization who were acquainted with No. 19 before. I plan to ask him to identify them." The person in charge said calmly, "The prison is already going through the process, and they can be found in the system."
"Why don't you just bring those prisoners here?"
"This experimental area is very secret. Lord Mercer has instructed that no one else should know about it."
"Okay, be safe during the transfer."
The mechanical creature's eyes flashed blue. When it heard the word "Merser", it scanned the ID card of the person in charge again, and without asking any more questions, it turned around and left to patrol other areas.
After he left, the lower-status researchers in the area looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
Several people carried the transfer device and slowly left the underground experimental area and walked towards the elevator.
Along the way, people greeted them from time to time.
"Why are you leaving when it's not time to get off work yet ? And you're taking that big monster with you?" someone asked with a smile.
"I'm going to do a test and come back when I'm done."
They appeared to be very relaxed, smiling and responding to everyone's greetings, but in fact they were extremely nervous and their bodies were tense.
To reach the elevator, you have to pass two or three tests.
"What is this for?"
The inspector came over and asked, looking very concerned.
But he winked at the person in charge, nodded slightly, and made a small gesture to the other testers.
Everyone knew what was going on, so they pretended not to have noticed anything and opened the passage to let them pass.
The person in charge replied: "Take it out for other tests."
"Okay, be safe during the transfer."
What should have been a very strict inspection was simply passed without wasting too much time.
Several people escorted the transfer device and arrived at the elevator entrance safely along the way.
"bite--"
The person in charge swiped his ID card, the elevator door opened, and several other people hurriedly sent the transfer device into the elevator.
Afterwards, the elevator slowly went up, and the floor number displayed was getting closer and closer to the ground. Everyone in the elevator was extremely nervous, with sweat on their foreheads. No one spoke, and it was so quiet that one could hear each other's breathing.
Soon, the elevator door opened again, and the ground floor opened to them.
There are even more mechanical creatures here. At a glance, there are mechanical creatures of all shapes and sizes, so many that it is breathtaking.
"call……"
The person in charge let out a breath slowly, tried to relax himself, and directed everyone to push the transfer device out of the elevator, walking towards the side door at a leisurely pace.
Outside the side door of the base, the prison transfer vehicle was waiting for them.
On the way, they encountered two more inspections, but they got through them safely.
After walking out of the side door, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed. They put the transfer device onto the prison transfer vehicle and then walked in.
With a light "bang", the carriage door closed, the engine hummed, and the wheels turned. The car carrying everyone passed the inspection of the base gate and drove into the city under the night.
It was not until this moment that the group finally relaxed completely.
They took off their lab coats one after another. Everyone's face was a little pale and their hair was soaked with sweat, but they all had smiles on their faces.
“Success!”
"Have you made arrangements for your family?"
"Don't worry, it's all arranged. This job will be enough for us to live comfortably for the rest of our lives."
"I don't have any family, if I eat well, my family won't be hungry..."
"Ha ha……"
“…”
This is a shocking event. Once it is exposed, the entire Coral City will be shaken.
Someone actually stole an experimental subject from the most secretive mechanical base without paying attention to anyone? If you tell others about this kind of thing, not many people will believe it.
But they did it!
They have been preparing for this day for many years.
Dad has also been preparing for many years.
From the moment Gu An was arrested, he began planning for this day.
At the mechanical base in Coral City, the original experimental personnel are difficult to bribe because they have been branded as members of the mechanical race and dare not betray easily.
So, Dad started to select the people he liked from all over the world.
Most of these people are young experts and scholars who are not very satisfied with the mechanical race and have a spirit .
After being selected, Dad will contact them and give them sufficient rewards, either money, or potions that can improve their physical fitness, or even the potion that many people desire most, which is to prolong their lifespan.
"I'm really looking forward to Master Dad's potion." The person in charge said with a smile.
Dad is quite famous among pharmacists.
He was famous not only in the southwest region but also in the entire continent. Many people did not understand why he wanted to stay in a small city like Coral City.
There was once a wealthy man who was over 90 years old. His health was very poor, he breathed in more than he exhaled, and it seemed that he was half a foot in the gates of hell. However, his father saved him with a potion, and against the will of heaven, his life was extended to 100 years old, allowing him to live out his 100th birthday in satisfaction before dying.
In the eyes of many people, Dad is a living god.
The people in the carriage were already dissatisfied with the mechanical race, and after receiving the invitation from their father, they immediately agreed.
They are all experts and scholars related to biology. They come to Coral City or other cities in the southwest region from all over the world for investigation, research, academic work, etc., and then publish relevant research papers in the southwest region to build momentum for themselves in the academic circle of this area and attract the attention of the mechanical race.
It won't be long before they are noticed by the mechanical race.
Afterwards, they will naturally enter the underground experimental area of the mechanical base, and after a few years of performance, they will gradually enter the core layer.
Not only them, but all the people who were responsible for inspection, patrol and interrogation were arranged by Dad, so the journey was so smooth.
The arrangements made over the years were like a dense net, and all were drawn in today.
The result on the Internet is naturally Gu An.
"Haha, that's refreshing!" The person in charge said with a smile, "I've been hiding underground like a turtle for the past few years, helping the grandson of the mechanical family do research. I've been annoyed with them for a long time and have been waiting for news from the master."
"Me too!" said another. "It's a pity that the master didn't let us make a big fuss, otherwise I really wanted to set off a few bombs in that base!"
"Speaking of which, the master is really good to his disciple. He has done his utmost."
"It's a pity that it has become like this. It's hard to save it."
Looking at the monster sleeping in the transfer device, several people couldn't help but sigh.
They are all experts in this field and naturally understand that this transformation is irreversible. Currently, there is no means to turn Gu An from a monster back into the handsome young man he originally was.
Right now, the best outcome is to allow Gu An to recover his past memories and live as a monster.
But even restoring memory is difficult.
The minds of these hybrids seem to be polluted and they can't remember what they were like before. Most of them are confused and violent, with no hope of recovery.
"Who knows. With the master's methods, maybe it can really be restored."
The person in charge patted the transfer device, a smile appeared on his face, and said to the sleeping subject No. 19 inside: "Little Gu An, I'm taking you home."
