I write obituaries for the gods

"The Foundation has a large number of such experimental facilities underground, and most of them are kept secret, with very few personnel going in and out."

"But to be honest, they really shouldn't have hired Xiao Hei. She's not someone who's easy to deal with; she likes to run around when she has nothing better to do."

“She came home a few months ago, and she was followed by informants the whole time, so she didn’t say much.”

"However, from her few words, I learned the approximate location of the laboratory where she worked and received her distress signal."

"So, I went to the foundation's Xiwang District headquarters and successfully located Facility No. 3 in the information terminal..."

As he spoke, the bronze mask flipped through the notebook and faced the crowd.

What comes into view is a structural diagram of an underground laboratory.

"Facility No. 3 is located underground at the Foundation's West Wing District headquarters!"

Upon hearing this, everyone frowned.

"That Xiwang District headquarters, which has now become ruins?" Lin Chen said.

“That’s right, didn’t expect that, did you?” The bronze mask laughed. His smile when he wasn’t wearing the mask was incredibly irritating. “In a way, Euclid’s destruction of the Westview District headquarters became a smokescreen to cover up Facility Three!”

"You have to admit, those bastards at the foundation are incredibly cunning. They're all scheming and cunning. Every time you think they've gotten the short end of the stick, they always find another way to make up for it."

"After that, I tried to get into that lab several times, and guess what? The area around the ruins of Xiwang District was cordoned off with police tape. They said it was too dangerous inside and that all personnel were prohibited from entering to prevent accidents."

"To put it bluntly, it's about covering up the development and testing of the hub AI."

After the process of explaining the bronze mask was explained, everyone looked thoughtful.

"How do we break in?" Lin Chen looked at Jiang Zhengge.

“It’s not wise. The foundation will definitely have a self-consistent destruction procedure for such facilities. If we launch a forced attack and trigger the destruction procedure, then we will lose both the clues and the people,” Jiang Zhengge said.

"Section Chief Jiang is brilliant! They really have this system," the bronze-masked man nodded repeatedly. "And the internal door locks require biometric authentication. If the authentication fails, it immediately triggers an alarm, and then they'll destroy everything, including my precious little sister..."

"Is there a list?" Lin Chen asked. "For internal staff."

"That's true."

The bronze mask fiddled with the notebook for a while, then showed it to everyone.

“These people all work at Facility No. 3. I’ve investigated them all, and they’ve either been missing for a long time or they’ve been arrested. Anyway, I haven’t found anyone I can turn.”

“They’ve been arrested…” Jiang Zhengge frowned. “That’s easy enough. Let’s see if we have any prisoners in our custody.”

"It's a pity that Louis has been working in the director's office lately. It's so troublesome not having a technical specialist..." Li Zhanyi sighed as he watched the elderly Jiang Zhengge struggling to operate the computer.

"What are you saying, looking down on your brother Jiang?" Jiang Zhengge frowned. "What's so hard about finding this? Look, I found it... ah..."

He suddenly nodded meaningfully.

"Isn't that quite a coincidence?"

"What a coincidence! What's going on?"

Lin Chen moved closer to the computer and looked at the headshot on the screen.

"Ah..." He nodded as well.

"What are you all doing here?" Li Zhanyi struggled to get between the two of them. "Where? Let me see... ah..."

She also let out an "Ah".

Because of the headshot on the computer...

It was Wu Hao, who had been captured by Jiang Zhengge at the Waldorf Hotel!

Former investigator in the Rapid Response Division, later a mercenary in the black market!

......

Chapter 49 Operation Code Name: The Nest (Second and Third Updates)

"Wu Hao, due to your good behavior in prison, we have decided to release you early. We hope that you will turn over a new leaf and start a new life after you get out."

"Yes, yes, definitely."

At the entrance of the Investigation Bureau, Wu Hao took his bag of personal belongings and looked up at the slivers of sunlight peeking through the clouds.

He turned his head, smiled at Wang Pan at the door, and said:

"I advise you to leave the Investigation Bureau as soon as possible, young man. You seem to be quite honest. Don't let these incompetent and useless people corrupt you."

"Haven't you had enough of your stay?" Wang Pan asked, moving her mechanical arm.

"Haha, so what? I'm out now, what are you going to do to take me back?"

Wu Hao shook his head, looking indifferent, and then strode towards the entrance of the Investigation Bureau.

Watching his departing figure, Wang Pan clenched her fist and pressed her earpiece, saying:

"Are you sure it's okay to just let this bastard go like that?"

"Don't worry, there won't be any problems."

In the office of the Rapid Response Division, Jiang Zhengge looked at the surveillance footage on the screen, a slight smile playing on his lips.

He turned around and explained to the crowd:

"About two weeks ago, Mr. Z from the foundation proposed to us that we should redeem a group of prisoners from the prison, and the price offered was quite good."

“We have been dragging our feet on responding, saying we need to hold a meeting to consider it, leaving some room for maneuver.”

"Wu Hao was among those prisoners?" Lin Chen raised his eyebrows. "Why does Mr. Z want to ransom Wu Hao?"

“First, let’s rule out people they value highly who have worked for them,” Li Zhanyi shrugged. “They’re just a bunch of disposable materials.”

“The only possibility is that Wu Hao once worked at Facility No. 3,” Jiang Zhengge nodded. “His job at Waldaff would not have been surprising at all. It’s probably just that the Foundation’s outsourcing department had a brain fight and sent such a high-risk person to work as a security guard.”

“But Wu Hao should be safe in prison,” Lucy said, stroking her chin. “Why should we ransom him?”

"It's very simple."

Jiang Zhengge looked at Lin Chen and smiled faintly.

Did you guess it?

"I guessed it." Lin Chen nodded.

He walked over to the clue board and pointed to the photo he had taken inside the Black Star Nexus.

"The Black Star Nexus is complete, which means that Facility Three's function has ended."

"It's a top-secret project. We don't want anyone to find out about it, and we don't want any information to be leaked."

"So, what will they do?"

“To silence them,” Li Zhanyi murmured.

For a moment, no one spoke in the room.

This is really a case of using someone and then discarding them... paying a ransom to get him out of prison just to lure him back and kill him directly.

Poor Wu Hao.

“Brother thinks he’s a free man, but he’s actually someone who can be manipulated by others,” Jiang Zhengge sighed. “It’s really sad to see my former brothers turned into this mess.”

"In short, we have collected Wu Hao's biological information completely. The next step is to use him to enter Facility 3, rescue Black Widow, and collect as much intelligence as possible related to Black Star AI."

“If Oswald were here,” Lin Chen said. “I feel like if we just handed Wu Hao over to him, he would be back with Black Widow in no time.”

“It’s alright, his mission on the space islands is more important,” Jiang Zhengge said. “We can easily handle this kind of mission.”

"Prepare for action, codename: The Nest."

........

A light rain fell on the ruins of the foundation's Westview District building, and a police cordon cordoned off the area across a block, with drones flying back and forth in the sky.

According to the foundation, when the building collapsed, a large number of anomalous entities broke free of their restraints and wreaked havoc throughout the area, so pedestrian access had to be restricted.

But all of this was just to cover up the nest beneath the ruins.

"..."

At the end of the alley, Wu Hao took off his hood and looked around at his surroundings.

After confirming that no one was around, Wu Hao squatted down in front of a dilapidated old electrical box, pulled open the metal cover, and then stuffed his hand inside.

"Zizzizi..."

A few seconds later, a manhole cover at the end of the alley popped open.

Wu Hao carefully walked to the manhole cover, glanced around, and then jumped in. The manhole cover closed tightly behind him.

When he went to prison, the bastards in the Investigation Bureau removed all of Wu Hao's combat cybernetic body, leaving him to rely solely on the instincts he had developed during his long combat career to counter-surveillance.

As it turned out, his long combat career had not honed his skills.

"Wow, there are even such creative little passageways."

Jiang Zhengge poked his head out of the alleyway, and above him, Li Zhanyi and Lin Chen poked their heads out one after another.

The three heads stared into the alley for a long time, and only after confirming that Wu Hao hadn't climbed out did they emerge from their shelter.

“Louis, are you there?” Jiang Zhengge pressed the earpiece.

“I’m here, I’ve made it in time,” Louis’s voice came through. “Director Hua has been very busy lately, coordinating various forces.”

"Thank you for your hard work," Li Zhanyi said. "Is everything going smoothly?"

"Everything went relatively smoothly, let's get back to the mission."

Louis paused for a moment, then said:

"The nearby drone swarm has been taken over and will not be allowed to patrol your area for the time being. The window of opportunity will last for about ten minutes."

"enough."

The three men pulled out their pistols and quickly walked to the small electrical box where Wu Hao had stopped.

Jiang Zhengge took out the bionic gloves he had prepared in advance, put them on, and Wu Hao's biological information appeared on the surface of the gloves.

He copied Wu Hao and reached his hand into the old electrical box:

"Zizzizi..."

"It's leaking electricity, isn't it?" Jiang Zhengge's lips twitched twice. "Will it work?"

"Oh!"

As if in response to him, the manhole cover popped open automatically.

"If it weren't for the fear of them harming the hostages, we could have just pried it open," Lin Chen muttered. "But I have to say, the Foundation is very good at playing tricks. Who would have thought that this broken manhole cover could lead to a secret underground laboratory?"

“This is most likely just the first hurdle,” Jiang Zhengge said. “Don’t let your guard down.”

"of course."

"Let's go, let's go, more dirty work is coming up... literally dirty work."

Li Zhanyi was the first to walk to the manhole cover, pinched his nose, and looked somewhat disgusted.

"The foundation is terrible, building the lab in this godforsaken place."

She complained, activated the prophecy, and was the first to enter the sewers.

Jiang Zhengge and Lin Chen followed closely behind. After entering the sewer, the manhole cover above their heads slammed shut with a "bang".

Lin Chen entered the "Mirage City" to search for Wu Hao's whereabouts, following him as he navigated through the maze-like sewers.

As they walked, Jiang Zhengge raised his wrist and whispered:

“Depth D-0.34, there is a dimensional dip here.”

“Using lower-level subspace to shield signals,” Louis said, “that’s something they do very skillfully…”

"The foundation has always been adept at charlatanry and despicable acts."

Jiang Zhengge took out the subspace lens and turned it around in all directions.

“It looks like a sewer, but it’s actually a man-made maze,” Jiang Zhengge said in a low voice. “There are anomalous entities deployed inside. If you take the wrong turn, they will eliminate you.”

“If this happens, any homeless people who accidentally wander in will become victims of ghost stories,” Li Zhanyi said uncomfortably. “That’s terrible…”

"Wu Hao will lead the way for us," Lin Chen said with a slight smile.

And so, the group wandered through the maze, following Wu Hao along the correct route.