A black car passed through the gloomy woods, following a forest path until it reached a windowless building that looked like a concrete tombstone.
The Special Operations Bureau agents stationed outside the main building immediately came forward. The car door opened, and Baili Qing stepped out in a white skirt suit.
She gave the fully armed Special Operations Bureau agents before her a slight nod, then looked up at the gray, drab sanatorium building.
"What's the situation?"
A field commander immediately spoke up. "An alarm was triggered in the Core Area an hour ago. At present, all patients and medical staff in the main building have been evacuated according to the emergency protocols to the 'Shortcut' transfer station and the forest shelter. However, one security squad is still trapped inside the building—the 'Dean's' monitoring team. They should have evacuated with everyone else when the alarm went off, but for some reason, they remained inside. The signals intercepted by the communications station indicate that they seem to be engaged with an unknown enemy."
Baili Qing's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly. "Are there any other signals in the building?"
"Only the 'Dean's' containment system is still issuing a containment breach alert. Besides that, the entire facility has shut down." The commander looked grim. "The Core Area is currently in a 'flooded' state, so we can't confirm what's happening in the office."
Baili Qing nodded, ordered the personnel securing the area to continue sealing off the facility, and then headed toward the building's entrance.
The security system had already been deactivated. Baili Qing pushed open the doors of Quiet Forest Sanatorium, and a damp chill immediately swept over her.
The first-floor lobby was deserted. Only the dim glow of the emergency lights illuminated the empty hall and corridors. Behind the reception desk in the