Chapter 13: Shuttles

The elevator climbs layer by layer, during which people are constantly coming in and out, Takeda is a celebrity here, almost everyone who enters the elevator will greet him warmly when they see Takeda, and Takeda always smiles in return. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 It didn't take long for the elevator to stop again, this time on the 51st floor, and a thin, slightly hunched man with a pair of glasses and a smirk on his lips walked into the elevator.

"Isn't this Takeda, what kind of wind is blowing you here today?"

"Director Li!" Takeda was a little surprised, but returned with a simple smile.

"Luo Yi's matter made me dizzy, everyone is nervous, you are Luo Yi's good friend, you can't hide it privately if you have clues, so that everyone can get out of this unhealthy state as soon as possible." Assistant Li leaned against the elevator door and stood in front of the three.

"Director Li is too worried, this matter is now investigated by a special person, and it is not the business of the Space Agency, and I can't sleep at night now."

"Haha, there are a lot of rumors now, it is said that Luo Yi left voluntarily, if this is the case, you can't cover it up."

"Does Director Li agree with this view?"

"I'm a person who respects facts, and whoever makes a mistake always has to pay a price. I heard that I didn't ask anything about the kid in the group with Luo Yi, really, the ability of those people in the Special Security Committee is really worrying. ”

"Director Li is really concerned about this matter."

"Haha, after all, it's the duty." The elevator stopped on the 55th floor with a "ding dong": "55th floor, high-rise office." Director Li stepped out of the elevator, and before the elevator door closed, he turned to Takeda with that weird smile and said, "You have to work harder, Director Luo is waiting for your good news." ”

The elevator doors closed silently again.

"I didn't expect to meet him, I'm in trouble." Takeda was a little anxious.

"Who is he?" Lu Yan asked.

"Li Jian, the first deputy director of the Space Bureau, is insidious and cunning, unfathomable, he and Director Luo are not in the same camp, they have always wanted to find an opportunity to bring down Director Luo, if Luo Yi really left voluntarily this time, it would be a good excuse for him."

"So what are we going to do?"

"There's no other way but hope we can find out the truth soon. According to the regulations, to go to the floor above the 55th floor, you must get permission from the deputy director or above, especially to enter the top floor of the 60th floor, you must have the special permission of the director, but just now Director Li didn't ask about this at all, which is very suspicious in itself, the only explanation is that he has begun to suspect us, just want to see what we want to do. ”

Hearing Takeda's words, Lu Yan's heart tightened, he didn't expect that he would encounter such a suspenseful event when he first arrived, but when he thought that he could actually participate in it to uncover the truth, he felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart. The elevator continued to climb, but the number on the floor display stayed at "55", and after about 1 minute, the number on the display jumped directly to "60".

"How did you get to the 60th floor?" Lu Yan asked.

"Floors 56 to 58 are maintenance floors, which can only be reached by engineering elevators, and the 60th floor actually occupies two floors of space, and when we take this elevator to continue up from the 55th floor, it means that the only place we can go is the 60th floor."

The elevator finally stopped, and except for a "ding dong", this floor was not equipped with a voice announcement. The elevator door slowly opened, and Lu Yan and Cheng Cheng felt nervous in their hearts.

Takeda led the two out of the elevator, and the 60th floor in front of him was not as heavily guarded as he imagined, and the cement-colored walls looked a little old without any painting. Stepping out of the elevator, there was a huge room in front of him, this room was so big that it occupied a whole floor, Takeda stood in front of the door, swiped it on the access control with his ID card, the red light on the access control did not change, Takeda tried several more times, and the result was still the same.

"Is the card broken?" Lu Yan said.

"Impossible, my card contains Director Luo's authorization information, and I have the highest authority in the entire space agency, so I should be able to open this door." Takeda tried a few more times, but the door still didn't move.

"Master Takeda, don't waste your efforts in vain." A voice came from behind the trio.

The three of them turned around at the same time, and a stout man was standing behind him looking at him. Takeda said, "Dr. Wu, why are you here?" ”

"It's not like you can say it, I've taken over all the projects here, and it's a bit of an anomaly if I wasn't here." Dr. Wu glanced at the card in Takeda's hand and said, "The card in Master Takeda's hand must have Director Luo's authorization, but Director Luo's authorization may not be easy to use now." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Director Luo is currently out on a visit, and he will not be able to come back until a month, and the highest authority within this month will be handled by Director Li, and it is impossible to enter that door without Director Li's authorization."

"Director Li? What authority do you have to change the authorization? Takeda scolded.

"Master Takeda, don't be angry, this is also in line with the procedures of the Space Agency, after all, when the director is not there, the first deputy director is the highest commander here, isn't it?"

"Have you forgotten that it was Director Luo who cultivated you? Are you trying to betray him? Takeda asked.

"I'm just complying with the rules, and if you have to walk through that door, you're going to have to knock me down." Dr. Wu said firmly.

Without saying a word, Takeda stepped forward and threw a punch at Dr. Wu's head, which caused Dr. Wu to fall to the ground.

"Oh my God, you're not going to shoot him, are you?" Lu Yan shouted.

"Don't worry, he'll just lie down and sleep for a while, and he'll wake up when we're gone." Takeda picked up Dr. Wu's ID card and swiped it on the access control, and with a "beep" sound, the door opened.

Guarding inside the gate is the space agency's greatest secret. It's like an ultra-precision operating room, with more than a dozen operating tables scattered in the empty hall, each of which has at least four robotic arms, several of which are in working condition, and the robotic arms keep working back and forth, and bursts of blue light are emitted from time to time in the console, which displays the working status of each console in real time on the wall opposite the door and on the large display screen such as the wall. Just as the three colleagues stared at the screen, a half-human-tall mushroom-shaped robot drove in front of the three people, the camera on the top of the robot scanned the three of them separately, and a middle-aged woman's voice came out of the broadcast system: "Takeda, senior commander of the space agency, authorized to enter the laboratory; Cheng Cheng, a staff member of the Equipment Department, did not reach the rank level allowed to enter the laboratory; Found a person who can't be identified, alarm, alarm! The robot then let out a loud alarm sound, and the alarm light overhead flashed a dazzling red light.

Takeda kicked the robot to the ground and punched a hole in the robot's control panel, tearing out the wiring inside the robot and stopping the siren and siren lights abruptly.

"We don't have much time, the alarm must have been sent to the defense center, and the security should be there soon." Takeda walked to the side of the lab, where there was a safe more than one person high, he inserted Dr. Wu's ID card into the card slot on the safe, pulled down the handle of the safe, and the three of them worked together to pull the door of the safe open, which contained eight transparent boxes, each containing a small ring.

Takeda was surprised: "How can this be? ”

"What's the matter, what are these?" Lu Yan asked.

"These are the shuttles, and the shuttles here are all intact, which means that Luo Yi and they didn't use the shuttle to disappear."

"What's that for?" Listening to Takeda's words, Lu Yan was also taken aback.

"I don't know that yet."

"Master Takeda, let's go, the security is coming." Cheng Cheng urged on the side.

Takeda put the box in the safe into the bag and closed the safe door again. "Let's go!" Takeda led the two out of the lab and ran in the opposite direction from where they came, and after passing through the two corridors, a dilapidated elevator appeared in front of him: "This is an engineering ladder, I hope it can still be used." The three of them heard a stray crowd of footsteps on the other side of the far corridor. Takeda pressed the line button, the button emitted a dim yellow light, the rusty elevator door slowly opened, and the three of them hurriedly rushed in.

The elevator began to descend slowly with the occasional shaking. "Takeda, what are you doing with the shuttle?" Lu Yan asked.

"It's already illegal for us to knock down Dr. Wu and open the safe without permission, but since we already have the first time, we are not afraid to add another one, if we don't take the shuttle now, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future."

"Are we going to use it to escape?"

"Disappear like Luo Yi, haha, that's a good way, but before that, I have to know how Luo Yi disappeared." Takeda said categorically.

Since the engineering ladder is only used for maintenance and testing, no one will use this elevator in daily life, the elevator smoothly pushes down, just when the display reaches the 5th floor, the elevator suddenly stops like the engine stalls, and the lights in the elevator are also instantly extinguished, and the emergency lights are immediately on. Takeda said, "It looks like they've cut off the electricity, there's no way out, we have to walk down with our feet, do you mind if I use your shoulders?" Lu Yan and Cheng Cheng shook their heads in unison.

Takeda stepped on the shoulders of the two of them and pushed the ventilation window on the top of the elevator open, climbed down the window into the elevator shaft, pointed to the flue next to him and said, "We have to climb out of here." ”

"Master Takeda, is there no other way?" Cheng Cheng saw the bottomless flue, and his heart was worried.

"You can choose to stay in the elevator and wait for them to come to your rescue, and then hand you over to the Special Security Commission."

Hearing the words "Special Security Committee", Cheng Cheng was so frightened that he suddenly lost his voice.

Takeda was in front, Lu Yan was in the center, and after Cheng Cheng was broken, the three of them began to crawl slowly along the flue, the air in the flue was turbid and occluded, and there was a smell of corruption, and Lu Yan still felt nauseous even though he held his breath. The three of them slid down the inclined flue from the 5th floor to the 4th floor, and from the 4th floor to the 3rd floor, and they didn't know how long they climbed, but a faint light appeared at the end of their eyes, and Takeda and the two of them mustered up their spirits to crawl forward and pushed away the iron net blocking the exit. The three of them arrived at the space agency's garbage recycling center, where garbage trucks were busy working, and the three of them jumped into the body of a garbage truck to escape from the space agency, ignoring the stench of garbage.