Lamplighter

The Abnormal Human Research Center?

As the name suggested, it was a place that studied abnormal humans.

Espers certainly counted as abnormal humans.

So this must be 600 Wanping South Road, the address mentioned in Queen Maeve's letter.

The group crept up to the building's main entrance. For such a secretive place, its front doors stood wide open.

Perhaps visitors rarely came by. Besides, the research facility was probably packed with surveillance, so there was little need to guard the entrance.

That was where Starlight's powers came in handy again.

Starlight could not only control electricity but also sense the location of every electrical device.

In the surveillance room, the feed from the camera in the entrance corridor cut out for a few seconds, then returned to normal.

The staff on duty failed to notice. It was hard to stay focused during such tedious work, and slacking off had become routine in the surveillance room.

Two monitors in blue uniforms were dozing in their chairs. Two full rows of screens hung on the wall before them, showing live footage from every corner of the facility.

Starlight and the other three had reached the surveillance room door.

The room was dense with electrical signals, so Starlight was almost certain they had found the surveillance room.

If they wanted to learn what secret research was being conducted here, checking the feeds was the quickest and easiest way.

Starlight knocked softly twice.

Faintly hearing the knocks, the two monitors jolted awake. They peered through the glass in the door, but no one was outside.

They checked the screens. The feed from the corridor outside was filled with static.

Strange. That looked like a signal interruption. Had the camera's connection failed?

The two opened the door to take a look.

At that moment, a