Living in the Doomsday and Becoming an Immortal Alone -
Chapter 62 - 48 "Decency"_2
Chapter 62: Chapter 48 "Decency"_2
Kong Nu’s fingers trembled as he tried to remove his glasses, repeating the motion twice before he managed to succeed.
In the past week, he seemed to have aged over a decade.
The Spiritual Ability House is the common name for the Spiritual Ability Users’ station within the Fortress, located in the northwest area of the third level of the Fortress. This area is a restricted zone that Upper City residents are not allowed to approach; however, it is forbidden to build any defensive structures here, making it appear like a beautiful villa district.
Even though the third level of the Fortress is still over a hundred meters from the surface;
Thanks to the ’Sunlight Transmission’ devices spread throughout the Upper City, there is plenty of illumination here during the day.
Kong Nu, at this very moment, was sitting in an office within a ’grand villa,’ bathed in the warm sunlight.
Over a dozen Spiritual Ability Users were sitting or standing outside the office, lips tightly sealed, with many wearing injuries.
The more than a hundred guards illegally recruited by the Spiritual Ability House were currently armed and lying in ambush throughout the area, closely monitoring every move.
The atmosphere in this zone was incredibly oppressive.
First, the sudden appearance of a Battle Girl in the Lower City had devastatingly destroyed all their arrangements;
And now, right outside the Spiritual Ability House, more than twenty armored vehicles had sealed off all visible exits and entrances.
The fully-armed warriors, wearing Exoskeleton Armor and carrying powerful electromagnetic guns, set up sniper positions at various high points. Although no heavy weaponry was visible, the interlocking fields of fire were sufficient to easily eliminate these D and E Level Spirit Ability Users.
This was the battle force mobilized by the Fortress Governor.
The approach Zhou Zhengde spoke of.
Now, Zhou Zhengde was earnestly persuading the Governor to issue a direct attack order, while the Governor and ministers were still waiting for commands from the combat zone.
Inside Kong Nu’s office, the atmosphere was so heavy it was terrifying.
Ye Zi, now clad in a red dress, was being held by a plump middle-aged woman as she sat in a corner of the office on a sofa, with two slightly older young women beside her.
They were Kong Nu’s family.
Or the new family he had acknowledged.
Ding Ling!
Kong Nu snatched up the phone on the corner of his desk, while the Spiritual Ability Users outside the office all looked in.
A tired, elderly voice came through the receiver:
"Lingtong has already found out, my people were restrained by Lingtong, you’re ridiculous, Kong Nu, that kind of laboratory, you actually didn’t install a self-destruct mechanism!"
Kong Nu’s Adam’s apple quivered as he replied, "The lowest level self-destruct mechanism might damage the Fortress’s external protective structure... Professor Zhuang... and I did install it, only the signal was lost, a few months ago..."
"Great job, very well done! They now have perfect leverage over me, I just handed over control of the D5 combat zone’s Spiritual Ability Users! Now, I’m just an old man purely focused on science!"
The older man on the other end sighed:
"I admit the experiments I conducted were unethical and carried some risks, but that’s the price that must be paid for the advancement of spiritual energy science.
"But you went too far, Kong Nu.
"Was an E Level Spirit Ability User really worth such a huge sacrifice? You went as far as threatening the Commander’s grandson.
"I really don’t get it, Kong Nu; I, an old man at the frontlines, could be excused for not knowing the arrangement of the Commander’s family, but you in Fortress 76, how could you not know where they and their mother were! Didn’t you ever toast your Chief Governor?"
Kong Nu replied with a bitter laugh, "So, Professor, after over thirty years of hard work, I, Kong Nu, ultimately lose to these nobles, is that it?"
"You can interpret it how you like, do you think the Commander is just a simple noble? He has saved this one-twentieth of humanity many times over."
The old man on the other end said helplessly:
"I can understand your desire to enter Spiritual Ability City; it’s your ideal, although it’s an ideal formed after brainwashing.
"Out of the many years of our acquaintance... I’ll give you one last tip.
"Don’t take the plane you called for; the combat zone is prepared to take you down in the air, and that aircraft has been locked onto.
"An air crash is the simplest way to erase all traces of a Senior Researcher, and even Energy City would find it hard to investigate."
"You should head to Fortress 82 to lay low, go to your old flame’s place. The Spiritual Ability Users from Fortress 82 will be waiting for you at Gate Nine of the Fortress. You have a way to get there, right? The intelligence I’ve received indicates you’re surrounded. I’m stalling them for you, but I can’t talk much now. I won’t be able to hold them off for long."
"The Commander will really kill me outright!"
"What else do you know about that E-level Spiritual Ability User, the one you guys named Black Storm, Mu Liang?"
Kong Nu whispered, "Professor, all I know is that he is definitely not one of our Thirteenth Institute’s sequence of Spiritual Ability Users."
"Interesting, the Military has broken through the infusion technology? Then we’re all doomed."
The old man gave a bitter smile:
"Spiritual Ability City is planning to express strong dissatisfaction over the massacre of Spiritual Ability Users at Fortress 76.
"They should probably use that E-level Spiritual Ability User as a scapegoat, but it no longer concerns me... I’m really impressed!
"Kong Nu, how much of the funding I provided did you embezzle? You even cut corners on the lab’s self-destruct mechanism? You’ve gotten too greedy, my student! Suddenly, I have nothing! Me!
"Forget it, wish you safety, your academic level is still decent."
The call from the other side ended.
Kong Nu lowered his head, rubbing his eyebrows, squeezed his eyes hard, and looked up at the corner.
"Wife, take the children to Gate Nine immediately, someone will take you to Fortress 82."
"Old Kong," the middle-aged woman asked softly, "What about you?"
"I’m waiting for the plane that’s locked by the missile."
Kong Nu said softly:
"Where else can I hide? Without Professor Zhuang’s secrets, what value do I have?
"Originally, I wanted to use those places down there to threaten Professor Zhuang to ensure our entry into Spiritual Ability City, but now it’s useless.
"The Biological Minister of Fortress 76 deserves a final bit of dignity."
He looked at the blank face of Ye Zi and sighed lightly:
"Sorry, Ye Zi, I can’t take care of you anymore."
The middle-aged woman held Ye Zi and the two daughters in her arms, sobbing softly.
Ye Zi’s eyes reddened slightly.
Without any protracted farewells, Kong Nu pressed a button; several Spiritual Ability Users entered from outside the door and rapidly left through a secret door with his family.
Kong Nu then said, "Everyone go back to your own places. Don’t worry about what comes next. Everything was done on my orders. Don’t resist the search... It’s been tough, working together all these years."
The Spiritual Ability Users outside the office didn’t say much and dispersed quietly.
"Ah..."
Kong Nu sighed, opened the drawer, took out a prized cigar, and lit it with practiced movements. He placed a photo in front of him, featuring an old lady wearing a red sweater.
He silently smoked the cigar, nostalgia flickering in his eyes.
Ding Ding!
An electronic pager wouldn’t stop vibrating.
[Mr. Li: Prepared. Come quickly.]
Kong Nu squinted at it, put the cigar down on the edge of the desk to let it smolder slowly, and then smirked.
He grabbed the briefcase hidden under the chair and quickly stood up, heading toward the bookshelf. Pushing aside the bookshelf, he revealed a narrow passage sloping downwards, which at the back connected to an upward-sloping ventilation duct.
"To hell with dignity."
Kong Nu charged into the passage, rapidly stripping off his suit jacket.
If you find any errors (non-standard content, ads redirect, broken links, etc..), Please let us know so we can fix it as soon as possible.
Report