Chapter 427 The Explosion

Ashton had drunk too much and was already asleep. Still, he immediately sprung up from bed when he got word about the fire in the employee dormitory. "A fire? In the dormitory? How did it happen?

"Hurry up and fucking put it out! Stop it before it gets to the laboratory! Gather everyone to extinguish it. If you can't, make sure it won't spread. Nothing must happen to the laboratory!"

Ashton wore his slippers and dashed out of the room without wearing his clothes.

Thick smoke was billowing from the direction of the dormitory. The sky was tinged red and black. The fire had apparently reached the laboratory.

Cold sweat broke out all over Ashton. Pointing at the fire, he urged anxiously, "Quick, quick! Get everyone to help put it out!"

How was he to collaborate with Walter if the laboratory was burned down?

If Walter canceled the collaboration, how would he get the necessary weapons to turn the tables? He didn't want to be under a woman's thumb for the rest of his life.

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