The main control room is located in the core area of the headquarters and stores a large amount of classified information. Cerberus had the authority to do so, so he readily disabled the security measures and led Han Xiao into the main control room.
Rows of large hard drives were neatly stacked like bookshelves, and various indicator lights flashed continuously. At the far end of the main control room were monitors and control stations. The style of the main control room here was simpler than that of the underground main control room of Stardragon Thirteenth Bureau.
Cerberus turned on the main unit, obediently entered a password of several dozen digits, and authenticated his fingerprint and iris scan. Actually, there was a hidden alarm system here; entering a fixed password was a secret alarm command to prevent threats to high-level personnel. However, for his own safety, Cerberus had no intention of causing any trouble.
He believed Han Xiao could easily kill him before being captured, so he didn't want to take the risk.
Thus, this alarm system became useless.
It must be said that Cerberus was extremely bold and lawless when conducting experiments, but when his own life was involved, he immediately became as timid as a mouse.
What do you want to see?
"A full map of headquarters," Han Xiao said.
Cerberus is activated, and a diagram of the headquarters' layout appears on the screen.
Han Xiao took out the Viper Modified helmet from his equipment bag, took a picture of the map and entered it into the chip database, automatically building a 3D map model. During this time, he was also quickly memorizing the map and soon found the place where Aurora was being held.
Thinking about the Child of Destiny mentioned earlier, Han Xiao wanted to go and see what was going on, but Cerberus said that only the leader had the authority to open the door to the Child of Destiny, so Han Xiao had to give up the idea.
"Open your classified intelligence database."
Cerberus did as he was told, revealing one secret after another to Han Xiao without reservation, exposing his Germinal trump cards.
Another goal he had for coming to the Germinal headquarters was to obtain this intelligence. Since he had altered the plot, Germinal naturally had some new secrets he was unaware of. Moreover, in his previous life he was just a player, so his intelligence couldn't possibly be comprehensive, such as the parameters of various experiments, the actual deployment of various plans, and so on.
When Han Xiao saw the exoskeleton device of the super soldier, he realized that it was indeed based on the technology he had researched from the Light Power Arm that he had once abandoned. He treated something he had already played with as a treasure.
Han Xiao recorded all the intelligence, especially the detailed information on the Dead Hand System, and handed it over to the Six Nations. This would create an unparalleled advantage and cut off the last escape route for the Germinal system. The more useful the intelligence he provided, the faster his own mission progressed.
And that's not all.
The Six Nations and Germinal all possess some Advanced Knowledge, and opportunities to take advantage of a crisis like this are extremely rare.
His goal is to Advanced Knowledge!
Han Xiao has always liked to maximize his benefits. He wasn't just doing this to save people, but also to obtain intelligence and Advanced Knowledge.
"Open the knowledge base."
The screen displayed Advanced Knowledge martial arts, superpowers, and mechanics. Seeing the dense array of professional knowledge, Han Xiao breathed a long sigh of relief, secretly thrilled. After several months, he could finally acquire new Advanced Knowledge again.
The Germinal Advanced Knowledge of Mechanic Class lies in manipulating the [Neural Link] of the branch.
[Detected advanced Mechanic Class Advanced Knowledge: [Neural Link], would you like to spend 2 potential points to learn it?]
"Sure."
[Learning in progress, please do not stop... https://m•hetushu. com•com...5%...43%...78%...]
[Learning successful! You have mastered [Neural Connection]!]
New knowledge flooded his mind. Han Xiao closed his eyes and absorbed it for a while, secretly delighted.
As the name suggests, [Neural Connection] is an important technology in biomechanics. It reads the neural signals of living organisms and remotely controls machines with thoughts. This is a revolutionary advancement in control technology, increasing reaction speed by several orders of magnitude. A new Advanced Knowledge represents an exponential increase in the types of combinations. Mastering a new technology allows for the fusion of more blueprints, and its improvement is undeniable.
"It wasn't easy. I finally got my second Advanced Knowledge. The last one was Advanced Materials Science, which I got from Stardragon Pit almost a year ago."
Han Xiao wasn't idle either; he also recorded the Advanced Knowledge of several other Pugilist Class and Esper Class. He didn't need it himself, but he could sell it to players later, the benefits of which were self-evident.
Mastering the source of technology is a monopoly, and it's also a capital to attract players. This is a core competency, and there's a huge market for it.
As players level up and start needing Advanced Knowledge, they discover that Han Xiao can provide it wholesale. The scene... Han Xiao couldn't help but worry whether his stats could handle it.
Intelligence and knowledge – this trip was a great success.
Cerberus, who had been watching the whole thing, suddenly felt a chill and asked, trembling, "You... you're Inhuman?!"
After this period of research, the major powers discovered that Inhuman possess the ability to learn quickly. Han Xiao's behavior just now was a bit suspicious, and Cerberus suddenly thought of this possibility.
Han Xiao suddenly had a mischievous idea, chuckled, and deliberately misled the other person. "What do you think?"
Cerberus's hands and feet were ice-cold at that moment.
If the organization's mortal enemy is an indestructible Inhuman, what's the point of fighting him?
Shit!
What's the point of fighting?!
This is fucking doomed!
"But... you appeared much earlier than the Inhuman." Cerberus said, then suddenly turned pale with shock, staring at Han Xiao as if he had seen a ghost.
Could it be that Zero was the first Inhuman?! Was the Inhuman Phenomenon actually spread from Zero, and was it actually his superpower?!
Ignoring Cerberus's wildly imaginative ideas that were taking him further and further away from the truth, Han Xiao checked the intelligence, confirmed it was accurate, and asked, "Does your mainframe have any self-destruct mechanisms or anything like that?"
"Who would be stupid enough to set up a self-destruct device in headquarters? They must be out of their mind..." Cerberus wiped his sweat.
At this moment, the Viper Modified chip completed the 3D map construction and was ready. Han Xiao then pulled Cerberus up and shouted, "Disable the defenses in area A-4 and freeze all surveillance cameras!"
Cerberus hurriedly did as instructed, then suddenly realized—Area A-4, wasn't that where the little girl with the life force ability was imprisoned?
"What you up to?"
"I want that little girl, let's go." Han Xiao pushed Cerberus out of the main control room.
Cerberus was stunned. He could understand Han Xiao's act of snatching the intelligence, but Aurora was a secret of the organization. Han Xiao hadn't even looked at the intelligence carefully, yet he seemed to know it all along.
So, was he chosen as a hostage because they knew he would cooperate obediently?
Cerberus felt a chill.
This feeling of being completely seen through was like a deep-seated fear that gnawed at his soul.
Cerberus proved to be a useful talisman, allowing the two to successfully reach area A-4. After navigating winding corridors, they finally arrived at the passage leading to the Aurora, where security measures had been deactivated by the back office.
The two arrived at the gate, where the guards stopped them.
"Open the door," Cerberus said, trying to remain calm.
The guard asked doubtfully, "Mr. Cerberus, I haven't received authorization."
"It's just a routine blood draw."
"But someone's already having their blood drawn..." the guard hesitated, but seeing Cerberus's impatient expression, he opened the door anyway.
Upon entering the room, Han Xiao finally saw Aurora. She was thin and small, with pale skin that hadn't been exposed to sunlight for years. She was confined in the glass-walled room, like a wild animal on display in a zoo.
The little girl was huddled in a corner, hugging her knees, timidly watching several people in white coats outside the wall. These people in white coats were pushing a cart full of tools, preparing for a blood draw.
Today she had to have her blood drawn again. Aurora vividly remembered the pain. Biting her lip, she wished the wait could last forever. But she knew that sooner or later, these doctors in white coats would come in and insert needles into her veins and bones, and she would watch helplessly as her life force turned into a bright red torrent and left her body through the catheter.
Aurora fantasized that her sister could rescue her from here, but she knew it was just wishful thinking. She didn't want her sister to be in danger while trying to save her. All she could do was appear optimistic and cheerful in front of Hila so that her sister wouldn't suffer even more and could have her stress reduced.
Just then, she saw the door open again, and two people walked in. She only saw a few flashes of cold light before the man in the white coat and the guard fell to the ground, spitting blood.
Aurora blinked, her eyes filled with confusion, staring blankly at the glass wall that had been blocking her freedom, which had been so easily opened.
A strange-looking man with a fierce and menacing appearance walked in and stretched out his hand.
"I'm here to save you, come with me."
Aurora froze. She had fantasized and longed for freedom, but when it actually arrived, she was stunned.