Du-Oh and Cool-Oh

Ailins was, after all, a smart woman who knew when to yield.

After witnessing Krillin's utterly unreasonable suppressive power, she knew full well that trying to play tricks in front of this bald man would be no different from courting death.

She took a deep breath and calmed her slightly disordered heartbeat, ignoring Degesu, who was still lying on the ground, unable to move.

"Follow me."

Ailins turned and headed toward a concealed passage on the left side of the hall.

Krillin jumped down from the armrest of the throne.

As he left, the rule-based gravity imposed on Degesu dissipated as well.

Degesu lay on the floor, gasping heavily, his entire body soaked in sweat.

As he stared at Krillin's back, his eyes were filled with undisguised terror, and he no longer dared make the slightest sound.

Following Ailins, the group passed through the dark, winding passage and continued downward until they finally arrived at a massive magic-energy cultivation laboratory deep beneath the castle.

The moment the laboratory doors opened, a wave of pungent chemical fumes mixed with a fishy stench rushed at them.

The laboratory was enormous.

Thick transparent pipes crisscrossed everywhere, filled with glowing purple nutrient fluid.

In every corner of the laboratory were piles of biological organs that made people physically uncomfortable. Some were soaked in strange liquids and twitched from time to time.

The walls were covered with complicated instrument panels and various old Magic Power conduits.

Bulma entered while covering her nose, and her professional instincts immediately kicked in.

She pulled a silver rectangular device from her portable backpack and pressed the red button on its side. The screen lit up green, and she swept the instrument around the room.

"This biotechnology is way too crude."

Looking at the data flashing across the screen, Bulma