Irin didn't know why this area that didn't exist on the surface was named "S".
But after thinking about it, it was just to cater to the apostle's taste.
In the apostle's eyes, "S" always meant awesome.
Or perhaps — "Secret?"
“Super？”
But no matter what, there must be a huge secret hidden inside.
Otherwise, Yu Meng and Zhao Yulong wouldn't appear here at the same time after receiving the "GM" warning.
"Beep beep beep —"
Face, fingerprint, password, iris, Yu Meng used four layers of verification to open the door.
"Huff —"
On the thick metal door verification panel, electronic light flickered, air pressure gushed, and then slowly moved to the sides.
Zhao Yulong suddenly sighed and stopped in his tracks.
"I … won't go in."
As he spoke, Zhao Yulong subconsciously fumbled around his body. After fumbling for a few seconds, he finally found a wrinkled cigarette from his trouser pocket.
Yu Meng's expression was indifferent as she glanced at Zhao Yulong.
"Didn't you say you quit smoking?"
"Hehe, my addiction to smoking is acting up. Just one, the last one." Zhao Yulong laughed dryly and skillfully lit the cigarette. His index and middle fingers holding the cigarette trembled slightly.
Yu Meng didn't say anything and turned to step into the door.
Behind Yu Meng, in the endless tunnel, there was only Zhao Yulong with a bleak expression and the flickering flame at his fingertips.
Irin carefully followed behind Yu Meng.
He didn't dare to be careless.
Behind the metal door labeled "S Zone" was another passageway.
After Yu Meng walked in, a large amount of gas suddenly gushed out from both sides of the tunnel.
Irin's expression was solemn at first and subconsciously held his breath in the shadow. But after a moment, he also reacted.
— Is this disinfection?
Yu Meng walked through the disinfection tunnel expressionlessly.
But at the end of the tunnel, Yu Meng stopped, closed her eyes, and said coldly,
"Come out."
“！”
In an instant, a layer of "fault" appeared between the surface of Yu Meng's body and the "disinfection gas."
"Not good!"
Yi Lin suddenly felt like the sky and earth were spinning before his eyes, seeing stars.
This was not a simple disinfectant!
It was mixed with ether!
There was indeed a trap!
Irin bit her tongue, and the pain made Irin sober for a short while. Fortunately, Irin knew that Yu Meng was not easy to deal with. Even if he maintained the two heaven-defying skills [Shadow Kill] and [Shadow Stalking], he did not dare to let his guard down and maintained a highly focused state.
When the disinfectant was sprayed out, the Irin inhaled a little bit, but not too much, and he held his breath in time.
Yu Meng isolated the gas and chuckled, "This is highly concentrated ether gas. Anyone who breathes in it will pass out completely. Even if it's a high level strength-type apostle. "
As she spoke, Yu Meng quickly leaned against the wall with her back against it. Her cold eyes swept across the only disinfection channel in front of her.
Yu Meng waited for three minutes.
After Irin's initial dizziness, the discomfort in her body quickly disappeared after a few seconds.
Yu Meng was right.
As long as it was a human, one breath would make them pass out.
Unless it was not a human.
Irin, who was silently hiding in the dark, could not help but praise his "mixed bloodline".
In his mixed bloodline, he retained most of the characteristics of the "Dionysus Factor", so he had a certain level of resistance to the ether.
After waiting for five minutes, the "lurker" that she imagined did not appear. Yu Meng quietly let out a sigh of relief and reopened the disinfection channel door that was tightly shut.
What a sinister woman!
Irin secretly sighed.
He had thought it through now.
When entering the password at the entrance, there must be two different versions of the password.
Although these two versions of the password could open the channel door, the normal password was the same.
However, one of them was a normal opening method. The other method was similar to the current situation. The disinfectant gas was mixed with a high concentration of ether. If it was another apostle who was not vigilant enough and was also good at stealth, they would probably fall into Yu Meng's trap.
After this short interlude, Yu Meng seemed to finally believe that the intruder that the "GM" warned about did not follow behind her.
"There is no abnormality."
Yu Meng softly said to the air.
She seemed to be talking to Zhao Yulong who was smoking outside the door.
Yu Meng quickly walked into the female locker room.
Irin hesitated for a few seconds. In order to avoid losing her, he could only force himself to sneak in.
But fortunately.
The awkward scene didn't appear.
Yu Meng directly put on an isolation suit and left the locker room. She walked into the bright and magnificent laboratory.
Seeing Yu Meng so cautious, Irin subconsciously suspected that there was some kind of terrifying virus experiment in Area S. Once it was leaked, everyone would be finished.
"Most of the virus transmission methods are through contact and respiratory transmission. As long as you hold your breath and stay in the shadow state, it should not be a big problem."
Since they were already here, if they gave up now, it would be a pity.
Irin believed that there must be something hidden here.
If the mysterious "GM" had not coincidentally sent a warning to Zhao Yulong and Yu Meng about the "intruder", Irin might not have discovered this place.
After all, his original purpose was to borrow an insignificant small document from the main computer in Area A.
Compared with the secret hidden in Area S, it was like a young girl meeting a young woman, a scallop meeting a lobster, so it was not worth mentioning.
Irin was usually not a gossipy person.
But the secret of Area S was enough to arouse his curiosity.
Irin quietly slipped in.
He followed behind Yu Meng.
Yu Meng was wearing a bulky isolation suit at this moment and walked in quickly.
Irin was hiding in the shadow, and his eyes suddenly opened up.
In just an instant, Irin froze on the spot.
He held his breath and could not come back to his senses for a long time.
Yu Meng had already walked to the busy researcher in the laboratory, who was also wearing an isolation suit, and asked something in a low voice.
Irin was no longer in the mood to eavesdrop on what Yu Meng and the researcher were talking about.
Because..,
The scene in front of him was enough to explain everything.
In the bright underground research institute, there were many transparent life pods.
Countless people were floating in the life pods that were emitting green light.
— People with mutilated limbs.
Some people were replaced with metal prosthetics.
Some people's eyes were replaced with red metal prosthetics.
Some people's skin was festering, and they were writhing in pain in the life pods, but they could not make any sound.
Some people only had half of their bodies left, and even their internal organs were floating in the nutrient solution. But the regular rise and fall of their chests could still prove that they were still alive.
This scene seemed familiar.
After two minutes of silence, Irin also held his breath for two minutes, Irin took a deep breath.
"So that's how it is."
..
..
An hour later.
Yu Meng skillfully took off the isolation suit.
The contaminated isolation suit, with a thought from Yu Meng, floated into the abandoned box dedicated to medical contaminated waste.
"How is it?"
In front of the door of Area S, Zhao Yulong was hurriedly spraying men's cologne on his body, trying to cover up the pungent smell of smoke on his body.
Yu Meng frowned and glanced at the flattened cigarette butt on the ground without leaving a trace. However, she did not say anything about it. She just shook her head:
"There shouldn't be any 'intruders'. It's hard for me to imagine that someone can avoid our 'Perception'. Moreover, I used a Class B emergency plan in the passage. The concentration of ether is enough to expose any lurker without any precautions. "
Zhao Yulong let out a long sigh of relief when he heard that.
Yu Meng's tightly furrowed brows did not relax.
She lowered her head and muttered to herself, "But I'm still very curious. If there is no so-called 'intruder', why did the special consultant, who has been hiding his head and showing his tail, suddenly choose to warn us today when he hasn't appeared for so long? I never thought that he was someone who was really on our 'side'. "
Zhao Yulong smiled, "Maybe there was originally, but when we strengthened our vigilance in the open and in the dark, the other party noticed and canceled the plan to invade."
"It's possible." Yu Meng did not deny Zhao Yulong's speculation. And judging from the current situation, Zhao Yulong's speculation was the most reasonable.
"Let's go."
"However," Yu Meng's eyes flickered, and a hint of coldness flashed in her eyes, "This place is no longer safe. We have to find a way to evacuate all personnel and 'experimental subjects' from here. "
Zhao Yulong smiled bitterly and did not say anything.
To be on the safe side, the two of them searched every area again.
Under the perception of the two spiritual-type apostles, all hidden people would have nowhere to hide.
Although Zhao Yulong and Yu Meng did not say much after that.
In addition to Yu Meng, Zhao Yulong also felt that there was something strange about tonight's incident.
He kept feeling that something was wrong.
But he could not put his finger on it for a while.
If something happened in the end, they might not have this "strange" feeling.
But after a lot of trouble, it was a close call in the end. This feeling was like poking a gun into a wall with all his strength. It was very painful.
When Zhao Yulong walked out of the Research Division, it was already late at night.
Before leaving, he even checked all the surveillance videos, but he did not find anything unusual.
"Is it really just a false alarm?"
Zhao Yulong wiped the sweat on his forehead in bewilderment.
It was already late at night.
After saying goodbye to Yu Meng, Zhao Yulong walked alone on the lonely street. He suddenly remembered something and quickly opened the communication panel. After hesitating for a moment, he sent a message.
"Yo! What are you doing? When you arrive in Cangyang City, are you able to experience the local specialty sword service? If you have such needs, I can introduce them to you in private. Of course, it can't be reimbursed. "
"F * ck off."
More than 2,000 kilometers away, Irin's voice sounded in Zhao Yulong's ears without any delay.
"I'm busy."
"Busy with what?"
"I'm at the house of the last victim. What do you think I'm busy with?"
Irin's voice sounded a little angry.
Angry?
Angry is the right thing to do.
Zhao Yulong exchanged a few more pleasantries. It seemed that the more Irin complained and the more unhappy his tone was, the more comfortable he felt. Zhao Yulong did not have the slightest awareness that this psychological state was a bit perverted. He grinned happily.
After that, Zhao Yulong confirmed with Yuan Zhiye and Wang Bing.
Irin was indeed in Cangyang City.
"It seems that it really has nothing to do with him. Besides, he wouldn't come here for no reason."
He closed his eyes and showed off for a while.
Zhao Yulong was very emotional.
"What a hardworking, hardworking employee!"
…
…
After Irin ended the call with Zhao Yulong, his expression was indifferent as he thought about what he saw and heard in the Research Division an hour ago.
He didn't expect that the Research Division's S area was doing such research.
No wonder after the Xiao family was raided, there was no more news about the Gospel Association.
Yu Meng.
Zhao Yulong.
The Special Group.
Invincible.
One name after another flashed through Irin's mind.
Mo Rendi should not know about this.
But why did Zhao Yulong hide it from Mo Rendi?
Was it because if Mo Rendi found out, Zhao Yulong would also be killed with a punch?
The future that Irin was about to experience seemed to be moving in a direction that Irin felt completely unfamiliar after Xiao Yang's death.
Everything had changed.
Not just everything around him.
And this world.
Irin suddenly remembered Uranus's words.
"Since you don't have any concept of the future, then it's meaningless for you to ask this question."
Yes.
It was meaningless.
Wait.
Irin's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
It seemed that in the vague conversation between Yu Meng and Zhao Yulong, other than the secret hidden in Area S, they also mentioned something else.
— "Document D4516."
"It seems that there are more and more troublesome things."
In the darkness, Irin's eyes flickered as he muttered to himself.
After leaving the capital, Irin directly used reverse teleportation to return to Cangyang City from Molly's laboratory without alerting anyone.
Before leaving, Irin quietly placed the USB flash drive with the information about the "star steel" under Molly's pillow.
However, after what happened tonight, the ownership of the Star Steel seemed to have become less important.
While talking to Zhao Yulong.
Irin wasn't lying. What he said was the truth.
He did use his fastest speed to arrive at the residence of the last victim.
In any case, in order not to arouse Zhao Yulong's suspicion, he still had to find a way to solve the "Leech Army Serial Murder Case" in Cangyang City.
He would think about it if he couldn't solve it.
Irin couldn't sort out everything about Area S on the D4 level of the Research Division at the moment, so he could only put it aside for the time being.
Irin took a deep breath.
Yu Meng's strength at this time, as he had initially guessed, had already broken through the first layer of the mind lock and reached the transcendent realm.
The "psychokinesis" that she casually used was proof.
Once the mind lock was unlocked, the "mind" would no longer be invisible and colorless, but would evolve into a substantial power.
Speechlessly, Irin waved his hand in the air, and the camera that was facing Gao Chengwen's house slowly moved to another angle.
After avoiding the camera's line of sight, Irin easily entered the victim's house.
Originally, this time, as an "official", Irin had full authority to enter the scene to investigate through normal procedures. However, because it was too rushed, Irin didn't bother to ask Yuan Zhiye to apply for the relevant procedures, so he came here to take a look first. Otherwise, if it didn't match with Zhao Yulong's statement, he would inevitably be suspected by Zhao Yulong.
The moment he entered the house, the AI's welcome voice sounded, and soft lights lit up one after another, and classical music drifted out.
Before ventilating, Irin clearly smelled a strange and unpleasant stench in the air.
Because apart from the removal of the body, the scene was still the same as before the death and hadn't been cleaned up.
Twenty minutes later.
Irin had already searched the whole house and found many small details that were omitted in the report.
"Knock, knock, knock."
Suddenly.
There was a knock on the door.
Irin stretched out his sensory tentacles, and when he learned that there was a guest outside the door, he just smiled and opened the door without hesitation.
The moment the door opened.
A tall and thin man stood quietly in the darkness.
The man was wearing a pitch-black suit with a shirt inside, and the top two buttons were casually unbuttoned. His slightly curly bangs covered his eyebrows and cast a pitch-black shadow above his eyes. He was even wearing thin black gloves on his hands, and it was obvious that he had come prepared.
"Irin?"
"Gu Tianqing?"
With just a look, the two of them confirmed each other's identities.
This was the first time Irin and Gu Tianqing met in reality after the trial in the Caribbean Sea.
And during that trial, he was in a special "role-playing" mode. Irin had never seen Gu Tianqing in person, but the fake smile on the man's face and the faint cold light in his eyes made Irin quickly confirm Gu Tianqing's identity.
Similarly.
To Gu Tianqing, Irin existed in the role of "Elisabeth Ling" in that trial. But with just a glance, Gu Tianqing also confirmed Irin's identity. There was even no need for an introduction or more words.
At this moment, the two men, who had schemed against each other in the trial, had a rare telepathic connection and had the same thought.
"This fake smile that doesn't feel out of place, it's definitely him. There's no mistake."
…
The two of them looked at each other and smiled.
There was a hidden meaning in the smile.
Gu Tianqing stood at the door and smiled elegantly. "Don't you mean to say 'please come in'?"
"You can go in or not."
Irin directly turned around and showed Gu Tianqing the back of his head.
"…"
Gu Tianqing's smile froze.
He still went in.
It didn't matter whether he invited her in or not.
Gu Tianqing was just saying it casually.
She didn't expect Irin to not give her face.
"Let's make it clear, you owe me a big favor."
Irin emphasized seriously.
Gu Tianqing chuckled and didn't deny or admit it. She smoothly changed the topic. "My divination was not wrong. The thing I was looking for was indeed on the 'friend at sea'."
"I can only say that it's not necessarily true."
After Gu Tianqing entered the room, she searched around as fast as she could.
Irin's eyes flashed.
The route that Gu Tianqing searched was almost the same as his.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Irin would have suspected that Gu Tianqing had secretly read the top-secret information of the Special Forces.
"You're very skilled."
Irin smiled and broke the silence.
"So-so."
Gu Tianqing had just come out of the bathroom. While answering Irin, she frowned and kept rubbing the thumb and index finger of her right hand. From the gloves he was rubbing, some fine powder rustled and floated down.
After a moment of silence, Gu Tianqing looked into Irin's eyes and smiled. "Are you really not going to provide any information?"
"Oh, the deceased, male, Gao Chengwen, 35 years old, working in a canned food company, an ordinary employee, single, living alone. This is also the eleventh victim. "
"Death?"
Irin flicked his finger, and a photo that he had developed in advance spun and swept toward Gu Tianqing.
The photo was a photo of the deceased.
It was top-secret.
Gu Tianqing squinted slightly and hid the light in her eyes. She stared at the photo in her hand for a moment and then slowly exhaled. "Interesting."
"This favor is worth it, right?"
"It's okay. What do you think about the murderer? "
"It's not a person."
"That's what I thought." Gu Tianqing blinked her eyes, smiling from ear to ear.
"…"
"At first, when I investigated the scene, I was not very sure. But after seeing the photo of the deceased with my own eyes, I have a certain degree of certainty."
"Tell me."
Gu Tianqing walked to the bedroom of the deceased and pointed to the corner near the window.
"The location and posture of the deceased have been outlined by the police. There is no problem. It should be there." Gu Tianqing walked forward and said as she walked, "It can be seen that the deceased was in a very strong state of fear before he died."
Irin continued, "Yes, the design of this kind of window is the safety structure of an anti-falling building. There is no way to jump down. On the edge of the window, there are traces of friction. The traces are very fresh. It should have happened before the death. There are faint bloodstains on the edge of the window. It should have been caused by accidentally squeezing his fingers when he shook the window with force. "
Gu Tianqing smiled. "When humans are in extreme fear, they will always subconsciously look for the place that makes them feel the most secure. In this enclosed room, there are only two places that make the deceased feel the most secure. One is here, the deceased's bedroom, and the other is … "
"The only exit." Irin quickly added.
Gu Tianqing was silent for a moment and continued to analyze. "But under normal circumstances, when a person is facing a crisis, even if they are extremely panicked, the first thing they will think of is the exit. They will not lock themselves in the bedroom."
Irin: "There is only one possibility. The location where he was and the exit were blocked."
Gu Tianqing waved the photo of the deceased in her hand and smiled. "Let's talk about the cause of death. This kind of 'mummified' corpse can only be caused by the rapid loss of water in the body, including blood, in a very short period of time. It is hard to imagine that the dense wounds on the deceased's body were caused by a 'human.' It is more like a kind of creature. "
"Leeches." Irin did not keep them in suspense and directly stated her speculation.
"As expected." Gu Tianqing's eyes flickered slightly, and she nodded without any surprise on her face. "This place is located in the south, and the climate is warm and humid. Although this is not a farming area, and it is not the season for leeches to breed, everything makes sense if we consider the 'unusual' factors."
"In conclusion, when the deceased was alone at home, there was a large number of leeches. The number was unimaginable. The number was so large that it was enough to make the deceased's scalp tingle. This leech army was between the 'deceased' and the 'exit.' Therefore, the deceased could only lock himself in the room and ask for help. "
"But before the deceased died, the police did not receive any distress signal." Gu Tianqing walked to the bedroom door and closed it. Then, she bent down to check the gap between the door and the ground. Without pausing, she continued, "Let's say that the deceased thought that this bedroom door was enough to stop the leeches, but it failed in the end. This means that the time interval between the deceased closing the door and the leech army breaking through the door was very short. It was so short that the deceased had no time to ask for help. "
"This also means that these leeches seemed to be secretly commanded by someone. If it was a pure soft-bodied creature, it would be impossible for them to have such discipline. They could even change their form and quickly crawl into the gap that was less than 0.5cm. That scene is a little disgusting. "
The two of them spoke one after another, clearly reproducing the various experiences of the deceased before his death.
As they spoke, Irin and Gu Tianqing walked out of the deceased's bedroom one after another.
Gu Tianqing smiled and said, "Combining these simple clues, I think you should already know how those leeches invaded here."
"Yes, the sewer."
Irin pointed in the direction of the bathroom and said softly.
This was not difficult.
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