Theresa and Patrick exchanged a glance, then hurriedly followed after her.
"This is where the sound came from..."
When Himeko arrived at the source of the cries for help and saw the enormous space before her, her expression could not help but change slightly.
On both sides stood rows upon rows of prison cells. The conditions were even worse than those of ordinary prisons. From top to bottom, there were several levels, all of them cells made from steel bars!
Himeko roughly estimated that holding over a thousand people here would not be a problem at all.
As for why there was such a massive prison inside the Tower of Babylon laboratory... on second thought, the answer was easy to guess.
They were all experimental subjects who had been captured and brought here...
Moreover, because of the unique nature of Honkai energy, those experimental subjects were not death row prisoners. They were... girls like flowers, young girls whose buds had yet to bloom.
After all, everyone knew that those with high compatibility with Honkai were usually female, and young girls at that—at least in appearance.
"This is... a prison? Why would a research institute have a place like this...?"
Theresa looked around at the stifling surroundings, especially the rows of cells. Her sky-blue eyes held a trace of confusion and doubt.
She had never been to places like this, but she understood that... how could a research institute possibly have such an enormous prison?
This was highly abnormal.
"What do you think, Theresa? Many things are not as glamorous as they appear on the surface."
Hearing Theresa murmur to herself, Himeko responded with a strange tone.
"Hm?"
Theresa's face filled with confusion.
"What is the Valkyries' slogan? Right, to fight for all that is beautiful in the world, isn't