60: Chapter 60 Virus Research Base 60: Chapter 60 Virus Research Base “Looks like our actions are now more urgent than ever.
Who knows what those deranged lunatics might do next?” Wang Li’s fists clenched tightly, the flame of anger burning in his eyes.
“Ye Chenfeng, are you prepared to join us in our mission?” asked Wang Li.
With the current situation, having an expert like Ye Chenfeng on board would undoubtedly increase their chances of success.
He had originally come to stop this act of terrorism and incidentally take away the Illusory Tree Root.
But there wasn’t a single building in sight; where could the terrorists possibly be hiding?
“Chenfeng, it’s really great that you can join us.
And who is this?” Wu Kunming finally let out a sigh of relief when he saw Ye Chenfeng nod in agreement with Wang Li.
It was only then that he noticed Fang Nanxiang standing behind Ye Chenfeng.
“This is Fang Nanxiang.
We were here with the same idea as you, to scout and assess the situation.” Ye Chenfeng spoke.
“But with the area being so desolate, where on earth could the terrorists be hiding?” Ye Chenfeng voiced his doubt.
“We’ve been here for over three hours already, and we really haven’t found anything.” A trace of impatience flitted across Wang Li’s face in the darkness.
As a member of the Huaxia Country’s Soldier King Group, anyone who was part of the group had to achieve a level of near perfection in all aspects.
It seemed that Wang Li’s mental fortitude was not yet unshakeable!
After a brief moment of contemplation, Ye Chenfeng recalled his past life where he had taken on numerous tasks—dealing with intelligent high-end criminal groups and mercenary groups.
If the intelligence Wu Kunming and Wang Li had received was pointing here, and the address he had been given clearly indicated this place, then the terrorists had to be somewhere in this area.
“If there are no buildings on the surface, could they be underground?” Ye Chenfeng mumbled to himself.
“Chenfeng, what did you say?” Wu Kunming didn’t catch what Ye Chenfeng had mumbled.
“Uncle Wu, I’m guessing the terrorists have built their base underground.
We need to perform a carpet search immediately,” Ye Chenfeng proposed.
“Everyone spread out and conduct a carpet search.
Let’s see if there’s anything suspicious,” commanded Wu Kunming.
Wu Kunming’s twenty subordinates promptly dispersed and initiated a meticulous search.
The intelligence received by their superiors this time was incorrect—they’d thought it was going to be a small-scale terrorist operation, hence only sending a member of the Soldier King Group, with Wu Kunming to assist.
Had they known it involved spreading a virus, they would have sent a military unit to cleanse the area, or at least ten or more members of the Soldier King Group!
However, it was all too late now.
Wu Kunming and Wang Li could immediately notify their superiors of the situation here and request reinforcements, but even at the fastest, that would delay things by at least a day or two.
What if the terrorists acted within that time frame?
This was not a responsibility that Wu Kunming and Wang Li could bear.
“Report, something’s been found.” A soldier ran up to Wu Kunming and reported.
The soldier led Ye Chenfeng and the others to the place he had found suspicious.
They saw that the underbrush and soil had been cleared to reveal a manhole cover-like metal, with an iron ring handle attached to it—presumably the entrance to the terrorist’s underground base.
“Ye Chenfeng, it seems your guess was spot on!” Wang Li promptly opened the manhole cover and looked down—it was pitch-black inside, with even poorer visibility than outside.
“Isn’t it too easy that we’ve found this?
The enemy can’t be that foolish, so there must be full of traps and mechanisms below,” Ye Chenfeng warned.
“Ye Chenfeng, even if it’s a dragon’s lair or a tiger’s den below, we have to venture down there,” said Wang Li, who without further ado, was the first to climb down the internal ladder.
Ye Chenfeng shook his head with a wry smile; after all, Wang Li was also a member of the Soldier King Group.
Given the dangerous missions he usually undertook, it was a miracle he’d survived this long with such an attitude.
Wu Kunming, who had gotten used to Wang Li’s ways in recent days, patted Ye Chenfeng on the shoulder and said, “Chenfeng, that’s just the way Wang Li is.
Don’t take it to heart.”
“Uncle Wu, we shouldn’t all go down.
Leave some men outside as backup,” Ye Chenfeng suggested.
Wu Kunming was in full agreement with Ye Chenfeng’s idea, so he left ten team members outside.
Of course, Ye Chenfeng also had Fang Nanxiang stay outside; although Fang Nanxiang was reluctant, he ended up obediently staying outside.
As Ye Chenfeng and the others made their way down the ladder, suddenly bright lights came on around them, and laughter echoed from all sides: “Hahaha, welcome to our Virus Research Base.
We will ensure you have a night to remember.”
Ye Chenfeng immediately surveyed his surroundings, noticing cameras and speakers on the walls.
He picked up a few pieces of broken stone from the ground and, without hesitation, hurled them at the cameras and speakers.
Bang!” The stones thrown by Ye Chenfeng shattered the cameras and speakers on the walls.
Meanwhile, in a large laboratory deep inside the underground base, a middle-aged Islander male saw the screens in front of him turn to static and couldn’t help but bellow with fury: “Damn it, I’ll make sure these Huaxia people won’t return.
Our plan is to be executed in one more day, by which time most of the people in the southern cities of Huaxia will have regressed to the mental age of two to three-year-olds.”
This middle-aged Islander was the same man who had appeared on the Tianwu Group chairman’s office screen before.
In that laboratory were also eight other middle-aged men of various ethnicities—likely from different countries.
At that moment, they were tirelessly working on the virus on the laboratory benches.
In the corner of the laboratory, there were three cages containing eight or nine Huaxian people, both men and women, in disheveled clothing, all with dim-witted expressions in their eyes, completely incongruent with their ages.
These eight or nine Huaxian people had been brought in as test subjects, infected by a new type of virus they had developed, which regressed their intelligence to that of a child’s.
This terrorist organization, comprising members from various parts of the world, was led by an Islander who had a criminal record in many countries.
This time, they had set their sights on Huaxia.
If their so-called virus spreading plan succeeded, Huaxia Country might face an unprecedented disaster.