The A-rank staff member numbered 221 was still unconscious in bed. Xu Huo took his work ID, altered his appearance to resemble the man, then opened a transit passage and went straight into Kesi Biology.
The transit passage led to what should have been the staff member's office. Once inside, Xu Huo mimicked his earlier movements, brought up the control panel, and pressed the button for the elevator to Underground Level 1.
The entire room slowly descended under mechanical control. Then the door opened again, revealing a completely different corridor.
This was the secret laboratory hidden beneath Kesi Biology.
It wasn't time for work yet, and no one was stationed inside the company. Xu Huo encountered few surveillance devices along the way, only passing two armed robots responsible for security.
He stepped into a room beside the corridor to avoid meeting them head-on and casually picked up some handwritten notes left by a staff member. The test subjects were identified only by numbers, but terms like "failed chimera" and "gene fusion" made it clear what kind of experiments they were conducting.
Xu Huo tossed the notebook aside, left the room, and followed the corridor to the first room 221 had inspected.
More accurately, it wasn't a room but a warehouse. Beyond the open door was a narrow staircase leading down. The actual warehouse began five meters below.
Huge metal cages covered in black cloth lined both sides of the warehouse. Some were bound with chains, the other ends fastened to the walls. Even without looking inside, the excessively deep, labored breathing made it clear that the creatures in the cages weren't human.
The sound of shoes scraping across the floor echoed through the warehouse. Xu Huo slowly passed each cage, then stopped in the middle.
He pulled the black cloth