Chapter 167: Mechanical Lock (1/2)

Chapter 167 - Mechanical Lock

TL: xDh20, LifeisaJourney

ED: Oz

Liu Gan and Yin He lead their respective groups back to the main building to regroup with Zhang ShengLi. On their end, they found no clues. Zhang ShengLi was very excited to report back to Liu Gan with a good message. What Zhang ShengLi had found was that in between the stairway from the first floor to the second floor there was a storage room. When he looked closely, he discovered a door that lead underground.

The door was hidden beneath a wooden cabinet. After shifting away the cabinet, the trap door beneath the cabinet opened up to a passage. After opening it, a locked round alloy door came into view. There was no passage through unless the door lock had been dismantled.

This round alloy door didn’t have San Xing Corporation’s logo emblazoned onto it. It was different from the vault door he had seen in the basement level 2 of the Biochemical Intelligence Research Center. It seemed like this door lock was not electrically controlled and could only be opened by a special set of keys.

Zhao Meng made his way up front and started getting busy with his set of self-created keys. After a few minutes of frustration, he was depressed and had to give up.

“This door lock installation is of a type that I’ve never seen before. It definitely requires a specific key to open. With just my technique, I can’t… open it.” Zhao Meng said to Liu Gan with embarrassment. Zhao Meng could tell whether the door could be opened or not merely from giving it a quick test. If it was capable of being unlocked unconventionally, then it would be based on how long it took, but if it couldn’t be opened, then it would remain locked regardless of how long he tried.

“Really? You can’t open it? Do you need more time to try it?” Liu Gan wasn’t satisfied with Zhao Meng’s performance.

“If it was capable of opening, then I would know just by trying it.” Zhao Meng replied to Liu Gan.

After seeing that Zhao Meng, the locksmith, was unable to open it, Liu Gan resorted to forcing it open. After a long time had passed, Liu Gan also gave up on his attempt.

The composition of the ground comprised reinforced steel and concrete, as confirmed by the sound that ensued when it was struck. Beyond the round alloy door was a steep drop like the entrance of a well. Most importantly, the walls of this well were still a mix of reinforced steel and concrete. Therefore, breaking through the area around the door itself was not possible. The only potential way to enter this door was by relying on the original key.

So this time, they began immediately searching for the key and spread out into their three groups. Aside from searching through the buildings, they had to comb through every corpse. As long as the shape was remotely key-like in shape, it was to be brought back to Liu Gan.

“It’s already past midnight. Must we torment ourselves? This island isn’t safe. I feel we should leave this island. Let’s board back onto the yacht - that should be safer, and in the process, we should load all of our food rations back onto it too!” Zhou MingLiang couldn’t hold it in any longer.

“Yes, I agree! Something happened to Zhou JingJing already, so it is hard to predict who is next. Who is to say that someone won’t die next time. So let’s leave before anything happens to our brains. We should all go on board the yacht and leave this island!” Some other team mates chimed in.