"We're here."
Xiao He suddenly stopped and spoke those words, pulling the two men behind her out of their wandering thoughts.
Ji Li stood closer to the front. He carefully studied the room before him, his confusion deepening once again.
This was the second room. For now, he would call it "Room Number Two"—A Chun's bedroom.
But why did Room Number Two look exactly like Room Number One?
Ji Li had already been puzzled by why the corridors, passages, and rooms in this forbidden zone were all bare and gray, like a dilapidated, unfinished building.
This hardly looked like somewhere a living person would stay, yet Xiao He and Kun Sheng had repeatedly insisted that it was.
Ji Li turned and looked past Cheng Ming's conflicted face toward the misty space behind them. Once again, he could no longer remember the way they had come.
While Xiao He unlocked the door, Cheng Ming stepped forward with an uncertain look in his eyes and whispered:
"Manager, look how naturally she does it. She's unlocking A Chun's bedroom without even asking."
Many little details could yield deeper information upon closer examination.
Xiao He seemed to possess the keys to every room in this forbidden zone. She even knew what was inside each one.
At the same time, something was wrong with A Chun's bedroom.
A Chun's bedroom was actually locked. Taken together with the bandages binding her and Kun Sheng's words, this meant that she herself might pose a certain threat.
"A Chun is dangerous even in her normal phase." This was a major piece of information.
Of these two findings, Ji Li cared more about the former—Xiao He.
Based on the clues they had gathered so far, Xiao He was very likely the "mastermind" of this forbidden zone, while A Chun