Chapter 242.
In an instant, there was silence.
Jiang Yu’s eyes widened as she glanced at Li Wan Yun, both seeing shock in the other’s eyes.
Sheng An pursed her lips and didn’t say anything.
Qi Lingmu held her hand, his voice soft: ”What happened? Was he killed by the fae, or …… did he turn into a fae? Is that why you guys came here?”
“I should say – suicide.”
Hao Jingye shook his head, “We didn’t come here for Academician He, but for the meteorite fragments that Academician He pieced together ……”
Sheng An lifted his foot and walked inside, signaling Hao Jingye to talk as he walked.
He walked on one side of Sheng An, Qi Ling Mu walked on the other side, and the group entered inside the Meteorite Research Institute.
The sound of the clattering rain was left behind, and the world that had become even more tattered in the acid rain was likewise left behind.
Along the way, Sheng An heard what was going on.
In order to minimize the impact of the meteorite fragments on the capital, the fragmentation research site had always been in Stone City, establishing closed laboratories.
Although the closure effect was limited, it was ultimately better than nothing.
Ever since Academician He determined that he would turn into a Fae, he immediately rushed to the Meteorite Research Institute in Stone City with a group of Fae and military personnel and dove headfirst into the research.
When the acid rain came, they didn’t go back.
Academician Liu of the Meteorite Research Institute said that Academician He was very anxious, and he stayed in the closed laboratory almost day and night, piecing together the fragments, sleeping for a while when he was sleepy, and eating randomly when he was hungry ……
His students worry about his health.
Academician He smiled, but simply ignored it, and continued to do what he did.
What’s more, after replicating all the fragments one to one, he didn’t allow others to come near the closed lab again, they studied in other labs and developed a piecing plan.
And he went to execute it.
The closed lab had surveillance, and he had two people specifically keep an eye on the surveillance to prevent any changes in him.
He also explained to Academician Liu–
From today onwards, he would not leave the Closed Laboratory area with the Meteorite Research Institute for any reason, if he wanted to leave, stop him and report it to the Special Intelligence Division immediately, and if he wanted to break in hard, kill him directly.
Sheng An was somewhat silent.
Zhang Kun muttered, “He is knowing that he will turn into a fae, so he simply doesn’t care, and in the limited time, do more things ……”
It was as if Academician He had closed himself off along with the shards, even when the acid rain came, he didn’t go out to take a second look, his mind was on the shards.
The fragments were many and incomplete, and many of their patchwork solutions did not make sense.
How in the world could you put together something that was finely fragmented and incomplete? And what could be pieced together? There was no basis for any of it.
But on the fourth night of the acid rain.
The night they once again provided three options, Academician He most likely had a clue.
That night, he was in the closed lab all night, and no one knew what he was thinking, but from four in the morning of the second half of the night, Academician He didn’t make any moves.
He stared at the countless fragments in silence.
The next morning, Academician He asked, “Where’s Special Intelligence Division Chief Sheng? Is she in the capital?”
After getting the news that they had left the base and gone to other bases for disaster relief, Academician He fell into silence.
Then after that, Academician He asked them to continue thinking about piecing together a solution.
Academician Liu asked, “Did all of yesterday’s scenarios fail as well?”
Academician He, however, did not answer.
After that, they continued to think about the programs, and after another five days, several newly proposed patchwork programs failed again.
Academician Liu suggested; “It’s already impossible to think of any other way, why don’t we try the previous scheme and change the path? Or verify one or two more?”
Academician He didn’t say anything, and after a long period of silence, he suddenly spoke-
“When Team Leader Sheng returns, have her come over to me.”
Since that day, Academician He closed the door and closed the lab, if he wasn’t still alive inside the surveillance, I’m afraid that Academician Liu and the others had already tried to contact Sheng An.
He also put all the fragments inside a metal box, a box specially made by Li Xin at their request, they brought the fragments from the capital with this box.
Lai Wan Yun’s voice was certain, “He must have found something.”
She looked at Hao Jingye, puzzled, “What did Academician He put together? And when did he commit suicide?”
Hao Jingye, however, shook his head, “I don’t know.”
He continued to explain amidst the confused eyes of the crowd:
“Academician He was very capable and dedicated, many people in the Meteorite Research Institute were his students or his former colleagues, his authority was very high, although I don’t know why, but no one went to open the doors of the closed lab during this time.
“They can see from among the surveillance, Academician He is living quite well, there is no shortage of anything inside, after he puts the fragments inside the box, he will occasionally go to take a look and fiddle with one or two of them, and occasionally he will be ambling around writing something, most of the time he is in a daze.
“This morning, the closed lab door opened and Academician He came out.”
At this time, five days had passed since he had locked himself in the closed lab.
He had been alone in the lab for five days.
Academician Liu said that this was the limit of his patience, and when he tried to contact Academician He before, the other party ignored him, and when he communicated with him from the monitor, he similarly did not respond.
If the other party did not come out again, he would break into the house.
Hao Jingye took a deep breath before continuing, “After coming out, he locked the closed lab door and said he was going to go to the side seminar room to take a nap.
“Academician Liu heard that Sister Sheng came back today and contacted us about Academician He’s abnormality, and Team Leader Qiu and I immediately rushed here with people.”
After a pause, his voice was soft: “When we arrived, Academician He student went to call him and found that he had committed suicide in the seminar room.”
The crowd was shocked.
Gu Chisheng had a guess, “Could it be that he sensed that he was going to become a Fae?”
After so many days with the meteorite fragments, or countless fragments and huge energy, he could turn into a fae at any time.
Hao Jingye still shook his head, “It’s not clear, Team Leader Qiu is investigating everyone at the institute, Academician He died in a strange way, although it was a suicide, but we can’t rule out the possibility of special xenomorphic control, we’re checking out the surveillance of Academician He before he died.”
Sheng An’s footsteps slightly paused.
She saw the autumn rain outside the lab in front of her, as well as the uneasy crowd at the institute.
Sheng An suddenly asked, “Did anyone go in the closed lab?”
Hao Jingye shook his head, “No, Academician He seems to have been waiting for Sheng An, he wouldn’t let anyone in before, and after finding out that Academician He was dead, Team Leader Qiu, Academician Liu, and I continued to wait for you.”
Sheng An lifted her foot and took a big step over.
Qiu Yu heard the commotion and turned back to look at her.
Sheng An nodded at her and her gaze moved to the direction of the seminar room.
Qiu Yu’s voice was cold: “I know you want to see Academician He, and you will still look at the surveillance and Ruan Zifeng’s findings, but right now, I think it’s more important to open up the closed lab first and go see Academician He’s findings, don’t you think so?”
Sheng An didn’t say much and nodded, “Yes.”
They looked at Academician Liu.
Academician Liu handed Sheng An three keys.
She inserted them, twisted them, performed iris verification, and the thick closed door slowly opened in front of them.
Only the members of the Special Intelligence Service went in.
Qiu Yu went straight to the box that held the debris.
From Academician Liu’s report amongst them, everyone could guess – Academician He must have discovered something, something related to the meteorite fragments.
It was even highly likely that he had pieced together something, thus discovering the secret.
Sheng An lagged a step behind, her gaze resting on the tabletop next to her.
There was paper and a pen on it, and some information as well as a patchwork solution.
The ground trash can was messily thrown with some waste paper.
Hao Jingye, Long Tianyu, Lai Wan Yun, they were all more curious about the pieces and walked quickly towards the box.
Qiu Yu opened it and his pupils shrank.
Hao Jingye pulled up his voice: “Where are the fragments?!”