Chapter 869: Starry Splendor (Part 11)

In the dimly lit research base, researchers left one after another.

Dr. Dora pushed open the glass door of the office and said to the last person inside: "Betty, I'm leaving first. Give me the data on the Mercury base orbit tomorrow morning."

"Understood, Dr. Dora." The female researcher called Betty nodded and said: "And the data on the cruise robots for the Mercury base sent by the United Nations aerospace commissioner yesterday, I will give it to you tomorrow together. You can hand it up."

"Thanks for your hard work." Dora smiled, closed the door, and left.

Walking in the corridor, she smoothed her hair and shook her head, feeling as if it were a lifetime ago, as if her legendary experience of betraying the Life Foundation, finding the reporter Eddie, and the two of them working together to expose the conspiracy of the Life Foundation's boss was still yesterday.

Now, Dr. Dora has become a researcher in the oxygen circulation system project team of the Mercury base, mainly responsible for research in the direction of human livability in the solar system. In just one year, she has handled three or four first-level projects. If there are no accidents, she will become the main person in charge of this base within this year.

Just as she was thinking about this, her phone rang. Dora picked up the phone and found that the caller was Eddie Brock. She picked up the phone and said: "Hello? Mr. Eddie, what's wrong?"

"What?!! Someone wants to steal information about the Mercury base orbit???!! Why? What do they want this information for?!"

"They want to launch a special device to approach the Sun? Then launch it, why come to us?... What did you say? They are not personnel of the solar system development plan? Want to launch it secretly???"

"Don't worry, our technology and research data are strictly confidential. It is absolutely impossible for anyone to get the information!"

Dora's expression was very firm. She said: "You should know my character. I absolutely do not allow despicable people to destroy the future of humanity. I will definitely defend information and data security, just like we did in the Life Foundation's base!"

Suddenly, her expression became a bit strange again. She paused and said: "... What did you say? Eddie, you... are you drunk? You want us to deliberately leak the data??"

"Oh, I understand!" Dora revealed a sudden realization, saying: "You want me to change the data and give them wrong data, right? In that case, they will definitely fail!"

"What??? Give them real data?!... Ah?! There's such a thing?!... Oh, I understand, top-secret plan, right?"

"They really have nothing to do! What's wrong with mutants? Several of my colleagues are mutants. I'm not a mutant-hating extremist..."

"Jesus, so that's it. It really is like something that bunch in the military would do... Tell me in detail, how do I cooperate with you?"

While talking on the phone, Dora walked around the corner of the corridor and disappeared into the base, but the corridor didn't stay quiet for long. Soon, another female voice came from the office at the end.

"No! You lunatic! I will never give you the data!!!" In the office, Betty gritted her teeth and said: "Ross!! You bastard!! Don't even think about forcing me to do things for you!... Father?? You actually dare to mention the word father?!"

"In short, I will never give you the data in my hand! Don't even think about using me to realize your evil plan!!!"

Betty hung up the phone hatefully. Subsequently, her hands fell weakly, the phone fell on the desktop, she supported the desktop with both hands, and began to sob in a low voice.

In the dark office, only her lonely figure could be seen. Betty's shoulders kept trembling, and finally, she covered her mouth with her hands, sat in the chair, lay on the table, and began to cry.

With a "buzz", the phone screen lit up. Betty, who was crying, raised her head, wiped her tears with the back of her hand, took the phone, and a text message appeared on it: "Dear, I have already booked the restaurant. Let's go eat together tonight?"

The sender's name was written "Bruce Banner". Seeing this familiar name, Betty not only didn't feel any better, but sobbed even more.

Half a minute later, the phone rang again. Betty pressed the answer button, and Banner's warm voice came from the other side. He said: "Dear, what's wrong? Why don't you reply to my message?"

"I heard that a new Belgian restaurant opened in Manhattan, and the reviews are very good. I spent a lot of effort to get a reservation quota. What do you want to eat? I can go order first."

Betty swallowed hard, trying hard to adjust her voice so she wouldn't choke, and said: "I'm not feeling well, I... let's change it to another day..."

Banner was silent for a while. Betty hurriedly remedied: "Dear, I know you really want to see me, and I know the reservation quota for popular restaurants is very precious, but I'm really busy with work recently. You know about the Mercury base..."

"I know, dear." Banner's voice always carried a gentle and firm power. He said: "Don't worry, no quota is as precious as you. You rest well, we'll talk another day."

Hanging up the phone, Betty could no longer stop her crying.

And at this time, his phone rang again, and it was a continuous "buzzing" sound. Several messages appeared on the screen.

"Betty Ross! Why did you block my phone number?!"

"Do you think doing this is useful?!!"

"I am your father!! You are defying your father!!"

"Aren't you my daughter? Why won't you listen to me?! You are surnamed Ross!!!"

Why don't you consider the future of humanity?! Don't you know that what I am doing now is entirely for the safety of humanity?!!"

Hearing the sound of the text messages, Betty was like crazy. She grabbed her hair and retreated, squatted on the ground, began to wail, as if she had hallucinations, constantly waving her arms.

The document data placed on the table was knocked to the ground and flew up, like a shackle, binding Betty's hands, making her only able to fall to the ground, curl up her body, and sob in a low voice.

When Bruce Banner arrived, this was the scene he saw.

He immediately rushed in, helped his lover up, kept patting Betty on the back, and smoothed her breath, but Betty seemed to be choking, coughing constantly, and the paroxysmal convulsions brought by crying made her start to retch on the ground.

Banner, who didn't know what was going on, was very anxious. He knelt down halfway, hugged Betty and said: "It's okay, it's okay, dear, I'm here, don't be afraid..."

Betty stopped retching, but her body was still shaking. Banner really couldn't understand what was going on, but he didn't dare to rashly stimulate Betty, so he took out his phone and dialed a number.

About ten minutes later, Schiller appeared at the door of the office. After he walked in, he saw Banner hugging his girlfriend, the two leaning against each other. Schiller opened his eyes wide and said: "What's going on? Why did Miss Ross suddenly..."

Banner turned his head and looked at Schiller, saying: "I don't know what's going on either. When I called her just now, I found her tone was a bit wrong, so I rushed over, but I didn't expect her to keep crying, and her whole body was shaking..."

Just at this time, the phone screen lit up again. Schiller, who was standing by the desk, turned his head and saw the dense text messages on it.

Schiller picked up the phone. Because it was not unlocked, he could only see the few messages on the screen, but just by these few messages, he understood what was going on.

He stepped forward, patted Banner on the shoulder and said: "First put Miss Ross flat. If you hold her like this, she won't be able to breathe."

Then, Schiller took out a stethoscope, listened to Betty's heartbeat, checked her pupils, and said to Banner: "Now, I'm going to give you this phone, but if you read the content on it, you will likely feel very angry..."

"You should know that your mental state is also unstable. I can't deal with two mental patients at the same time, especially when one of them is infinitely powerful."

Banner took a deep breath and said: "Since the last time Hulk came out to vent his anger, his state has been relatively stable. I try to control my emotions as much as possible. If it really doesn't work, you can contact Professor X and knock me out before I completely release my power..."

Schiller paused, but still handed the phone to Banner, and then he saw Banner's chest heaving like an overclocked blower, clearly very angry.

The screen was full of words from Betty's father, General Ross, scolding Betty. He kept forcing her, hoping she would hand over some kind of data.

Banner threw the phone heavily to the ground, but at this time, Betty wanted to grab the phone with her hand. Banner hurriedly stopped her. Betty lay in his arms crying and said: "If I don't reply to him, he will send someone to find me. He might find my residence. My landlord will drive me out..."

Schiller looked at Banner and said: "Miss Ross's father's behavior already involves mental abuse. I'm afraid that during this period of time, he has been forcing Miss Ross to hand over something and has taken many harassing measures."

"Now it seems that Miss Ross may have developed panic disorder. If not treated, it may lead to a long-term state of anxiety. If you want to solve this matter, you still have to start with the trouble she encountered."

Banner hugged Betty tightly, pursed his lips and said: "I'll go talk to her father. He can't abuse his own biological daughter like this!"

"No, don't go, Bruce..." Betty grabbed Banner's arm and said: "He will hurt you, he has never liked you..."

Betty closed her eyes somewhat desperately. She said: "He relied on people from the Tal-Tu faction. This faction is very popular in the military. Many important generals in the Army and Navy are their people. Bruce, you can't compete with them..."

Looking at Banner's fists clenching tighter and tighter, Schiller said to him: "Calm down, Bruce. You can't let Miss Ross lie on the ground all the time. You take her to the lounge to rest first, and then we will go back to my asylum together. She may need a period of rest."

"No!! Betty shouted: "I must watch the data... absolutely cannot let them succeed! That will harm many people! I know... cough cough... I know Ross, cannot let him succeed..."

"Dear!" Banner raised his voice and said: "Didn't you hear what the doctor just said? You have developed panic disorder now. If you don't get treated in time, it may turn into a chronic symptom, which will affect your whole life. You must come with me, dear, be obedient..."

Banner picked up his girlfriend. Schiller pushed open the door. Before leaving, he looked back at the data scattered on the ground, shook his head, and took out his phone.

After the three left, Dora, who had already left, returned.

In the dark office, she put down her phone, looked left and right, took out her employee card with high-level permissions, swiped it on Betty's computer, and then copied all the data with a special storage device.

She walked to the side of the chair, picked up the phone left behind by the few people, narrowed her eyes, looked at the information on the phone screen, sneered, and then inserted the interface of the storage device into the phone to transmit the data.

In the military base's operations office, General Ross heard his phone ring.

He took out his phone, looked at the dense data on the reply message, and revealed a triumphant smile. ===== CHAPTER 870 =====