Excessive ferocity due to caution

"The curse and this underground laboratory shouldn't have much of a direct connection."

Zhao Yi spoke with certainty.

After wandering around the cafeteria a couple more times, the two of them became familiar with most of the monsters. Then Zhao Yi took Yang Linlin and left, returning to the laboratory outside.

"Are you so sure?"

Yang Linlin pursed her red lips tightly. Every time Zhao Yi spoke, she felt like a fool.

Even though they were always together and saw the same clues, she could never guess what Zhao Yi was thinking.

"If this is the source of the curse, then why are the monsters here unaffected?"

"Compared to everything in the teaching building, don't you think this underground laboratory is far too harmonious and normal?"

Yang Linlin remained expressionless.

Damn it,

This laboratory is anything but harmonious and normal!

They're all terrifying monsters!

Zhao Yi continued:

"Based on the information we have so far, the dark shadow outside is very likely the ultimate creation of this experimental base, [X-2]. It can pass through walls, fly, and its state is quite unstable. I believe you observed these points when it was chasing Li Sheng just now..."

Yang Linlin nodded.

But actually, my mind was completely blank.

Shadow abilities and stuff...

I didn't notice at all!

It seems like it can fly?

……never mind!

If Zhao Yi says it's there, then it's there!

Anyway, I'm just a nobody, so following Zhao Yi is the right thing to do!

"It has such an ability, yet it stays at the entrance and doesn't wander around. Don't you find that strange?"

Zhao Yi leaned against the door, talking while fiddling with the geoduck on the back of the human skin coat, revealing a childlike smile.

It's just like... a pervert.

"Perhaps it can't find anywhere to go, which is why it keeps wandering outside?"

Yang Linlin did not deliberately try to guess the motives of a ghost.

Zhao Yi shook his head and said:

"Rather than saying it can't find a place to go, it's more accurate to say... it's guarding the entrance."

"The monsters inside the base are so terrifying, they are a fighting force comparable to a small army. Ordinary threats are nothing to them."

"The only thing that can pose a threat to them is... a curse!"

Yang Linlin was shocked: "They...are also afraid of curses?"

Zhao Yi:

"Do you remember what Li Sheng told us before?"

"On the seventh day of the curse, all the teachers and students in the school carried their own severed heads, searching every corner for their prey..."

"Those ghosts are the real hunters in this dungeon!"

"This is also a problem that our main and side quests need to solve!"

After a pause, Zhao Yi seemed to have thought of something.

Last night, a ghostly fog enveloped the school.

"Besides weakening the spiritual power of living beings, the ghostly mist also contains many extremely terrifying 'things'!"

"I think that dark figure outside guarding the shaft entrance is preventing these things from entering the experimental base!"

"It's protecting the monsters inside this experimental base!"

Yang Linlin swallowed:

"Are those ghosts even more terrifying than the monsters down here?"

Zhao Yi said earnestly:

"That's how it is in theory!"

"And they're far more terrifying than the monsters in the experimental base!"

"These monsters are ultimately just modified creatures. Even though they are bizarre and incredibly strong, they are still within the category of 'human'."

"For example, the owner of this human skin coat isn't actually that strong in combat and has a fatal weakness. Even without using that sealed item, we could still take it down if we were willing to pay a price!"

"But those ghosts... well, that's another story!"

At this point, Zhao Yi quickly took out the crucial piece of paper from earlier, spread it out on the table, and pointed to a line of text, saying:

"Look—the mayor of City A ordered the researchers to take the data and leave the Shishan experimental base directly. They will find a way to help destroy everything here."

Yang Linlin covered her mouth, her eyes filled with horror!

"You mean... this curse was also man-made?"

"The goal is... to wipe everything here?!"

Zhao Yi nodded slowly, his expression becoming increasingly strangely excited.

Seeing his strange expression, Yang Linlin couldn't help but take a half step back.

Holy crap, this dungeon is clearly this dangerous... what are you getting excited about!

"The conflict is now clear—the mayor of City A and his group want to destroy everything about the experimental base and Ishiyama High School through a curse, while the rioting experimental subject X-2 in the experimental base wants to preserve everything."

"It is clearly self-aware."

"This is a good thing for us, after all... the enemy of my enemy is my friend!"

"If we can find a way to communicate with it properly, we might be able to get crucial information about the curse from it, and it might even help us take a shortcut to complete the side quest!"

Zhao Yi became more and more excited as he spoke, his brain working at high speed.

Obviously, under normal circumstances, they would need to go through several days of death trials at school, analyze the loopholes in the rules to find the source of the curse, and then find a way to break it!

But now, they might be able to take a shortcut and complete the side quest ahead of time.

The reward, the substitute doll, is so valuable that you can tell just by looking at its name.

In such a dangerous and terrifying world, what is the most precious thing?

Of course, it's about life!

Anything that can save your life is invaluable!

Yang Linlin was silent for a moment, then suddenly reached out her small hand and touched Zhao Yi's forehead, muttering to herself:

"You don't have a fever... so why are you talking nonsense all day..."

Zhao Yi rolled his eyes and slapped her hand away.

"You have absolutely no imagination."

Yang Linlin pouted, put her hands on her hips, and said seriously:

"This isn't a matter of imagination. You've seen how dangerous that thing outside is... It kills on sight, and it's so fast, you wouldn't even be able to finish introducing yourself, let alone communicate..."

Zhao Yi was speechless.

"Who told you I was going to communicate with that thing?"

Yang Linlin: "Huh???"

Zhao Yi:

"Forget it, it's too much trouble to explain to you. Just follow me for a bit."

Yang Linlin puffed out her cheeks, making an adorable angry face, but she didn't talk back.

Whether or not Zhao Yi can complete the side quest now depends entirely on her performance. She still wants to follow Zhao Yi and get a substitute doll as a reward!

The two waited in the laboratory for a long time.

Zhao Yi kept an eye on the time display on the instrument. X-2 was guarding the outer entrance of the experimental base, so neither the ghost fog nor the ghosts inside it could get in.

It's safe here.

He would occasionally peek through the crack in the door to observe the monsters inside Bai Jie's Dining Hall.

Since these things were created by humans, they will get tired, and when they are tired, they will go back to their rooms to sleep.

He wanted to enter through the door furthest to the side, but didn't want to attract the attention of the other test subjects.

If none of them approach the door, but Zhao Yi does, it will easily expose the fact that Zhao Yi is an outsider.

Around 2 a.m., all the test subjects left the cafeteria and returned to their own experimental chambers.

They have clearly claimed that place as their territory.

Zhao Yi observed for another ten minutes.

After confirming that there were no problems, he carefully led Yang Linlin out of his experimental chamber.

They groped their way toward the door at the far corner.

The door reads X-2.

"As expected... behind this door lies the experimental chamber where the most powerful experimental subject resides!"

"No wonder the other monsters during the day didn't want to approach this place. They're territorial, so they must be terrified of X-2 attacking them, right?"

Zhao Yi stroked his chin and muttered to himself.

Then he pushed open the door.

The scene inside the door sent chills down Yang Linlin's spine and sent shivers down the spines of many viewers in the live stream!

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