noveltune Chapter 624 Clues to the Mute Girl
Chapter 624 Clues to the Mute Girl
Chapter 624 Clues to the Mute Girl
The headquarters of the Demon Surveillance Bureau is located in the core area buried deep underground.
The heavy alloy door reflected a cold white light. The passageway was filled with disinfectant and the faint hum of an energy field. The agents hurried along, but they all subconsciously avoided the figure in the main passageway that exuded a tangible low pressure.
boom!
Chang Lei didn't even bother with identity verification. With his large, fan-like hand and a brute force, he pushed open the alloy door, which was strong enough to withstand a heavy bunker buster. The heavy door slammed into the hydraulic buffer, making a tooth-grinding noise that seemed to shake the entire passage.
He strode in quickly, his face expressionless, his features hardened. Every detective felt a chill run down their spines, lowered their heads, held their breath, and scurried away along the wall as fast as they could, afraid of provoking the deputy director who was clearly on the verge of exploding.
With no obstacles along the way, Chang Lei headed straight for his private office.
The heavy alloy door slid open silently. Inside, the main light was off, with only an old brass lamp on the desk casting a dim yellow glow.
Right at the boundary between light and darkness, the shadow in the center of the office seemed to come alive.
Like ink dripping into water, a slender and graceful figure silently coalesced and rose from the deep darkness. She wore a pure black, tight-fitting combat suit that seemed to absorb all light, outlining a perfect curve. Her face was covered by a pure black mask without any facial features, reflecting only a dim, faint light.
It is the unique existence that walks in the shadows—the Lost Shake.
"Why did you call me over in such a hurry..." Shi Yao's voice was cold, direct, and completely flat. She crossed her arms and leaned casually against the table. "Is Xin'er back, or... has something else gotten into trouble?"
Chang Lei didn't even glance at her. He walked straight behind the huge desk and slammed his heavy body into the specially made alloy chair, which groaned under the weight.
"Just now in the city, I was almost smashed into a pulp by a Frankenstein's monster that crawled out from underground with Luan Luan."
The aura behind the mask seemed to freeze for a moment. Although no expression could be seen, the surrounding light seemed to dim even more.
She raised an eyebrow, a slight smile playing on her lips. "Besides the wolf riders, what else in this world can threaten you?"
Chang Lei spoke at lightning speed, his voice brimming with barely suppressed rage, as he succinctly recounted his earlier encounter, the bizarre half-mechanical, half-flesh form of the alien beast, its driving core far surpassing Earth's technology, and Bai Xing and Hei Yan's speculations about the "intelligent mechanical technology of the wasteland world." He did so in a way that was both concise and explosive.
"...That thing seems to be an upgraded version, modified by both the heretical demons, the power of shadows, and the omnic technology of the wasteland. The residual data in its energy core matches the omnic debris in our containment vault very closely."
"The containment facility for our starry sky has probably been compromised; someone has handed the seeds over to those scum of the Outer Path Demons."
"Even the Demon Surveillance Bureau couldn't crack the technology seed, so how could those heretical demons..."
"They haven't cracked it either, or rather, they're still experimenting," Chang Lei said seriously. "The core of that beast is unstable; it has destructive power but also the risk of collapse. It can easily overload when stimulated by lightning elements. But in a sense, they have already surpassed us technologically."
"The erosion of negative energy..." Shiyao's eyes narrowed slightly, and the shadow energy surrounding him became noticeably thicker and colder.
She could understand Chang Lei's anger and concern. This was not just a technology leak, but a huge threat to the core security of the Demon Surveillance Bureau.
"Let's go." Chang Lei turned around abruptly. "Let's go see Suolin first. She seems to have received some very important information."
Instead of going through the door, the two walked directly to a seemingly ordinary wall in the office. Chang Lei stretched out his right hand and pressed his palm against the cold metal wall.
The next moment, countless extremely complex paths, shimmering with a ghostly blue light, silently appeared on the wall. These paths flowed and combined like living things, eventually forming a slowly rotating spatial portal in the center of the wall, like a nebula vortex. Inside the portal was not a passage, but an alternate dimension that leaped with chaotic colors and seemed to distort one's vision.
This is a special passage that only high-ranking corrupt officials can use. Simply put, it's like locking a fixed space to prevent other corrupt individuals from entering.
Chang Lei stepped into the chaos, and Shi Yao, like his extended shadow, followed silently behind. The two figures were instantly swallowed up by the distorted light and shadow.
The slight dizziness caused by the spatial shift vanished instantly, and they found themselves in a strange space that could not be measured by conventional physical scales.
All around was a flowing, colorful, chaotic background, like liquid glass, and beneath one's feet floated in nothingness.
A huge platform made of some kind of black substance that is neither gold nor stone.
At the center of the platform stands an extremely large, transparent cylindrical container that emits a cold, eerie light. Countless fine, nerve-like silver energy channels flow across the surface of the container, forming layer upon layer of powerful restrictive fields and dimensional isolation barriers.
At the very center of that container, a mechanically constructed corpse floated silently.
This is one of the Bureau of Demonic Investigations' most core and highest-level containment objects—left behind by the fallen God of Time and Space.
The remains of a god, highly mechanized by an unknown force, are the ultimate sample for studying higher-dimensional laws and combating threats from outside, and also the core linking the wasteland world.
"You've finally arrived."
Just then, a vibrant, slightly electronically synthesized, crisp, and bouncy voice, like a playful popping candy, suddenly exploded at the edge of the platform.
"Hey Lao Chang, why are you looking so long? Did I ruin your and your daughter's beautiful daily life?"
Chang Lei turned his head and saw a sight that made his blood pressure rise even higher.
At the edge of the platform, near the chaotic halo, floats a thing whose style is clearly out of place with its surroundings.
It was an extremely exquisitely designed female head, full of futuristic technology. The silvery-white synthetic skin was smooth and delicate, and the facial features were as perfect as a model. Her long silver hair, flowing like mercury, moved without wind and shimmered with a "bling-bling" light.
"Suo Lin." Chang Lei gave a wry smile. "Turn off that damn scrolling text first."
The scrolling text above Suolin's head suddenly switched to a soft, constant blue light. "Ugh, I'm so bored. I'm stuck here all day as an information exchange agent, and I don't even have anyone to play games with. By the way, when are you guys going to make me a body? Even though I'm a robot, I was at least a person before."
"The bureau has already started studying your body, so don't worry. Besides, that's not the main reason you called me here, is it?"
"Oh, oh, oh, here comes the important part." Zolin's head spun around, and then the large screen opposite lit up. "Highest priority encrypted report from Agent Fang Xin, outpost of the Wasteland World Ash Bulwark."
She projected the blurry image fragments sent back by Fang Xin. The static and noise were comparable to that of an old-fashioned television. In the image, there was a thin figure wrapped in a tattered cloak, holding a square object in his arms, seemingly hiding from something.
"According to Fang Xin's description, this footage comes from the outer defense BX model infrared surveillance of an abandoned scavenger camp at an outpost outside the Radiant Frontier Zone... Well, that's what the file says. The girl in the footage matches the description Tang Zijun gave earlier. They are investigating this, but that's not their area of operation, so it's not easy to confirm her identity."
"And what about you?" Chang Lei asked Suo Lin.
He knew that the concept of this mute girl first came from the mechanical head in front of him, or rather, the girl should be a part of the other party's memory.
"I?"
Suolin paused for a moment, her gaze lingering on the screen for a while, before shaking her head.
"I don't know, I'm not sure, I don't recognize him."
"You know my situation. It's already a miracle that I can still retain some human rationality in my brain. With my memory backup shattered like that, what impression do you expect me to have of her?"
As she spoke, Suolin looked again at the small, thin figure in the image. "Maybe she and I were really good friends before... or maybe we were even closer, but now, I really don't remember her at all."
"Well, what do we say?" Shi Yao glanced at Chang Lei. "It's not a good place to operate in the wasteland, is it? We didn't have any leads before, but now that we have some, we can't just ignore it. How about... contacting the Wolf Riders?"
"Perhaps..."
"No need to contact us anymore."
Before Chang Lei could finish speaking, a voice rang out from behind the two of them.
Upon hearing the sound, they looked over and saw Tang Zijun slowly revealing her body from a patch of light and shadow.
"I'm back."