The answer to why they couldn't go to the Sequence Research Institute

Lin Que looked at the two fired-up people before him.

All he could do was give a wry laugh.

Rescue Shi Er...

"Not just Shi Er. We have to rescue Eldest Brother and Old Xia, too."

"Huh?" Jiang Fu blurted out. "What?"

"Brother-in-Law and Brother Xia got captured, too?"

Lin Que sounded rather helpless. "Not captured, exactly. They're probably trapped..."

Both of them carried Emperor Grade defense items and invisibility talismans.

There was no way they would be captured.

Something had most likely trapped them.

Something like a Spatial Maze.

Once you went in, getting out was difficult.

The factions within the Sequence Research Institute were tangled and complex.

It wasn't as simple as a single faction controlling everything.

"Right, about Master, Mistress, and Junior Sister—should we tell the others?"

Shi Jiu waved a hand. "Not yet... especially not Old Deng. We absolutely can't tell him!"

Lin Que pursed his lips. He hadn't planned on telling Shi Yuehan anyway.

Jiang Fu nodded. "Grandpa, Maternal Grandmother, and Mother-in-Law must still have something those people want. Let's keep it quiet for now."

"It won't be too late to tell everyone once they've fully recovered and left Hell."

"A surprise!" Shi Jiu declared.

Lin Que nodded solemnly.

This really was an enormous surprise.

As for what they would announce to the outside world...

Why did it have to be Ning Chengfeng, Yun Luoyu, and Ning Ranxin returning?

Wouldn't new identities work just as well?

Lin Que muttered, "I think I need to visit Professor Su. I could experience that surprise all over again..."

Jiang Fu: "..."

Shi Jiu: "..."

Why was Uncle Lin's way of thinking getting stranger and stranger?

Who had he learned that from?

Lin Que noticed the odd looks they were giving him.

He cleared his throat. "Right, the Sequence