From the end of the world

Chapter 185 The Doctor's Chamber 1
When Chen Long died, the stronghold would shake, and even space would become blurry - it sounded like Chen Long was the pillar of this independent reality. If the pillar collapsed, the stronghold would naturally be on the verge of destruction.

But if Chen Long is the pillar, then it is hard to explain why he could temporarily leave this base and kidnap Chang An. No, maybe the problem lies in the words I used. The term "pillar" is easy to confuse people. Maybe even if he is the foundation of this independent reality, it will not affect his going to the real world.

Of course, there is a second possibility. Perhaps Chen Long is just an ordinary "dreamer", and when the demon hunters in the past killed him, the number of people they killed was just enough to shake the dream.

That's why the girl Lu Chan said that this method is "kill everyone" instead of just "kill Chen Long".

"…But, there must be a hurdle that cannot be circumvented with this method." I reacted quickly.

"That's right..." sighed the young girl Lu Chan. "If the earthquake and blurring of this base had continued for a certain period of time, I believe this place would have collapsed. It's a pity that Doctor Silver Mask later restored everything to its original state with his power of restart."

The advantage of this method is that you don't need to kill Dr. Silver Mask to destroy the base, but the disadvantage is that Dr. Silver Mask will definitely not sit idly by and watch the base being destroyed. In the final analysis, you still have to kill Dr. Silver Mask, who no one can kill.

And now there is a second hurdle, which is Chen Long himself.

The reason why Chen Long was so easy to kill at that time was because he was only at the mature level. But now, he has not only entered the great perfection level, but also mastered the "portal armor", becoming the second "invincible person" after Doctor Silver Mask.

These two mountains are the Wall of Sighs that the experimental subjects trapped inside this stronghold are destined to have to cross.

"I have another question... Zhuang Cheng, can you kill all the researchers here?" the girl Lu Chan asked, "Can you be so cruel?"

This is a question I have never thought deeply about, but after thinking about it, I said without hesitation: "Yes."

"That's good. They are all enemies and sinners who deserve to die. No matter how many compelling reasons they have, they are now standing on the position that they should not complain if they are killed a hundred times, so you should not show mercy." She said, "However, their wisdom is still useful for the future of ordinary people. So if you don't kill them, you can still destroy this stronghold. I hope you can spare their lives... Okay?"

It’s not because “they are forced to do so”, but because “they are useful”.

Perhaps this is something Lu Youxun would never say. He would definitely say that he would kill all the researchers here.

Although the young girl Lu Chan symbolizes the "dream of becoming a hero", she does not seem to shy away from killing all the enemies... or is this also a necessary quality to become a hero?

I said again, “Okay.”

"Thank you," she said.

We finally sneaked to the door of the supervisor's office.

From the outside, the supervisor's room is no different from those ordinary cells. The entrance is just an iron door on the side of the corridor. And because of cognitive distortion, I can't see the doorplate of the supervisor's room now. I just locked the target based on my memory of the route to the old base of the Humanitarian Department. Fortunately, the girl Lu Chan was next to me. With her normal vision, she recognized that this was our target location.

Even though we arrived at the destination, neither the girl Lu Chan nor I acted rashly.

The supervisor's room was also shrouded in anti-reconnaissance power, and perception could not enter naturally. If it was forced to penetrate, it would probably cause chaos.

We don't know whether Doctor Silver Mask is inside the supervisor's office right now. If we run into him right after opening the door, we will only be defeated.

If we can't kill the Silver Mask Doctor, we will be killed by Chen Long who will come later. It doesn't matter if I am eliminated, I will be resurrected in the Luoshan Office outside; if the girl Lu Chan dies, I can only wait for the next restart. Without the girl Lu Chan, Lu Youxun outside can't help me teleport here again through divination.

In addition, I cannot leave the "fireflies" here first and then teleport myself here. This is because the "fireflies" here are summoned by the Outer Path Impermanence Sword as a relay. If I am destroyed here, the Outer Path Impermanence Sword will not automatically follow me back; and once the connection with the Outer Path Impermanence Sword is lost, the "fireflies" here will automatically disappear.

As for using my own power to leave behind a "firefly"... According to my feeling, as long as it involves the step of "using my own superpowers", even if it is just leaving behind a "firefly" or a small piece of heat, I will be forcibly logged out after a maximum of a few dozen seconds along with the remaining power.

I wonder if if I cut off my hand and leave it here, it can serve as a mark to allow me to teleport back later. After all, my body parts can also be considered flames... No, cutting off my hand might be a bit radical, leaving some hair or body fluids should be able to produce the same effect... While thinking about this question, I put my ear against the iron door.

The girl Lu Chan asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"

"Listen and see if there's anyone in the supervisor's office," I said.

"You can actually hear it? Even Chen Long can't hear anything coming from most of the rooms in this base..." she said in surprise.

"How do you know that Chen Long can't hear?" I wondered. "This was the basis for my plan to escape the prison. His 'comprehensive enhancement', with concentrated hearing enhancement, is probably enough to hear conversations anywhere in the city, not to mention the communication inside this base. He could have heard our previous conversations." She said, "It's just that because the walls of this base are full of anti-detection mechanisms, even his hearing would be hindered, so he didn't rush over to catch us immediately. And your distorted cognition can actually bypass this obstacle, it's simply cheating."

"Thanks for the compliment."

While speaking, I used the Outer Path Impermanence Sword to briefly enhance my hearing.

I immediately grasped the movements inside the supervisor's room, and I would not let go of any possible human heartbeat inside.

The heart of Dr. Silver Mask is a fragment of the divine seal, so he probably doesn't have a heartbeat, but as long as he breathes and even has blood flowing, I can hear it at this moment. To put it in an extreme way, even if he doesn't have the above physiological changes, as long as he is still a living being, he will always make some movement sounds.

At this moment, I didn't hear any such sounds, and the supervisor's office was empty.

"Safety."

I took out the iron key. The key to the supervisor's office is probably different from the key to an ordinary cell, but I have no control over that kind of thing, so I just opened it.

But in the end, I thought about it and decided to take this opportunity to make another attempt.

I used the Sword of Impermanence as a "staff" to summon out flames, shaped it into the same shape as the iron key, then poked it into the keyhole and turned it gently.

The door lock opened smoothly.

It seems that this method also works.

"Can the key formed by flames also be used to open the door..."

Seeing this scene, the girl Lu Chan pondered for a moment, as if she had some other ideas.

We entered the supervisor's room. Unlike the cells filled with torture instruments, this one looked like an abandoned, dirty office. Dozens of old TVs were hung on one wall. Each TV was playing black and white pictures. Looking closely, the content was what was happening in various places inside the base. Some showed guards patrolling in the corridors, some showed researchers torturing experimental subjects in the cells, and some were just showing empty spaces.

The young girl Lu Chan watched part of the images on the TV, clenched her fists tightly, but said nothing.

Considering the fact that all the demon hunters here were equivalent to dead people, those scenes looked like the reenactment of death in a supernatural event. Even if they really rushed over to rescue them, it would be useless. Only by destroying this base as soon as possible could they be truly freed.

I tried to see if I could transfer my power to the images on the TV, just like I had used Lu Youxun's divination vision to teleport myself to this base, but the result was "no".

I can probably figure out the reason. It's not that my superpowers don't allow me to do this, it's actually my own problem.

There is no essential difference in logic between "transmitting power through the monitor screen" and "transmitting power through the hallucination screen", but the former is logical and rational, but not in line with my experience and intuition as a human being. The emergence of electronic monitors is too short for the evolution of human beings, and humans have not yet evolved the consciousness and instinct to match them. Although I am a "fire element life", I am still in the human category at the level of consciousness and instinct.

The visual information transmitted by Lu Youxun is direct perceptual information that transcends language and is consistent with my experience and intuition, so it can become the basis for my transmission.

I carefully looked for Chang'an on those TV sets, but I couldn't find him anywhere.

Is Chang'an not here? Or is he hidden somewhere more hidden? I looked around the rest of the supervisor's office, trying to find another clue.

Then my eyes stopped at one place.

"That is……"

Hearing my voice, the young girl Lu Chan let out a breath, followed my gaze, and then said, "That is the computer that Doctor Silver Mask uses to store secret research data. You need to enter an extremely complex password to read it. I have thought about checking it out before, but the password stopped me."

computer?
But in my eyes, it was clearly a row of bookshelves filled with folders.

(End of this chapter)