Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 1541 Chasing Strange Shadows in the Deep Corridor

As Huo Zhuifeng walked toward the test area, the light behind him continued to fall. He didn't turn around to look, but instead quickened his pace.

Once he sets a goal and makes a decision, he will no longer have any hesitations, but will focus on completing it, and will try his best to overcome all kinds of difficulties he encounters.

The researchers' rest area wasn't very large, but each person had their own private rest room. Since there was something unusual chasing him and he couldn't go back, accurately locating the narrator's rest room was a real test for him.

Originally, as a martial artist of the Longevity Observation with the divine appearance, he only needed to spread his spirit to cover the entire area. However, this place is filled with abnormal fields. Not to mention that it conflicts with his spirit, even if he really felt something, it may not necessarily be correct.

Therefore, he should follow this unusually possible rule and move forward step by step.

However, doing so only fueled his competitive spirit.

He has been a detective for so many years and has solved countless cases, big and small. Although most of the time he relies on the special abilities of a fighter and rarely uses those more ordinary technical means anymore, it does not mean that he has completely abandoned his original skills.

He recalled the contents of the notebook and believed that since this anomaly was guiding him, there must be a way to solve it, and most of the clues should be found in it.

Aside from the extra content we just saw, the diary contained a large amount of daily entries, which seemed to be unimportant, but to him they were not so simple.

This document contains a wealth of information that is easily overlooked by the average person. Thanks to the researcher's professional habits and rigorous attitude, the descriptions of regions, distances, and time spans in the records are very clear and precise.

Based on these, he can connect a whole chain of clues and logic.

Recalling these events, he seemed to see the figure of a young researcher moving around in this area in his mind.

At first, its figure was hopping, sometimes at one end and sometimes at the other, but as he analyzed and filled in the gaps, its route was gradually completed and slowly matched with every time and every distance recorded in the diary.

At this moment, his eyes brightened, and after turning to look at a certain lounge, he strode over there.

As he took a step, after a while, the light behind him gradually dimmed, but he did not stop walking. When he reached that place, he merged with the figure in the spiritual world.

He reached for the doorknob and found that the lock opened by itself without any effort or biometric verification, which further convinced him of his judgment.

After pushing open the door, he glanced around. The break room wasn't big; it contained a desk, a filing cabinet, a sterilizing wardrobe, and a partitioned changing room.

He first went to the desk, took out a pair of elbow-length gloves and put them on. He then took out each drawer one by one, checked them inside and out, tapped on the walls to see if there were any foreign objects or hidden compartments. Finding nothing, he put them back.

He walked to the wardrobe, which contained some everyday clothes and a researcher's coat. After rummaging through it for a while, he found a cassette tape in the pocket of a garment that was placed on the inside.

This is probably what was mentioned in the diary.

But after he took it, he always felt that it wasn't the thing he was looking for.

He went over to the filing cabinet and rummaged through it. It was full of professional documents, so don't try to figure out anything from the contents. The cabinet itself was also fine.

So he returned to his desk, sat down in the chair, thought for a moment, and finally reached out to pick up the wastebasket next to him. It was full of papers. He fiddled with it for a few moments, paused slightly, and then emptied the wastebasket onto the desk.

Soon, an old-fashioned cassette tape was found at the very bottom, but the tape had been pulled out and was in a mess, as if it had not been deliberately hidden but had just been thrown there.

He tidied up, took a pen from the pen holder on the table, inserted the pen tip into the scroll and slowly turned it. In a short while, he put the scroll back in place.

He believed the contents were important, but right now, all he needed was a recorder to play it.

The researcher's diary also mentioned that there was a radio at the researcher's place, and the researcher must have played it before, otherwise there would have been no need to tear off the tape and throw it away.

He had already thought of this while analyzing the researchers' break room, so he had already roughly determined the location of the researcher, Devica.

However, there are several lounges there, so we'll have to try to find one.

As he left the office, he made sure to close the door behind him and continued walking. As the light behind him gradually dimmed, he walked until he was almost at the end of the road, then reached out and pushed the door open.

Unlike last time, he didn't push it away with just a light touch, but it made no difference to him.

After entering, I found that I was lucky; the nameplate on the table had this researcher's name on it.

After he arrived, he sat down and pulled out a drawer. Since it was something that others could know about, it must be something he used frequently, so he placed it where he could easily reach it.

Sure enough, an old-fashioned tape recorder was found in the first drawer.

After checking, I found it was a plug-in type, so I put the restored cassette tape in first. But after a while, what I heard coming out was a catchy, addictive music.

Because the fast forward button on the tape was broken, and he was afraid of missing something, he endured the discomfort and listened for about ten minutes. Then the music suddenly stopped, and there was a hissing sound, but it was clear that at least half of the tape was still playing.

A moment later, Abian language with a heavy Dhrodha accent emerged from within. “The city is the body, then (noise) is the heart, and this is the poison that seeps in.”

Are we creating toxins?

It was a slightly flustered voice.

"More accurately, it's about creating 'noise,' a kind of noise that can affect thoughts, dreams, and the environment."

"But……"

Do you believe in gods?

"I am a Protestant."

“Protestantism? Protestants don’t worship a real god. I worship the ancient Three-Eyed God, the oldest religion in this land,”

“Three eyes… As far as I know, your newborn child has three eyes.”

"That is a blessing from God." The voice suddenly became extremely fervent.

"Everything we do is under the arrangement of the Three-Eyed God. Our technological breakthroughs are thanks to the blessing and permission of the Three-Eyed God."

We need to have reverence for God, and my son is a gift from God; he should go and accomplish the great task that God has given him..."

The voice then repeated a passage about the doctrine of the Three-Eyed One, which sounded no different from the brainwashing effect of catchy, addictive music.

Huo Zhuifeng listened patiently. If he hadn't known beforehand what this research institute was studying, he might have thought it was just a technician with religion in his head, full of delusions.

If one clearly knows the subject of the research and also knows that the research has indeed been successful, then one has no choice but to take it seriously.

Could those miniature mutated creatures be related to gods?

But what about that "Child of the World" or something, the baby with three eyes? Is this related to the "Child of the World" from the notebook?

He felt that some clues were still missing. After listening to both sides of the tape and finding nothing more, he put in another tape.

This passage describes the observation and recording of an experimental target, and it's clear that the author was reading from an experimental report.

He couldn't understand the technical data and records, but he sensed something, and his expression subtly changed.

He thought for a moment, then took out the notebook again and continued flipping through it.

"July 28th... I saw the test subject. I feel like I've seen him somewhere before, but I forgot. I need to take my medication. Yes, my medication..."

"On September 5th, researcher Devica disappeared, supposedly having applied for a transfer."

"On October 10th, the experiment made progress. Two colleagues were very concerned about me, but I had never seen them before. They must be new... Strange."

"On December 29th, the director said we needed to speed up the process, as the plan was six months ahead of schedule. There were still many related experiments to be done. Wasn't that too rushed? The director said we could only restart the initially rejected plan..."

Huo Zhuifeng flipped through the pages again, but didn't see any more content. However, the contents of the notebook, the conversations in the two recordings, and the events and records all pointed to the central research lab. Without a doubt, this was where he was going next.

If possible, this would be the first place he should check, but since there's an anomaly here, he has to follow the pattern of the anomaly.

He stood up, went back into the corridor, and looked ahead. The research area was located at the very back; once you went there, there was no turning back.

He picked up a cigarette, put it in his mouth but didn't light it, and stood there for a while before moving on.

Upon arriving at the main research area, we found that the area was quite large, with experimental equipment placed everywhere and very bright lighting.

And after he arrived here, the lights behind him dimmed even faster. With almost every step he took, the light behind him dimmed, as if the anomaly was urging him on.

He gradually walked into the core area, then paused, because through the bright safety glass he could see many researchers working inside, all gathered around something, but he couldn't make out what it was at first because of the angle.

However, when he turned around, even though he was prepared, his expression still turned slightly serious. It was a strange infant with three eyes. At this moment, the infant seemed to notice his gaze, and suddenly turned its head, revealing a strange expression to him.

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(End of this chapter)