Mermaid Effect 《人鱼效应》 Chinese BL Translation by: 黑猫白袜子

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Washington—

Deep White Biotechnology Headquarters

9:00 am US Eastern Standard Time

Carolyn walked in her high heels from the hallway on the top floor of the building and made a beeline for Vincent's office. The heavy air and the bright red soles of her shoes made her look like she had just walked through a pool of blood. The blonde woman did her best to maintain a calm facade, but the sounds of her heels as they clacked against the glossy marble floor still caught the attention of the two bodyguards standing at the door. Carolyn could feel their eyes stopping over on her body.

She showed a perfunctory fake smile at them and pushed the office door straight open without knocking.

Vincent was lying down on a black geometric sofa— the video conference with the Defense Department has just ended, he managed to trivialize this accident and seemed to have successfully skimped over it. Even after he accomplished everything, right now, he just looks like a ghost.

Hearing the sound of Carolyn's footsteps, he kept his eyes closed and opened his mouth to talk.

"So what other bad news do you have to give me?"

Carolyn stood by the sofa and fixed her eyes on Vincent's colorless cheeks, finding that she even felt hesitant, unable to bring herself to speak.

"Vincent..."

"Say it."

"The special forces have no way to approach the laboratory. Ten kilometers is the limit they can reach. The defense equipment we provided them with are very weak towards intercepting the infrasound waves. In addition, all of the delivery equipment and weapons have had malfunctions. Furthermore, there are casualties among the personnel appearing in this operation..." Carolyn lowered her head and spoke at lightning speed, she felt as if her heart was being tightly squeezed by an incorporeal hand, she couldn't even breathe. "This is an orange... No, a red-level accident, we can't keep it in the dark, Vincent, if we continue on like this, things will completely go out of our control. We have seen the data of those experimental bodies, they are so, so... ...smart, and not only smart but they also have that sickening ability. Once they escape, humans will be their most likely target in retaliation. Many people will die, I can say for sure that many, many people will die."

Carolyn painfully finished speaking these words, her eyes soon met with Vincent's.

His red eyes were set in on his bloodless face, flashing from white to blue. It was simply like a White Walker had crawled out of a horror novel.

(TN: AKA Others, White Shadows, and Cold Gods. They're from Game of Thrones?)

Carolyn felt cold air ghosting on her back, not because of other things, but because there was not a single bit of emotion in Vincent's eyes.

"Once the government intervenes, the company will undoubtedly lose all control of the Siren Project," Vincent slowly sat up from the sofa. He stretched his fingers out towards Carolyn, the latter being looking as if she had been caught in a nightmare, painfully slowly moved to sit next to Vincent.

Vincent reached out and pinched Carolyn's chin, forcing her to look right at his face, looking at each other without the slightest possibility of escaping.

"Both of us know what the problem is with the thing that escaped. It is highly likely that it will try to find Rand. I must totally and completely control the entire Siren Project. Only then can I fully guarantee Rand's safety. I must protect him, you know."

Carolyn's body faintly trembled, and she clearly knew that this abnormally frightful man before her eyes was completely different from the one she knew and dearly loved. He had once again been dragged back to the past and those hellish memories gave birth to the demon underneath Vincent's skin. There is not a single trace of proper human nature in this demon's world.