Once everything was ready, the Collectors' rhizomes extended through the seamless gap beneath the protective barrier generator and entered the Spirit Domain.
The entrance was at the laboratory's spire, where the missing section formed a passage inside.
The moment the rhizomes entered, they sensed a breeze blowing toward them, carrying a faint fishy smell. The laboratory stood on a vast grassland, and not far beyond it lay a coastline. The azure sea shimmered in the distance, its surface dotted with snow-white waves.
Such a unique view was refreshing to behold, but the Collectors did not dare lower their guard. They always knew that this place was the Spirit Domain, a world that could easily prove fatal.
The Collectors had no intention of venturing deep into the Spirit Domain. Their purpose here was solely to explore the Hui Civilization laboratory beneath their rhizomes.
"Split up. You handle that side; we'll handle this side. Move quickly. Finish within an hour."
"Understood."
After briefly coordinating through the life field, the Collectors used chemical coordination to send their rhizomes directly into the laboratory from above and begin their exploration.
Whenever they passed a fork in the path or a room, one or several rhizomes separated from the group to investigate it, while the remaining rhizomes continued deeper into other parts of the laboratory.
The Collectors acted swiftly, and their operational strategy was effective. In just over ten minutes, they had finished exploring every area of the laboratory.
Like the frozen laboratory discovered within the New Empire star system, this Hui Civilization laboratory also contained a negative matter zone, one identical to the negative matter zones the Collectors had previously found.
Compared to the laboratory discovered in the New Empire star system, however, this newly found laboratory in the Spirit Domain was far more intact.