The elevator was descending.
It passed the basement level, then even the lowest floor marked on the buttons, Basement Level 3, but it continued to descend.
The stale air, the oppressive silence, the cramped space—after being stuck there for a full three minutes, Li Si, whose brain was already in a state of heightened activity, couldn't help feeling restless and irritable.
But he kept those feelings under control.
He had even swallowed the split-off green-skinned personality. A tiny emotional fluctuation like this was nothing to him.
What truly made him uncomfortable was that his imagination had also been enhanced along with his brain activity. In an environment with a subtle suggestive effect, his imagination was like a wild horse that had broken free. Even a small patch of shadow could make him involuntarily conjure up a vivid image of a ghost.
He wasn't actually scared, but his body instinctively stayed in a combat-ready stance. His taut nerves had already made him uncontrollably angry and agitated, with the urge to smash everything around him.
This side effect caused by his unusual condition was something he hadn't anticipated at all.
"No, stay graceful. Don't get worked up!"
Li Si took a deep breath and simply closed his eyes.
He couldn't smash the elevator doors. If he broke the elevator, he'd be trapped inside.
More importantly, with his current body, punching the metal doors would probably break his hand.
Ding!
The chime announcing their arrival at the target floor was almost more pleasant than a reward notification from a game system.
Before the elevator doors had even opened, he could already hear faint panting and voices nearby.
The enhanced information-retrieval ability he gained in the Research and Development state wasn't limited to searching his memories. It could search all the information in his