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Chapter 258 Rorschach's Human Body Data: The Doctor's Shock

base.

In a room filled with a bluish ultraviolet light, the Baroness, dressed only in a bikini, leaned lazily against a chaise lounge, holding a fresh strawberry in her hand, enjoying the ultraviolet light all by herself.

The Arctic Circle is frigid year-round with little sunlight, so the cobra members stationed there regularly receive ultraviolet radiation to supplement their vitamin D intake and prevent health problems caused by prolonged lack of sunlight.

This practice was not invented by the cobra; residents of Siberia in Russia used similar methods decades ago.

Doctors at the time would regularly expose children to ultraviolet light to ensure they received enough vitamin D during the long, cold winters, promoting bone and teeth development and preventing rickets and osteomalacia.

Given Cobra's advanced technology and medical facilities, there was naturally no need to worry about these basic issues, but the Baroness still maintained this habit.

The reason is simple: she was born in Siberia and immigrated to America with her family when she was a teenager.

For her, the warmth of the ultraviolet lamp has become a way of reminiscing about her childhood.

As for the strawberries in his hand, they weren't exactly rare items at the Arctic base.

Cobra has already built a fully automated ecological greenhouse at its headquarters, which is dedicated to cultivating a variety of fresh fruits to meet the needs of high-level executives, and can even grow tropical varieties.

"I wonder if I'll ever find such a wealthy and powerful organization again."

The Baroness took a small bite of the strawberry, a complex emotion flickering in her eyes.

Two days ago, when she returned to the base, she was taken to an isolation interrogation room and underwent a 12-hour polygraph test.

Although she managed to evade capture thanks to her years of experience as a secret agent, McCullen remained skeptical about how she had survived the Rorschach attack. When pressed, she simply offered a casual explanation, saying she had used satellite weapons to intimidate the attackers.

Despite lingering doubts, given that the Baroness had served the organization for many years without ever showing any signs of betrayal, McCullen ultimately decided not to investigate further and chose to trust her for the time being.

Generally speaking, such trust from superiors often triggers inner conflict, such as hesitation or guilt, when someone is about to betray them, but the Baroness showed no such emotions.

She only regretted that after leaving Cobra to join Spectre, she would probably never be able to enjoy such a luxurious and carefree life again.

However, Harold seems to be quite wealthy.
The two organizations are worlds apart. Spectre doesn't even have a decent armed force, far inferior to Cobra, which has tens of thousands of nanobots and strongholds all over the world.

The only thing they have in common is that they are both wanted and hunted by the federal government and listed as the number one threat.

As the Baroness rested her chin on her hand, weighing the pros and cons, her communicator suddenly vibrated.

This was her private communication line, and apart from McCallum, only Rorschach and a few others knew the encrypted signal.

McCallen is at headquarters right now, so there's no need for her to contact her this way. That leaves only one possibility—a message from Rorschach.

She glanced at the screen, her red lips slightly upturned, casually wrapped herself in a mink blanket, and calmly pushed open the door to leave.

the other side.

After sending the encrypted message, Luo Xia and his group changed into diving suits and quietly dived into the depths of the icy ocean.

Although a considerable number of people participated in this operation, only Rorschach, John, Anna, and Luni truly infiltrated the enemy's lair and carried out the core mission.

In terms of skill, marksmanship, and combat experience, they are the organization's top combatants, while the other members remain on the plane to provide support.

The icy cold seawater made everyone's breath catch in their throats slightly.

Rorschach adjusted the heating system on his diving suit; the depth gauge on his mask showed 102 meters.

“Except for Rorschach, everyone else is losing body temperature 15% faster than expected,” Harold’s voice, crackling with static, came through the communicator. “You have at most 30 minutes to act.”

"Has the Baroness replied?" Rorschach asked as he quickly descended.

“She told us to wait a moment,” Harold replied. “According to Cobra’s internal rotation system, a submarine will be scheduled to set sail in ten minutes, and that will be our chance.”

Rorschach said no more, and the four of them quickly swam to the bottom of the glacier, soon arriving at the location Michael had marked—the entrance to the submarine passage below the base.

This is a giant circular passage with a diameter of about twenty meters. The heavy alloy gate is tightly embedded in the glacier, and its surface gleams with a cold metallic luster.

All they can do now is wait for the submarine to be deployed.

Meanwhile, inside the base.

The Baroness, draped in a velvet blanket and barefoot, strode quickly through the corridor, heading straight for the submarine passage control room on the lowest level.

She had to shut down the security system at the bottom before Rorschach and his team could infiltrate.

Her appearance immediately attracted the attention of many staff members, especially her attire at that moment. She was only wearing a bikini, half-covered by a fleece blanket, and her two slender legs were faintly visible as she walked. Coupled with her lazy yet dangerous temperament, it was hard not to take a second look.

However, everyone only glanced at it briefly before looking away.

After all, this executive has always been unconventional, and his bold style of dressing is nothing new to everyone.

The bottom of the glacier.

Suddenly, a ring of eerie blue indicator lights lit up around the edge of the alloy door.

The passageway door is about to open!
Luo Xia and the others immediately pressed themselves against the glacier wall, and at the same time took out magnetic adsorption devices from their equipment bags, and forcefully attached them to the ice surface to firmly fix their bodies in the predetermined position.

The moment the gate slowly opened, the water pressure inside and outside collided violently, and with the powerful thrust of the submarine engine, a violent vortex was instantly formed.

The surging waves tore at everything around them like a giant beast; a moment's carelessness could send you swept into the deep sea and utterly annihilated in this icy ocean.

As the submarine slowly emerged, Rorschach and his three companions seized the opportunity and swiftly slipped inside just before the passageway door closed.

They acted swiftly, and as soon as they entered the submarine's release compartment, they shot and killed more than a dozen workers who were on duty.

The personnel on duty outside the release cabin witnessed everything through the screen immediately.

"Watfak? I'm not seeing things, am I? An enemy attack?"

The guard rubbed his eyes, and after confirming that someone had indeed crawled into the release chamber from the seawater, he immediately reached out to press the alarm.

But the next second—

boom!
A silenced bullet pierced his skull with pinpoint accuracy.

The Baroness stepped in, gun in hand, and coldly glanced at the remaining people before swiftly firing her own shot, ensuring no one survived.

Luo Xia and the others in the release chamber also arrived at the second security door.

Once they pass through this door, they can enter Cobra headquarters.

However, this door, also made of the same alloy, requires both voice recognition and dynamic password verification.

Just as they were considering a solution, the door suddenly opened slowly from the inside.

The Baroness leaned against the door, her red lips slightly upturned, a smug smile in her eyes.

“The timing is perfect, gentlemen,” she said softly. “Welcome to the heart of the cobra.”

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Deep within the base, in a heavily guarded room.

Cobra leader McCullen is having a video call with someone.

"Doctor, how is the development of weather weapons and railguns progressing?"

"According to intelligence, the Federal Cabinet has just been reorganized and will soon target us as a scapegoat. Only by mastering these weapons can we truly have a means of countermeasures."

On the other end of the video, the man he referred to as "Doctor" resembled a mad scientist from a science fiction movie.

With skin as pale as an albino's, a bald head, and eyes that glowed with an eerie green light, plus a breathing apparatus-like device on the lower half of his face, he exuded an unsettling sense of horror.

"The deployment will be completed very soon."

The doctor's voice came through the respirator: "But the problem now is that the enemy is not just the Federation. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council have formed an alliance to completely eliminate us. No matter how advanced our weapons are, it is impossible to fight against the military power of the entire world at the same time."

These words made McCullen slam his fist heavily on the table.

If that bastard Rorschach hadn't used nanobombs to engulf the entire carrier battle group in San Francisco, how could the situation have become so passive?

Previously, countries viewed nanobombs as ordinary high-tech weapons, but the San Francisco incident made them realize that their proud military forces were utterly vulnerable to nanotechnology. They would never allow Cobra to continue growing and threatening global hegemony.

“Fuck!” McCallum roared, his face contorted in pain. “One day, I’ll grab that bastard Rorschach with my own hands and teach him a lesson in the art of cobras!”

"Oh!"

The office door was suddenly kicked open.

White Ghost, dressed in his signature white suit and carrying a katana, rushed in, his voice unusually urgent: "Boss, enemy attack!"

"Who?!" McClane jumped to her feet and demanded sharply, "Is it the CTU (Counter-Terrorism Unit) or the SAS (Special Air Service)?!"

"None of them." The usually calm White Ghost's Adam's apple bobbed. "It's Rorschach Butcher!"

"Bang bang bang-"

Before the words were even finished, the sound of intense gunfire erupted down the corridor.

McClane's pupils constricted as she stared at Ghost in disbelief: "They've already breached this place, and you're only just now discovering the intrusion?!"

At that moment, another loud bang came from outside the door, and the entire blast wall shook.

On the desk, large sections of the holographic projection of the base's defenses were flashing red alerts.
“It’s the Baroness,” White Ghost cursed coldly. “That bitch betrayed the organization and became Rorschach’s mole, letting them in through the submarine passage.”

"Fuck! That bitch!" McClane smashed a glass on the table in a rage. "I knew she wouldn't get away with Rorschach all alone!"

The entire headquarters is equipped with surveillance cameras every few meters, forming a surveillance network with no blind spots. In theory, any intruder should be detected the moment they enter, triggering the automatic alarm system.

How could it be like this, with the enemy already at the office door before we were discovered?

"Moreover, all of the headquarters' electronic systems have been hacked."

In the video, the doctor, who was far away at the underwater base, suddenly interrupted.

He typed rapidly on the keyboard, his face grave: "The enemy took over all the surveillance systems ten minutes ago. Only Harold, the creator of the [Machine], could have done that, and there's a high probability that he played a key role in it."

"Damn it!" McCallen was furious. He grabbed the communicator on the table and shouted an order, commanding all the nanobots at headquarters to assemble immediately and wipe out the invaders.

Just as Ghost was about to turn and leave, McCallum grabbed him.

"You stay here and come with me."

"Where?"

"Evacuate by fighter jet first! Come back when the situation calms down."

McClane gritted his teeth and said, "That bastard thinks we Cobras are just like those useless people from the Counterterrorism Bureau! There are at least five thousand nanobots and hundreds of elite individuals at headquarters right now, and the bunker can even withstand a nuclear bomb. I don't believe he can get out of here alive!"

Although he spoke with great confidence and disdain, he still cautiously decided to evacuate first.

The office was soon empty, with only the PhD student in the video thoughtfully stroking his chin.

Rorschach Butcher

A few seconds later, he quickly typed on the keyboard and brought up the live monitoring footage from the Arctic headquarters.

"Bang bang bang-"

In the scene, Rorschach is seen wielding a Gatling-style six-barreled machine gun in one hand, firing wildly at the guards who are surging in from all directions.

Most of them were enhanced nanobots, but under the intense bombardment of large-caliber bullets, their proud self-healing systems were rendered useless and torn to shreds in the blink of an eye.

Rorschach's companions were equally formidable in combat.

Although no one could charge into battle with a heavy machine gun in one hand like Rorschach, everyone wielded two guns, their marksmanship was terrifyingly accurate, and the power of their bullets was astonishing.

When he saw a fellow soldier smash a nanobot's head to pieces with a pistol bullet, the doctor jumped up from his seat.

"How can it be?!"

He stared in shock, his eyes wide.

How could a 9mm bullet possibly shatter a person's head?
These are nanobots he personally modified; their skin and bones are far stronger than those of ordinary people, making them impossible for ordinary bullets to penetrate easily.

Ultimately, it was technology that limited the imagination of this mad scientist.

No matter how he deduced and calculated, he could not comprehend the terrifying power of the "Tyrant's" War Concerto.

War Symphony: Enhances squad tactical coordination, increases teammates' shooting accuracy by 25%, automatically avoids friendly fire, and increases squad damage to the same target when commanding concentrated fire.

With only four or five people, Luo Xia and his team had already broken through the outer defense line and were advancing rapidly towards the core area of ​​the base.

The deeper you go, the more numerous and better equipped the nanobots become.

Even as enemies set up multi-barreled laser cannons for suppressive fire, Rorschach's speed was unbelievable. Even more terrifying was the fact that he seemed to carry an unlimited arsenal, with various heavy weapons appearing in his hands one after another—rocket launchers, handheld missile launchers…
The doctor, who was thousands of miles away, was so shocked by what he saw that he almost fell off his chair.

While he was using the supercomputer to analyze Rorschach's combat footage in real time and record the opponent's physical data, he was also repeatedly replaying the scene where Rorschach conjured a weapon out of thin air.

After careful examination, this self-proclaimed knowledgeable tech enthusiast was utterly astonished.

He was 100% certain that those weapons weren't taken from the hidden equipment box, but rather appeared out of thin air!
"Dimensional folding? Topological solitary subspaces? Quantum compression?"

This madman, obsessed with cutting-edge technology, was working at lightning speed, his eyes fixed on Rorschach in the picture as if he were looking at a rare treasure.

At the same time, a preliminary physical data analysis report on Rorschach was also released:

Strength: Ten times that of an average adult male, and can increase exponentially in burst situations.

Speed: Ten times that of an average adult male, and can increase exponentially in burst situations.

Reflexes: An extraordinary, almost precognitive combat instinct!

Although the data obtained during combat was not comprehensive, it was already impressive enough.

The doctor's breathing quickened, and he had transformed into the most fervent observer, greedily scanning Rorschach's every move as if admiring a perfect work of art.

Meanwhile, on the other side, McCallen, who had already boarded the fighter jet, looked at Rorschach and the others who were being besieged by hundreds of fully armed nanotech warriors, and a cruel sense of satisfaction appeared on his face.

He never underestimated Rorschach's strength, but he absolutely did not believe that the opponent could break through the encirclement of thousands of heavily armed nanobots.

As he had predicted, the once unstoppable Rorschach squad began to show signs of fatigue under the relentless onslaught.

Especially when Rorschach saw Anna and the others getting injured one after another, a trace of anxiety flashed in his eyes for the first time.

"Harold, how's it going with Root? Have you broken through the control system of these nanobots?" Rorschach asked urgently into the communicator.

On the plane circling high in the sky, Harold rapidly typed on his keyboard: "Give me five more minutes, five minutes at most, and I can hack into the nanite system that controls these nanite warriors. They are all controlled by a central AI. Once the firewall is breached, these nanite warriors will become powerless puppets."

Luo Xia's eyes sharpened, and he immediately prepared to retrieve an even more powerful weapon from the Tyrant Space, ready to break through with all his might.

But at this critical moment, all the nanobots in the entire base suddenly froze, instantly losing their ability to move like toys whose power had been cut off, and collapsed to the ground in unison.

"Harold! You did it?!" Anna exclaimed in surprise.

However, a confused response came from the communicator: "No, I didn't do it."

Inside the plane, Harold and Root exchanged bewildered glances.

They were just one step away from breaking through the firewall.

Just then, an unfamiliar voice suddenly echoed within the base: "It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Butcher."

A holographic projection suddenly appeared in front of everyone, outlining a tall and slender figure.

The Baroness's pupils contracted sharply upon recognizing the person who had entered.

The person who suddenly appeared was none other than her younger brother, and also the number two figure in the Cobra organization—Dr. Rex!

(End of this chapter)