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The white long-haired cat pounced through the air at Zhou Bai, yowling, "Mwahahaha! I absolutely refuse to acknowledge a guy like you as the destined one! I'm taking over your body! I'm stealing your cheat!"

But Zhou Bai had long been on guard against the white cat. Layers of Primordial Spirit power spread through the air, and he caught it almost immediately.

Then the white cat went splat against the floor, as though an invisible giant hand had grabbed it by the tail, hauled it up, and viciously smashed it back down.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Alice stared in shock as the white cat was repeatedly flattened against the ground like a pancake. Even Bandu, inside the cultivation tank nearby, had stopped in a daze to watch the cat being flung about.

Zhou Bai controlled the half-dead white cat and slowly floated it over. With a cold laugh, he said, "Hmph, I knew there was something off about you. Trying to pull something on me?"

Though he said that, Zhou Bai felt an instinctive fondness toward it, as if it would not truly harm him.

"You little bastard! I'll bite you to death!" The white cat bared its fangs and brandished its claws, trying to pounce on Zhou Bai, but under the control of his Primordial Spirit power, it could not advance an inch.

Controlling the white cat with his Primordial Spirit power, Zhou Bai carefully observed it. He could sense a faint current of Primordial Spirit power constantly welling out from its body, yet it seemed to pose no threat to him at all.

Alice also leaned closer and asked in amazement, "Zhou Bai, what is this thing?"

"Um..." Just as Zhou Bai was wondering how to explain, footsteps sounded from the direction of the corridor.

His and Alice's expressions changed at the same time. Zhou Bai immediately grabbed Alice and the white cat and darted toward a corner to hide.

Feeling the white cat continue struggling beneath his Primordial Spirit power, Zhou Bai grew anxious.

The next instant, he felt a swelling sensation between his brows. The white cat's body wavered, then turned directly into a wisp of white smoke and drilled into Alice's forehead, startling Zhou Bai.

But there was no time to deal with it now. He still pulled Alice down into the shadows and watched as Dr. Zhuang slowly entered the laboratory.

My Primordial Spirit power is equivalent to the strength of four or five adults, but Dr. Zhuang is strange from head to toe. Better not confront him head-on.

Carefully staying in the blind spot of Dr. Zhuang's vision, Zhou Bai wanted to take Alice out of the laboratory first.

Suddenly, Alice tugged at him. When he turned, he saw her lean toward a low cabinet and reach for it.

Zhou Bai's heart clenched. What is she doing?! Just as he was about to pull her away, Alice pointed above the cabinet, turned back, and silently moved her lips as though saying something.

Zhou Bai looked at the cabinet. An electronic card? The electronic card for the main door?

He had not expected Alice to remember their objective in a situation like this—and to have found the electronic card.

With a thought from Zhou Bai, his Primordial Spirit power swept up the card from afar and delivered it into Alice's hand.

The white cat's female voice rang out in his mind again. "Little bastard! Take my gemstone too."

Zhou Bai could not be bothered with the white cat in his mind. Pulling Alice along, he prepared to leave.

But the white cat kept chattering. "Idiot! Go get it!"

"That thing is far more important than you can imagine!"

Seeing that Zhou Bai still ignored her, the white cat helplessly lied, "Without it, the Auxiliary System can't be activated at all!"

Zhou Bai frowned, patted Alice on the shoulder, and pointed toward the door, telling her to leave first. He himself slowly moved toward the gemstone the white cat had mentioned.

Alice wanted to grab him and leave at once, but she could not pull Zhou Bai away at all.

The gemstone the white cat mentioned was a thumb-sized blue cone. It sat on a workbench not far behind Dr. Zhuang, as if he had taken it out earlier to study it.

Just as Zhou Bai came within ten meters and prepared to use his Primordial Spirit power to retrieve the gemstone, a series of thunderous bangs rang out.

Zhou Bai looked up and saw Bandu inside the cultivation tank slamming hard against the glass, staring in his direction.

"Shh!" Seeing that Bandu showed no sign of stopping and was even pointing toward him, Zhou Bai simply swept out with his Primordial Spirit power, seized the gemstone, then turned and ran.

"What are you looking at? Let's go!"

Dr. Zhuang turned around and looked coldly at the fleeing Zhou Bai and Alice.

Zhou Bai yanked the stunned Alice along. His Primordial Spirit power surged forth again, flipping up the surrounding tables and chairs and hurling them at Dr. Zhuang.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

"Run, run, run!" the white cat shouted in Zhou Bai's mind. "That guy's got something to him. Those little tricks of yours won't kill him!"

But Zhou Bai did not readily believe the white cat. He glanced back and saw that the tables and chairs he had thrown had barely approached Dr. Zhuang before they all floated in midair, then returned to their original positions one by one.

He can use Primordial Spirit power too? And he seems stronger than me... more skilled...

Zhou Bai's heart tightened. He stopped looking back and pushed his Primordial Spirit power to its limit, sweeping up both Alice and himself and making them float through the air as they shot into the distance with a whoosh, almost as if they were flying.

Over the past few days, Zhou Bai had secretly tested various uses of Primordial Spirit power. Like invisible arms, it could hold him up, reaching as high as the maximum range of his Primordial Spirit power—ten meters.

Of course, that did not count as flying, but at least at this moment, it looked very much like flying, and the speed was astonishingly fast.

Moreover, when his Primordial Spirit power erupted at full force, it was like invisible tentacles, helping Zhou Bai sense the surroundings. Even though the floors above were pitch-black, he could still race forward at full speed.

Alice watched this in astonishment, but suppressed her curiosity and did not ask. Instead, she clutched the electronic card tightly to her chest and asked, "Zhou Bai! What do we do? Teacher saw us!"

"Leave the base." Zhou Bai sped ahead as he said, "Didn't you get the electronic card? We'll escape first and figure out the rest later."

Alice froze slightly and asked worriedly, "What about Bandu and the others? And Elsa..."

"We'll go out and find people to rescue them. First, we have to make sure we survive." Zhou Bai said, "You heard it too. There's a rescue team outside."

"I know this may be difficult for you, but it's the only way we have right now."

A conflicted look appeared on Alice's face. For a child who had grown up in the base and lived there for so many years, suddenly abandoning everyone and completely escaping the place where she had grown up carried immense emotional pressure.

She had always wanted to go out and see the outside world, but when that day truly arrived so abruptly, Alice felt a wave of panic.

She could only cling tightly to Zhou Bai and forcibly suppress the fear in her heart.

Zhou Bai, on the other hand, wore a worried expression as he accelerated with all his strength. He did not believe that after running the base for so many years, Dr. Zhuang would let them leave so easily.

But contrary to his expectations, they charged all the way through, swiped the card, and kept moving without encountering a single obstacle. Zhou Bai and Alice opened the door to the first-floor buffer zone and truly arrived outside the base.

Thanks to Qin Weiyong, Slave Girl, Ocean 325, and Yet the Sky Is Cool, What a Fine Autumn 54371 for the rewards, as well as many other old friends for their rewards and recommendation votes. Thank you all.