Laboratory Zero (An Extra Chapter for "Book Friend 2017****874")

Chapter 20: Laboratory Zero (An Extra Chapter for "Book Friend 2017874")

When he received the factory manager's call, Wang Khan had already known everything that had happened inside the factory, including Carter's fishing expedition yesterday. He had seen it all.

There was nothing to be done about it. Red Queen was simply that powerful. As long as something happened within the company, no one could escape her eyes, much less in a robot factory covered with surveillance cameras.

"It looks like we can keep Agent Carter under control for the time being, but since she's suspected me once, she'll do it a second time."

"Guardian, I suggest you eliminate all the spies within the company, including, but not limited to, those from S.H.I.E.L.D. That would be more beneficial to the company's development."

Wang Khan smiled.

"Don't worry. I'll deal with these internal traitors sooner or later. It's just not time yet."

After saying that, Wang Khan took a helicopter directly from New York to New Jersey. By the time he arrived, the local police chief was already there.

"Did you notify the company's legal department?"

"I did, boss. They'll handle everything properly."

Carter jogged over and followed behind Wang Khan, reporting the situation as they walked.

"What was the deal with that Maria? Why did she run into my private workshop? Forget it. She's dead already. Does she have any family? Just compensate her relatives according to the contract."

"Boss, there's no need for us to pay anything. We can now confirm that Maria Merlin was a corporate spy. She infiltrated our company to steal the source code for the Spider-Sense System."

Wang Khan immediately put on a shocked expression.

"A corporate spy?! Do you have evidence?"

"We do. We found a miniature electromagnetic pulse emitter on Maria's body. The documents she brought to the factory today were also forged. Once the police take over, they'll definitely find even more evidence."

"Fuck~~ Another damn spy. Is there no peaceful business environment in the United States? No wonder economic growth has been slowing these past few years. The pigs living in the White House are to blame!"

Wang Khan cursed angrily. Carter felt somewhat displeased, believing that a Chinese-American like Wang Khan had no right to insult white people like them, but he was her boss now, so she didn't dare contradict him to his face.

"What's the situation with the media?"

"I've already ordered a news blackout, but..."

Wang Khan shot Carter a glare.

"This has gotten so big that even the police have come knocking. Do you think the media are blind?"

"What does President Wang mean?"

"Expose this matter for me. Then notify the FBI and CIA. Tell them that if they don't give me an explanation, delivery of the Spider-Bots they purchased will be delayed. We're not short on buyers anyway. I just received a purchase inquiry from the Eastern Great Power last night, and I was worrying about having too many orders to fill."

Carter grew anxious when she heard that. The orders from the United States included S.H.I.E.L.D.'s cover purchases. If Wang Khan deliberately delayed delivery or sold the existing stock to the Eastern Great Power instead, they might fall behind in the intelligence war. For S.H.I.E.L.D., which depended on intelligence to survive, that was absolutely unacceptable.

Carter hurried off to contact the FBI and CIA. She even secretly contacted Coulson, who already knew about what had happened at Umbrella Corporation, though he didn't know that Carter had caused it.

"The department will step in and resolve the impact of this incident. How did things go on your end? You took such a huge risk. Did you uncover Wang Khan's background?"

"There are many powered armors in his secret workshop. He should also be following the trend and making Iron Man suits. From what I observed, those armors are extremely high-end, but their style is completely different from Tony Stark's. We also didn't find any technology from our academy. Perhaps my previous judgment was wrong."

"I understand. I'll report to the Director. Continue your infiltration. Your task for now is to earn Wang Khan's trust. You don't need to concern yourself with anything else."

"Understood."

After a great deal of trouble, the storm caused by Maria Mason was finally calmed. As for the impact outside the company, professionals would handle it. Wang Khan had no need to worry about it.

After cleaning up Maria's bloodstains, Wang Khan closed the workshop doors and walked over to an automatic lathe.

"That's enough, Red Queen. Take me inside."

"Laboratory Zero opening. Identity verification commencing~~ Guardian Wang Khan confirmed. Entry authorized."

The entire lathe began to sink like an elevator, carrying Wang Khan ten meters underground into a secret laboratory.

This laboratory had been excavated entirely by mechanical arms under Red Queen's control. Construction had begun after Wang Khan acquired the factory from Justin Hammer.

As for the workshop above, it was merely a cover.

Of course, fooling a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent like Carter wasn't that simple. Therefore, the powered armor placed in the workshop above was indeed Wang Khan's latest research achievement.

It was precisely because no one could possibly research several technological fields at the same time, especially when those technologies had little connection to one another, that Carter had been successfully deceived.

At that moment, the three scrapped planes in Laboratory Zero had already been dismantled. Dozens of mechanical arms, controlled by Red Queen, were rewelding and assembling the aircraft materials.

Wang Khan took off his coat, put on a white lab coat, and walked to the central control console.

"Have all the components for the Invisibility Field been collected?"

"They were just finished being dismantled. We finally gathered enough, but I must remind Guardian that these components are extremely rare. Three planes barely provided enough. If your experiment fails, we'll have to collect them all over again, which will waste one to two months. Please proceed carefully."

"Don't worry. I've simulated the Invisibility Field experiment two hundred thousand times in my mind. There won't be any mistakes... Let's begin."

Wang Khan walked to an experiment table and carefully assembled a small box thirty centimeters wide with the assistance of a mechanical arm.

He then backed away two meters and snapped his fingers.

"Begin!"

A faint electrical sound rang out. The next second, the small box, along with the experiment table beneath it—which was more than three meters wide—vanished completely.

Wang Khan smiled faintly and walked back over. He reached out and touched it, feeling the experiment table beneath his hand. He then moved his hand upward and touched something unknown. The experiment table and the small box reappeared before his eyes.

"Guardian, you succeeded. You successfully derived the cloaking device for the Quinjet. With this technology, even without a Quinjet, we can install it on an ordinary aircraft and achieve complete invisibility."

Wang Khan happily picked up the Invisibility Field box.

"The Quinjet's vertical takeoff and landing function is also very useful. The places I need to go don't have professional airport runways."

"Red Queen, continue assembling the aircraft according to the procedures. I can't wait to fly an invisible plane around the world."