Life Dungeon Game

However, this plan was not Knox's idea. His only purpose was to provide the director with the exact time he would be home with his children, as well as relevant information and intelligence from within the FBI in Limen City.

The entire plan was devised by He Ao.

“I’m sorry,” Genos replied gently but firmly, “my father doesn’t believe in electronic software, so to respect his wishes, the documents in this archive cannot be scanned.”

If a scanned version really existed, then Genos wouldn't have brought them to this underground archive.

Nock opened his mouth, but remained silent for a moment.

Do people who oppose electronic software really exist in this world, especially a former senator...?

He Ao expressed his understanding of this, having looked up information about Genos's father, who was a rather extreme opponent of the widespread adoption of digitalization.

He believes that these massively deployed intelligent robots will eventually turn humans into useless beings. At that time, once the programmed systems become unable to control these intelligent machines, humanity will face annihilation.

Of course, such political views are actually intended to appeal to a group of people who oppose intelligent machines.

However, the fact that he can oppose electronic software even at home can be considered as putting his words into practice.

At this moment, Nok turned his gaze to Heo. They didn't have much time left. It was almost impossible to finish reading so much information in forty-three minutes and escape unscathed.

“It’s alright,” Heo said softly to Knok. “I’ll check these documents. We’ll just flip through them and find the target materials. It’ll be quick. You can just hand me the books.”

He said that because Nok had no idea what he was looking for, and Nok's efficiency was nowhere near that of him, who had super memory and had received extraordinary enhancements. It would be better for Nok to find it himself.

There's enough time now.

"Okay, senior."

Nock is

He clearly understood He Ao's concerns. Although he really wanted to help He Ao, he knew that if he didn't even know what to look for, he could easily end up doing more harm than good.

Hearing He Ao speak, his anxiety and tension lessened considerably. He had only spent a short time with He Ao, but the professionalism and reliability He Ao displayed in that short time had already made him regard He Ao as a truly trustworthy senior.

On the other side, upon hearing the title 'senior', He Ao's thoughts paused briefly.

When did I become a senior? What on earth is this guy imagining?

He was a little confused, but he couldn't show his surprise at this moment, because that would make him seem like he wasn't familiar with Nok.

His hands didn't stop moving; he just nodded slightly to indicate that he had heard Nock's response.

When Nock, who was behind him, saw Heo nod, a thought flashed through his mind.

Could it be that I guessed right, and this person really is a senior?

Are you currently working at the FBI or have you previously worked at the FBI?

While his mind was wandering, his hands were also busy. He quickly took out a document and waited for He Ao to finish reading it.

He Ao flipped through the book extremely quickly. He just quickly scanned the table of contents and the preface to determine whether this project was related to the small park that was the predecessor of the Qunxing Zhimei Hospital.

If it's relevant, he'll quickly scan the contents using his hyper-memory; if it's irrelevant, he'll simply toss the document aside.

Genos did not leave at this moment. He stood behind the two of them, watching Heo's back as he flipped through the book in a cursory manner, seemingly lost in thought.

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Time passed second by second, and the amount of data piled up on the robot dwindled.

He Ao's brows were furrowed tightly.

He found no information about the abandoned park project in these documents. The only possible connection was that in some emails, Genos's father had mentioned a nameless project indirectly.

However, he only talked about who he subcontracted a project to, and did not mention the 'mysterious businessman' who bought the land of the abandoned park.

After the last document was handed to He Ao, he paused, turned to look at Genos behind him, and asked, "Is this all the project information from back then?"

"This is what I compiled after my father's death; all the information is in here."

Genos answered slowly.

He Ao raised his hand and glanced at his bracelet. It was 4:42 PM. He had finished reading all the information in just 25 minutes.

Eighteen minutes left.

Heo stared at Genos and continued, "The crime scene back then was supposedly in the basement?"

"It's on this floor."

Genos said naturally.

"Can we go take a look?"

At this moment, Nok, who was standing to the side, seemed to understand Heo's motives and asked him a question.

“I’m sorry,” Genos shook his head, “that place was cleaned up by the servants shortly after the investigation stalled. My father needed to return to heaven in peace.”

As he spoke, he looked at He Ao, "The FBI should have detailed files on the case from back then, right?"

"I want to go see it in person,"

He Ao calmly replied, "Is that room still there?"

“It’s still there, but there’s nothing left,” Genos turned to the side, gesturing for Heo and the other to come out first. “Come with me.”

He looked back and saw the moving robots putting the books back on the shelves one by one.

At that moment, Genos was watching him from the doorway.

He Ao withdrew his gaze and walked out of the archive room.

Genos locked the door and led the two of them along the winding corridor.

He looked up at the wall in front of him. It seemed that he had reached the edge of this underground space. What appeared in He's field of vision was a long, straight wall.

After walking for about two or three minutes, the three of them stopped at a relatively open three-way intersection.

“It was right here,” Genos seemed lost in some kind of memory, “that my father died in front of me.”

Standing in the center of this intersection, He Ao felt a strong sense of life.

I'm experiencing some writer's block, so I should update more tomorrow.

Chapter 475 Death May Be the Most Blazing Firework (5000 Chapters)

Heo slowly walked to the innermost wall of the intersection, reached out and touched the wall, then looked at Genos and asked, "What room is behind this wall?"

Behind this wall, a rich life force permeates the air.

“That was the underground garden my father built,” Genos said calmly. “It’s abandoned now.”

"An underground garden?"

Nock looked surprised.

“Some wildflowers can’t survive on the ground. My father was a big fan of gardening,” Genos glanced at Nok, who seemed hesitant to speak, and then, before Nok could say anything more, said as they walked, “Let me show you. The gate to this garden is just ahead.”

He could almost guess what Nock was going to say.

Nock gave an awkward smile.

He actually wanted to ask for He Ao's help. He knew that He Ao was asking what was behind the wall because he was curious about the environment behind it.

The three of them walked a few steps and stopped in front of a dusty double door.

The door wasn't locked. Genos reached out and pushed open the double door, and a damp, decaying smell of earth immediately hit him.

Nock instinctively covered his nose, while Heo walked straight in.

One by one, the light bulbs in the room lit up, illuminating the entire space.

Clearly, this house had been sealed off for many years; the entire house was covered with decaying leaves, dried plant parts, and scattered soil.

This 'underground garden' is circular in shape, and the surrounding walls are not the metal-covered walls that you see from the outside, but rather layers of uneven rock covering the surrounding area.

From the outside, it doesn't look like a 'garden' or a 'house'; it looks more like an underground cave.

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A drop of water condensed from a crack in the rock overhead and dripped onto the rocky ground mixed with soil, making a crisp sound.

"It's so humid here."

Nock looked around and said with some confusion.

There is no central air conditioning here.

As Heo walked along the rock wall deeper into the garden, he glanced at the dried-up irrigation canals that clearly resembled natural streams and casually explained.

“Yes,” Genos looked at everything in the garden, his gaze deep, as if lost in some kind of memory. “Father said that these plants should be kept in a natural environment to grow. Only some simple water purification devices were installed here. Apart from that, everything else was brought back directly from a wilderness cave.”

"However, after he passed away, the garden was no longer used, and the remaining flowers and plants gradually withered. Later, I asked the housekeeper to come in and clean it once."

"That's a big spender..."

Nock couldn't help but sigh.

Moving everything from a cave into the city just to cultivate some exotic plants that are of no use other than for decoration requires countless human and material resources, and then abandoning them just like that is truly a grand undertaking.

He Ao, who had reached the center of the garden, squatted down and looked down at the completely dried-up pond in front of him.

The bottom of the pond was empty, only slightly damp.

rock.

And this is the place with the most concentrated life force in the entire three underground levels.

He activated his super memory, glanced around, and saw the water purifier disguised as a rock.

The entire garden's ecosystem should be internally cyclical, without being connected to the outside world.

He Ao lowered his head and looked at the small pond in front of him again. He reached out and touched the rocks at his feet.

The edges of the rock were already somewhat sandy, and when you squeezed it, you felt moist sand.

Among the sand, He Ao noticed some unusual colors. He brushed aside the sand, and spots of soil, stained with crimson and dormant for countless years, appeared in his field of vision.

These crimson hues are extremely rare, and their color is very similar to that of sand and soil. If He Ao didn't have super memory, he probably wouldn't be able to distinguish these soils.

However, after seeing the crimson stains, He Ao's hands did not stop. He rummaged around and found some rotten grass roots that were only a few remnants before stopping.

"Were there ever extraordinary plants growing here?"