Full-Time Public Enemy-Chapter 547 - 459: The Holy Lake_3

Chen Gu quickly applied for the highest transportation priority, and the maglev car rushed to the research institute at top speed. In the car, Chen Gu had already made a series of calls.

His authority was now considerable—a temporary adjustment, of course, made to deal with the incident. This ensured that, in the current situation, he could quickly mobilize the surrounding military forces to tightly seal off the research institute. Simultaneously, he raised the biohazard response level to its highest.

All agents were evacuated and placed in isolation at a designated military hospital, where they would later undergo comprehensive examinations and treatment.

In less than fifteen minutes, Chen Gu appeared outside the research institute with his team. He had already grasped the general situation and there was no need to ask further.

"Where's Robert?"

"In the medical vehicle over there."

The medical vehicle had undergone biohazard processing, and Robert was locked inside. Chen Gu donned a light single-soldier Mecha and boarded the vehicle. Robert, shackled in the highest security restraints, looked blankly at the person who had boarded. He still didn't understand what had happened. It was just a case of commercial fraud, and the initial investigation procedure was familiar to him. How had it suddenly escalated into this kind of full-scale military mobilization?

Chen Gu said, "We meet again."

Robert looked at him, puzzled. "Aren't you from the Future Planning project?"

Chen Gu shook his head, then pointed outside the car window. "You realize the seriousness of the situation now, don't you?"

Robert immediately cried out in injustice, "I really don't understand what happened, Mr. Gu Chen, what exactly is going on here? Do my investors have powerful backgrounds? Did I offend someone I shouldn't have? I'm willing to pay the money back; if it's not enough, I'll find other ways..."

Chen Gu interrupted him, "It has nothing to do with that."

He played the video. "You should be very clear about what this is. Don't harbor any delusions of luck anymore."

As Chen Gu spoke, he accessed Isabella Wu's memories, silently unleashing his Brain Domain Hacker ability.

Robert was stunned as he looked at the video, his mouth agape. "There's... there's a warehouse like this in my research institute?"

"How come I didn't know?"

"Good God, what are these mosses? Are they my green algae?"

"I had no idea!"

While Brain Domain Hacker was not as adept as Psychological Spy in distinguishing lies, it was far more accurate than a regular polygraph. For Chen Gu, it merely served as a reference.

His profession told him that Robert was not lying.

Chen Gu frowned inwardly. But on second thought, this really doesn't make sense.

If Robert was really the one behind the creation of the moss virus, he wouldn't have defrauded investors of seventy million. He would certainly have had ample research funds.

According to the bureau's current profile analysis of the Digital Group, this organization operated at a very high level. Most of its members were likely what one would call part of the "social elite" class.

They were not short of funds.

The development of the moss virus was the starting point of their entire plan. They would do everything possible to ensure funding for this research.

Using commercial fraud to raise funds carried too great a risk of exposure, and it would jeopardize their entire project. They would not resort to such measures.

Yet, the moss virus was discovered inside their research institute, so there had to be a connection. Where did the issue lie?

Chen Gu opened a list. It detailed all the middle and high-level personnel at the research institute, any of whom would have had sufficient authority to set up such a warehouse without Robert's knowledge. "Tell me," Chen Gu asked, "who is most likely the real owner of this warehouse?"

Robert quickly rattled off several names. At this juncture, any slight personal grudge was enough reason for him to implicate them, as long as it shifted the focus from himself.

Chen Gu hadn't expected to find anything concrete from the clues Robert provided. He casually sent the list to the personnel outside, instructing them to interrogate and investigate.

He looked at Robert. "I'm going to ask you one last question. Think carefully before answering—this could determine your fate!"

Robert shivered and immediately replied earnestly, "Please ask. I'll tell you everything I know."

"That story you told me before about the Holy Lake, which parts were true and which were false?"

At this point, Robert genuinely had no reason to conceal anything. He immediately said, "The Holy Lake is real, but I'm not sure if it's because of the water... or something that's hidden in the lake.

"Before we were driven back into the water by those bugs, I glanced back at the lake. There was a huge shadow beneath the center of the lake's surface.

"But at that critical moment of life and death, I didn't have time to see what it was clearly.

"After we were forced into the lake, I was resistant to heading towards the center, but after diving in, I found the dark shadow had disappeared. I thought I had seen it wrong at that time.

"Later, our military also searched the lake and found nothing.

"When I thought up this scam, I felt it was better to talk about green algae than to describe a creature I wasn't sure even existed."

Chen Gu nodded, then turned and left.

Once this is over, that Holy Lake is definitely worth investigating, he decided.

He called over Chu Zheng and Ma Changlong. "Chu Zheng, you stay outside and handle communications. Ma Changlong, you come with me to take a look inside!"