Chapter 113: Screams

A precious dinosaur died, and with such a huge incident having occurred, Doctor Hammond soon received word of it.

After arriving at the scene under the protection of a security team, he had only just walked closer and taken one look at the dead Gallimimus when his face turned an unsightly shade of iron-blue; his lips even trembled with rage as he sternly ordered: "Investigate, investigate it thoroughly for me..."

The first to be suspected were, as expected, the security personnel on the island.

This was not strange at all; if anyone on the island could be said to possess the ability to hunt dinosaurs, their suspicion was the hardest to rule out.

However, although Nublar Island was equipped with quite a few surveillance cameras, it was simply impossible to monitor an island of over a hundred square kilometers with a mere few dozen cameras. Doctor Hammond was clearly aware of this, so he quickly found an excuse and entrusted Doctor Grant and his wife to look after his grandson and granddaughter who had just arrived on the island, letting them go see other places first.

Although Sun Cheng and the others held the status of prospective investors, they were guests after all, so naturally, they followed along and continued to wander around the island to sightsee.

"... It seems this island is not very peaceful either..."

The smiling man was named Lie, an executive from MHG. Although Sun Cheng was not quite sure how the negotiations between MHG and Hammond were going, seeing his words laced with thorns and sarcasm, he feared they had come away empty-handed.

It was to be expected; International Genetic Technologies had sold a fine piece of technology, and even someone like him who had snuck in was tempted, let alone these venture capitalists whose eyes were sharper than anyone else's.

However, was the meat Hammond threw out easy to eat? Not necessarily!

Every party except for Sun Cheng wanted to swallow the 15% share financing quota all by themselves. Now it just depended on whose terms made Hammond more tempted. As it currently stood, Bolunte from Sequoia Capital likely had the greatest advantage. Sequoia had already invested in International Genetic Technologies in the first two rounds, so even if everyone's terms were equal, Sequoia had a better chance.

Moreover, with Sequoia's strength, they were likely looking to swallow this financing whole.

Bolunte clearly had some ideas as well, and he actually chimed in, "There are no outsiders on the island; if this happened, it can only be the responsibility of Ingen (International Genetic Technologies)!"

However, his face was also thoughtful, "But this incident has reminded me: once the park starts operating, we could designate a specific area to fence in some dinosaurs, and then issue some hunting licenses to the outside world every year to attract the wealthy to come to the island to hunt dinosaurs! It's just that if you want to hunt dinosaurs domestically, there's probably no chance; it can only be here!"

The headquarters of International Genetic Technologies was located in Palo Alto, California, United States, and its initial Yanjiu Zhongxin was also located there. Therefore, whether it was the venture capitalists from the United States like Bolunte or Doctor Hammond, they all had plans to build another park on the US mainland after the operation of this 【Jurassic Park】 on Nublar Island.

It was just that although the United States had introduced hunting policies targeting many protected animals from other countries, it was clearly impossible to obtain permission for creatures like dinosaurs that had been extinct for hundreds of millions of years.

The group sat in an off-road sightseeing vehicle and toured the island for the whole afternoon. Except for a few high-risk mountain forest areas that were heavily guarded and not permitted for close inspection because they were not yet completed, they really did tour the entire island. Even the 17-story Twin Hotel, the largest building on the island still under construction, was circled by the group for a long while while wearing hard hats.

By the time dinner was approaching, the sky had clearly begun to change. It was not only becoming increasingly gloomy, but the sea breeze had also changed its scent. While driving around the island ring road, Sun Cheng specifically looked out and clearly saw the sea waves crashing against the seawall foaming white, with a continuous momentum wave after wave, as if they wanted to swallow the entire island.

Including security and construction workers, there were nearly a thousand people on Nublar Island. With the current facilities on the island, it was naturally impossible to guarantee everyone's safety in the event of a storm, which was why they arranged for ships to evacuate a batch.

The last ship to send people back had already left. Those who chose to temporarily leave the island during the storm were mostly construction workers hired from nearby Costa Rica or scientific researchers from the Yanjiu Zhongxin.

Because a dinosaur had been killed mysteriously, the security personnel on the island bore the brunt of the responsibility. Except for the ten or so people who had already withdrawn with the ship, none of the remaining twenty-plus people left. Firstly, Hammond required them to thoroughly investigate whether there were any hidden dangers on the island, such as potential outside thieves who might have snuck in; secondly, there was also the implication of letting them prove their own innocence.

A group of venture capitalists were used to being pampered, so even after wandering around the island in a car for a long time, most felt exhausted.

As one or two became sleepy, Hammond was quite tactful and sent a notification inviting them to return for a banquet. It was said that he had temporarily invited a Japanese chef from San Jose and had several fresh tuna flown in; it looked like he was prepared to treat them to sashimi!

Doctor Grant and the others did not follow them!

Compared to Sun Cheng and the others who were there for sightseeing, the doctors, despite taking Hammond's grandson and granddaughter with them, still did not forget to study the dinosaurs on the island. As a result, they saw a sick Triceratops on the road and actually gathered around it and wouldn't leave.

Sun Cheng and the others had also curiously followed and watched for a while, but who would have thought that Doctor Saitele was truly a heroine; in order to check the cause of the Triceratops' illness, she actually reached out to stir and examine a pile of dinosaur dung. This heavy scene made everyone gag uncontrollably, and from then on, they separated from Doctor Grant and the others and went their own ways.

Although there were several villas on the island, in terms of scale, besides the two Twin Hotels still under construction, the Yanjiu Zhongxin was naturally the best.

By the time the motorcade finally returned to the Yanjiu Zhongxin, the sound of rain could already be heard outside, and the wind was blowing even more fiercely.

"... Where are Doctor Grant and the others? What? Still can't be reached?"

Just as Sun Cheng entered the Yanjiu Zhongxin with a group of people, he saw Doctor Hammond, with an unsightly expression, scolding people there with a dark face.

"The communication equipment in the vehicle might have been interfered with by the storm; we can't reach them at the moment... However, we already sent people to the last location where they disappeared half an hour ago, and we should have a reply very soon..."

The person receiving Hammond's scolding was the island's security chief named Jierboyi, a serious-looking middle-aged man who was said to be a former member of the United States Marine Corps.

Sun Cheng had a good impression of this stern man. Jierboyi kept the island's security in good order. Although he was a hired hand, after several incidents where his subordinates were injured while transporting dangerous carnivorous dinosaurs on the island, he not only stood up for his men and clashed with Hammond several times to secure significant compensation for the victims, but he had also long realized that International Genetic Technologies was playing with fire and had requested several times to cancel the resurrection of carnivorous dinosaurs.

In the afternoon, although it was only through protective walls and iron cages, Sun Cheng had caught a glimpse of the Velociraptors, Dilophosaurus, and Tyrannosaurus Rex on the island from afar, and he had read the undisguised killing intent and hatred in those cold beastly eyes.

International Genetic Technologies was playing with fire!

Even bears, lions, tigers, and snakes kept in zoos occasionally injure people, let alone these prehistoric fierce beasts!

Clearly, Doctor Hammond had not yet realized what a dangerous thing it was to attempt to lock the fierce Hunters he had created in cages for people to watch.

Just as he walked closer, Sun Cheng was suddenly stopped by a harsh, screeching static sound.

He looked toward the source of the noise and saw Jierboyi take a radio communicator from his waist and turn it on, "Hachi, have you not found Doctor Grant and the others yet?"

"No, boss... We have already been to the place to look, but we didn't see the doctor's car. We are currently rushing to D4 Area..."

Jierboyi looked up at the gloomy-faced Hammond and had no choice but to continue ordering: "I understand. Drive faster, the storm is coming..."

Before he had even finished speaking, a shrill, miserable scream suddenly came through the radio communicator in his hand, "Ah..."

Then there was a loud bang; clearly, the radio communicator had been thrown onto the ground.

Jierboyi was startled by the scream and the loud bang, but he had good psychological quality after all. After reacting quickly, he hurriedly asked: "What's the situation, Hachi, what happened on your end..."

"Da-da-da..."

Answering him was a burst of noisy M16 gunfire. The gunfire lasted for a while before stopping, and then he heard a burst of clattering static from the other side, and no more sounds came through!

PS:

This is the second update to make up for the early morning one. The power suddenly went out last night while I was typing. I waited for more than twenty minutes and it didn't come back on, so there was no way to finish the second chapter. Typing at the company is not the same as at home after all; I can only steal some time to rush it, and the speed is much slower. Please forgive me!

Thanks to the reader 'Qianfang You Keng Qing Shen Ru' for the tip.