Messing With Her? Are You Crazy! novel Chapter 1348

The sterile white lights flickered, and the air was thick with the suffocating stench of bleach and chemical preservatives.

The facility was divided into distinct zones dedicated to various horrific experiments.

In the transparent holding cells, numerous surviving victims were trapped.

Men and women, young and old, their faces ashen grey, their bodies hooked to endless monitoring tubes. They were caged like animals waiting for the slaughter.

Then there were the others—those who could no longer be called human.

Their limbs were grotesquely twisted, bizarre black veins bulged beneath their skin, and their eyes were entirely vacant. They radiated the aura of something half-dead.

They were the discarded, failed Lab Specimens.

Even the hardened operatives of the Dragon-Thorn Squad, men who spent their lives walking the razor's edge of death, felt an overwhelming surge of murderous rage upon seeing this.

"Animals."

One of the men cursed under his breath, his voice trembling with barely contained fury.

It was impossible for anyone to look at this and remain unaffected.

"Stick to the plan! Team One, secure the hostages! Lock down all primary exits!"

The vice-captain of the Dragon-Thorn Squad issued rapid-fire orders.

At his command.

The Elyndor operatives immediately launched the rescue operation, rushing to comfort the terrified victims.

Meanwhile, following Serena's precise instructions, the Dragon-Thorn operatives charged straight for the core control room, racing against the clock to seize the criminal evidence.

They hadn't forgotten Serena's final order before the mission began: "No matter what happens, secure all the data."

Because only undeniable proof could permanently bury the Obsidian Sun.

However.

They had underestimated the absolute ruthlessness of the Obsidian Sun's leadership.

Back when Serena had effortlessly taken control of Cabin 10 and began slaughtering the Apex Augments.

The Overlord orchestrating everything from the shadows had already decided to sacrifice the entire operation.

Beeeeep—!

A piercing, blood-red alarm suddenly echoed throughout the underground base.

"Warning. Warning. Self-destruct sequence initiated."

"Incineration protocols engaging in designated sectors."

Braving the thick, choking smoke, the squad forcefully dismantled the server drives.

At the same time.

Outside the main control center.

Julian's face was ice-cold as he rapidly scanned the data streams being fed back from the underground breach.

Suddenly, his fingers stopped. His eyes darkened.

"Wait. There's another sector down there."

He zoomed in on a specific part of the blueprint.

"Right here."

It was a tiny space, hidden in the deepest recesses of the underground base, barely a hundred square feet.

During their previous sweeps, neither Serena nor Nicholas had detected it.

That was because it wasn't on any standard grid; it had been flawlessly disguised as an abandoned energy conduit.

Nicholas locked his eyes onto that specific area, his lips pressed into a tight line as his fingers swiftly hacked into the corresponding network.