Chapter 227
Whatever Ifrit wanted to know, no matter how absurd the question, he would investigate. This sincere attitude gave her a long-lost sense of security.
"Ifrit, I've answered all your questions. Can you get a good night's sleep tonight?"
She looked at the man in front of her and nodded solemnly:
"Um!"
Shi Lei glanced at the time and felt it was about time. He waved goodbye to Ifrit.
"You get some rest, I'm going back now."
She couldn't bear to see this man leave, and leaned forward:
"Wait a minute, big brother!"
Shi Lei had already reached the door of the observation room when he heard this, so he stopped and turned back to ask:
"What's wrong? Is there anything else?"
Ifrit seemed unable to meet his gaze, looking down as she hugged the rock sculpture depicting her likeness.
Will you... come again tomorrow?
Shi Lei thought for a moment, but couldn't give a definite answer, so he didn't rule out the possibility of a definitive answer:
"If there's nothing else, he should come. If he hasn't come, it means there's something urgent to deal with."
Penguin Logistics' Messenger, hired by Rhodes Island, have arrived in Trimon. Their mission is to locate the research institutes that are still secretly conducting human experiments.
As long as the Melander Foundation can provide a precise address, their Special Operations Team will not hesitate to go there and destroy the illegal human testing facility.
Every second wasted means an extra second of suffering for the Experiment Subject.
Shi Lei had a great influence on his experience at the Ursus Seventh Group Army biological laboratory.
Not only him, but also Texas, Lappland, Mudrock, Exusiai and the other three, all deeply hated the scientists who conducted human experiments and wished they could get rid of them as soon as possible.
Hearing that he didn't make promises casually like other doctors in white coats made Ifrit feel that this person was very reliable.
"Big brother, could you bring me some candy when you come tomorrow?"
Seemingly afraid that Shi Lei would misunderstand her as greedy, she quickly added after she finished speaking:
"The main problem is... the medicine is too bitter."
"Haha, okay. I'll keep an eye out for candy stores on the way."
Shi Lei waved goodbye to her and said goodnight. Then he left the Structure Department with the Special Operations Team.
They stayed in a hotel three blocks from Rhine Lab Headquarters, a ten-minute walk away.
In comparison, their squad received the best treatment. Other squads were stationed in the suburbs, enduring harsh conditions, searching for hidden human laboratories.
Kristen took a picture of the list with her phone, changed into a pair of flat shoes, and headed to the Defense Department's monitoring room.
Because it happened so suddenly, she pushed the door open and entered without being notified.
The employees were playing cards, completely unaware that their boss would come to check on them so late at night. Upon seeing Kristen, they hurriedly put away their cards.
"My lord, what Director General you here?"
"Go out!"
Kristen's eyes were cold; she didn't want to comment on playing cards at work. Compared to what she was about to do, it was utterly insignificant.
The Defense Department staff member sensed something was wrong and, with a forced smile, said:
"My Director General, please let me explain..."
Kristen's gaze sharpened; she didn't want to waste another word with these employees.
"Get out of here immediately!"
Being caught slacking off at work by the boss left everyone looking extremely embarrassed. Who would have thought that the Director General, who usually kept himself locked in the lab, would suddenly show up here?
"My Director General, we'll be going now."
Kristen crossed his arms and waited for the Defense Department staff to leave before locking the door from the inside.
She immediately pulled up the surveillance footage and compared it with the time information she had obtained.
There are essentially two possibilities for God's descent into Rhine Lab. The first is that He used the headquarters building as cover, landing and then hiding nearby. The second is that He was actually inside the park.
Based on the direction of observation, Kristen deduced that the first scenario was unlikely. Following the direction of the landing, one would reach the Central Plaza of Trimon. With so many surveillance cameras on the street, it wouldn't be easy to hide.
Tomorrow, we can use our connections to contact the Ministry of Transportation to investigate and confirm the matter.
The most urgent task was to determine where God was. Kristen had too many questions she wanted to ask the other person.
There were no abnormalities on the roads in the four parks.
The employees in the Engineering Department, Business Department, and Human Resources Assessment Department had all left work, and no abnormalities were found.
The energy department was brightly lit; Ferdinand must be working overtime.
When Kristen investigated the Structure Department, she finally found a suspect.
The drone spotted God shortly after the visitor entered the restroom. God then happened to emerge from the restroom shortly after his fall. The timing of their appearances was remarkably close.
According to the list provided by Muelsyse, this person is Medical Operator from Rhodes Island, codenamed Zhongli.
Kristen stared at the man on the monitor screen, her eyes narrowing.
Are you 'God'?
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Kristen sat motionless in the monitoring room, her blue eyes fixed on the screen. The various colors of light on the screen were reflected on her cold, stern face.
Before long, Doctor Zhongli and the other Rhodes Island operator...
They left through the main gate.
After watching the video, Kristen's expression remained grave. She paused for a moment, then took out the videotape containing the other party's footage and two backup tapes, preparing to leave.
The 'god' flew so high at night, it couldn't just be to go up and take a look, could it? Could there be a private storage room behind the Barrier Layer?
Thinking of this, Kristen clenched her embroidered fists; she desperately wanted to know what was behind the Star Pod.
Her boundless curiosity, like an invisible shadow, propelled Kristen to seek the answers.
"Da da".
She took the two videotapes and left the monitoring room.
The surveillance cameras here only monitor public areas such as the Rhine Lab Park and gardens. Due to certain special reasons, the surveillance footage of each department is independently managed by the department head and is not made public.
The Defense Department staff outside the door stood in a row, their heads bowed, like children who had done something wrong.
They were whispering in the corridor just now, wondering if the Director General, who hadn't shown up for years, had suddenly come over was because the surveillance cameras had recorded some indecent things.
A glimpse of the videotape in Kristen's hand further confirmed the Defense Department staff's suspicions. However, to keep their jobs, they needed to apologize quickly.
"My Director General, I'm so sorry..."
Kristen simply ignored this. Without listening to the rest of the speech, she quickly left the scene.
She has very, very important things to do right now and doesn't want to waste time on these trivial matters.
There weren't many pedestrians in the park at night, and the streetlights along the way seemed to twinkle like stars, illuminating the path ahead.
Kristen walked briskly to his destination and pushed open the door to the Structure Department with one hand.
The staff member on duty was taken aback when the blonde Perro woman barged in, and then said:
Who are you looking for?
In other Pharmaceutical Companies, every employee should know what the founder looks like. But employees of Rhine Lab probably don't have much of an impression.
As a renowned research fanatic in the scientific community, Kristen lived and worked in the laboratory.
Actually, things were alright right after graduation, but later I almost completely stopped socializing with the outside world. I didn't participate in interviews, go on television, attend parties, or go to academic conferences.
Many employees may never have seen her in person from the time they joined the company until they left.
The only impression people had of Kristen was the photograph hanging in the lobby of the headquarters building. But who would bother looking at that? They'd forget about it in a few months.
Even Kristen's college classmate, best friend, and founder of Rhine Lab, Saria, hadn't seen her for almost three or four years.
The Defense Department staff recognized her because there was a photo of her and the Director General in Director Saria's office. They saw it often, which is why they could identify her.
Although the head of the Structure Department, Parvis, greatly respected Kristen, he didn't display her photo. It wasn't surprising that his Director General didn't recognize him.
Kristen didn't want to explain too much to her employees, but simply stated her intentions:
"I'm not looking for anyone, I just need to use the monitoring room."
"Oh? La Signora, may I ask who you are...?"
She stopped upon hearing this, her calm and delicate face resembling that of A Thousand Miles Away.
"I am the Director General, Kristen Wright."
The employee on duty stared in astonishment at the familiar yet unfamiliar face before her. She had worked there for two years and this was the first time she had ever seen the boss.
"Sir, Director General 'm sorry. I didn't recognize you. Access to the monitoring room requires the director's fingerprint. I'll contact him to come and open the door right away."
"Need not."
As one of the founders of Rhine Lab, Kristen had access to all departments. She raised her hand and scanned her fingerprint, and the door opened immediately.
"Do you need anything else?"
"Go about your business and don't bother me."
Kristen said a few words, went into the monitoring room, and closed the door. She took out headphones from the cabinet, adjusted them, and started playing tonight's recording.
From the moment the 'god' was spotted at an altitude of over 5,000 meters to its landing in the park, the entire process took less than twenty minutes.
Kristen was able to easily pinpoint the time period during which Zhong Zhongli was in the Structure Department by simply calculating the time frame of the surveillance footage from the public area.
To prevent errors, she did not use accelerated playback. Upon seeing Zhongli enter Observation Room One in the shot, Kristen then retrieved and played the corresponding recording.
"Look at this."
The sound is clear and the picture is stable; it's very good.
Knowing Ifrit's identity, Kristen turned the volume up to the maximum and listened to their conversation. Perhaps the reason for God's ascension to heaven is hidden in this surveillance footage.
At first, she didn't notice anything unusual.
Zhongli sat on the edge of the bed with a bedtime storybook, telling Ifrit a tale. Fairy tales like Black Snow were familiar to most people. Kristen knew the rest of the story just from the beginning.
Until Ifrit said she didn't like these and wanted to hear some mythical legends.
Doctor Zhongli flipped through the children's books but couldn't find anything that matched. After a moment's thought, he gave the little girl a slight smile:
"Then let me tell you a few myths."
Mythological stories?
Kristen frowned slightly upon hearing this, pressing down on the earphone with one hand to improve the sound reception.
"Long, long ago, heaven and earth were mixed together. At that time, heaven and earth were in chaos, and the universe was also pitch black."
It was pitch black, devoid of any life.
There was a deity named Pangu, who, in a fit of rage, swung his giant axe and cleaved the darkness and chaos. With a deafening roar, the chaos began to separate. The light and pure elements slowly rose, becoming the sky. The heavy and turbid elements slowly descended, becoming the earth. Pangu supported the sky with his head and stood firmly on the earth with his feet. This was the original state of heaven and earth.
After enduring countless years, he collapsed from overwork. His breath became the wind, his voice became the rumbling thunder, his limbs became the cardinal directions on the earth, and his skin became the earth itself...
Kristen's expression turned strange upon hearing this; she had never heard such a myth since birth.
Pangu, what is that?
Is this describing the formation of the Terra Planet?
Zhongli meant that over six thousand meters was not just the height of the sky, but also the height of Pangu.
It would take at least hundreds of thousands of years for limbs to transform into the earth. Yet human civilization has only existed for a little over ten thousand years.