Chapter 1412 - 1411: Searching

"Confirm something?!"

Hearing the Controller's words, Ludwig spoke up in confusion at this very moment. Looking at the Controller before him, whose eyes carried a faint, urgent edge, he asked, "Confirm what?"

From the look in the Controller's eyes, Ludwig caught a trace of panic, and he felt utterly shocked. He hadn't expected that the usually unshakably composed Controller would show such loss of composure now, even a hint of anxious fluster in his request.

Clearly, the Controller must have thought of something, which was why he looked so rattled!

"Do you still remember, before Lu Wentian and his wife left, they made only one set of special Battle Armor for the organization?"

As he spoke, a hint of worry surfaced in the Controller's eyes. Staring at Ludwig in front of him, there was a tinge of reminiscence in his tone.

"You mean that Battle Armor that could violate the laws of physics?!"

After hearing the Controller's words, Ludwig spoke up. "Wasn't that suit already missing?!"

But as he said this, his voice stopped abruptly. He stared at the Controller before him and asked, "You're saying that set of Battle Armor is in that room?!"

Ludwig reacted in an instant as he spoke.

"That's right!"

Hearing Ludwig's words, the Controller replied coldly, "When Lu Wentian and his wife left, I personally sent them off. They didn't take anything with them, so I'm certain that the new type of Battle Armor they developed is definitely in that room."

The Controller was clearly recalling something. As he spoke, his gaze was heavy and stern, obviously taking this matter extremely seriously!

"Understood!"

Hearing the Controller's words, Ludwig spoke coldly at this moment. "In that case, let's go there and take a look right now, and at the same time search for Lu Yu's whereabouts!"

As he spoke, Ludwig's voice carried a sharp, chilling hint of a smile. At a glance, he gave off an extraordinarily imposing air!

"In that case!"

The Controller gave a cold nod and said in an icy tone, "Then let's move out now!"

As he spoke, the Controller suddenly grabbed Ludwig's clothes, and in the next instant, he exerted force and vanished from where he stood.

The Controller's figure was lightning fast; carrying Ludwig was like carrying a baby chick as he sped toward the room where Lu Yu had been confined!

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"Looks like he really is dead, through and through…"

Staring at Magnetic Thunder's corpse lying on the ground, Lu Yu spoke in a low voice, his tone deep, carrying a hint of steadiness.

"Now I can move on to the next step of the plan."

As he spoke, Lu Yu slowly bent down and placed his fingers on Magnetic Thunder's neck. Only after confirming that Magnetic Thunder no longer had a heartbeat did he finally relax.

"Next…"

Looking at Magnetic Thunder's lifeless body before him, Lu Yu spoke in a low, heavy tone.

Thump, thump, thump!

Just as Lu Yu was still thinking, in the next instant, a series—a dense string—of footsteps suddenly rang out.

The footsteps came from far to near, the sound extremely clear, and each step was very heavy. Clearly, someone was charging toward this place with great force!

"Someone's coming!"

Thinking of this, Lu Yu's heart gave a hard thump. In an instant, his gaze fell on the ventilation duct to the side, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.

In Naihe Island's underground space, the corridors were extremely simple and straightforward, offering practically no place for anyone to hide. Right now, aside from this ventilation duct, there really was no other spot where Lu Yu could conceal himself!

With that thought, Lu Yu's legs suddenly tensed, and his body leapt up, vaulting straight toward the ventilation duct.

"Hm?!"

At the moment he jumped, Lu Yu let out a soft sound of surprise. He felt that there was almost no resistance across his entire body, hardly any resistance from the air at all!

Not only that, Lu Yu's sense of suspension in the air had also improved greatly compared to before!

Because of gravity and air resistance, when a person jumps, they always land quickly. Even a rigorously trained athlete has a very short airtime, landing in just the blink of an eye.

But Lu Yu was different. The moment he leapt, his time suspended in the air increased significantly. His hang time now was a good fraction of a second longer than that of an ordinary person!

In that brief moment suspended in midair, Lu Yu didn't hesitate at all. His hands moved like lightning as he tore off the outer panel of the ventilation duct, and the instant his hands clamped onto the edge, he heaved himself up with a sudden burst of force and slipped quickly into the duct.

Right as he slipped into the ventilation duct, Lu Yu immediately fixed the outer panel back into place. From the outside, there wasn't the slightest sign of anything amiss.

Sand!

The moment Lu Yu entered the duct, a faint sound rang out!

Hearing this sound, all the muscles in Lu Yu's body rippled slightly. In the blink of an eye, he lowered all his vital signs to an extreme level; without special instruments, it would be nearly impossible to detect his presence!

Just as Lu Yu brought his vital signs down to the lowest point, the Controller and Ludwig appeared in the exact spot where Lu Yu had just been.

"The Controller?!"

Through the gap at the edge of the ventilation panel, Lu Yu quietly observed everything happening outside. When he saw the Controller, his heart was filled with shock.

"Why did he come here?!"

Seeing the scene before him, Lu Yu's eyes were full of surprise. He had never imagined that the Controller would show up in front of him this time!

"Fine. Since he's here, I'll just see what exactly they came here for!"

"Could it be… they came here to look for me?!"

As he muttered inwardly, Lu Yu's heart was heavy. Right now he was like a lone wolf lurking in the shadows, quietly watching the Controller and Ludwig's every move, his whole demeanor calm and still.

What he wanted now was to see exactly what the Controller intended to do here!