I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

The four quickly returned along the same route.

Rick's tentacles kept sniffing the passageways on both sides to make sure there was no tail.

Return to the relay point.

Glock is still around.

The relay station's marching lights were brightly lit, and several night watchmen maintained perimeter security.

Klaus walked up to Glock and briefly explained the situation.

Glock frowned deeply after hearing this, but didn't say anything.

Klaus explained the follow-up arrangements point by point.

"First, use the Gray Pact stronghold as the center and look outwards to see if you can find any extra clues."

"At the same time, I have arranged for a captain to come over. They will take the logistics team down to move the ghoul corpses that can be moved, burn the ones that cannot be moved, and clear out everything else in the stronghold and bring it back."

"There might be some good alchemical materials in the corpse of the giant ghoul; let logistics handle the selection."

Glock nodded and quickly took notes.

"Secondly, I don't want even a single word of what happened today to get out, and I'm taking the seeds with me."

Klaus glanced at Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan immediately understood.

He took the dusty stone out of the toolbox and handed it over.

Klaus took it, weighed it in his hand, and stuffed it into his bag.

"It's safer to put it in the branch office than on you."

"Third, I'll take Wolf with me as well. His condition needs to be assessed separately."

When Glock heard Wolf's name, he glanced at Klaus again but didn't ask any further questions.

Klaus turned to Lu Yuan.

"Your mission at the North Textile Refinery is now complete. Remember to move back to the branch office."

He spoke calmly, and then transferred Lu Yuan back to the branch from Beifang Textile, before adding a sentence.

"Whether you want to lead a team on a mission or go to logistics is up to you. A new batch of points has been released, and the numbers should be pretty good. You can go to the branch warehouse and see if there's anything that interests you."

Klaus patted Burren on the shoulder.

"Please provide an analysis report on the correlation between the copper sheet and the copper pillar."

Beren nodded. "Within three days."

Klaus glanced at everyone.

"It's over."

The group began to evacuate.

Glock was the first to leave, to contact the ground and arrange logistics.

Not far away, a captain whom Lu Yuan had never seen before emerged from the shadows.

He was in his thirties, with a robust physique, and was taciturn.

His Night Watch uniform was spotless, as if he had just come from the branch office.

He led Rex and dozens of support staff, heading deep into the pipeline network. The beams of their marching lights left a long trail of light in the tunnel, gradually fading into the distance.

Beren walked alone toward the branch office. Before leaving, he glanced back at Lu Yuan.

"If you have any questions about inscriptions, feel free to contact me anytime."

Lu Yuan nodded.

The old man was walking slowly, leaning on his cane, which was unusual for him; he was clearly tired today.

Klaus, along with Wolf and Seed, boarded another carriage and headed towards the branch.

The area at the pipeline entrance gradually quieted down.

Only Lu Yuan remained standing at the exit.

Sunlight streamed down from the ground, casting a warm glow on the copper steps.

Having spent so much time in the pipeline, my eyes stung terribly when I suddenly saw the light.

Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes.

"Moving, back to branch office."

With Klaus's command given, the Night's Watch quickly sprang into action.

For example, right now, a black carriage in the style of the Night Watch has stopped in front of Lu Yuan.

Two young night watchmen were waiting by the car. When they saw Lu Yuan standing at the entrance, they quickly went forward.

"Captain Lu, we'll assist you with moving the supplies. Shall we head to the alchemy workshop first?"

Lu Yuan nodded.

As Lu Yuan got into the carriage, it quickly started moving and stopped at the entrance of the Alchemy Workshop after a while.

Lu Yuan got out of the car. The number of night watchmen stationed here had obviously decreased. Clearly, the Alchemy Workshop was going to switch from a temporary outpost back to its original function.

Lu Yuan pushed open the door of the alchemy workshop.

The air on the first floor was heavy, mixed with the smell of copper powder and medicine.

Sunlight filtering through the cracks in the windows not far away cast several long, slanted beams of light on the ground.

Lu Yuan stood at the door and glanced around.

The worktable was pushed against the wall and covered with a thin layer of dust.

The map on the wall is still pinned up, the red markings have turned somewhat black.

A cot was stacked in the corner, but the bedding wasn't folded.

Several boxes of ammunition are still in their original positions.

Lu Yuan walked to the corner and opened the ammunition box to check it.

Three boxes of silver-plated bullets, and a little less than half a box of copper-cased incendiary bombs remaining.

All loaded onto the truck.

Alchemy tools.

Only the original set of basic equipment remained; Laurena had taken the professional equipment with her long ago.

Lu Yuan glanced at it but didn't move.

"The branch office should have them. If not, you can redeem a new set using your points."

Lu Yuan pondered for a moment, then began to examine the medicine.

Only a few bottles of high-quality sanity potions remained; the rest had been used up by Lu Yuan.

Finally, here are a few key things.

Lu Yuan counted them one by one.

The crystallized consciousness, the sampling bottle wrapped in two layers of cloth, pulsated steadily, with a faint glow of gray-green and dark gold appearing and disappearing.

The oyster of knowledge, nestled in a dark pocket close to the body, its colors swirling within the cracks, as if it were always in motion.

The sealing disc, two of the three crystals have turned gray, but it can still be used once. Even if it breaks later, it can be disassembled, and maybe we can learn something from it.

The stone tablet given by the dwarves had four symbols indicating the direction of inscription glowing faintly. Lu Yuan had basically made a decision in his heart. Now that things were basically over, he could indeed consider finalizing the matter of inscription.

There's also the bronze whistle; we'll have to call that old man over later.

The revolver "Flame" had its magazine emptied from the pipeline last time, and was refilled from the ammo box before being returned to its waist.

Finally, there was a bronze sword.

After taking inventory, Lu Yuan had very few things on him besides the badges and books.

Two young watchmen had already loaded the ammunition boxes onto the wagon.

"What else?" one of them asked.

"That's all, let's go." Lu Yuan said as he walked out of the Alchemy Workshop.

He paused at the doorway.

I glanced back at the first floor.

A gray workbench, some faded maps, and an empty cot.

From the moment she arrived at Beifang, everything—Laurena, the ghoul, the mycelium—happened in this building.

"Oh, right, and that giant ghoul."

Lu Yuan suddenly remembered the giant ghoul that he had almost forgotten.

Even if he's not dead yet, he'll be gone soon, so let's get rid of him.

"Oh, right, there's a giant ghoul behind the alchemy workshop. Take care of it and send it to logistics."

"Yes."

One of the night watchmen got out of the car and went to deal with it.

Meanwhile, another young Night's Watchman was already waiting in the carriage.

Lu Yuan didn't stop.

Lock the door.

boarding.

The carriage swayed violently.

The carriage arrived at the branch in less than ten minutes.

The gray stone building is three stories high and several times larger than the Alchemy Workshop.

The two night watchmen at the gate nodded when they saw the carriage approaching.

The carriage stopped at the side gate.

An office night watchman approached with a key and a piece of paper.

He was in his twenties, wore glasses, and had a very polite expression.

"Captain Lu? Deputy Chief of Staff Klaus already gave instructions. Come with me."

The civilian night watchman led Lu Yuan through the corridor of the branch's main building and turned into a small building on the side.

"Captain-level independent residence. Two floors."

The civilian night watchman pushed open the door.

The room wasn't large, but it was well-laid out.

The first floor is the living area.

A bed, a table, a wardrobe, and a chair.

The window faces north and offers a view of the branch's inner courtyard.

It's not big, but it's enough for one person.

The second floor is accessible via a narrow staircase and is a separate, partitioned area.

A lab bench is placed against the wall.

The tabletop is made of copper and polished very smoothly, much better than the old workbench in the alchemy workshop.

Next to the countertop is a small lockable cabinet and an empty shelf.

Simple, but sufficient.

Lu Yuan placed the toolbox on the lab bench, while the young night watchman moved the ammunition box to the second floor and stuffed it into the locker.

"There's one more thing," the civilian night watchman said, waiting downstairs.

Lu Yuan went downstairs.

"Deputy Chief of Staff Klaus instructed that the special items you require should be stored in the Logistics Department's dedicated storage room. Section C, Room 7."

He placed the copper key in Lu Yuan's hand.

"Only you and Deputy Chief of Staff Klaus have it."

Lu Yuan took the key, weighed it in his hand; it was made of bronze and felt heavy, with a number engraved on the handle.

"I see."

After confirming that the move was complete, the young Night's Watchman and the civilian Night's Watchman left together.

Lu Yuan tidied up the room briefly and put his belongings away.

Then he took the copper key and went out the door.

The logistics department is located on the side wing of the branch's main building.

Lu Yuan was not unfamiliar with this place.

When I first arrived in Bronze City, I was assigned to help with logistics and worked under Margaret for quite some time preparing medicine.

Pass through the main hall of the logistics department.

There were quite a few people in the main hall; several night watchmen were changing shifts, and some were checking documents.

Lu Yuan didn't stop and continued walking along the corridor.

Area C is located at the deepest part of the logistics department.

It was much quieter than before.

The corridor was empty, and the lights hanging on the walls were on, but the light was dim.

The copper decorative strips on the wall gleamed with a cold light.

Room number seven.

There is an iron gate here, but no windows.

The door frame is surrounded by a ring of dark red bronze patterns, which are clearly inscriptions.

Basic isolation runes can, to some extent, prevent the leakage of eerie auras.

The copper key was inserted and turned twice.

It made a low, metallic scraping sound when pushed open.

The room isn't very big.

It's about ten square meters.

The inner walls of all four sides are covered with copper plates, the surfaces of which are engraved with dense inscriptions.

In the center of the room is a copper-faced laboratory table.

The countertop was twice as wide as the one upstairs, and its surface was engraved with shallow flow lines, like grooves reserved for some kind of alchemy operation.

On one corner of the table, there was a sealed copper box.

Lu Yuan walked over and opened the copper box.

It is a seed.

The fist-sized gray stone lay quietly inside the bronze box.

It was heavy and grayish, and you couldn't tell anything about it.

On a nearby cabinet, there were many strange materials on display, including slices of the keratin layer from the giant ghoul, placed in a sealed glass dish.

Lu Yuan looked at the seeds in front of him but didn't rush to study them.

My sanity isn't high right now, and the grayed-out notification doesn't provide any detailed explanation.

It's fine to confirm that we're here. The safety and protection here are excellent. At least we don't have to worry about our presence being detected when conducting experiments here.

Lock the storage room and put the brass key into the inner pocket close to your body.

On the way back, I passed the main hall of the logistics department.

Margaret was taking inventory of the supplies. A stack of folders was spread out in front of her, and she quickly marked names on the paper.

She heard footsteps, looked up and saw Lu Yuan, her pen still in her hand.

"Hmm? You moved back?"

"Um."

We're short-staffed again, come help out if you have time.

Margaret looked much better than when they first met. She smiled after speaking and then lowered her head to continue working.

Lu Yuan did not linger and returned to his room.

Close the door.

Draw the curtains.

I sat on the edge of the bed.

I glanced at the numbers at the edge of my field of vision.

[Rationality: 55/120]

The effects of the medication have worn off.

My rationality returned to 55 points.

Not high, but just enough.

Today was incredibly busy.

Lu Yuan lay on the bed with his eyes closed.

rest first.

We'll talk about the rest tomorrow.