Chapter 112: An Uneasy Premonition

A storm is coming!

Raising a hand to shield his forehead, Sun Cheng looked up at the still-bright sky; if not for the fact that Hanwei had checked the weather warnings issued by several neighboring countries online, he would have truly doubted how a storm could possibly strike in just a few hours on such a clear day!

"Mr. Sun Cheng, how did your talk with Doctor Hammond go this morning?"

A crisp, charming female voice suddenly came from behind, pulling his attention, which had been somewhat distracted, back from some idle daydreams.

"No progress at all..." Sun Cheng forced a stiff smile on his cold face and shook his head, taking the opportunity to raise the Camera in his hand and press the shutter several times to take photos of a Triceratops not far away. "I need something to convince the company's top brass; clearly, things went well for Doctor Hammond's side last night..."

Last night, probably everyone except him had met with Hammond, to the point that when everyone sat down to discuss financing terms this morning, Sun Cheng clearly noticed that the requirements set by International Genetic Technologies had not only become higher, but they had also started setting entry barriers.

Sun Cheng was not an investor after all; after obtaining a brief meeting with Doctor Hammond this morning, although he had managed to bluff his way through with his tongue, he also keenly sensed that he might have already been put on Hammond's blacklist, becoming the first person to be "out."

However, he didn't care about that anyway; the reason Sun Cheng had come to Nublar Island in the first place was to investigate 【Jurassic Park】, and now he only had a bit more interest in the piece of Amber on Hammond's cane. If the other party really wanted to kick him out unceremoniously, Sun Cheng would definitely get his hands on the Amber and the precious data in the Yanjiu Zhongxin before leaving.

Besides, compared to financing, he now had other things he urgently wanted to figure out!

Who exactly sent the mysterious invitation to him?

During the meeting with Hammond this morning, Sun Cheng had subtly probed and felt something amiss; although he still couldn't say for sure what that thought was, he was afraid the other party might have become suspicious of his identity.

And compared to these, he had even more worrying things on his mind now.

Last night, another unknown world called 【Predator】 had once again absurdly merged into the real world.

A single 【Jurassic Park】 had allowed a terrifying company that could resurrect dinosaurs from hundreds of millions of years ago to be born in the real world.

Just looking at the name 【Predator】 made a chill run down Sun Cheng's spine; he vaguely felt it was not a kind entity. If it were a peaceful parallel world, that would be one thing, but if it were truly a terrifying world possessing Mechanical Life like Decepticons and Autobots, that would be fatal!

After all, he in reality did not have that Decepticon body capable of withstanding a Missile!

Countless stray thoughts churned in his mind, but Sun Cheng still remembered there were people beside him; he quickly suppressed the complex thoughts in his heart and looked at Ada Wong, asking, "What about you, Miss Ada? How is your Atlas progressing?"

He had a good impression of the capable and beautiful woman in front of him, yet he also held some wariness.

It wasn't that Sun Cheng was too suspicious, but although he hadn't had much contact with Ada Wong, the capability and shrewdness she displayed intentionally or unintentionally made him unable to figure out why she would think of cooperating with him instead of choosing to join forces with giants like Sequoia.

And that strange crystal on her neck that made him feel an inexplicable impulse—Sun Cheng had experienced the same strange feeling with the Amber of Doctor Hammond, which made him unable to help but have some thoughts about this Ada Wong now.

"The conditions set by Doctor Hammond have already exceeded the bottom line that our Atlas can accept. It seems I am out..."

Ada Wong glanced at the others not far away who were watching a few Triceratops at close range, her smile not fading. "I just heard a notice from the command center that a storm will strike in a few hours. International Genetic Technologies has already started arranging for the staff on the island to evacuate in batches. Have you decided whether to leave or stay?"

Sun Cheng also knew about this notice of the approaching storm; it was precisely because he had heard the island's notice that he had ordered Hanwei to check the external weather warnings online, so he actually knew more details than the others.

"Naturally, I am staying..."

He replied without even thinking, his attitude very firm.

Doctor Hammond would not evacuate, because someone had to be left on the island to keep watch; after all, International Genetic Technologies had already released the dinosaurs to roam freely, and they had even foolishly bred carnivorous dinosaurs like Velociraptors and Tyrannosaurus Rex. If their food supply didn't keep up, there was no telling if they would go wild and escape from their enclosures.

Moreover, the arrival of the storm was the best time for him to commit his act.

Sun Cheng had made his choice upon learning of the storm warning; he prepared to stay on the island, and then wait for the storm to arrive at night to take the opportunity to act, stealing Hammond's Amber and the classified data from the Yanjiu Zhongxin!

"What a coincidence, I have the same thought!"

The two were just chatting idly when suddenly a scream came from afar.

Thinking something had happened, they hurried toward the place where the sound came from.

"Oh, God..."

Doctor Grant was sighing in the middle of the crowd, his face full of pain.

"What happened..."

Sun Cheng and Ada Wong had just walked over and, not knowing what had happened, had to ask someone.

"A Gallimimus had its head cut off by some sharp weapon, I don't know what..."

The one answering Sun Cheng was Doctor Malcolm; it was said he was a chaos theory expert who also had research in paleontology and the history of biological Evolution, and like Durant and Sai tele boshi, he was an expert invited by Donald, a director of International Genetic Technologies, to evaluate the safety of the park.

Hearing this, Sun Cheng hurriedly squeezed forward, only then seeing the headless dinosaur that had long since lost its life, surrounded by Grant, Sai tele boshi, and several staff members on the island. When he saw the cut clearly severed by a sharp blade at the neck, he couldn't help but gasp.

"Hiss, that's ruthless..."

This dinosaur had clearly been dead for a long time, to the point that the blood flowing from its wound had already dried, and countless flies and ants were constantly circling its corpse, adding to the disgust.

Sun Cheng also felt a bit nauseated, but he still endured it and stared at the wound to look carefully; before long, he gained something!

"Huh, such a smooth wound; it doesn't look like it was caused by a chainsaw or an axe, but rather by a sharp weapon with a smooth blade like a sword... The cut also looks like it was done in one go, but who could have such great strength to be able to slice off a dinosaur's head with one blow?"

This shouldn't be the result of the island's security personnel hunting privately; they were just security personnel paid by International Genetic Technologies, not the owners. With the fanatical love for dinosaurs displayed by Doctor Hammond, it was enough to rule out that this old man could tolerate private hunting of dinosaurs on the island.

In other words, besides them, other dangerous people had snuck onto Nublar Island.

It was true that the Gallimimus was not a very large dinosaur, but this headless Gallimimus was probably two meters tall and weighed three or four hundred kilograms. This kind of dinosaur was said to be fast and was also an omnivorous dinosaur that would fight back crazily when facing danger.

Thinking of this, Sun Cheng couldn't help but break into a cold sweat; he looked around uneasily, vaguely feeling as if an invisible pair of eyes was watching them.

This feeling was terrible!

PS:

1. Thanks to the three readers 'Sheng Luoyi', 'Andan de Huihuo', and 'Fengjia BEN Shao' for their tips.

2. I didn't sleep until after four in the morning yesterday, so after I got off work last night, I was too sleepy to continue after finishing one chapter; there will be another chapter in a while.