—There were indeed people in the morgue, and not just one or two.

Shi Jin put on his pollution mask again. Without asking for anyone to cover him, he shot through the door a few times. Then, using some incomprehensible judgment, he threw open the door, rolled inside, and stopped behind an empty morgue bed. Kicking it over, he crouched behind it and made several more shots at people hiding in the corners. 

Screams and groans reverberated in the room, then there was silence.

Click.

Shi Jin got up and turned on the light in the morgue. After the tear gas completely dissipated, he signaled for his companions still outside to come in, then went to check the state of the opponents.

There were six people in total; four were slightly injured, and two had passed out from their wounds. 

Shi Jin was silent, but his grip on the gun tightened. Although he had known the casualties were inevitable, he still felt uncomfortable.

Hurting and killing people was not a great experience.

Adjusting his mood, he asked two people to tie them up and dress their wounds. Leaving them to it, he started to search the morgue.

When the lanky man heard his order, his expression grew odd.

Taking care of the fallen enemies’ wounds was probably the strangest order he’d ever heard. Team Leader Shi was full of contradictions—his actions were as skilled and efficient as if he was a battle-seasoned veteran, yet at the same time, he showed a weird compassion that only a rookie would have. What a strange person.

Shi Jin didn’t notice the mood fluctuation of his temporary subordinates. He carefully observed the small morgue.

Lishui Hospital was an old hospital, which showed in the interior décor and fixtures. The morgue, with dim lights and pale, gloomy walls, was a mixture of old and new. The beds and freezers embedded in one wall were new, but some of the furniture and equipment had been clearly used for years.

There was nothing else in the room—no goods, and seemingly no place to hide them. However, since the Hydra members stayed here, they must’ve been protecting something.

Shi Jin studied the floor, then the walls. Finally, his gaze fell at the mortuary freezers.

Number 9 had been paying attention to Shi Jin’s movements. When he saw the teenager look at the cold chambers, a bad feeling appeared in his heart.

The next second, his hunch came true—Shi Jin suddenly walked towards the freezers, reached for one of the drawers, and pulled it out without hesitation.

An old man’s body was revealed. He would’ve died not long ago, because aside from his paleness, he looked as if he was just sleeping.

Number 9 couldn’t help taking a cold breath and turning his head away. He was ashamed of it, but he had a big weakness—despite successfully passing Gua Seven’s training, he couldn’t get rid of his fear of ghosts and corpses.

Shi Jin saw the body and froze, but he quickly got a grip. After apologizing to the old man, he closed the drawer and pulled the next, not affected in the least.

The lanky man thought he was going to suffocate. In his mind played an endless loop of a corpse suddenly sitting up!

But in reality, there was obviously no such thing as a moving corpse. Shi Jin smoothly opened one freezer after another, his expression calm and his movements steady. Finally, when he reached the last chamber, he was met with resistance—it was locked.

Shi Jin stopped. After pondering it, he chose to pull out his gun and shoot the lock, whether there was a body inside or not.

The lanky man: “…” 

Once the mission was over, he would go to the temple to burn incense.

After several shots, the lock broke. When Shi Jin pulled the drawer again, it moved, and not only it—the upper and lower drawers moved too. They all opened together, like a door, revealing an entrance which could easily accommodate a person.

There was a light coming from inside—there was a room behind it.

Number 9’s eyes widened with shock.

Shi Jin’s expression changed. He tackled the lanky man to the floor with a flying dive and rolled away with him, warning loudly, “Watch out! Get down!”

In this line of work, when somebody shouted “get down,” you got down. The other three instantly dropped to the ground.

Bang bang bang.

The sound of gunfire rang from the inside. Fortunately, Shi Jin warned them in time and no one got injured.

After confirming everyone was fine, Shi Jin let go of Number 9, sneaked to the side of the door and threw in a tear gas grenade, as usual. Signaling his companions to lay down the cover fire and suppress the enemy, he waited for the right moment, then nimbly crawled inside the hidden room.

That’s right, crawled. Shi Jin’s movements were agile and graceful, but they still couldn’t be called anything else.

The four people: “……” 

This seemed different from the training they received.

But all in all, Shi Jin smoothly entered the room.

It was large, filled with strange equipment and shelves with bottles and cans. It looked like a secret experimental research base.

Shi Jin was thrilled, knowing that he probably uncovered why Long Shi had hidden in Lishui Hospital. Taking a deep breath, he forced himself to calm down—now was not the time to be giddy. He used his hearing to distinguish the enemies’ positions, and approached the nearest one under the cover of the shelves. He hit the back of the man’s neck with his pistol’s grip, silently rendering him unconscious.

Not many people hid inside the secret room. With the help of Xiao Si’s hearing buff, Shi Jin easily took them down, then found the signal jammer and destroyed it, restoring connection with Gua Two.

{Why did I lose contact with you? Did something happen on your side?} Gua Two asked at once.

Shi Jin stood in the middle of this strange room, looking at the tied up people in white coats and the messy laboratory equipment on the tables. Unable to conceal his joy, he said, “There was a signal jammer in the morgue. Stop searching for the storeroom and send the people here—I’ve found Hydra’s secret laboratory. They seem to be developing new drugs.”

For a moment, Gua Two froze, shocked at the news, then his eyes lit up. He couldn’t help slamming his fist on the steering wheel. “I knew you could do it, kid! Wait, I’ll send someone to you right away. Gua Three secured Hydra’s headquarters and is on his way here. I’ll ask him to notify L country’s authorities.”