Chapter 240 184: The Death of the Heroine
Faced with Ou Chenyu's demand, An Churan shook her head: "You came so suddenly, how could I have had time to make a backup?"
"Bang!" Ou Chenyu didn't say a word, raised his gun and shot through the head of a researcher.
"Thud." The body fell to the ground.
An Churan's face turned pale: "You?!"
"Thirty seconds." Ou Chenyu took out his phone, opened the timing app, placed it on the table, and said flatly, "Thirty seconds per round. If you don't speak, I'll kill another one, then the next round."
Time ticked away second by second.
The atmosphere was cloaked in a cloud of gloom, the researchers shivering, and An Churan was nearly biting her teeth to pieces.
The thirty-second countdown ended.
Just as Ou Chenyu raised his gun, An Churan closed her eyes, her voice trembling slightly: "Don't... I'll give it to you..."
She reached into her undergarments and took out a storage chip hidden inside.
The old man exclaimed: "Xiaohan?!..."
"Don't say anything..." An Churan lowered her head, her expression filled with resentment, "If I don't hand it over, he would search me anyway. Let everyone stay alive for now."
Ou Chenyu chuckled: "That's right. We spent so many nights together and shared so many sweet words. You know me well, and I know you well too."
He took the storage chip with a debonair demeanor, brought it to his nose to inhale its fragrance, and asked slowly: "What's inside? Don't lie, or you know the consequences."
An Churan said quietly: "Inside is a set of recompiled computer virus source code, internally we call it the 'Black Extinction Virus'.
She pressed her hands together earnestly, advising: "Ou Chenyu, listen to me, I admit you've taken this. But promise me one thing, don't misuse it!"
"This was discovered in old electronic storage devices; we've recompiled it to replicate its destructive power. No firewall today can stop it, and misuse could cause a catastrophic electronic disaster!"
Ou Chenyu, skeptical, handed the chip to a man with brown eyes: "Max, check it out."
Max was a combat mercenary and also a computer expert. He opened a computer, inserted the chip, and started analyzing the source code. Code quickly filled the screen.
Max observed for a moment and said: "This source code is complex, a computer language I've never seen, recompiled manually. From its self-replicating characteristics, yes, it's a computer virus. She wasn't lying."
Ou Chenyu nodded and looked at An Churan again: "Did you lead this research?"
An Churan: "Yes."
Ou Chenyu: "Is there anything else?"
An Churan: "No, really no, if you don't believe me, search."
Ou Chenyu waved his hand: "Take the woman away, as for the others—"
He made a throat-slitting gesture.
"Bang, bang, bang—" The Tiger Teeth Mercenaries opened fire, bullets instantly taking the lives of the other researchers.
Colleagues who had been together for so many years suddenly turned into corpses on the ground, An Churan stood in a daze, emotions gradually collapsed in her eyes.
She threw herself onto the blood-soaked bodies of her companions, crying out hoarsely: "Ou Chenyu! You're not human!!!"
"Sorry, our vehicle can't hold that many people." Ou Chenyu sneered, motioning for his men to lift her and turned to leave.
An Churan struggled with her hair loose, no longer the elegant lady she once was, cursing with tears: "Ou Chenyu, I wasn't wrong about you back then, you're a natural bad seed!"
"Despicable and shameless, insane bad seed! Someone will punish you! You deserve not being the best rookie!"
Ou Chenyu stopped, the air seemed to freeze, oppressive enough to suffocate.
He slowly turned back to glare at An Churan, those gray eyes filled with a crazy flame, like a beast lost in reason.
...
At midnight.
Su Mo led a dozen Edge Mercenaries to the target location, lurking outside Black Domain Group's "Wind City Information Research Center," gazing at the low building.
Su Mo glanced back and reminded: "The guards at this facility aren't strong, so everyone relax. In principle, use non-lethal force, try not to kill, especially anyone in white coats; absolutely no killing."
The team responded: "Understood."
"Move out." Su Mo took the lead and headed forward.
The team wore black combat uniforms, and with the darkness of night, they moved like invisible phantoms.
At the perimeter of the research center, Su Mo peeked from the corner, looking at the surveillance equipment under the streetlight.
He told Chu Nanyi, who specialized in long-range shooting: "Take it down."
Chu Nanyi approached, raising his hand to reveal the muzzle of an electromagnetic gun, his artificial eyes entering aim mode.
Suddenly, he stopped, lowered his hand: "Captain, that camera is broken."
"Hmm?" Su Mo switched the night vision to farsight mode.
Sure enough, the camera's lens was cracked, someone had shot it.
Su Mo felt a sense of unease, confirmed there was no danger around, and led the team inward.
The strange continued.
Not only the previous spot, but all surveillance up to now was broken.
And the further inside they went, the more a faint smell of blood lingered in the air.
Su Mo sensed something off, spoke with a low voice: "Everyone stay sharp, there's something happening here!"
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, the Edge Mercenaries close behind Su Mo, eyes scanning the surroundings for any potential danger.
Su Mo led the way to the side door of the building and found it slightly open, unlocked.
He listened for a moment, detected no movement, then led the way inside.
The Wind City Information Research Center mainly had underground structures, the deeper they went, the stronger the smell of blood, explosions and bullet marks remained on the walls, even saw the bodies of the guards.