Chapter 79
He wasn’t actually harboring any hope of finding treasure. But it had become a habit to pluck feathers from a flying goose.
Because the room wasn’t big, the only place to hide anything would be in the metal wardrobe attached to the wall.
When his hand touched the closet door, Si Chen paused.
According to the data fed back through his prosthetic eye, there were energy fluctuations inside the wardrobe.
The metal here probably had some isolating properties, making energy fluctuations only detected at very close distances.
Si Chen took a deep breath and opened the closet. The sound of insects’ flapping wings registered in his ears.
His body’s fighting instinct kicked in one step ahead of his consciousness. A blazing purple-red flame lit up in front of Si Chen.
The fire lasted only a second.
The air was filled with the pleasant aroma of roaster Wagyu beef; a meaty milky flavor.
Si Chen lowered his head. Small black insects were scattered around his feet.
His firepower output just now had been relatively fierce. Another Evolutionary might have fallen into a temporary state of weakness.
But all Si Chen felt was that his tail was a little sore.
The feeling wasn’t intense but it was hard to ignore.
Most of the time, he didn’t even remember that he had a tail at all. It wasn’t an original part after all.
But it always made its presence known in unexpected ways.
Si Chen endured it for a long time before he was able to resist the urge to put his hand in his pants and rub it hard.
The Eternal Life Abyss’ mouth was watering. “Mom, smells so good.”
The Eternal Life Abyss had already crawled back into his body.
Si Chen thought for a moment and then used paper towels to collect all the roasted bugs on the ground. He wrapped it up up and put it in his pocket.
“When you’re hungry, take one yourself. Don’t eat more.”
He was afraid that the Eternal Life Abyss would eat too much and be unable to suppress his state.
The Eternal Life Abyss squeaked happily.
There were no clothes in the closet, just a cocoon.
The cocoon was made of white silk threads and was stuffed in a corner of the wardrobe. It could vaguely be seen that it was humanoid in shape.
There was also an empty bullet casing at the bottom of the wardrobe.
Si Chen turned his head and looked at the door panel of the metal wardrobe. There was a splatter of greasy stain, now completely black.
It must be blood, dried long long ago. Judging by the shape of the spray, the person in the closet had shot himself.
Si Chen took a knife and cut open the cocoon. These white threads had been woven who knows how many years ago. They were like soft marshmallows under Si Chen’s blade. Once cut, they changed from fluffy to thick syrup threads, hanging onto the knife and his hands.
All flesh and blood inside had long been eaten clean.
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The skeleton held a gun in one hand and a book in the other.
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“Qtja iemx.”
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The book was very thin and the writing inside was printed.
- Please make sure the experimental subject is successfully contained before leaving the laboratory.
- Please wear your work ID card on you and do not leave late.
- For the future of humanity, we praise death and sacrifice.
The third item was crossed out and a few messy words were written with a pen: [I am guilty].
Si Chen turned to the second page and there was a map of the laboratory.
There was only one floor for the Khaos Manufacturing Insitute. The outside was the staff area, followed by the disinfection and isolation area. The innermost location were laboratories 1 to 13.
Except for these two pages, the rest were all handwritten notes.
Si Chen read it patiently. There were very few words on each page. Incomprehensible experimental data were recorded. Occasionally there were some phrases he could just make out, phrases whose implications inspired fear.
“We implanted ***’s stomach into Number 5’s body…”
“Number 5 has become so irascible. I know, it’s because of the pain.”
“The doctor said we have no choice but to euthanize Number 5. Fortunately, we’ve frozen a lot of Number 5’s genes. The new Number 5 is almost ready.”
If Si Chen didn’t know they were talking about a human being, he would have thought they were talking about cabbages growing in the ground.
Si Chen cut out the first two pages with the knife and stuffed them into his pocket.
He put the rest of the diary into his backpack and walked out of the room.
Outside the door, there was the strong scent of blood. Across the path was a bloody mark of something being dragged away but no body was visible.
Si Chen took his admission ticket off the door and pinned it back onto his collar.
A broadcast rang out. “Hello, exam candidates. This is Lin Jiali. If you can hear this, please come to Residential Building No. 3 to meet up. We are competitors but when facing high-dimensional creatures, we are also companions. Survival must be our first priority. I hope we can work together to overcome the difficulties…”
The broadcast was repeated three times.
Si Chen was used to being a lone wolf but he felt that Lin Jiali’s words were sensible.
The residential buildings here were located not far apart.
Si Chen did not go there immediately but searched the rooms on several floors first, hoping to find more information.
Unfortunately, most of the rooms were clean, as if no one has ever lived in them.
When he arrived at Building No. 3, there were already two people at the door.
Lin Jiali and Chen Zhizhou.
Si Chen had seen their battle videos.
Lin Jiali was a mechanically transformed Evolutionary, Fifth Step. She was an expert at mechanical bows. Her bow was called “Klein Blue” and it had no string nor arrows. It was a product of a high-dimensional world and only required constant charging from its energy core.
Chen Zhizhou was the young master of the chairman of his company; a biologically transformed Evolutionary, Fourth Step. He had been implanted with a Feathered Serpent God, which has now grown four heads. At fully maturity, it could have nine heads.
The two of them probably knew each other but were not on familiar terms. They chatted together but maintained simple etiquette.
When she saw Si Chen, Lin Jiali put on a polite smile on her face. “Si Chen, I remember you. Your admission ticket is X-13.”
She obviously misunderstood Si Chen’s flat reaction.
Lin Jiali said, “Don’t be nervous, I don’t mean any harm. I just thought of Teacher Song Bai. Teacher’s father and his lovers gave birth to 17 children all together. Song Bai happened to be the 13th.”
Chen Zhizhou added, “Teacher Song was carried by his father. My mother said that the Elder Song was unwilling to see people while he was pregnant and until his death, never said who Song Bai’s other father or mother was.”
White King was 191 years old this year. When he’d been born, the high-dimensional invasions had only begun half a century ago.
Si Chen was suddenly made privy to the secret gossips of the wealthy families and found that the Song Family was quite loose in sexual matters.
Si Chen’s face showed just the right amount of curiosity. “Actually, I want to know. All of you are heirs to Great Families, why are you rushing to become Teacher Song’s students?”
Although his question was silly, the flattering smile on his face greatly pleased Lin Jiali.
Lin Jiali had the urge to pinch Si Chen’s cheeks but restrained herself out for fear that Ji Chuyao might come picking a fight later on. She could only answer patiently, “Because he is White King. I don’t know why my father admires him so much. He is obviously a wanted criminal in the Alliance and there’s still a warrant out for him. But I came to understand.”
“That warrant is simply to show the Families’ and the Alliance’s attitude to others who were ready to cause trouble. But if you can’t beat White King, better to lick his shoes.”
Chen Zhizhou added, “Even several of the Great Families combined can’t beat him. Many years ago, someone urged Ji Sicheng to join them. Mr. Ji simply resigned, citing illness and old age and went home and retired.”
The three of them waited a long time and the announcement was repeated several times but no one else came.
Lin Jiali reluctantly put away the speaker. “It seems only us three were nearby.”
Kuafu Science and Technology City was huge. It was already quite lucky that the three of them were able to get together.
Lin Jiali’s eyes swept over the faces of the other two and she said slowly, “How about we lay our cards on the table? My admission ticket is No. 5. There are four questions in total, plus an additional question. I find the questions strange, like there’s some hidden meaning to them.”
“No. 9. Same, the first question is related to the Child of God Number 9.”
Si Chen thought for a while. “I am No. 13. The second question asks me what is in Room 13 of the Khaos Manufacturing Institute.”
The others must have the same question but regarding the room corresponding to their number.
Lin Jiali breathed a sigh of relief. “The additional question is about collecting the remains of the Child of God. But it didn’t say which. So, our exam questions are actually the same?”
Chen Zhizhou: “I don’t think Teacher Song would let us die. He should be proctoring the exam somewhere… Does this count as cheating in the exam?”
“This doesn’t count. There’s no answer to copy.”
Everyone agreed with Si Chen.
Si Chen took out the employee handbook. “I discovered this by accident. Take a look.”
Of course, he only presented the first two pages.
Si Chen specially crumpled the two pages into paper balls to make them look old.
The other two read it and returned the paper to him.
“Actually, there’s something I haven’t told you yet. Because I’d been teleported quite far away, I couldn’t find a closed room before midnight last night.”
After a moment’s hesitation, Chen Zhizhou took off his black glove. “Black mist rose from the ground, and something kept chasing me in the mist. I didn’t dare look back. The admission ticket on my collar kept shining. I thought it was the light from the admission ticket that was attracting the monster but the moment I covered it with my hand, my hand was bitten by something in the black mist.”
When he saw his arm, Si Chen couldn’t help his eyes from widening.
Seven fingers grew out of that hand. The two newly grown fingers were obviously not human. They were like two tentacles, hanging limply.
Chen Zhizhou’s entire palm had turned black, as if it had been thrown into a frying pan and burned. Countless suppurating blisters had formed on his skin. Translucent pus bulged from inside the flesh.
Chen Zhizhou smiled bitterly. “Later I found a room and hid. I put the admission ticket on the inside of the door but it automatically appeared on the outside panel. I had tried bleeding it and cutting off the fingers last night but these things grew back. .”
Lin Jiali murmured. “It seems that there is danger outside at night but its not necessarily fatal. No wonder Teacher said not to lose the admission ticket… Now, there’s hope for the third question.”
[Question 3: What will happen when you stand under the gallows after dark?]
She had basically voiced what Si Chen was thinking.
But Si Chen had another concern. Their admission tickets looked very old, as if they had been used for many years.
Using the analogy of a kerosene lamp, their admission tickets seem to be running out of oil.
Si Chen suggested, “Since there’s three of us, I suggest staying in the same room every night and putting one admission ticket outside. The order will be decided by drawing lots. This way, we can avoid a lot of risks.”
Judging from the size of each room, 2 square meters, cramming three people in was already the limit.
Chen Zhizhou’s eyes flashed.
He admitted that people often have despicable thoughts.
After knowing how useful the admission tickets were, the thought of snatch the admission tickets from the other candidates had crossed his mind.
But Chen Zhizhou held back because this behavior was really unethical.
In a life-or-death situation, he wasn’t against doing immoral things.
But right now, their situation was far from life-or-death. This wasn’t the time for internal friction.
He wasn’t the only one to think so. The same thoughts too circulated in Si Chen and Lin Jiali’s hearts.
When it comes to deeds, one does not care about one’s heart. When it comes to one’s heart, there is no perfect person in the world.
“Okay. But I’m worried that three people together will attract more monsters.”
“Chen Zhizhou said that he put the admission ticket while inside the room. It is not necessary to place it outside the door. If one isn’t enough, we can put another one.”
“Although there are certain risks, I agree.”
It’s nice talking to smart people. There was no need to explain excessively. There’s also no need to intimidate or induce.
Everyone automatically chooses the most efficient solution.
Lin Jiali called the final shot. “Then let’s go to the Khaos Manufacturing Institute first. On the way, we can see if we can pick up the corpses of some unlucky researchers.”
According to the employee code of conduct, you need an employee ID card to enter the facility.
“Agreed.”
“Alright.”
“I’m used to competing to the death in Space Folds. It’s my first time working together like this and it feels…” Chen Zhizhou tried to find a suitable word to describe it, “pretty good.”
Everyone tacitly put on fake smiles on their faces.
Because of his superb acting skills, Si Chen’s appeared the most harmless and sincere.
I can feel the tension building o((>ω< ))o
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Let’s eat this snake too
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