Stardust Remembrance

Chapter 25: Accidental Assassination (3)

The elevator door slowly opened, and two men escorted Loran outward.

Loran's feet stumbled, and his hand seemed to unconsciously brace against the elevator door, leaving a bloodstain.

Loran analyzed that these men were venomous, like professional mercenaries who took people's money and did things for them. After the purpose was realized, the biggest possibility was to kill her directly.

It seemed unrealistic to expect Tatsusa and the others to arrive in time, after all, the safety of the consul must be countless times more important than her. In a mess of confusion, it was impossible to say if they would even realize she was missing in time, they had to find a way to save themselves.

Loran led the two men into a room that looked like an examination room, very empty, with beds, tables and chairs, and all sorts of examination instruments and medical supplies.

The bald man grabbed Loran by the neck and practically lifted her off the floor, "You better not be playing tricks! Where is this?"

Loran felt like she was about to suffocate and struggled, "Genetic research ...... uses humans as research bodies, couldn't it be that what you ...... want is not human genetic research?"

The bald man looked like he was convinced and viciously let go of Loran, "Transfer the information into my terminal."

Loran entered commands and activated his brain, "File copy transmission, requires authentication of at least two staff members involved in the research."

With the blackened barrel of the gun aimed at her, Loran said sharply, "I can steal the identities of my coworkers, but it will take a little time, minutes."

The bald man waved his gun, signaling her to continue.

Loran's ten fingers flew as she tapped away on the keyboard.

The two men stared intently for a while, not noticing anything unusual, and gave each other a wink, the bald man still staring at Loran, the other man circling the room, looking around.

Loran said, "Sir, those are sophisticated research instruments, please keep your distance."

The man grunted disdainfully, and not only did he walk closer, but he flaunted a shot at the instruments.

Loran was so angry that she dared to speak, tears welling up in her eyes.

The bald man who had been staring at Loran showed his teeth and grinned, twisting his head to look at his companion, and just the moment he was about to turn back before he did, Loran sprinted for the door with all his strength.

A glass cover suddenly fell with a whimpering alarm, the man with the gun shooting at the instruments was inside and didn't have time to escape, but the bald man reacted quickly, leaping up and rolling on the ground, rushing to escape at the last instant before the glass cover fell.

He couldn't care about saving the man inside and rushed out directly to chase Loran.

Luo Lan heard the sound of bullets hitting the ground and knew that her ploy hadn't completely worked, and now that she had angered the robber, she was afraid that she would be in a bad way.

She ran quickly with the help of her familiarity with the terrain while thinking hatefully that even if she died, she would have to drag another cushion.

Just as the bald man was about to grab her, Loran rushed into a room and immediately turned back and locked the door.

The bald man slammed the door hard a few times and found that he couldn't open it. He showed his teeth through the glass door and gave Loran a ferocious and vicious smile.

Loran nonchalantly made a middle finger gesture at him, "Dead p*****t!"

The bald man's expression was hideous, and he took a few steps back, holding his gun and aiming it at the glass door and sweeping it wildly.

The glass cover that fell before was built for the sudden mutation, the material was special and did not fear gunshots, but now this glass door was just an ordinary protective door, it could not last long.

Loran didn't dare to delay for a moment to open the cryogenic storage cabinet, his line of sight skimmed over the densely packed potion bottles, and hurriedly selected a few bottles and jars, blending them according to a certain ratio.

These chemical reagents were not considered dangerous in themselves, but when they were mixed, once they suffered an impact, a chain reaction would occur, not only would they explode, but they would also form highly toxic fumes that would instantly destroy a human's respiratory system. Perhaps, people with 3a level physical ability would have a chance to escape, but anyone below a level would surely die.

The glass door was shattered by the gun, and the bald man stepped on the remnants of the ballast and walked in step by step amidst the clacking, clacking sound.

He stared hideously at Loran and asked grimly, "How do you want to die?"

Loran stood calmly with the reagent bottle in his hand.

The memories of the past ten years raced through her mind, finally settling into Thousand Ashes.

Although many things were still unanswered, she had done her best and had no regrets. The only regret was that she hadn't yet become a gene repairer and cured Qian Xu, and she hadn't even had the chance to say 'goodbye'.

Lorraine raised her hand and was about to smash the reagent bottle on the ground when the bald man suddenly fell straight down.

Qian Xu took his gun and stood in front of her, looking around warily, and when he judged that there were no more dangerous people, he put the gun away, "Are there any other thugs?"

Loran didn't know whether it was a dream or an illusion, shaking her head dumbly, her eyes staring at Qian Xu without blinking.

Qian Xu slowly stretched out his hand, as if he was afraid of frightening her, and said very gently, "Luo Xun, you are already safe, hand me the bottle in your hand."

Luo Lan then dared to believe that everything was true, she didn't pass the reagent bottle to Qian Xu, instead, she held it more tightly in her hand, "You hurry up and get out! This bottle of reagent is dangerous, I need to get rid of it first."

Qian Xu stood without moving, "I'll accompany you."

Luo Lan's heart skipped a beat and stared at Qian Xu, saying urgently, "This bottle of reagent is dangerous, it will explode if you're not careful."

"I know, so it's better if I accompany you." Qian Xu smiled faintly, calm and collected.

Share the same life and death? Luo Lan couldn't think about what she felt in her heart, fixed her mind, held her breath, and walked over to the lab bench, carefully destroying the reagents little by little.

When she was sure that the danger was completely lifted, she suddenly felt weak and powerless and fell to the ground at once.

Qian Xu saw that her head and neck were covered in blood, and half of her face was swollen, leaning over to check her head to see where the injury was.

"Where does it hurt?"

Inexplicably, Loran's tears fell with a swish.

When she was in danger just now, facing two thugs alone, she didn't even cry, but now that someone was by her side to shush her, she felt aggrieved and scared.

Qian Xu squatted down and patted her back, "It's okay, it's already okay."

Luo Lan whimpered, "They hit me on the head and also on my face, I must have been disfigured."

Qian Xu opened his eyes and said, "No disfigurement, as good-looking as before."

"You're lying! It's swollen, I feel it myself."

Qian Xu pretended to scrutinize: "Swollen is also quite good-looking."

Luo Lan breaks into a smile, "I didn't expect you to lie as well."

After checking Luo Lan's head, Qian Xu makes sure the wound is not serious and lets go of his heart.

"I'll take you to the hospital."

Luo Lan wanted to stand up, but the pain in her ankle was like pins and needles, "Ouch", and sat back on the ground in a cold sweat.

Qian Xu held her foot and examined it, "It should have been sprained while running away, temporarily unable to walk."

"There are wheelchairs on the third floor." However, the thought of being alone made Loran's heart flinch.

Qian Xu saw her fear: "My flying car is parked outside the building, I'll carry you over?"

Luo Lan immediately nodded her head.

Qian Xu picked her up in a cross-body hug and walked towards the elevator in big strides.

Luo Lan had a splitting headache and was next to Qian Xu's shoulder, closing her eyes drowsily, "Didn't you say you've been very busy with work lately? How come you came to the institute at night?"

"The base's lighting system was suddenly damaged by an invasion, I was worried that you were still staying at the institute because you were working overtime, I called your terminal but couldn't reach you, so I came over to take a look."

Loran snapped her eyes open and stared blankly at Qian Xu.

In the past ten years, as a related person who had blended in by going through high-level connections, she had often had to work overtime in order not to drag her coworkers behind her. It had never occurred to her at all that one day she would be saved because of this habit. What's more, she didn't expect that there would be someone who would purposely come to the institute to look for her because of this habit of hers.

Loran felt her heart swell, "Chixu ......"

"What?" Qian Xu waited for a while without seeing her speak, lowered his head, and looked at her suspiciously.

Luo Lan smiled brightly, "I didn't work overtime, I was hijacked here by thugs, but luckily you came."

Qian Xu smiled and said nothing.

Loran smiled and closed her eyes, even her headache seemed to be a few points lighter.

Qian Xu suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Luo Lan thought she had arrived and opened her eyes drowsily, but she saw Chen Sha and Feng Lin standing in front of her, she was shocked and immediately came to her senses, subconsciously she was about to struggle down.

"Don't move, you can't exert your feet." Qian Xu smiled soothingly at her, and Loran didn't move.

"Commander." Chisoku stood up straight with his feet together and saluted Tatsusa.

Tatsusa ignored him and walked straight to Loran, asking with a serious face, "Where is it hurt?"

Loran was practically crying with urgency, blinking his eyes with a pleading face, "Reporting to the commander! I am Luo Xun, a researcher at the Life Research Institute, I was held hostage by two thugs, and it was Qian Xu who saved me. Initial inspection shows injuries to the head and legs. Thank you for your concern, Commander!"

She said "Commander" in one breath, hoping that Tatsuha would understand what she meant.

Tatsuha's gaze stopped on her face for a split second and looked at Qian Xu, "Where are the thugs?"