Fire Chief vs. Surgeon: A Tale of Relentless Pursuit-Chapter 770: What Can’t Be Taken Away
After waiting nearly two minutes, a slight noise came from inside.
The sound of footsteps approached one step at a time, and then a voice yelled,
"Who’s there?"
Huh?
Is there really someone?
Although they already knew, the team members still widened their eyes.
After all, this was a laboratory deep in the mountains!
Not to mention the general public, even for the team members, it was rare to encounter in a lifetime.
"XN Battle Zone, former Land Air Force 2nd Group flight squadron Jiang Ye, reporting on the orders of General Zhan Youguo!"
An upbeat laughter followed immediately from behind the metal door:
"Sent by Old Zhan? Hahaha, there’s hope after all; we are saved!"
Then the metal door opened from the inside.
When everyone saw the person inside, they were all taken aback.
This hair and this beard, could they be braided?
The clothes were also tattered and patched up numerous times.
The only thing visible on his face was a pair of eyes moving around; without prior knowledge, one could easily mistake him for a wild man from deep in the mountains.
All along, Jiang Ye kept a calm demeanor:
"Are you Professor Zhao?" he asked.
Clearly, Jiang Ye had seen photos beforehand, so he could generally discern who was who.
"Indeed, I am Zhao Yushu, hello, Mr. Jiang."
The two formally shook hands, and Jiang Ye continued to ask:
"Professor Zhao, where are Professor Zhou and Professor Wu?"
At this question, Professor Zhao’s expression became grave:
"Come with me."
For a moment, everyone looked at each other with concern.
Jiang Ye frowned and took the lead in following. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
The rest naturally followed closely behind.
Behind this metal door was actually a long pathway with many twisting and turning intersections; without a guide, it was quite easy to get lost.
Throughout, everyone was quiet; nobody spoke.
Finally, Professor Zhao stopped.
"We’ve arrived."
Looking up, it was a very large cave, at least around two hundred square meters.
The cave was artificially fortified, but the recent earthquake had caused the left half to collapse.
You could see cupboards and consoles buried underneath.
In a corner, there were a few single beds with two people lying on them.
"Engineer Zhou, Engineer Wu, look, the organization has sent people."
Both were severely injured, one with layers of gauze bandaged around his head, the other’s left arm slung around his neck and his right leg bound with wooden planks.
Clearly, they had fractures.
"Medics!"
As soon as Jiang Ye spoke, two medics rushed forward.
Seeing this, Professor Zhao also heaved a huge sigh of relief:
"This earthquake severely damaged the lab. Engineer Zhou and Engineer Wu were injured while trying to save the experimental data. If you hadn’t come, I might have had to go out and seek help.
Thankfully, you’ve arrived."
It was so timely.
Although Jiang Ye was listening to Professor Zhao, he also didn’t forget to observe the cave’s environment:
"Professor Zhao, we really need to evacuate at once. The structure that was fortified before has been compromised, and I don’t know when it will completely collapse."
My!
"This?"
Professor Zhao looked very distressed:
"Mr. Jiang, there are a lot of experimental data stored here, and if we leave, we simply can’t take it all."
These data were painstakingly obtained through many years of anonymously toiling.
Who could bear to leave it?
Not to mention Professor Zhao, even Professor Zhou and Professor Wu on the other side, after hearing the conversation, displayed a strong attitude of refusal.
"No!"
"We can’t evacuate!"
"Even if it means dying, we’ll die here!"
"We cannot let down the trust and expectations of the organization!"
