Laboratory No. 1

When--when--

Xiao Fan drew the red longsword hanging at his waist and with a casual slash, easily cut the cage wire that the fat man and his men couldn't cut no matter what they tried.

"Brother Chen, when did you get those red weapons? They're amazing!"

The fat man crawled out of the cage, staring longingly at the red longsword in Xiao Fan's hand.

Xiao Fan silently sheathed the longsword in his hand. "A red weapon can't cut through this prison."

"By the way, Jiu Chen, how did you know we were locked up in prison?"

As soon as Qin Muyu spoke, everyone looked at Xiao Fan with curiosity.

They were also curious about how Xiao Fan knew about and found this high-altitude prison.

"I'll tell you about this later. Let's go complete the first two tasks in the secret realm first."

The two missions are to kill Dr. Xin and destroy Yuan Yi. The difficulty seems similar, but both involve dealing with the monsters in the Underground City and the city of gods and demons.

The robots in the Underground City need to obtain the God Demon Stone to embed in their weapons before they can deal damage, so they decided to go to the Divine Demon City first.

While traversing the Underground City, Xiao Fan and his companions discovered that the patrolling Underground City were nowhere to be seen, and even the aerial Observation Aircraft were gone, indicating that the Underground City's energy depletion situation was becoming more severe.

However, this is undoubtedly a good thing for Xiao Fan and his group.

"Hehe, hopefully by the time we do the second mission, Yuan Yi will have already shut down automatically due to energy depletion."

The fat man walked along, lost in thought.

"Stop talking, or Yuan Yi will find out," Blade Shadow warned.

The fat man then realized what was happening and quickly shut his mouth.

They walked for some time without discovering Yuan Yi's observation.

"It seems the Underground City's energy consumption is faster than we imagined; Yuan Yi appears to have abandoned monitoring Underground City."

Qin Muyu was somewhat surprised. When they first left the Underground City, they could still encounter patrolling robots in the central area, but now, after only a short time, they were completely gone.

The others were also puzzled. As an artificial Artificial Intelligence with an IQ surpassing that of humans, Yuan Yi should have been very good at calculations and should not have caused such a big change in the Underground City in such a short period of time.

Given Yuan Yi's intelligence, energy consumption should be gradually shut down when resources are scarce, rather than being shut down abruptly.

Seeing the crowd's curiosity, Xiao Fan suddenly stopped and explained calmly.

"The people of the Shadow Realm used some kind of special tool to extract a large amount of core energy from the Underground City and the City of Gods and Demons. This is the real reason for the recent sharp loss of energy in the two cities."

This is the biggest secret Xiao Fan obtained during his trip to the Shadow Realm.

He had been wondering why, when he cleared Cyberpunk City last time, neither of the two factions seemed to be running out of energy, so why was there such a big difference this time when he entered the secret realm.

Upon closer reflection, it makes perfect sense. Both the City of Gods and Demons and the Underground City want the resources for the Shadow Realm's development. And once the people of the Shadow Realm have obtained physical evolution and energy in the game, how could they possibly let go of these two forces?

With the existence of the God-Demon City and the Underground City, this planet can never return to its normal state.

The game also seems to be guiding them to destroy the core energy sources of these two factions.

"Damn! I knew something was wrong."

The fat man and the others suddenly realized what was going on.

No one asked Xiao Fan how he knew all this; he would naturally tell them after the secret realm ended.

"Let's go! First, we'll take out Dr. Xin, then get the Imprint God Demon Stone and destroy Yuan Yi."

Everyone was excited; the time to make a move was finally approaching!

Xiao Fan shook his head.

"No need to go, we'll just wait here for Dr. Xin to come by himself."

Xiao Fan's eyes were deep; he had never intended to go to the City of Gods and Demons in the first place.

The others looked at Xiao Fan in astonishment.

"Brother Chen, Dr. Xin isn't stupid, why would he come to the Underground City?"

The fat man asked, puzzled.

"Besides, if we don't go to the City of Gods and Demons, we won't be able to get the imprint of the God Demon Stone, so how are we going to deal with the robots?"

Blade Shadow also spoke.

Xiao Fan was full of confidence.

"Who said we have to fight the robots? Once Dr. Xin leads his people into the Underground City, who do you think Yuan Yi will attack?"

The City of Gods and Demons and the Underground City are hostile forces. Once the people from the City of Gods and Demons enter the Underground City, Yuan Yi will definitely attack them immediately.

"What about Dr. Xin? Why did he come to the Underground City?"

"Because of this." Xiao Fan took out the God Demon Stone from his Space Ring.

If nothing unexpected happens, during the time he took the God Demon Stone away, the divine and demonic power within the God Demon Human Body will dissipate even faster. How could Dr. Xin not be anxious? Once he senses the presence of the God Demon Stone, no matter how dangerous it is, Xiao Fan believes he will appear.

"This is... God Demon Stone?"

Qin Muyu looked at the rhomboid blue stone in Xiao Fan's hand; she could feel the abundant divine and demonic power within it just by looking at it.

It must be admitted that Dr. Xin is indeed a genius.

It is possible for an ordinary person to research and create such amazing things.

Unfortunately, this thing absorbs the energy of the entire planet, so it is destined not to remain in the Real World.

And indeed, Xiao Fan's guess came true.

The period when the God Demon Stone was lost was the darkest time in the Divine Demon City. More and more God Demon Human realm lost control of their emotions with the power of the Divine Demon, and their strength declined as the power of the Divine Demon dwindled.

Apart from a small number of God Demon Human who regained their emotions and, like Dr. Xin, were eager to find the God Demon Stone, most of God Demon Human began to ponder whether they were truly willing to lose their human emotions after regaining them.

Dr. Xin spent his days holding the replica of the God Demon Stone to sense the location of the real God Demon Stone.

He finally sensed it when Xiao Fan took out the real God Demon Stone from his Space Ring!

"The God Demon Stone! I sensed it!"

Dr. Xin was so excited he could hardly speak, and his eyes suddenly turned forward.

"There it is! That's... the direction of the Underground City!"

Xiao Fan and his team weren't idle either; they had to find Yuan Yi's location before Dr. Xin arrived.

However, the Underground City is so vast, with a complex network of roads both above and below ground. Without any information, it would be extremely difficult to find where Yuan Yi is.

Xiao Fan and his group could only search in the nearest high-rise building.

Here, they discovered many robots that had long since run out of energy, standing silently against the wall like forgotten sculptures.

"Sigh, it seems there are far fewer robot guards in the Underground City."

The fat guy chuckled, "The fewer robots there are, the higher their success rate."

They searched the entire building but couldn't find a single piece of information about Yuan Yi's location.

Let's go check out other buildings.

Yuan Yi concealed his location extremely well; they searched three buildings but found absolutely no information.

"Yuan Yi should have taken precautions beforehand and not revealed its location to the outside world."

Qin Muyu closed the last drawer and sighed.

"Let's keep looking. If all else fails, we'll wait for Dr. Xin to arrive."

Xiao Fan was also helpless. The entire Underground City was huge, and with their small group, even if he had three months, they might not be able to find it.

Just as Xiao Fan was about to give up, the fat man next to him suddenly shouted.

"Quick, check the Nearby Channel!"

"Nearby Channel?"

Everyone suddenly realized that the fat man was referring to the game's chat channel.

However, there's only their small squad here; could there be someone in the Nearby Channel...?

Everyone quickly opened the Game System, and sure enough, there was someone speaking – a player Yang Dianfeng.

Scroll up; this player has sent quite a few messages.

Yang Dianfeng: Is anyone here? Is anyone here?

Yang Dianfeng: Help! Someone please save me!

Yang Dianfeng: Help me! Yuan Yi wants to use me for experiments, for tonics!

At the top were SOS messages; further down, the player seemed to have given up hope and started cursing.

Yang Dianfeng: Quan Lu, Lu Wang, Aili... you damned bastards, you deserve to die a horrible death!

Yang Dianfeng: You bastards, I shouldn't have protected the little one in the first place.

Yang Dianfeng: May you all be struck by lightning! %&^$%$^&...

Upon seeing this, everyone realized that their team wasn't the only one to enter this secret realm; another team had also entered.

"Is this person part of Quan Lu Squad?"

Qin Muyu suddenly remembered that Quan Lu's team seemed to have a small number of members when they were in the Sky Prison.

Xiao Fan noticed that this player said Yuan Yi wanted to use him for experiments!

In other words, this player might know where Yuan Yi is!

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan immediately sent a message.

Jiu Chen: Yang Dianfeng, are you still there?

Laboratory No. 1.

Yang Dianfeng was on the verge of collapse. He was trapped inside a transparent pillar and was extremely weak.

"Quan Lu! You will all die a horrible death!"

Yang Dianfeng knew that if Quan Lu and the others left, they would likely abandon him, the hostage.

But he had no choice; he was the weakest in the entire team, and also came from the poorest family.

Therefore, when Yuan Yi suggested leaving one person behind, he was pushed forward by his teammates without hesitation.

He knew in his heart that if Quan Lu and the others didn't handle things well, he might be abandoned by them, but he didn't expect that Quan Lu and his teammates would abandon him so decisively.

No one replied to his game messages! His teammates of several years wouldn't even give him a perfunctory reply; how could Yang Dianfeng not feel disheartened?

Yang Dianfeng didn't know that Quan Lu and the others weren't replying to his messages because they were in prison; otherwise, they would have at least given him a perfunctory reply.

Quan Lu and the others left, but not long after, the Artificial Intelligence started experimenting on him, and Yang Dianfeng was in agony. With his teammates not giving him any confidence, he could only vent his frustrations in Nearby Channel.

Just when Yang Dianfeng was in despair, he was surprised to see other players talking in the Nearby Channel.

Yang Dianfeng's eyes, which had turned gray, suddenly lit up.

What surprised him even more was that he knew this player.

No, that's not right! Most players in the game know this person.

"Jiu Chen!"

They are a legendary player from Blue Star!

Yang Dianfeng shook his head violently. It must be a hallucination!

The secret realm they entered with ten people back then? How could Jiu Chen be here?

Jiu Chen: Yang Dianfeng, are you still there?

When Jiu Chen's information reappeared on Nearby Channel, Yang Dianfeng finally confirmed that Jiu Chen was nearby!

Although he didn't know what was going on, at this moment, seeing fellow Blue Star who were also players, no matter who they were, Yang Dianfeng was almost moved to tears.

He quickly replied.

Yang Dianfeng: I'm still here! Jiu Chen! Is it the Jiu Chen from Blue Star?

Xiao Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Yang Dianfeng's reply; this was their only hope of finding Yuan Yi.

Xiao Fan: It's me, I'm in the Underground City right now.

Yang Dianfeng: God, save me! If you can save my life, I'll give you anything you want once we're out of the secret realm, I'll even be your dog.

Yang Dianfeng was truly terrified. He felt that even dying in battle against the Fierce Beast would be better than being experimented on by Artificial Intelligence in this terrifying place.

Xiao Fan: Are you there with that Artificial Intelligence Yuan Yi? We can't find its location right now.

When Yang Dianfeng heard Xiao Fan say this, he thought that Xiao Fan was coming to save him, which gave him hope and moved him deeply.

A complete stranger came to his rescue without hesitation after seeing his plea for help!

What a wonderful person!

Thinking about how he had previously smeared Jiu Chen online out of jealousy, Yang Dianfeng wanted to slap himself twice.

"No wonder he's achieved so much so quickly since he first entered the game!"

Yang Dianfeng replied to Xiao Fan's message while thinking about it.

Yang Dianfeng: Yes! I'm with that Artificial Intelligence, Yuan Yi, right now. It wants to use me as a test subject. It wants its consciousness to enter my body before its energy runs out, so that it can use my body's energy to keep itself from falling into a deep sleep.

Holy crap! You can do that?

After seeing Yang Dianfeng's information, the fat guy and his friends couldn't help but shudder.

Fortunately, the Yuan Yi experiment has not yet succeeded. If it were to actually enter a player's body, it would be impossible to defend against!

Xiao Fan: Where are you right now? I'm coming to rescue you.

Yang Dianfeng: I'm currently in Laboratory No. 1, roughly located in the Underground City...

Xiao Fan stood up and looked at the huge sphere in the sky not far away.

According to Yang Dianfeng, Laboratory No. 1 is located in the tallest building below the sphere.

He didn't know Yuan Yi's exact location either. When they were arrested, they were first locked in a sealed room, and later taken to the laboratory.

At least they had a general idea of what to look for, which was better than Xiao Fan and his group searching on their own.

Fearing that the central area of Underground City was still under Yuan Yi's surveillance, Xiao Fan and his group cautiously entered the building.

They only encountered a patrolling robot once during their time there, indicating that there are very few robots with energy left in the entire Underground City.

"According to Yang Dianfeng, they were probably detained in this room when they were arrested."

Xiao Fan pointed to the steel gate next to him and said in the team channel.

Everyone nodded and looked around.

It's a very long corridor with many rooms on both sides, and there's a branch corridor every ten meters or so; it's quite large.

No wonder Yang Dianfeng couldn't remember the exact location. In such a complex building, even an ordinary person might not be able to remember it after walking through it ten times. It's estimated that only those robots could accurately remember every room.

At this moment, Yang Dianfeng spoke again in Nearby Channel, his tone anxious.

Yang Dianfeng: Master! Have you guys arrived yet? I feel like Yuan Yi is about to possess me!!!

Xiao Fan: We've arrived at Laboratory No. 1, but the terrain here is complicated, and we can't find your location. Could you make some noise so we can pinpoint your exact location?

Drop--

Shortly after the message was sent, a piercing alarm suddenly sounded throughout the building.