Chapter 19 — My House Is 42 Degrees Hot, Turns Out It's A Horrifying Plot

He looked straight at me. Eyes full of determination.

“Then I will detonate the backup power station.”

“We will erase this hell from the earth.”

I looked at him. Nod vigorously. We have no way back. The only way is to move forward. The two people left the car. Take advantage of the dense forest as cover. Silently move towards the factory located deep in the mountain. It's the sunrise that has just risen. Front. It's endless darkness. This battle. There is no going back. There was no one around. Only the sound of the mountain wind roaring. Inside a cave entrance covered by vines and bushes. We found the ventilation opening. A giant iron fence. Patchy rust. Seal the entrance. Uncle Ly took out a pair of hydraulic pliers from his backpack. The sound of metal screeching was deafening. Steel bars as big as a human arm were cut off one after another. A gap large enough for a person to fit through appeared. It is a dark vertical pipe with no bottom visible. Cold winds carry the smell of disinfectant constantly blowing. Uncle Ly took out the climbing rope. One end is tied to the rock next to the cave entrance. The other end is tied around my waist.

“I'll go down first.”

He looked at me. Extremely serious advice.

“I only have one hour.”

“An hour later.”

“Regardless of success or failure.”

“I will also detonate the power station.”

“At that point the entire base will lose power.”

“Backup power only lasts ten minutes.”

“You have to get out of here before that time.”

I nodded. Hold the hard drive and laptop tightly in your lap.

“Uncle too.”

“You must go out.”

Uncle Ly laughed. That smile brought a feeling of liberation.

“I've been waiting for this day for five years.”

He said no more. Turn around. Disappeared into the dark pipe. I immediately followed. The pipeline is very long. We are like two lizards. Sticks to cold metal surfaces. Little by little crawled down. After descending about fifty meters. We reached the first operating platform. This is the first basement. According to the diagram. This place is an information processing center. Also the server room location.

“I'm here.”

I spoke softly to Uncle Ly. Uncle Ly only responded to me with two words.

"Take care."

Then continue going down. I looked at his back. Gradually disappearing into the deep darkness below. An indescribable sadness suddenly arose in my heart. I took a deep breath. Force yourself to put aside your emotions. Then pry off the ventilation grille. Crawl into a maze-like maintenance tunnel. The light here is extremely weak. Every ten meters there is an emergency light. The characteristic smell of ozone from electronic equipment permeates the air. I'm like a wild cat. Quietly through the cold steel maze. Based on the map. I dodged each surveillance camera in turn. Each infrared detector. I also arrived in front of the central server room. It was a heavy alloy door. To open, you must authenticate your iris and fingerprint at the same time. I have absolutely no way to get in. But I'm not discouraged. Next to it there is a maintenance door. It is a small square, only about half a meter. Used to check the wiring system. I use a lock picking tool. Get inside. Inside are countless cables intertwined like spider webs. I followed the bundles of wires. Climb gradually above the engine room. Through the mesh slot in the ceiling. I see the whole scene below. It's a true server matrix. Big Hundreds of times larger than Vuong Cuong's computer room. Thousands of computer cabinets arranged neatly. Blue indicator lights flashed in the dark. Like specks of ghosts. In the middle of the room. It is a giant arc-shaped console. More than ten people wore white blouses. Busy working. The leader. It was the man in the black coat. His expression was extremely unsightly.

“Is the tracking signal lost?”

He asked coldly.

“Yes... sir.”

A researcher trembled in response.

“After the target entered the Yen Son mountain area.”

“The signal completely disappeared.”

“Maybe they discovered the hard drive's tracing function.”

“Useless bastards!”

The man in the black coat slapped him hard in the face.

“Immediately activate the Purification program!”

“Erase all peripheral nodes related to the Lazarus Plan!”

“Don't leave any traces!”

Right at that moment. The entire base suddenly sounded a shrill siren. The red warning light immediately flashed violently.

“Floor B3, core culture area!”

“The power supply system has been compromised!”

“The backup power station was forcibly activated!”

“Thirty more seconds and the critical threshold will be reached!”

The black coat man's face immediately turned pale. He also realized something. He suddenly raised his head. Eyes pass through the ventilation grille above. Like looking right at me. We have arrived. It's time to end. I no longer hesitate. Plug the hard drive into the laptop. Connect directly to the base's internal network. I found the data dissemination protocol. What Vuong Cuong once called "Pandora's box".