340: Is Chapter 337 messing with me?

"Ms. Ava, are all these materials real? You aren't just trying to placate us for the time being, are you?"

Inside the villa, a group of elderly men looked stunned after reviewing the materials presented by Ava, the executive director of Genentech.

It must be said that Ava was very good at making PowerPoints. Not only did it describe how incredible the test subject was, but it also included a plan using easy-to-understand estimates.

Specifically, a first-generation experimental product would definitely appear within three years, and a complete, stable, and usable version would be developed within five years if possible.

According to the data, if the test results were perfect, they would be able to mass-produce superhumans, and those suffering from illnesses would even be able to recover their health.

Very tempting!

It certainly looked tempting.

"Right! Ms. Ava, these materials are just your own claims, like empty promises made to lure investors. Heh, coincidentally, I've invited a professional today—a biology professor. I wonder if he can communicate with the researchers on your end? I'd like my person to talk to your people."

An elderly man looked at Ava with a smile.

Hearing this, Ava frowned slightly. She glanced at the others and noticed they all wore faint smiles; clearly, this group had already coordinated and prepared for this move.

However, she wasn't panicked. She took a deep breath and smiled, saying: "Of course, Mr. Bieber. I'm sure you will get a satisfactory answer."

Soon, the professor invited by the elderly man entered, and at the same time, Ava initiated a video call request.

"Hmm? Perhaps the special signal in the laboratory isn't very good. Let me try again."

Seeing that the first call didn't go through, Ava wasn't in a hurry and calmly dialed a second time.

This time, it finally connected just as it was about to hang up.

"Team Leader Michael, I have some shareholders here who need to understand the situation. Are you available now? I need you to provide some description..."

Before she could finish, Team Leader Michael's voice interrupted her: "Boss, it might not be convenient right now... Is there anyone else with you?"

Looking at Old Michael's solemn expression on the screen, Ava's heart sank. She vaguely felt something was wrong and was about to say something.

However, the group of old foxes beside her had already narrowed their eyes and looked over, their faces bearing faint, ambiguous smiles.

Seeing this, Ava knew she likely couldn't avoid them. These people were shareholders and insiders, so there was no issue of leaking secrets.

Furthermore, in Ava's opinion, what kind of major incident could happen in the laboratory?

The test data had already been displayed, and as for a failed experiment, that was simply impossible. The experiment had only just begun, or perhaps it hadn't even officially started yet.

Therefore, she wasn't afraid of the shareholders hearing some internal details.

"Go ahead, there's no one around me."

"Boss! I must report Merk!"

"Reason!"

"He... he opened the laboratory door. Now the test subject is out of control, has killed five armed squads, and has successfully left the laboratory. The research institute is in chaos right now. It's all Merk! It's all Merk! He hid everything from me. Right now, the test subject is in the elevator heading to the surface."

Boom!

As this was said over the call, Ava's mind went blank.

Meanwhile, the shareholders couldn't help but look at each other, somewhat bewildered.

It seemed they had heard something incredible.

"Are you joking? The test subject is just one person! He is a human! What are all the people the company pays for doing?" Ava said with some anger; her usually composed demeanor was slipping.

"Bu... but he... he really did it. Boss, you might not believe it, but it's the truth. After rushing out of the laboratory, three armed squads have completely lost contact."

"Impossible! How is this possible! He is one person! A human!"

"Boss! That's how it is! I..."

"Enough, joke time is over! Don't report to me again unless it's something important!"

Ava hurriedly hung up the call. She suspected that Old Michael, who usually seemed diligent, had been bought off by someone specifically to mess with her at this moment.

Are you kidding me? So many people can't subdue one test subject?

Is this a movie?

Ava managed her expression perfectly, and she quickly regained her previous elegance and composure, smiling: "Everyone, please don't mind. My researcher is always like this; he likes to joke around. I'll talk to him again after he calms down. For now, let's continue discussing the product launch..."

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At this moment, Old Michael, with his hands on his head, looked at the special communication device in front of him, looking devastated.

His gaze flicked toward the surveillance footage on the screen, showing the elevator slowly ascending. In the footage, that Li, the test subject he valued immensely, was currently riding the elevator upward.

A moment later, pop ~ static ~ the screen turned completely to static.

Old Michael sat powerlessly in his chair. If he hadn't heard the tremors from the ground, he wouldn't have known that the situation had completely spiraled out of control.

When he successfully took over all surveillance feeds using his own authorization, he was completely shocked.

It was madness!

As the person in charge of the laboratory, he had no idea that the laboratory door had been opened just like that.

The entrance in the footage was littered with corpses. This made him quickly contact Merk, and after learning everything, he immediately started cursing.

But it was already too late.

"Mr. Michael, your authorization is higher than mine. This time... it was my mistake. I will submit my resignation to the boss, but before that, please use your authorization to seal off all entrances and exits as soon as possible."

At this moment, the anxious voice of that damn Merk came through another communication device.

However, Old Michael didn't want to say anything. He no longer wanted to deal with this trash, this idiot!

Sealing the upward passage, conducting a full lockdown—he had already done all of this.

But who could have imagined that besides Merk, that pig-teammate who was stupid to the bone, there was also a traitor among them?

He had just intended to communicate with the boss to say that the test subject had internal assistance from an Advanced researcher who had successfully passed internal authentication, restored power, and unlocked part of the lockdown.

And to access the Advanced researcher's authorization, it required true high-level personnel—like someone at Ava's level—or a meeting of multiple secondary-level executives.

But secondary-level executives were distributed across research institutes around the world. To gather them for a meeting, one always had to schedule a time in advance.

He tried to call the big boss again, but was hung up on directly.

Seeing this, Old Michael was silent for a long time. Finally, he gritted his teeth, picked up the communicator, and said: "Merk, have every armed squad on every floor take action. The surface armed squad should also be prepared. They are authorized to carry lethal weapons and are authorized to kill! I only require a complete corpse now. Within one hour, I need news that this big trouble has been resolved!!!"