Chapter 274: Meeting Again

Jian Changsheng felt like he was about to suffocate.

The hospital bed’s wheels rolled rapidly over the ground, occasionally hitting a pebble and jolting with a clatter, causing the black substance covering him to sway... After the experiment, Zhao Yi’s weight had completely exceeded human limits, making it very difficult even for several researchers to push the cart together. One such jolt nearly crushed the ribs of Jian Changsheng, who was pinned underneath.

And at this moment, Jian Changsheng couldn't make a sound; he could only bite his lip hard and endure the pain.

What is that guy Heart 6 doing... He sent himself to the elevator, but where did he go?

Could he still have a secret mission?

One question after another popped into Jian Changsheng’s mind, but he had no energy to think about it now. He had already left the Aurora Base, and it was time to run for it. Otherwise, if he ended up in the incinerator along with the thing pinning him down, things would get really bad.

Just as Jian Changsheng was about to make a move, a faint, barely audible whisper reached his ears.

Jian Changsheng froze.

He looked in shock at the mass of black substance pinning him down and engulfing him, whispering in disbelief:

"You... you’re still alive?"

Jian Changsheng was buried there; if he could hear a voice, it must have come from the thing in front of him... He never expected that even after Zhao Yi had turned into this, he still wasn't dead?

The whisper sounded again, as faint as a mosquito. Even though Jian Changsheng was so close, he could barely make out the sound:

"...Home..."

"What did you say?"

"...Home... go... home..."

"Home?" Jian Changsheng was stunned.

At the same time, the sound of researchers talking reached him:

"We’re at the incinerator, hurry up and throw it in to burn..."

"It’s so heavy... can we carry it in a bit?"

"If you can't carry it, just push the whole cart in. The cart is already contaminated with calamity cells anyway, we can't keep it."

"Fine, let’s hurry."

Jian Changsheng knew he couldn't wait any longer. He bit his tongue hard and, with lightning speed, crawled out from under Zhao Yi’s body!

The researchers pushing the bed only saw a blur before their eyes as a figure suddenly emerged from under the sheet, and a heavy fist slammed into their faces like lightning!

BANG BANG BANG—!

With Jian Changsheng’s skills, dealing with these ordinary researchers was no challenge at all; he knocked them all down with one punch each.

Jian Changsheng shook his wrists casually and finally had time to look around. They were now in front of a low building on the surface of the base, with thick smoke billowing from the chimney—this must be the place specifically for incinerating failed test subjects.

Jian Changsheng pulled back the sheet, looked at Zhao Yi’s unrecognizable body, and spoke again:

"Are you okay?"

The faint whisper sounded again. Just as Jian Changsheng was about to lean in to listen carefully, several figures swept out from the direction of the elevator, and at the same time, several terrifying auras descended suddenly!

BOOM—!!

At this moment, the earth seemed to shake, and one of the figures in a black enforcer trench coat flew directly into the sky.

"Intruder spotted!!"

Looking down from high above, the enforcer instantly locked onto Jian Changsheng, who was standing in front of the incinerator, his voice booming like low thunder!

Jian Changsheng’s heart skipped a beat. He didn't have time to communicate with Zhao Yi anymore and, without hesitation, sliced his palm open, using [Blood-Dropping Top] to blink and shift rapidly toward the outside of the base!

Damn it, how did these guys get here so fast?!

After the enforcer’s voice rang out, several terrifying auras swept toward them rapidly. There were even two Tier 6 auras among them, which made Jian Changsheng break out in a cold sweat as he fled for his life.

At this moment, all the enforcers' attention was on the fleeing Jian Changsheng; no one cared about the hospital bed abandoned in front of the incinerator, or the unrecognizable "corpse" on it.

Meanwhile.

Outside the base.

Wen Shilin, who was shivering in the cold wind while clutching his notebook, heard the commotion from inside the base and immediately stood up to observe with his binoculars.

"An intruder? The Aurora Base has actually been breached?" Surprise appeared in Wen Shilin’s eyes.

Wen Shilin watched as numerous enforcers chased a blood-red figure into the distance, and his mind began to race.

With an intruder in the Aurora Base and all security mobilized, this was the moment of weakest defense. Perhaps... this was an opportunity for him?

Wen Shilin knew he didn't have much time to hesitate. His eyes flashed with intensity, and half a second later, he gritted his teeth and ran out from the corner with his camera!

"If I die, I die!"

Wen Shilin had been lurking outside the base for days and had long since figured out the perimeter security layout. Now that the Aurora Base was in chaos, it gave him a chance to exploit it.

He took out a pair of bolt cutters, cut a gap in the perimeter fence, and crawled on the ground like a dog, entering through the frost-covered earth. Enforcer figures ran past in the distance, and Wen Shilin scrambled into a building to hide.

This seemed to be an enforcer dormitory, but it was empty for now. Wen Shilin’s eyes lit up; he picked up a set of enforcer uniforms, put them on, and then blended into the crowd to rush toward the elevator.

Wen Shilin could feel his heart pounding. He had been a reporter for so many years and had done plenty of undercover evidence gathering, but he was infiltrating the Aurora Base! That was a place no reporter could ever enter!

Wen Shilin tried his best to calm down. He pressed the elevator button, his figure descending into the pitch-black shaft. In the anxious wait, his hand holding the camera was already covered in sweat.

As the elevator reached the first floor of the base, Wen Shilin looked out cautiously. The entire base was pitch black, seemingly having lost power completely, and there was no one guarding the elevator area.

"The Aurora Base’s security is actually paralyzed... What on earth happened here?"

Wen Shilin knew this was his chance. He carefully crawled out of the elevator and walked into the depths of the base in the dark...

……

Meanwhile.

On the other side of the first floor.

"Stop."

The moment this voice rang out, several characters floated past Chen Ling:

【Audience Expectation +4】

【Current Expectation 44%】

Chen Ling had no energy to care about the change in expectation, because the moment he heard the voice, he knew who had come... He turned his head slowly to look behind him, and the "clear and stupid" expression appeared on "Chen Xin’s" face once again.

"Deputy Captain Han Meng? Is something the matter?"

In the darkness, Han Meng walked out slowly, holding a kerosene lamp.

He stared at the face flickering in the candlelight and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Give it up... the same trick won't fool me a second time."

"Should I call you [Heart 6], or should I call you... Chen Ling?"