Following the crisscrossing Spiral Staircase all the way up, Bai Zhi and the Campus Belle reached the domed top floor in just a few minutes.
Perhaps because the biggest boss here had already been locked inside an Isolation Room, they encountered no danger on the way up.
Like the Isolation Rooms below, the door at the very top was unlocked. There was no label beside it indicating the name of an Isolation Room or anything similar, only a doorplate marked [0].
Out of basic caution, Bai Zhi did not go in directly. Instead, he first summoned a Shadow Guard to test the waters.
—Scaling mountains of blades and crossing Seas of Fire, Shadow Guards never shirked their duty.
Several dozen seconds later, the Shadow Guard pushed the door open and came out. It then spread its hands toward Bai Zhi, making the classic "That's it?" gesture.
Bai Zhi: "..."
...After the Skill had been enhanced, he had found that the Shadow Guards seemed to be getting increasingly mischievous.
After sending the Shadow Guard over to stand watch at the door, Bai Zhi and the Campus Belle entered the room together.
However, contrary to Bai Zhi's expectations, there was nothing in this room resembling a master control switch for the Restricted Area.
Inside this not particularly large room, there was only a Medical Pod positioned in the center.
Within the Medical Pod, which was filled with colorless transparent liquid, a little girl with long purple hair floated quietly with her eyes closed.
The moment Bai Zhi clearly saw the little girl's face inside the Medical Pod, his expression changed slightly.
—She was the Quasi-Lord of Anomalies who had taken his head away.
Bai Zhi was quite confident in his own memory. Besides, he had personally seen this little girl just a