Chapter 61: The Aftermath
After the explosion, the emergency team of the university hospital immediately responded to the scene of the incident, and they were on standby at the university hospital early in the morning at the request of Douglas, just to deal with the emergency.
Before Douglas and his party in the Armed Forces Department could return to the research center at the time of the explosion, the explosion wave swept in, and it was Max who noticed the abnormality for the first time, and the quaint cross fell from the sky, straight into the ground, and blocked himself and Douglas like a giant shield, canceling out most of the shock wave.
However, before the shockwave was completely over, Douglas rushed out impatiently, and he went straight to the center of the explosion with a heavy face, and he didn't have to think about it to know that there was a problem in the forge room.
Four flames burst out from the vents in the basement, followed by black smoke.
"It's broken. Max quickly retracted the cross, and before he had time to think about his own safety, he followed Daglas and rushed into the elevator shaft.
The elevator was smashed into a ball of scrap metal by the air flow in the explosion just now, but it would be too wasteful to walk down the stairs, so Max did not hesitate at all, leaned over and jumped into the bottomless elevator shaft, grabbed those broken cables, and made an emergency landing to the lowest research center.
Messy and miserable, that was the first adjective that came to Max's mind, the scorching waves of air raging on the huge underground platform, most of the researchers lost consciousness and fainted under the effect of the sound wave shockwave, and a small number of researchers curled up behind cover and wailed.
Broken glass and flying shredded paper were everywhere, but fortunately, the high-strength glass of the forging room barely withstood the impact, so the wake of the flames did not reach here, otherwise the research center full of research drawings would be buried in the sea with the efforts and lives of countless scientific and technological personnel, and such losses are immeasurable.
Apparently Douglas didn't pay attention to this, he was more concerned about the situation in the forge room, as the center of the explosion, he had already anticipated the possible tragedy.
A punch blasted away the shattered steel door, Douglas's fist wind directly broke through the raging fire in the observation room, and rushed open a flame passage out of thin air, and the emergency fire hose directly above the room sprinkled layers of water curtains, but it didn't seem to have much effect, the gasoline on the ground was criss-crossed, and wherever it went, the flames rose.
Ten minutes ago, everyone was talking to each other, talking and laughing, but now these energetic young talents have sacrificed their precious lives for science.
The blast wave of the explosion and the raging flames mutilated the young bodies, and Douglas's heart was extremely cold, and he kicked a pen that had fallen to the ground, and the pen burst through the wind like a bullet, and Zigen inserted the emergency fire hose, and two jets of water with great water pressure sprayed out, quickly suppressing the flames on the ground.
In the space behind Douglas, the short-circuited light bulb flickered, and the green and gold light alternated between the flickering and dimming, it was Max urgently treating some dying wounded, although the "healing technique" of the Holy Church could not have the effect of reviving the dead, but in the face of those colleagues who were struggling on the brink of death, this was the only thing he could do.
Douglas had already thought of the worst, and he looked at the forge room in a daze, where the middle of the synthetic diamond glass had been crudely pierced, and the remaining shards of glass had been shattered into countless small pieces that hung on the window frame, like a wedding dress that had been torn and discarded, and the smoke was so thick that it was impossible to see the inside.
"Anglo!" Although Douglas no longer had any hope, he still subconsciously shouted, this old subordinate who had followed him for many years made him unforgettable.
Douglas picked up a door panel as a shield in one hand, and he fearlessly broke through the shards of glass and rushed into the forge room, the thick black smoke obscuring his vision like a black curtain, and he could see that there were still sporadic flames dancing around him, Douglas covered his mouth and nose with one hand, while he still had unrealistic illusions that he could find some sign of survivors.
"Vice Chancellor Douglas, is that you?"
A somewhat distorted voice drifted from behind the smoke, and for a moment Douglas couldn't even make out who was talking to him.
"It's me!" Douglas was overjoyed, he flapped the door panel, the strong wind blew away the smoke in front of him, and the fire shrouded the ground full of stone craters caused by the explosion, scattered with the residue and debris of gasoline barrels, and a blue arc flashing hemispherical shield in the corner clinged to the wall, a high-tech product that did not belong to the continent.
"Andrey?" Douglas kicked away a rolling gasoline barrel, sending sparks scattered.
"It's me. โ
The high-tech shield folded and retracted into the blue energy body that flashed on Andre's chest, and the high-tech glasses were also shattered, hanging crookedly on his ears, and Andre, who had lost his support, fell to his knees all of a sudden, but fortunately, Douglas helped him in time.
White smoke wafted out of the cracks in Andre's "Breed Mech", a sign of overheating, and Douglas felt as if he was touching a piece of red-hot metal.
"Andrey, tell me, what the hell is going on?!"
"Bombs," said Andre weakly, "there's a bomb in the gasoline barrel." โ
"What?!"
"Leave me alone, go see Teacher Anglo and Al. โ
"They... Where are they?!"
Andre gasped as he tried to raise his hand and tremble to the end of the room, but it only lasted two seconds before his mechanical arm fell so hard that he fainted.
"Andre, Andre," Douglas shook Andre slightly, but the other party didn't react at all.
Douglas picked Andre up and blasted his fist through the barricade, Douglas took Andre to safety and gently placed him on the ground.
"Max!" Douglas shouted, "take care of Andre!"
"Okay. โ
Max had just finished recovering an injured man when the emergency team from the school hospital arrived, so Max immediately freed up his hands to take care of the injured Andre.
Douglas tore off his coat and tossed it aside, striding back to the hot and smoky forge again.
In the center of the forge lay quietly beside the forge hammer, and without saying a word, Douglas picked up the hammer weighing several tons without even a hint of slowness.
Douglas rolled up his sleeves, his muscles tensed, a gust of wind rose in the dim environment, the power of the wind hammer was maximized in the old man's hands, the majestic air flow extinguished the residual fire like a devastating devastation, and also blew away the smoke, the fire of the forge was slightly rekindled, and Douglas finally saw the situation at the end of the room.
A cocoon of blood-red human tissue stood on the ground, like a spider wrapping silk threads around its prey, and the metal fragments and the shock wave of the explosion left furrows and criss-crossed wounds on the cocoon, but no blood flowed from the wounds, but the foreign bodies were expelled in an extremely slow manner.
Douglas frowned, he didn't know what the dark red "meat cocoon" in front of him was, he gently touched the "meat cocoon" with the wind hammer, and there was a sound like hitting stones, the surface of this thing was actually hard, like dark red armor.
"Anglo, Al?" called Douglas softly, "are you in there?"
There was no sound in the room except for the busy sound of the medical staff outside, and after a moment a black metal ring fell to the ground, and it rolled to Douglas's feet with a clang, dark gold text covering its surface.
Douglas picked it up, as if he realized something, and his eyes lit up, Douglas faced the "meat cocoon" and clenched the wind hammer at the same time.
The crisp sound of "dang", like a copper pillar hitting a giant bell, the wind hammer in Douglas's hand hit the "meat cocoon" with a thunderous momentum, you can see the power of Douglas's blow, the iron blue fist actually completely assimilated the wind hammer, and the black lines even spread to the hammer.
The "cocoon" cracked and shattered, and the fragments slowly peeled off like eggshells, and Douglas saw the situation inside.
Al's whole body is blood-red as if he was wearing a blood-red armor, and his limbs are stretched out to support the entire "flesh cocoon" to protect the Anglo in front of him.
Al drooped his head and blood in his hair, he stood in the center of the blast like a crucified Jehovah, bearing most of the blast's shockwave, while Anglo was breathing steadily, presumably only stunned by the shockwave.
A few minutes later, Al and Anglo were pinned to a stretcher and rushed out by medical personnel, and Max followed Douglas's instructions and left with Al to leave and go to the school hospital.
Wearing a Western-style vest and sitting on the iron box of the research center, he slowly stuffed his pipe with tobacco in his pipe, and then lit it.
"Dordor, what are the results of the investigation in the field?"
After Duoduo gave the order to work for the team, he immediately ran over, "Vice Principal, this explosion should not be an accident," he lowered his voice and looked around, "Based on my experience, it must have been caused by human factors, and if I guessed correctly, someone should have deliberately planted the bomb." โ
"Well," Douglas stood up and walked to the entrance of the observation room, turning his back to Dรณrd, "this matter is to be kept strictly secret, and I don't want anyone to know the cause of the explosion until the culprit is caught." โ
"Got it, Vice Chancellor. Duoduo's face grimaced.
"Go ahead, send someone to sort out the remains of the fallen scientific researchers, they are all heroes of the Empire, and Valhalla is their home. Douglas's voice was extremely heavy, and although he had witnessed the loss of so many lives, he couldn't help but feel sad when he looked at the bodies of these young people.
"Yes. โ
Douglas waved his hand and motioned not to let anyone disturb him.
After Dodd led the special team out of the surroundings of the forge room, Douglas's back was a little haggard, and he slowly paced to the forge room, where the fire had been extinguished, and the air was full of the smell of charred objects and the loss of life, pungent and heavy.
Douglas had just taken two steps when there was a strange noise under his feet, as if something had been crushed, Douglas carefully removed the ball of his foot, and where he had just stepped on, a bright silver light burst out.
At the same time, the inscribed iron ring in Douglas's pocket shook rapidly, trying to break free.