Fantasy Game: Infinite City

Chapter 569 Johor Bahru City (2)

Some time later, in Johor Bahru, in a conference room on the 22nd floor of the "City Hall" building.

A group of well-dressed people, whose language was completely apolitical, were whispering among themselves. To their left, at the main table at the conference table, a man in a lab coat was discussing some diagrams displayed on a projector. However, what he was saying seemed highly controversial, and the others' whispers quickly turned into arguments, and before long, into a brawl.

At the head seat of the conference table sat a woman who looked to be in her 20s. She seemed completely unconcerned with the heated arguments of the 20 or so people around her. Instead, she kept staring at her watch, seemingly waiting for something to happen.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk! Tuk-tuk-tuk!"

Soon, a rapid knocking sound came from outside the conference room door, interrupting the quarrel inside. The person presenting in front of the projector glanced at someone in the room who looked like an assistant. The latter nodded and walked towards the conference room door.

"I see."

After listening to the report from the person outside, the assistant nodded, closed the conference room door again, quickly walked over to the man who was giving the speech, and whispered a few words to him. After hearing the assistant's report, the frown that had been tightened by the quarreling crowd inside finally relaxed a little.

"Okay, that's the end of the meeting."

Walking to the conference table, the man tapped the table with his fingers. Everyone else immediately quieted down, left their seats, nodded to the man and the woman sitting in the main seat, then walked to the door of the conference room and left. Soon, there were only three people left in the entire conference room: the man, the woman, and the man's assistant.

"It looks like a very important matter. Do I need to avoid it too?"

"That's not necessary. We caught the guy in the town."

"You mean the prisoner who escaped? What was his name?"

"Call.."

"Adenauer, ma'am."

The man was about to say the name, but he froze when the words came to his lips, so he looked at his assistant beside him. The assistant was also very perceptive and immediately stepped forward and said the name.

"I'm not sure how going to such lengths to capture a fugitive will help our cooperation."

“I saw potential in him.”

"What potential do you mean?"

"All aspects."

"To be honest, you're not very convincing to me right now. My confidence isn't high."

"Once our testing is complete, we can begin the experiment immediately. I believe the results will satisfy us all."

"That's all for later. Okay, I should go back."

"This way, ma'am."

The woman stood up from her seat, adjusted her glasses, and left the conference room, led by her assistant. After they left, the man walked to the window, clasped his hands behind his back, and looked out at the steel jungle below, lost in thought.

"It will definitely succeed..."

At the same time, in the elevator.

"What stage is the testing at now?"

"Analysis of physiological and biochemical compatibility, ma'am."

"Take me to the lab and have a look."

"Yes."

The woman's watch, while outwardly a typical luxury timepiece, wasn't actually a watch; it was disguised as one. A professional could tell it was a piece of advanced technology not typical for a dungeon. It was a custom-made miniature personal terminal. However, it wasn't a terminal for transmitting information; rather, it was a teleportation terminal capable of being located and locating other nodes, essentially a mobile teleportation anchor. Even in reality, this type of technology was considered rare and high-end, typically reserved for only certain individuals. For example, the top brass of Infinite Company and certain members of the Ferdinand family were at this level. Those possessing these devices could enter all dungeons of Infinite City without needing to enter the game pods. It was a highly advanced piece of technology. However, it did retain the ability to confirm time.

Before entering the elevator, the woman received a message on her phone. After confirming the content, she breathed a sigh of relief. She stopped checking the time, as if she had just gotten out of some urgent matter.

With nothing pressing to do, the woman visibly relaxed and began chatting with the assistant about the experiment. Soon, the topic turned to the experimental target captured by the action team. From her conversation with the assistant, she learned the current status of the testing on the captured target. She decided to go observe.

The status of women in Johor Bahru is not low, and can even be said to be very high. After leaving the elevator, everyone they met along the way would stop to greet them and show respect. Moreover, the woman seemed to be very familiar with the city's terrain. Although she had an assistant to lead her, it was more out of courtesy, and she knew the way by herself.

Soon, under the guidance of the assistant, they came to a building that looked like a prison. It had high walls and was heavily guarded. In addition to the conventional watchtowers, there were also many sentry weapons. Even the most heavily guarded prison should not have this level of defense. Of course, this was based on the timeline of the copy background. In reality, due to the emergence of the Infinite City and other forms, the number of superpower criminals in the world increased exponentially. Capable countries and forces also upgraded their means of accommodating these types of prisoners. In some of these places, even Han Zu could not enter and exit freely, which showed how heavily guarded these places were.

After arriving outside the prison, the two did not enter through the main gate, but instead went to the side of the prison. There was a checkpoint there, like a battlefield advance camp. Entering here would require extremely strict inspection. However, the assistant and the woman saluted the sentry and entered the checkpoint without any hindrance.

Arriving at the largest building within the outpost, the two, escorted by a team of heavily armed soldiers wearing early-model (compared to current) second-generation combat armor, entered a large elevator platform. After conducting a biological test on the control platform, the elevator steadily descended, soon arriving at a complex underground complex 200 meters below the ground.

Aboard a specially designed vehicle, the escort team and the two men quickly arrived at a research institute. After entering, they navigated through a complex corridor and arrived at a biological laboratory, where several individuals were being strapped to scientific research and medical equipment for testing. Using the serial numbers, they quickly located the recently arrived experimental subjects.

"Ma'am, this is the test data we have obtained so far."

"Uh-huh?"

"What's wrong, ma'am?"

"Nothing, I'm just curious about the research procedures you use."

After casually flipping through the test data, the woman noticed something interesting. She had read similar data elsewhere, but these seemed much more exaggerated than before. She immediately connected something to something. However, she controlled her emotions well and didn't show them.

"Do you have a scalpel?"

"of course."

The woman took out her business card and asked the assistant for a scalpel. The assistant snapped his fingers at the researcher next to him, who immediately pulled a brand new scalpel from its storage box. He respectfully handed it to the assistant, who then removed the blade and handed it to the woman.

The woman took the blade and expertly manipulated it, neatly slicing the business card in half. She pulled out an expensive pen from her pocket and wrote something on the second layer. Then, she folded the two layers together and put them back together. She held the nameplate up to the glass wall of the lab and placed it in the breast pocket of her assistant's suit, gently pressing it with her finger.

"What do you want, ma'am?"

"No, ah no, there is one, I guess. I'll leave this business card with you. Other than that, I have no other requirements."

"Okay, ma'am."

"Okay, it's time for me to go."

"this way please."

After leaving her business card, the woman turned her head and looked at a certain place inside the glass wall, then left the institute under the guidance of her assistant.

After escorting the woman onto the private plane, the assistant watched the plane take off, leave the Johor Bahru city area, and disappear into the clouds. At the same time, he tapped his right earlobe.

"Doctor, she's gone."

"So soon? Did she say anything?"

"She didn't say anything special, but she left a business card for me to take with me. She also wrote something inside the card."

"Have you seen it?"

"Yes."

"What is it written about?"

"Looking forward to our meeting."

"that's it?"

"Yes, do you need to review it in person?"

"Well, go back to the conference room immediately. I'll wait for you here."

"Yes, doctor."

The doctor's voice quickly faded from his ears, and his assistant boarded a luxury car nearby, left the airport, and headed back towards the "City Hall" building.

At the same time, the research institute area.

"Anomaly detected, anomaly detected."

"what's the situation?"

Researchers conducting routine testing suddenly heard a secondary alarm, which immediately attracted their attention. They temporarily stopped their work and began to troubleshoot the anomaly through the terminal.

"What is the specific situation?"

"In petri dish No. 29, the biological sample collected from target No. 133 showed some abnormalities."

"what is the problem?"

"The target sample exhibited unusual activity."

"What do you mean?"

"Currently, we're injecting hypnotic gas into all of our test subjects and experimental targets to keep them still. The biological samples we've extracted from them should also be in a sleeping state. However, the biological sample in Petri Dish No. 29 is completely unaffected by the hypnotic gas. Even if we increase the dosage, there's no reaction."

"Turn the monitor of Petri Dish No. 29 over so I can take a look."

Through the control terminal on the central console, the current laboratory director and assistant immediately checked the status of culture dish No. 29. Through observation, they indeed found that the biological samples in culture dish No. 29 were not affected by the hypnotic gas at all.

"Experimenter, conduct an activity test."

"Ok."

Through the broadcasting equipment, the person in charge asked the experimenter in the culture dish area inside the laboratory to conduct a biological activity test on the contents of culture dish No. 29. They lowered the oxygen content in the culture dish and continued to observe the status of the tissue samples. The results showed that in an environment with extremely low oxygen content or even a complete absence of oxygen, the activity of the target sample would not change at all.

"Wait a minute... No! Hurry..."

"Buzz~~~~"

After confirming the situation, the person in charge immediately thought of something based on this information, but before he could take any action, the power to the entire laboratory was suddenly cut off, all equipment stopped working, the lighting system was completely offline, and the laboratory fell into darkness.

"Why isn't the backup power supply activated?! Contact others quickly!"

"Strange, our communication signal seems to have been cut off!"

“Sizzle~~!!!”

Just as the laboratory fell into chaos, the protective gates outside the laboratory suddenly started working. They closed quickly, isolating the entire laboratory from other parts of the institute. Logically, seeing such a situation, people in other parts of the institute should have immediately reacted accordingly, but this time, even though there were many people outside the laboratory, they did not react much to the closing of the protective gates. At most, someone took a look and then continued with their work, as if what happened in the laboratory was normal.

"Bang! Bang!"

"Hello!! Is there anyone out there?! Can you hear me? Hello!!"

Several researchers near the protective gate slammed the gate several times and tried to call out to other people outside the laboratory. However, due to the special material of the gate, it is completely soundproof, so the sound inside cannot be transmitted to the outside at all, and similarly, the sound outside cannot be transmitted to the outside.

"Click."

"Wait, did you hear that sound?"

"what sound?"

"The sound of metalwork, like a fixture opening?"

"did not hear."

"Ok."

The researchers inside the laboratory had no idea what was going on and could not leave for the time being, so they could only look for the cause inside the laboratory. According to their speculation, there might be a fuse in a certain location in the laboratory. In order to ensure safety, this triggered the laboratory's safety protocol, causing the protective gate to close automatically.

Although such situations are very rare, they have happened before, so the researchers inside were not very panicked. This situation is not an emergency. When there is a problem with the circuit, the security department will receive an automatic warning as soon as possible. It is estimated that someone has already gone to repair it, and it is estimated to take dozens of minutes.

Of course, the premise is that this is really the case now.

"Boom."

"Oh, damn it!"

A researcher in the experimental target room accidentally tripped while moving in the dark. He instinctively stretched out his hands to hold on to something to stand firm. Finally, he grabbed the research bed used to fix the experimental target, stabilized his body, and did not fall.

"Strange, I remember there shouldn't be a person up there... Ugh!!!"

"Click it."

After he stood firm, he suddenly realized that there should be an experimental target on this research bed, but he didn't touch anything just now. Just when he was puzzled and put his head close to the research bed to investigate, two strong arms suddenly stretched out from behind, one hand covered his mouth, and the other hand clamped his neck. With a click, the researcher's neck was twisted and he died on the spot.

“Wow…Wow…”

"Click."

After a slight sound of cloth, the researcher's body was fixed back on the research bed. Some footsteps were heard in the darkness, moving away from this location.

"Buzz~~!"

"The power has been restored, and it seems the damage to the circuit is not serious."

Soon, the lab's power was restored, the protective gates slowly opened, and the lighting and other equipment came back online and began operating. A researcher quickly left the lab after the gates opened. At first glance, he looked fine, but a closer look revealed that he was so muscular that his dust suit barely fit him.