Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 60: The Potion Acquired, the Missing Guard

Lorraine and Platinum left the landing craft and stood on the shore, discussing their next move.

"Should we interrogate the remaining men and deal with the warehouse first, or head straight to the medical center?"

"Go to the medical center first and get the occupational medication back."

Lorraine was ready to get straight to the point, since the supplies in the warehouse weren't going anywhere.

Besides, Ouyang Nian is still resting. When she wakes up, there will be more people to help when dealing with this warehouse.

"Who should stay here and keep an eye on these prisoners?"

"Xuan Tie and Roy, they're the ones who would be best suited to meet us outside."

Finally, Lorraine and Platinum, along with Tengu, Diting, and Qiexue, walked to the medical center across the street from the camp.

Before setting off, Lorraine had Cleveland control a reconnaissance drone to survey the surrounding area.

[Commander, the surrounding area is safe. You may proceed.]

Upon receiving the message, Lorraine called Platinum, and together with three mechanical dogs, they crossed the road and jogged all the way to the medical center.

Following the route scouted by the drone, the two passed through the dilapidated hall and quickly arrived at the pharmacy.

"Platinum, let's test your permissions first."

Lorraine's successor status was obtained after the apocalypse, following an assessment by the institute's AI administrator.

Moreover, the intelligence system did not indicate that this was a research institute, so there was a possibility that his authority would not be sufficient to open the door.

Platinum took out her name tag and approached the reader next to the door.

"High-privilege user detected, granted access."

A message popped up on the reader's small screen. Then, with a mechanical sound, the door slowly opened.

Di Ting and Qie Xue ran to the front, Bai Jin picked up his shield and followed closely behind, Lorraine followed behind Bai Jin, and Tian Gou was responsible for bringing up the rear.

The two people and three dogs passed through the shelves displaying medicines and went down the dimly lit stairwell.

The emergency lights in the stairwell emitted a faint glow, and the clear sound of footsteps echoed in the empty stairwell.

'This place is deep enough.'

Lorraine was curious as to why such an underground space was to be built by the river, since construction in such a place would be quite difficult.

"arrive."

Lorraine was just wondering how deep this place would be when she found herself at the bottom.

Platinum pushed open the door and saw the lights in the corridor lighting up one by one, from near to far.

The pristine white corridor suggests that this is a place related to medicine.

Lorraine and Platinum stood at the entrance, walking along the pristine white path until they came to a fork in the road, unsure which way to go first.

"Parking lot, lab, warehouse, which to go first?"

Lorraine opened the intelligence system to check the location of the professional potion, and saw two arrows pointing to the warehouse and the parking lot respectively.

"Let's go to the storeroom first, and see if there are any usable medicines left."

Lorraine and Platinum walked towards the warehouse through the passage on the left.

They successfully unlocked the gate again, thanks to the Platinum access card.

The door slowly opened, and a blast of cool air wafted out. Lorraine and Platinum exchanged a glance, preparing to rush in and out.

The main gate faces various medicines that do not require refrigeration. An arrow from the intelligence system points deep into the warehouse.

"The indoor temperature is 24 degrees Celsius."

Platinum glanced at the data reported by the sensors on the machine.

"I'll go inside. See if there's anything we need in the refrigerator. I already sent you the list."

After saying that, Lorraine walked deeper into the warehouse.

Bai Jin, meanwhile, was searching for medicine.

The professional medicines were stored in the deepest part of the warehouse, in two huge portable safes.

Lorraine carried the two boxes to Platinum's side.

"The bad news is, none of them are usable; they've all expired."

Lorraine had no choice but to leave the warehouse carrying the two boxes.

"Commander, give me one of these two boxes."

Platinum watched as Lorraine gestured towards the Tengu's storage basket, then reached out and took one of the baskets.

Platinum tucked the shield behind his back, freeing up one hand to be able to draw his weapon at any time.

"Commander, shall we proceed to the lab next?"

"Okay, let's go take a look."

The two, carrying suitcases and escorted by mechanical dogs, arrived at the laboratory entrance.

"Beep, authentication failed."

Even with Platinum-level privileges, the door couldn't be unlocked.

"I'll give it a try."

Lorraine affixed her name tag.

"Beep, authentication failed."

"?"

The two looked at each other, clearly there was some secret hidden here.

"Let's ask Ms. Lin when she wakes up."

"That's all we can do."

Lorraine shrugged and returned with Platinum to the intersection they had just crossed, turning towards the parking lot.

As soon as he entered the parking lot, Platinum keenly observed the two trucks parked in the corner.

"What's wrong?"

Guided by the intelligence system, Lorraine also saw the two trucks parked in the corner, but he didn't understand why Platinum had pulled out a shield.

"Those two trucks are specifically designed for special transport missions and should be accompanied by armored vehicles."

Platinum encountered a series of unusual situations over the past two days, and was put on high alert by the situation before him.

"As long as the special transport vehicles have not returned to the troop's base, the armored vehicles should be parked together with the transport vehicles."

"Commander, please return to the passage first. Tengu and Kheshig, prepare for battle. Diting, please go and scout."

Lorraine placed the two portable safes back into the passageway, then raised his shotgun, loaded with buckshot, to remain on guard.

Platinum, along with Tengu and Kheshig, formed a triangular formation, with Platinum holding a shield in front and Tengu and Kheshig positioned diagonally behind him.

Di Ting scouted 50 meters in front of Bai Jin.

"Everything is normal."

The straight-line distance from the parking lot entrance to where the two trucks were parked is approximately 200 meters.

After navigating around several rows of cars, Platinum arrived in front of the two trucks.

Bai Jin and Qie Xue circled the vehicle for a long time but still found nothing unusual. However, they did find the marks left by the armored vehicle when it moved.

"Commander, everything is normal, you can come over."

Lorraine slung the shotgun over his shoulder and carried the two boxes over.

"What's going on?"

"The armored vehicle left for some reason, but only one of the two trucks was fully loaded with cargo; the other only had a suitcase inside."

Lorraine scratched his head as he listened to Platinum's explanation.

"The suitcase should belong to Ms. Lin Shu; she should know what's inside."

Lorraine stared into thought at the marks left by the armored vehicle.

"What information can you glean from these markings?"

"It should be two wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, which can travel 800 kilometers on paved roads at a speed of 90 kilometers per hour when fully loaded."

Lorraine pulled out a data panel and checked the distance between the medical center and the farm.

"I suspect these two infantry fighting vehicles were used to take Ms. Lin away from here."