Considering the scale of the research base, the sandstorm caused by this level of destruction would last for at least an hour.
The sky was still covered in sand, and the wind was still as strong as ever. If he wasn't wearing a protective mask, he would've had a hard time breathing, and every time he opened his mouth, sand would come out.
"Read this chip, Czedow."
Silin took out the chip from the metal box and passed it to Czedow. The fact that Shelt had stored it in the same place as Olillo's star map fragment meant that it was very important. At the very least, it was very important to Shelt.
"Okay."
Czedow accepted the chip, popped out a socket on his arm and inserted it. At the same time, rays of light shot out of his eyes and gathered into an image in front of him.
At first, it was just some data. Silin could still understand it, and most of it was about the research results Shelt had done in this research base of Miracle over the years. Inside the chip was a record of every experiment subject, whether it was a failure or a success. The number of human lives sacrificed for Eltek's research was in the five digits, and it was growing towards the six digits. The number of animals sacrificed was even higher. Large beasts and all kinds of rare and exotic beasts were consumed in large quantities.
It could be said that this chip was Eltek's experimental record, and it was an important piece of evidence. With this, the League of Stars could officially sue Miracle Corporation, and the upper echelons would have a huge motivation to fight for power.
However, as he continued to read the chip, he discovered that the contents behind it were all characters that looked like some kind of password.
Every time he tried to read the chip further, he would be blocked by these characters.
Czedow tried to decode it, but no progress was made even after several attempts.
Silin stared at the characters in silence.
These characters weren't unfamiliar to him. They were used in many fields, but in different fields, every character had a different extended meaning. So, what was inside this chip?
Silin carefully read the characters that repeatedly blocked the reading process again and again. Suddenly, he felt that they looked a little familiar.
What on earth is it?
Silin couldn't think of it right now. Everything that had happened recently had complicated his thoughts. Sometimes, he clearly felt a flash of inspiration, but he just couldn't grasp it.
While Silin was thinking, Huimao walked over and rubbed against Silin's hand. It had eaten a full meal at the research base, and most of the experimental beasts Tang Qiuqiu encountered were eaten by Huimao. Some of them didn't taste good, but it was very full right now. It would sleep after eating, regardless of the situation.
Silin glanced at Huimao and knew that it was going to sleep again. He scratched Huimao's chin with his finger. "Good boy, go to sleep. I need to think."
Huimao snorted twice in dissatisfaction. This statue is not comfortable to sleep on! He looked around and saw Xueqiu and Chifeng lying next to Tang Qiuqiu. He walked over, grabbed Chifeng's tail with his claws and moved closer to Xueqiu. Xueqiu's soft, round body, thick fur, and Chifeng's tail made this temporary nest not bad.
Satisfied, Huimao curled into a ball and started sleeping.
Silin suddenly remembered something when he saw Huimao curling into a ball.
If it's like that …
It matched, it really matched!
The sequence that appeared in Silin's mind was connected to the characters. His fingers moved continuously on the control surface and rearranged the characters.
"Correct, passed."
"Correct, passed."
"Correct, passed."
… …
Czedow's eyes flashed as he stared at the flashing "Pass" on the screen. Ever since he met "Ai 'er", he had a desire to learn new technology that leaned toward a human's way of thinking. The reason Silin said that Czedow was the one with the most potential was because Czedow had the ability to determine his own direction of development within a certain bottom line.
"Not all passwords are suitable for normal decoding methods. Sometimes, it depends on the person and the situation."
Silin's words were directed at Czedow. He didn't want Czedow to develop in the same direction as the other robots.
"These characters are actually the commonly used codes for amino acid abbreviations transcribed in Scheldt's mitochondrial DNA."
After the characters were decoded, they flashed past each other and slowly formed a ring that looked similar to Scheldt's mitochondrial DNA.
Once the ring was complete, the image changed and some information appeared. It was a brief introduction to the later parts of the chip. Some representative names appeared inside, and they were all people related to "Miracle". There were politicians, the military, and a few famous merchant groups from the League of Stars. Other than that, Silin also saw a familiar name — Juno!
The person who created "Ai 'er". At the time, Silin didn't have the time to analyze the last words "Ai' er" had said, but he had to admit that her last words had shaken Silin a lot.
According to "Ai 'er", Juno wasn't the only one who created this AI system. The fact that "Ai' er" was able to be used in Miracle Corporation's research base meant that "Ai 'er's" ability as a system must have been recognized. But "Ai' er" said that she was eliminated by Juno. Then where were the other AIs that hadn't been eliminated?
Looking at the names displayed on the screen, he realized that this was only a part of it. The later parts of the chip must have involved a lot more secrets about "Miracle" and more people. The importance of this chip was definitely worthy of Scheldt's attention.
At first, Silin was going to give this chip to Knight, but now it would seem that he couldn't do so. It wasn't that he didn't trust Knight, it was that Silin had no choice but to take a lot of precautions against the military.
He was just about to ask Czedow to copy the earlier parts of the chip and create a new one for Knight, but Silin rejected the idea. Knight and the others were probably almost done with the research content by now. Giving it to Czedow now wouldn't help much, and it might even raise some people's suspicions.
This chip must be very important to the higher-ups of "Miracle", and the fact that Silin possessed this chip must not be exposed. Otherwise, it would be very difficult for him to return to Vanguard.
After thinking for a while, Silin decided not to tell Knight about this chip.
When he came back to himself, Silin couldn't help but sigh at Scheldt's madness. He actually hid such important information inside his own mitochondrial DNA!!
It was obvious that according to the comparison information and sequence profile analysis, Scheldt's current mitochondrial DNA wasn't his original sequence. There were a lot of major flaws in this mitochondrial DNA sequence, and the physical diseases caused by them would often require the help of equipment in daily life.
In other words, Scheldt didn't hesitate to modify his own mitochondrial DNA in order to keep this information a secret, even if it left him with physical defects. What kind of madness was this?!
Scheldt was a relatively extreme person. He made Silin think of Horay, the man who hid underground all year round, used complicated and primitive methods to avoid the planet's investigation, and even modified himself to look like that.
One should never underestimate the madness of such researchers. They were ruthless to others, but even more ruthless to themselves.
After reading the decoded information of this mitochondrial DNA, the last piece of information shocked Silin again and again.
The remaining information in the chip was also blocked by some character codes, and it required a decoding method similar to the mitochondrial DNA sequence. However, the decoding method was no longer using Scheldt's mitochondrial DNA, but the genomic DNA inside his body!
Not only did he modify his mitochondrial DNA, he also modified the genomic information inside his body. He didn't modify it in the best and strongest direction, but in the direction of confidential information. Such a modification would lower his constitution and gene rank by several levels compared to his original state. Right now, Scheldt's gene rank was C, and his handling genes were probably A rank as well. Turning himself from an A rank person to a C rank person wasn't just an ordinary kind of cruelty.
"Czedow, have you collected all of Scheldt's genomic information?" Silin asked.
"Yes, I have. For safety's sake, I even took a portion of tissue samples to preserve. I also took a bit of somatic and gonadal cells. "
The corner of Silin's eyes twitched. Gonadal cells … how did this guy take them?
"However … I discovered that there are two different sets of DNA in his gonadal tissue samples. One set is the same as the somatic tissue samples, and the other set is different."
Silin was astonished. Although this phenomenon existed in other races in the League of Stars, it was rare to see such a situation in the general human race, and Scheldt was undoubtedly a general human.
"In that case, the information stored in the chip is twice as much as I imagined."
He had always thought that Scheldt was just one of the many important researchers of "Miracle", but now it seemed that Scheldt possessed far more information than he knew from his current position. Logically speaking, the higher-ups of "Miracle" shouldn't have done something like this so carelessly if Scheldt's information was used to locate where he should be.
Silin suddenly thought of "Al", the artificial intelligence system that Juno had gifted to Scheldt.
It seemed that most of this information came from "Al".
He recalled Scheldt's words of "taking" when he collapsed, and the hateful gaze in his eyes. That gaze wasn't directed at Silin, but at Caldwell, the manager who had ordered the destruction of the research base. Scheldt had purposely given this chip to Silin in order to take revenge on Caldwell.
After putting away the chip and asking Czedow to keep this record a secret, Silin settled Tang Qiuqiu down and checked on Xueqiu and Chifeng's conditions before contacting Knight.
At first, he was going to discuss the upcoming bitter battle with Knight, but Knight brought a piece of good news. The army's reinforcements would arrive in six hours, and as long as they could hold on for six hours, they would be able to survive successfully.
Since the army could arrive in six hours, Silin wasn't going to release the remaining parasite eggs.
After the storm had passed, the killers Caldwell had sent to carry out the "clean-up" mission would definitely be waiting for Silin and the others.
The light gradually grew stronger, the sand and dust covering the sky thinned, and the wind gradually slowed down.
"What about Xueqiu and Chifeng?" Tang Qiuqiu asked.
"The medicine can temporarily suppress the stimulant in their bodies for twenty hours. I'll give them another shot later to wake them up first. They won't go crazy like before under the medicine's suppression, "Silin answered.
Ten minutes later, Silin received Knight's operation signal and gave Chifeng and Xueqiu a shot to wake them up.
After waking up, Chifeng and Xueqiu felt that their memories were blank, but Silin didn't give them time to recall. After explaining the operation's precautions and route, he began to move.
If all the sand and dust stopped, then they would be completely exposed, and they would be in a more passive position. It was better to leave this place as soon as possible, find a place to hide, and snipe and counter-snipe.
They had worked together at Seven Lights before, and although it was almost four years ago, Silin and Knight's cooperation was very smooth now. A gesture was all it took to know which route to move stealthily next.
The western image showed the map and terrain of the city after scanning, and Silin instructed Tang Qiuqiu and the others about their operation route.
The gray cat opened its blurry eyes and yawned. It crouched at the edge of the fold wall and stared at the city that was separated by a layer of wind and sand. It said quietly, "Actually, there's another way. It's safer this way."
"What way?"
Silin and Tang Qiuqiu looked at Huimao.
Huimao licked his claws and said calmly, "Dig a hole."
Silin: "..."
"Our main goal right now is to delay until the military's rescue team arrives. It's not like we're going to attack. If we hide underground and perform a little surgery on their underground detection device, it won't be a problem to delay them for six hours."
But the truth is that you're too lazy to move, aren't you? Silin criticized inwardly.
"You're the only one who can hide underground. How are we supposed to hide?"
Huimao looked at Czedow, "This guy is an excavator."
Silin looked at Czedow. It sounded … reasonable.
"Where is the best place to hide?" Silin asked.
The assassins would definitely pay attention to the ground when they were cleaning. Wouldn't it be obvious that something was wrong if they saw a hole?
Huimao looked around, his beard shook and he said with certainty, "From under the goddess' skirt!"
"..."
Two minutes later, Knight stood beside the goddess' feet and looked up. There was a hole just big enough for one person to pass through in a corner where the skirt was covering. He couldn't even fart for a long time.
In fact, they were prepared to fight a hard battle, but Yue Lou agreed with Silin's idea. The most important thing in a mission was the result, not the process. Their job was to protect the evidence and hand it over when the reinforcements arrived.
The hole above the ground was a little narrow because they had to pay attention to secrecy. But underground, the hole was a little wider and extended all the way to the bottom of a certain tall building in the city.
The hole under the goddess' skirt was sealed again. It was very difficult to discover that there used to be a hole there unless you looked carefully and didn't use any equipment.
The aura and some small traces left behind at the goddess' skirt were swept away by the wind and sand.
"This place isn't bad." Yue Lou nodded in satisfaction as he walked along the temporary underground shelter they dug.
They always carried oxygen supply equipment with them when they moved, so they wouldn't suffocate even if the shelter was sealed.
"Although we've blocked the scanning from above, we still can't know what's going on up there," Feng Haicao said with a frown.
They were a little worried about a situation they couldn't control.
"Czedow, go up and take a look," Silin said.
"That's not very good, is it?" Someone in Knight's squad objected.
They didn't know that Czedow was a robot, so they were worried that he would be exposed if he went out.
"It's fine."
Knight shot Silin a glance and stopped the two people in his squad from saying anything, "Let's do this, Czedow. Please."
Czedow nodded in a gentlemanly manner, but he immediately started digging.
They couldn't see his hand movements clearly, but it felt like the rocks and soil were parting directly to the sides, and Czedow was moving forward at a walking pace. The sound he made during the whole process was so soft that it didn't sound like he was digging a hole at all.
Everyone in the military acknowledged a capable person, not to mention that he was a comrade who had gone through thick and thin together. Therefore, Knight's Squad's impression of Czedow rose to a whole new level.
They didn't notice that Czedow was digging a hole in front of them when they entered the cave, so they couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when they saw him now. At first, they thought that Czedow was holding a high-end machine that could open holes, but now it felt like Czedow's hands were digging in like tofu, and then he pushed the hole to the sides.
Who would've thought that this kid was so skilled!
After Czedow went up, he hid himself in a remote corner of the underground building and avoided the surveillance cameras. His body transformed and stuck to the metal objects around him. If someone came in to take a look, they wouldn't know that there was an intruder here at all.
Czedow followed the surveillance network and transmitted everything that was happening around the building to Silin who was hiding underground.
Due to the gas pollution that drifted over after the destruction of the research base, some people's nervous systems were affected. A portion of the manpower in the city was sent to deal with these people. There weren't many parasites left, so they were quickly taken care of by Crodwell's men.
Some of the guards who escaped from the lab were killed by the assassins, and all the humans and beasts who escaped from the lab were taken care of by the people scattered around the city.
However, in another tall building in the city, Crodwell was very angry because he hadn't found the intruders yet. He wasn't stupid enough to think that the intruders had perished along with the research base.
"Send more men and continue to search! Search thoroughly! Search the guards thoroughly! I'd rather kill the wrong person than let a suspicious person go! "Crodwell roared angrily.
The army would be here in a few hours, and if the rats found some bad evidence, Caldwell's future would be bleak.
However, an hour passed. Two hours, three hours …
The sweat on Crodwell's forehead grew thicker and thicker. His communicator rang, and on the other end stood a man in military uniform with the insignia of a major general.
"Mister Crodwell, long time no see."
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