Every floor had a researcher's protective cabin, so Carl brought Mo Qiong to the other end of the corridor.
This place looked like a giant well, the inner walls of the well had corridors that spiraled downwards. By leaning on the railing, one could see both basement 1 and basement 5 from above.
Only the main staircase of the research facility was connected from the surface to basement 10.
Other than the main staircase, there were only elevators from basement 1 to basement 5, and another elevator from basement 5 to basement 10, the two elevators weren't connected at all.
Aside from basement 1 to basement 5, there was also this spiral walkway in front of them.
Mo Qiong could see that the combatants from basement 5 and above had all jumped down from the railing to the plaza in the middle of basement 5 in order to save time.
Those who jumped down from 2-3 floors didn't even use any deceleration measures and simply fell straight down to the ground.
While those in white who jumped down from 4-5 floors had their combat suits sprayed air from their hands, the high-pressure airflow acted as a buffer and allowed them to safely land.
"Don't even think about going down, the lower you go, the more dangerous it gets. I recommend you go to basement 1, if the hazards of the anomalies spread there, you won't be able to hide anywhere, everyone will probably die" Carl told him.
Mo Qiong nodded, then saw Carl standing in front of a white door. This kind of door seemed to exist on every floor.
He opened the door, then stood up and lay down in a small cabin behind the door. Mo Qiong saw many tubes attached to Carl's body, which were used to remove most of his known toxins or stabilize his injuries.
Although Carl said that the protective cabin was no different from finding a random room to hide in, it still had its benefits.
Nutrient, water, and air were all basic life-support measures. Even if a person was locked inside for several weeks, they wouldn't starve to death or die of thirst. Even if they were heavily injured, this protective cabin could still be used for blood transfusions or injections to stabilize their injuries.
Furthermore, it also had multiple super-efficient batteries, so even if the entire research facility's power went out, it wouldn't.
Overall, it was still much safer than finding a random room. The reason why it was called an iron coffin was only relative to a portion of the anomalies.
"I'll give you the access control, it can open up most rooms. Find a room to hide in and wait for rescue" Carl handed him his ID card.
"Give me the gun as well!" seeing him lying down, Mo Qiong said.
Hearing Carl make it sound so dangerous, Mo Qiong felt that it was better to have a weapon to protect himself.
Carl thought for a moment and handed the pistol to Mo Qiong.
"That's fine too. If necessary, you can commit suicide to prevent yourself from becoming a monster. If you really turn into a monster, the rescue team will kill you when they find you. Because whether you want to or not, you can kill everyone. "Carl's words were very realistic.
Mo Qiong frowned and said, "Taotie can turn people into monsters?"
"It's not Taotie, but some of the other anomalies in this research facility that might have turned you into a monster. What's truly terrifying about containment failure is that anomalies that have gone out of control will often destroy the containment measures of anomalies that shouldn't have gone out of control, leading to even more anomalies going out of control "Karl solemnly explained.
Mo Qiong took a deep breath. No wonder Karl was so nervous. If it was just Taotie, they could take him in once, so be it.
But the problem wasn't that simple. Taotie was a living creature, and this sudden loss of control would cause more and more anomalies to go out of control.
The more anomalies that went out of control, the more complicated the situation would become. Judging from Karl's tone, a containment failure could potentially wipe out the entire research institute.
"Take care, I hope that all of us can survive." Saying so, Karl closed the containment chamber.
Mo Qiong watched as the containment chamber was sealed layer by layer, then took Karl all the way to the far end of the wall, where the white door on the wall was also sealed shut.
From the outside, it was impossible to see that there was another person inside this thick wall.
"Tch …" Mo Qiong leaned on the railing and looked down, seeing that all the combatants had already gone deeper into the basement through the elevator.
Of course, they also left one person on the basement floor to watch over the elevator.
"What should I do?" for the time being, everything seemed to be safe.
However, Mo Qiong knew that danger would soon spread up here, and he wasn't prepared to hide in a room on the highest floor like Karl suggested.
That would be too passive, and if he ran into danger while hiding, it would mean that the situation was already irreversible.
Mo Qiong believed that he could still fight, but the key was how to use it, and who to use it against. In other words, know yourself and know your enemy.
"This place is a research facility, so there must be a lot of information about anomalies. I wonder if this ID Card he gave me would be able to access some of it."
Since it was an emergency, Karl giving him the ID Card meant that there was no need to be pedantic about certain rules.
Otherwise, how could a researcher ID Card be given to someone else?
But now that the underground passage to the surface had been sealed, he was in a predicament, so Karl giving him the ID Card meant that he recognized that he could use it.
"Beep …"
Mo Qiong opened a room, only to see that it was an empty room similar to the one he was in before, so he immediately went to the next one.
Once he found a place that looked like an office, he immediately searched for information.
Paper with text on it, a tablet that looked like a report, and a computer.
"It can't be opened …" Mo Qiong looked at each computer, where there was an obvious slot for an ID Card. But when Mo Qiong tried it, Karl's ID Card couldn't open these computers.
"Is this ID Card really just an access card?"
Mo Qiong looked at the ID Card and found that there was a serial number on it: 13810.
Looking at each computer, there were also places with serial numbers, some with the same serial number, some with different ones.
"Alright, this card can only open his own computer."
Mo Qiong didn't know where Karl's office was, so he could only slowly search for the corresponding serial number.
However, the serial numbers here were all messed up, or rather, they were the serial numbers of the staff that had nothing to do with the location of the office.
Who said that next to 13809 was 13810? Next to it was 10682.
If it was a normal person, they would have no choice but to use the dumbest method to search one by one.
But Mo Qiong didn't need to do that, he simply tossed out a strand of hair and followed it until he found Karl's office.
The serial number on each computer was the same, the only difference was the serial number, so he only needed to mentally replace the number 1310 to find Karl's office.
"It's on the B4 floor." Mo Qiong didn't stop following the strand of hair, he opened every room he passed by to see if there were any paper documents.
By the time he reached the B4 floor, he was already holding a large stack of documents.
"I don't understand anything …" Mo Qiong thought that these people would only study the characteristics of anomalies.
But he was wrong, the printed documents were all filled with obscure technical terms. Reading through the entire document, if it wasn't an academic report on some kind of mucus, then it was an idea on how to prevent a virus from spreading.
There were also speculations on a new type of alloy, a demonstration of a possible anti-aging method, or research on how to make half of a person's brain go into hibernation while the other half is excited.
Although he couldn't understand it, Mo Qiong had a general idea of what the researchers were doing.
Like a thesis, they were researching technology based on the problems brought by anomalies.
They weren't trying to go head-on with the anomalies, but instead trying to save people in a roundabout way. If the anomalies caused people to age by 1 year after sleeping, then they were researching how to make people not need to sleep anymore.
Counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir. Cleverly using the anomalies' characteristics to suppress the anomalies.
However, these documents didn't reveal any anomalies' characteristics at all, because they were too detailed.
It wasn't that there weren't any analysis reports, but even after reading them for a long time, Mo Qiong still couldn't tell which part of the anomalies they were studying, or whether the anomalies were alive or dead.
He needed to find a general, general report, not something so specialized that he couldn't even understand what it was talking about.
"Who! Who!? " When Mo Qiong arrived at B4 and was about to find Carl's office, he suddenly heard a suppressed voice shouting.
Mo Qiong was also startled, hurriedly threw the stack of papers on the ground and pointed his gun at the direction of the voice, even though he didn't even turn on the safety.
In front of the door, there was a young man in blue squatting there. His hands were handcuffed behind his back. At the same time, another pair of handcuffs was used to lock him to a small steel ring at the entrance.
The two of them exchanged silent glances, both very cautious, but they quickly realized that they were just allergic.
The young man looked at Mo Qiong and asked: "Are you a limiter?"
A limiter's clothing was very casual and loose, almost like a patient's gown, easily recognizable at a glance.
While Mo Qiong looked at him and also recognized him: "You're a D-class personnel?"
There was a serial number on the left side of the young man's chest, D- 80083.
"Hurry up and untie me, I'm begging you!" seeing that Mo Qiong had a gun in his hand, the young man hurriedly begged.
Mo Qiong shook his head and walked straight past him.
Obviously, this D-class personnel was handcuffed here by the Blue and White Society people. The situation was urgent, so they didn't have the time to care about the D-class personnel, so they didn't bring him back to his original cell, but just handcuffed him on the side of the road.
Seeing that Mo Qiong was ignoring him, the young man panicked and kept begging: "I'm begging you, I'm very safe."
"We're all Chinese, help me, don't ignore me."
"Don't go! Where are you from? Maybe we're from the same hometown! "
The young man kept talking, but Mo Qiong just silently walked past him, opened the door, and walked into the door beside him.
"What? You have an access card? " The young man's tears came out, and he looked at Mo Qiong enviously as he walked into the room beside him, and the steel gate automatically closed.
With the protection of the room made of alloy walls, compared to being handcuffed on the side of the road, how safe was that …
"Don't leave me, bring me in! It's very dangerous here! It's very dangerous here! "
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