Carola Ana's gaze now drifted between Edgar and Lin Yuan, displaying her capricious nature, her disregard for life as if it were mere dust, while also contemplating that with Wang Xiaoxin still around, he might also prove useful.
Lin Yuan being in Edgar's hands had clearly made the situation incredibly uncontrollable.
Lin Yuan himself, however, hadn't thought that far. He felt fine now, with no physical discomfort.
His eyes remained vacant, "Understood."
"Hahahahaha, let's go! Leave them to my lovely Miss Anna, hahahahaha."
Utterly mocking, Edgar's subordinates even made faces at them.
This didn't look like a president at all, more like the leader of a gang.
After Edgar left, the things piled on his spine, attached to his vertebrae, finally stopped moving.
"There's a distance limit?"
No wonder I had to check in with him every day.
Lin Yuan also took the opportunity to regain clarity in his eyes; maintaining that expression was quite taxing.
The remaining people were Carola Ana's subordinates. She said nothing, merely ordering them to put hoods on the captives and take them to the area of the Second Research Department.
With too many eyes and ears here, she trusted no one but her inner circle.
A feeling of weightlessness, was this descending in an elevator?
With the hood on, Lin Yuan had no idea what was happening or where he was. He didn't possess Jiang Ziqi's ability to discern the outlines of his surroundings just by listening.
Switch to another elevator.
Continue switching.
He didn't know how many floors they had gone down; Lin Yuan guessed they might have reached the bottom of the ocean by now.
Towards the rear, only Anderson, Robin, and Lina remained to lead them. Six people passed through several large doors and stopped at an entrance. Anna swiped her card at the door and led them inside.
It seemed this base used ID cards internally. This was so much like Resident Evil.
Could it really be a documentary?
Upon entering, Lin Yuan and Wang Xiaoxin's hoods were removed, but they were then fitted with over-ear headphones that had excellent soundproofing. Thus, he could only see Lina quietly speaking something to Carola Ana.
"Boss, Lin Yuan can't be kept alive. Edgar was too playful today and didn't seize the opportunity to question him, otherwise, we'd all die here. I never expected the Old Master to actually..."
"Are you playing with us? Why talk in riddles with someone who's about to die?"
"Boss? What are you talking about?"
Anderson was very confused. Although most of them knew Chinese, they weren't fluent.
They knew very little about the meaning of this dialect.
"It's nothing, I'm testing his mental state."
"Then what are we going to do?"
This was their territory. All the obvious and hidden listening devices within had been altered, and those using them would only hear the "correct" information.
Thus, Lina spoke without reservation.
"Don't worry, the serum won't make people reveal what they've experienced. Why don't we turn the situation to our advantage now?"
"Turn the situation to our advantage?"
"I know the genetic coding for the M virus control serum. All it takes is to feed him a vial of the genetic serum."
"That simple?!" Lina and the others could hardly believe it was that easy.
"Yes, but it will take time."
"How much time?"
"About two months. He just needs to play his part at crucial moments."
"Understood. We'll just lie low during this period."
Giving Lina a look of approval, Carola Ana pointed at Wang Xiaoxin and said, "Alright, you'll await further notice for the rest. Take this girl down, clean her up, and keep a close watch on her. She's our contingency."
Only after everyone had left did Carola Ana breathe a sigh of relief.
What Lina and the others didn't know was that this had always been her laboratory, and she had personally installed everything. It was equivalent to a small safe house.
"Let's talk, what's going on?"
She still didn't fully trust Lin Yuan and hadn't gotten a clear explanation. Otherwise, she wouldn't have had them wear hoods and headphones.
This wasn't just for show for Edgar.
Lin Yuan shrugged and directly told her about his recent experience.
"I've never seen a situation like this. If I had to say, it's like those two who went to Huaxia to conduct business were cutting corners."
There was no one to ask now. After all, one of those two had been burned to charcoal by Lin Yuan, and the other had been turned into fertilizer by Jiang Ziqi.
"I'll give you a thorough examination first. Once we confirm there are no issues, I'll fulfill my promise and complete the genetic serum for you."
"Okay, what about Old Wang?"
"Don't worry, she'll be fine."