(Special large cup today~)
Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu had indeed left first.
Their exchange had not gone very deep. After learning the truth behind the experiment, the two of them fell into their own thoughts. Before long, Ai Si returned. She had found no materials and said that, aside from sludge and wastewater, there was nothing in the underground passage.
But she had not come back empty-handed. At the very least, she had brought something back.
When Ai Si extended her fist, neither of the two steady types in the archive room showed any interest in stepping forward to look. They both gazed at Ai Si with nearly identical, heads tilted back in guarded poses. Their meaning was obvious: whether this was information or a prank, they would not fall for it until its safety had been verified.
Their excessive synchrony made Ai Si feel that she was probably the only outsider on this team.
"Do you really have to be this wary of me?
"Even if I tried to be clever, could I really fool either of you?"
As she spoke, Ai Si opened her hand, revealing a small, pitch-black ball in her palm, its surface eaten away by mud.
Cheng Shi stared at the dirty little ball. He blinked in confusion and asked, "What the hell is that?"
The next second, Ai Si grinned and slowly turned the ball around. A patch of its original color was still visible beneath the mud caking its black surface. Cheng Shi focused on it. After just one glance, he guessed what it was.
"..."
A clown nose!
The little ball fouled by wastewater was a red clown nose.
"Fine, fine, I'm here solving riddles for you, and you deliberately brought a little ball stained with dirty water just to mess