Mr. Yan, wake up! Your wife isn't a delicate little flower.

Inside a hidden laboratory on a small island in City Z.

"Alarm! Alarm! Someone has broken into underground Sector C!"

The alarm blared throughout the laboratory, and a number of people in uniforms emerged from the pristine white corridor.

These people, armed with guns, frantically searched the area.

Cheng Xihe, who was conducting an experiment, suddenly looked up and shouted sternly at the person next to him, "Go and ask what's going on!"

She was wearing a lab coat and a sterile hood, completely covered up.

At this moment, she was tightly gripping the test tube in her hand, the pale blue liquid shimmering with a faint fluorescent light.

"Yes!" The person next to him took off his goggles and ran out without stopping.

Two minutes later, the alarm outside still hadn't stopped.

Looking at the ruined reagents, Cheng Xihe frowned, destroyed the items, and left the sterile chamber.

She took off the wig, revealing her long, black hair that was piled up and was still wet.

After wiping the sweat from his brow, Cheng Xihe took off his goggles.

The fair face bore marks and sweat from the goggles.

Add to that the sweltering heat, and my skin is now fair with a rosy glow, like a plump peach.

"It's so hot!"

Cheng Xihe frowned as he took off his protective suit.

She changed into a simple outfit.

A loose white T-shirt and jeans.

After washing his face, Cheng Xihe pushed open the laboratory door.

"What happened?"

Grabbing a passing person at random, Cheng Xihe frowned and asked him a question.

The man looked up and saw Cheng Xihe, paused for a moment, then quickly lowered his head: "Professor Cheng, someone came in and stole an important medicine."

"What kind of medicine?"

Cheng Xihe's heart skipped a beat, and he unconsciously tightened his grip, sensing that something bad was about to happen.

"Yes, you should ask Mr. Bai. I don't know either."

The man pointed to Cheng Xihe's hand with a troubled expression: "Professor Cheng, I have to go over there to help."

"Go."

He let go and the man quickly ran away.

"Alarm! Alarm! The lab has been shut down! Everyone must remain until all personnel have been screened before leaving!"

A mechanical female voice sounded, and Cheng Xihe instinctively felt something was wrong, so she quickly took the private elevator to Area C.

This place is on a small island within the territory of Z City.

The island is surrounded by the sea, and the laboratory is located underwater, making it a strictly controlled location.

This time, someone actually managed to sneak in.

Zone C is the biopharmaceutical zone, and it's currently in complete chaos. Everyone is on the move, checking for the missing items.

Security personnel are checking the entire building for any suspicious individuals.

Cheng Xihe strode inside.

"Professor Cheng!"

"Professor Cheng is here!"

Nodding to everyone, Cheng Xihe walked directly to the innermost cabinet: "Has this area been checked?"

The person in charge of Area C hurriedly came over:

"Not yet. This place has double encryption and security mechanisms; most people wouldn't know how to use it..."

"drop!"

Cheng Xihe entered the password and pressed his fingerprint.

With a beep, the cabinet door opened, revealing an empty cabinet.

The person in charge's voice abruptly stopped: "This, this..."

Ruined!

The mechanism wasn't triggered, the cabinet was intact, but the most important medicine inside was missing.

"Chronos is gone!" The researchers who came over to watch exclaimed in a sharp voice, their faces filled with disbelief.

That's a key research drug in the institute.

The drug is not yet complete and has not yet undergone clinical trials.

Yes, it was the culmination of a year of research by Professor Cheng and his team!

Cheng Xihe looked at the head of Area C with a grave expression: "It seems that there's a rat in our research institute."

The head of Zone C trembled: "The entire research institute has been sealed off; not even a fly can get out."

"Oh."

Cheng Xihe sneered, and everyone around fell silent, no one daring to move.

Despite Professor Cheng's beautiful appearance, her eyes, with their grayish tint, appeared unusually cold and aloof.

When he is not speaking, his eyes always gaze calmly at everyone, as if he can see right through them.

"Boss!"

When Bai Ce came in and saw that everyone was silent, he quickly said, "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and take inventory of the rest of the things."

"Mr. Bai."

Ignoring the others, Bai Ce walked up to Cheng Xihe and said obsequiously, "Boss, calm down. This place is small and the air doesn't circulate. Don't stay here."

"Hmm." Knowing that putting pressure on them wouldn't work, Cheng Xihe nodded.

The others breathed a sigh of relief after the two left.

"That really scared me to death."

"I was almost scared to death by Professor Cheng's gaze."

"Stop chatting, get to the inventory!"

Inside Bai Ce's office, Cheng Xihe stared intently at the monitor with a grave expression: "Not even a trace?"

"All I see here are normal researchers coming and going; I haven't found anything unusual," Boze said, also looking troubled.

There was no one to be found anywhere; it was as if they had vanished into thin air.

Cheng Xihe's face was cold as he tapped his fingers lightly on the table, scrutinizing the surveillance footage.

Upon seeing this, Bai Ce felt a chill run down his spine.

Why am I a little scared?

"Disguise yourself as a researcher, go in, hide when they're not looking, steal something, and get out through the ventilation duct."

She had also participated in the design of this underground research institute and knew its structural layout and the location of its pipelines.

"I remember that the ventilation ducts were located in the mezzanine at the top of Section C. If someone is slim, they could easily fit inside."

Cheng Xihe glanced at Bai Ce: "You even managed to squeeze in."

"Boss, it wasn't me." Bai Ce raised his hands in surrender.

Cheng Xihe glanced at him and continued reviewing the previous content.

I watched a video three times.

Suddenly, she stood up and pointed to one of the people wearing a white coat and a mask:

"That person went in and never came out; it's him!"

After observing for a long time, she memorized everyone inside, including their walking posture and characteristics.

Bai Ce quickly checked the instructions, then grabbed the phone and gave the order: "Now, everyone do as I say!"

At the entrance of the research institute's canteen, the larger individuals were the first to be screened out and waited inside.

Anyone suspected of being suspicious was immediately taken to the small dark room for inspection.

You can only enter the canteen after you have checked and confirmed that everything is in order.

Half an hour later.

Bai Ce rushed to the canteen: "Boss, there isn't any."

Cheng Xihe, who was drinking tea, put down his cup, looked around, and said, "Ventilation ducts."

"They're inside; it's dangerous for us to climb in too..."

Bai Ce's eyes darted around, a wicked grin spreading across his face: "Someone, spray a lot of air freshener into the ventilation ducts!"

Too much air freshener can be toxic; large amounts can make a person dizzy.

He simply didn't believe that person could stay inside forever.

"Yes, Mr. Bai!" Just as the security guard was about to leave, several researchers approached.

"Mr. Bai, this is a good opportunity to try out our newly developed product!"

"We haven't used that new air freshener yet, so it'll be perfect for the people inside the ventilation ducts to smell it!"

"He got off too easily!"

People always get excited when they're doing bad things.

Several researchers winked at Boze.

Bai Ce glanced at Cheng Xihe.

"Um."

"You may go!"

Cheng Xihe lowered his eyes and picked up the teacup.

Suddenly, a bright light flashed in the distance.

Cheng Xi and Li Rui looked directly at the ventilation duct on the ceiling.

There was a section of stainless steel frame there, 60 centimeters long and 30 centimeters wide, with many steel rods spaced apart.

Each interval is two fingers wide.

This distance is just right to fit a camera lens in, and the person crawling on top won't fall off.

"Boss, what's wrong?"

Cheng Xihe looked away: "No."

Sabu, who was lying on the ventilation duct, was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and dared not move.

In front of him was a rectangular box wrapped in a white coat, as if afraid of making the slightest sound.

That person's eyes were terrifying.

Taking out his phone, Sabu nervously sent the photos he had just taken to a scheduled email address.

When the time comes, the information will be automatically sent out and detonated in this area, sending the IP address here.

Sending it now will be detected immediately and can be blocked.

Sader climbed to the corner of the pipe, threw his phone there, and slowly crawled out of the cafeteria.

They're going to spray a lot of air freshener into the vents. He doesn't want to die in here; he has to get out of here right away!

"Bai Ce..." Cheng Xihe frowned, beckoned Bai Ce over, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Bai Ce nodded: "Okay, boss, I'll get on it right away."