Desperate people, accept the seed of my soul!

Lin Zhenghong walked behind his desk, sat down, and opened the monitoring screen on his computer.

More than 200 surveillance cameras throughout the industrial park are transmitting real-time images.

The high-voltage power grid on the wall flashed with pale blue arcs.

Security personnel at the entrance are using metal detectors to rigorously check every vehicle entering and exiting.

At the entrance to the underground laboratory, fully armed security personnel stood next to the biometric lock, guns at the ready.

There were no flaws whatsoever.

Lin Zhenghong smiled.

Even if Li Su could break through Black Falcon's outer defenses, the moment she stepped into the industrial park, all her mental energy would be drained by twenty "Black Ring II" suppressors.

At that point, she'll be like fish on a chopping board, completely at his mercy.

He had even planned to first use her to conduct ten sets of extreme mental strength tests, then perform craniotomy to extract slices of her brain and study the neural mechanisms of psychic awakening.

A living, awakened mind could bring "Project Dawn" to completion at least ten years ahead of schedule.

At that time, the entire Northern Plains Federation, and even the whole world, will grovel at his feet.

Lin Zhenghong picked up his wine glass and took another sip.

The internal phone on my desk suddenly rang.

He raised an eyebrow and pressed the answer button.

Zhao Wei's somewhat flustered voice came through the receiver.

"Chairman! The first patrol team on the outer perimeter has lost contact!"

Lin Zhenghong paused for a moment, his hand holding the wine glass still.

What does "missing contact" mean?

"They were supposed to report their patrol situation ten minutes ago, but now there is no response to their calls, and the locator shows that they are stationary three kilometers north of Post No. 3."

Zhao Wei's voice trembled almost imperceptibly.

"I've already sent the second patrol team to investigate."

Lin Zhenghong frowned slightly.

The first patrol team consists of five people, equipped with walkie-talkies, locators, and a submachine gun.

Even if you encounter a pack of wolves or a blizzard, it's impossible that you wouldn't be able to send out a distress signal.

"understood."

Lin Zhenghong's voice remained calm.

"Have the second patrol team report back immediately upon arrival."

He hung up the phone and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

Maybe the blizzard just broke the cell tower?

Or perhaps the patrol team's walkie-talkie malfunctioned?

Lin Zhenghong stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window again.

The distant wasteland was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.

Only the sound of the wind whistling could be faintly heard coming from outside.

He waited for five minutes.

The internal phone rang again.

This time the sound was more urgent than the last.

Lin Zhenghong walked over quickly and pressed the answer button.

"Chairman! The second patrol team has also lost contact!"

Zhao Wei's voice was tinged with obvious panic.

"After they reached the location where the first patrol lost contact, they only shouted 'Attack!' before communications were cut off! The locator also lost signal!"

Lin Zhenghong's face instantly darkened.

It can't be a malfunction.

It couldn't possibly be a wild animal.

There is only one possibility.

Li Su has arrived.

She arrived so quickly.

"Immediately activate Level 1 alert!"

Lin Zhenghong's voice was as cold as ice.

"All patrol teams withdraw to the park! Close all entrances! Set the high-voltage power grid to maximum power!"

"yes!"

Zhao Wei immediately responded.

Lin Zhenghong hung up the phone, walked to the panoramic view of the industrial park on the wall, and his gaze fell on the position of post number three.

It's three kilometers from the main entrance of the industrial park.

She managed to eliminate two patrol teams so quietly and without anyone noticing in such a short time.

It seems he underestimated her fighting ability.

But it's okay.

The patrol teams outside are essentially expendable resources.

Even if she could take out all the outer sentries, she still wouldn't be able to break through the park's defenses.

Lin Zhenghong's finger landed on the third basement level.

All twenty "Black Ring Generation II" compressors have been turned on, effectively covering the entire park.

As soon as she dares to step through the door, her mental strength will be suppressed to the level of an ordinary person.

At that point, any security guard could easily capture her alive.

Lin Zhenghong took a deep breath, suppressing the inexplicable irritation in his heart.

He sat back down at his desk and opened the surveillance footage.

The two large alloy iron gates at the main entrance of the park are slowly closing.

The security personnel in the guard post had already raised their guns and were vigilantly watching the road outside.

All the searchlights on the wall were turned on, and the bright beams of light swept back and forth across the wasteland outside.

The entire industrial park resembles a hedgehog that has hunched over, revealing all its sharp quills.

Lin Zhenghong leaned back in his chair and picked up the whiskey again.

He wanted to see just how capable this woman, who dared to venture alone to the North Plains, really was.

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On the wasteland three kilometers away.

Li Su parked the jeep behind a dirt slope.

She turned off the engine, opened the car door, and got out.

The wind made her trench coat flutter loudly.

She looked up and gazed at the Alpha Bio-industry Park in the distance.

Bright searchlight beams swayed back and forth across the wasteland, like peering eyes.

Even from three kilometers away, she could feel the faint, suppressive fluctuations of mental energy permeating the air.

It is the "Black Ring II".

She had seen information about this device at Black Falcon's base; it had an effective suppression range of five kilometers and could compress the mental power of an awakened person to less than one-tenth of its original value.

It seems Lin Zhenghong went to great lengths to capture her.

Li Su bent down, took out the night vision device seized from the Shiquan Town outpost from his backpack, and put it on the bridge of his nose.

In the green field of vision provided by the night vision goggles, the outline of the entire Alpha Industrial Park was clearly visible.

A three-meter-high high-voltage electric fence surrounded the entire perimeter, with a guard post every fifty meters, staffed with armed security personnel.

The two large alloy iron gates at the main entrance were completely closed, and two heavy machine guns were mounted behind them, their dark muzzles pointed at the highway outside.

The searchlights on the wall scanned the perimeter every thirty seconds, leaving no blind spots.

A head-on confrontation is not a wise choice.

Li Su's gaze shifted from the main gate to the west wall.

There was an abandoned sand and gravel pit right next to it, with piles of sand and gravel over ten meters high, which blocked part of the searchlight's field of vision.

She remembered that the Black Falcon base's records mentioned that there used to be a drainage ditch under the west wall, which was later filled in with sand and gravel, but the underground drainage pipes were still there, leading all the way to the sewage treatment plant inside the park.

Li Su took off the night vision goggles and put them back in her backpack.

She crouched down and pressed her palms against the frozen ground.

His spiritual energy spread along the ground, probing towards the western wall.

Beneath the thick layer of permafrost, there is indeed a cement pipe about one meter in diameter that extends all the way into the park.

There was no heartbeat from any living creature inside the pipe.

The only sound was the faint movement of a mouse running.

Li Su withdrew her mental energy and stood up.

She went around to the back of the jeep and opened the trunk.

Inside were bullets, explosives, and a military dagger seized from the Shiquan Town outpost.

Li Su stuffed the explosives and dagger into her backpack, and then took two fully loaded magazines and put them in the pocket of her trench coat.

She doesn't need a gun.

But sometimes, the sound of a gun can distract attention.