# Chapter 380: Evacuation and Reception
"Ah!"
A terrified scream spread.
The door to Vegapunk's Laboratory was opened, and the assistant who had been transporting experiment data for Vegapunk fell to the ground, staring in horror at the headless corpse inside the Laboratory.
As Vegapunk's assistant, he recognized it at a glance.
This corpse was indeed Vegapunk's; even the positions of the three moles near the neck on the back were exactly the same.
"What's going on?"
The scream attracted many researchers from the Passage, who rushed towards Vegapunk's Laboratory.
Undoubtedly, upon seeing that corpse, everyone was shocked.
Vegapunk was the backbone of the entire MADS research institute, the most capable Scientist in the entire institute, yet he had died so silently.
After recovering, the bodies of the researchers and Scientists trembled slightly, and a sense of fear rose within them.
They were all intelligent people, arguably the elite of various scientific fields in the entire World.
They knew this research institute was dangerous.
They couldn't stay any longer; they needed to escape quickly.
One by one, they turned around, returned to their own Laboratories and residences, and quickly packed their items and some important experiment data.
Those with connections quickly contacted the Factions behind them.
News of Vegapunk's Death quickly spread throughout the entire research institute.
All research missions had stopped.
The next thing to think about was how to escape.
"Have them take the data and leave the research institute.
Also, contact some other familiar Scientists and researchers."
"Tell them that someone is already waiting outside the research institute to receive them, and there are ships on the Island's East Coast to take them away.
Tell them to rest assured."
Hades gave orders to You Ming and also arranged for the Underworld Guards to be ready.
With the transfer ability of the Mirror-Mirror Fruit, the Kronos Kingdom could mobilize its strongest combatant strength in the shortest time.
With the intelligence advantage, the Kronos Kingdom, by reacting in advance, could undoubtedly take the biggest piece of the cake.
The entire MADS research institute currently had several hundred researchers.
It might not seem like a large number, but every single one was an elite.
"How could something like this happen?"
Judge, the Prince of the Germa Kingdom, couldn't believe that Vegapunk had died just like that, but his movements weren't slow at all.
He quickly organized stacks of data and put them into his bag.
He also rallied a group of researchers he was familiar with to escape together.
In the corridor of the research institute, Judge saw a familiar body, tall and thin, completely different from his future obese figure.
Judge quickly caught up and walked alongside Queen.
"Queen, do you want to join the Germa Kingdom?
I can take you out of here."
Queen was a Scientist even he gave recognition to, so Judge couldn't help but extend an olive branch.
Although the occurrence of this event was somewhat unexpected, Judge had started preparing a contingency plan very early on.
"Sorry, Judge, I have no intention of working for you.
Two years ago, I built a submarine.
You should worry about yourself."
Queen refused without hesitation, waving his hand and running outside with short strides.
Several assistants followed Queen.
The surveillance by various Factions on the MADS research team had been detected by these Genius Scientists very early on.
They had also prepared contingency plans and countermeasures in advance.
Even the Eternal Kingdom, which built the research institute, had lost control over the Laboratories of these Genius Scientists.
However, they didn't take any measures.
Because they knew the research progress of the Life Design Blueprint, they only needed to wait for the Life Design Blueprint to be researched and then seize the fruits of victory.
But what they didn't anticipate was that Hades would directly arrange for someone to kill Vegapunk.
This led to a series of changes.
In fact, even Vegapunk hadn't expected it.
He had long prepared to escape this Island and had prepared a large number of contingency plans.
Even if a Marine Admiral came, he was confident he could escape safely.
Both the inside and outside of the Laboratory were under his surveillance.
But how could he have imagined that someone like Ignis would have the ability to turn his body into nothingness, bypassing all the detection methods he had prepared in advance?
He also hadn't expected that someone would want to kill him.
This resulted in all the measures Vegapunk had prepared being useless.
Researchers rapidly evacuated, and the Great Powers watching the MADS research institute also discovered what was happening inside.
After all, there were already spies from various Factions planted among these researchers.
It could be said that when the news of Vegapunk's Death spread, the several hidden Factions all received the information and then began their operations.
There was no time to ponder why Vegapunk had died; the most important thing currently was to recruit more researchers.
The Kronos Kingdom's operation speed was the fastest.
A group of Scientists left the research institute and fled towards the Island's East Coast.
This group included those previously recruited by the Kronos Kingdom, those invited by various Scientists after Vegapunk's death, and those who didn't have a clear escape plan and were following the crowd.
This was a relatively large team.
The evacuation was not rushed, and they took away a lot of experiment data.
The Agents that various Factions had previously planted on the Island began their operations after receiving orders, contacting the researchers they had previously recruited.
They took as many as they could.
Especially the few top Scientists were the objects of plunder for the various Factions.
This was the primary mission.
As for the others, they could be plundered slowly afterwards.
The Kronos Kingdom, which had already taken the first step, didn't need to worry.
Owl, Hell's Commander-in-Chief, had been waiting in the Dense Forest in the Island's East.
Seeing the crowd arrive at the Dense Forest, he personally took action.
The strength of the Replacement Fruit enveloped all the Scientists and researchers who had escaped into the Dense Forest.
In an instant, everything before their eyes changed.
All the researchers were surprised to find that they had suddenly been transferred to the Shore.
And on the Shore, a ship without a flag was docked.
Before they could recover,
"Quickly board the ship."
Urging voices startled them awake.
Under the command of the Kronos Kingdom's Agents, they boarded the ships one by one.
Entering the Ship Cabin, the spacious Ship Cabin contained only a large mirror.
Miraculously, inside the mirror, they could see figures waving at them.
"Go in.
Pass through the mirror, and you'll reach a safe place.
Later, state your identity, name, and home address, and we will safely bring all your family over."
The man wearing a military uniform said in a gentle tone.
These were all talents valued by the Kingdom, and he didn't dare to speak too loudly.
Everything was perfectly arranged.
However, hearing that their family could safely reunite with them, these researchers also calmed down.
One after another, they entered the Mirror World.
However, the place they appeared was not the Mirror Corridor, but an independent Mirror World space, connected to two mirrors.
As long as they passed through the mirror inside, they would directly arrive at the Kronos Kingdom.
This included Scientists and researchers, totaling over a hundred talents, who were taken into the Kronos Kingdom's possession.
And this was just the beginning.
(end of chapter)