A Serious Generational Gap

Luo Xia's premonition was, evidently, quite accurate.

Skye had just been dragged out of the shipping container and sent to a sealed room along with the others. Then, as if a fire had suddenly broken out and the sprinkler system had been set to maximum, water smelling of disinfectant poured down from the ceiling, soaking everyone through to the bone.

After half an hour of this humiliating cleansing, Skye was finally taken to an individual room that resembled a prison cell and locked inside. The only thing that gave her a shred of comfort was that they had at least provided her with a new set of clothes, even if they looked very much like prison garb.

Skye's demeanor remained calm; after all, having grown up in an orphanage and survived to this day, her experience and mental fortitude were far stronger than those of an average girl. But composure could not improve her situation; the door to this cell had an electronic lock, and there was no possibility of opening it with a mere piece of wire.

Furthermore, the entire cell, aside from the door, was constructed of reinforced concrete, leaving absolutely no chance for escape.

How did it end up like this? After realizing there was no way to escape, a sense of panic involuntarily welled up in Skye's heart.

This was different from the problems she had encountered in the past; it wasn't something that could be solved just by forcing herself to stay calm.

For some reason, Skye suddenly thought of Luo Xia, whom she had only met once.

If only he were here... Skye muttered to herself.

However, Skye quickly shook her head, casting such unrealistic thoughts aside. Regardless of the circumstances, there had to be a reason she was brought here; it was impossible that they would just keep her locked in this cell until she died.

What she should be doing now was resting properly, maintaining her strength, and waiting for an opportunity to escape to appear, then seizing it firmly.

Thinking of this, Skye simply lay down on the bed and closed her eyes. She hadn't been able to sleep well at all while being locked in that warehouse for the past few days. At the very least, there was a decent bed here.

After Skye had barely drifted off to sleep, she didn't know how much time had passed before she was jolted awake by a loud noise. Before she could even react, she was grabbed from the bed.

Once Skye could see the situation clearly, she realized she was being hauled away by two people wearing white lab coats and masks, looking like doctors.

Behind her, two soldiers in camouflage gear, armed with live ammunition, escorted them the entire way, as if they would turn her into a sieve the moment she made any suspicious move.

After walking about two or three hundred meters and taking an elevator up several floors, Skye was brought into a laboratory. In the center of the lab sat something resembling a sleep pod, and five other human test subjects, just like Skye, were already standing in front of it.

Just as Skye arrived, the sleep pod opened, and a charred corpse was dragged out from inside.

Immediately following that, a second test subject was knocked unconscious while struggling wildly and then thrown into the sleep pod.

Looking at the unrecognizable corpse, Skye's heart felt as if it were about to burst out of her chest. She bit her lip so hard that the corners of her mouth began to bleed, just to keep herself from screaming, while in her heart, she kept screaming: Someone, save me! Anyone at all, please, come and save me!

Meanwhile, Luo Xia had already arrived at the perimeter of this restricted military zone. His Tactical Goggles indicated that Luo Xia was still six hundred and thirty-seven meters away from the main gate of the zone.

Although Luo Xia could see things with extreme clarity, at this distance, he could not use his X-ray vision to locate Skye.

Not long ago, the plan arranged by Matt and Luo Xia had begun to show results. The victims in those four shipping containers had been exposed to the cameras of reporters, and the police had suddenly transformed into heroes who had received a tip-off and smashed a gang transaction.

The reporters and police had both gotten what they wanted, and even if someone wanted to use money or other violent means to silence them, it was impossible to silence everyone overnight.

Among the hundreds of people involved in the incident, as long as one-tenth of them let something slip, this matter could absolutely not be covered up.

The injured and sick victims had all been properly settled; some of the others had returned home, while some were taken to the police station to give statements.

With over a thousand victims scattered in various places, it was simply impossible to silence them all. Luo Xia estimated that as long as the people at Global Consolidated Investment had even a shred of intelligence, they would absolutely not resort to any extreme measures while the topic was so hot, but would instead try every possible way to push the felony of human trafficking onto someone else.

And the best scapegoats would likely be that group of Russians who took money to do the dirty work. It was just unclear how much of the blame they would be able to shift away in their dog-eat-dog struggle.

This would be a bloody game of chess, but it no longer had anything to do with Luo Xia.

Luo Xia left the follow-up matters entirely to Matt, while he himself rushed to this military restricted zone to obtain the remaining evidence.

"Violet, can you hack into the system of this military restricted zone? There must be corresponding surveillance footage inside. As long as we get the evidence, there will be no need to risk an infiltration," Luo Xia asked.

"Apologies, Commander. The vast majority of my hacking capabilities come from the resource support of S.H.I.E.L.D. However, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the military have a non-aggression pact. I cannot mobilize S.H.I.E.L.D. resources to hack into the military zone's system. Doing so would immediately alert S.H.I.E.L.D. to the anomaly and might even expose me," Violet replied.

"In that case, Li Bai, I will have to have you make a trip. This time, you don't need to kill anyone; just find those people hidden inside and take photos and videos," Luo Xia ordered.

"This subordinate will certainly not fail the Commander's trust." Li Bai bowed to Luo Xia, then shifted his appearance and prepared to depart.

Violet, however, called out to stop Li Bai, and then with a clack, she detached her left arm at the elbow. "Take this. Whenever you see a computer, plug it into the host, and I can try to use my own calculations to remotely hack into this base."

Li Bai hesitated for a moment, then said, "To hold your hand... I fear that is inappropriate."

Luo Xia: "..."

Violet: "..."

An awkward silence lasted for several seconds, then Violet detached her arm again with a clack and used the same method to remove her left leg.

"Here, this isn't a hand, so that should be no problem, right?" Violet stood on one leg, holding her left leg out to him.

If it weren't for the fact that both of them were robotic in form, this scene would definitely have needed to be pixelated.

Li Bai took the leg, transformed into a wild cat, and sprinted toward the military restricted zone.

Not until Li Bai disappeared from view did Violet offer a very sincere suggestion: "Commander, please hurry and activate the other robots. I feel that Luo Fei and Li Bai both have a very serious generation gap with me."

"I... I'll try my best," Luo Xia said helplessly.

But in his heart, he couldn't help but feel a bit worried; each of the three robots was eccentric in its own way—who knew if the fourth one would be the same?