Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Song Chi and Zheng Lie almost simultaneously jumped over the courtyard wall, and just as they landed, they heard the sound of Zheng Qin slurping instant noodles over their earpieces. Zheng Qin’s voice was muffled as she said, "The surveillance is down, you guys hurry and get inside."

Pausing for a moment, Zheng Qin added, "This mental hospital’s surveillance has a firewall. This firewall is something, more interesting than I imagined. Before the staff notices, hurry and get in."

"Once they realize the surveillance is down and call in the firewall’s owner for help, I can only try to buy you some time."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Lie’s expression subtly changed.

It’s quite rare to see a hacker even Zheng Qin is wary of.

"Alright, let’s move."

This mental hospital is quite impressive, with a spacious courtyard that looks like a school. Huo Wen’an is quite familiar with this hospital. They are currently in the backyard of the hospital, which is a grassy park for patients to stroll and relax. In the middle of the lawn is an old rockery.

Huo Wen’an stared at the rockery, his steps hesitantly coming to a halt.

Xu Xingguang followed his gaze to the rockery, guessing that Huo Wen’an was reminded of Huo Xin, she softly said, "Huo Xin is still alive."

Upon hearing this, Huo Wen’an regained his composure instantly. "Forward, the building on the left is the office building, the middle is the cafeteria, and the right is the patient wing."

Their target was the office building.

An iron lock was hanging on the office building’s door, and Song Chi took out his tools and effortlessly unlocked it. Once the door was open, Song Chi habitually placed the lock back over the door to create the illusion that it was still secured.

Zheng Lie lowered his voice to ask him, "Aren’t you afraid they’ll discover us and lock us inside with that lock?"

Song Chi replied, "If we’re already discovered, there’s no need to hide. You can’t exit through the main door. The right move is to find another way out."

Zheng Lie nodded and praised, "No wonder, you’re a professional."

Song Chi couldn’t discern whether Zheng Lie was complimenting or mocking him.

The office building had sensor-activated lights, which Zheng Qin temporarily disabled through the network. The entire building was now in a state of no power and no surveillance. The four donned small headlamps and began inspecting from the first floor.

As they ascended the stairs, Xu Xingguang and Huo Wen’an couldn’t help but think of the story Grandpa Xie had told.

While climbing the stairs, the feeling of flowing blood accompanied them, as if they just had to look up to see the wide-open eyes of the dead, and a brush of the hair would encounter warm blood.

But both were battle-hardened from the "Corpse Mountain Blood Sea," so despite the eerie feeling, they weren’t afraid.

The office building had five floors.

On each floor, in each room, Xu Xingguang would have them assist her in measuring the length and height of each room.

Initially, Zheng Lie and Song Chi didn’t understand the purpose of Xu Xingguang collecting these data. After inspecting the entire office building without finding any issues, they looked at Xu Xingguang in confusion.

Zheng Lie asked her, "Miss Xu, there’s nothing unusual."

"Don’t speak."

Suddenly, Xu Xingguang crouched on the ground, pulling out a pen and paper, and began swiftly sketching. Huo Wen’an and the others stood behind her, watching her movements intently.

In just five minutes, Xu Xingguang sketched the internal dimensions of the entire building, accurately marking the exact data of each room.

After reviewing the diagram, Huo Wen’an, also adept with numbers, pointed to the top-right corner of the rightmost room on the diagram and solemnly said, "The angle of the room at the end of the corridor on the northeast corner is slanted. The data between the fifth floor and the first floor differ by nearly 1.2 meters."

In reality, from the outside, this building appears as a standard rectangular prism. Therefore, the total length of each floor should be roughly consistent.

There is a problem here.

Zheng Lie and Song Chi, not being idiots, immediately speculated a possibility: "There’s a secret space hidden in the northeastern corner of the room at the end of the first-floor corridor."

"That’s right."

Xu Xingguang folded the diagram and said, "Let’s proceed to the first floor."

"Okay."

The four quickly made their way to the first floor, heading directly to the room at the end.

This was a storage room for equipment, with no obvious dust accumulation on the floor, indicating frequent cleaning. In the northeast corner were some intact but unused clay flowerpots and some IV stands.

Zheng Lie and Song Chi took the initiative to move those items away.

Zheng Lie tapped on the wall, and turned back to Xu Xingguang, saying, "It’s solid."