Shadows of the Deep Space
Chapter 269: Hazardous Materials (Added for the alliance leader, Maple Night) (Part 5)

Chapter 269: Chapter 269: Hazardous Materials (Added for the alliance leader, Maple Night) (Part 5)

A crack emerged along the edge of the sealed black metal door, as if something had squeezed its way out from it.

"The laboratory is inside here, and there’s a very high chance that the origin of this disaster spread from this place. Therefore, it might be extremely dangerous inside, everyone be careful and ensure your own safety!"

Major Gene sternly reminded the crowd.

"Understood!"

Lin Chuyu and the others responded gravely.

"Open it!"

Major Gene gestured to his subordinates.

Suddenly, several Second Generation Mecha stepped forward, equipped with a special device which they attached to the sealed black metal door.

These devices were fitted with glass tubes, through which a grey liquid flowed.

Then they stepped back and pressed the detonator.

Instantly, the whole device activated, the liquid inside the tubes heated up and turned silver.

Bang~

With a dull sound, the mechanical devices burst open, spraying the silver liquid onto the black sealed door.

The once smooth metal door immediately became roughened.

Major Gene, controlling the Green Wing Mecha, charged up and swung his Beam Saber against the door.

Crack!

The thick door shattered instantly.

"Enter!"

Major Gene cautiously led the group inside.

Soon, the disordered laboratory came into view, with broken experimental equipment, shards of shattered glass, paper documents, and the bodies of researchers in white coats floating everywhere.

These deceased researchers maintained expressions of horror on their faces as they died.

But with a gentle touch, these bodies immediately broke open, revealing hollow cavities inside without any exception.

Everyone watched this scene, their nerves strained to breaking point, as if they stood before a mighty foe—fearing that a monster might suddenly jump out from somewhere.

Major Gene’s eyes flickered as he waved his hand to give orders.

"Biluo, you take a team to search every area and confirm it’s safe."

"Leonka, you take the land combat troops to check all the deceased researchers, ensuring if Dr. Ting Li and Dr. Li Mengqi’s bodies are among them."

"Baoken, you lead a team to search for any survivors."

"Yes!"

Biluo and others responded with a solemn voice.

"Be careful during the search, and do not take it lightly!"

Major Gene solemnly reminded.

"Understood!"

The subordinates operating the Mechas dispersed to carefully search and inspect every corner of the laboratory.

Land Combat Captain Leonka led his soldiers forward, cautiously examining the corpses.

Their movements were very gentle, for now, the bodies were reduced to mere skin, and damaging them would make recognition difficult.

Lin Chuyu and the others didn’t move; they operated their Mechas, gripping their weapons firmly and keeping an eye on all the searching officers, ready to act if anything unusual arose.

The atmosphere in the entire laboratory was incredibly tense.

At that moment, Teacher Kafaro, operating a Mecha, approached Major Gene and spoke with a tinge of worry.

"Major Gene, do you think Dr. Ting Li and Dr. Li Mengqi could have perished?"

"If that’s really the case, there’s nothing we can do," replied Major Gene, his brows furrowed.

"Sigh."

Teacher Carlofa too sighed heavily, now only able to pray that they were still alive. If they really were dead, their mission would have failed by half.

As time continued to slip away, the entire laboratory was searched through.

"Report, sir! No sign of Chilami, nor any survivors found."

"Sir, Dr. Ting Li and Dr. Li Mengqi were not among the dead."

Subordinates reported in one after another over the communication channel.

"Good, it seems like they’ve probably escaped."

Major Gene breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.

"What should we do now? Where do we search and rescue those two?"

Teacher Kafaro asked somewhat awkwardly.

Since Dr. Ting Li and Dr. Li Mengqi were not in the laboratory, it was very likely they had hidden somewhere else. With the ship being so large, it wouldn’t be easy to find them in a short time.

"There’s no use in rushing; we can only do our best to search and rescue, but before that, there’s another thing we need to do."

Major Gene said, looking at the messy laboratory in front of him, his expression changing.

"What’s that?"

Kafaro and the others all looked toward Major Gene.

"Immediately collect all the data in the laboratory, remove all the data disks from the equipment; these are all classified information of the Federation and must all be taken with us."

Major Gene gave the order decisively.

"Yes!"

On receiving the instructions, each land combat soldier immediately began to collect all scattered data files and disassemble the data disks from each experiment device.

At that moment, Leonka found a scattered document with the Federation’s top-secret seal in a corner.

He looked at the document with a face full of shock and fear, and immediately rushed toward Major Gene.

"Sir!"

"What’s the matter?"

Major Gene, inside the mecha, looked down at Leonka.

"You need to look at this document."

Leonka said in extreme unease.

Major Gene and Kafaro adjusted the optical imaging devices, directly targeting the document in Leonka’s hands, and enlarged the image.

When they saw the contents of the document, they each revealed a look of extreme shock.

Class S Hazardous Transport Item: Colonel Molik’s Body, Third-Generation Genetically Modified Body. Cause of death: Severe mental contamination, Kais biological contamination, Storage conditions: Mechanical suppression coffin...

"Molik? The transport was for Molik’s body?"

Teacher Kafaro was extremely shocked.

Major Gene’s heart also sank to the bottom. Colonel Molik was a graduate of the Imperial Court Academy, having graduated at 24 and served in the First Legion·Imperial Court Sect. After ten years of service and numerous honors, he was promoted to colonel at the age of 34, the most promising to become a general level officer at the time.

But then, for some unknown reason, Colonel Molik suddenly disappeared from public view, and later, the Federation abruptly announced his death.

It was unexpected that this shipment would contain his body, classified as a Class S Hazardous Transport Item.

The most crucial point was that his cause of death was severe mental contamination and Kais biological contamination.

If he wasn’t mistaken, Colonel Molik must have died during an experiment with biological mecha. Although the details of the biological mecha experiments were tightly kept secret from the public, as officers, they knew some of the details.

Normally, bodies contaminated this way could undergo mutation, so they are usually destroyed on site.

However, Major Gene couldn’t understand why the Federation didn’t destroy the body and instead took great pains to transport it back.

And what exactly happened on the Nautilus? Could it be related to Colonel Molik’s body?

As Major Gene was considering this, he suddenly remembered something and his face turned pale. He said to Leonka,

"Quick, flip through this document to see if, aside from Colonel Molik’s body, there are any Fourth Generation Biological Mechas among the transported dangerous goods!"

Leonka hastily flipped through the document in his hands.

Clear on the second page of this top-secret document it read,

Class S Hazardous Transport Item: Fourth-Generation Biological Experiment Mecha·Crimean, Storage conditions: Strictly forbidden for any unauthorized activation, strictly forbidden for any Chilami creature to approach...

"Sir, sir, there’s a Fourth-Generation Biological Mecha among the transport!"

Leonka trembled.

"What did you say? There’s a Fourth-Generation Biological Mecha on this ship? Are they insane?"

Teacher Kafaro was completely stunned. Under normal circumstances, transporting a Fourth-Generation Biological Mecha would require at least a level 5 vessel or heavy military escort.

In fact, the Federation had acted against regulations because the Neutral Country being used for the experiments was suddenly destabilized, and they were short on manpower, forcing them to use the Nautilus for transport in a hurry.

"Damn it! Head to the hangar immediately and check the status of the Fourth Generation Biological Mecha."

Major Gene roared furiously.

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