Transmigrated as a Rare Female: Beast Husbands Love Me Exclusively-Chapter 122: The Research Institute Exploded!

Chapter 122: Chapter 122: The Research Institute Exploded!

The smart brain beeped twice, and the call connected.

"Ayin, last time I called you, you didn’t answer. Did something happen?" A woman’s voice, cool yet gentle, sounded. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Su Luoyin hastily explained, covering her panic, "I didn’t see your message at the time. Xiao Ying, there’s something I want to ask you..."

"Go ahead."

"Was it you who took Little Li away that day?"

"Yes, it was."

"Why did you take her without telling me beforehand? I thought someone had kidnapped her."

"It was close to Little Li’s birthday, and I hadn’t seen her for a long time, so I didn’t inform you in advance before taking her. Ayin, you won’t blame me, right?

Has Little Li returned home now? Was everything smooth on the way?"

Su Luoyin glanced at Lu Mujie and Lu Muyu and, prompted by them, continued, "She’s back, everything went smoothly. Xiao Ying, I heard you previously researched a project on Fierce Beasts. How’s that project progressing? I’m just a bit curious, asking casually."

The voice on the other end seemed to lose a bit of its mirth, "Who told you to ask that?"

Su Luoyin hurriedly said, "No one, I’m just curious."

"Ayin, you’re not good at lying at all." Ruan Ying’s voice carried a bit of indulgence as she continued, "The relevant details are confidential, I can’t tell you."

She knew their intention even before answering the phone. She wasn’t surprised and had no intention of telling the truth.

In the living room, two friends who had known each other for many years chatted intimately. Before ending the call, Su Luoyin suddenly asked, "Xiao Ying, why did you entrust Little Li to me back then?"

"Besides you, I couldn’t think of a second safe place. Thank you, Ayin."

Su Luoyin wanted to say more, but the smart brain sounded with a disconnect tone.

She looked at the screen with a sense of loss, feeling a vague unease in her heart, wondering if it was because of her attempt to probe Ruan Ying just now.

Mr. Lu, seeing her feeling low, held her as they went upstairs to rest.

"Do you think I did something wrong?" Su Luoyin suddenly grabbed the Beast Husband’s hand and asked, lying on the bed.

Mr. Lu patted the back of her hand, comforting her, "It’s not your fault, don’t think too much, get some rest early."

In the living room, the three brothers exchanged glances.

Lu Muyu spoke up, "Still no clues, if necessary, I could send a few Bounty Teams in for a secret infiltration of her research facility to try?"

Lu Mufeng leaned back on the sofa, legs crossed, a slight frown between his brows, "I’m afraid it might alert the enemy."

"I know a few hacking experts; we could attempt to start from the facility’s internal network," Mu Ji suggested.

The air seemed to momentarily freeze, the twins looked at their elder brother with a mutual understanding.

Lu Mufeng, ever the stickler for propriety, maintained an upright posture even at home, but now he leaned against the sofa, appearing weary, deep in thought.

"Do you think something is off, big brother?"

"Didn’t you feel that something was off about Ruan Ying during the call just now..." He tapped his fingertips, his dark eyes brooding.

"Get me the satellite surveillance closest to N Star immediately."

Mu Ji operated the smart brain, and a projection of N Star’s overview appeared in the air.

"Enlarge that."

The surface of N Star gradually became clear, vast and boundless, seemingly normal.

Mu Ji frowned, "Something’s not right..."

"What? What’s not right?" Lu Muyu asked.

"I remember, the wilderness of N Star had quite a few normally evolving Fierce Beasts, but there’s nothing in the satellite surveillance." If Mu Ji hadn’t noticed the peculiarity of those animals, he wouldn’t have paid attention to this seemingly insignificant detail.

The surveillance view changed, and suddenly a fierce fire ignited in an otherwise unremarkable corner. The screen shook violently, and even without sound, one could imagine the terrifying noise. The hidden research facility revealed its true appearance, but when the image stabilized, only ruins remained after an explosion.

"The facility exploded?!" Lu Muyu exclaimed, and Lu Mujie’s dark eyes contracted tightly. He obviously hadn’t expected such a situation.

Lu Mufeng pointed at the screen, "Here, enlarge this."

The satellite surveillance was of very high clarity, able to show every detail clearly, even in the chaotic aftermath of the explosion.

"There... there’s a living being." There was only a minute change in the image, but Mu Ji still captured signs of life. As the person’s survival movements became more pronounced, he identified this individual’s characteristics.

"It’s actually a female, though not Ruan Ying."

Time rewinds to half an hour earlier.

"Professor, hasn’t Ruan Li woken up yet?" Lan Ruo stood before her, arms crossed, speaking with a stiff tone.

"You can check the surveillance; she’s still in hibernation."

Lan Ruo frowned, glanced over the surveillance, "I wish to see it with my own eyes."

"If you’re willing to bear the consequences of failure, go ahead." Ruan Ying smiled faintly; she obviously knew that Lan Ruo was placed by her side merely as mobile surveillance.

She couldn’t make decisions nor bear the consequences of failure.

"You!" How could Lan Ruo not see the provocation in Ruan Ying’s words? Though a bit angry, she calmed down quickly, "Aren’t you afraid I’ll report this to the Queen truthfully?"

Ruan Ying smiled, the crow’s feet at her eyes rippling like waves, "Feel free to go ahead and tell, don’t use that to threaten me."

Lan Ruo glanced at Ze, who stood guarding beside Ruan Ying, snorted lightly, and turned to leave.

Ruan Ying said to Ze, "Push me into the lab."

This was a laboratory completely isolated from the outside world; only Ruan Ying knew that all experiments were conducted by her own hand.

She set fire to a cabinet full of files; the paper materials quickly began to burn. The fierce red flames grew larger, emitting choking smoke. She sat quietly in her wheelchair, watching the paper burn like brilliant fireworks, as if it were burning life, unending until completely consumed.

"Aren’t you going to act?" she said coldly.

"...How did you discover me?" The robot behind her shifted its voice and appearance to reveal the form of Wen.

"As your creator, is it strange for me to discover you?" Ruan Ying curved her lips, reclining defenselessly in the wheelchair.

"You’re burning all these documents." Wen’s tone was complex, his gaze shifted from the files nearly reduced to ashes to the calm and composed Ruan Ying.

He knew she was obsessively stubborn and insanely talented, treating experimental data more precious than life itself. Yet she was burning it all!

Ruan Ying smiled, tapping her temple with a finger, "From now on, I will be the only one in this world who knows these things."

"Don’t look at me with such eyes; I’m not as great as you think. I’m human, and as a human, I will grow old and die, I won’t live much longer. Why did you come here?"

"Let me guess, you came to help my adorable daughter find that data?"