Chapter 487: Finding the Headquarters of the GeneCipher Society
Sophia ignored them and focused on finishing up her work.
After developing the antidote, she bypassed the professors and headed straight to that cramped room.
The children had returned to their guarded, defensive state after she left.
Ever since these kids were brought here for experiments, they faced pain and torture every single day.
Several professors would even sneak over to take out their bad moods on them.
Like that Jake guy.
They still had bruises all over their bodies from the beatings.
When the door was pushed open from outside, they tensed up and stared nervously at the entrance.
Fortunately, it was Sophia, not those bad people!
Their expressions softened slightly, and a glimmer of light appeared in their eyes.
Noticing their emotional shift, Sophia felt her heart soften.
She walked in with the antidote and slowly crouched down beside them. "Drink these, and you won't feel so bad anymore."
Earlier, she had noticed the many bruises and needle marks on these children's arms.
Who would have thought they'd be so cruel to kids!
She guessed the children would be afraid of injections, so she specifically developed an oral antidote.
Of course, these antidotes weren't nearly enough.
To eliminate the toxins in their bodies, they'd need to take the antidote at least four or five more times.
But either way, as long as she could cure them, there was still hope.
Sophia handed the medicine bottle to Emilio and instructed, "Help me give it to them."
Emilio lowered his eyes, staring intently at the bottle in Sophia's hand.
A transparent glass bottle containing pale blue liquid, different in color from the red liquid Ivan had injected them with.
After a moment's hesitation, Emilio took the antidote.
He looked up at Sophia. "If we drink this... will we really get better?"
He didn't want to endure the pain of the poison acting up anymore.
That feeling was just too unbearable.
Before, when he lived in the orphanage, he thought that was painful—being abandoned by your parents was like being abandoned by the whole world.
Emilio had always felt he was someone the world had abandoned.
But later, after being brought here, he truly understood what it meant to be abandoned by the world.
Sometimes he even envied those children who had already died.
At least they were free.
Sophia was the only ray of light he could see in his pitch-black world.
Meeting his gaze, Sophia suddenly felt a wave of sadness, though she didn't know why.
She nodded firmly. "You will get better, definitely."
"Okay." Emilio didn't ask any more questions and turned to give the antidote to the other children.
Once all the children had taken the antidote, Sophia finally felt relieved.
When her mind cleared, she finally had time to think about other things.
It had been several hours since those two bodyguards left—why weren't they back yet?
Could something have happened?
She wondered if Benjamin had seen the desserts she ordered.
She hoped that this time, they could catch Lachlan and everyone in the GeneCipher Society in one sweep.
Though Sophia was starving, she wasn't anxious at all.
Because she believed that no matter what, Benjamin wouldn't give up looking for her.
All she could do was protect these children, herself, and the baby in her belly.
At the coffee shop near the airport.
The two bodyguards in black walked straight in and ordered two coffees.
They didn't stay in the coffee shop long. After getting their coffee, they walked out and returned to their car.
Benjamin took in all their movements, waiting quietly.
Soon, Harvest & Hearth called.
"Mr. White, the food is ready."
"Good. Someone will come pick it up shortly. Just wait." Benjamin hung up right after speaking.
Benjamin immediately called his people and had them disguise themselves as delivery workers to pick up the food from Harvest & Hearth.
After arranging everything, he continued watching the car ahead from his vehicle.
About half an hour later, the ordered food finally arrived at the coffee shop, and Benjamin's man called the number provided.
Someone answered quickly, but instead of coming to pick up the food, they told him to leave it at the coffee shop's front desk.
Following Benjamin's instructions not to alert them, his man immediately went into the coffee shop.
Benjamin's man deliberately parked the delivery vehicle in front of the GeneCipher Society's black car. Before getting in his car, he casually glanced inside their vehicle.
Before the GeneCipher Society people noticed, he quickly looked away.
Once he'd driven the car away, he immediately called Benjamin: "Mr. White, there are only two people in the car. Should be the ones we're looking for."
"Got it. Come back for now," Benjamin said calmly.
When the car ahead started moving, Benjamin told Chase, "Follow them."
He also started his own car, following at a moderate distance.
The GeneCipher Society people were very cautious, circling Silverlight City several times. Benjamin had his people switch cars multiple times while tracking them.
This time, the GeneCipher Society people didn't seem to notice they were being followed and continued driving.
As they approached the airport area again, Benjamin reminded everyone to be extra careful.
Last time he'd lost track of the GeneCipher Society people right around here.
That day, Lachlan had clearly come prepared, but today might be different.
After following for about half an hour, they finally saw the car ahead stop.
It was a private villa area with surveillance cameras all around.
Benjamin didn't dare get too close, worried about alerting the people inside.
But today's effort wasn't wasted—at least he'd confirmed Sophia's location.
It seemed this was the GeneCipher Society headquarters Lachlan had hidden for over a decade.
He needed to think of a good plan. He absolutely couldn't force his way in.
Having spent two years in the GeneCipher Society, he knew their defense system was extremely sophisticated.
If outsiders forced their way in, it would trigger various traps.
They didn't care about human life at all, so all the traps they set were lethal.
Just then, Chase called, asking, "Mr. White, what should we do now?"
Benjamin thought for a moment. "Go get Eldon and have him bring his computer."
Chase immediately agreed. "Okay, I'll call him right away."
After hanging up, Benjamin called Magnus and asked him to investigate who owned the villa.
When he heard the villa's address, Magnus paused.
Not hearing a response, Benjamin frowned. "What's wrong?"
"That villa's location... is where Lachlan's biological mother jumped to her death."
Benjamin immediately understood why Lachlan had made this the GeneCipher Society headquarters.
Madeline's death had always haunted him.
His identity as an illegitimate child had troubled him for most of his life.
So he chose to establish the GeneCipher Society headquarters where Madeline died.
Magnus stood up and headed out. "Wait there, I'm coming right over."
He was most familiar with that place.
Back then, Madeline's fall had caused him serious psychological trauma.
He'd visited that place several times afterward.
At the time, he didn't understand why Madeline jumped, and he even felt sorry about her death.