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Chapter 48 The alarm sounds
"Are you ready?" Lu Zhao asked in a low voice, his fingers tapping quickly on the keyboard, trying to find more escape routes.

"I found out there's an emergency exit to the west of the control room, but it requires passing through a monitoring center."

Su Wanqing was counting the items in her space ability, quickly packing key documents and some medical supplies into a small backpack.

"Monitoring center? Isn't that walking straight into a gun barrel?"

"The situation doesn't allow us to have too many options." Lu Zhao said calmly, "This passage is the only one that can be confirmed to be safe at the moment. The ventilation duct is too small, and we don't know where the other end leads to. The risk is too great."

Lin Che walked to the window and carefully observed the surroundings. "Indeed, the ventilation duct might be a trap. There are patrol robots in the distance, quite a few of them, moving towards this direction."

Xiao Ran stood at the door with an assault rifle on his back, his eyes sharp, ready to fight at any time.

"Even when the alarm wasn't sounding, the robots were already patrolling, which means the defenses here are very tight. Once the alarm goes off throughout the nuclear power plant, all those robots will definitely swarm in."

"We have to speed up." Lu Zhao quickly clicked the mouse a few times, and a simple map appeared on the screen with a red arrow pointing to the emergency passage.

"The channel requires a manual activation device, which is located in the control console at the monitoring center."

Before they could take action, a sharp and piercing alarm suddenly broke the silence of the control room and instantly filled the entire space.

"It's ringing! The alarm has sounded!" Su Wanqing's face changed slightly, and her heartbeat accelerated involuntarily.

Lu Zhao immediately stopped typing on the keyboard and looked at the computer screen with a frown.

"Damn it! There's an unknown signal being transmitted, like some kind of activation command."

"Did we trigger an alarm when we were checking the data just now?"

Su Wanqing asked, her eyes quickly scanning the surroundings.

"It's very likely." Lu Zhao quickly analyzed the data stream. "I just tried to bypass the firewall and obtain deeper data, but perhaps the system detected it."

From the corridor outside the control room came the heavy sound of machinery running, and the sound of metal friction became clearer and clearer, as if some huge device was being started.

Lin Che walked to the window and used a telescope to observe the movements in the distance.

"Oh no! Those patrol robots have sped up and their numbers have increased. There are at least twenty of them!"

Xiao Ran clenched the gun in his hand and whispered, "Retreat now! It will be too late if we don't leave now! There must be an automatic defense system here. Once it is activated, we will all die here!"

"Wait, I need to confirm if the passage is still clear."

Lu Zhao quickly tapped on the keyboard, trying to connect to the monitoring system.

"We don't have time to wait!" Xiao Ran urged, "Lu Zhao, give up control and charge!"

"No, we need to know the situation of the passage. Moving forward blindly will only put us in greater danger."

Lu Zhao argued, beads of sweat oozing from his forehead.

Su Wanqing also advised: "Xiao Ran, Lu Zhao is right. We must always understand the escape route and can't just rush out blindly."

Lu Zhao took a deep breath and recalled the feeling of operating the computer just now.

"The system is a bit slow to respond. I feel like I'm being monitored, or perhaps someone is deliberately stalling for time."

Su Wanqing also recalled the several hidden cameras she saw in the corridor before entering the control room. Their locations seemed a bit suspicious.

"I felt something was wrong at the time. The placement of the cameras was unreasonable, as if they were deliberately arranged."

"Alas, I should have been more careful and checked it out carefully."

Lin Che said in frustration, "We were really careless."

"There's no point regretting it now. We must make a decision quickly," Xiao Ran said firmly. "I suggest evacuating immediately, finding another escape route, or simply forcing a breakthrough."

"I have another idea." Lu Zhao suddenly said, "If we can cut off the alarm system, maybe we can temporarily delay time and buy us some time to prepare."

"Disable the alarm system?" Xiao Ran raised an eyebrow. "That's easier said than done! This place is full of sensors and defense systems. Disabling the alarm would probably require specialized equipment and technology."

"Let me try." Lu Zhao quickly operated the computer and tried to hack into the alarm system.

"I've studied some network security technology before, maybe I can find a loophole."

"Be careful, Lu Zhao." Su Wanqing looked at Lu Zhao worriedly. She knew that Lu Zhao's network technology was very powerful, but he might not succeed in facing such a complex system.

Lin Che and Xiao Ran stood silently at the door, observing their surroundings vigilantly, ready to deal with any situation that might arise at any time.

A few minutes passed, and Lu Zhao's forehead was covered with sweat, and his fingers kept tapping on the keyboard.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up. "Eureka! I found a backdoor program that might be able to bypass the firewall!"

"Hurry!" Xiao Ran urged, "Time is running out!"

Lu Zhao took a deep breath and activated the backdoor program, trying to hack into the alarm system.

However, just when he was about to succeed, the computer screen suddenly flickered a few times and then went black.

"What's going on?" Su Wanqing asked nervously.

"We've been counterattacked!" Lu Zhao's face turned pale. "The enemy's strength is stronger than I imagined. My invasion has failed!"

"We have to go!" Xiao Ran said without hesitation, "If we don't leave now, it will be too late!"

"Wait!" Lin Che suddenly pointed at an icon on the map.

"Here, I noticed there's a pipe leading to Level B3 below the control room. It might be a backup escape route."

"B3 floor?" Lu Zhao quickly checked the map. "That's the ventilation system of the nuclear power plant. It's full of radiation, and there may be other dangers."

"It's better than being trapped here." Xiao Ran said, "We must leave as soon as possible."

"Okay." Lu Zhao nodded. "We'll take the pipeline. Lin Che, you'll be responsible for clearing the way."

"No problem." Lin Che nodded, walked to the wall, and began to look for the entrance to the pipe.

Su Wanqing quickly packed her backpack, making sure all important information and supplies were inside.

"Let's go, be careful."

The four men moved cautiously along the pipeline, the alarm echoing in their ears, as if warning them that danger was approaching.

"Be careful!" Xiao Ran suddenly shouted and pushed Su Wanqing hard.

A mechanical arm stretched out from the side of the pipe and smashed towards Su Wanqing. If Xiao Ran hadn't pushed her away in time, she would have been hit.

"Damn it!" Xiao Ran raised the rifle in his hand and shot at the mechanical arm.

"Those patrol robots are already chasing us!" Lin Che said, his voice a little hurried.

"Hurry up!" Lu Zhao urged. "We have to get out of here as soon as possible!"

The four of them quickened their pace and moved forward along the dark pipe. The alarms became louder and louder, and the attacks of the mechanical arms became more frequent.

(End of this chapter)