novelraw Chapter 346 - 206: Expert Bai Mo’s Large Office (Part 2)
Chapter 346 - 206: Expert Bai Mo’s Large Office (Part 2)
The roof was much lower than the Bronze Hall, but it was intact, without any holes.
One could say... it had a unique elegance!
Then Fang Xiaoyu exclaimed excitedly.
"This time, there are a total of twenty experts moving into the Immortal Grass Office Building.
"Professor Zhang has prepared twenty offices, but they vary in size and location.
"Professor Zhang said it’s a first-come, first-served basis.
"I was the second to pick, and I chose the one with the best location and the largest area, hehe!"
Bai Mo’s computer was already on, and looking at the clean desktop, he began to download some necessary files.
"Have the other experts not arrived yet?
"What are they waiting for?"
Fang Xiaoyu paused for a moment, then shook her head.
"I don’t know either, sigh."
Suddenly, the office door was knocked, and after a response, a bald head peeked in.
"Oh hey, it really is you, Bai Mo, hahaha!"
It was Li Fangming.
He walked in, sat down on the sofa opposite the desk, and exchanged a few pleasantries.
"...Those old guys, they’re all scaredy-cats, too afraid to come.
"I’m not afraid; I don’t believe in jinxes!
"I figured, if there’s anyone as brave as me, it would be you, hahaha!"
Huh?
Bai Mo furrowed his brows.
What fear of death?
What bravery?
Seeing Bai Mo seemed perplexed, Professor Li Fangming paused for a moment, then chuckled.
"Oh, you didn’t hear the news?
"Hahaha.
"Recently, Professor Zhang has faced multiple assassination attempts, didn’t you know?
"The entire West State University is busy with a security upgrade.
"This upgrade is expected to take half a month.
"Before the security upgrade, the other experts dare not come to this office building or stay too close to Professor Zhang.
"You... if you didn’t know about this... then..."
Assassination?
Fang Xiaoyu’s face turned dark.
Something like this happened?
She was too focused on internal documents to gossip, missing such important information?
This... is it too late to move out now?
Bai Mo hadn’t been following the news lately and genuinely didn’t know.
But he didn’t care much either.
He grinned.
"Since you’re not afraid, Professor Li, I’m not either.
"It’s a good thing for me, getting a big office for free.
"If it were based on seniority, my office would be next to the bathroom."
Everyone in the office burst into laughter.
...
After sending Li Fangming off, the software was installed on the computer, and Bai Mo opened the Committee’s official software to check his task list.
"Oh? Still nothing?
"Is it because I just got hired?"
He smiled and decisively opened the database to browse some cutting-edge knowledge in biology and mathematics.
Zhang Qiren and Professor Zhang have both proven the commonalities between modern science and ancient Immortal Technique.
"If that’s the case, perhaps I can also make use of modern technology?"
With that, Bai Mo sat comfortably in his chair, browsing through the database.
The Black Bracelet sat beside him, its fox-like eyes also fixed on the database, accompanying its master, though it couldn’t read.
Fang Xiaoyu completed several administrative tasks, then chatted with various leaders on WeChat, probing for information.
"Oh... we’re doomed!
"We can’t move out now.
"It wouldn’t be appropriate to leave now; hopefully, nothing happens in this half-month..."
Suddenly, she frowned, quietly got up, tiptoed out of the office, closed the door, and mumbled, "Where was the bathroom again..."
In the office, Bai Mo, while browsing the database, saw that his plan on robustness had already been uploaded. It was signed under his expert account.
"Oh?
"Already over a thousand downloads?"
Bai Mo grinned.
The number of academic experts in the Committee is just one or two thousand.
"It seems that this paper is quite popular."
He casually picked up the Black Bracelet beside him, held it in his arms, rubbed its chubby belly, and pinched its front paws, watching it giggle.
Suddenly...
"What’s that smell?"
Bai Mo’s eyes squinted, noticing red smoke seeping through the gap of the office door!
The smoke spread rapidly, and the air already had a metallic scent!
"This smell, it’s not Immortal Elixir, seems like Talismanic Water?
"Talismanic vapor?
"Currently, the concentration is low, so the lethality isn’t much.
"But the concentration is rapidly increasing, and so is its lethality!"
Bai Mo’s Divine Sense spread out like an invisible wind, passing through walls, venturing into the corridor.
He saw the corridor filled with red smoke, from the floor to the ceiling, engulfed in this red vapor!
"What’s going on?
"Has this building been attacked?"
Bam!
The office door swung open, and Fang Xiaoyu rushed back, slammed the door, leaned against it, her face twisted, about to cry.
"It’s over!
"The pipes in the bathroom are spewing blood!
"The corridor is filled with blood-red smoke!
"We were greedy and now we’re in trouble, shouldn’t have moved in so early!"
She ended her sentence with a sob, regretting her earlier actions!
Bai Mo stood up, took her hand, led her to the sofa, and sat beside her.
"Don’t worry.
"There are many experts in this building.
"We just need to follow the instructions."
He took out his phone, opened the large group for the Immortal Grass Office Building, and looked along with Fang Xiaoyu.
The fox disciple Black Bracelet leaped onto the master’s shoulder, poking its fluffy head to watch too.
Professor Zhang had already noticed something was wrong.
[@All Members]
[We are already responding to the emergency]
[Everyone stay calm, remain in your offices, and wait for instructions!]
Professor Li Fangming sent a message.
[It’s the Red Blood Secret Sect; they hacked our surveillance system and are live streaming the invasion on the Immortal Discussion Forum]
Oh?
So brazen?
Bai Mo opened the Immortal Discussion Forum and saw the pinned, hottest post.
[Professor Zhang, Go Die!]
Clicking to enter, he saw the live broadcast showing the entire Immortal Grass Office Building being breached.
In multiple picture-in-picture frames, there were hallways, bathrooms, lobbies, elevators... all these places shrouded in red mist and turned blood red!
Especially the bathroom, with the faucet spewing blood-red mist!
It seemed the enemy had invaded through the water pipes!
The live room’s comments were scrolling rapidly.
[Professor Zhang, take them down!]
[They’ve hit the headquarters; this is intolerable!]
[The terrorists are too rampant; they must be severely punished!]
A hoarse man’s voice echoed in the live room.
"Hahahaha, didn’t you get promoted to Sequence Seven?
"Aren’t you with the Five-Colored Pill Fire?
"Aren’t you the best?
"Today, we, the Red Blood Secret Sect, will take your head off!
"Let everyone see what worth you, Sequence Seven, are!
"What worth is your Five-Colored Pill Fire?
"What exactly is your Immortal Technique Committee worth?"
Comments flew past in the live room.
[What’s happening exactly?]
[Are there many people in that building?]
[Is the red stuff poisonous gas? Hurry up and escape, leave that building!]
...
Leave this building?
Bai Mo’s Divine Sense spread wide like an invisible wind, passing through layers of walls, spreading outward, sweeping in all directions!
In his Divine Sense, he detected the thick smoke in the corridors, detected the bathroom faucet invasion, detected Wu Qingyun and Tie Ta wearing gas masks by the faucet... Zhang Qiren’s brother Tie Ta also came to protect this office building?
His Divine Sense continued to spread, detecting Professor Zhang in another office calling for urgent task deployments.
"The enemy invaded through the water pipes, but the water supply has been cut, though the gas hasn’t stopped.
"We need to find the enemy’s exact location!
"We also need to confirm whether there are more enemies lurking outside?
"Can we evacuate safely..."
Bai Mo’s Divine Sense continued outward, eventually covering a small grove outside the office building!
These small trees, merely two stories tall, were full of yellow leaves in the autumn breeze.
Scanning with his Divine Sense, Bai Mo stood up, looked out the office window, and saw the small grove.
"In the trees?
"Invisibility talismans attached?
"Hmm... Thirty-eight people?
"Don’t know their sequence, all clinging to the trees in ambush.
"Keeping an eye on the front door, back door, and every window.
"The number of people they’ve sent... quite a lot."