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Chapter 193 Interrogation
The door to the storage room was slammed shut. Iron tables and chairs were nailed to the wall, and Wang Kun was tied to the back of one of the chairs with his hands behind his back, sweat streaming down his forehead.

He glanced at the doorway, his lips pressed tightly together, his arms trembling slightly. On the table sat a pitcher of cold water and a stack of dry bread; no one touched them.

Xiao Ran stood by the table, tapped the wooden surface with his fingers, and kept the sound at a distance where Wang Kun could hear him: "Wang Kun, tell me about your mission."
"We don't want to waste too much time." He said in a low voice, pushing the document over.

Wang Kun stared at the table, gritting his teeth and remaining silent. Lu Zhao moved a chair over and sat down, deliberately dimming the lights slightly.

"Don't waste everyone's time. What deal did you make with the Dawn Organization? Speaking up might save your life."

Xiao Ran poured himself a glass of cold water and placed it next to Wang Kun, his tone flat: "Remember this, outside the fortress are zombies and an army. I know better than you how long the food inside will last. If we drag this out any longer, others will die and you won't survive either." He then kicked the table leg, his face expressionless.

Wang Kun remained silent, shrugging his shoulders. Lu Zhao picked up the document and stared at Wang Kun's face for a few seconds.

“You made too many moves in the energy room just now. Now that we can hold you in custody, we can also find out who your superior is.”

He emphasized the word "online".

Xiao Ran cracked his knuckles: "Where are your accomplices? Who tampered with the medicine warehouse? Who sabotaged the water treatment?"

Wang Kun gave a soft snort, then gritted his teeth and remained silent. Xiao Ran turned to Lu Zhao and raised his chin.

"With this much backbone, how long can he hold on? I estimate less than three hours."

Lu Zhao didn't reply, but instead pried open a corner of the document in his hand and twirled the pen on the table.

“We can take it slow. Wang Kun, if you don’t talk, someone else will. All the data will be backed up, and the videos are also stored on external disks. Once the power goes out, you won’t be able to escape either.”

Wang Kun stared at the cup on the table, his gaze vacant for a couple of seconds. Lu Zhao casually asked, "You guys left a loophole in the fortress's surveillance system. How did you get the password to enter the energy zone?"

Xiao Ran suddenly pulled a chair over and sat down opposite Wang Kun, crossing his arms on the table and staring intently at Wang Kun.

"Do you think Dawn can still save you? All external channels are locked down and signals are blocked. Don't expect to easily send a message out. How many accomplices will you see by tomorrow?"

Wang Kun swallowed hard, his voice low and muffled as he said, "You don't understand...you really don't understand."

Lu Zhao remained expressionless as he flipped through a few more pages of the document. After a moment, he deliberately revealed a page with several lines of English letters arranged in a strange sequence.

He asked slowly, "Do you know the true nature of Eden's barrier? Is your plan actually targeting Little Bell and the energy core?"

Wang Kun's fingers trembled slightly. Xiao Ran noticed and added, "Everyone is focused on the barrier technology, but you guys are bypassing the main control and targeting the energy core. This shows you have more intelligence than we do."

Wang Kun gritted his teeth, but a slight tremor escaped his throat. He licked his lips but didn't look up to speak.

Xiao Ran sighed, picked up a chair leg, and slammed it to the ground with a loud crash. "You know your place now. How many days you live sitting here depends entirely on whether you cooperate or not."

Lu Zhao stared at Wang Kun without blinking, and slowly asked in a low voice, "What exactly is Dawn planning to do? Forget about that nonsense about human evolution, we stopped believing in it a long time ago."

Wang Kun remained silent for a long time before finally speaking, his voice low and hoarse: "We anticipated the Eden Barrier. Those people outside are not our main target at all."

Lu Zhao asked, "What is the real goal?"

Wang Kun sighed, tilted his head and looked for a while before saying, "Little Bell and the energy core. Our organization's higher-ups have always believed that these two things can be combined to create a 'purifying agent.' Not the kind of medicine that cures diseases, but—" His voice trembled slightly, "...that can be used to control infected people on a large scale and use them as tools for armed forces."

Without saying a word, Xiao Ran pressed down on his shoulder: "What are you talking about? Control?"

Wang Kun shrank back. "You've always thought the purification agent was just for saving lives. What our organization... actually wants is control. Whoever can control the purification agent, whoever can turn the infected into obedient soldiers, creating a new type of absolutely compliant force."

Lu Zhao twirled the water glass in his hand and lowered his voice: "So you just want to kidnap Xiaoling and the core?"

Wang Kun nodded, his voice weak: "I'm a low-level member, only responsible for grabbing the core. Our team has other liaisons. I only know there's someone in the fortress with a higher status than me..." Xiao Ran's eyebrows twitched, and he asked directly: "Who?"

Wang Kun shook his head, his voice hoarse: "I really don't know his name, only his code name, 'Eagle Eye.' He'll contact me with a specific code whenever things get urgent. Yesterday he sent a secret message telling me not to take any action, saying the barrier was still subject to change, but who knew..."

Lu Zhao tapped his fingers on the table imperceptibly: "Have you seen this 'Hawkeye'? How do you contact him?"

Wang Kun shook his head again, tucking his neck into his collar, and said urgently, "Never seen him. There was only one set of codes, which were burned on paper. I only remember a few words—'night sky,' 'Mars,' and 'zero.' I only received orders for him to appear in the fortress."

The air in the storage room froze for a moment.

Xiao Ran patiently asked, "Is there anything else you want to say? Did you do the thing at the medicine warehouse?"

Wang Kun lowered his head: "Part of it is mine. I only took the medicine and raw materials. The water treatment wasn't my responsibility. 'Hawkeye' directed someone else, and I have no idea who that person is."

He simply closed his eyes, as if repeatedly resisting continuing.

Lu Zhao suddenly raised his voice by an octave: "You said you're just at the bottom level, how could you possibly be allowed to handle something as important as the Source Core?"

Wang Kun gritted his teeth, his voice trembling: "You don't understand the power of Dawn... That woman, she can see the future. She said that once all the energy cores are gathered, the disaster will only just begin..." Before he could finish speaking, a chill ran down his spine.

Xiao Ran grabbed his collar: "Which woman? Who is she?"

Wang Kun's fingers twitched, his face turned deathly pale, and his teeth were clenched tightly. After a long while, he said intermittently, "I can't say... If I say it, it's all over. You... you'll be targeted by her..." His voice stopped abruptly. No matter how Xiao Ran questioned him, his lips remained tightly pressed together, his breathing became rapid, and his eyes were filled with only terror.

Outside the storage room, Su Wanqing stood at the door and heard the last few words.

She recorded the interrogation notes in her notebook, then had someone bring in water and bread, and locked Wang Kun back in place.

Lu Zhao and Xiao Ran walked out of the storage room, exchanged a glance, and then closed the door tightly.

At the same time, a slight noise came from the medical room. Lin Che opened his eyes and saw the snow-white ceiling and a faint scar on his chest.

He touched it; there was no blood or pain under his fingertip. He could only remember the wound bleeding profusely before, and what happened after Night took over his body—it was all a blank.

This sense of loss overwhelmed him.

Xiaoling sat on the edge of the bed, swinging her little legs from side to side, and smiled at him: "Brother Lin Che, you were sleeping very soundly just now. Uncle Golden Eyes helped you drive away the bad things. He said that once you're fully recovered, he'll go back to rest."

Lin Che's body stiffened, and he asked urgently, "Uncle Golden Eyes? Is he still there?"

Xiaoling blinked and said seriously, "He said he hasn't seen you lately and asked you to take good care of me. He also said that the energy core shouldn't be touched carelessly, or the stars will get angry."

After she finished yelling, she lowered her head and fiddled with her cuffs.

A question arose in Lin Che's mind. He tried to close his eyes and call out "Night" in his mind, attempting to find that familiar consciousness in his usual way, but it was as if there was an extremely thick wall between them. No matter how hard he tried, he could not get a response from Night.

Lin Che's hand tightened as fear and confusion overwhelmed him.

He touched his chest again; the scar felt cold. The emptiness of losing complete control over his body sent chills down Lin Che's spine.

He tried to confirm with Xiaoling several times what Ye had said, but Xiaoling only remembered a few fragmented sentences and couldn't say anything else. She just stayed by the bed and didn't move, leaving Lin Che completely puzzled.

It took Lin Che a long time to calm himself down. He looked at the newly healed scar on his palm, his mind filled with questions.

He thought about the energy core, and then about what Xiaoling had just mentioned about "stars getting angry," but he couldn't figure out Ye's intentions no matter what.

Lin Che bit her lip, silently looked up at the light in the infirmary, and was lost in confusion and anxiety.