Desperate people, accept the seed of my soul!

In the monitoring room, Dr. Lin pushed up his glasses and coldly observed the human tragedy on the screen.

"Subject A-02 has experienced incontinence, and the fear level has risen to level 7."

"A-01 and A-03 engaged in a physical altercation over a position in the southeast corner, exacerbating the panic among the group."

"The dog's attack pattern is as expected; prioritize pursuing the most rapidly moving targets..."

His assistant beside him typed rapidly on the keyboard, entering sets of data into the system.

To them, the girls' screams and tears were nothing more than constantly fluctuating parameters on the experimental records.

Just then, Dr. Lin's gaze locked onto Xu Suyuan in the corner of the screen.

"Yesterday's data anomaly, let me see what new tricks you have up your sleeve in this situation..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a Doberman Pinscher that had just finished its attack turned its scarlet eyes sharply toward the corner where Xu Suyuan was and pounced on her!

The foul, fishy wind rushed towards her, causing Xu Suyuan's pupils to shrink instantly!

She instinctively dodged to the side and back, but the beast was too fast, and its sharp canine teeth still grazed her shoulder.

A searing pain shot through him, and warm blood instantly soaked through his thin prison uniform.

The low growl of the dog so close by, along with the sharp pain in her shoulder, acted like a powerful catalyst, igniting all the fear, despair, and hatred that had been building up inside her!

"Yuanyuan...you must live a good life..."

The last time Grandma was lucid, the hopeful look in her cloudy eyes flashed through her mind.

"We will provide you with the best resources so that your grandmother can receive the best treatment..."

The man who called himself "agent," whose face was blurry in my memory, suddenly became exceptionally clear, overlapping with the face of the vicious dog in front of me!

hatred!

A surge of overwhelming hatred and an intense will to survive boiled within him!

"Open up! Let me out!! Aaaaaah!!!"

The moment the Doberman pounced again, Xu Suyuan focused all her attention on her right hand and slammed it hard against the alloy door panel beside her!

The space seemed to fold at the point where her palm touched the door panel.

His entire right hand, along with his forearm, instantly blurred, as if passing through a curtain of water and "sinking" into the interior of the alloy door without any hindrance!

Inside the door was absolute darkness and narrowness.

Xu Suyuan's fingers groped eagerly among them, and soon she touched a complex and sturdy mechanical structure—a multi-point locking mechanism composed of several connecting rods.

that's it!

Ignoring the possibility of being cut by the sharp metal edge inside, she focused her mind, and her ethereal fingertips instantly materialized. Relying on her senses, she used all her strength to wed her fingers into a linkage joint and forcefully pulled it in the direction of unlocking!

"Click, click, click..."

A series of tight metallic clicking and separating sounds came from inside the door!

The alloy door jerked violently inward, and all the latches retracted at the same time.

The next second, the door slid back along the track, opening a gap big enough for one person to squeeze through sideways!

She forced the door open from the inside!

"Alert! The main entrance to Area B on Basement Level 3 is malfunctioning—the lock has been forcibly released!"

Inside the monitoring room, a piercing alarm suddenly blared.

Dr. Lin's pupils suddenly contracted, and he abruptly stood up from his chair, staring intently at the gaping door on the screen, his eyes revealing shock and fervor for the first time.

"Immediately dispatch security! Halt the experiment! Capture A-07 alive! At all costs!"

He roared as he issued the orders.

Outside the door was a dimly lit corridor.

Ignoring the sharp pain in her shoulder and the intense dizziness caused by the explosive use of her ability, Xu Suyuan squeezed through the crack in the door without hesitation.

Behind them, the other test subjects cried out in even greater terror, and the dogs barked wildly.

The sounds of security personnel shouting and heavy footsteps drew ever closer.

Without looking back, relying on the remaining memories from her previous escort, she ran frantically into the dark depths of the right-hand corridor.

There should be a fire lane sign leading to the ground about fifty meters away.

That was her only way to survive!

……

Rushing out of the observation room, Xu Suyuan ran wildly down the dimly lit corridor.

This is the gut of hell, where every inch of the walls seems to writhe and emanate malice.

Behind him, the footsteps of the pursuers grew ever closer, like a persistent, venomous wound, accompanied by harsh shouts and the hissing of stun guns cutting through the air.

A heavy fire door blocked their way not far ahead.

Above the gate, a row of glaring red warning lights were flashing wildly, with a line of small print next to them that read: "Under Emergency Lockdown".

Trouble!

Xu Suyuan's heart sank to the bottom; she never expected that the fire doors here could be controlled remotely.

The instant the thought flashed through her mind, a beast-like roar came from behind her:

"stop!"

Immediately afterwards, a strong gust of wind swept in, as someone suddenly pounced on us from behind!

There's no time to think about it anymore!

Stopping means death; the only way to survive is behind that tightly closed door!

Xu Suyuan gritted her teeth and poured all her remaining thoughts, her concern for her grandmother, and her crazy longing for freedom into what lay ahead!

Go through!

Just before her body was about to collide with the cold, hard door, she activated [Void Travel]!

Time seemed to stretch out at that moment.

Xu Suyuan's body outline blurred instantly, like a drop of ink falling into clear water, quickly fading into the air.

The world in her eyes also distorted, and the indestructible fireproof steel door turned into a viscous gel wall in front of her.

The hardness of the metal disappeared, replaced by a suffocating, thick resistance.

She felt as if she were squeezing through a crystal full of impurities, with every cell in her body undergoing intense friction with the surrounding matter.

My heartbeat and breathing were amplified infinitely, booming in my ears like a drumbeat.

The roars and footsteps that were getting closer and closer behind them seemed distant, as if separated by a thick curtain of water.

This nearly three-second journey almost drained the last bit of strength from her soul.

The moment the body solidified again from the other side of the door, an immense drain on energy surged back like a tsunami.

Xu Suyuan's legs went weak, a metallic taste suddenly welled up in her throat, her vision blurred, and she staggered forward a few steps before collapsing heavily to her knees.

Before she could even catch her breath, even more hurried footsteps and frantic shouts came from the other side of the door.

"Report! She passed through the fire door! Repeat, the target has penetrated the fire door!"

Immediately following was the "humming" sound of the hydraulic system starting up; the fire door she had passed through was being remotely opened.

What made her even more desperate was that at the end of the corridor ahead, she heard hurried footsteps and shouts, as another team of security personnel was flanking her from that direction!

There were obstacles blocking their way ahead and pursuers behind.

She was completely trapped in this straight corridor.

Do not!

We absolutely cannot get caught here!

Xu Suyuan forced herself to calm down. In the face of extreme adversity, her senses became unusually sharp.

She looked up abruptly, her gaze sweeping across the ceiling, where a square ventilation duct came into view.

The entrance, covered by a metal grille secured with screws, is the only variable here.

There is no other way.

Xu Suyuan used all her strength to stagger to her feet, stepped onto the cold pipe support beside the passage, and reached out with trembling hands to touch the metal grille.

With no time to find tools, she had no choice but to activate her ability again!

This time, she carefully controlled the range of her power, only making her hands appear ethereal.

It felt like dipping your hand into icy water, your fingertips passing effortlessly through the grille, and feeling your way to the bolts inside.

"Stop her!"

"Grab her!"

The shouts from both sides grew closer and closer, almost right next to their ears.

The mechanical sound of the fire door opening was already at its loudest; it would soon be completely open.

Xu Suyuan's fingers trembled violently from weakness and urgency, and the damn screw was tightened abnormally.

She gritted her teeth, focused her mind on her fingertips, and slowly rotated them.

One, two...

Finally, just as the fire door behind her slid open with a loud "bang," she loosened the last screw.

She forcefully pulled open the grille, ignoring the sharp edges that cut her palms, and with her last bit of strength, dragged her battered body into the dark, narrow pipe.

Then, she gripped the grille tightly from the inside and managed to pull it back into place.

Almost the instant she disappeared, two groups of security personnel met in the middle of the corridor.

They stared at the empty corridor, bewildered, completely unaware of how the frail girl had vanished right before their eyes.

Where are they?!

"Report! Target missing!"

The inside of the pipe was pitch black, filled with a heavy dust and the smell of rust, and the faint sound of airflow passing through the pipe could be heard in the distance.

Xu Suyuan gasped for breath, each breath pulling at the deep, bone-revealing wound on her shoulder, causing her excruciating pain that nearly made her faint.

But she dared not linger and could only crawl forward on her belly.

Elbows and knees rubbed against the rough metal surface, quickly breaking the skin and causing blood to seep out.

But the physical pain was the only stimulus that kept her conscious.

After climbing for an unknown amount of time, just as my strength was about to be exhausted, a fork appeared ahead.

Deep inside the pipe on the left, a low hum of machinery could be faintly heard, and even a faint light shone through the gaps, which probably led to the experimental area or other guarded areas.

The pipe on the right was deeper and darker, but the airflow inside was noticeably stronger.

Most importantly, the airflow carried a fresh scent of earth, a scent unique to the outside world!

Xu Suyuan did not hesitate at all.

Her intuition, her survival instinct pushed to the limit, was screaming wildly deep within her soul.

To the right, that's the direction to freedom!