#2134 - Infiltrate
Swish! Swish, swish!!!
Beams of faint purple light pierced through the black mist in the passage ahead.
Instantly, sounds of "poof poof" and "squeak squeak squeak" came from the area shrouded in black mist.
After several rounds of volleys, the energy beam guns in the guards' hands overheated.
The guards changed magazines, staring intently at the entrance of the passage.
All openable windows had been broken, and the ventilation system was running at full capacity.
The black mist had begun to dissipate.
At least it wasn't as thick as before.
Through the black mist, the guards could vaguely see some shadows inside the passage.
What…
That is…!
"Swish! Swish, swish, swish!!!"
The next moment, a large number of Lickers leaped out of the black mist! They darted out of the passage and pounced towards the guards!
Because they had not yet reloaded their magazines and could not mount an effective counterattack, the remaining twenty-odd guards were instantly swallowed by the Licker swarm!
The Lickers' claws easily tore through the guards' outer protective clothing, quickly devouring them, and continued to attack the interior of the research institute's various entrances!
At the same time, in the central control room of Wanling Technology Company.
Seeing the situation at the entrance of Zone A through the monitoring screen, everyone's expression changed slightly.
In just a few seconds, the entire elite security team was wiped out!
Not even one survived!
The research institute's director, Ke Wei, was so frightened that his face turned pale, and even his lips trembled slightly.
"Does anyone know what those monsters were just now?"
Everyone looked at each other.
The branch's security director observed the screen for a moment, composed himself, and raised his head, saying: "Sir, that creature is called a Licker."
What?
Everyone looked at the security director in unison.
Ke Wei asked: "What is that?"
"Chairman Ji Haiting issued an urgent message two days ago, discovering artificially cultivated high-level life forms - Lickers. These creatures possess extremely strong self-healing and infectious abilities. In addition, their attack power is also considerable. The attack incident that occurred at the research institute a few days ago was related to these creatures. It is suspected that the manipulator behind the Licker swarm is named Fang Heng."
"The company is currently conducting genetic sample testing on the Lickers and has not yet announced the situation to the public, but the company has internally notified that any information regarding Lickers and Fang Heng must be reported to the chairman immediately."
Ke Wei frowned and asked, "Has it been reported to the chairman?"
"It has been reported as soon as possible according to the requirements of the crisis event manual. In addition, an unknown intrusion has been detected within the research institute. We have adjusted the threat level to the highest level, SSS-class. All non-combat personnel are being evacuated, and the external research building area has also been sealed off."
"Mm." Ke Wei nodded and said, "Activate the teleportation device in Zone Two and prepare for a defensive teleportation."
"Understood!"
After a series of orders were issued, everyone immediately went into action.
At the same time, Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei were groping their way towards the upper levels of the research institute.
Besides affecting vision and spreading pollution, the black mist also had one advantage.
It disrupted most of the communication facilities.
At this time, alarms were blaring throughout the research institute area.
Taking advantage of the chaos, the two secretly changed into the research institute's security personnel uniforms in the black mist, forcibly going against the flow of people, and running upwards along the stairs.
Soon, they saw a group of researchers fleeing in panic.
In the chaos, most of the researchers and staff assumed that Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei were company security personnel based on their uniforms. They only knew that the research institute was under an unknown attack, and they were too busy escaping to care about others.
They rushed to evacuate and escape along the safety passage.
Fang Heng gave Mo Jiawei a look.
Mo Jiawei understood Fang Heng's gaze, with a bit of helplessness on his face, he casually grabbed a passing researcher and shouted at him: "Stop! Where is the Water of Life project team located?"
"What? I don't know!"
Mo Jiawei frowned, raised his hand, tightly gripped the researcher's neck, glared at him fiercely, and said sternly: "Water of Life! I'm telling you! The boss told us to protect that thing! If that thing is gone, we'll die! Either you tell me now, or I'll drag you down with me!"
"Twenty-sixth floor! The Water of Life laboratory is on the twenty-sixth floor! It's no use even if you go now. The highest level of threat protection has been activated, and the entire S-level research area has been closed. You can't get in!"
Twenty-sixth floor!
Continue!
The two continued to climb up the floors, grabbing a few more unlucky researchers along the way to confirm the information.
That's right.
The laboratory related to the Water of Life was located on the twenty-sixth floor.
The two quickly climbed up the stairs all the way until they entered the twenty-fifth floor.
The passage ahead was blocked by a heavy metal door.
Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei exchanged a look.
"Try it."
"Okay, step back a little."
Fang Heng took a step forward, clenched his fist, and punched forward violently.
"Thud!!!"
A muffled blow!
A faint fist mark was punched out on the alloy door.
Fang Heng raised his head, and a long health bar immediately appeared on his retina.
The entire alloy metal door had a health value of over twenty million.
With one punch, the number only dropped by less than two thousand points.
"Can you handle it?"
"I can, but it will take more time."
Fang Heng said softly, looking around, preparing to find other ways to break through.
If it really didn't work, he would just summon another batch of Lickers and forcibly scratch open the door.
At most, it would just be a waste of time.
"Hey, Fang Heng, look at that."
Mo Jiawei noticed a fingerprint lock on the right side of the door and whispered, "It looks like an entrance lock. Can you find a way to unlock it?"
Fang Heng stepped forward and tried to study the electronic lock.
【Hint: Detecting that the player currently possesses the skill Lockpicking Mastery…】.
【Hint: The player's current skill does not match this high-level electronic intelligent lock. It cannot be used. Forcing use will greatly reduce the success rate of cracking.】.
【Hint: Current cracking success rate: 12%. Failure to crack may enter lock-down mode.】.
"It's not easy. I'll try it."
Fang Heng thought about trying it first. If it failed, he would just scratch the door.
Besides, Mo Jiawei was next to him. What if he succeeded?
Just as the two were discussing, a voice came from the intercom next to the fingerprint lock wall.
"Is anyone there? Great! Quickly help us open this thing! Damn it, why are they doing a drill at this time? My research materials have been delayed! Who can take responsibility if the experiment fails!?"
Mo Jiawei was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly walked to the intercom, saying sternly: "Sorry, before the drill is over, I can't help you open the door. Please wait patiently."
