Because this is the headquarters of the Cold-Blooded Group, the members of the Cold-Blooded Group will not allow Ye Lang to wander around freely. They will restrict his area and there are certain places he cannot enter. This is the main reason why they need to keep an eye on him.
In fact, even if no one is watching, as long as Ye Lang approaches places he shouldn't, someone will come out to stop him.
Fortunately, Ye Lang is just taking a walk now, and it doesn't matter where he is. He doesn't want to go into restricted areas either, as he's too lazy to go through the trouble.
Along the way, Ye Lang saw only normal people, none of whom were the Cold-Blooded Group type, which made him feel a little strange.
"Excuse me, do the members of the Cold-Blooded Group only come out at night and stay at home during the day?" Ye Lang asked.
"Of course not! The reason you can't see the team members now is because they all have their own things to do. Those who were supposed to go out have already left, and those who are at home are basically resting, waiting for the next mission," the servant replied. This was common knowledge, so there was no point in hiding it.
Besides, in everyone's eyes, Ye Lang is now just a living dead man, so telling him some secrets is no big deal. Because of this, they are not very wary of Ye Lang, unlike with outsiders.
Of course, they wouldn't talk about secrets, because even those inside might not know these things, and they didn't have the right to know.
"So that's how it is. Then why didn't I see you yesterday?" Ye Lang suddenly remembered this. He hadn't seen a single normal person yesterday.
"At night, we mostly go to rest. There are some things we can't know, so we try to avoid such things from happening," the servant replied, seemingly with a hint of anticipation, hoping that one day he could know these things, which would mean he could join the Cold-Blooded Group.
"No wonder!" Ye Lang said, and then continued his walk, attracting the attention of many people along the way. Although they pretended to be nonchalant, their unintentional glances revealed their curiosity about Ye Lang's appearance.
Ye Lang seems to be the strangest person to have appeared here so far!
As for why Ye Lang wasn't surprised by the situation here, which should have aroused suspicion, the reason is simple: he hadn't thought about it at all. He didn't care why others hadn't noticed or suspected anything.
Of course, if he wanted to figure it out, he would soon discover that when he entered the compound, he had already found that there were many hidden Alchemy Array. The purpose of these Alchemy Array was to confuse people and prevent outsiders from seeing what was inside, but without arousing suspicion.
Nothing particularly noteworthy happened after the walk, and Ye Lang went back to his books. He was studying these secret alchemy techniques, which helped him temporarily forget some things.
For the next few days, Ye Lang's life was basically like this: reading books, taking walks after meals, and sleeping and resting.
Everyone seemed to have gradually gotten used to Ye Lang's presence, to him taking walks in the courtyard, and sometimes even letting him be alone. Although it was only on the surface, as long as he made any unusual moves, someone would immediately stop him.
During this time, Cold-Blooded Thirteenth remained in the laboratory without ever stepping out, presumably completing his experiments. If nothing unexpected happened, he should still be alive.
This is Ye Lang's statement. He said that alchemical experiments are dangerous. If something goes wrong, the worst that can happen is a minor injury, and the worst that can happen is that the body is never recovered.
However, given Cold-Blooded Thirteenth's abilities, nothing unexpected should happen, well, probably not...
This day—
"Ah..." Ye Lang stretched and closed the book after finishing it. "Alright, now that I've finished reading, I should put it into practice. There's some material in there!"
What Ye Lang was referring to were the first Second Laboratory. He had a lot of alchemical materials, but these alchemical techniques were closely guarded secrets, and the materials used were also very unique, some of which he did not have.
Of course, if Ye Lang wanted to use other methods instead, that was also possible. He only needed to understand the principles of these techniques and integrate them into his alchemy.
However, these technologies need to be tested. Only by trying them can one truly understand them. Otherwise, the knowledge in books is merely what's in the book and will never become one's own.
Ye Lang was unaware that his actions might attract the attention of Cold-Blooded Thirteenth, who would then take his existence seriously and prevent him from being allowed to freely browse books and move around as he pleased. This, he suppose, was still a form of freedom.
Ye Lang continued his experiments in the laboratory, verifying his ideas time and time again. Some time passed, but Cold-Blooded Thirteenth still hadn't emerged.
If Cold-Blooded Thirteenth knew what Ye Lang was doing here, he would definitely come out immediately. Of course, if he didn't come out soon, my lab would be ruined.
You want to experiment with alchemy? Fine, go ahead and do it. But you always end up doing some weird experiments that ruin all my materials and even cause collateral damage!
Furthermore, you should only use as much material as you need. Why are you secretly pocketing the rare materials? Although this isn't the third laboratory and the materials here aren't the most important, they are still hard-won.
Little did he know that this was Ye Lang's habit; he was always experimenting with strange ideas and often created dangerous things. Zhen Xiaoyan and her group knew this all too well, as they had been affected and harmed by Ye Lang since childhood.
If they knew that Ye Lang was tinkering with alchemy here, they would run as far away as possible. They were afraid that the defensive array of this Alchemy Laboratory would not be enough for Ye Lang to destroy.
Ye Lang seemed to understand this as well, so he tried to conduct his experiments in the Second Laboratory, where there were fewer things. Of course, he would temporarily store the useless things in his ring.
That's right, this is only temporary, it's not about lining one's own pocket!
One thing is rather strange. Cold-Blooded Thirteenth couldn't understand why he had allowed Ye Lang to act so recklessly when he had clearly ordered someone to watch over him.
The reason is simple: Ye Lang hadn't done anything out of line or stayed in the lab for a while, so his team members assumed he wasn't interested and stopped watching him.
The current team members have gotten used to Ye Lang's presence and no longer pay attention to where Ye Lang is or what he is doing, so no one cares what Ye Lang is doing.