1370 Protecting the Secret First
Chu Nan watched as the young woman called Nina walked into an open door beside the passageway. He hesitated for a moment and did not climb in.
Apart from the fact that the opening of the door was not high and the gap left for him to climb in was not large, the most important reason was that he clearly sensed two powerful auras coming from inside.
He was very familiar with one of the auras. It was Dr. Querzaros, who had followed him all the way here.
Seeing the door close again, Chu Nan thought for a moment and quietly climbed to the wall outside the door. As he continued to maintain the Hidden Dragon Reconnaissance cultivation method to hide, he pressed his ear against the gap in the middle of the door and tried his best to listen to the voice coming from inside.
Perhaps it was because he was building a base underground, but this door could not be completely sealed like many high-secret places. A voice could still be heard from the gap. Although it was not clear, when it entered Chu Nan’s ears, he could still hear what was being said with his super hearing.
Clearly, it was not only Nina and the two people inside, including Dr. Querzaros, who could hear the breathing of several others.
Chu Nan listened for a while and discovered that it was mainly the other person emitting a powerful aura who was talking. Occasionally, others would answer his questions and he even heard Nina answer two questions.
The problem was mainly focused on some specific work matters that included many professional terms. Although Chu Nan could know what was said with the help of his personal terminal, he could not understand what it meant.
“If Angie Prairie was here, she should be able to figure it out, right?”
Because he did not understand, Chu Nan was a little bored, but he did not dare to miss much and could only continue to focus on listening.
Fortunately, these work matters did not take long. After the other person with a powerful aura communicated with some of his subordinates, including Nina, he suddenly turned to Dr. Querzaros.
“The doctor has just returned with the latest news that’s disadvantageous to us. It’s best for you to listen. Doctor, tell everyone.”
“Alright.” Dr. Querzaros, who had been silent, finally spoke. As soon as he spoke, it was obvious that he shocked the others, “What I want to tell you is that I encountered the enemy.”
Exclamations immediately sounded in the room, and then many people whispered. It seemed that this news had shocked the others.
“Quiet.” The person with a powerful aura raised his voice and suppressed everyone’s voice, “Listen carefully to the doctor.”
Silence slowly returned to the room before Dr. Querzaros spoke again.
“Although the enemies I encountered were only two young people who looked to be less than 20 years old, they were both very powerful martial artists. I could not even defeat him after transforming into the third form and could only choose to retreat immediately.”
If what Dr. Querzaros had said had already shocked the others, then now that he said this, it completely stunned everyone.
A cry of surprise that was much louder and sharper than before sounded in the room. Many people even shouted, “This is impossible”, “This is too unbelievable”… and so on. Clearly, they could not accept what Dr. Querzaros said for a moment.
This time, Dr. Querzaros did not wait for that person to silence everyone. Instead, he directly raised his voice and shouted softly, “Don’t doubt it, this is the truth. If I’m not wrong, those two young people should be the young genius martial artists participating in the Declan Empire’s Garden Hunting Assembly this time. The two of them are very strong, and they might be one of the strongest few among all the young geniuses participating in the Garden Hunting Assembly. It’s not strange for them to defeat me. Moreover, the problem we need to consider now is not that I’m defeated, but how many powerful fellows like them have entered the 40th floor.”
“The doctor is right.” The other person with a powerful aura continued, “In order to ensure that this retreat is smooth and protect the secret here from being discovered, we have to figure out how many rats have barged in at this stage and capture or kill them as much as possible. At the very least, we can’t let them discover our secret here. Therefore…”
“Director Romon, I have to remind you.” Dr. Querzaros interrupted him, “Those two young fellows discovered me in our previous abandoned base. It’s very likely that they followed those birds into the abandoned base. It’s very likely that they’ve already discovered a portion of our secrets, so I first propose to find them and capture them alive.”
The aura on that Director Romon’s body suddenly increased, and it actually instantly surpassed Dr. Querzaros.
After a moment of silence, he continued in a low voice, “Doctor, I agree with your judgment, but I have reservations about your suggestion. In the current situation, our top priority is to protect this place, not to help you capture people. If we really can’t ensure that the secrets here are not leaked, the first thing we have to do is to destroy this place. If we capture those two people or kill them, it’s very likely to expose our existence even more and let them discover our secret. If the situation here is known by the Declan Empire and the Noctem Chamber of Commerce, you should know how serious the consequences will be.”
This time, it was Dr. Querzaros who fell silent.
After a long time, he sighed softly and said, “Alright, I admit that I was blinded by my personal desire. That’s right, what we have to do first is to protect this place. Then, I propose to immediately send more mutated beasts to attack and bombard all the teleportation doors leading to the upper floor as soon as possible. Now that those two young people have already barged in, more people will definitely barge in one after another. There are even many people who have already barged in. If we don’t move quickly enough, the secret here is very likely to be discovered and exposed.”
“The doctor is right.” Director Romon continued, “Therefore, gathering you now requires you to mobilize all the mutated beasts in the shortest period of time and inject the basic chips into their bodies to let them assist in destroying the teleportation door. I’ll give you at most a day to prepare because according to my estimation, we can only have three to five days to evacuate. In five days at most, this base will be completely sealed. Everyone has to evacuate. Nina, do you have any objections?”
“Director, a day is not enough. You know that many mutated beasts are still in the first stage of transformation and can’t even endure the genetic conflict brought about by the biological chip. If they’re forcefully injected, it’s very likely that they’ll die.”
“Then let them die,” Director Romon said coldly.
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