readytorunbook Chapter 284 Entering the Institute
Chapter 284 Entering the Institute
An hour later, Gu Jiu, Zhou Xiaoliu and others entered the research institute.
She first took control of the monitoring room and played around with the surveillance footage, then found the location of the backup switch.
Everything was ready. She controlled the flying robot and with a "click", cut off the lighting in the research institute.
Not only that, she also blocked the signals inside, making the people inside completely "deaf" and "blind".
People have an innate fear of darkness.
The entire research institute was instantly thrown into chaos.
Screams, discussions, and collisions came one after another, like a chaotic symphony.
At this time, Zhou Xiaoliu and others did not rush in, but waited outside for another half an hour.
After the people inside had experienced half an hour of darkness, unable to contact the outside world and unable to leave, she finally led everyone and swaggered into the research institute, holding up a searchlight that could almost blind people.
At this time, the people inside were already frightened to death and were in a state of extreme panic.
The appearance of Zhou Xiaoliu and others was like a sudden ray of light, making them feel like their savior had arrived and filled with joy.
But when they found out that the people who came were not saviors but another group of unidentified people, their mood instantly fell from the clouds to the bottom of the valley and they fell into an even more fearful state.
This is Zhou Xiaoliu's psychological technique.
She skillfully took advantage of people's fear of darkness and their desire for a savior, and gradually forced them into a desperate situation.
I have to say, this guy is really a master of psychological warfare.
"Hello everyone!"
Zhou Xiaoliu leaped up and landed steadily on a table, looking down at the crowd below.
She flicked her wrist slightly, and the spot of the searchlight instantly locked onto the face of a bald man - the guy was sneakily stuffing something under the table.
"Hey! Stop hiding. I saw everything."
She curled her lips and hooked her finger at the bald man, "Give it to me."
Instead of moving forward, the bald man stepped back as if he had seen a ghost.
"W-who are you?"
"Who are we? Can't you tell?" Zhou Xiaoliu asked back with a half-smile on his face. "It doesn't matter if you can't tell. You just need to know that we are not good people."
As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd suddenly became agitated like a school of sardines in a fried pot.
Zhou Xiaoliu whistled and flicked his wrist. The retractable hook swung out like a nimble silver snake, hooking the bald man's clothes on his chest exactly.
The shiny telescopic hook suddenly flew towards his chest. The bald man was frightened out of his wits and his face turned pale as paper in an instant, as if he had seen the King of Hell.
Zhou Xiaoliu smiled and hooked his finger at him without saying anything, but his meaning was obvious.
The bald man was trembling all over, and he took out the things that had just been stuffed under the table like he was sifting chaff. Then his legs became weak and he staggered to Zhou Xiaoliu.
Zhou Xiaoliu looked at the thing he handed over, which was a small gadget similar to a USB flash drive.
She didn't reach out to take it, but stared at the bald man and asked coldly: "What is this?"
"It's just an ordinary USB drive." The bald man replied stutteringly.
"Really?" Zhou Xiaoliu smiled and pulled the telescopic hook towards himself. The hook flashed coldly under the light. "Do you think I'm stupid?"
With a "swish", the retractable hook tore the bald man's clothes, making a harsh sound.
The next second, she swung out the retractable hook again. This time, the sharp hook was like a dagger, piercing through the bald man's clothes and hooking on his collarbone.
He didn't react at first, but when he felt the piercing pain, he let out a heart-wrenching scream, the sound seemed to be able to pierce a person's eardrum.
At this moment, a strong smell of alcohol suddenly exploded——
Someone knocked over the disinfection vehicle, and the broken glass on the ground flashed coldly under the strong light, like sharp diamonds.
A man wearing black-framed glasses was about to reach for the alarm in the chaos, but found that the badge had already been in Zhou Xiaoliu's fingers.
"Wang Mingde, 32 years old, anatomy room staff, joined in 2018."
Zhou Xiaoliu gently tapped the bald man's pale face with the edge of his badge, and said with a hint of sarcasm: "The information on your badges is quite detailed."
She tore off the bald man's name tag and read: "Zhang Li, 48 years old, data recorder No. 001, joined in 2000."
"So, what data is recorded in your USB drive?"
Under the searchlight, the bald man could hardly open his eyes, the pain in his collarbone made his teeth chatter, and the cold sweat on the back of his neck left dark marks on his collar, and he looked like he had just been pulled out of the water.
Before he could answer, there was a sudden thud of something heavy falling to the ground from the front left. Mixed with the residual sound of the vibration of the iron cabinet, it spread throughout the institute, like a muffled thunder exploding in his ears.
Zhou Xiaoliu narrowed his eyes, and the beam of light from the searchlight was like a sharp scalpel, accurately dissecting the darkness and illuminating the man in a gray suit who was climbing the ventilation duct - his crocodile leather shoes were still hanging outside, dangling like two helpless little boats.
"Hey, there's another person here!" Zhou Xiaoliu sneered, shook his wrist, and the telescopic hook swung out again.
The man in the gray suit was so frightened by the sound that he almost fell off the ventilation duct.
He looked back and saw the telescopic hook flying towards him like a poisonous snake. He was so scared that he used his hands and feet to climb up desperately.
"Don't waste your energy." Zhou Xiaoliu said coldly, "You can't fly away today even if you have wings."
At this moment, the alarm of the institute suddenly sounded. The sharp sound pierced the night sky, like countless needles piercing people's ears.
The crowd became even more panicked, running around like headless flies.
Zhou Xiaoliu was not affected at all. She stood steadily on the table, and the light from the searchlight swept through the crowd like a pair of sharp eyes looking for something.
"Quiet!"
She suddenly shouted loudly, and her voice echoed in the institute like thunder.
The crowd suddenly became quiet and looked at her in horror.
"I don't want to hurt you." Zhou Xiaoliu said, "But you'd better cooperate obediently, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."
After saying that, she glanced at the people she brought with her and said, "Go and see what's going on."
The man nodded and left with two people.
Logically, they had already cut off the alarm system, so the alarm should not be sounding anymore.
Then, Zhou Xiaoliu looked at the bald man again, "Now, tell me, what data is in this USB drive?"
The bald man grimaced in pain, but still gritted his teeth and said, "I, I don't know."
"Don't know?" Zhou Xiaoliu sneered, "Well, I'll let you know."
As she spoke, she exerted force with her wrist, and the hook on the telescopic hook sank a little deeper into the bald man's collarbone.
The bald man screamed in pain and almost fainted.
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you!" He finally couldn't stand it anymore and said with a sad face, "The USB drive contains some confidential data from the research institute."
"Confidential data?" Zhou Xiaoliu's eyes lit up. "What confidential data?"
"It's just some experimental data." The bald man stammered.