Hawkins Labs.

A room the size of half a football field, amidst a deafening roar.

Several white coats stood in front of the special glass wall, staring at the terrifying scene opposite—

A large expanse of pale light expanded and contracted, revealing a giant engine on the central platform, which was entwined with billions of forked currents, and the equipment spun at great speed, spewing silver-white beams of light that continued to bombard a wall opposite.

A three-meter-long millipede-like fissure stood on the wall.

It slowly expands as it blasts of energy, revealing a frightening golden yellow like lava while spewing spurs out swan-haired spores.

Around the cracks are dense vines and slime that move like granules...

"Look, what a wonderful world." The tall, middle-haired man with blond hair in the center behind the glass wall looked at his colleague and sighed, "The color is like gold, and the value is much higher than gold, it represents unknown resources and minerals." ”

The bald researcher shook his head worriedly, "Dr. Sean, I think it's time for the collider to stop." According to Dr. Martin's original idea, it should only be a window into the other world. ”

"If the crack is too large, it will lead to unpredictable risks, such as a widespread power outage like yesterday, or causing instability and fluctuations in the surrounding space, creating a small crack somewhere for the monsters inside to escape."

"Where is this monster." Sean looked down at the drawing in his hand, which was painted with a lifelike rift monster, "They are obviously precious biological materials, which can be used to develop various new drugs, compounds, and biological weapons." Even if they want to invade on a large scale, they will only be flesh and blood that cannot be resisted by bullets, and they will be wiped out in a minute in the face of our army and high technology. ”

Seeing that the researchers were silent, Sean continued,

"What's more, we don't have time to grind, the higher departments that study the other dimension have opened several plans to compete with us at the same time, such as the 'Arrow Project' is a strong competitor. If we don't show great value first, we will miss out on the strong support from the department in the future. ”

"Got it, Martin Brenner's conservative plan is out of fashion."

Several researchers nodded gloomily when they heard this, no matter what industry competition is everywhere.

Seeing this, Sean finally continued satisfied, "We must build a wide passage as soon as possible, enough to enter the reconnaissance team, the escort team, and the transport team, and extract the resources of the other world, so... How long does it take for a crack to be re-bombarded to meet a passing standard? ”

The bald researcher stared at the collider and exchanged glances with his colleagues beside him, "The passage is a wound on the surface of the world, it is healing itself every moment, and it will take at least half a year to open it to the standard state." ”

Sean said disappointedly, "In half a year, our plan should be put on hold, and the team will be disbanded." ”

"Scientifically," the bald coat shook his head regretfully, "we have no other way. ”

"Find Number 11 and everything will be solved," another man in a floral shirt and sunglasses walked up to the glass wall, "She opened this door in the sensory deprivation experiment (Chapter 174) five months ago, and she has unlimited potential to further open the space-time tunnel and greatly improve our work efficiency. ”

Sean smiled bitterly when he heard this,

"Number 11 is Martin Brenner's most valuable possession, and I never dreamed of her, but five months have passed since her disappearance, and not a single word has come back."

"It's not just us, even the Sulian people are helpless."

"It's ridiculous to say. We fought with great casualties, only to be robbed of the most precious fruits by a third party in the shadows. As a result, Dr. Martin was exiled to the pension department. ”

"We can't afford to fail again this time." Sean looked at the flower shirt next to him and said, "Lord Damien, can your Special Operations Department send an excellent search specialist to help find 11?" Yes, I heard a colleague mention that you have a mushroom head named Anton Zieger who is very good at finding people. ”

Anton Ziger?

Damien's eyes flickered behind his sunglasses, he looked at the crack across the glass wall, and said expressionlessly, "The mushroom head died in a tracking mission in Texas a few months ago, and even his soul couldn't escape (Chapter 254). ”

Sean said regretfully, "Did you catch the murderer?" ”

"The world is very big, and supernatural disasters are happening one after another, especially in the past two years. Our department has limited manpower, so we can only solve far-reaching events first, and we don't have time to formulate a revenge plan. There was a hint of hidden pleasure in Damien's tone, "What's more, Anton is a cold-blooded and perverted butcher who relies on his power to kill many innocent people, he deserves to die." ”

"Do you still have a suspicion of each other's special operations units?" Sean asked,

Damien spread his hands and admitted directly, "There are factional struggles everywhere. ”

"Okay, back to the point, since there is no tracking expert to find 11, we can only wait and resign ourselves to fate." Sean said dejectedly when he heard the sound of a door pushing and a rush of footsteps behind him, and a "monitor" ran over panting with a stack of materials, "Dr. Sean, I heard an important clue!" ”

Sean's heart moved, and he took the information and looked at it,

"Just now at 168 Hawkins Town North, at Joyce Beyers' house, a group of children mentioned space passages, dimensions, colliders on the phone... Among them is a special girl... After comparison, her voice characteristics are extremely consistent with the long-missing 11, and I am 95% sure that she is 11! ”

Is God finally willing to look at us? Get the goal to us at the pinch. Sean grinned and looked at the monitor with a complicated smile, "But 11 has been hiding under his nose, how bold he is... If you can catch her, you will make a great contribution, and the bonus will be increased tenfold this month. ”

As soon as he heard the bonus, the polite listener's face suddenly turned red as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, "This group of children rode their bicycles from that house back to Hawkins, and they could only pass through the only road on the north side, and if they set off now, there is a high probability that they can be intercepted halfway." ”

Sean nodded and looked at the man in sunglasses beside him, "Damien, the heavy responsibility will be handed over to you, bring back No. 11 as soon as possible." ”

"It's not that simple." The flower shirt took off her sunglasses, revealing a pair of cold and narrow eyes, which extinguished the enthusiasm of the researchers, "Since 11th is in Hawkins, the organization that snatched her from Dr. Brenner and Su Lian's spies must be nearby." I even suspect that it was the members of this organization (Chapter 284) who left the terrible traces of the battle in the forest not long ago, and they were very tricky. ”

"It's not much use just catching the 11th, they can attack the lab at any time and snatch people back." The narrow eyes of the flower shirt swept over the researchers, and their faces turned pale at the sight.

"So there can't be a rush to retake 11." Hua Shirt said in a deep voice, "I'll first go to find out the details of this organization, make a comprehensive assessment, and then apply for assistance from the department to solve this big trouble at once." ”

"Well, it's still a professional who is thoughtful." Sean nodded with a heavy face, "How many manpower do you need Although it is said that after the last attack, the security of the building has increased several times, and there are enough manpower." ”

"There's no need, ordinary people will only alarm them if they go to listen, I just need to act on my own." Hua Shirt paused, looked at his watch calmly, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, "But if I don't send back the news before eight o'clock in the evening, it means that I have an accident, so take an emergency plan." ”

After explaining, Hua Shirt made a few phone calls and quickly left the laboratory building.

In a corner where no one was looking, he exhaled a black breath into the sky, and the black breath drifted and shaped into a crow, flying into the clear blue sky.

……

The crow flew a few kilometers along the southbound road, spun around and flew into the woods by the roadside, bouncing on the snowy treetops.

The black eyes reflected the petite figure of five pedaling bicycles, which was Jane and his party who had just returned from Jonathan's house.

Mike turned his head to look at his partner, "What does it feel like to have superpowers?" ”

"It must be a blast," Lucas said with a fierce look in his eyes, "I want to have the strength, I will first clean up those two nasty ghosts who have been harassing us all day, and make him pee and in front of the whole school, and lose face." In the future, they will no longer be qualified to bully us. ”

"That's all you want?" Dustin shook his head and shook the cap on his head, "If I have the ability, I will set up a tent in the town center square first, and write 'Shocking Magic Show' on the outside... Then use superpowers every night to perform 'telekinesis' and magic flights, and you can earn at least 1,000 dollars a night, which is 30,000 dollars a month... What can't you do with money? I'll buy my mom a new car first, and then I'll buy Nancy a set of her favorite textbooks..."

"Wait, why did you mention my sister, you idiot?" Mike looked at Chubby with a grim face, as if he had been backstabbed by a teammate, panting and turning his hand to kick Dustin,

"Wait, Mike, I'll be your brother-in-law sooner or later, it's the best of both worlds..."Dustin sped up his cadence, his mouth provocative, "When the time comes, we will go to your basement to play DND, and there will be Nancy, an honor student, to cover up, and Mr. and Mrs. Willer will have no problem with how long we play." ”

"Shut up, I'll kill you!"

"Help!"

"Is this a cycling race? Count me in! Lucas's black face swelled with golden fighting spirit, and he accelerated his cadence to catch up.

Jane looked at the three companions who were playing in the warm winter sun, smiled enviously, and turned her eyes to Will, who was at the end, the boy was pale and stared at a photo with tears lingering in his eyes, "Sorry, Will, I can't be a flea, and I can't find a collider." ”

Will lowered his head, took back the photo, and looked at Jane with red eyes, "Help me, I can feel that you have a solution." As long as I save Jonathan, I'm willing to trade my life. ”

Jane turned her head silently, looked at the quiet pine forest, pedaled her bicycle silently, and pursed her lips after a while, "I can't, but another person may have a way." ”

"Who."

"The one who taught me this skill, but I don't know if he will agree, let's go, let's go home together."

The crow eavesdropping in the bushes let out a gleam in his eyes, fluttered his wings and turned into a cloud of black gas again, which shrank into a ladybug the size of a matchhead, flew to Jane's hat and hid, and left together.

……

Hawkins Town Center mall, where Dean, Steve, Nancy, and Barbara sit in a café.

"Jonathan, is he okay?" Barbara stirred the coffee, nervousness written on her round face,

"Alive, in good shape." Dean had searched not long ago, Jonathan was still lying in the house, sane and conscious, but his face was haggard, and the air from the world was poisonous, and his state was going to get worse and worse,

"We've got to hurry, so I've given you a mission to grab a compass and a clock, and go around the northern suburbs of Hawkins looking for a spot like this... In it, the compass and the clock will fail..."

"Does these places have any special significance?" Nancy and Steve beside her asked for some reason,

Dian said that these places may be separated from the weak space nodes from the world, and monsters may be released, which can also serve as a gateway for Dean to return from the world.

To be on the safe side, he had to choose the door closest to Jonathan before entering.

"They have special magnetic fields, and the more you find, the more hope you have of saving Jonathan."

The three of them looked at each other, as if they had taken over a great mission, and nodded heavily,

"Dean, look ahead, we won't let you down!"

"Don't go if it's too dangerous at night, and then search in a team during the day."

……

After Dean's explanation, he temporarily separated from the trio, and prepared to return to Catherine's house, smelt a large number of newly acquired rift monster bones and teeth into star arrows, and reserve some killer weapons...

Halfway through, he received a pager from Jane and rushed back to the house next to Hawkins Middle School. As soon as Dean entered, he saw a red-faced Mr. Owen lying on the couch asleep, his mouth spewing a strong smell of wine, while Jane and the four boys sat in a row on the other side, fidgeting like needles were placed under their buttocks.

"Good afternoon, Dean." Dustin smiled stiffly and waved his hand,

"What's going on now, what did you do with Mr. Owen?" Dean's torch-like gaze swept by, and the five children trembled as if they had been electrocuted.

Jane's ten fingers clasped tightly and stammered,

"I'm sorry, I—I got Mr. Owen drunk and snuck out today."

Dean's eyelids jumped, as if he had heard a big joke, "You got him drunk?" Jane, I have the impression that although you are naughty, you are not to this extent. ”

"It's not Jane's fault," Mike said as he patted his chest and stood up, with a righteous expression, "I secretly added whiskey to Mr. Owen's coffee, drunk him, and took Jane out." ”

"It's me!" Lucas stood up as if irritated, glaring at a pair of bull's eyes, "If you want to blame me!" ”

"Actually, I have a share," Dustin raised his hand tremblingly, "If there's a punishment, can we all share it evenly?" ”

Will stood up after realizing it, his handsome and delicate face rarely showing the fortitude of a man, "We need Jane's help to find Jonathan!" ”

Dean narrowed his eyes, "Why do you want her to help?" ”

Jane said apologetically, "They all know, I have the superpower of finding people." ”

"And the motivation to read," Dustin added,

"I knew you'd poke out the big basket sooner or later! If Hope finds out, you won't want to go out for the next year. ”

Jane didn't dare to talk back.

Dean circled the sofa in silence, his eyes sharply examining the young faces, each step seemed to contain magic, stepping on the children's hearts, making them sweat beads the size of beans on their foreheads, and they could barely breathe.

I can't help but sit up straight.

When they were about to faint, Dean finally spoke,

"Have you ever told anyone about Jane?"

"Absolutely not, I swear!" Mike raised his hand tremblingly and swearingly,

"I swear too!" All four boys, without exception, raised their hands,

Dean's face improved slightly, and he withdrew his will to coerce, and the five of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"What clues did you investigate today?"

Dustin, who is the most articulate of all, recounts the theories discovered by the Jonathan family about the Upside-Down World, the Valley of Shadows, the fleas and acrobats, and the collider.

"We've got a clear goal, Dean. Just open that door at Jonathan's house and you'll be able to save him! ”

Dean listened and fell into deep thought.

He had long since discovered that there were buildings from the world that were identical to those in Hawkinstown.

But he never expected that the two worlds, these buildings with the same appearance, even corresponded to each other.

"Jane, are you sure Jonathan is 'underneath' his house, and you can find him by opening the passageway?"

"Uh-huh!" Jane's eyes were firm,

Dean bowed, which meant that he didn't have to enter the world elsewhere, risking being discovered by a giant spider and traveling through the wasteland to Jonathan's house to save him.

He only needs to find a corresponding unstable node in Jonathan's house in the real world, and then open it to save the other party from another world!

"I can't help you find the collider," Dean swept over the four boys, "but I'm barely a 'flea' that can walk under a tightrope." ”

Jane's taut little face loosened, "You're willing to help, don't you blame me?" ”

"Rescue Jonathan first."

"Yay! The plan was successful! ”

The boys immediately stood up and clapped their hands in celebration and circled around Will like a cheerful group of hobbits.

Dean shook his head, walked to the couch and checked on Mr. Owen's condition, confirmed that it was okay, and gave Jane a look before going out, but his gaze inadvertently swept over the beanie hat on Jane's head and swept one of the small dusty bugs.

Dean's eyes froze for a moment, and his keen perception caught an extremely faint, abnormal energy fluctuation in an instant.

He immediately realized that this was no ordinary bug.

is a marker for tracking.

Jane: They have been exposed.

Who's behind it?

Di An'an thought was spinning, but on the surface he looked away as if nothing had happened.

Just let the shallows and shadow keep an eye on the bug.

"Let's go, guys, to Jonathan's house."

(End of chapter)