Chapter 422: The Sealed Gate × Opening × Darkness
Immersed in these materials, Joey gained a deeper understanding of the Dark Continent.
In particular, Ging had found a way to leave, along with some information about reaching the World Tree.
With these, they no longer needed to worry about being trapped here, and the information also laid a better foundation for their future exploration of the Dark Continent.
But to leave, they still needed to open the sealed laboratory door ahead.
There was another test subject behind that door.
A test subject called Number Zero. According to the records, Number Zero was dangerous not because of irresistible fighting power or destructive capabilities, but because it was simply too incomprehensible. It seemed capable of doing anything.
The materials offered little description, recording only that Number Zero was a being capable of granting any wish.
Yet that simple sentence brought something to Joey's mind.
Joey knew someone who could also grant every wish, though different wishes would require different prices, at least.
That person was Nanika of the Zoldyck Family.
But Joey felt that was too far-fetched. One of the Ancient City's most closely guarded secrets could not possibly have broken through the seal and left long ago.
Much less become a member of the Zoldyck Family.
Even if the Zoldyck Family had always considered Nanika an outsider, and Alluka the true child of the Zoldyck Family.
The fact remained that Alluka and Nanika existed together, inseparable.
But regardless of whether the situation inside was what Joey imagined, they now had reasons that made opening the laboratory unavoidable.
According to Ging's understanding, even if the equipment installed outside the laboratory could block the Hundred Ghosts monsters' attacks, it could not hold out forever.
After all, far too much time had passed. It