Night Exploration of the Glass Factory

If he had been an ordinary player, after investigating this far and discovering the anomaly within Fourth Ventricle, with the instance time nearly up, he could have considered making a reckless move—eliminate the few people whose identities he could confirm first, then figure out how to destroy the shadow inside Fourth Ventricle. If he did not try, the instance would end anyway. At least trying gave him a chance.

But considering that Zhang Heng still had more than 120 days left in this instance, he was not suited for that kind of all-or-nothing gamble.

Zhang Heng glanced again at the microtracker's location on his phone. Although it had shifted somewhat afterward, it was still inside the factory and had not left. It was stationary again now, so someone had probably placed it somewhere.

He made up his mind. "We know too little about those things. We can't miss this rare opportunity. Tonight, I'm going inside the factory to see if I can find any useful information and the whereabouts of those replaced people. I'll also retrieve the tracker from the candy box while I'm at it."

"Didn't you say the security there is tight, with cameras everywhere?"

"There's some risk, but it's not like there's no chance at all," Zhang Heng said. "If we keep investigating step by step like this, we'll just keep getting led around by the nose."

"What should I do?" Bai Qing asked eagerly.

"Help me do the homework due tomorrow."

"..."

"There really is something I need to ask of you. I need someone outside to cooperate with me and distract them if necessary. But you might also run into danger, and it'll be against the law," Zhang Heng said.

"No problem." Bai Qing agreed without much hesitation. After a pause, she added, "I'll finish