Chapter 1050: The Sixty-Eighth Experiment
The two emerged in a bathroom. Amid the steady drip of water, a middle-aged man in a white coat, clearly a researcher, crawled out from beneath the fallen ceiling.
At the sight of Xu Huo and Chi Minghong, he didn't shout. Instead, he calmly said, "There's nothing here that you're looking for."
"That's strange. I haven't even said anything yet. How do you know what we're looking for?" Chi Minghong asked, crossing her arms.
"Players are only after a few things. This isn't a place for researching the precious minerals you're looking for," the middle-aged researcher said with absolute certainty.
Xu Huo walked up to him, grabbed him by the nape, and lifted him off the ground. "If I were you, I wouldn't try to be clever in front of a Player. Don't press whatever you're holding."
Chi Minghong stepped forward and pried open his hand, confiscating a miniature Communicator.
"Old geezer's pretty crafty!" She used a small item, and several things on him dropped to the floor, including a spare Communicator, a recorder, and an Access Card.
"Lu Huizhi, level-one researcher." Chi Minghong held it up. "It's an Access Card, too, and a high-level one. It should get us into the Laboratory."
"Let's go." Xu Huo shoved Lu Huizhi ahead of him and made him lead the way.
"What exactly do you want? We can talk this out. There are many toxic substances in the Laboratory. One careless touch could kill you!" Lu Huizhi tried to reason with them.
"You think we wanted to come here?" Xu Huo improvised without missing a beat. "My friend and I came for the beauty pageant. Before we even got to see anyone, we were chased all over the place. We had no choice but to hide in