"Are you fucking kidding me?"
Number Zero stared into the box. There was no nuclear power unit or energy amethyst like he had imagined.
All it held was a sleeping little girl who looked about seven or eight, cute and beautiful, clearly destined to grow into a beauty.
Her limbs were all chained down. Judging by the deep indentations around her wrists and ankles, she had been imprisoned here for a long time. In her arms was a colorful comic book about superheroes.
At the sound of his voice.
The girl jolted awake. Her first reaction was to shrink back, open her little mouth, and hiss like a wild animal.
But little Light of the Firmament soon noticed that Number Zero was not wearing a company uniform. She asked cautiously, "Are you a hero here to save me?"
"Hero, my ass. I'm just passing through."
Under the girl's disappointed gaze.
Number Zero grabbed the cold chain and gave it a gentle tug, only to discover, to his surprise, that it did not break.
[Watching this, Chen Feng could not help saying, "I was way too reckless back then. Chains like these are guaranteed to have a trigger mechanism."]
Sure enough, the instant Chen Feng finished speaking.
A shrill alarm sounded in the recording.
Something was wrong.
Chains that a nation-burst rank body could not snap could not possibly be meant to imprison an ordinary little girl, especially when this girl's eyes and skin were as deep as the starry sky.
"Underground base, urban setting, tech company."
"Is this girl a dangerous test subject? If I save her, will she turn around and attack me?"
"If even the base's security is close to nation-burst rank, the combat reinforcements coming later will definitely be stronger."
Number Zero's instincts told him that abandoning