The elevator descended slowly. Lincon and Guo Chongguang stood side by side inside, and the silence between them felt somewhat strange.
"Ding—"
With a soft chime, the elevator doors opened.
A cold metallic scent mixed with a faint odor of ozone rushed toward them.
What came into Lincon's view was an immensely deep metal corridor.
The bright silver alloy floor stretched all the way to the end of sight.
Staff hurried back and forth through the corridor, but whenever they saw Guo Chongguang, they still stopped and raised their hands in respectful salutes.
The unease in Lincon's heart intensified.
Taiyi's condition is probably worse than I imagined, he thought.
Fang Qingyang and Guo Chongguang had actually revealed some information, both openly and indirectly. Though neither had said it outright, the conclusion was not difficult to reach if one thought carefully.
If a S-Plus Rank ability user had not suffered some grave accident, why would he remain in an underground space that never saw daylight?
Besides, the three Epic Lords of the Abyss Sea had long since made an agreement with him not to intervene, and there was also the grave expression on Guo Chongguang's face...
Everything seemed to be confirming one thing for Lincon.
"..."
There were no patrolling soldiers at the end of the corridor. Guo Chongguang led him through one translucent glass door after another.
The figures passing by on both sides gradually changed from people in neat standard uniforms to researchers wrapped in white lab coats, wearing masks and goggles.
Fully sealed laboratories swept past on both sides. Thick transparent pipes were embedded in the walls, gray liquid flowing and churning within them. Round bubbles struck the pipe walls, then burst into countless fine white scales.
At last, Lincon halted before a heavy metal door.
By this