h4Chapter 679: Base 684 had an ident/h4

    Seeing Nanrong Wanqing stepping forward, Ling Chen, unable to persuade her, hurriedly followed her steps towards theboratory. Upon reaching theboratory door, Ling Chen stretched out his hand in front of Nanrong Wanqing and whispered, "Do you really want to go in?"

    Nanrong Wanqing replied discontentedly, "Do you really not trust me?"

    Ling Chen smirked bitterly to himself, now somewhat regretting it. If he had known this would happen, he should not have brought Nanrong Wanqing to the research base. This was only causing himself trouble.

    Thinking it over, Ling Chen dropped his hand which had been blocking Nanrong Wanqing, voluntarily helped her open the door, and weed her into theboratory.

    Ling Chen had thought it through; instead of preventing Nanrong Wanqing from meeting Zhu Xiaozhu and avoiding conflict, it would be better to let them have a chance to talk and possibly resolve their grudges.

    With this thought, Ling Chen entered theboratory, ready to introduce the situation inside to Nanrong Wanqing. However, at this moment, Nanrong Wanqing stretched out her hand, sping Ling Chen’s arm affectionately.

    Ling Chen was slightly taken aback by Nanrong Wanqing’s action, and then he realized its meaning; apart from a bitter smile, he could express nothing.

    "Ling..."

    At that moment, Zhu Xiaozhu walked into theboratory from the outside. Seeing Ling Chen’s back, she started to speak out of habit. However, as soon as she spoke, she saw Ling Chen and Nanrong Wanqing turn around.

    When Zhu Xiaozhu’s gaze fell on Nanrong Wanqing, her facial expression changed slightly, but it onlysted a moment before she regained her usualposure, with no signs of emotional fluctuation in her calm eyes.

    "So Miss Nanrong is also here," Zhu Xiaozhu said expressionlessly, her tone indiscernible.

    Nanrong Wanqing gave a light smile. "Miss Zhu, long time no see."

    "It has been a long time indeed. After so many years, Miss Nanrong hasn’t changed at all."

    "I haven’t changed much, but Miss Zhu... I’ve heard Miss Zhu is a nationally renowned traditional Chinese medicine doctor, with superb medical skills, congrattions."

    "Don’t tter me, I’m nowhere close to Miss Nanrong. Your Hongyu Group in East Sea City is second to none, iparable to anyone. Compared to you, my achievements are nothing."

    Hearing the two of them exchanging pleasantries back and forth, Ling Chen couldn’t help but feel uneasy for some reason. Complimenting is justplimenting, but the words between these two women felt terribly awkward, more like they were insulting rather than praising each other.

    Seeing that the two women seemed ready to continue, Ling Chen subtly coughed, quickly interrupting their conversation, and said with a smile, "Wanqing, Xiaozhu has work to keep busy with; let’s not disturb them."

    Upon hearing Ling Chen speak, Nanrong Wanqing, who was about to continue speaking, reluctantly swallowed her words.

    "Xiaozhu, you go ahead with your work, we won’t disturb you anymore." After saying this, Ling Chen, holding Nanrong Wanqing’s hand, walked straight toward the exit of theboratory.

    However, before the two reached the door, suddenly an unusual noise emanated from within theboratory.

    "What happened?"

    Ling Chen quickly turned around, looking through the ss at the busy people inside theboratory, and asked.

    "There’s a malfunction."

    At this moment, one of the researchers stuck his head out from theboratory and shouted loudly towards the doorway.

    Seeing the urgency, Zhu Xiaozhu hurriedly rushed over. However, just as Zhu Xiaozhu entered theboratory, she heard a loud ’bang’ and a white smoke crazily burst out, instantly spreading and enveloping the entire transparentboratory.

    Seeing Zhu Xiaozhu and other researchers engulfed in white smoke, unable to see anyone, Ling Chen became anxious. Without saying much, he quickly pushed Nanrong Wanqing outside the door, then locked the door and rushed into Zhu Xiaozhu’sboratory.

    Upon entering theboratory, a pungent smell hit him, and Ling Chen held his breath, shouting loudly, hoping to attract the attention of others with his voice.

    "Mr. Ling, I’m here."

    Hearing everyone calling out one by one, reporting their locations, Ling Chen immediately rushed over and safely led them out of theboratory.

    One... two... Ling Chen counted the researchers rescued, his eyebrows immediately furrowing.

    All theboratory researchers except for Zhu Xiaozhu were here.

    Xiaozhu... Ling Chen turned his head to look at theboratory engulfed in white smoke and rushed in again, calling Zhu Xiaozhu’s name loudly. But Zhu Xiaozhu did not respond.

    Ling Chen persistently called out, searching for Zhu Xiaozhu in theboratory. However, due to the heavy white smoke, the visibility was extremely low, almost impossible to see half a meter ahead.

    Moreover, the white smoke was getting denser andpletely uncontrolled. In less than a few minutes, nothing could be seen in theboratory except the smoke.

    At this moment, Kaelina and Hu Fei, having heard the news, rushed to the outside of theboratory.

    "What are you guys standing around for, hurry up and go help," Hu Fei shouted to his subordinates.

    "Forget it, let theme back," Kaelina said, "The situation inside isplicated, it’s better if I go in."

    Watching Kaelina disappear into the thick white smoke, Hu Fei turned to the few researchers and asked, "What happened in theboratory?"

    "Um..." The researchers looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.

    Seeing this, Hu Fei impatiently said: "So many people, and no one knows anything? At least tell me the reason, so I know how to handle it."

    "Mr. Hu, we were just conducting a body examination for Miss Xia, but I don’t know why, the testing equipment malfunctioned and wentpletely out of control, leading to a system crash. Besides that equipment, other devices were also damaged to varying degrees."

    After listening to a researcher’s exnation, Hu Fei pointed to the white smoke filling theb and asked, "And what is that?"

    "That’s an aerosolized anesthetic, specifically used to anesthetize the subjects. The amount of anesthetic isn’t very high, being in there for a short time won’t affect anyone, but with the continuous spray out of the aerosolized anesthetic, the concentration will only get higher, and the effect on the body will be significant. Mr. Ling and Miss Zhu are still inside, ording to the current situation, if they can’t get out in a minute, they are likely to be affected by the anesthetic and pass outpletely."

    Hearing this, Hu Fei immediately summoned a subordinate and gave him a few orders.

    After the subordinate left, Hu Fei suddenly remembered something and asked, "You mentioned earlier, before the ident happened, you were examining Miss Xia’s body?"

    "Yes."

    "So... is she still inside theboratory?"

    "That’s right. She is restrained on the bed, there should be no problem. Besides, since the concentration of the aerosolized anesthetic is getting higher in theboratory, there’s no way she could wake up."