The Goddess Shines on America

The ear-piercing siren resounded in the empty hall of the research center, the red light bulbs in the corner flickered non-stop, and the vibrating sound of leather boots trampling on the marble floor could be heard everywhere.

"Urgent notice, all staff go to B-3 floor! Repeat, urgent notice, all staff go to B-3 floor, this is not a drill!"

A large number of security personnel are rushing to the evacuation stairs. It is definitely not a government-affiliated military and police unit. The mercenaries of Blackwater International are wearing black uniforms, body armor and miniature submachine guns. They are orderly and calmly obey the radio command.

This is what Ivan Deloof saw after rushing back to the research institute. The security captain Jackson was standing in the empty front desk in charge of commanding. When he saw Deloof and Harry Poness following him, he immediately welcome up.

"Both directors, as you can see, the alarm in the research center was triggered, and the guard room has been proven to be the B-8 floor."

"Understood, B-8 floor." Delof sullenly, because the underground area is his site: "I just received a communication at Joey's Bar, but it was disconnected after only a dozen seconds Now, what have you gained?"

"The security personnel are rushing to gather in front of the entrance of B-4. The entrance is locked. To prevent you from returning in time, I have sent someone to find the welding and cutting torch. Please wait a moment, I will cancel the order."

Within a few words, the sound of cars braking suddenly could be heard outside the research institute. After receiving the alarm, all the programmers rushed back without stopping. But obviously none of them belonged to the medical experts. Their cars and people were all underground at the moment.

"What happened?" Harry hurriedly asked: "And Deloof, do you know that you haven't explained it to me now, why did little Ada suddenly go so deep underground!?"

The call on the communicator lasted only a dozen seconds, and its only content was to let Ada, an Asian girl from Exeter, a regular visitor to the institute, tell her where she was. The room, that's all. To say anything more, it was just the fact that she triggered the alarm, and before she could even explain why, the communication was cut off.

"I told you...she has the password, and you know that this girl has a very good relationship with Alice." Delof sullenly walked towards the evacuation stairs: "Captain Jackson, are you sure you don't know what happened next?" What's the matter? I have dozens of researchers down there, so none of them can answer the phone!?"

"Unfortunately, that's exactly it." The tall retired soldier followed closely: "We just received an alert, Code-Three, and the entrance to the B-4 floor has been automatically locked, unless you use the password."

While talking, the three of them had already walked down the B-2 floor, and then the B-3 floor. After arriving here, this evacuation staircase could no longer pass through one side. Passing through the entire B-3 floor as the storage area, anyone needs to use another building to walk to B-4 alone, and only then can they enter the umbrella medical laboratory area. Such a complicated structure is of course to allow the researchers to work without distractions, but at the moment it really brings a lot of trouble to the security personnel.

"I should really complain to Alice..." Delof sighed softly, and he soon came to the entrance of the building. It is said to be the entrance of the building, but in fact, after the people from Pfizer Group visited it, Alice remodeled it again. It is a polished metal gate, which costs a lot of money.

The security personnel had already gathered here. Thirty soldiers were neatly dressed and armed with microchargers, as if they were about to go to the battlefield. Although the behavior was exaggerated, that's what Alice asked for when setting the Code-Three level alarm.

Delof glanced at the console: "Fortunately, you didn't bring the welding torches. This door is made of pure titanium alloy, half a foot thick. If there is any fatal danger inside, when you go in, you will only be left with a mess." gone."

With that said, he walked quickly to the door and quickly entered the password.

Of course, it is mechanical. This is the super vault door specially ordered by Alice from Switzerland. It is the world's first electronic combination lock device, and it is still waiting to be used for trial use.

But after a while, the door was unlocked, and Delof used his arms to make the door open quickly along the pulleys on the ground.

Then, Captain Jackson took the lead, and the three soldiers walked into the interior first. Afterwards, more and more soldiers came in slowly, followed by the two directors,

Of course, Delof knew what was in his research institute, and the equipment like biochemical protective suits were all nonsense.

Everything is safe in each small laboratory, all kinds of equipment are placed in their proper positions, and there is even coffee that someone just poured on a table. There wasn't a single piece of paper on the ground, and there wasn't even a sign of the chair falling over. Obviously, no matter why the alarm was sounded, at least it didn't lead to violence and panic.

"……no one."

"Yeah, no one."

"Um... yes, no one."

However, a strange situation is also in front of everyone. Although all the hardware equipment is safe and sound, the group of diligent researchers have disappeared!

Harry gritted his teeth hard and said, "You must tell the boss about today's matter, we can't hide it."

Delof's face was also pale, and he said with a tense face: "Captain Jackson, hurry up and let your team members jump the net to find someone, our entire research center, almost every floor is the same size, from B-4 To...at least to B-7, you are looking for it."

Captain Jackson nodded, and said with a walkie-talkie: "Carpet search, start!"

This is not an easy job. Although the research center has a large area, it is not a military base. The number of security guards is only one company, and this is counting the mercenaries who work part-time as cleaners. The area from B-4 to B-7 is equivalent to four large stadiums, and there are large or small laboratories and complicated corridors everywhere, so it is not easy to investigate.

So very specifically, Delof, Harry, and Captain Jackson decided to take the elevator directly downstairs, at least to find little Ida who called the police first.

"You two should pay attention." As he walked quickly to the elevator, Deloof said seriously: "Floors B-8 and B-9 are the core areas of our medical research institute. On weekdays, only Alice and I I have permission to enter. I don't know that little Ada can also enter, you two must keep in mind the most basic confidentiality regulations, understand?"

Coercive power is by no means unique to the government. Unless you don't want to continue messing around, everyone must abide by the rules and regulations of the company they belong to, and serious cases may even be brought to court. The rule that employees are prohibited from entering a certain place is the same as that ordinary small employees cannot enter the chairman's office privately. Once discovered, the consequences are of course the same.

Both Harry and Captain Jackson nodded, and they also noticed that the elevator that Delof led them to was obviously installed separately. Of course, for a research institute with such a large area, it is common sense to decorate multiple elevator shafts, so it will not arouse the suspicion of those who don't know.

In this way, Delof took out a bunch of keys and started the elevator. Seeing this scene, Harry suddenly burst out laughing.

"What's wrong?"

"Uh...it's okay, I just suddenly understood why the boss is so keen on electronic combination locks."

"Oh... oh! That's such a good thing!"

Then, the eighth underground floor opened the door for them.

The surrounding lights are always bright, not as full of atmosphere as the alien colony attacked by monsters, but it is precisely this kind of bright, clean and refreshing, when the elevator door slowly opens, it gives people A creepy feeling.

"O, M, G! What are these?"

Harry was here for the first time and looked around curiously. It is completely different from the ordinary laboratory image upstairs. As soon as you get out of the elevator, you will see a square water tank. The pure white flowers are floating in the water tank, the rhizomes are slender, the roots are densely developed and dense, like narcissus, the strange thing is that none of them are in full bloom.

"You... soaked them all in water?"

Harry asked questions like an ignorant child, while Captain Jackson looked around cautiously. Delof glanced at them and explained: "The original plant of the unknown plant discovered by the boss two years ago has not bloomed until now. , these are all clones.”

"Clone technology!? My God, so we are still playing with this technology at the moment!? No wonder... what about the next level? The boss is probably still doing human cloning..."

"Plant cloning...Harry, didn't your high school biology teacher teach you the concept of grafting?"

Captain Jackson walked silently, never speaking, but the corner of his mouth twitched.

"Ada!"

He yelled loudly, "Ada!"

With his voice, the other two immediately shouted as if they had just remembered the purpose of their trip.

"Ada! Where are you!?" It's his own place to decide, and Delof strode directly: "We have all received your message! Did you trigger the alarm? Why didn't you come up? What about the other researchers! ?”

The area of ​​the B-8 floor is not small. Harry walked among the water tanks and shouted: "Is anyone there!? Ida, did you run downstairs? Ida, you..."

"Come here quickly!"

This is the voice of Captain Jackson, and the two directors of the research institute quickly ran in the same direction!

"Did you find Ada!? She passed out!?" Delof was confused at the moment. After all, the only thing he knew was that the alarm was sounded. Ada didn't have time to leave any useful information, and the researchers were all Not yet...

"……What?"

Found.

Captain Jackson's eyes were heavy.

Dozens of researchers in white coats are gathering in front of the stairs leading to the B-9 floor. The door was closed tightly, and these people collapsed to the ground, obviously in a coma.

Harry came afterward and was completely stunned by this scene: "...this...what the hell is...what's going on?"

Sensing the concentrated gazes of the two, Delof took a deep breath, his face pale to the extreme.

"No matter what the situation... please notify Alice first!"