Knock, knock.

The door slowly opened, and a man wearing a lab coat stepped into the room.

He wore simple black-framed glasses, behind which were eyes that exuded rigor and intelligence.

The man's face was calm and composed as he quickly scanned the room and looked toward the person behind the desk, asking gently, "Director, you've interrupted our sleep. Is there something you need?"

The director glanced at the woman clutched in the arms of the lab coat man.

The woman was petite and completely naked, with her arms lovingly wrapped around the man's neck, her legs entwined around his waist. Her ankles were twisted and knotted together like ropes, her head drooping on the man's shoulder, her pallid face staring lifelessly with fish-like eyes.

Hanging from her deathly pale neck was a work badge, displaying a recent photo taken at her employment, her smile pure and sweet.

The director raised an eyebrow: "You've changed sleeping partners again. You're switching tastes too frequently now."

The lab coat man glanced dotingly at the woman, replying gently, "The last woman's scent lingered. You know, I have a cleanliness obsession."

The director casually mentioned, then reined in the playful expression, turning his tone serious: "There's an issue in Zone 9; the last batch of Big Black Core hasn't been retrieved on schedule."

The lab coat man's expression immediately turned grim: "My experiment is at a crucial stage. The supply of Big Black Core cannot be interrupted."

Without waiting for the director to speak, the lab coat man hurriedly asked: "If the Black Core hasn't been retrieved in Zone 9, what about the situation in Zones 8 and 7?"

Zone 6 is the summary point for the three subdivisions under the director, where the Big Black Cores from Zones 7, 8, and 9 would gather and be submitted.

The director's brow furrowed, lightly shaking his head, revealing a trace of helplessness in his tone: "The Black Cores from Zones 8 and 7 must be collectively submitted. The experiment over at Upper City Headquarters has also reached a critical phase, and an order has been issued leaving us unable to retain even a single piece."

The lab coat man slightly pushed the bridge of his glasses, firmly提出要求: "According to past practice, the Big Black Core collected and manufactured by Zone 6 in the first half of the year should be allocated to me."

The director lightly shook his head, explaining with a troubled expression: "Due to the loss of Big Black Core in Zone 9, our stock from Zone 6 must first be used to fill the gap in Zone 9, so..."

The lab coat man's face instantaneously lost its gentle glow, replaced by a dark cloud.

His brow furrowed tightly, his mood becoming restless, and then he abruptly unhooked the legs of his "lover," roughly tossing her to the ground, causing a splash of formalin, emitting a pungent odor.

His voice was low and unwavering, with an undeniable seriousness: "Without timely replenishment of Big Black Core, our previous experimental成果 will be at risk of turning to dust."

"The physiological指标 of the E-37 experimental孕体 are异常 outstandi, and it has the potential to醒来. I absolutely won't allow such a promising seed to miscarry, I must ensure its顺利出生!"

The director's expression remained calm, his gaze revealing an indescribable indifference, quietly observing the emotional lab coat man.

After a long silence, he finally exhaled slowly, "I understand your experiment is at a crucial juncture, but... the指令 from Upper City Headquarters is indisputable. We can only comply."

Deep in his heart, the director also harbored a keen hope for the successful delivery of the E-37实验孕体, yet, he had a more敏感 scale in his heart——which is to cater to Upper City Headquarters.

To him, the E-37实验孕体 was merely one of the many "investment projects" under his responsibility, although important, still it had to make way on the scale of忠诚与服从, yielding to absolute obedience and flattery to his superiors.

His seat inevitably dictated that he could not go against Upper City Headquarters.

And to the lab coat man, the E-37 experimental孕体 was much more than a simple project. It embodied the fruit of all his hard work, akin to his "offspring," carrying his dreams and hopes.

This natural chasm between those in技术 and those in管理 seemed to be an永恒的矛盾, even within the Cult.

The lab coat man reluctantly compromised, his voice as cold as ice, tinged with a sense of discontent: "Since that's the case, then go find the Big Black Core lost in Zone 9."

The director lightly spread his hands, his expression carrying a hint of a苦笑: "The situation in Zone 9 is indeed不容乐观, and the Big Black Core unfortunately fell into the hands of Puppet Mother and her集体 of heretics. Puppet Mother is likely interested in the Black Core."

He paused, his face growing solemn, "The situation might be far more危险 than we imagined. I've already紧急上报情况 to Upper City Headquarters. I believe the best course is for Headquarters to派遣高手 to Zone 9 to处理 it directly."

The lab coat man's face darkened: "By the time you report it upwards and wait for Headquarters to层层审批开会再决定, the E-37 experiment will have already失去养分 died."

The lab coat man冷笑, knowing all too well the效率 of Headquarters.

He had secretly complained more than once, clearly it was a deviant Cult, yet it was染了一身大企业的通病.

The lab coat man couldn't wait,讽刺地 said: "What danger could there be? It's just about people below不利地办事, using it as a推诿借口或夸 exaggerating its words that's all."

The lab coat man knew well, because he didn't use it少 when申请新的资金 for experiments failed.

He leaned forward, putting pressure on his gaze at the director,森然 said: "Let me go to Zone 9, I'll personally retrieve the Big Black Core."

The director's brow furrowed, seemingly hesitant: "Fine, I'll send a team over, but you'd best wait in the实验室 for消息."

The lab coat man sternly shook his head: "Your underlings are废物, 成事不足败事有余, I don't trust them, I must go personally, the实验 has no time to delay."

The director helplessly sighed 长气, eventually nodding his head: "Alright then, since you are so insistent, I will immediately dispatch an elite team ready to出发, they will潜入 Zone 9, and completely obey your command."

With a brief pause, the director提出了新的问题: "However, how do you plan to get there? You are the 'star scientist' of our company, with countless eyes on you."

The lab coat man frowned deep in thought for a moment, then offered his plan:

"We aren't in合作关系 with Hong Guang Pharmaceutical in Zone 9? We can ask them to host an academic exchange event, using that名义, I can be invited as a distinguished guest."

The director认可了 the man's plan in the lab coat, nodding in agreement: "That's not difficult, come morning, I'll contact Hong Guang Pharmaceutical."

The lab coat man's face relaxed slightly, remembered something else, added: "Since attending an academic exchange, then also under the name of transporting实验设备, let my cute little creatures all be shipped over."

In the director's mind, floated the lab coat man's remarks on那些 "可爱的小家伙们", a layer of goosebumps raised on the neck's back, muttering in his heart, "the crazy scientist's畸形 aesthetic, truly unable to understand."

"这是稍微麻烦点", needs a waiting time." The director finally承诺, "I'll get it done as soon as possible."

The lab coat man stood newly erect, regaining his usual calm温和, queried: "Then, now, tell me, who specifically took the food of the E-37号 experiment体? You better not tell me your people haven't查清楚 even this."

The director gently rotated the computer screen, making it面向 the lab coat man, as he spoke: "The爪牙 of Puppet Mother, led by someone called Zheng Hang, they've hidden 人. However, fortunately, we have another person who can act as突破口."

The director幽幽吐出个 name from his mouth: "Feng Yuhuai!"

The lab coat man slightly托了下镜框, clearly this time派遣, it wasn't all酒囊饭袋, at least this target information gathering was done with心了.

Email text content, also inserted a clear picture, should be a photo of father and daughter, photo isn't complete, seems to be裂开 along the middle.

But it doesn't matter as long as the主目标 is in the photo on it.

In the photo, the man wore巡捕房制服, his face solemn and严肃.

While the girl nestled beside him, wore青春洋溢的校服, face with甜美的 smile.

The lab coat man's gaze移开 from the man's body, 聚焦 on the girl's甜美脸蛋, he unconsciously舔舔嘴唇, murmuring: "Feng Yuhuai, took my东西, must sleep with me."

Afterward, the lab coat man withdrew his view, slowly stepped over the corpse on the ground, walked out of the办公室.

The director's vision followed the背影 of the lab coat man until it disappeared. His face suddenly变得异常阴沉.

He deeply吸了一口空气中弥漫的 formaldehyde气味, and then按下了座机上的号码,冷硬地说: "通知保洁上来,清理垃圾."

On the ground, the corpse had白皙肌肤,身形娇柔的, rigid face but still保持着甜美的表情, silently gaze at the天花板, as if in无声地诉说着 something...

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