The Upside-Down Clown

The contaminants in the laboratory building might not have been growing for very long. If the living sample had been placed in the laboratory before they appeared, it might not have been able to withstand them. So before going in, he first had to consider the living sample's safety.

If he broke through the wall directly, he would at least have to reach the living sample before the contaminant dust in the air. Of course, Xu Huo was now covered in contaminants himself and was a "source of contamination," so touching the sample directly could contaminate it as well.

After checking the time, Xu Huo melted the metal wall in front of him. He passed through space and instantly arrived where the living thing was in the laboratory. A sealed black metal box stood before him, roughly as tall as an adult. Several ventilation holes sat a third of the way down from the top. They were too narrow to see through, but he could hear a low, unmistakably inhuman whimpering from inside.

With one slash, he cut off the box's lid. He pulled out the sheet from World in the Painting and took in the Alien that was eagerly trying to crawl out. As soon as the picture frame closed, a hideously twisted face appeared on the white paper. Its mouth gaped, but it could not speak; all it could do was roar.

World in the Painting was a container item given to him by the Curator of the Hundred People Art Museum. It could hold two people alive for thirty days at a time. Whether they were Players or ordinary people, entering the painting was equivalent to temporarily leaving the game, and they could not open the game panel either.

Of course, that did not mean there was