Chapter 685:

A beat of hesitation from Gordon, and then he gave a resigned, “Alright.”

A crackle later, Kellan’s deep voice came through. “Allison, what’s going on? Did anything happen?”

“Situation’s worse than we expected. I need you to help me out,” she replied.

“Of course. Tell me what you need.”

“The problem is, if I search for Lilian, I’ll trip every security measure they’ve got on the first basement level. I need you to create a diversion — enough to draw the guards’ attention away so I can get out clean.”

Kellan’s silence was heavy, thoughtful. “I can manage that. But Allison, you’ll still be in danger. What if we swap places?”

to act now and hit them hard, but I can’t do this without you

words carefully. “I see,” he finally said. “But you have

promise,” Allison assured him, though she knew deep down the risks she

later, she emerged

start now,”

Gordon responded, fingers flying across the keyboard as

the screens in the first basement’s lab flickered wildly, as if a virus had

mess, numbers

senior researchers were currently observing test subject 75 with Verruckt, leaving only a handful of junior staff to keep an eye on

eyes widened in disbelief. They blinked and rubbed their eyes,

vision problem, they immediately shouted, snapping everyone out of their tasks, “Alert! The system’s been

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