sinovels Chapter 14 14. Project X
Chapter 14 14. Project X
Even Thor thinks the plan is crazy.
The night wind brushed the hem of their clothes and temples, and the rushing water washed against the stone embankment, splashing water droplets on their cheeks.The arms dealer stood at the junction of Area A and Area B together with the agents.They climbed the guardrail, and below them was the rapid waterway that separated the two areas-this is a tributary of the river originating from the Whittier Mountains, and it is also the best route to sneak into Area B.
"Are you sure?" Thor called out.
The ends of Loki's hair were wet by the river water, and the black hair was blown against his cheeks by the night wind.This made his face look even more sternly handsome, with a heart-pounding madness: "What else? Go straight through the connected buildings in the city center, and let Fandral take the risk of interfering with hundreds of surveillance cameras? "
"It's not that I don't... ah——!"
"Plop!" This is the sound of Thor being kicked into the river by Loki.
Simultaneously, Fandral whistled loudly through their built-in earphones.
Yes, due to the manpower and danger involved in this mission, Thor woke Frandral out of bed overnight as their technical support.In contrast, Loki, who is used to assassination, is much more comfortable. In addition to picking out what they need from the existing equipment in Thor's hands, he also gave this operation a famous name - Project X.
Fuck his Project X, Thor can't help wiping the water off his face as he struggles to get out of the water, cursing under his breath.
Omega couldn't help curling the corners of his lips, took a deep breath and jumped into the water.His figure is thin and light in the water, and his posture in the water is as dexterous as a mermaid.
This made the arms dealer, who was usually straight at him holding a submachine gun and a grenade, be a little dazed and unable to move his eyes away.Until Loki jumped out of the water, grabbed his wrist and swam forward.
"You don't always think that all agents are head-to-head, do you?"
Mission begins.
The entire mission plan was finalized by Loki, who was better at assassination.
If you want to get rid of EbonyMaw, you obviously can't wait until noon tomorrow when Thor takes him to Area A for brainwashing.Assassinating one of the five generals around Thanos is undoubtedly a huge risk. If they want to be safe after killing EbonyMaw, their only chance is to find a way to completely clear the suspicion before noon tomorrow.
According to Thor's description and a map of the city, Loki is targeting Area B.
"Rewind the time to one hour ago——
"Loki, this is crazy. Area B is the technological experiment area that Thanos values most, and even I'm just an eyeliner that infiltrates the periphery." Thor obviously didn't approve of Loki's unexpected plan.
"We don't have much time. We have less than nine hours until noon tomorrow. And as far as I know, it's the only area under the full jurisdiction of EbonyMaw, but you haven't interfered at all. If Everyone can do it, so it’s not called being unprepared?”
The lover's calmness convinced Alpha to a certain extent, and he was silent for a while to signal Loki to continue talking.
"Since your plan against Thanos has not been fully implemented, we must not arouse any doubts about killing EbonyMaw this time, so the best plan is undoubtedly to choose the assassination site in an area under his jurisdiction that you will never enter. You just told me that Area B is Thanos’ large laboratory, a large research site with a very dense concentration of medicines, weapons, and chemical plants, so any gas leaks or explosions caused by mixed combustibles can be manufactured without leaving a trace The surprises we need. Just so..."
Loki's emerald-like eyes blinked, and he stretched out his hand to compare Thor and himself, "You and I, you can solve EbonyMaw and escape this crisis smoothly..."』
That's why they are here.
Thor has to admit that assassination is indeed Loki's forte.Even the route into Area B was sifted by the agents after reviewing the data collected by Fandral.Since the electronic wall in Area A can no longer be covered by ordinary factories, the lives of guests are precious and it is inconvenient to plant weapons in the water easily, so as long as they can pass through this turbulent river, it is equivalent to half the battle.
Thor and Loki struggled to swim towards the target sinkhole.
The two held their breath and struggled with the rushing water.The vortex pulled them through the water, almost exploding their lung lobes across the rapids.Fortunately, Thor, who has a stronger arm, took the lead in grabbing the stone wall outside the drain, and then grabbed Loki's wrist with his backhand, and the two of them hung dangerously beside the stone wall.
Gululu bubbles emerged from the corners of their mouths.
And before being swept away by the current, Loki grabbed Thor's arm and kicked his legs into the sewer pipe.
"Cough, cough..." When he got out of the water, the agent coughed a few times in a little embarrassment.
A big warm palm patted his back in time.
It's a strange feeling, after all, as far as Loki can remember, he's always been a loner in JNSA missions - Loki can't trust anyone but himself.But Thor is obviously the exception, this man can always give him a sense of security and dependence in various places.
That doesn't seem so bad.
After calming down a bit, they went forward along the chest-deep waterway. After using the authority to successfully pass through the electronic gate in the sewer, according to Fandral's instructions, the two successfully entered the underground passage near the biological laboratory building in Area B .
Although Area B is jointly in charge of by EbonyMaw and "CorvusGlaive" known as General Deathblade, EbonyMaw is mainly in charge of the biological laboratory building alone.
"In order for Thanos to check and balance each other's power, everyone's authority is staggered. I am responsible for the operation and management of Area A, and EbonyMaw is responsible for supervising me. The same is true for Area B. He is responsible for most of the laboratories and automatic production chains, and CorvusGlaive is in charge of the overall situation While also supervising him."
"That's better, then the air-conditioning system in this building must be under his jurisdiction." Loki pondered slightly.
Thor nods.
Biological and genetic experiments are different from military industry and general drug research. The requirements for the environment, air pressure, and temperature are extremely strict, which just became their breakthrough point.As far as Thor knows, in order to facilitate the control of the experimental environment in this building, a new technology is used to allow the cylinder and the air pressure chamber to be connected to the main control room of the air conditioner.
So if they can get EbonyMaw to enter the main control room by itself, they can create an "experimental accident" with a gas explosion.
They only need to create a little trouble for the sophisticated experimental environment here, so troublesome that EbonyMaw needs to come here on his own initiative due to authority.At the same time, modify the access rights of the guard room to prevent him from escaping before the "accident" occurs.
Thor installed the detectors on the wall outside the stairs, and Fandral, who was far behind the casino in Area A, quickly built a three-dimensional map of the entire laboratory building.
"Boss, one good news and one bad news, which one to listen to first?"
"good news."
"In order to facilitate the management of the entire building, the guard room is set up in a common area."
Loki hissed: "That means the main control room of the air conditioner is on the floor that requires high-level access?"
"Bingo," Fandral replied.
The two partners in area B looked at each other, and it seemed that entering the main control room would be a big trouble in itself. Loki tilted his head, a sly smile suddenly appeared on his face, and before Alpha could react, he quickly got up and walked towards the entrance of the laboratory building.
"Hey you—" Thor exclaimed in a low voice, and hurriedly followed behind.
By the time Thor reached the gate of the biological laboratory building, Loki had already brought down the night guard at the gate with a tranquilizer gun. Alpha quickly cooperated to catch the person, and properly placed the guard behind the front table in a posture where he could not hold back the sleepiness and fell asleep, and at the same time recovered the anesthesia needle on the opponent's neck.
"It's really slow." The agent who was tinkering with the elevator turned around and expressed disgust at Alpha's actions.
Thor couldn't help shaking his fist symbolically.
But why would Loki care about him?The agent quickly opened the control panel of the elevator with the access card that was handed over from the guard, and after flipping the control panel lightly, the elevator rose from the ground.The elevator of this high-tech building is also a modern design, supported by a frame structure, removing the transparent cover rails at the entrance and exit of each floor, the operation of the elevator is completely exposed during the climbing process.
And in order to avoid being spotted by the patrolling guards, Loki didn't plan to stand in the elevator and go upstairs with a big fanfare.Under the control of the agents, the elevator did not stop at the first floor, but the elevator doors on the first floor opened to both sides when the elevator passed by.
When Thor reacted, Loki took a run-up, rushed into the elevator shaft the moment the elevator door opened, and grabbed the railing below the elevator, his figure was as elegant as a cheetah.Seeing the slight shaking of the elevator, he took Loki up to the floor where the guard room was located under the condition that the surveillance could not capture it.
When Thor rushed to the elevator entrance, he looked up and saw the agent lip-syncing to him with one hand hanging from the bottom of the elevator.
"Stupid dog, the main control room is handed over to you, see you later."
Alpha exhaled fiercely from his nasal cavity, let's see how he educates him when he gets home!
Fandral, who was far behind, forced a laugh.
According to the map, sneaking into the main control room of the air conditioner is not so simple - Thor can only reach the 25th floor through the freight elevator, and then find a way to climb to the destination from outside the building.
When Thor stepped out of the freight elevator and pushed open a small ventilation window at the end of the corridor on the 25th floor, he couldn't help but think to himself: That guy Loki must have deliberately snatched him in order to avoid the shameful task of climbing the building. Front.
"Uh-huh, I'm here." Loki responded panting as he supported the steel frame of the elevator and successfully climbed up to the 16th floor, as if he knew what his golden-haired Alpha was thinking.
Thor resignedly squeezes his decidedly not-so-small frame through the vent.
The height of the 25th floor makes the night wind stronger, and it feels a little painful when it blows on the face. Alpha pressed his hand wearing a strong suction cup glove on the glass on the outside of the building. He didn't have enough authority in Area B, so he had to use this stupid way of breaking in from the outside if he wanted to enter the main control room.In the absence of a safety rope, this is undoubtedly a mission that can only succeed but not fail. Once he falls, not only will he be smashed to pieces, but his family will also be implicated.
Thor took a deep breath, and after making sure that his hands were completely glued to the glass, he kicked his legs and hung in the air outside the building on the 25th floor.
The strong wind piercing into the eardrums and the abyss under his feet made cold sweat seep out of his forehead.
Alpha gulped.
At the same time, Loki also quietly touched the door of the guard room.
His goal is to cooperate with Thor's actions to implant viruses in the overall security system, so that EbonyMaw's access to the main control room can be temporarily modified if necessary, changing its "arbitrary" access to "inside only".
In this way, Thor only needs to create some troubles for the main control system that seem to be automatically repaired by restarting, and EbonyMaw, who has control, will inevitably be notified to come.When the air conditioner is restarted to "ignite", electric sparks will be generated, and the electric sparks will ignite the flammable gas, just like EbonyMaw detonated the explosives himself.The door of the main control room that cannot be opened by Jie Shi will seal his final retreat.
This is the foolproof method.
The premise is that Loki will implant the virus into the security system without alerting the guards.
Fortunately, in the dead of night, even in a heavily guarded area like B, the guards can easily relax their vigilance without any mistakes.
Loki evaded the monitoring in the building, stepped on the fire hydrant and pushed open a partition on the ceiling, and attached the jammer that Fandral had prepared in advance to the water pipe.He carefully closed the partition again, and hid his body in the shadow under the cover of night.The jammer worked quickly, releasing a high-frequency vibration that caused the water pipes on the entire floor to make a muffled knocking sound at regular intervals, and even the knocking locations were different.
Sure enough, the dull crashing sound and the sound of water droplets soon opened the door of the guard room, and two guards poked their heads out.
They looked at each other, wondering where the eerie muffled sound came from.
"Boom, boom—"
"Tick tock..."
In the silence of the night, the weird noises in the unmanned laboratory building will undoubtedly scare anyone.The two scolded a few words, but after all they didn't dare to patrol alone, they quickly folded up and took out their flashlights and walked out of the guard room.Probably because there had never been any accidents, they didn't even lock the door of the guard room.
It just hits the spot.
Only when the two guards disappeared around the corner, Loki sneaked into the guard room lightly.He quickly found the port and inserted the disk containing the virus that Fandral had given him into the system.
"Connected." The agent was relieved by Fandral's sure voice.
"Hmm—!" The muscles on Thor's arms were fully swelled, his legs were kicking on the aluminum alloy frame of the building, and he was hanging on the glass outside the 28th-floor building for rock climbing.
Fortunately, the reduced visibility at night allowed him to restrain his desire to look down.
The indicator light on the glove kept flashing to indicate the degree of adhesion between the glove's suction cup and the glass. Thor tried his best to move his hands up alternately, and then led his legs to climb up.Thanks to the high technology, he safely climbed to the height of the three-story building, and the victory is in sight.
But at this moment, a "Didi" alarm sound came from the earphones.
Thor turned his head sharply, only to see a flock of early birds rushing straight towards him in the dim light.
"Shit!"
"Thor?!" Loki whispered.
The flock of birds turned at a tricky angle, narrowly skimming Thor's back and skimming upwards.
However, in a start, Alpha's left hand slipped off the glass. In an instant, he was hanging on the outside of the 28th floor with one hand. Cold sweat dripped down Alpha's temples, brushed his cheeks, and soon fell from the air.
That bead of sweat seemed to foretell what would happen to him if he accidentally fell, a puddle of flesh and bones would be smashed to pieces.
Alpha was panting violently, but fortunately, although the glove was cut off temporarily, it was quickly restarted.Hearing the soft "beep", Thor suddenly raised his hand and pressed his palm back against the glass.The moment he fixed his body again, his beating heart almost jumped out of his chest.
"Hoo, hoo...!"
"Thor? Thor, are you alright?" Loki's voice sounded again.
"……fine."
The night wind blew the milia on Alpha's skin. Combined with the shock just now, he was already drenched in sweat by the time he reached the 32nd floor.Following Fandral's lead, Thor makes his way to the main control room of the air conditioner.
But in the main control room, he ran into trouble.
"There doesn't seem to be something quite right here." Thor's voice is tinged with caution after he's calmed down.
"What?" There was little tension in Loki's voice.
"Something went wrong, all host controllers have self-checking devices."
"……What's the meaning?"
Thor's voice sank: "It means that after changing the settings, even if I can adjust the temperature and air pressure at that time, I will not be able to release those gases through the main control room as planned. Because the system will have a second set of procedures when executing commands It does a self-check, and if it crosses a safe threshold, it either chooses not to execute it or issues an alert. Now, we don’t have time to hack into the second program.”
"Idiot, I'll be there right away!"
Fortunately, the main elevator can be mobilized from the special area. After Loki processed the disk in the guard room and confirmed that Fandral can adjust the access authority of EbonyMaw at any time when needed, he quickly went upstairs to join Thor.
Although it was only half an hour apart, when Loki saw Thor's hair blown by the wind, his cheeks mixed with sweat and stains on the glass, there was still a burst of unspeakable distress in the agent's heart.Not to mention he notices that Thor is still holding a few familiar objects in his hands.
——That was exactly the same object that Thor struggled to reach with his back exposed to his own gun in the examination room last night.
Only now Loki knows what that's for.
It's a monitor jamming device.
In this city, the monitoring devices in many high-level areas will not belong to the ordinary general control guard room, and it is difficult to hack from the outside. At this time, the small jammer in Thor's hand is needed. Turn it on, so that it can extract the previous records in the camera and automatically generate a camouflage, but the duration is very limited, and it can only cover up the surveillance video of about an hour before and after.
In other words, Thor desperately wanted to reach this thing before, in order to cover up his whereabouts in the examination room.
The agent suppressed the strangeness in his heart and urged Thor to return to the main control room of the air conditioner as soon as possible.After all, activating this little jammer meant their time was running out.
In fact, Thor has done most of the work, including handling all the surveillance that can film them, and adjusting the air conditioner to make it a small disturbance to the experimental environment.
But the process is stuck in the most critical part of releasing gas.
After entering the main control room, Loki discovered that the location here is very subtle. In order to facilitate the cultivation of various special environments, there is a thick and heavy door in front of the main control room of the circular air conditioner with an area of more than ten square meters, next to the console. Glass.Through the glass, you can see a cylinder chamber about [-] ping in size.The cylinder chamber is connected with cylinders storing various gases, and the black spray paint on some cylinders can be seen through the glass.
The material is close at hand, but because of this damn system, it can't achieve the expected effect.
Loki let out a breath, squinted his head and looked around, and suddenly pointed to the vent at the top of the main control room: "Can the vent up there let me go, Fandral?"
Thor grabbed him by the shoulder: "You want to go there by yourself?!"
The agent pursed his lips: "The machine can't be controlled, there are only two ways now. You know it very well."
Thor does know, either wait for Fandral to write a program to bypass that self-checking system, or physically go directly to the next room to destroy the cylinder and release the flammable gas.The former is unrealistic in a short period of time, while the latter method is fast and direct enough, although it will take a lot of risk, but if he wants to use this method, he has just passed by himself.
"Can you squeeze through?" Loki raised the corners of his lips and looked at the narrow ventilation duct.It's only when he realizes that Thor isn't letting up with the bad joke that he says, "Hey, we don't have much time, so don't let this get you down."
Thor takes a deep breath.
"That's me too..."
"Okay, I'm just going to open a floodgate, not life or death. Without an open flame, nothing will happen, and according to the original plan, the gas concentration there will not reach a concentration sufficient to form an explosion tomorrow morning."
Thor finally agrees.
Just when the agent squeezed his entire body into the narrow vent that only allowed one-way passage, he heard an echoing movement from behind.
"You...!" The black-haired agent burst out angrily, he never expected that Alpha would follow up.
"You insisted on coming, but I didn't say I wouldn't follow." Alpha insisted.
Damn.
And when he got to the next door, Loki realized that the types of gases handled here were more than he had imagined.In addition to the common ammonia, benzene, methane, and sulfur dioxide, there are even diphosgene and Beetz.
"Didn't you say this is a biological experiment?"
"These are all eliminated. Neurotoxins such as Tabun, Sarin, Soman, and Viex, which are still being researched and upgraded, are all developed in the weapons department. These are only ordinary experimental gases stored here. That's all." Thor looked at the gas name on the cylinder.
Loki frowned. "So Thanos is working on mass gas?"
"Not only that, he is also researching hormones, anti-cancer drugs, and drugs to treat genetic diseases. To kill half of the waste requires poisonous gas, and the remaining half also needs to be 'evolved genes'." Thor's tone revealed Out of a deep disgust.
Loki pursed his lips tightly, and after a while he said firmly: "...he will never be a god."
The pair eventually found their target, and the agent stopped in front of a cylinder labeled "Propylene."
"That's it."
"Not this one……"
"Don't tell me all you know about it is paint?" Loki raised an eyebrow with interest.
However, he was surprised to find that the arms dealer blushed, as if he really thought so.After being tense for too long tonight, Omega's playful spirit suddenly aroused, and he introduced: "Propylene is a colorless flammable gas with a very low explosion limit. Usually only a little bit is needed in the room, and it can cause an explosion when it encounters an open flame. "
As he spoke, he raised his hand and unscrewed the valve above the cylinder.
"Hey!" Thor was so frightened that he immediately grabbed him and tried to pull him away, and Alpha even covered their mouths and noses with his clothes.
Loki's voice was suddenly full of small jokes: "Mr. Thor, could you please calculate the area of this room a little bit? According to the current emission, it will be tomorrow morning to fill the whole room to a concentration of more than 5%. And this is slightly poisonous, even if you inhale some now, it's just dizzy. Didn't you go to school more than me?"
Thor was taken aback.
Obviously, Loki was taken aback after he finished speaking—how could he remember that Thor had studied more than himself?But the words that came out of his mouth hung there like an endless unsolved case, and he couldn't think of anything more.
At this moment, the spot of the flashlight slammed in front of the two of them.
It's a patrolling guard.
Thor grabs Loki by the waist, leading him dodging behind a cylinder.The flashlight swayed dangerously past them.Due to the close proximity, Thor could clearly feel the pounding heartbeat from Omega's thin chest.But Alpha doesn't know whether this heartbeat is due to the memory just now or the sudden guard.
For some unknown reason, neither of them brought up this topic again.
**
After the successful release of propylene gas, tonight's mission ended without any risk.
The air-conditioning system has been damaged, access rights have been changed, propylene has filled the air, and all baits have been placed. EbonyMaw will throw himself into the trap when he finds something strange in Area B tomorrow morning.The restarting air conditioning unit was like sitting on top of a ton of dynamite, enough to blow him to pieces.
The two returned along the same route, not knowing whether they inhaled too much propylene, or maybe they were stimulated by immersion in cold water, and Loki grabbed his stomach violently after returning to the shore of Area A not far away.
"Ugh..."
The sudden retching knocked Thor down, and he didn't realize Loki was running a fever until he supported his partner's thin body.
Thor suddenly became worried.
Loki shook his head, barely stopped vomiting and helped Alpha's arm to stand up straight: "If you spin on the axis for 16 hours in a state of high tension, it will be uncomfortable."
Thor hugged his narrow shoulders painfully.
But according to the plan, he still had to stuff Loki into the trunk, drive back to Area D first, and then pretend to pick up "Loki with amnesia" from Area D. They couldn't control the time when EbonyMaw went to the laboratory in Area B, and they could only try to make an accident happen to Thor on the way to "take Loki to the brainwashing in Area A".
Loki brushed away Thor's clenched hand, and took the initiative to sit in the trunk of the prepared car, curling himself up into a small ball as much as possible.
The pale face against the wet clothes made the thin Omega look particularly distressing.
Seeing that Alpha didn't continue to move, he smiled helplessly: "If you don't leave, it will be dawn. It's just that the cold water makes my stomach feel uncomfortable, otherwise you wouldn't think that I just had something to do last night, and I would have morning sickness today ?”
Thor smiled wryly for a moment, of course he understood that Loki was reassuring himself.The man didn't say any more, and closed the trunk lid forcefully as if he had finally made up his mind.
The golden crow jumps out of the sea level, and the white belly of the fish in the east is faintly revealed.
But now they can't relax any vigilance, the horn of the battle has just sounded.
TBC