CHAPTER 757: CHAPTER 762: INCIDENT AT THE RESEARCH BASE (2)

"Didn’t find Zhu Xiaozhu?" After listening to his subordinates’ report, Hu Fei’s face suddenly turned extremely ugly.

This is bad!

Hu Fei muttered to himself that this was not a good sign. He knew the relationship between Zhu Xiaozhu and Ling Chen the best. Now that Zhu Xiaozhu had disappeared, Ling Chen would be so anxious if he found out.

With that in mind, Hu Fei turned around, looked at the entrance of the base, and said in a deep voice, "Let’s go, follow me in, and I’m going to see who dares to act wild on my turf."

...

The next afternoon.

Ling Chen finally woke up from his deep slumber.

Touching his still slightly swollen forehead, Ling Chen slowly sat up, leaning against the headboard.

Sigh!

Yesterday really took a toll on my body, making me sleep for so long.

Hearing his stomach rumble, Ling Chen touched his belly, pushing himself up wanting to find something to eat in the kitchen. However, before his feet even touched the ground, he saw Nanrong Wanqing walking in through the door.

Seeing Ling Chen awake, Nanrong Wanqing’s expression immediately relaxed a lot, and she said with a light smile, "You’re finally awake. I thought you were planning to sleep till evening."

Ling Chen looked at the clay pot in Nanrong Wanqing’s hands and asked, "Wanqing, what’s this?"

"Your body is too weak, so I simmered chicken soup all morning just to nourish you."

Ling Chen asked in surprise, "You made this?"

"Yes!" Nanrong Wanqing said shyly, "I have never cooked before, and it’s always been Nanny Wang taking care of my diet. This is also my first time cooking for a man."

"Is that so?" Ling Chen smiled broadly, "It’s rare for you to cook, then I must taste it well."

As he spoke, Ling Chen took the bowl that Nanrong Wanqing handed over and sniffed it right under his nose.

It smells pretty good.

Under Nanrong Wanqing’s expectant gaze, Ling Chen held the soup bowl with both hands and took a sip of the chicken soup.

As soon as the soup hit his mouth, Ling Chen’s face changed instantly, holding the soup bowl without reacting for a long time, his eyes flickering uncertainly.

"How is it, is it tasty?"

Ling Chen looked at Nanrong Wanqing and squeezed out a smile uglier than crying, "Good, the taste is nice, and for a first-time cooking, this is already quite an achievement."

"Really?" Hearing this, Nanrong Wanqing beamed with joy, her face full of happiness, "Since you think it’s not bad, then finish it all. I’ve still got half a pot simmering in the kitchen."

What?

There’s half a pot more?

Ling Chen secretly lamented, this is like asking for my life. I can hardly swallow this bowl of soup, let alone a whole pot. If I were to finish that pot, I probably wouldn’t survive.

Sigh!

It seems that some people are just not cut out for cooking.

As he was thinking, a ringtone from a cellphone started ringing beside the bed. Ling Chen picked up the phone and saw there were more than twenty missed calls, all from Hu Fei, including the one currently coming in.

So many calls overnight, it must be something extremely important.

Ling Chen answered the phone and greeted, "Fatty, what’s the urgent matter you have for me?"

"You, you finally decided to answer your phone. Come back quickly, there’s trouble at the base."

"Trouble?" Ling Chen was startled and asked hastily, "What happened?"

"Sigh! Don’t ask, just come quickly. This time it’s really serious."

Seeing Hu Fei speaking so gravely, Ling Chen immediately hung up the phone and started running outside.

"Ling Chen, you... you haven’t finished your chicken soup, hey..."

Regretfully, Ling Chen had already run out of the bedroom and didn’t hear Nanrong Wanqing’s cries. Even if he had, he would pretend not to.

After leaving the Nanrong family house, Ling Chen drove his car straight to the research facility.

More than half an hour later, when Ling Chen arrived at the research facility, Hu Fei had been waiting outside already.

Seeing Ling Chen getting out of the car, Hu Fei hurriedly went up to welcome him.

"You’re finally here."

"Tell me, what’s happened?"

Hu Fei said with a look of despair, "There are dead people... A lot of people are dead..."

"What?" Ling Chen’s face slightly changed as he asked, "Can you be more specific?"

Hu Fei sighed and said, "Follow me, you’ll see for yourself."

Following Hu Fei into the facility, Ling Chen’s gaze immediately sharpened, bristling with cold intensity.

At the entrance of the facility, more than twenty bodies lay side by side, each covered with a white cloth, the surface stained with a lot of blood.

"Fatty, how did so many people die?" Ling Chen asked with furrowed brows.

"Last night, the facility was attacked. The assailants were all experts, very very formidable experts. No one here was their match; everyone was like fish on a chopping board, ruthlessly slain, including several research scientists from the laboratory. Except for Miss Zhu, the others were killed, decapitated."

Hearing this, Ling Chen’s complexion turned exceedingly grim.

Those research scientists were all recruited by Zhu Xiaozhu upon his request, all renowned experts, and now they were all dead. How was he supposed to explain this to the families of those scientists?

"Fatty, how about Xiaozhu?"

"She..." Hu Fei’s eyes shifted to change the topic, "Right! Jiang Yunkai and the others are missing."

"What? Could it be they’ve all been abducted?"

"No." Hu Fei shook his head and said, "They did not take Jiang Yunkai and the other two, simply let them go. However, they took away all the research materials belonging to Zhu Xiaozhu and the others."

Strange!

Ling Chen thought to himself.

Those guys didn’t want Jiang Yunkai, but took the materials. What are they trying to do?

Could it be the God Organization again? After thinking it over, it seems like there is no other suspect but the God Organization.

"Ling Chen, do you want to go see Kaelina? She’s been seriously injured and is now resting in her room."

"Let’s check on her."

Upon arriving at Kaelina’s room, Kaelina was seen lying in bed, covered with a blanket, her face still somewhat pale, looking extremely weak, without any energy.

"Miss Kaelina, how do you feel? Are you okay?" Ling Chen asked with a concerned look as he stood beside the bed.

"I’m fine."

"Kaelina, tell Ling Chen about what happened last night."

Hearing Hu Fei speak, Kaelina nodded her head and recounted roughly what had occurred.

"Ling Chen, the opponents were incredibly powerful; I had no chance to fight back. I think, besides the God Organization, no other force could have such strong subordinates."

"I understand." Ling Chen replied, "You rest well, and don’t worry about anything else."

After leaving the room, Ling Chen looked at Hu Fei and asked, "Fatty, aren’t you in charge of the intelligence system? How come there was no news at all about the God Organization’s people coming to East Sea City?"

Hu Fei said with a wry smile, "I really didn’t know. Besides, who knew the God Organization would bring out so many new faces."

"Never mind! Make sure to properly handle the aftermath for the deceased." After that, Ling Chen walked out.

"Hey! Where are you going?"

"Don’t worry about me, just do your job."