Gao Qi read about two pages of the comic book in his hand, but he talked a lot with Anna. If it weren't for the fact that he and Anna were being monitored, perhaps he would have chatted even more happily.
"That lady just now, well, I mean, she …"
Anna forced a smile and said, "Her name is Leonie, and she's the head of security. My father said that she was responsible for protecting me, but I think that she actually wants to protect my father more."
Gao Qi shook his head and said, "I don't want to talk about this. I want to ask … will she keep watching you like this?"
Anna thought for a moment and said, "I don't know. Maybe."
Gao Qi tried not to look at Anna with sympathy. He whispered, "Can't you go out?"
Anna nodded and said very calmly, "I can go out after my surgery, but after my surgery, my father said that my body is too weak. Once I go outside, my illness will act up, so I can't go out casually."
Gao Qi was a little puzzled. He asked curiously, "Will act up? What illness? "
Anna also began to be puzzled. She frowned and said softly, "I don't know. After my surgery, my memory is very poor. I don't really remember."
Bernhard didn't say what illness Anna had. In Gao Qi's view, locking Anna in the room and not letting her out was house arrest, or there was no problem in saying that she was imprisoned.
However, Gao Qi certainly wouldn't urge Anna to leave, because young people could be impetuous, but they couldn't be stupid.
If Anna was in prison, then Gao Qi was here to visit her. If Anna was a lab rat, then Gao Qi was the lab rat in the same cage, and also the object of observation. It was important to know one's own limits. One couldn't think that one was stupid and courting death just because one was young.
At this moment, the room was suddenly filled with a low moaning sound.
It was daytime now, so there was no need to turn on the lights. Therefore, the chandelier in the study room was turned off. But now, with a humming sound, a red light in the middle of the chandelier began to flash.
Gao Qi suddenly looked at the chandelier. Then he looked at Anna and said, "Is this an alarm? What happened? Did the exotic beasts attack? "
Anna looked at the chandelier and said with a smile, "It's nothing. This is a blackout warning. It should be a malfunction at the first power station. We have lost the main power supply."
Gao Qi felt a little uneasy. Although he was young, he had experienced the exotic beast war. This kind of flashing red light and wailing alarm was a nightmare he was familiar with and feared since he was young.
Every time the alarm went off, someone would die.
Gao Qi suppressed the uneasiness in his heart. He put his hand on the pistol and said in a low voice, "It's just a blackout. Why would the alarm go off?"
Anna looked outside the window and said, "The first power station is used to supply power to the defense system. If the first power station malfunctions, our barrier will fail. The entire core area of the headquarters will lose its outer protection. Therefore, the alarm will go off."
"Barrier?"
"Oh, that's the code name of the defense system."
Gao Qi sighed and said, "It means that Technology City doesn't have a wall. You used a defense system to replace the wall. Now that the first power station malfunctions, it's like the city has lost its wall. This, this isn't good … "
Anna nodded and said seriously, "Controllable nuclear fusion power stations are very stable. Normally, they won't malfunction easily. Our first power station is hidden underground. The exotic beasts won't be able to break through the barrier and attack the underground nuclear power station. Because if the exotic beasts could break through the barrier, they wouldn't need to destroy the first power station."
"You said that controllable nuclear fusion power stations won't malfunction easily. Then what's going on now?"
Anna thought for a while, then she nodded and said, "Yes, it's man-made."
Gao Qi gulped. Then he looked at Anna and said, "You must have backup power, right? You must have it. "
Anna smiled and said, "Of course. The second power station is used to supply power to industrial production. But after the first power station malfunctions, it will switch to the barrier. This conversion process is very fast, so there's no need to worry."
"Oh, that's good, but …"
Before Gao Qi could finish, Anna smiled and said, "But if someone deliberately destroyed the first power station, they will definitely destroy the second power station."
As soon as Anna finished speaking, a muffled and almost inaudible explosion sounded. Gao Qi felt a slight tremor under his feet. Then, he could see from the huge floor-to-ceiling window that a low house at the foot of the mountain suddenly sank into the ground. Then, dust and smoke floated up from where the house collapsed.
Gao Qi's mouth opened wide in shock, but Anna said with a relaxed expression, "Oh, the second power station has been destroyed. It seems that the enemy has invaded."
The low alarm suddenly became urgent and sharp, and the whining turned into an extremely ear-piercing beeping sound. Leonie, who came in to warn Anna not to leak the secret, pushed open the door of the study and walked in.
She still had a straight face, but Gao Qi saw that Leonie's expression seemed to have become much gentler.
After a few words, Leonie realized that Gao Qi could not understand, so she immediately switched to Chinese. She said calmly, "Miss Anna, Mr. Gao Qi, an enemy sneaked in and caused damage. Our power stations number one and two have been destroyed. Please stay here. I will protect your safety."
Gao Qi immediately said, "Do you want to go to a safe place?"
Leonie shook her head and said, "This is the safest place. Just stay here with peace of mind."
Anna nodded and said, "Okay, please turn off the alarm. It's very noisy."
Leonie immediately said, "Turn off the alarm in Miss Anna's room."
The alarm stopped abruptly, and the flashing red light went out immediately. Anna picked up the book, but Gao Qi still had his hand on the pistol.
"Where's my companion?"
"If you're referring to Mr. Huang, he's with the president now. He's very safe. When the alarm is lifted, you can meet Mr. Huang."
Gao Qi would not trust an expressionless woman. He felt that the situation was very dangerous and very strange. If he did not contact and meet up with Huang Fei, he would not be at ease no matter what.
He took out the satellite phone and dialed Huang Fei's number. Then, he realized that the call could not be made at all.
Gao Qi looked at Leonie and said, "Why can't I make a call?"
Leonie said calmly, "Maybe the signal is bad."
"I'm using a satellite phone."
Leonie said calmly, "We've blocked all electronic signals, only keeping the internal communication frequency."
He had a feeling that things were not that simple, but Gao Qi knew nothing about the situation. He did not know who the enemy of Technology City was, but he knew that it was definitely not an alien beast.
Anna suddenly put down the manga in her hand. She got up and left the table. She walked slowly to the floor-to-ceiling window. After looking outside for a moment, she suddenly turned to Leonie and said, "Is my mother coming?"
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