The Bodyguard King’s CEO Wife Chapter 1858: Mutants in the Cage

"Inside here... inside here..." Everyone faltered, no one dared say where it led, but their hesitation was already the best answer. Ye Shikai had more or less guessed it.

"Inside is where the test subjects are confined. It’s very dangerous." One of them answered, trembling.

"Just as I thought." Ye Shikai muttered. How dangerous those test subjects were could be seen just from this blast-proof door.

"This is only one of them. There are three more doors inside."

"What, three more?" Ye Shikai exclaimed.

"Yes. There are five underground levels in total here. To get to the bottom level you still have three doors to go through. Each door has its own dedicated password, and only people who know the password can open it."

"What the hell did you people make?" Ye Shikai questioned coldly.

"Mu... mutants."

"You’re out of your damn minds." Ye Shikai cursed coldly. Maybe these people had been forced, but in his view, anyone with a conscience would never research this kind of ’monster.’

"How many test subjects have you developed?" Ye Shikai pressed.

"More than one hundred and twenty."

"What did you say?" Ye Shikai grabbed the man by the collar. Over a hundred and twenty—back when the HST project was in Yanjing, all the bases combined didn’t even have half that number of test subjects.

"Are all of them Mothmen?" Things had come to this point; Ye Shikai stopped wasting words and forced the question out directly. If it really was a hundred and twenty Mothmen, then for the whole of Hong Kong it would be a catastrophic, annihilating threat. Unless you had a master in the Body Integration Realm or late Divine Separation, you simply couldn’t take on a Mothman. But in all of Hong Kong, where were you supposed to find that many cultivators? Even if the three great families of Hong Kong combined forces, they still wouldn’t have that many. Besides, the current Mothmen compared to before were likely on a whole different level. If these monsters really got out, who knew how many people would die.

"Can these doors keep them sealed in?" Ye Shikai had originally wanted to open the door and take a look, but on second thought he gave up. With the manpower they had now, if they really opened the door and accidentally let those monsters out, both they and the citizens of Hong Kong would be finished. So the only choice was to seal them in with the doors and wait until everything was ready before doing anything.

"Yes. There’s only one way in and out here. Unless they break through these doors, there’s no way they can leave."

"Good." Ye Shikai let out a sigh. Luckily those test subjects were locked inside and couldn’t get out, otherwise things would have already gone to hell.

"Everyone, stay right here. The police will be here any moment, and none of you are getting away. If any of you were forced into this, don’t worry, the police will investigate and sort it out." Ye Shikai shouted, finally stabilizing the situation.

"Do you have any tunnels here?" Ye Shikai pressed.

"Uh... we don’t really know either. We’re only in charge of the experiments. There are lots of places in this factory we’re not allowed to go." Ye Shikai wanted to go look for a tunnel, but he couldn’t be in two places at once. This was where the test subjects were locked up, extremely dangerous. He had to make sure no one touched this door. On top of that, he didn’t know where the tunnel was. The factory was so big that blindly searching for it would definitely be futile. So the mastermind behind the scenes could only slip away like this. As unwilling as he was, there was nothing he could do. Right now, the lives of several million citizens in Hong Kong were what mattered most. As for those masterminds, they might get away for now, but they wouldn’t stay free forever.

Bang.

Suddenly, an explosion sounded in the distance. The entire lab "shuddered"; something nearby had probably blown up.

Before Ye Shikai could react, all the lights in the experimental area went out, plunging everyone into "chaos." A wave of tension surged up from their feet straight to their heads.

"Quick, run!"

No one knew who shouted it, but everyone started moving in a panic. The frantic crowd was like a flock of frightened sheep—once someone bolted, the rest followed. Ye Shikai raised his pistol and fired a shot into the air.

Bang.

"Nobody move. Hands on your head and squat down." Ye Shikai ordered.

"Young man, we’ve got to get out of here, fast." At this moment, a man in the crowd spoke anxiously.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Just now it was probably the power distribution room that blew up. The entire factory just lost power. But these doors need electricity to be fully locked. Also, the doors originally carried high-voltage current, enough to paralyze the test subjects, that’s why they couldn’t break through. Now that the power’s out, we’re relying solely on the strength and durability of these iron doors themselves. I don’t know how long they can hold those test subjects back."

"What?" Even Ye Shikai started to panic now. These doors were blast-proof, but the test subjects weren’t ordinary humans. And God only knew what kind of mutants they had created. If they really battered the doors apart, they’d still be able to break out.

"If they break through, we’re all dead. I’m begging you, let us go." The man suddenly dropped to his knees in front of Ye Shikai and pleaded.

"Everyone, leave. Get out of the factory." Ye Shikai still chose to let them all go. This place could turn into a battlefield at any moment. Staying here was just waiting to die. The police had already sealed off the main gate; he’d just hand these people over to them.

"Thank you, thank you." The crowd repeated gratefully, then hurriedly fled the experimental area. Ye Shikai walked up to the iron door and pressed his ear against it.

Bang, bang.

Ye Shikai faintly heard heavy impacts. He knew exactly what that was: those test subjects—no, those monsters—were "assaulting" their way up from below. Ye Shikai tested the door. Even without power, these iron doors were very solid; they definitely wouldn’t be broken in an instant. But how long they could hold... nobody knew.

"What happened? Why is it so dark?" At this moment, Tianjing arrived as well. Seeing Ye Shikai staying here alone, she asked curiously.

"The power distribution room exploded. The entire factory has lost power." Ye Shikai wasn’t sure how the distribution room had blown up. It could have been due to lack of operation in the chaos, or it could have been deliberate sabotage.

"What is this?" Tianjing asked.

"There are more than one hundred and twenty test subjects locked in there. The iron doors were originally charged with high-voltage electricity. Now that the power’s out, they could break out at any moment." Ye Shikai said coldly.

"What, how many—over a hundred and twenty? No. You have to leave right now. There are too many of them; we can’t possibly hold them off." Tianjing urged.

"If we let these monsters out, you know what will happen, right? Hong Kong will turn into hell."