161: Chapter 161 Don't go in! Inside is... uh, a large warehouse.

The heavy metal gate slowly slid open to both sides.

A heart-stopping, eerie blue technological light poured out from the gap.

Accompanied by an intensely bone-chilling cold, a thick stench of formalin and raw, bloody meat hit them like a physical wave, instantly dissipating the floral fragrance of the garden.

The veins on Chen Yuan's forehead throbbed violently.

He had never been this panicked in his entire life, not even when facing a hail of bullets!

At this critical juncture, relying almost entirely on his special forces muscle memory, Chen Yuan lunged forward.

His broad frame blocked the gap in the door completely.

His fair, powerful hand shot out like lightning, covering the lens of the phone Chen Nuo was holding.

"Brother! What are you doing!"

Chen Nuo's view went black, and she stamped her feet in frustration.

The tens of millions of netizens in the live stream, all ready for a reveal, exploded instantly. The screen was flooded with question marks and protests, nearly crashing the server.

"Stop filming! You can't film here!"

Chen Yuan's voice rose sharply, his tone terrifyingly stern.

While blocking the gap with his body, his brain raced at billions of cycles per second, desperately trying to cover up a mistake that could trigger the Third World War.

"Nuo Nuo, listen to me! Turn off the live stream right now!"

Chen Yuan feigned an expression of extreme nervousness and severity.

"This isn't some core workshop!"

"This is just an abandoned warehouse where our Pharmaceutical Factory stores expired, hazardous chemicals!"

Chen Yuan pointed at the blood-red skull symbol on the door, spewing nonsense with a straight face.

"The environment in there is extremely hazardous! The air is filled with toxic gases and volatile strong acids!"

"That was just the automatic exhaust system releasing pressure. You aren't wearing a gas mask; if you inhale those high-concentration toxic gases, your respiratory mucosa will be destroyed in seconds!"

Chen Yuan delivered these words with resounding authority and a fierce tone.

Coupled with his nervous expression of concern for his sister's safety, he actually managed to bluff Chen Nuo for half a second.

"Is... is there toxic gas?"

Chen Nuo subconsciously covered her mouth and nose and took a small step back.

But her mischievous, wide eyes were still darting around.

She had clearly smelled an extremely pungent scent of blood; that definitely wasn't the smell of chemical reagents.

The military enthusiasts and amateur detectives in the live stream weren't buying it either.

"Bullshit! What kind of waste warehouse uses eerie blue cold light for illumination!"

"That lighting clearly looks like the ambient light of a large sterile laboratory or a supercomputer server room!"

"Streamer, don't believe him! Your brother is definitely hiding something shady in there!"

"Rush in! We'll gift you ten Carnivals! Go in and see what's actually inside!"

The heckling in the comments made Chen Nuo's curiosity grow wildly like weeds.

She tried to break free from Chen Yuan's blockade.

Chen Yuan kept the lens covered, preparing to forcibly carry his troublemaking sister out of the backyard.

Just at this critical moment.

"Boss! Boss, it's bad!"

A shrill scream came from the other end of the corridor.

Victor came tumbling over like a massive bowling ball.

His expensive, high-end tailored suit was already soaked with cold sweat, his face pale, and he was gasping for breath.

Chen Yuan's heart sank.

This damn fatty couldn't have come earlier or later; he just had to show up and cause trouble at this exact moment!

"Shut up! Can't you see I'm dealing with an emergency!"

Chen Yuan roared in a low voice.

But Victor had lost all reason in his panic. He rushed to Chen Yuan's side and grabbed his sleeve, completely failing to notice Chen Nuo, who was still live streaming nearby.

"It's not that, Boss! It's that little ancestor upstairs!"

Victor was sweating profusely, his voice cracking with anxiety.

"The President's daughter is on a hunger strike again!"

"She says our kitchen's French cuisine is terrible and insists on eating snails prepared by a three-star Michelin chef from New York! If we don't get them for her, she's going to smash all the antiques in the guest room!"

The air froze.

Chen Yuan's breathing hitched.

Chen Nuo was stunned as well.

The ears of the tens of millions of netizens in the live stream perked up instantly.

The President's daughter? A hunger strike? Smashing antiques?

The amount of information was so overwhelming that it left everyone completely bewildered.

"You idiot!"

The veins on Chen Yuan's forehead throbbed into the shape of a cross.

He whipped his head around, his sharp gaze cutting into Victor's fat face like a knife.

"I told you to keep her locked up; who told you to serve her French cuisine? Starve her for three days and see if she still makes a fuss!"

Chen Yuan could no longer suppress his rage.

His movement to turn and scold Victor was explosive.

But it was precisely because of this turn.

The solid line of defense he had established—covering the camera lens and blocking the metal gate—faltered for a split second.

It was just that short half-second.

A fatal half-second, too short even to blink.

The stubbornness and wild curiosity inherent in the young girl, Chen Nuo, were completely ignited.

An abandoned warehouse? The President's daughter?

Just how many earth-shattering secrets was her brother hiding?

She couldn't leave!

She had to see what was behind this door today!

"Whoosh—"

Chen Nuo nimbly ducked her body.

She was like a slippery eel, moving with the agility of a gymnast.

She ducked and darted right under Chen Yuan's slightly raised arm!

The movement was so fast that even Alice, who was standing nearby, didn't have time to stop her.

"Chen Nuo!"

Chen Yuan whipped his head around.

He watched helplessly as his sister, like an agile white rabbit, dashed resolutely into that eerie blue gate.

Chen Yuan's heart nearly stopped in that instant.

It was over.

Completely over.

"Get back here!"

Chen Yuan let out a desperate roar and chased after her, his long legs moving fast.

But Chen Nuo didn't listen at all.

She plunged into the underground corridor filled with cold air and the smell of blood.

She sprinted along the wide metal ramp.

The phone camera shook violently, flashing past cold, high-strength alloy walls.

Dense rows of red warning lights flashed on those walls.

Her footsteps echoed through the empty underground, creating a heart-stopping sound.

"Whoa…"

Chen Nuo gasped in disbelief as she ran.

She reached the end of the ramp and burst into the core area of the second basement level.

The view suddenly opened up.

Chen Nuo slammed on the brakes.

She panted heavily, her chest heaving.

The violently shaking phone camera finally stabilized.

The autofocus locked onto the scene ahead amidst the eerie blue light.

The crisp 4K quality displayed everything on the second basement level to tens of millions of viewers without reservation.

Chen Yuan reached the entrance of the ramp.

He looked at his sister's stiff back and closed his eyes in despair.

And at that very moment.

In the live stream.

The tens of millions of comments that had been scrolling like a blizzard.

Suddenly vanished.

Completely.

Not even a single punctuation mark remained.

The whole world.

Plunged into a deathly silence in that instant.