When Boss Wang and his team stepped into the fog, it seemed they had entered another world altogether.
The electronics seemed to have all been invalidated, even the watch on their hands seemed to have stopped functioning. Taking out some massive pipes, lighting a fire, and using the only basic means. On the front, two soldiers were holding pistols, and on the other hand, a fire torch made from long pipes.
They could barely observe the area they were walking on, and in this way even though they covered a large distance it was not easy to tell. But Boss Wang seemed to be holding onto some green stone, and it had some light on it, he seemed to be using it as some detector for something.
He was not panicked this whole time, as though this situation was something that he had already experienced before.
"Boss Wang! It seems that the other groups that entered are either going another direction or something happened." The captain seemed to be the closest to Wang. His observation was indeed what everyone else could see, after all, they had just come after another group.
It was weird that they did not seem to find their traces, in the end, no one said anything about it, but they were more or less curious about it. Listening to the words of the Captain, Boss Wang that had some experience did not even change his tone and just said slowly, "We entered the same spot, but have landed in different places. This is common in such places, you have to watch out because we might end up running into them the further we go."
What he had said was not even the truth, he had no idea what happened, but at least he knew the direction to go, and since they had no other way, they could only go forward. He was not going to spread panic for no reason.
His life depended on the outcome of the experiments and the most important aspect of his mission seemed to be in this place. Regardless of the outcome, he could not retreat, since going out without what was needed, was just postponing the inevitable.
In the end, he had already thrown the issue of escaping this place out of his mind. In the eyes of others, this man was rich and living the dream as he could travel with helicopters. At the end of the day, he was just among those that handled some issues for others but his life is on the line if he fails to meet certain requirements.
Walking forward, he was slightly relieved, as he realized that the stone in his hand was becoming brighter by the second. This was an indication that what he was looking for was probably within reach.
"Lets hurry up. The target of our operation is almost in sight." He could not help himself and even said this. One could imagine how excited he was, but those that where following him seemed to feel some kind of relief, since those words at least meant that the mysterious Boss Wang seemed to know his way around this place.
Even though the group was willing to take risks, it did not mean that they had disregard for their lives. In a situation that allows them a chance they will obviously be happy with it.
In the same way, more groups seemed to keep appearing and entering the fog, but this was not the concern of Boss Wang's group. In the next half an hour, he could see that the stone in hand had become even brighter and the surroundings seemed to also start to change.
Massive black rocks seemed to come into their line of sight, just seeing them made them somewhat relax, and the pressure that was weighing heavily on them seemed to have reduced slightly.
But even so, the strange environment seemed more eerie and gave off that vibe of some ghost town. Seeing the situation before them, both Boss Wang and the captain seemed to be excited, it was obviously not the first time for them to witness this scene.
Boss Wang did not hurry to search around the place since the rock in hand was already showing he had reached the destination. The group set up camp in the same spot. Two people from the team removed their bags and started to make some kind of isolated tent. One would think that a quarantine was being conducted, but the set up was fast. This was obviously one of the means that have created to deal with similar environments.
When the tent was completed, the soldiers where left outside guarding while the captain and Boss Wang entered the tent. Within the tent, they could indeed breathe without using the hazmat suits.
"Boss Wang! I guess you decided to stop in this place with a purpose right?" Captain Wei was not an idiot and could almost guess somethings.
"Captain Wei is indeed right. We have set up camp in this place, and the rest of the soldiers should be left in this place to maintain this as out territory. The others can come with us to explore, and we need to come up with some means to leave some clues on the way to return." Boss Wang shared his opinions on how they should handle the operation.
With his knowledge, he was sure that what he was interested in collecting as material would have no real value to the soldiers, more importantly, it was even impossible for them to move them without having some special containers.
This trip was almost successful, he did not let his gourd down, and thus decided to leave some people on gourd at the tent they had established. The reason for doing this was actually simple, he was very much aware of the dangers and thought it best to minimize the numbers of people following him.
This was done with many reasons, but the most important aspect was that it would make it easier to manage a small group in dangerous situations than large numbers.
"Boss Wang! I indeed do not have any problem with your plans, but how many people should we take with us?" Captain Wei still had volunteered to go ahead with shocked Wang slightly.
"What is with that look? Do you think that this old man is afraid for his life? So what if that is the case, the soldiers under my command have been comrades for a long time, it is only right for me to risk my life alongside them!" Captain Wei was among those people that could see some things clearly. He was someone that others envied for the position he held in the military but in the end he also had people above him that issued orders.
He could only go along with their requests and what he could do was to try minimize the losses towards those that he was close with. He could see the same type of situation on Boss Wang, and it was also the reason he was willing to get close to him. From his experience, visiting such dangerous places for any team was more or less a death encounter. It was already not the first or second time that Boss Wang had ventured in this kind of place.
This alone can show a lot of things with the most important aspect being that his life is almost always on the line. He could even see that when they reached this place, he had no feeling of fear in his eyes, this was not because he was someone that liked to court death, rather it was indeed actual indifference to it.
He was right in his assessment, someone like Boss Wang did not have a choice but to produce results and the failure to accomplish some objectives was going to result in the same consequences.
Without proving one's worth, those that work directly under the most powerful individuals in the world are aware of the consequences. Not just him, even those other lab supervisors that had come to this place from other countries had the same fate.
When power reached to a certain stage, things like money and the law become inconsequential, they are decided by some people. As for the other foreign countries that pretend to be democratic, it would be interesting to say that democracy is decided by a select.
Those select either have control of the political parties or decide what policies to pass. In some times they even end up pushing some agendas just to pass time, the actions are not done with any care of their consequences. When it comes to research and weapon technology, it is even more shocking as the most powerful clans and families have their own control on the most advanced versions.
The thing that can bother such groups of people is actually very simple, life extension. Yes! This is a very common problem for the rich, in the case of this group of people, researching in means to extend their lives is a big deal.
Boss Wang is currently working for such a group of people, and he is indeed far from accomplishing this, and not only him. The other countries too, but the experiments with human subjects still produces some results, even though not perfect.