Back in Su Shijun's Laboratory

"I know nothing about this experiment!"

"And the shadow I have now isn't the one that escaped from the laboratory back then."

"I don't know where that shadow went after it 'transcended.' All I know is that it was still on me before the Freshman Competition, but after the Freshman Competition, it ran off... Not only did it run off, it also packed up and took away much of the knowledge and experience it had brought back before!"

The young scholarship student's tone was sincere as he looked earnestly at the "senior researcher" before him, trying his best to distance himself from that damned shadow. He was terrified that one wrong move would get him dragged off and stuffed onto a dissection table.

Of course, even so, his account still held something back—based on Xiao Xiao's explanation afterward and the conversation he had had with that Relevant Department agent codenamed "Forty-One," whom Old Yao had brought along, Zheng Qing could roughly guess where the shadow that had "transcended" from the two-dimensional world was now.

But in his view, this was a matter of great importance. The fewer people who knew, the better.

Doctor Chen floated in midair with his head tilted, staring silently at the young scholarship student. Those glittering eyes made Zheng Qing's skin crawl.

After a long while, Su Shijun finally broke the silence.

"We can all tell that he isn't lying." Beauty Su adjusted the large red glasses on her face, the corners of her lips lifting slightly. "In that case, cutting away his shadow again would be useless."

"Honesty and fact are not the same concept." Doctor Chen smiled pleasantly, but his words were exceedingly sharp. "Even if he has told the truth, that does not mean the facts are as he says."

"The fact is