"Ah! Aah!"
Xu Le, who was shuffling through his Guyinduo Cards beside a guard, stole a glance at the laboratory. The screams had continued ever since they returned from the Lower City, almost two hours ago now.
He had no idea what Gu Jianuo was doing inside.
Was she venting her emotions by torturing a prisoner?
[Heart energy status is approaching the alert threshold. Please be advised.]
"Hey, hello. I wanted to ask, does Miss Gu do this often?"
Xu Le looked at the guard, who hesitated before realizing Xu Le was speaking to him.
He shook his head first, then nodded.
"Not often."
"Then she..."
"You'd better not ask too much, sir."
Hearing that, Xu Le could only nod.
"I understand."
Xu Le understood what he meant. Similar things had happened before, but not often.
He swept his Guyinduo Vision over the transparent cells. Two other prisoners sat leaning back on their beds, their eyes numb. They looked as though they had long since lost interest in staying alive.
Their heart energy levels were also very high. Inside, they were not nearly as calm as they appeared.
Their fear remained high, merely hidden beneath their outward timidity.
"Aah!"
A curtain covered the innermost room. All he could hear were the prisoner's screams.
Without hearing Gu Jianuo's voice, Xu Le had no way of knowing what was happening inside. The prisoner's heart energy had already reached the Level 1 alert threshold.
[Heart energy status is approaching the alert threshold. Please be advised.] [Heart energy level has exceeded the Level 1 alert threshold.]
Xu Le narrowed his eyes slightly. His heart energy had exceeded the limit.
The Level 1 alert threshold alone would attract monsters, and the heart energy this prisoner was releasing was fear. In other