The Last Cat in the Universe
Chapter 29
The authorization of the Research Department's laboratory was a complicated process.
The more sophisticated a research institute was, the more complicated the authorization process would be. It was impossible to say, "I asked you for permission to enter the laboratory, and you gave me permission to enter."
Such a thing was impossible.
The authorization of the laboratory generally included a position card, fingerprint, iris, bone, and a series of identity procedures before the highest administrator could grant access to the laboratory.
Therefore, the fastest way to enter the laboratory on the first floor was to find a big shot who could go down, or simply break down the door with brute force.
In fact, the acting minister wanted to break down the door directly. He was tired of this mess and just wanted to go home and sleep.
He had to get up early tomorrow to do experiments!
However, although three people who had access to the laboratory failed, there were still three who stayed. Breaking down the door was not advisable.
The acting minister grimaced and sent a message to one of them.
The Research Department's communication with the outside world was completely cut off. As long as it was a confidential research institute, the staff's communication with the outside world would be very restricted, let alone the Imperial Research Headquarters.
However, as the minister — although he was only an acting minister — he still had some privileges.
In the laboratory of the Research Department, whether it was the chip recording the experiment files or the laboratory itself, they were all extremely confidential. The number of people who had access and access to the laboratory could be counted on one hand.
The middle-aged man who received the message looked terrible, but the acting minister knew that it was not caused by staying up late for experiments.
This middle-aged man was also one of the people who were being investigated. He had not been to the Research Department for nearly a week.
"The laboratory of the Research Department has been invaded." The acting minister did not force the issue. He told the man the truth very straightforwardly.
The middle-aged man's expression changed. "Invaded!?"
"Yes, I guess there might be danger down there."
Although there was danger, the acting minister did not seem to be in a hurry. "Do you know who is doing experiments in the laboratory of the Research Department right now?"
"No one!" The middle-aged man answered without thinking. "Wait here, I'll be right there!"
The acting minister did not believe that there was no one.
Apart from the few people who had access, who else could enter the laboratory of the Research Department unscathed?
The acting minister was more inclined to believe that they had tried to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it. They had wanted to use the cat as an experiment, but in the end, the car had flipped over. At this moment, they might be causing a ruckus down there.
What a mess!
The Acting Head thought.
It would be best if he could kill those old fellows who were causing trouble for him!
Instead of doing proper research, he only knew how to mess around all day.
He was already so old, yet he was still so troublesome. It was so annoying.
The Acting Minister looked at the disconnected call and thought for a moment. Then, he raised his hand to turn off the alarm that had been ringing non-stop.
The two young researchers next to him looked at each other and couldn't hold back their curiosity. "Acting Minister, what's going on in the laboratory on the first floor?"
"It's a secret. Tell everyone to disperse."
After replying, the acting minister looked at the two young men and sighed. He patted them on the shoulder and said, "I think our department is missing something."
The two young men were stunned. "What?"
The Acting Minister waved his hand. "Let's go. We'll make two banners and hang them in the hall."
"Banners?"
"Yes, the first one says' Respect life, Thank life, Love life '. The second one says' Be familiar with the" Basic Law "so that it's convenient for you, me, and him '… Let's add another one,' Whoever steals cats is an idiot. We'll kill them on sight. '"
"…"
"What about the matter on the first floor …?"
The Acting Minister waved his hand. "Just treat it as if the matter has been resolved. Don't ask. Even if they come, they won't take us down."
"What do you mean? Is there really that kind of experiment down there …?" The young man made an exaggerated gesture.
"What nonsense!
What nonsense are you talking about?
You're the one who's the most curious!
Shut up! "The Acting Minister patted the young man's head." How can you know something that even I don't have the authority to know?
Let's go and make the banners! "
The two young men seemed to have understood something. They immediately shut their mouths and followed behind the Acting Minister.
According to the degree of confidentiality, in order to prevent the experiment from being leaked and spied on, the laboratories on the first twenty floors did not even have surveillance equipment.
Not to mention the Acting Minister, even the security department of the Scientific Research Headquarters was in the dark. They had no idea what was going on down there.
Yue An down there didn't know what was going on up there either.
To be honest, Yue An hadn't mastered the spell Universe in the Sleeve yet.
At that time, he believed that the lazy cancerous cat was evil. He really thought that a cat without sleeves couldn't master the Universe in the Sleeve. Until now, he still hadn't gotten rid of this idea.
Idealistic spells were based on one's own subjective impressions. If one couldn't get rid of the impressions in one's mind, it was useless no matter how much one practiced.
The white furball waited for a few minutes, but no one came. It jumped onto the drawer like a hoodlum, reached out its paw, and smashed all ten catmint reagents in one breath.
The sound of the test-tubes being smashed was very crisp, accompanied by the strong smell of catmint.
Since it couldn't take it away, it would suck it in now. Wouldn't it be great to run after sucking it in?
Yue An was immersed in the smell of catmint and became restless.
This kind of reagent was only about ten milliliters in a test-tube. Once it came into contact with the outside air, it would quickly evaporate. For a moment, the entire laboratory was filled with the smell of catmint.
Yue An rolled around on the ground, twisting into an S shape, then twisting into a U shape. Occasionally, it would even spread itself into a long biscuit shape.
It couldn't hold back its excitement and climbed up to scratch the wall. Half of the wall of the laboratory was scratched out.
It knew that it couldn't touch the equipment and strange things in the laboratory.
Wasn't that how it was played in the movies?
Enter a laboratory, accidentally break some reagent, and release some virus, causing zombies to run rampant.
Usually, the cannon fodder that was killed at the beginning died of curiosity.
Yue An kicked off with its hind legs and jumped onto the wall. It opened its four paws and clung to the wall. Then, it relaxed its two hind legs and used its two front paws to scratch the wall. Accompanied by a long "slash" sound, it slowly slid back to the ground.
The hard wall of the laboratory was made of a special material, but it was used as a scratching board by this white furball. Every corner of the wall was left with scratches.
I should go home and ask Ji Xiuyun what kind of material this wall is made of. It's quite comfortable to use as a scratching board.
Yue An scratched the wall while thinking. Slowly, it slid to the ground.
It retracted its two paws, took two steps back, and was about to jump again. In the blink of an eye, it saw a chip in the gap that it had just scratched.
It was a small black square, about the size of a thumb. It was carefully preserved in a small transparent box.
The furball stared with its beautiful blue cat eyes, tilted its head, and curiously looked at the box. It found a line of words written on the box.
029 - Catmint Reagent Experiment Record
Aiya!
It's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. I, Yue An, will accept it as a sign of respect!
The white furball stretched out its soft paws and smashed the box with its paws with a force that was not soft at all. It picked up the chip, turned around, and left.
He held the chip in his mouth and crawled out of the plant science laboratory. He glanced at the genetic science laboratory next door.
Similarly, there were specific experimental records under the genetic science laboratory.
Yue An saw that there was an experimental record near the top of the list: Basic Exploration of SS-level Gene Bodies.
The white furball held the chip in its mouth and squatted at the entrance of the laboratory. It hesitated for a long time before it finally opened the door and crawled out.
Yue An did not dare to mess around in the genetic science laboratory like the one next door. He was afraid that the T-virus would really be released and cause a zombie siege.
He sniffed around with the chip in his mouth and carefully tore an entire strip on the wall. He leaned over to look at the chips inside and pulled them out one by one to take a look.
It was not easy for him to find the SS-level gene body chip. Yue An happily smashed the box and took out the chip. He also broke open the hidden drawer and burned the remaining muscle tissue and blood samples inside.
The furball with the two chips in its mouth turned its head to the door after it was done. Its pointy little ears twitched, and in the next second, it turned invisible and slipped out of the laboratory.
Two middle-aged men rushed into the elevator. One of them was the person the acting minister had just called.
Their expressions were very unpleasant.
Yue An watched as the two men took out their weapons from the door and strode into the two laboratories whose doors were destroyed.
They did not find anything.
Yue An squatted next to them and looked at their suspicious faces. He walked around them quietly with his short legs and broke a few more laboratory doors right under their noses.
"Who is it?!"
"There's no response from the heat detector."
"… What the hell?"
The invisible Hairball held the chip in its mouth and turned around to scratch the door, floor, and ceiling of the elevator into smithereens.
Then, it wagged its tail and looked at the two middle-aged men who were rushing toward the elevator. It hummed proudly and turned its head to float up.
Without the elevator, the two men would not be able to get out.
Yue An happily reached the hall at the top and removed the spell. He wagged the tip of his tail and happily pushed open the perfectly cut steel block in the corner of the hall's first staircase door. His little head popped out, but his body was still stuck in the hole. When he looked up, he saw Ji Xiuyun's gloomy face.
The Marshal was surrounded by a circle of soldiers with his back facing them. They formed a human wall to block the puzzled members of the Research Department.
Ji Xiuyun looked at Yue An's little head that popped out from the corner. He slowly pulled the gloves on his hands. His body was full of murderous aura. Even his eyes seemed to be filled with dense and sharp blades.
Yue An was so frightened that he trembled, and the two chips in his mouth fell to the ground with a "plop" sound.
The Marshal squatted down and quietly put the two chips into his pocket.
"Are you happy?" Ji Xiuyun asked in a low voice that only he and Yue An could hear.
Yue An: "…"
I'm not, I'm not. Don't talk nonsense.
… Okay.
Actually, he was a little happy.
Especially when he was sniffing the catmint.
Marshal Ji looked down at his cat and said calmly, "Come out."
Yue An was so scared that his ears turned into airplane ears. He crawled out of the hole listlessly. He didn't even care about shaking his fur. He ran over to the Marshal's feet with his short legs and rubbed against him like a spoiled child.
Marshal Ji Xiuyun pressed Yue An to the ground. He didn't care about Yue An's cute meowing. He checked Yue An's body over and over again. After making sure that there were no wounds or injuries, he let out a long sigh of relief. His face finally looked better.
He picked up Yue An, turned around, and walked behind the human wall.
The soldiers quickly moved aside to make way for him.
The cat in the Marshal's arms was so scared that he couldn't even see his ears. He almost turned into a small seal. He looked as if he had been frightened. He tried his best to snuggle into the Marshal's arms.
When the Acting Minister saw Yue An's reaction, his face was filled with pain.
Oh no, oh no, oh no.
Even a cat that was so powerful was scared to this extent. The big boss must have done something terrible to Yue An.
The Acting Minister could already see the future of the Scientific Research Department.
"Why is my cat in the Scientific Research Department?"
Ji Xiuyun's voice was filled with cold anger. He said each word loud and clear.
"Why is he scared?"
Yue An was still snuggling into the Marshal's arms. He was trying to get forgiveness by acting like a spoiled child. When he heard Ji Xiuyun's words, he was stunned for three seconds. Then, he poked his little head out of the Marshal's arms.
Ji Xiuyun pressed his furry little head back into his arms expressionlessly.
Marshal Ji Xiuyun looked around at the researchers around him and asked again, "Why did my cat escape from the most confidential laboratory in the world?"
"Can anyone give me an explanation?"
"I'm … I'm really sorry, Marshal Ji."
The Acting Minister looked very guilty. "Although I don't know the truth, as the Acting Minister, I can't shirk my responsibility."
Yue An, "…"
Yue An, "????"
Wasn't this a bit wrong?
Shouldn't it be that the matter of him sneaking in had been discovered and Ji Xiuyun had rushed over to protect him?
Why did this conversation sound so wrong?
Why was the Acting Minister apologizing?
Yue An poked his little head out of Ji Xiuyun's arms again. Once again, Marshal Ji pressed him back into the Scientific Research Department.
"I don't want an apology or an explanation."
Ji Xiuyun pointed at the elevator door. "I want to know what they did to my cat."
Marshal Ji Xiuyun said, "I'm going down."
Yue An, "…"
Wait, what kind of development was this??
Was, was this the legendary preemptive strike … Oh, no, the counterattack???
You are actually such a Ji Xiuyun??