Upon entering Laboratory 101, Sherry Birkin surveyed the pitch-black space. A faint pale green glow flickered in her eyes, and even in an environment where one could not see their own hand, she moved with ease.
The other U.S.S. members switched on their tactical flashlights and examined their surroundings. More Umbrella personnel carrying various tools entered behind them.
"Miss, we've located the internal power supply and repaired the severed connections. Should we turn it on?" a staff member came over and asked quietly.
"Cut off the internal power supply again. Use the external power source we brought," Sherry Birkin said flatly. "Use the external power to reboot the mainframe here. Once we take control of all security systems, then activate the internal power supply."
"Yes."
Before long, lighting equipment was brought in and switched on. More than half of the laboratory's interior was illuminated, revealing the utterly devastated facility.
They were standing in a massive reception hall. In the center stood a statue that might have depicted a former Ssi-ruuvi Imperium emperor, along with reception desks and similar furnishings.
But everything had been completely burned away. Several corpses burned down to skeletons lay on the floor, apparently Xilu researchers.
Beyond the hall lay numerous laboratories, but every lab door was tightly shut, and the interiors had likewise been reduced to scorched ruins.
"They connected the automatic firefighting system to the automatic destruction system. When they needed to put out a fire, it sprayed water or fire-suppressing foam. When they needed to silence people, what it sprayed was lethal flame," said Ruper, the U.S.S. operative walking behind Sherry Birkin.
She was the captain of U.S.S. Delta Squad, known among her team as "Mother Wolf."
"If that's the case, the chances of finding clues are indeed very slim. Check whether there are