Volume 9: Molten Mine Chapter 437: Interrogation of Park Sang-woo
"Run! Quickly... You must leave this place immediately, it will be too late! Don't go and save people, no one is alive... They are dead, all dead! You guys run away too!" Park Sang-woo said hurriedly.
Thanks to the extracorporeal life support system that replaced his own heart, lungs and other organs, he was able to speak such a long sentence in one breath.
"Sorry, Mr. Park Sang-woo, we can't leave the Molten Mine Area for the time being." Ke Lan turned on the external loudspeaker, then leaned the visor of his helmet against the car window, using a solid medium to transmit the sound into the interior of the car.
"You... who are you?" Park Sangyou asked hurriedly after hearing Ke Lan's voice.
"I am the commander of this rescue team." Ke Lan replied, "But we cannot evacuate this place before we figure out the cause of the earthquake and the situation of the garrison base. If possible, Mr. Park Sangyou, I hope you can answer a few questions for me."
"Problem... what's the problem?"
"What's the current situation at the garrison base? Are there other survivors in the mining area? How did you escape here?" Ke Lan asked.
He did not directly ask the other party about the earthquake, but first picked three questions that were relatively easy to answer and would not touch on "confidential information". This was a test method, and also to dig out more information from Park Sangyou - if he lied, the more he said, the more flaws he would expose.
If he had been asked at the beginning whether there was a primitive species in the Molten Mine Area, this guy might not have said a word. For such a seriously injured person in critical condition, the Security Bureau's torture methods would hardly be useful.
"The base... the base sank, the entire garrison base was cracked... the cracked ground swallowed it..." Park Sangyou's face revealed a trace of fear, "Not many people can escape, many people died... they are all dead... they fell into the magma, not even their bodies are left... you shouldn't go deeper into the mining area, you can't save them... they are all dead!"
He paused, and then said in an almost pleading tone: "Please, leave here quickly and take me with you... In addition to the earthquake, the monsters created by the heretical sect have also invaded the mining area... You can't defeat those monsters, they will kill us all..."
"How do you know that the heretical sect has invaded the mining area? Have you had any contact with them?" Ke Lan continued to ask.
"I... when I escaped, we... there were many people fleeing the base with me... but we encountered those monsters... the convoy was stopped by them, and when our people were fighting them, an earthquake occurred... all those who escaped were killed by the monsters..."
"Then why are you still alive?"
“I…I…”
"I guess you were planning to abandon the others and escape alone when the battle just started, right? You have lived in the wilderness for several years and have joined a heretical sect. You know the combat effectiveness of those Seeds of Erosion. You also know that the people who escaped with you are no match for them. So from the beginning, you have made up your mind to sacrifice others to delay those Seeds of Erosion so that you can escape, right?" Ke Lan said coldly.
"..." Park Sangyou did not refute, basically agreeing with Ke Lan's statement.
"But you were still affected by the earthquake. Fortunately, the vehicle you were driving was a special vehicle converted from an airship escape pod. Even more fortunately, when the life pod was ejected, it either did not exceed the safe height, or the nearby Alpha air defense system was destroyed by the earthquake... In short, you survived until we arrived." Ke Lan said, "But what makes me wonder is, how did the garrison base know that an earthquake was going to happen? Moreover, from the facts you described, the heretic sect infiltrated the mining area before the earthquake. Is this a coincidence?"
"I, I don't know... I have nothing to do with the heretical sect anymore... At that time, I was analyzing mineral samples in the laboratory, and then I suddenly received an emergency evacuation notice..." Park Sangyou said.
"But you are wearing a field uniform under your white coat . Although this kind of clothing is not as bulky as protective clothing, it is definitely not as comfortable as casual clothes, right? Dr. Park Sangyou, do you wear this kind of clothing in your daily life?"
"…Isn't this because we're evacuating, so I changed into clothes that are suitable for activities outside the base…"
"You're lying."
"Ah?" Park Sangyou looked stunned, but there was a hint of panic in his eyes that was hard to conceal.
"Besides you, we found other people who escaped from the base in the mining area. Although they have unfortunately died, judging from their attire and the things they carried, the evacuation time must have been very tight. The emergency evacuation notice was only two short words. Some people didn't even have time to put on their shoes when they escaped from the base. How did you find the time to change clothes, Dr. Park Sangyou? Do you have the ability to stop time?"
"I...I..." Park Sangyou hesitated to speak.
"Ivan, what will happen to him if the tube is pulled out now?" Ke Lan stopped asking Park Sangyou and turned to Ivan who was standing beside her.
"He will die," Ivan answered truthfully.
"Then is there any medicine that can just stimulate his nerves without damaging his brain, making him want to live but cannot die?" Ke Lan asked again.
"Yes." Ivan nodded and took out a few transparent injections from the medicine box.
From Ke Lan's angle, she could clearly see the labels on the injections - these injections were actually hormonal drugs, and would not have the "effects" they claimed. Ivan took them out just , but Park Sang-woo, who was lying on the folding stretcher, could not see those labels. He could only see Ivan flicking the transparent syringe with his fingers and then inserting the needle into the infusion tube.
During this process, Ivan even deliberately lifted up the infusion tube of the indwelling needle so that Park Sang-woo could clearly see the needle piercing the heparin cap.
Apart from anything else, when it comes to scaring people, Ivan and Ke Lan have a pretty good understanding...
As soon as Ivan made a move as if to push the piston, the muscles on Park Sangyou's face twitched involuntarily out of fear: "Wait... wait a minute, no... please wait a minute!"
