She is not an investigator.

Immediately afterward, under the curious gazes of the crowd, the metal sphere instantly transformed into a liquid-like substance, rapidly seeping into the keyhole of the steel door.

With a crisp sound, the steel door in front of her was easily opened, and the metal ball returned to its original shape, flying back into Vicatina's hand and becoming motionless.

"It opened just like that? It's simpler than I thought. Why not open the others too?"

Simia pushed open the steel door and looked curiously at Vicatina.

The latter simply poked the motionless metal ball in his hand and shook his head helplessly.

"It's out of energy, let it rest for a bit."

"It uses so much electricity."

Although they only opened one door, they were still able to obtain a lot of information from it, which is a good thing.

The door that was opened didn't have any specific information written on it, only a strange number.

Composed of numbers and letters, its meaning appears unclear.

Staying at the door won't reveal anything, so everyone has to go inside and take a look no matter what.

"Everyone, let's be as careful as possible. We can't be sure if there will be any danger here."

Felina's concerns were not unfounded, after all, this place had been completely sealed off before, and no one knew what was inside.

Rushing forward in a bubbly manner will only make it easier for unexpected events to occur.

“Alright, we’ll split into two groups. Me, Anfer, and Simia will go first. If there’s any danger, we can react immediately. Vicatina, Felina, Millie, and Mirror Demon, you guys will go last.”

This distribution allows them to concentrate their combat power on those who are most likely to be in danger first, while Millie can also protect those with slightly weaker combat power, such as Mirror Demon and Vicatina.

The crowd took it for granted that it was meaningless, and following this formation, they slowly entered the gate.

There was a very long corridor at the entrance, and it seemed that the people who built this place intentionally widened the distance between each room, making the corridor seem unusually long.

Before long, at the end of the corridor, the true appearance of the room was finally revealed to everyone.

This is a laboratory, just as they expected, with many, many operating tables, and behind the operating tables are countless giant tanks of liquid.

"...It's just a simple nutrient solution."

Simia glanced at what was written on the jar and gently shook her head.

There should have been something in these nutrient solutions, but they seemed to be out of luck; it was an empty room.

"Those operating tables..."

Constantine arrived at the only operating table that appeared quite messy, standing among the many neatly arranged ones.

His hand slowly touched the surface of the operating table, and the next moment, his expression instantly turned serious.

Because the operating table still retains the warmth of human beings.

"Watch out—! There might be other people here!"

Constantine's call might alert the enemy, but he had to keep those behind him on alert as well; otherwise, being attacked in such a place would undoubtedly be extremely dangerous and not worth it.

As his call faded, everyone raised their weapons and surveyed the room from all sides.

The room did indeed seem too empty; apart from the nutrient solutions and the operating table, there was hardly anything else to see.

If there really is someone here, then logically he shouldn't have anywhere to hide.

Unless that thing isn't human.

"..."

Under the light, faint shadows seeped from Constantine's severed arm, slowly spreading throughout the room and almost turning the entire white room gray.

Finally, after the shadows settled in a corner, a piercing scream rang out.

"There it is!"

Even faster than Constantine's voice came the bullets fired by Simia.

A loud, undisguised gunshot, accompanied by immense kinetic energy capable of piercing steel, struck the corner shrouded in shadow.

A burst of green liquid gushed out, and the creature that had been hiding in the corner finally revealed its form, then collapsed heavily to the ground.

It was a humanoid creature with protruding eyes, brown, wrinkled skin, and looked a lot like a reptilian.

Its head was pierced by a bullet, and it was tightly clutching another head in its hand, never letting go until it died.

It was the head of a middle-aged man, his expression terrified, probably suffering greatly before he died.

"I know that person..."

When its appearance was fully revealed to everyone, Millie came out and whispered.

"That person... killed many of my companions."

"That person? Is it the one that guy is holding in his arms?"

Millie nodded, her face filled with disgust.

Judging from the looks of it, that guy was probably one of the criminals here, but he's already dead.

"They're using humans for research. Is this inhuman, ghost-like creature their research result?"

Simia approached the corpse and poked the head of the lizard-like figure with her gun to confirm that it was indeed dead.

"This guy is like a chameleon, so what is this, a hybrid of an animal?"

"Some people... conduct research with animals. Those were the earliest group, and most of them have become like animals, forgetting their past."

Millie is very familiar with everything here because she is probably the only one who has successfully left.

"So, there are exceptions?"

Simia stood up and looked at Millie with interest.

"Like you?"

"Simia...don't say that."

Philina tried to stop her, but Millie didn't seem to care and instead nodded.

"They told me that my other half is a potted plant, a... carnivorous plant."

"Abnormal creatures, those people are really daring."

Simia pursed her lips, walked over to Millie's side, and gently patted her shoulder.

"Don't worry about it, I didn't mean any harm. I know it's not your fault. You're a good kid. As for those people... they'll go to hell sooner or later."

"..."

Millie nodded silently, unable to tell whether she was happy or unhappy.

"Alright, enough chit-chat. There doesn't seem to be anything else here... Vicatina, how's your black ball doing resting?"

"Unlocking a lock shouldn't be a big problem..."

"Let's move on then, to the next room, and see what else they can come up with."

The Fools of the Gods - Beyond the World: Chapter Sixty, Remnants

click.

Another door opened, but unlike the previous ones, a corpse was now lying face down in this long corridor.

A headless corpse.

He was surrounded by dried blood splattered everywhere, and he was wearing a researcher's white lab coat. He was probably the guy who was killed by the chameleon.

Simia approached the corpse, expertly turned it over, and took a set of keys from its pocket.

"Congratulations, we have the key now, we can go wherever we want."

As she spoke, Simia casually pulled an ID card out of his pocket.

"Whoa..."

This was a very strange document; at least Simia had never seen one before. It was probably identification needed to enter and exit this laboratory, and it only had his name and his job description written on it.

His work is also very simple: biological cultivation and compatibility research.

It's basically... about putting people and all sorts of random things together.

It's probably a good thing that this guy is dead.

"But why is he here?"

However, at this moment, the thoughtful Mirror Demon suddenly spoke up, asking with some confusion.

"Look, this door is locked from the inside, which means he locked it after he came in. But if the door was locked, why did he die here, and why is his head in the hands of the chameleon in the other room? If the door was locked, it wouldn't have been able to get the head and go back to that room, right?"

Yes, why is that?

Since he died behind the locked door, the danger likely came from behind the door, which is right in front of them.

Then why is his head on the outside?

"Maybe it wasn't the chameleon that killed this guy, but something else, and the chameleon just happened to pick up his head."

An undeniable conjecture.

But it's just speculation after all; the truth can only be discovered by continuing to move forward.

"I have a bad feeling..."

Vicatina shrank back, and Felina gently patted her back reassuringly.

Seeing this, Simia no longer hesitated and took the initiative to walk forward, with Anfer and Constantine following closely behind, weapons in hand.

Soon, the situation in the room was revealed to everyone.

If the room you were in before was white and tidy, then the way to describe the room now is also very simple.

Red, chaos.

The pristine white walls were almost entirely splattered with blood, countless corpses lay on the ground, and the enormous nutrient solution storage tanks were shattered and scattered everywhere.

But apart from that, there's nothing else here.

Just to be on the safe side, Constantine used the same method as before to check the room, making sure there were no hidden figures before approaching the corpses to examine them.

Most of the people lying on the ground were wearing black uniforms, while a few wore white uniforms that were stained red.