Chapter 955: Attack Warning

As one of the top media outlets in W37 Base City, the Blue Bird Television Station had already obtained news of the outbreak in the quarantine zone. Now, everyone in the station was preparing to break a major story. Equipment was in place, and the host, dressed in solemn attire, stood before the camera with a grave expression. Just as the countdown was about to begin, someone suddenly crashed through the wall. The pale-faced woman raised her hand, and the studio door slammed shut completely. This instantly robbed the staff, familiar with player attack incidents, of any chance to escape, leaving them frozen in place.

"Everyone, don't worry. We just want to borrow this place," Kuang Wenjun said.

Xu Huo had already stepped behind the host. He patted his shoulder, signaling him to move aside.

The host hurriedly stepped away, and Xu Huo scanned the room, finally fixing his gaze on a portly middle-aged man. "Are you the station director?"

The middle-aged man trembled as he stepped forward. To steady himself, he pressed his lips tightly together. "Yes, I am."

"I'd like to borrow your broadcast channel to air a message," Xu Huo said.

"No problem! No problem at all!" the director quickly agreed, then assured him, "I guarantee it will be broadcast faithfully. Our station has a dedicated broadcast line. Even if the government tries to shut it down, they can't do it right away. I'll cooperate with whatever you want to air!"

His survival instinct was strong.

Xu Huo nodded, took a pen and paper from the side, and said to Kuang Wenjun, "Stay here to ensure the message goes out smoothly. After the broadcast, try to delay the Enforcement Team players for three minutes. If it takes longer, you can leave first—don't fight them to the death."

Kuang Wenjun didn't ask what he was going to do. She placed her space item in the broadcast room.

Seeing the item appear, two female staff members couldn't help but cry, only to have their mouths covered by colleagues, terrified of angering Xu Huo and Kuang Wenjun and inviting death.

Xu Huo glanced over, handed the note to the host, and checked the time. "Start in half a minute."

The host's hand trembled violently as he held the note. Xu Huo steadied his arm. "If you can't do it, we can find someone else."

Cold sweat suddenly poured down the host's face. He nodded frantically. "No, no! I can do it!"

Seeing his enthusiasm for the job, Xu Huo said no more. He nodded to Kuang Wenjun and left.

After he left, Kuang Wenjun gestured for the host to step forward and said to everyone present, "Please cooperate. Everyone stay at your posts and don't try to communicate with the outside. It won't save you, but it might anger me."

Confirming no one was making any secret moves, she stepped aside and let the director start the broadcast.

The host was highly professional. Even as his face twitched and his lips trembled, he managed to deliver the opening lines and then got to the point. "A gentleman has sent a message to the station, entrusting us to announce an attack warning to the W37 government. This will be repeated three times."

"Five minutes from the start of this warning, I will deploy biochemical weapons at the R1 Laboratory. Please have the W37 government evacuate laboratory personnel as soon as possible!"

In fact, by the time the host nervously read out the attack warning, the W37 government's high-ranking officials had already routed the broadcast to the temporary command center.

After hearing the first repetition, the temporary commander and the head of the Enforcement Team immediately dispatched players to arrest the people at the television station and evacuate the laboratory personnel.

Biochemical weapons were the lifeline of any base station. Since the SE virus incident, almost all base stations had established corresponding emergency measures. The first rule was: under any circumstances, if biochemical weapons or suspected biochemical weapons were discovered, prioritize evacuation. Protecting people was the top priority; everything else could wait.

Thus, although Xu Huo's "attack warning" only named the R1 Laboratory, the Enforcement Team evacuated several surrounding laboratories as well. All emergency doors in the labs were closed, and over a hundred remotely controllable detection instruments were deployed. At least fifty players used items to form a three-layer thick defensive wall outside the defense line, completely sealing off the area!

All of this was accomplished in less than three minutes. While a large number of players were dispatched to search near the laboratory, the television station was also surrounded by the Enforcement Team.

The Enforcement Team began a strong assault on the station. Kuang Wenjun released the staff from the broadcast room and activated her space item. Anyone who approached the station was teleported away. She wasn't skilled in close combat, so using space items made it easier to delay time. But unlike W19 Base City, where there were only a dozen players, the Enforcement Team here came in waves. The frequent use of spatial displacement placed a heavy burden on her.

After fending off six waves of player attacks, she checked the time—only a minute and a half had passed. Sensing more and more players outside, she gritted her teeth and doubled the range of her item. "Xu Huo, you'd better hurry!"

Xu Huo had already entered the R1 Laboratory.

To fish in troubled waters, you had to stir up as much chaos as possible. So when the base government began evacuating personnel, the normally tightly guarded laboratory became easy to sneak into.

The vast laboratory was empty. He first went to the main control room and turned off the electronic monitors, then grabbed an internal guide map.

This map differed slightly from the one Xiong Qing had given him. A few areas had been renovated, and two locations marked as A-level virus sample storage were actually data archives.

Xu Huo didn't rush to the sealed laboratory Xiong Qing had pointed out. Instead, he entered the data archive first.

Unsurprisingly, he found some documents related to live human experiments—these archived files were kept in paper form, stored somewhat haphazardly, suggesting they had been shelved for a long time.

Soon, he found the SE virus files in a box.

Although marked "Top Secret," the box used to store the files was already broken. From the corner, he could see the documents inside. Opening it, the top page was an identity record:

Name: Luo Changren.
Occupation: Surgeon (Former Director of Project J1, A1 Laboratory, W06 Base City)
Background: Graduated from Seagull Higher Academy. Deeply obsessed with religion, founded three religions, each with over five hundred followers. Later attended a mysterious lecture on the pharmaceutical industry, inspired by "Dr. Wu," and switched careers to become a pharmacist. (Note: His pharmacist certification was not recognized by any game district's pharmaceutical industry.)

(End of Chapter)