Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 127: Escape Difficulty Increases Again

Unfortunately, Shan Yushu was too tight-lipped; she didn't reveal a single thing about Chen Xuewei or any information about this place.

In the end, Lin Manman only knew that besides herself and Shan Yushu, there were four researchers, one cook, three handymen, and two level-seven professional guards on this floor.

These two professional guards have not appeared in the two days since Lin Manman arrived.

She didn't know if it had always been like this, or if Shan Yushu was just saying it to scare her.

However, knowing that there might be two professionals guarding the area, yet unable to see any trace of them, she could only be extra careful to prevent her small actions from being observed by someone hiding in an unseen corner.

Fan Chengye seems to have been really busy these past two days; he hasn't shown up since she arrived.

Shan Yushu did not assign Lin Manman any tasks, allowing her to move freely on this floor.

She didn't stand on ceremony and quietly explored the entire floor. Unfortunately, although there were quite a few rooms of various sizes, apart from six different research labs, there were only rooms for storing materials and miscellaneous items.

The six different research labs are all dedicated to basic material extraction and functional analysis.

In short, after some exploration, she concluded that apart from having a lot of materials, there wasn't much valuable information on this floor.

Based on these limited clues, she deduced that the space she was in was probably just a small area within a large building, much like an assembly line.

The entire research process is broken down into many projects, and these projects do not easily communicate with each other.

From material extraction and analysis to different ratios of evolutionary agents, and then to experimental results using experimental subjects.

She had no relevant experience and could only guess that this was the case.

Fan Chengye probably arranged for her to come here because he didn't want her to know too much.

The third person brought here, Lin Manman lay on the hard single bed in the dormitory that night, sighing.

Now she's in someone else's hands, and they've pretty much got all her information.

All she knows so far is that this group is extremely obsessed with researching spirit beasts; she has no idea what kind of organization they are, how big they are, or what their purpose is.

Over the past two days, as she explored her surroundings, her heart gradually sank. There really was no other way out of this floor except for the elevator.

Hongyu's spatial abilities were blocked, and the only way out required authorization. She really couldn't think of any other way to escape.

Two days have passed, and her sudden disappearance must have driven Lin's mother crazy with worry.

Lin Manman sighed again. She regretted why she had investigated Chen Xuewei's affairs the night before last, but she also understood that even without this incident...

Fan Chengye and his gang were bound to make a move against me sooner or later. Although I was unlucky enough to run into Fan Chengye this time, at least my family and friends were not affected.

If Fan Chengye really manages to find a way to make a move on her, who knows what methods he'll use to make her obey.

Thinking of Wu Anbang's wife, she felt a little fortunate.

Sigh... Am I really going to be trapped here...?

Before Lin Manman had much time to be confused, Fan Chengye finally appeared the next day.

"Miss Lin, are you getting used to living here? If there's anything you need, please feel free to let me know. I'll do my best to accommodate your needs within my capabilities."

Fan Chengye seemed to be in a good mood when he reappeared, and his gaze towards Lin Manman was much gentler.

I need you to let me go! Can you do that? Lin Manman secretly rolled her eyes and complained in her heart, but on the surface she was completely obedient.

"It's alright, but the beds in the dorm are too hard. It would be nice if they could add a softer mattress."

Fan Chengye was pleased with Lin Manman's pragmatism, and his expression softened. "You can just talk to Miss Shan about this little thing later."

"Since Miss Lin is adapting well, we should get down to business. I still have many questions about Miss Lin's abilities; would you be willing to answer them for me now?"

Lin Manman rolled her eyes. "It's not impossible... My innate ability is to determine whether a spirit beast meets the conditions for evolution, and then, with the help of materials, I can help the spirit beast awaken and evolve."

She deliberately spoke vaguely, but the key point was that not all spirit beasts could awaken and evolve; only those that she personally determined met the conditions could.

The purpose was to make him understand that if he wanted to obtain an awakened spirit beast, she had to personally select a spirit beast that met the requirements.

Fan Chengye frowned slightly. If Lin Manman was telling the truth, it meant that he would have to take her out of this floor to the place where the experimental subjects were stored to select them himself.

Taking her to and from these places would expose more information and increase many risks...

"Okay, I'll take you to pick some out myself. I hope you won't disappoint me."

Fan Chengye glanced at her up and down, seemingly still somewhat distrustful of her words. His gentle expression vanished, and the imposing aura of a level nine expert pressed down on Lin Manman.

Even though her limbs trembled slightly from the pressure of his aura, she tried her best to straighten her back and look him straight in the eye.

He stubbornly returned a smile, "I certainly won't disappoint Mr. Fan."

At this moment, she absolutely cannot lose in terms of momentum, otherwise he will think she is weak and easy to control, and in the future she will only be able to be manipulated by him.

"Come with me." Fan Chengye stopped pressuring him, withdrew his imposing aura, and turned to walk towards the elevator.

The pressure on Lin Manman suddenly disappeared. She took a couple of deep breaths, calmed herself down, and slowly caught up.

Fan Chengye, who walked with a composed gait ahead, appeared refined and polite on the surface, but his mood was actually unpredictable. She would have to be more careful when dealing with him in the future.

After Lin Manman followed him into the elevator, she began to quietly look around.

The elevator was very large, even larger than her current dormitory room. It must have been used to transport goods in addition to people moving up and down.

There are obvious surveillance cameras in all four corners of the elevator, ensuring that there are no blind spots.

She also noticed that there were no buttons inside the elevator; Fan Chengye controlled the elevator by connecting his wristband to the control center inside the elevator.

This design is really something, it doesn't leave her any chance at all.

Although she didn't know exactly how many floors the elevator had traveled, she sensed that they were constantly descending, which proved that her previous guess that this was an underground research institute was likely correct.

After the elevator had been running for about five minutes, I finally started to feel a noticeable buffer.

As the elevator doors slowly opened, an incredibly vast underground space appeared before her eyes. She looked it over in astonishment and discovered that it resembled a naturally formed underground cavity, combined with some man-made modifications.

After she stepped out of the elevator, she looked back up along the elevator shaft and discovered that the place seemed to be built into a cavity in the mountain!

From the moment she entered the elevator until the doors reopened, about five minutes had passed, and the speed she felt inside the elevator wasn't particularly fast.

If she conservatively calculates at a speed of three meters per second, the distance from the floor where she entered the elevator to this underground location should be over nine hundred meters.

Such a large mountain is unlikely to exist within the city limits of Jinling. She's probably... likely... already outside the city...

(End of this chapter)