Ultimately, Su Xiao narrowed down his suspicions to Xu An.
However, at this time, Su Xiao did not yet know Xu An's full name.
Meanwhile, Xia Jin, outside the lighthouse, was also not doing well. Qin Chuan's pursuit was becoming increasingly urgent.
His experiments, meanwhile, remained stagnant.
"Why isn't it working? Why isn't it working!" Xia Jin hurled all the test tubes in his hands to the ground.
In his anger, Xia Jin swept all the reagents on the desk onto the floor.
His gaze accidentally swept across the live broadcast screen. The fleeting flash of fire at that moment directly struck Xia Jin's eyes.
The next second, he felt as if he had been electrocuted.
He ran to the large broadcast screen at his fastest speed, looking at the unusually strong firelight. His gaze, however, was fixed on the two women in the footage.
He wouldn't be mistaken.
"Abilities, real abilities. This absolutely cannot be artificially synthesized. These are definitely self-awakened abilities."
Xia Jin looked again at the two women in the footage. The names displayed allowed Xia Jin to know the names of these two individuals with abilities.
They were named Xu An and Zhou Haimei.
"So perfect, so perfect. This is truly God's most perfect creation."
After speaking, Xia Jin's gaze inadvertently fell upon the inferior products he had created.
"As expected, fakes are just fakes. No matter how they are modified, they will never be half as powerful as the original talent."
Xia Jin muttered to himself incessantly.
As if possessed, he stared intently at Zhou Haimei, who was currently fighting Liu Chang in the footage.
"But this person named Xu An must be hiding their strength. Judging from the aura around this person, their ability is definitely not simple. But why haven't they used their ability at all?"
To witness Xu An's ability, Xia Jin repeatedly fast-forwarded the broadcast footage, all in an effort to find out what kind of ability Xu An was using.
However, even up to the latest episode's footage, Xu An had not revealed their true ability.
Just as Xia Jin was getting excited, someone suddenly burst through the door, their voice filled with extreme urgency.
"Doctor, Doctor, it's not good! Qingchuan is bringing people towards our laboratory."
Xia Jin turned around and glared angrily at the man who had barged in.
"Didn't I tell you? No one is allowed to step into my laboratory without my permission!"
But at this moment, the man paid no heed to Xia Jin's reprimand. "Doctor, did you hear what I said? I said Qin Chuan has brought people towards our laboratory. They have obtained a search warrant for the lighthouse. They say we are conducting illegal human experiments. Therefore, they intend to search our laboratory."
Xia Jin replied nonchalantly.
"Why are you in such a hurry? If the sky falls, I'll hold it up. Go inform your subordinates to pause the experiments, open all the secret passages, and send all the incomplete experimental subjects and animal samples into the laboratory, into the secret passages."
Just as Xia Jin thought the situation was perfectly resolved, the man still wore a crestfallen face.
"Doctor, it's no good. Someone, I don't know who, betrayed us. The mechanisms in the secret passage are no longer functional. All samples are now locked in their containers, and our iris scan passwords have all failed."
The man trembled, looking extremely frightened.
No one knew better than he did what kind of deeds they committed every day.
If it weren't for Xia Jin supporting them, the things they had done would have been enough to get them killed hundreds of times on the lighthouse.
Moreover, they had violated regulations by using living people as experimental subjects.
Just the sewage processor behind their laboratory contained hundreds of corpses. Not to mention the countless things in the laboratory that could not be seen by anyone.
Any modified creature in the laboratory, if discovered, would be impossible to explain even with a hundred mouths.
It was at this moment that Xia Jin finally sensed something was amiss.
He was right. The man roared in anger, "Where is Zhou Wei? Where is he?"
"Isn't he responsible for the laboratory? Where is he now? Huh?"
The man, trembling, replied, "Group Leader Zhou took a leave of absence due to illness a week ago. I thought you knew about this, so I didn't report it. He hasn't come to work for a week."
At this moment, Xia Jin began to piece things together.
"Zhou Wei is on leave, and no one told me?"
The man continued to reply, "Doctor, you said that all matters, big or small, regarding leave should be handled by Group Leader Zhou himself, and that I shouldn't bother you with such trivial matters."
Although the man appeared very frightened, he showed no sign of panic in his conversation with Xia Jin.
If one looked closely, they would notice that the fear and panic in the man's eyes did not reach his pupils. The corner of the man's mouth even curved into an almost imperceptible arc.
It was as if he were afraid, yet also mocking.
Under normal circumstances, Xia Jin would not have been so easily fooled by the man's words.
However, the excitement of discovering Xu An and Zhou Haimei's abilities, coupled with the sudden bad news, left him in a state of mixed joy and sorrow. Xia Jin easily believed what the man before him said.
Seeing Xia Jin fall silent.
The man's eyeballs rolled around in his sockets twice.
He quickly urged, "Doctor, what should we do now? Please give us some advice."
Xia Jin frowned, as if contemplating the truthfulness of the man's words.
"Where is Qin Chuan now?"
Xia Jin had, after all, not lost all his reason and did not immediately believe the man after just a few words.
Seeing Xia Jin's reaction, the man inwardly cursed, "Damn it, this old man is really difficult to deal with."
Saying this, the man took out the communication device he had prepared beforehand.
The footage in the communication device showed Qin Chuan leading his men towards the laboratory.
"Doctor, they are already on their way and should arrive in about half an hour. Furthermore, Qin Chuan has brought a large number of armed forces this time. I believe they will opt for a forceful breach."
The man's words were not entirely alarmist, as Qin Chuan's reputation on the lighthouse was well-known.
Even if Qin Chuan did demolish their laboratory with armed forces, no one would doubt the authenticity of this matter.
After all, given Qin Chuan's character, he was not incapable of such actions.
One event after another, like waves, crashing down upon Xia Jin, crushing him.
However, Xia Jin did not panic. He remained as calm as ever, as if he were discussing what to have for lunch, rather than facing Qin Chuan's approaching armed forces.