Chapter 104
Even if one doesn't believe that the emotions from the previous era can be maintained into this one.
But the Raven was really reluctant to try.
It is human nature to seek advantage and avoid harm.
Mei immediately fell silent.
This silence is so unsettling; the research on the system that just began has been put on hold. No progress, and no research equipment. I'm about to unleash my husky spirit and start looking around for things to dismantle.
But after going around in circles, we found that there wasn't a single thing here that could be demolished!
Yes, I'm not referring to living facilities.
It refers to research equipment.
There wasn't a single piece of research equipment that could be disassembled into parts.
"This is an orphanage after all." MEI pushed up his glasses, looked at the little ones who were rather afraid of him, and sighed, "I really miss the Jackal's base."
"Take apart whatever you want from wherever you want."
"Tearing down anything here won't help."
Getting familiar with the orphanage was incredibly easy. Aside from the places you couldn't go, it was basically just the most ordinary place.
Take a walk around, and you'll know everything.
Places I can't go...
MEI pushed up her glasses.
His eyes instantly sharpened, like a wolf king getting a husky bloodline trial card. MEI felt like he'd discovered some blind spot!
"Places I can't go." MEI repeatedly adjusted her glasses.
His eyes flashed with a sharp light.
Why would an orphanage have places that are off-limits? Is this a sign of moral decay or a distortion of human nature? Why would a place that seems to be built with love have such strange places that people are forbidden from entering? What is hidden behind this?
Mei felt it was essential for her to make the trip.
'This is a place we can't go.'
The Jackal's base also has places that are off-limits. But the reasons are simple: they are either for disposing of biological waste, storing dangerous experimental equipment, or storing hazardous materials.
The restricted areas of the Jackal Base are nothing more than these things: danger or, in essence, classified information.
But it's different here.
What dangerous things could possibly happen in an orphanage?
Unless it appears to be an orphanage on the surface but is actually doing something else secretly!
MEI is very curious about this!
Curious!
She decided to find out!
What are the forbidden areas in Raven's Orphanage? The infirmary and her office. Mei wasn't particularly interested in the latter, guessing there wasn't anything there that would pique her interest.
But MEI was very interested in the latter.
Because this is...
"ICU!" MEI pinched her chin as she looked at the sign inside the medical ward that read "No Trespassing".
What is ICU? ICU stands for Intensive Care Unit! Simply put, it is the Intensive Care Room. Generally, the ICU is equipped with bedside monitors, central monitors, multi-functional ventilators, anesthesia machines, electrocardiographs, defibrillators, pacemakers, infusion pumps, micro-injectors, emergency equipment for endotracheal intubation and tracheotomy, CPM joint movement therapy devices, and other equipment.
With so much equipment, it's natural that we need professional staff to take care of it.
Putting aside the question of why an ICU ward would be found in a typical orphanage, MEI also failed to find highly professional medical staff here.
The orphanage has medical staff, but they can only handle minor injuries and illnesses.
Of course, minor injuries and illnesses like these don't require a trip to the ICU.
Moreover, this ICU doesn't just have a "No Trespassing" sign; it's a genuine place where ordinary people have no way to get in. It has combination locks, mechanical locks, and is completely sealed off; there isn't even a window.
No matter how you look at it, this place seems suspiciously suspicious!
It would be extremely difficult for an ordinary person to get in here.
But that might not be the case for MEI.
After all, she is MEI!
Raven has been having headaches and can't sleep well lately.
There's no other reason than that we kidnapped that PhD student.
Previously, everyone thought that as long as they could kidnap that doctor, all problems would be solved. The operation to rescue the Lord might not be easy, but with a clear direction and goal, everyone wouldn't be like headless flies as before.
Once the Lord is brought out of the Sea of Quantum, the World Serpent can announce their arrival to the world and to the Honkai.
Honkai countdown to Honkai has begun; an era truly belonging to humanity, where there is no need to fear Honkai, is about to arrive.
However, as an old saying goes...
"Ideals are lofty, but reality is harsh."
You'll never know what kind of ridiculous reason reality will use to beat you up before you experience its harsh realities. Just like now, after you kidnapped that PhD student.
Only then did I realize that this was just the beginning of the trouble.
She was unwilling to help and even caused some trouble, refusing to save the Lord and instead telling them to go find the enemy who supposedly threw the Lord into the Sea of Quantum.
More importantly, we can't give this person away now; keeping him will only cause more trouble.
I just hope that the Lord will deal with this person properly after he comes out.
And that SU...
That's really hard to find!
After all, he was a formidable figure capable of throwing the Lord into the Sea of Quantum, unless he himself chose not to reveal himself. Raven was unlikely to find him. And so, the search ended in failure once again.
The Raven planned to come back and visit the doctor.
I hope she will have an epiphany.
This way, you'll have less trouble.
However, upon returning, I realized that things seemed a little off today.
"Where's the Doctor?" Raven wasn't going to keep a dark face. She called over a child and asked, "Where's that Doctor Mei, the woman you were told to keep an eye on?"
When I got back, I didn't see the PhD student. I figured he might have gone somewhere, so I called the child over to ask him what happened.
These children looked a little scared.
The Raven did not intend to criticize them.
The children didn't like Doctor Mei the way they liked her, and that was simple. Doctor Mei didn't like children either. She rarely, if ever, initiated any interaction with them.
He usually wanders around here with the aloof air of a PhD and senior researcher.
Children are a relatively simple type of person.
They don't have a deep understanding of the behavior of being hypocritical; they're unlikely to be like me, forcing a smile and pretending to be friendly even if I don't like it.
If they don't like it, they naturally won't look near you.
"That older sister ran into that big white door."
Suddenly a child called out.
"The Great White Gate?!" Raven was startled. She naturally knew what the children meant by the Great White Gate. This ICU was a restricted area within the orphanage.
Children sometimes don't use the official names for these things and instead give them what they think are nicknames.
For example, the ICU, because the door was painted white.
So they call that the Big White Gate!
"Wasn't that door closed?" Raven asked, sensing something was wrong. "How did she get in?"
Raven thought this was ridiculous. That door was a very high-tech door! To force it open, you'd have to use a bomb, and ordinary bombs wouldn't work.
If a bomb can blow open the door, then this place is no longer safe.
They want to crack the password to get in.
In addition to regular passwords, multiple passwords are required, including fingerprint, iris, voice, and facial recognition. The encryption level is extremely high! There are also very complex mechanical combination locks.
Even if you want to get in, it takes a lot of effort.
Jackal patted his chest and guaranteed that if any one of these codes was wrong, not even a fly could get through.
Um...
It seems that flies really can't get in!
But the PhD student went in!
How did she get in?
That's ridiculous!
"Are you sure you didn't see wrong?" Raven said, her face even darker. "The Doctor went in? How did she get in? How did that door open? How did she get in?"
"That doctor," a girl said timidly, "Take that door down."
It was demolished...
Raven felt like he'd heard another joke. Tear it down! How heavy was that door? In tons. Without an electro-hydraulic door opener.
It's practically impossible for someone to open the door manually.
Not to mention demolishing it!
If that doctor had the power to dismantle that door himself, she wouldn't have been so easily packed and tied up! Are these kids sure they haven't made a mistake?
This joke is not funny at all!
It wasn't funny; after looking around, it seemed like none of the kids were joking.
All right.
It seemed like fate had played another cruel joke on her. A joke that left her utterly bewildered: the door that the Jackal had sworn to be absolutely impossible for an outsider to open had been opened.
The Raven couldn't care less about anything else.
She knew what was inside; it was something that absolutely could not be seen by ordinary children.
It was something she didn't want the doctor to see.
If that PhD student sees this, then nothing will be clear anymore.
Now, all she could hope was that the defenses inside would work and stop the doctor from going any further. She still had a chance to bring the doctor out of there.
Hope...
When the Raven reached the ICU, it discovered that the children hadn't lied, they just hadn't said the right things.
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The doctor did dismantle the door, but to be more precise, she removed the mechanical lock, while the electronic lock appeared to have been hacked.
The computer used for the hacking was her office laptop.
The door was ajar, and it looked like the doctor had been inside for a while.
The doctor can open this door.
It looks like it's almost done inside.
The Raven's heart is now...
We've truly hit rock bottom!
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