Peiqi sensed what was going through his mind and hurriedly pulled Bai Yaoyao out.
"Sister Yao, talk about perfect timing! He keeps thinking that once it's past eight tonight, the God-Making Plan will succeed!"
Bai Yaoyao checked the time. There were still four or five hours left, which should be enough. She let the other Dark Night members keep playing with him, then left her space to take a look underground.
The two massive stones were still open. After Bai Yaoyao went inside, she found two palm-shaped indentations, just as she had expected.
Bai Yaoyao noticed a pulley near the floor. With a gentle push, the stones closed, fitting together perfectly. The design was excellent. No wonder she hadn't found anything despite searching for so long earlier.
Bai Yaoyao extended her mental scan to its limit and cautiously walked forward.
The passage was exceptionally long. Occasionally, rooms appeared on either side, but they were all storage rooms with nothing important inside.
After walking for more than twenty minutes, she once again smelled that familiar, pungent chemical odor and detected a dense mass of human energy signatures. Bai Yaoyao knew she had reached the main event.
Concealing her presence, she hugged the wall and continued slowly forward.
Inside the Laboratory, beyond Bai Yaoyao's sight, all the "monsters" in the Culture Vessels suddenly opened their eyes wide at the same time, raising their heads in unison to look toward the passage she was approaching through.
Although Bai Yaoyao didn't know what was happening, she detected numerous energy signatures rapidly moving toward her and realized she might have been exposed.
She immediately ducked into the nearest empty room.
She had considered it empty because her mental power hadn't detected any energy signatures inside. Yet when Bai Yaoyao habitually surveyed the room, she found