Qu Jianlei's answer was clearly ill-intentioned; it all depended on whether the other party could hold back.
The cultivation levels he and Jing Yuexin had displayed were both A-rank, which was one of the reasons Carl had approached them.
However, Carl and Wei Bo were also A-rank. If they truly wanted to take advantage of their home ground to do something, their chances of success were theoretically not low.
Carl paid no attention to his response and merely said, "Sorry, I was just worried about putting myself in danger."
After advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm, Qu Jianlei's perception of danger had greatly increased, and he could also sense other people's emotions rather clearly.
Since the other party harbored no ill intent whatsoever, he could not be bothered to keep fishing for evidence. He merely nodded casually.
"It's good to be cautious. I just wonder... whether you might be worrying too much."
He did not doubt that the other party might try something underhanded, but overestimating oneself was also a common human failing.
Many people believed their research was unparalleled in the world, but why? Why did they think they could surpass the countless masses?
Carl snorted softly at that, answering with complete confidence, "You'll understand once you see it."
In a safe on the second underground level, he took out a storage device and casually inserted it into a socket on the wall.
The next moment, a document was projected into the room, except it was nothing but a mass of garbled characters.
"It's protected by Brainwave Decryption," Carl said casually. Then the gibberish in the air vanished, revealing lines of text.
As the text appeared line by line, Qu Jianlei rested his chin on his hand and began reading carefully.
After reading two pages, he turned another page—and