"What the hell is all this? Gods? Pseudo-Humans? God-Taboo Objects? Scarlet Origin??" Bai Ye started playing a fill-in-the-blanks game.
The experiment log had decayed too badly, and many of its pages were stuck together.
"God-Taboo Object!?" Gao Bancheng hurried forward and stared fixedly at those three words.
"You know about God-Taboo Objects?"
Gao Bancheng nodded solemnly. "I don't recognize most of the terms written here, but I've seen God-Taboo Objects more than once in the intelligence archives of the Fortune Commerce Association."
Bai Ye was immediately intrigued. "What are God-Taboo Objects?"
"Brother Little White, do you know the ranks of Taboo Objects?"
"Snake, Jiao, Dragon."
"Correct. Taboo Objects are divided into three ranks from lowest to highest: Snake-Level Taboo Objects, Jiao-Level Taboo Objects, and Dragon-Level Taboo Objects. God-Taboo Objects, meanwhile, are... Taboo Objects that surpass the Dragon-class. They are said to be so powerful that even gods would fear them, hence the name God-Taboo Objects."
Bai Ye's eyes lit up. "So there's a God-Taboo Object in Shelter 189!?"
"I'm afraid there may be more than one." Gao Bancheng pointed at the writing in the experiment log. "Look, God-Taboo Objects are mentioned more than once here, and there are even serial numbers. That means there may be several in the shelter... Hey, hey, Brother Little White, where are you going??"
Bai Ye had already reached the stairwell. Without looking back, he said, "What else? I'm going to find the God-Taboo Objects, obviously."
"Brother Little White, slow down. I'm only guessing. Theoretically, it's impossible for every God-Taboo Object to be stored in the same shelter..."
Thud, thud, thud...
Bai Ye's brisk footsteps were his only reply.
"Ah!!!"
The piercing scream brought Bai Ye to an abrupt stop on the stairs.
"That voice... it's Black Leopard and the others!" Gao Bancheng's expression changed,