"Sorry I'm late."
After his identity was verified, Gao Ming entered Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals' experimental warehouse. Six people were already standing near the assembly point, including Xu Deyi and Jiang Miaomiao's mentally impaired older brother.
"No sense of time whatsoever." The complaint came from a woman wearing purple-framed glasses. Her outfit made her look like some executive's secretary: a fitted blazer, a pencil skirt, black stockings, and high heels. She had a good figure, but her face was unremarkable; she could only rely on her glasses to disguise her poorly balanced features.
The woman with glasses stood with two other people. The three seemed to be a team that regularly worked together on testing assignments. Groups like theirs were fairly common in the Brain-Domain Game.
"Three newcomers?" The burly man standing close against the woman frowned slightly. He barely bothered to conceal the disgust in his eyes. As he looked at Gao Ming and the mentally impaired man, his gaze held nothing but condescending scrutiny. "The money won't come easy this time."
"Once we enter the game, you three mustn't wander off. Follow instructions." The other member of the team, a tall, thin young man, spoke up. His tone was unfriendly, but his attitude toward the newcomers was decent enough. "We're entering a Middle Nightmare this time. Unlike Shallow Nightmares, these carry the risk of never being able to return. So stay alert and be extremely careful!"
The elevator leading underground made a noise, and Tang Qing stepped out in uniform. His face was heavy with fatigue, as though he hadn't slept properly for days.
"Over here. Follow me!"
After he brought everyone into the elevator, they watched the numbers on the display keep changing, from 1 to 18, then slowly back to 4.
"Your underground laboratory has eighteen floors?