"Don’t act rashly," Ling Chen signaled to Tang Yuan to hold back for now; they hadn’t yet located Zhu Hong and Chen Quan, and acting hastily would be too risky.
Ti passed second by second, and those research personnel seed extrely busy, as if they were preparing sothing. Soon after, they all rushed towards the passage in the depths of the grave chamber. In the blink of an eye, the massive main tomb chamber was empty.
Entering the main chamber, Ling Chen looked around. Beside him, Tang Yuan asked quizzically, "What’s going on? Where did all those people go?"
"No idea, let’s find the control room first." Saying this, Ling Chen pointed to another passage, "Let’s head over there."
Having spent a long ti in the grave chamber before, the two were quite familiar with the surroundings here. There were only so many rooms inside the chamber, so finding their way wasn’t difficult.
Before long, Ling Chen discovered the location of the control room. However, what troubled them was that there were surveillance caras outside the control room, along with several n in suits guarding it. If they took action, it would certainly cause a big commotion and alert the others in the chamber.
If Chen Quan arrived, they’d be in trouble.
After so thought, Ling Chen pulled out his phone and sent a ssage to Zhu Qing.
Soon, there was a reply.
"Sir Chen and the others will arrive at the research institute in about ten minutes; we’ll act in ten minutes," Ling Chen said. As long as Chen Junfeng and the rest arrived in ti, they wouldn’t need to worry about Chen Quan.
Ten minutes might not seem long, but for Ling Chen and Tang Yuan, it felt endless. Looking at his phone, Zhu Qing had just texted that they had arrived outside the research institute.
Taking a deep breath, Ling Chen nodded to Tang Yuan beside him, "It’s ti to move." As his words fell, Tang Yuan didn’t hesitate, brandishing his dagger and charging straight ahead. anwhile, Ling Chen followed closely, swiftly entering the control room.
While Tang Yuan’s skills were enough to deal with these people, it wasted too much ti, and Ling Chen had to step in to help. Despite losing all his martial arts prowess, he still retained years of experience and skill, and handling one or two enemies was still manageable.
Inside the control room, there were three staff mbers in total. Ling Chen kicked the door open, sending one staff mber flying to the ground. Before the other two could react, Ling Chen swiftly moved behind them, clapped his hands together from both sides, causing their heads to collide violently, and in an instant, they passed out.
Having taken care of the staff in the control room, Tang Yuan also finished the battle outside the door.
After regrouping, Tang Yuan glanced at the equipnt in the control room and said, "You keep an eye on the outside. I’ll look for the program to open the main door."
Ling Chen nodded, turning around to head outside. However, before he reached the door, all the lights in the grave chamber suddenly dimd, even the equipnt in the control room lost power. The surroundings were pitch black, like reaching out into darkness.
"What’s going on?"
"No idea, seems like...a blackout?"
Tang Yuan spoke in a deep voice, "Why would there suddenly be a power outage? Those people just went to the power company; could it be related to their earlier actions?"
"Don’t panic, let’s wait and see, maybe the power will be restored soon." As his words fell, ergency lights on the walls of the control room suddenly lit up, including the ergency lights in the chamber and passage.
Tang Yuan couldn’t help but curse, "How could such an important research institute not have a backup power supply?"
Ling Chen glanced outside the control room and said, "Old Tang, I think we better leave quickly, the noise just now definitely caught their attention."
"What about the door? It’s not open yet."
"Forget it, saving our lives is the most important thing now."
Leaving the control room, Tang Yuan followed Ling Chen, quickly heading towards the outside of the chamber.
As they were about to reach the chamber exit, Ling Chen suddenly stopped abruptly in front, looking solemnly ahead.
At the chamber exit stood ten n, lined up shoulder to shoulder, forming a wall.
Damn! Still a step too slow.
Ling Chen furrowed his brows, slowly backing away.
"Old Tang, you head back to the control room. If the power cos back on, open the institute’s main door imdiately."
"What about you?"
"I’ll stay and hold these people off for you."
"No way! Your body’s in such a poor state, let stay instead."
Ling Chen shook his head, "Stop arguing with , you know more about computers than I do, you better go. I’m afraid I can’t open that door. Don’t worry, I’m still young and don’t want to die. Now go!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Yuan felt helpless and reluctantly headed back.
"Tsk tsk! Never thought I’d see you here," said a familiar, teasing voice. Ling Chen looked closely, seeing Zhu Hong approaching accompanied by a middle-aged man.
"Dean Yi, let introduce you to Ling Chen; I don’t know if you’ve heard of him, but he’s quite a well-known figure in Beijing."
Dean Yi? Hearing this title, Ling Chen sized up the middle-aged man and asked, "You’re Yi Haisheng?"
"You know ?"
"Not personally, but I’ve heard of you."
"Ling Chen, where’s your partner? Call them out; I’m sure you’re not alone." Zhu Hong said coldly.
Ling Chen shrugged and replied lightly, "He left to save himself. Zhu Hong, it’s been a while, you’ve really changed a lot." Back when he saw Zhu Hong at the secret prison, his body had undergone a bizarre transformation, making him unlike any normal person. In such a short ti, Zhu Hong’s body seed to have returned to normal.
"Curious, aren’t you? If you’re interested, I can explain slowly, we have enough ti after all."
"Since that’s the case, why don’t you tell about the cell culture liquid? Back in Beijing, you risked danger trying to get your hands on it, so it must be very important to you."
"You’re right!" Zhu Hong nodded, "It is indeed very important to . Through Ling Gengqiu’s severed limb, we made great discoveries in our research. Afterwards, I decided to personally participate in the experint. Fortunately, my luck was good; the experint was successful. However, I discovered the experint brought side effects to my body, causing changes over ti. To suppress this change, I must take the cell culture liquid to maintain my body. I’m sure you’ve seen what I look like without taking it for a long ti."
Squinting slightly, Ling Chen said, "You just ntioned the experint was successful. If you don’t mind, can you tell more about it? For example... your body’s changes, it mustn’t just be about strengthening, right?"
Zhu Hong laughed heartily and pointed to his face, "Don’t you think I’ve gotten younger?"
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