NABC Chapter 38 Heartbeat
Chapter 38 Heartbeat
"You...shouldn't...have...come..." The lunatic behind the goggles repeated his words once more.
Behind the goggles, every pair of eyes looked at Su An with sorrow, as if they were looking at a dead man.
Su An scratched his head. Wasn't he here to claim his prize? Why did it seem like he was here to hold his own funeral?
"Gentlemen, it seems I'm not going to die anytime soon. Could someone please explain this to me?"
"Ahem, I'm Deputy Director Karl. Let me introduce myself."
A tall figure stood up. He was about thirty years old, with a brown complexion and slightly curly hair. He was the only person present who was not wearing protective equipment. His name tag on his chest read "Deputy Director".
"I'm here to claim my prize," Su An said, pulling out a metal badge.
Deputy Director Carl took the metal badge handed to him by Su An, examined it for a moment, and nodded calmly.
His scrutinizing and examining manner was intellectual and rational, which finally put Su An's mind at ease. Although everyone here was crazy, at least not all of them were—
"Since it's the principal's order, then my child should be handed over to you as well."
With a sorrowful and reluctant expression, Deputy Director Carl turned to lead the way.
Su An's heart, which had been at ease, was now in turmoil again. It turned out that everyone from the researchers to the deputy director was a madman.
As Deputy Director Carl was about to leave, five researchers immediately grabbed him.
"No! Chief! There! You can't do that there!"
"Further down, it's hell!"
"We don't want to lose you, Deputy Director Carl!"
"No, don't go!"
Deputy Director Carl pulled his hand out of the crowd with difficulty, his face resolute as he looked ahead.
"Don't stop me, my mind is made up, it's time to send it away."
Su An followed behind, watching this scene of life and death, her face full of question marks.
What are these riddle tellers talking about?
Suddenly, a strong tremor swept across the floor, and the entire equipment department was thrown into a violent shaking.
The shaking intensified, causing Deputy Director Carl to stumble and fall to the ground.
Each time he shook the object, he would greet Angers in fluent English.
Damn Angers!
Our equipment department isn't a garbage dump; we don't send all sorts of dangerous materials here!
Damn it, Angers!
The great Watt Alheim will sooner or later be ruined by the headmaster who controls it!
Damn it, Angers!
How could humanity's elite be so close to such dangerous objects!
"Fuck you fucking Ange!"
With a huge jolt, Deputy Director Karl fell down again.
Su An barely managed to steady himself with his top-notch balance, and looked up at the ceiling in confusion.
What force could possibly cause the seemingly impregnable Equipment Department, harder than a tortoise shell, to shake so violently?
He had heard Fingel say that the equipment department was surrounded by nine different layers of insulation, including 3-meter-thick concrete walls, 50-centimeter-thick high-strength armor, lead-zirconium alloy plates to withstand nuclear attacks, and so on.
The spaces between the insulating layers were filled with a large amount of graphite powder. According to professional calculations by the equipment department, even the US military's most advanced Blu-117 bunker buster bomb could not penetrate their insulating layers.
Even a solar flare won't affect Watt Alheim. Biological weapons will be completely purified by the graphite layer. Even if a Dragon King-level enemy were to arrive, unless they unleash a super incantation of the level of Shiva's Dance, they wouldn't be able to do anything to Watt Alheim.
Such an amazing architectural design, even if the four monarchs were to visit, they couldn't possibly make it this dazzling.
Is the foundation taking aphrodisiacs, or have the load-bearing columns finally experienced spring?
Su An's eyes widened as he was about to examine the scene when the frantic tremors suddenly and mysteriously disappeared.
Deputy Director Karl glanced at Su An in shock and muttered, "The oscillation has actually stopped. Sure enough, only you could control it."
"Can you guys please stop being riddle-makers!"
Deputy Director Karl waved his hand and said mysteriously to Su An, "It can't be explained clearly in a short time, you'll find out soon enough. Child, come with me."
He turned on his flashlight, a thin beam piercing the darkness in the warehouse shadows. After walking in, he waved to Su An.
Su An was filled with doubts and followed closely behind Deputy Director Karl.
After Deputy Director Carl led Su An inside, Su An noticed a security door inside that resembled a bank vault.
Thick steel plates were stacked one on top of another, and the silver alchemy plating shimmered with tiny starlight.
It seems to contain some kind of unknown powder, which exerts a kind of life-level pressure on living organisms.
Su An had no doubt that this door could withstand the bombardment of cannonballs without being damaged. What was hidden behind it?
"Child, prepare yourself, you are about to face that thing."
Deputy Director Karl walked ahead and entered the long and complicated password, followed by the sound of a mechanism turning.
A emotionless electronic voice announced, "Password correct."
Then he extended his five fingers and placed his palm on the screen next to the security door.
A emotionless electronic voice announced, "Palm print correct."
Deputy Director Carl withdrew his hand and focused his gaze on the red dot on the screen above the security door.
The emotionless electronic voice suddenly became obsequious—"Iris scan correct, welcome Deputy Director Carl, security door open—"
With the sound of an air valve venting, the heavy metal door was opened.
A bright light came from the darkness; it was coming from inside the metal door.
The crack in the door was widened, and the light gradually increased, allowing Su An to see what was inside more clearly.
This is a very large room, filled with large, square titanium alloy panels.
The titanium alloy plate was engraved with profound patterns filled with mercury, which seemed to flow rapidly within the patterns, propelled by some force. Mercury has always been a reagent used to subdue dragons, but how did this mercury end up here?
The mercury kept jumping and vibrating, following the sound waves on the titanium alloy plate.
There was beautiful music playing in the room, seemingly soothing something.
Su An continued to walk inside, and a violent tremor came from the core of the room.
Deputy Director Carl was horrified. "Damn it, it's fully awake!"
Su An pricked up his ears and suddenly heard a strange sound.
Interspersed within the vibrant melody was a deep, resonant sound: thump, thump, thump...
Its rhythm was so strong and distinct that once Su An deciphered this powerful rhythm from the melody, he was instantly drawn in. As the melody faded, the deep, resonant voice became more and more apparent.
Boom, boom, boom, it sounded like the tattooed barbarians striking the drums of war on an ancient battlefield.
His eyes widened almost to their limit as he looked at Deputy Director Carl—"That's a heartbeat! The thing inside is alive?"
Deputy Director Carl nodded silently and turned on the innermost light.
"It's alive, dangerous, insane, I can't believe Angers would shove this thing in here."
When Su An walked in, his eyes widened completely as he looked at what was inside.
"Is this the dangerous thing you were talking about?"