Chapter 1713: The Two Big Shots Falling into Deep Coma

Hui San Northern District One, Territory Seven conference room.

Eight fully armed evolver security team members lined up, staring down the experts in the conference room—any suspicious move from anyone would have them pinned down or killed within a single second.

The experts also understood the gravity of the situation. Whatever they thought inside, none of them moved a muscle. Pale as a sheet, Jiang Xue opened her mouth several times, but no sound came out.

Zhang San, whose watch face had been crushed, had fallen into a coma. Guo Qingbin's bodyguard had his neck gripped by Zheng Chen and didn't dare make a sound, only using gestures to signal not to harm Guo Qingbin—because Guo Qingbin, like Zhang San, was a special talent under state protection.

Guo Qingbin? His jaw had been dislocated and he was pinned immobile. Even with a splitting headache, he could only produce a muffled, air-leaking, low-decibel throat sound.

Zhang Song stood in front of Xia Qing and Zhang He, who were supporting Zhang San, blocking everyone's gaze. He spoke calmly: "The Lord of Territory Seven has lost consciousness. According to the regulations of the Lord Law, all affairs of Territory Seven shall be handled with full authority by the agent designated by the Lord—myself, Zhang Song."

Zhang Song, the full-authority agent of Territory Seven, opened the emergency communication device and issued an emergency announcement to everyone in the conference room and to staff at all key posts in Territory Seven:

"Zhang San, Director of the P3 Research Institute of Territory Seven, has been subjected to a noise attack and has fallen into a coma. In accordance with the Lord Law, the National Special Drug Clinical Trial Management Regulations, and Territory Seven's P3-Level Biosafety Emergency Plan, I hereby declare: First, Director Zhang San's current state is officially defined as a contaminated test subject; Second, this conference room and its connected ventilation system are hereby upgraded to a Class B biochemical contamination zone effective immediately; Third, a Level One emergency plan is activated across all of Territory Seven effective immediately, entering the highest-level biosafety control state. All personnel participating in emergency response must wear the highest-level protective suits…"

After the declaration ended, Zhang Song issued the first order: "Zhang Tao: Immediately seal the ventilation ducts of this conference room and the three adjacent rooms. After air sampling, activate the highest-power indoor air circulation purification system. From this moment on, no one present may leave the conference room without full decontamination."

"Copy." After replying in the communication group, Zhang Tao immediately gave orders to his research team—full team to switch into airtight protective suits and rush to the conference room to execute the order.

Zhang Song in the conference room issued the second order: "Yu Yingya: Confiscate the communication devices of all personnel on site in accordance with the law, and cut off all unauthorized external communications in this area."

"Copy." Da Ya, who was in charge of Territory Seven's security monitoring, immediately led people to the conference room. Seeing that the unconscious Third Brother was being protected by Xia Qing and Zhang He, half the weight on his heart finally lifted.

"Zhang Liu: Report the emergency to Hui San Base Headquarters, the National Drug Trial Safety Committee, and the Northern District One Territory Hazard Investigation Team. Unified external statement: Territory Seven is implementing the highest-level security protocol and has temporarily imposed full-territory control, and is not accepting any visits for the time being."

"Copy." Zhang Liu, Director of the Territory Seven Office, immediately accepted the order.

"Zheng Chen: Red One expert Professor Guo Qingbin has been preliminarily identified as the anomalous interference source of this contamination incident. Immediately execute the highest-level biological isolation and purification procedures on Guo Qingbin, all his personal belongings, and close contacts: inject sedatives, equip biological suppression helmets, perform full-body decontamination wash, and transfer into a negative-pressure isolation medical chamber. Until comprehensive biochemical testing and safety assessment are completed, any form of contact or communication is prohibited."

"Copy." Zheng Chen immediately injected Guo Qingbin and his entourage with sedatives. After they went through Zhang Tao's team's full-body decontamination procedure, he had Guo Qingbin's group escorted away to the isolation room.

Examine the state of special talent Guo Qingbin? Impossible—he is now the prime suspect in the attack on Zhang San. Injecting sedatives to take him down and isolating him is standard procedure.

Zhang Song continued issuing orders: "Director Zhang San is designated as the highest-priority protection target. Xia Qing, Zhang He, Zhang Jingwu: Escort Director Zhang San through the cleared and locked dedicated sealed passage to the sterile monitoring room. After entering the monitoring room, Zhang He will immediately connect the director to the life-support and neuroendocrine regulation systems. At all costs, prioritize stabilizing his endocrine levels to prevent irreversible neurological damage."

"Xia Qing and Zhang Jingwu, along with the First Defense Squad, are responsible for the director's personal safety. Inside the monitoring room is Xia Qing's responsibility; the perimeter is Zhang Jingwu's, leading the First Defense Squad—forming inner and outer double posts. You may directly shoot dead any person or suspected domesticated beast that enters the sterile monitoring room or approaches within three meters of it without my permission. Leave the director's watch behind; technicians will repair it and read the data."

"Copy."

Having completed disinfection and donned the highest-level protective suit, Xia Qing removed her idol's watch and placed it on the conference table, then steadily carried her idol out of the conference room and headed for the monitoring room.

After laying her light-as-a-feather idol on the hospital bed and quickly straightening his clothes, Xia Qing faced the door and windows to carry out the guard mission. Any creature approaching this sickroom without permission would be killed on the spot by her and the special-ops team members outside.

Zhang He quickly injected Zhang San with syringes and clipped or stuck on leads one by one. Around the bed, screens lit up one after another, displaying jumping numbers or waveforms.

The monitoring room was abnormally quiet. Behind Xia Qing were only the regular beeps of various instruments and two sets of breathing—one rapid, one weak and long.

Zhang He's gaze swept quickly across all the screens, his fingertips tapping rapidly on the control panel, pulling up deeper-layer neural waveform maps.

A few minutes later, Zhang He's tense shoulders loosened slightly. He exhaled in relief: "Preliminary testing shows no organic damage to the teacher's core brain functional areas. The electrophysiological activity of the basal ganglia and limbic system shows brief disturbance, but is returning toward baseline with pharmaceutical assistance…"

Halfway through, Zhang He remembered that Xia Qing was a beginner in the medical research field and wouldn't understand the technical terms, so she switched to plain language to brief her on the mentor's condition: "Because the teacher's trial drug sensitivity period overlapped with a sudden noise impact, his endocrine system was overloaded, triggering the body's deep protective hibernation. He has now passed the most dangerous period."

Xia Qing, whose back had long been soaked with sweat, didn't turn around. Staring at her assigned zone, she asked, "What other dangers are coming?"

The idol standing at the top of Jin Zita cannot have any problems!

Zhang He answered: "Before the teacher wakes naturally, any external stimulus exceeding the threshold—such as anomalous infrasound, intense emotional fluctuation, targeted electromagnetic field interference—could trigger a secondary disturbance, leading to neuroendocrine collapse and endangering his life."

Xia Qing understood, and confirmed with Zhang He: "Will our current conversation voices affect Third Brother's rest?"

Zhang He answered: "It won't have any effect as long as it doesn't exceed 50 decibels. Our current conversation volume is 30 decibels."

Xia Qing continued to ask: "Can we move Third Brother to his office? The soundproofing there is better than here."

Zhang He shook her head: "No. The teacher is already in a coma, and we can't open that office door."

Xia Qing, who had participated in the full upgrade and renovation of Territory Seven's experimental building, spoke up: "I can take the door off and reinstall it within half an hour. It won't affect the door's soundproofing."

Zhang He gave another reason for objection: "Even if we open the office door, we'd have to move the instruments and equipment from here in along with him. There's not enough space over there."

Xia Qing nodded: "Understood. Senior sister, report the situation here to Song Ge. Let Zhang Jingwu and Zheng Chen handle noise and electromagnetic field interference within the territory; outside the territory, I'll arrange it."