Chapter 72

Lin Chen flew toward the Sky Dome Villa at full speed,

the wind in his ears stinging his cheeks, his anxiety growing like vines.

The system kept popping up prompts: 【3km from Sky Dome Villa, detected thick smoke in the villa area, Purple Lightning Net energy completely disappeared, automatic turrets have stopped working.】 He gritted his teeth and pushed the flight skill speed to the maximum,

the scenery on the ground blurring into a blur, with only the vast white snow retreating rapidly in his field of vision.

Finally, the outline of the villa appeared before him—the once sturdy Purple Lightning Net had already broken into fragments,

scattered in the snow and sparking, and the villa's outer wall had been blown open with a large hole,

thick smoke rolling out from the hole.

Lin Chen's heart tightened, and he landed immediately; just as he landed, he saw a few zombies surrounding the corpse of a virtual bodyguard at the villa entrance, gnawing on it. His eyes turned cold,

mobilized his Absolute Zero ability, the chill at his fingertips exploded, instantly freezing the zombies into ice sculptures, and he kicked them to pieces.

"Xia Nuan!

A Kai!

" Lin Chen rushed into the villa; the living room was a mess, furniture overturned on the ground,

and bloodstains and signs of fighting remained on the floor. He ran quickly to the guest room; the door was open,

and it was empty inside, with only the laptop left by He Ximan still on the table,

displaying a string of garbled code on the screen. 【Detected a residual tracking program in the laptop, has been automatically cleared; current vital sign signals for Xia Nuan and A Kai are located in the villa basement.】 The system prompt popped up in time, and Lin Chen's hanging heart eased slightly, and he immediately ran toward the basement.

The basement door was locked, and Lin Chen mobilized his ability, froze the door lock until it was brittle, and kicked it open.

It was pitch black inside,

and just as he turned on his phone's flashlight, he heard Xia Nuan's weak voice:

"Lin Chen... is that you?"

He ran toward the sound and saw Xia Nuan and A Kai leaning in the corner,

both of them had wounds, A Kai's arm was still bleeding, and his face was as pale as paper.

"I'm here! How are you guys?" Lin Chen squatted down, hurriedly took out the Ability Energy Recovery Agent and hemostatic powder from his infinite space, and treated A Kai's wounds first.

Xia Nuan grabbed his hand, her voice tearful: "A group of people in black clothes came just now, they weren't from the Shadow Organization, the weapons in their hands could destroy the Purple Lightning Net,

He Ximan left with them, and before she left, she even locked us in the basement..."

Lin Chen's heart sank; it turned out He Ximan was an undercover agent from the beginning! He stroked Xia Nuan's head,

and comforted her softly: "Don't be afraid, with me here, I won't let you get hurt again." He fed them the recovery agent,

watched their complexions gradually improve, and then said to the system: 【Analyze the attackers' identities, track He Ximan's location.】 【Attacker weapon residual energy matches No. 127 Laboratory, suspected to be "Experiment Guardian" squad; He Ximan has left by aircraft, current location is the abandoned research institute in the east of the city, 20km from the villa.】

"Experiment Guardian?" Lin Chen frowned; he had never heard this name, but since it was related to No. 127 Laboratory, it must be inseparable from the secret of his own background.

He stood up and said to Xia Nuan and A Kai: "You guys stay in the basement, I'll go chase He Ximan,

and find out what's going on." A Kai struggled to get up: "I'll go with you!

" Lin Chen held him down: "No need, you guys recover well, guard the villa, I'll be back soon."

He turned and left the basement,

and just as he walked to the living room, the system suddenly popped up a prompt: 【Detected that the host's revenge mission is completed, and you have encountered an attack by the Experiment Guardians, triggering the "No. 127 Laboratory Unveiling" prerequisite. Reward: Laboratory Map ×1, can locate the position of the core data room.】 Lin Chen took the map, which clearly marked the structure of the abandoned research institute in the east of the city,

and the core data room was on the top floor of the research institute. He clenched the map, thought, and his body rose into the air again, flying toward the east of the city.

On the way, the system kept updating He Ximan's location: 【Target He Ximan has arrived at the abandoned research institute, entered the core data room; Experiment Guardian squad is setting up defenses outside the research institute, totaling 20 people, carrying heavy weapons.】 Lin Chen's eyes were cold,

he knew that this time he not only had to find He Ximan but also find out the secret of No. 127 Laboratory, and figure out who he was and why he was being targeted by these people.

Flying over the research institute, Lin Chen saw that there were indeed Experiment Guardians in black clothes patrolling on the ground,

the weapons in their hands exactly the same as Xia Nuan described. He didn't land rashly, but asked the system in his mind: 【Is there any way to avoid the defenses and enter the core data room directly?】 【Detected that the research institute has ventilation ducts connected...】