A is in StarCraft, just disembarked from the Zerg Prince spaceship.

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The soles of the boots made a clear "tap, tap" sound as they stepped on the hard concrete steps.

Footsteps echoed faintly in the underground passage, only to be swallowed up by the darkness ahead.

The stairs are long, winding, and spiral downwards, forming a standard air-raid shelter passage.

The faint light from the storage room above quickly disappeared.

Commander-in-Chief Qi took out his terminal and turned on the lighting mode.

The air had completely changed; the musty, decaying smell had been replaced by a colder, drier odor, carrying the slightly fishy smell of old metal and the bitter smell of aging rubber seals.

This is no ordinary cellar or refuge.

Beneath Gao Xing's ordinary house, there was a secret passage.

The walls were cool to the touch, made of some kind of high-strength concrete, hard and smooth, without a single crack after all these years.

Every ten or so steps, there is an emergency light fixture embedded in the wall, but now it is covered in dust and has long since stopped working.

The passageway has a cold, military-industrial feel, like an air-raid shelter, creating a stark contrast with the warm and ordinary residential houses above.

The further down you go, the colder the air becomes, and the stronger the smell of metal and rubber becomes.

Finally, the staircase ended on a small platform.

In front of the platform, there was a cold, metallic sheen.

An airtight hatch made entirely of steel.

It is not huge but very heavy, cast entirely from silver alloy, with no extra decorations or handles on the surface, only a door wheel with a combination lock.

In the center of the wheel was a dark electronic screen, black and no longer lit, covered with a thin layer of gray.

Airtight doors are typically found only in certain hazardous laboratories, biochemical laboratories, and toxic and harmful substance storage centers, and are made of fully isolated steel.

Commander-in-Chief Qi stood there looking at the door.

There is a secret passage beneath the basement floor of Gao Xing's house, and at the end of the passage seems to be a dangerous laboratory.

He took a deep breath, the icy air reaching deep into his lungs.

This is a very deep underground location, and the temperature is extremely low.

Pressing your fingers against the cold metal surface of the airtight door keypad feels like touching ice.

The characters, covered in gray, appeared somewhat blurry under the light.

Commander-in-Chief Qi paused for a long time before pressing the first letter.

The password is a combination of letters and numbers.

Gao Xing only uses one password: his full name in pinyin plus the last six digits of his ID number.

【gao】

A slight mechanical clicking sound was heard.

【xing】

The touch when you press down is sluggish, and the sound of gears meshing has a dullness that comes from years of silence, when the surface lubricant has dried up.

【067635】

The last character is placed in its correct position.

Time seemed to stand still for a second.

There was no response.

Incorrect password.

Commander-in-Chief Qi frowned, thinking of the omega named Qin Qin.

Could it be?

The military's files contain detailed information about Qin Qin.

On a whim, he entered the following into the keypad:

【qinqin】

【083242】

Still silence.

Suddenly, without warning, the dark electronic screen in the center of the door lit up!

A cold, scanning beam shot out instantly, precisely sweeping across Commander-in-Chief Qi's facial contours and iris.

The electronic screen displays pixelated text: 【Target Mismatch】

The beam went out.

Silence returned.

This airtight hatch is still in operation today.

Passwords may or may not be used as a cover, but while they still have power, facial and pupil scanning are the primary means of unlocking doors.

Commander-in-Chief Qi took a deep breath.

Then don't blame him.

Commander-in-Chief Qi drew his sidearm and fired several shots at the electronic screen.

The screen, along with the scanning system, was smashed, sparks flying. Under attack, the steel lock structure automatically locked itself.

It became.

In the locked state, the entire lock cylinder structure is inserted into the lock track.

Amidst the automatic floating lights of the terminal and the flashing alarm lights of the airtight compartment door, Commander-in-Chief Qi gripped the door-opening wheel of the airtight compartment firmly with both hands, and then—

Pull it outwards!

He is also an S-class.

Although he hasn't been on the battlefield for so many years, the strength of his alpha high-energy blood has not diminished at all.

The surging alpha high-energy blood lit up, the pupils lit up, and the scalding hot blood filled the muscles, bursting out with a pulling force of nearly 2000kg.

The steel lock structure of the airtight compartment door struggled against this force, emitting a teeth-grinding creaking sound.

The metal hatch might be able to withstand such a pulling force, but the intricate lock cylinder structure inside would not.

immediately--

"laugh--!"

A muffled and enormous hissing sound suddenly erupted, like a giant beast taking a long, drawn-out breath of air that it had been holding for nearly twenty years in the abyss.

Immediately following was the sound of heavy, intricate metal components breaking.

Inside that once seamless, massive steel door, the complex locking mechanism was crumbling layer by layer under immense force.

A blinding white light shone through the crack in the door, its radiance sharp and intense.

Under Commander-in-Chief Qi's violent dismantling, the lock on the all-steel airtight cabin door was released, and it began to be pulled open along the almost invisible gap at the edge.

A bright white light shone from inside the door, along with a rush of cold air that smelled of complex electronic components and some indescribable chemical agents.

Countless rows of cool white light tubes on the ceiling illuminated every corner with crystal clarity, leaving no shadows.

Medical-grade shadowless lamp.

The overly bright and uniform white light gives the entire space an unreal, specimen-like quality.

As far as the eye can see, there is a suffocating crowd. A huge laboratory table occupies the central position, and its surface is completely submerged by rows of glassware.

Beakers, graduated cylinders, conical flasks, petri dishes... densely packed, in various shapes and sizes.

A stethoscope, blood collection tubes, tweezers, glass rods, and pipettes were scattered on the table. The chrome-plated metal parts had long lost their luster and were covered with a dull oxide layer.

The air was deathly cold, the complex smells of chemicals, old rubber, and disinfectant locked in by the constant low temperature, pressing heavily on the lungs.

A medical laboratory.

The paper labels on the flasks were yellowed, curled, and the writing was blurred and illegible. Some labels had brown stains around the edges from leaked reagent, making them even harder to read.

Glass slides and cover glass sheets were stacked in boxes along the wall, and the cardboard boxes were so fragile that they would break at the slightest touch.

There were several bulky instruments in the corner.

The room features a centrifuge with a huge knob, a large analyzer, a pointer microscope, an incubator with complex tubing and a glass observation window, a sterile room the size of a person, and an oxygen chamber.

These instruments are very old, a style that has been outdated by the mainstream for a long time, but they are maintained exceptionally well here. Every pipe is neatly wound and fixed, very orderly.

There are some old chemical corrosion marks on the table, and various instruments show signs of repeated use.

This laboratory has probably been used for more than just one or two years; it's been around for decades.