Edgar's voice made Carolana pause, and she impatiently replied, "If you have something to say, say it!"
"Heh heh," Edgar chuckled twice and pointed at Lin Yuan and Wang Xiaoxin. "For the next three days, they are not under your jurisdiction."
Logically, this was a rule established by the council, but Carolana directly confronted him. The 1.9-meter-tall leggy beauty now looked down at Edgar.
"What? I haven't had enough fun with them yet, and you want to snatch them? Don't you forget who gave you the CEO position of HSAC!"
Her words were aggressive, coupled with the pressure of her height. Carolana had truly exemplified arrogance at this moment.
But it had to be said that Edgar was indeed the CEO. He merely smiled faintly at the humiliation. "Anna, everything I have is given by the council, but you will never become the CEO, understand?"
He spoke with extreme confidence. To Lin Yuan's surprise, Carolana didn't retort. However, upon thinking about it, he understood.
After all, her father and uncle both held positions in the council. Promoting her to CEO of HSAC would essentially turn it into a family affair.
However, Lin Yuan found his father's desire to promote and cultivate her strange. Wouldn't that offend many people and be thankless? Logically, if he could think of this, shouldn't people in such high positions also realize it?
Unable to figure it out, Lin Yuan stopped thinking and focused on the immediate situation.
"Just keep showing off," Carolana retorted, then turned and instructed, "Anderson, you and Lina take these two. Don't let anyone damage my babies. I'm too fond of such fun toys to let them get hurt."
Carolana used "it," the third-person pronoun for animals and objects, not for people. She wanted Edgar to know that she only considered Lin Yuan and the others as toys.
"Heh heh, Miss Anna, these are all company property, not your private belongings!" Edgar replied with a smile.
Lin Yuan was almost nauseated by the fake smile of this foreigner. Did this guy only know how to smile like that?
"Take them away."
Before Lin Yuan could react, his arm was grabbed, and he was pushed forward. Wang Xiaoxin was also pushed. She offered a token resistance.
"Be quiet, little girl!"
"Hurry up! Yellow-skinned monkey!"
Lin Yuan glanced deeply at the person who said this, and then his face was slapped.
"Fu*k! What are you looking at?!"
After that, another slap.
"Did I say something wrong? Yellow-skinned monkey?!"
The person's strength was considerable. After two slaps, Lin Yuan's face was already swollen.
"Heh heh heh."
Lin Yuan and Wang Xiaoxin said nothing more, only smiled sinisterly.
On the way to the examination, Edgar's subordinates did not stop beating Lin Yuan. On the other hand, they did not lay hands on Wang Xiaoxin, but their verbal insults were equally sharp weapons.
Both of them knew this was Edgar's way of disgusting Carolana. They held all the humiliation in their hearts. It was a pity for Wang Xiaoxin; she really shouldn't have come.
Carolana watched, wanting to help but powerless. She had to maintain the persona she had established at HSAC.
Just as she said, in this company, no one was clean.
However, Lin Yuan was not just enduring the beating; his mind and eyes were secretly observing.
When they first entered, he had specifically paid attention to the outer entrance of this base. The buildings on the island's surface served more as decoration, while the interior only contained a lot of heavy weapons, essentially a collection of firepower bunkers with nothing truly useful.
They were now heading towards the center of the island, which was the true entrance to this base.
This entrance was buried deep within the mountain. It required walking through a long, winding tunnel. After quite a bit of meandering, they finally reached the main gate of the base, a silver-white alloy door.
Edgar maintained his smile and first underwent six layers of verification: password, fingerprint, iris scan, voiceprint, DNA test, and finally, facial dynamic recognition.
The alloy door opened, and Lin Yuan and the others were escorted further. As they passed through the door, Lin Yuan glanced at it. The thickness of the alloy door was at least half a meter. Furthermore, the internal structure was similar, with granite mountains serving as the outer protective shell and alloy as the inner protective shell. Unless a ground-penetrating mushroom bomb was used, it would be truly difficult to force entry.
Moreover, from the port to the mountain, Lin Yuan counted at least six signal jamming devices.
Not to mention other places.
Thinking of this, Lin Yuan felt a sense of worry. How would the investigation team get here?
He didn't want them to come and die in vain.
It all depended on what hidden technology the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology had up its sleeve.
He silently prayed to all the gods and Buddhas when he heard the people in front of him call to a halt.
"Take their clothes off!"
!!!
Damn it, I should have anticipated this.
Judging by their demeanor, it seemed they intended to strip them right here. What should be done?
It was fine for him, but the critical issue was Wang Xiaoxin.
What about her?
At this moment, Carolana took out a
Her facial expression shifted, her eyes becoming extremely dangerous. An experimental subject No. 3 that she couldn't control had lost its value.
Her finger, resting on the trigger, continuously caressed the gun's body. She was hesitating.
Should she kill him?!