Chapter 271: Return

“Zhai Sheng, what are you staring at?”The others, seeing he hadn't followed them onto the elevator, asked in confusion.

Chen Ling silently watched the stretcher on the elevator, his eyes growing colder. He looked back in the direction Han Meng had left, lost in thought.

“My stomach isn't feeling well, I need to use the restroom... You go on ahead.”As soon as he finished speaking, he turned without hesitation and walked towards the lower level.

Zhao Yi had already been given a death sentence by the doctors. Chen Ling could accept him dying peacefully under the care of the people in District Three, and if Zhao Yi chose to leave alone to avoid implicating them, Chen Ling wouldn't mind seeing him off for the last time... But for him to die in such a disfigured state, Chen Ling found it unacceptable.

Chen Ling still remembered the old man from Frost Street who had desperately pleaded with him to secure a future for his son. He had promised Uncle Zhao that he would look after Zhao Yi, but now...

The sight of the unrecognizable black sludge on the stretcher reappeared in Chen Ling's eyes, and a surge of fury began to burn within him.

Chen Ling didn't care how many human experiments Aurora Base conducted or how many people they secretly brought in, but using Zhao Yi as a test subject and torturing him into that state was something Chen Ling absolutely could not let slide.

Anyway, the mission was complete, and Jian Changsheng had been personally sent back to the surface. What came next was his personal time.

The elevator, carrying Zhao Yi on the stretcher and Jian Changsheng, slowly ascended. The dark lower level once again fell silent.Chen Ling, with one hand in his pocket, walked deeper into the base. With a rip at his chin, his white lab coat transformed back into an enforcer's trench coat. His eyes in the darkness were as cold as blades.

Third Floor.“This test subject is problematic.”Several enforcers, hearing this, came to Jian Changsheng's former room. Seeing the scarlet bloodstains on the bed, their brows furrowed deeply.

“Although the blood loss is enough to be fatal for a normal person, a body can't just disappear into thin air... Even if it exploded, there would be clothing remnants.”“Also, all the restraints on this bed are broken. A normal person wouldn't have that kind of strength.”

“Could he have mutated after being injected with the serum?”“We can't rule that out... but if so, he should have already gone into a frenzy and rampaged, not vanished without a trace.”

“Are you saying someone disguised themselves as a test subject and infiltrated the base?”“Highly possible.”

“...Is he insane? If he disguised himself as a test subject, he'd have to undergo the fusion experiment. Wasn't he afraid of being killed outright? Or turning into a monster? The risk is too great...”

“This isn't the time to discuss that. Immediately search the entire third floor! See if there are any blind spots we missed!”

Numerous enforcers immediately dispersed, searching everywhere for the test subject's possible hiding place. One enforcer, carrying a kerosene lamp, circled the room, then slowly knelt down and began inspecting the underside of the bed with the dim light.

“There's someone here!” His peripheral vision caught something under the bloodstained bed, and he immediately shouted!He dragged the person out from under the bed and discovered it was a stunned researcher. His expression immediately changed.

“Did any researchers leave the base just now?”

“Yes! There were three or four people who came out of Lab 1. Dr. Yi was there too... They said the test subject died during the experiment and needed to be immediately cremated to prevent bacterial spread... They should already be on the elevator now!”

“What??”At this, the faces of all the enforcers changed, especially Qiong Xuan, who had just come from the Fourth Floor checkpoint. Hearing this, he exploded in rage.

“What are you waiting for?! Go after them!”

The two Grade Six enforcers finally snapped out of it and rushed towards the elevator with several of their subordinates. Only a little over a minute had passed since the bloodstains were discovered, but that was enough time for those people to reach the surface and make a clean getaway... They had never imagined the enemy would infiltrate the base in such an unbelievable way, then leave without a sound.

Qiong Xuan was absolutely livid now. He had only been at Aurora Base for a few hours, and an invasion, something unheard of for years, had occurred. The most crucial part was that the enemy had brazenly escaped...

Even now, they didn't know the enemy's objective or how they had cut off the base's power supply!

For Qiong Xuan, the captain of security, this was an absolute disgrace!

The more Qiong Xuan thought about it, the angrier he became. If those people truly escaped, he wouldn't be captain of security for much longer, and he might even face punishment from Tan Xin... He was already not trusted by Tan Xin, and a vice-captain had even been parachuted in to counterbalance him. With that person's cunning, a little manipulation of this incident could ruin him completely.

“A bunch of useless idiots!” Qiong Xuan couldn't help but curse. “Forget it... I'll go after them myself!”

The terrifying pressure of a Grade Seven poured out from Qiong Xuan. A colossal wolf shadow flashed behind him. His body transformed into a bolt of lightning, crossing the entire floor in an instant, charging towards the elevator.

Meanwhile,The kerosene lamp swayed violently with heavy footsteps, illuminating a corner of the enforcer's trench coat. Han Meng reached the third floor of the base, his face as grim as water.

He sensed the terrifying aura rushing towards him, and his expression instantly changed. After a slight sidestep, the bolt of lightning zipped past him, and at the same time, Qiong Xuan's voice rang out:

“I'm going after the escaping intruders! Vice-Captain Han Meng! Maintain order in the base and wait for my return!”

Han Meng watched the figure vanish in an instant, his eyes narrowing slightly...

Chen Ling, who had just descended from the first to the second floor, also felt that fleeting terrifying aura. The bolt of lightning didn't even wait for the elevator, instead directly plunging into the deep shaft leading to the surface, chasing along the smooth vertical walls in the blink of an eye!

The hem of Chen Ling's enforcer coat flapped in the strong wind. He looked back at the scene, and a glint of surprise flickered in his eyes.

So this is the power of a Grade Seven Sky Wolf... At this speed, it seems Jian Changsheng could genuinely be caught.

When Chen Ling had devised this escape plan, he had considered that the enforcers would react quickly. That's why he had Jian Changsheng leave so many bloodstains to attract their attention as much as possible, thereby concealing the white lab coat hidden under the bed... However, these enforcers were experienced after all, and their reaction speed was even faster than Chen Ling had anticipated.

Furthermore, he hadn't expected Qiong Xuan, a Grade Seven security captain, to personally pursue the "enemy"... It seemed he was truly enraged.

From this perspective, his sudden return was undoubtedly a very correct decision. Now, everyone in the base thought the intruder had escaped via the elevator, and several high-grade powerhouses were successively chasing Jian Changsheng. This was precisely when the base's defenses were at their weakest.

Danger doesn't disappear, it only shifts. And now... well... the danger seems to have all shifted onto Jian Changsheng, who was thought to be safe?

Hope little Jian is alright (hands clasped in prayer).

Chen Ling's eyes narrowed slightly, his gaze falling upon the explosives on the second floor that had just been manufactured but hadn't yet been sent back to the surface...