Chapter 508 - Chapter 508: Chapter 508: The Buried Secret (Part 1) (1/2)

Chapter 508: Chapter 508: The Buried Secret (Part 1)

In the basement of Brilliant Fortune Building, Mr. Liang was reading a periodic report sent back by Fang Pingfang’s investigative team.

Though they still had no definitive findings, evidence, or clues, Mr. Liang was particularly concerned about their group.

Their assignment was to investigate the giant raptor, a well-documented “blood-eating creature”. Moreover, Mijoe, who had a decent understanding of the fundamental qualities of “blood-eating creatures” and the unique new ant species “ghost beard ants” discovered by Zhou Rui, were both in their team.

Mr. Liang felt that Fang Pingfang’s team seemed particularly prone to encountering some “special events”.

These “special events” had been occurring continuously ever since they returned from their exploration of Qinling Uninhabited Area with a rabbit woodcarving last year.

Or rather, their troubles started the moment they came into contact with that woodcarving in a cave in Qinling.

Of course, for researchers, this could also be seen as a good thing.

After Zhou Rui sent one of the captured “Ghost Beard Ants” to the laboratory in Yangcheng for thorough examination, Mr. Liang also personally observed the ant directly.

Though this ant had a unique “antennae” and significantly different physiological habits from known ant species, he was pretty sure it was not a “blood-eating creature”. However, whether it had any correlation with “blood-eating creatures”, he was still unable to confirm.

After all, Mr. Liang was very clear that “blood-eating creatures” weren’t inherently such, but were all transformed from ordinary organisms.

However, when recalling the abrupt thunderstorm that appeared during their hunt for the “giant raptor” on Wushu Mountain, considering that Chongyun Mountain and Wushu Mountain weren’t far apart, and seeing a similar bizarre thunderstorm had occurred on Chongyun Mountain before, even uncannily striking dead two fugitives – Mr. Liang couldn’t help but conjure up a guess that made him slightly tremble.

Could the inconspicuous “Ghost Beard Ant” be connected to that…?

While reading the report, Mr. Liang faintly heard the sound of fine sand falling on metal from a ventilation duct not too far above.

The sound was very faint, almost indiscernible, and quickly disappeared. Mr. Liang paid it little mind. Such slight anomalies were common in the underground.

The various pipes, machinery, electronic equipment, and matching ventilation and cooling equipment could generate all sorts of noise during operation. His hearing was much better than the average person, so it was normal for him to hear some sounds.

He had great confidence in the security of this underground secret space. The entire security system was designed and built under his direction, and he knew the space here like the back of his hand.

Especially after “Teardrop” could be used maturely, this place was even more impregnable, in the literal sense, “not even a mosquito could fly in”.

He did not believe that anything – even a small special “blood-eating creature,” could infiltrate without alarming “Teardrop” or him.

As for the “blood-eating creatures,” he had a special way to detect them. If there were any “blood-eating creatures” here apart from himself, John Cavendish, and the remaining two creatures confined in a separate space, he would be sure to find out.

If John had mentioned the strange noises he heard when describing how he saw the hallucination of the “Rabbit Meat”, perhaps Mr. Liang would have paid more attention to it. However, he still wouldn’t have been able to locate the source of the sound, even if he deconstructed this place.

After all, the things causing the noises were not static.

For this underground space, the various crevices and tubes were now even better understood by Alice and her bald boss than its owner Mr. Liang.

…

In a hotel in Pengcheng City.

Xiang Kun, who was in his room, was waiting for the results of Alice’s mission execution.

Previously, when entering the “Super Sensory State” for the “Super-connected Objects” launch, he sensed the cognitive information representing Mr. Liang in the secret space under the building, knowing that Mr. Liang was underground at this moment.

So he specifically told Alice, if possible, to control the noise made during the mission execution, and not to stir up the “Emotion Infused Objects” characteristic of the rabbit woodcarving and produce a rabbit meat illusion that strongly affects electronic equipment and power supply like last time.

Although he thought that even if Mr. Liang felt and saw the hallucination like John did, there wouldn’t be any effects. After all, he knew it was related to the rabbit woodcarving, but couldn’t determine the cause or clues, and even more unlikely to think of what Alice is doing now.

But his main goal now was to get the data from the storage device underground. He wanted to avoid any potential complications as much as possible.

Alice, acting as though she were a secret agent like 007 sneaking in to fulfill a mission, faithfully executed according to his demands and methods.

Now, a sufficient number of “Super-connected Objects” had been deployed in that underground space, and in theory, Alice could control them with more certainty when executing the task.

As time ticked away, Xiang Kun occasionally entered “Super Sensory State,” appearing beside the rabbit woodcarving to observe Alice’s operations.

This time, Alice finally didn’t disappoint him. At almost six in the morning, she finally began to transfer back the data she “dug”.

Alice was very proud of herself, and in Xiang Kun’s room, she flash the light a dozen times, and then a voice was heard from the laptop: “Boss, I’ve done it!”

Sitting in front of the computer, Xiang Kun nodded and smiled, “I know.” In fact, even if Alice didn’t make any gesture, Xiang Kun would know as soon as she began to transform the data through her ability invocation.

“I expect to complete all the data transfer by 18:50 today. Your laptop space is too small, boss, I’ll first save it to other devices,” Alice said.

Alice obtained the data from the storage device through the “Super-connected object matrix,” then directly “encoded” it onto some electronic devices in the Brilliant Fortune Building, transforming it back into digital information, and then sent this information back directly using the Brilliant Fortune Building’s network.

If I were to give an analogy, Alice would be like someone sneaking into someone else’s field to steal wheat, and after reaping the wheat, she would use the farmer’s thresher, bag the wheat with their sacks, temporarily store them in the farmer’s warehouse, and then use the farmer’s truck to transport it home…

“Alright, transfer part of the completed transformation to me first,” Xiang Kun said.

He had been curious about the data in the secret storage device beneath the Brilliant Fortune Building for quite a while, so he wanted to see it as soon as possible to see if it could clear up some of his doubts.

“Alright, boss!” After Alice responded, the transfer progress bar for the first document swiftly appeared on the desktop.

Xiang Kun poured himself a glass of water and sat down, expectantly rubbing his hands. While waiting for the progress bar, he picked up his phone and sent a message to Old Xia on WeChat: “Are you awake?”

He knew that Old Xia was definitely as interested as he was in the data that Divine Technology and Mr. Liang had kept so secret, like some sort of forbidden goods to be offline and sealed.

Alice’s voice, however, was heard first, “Do you want me to wake Old Xia?”

“No need…” Xiang Kun replied helplessly, of course knowing why Alice was so enthusiastic. She felt like she had completed a “big task” and wanted to show off a little bit, hoping Old Xia would compliment her.