Chapter 239 - I'll Get Him Out, Dead or Alive

Wu Zhong narrowed his eyes. Four hours? That was already too long, but he knew that travel time towards the facility was most of it. Qiao Muwei could fly in to the facility in an hour, but his men should still be ferried by company buses to get here. Tch, What fly in? The Sick Hall was burning and exploding, and the helipad was on top of it. How was Qiao Muwei going to fly in?

That also meant that he couldn't leave the facility as fast as he could. Moreover, he didn't want to abandon such a sacred place to his Wu family. He then smirked. Chuan Nayi was correct: it was either he won and live, or he could die trying. If that woman survived and he wouldn't, he could only say goodbye to his years of hard work.

Then again, it was too early to give up. If Guangru and Li Heilong were only starting, he was as well. He then looked to the side. "Prepare the speakers."

The soldier in the room received the order and hurried to find the people to execute it. He then heard the door open again, and Director Sun walked in with a guard. Director Sun was furious. "Mr. Wu, I know that you indeed value your work and you're working to salvage what we do here… but… may I at least get an order out?"

"Hm? What's wrong, Director Sun? Is there something that you want me to do?" Wu Zhong turned to the man who arrived, and he saw Director Sun hesitated a little. He then took a look at the consultant who was now calling the shots based on the contingency plans of the Qiao family. Director Sun really didn't mind as he didn't know what to do if they were fighting non-human entities.

"Mr. Wu..." Director Sun took a deep breath. "I want the elite squad to look for my son. He's not much of an asset, but he's the only one who never left my side. I heard he chased after Dr. Fan earlier, but I'm not getting updates from their group. The last was that Project Red Justice was given a maiden mission. Even that, we have no news."

Wu Zhong's eyebrows lifted. He was expecting the old man to do something outrageous like evacuating his people who could spread the truth to the people outside or terminating the people from Breakthrough to protect the secrets of the facility. But no… he just wanted to find his wastrel son…

Well, if Wu Zhong thought about it, it would indeed be a hard order to be taken seriously… since the son was a soldier.

"I can't send the elite squad, Director, but I'll get everyone—" Wu Zhong was talking when a radio sounded on his desk. He quickly grabbed it and ignored the director. Moreover, it was something more important. "Sergeant, what took you so long? Did she find them?"

"She did find Hades and Li Feng, alright." Song Qixi growled from the other end. "Li Feng and the two deserters were on the fourth floor of Rooms Hall, but we didn't get near. It's protected by some things earlier. I almost had Hades delivered earlier, but he escaped. He should still be in the Treatment Hall. I'm looking for him."

Director Sun gulped down the lump forming in his throat. "Is that Sergeant Song?" Right, Fan Meiling was with that man as well. He should have seen Sun Yinxie…

Wu Zhong only glanced at the director before speaking. "Director Sun is here. He wants to talk to his son."

Forced angry laughter came from the other side, and Song Qixi really didn't mean to do that so openly. He then cleared his throat. "I don't know about that. The bastard is on a killing spree. We're supposed to regroup with Five on the fourth floor, but he never showed up. Consider him dead."

"...did something happen, sergeant?" Wu Zhong frowned. Song Qixi was acting strangely.

"Did something happen?" Song Qixi's voice still shook with anger over the radio. Why wouldn't it… when he was lying on the floor, stroking at the only remaining parts of Chu Youlan? He couldn't track Liu Xiaodan, but he could track her through the lenses she wore. He was happy to find her not far away, but to find her with just her head and shoulders? Arms and one leg? Her entire torso was even torn away.

He only sighed, a smile so cold and murderous tearing his face in two. "Mr. Wu… I have to apologize. You value Project Hades, don't you? I'll just find another way to wreck the Song family open. Right now… I will definitely kill the bastard. Sergeant, out."

Static. Wu Zhong was only left with static noises as Song Qixi ended his transmission. The man brought down the radio and stared at the table for a few seconds. Director Sun wanted to ask if the sergeant said something about his son, but Wu Zhong was in deep thoughts. Before the director could say something, Wu Zhong turned to him. "I'm sorry, director. I'm sending you out along with the others."

"My Yinxie?"

"I'll get him out, dead or alive."

Director Sun was forced out of the room afterward. He couldn't believe that Wu Zhong had said such a thing. Actually, he didn't want to leave without his boy. However, now that the evacuation for the core people would start, he could only wait for Sun Yinxie to be brought to him.

Until then, he wouldn't board anything that would take him away.

He walked through the hall with his guard, but something suddenly shook in one of the floors of the Administrative Hall. The explosion was like military-grade explosives were used to detonate something. The director and the soldier toppled over, but the soldier was able to keep the director from hitting his head against the floor. The tremor was so great that they knew it was just on this floor.

"Hurry! Find out what that is!" Wu Zhong slammed the door open and instructed, causing some idle soldiers to run to the origin of the explosion. He then gritted his teeth before closing the door again.

"I need to get you out of here, director." The soldier urged Director Sun to move, and the old man could only get to his feet with the help of the soldier. They then ran on the opposite side of the tide of soldiers going to check out the commotion. Something must have blown up… or someone.

…

Liu Xiaodan continued to descend the stairs and endured the pain of the sutra. If he was being affected by it at this range, what more of Guangru? He had no idea where the child was or what he was doing, but if God Raven said he was down there, the father would only go there to see.

"Hm… it's Mr. Wuji..."