The girl gave Chen Fan and the three base bodies beside him a long look. Each base body wore pretty clothes and held an ice cream in her hand. Suddenly, she felt a little envious of them.
Seeing this, Chen Fan asked, "Do you want to come with me? I want to free you from the experiments."
Number Nine's body trembled, then she quickly fled.
Chen Fan opened the invitation. It listed a location: Gen Shima, Old Southeast District, Quartz Gate. The inviter was... Zacharias. Who it was did not matter. Chen Fan did not know him, and in Chen Fan's mind, he had already been placed on the list of those destined to die.
"Let's go. We're going to stop this banquet." Chen Fan headed toward the Old Southeast District. There were two connecting bridges between it and the main island, and Chen Fan knew Gen Shima's map quite well.
When Chen Fan arrived, he saw a group of Security Force personnel gathered there.
"Special Zone Security Force...? What are they doing?"
A small disturbance had broken out beneath the connecting bridge. Armored vehicles had been positioned to completely block it off, forming a barricade. There were also fully armed riot officers and people in protective suits designed for biological and chemical warfare. It looked like a city gripped by the restless unease of civil war.
[An announcement from the Artificial Island Management Corporation to the residents of Gen Shima...] A propaganda drone helicopter from the Special Zone Security Force circled overhead. Its speakers, housing small radio-controlled devices, continuously broadcast an emotionless artificial voice.
[Today, in the Old Southeast District of the artificial island, patients suspected of carrying a new infectious disease have been discovered. Due to the risk of the infection spreading, all access to the Old Southeast